User`s guide

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0
SATA Features
The SteelVine Storage Reference Design provides the following Serial Advanced Technology
Attachment (SATA) features:
• Automatic negotiation between SATA I (1.5Gbps) and SATA II (3.0 Gbps)
• Serial ATA 2.5 specification compliance (Gen2m)
• Serial ATA Port Multiplier 1.1 specification compliance
For detailed information about SATA technology, refer to the following specifications online:
• Serial ATA: High Speed Serialized AT Attachment, Revision 1.0a
• Serial ATA II: Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0a, Revision 1.1
• Serial ATA II: Port Multiplier, Revision 1.1
The Serial ATA web site is
http://www.serialata.org/.
USB Features
The SteelVine Storage Reference Design provides the following Universal Serial Bus (USB)
features:
• USB 1.0 and USB 2.0 specification compliance
For detailed information about USB technology, refer to the following specifications online:
• Universal Serial Bus Specification, Revision 1.1
• Universal Serial Bus Specification, Revision 2.0
• The USB Organization web site is
http://www.usb.org/.
Using the SteelVine Storage Reference Design
You can use the SteelVine Storage Reference Design in any of the followings ways:
Appliance-Only Mode
This mode allows you to use the SteelVine Storage Reference Design with the device’s LEDs to
indicate status, without using the SteelVine Manager GUI software. To select a storage policy in
this mode the first time that a new factory-shipped product is used, ensure that the hard disk
drives are installed, set the rotary switch on the back of the SteelVine Storage Reference Design
to the desired Storage Policy (not the GUI selection) and turn on the power. To change the
storage policy thereafter, set the rotary switch to the desired position and press the recessed
Mode Change push-button to create the new virtual volume(s). Creating new virtual volumes
will destroy any existing data that existed on the previous volume, but expanding an existing
BIG volume will not destroy any existing data.
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