T E C H N O L O G I E S User Guide Storage Tower V (ST55HPMXA) www.addonics.com v5.1.11 Technical Support If you need any assistance to get your unit functioning properly, please have your product information ready and contact Addonics Technical Support at: Hours: 8:30 am - 6:00 pm PST Phone: 408-453-6212 Email: http://www.addonics.
Screws Removing Cover of Storage Tower V Loosen the 3 screws at the back of the tower using a Philips screwdriver by turning counter-clockwise. Separate the metal casing of the tower from the housing by lifting up the casing. Installing drives into the Storage Tower Step 1 Screw the hard drives into the optional mounting brackets or slide in 5.25” devices into the tower. Other types of enclosures like the 5SA disk array can also be mounted.
SATA Port 2 Drive activity LED Jumper Block (J1) SATA Port 4 Error LED Jumper Block (J3) SATA Port 3 Floppy Power Connector SATA Port 0 SATA Port 1 eSATA Host Port (Port 5) Dip Switch RAID Setting Button Dip Switch Settings Raid Mode 1 2 3 4 5 Individual Drive (Factory Default) OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF 0 OFF OFF ON ON ON 1 and 10 OFF OFF ON ON OFF 3 OFF OFF ON OFF OFF 5 OFF OFF OFF ON OFF Clone OFF OFF OFF ON ON Large OFF OFF ON OFF ON Enable ERR Buzzer F
Default factory DIP Switch setting: SW1 – RAID Setting DIP Switch OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF BZS – Error buzzer function EZ – Automatic rebuilding to spare drive (one of the drives on the raid is set as a spare). If EZ is ENABLED anda drive failure occurs, the spare will automatically act as a drive replacement and rebuilding will automatically start. M2 – RAID mode 2 M1 – RAID mode 1 M0 – RAID mode 0 1 2 3 4 5 SW1 BZS EZ M2 M1 M0 1. 2. 3.
Setting or Modifying the RAID Mode Using the JMicron HW RAID Manager Utility Program: 1. For Windows users, install the JMicron HW RAID Manager located on the SATA Controller CD. In the CD, go to Configuration Utilities > JMB393. This manager can be use to create and monitor the status of the RAID volume. It is recommended to use the default factory RAID DIP switch setting when using the JMicron HW RAID Manager. 2.
e. On the DIP switch, change (M0 to M2) setting to the desired RAID mode using the diagram below. SW1 1 ON 5 ON 4 OFF 3 Clone Mode OFF ON 2 OFF ON 1 ON SW1 RAID 0 Mode OFF OFF All settings on the diagram shows • Error buzzer function is ENABLED • EZ function is DISABLED.
RAID Setting Notes: RAID 1& RAID 10 Mode When 2 drives are SW1 1 2 3 4 5 BZS EZ M2 M1 M0 connected to the HPM-XA, and DIP switch is set to this setting, the 2 drives will be configured as a 2-drive RAID1 array. When 4 drives are connected to the HPM-XA, the 4 drives will be configured as a 4-drive RAID10 array. Clone Mode SW1 1 2 3 4 5 BZS EZ M2 M1 M0 Clone’s action is similar to RAID1. However, all of the hard drives will be mirrored.
Notes on Spare Drives using the Easy RAID Setting (EZ) When EZ function is ENABLED, the auto-rebuilding to spare drive is automatic. The degraded RAID group will start rebuilding automatically by using the existing spare drive. * Spare drive can be either plugged before RAID building or a new drive can be plug as the spare drive when RAID rebuild is required. A. B. Which port acts as a spare drive? The last drive will automatically become the spare drive.
