Getting Started
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Installing your CalDigit HDElement Installing the CalDigit RAID Card Please install your CalDigit RAID Card first. Make sure you also install the latest driver and RAIDShield. If you are installing a CalDigit RAID Card in your PCI-e G5 or MacPro, please install it in slot 3 of your MacPro. If you are installing it in a PC, please make sure you install it in a 4X (or faster) PCI-e slot.
If you already installed your CalDigit RAID Card in your workstation, please proceed with the following steps to set up your CalDigit HDElement. Before you start Please check to make sure that all the accessories are in the box including the CalDigit HDElement with four hard drives installed, power cord, Mini-SAS cable, environmental control cable, and hard drive key. Please also make sure your computer is turned off before you begin the installation process.
222 Key Hole - for access to the drives Key Hole 333 Mini SAS port - Connecting the CalDigit HDElement and the CalDigit RAID Card 5
444 Mini-Phone jack - use for environmental control cable to monitor the environmental data Mini-Phone jack 555 ID Switch - Assigning different ID's to multiple CalDigit HDElements ID Switch 6
666 Power Supply 777 Key 7
Configuring your CalDigit HDElement 111 You will need to first determine your ID switch position before you start the configuration. If this is the first CalDigit HDElement you are connecting, please set the switch as shown on the right. Please also refer to the illustration if you are connecting your second or third CalDigit HDElement.
222 Connect the Mini-SAS cable to the RAID Card and the MiniSAS port on the CalDigit HDElement. Please connect you first CalDigit HDElement to port 5-8 on the RAID Card; Second CalDigit HDElement to port 9-12; Third CalDigit HDElement to port 13-16. First HDElement Third HDElement Second HDElement Note: HDElements must be connected in sequence as shown & switches set to the appropriate settings for correct operation.
333 Connect the other end of the Mini-SAS cable to the MiniSAS port on the back of the HDElement. 444 Plug in the environmental control cable between the MiniPhone Jack port of the RAID Card and the back of the CalDigit HDElement for monitoring fan speed and hard drive temperature.
Note: If you have more than one CalDigit HDElement and wish to connect the environmental control cable, please daisy chain the CalDigit HDElement by connecting the environmental control cable from one CalDigit HDElement to another. You may not be able to monitor fan speed, hard drive temperature, and LED display if the cable is not installed correctly. CalDigit RAIDCard First HDElement Second HDElement Third HDElement 555 Turn on your computer. Launch RAID Shield and configure your RAID.
For more information on how to configure your RAID, Please visit http://www.caldigit.com/RAIDShieldDemo.asp Thank you for choosing the CalDigit RAID Card. Please download the latest driver and manual from http://www.CalDigit.com/support.
*Optional accessories ● MiniSAS Cable 1M (Part # CBeMiniSAS-3 SKU# 702103) ● MiniSAS Cable 1.
CalDigit HDElement Getting Started Manual v1.0 www.caldigit.com ©Copyright 2008 CalDigit, Inc.
