CONTENT Overview 1 LED indication RAID Mode Selection 3 RAID mode setup / LED display status Quick Installation Guide 4 About RAID 8 RAID function System Requirements 10 Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Macintosh O.S. 10.3x or later Microsoft Windows Installation 11 Single mode (Non-RAID) / Spanning & Striping (RAID 0) / Mirroring (RAID 1) QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE Version 1.
Detail View RAID MODE LED View 1. DIP switch Front View 2. RAID Mode Confirmation button Mode Status 4. RAID 0 Mode LED indication Single Mode LED Green 5. JBOD (Spanning) Mode LED indication RAID 0 Mode LED Green 6. RAID 1 Mode LED indication JBOD Mode LED Green RAID 1 Mode Green 3. Single Mode LED indication 1. Power / Sleep indicator 2. Rebuild indicator 3. HDD1 Access Indicator 4. HDD2 Access Indicator 5. HDD1 Error Indicator 6. HDD2 Error Indicator 7.
RAID Mode Selection Users should set up the RAID mode when the device is powered off. SW1 RAID Mode LED indication RAID Mode SW (3) Single ( Non - RAID ) Above 2TB Single ( Non - RAID ) Under 2TB Striping ( RAID 0 ) Above 2TB Striping ( RAID 0 ) Under 2TB Spanning ( JBOD ) Above 2TB Spanning ( JBOD ) Under 2TB Mirroring ( RAID 1 ) Above 2TB Mirroring ( RAID 1 ) Under 2TB Quick Installation Guide A. Remove 4 screws from the bottom of the unit and lift up the cover to open. B.
C. Insert HDD1 and HDD2 into HDD rack and secure them with screws provided. D. Please insert 2 bay rack back to enclosure and reinstall screws connect the power supply to the DC IN and plug in the USB or e-SATA cable. E. Select the RAID mode via DIP switch referring to manual on page 3 in the section of RAID mode selection. F.
About RAID SINGLE MODE LED light Non-RAID: (Single Mode) Computer will show up as two independent drives. This function can be used if RAID is not required, if one HDD is installed or two different barnds or capacities of HDD are installed. RAID 0 JBOD (Spanning) MODE RAID 0 - Striping: Two HDDs will show up as one large single drive G. Put the cover lid back and reinstall the screws. but speed performance will boost up. The two HDDs will write Data in “column” effect.
System Requirements RAID 0 SPANNING MODE RAID 0 - Spanning: Two HDDs will show up as one large single drive. Spanning is an array (not RAID) that is written sequentially across two drives. Windows System Minimum Requirements: • Minimum Intel Pentium III CPU 500MHz, 128MB RAM • e-SATA :With support for Port-Multiplier function • USB 2.0 equipped PC: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 • USB 3.
Microsoft Windows Installation Microsoft Windows Installation Microsoft Windows Single mode (Non-RAID) - 2 New Simple Volumes •Before connecting to the PC, please refer to the Hard Drive Assembly Procedures for RAID set-up. Disk Initialization •If HDD is pre-installed by our vendor; users can connect directly to PC and start using the unit. •If users wish to change the setting, please refer to the Hard Drive Assembly for correct way of setting. • Turn on PC and start Windows system.
Spanning and Striping (RAID 0) - 1 New Simple Volume Disk Initialization If Spanning or Striping mode capacity above 2TB, please refer to Microsoft Windows Vista GPT FAQ. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/GPT_FAQ.
Disk Initialization 15 16
Mirroring (RAID 1) - 1 New Simple Volume Disk Initialization 17 18
Create new partition in “Disk Utility” Macintosh System Installation Before connecting to the Macintosh, please refer to the Hard Drive Assembly Procedures for RAID set-up. If HDD is pre-installed by our vendor, user can connect directly to Macintosh and start using the unit. If wish to change the settings please refer to Hard Drive Assembly for correct way of setting. • Turn on Macintosh and start Mac OS. • Connect the device with the power adapter.
Macintosh System Remove the “external hard drive” from Macintosh... • Drag the Ext Hard Disk to trash bin. • Unplug USB and remove the power adapter. Erase Hard Driver Note: If users wish to use device under both Windows and Mac OS system, HDD at FAT32 or HFS format is strongly recommended. Also, please do the formatting under Windows OS. If formatting is done under Mac OS, the drive might not be recognized in Windows.
