User guide

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENERAL INFORMATION...................................................................................................................... 4
COPYRIGHT ................................................................................................................................................ 4
NOTICES AND CLASSIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................ 4
CONTACT US .............................................................................................................................................. 4
PRECAUTIONS FOR THE RAID SYSTEM............................................................................................ 5
GENERAL PRECAUTIONS............................................................................................................................. 5
RAID SYSTEM PRECAUTIONS .................................................................................................................... 5
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................ 6
FEATURES................................................................................................................................................... 6
SYSTEM REQUIREMENT .............................................................................................................................. 7
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ............................................................................................................................ 7
PACKAGE CONTENTS.................................................................................................................................. 8
SYSTEM VIEWS ......................................................................................................................................... 9
FRONT VIEW............................................................................................................................................... 9
REAR VIEW ................................................................................................................................................ 9
TOP & COVER VIEW (EXPOSED)................................................................................................................10
INSERTING/REPLACING THE HARD DRIVES IN THE RAID SYSTEM ......................................11
FASTEN THE HDD SMARTGUIDER KIT ONTO THE HARD DRIVE ..............................................................12
PLACE THE HDD SMARTGUIDER KIT INSIDE THE RAID SYSTEM ............................................................15
CONNECTING THE RAID SYSTEM TO A HOST COMPUTER.......................................................17
NUMBER OF HARD DRIVE/SSD SUPPORTING EACH RAID MODE............................................19
DISK SLOT NUMBER...............................................................................................................................19
LED INDICATORS ....................................................................................................................................20
GREEN: ON / OFF.......................................................................................................................................20
RED: ON / BLINK / FLASH ..........................................................................................................................20
WHITE: ON / FLASH...................................................................................................................................20
ALL DISKS: INSERTED / DETECTED............................................................................................................21
ALL DISKS: NOT INSERTED / DETECTED...................................................................................................21
ALL DISKS: DISK 4 DATA ACCESS ONLY.................................................................................................21
ALL DISKS: DISK 4 ERROR ONLY ............................................................................................................21
ALL DISKS: DISK 4 REBUILD ONLY .........................................................................................................21
FAN: ERROR ..............................................................................................................................................21
DAISY CHAIN: CONNECTING MULTIPLE DEVICES......................................................................22
SAFE REMOVAL OF THE RAID SYSTEM...........................................................................................22
SSD SMARTGUIDER KIT........................................................................................................................23
SSD SMARTGUIDER KIT: PACKAGE.....................................................................................................23
SSD SMARTGUIDER KIT: SSD COMPATIBILITY...................................................................................23
SSD SMARTGUIDER KIT: INSTALLATION.............................................................................................24
RAID MASTER FOR MAC.......................................................................................................................26
RAID MASTER: INSTALLATION..........................................................................................................26
INSTALLATION FOR MAC.................................................................................................................26
RAID MASTER: GUI.................................................................................................................................30