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EB4MS 1 2 Quick start guide 4 Welcome Thank you for choosing Proavio Thank you for buying editBOX EB4-MS, the first professional SAS/SATA storage solution designed for high resolution digital media production, and general high performance storage requirements. Disk Installation If your EB4-MS was purchased with capacity, please skip this section and immediately go to section 5.
EB4MS 6 Quick start guide HBA/RAID Controller Installation 8 Your EB4-MS features a RAID-ready JBOD architecture. This provides the best support for a wide range of host bus adapters & PCI RAID controllers. Always follow your HBA/RAID controller’s installation procedure to ensure proper operation. Multi-Lane Interface Overview Introduction to Multi-Lane Cable Types Your EB4-MS is equipped with industry standard 4x SFF8088 (MiniSAS) Multi-Lane interface ports.
EB4MS Quick start guide Connecting Your EB4-MS - Host Workstation 10 After connecting the cables to your EB4-MS, connect each cable to an open port on your Multi-Lane HBA or RAID controller. Currently there is no Multi-Lane connector standard. The most common interface cable types are both SFF8470-to-SFF8088, and SFF8470-to-SFF8470. To select the right cable type, please refer to you RAID card’s documentation. 12 Troubleshooting This section covers some common support questions.
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