TOWERRAID TR5UT(-B) DETAILED USER’S MANUAL v1.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 WELCOME ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3.1 1.3.2 1.3.3 1.3.4 1.4 1.5 1.5.1 1.5.2 1.6 2 STORAGE POLICIES ........................................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 3 CLEAN MODE ......................................................
4.6.3 CLONE MODE ................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 4.6.4 CLONE MODE WITH HOT SPARE ............................................................................................................................................ 22 4.6.5 R0 MODE ............................................................................................................................
1 WELCOME 1.1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing TowerRAID TR5UT/TR5UT-B storage appliance. It is a hardware RAID solution for digital home and small office storage appliances. Features of the TowerRAID TR5UT/TR5UT-B include advanced RAID modes. It’s available from leading storage partners in pre-configured set-ups with USB or eSATA host connections. Simply connect the appliance with an appropriate USB or eSATA cable to the USB host or PCIe 1x controller card.
z z Hard disk drive is not including, unless state otherwise. Please be noted the following product may run irregularly which are not under warranty. 9 Toshiba DynaBook, Satellite series (All K6 CPU models). 9 IBM Aptiva E series (All K6 CPU models). 9 Sotec E-note M260 series. 9 All AMD K6 system. 9 PC with sis7000/ 7001/ 7002 PCI to USB host controller. 1.3 FEATURES 1.3.1 OVERALL FEATURES z Provides Clean, Large, Clone, R0, R1, R3, R5, R10 modes for effective storage management.
z Compliance with USB 2.0 electrical specification. z Compliance with USB Mass Storage Class, Bulk-Only Transport Specification. 1.3.4 2 port eSATA 6 Gb/s PCIe 1x 2.0 Feature The TowerRAID TR5UT/TR5UT-B bundled with Highpoint R622 host bus adapter. z PCI-Express 2.0 x1 (Compatible with PCI-Express 1.0) z Serial ATA III (6.0Gbps) compliant, with speed negotiation z Serial ATA II (3Gbps) and Serial ATA I (1.
1.5.2 • USB connection: USB 1.0 or 2.0 direct host connection or USB hub MACINTOSH SYSTEMS • Mac Pro • Mac OS Tiger 10.4.x • Mac OS Leopard 10.5.x • Mac OS Snow Leopard 10.6.x • CD-ROM drive • Mouse or compatible pointing device • eSATA port for eSATA connection • USB connection: USB 1.0 or 2.0 direct host connection or USB hub 1.6 PRODUCT CONTENTS The following parts are content. z TR5UT/TR5UT-B x 1. z HDD Tray x 5. z USB 2.0 Cable x 1. z eSATA Cable x 1. z Power Cable x 1.
2 STORAGE POLICIES You can configure the TowerRAID TR5UT/TR5UT-B storage appliance to use any of the following storage policies to map the appliance’s physical hard drives to virtual drives that are visible to the host computer. The virtual drives are called volumes. The host operating system treats each volume as if it were a single physical drive. This virtualization allows you to overcome restrictions that are imposed by physical hard drives, such as speed, storage capacity or data storage reliability.
TR4UT / TR4UT-B It is also possible to create a LARGE volume using only a single hard disk drive connected to Port 1. However, it is not possible to expand an existing LARGE volume by adding another hard disk drive and still preserve any existing data on that volume. 2.3 CLONE MODE The CLONE MODE storage policy stores all data in duplicate on separate drives to protect against data loss due to drive failure. One drive clones the others at all times. Every write operation goes to all drives.
2.4 R0 MODE The R0 MODE storage policy distributes access across all hard disks. R0 MODE presents the best data speed but no data redundancy. R0 MODE storage policy accelerates hard disk drive operating speed by using many disks in parallel. Hard disk drive data segments are written to different disks simultaneously which increases performance while sacrificing data redundancy.
2.6 R10 MODE The R10 MODE storage policy combines the features of both R0 and R1. Performance is provided through the use of R0 MODE, while adding the fault tolerance of R1. The implementation of R10 requires four drives. The drives are assigned as two sets of striped pairs. The data is written to R1 set and provides data redundancy. Alternating blocks of data are then striped (R0) across another R1 set. This provides improved speed.
TR4UT / TR4UT-B If one drive fails, the virtual R3 volume is still usable, but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible. When the offline drive comes back online, the appliance begins a rebuild process immediately to restore data redundancy. A message appears in the LED indicator to notify you that a rebuild is in progress.
TR4UT / TR4UT-B If one drive fails, the virtual R5 volume is still usable, but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible. When the offline drive comes back online, the appliance begins a rebuild process immediately to restore data redundancy. A message appears in the LED indicator to notify you that a rebuild is in progress.
3 INSTALLATION 3.1 INSTALLING HARD DISK DRIVE Please refer below procedure to complete the HDD installation. • Open the drive door than unlock the HDD tray lock to remove the HDD trays from TERA STOR SATA RAID III. • Install the HDD into the HDD tray. • Twist the HDD screws shut to seat the drive securely. • Insert the HDD tray back to the TowerRAID TR5UT(-B).
• Close the drive door to complete hard drive disk installation. 3.2 POWER ON / OFF • Push the power button to power on, and push again to power off. TowerRAID TR5UT User’s Manual Ver.
3.3 INSTALLING SATA TO ESATA BRACKET CABLE • Remove a free I/O bracket from your computer. • Install the SATA TO ESATA BRACKET CABLE to the free I/O bracket, and connect the SATA cable to a free SATA port from your computer. 3.4 INSTALLING HOST BUS ADAPTER The package is bundled with Highpoint R622 controller card. The controller card does not require driver installation except Windows 2000/XP/2003. Please review Highpoint R6XX Quick Installation Guide for details.
4 CONFIGURATION 4.1 CONFIGURATION PREREQUISITES 4.1.1 SATA HOST CONNECTIONS This guide assumes that you have already attached the TowerRAID TR5UT/TR5UT-B to a host computer that has been installed with the R622 HBA (Host Bridge Adapter) or another SATA HBA with Port Multiplier (PM) support. If you use a host controller that does not provide Port Multiplier support (Such as R622 or Intel ICH): • The CLEAN MODE storage policy is unavailable when configuring the TowerRAID TR5UT(-B).
4.4 HARD DISK DRIVE HOT-PLUG & HOT-UNPLUG The hard disk drives should not be hot-plugged, unless RAID failure occurs. To avoid data corruption or loss, care should be taken to ensure that the host system is not currently using any drive that is about to be hot-unplugged. 4.5 LED INDICATIVE STATUS TowerRAID TR5UT/TR5UT-B provides information on the SATA HDDs, PC Link, and Power LEDs. Each LED activity will turn On/Off the LED for approximately 70 ms.
4.5.3.2 THE HDD TRAY LED DESCRIPTION HDD Unplugged / No Power HDD plugged (Idle) HDD plugged (Active) Error State (One or More Bad Partial Volumes) HDD Rebuild (A Physical Partition is being Rebuild; i.e. Mirroring Mode) GREEN (UPPER) Off On Blink (On) Off On GREEN (LOWER) Off Off Off On Blink (On) 4.6 MODE SETTING The TowerRAID TR5UT/TR5UT-B with the device’s LEDs to indicate status.
3. Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON. 4. Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting. 4.6.2 LARGE MODE The LARGE MODE storage policy requires a minimum of 2 drives to implement. 1. Turn off the power. 2. Set the MODE SWITCH position to LARGE.
3. Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON. 4. Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting. 4.6.3 CLONE MODE The CLONE MODE storage policy requires a minimum of 2 drives to implement. 1. Turn off the power. 2. Set the MODE SWITCH position to CLONE. TowerRAID TR5UT User’s Manual Ver.
3. Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON. 4. Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting. 4.6.4 CLONE MODE WITH HOT SPARE The CLONE MODE storage policy with hotspare drive requires a minimum of 3 drives to implement. 1. Turn off the power. 2. Insert 2 drives in order from the top to the bottom.
3. Set the MODE SWITCH position to CLONE. 4. Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON. 5. Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON. 6. Turn off the power. TowerRAID TR5UT User’s Manual Ver.
7. Insert the hotspare drive into the 3rd HDD bay. 8. Turn on the power to complete mode setting. 4.6.5 24 R0 MODE The R0 MODE storage policy requires a minimum of 2 drives to implement. 1. Turn off the power.
2. Set the MODE SWITCH position to R0. 3. Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON. 4. Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting. 4.6.6 R1 MODE The R1 MODE storage policy requires 2 drives to implement. 1. Turn off the power. TowerRAID TR5UT User’s Manual Ver.
2. Set the MODE SWITCH position to R1/R10. 3. Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON. 4. Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting. 4.6.7 26 R1 MODE WITH HOT SPARE 1. Turn off the power.
2. Insert 3 drives in order from the top to the bottom. 3. Set the MODE SWITCH position to R1/R10. 4. Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON. 5. Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting. TowerRAID TR5UT User’s Manual Ver.
4.6.8 R10 MODE The R10 MODE storage policy requires 4 drives to implement. 1. Turn off the power. 2. Set the MODE SWITCH position to R1/R10. 3. Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON. 4. Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting.
4.6.9 R10 MODE WITH HOT SPARE 1. Turn off the power. 2. Insert 5 drives in order from the top to the bottom. 3. Set the MODE SWITCH position to R1/R10. 4. Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON. TowerRAID TR5UT User’s Manual Ver.
5. Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting. 4.6.10 R3 MODE The R3 MODE storage policy requires a minimum of 3 drives to implement. 1. Turn off the power. 2. Set the MODE SWITCH position to R3.
3. Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON. 4. Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting. 4.6.11 R3 MODE WITH HOT SPARE The R3 MODE storage policy with hotspare drive requires a minimum of 4 drives to implement. 1. Turn off the power. 2. Insert 3 drives in order from the top to the bottom. TowerRAID TR5UT User’s Manual Ver.
3. Set the MODE SWITCH position to R3. 4. Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON. 5. Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON. 6. Turn off the power.
7. Insert the hotspare drive into the 4th HDD bay. 8. Turn on the power to complete mode setting. 4.6.12 R5 MODE The R5 MODE storage policy requires a minimum of 3 drives to implement. 1. Turn off the power. 2. Set the MODE SWITCH position to R5. TowerRAID TR5UT User’s Manual Ver.
3. Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON. 4. Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting. 4.6.13 R5 MODE WITH HOT SPARE The R5 MODE storage policy with hotspare drive requires a minimum of 4 drives to implement. 1. Turn off the power. 2. Insert 3 drives in order from the top to the bottom.
3. Set the MODE SWITCH position to R5. 4. Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON. 5. Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON. 6. Turn off the power. TowerRAID TR5UT User’s Manual Ver.
7. Insert the hotspare drive into the 4th HDD bay. 8. Turn on the power to complete mode setting. 4.7 REBUILDING A REDUNDANCY OR HOT SPARE DRIVE The TOWERRAID TR5UT/TR5UT-B storage appliance stores all data in duplicate on separate drives to protect against data loss due to drive failure on CLONE, R1, R3, R5, and R10 MODE. The following example illustrates how the procedure to rebuilding a redundancy or hot spare drive. 4.7.1 36 REBUILDING A REDUNDANCY DRIVE 1.
2. Turn off the power. 3. Replace a same or larger size of hard disk drive. 4. Turn on the power. TowerRAID TR5UT User’s Manual Ver.
5. The TOWERRAID TR5UT/TR5UT-B storage appliance will rebuild the virtual volume from degrade mode to normal automatically (Approximately 200GB/hour). 4.7.2 REBUILDING A HOT SPARE DRIVE 1. If the there is a hot spare drive on drive 5, and the drive 2 has breakdown, the hot spare drive on drive 5 will replace the breakdown drive and rebuild automatically.To setup a new hot spare drive, please remove the breakdown drive 2. 2. Turn off the power.
3. Replace a same or larger size hard disk drive. 4. Turn on the power. 5. The TOWERRAID TR5UT/TR5UT-B storage appliance will replace a hot spare drive on drive 2 automatically. TowerRAID TR5UT User’s Manual Ver.
5 PARTITIONING VOLUMES 5.1 PARTITION A VOLUME 5.1.1 WINDOWS SYSTEMS Note: Before repartition a volume, back up your data and delete previously defined partitions. 1. Right-click the My Computer icon on your desktop and select Manage from the pop-up window. 2. Select Disk Management under Storage to open the Windows Disk Manager. This example illustrates the LARGE storage policy, which concatenates the capacity of all hard drives connected to the TERA STOR SATA RAID III.
seconds, the disk should be marked as a Basic disk. If a disk is marked “Not Initialized”, right-click the disk icon and select Initialize Disk. An additional dialog box appears allowing you to select which disks to initialize. Uncheck the SteelVine Processor Disk item and click OK. Within a few seconds, the selected disk(s) should be marked as a Basic disk. Note: Be sure that you select the correct disk based on the expected disk capacity to create a partition. 3.
5. Select the Primary or Extended option and click Next. 6. Specify the partition size. By default, the partition occupies the entire volume. Click Next.
7. Assign a drive letter or mount path and click Next. 8. Name and format the partition and click Next. TowerRAID TR5UT User’s Manual Ver.
9. Review the file system settings and click Finish to create the logical partition. 10. Repeat steps 1 through 9 to partition any remaining disks.
5.1.2 MACINTOSH SYSTEMS Note: Before reconfiguring a volume, back up your data and drag the old drive to the trash to un-mount previously partition. After you configure and partition the new volumes, restore the backed-up data to the new configuration. 1. Launch Disk Utility from the Application > Utilities folder. 2. Select a configured disk and click the Partition tab.
3. Select 1 Partition from the Volume Scheme drop-down list. 4. Enter a name for the volume in the Name field (such as “My Disk”.) 5. Select Mac OS Extended (journaled) from the Format drop-down list. 6. Specify the size of the partition in the Size field. 7. Click the Partition button. 8. Click Partition to acknowledge the warning. Disk Utility mounts the created partition and represents it with an icon on the desktop.
with the partition name. 9. Repeat steps 1 through 8 to partition any remaining disks you configured. TowerRAID TR5UT User’s Manual Ver.
6 APPENDIX 6.1 FAQ If you need some help for troubleshooting, please check the frequently asked question below, it may help you problem solved quickly z Can not recognize ΗMake sure all cables have been connected properly. z Can not operate in O/S ΗMake sure the O/S is support for the product. z Transmission speed is slow ΗIf connect USB1.1 interface, the speed will be around 1MB/sec only.
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6.3 MOTHERBOARD COMPATIBILITY LIST The TowerRAID TR5UT/TR5UT-B storage Appliance has been tested compatibility with a range of motherboard manufacturer. The table is updated as new motherboards are certified for compatibility. Only motherboards included in this table are supported. Manufacturer Product ABIT IP-95 V1.
