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Warning: When using the eSATA mirroring function, you MUST attach and power up the eSATA drive

BEFORE you power up the PowerBay NAS array. This power-up sequence must be followed EACH

TIME you power cycle the PowerBay NAS array. If you power up the PowerBay NAS array ﬁrst, and

later attach and power up the eSATA drive, the eSATA drive will not be recognized as a mirror device,

so the eSATA drive will no longer be synchronized to the NAS data.

Array Encryption

The PowerBay NAS array supports 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) full

disk encryption. Encryption may be enabled for any RAID mode. If eSATA mirroring

is enabled, then data copied to the eSATA drive will also be encrypted.

If you want to use this function, please enable it during the ﬁrst time you conﬁgure

the array.

Once the drive has been conﬁgured using encryption, the full array can thereafter

be LOCKED or UNLOCKED using a password key. When the array is LOCKED, it will

not show up on the LAN as a shared volume and users cannot access it for storage.

All four cartridge LED’s will remain red while the array is LOCKED. For convenience,

several methods are provided to UNLOCK a LOCKED array:

1. Enter the NAS user interface and press UNLOCK on the Disk Conﬁguration page.

You will be prompted to enter the password key string.

2. Insert a USB Key device into the front USB port of the PowerBay NAS array. This

Key device may be either a ﬂash drive or a hard drive and must have been previ-

ously conﬁgured with the key ﬁle using the ‘Store Key in USB Drive’ procedure.

Once the array is unlocked, the USB Key device may be removed.

3. Enter the NAS user interface and load the key ﬁle from a computer on the LAN

using the ’Load’ function on the Key Management page. This key ﬁle must have

been previously stored onto the computer using the ‘Save’ function on the Key

Management page. Alternatively, the key ﬁle might have been previously e-

mailed to a user using the ‘Mail’ function on the Key Management page.

NOTICE: When encryption is enabled, data transfer rates may be reduced.

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