eS8 User Manual - i3 International
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1. 13 INTERNATIONAL eS8 User s Manual Rackmount 2U 8 bay eSATA Port Multiplier Enclosure Version 1 0 september 2011 Table of contents FeaLlUfes 2er nee sea erneuhe SDELIICALIONS zu sera OV CRIN teens PACK ae ONCE en eee Panel Layout saorane ee BUTGUD PEOCENUFE nee ADOUE Port MUIEDNEF SOUCO usage P1 P1 P1 P2 P2 P3 PO Support SATA 3 6 Gbps HDD 2 x eSATA interfaces for easy connection Backplane design for up to 8 removable hard drive trays Fan cooler for self contained ventilation Individual key lock of each HDD tray for physical security LED indicators for power and activity on each HDD tray Environmental monitoring with Fan Temperature LEDs and mutable buzzer alarm Specifications Host Interface Two eSATA connectors HDD Interface SATA 3 0 6 0 Gbps Data Transfer Rate SATA up to 6 Gbps dual cables ae White Power on indicator ispla a Blue Busy HDD Accessing indicator LED Display for FAN normal green fail red too slow rpm or stop mal Aldolalent elt D Ooo TEMP normal green over 55 C red RE 22 com H 8 85 cm 0 45 6 cm Heavy duty cold rolled steel 400W Single PSU Power Supply Input 90 230 VAC 50 60 Hz Output 5V and 12V DC Cooling 1 0 set of 6 x 6 x 2 5 cm hot swappable fans O S support OS Independent The eSATA ports on host computer should support Port Multiplier Overview 13 s eS8 eSATA Port Multiplier2. 2U 8 bay SATA rackmount J BOD solution is designed for direct connection to Host eSATA ports with dual high bandwidth eSATA cables for up to 8 SATA hard drives eS8 can be configured with RAID level while connected to eSATA RAID HBA This high performance and cost effective 2U 8 bay eSATA Port Multiplier enclosure is the most popular solution for external drive expansion 1 eme Package Checklist Before installing this unit please verify that package contains the following items C Power cord x 1 D User Manual CD x 1 E HDD mounting screw x 32 F Key for HDD tray x 2 G eSATA cable x 2 Notify your sales representative if any of the above items are missing or damaged Panel Layout 1 HDD power LED 2 HDD status LED 3 Mute button Reset for buzzer beeping 4 Fan status LED Normal green Failure red too slow RPM or stop 5 Temperature LED Normal green Over 55 C red 6 Power cord receptacle 7 eSATA connectors for connection to Host system Before the buildup procedure If you want to configure eS8 with RAID function you have to purchase an eSATA RAID HBA card with eSATA ports and install the RAID HBA on Host computer server or workstation and set up eSATA Raid HBA Buildup procedure 1 Take out the HDD tray and place an HDD in the tray as shown in the following figure the software and driver Tighten the four screws on HDD tray Insert the tray with hard drive attached t
3. 51 G8 Unallocated Disk 3 Basic 931 39 GB Online gt Dik4 Basic 931 51 GB 93151 GB Online Unallocated 4 Disk 5 Basic 931 51 G8 931 51 GB Online Unallo cated HE Unallocated M Prmary partition I Extended partition M Free space I Logical drive 9 Right click the bar of Disk 1 and select New Simple Volume and then New Simple Volume Wizard will pop up File Action View Help 26m D SB Healthy Boot Page File Crash Dump Logical Drive 488368 366 Disk Management Simple Basic NTFS Healthy Logical Drive 513968 325 Ga WinXP SP3 D Simple Basic NTFS Healthy System Active Primary Partition 488368 321 Ey Services and Applications Disk 1 Basic 931 51 GB Online Disk 2 Basic 931 51 G8 Online Disk 3 Basic 931 39 GB Online Disk 4 Basic 931 51 GB Online iDisk 5 Basic nm c no ns ve sn Unallocated I Primary partition I Extended partition M Free space J Logical drive 10 Click Next on the New Simple Volume Wizard to follow the setup procedure and then click Finish when completing the configuration Welcome to the New Simple Volume Wizard This wizard helps you create a simple volume on a disk A simple volume can only be on a single disk To continue click Next 11 After finishing the New Simple Volume Wizard a new volume indicating Healthy will be shown at the center part of the window Repeat the above setup procedure to complete all the
4. eight disks wa New Volum ye y d DWP 5P3 D jealthy t ary 45368 31668 5 Disk 3 Banc FDS Onine Din 4 Bain 931 51 GB Onine Disk 5 Bex 931 51 GB 931 51 GB Onine Unallocated Unetioceted I Primary partition M Extended partition D Free space W Logical drive 12 After all the eight disks are completed with the New Simple Volume Wizard click and open Computer and all the eight disks volumes will be shown in the window and users can begin to use the eight disks as eight independent volumes Sox i PE System properties Uninstall or change a program Map network drive Fr Favorites a Hard Disk Drives 8 BE Desktop Local Disk C WinXP SP3 D Downloads gt gt s 37 0 GB free of 488 SS 321 GB free of 48 8 GE Recent Places New Volume F 931 GB free of 931 G New Volume G New Volume H Tr EE Ze oF 931 GB free of 931 GB 931 GB free of 931 G Videos New Volume E New Volume J D Computes 931 GB free of 931 GB I 931 GB free of 931 GB amp Local Disk C New Volume K New Volume L ca WinXP SP3 D CG r ca Data E 3 931 GB free of 931 GB 931 GB free of 931 G ca New Volume F New Volume M ca New Volume G 931 GB free of 931 GB ca New Volume H ca New Volume 1 ca New Volume Gu Network r A WIN7USE KTOGMIA Workgroup WORKGROUP Memory 1 00 GB Processor Intel R Core TM 2 Du
5. o If you want to use a RAID level with eS8 configure RAID level and capacity as you need with an eSATA RAID HBA and then eS8 is ready to be used About Port Multiplier Solution Features and benefits 1 2 3 4 Two built in Port Multiplier chips to control max 8 HDDs Only one eSATA cable to control max 4 HDDs Max cable performance 3 Gbps per cable Shielding connector ensure the frequent plug unplug as USB Compliant with Silicon Image Sil3124 2 SATA II PCI X or Sil3132 SATA II PCI Express with eSATA port SATA Link SATA II III Port Multiplier x sly ris Saranool sD Le saTanoo I Le eSATA Link 3 Gbps SATA Link eSATA Link SATA WII SATA Link 3 Gbps Port Multiplier 3 or 6 Gbps
6. o it to eS8 Repeat this step for HDD1 to HDD8 2 Lock the HDD trays with the enclosed key 3 Immobilize eS8 on the server rack or other proper place 4 Connect the Host channel 1 4 to eSATA connector marked with no 1 and channel 5 8 to eSATA connector marked with no 2 see the following figure Notify your sales representative if you can t address the port number 5 Connect eS8 and power source with power cord 6 Power on eS8 7 If you want to use eS8 with Port Multiplier function right click Computer and select Manage Open Manage Map network drive Disconnect network drive Create shortcut Delete Rename Properties 8 After Computer Management Is opened click Disk Management And Disk 1 to Disk 8 will be shown at the center part of the window File Acton View Help t 20A D Compute Management Local Volume Layout Type Fite System Status Capaciy Free Space Free Fax Actions a Ti System Tools Ce le Basic NTFS Healthy Boot Page File Crash Dump Logical Drive 4843G8 7MGB 76 2 Task Scheduler Data Simple Basic NTFS Healthy Logscal Drrve 13968 3257GB 63 No Fy Event Viewer a WinXP SP3 D Simple Basic NTFS Healthy System Active Primary Partition 4853 G8 721608 w Ni a Shared Folders Local Users and Groups ia Services and Appbcations Disk 1 Basic 931 51 GB 93151 GB Online Unallocated Disk 2 Basic 931 51 GB Online 931
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