User`s Guide for ESFWBU2SATA525QAR6
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1. A few tips on how to connect your external storage enclosure For Win2000 WinXP or Wn2003 you must be logged on as Administrator or have administrator privileges to install new hardware No driver installation for Windows ME 2000 XP 2003 Mac OS and Linux For SATA if the system doesn t recognize the drive connect the SATA device before booting your Operating System Your SATA host card may not support hot swap Only one interface at a time can be used Only one computer at the time can access the drive Do not cover the Enclosure and leave enough room around it for the drive to cool down Do not expose the product to water or humid conditions Always check for visible damage and defects of power and interface cables before using it For new hard disk drive you must format it before you use it See Partitioning and Formatting WinME do not recognize NTFS formatted drives so if you want to use your drive on this platforms we recommend you to use FAT32 instead If you want to use your drive on a PC running Microsoft Windows as well as on your Mac we recommend you to use a PC to format the drive Choose FAT32 when formatting and do not change anything on the partition or format on your Mac otherwise the PC will not be able to recognize the drive anymore If you use Win2000 or WinXP and FAT32 the biggest single partition you can create will be 32GB To create larger partitions you need to use the DOS co2. Hot Swap Hot Spare and Auto Rebuilding Function Support Redundant Flash Image for Adapter availability Web Browser Based RAID Manager via Archttp Proxy through RS 232 port for Windows and Linux System Firmware embedded Web Browser Based RAID Manager SMTP manager and SNMP agent via Ethernet port with no software required OS Independence require no device driver Kit includes ESFWBU2SATA525QAR6 RAID Subsystem FireWire Beta to Beta Cable in length of 2 0m USB 2 0 A to B type Cable in length of 1 5m e SATA 7pin plug to e SATA 7pin plug cable in length of 1 5m AC Power Core CD title MRAID Manager Utility and Manual User s Guide amp RAID Manual Overview 4s ARC 5030 ATA SATA RAID SATA II Subsystem HDD Tray 0 4 FP e ee Bowser Cord Cooling Fan Power Switch Bridge Board RS 232 Port 415 230 Power Switch Switching power supply Manual switch input Default is 230V User s Guide for ESFWBU2SATA5250R6 Step 1 Hardware Installation 1 Switch the lock keypad to the open position 6 Secure the drive to the mobile tray with 6 32x5L screws you just removed 7 Gently and firmly slide the mobile tray back into the RAID system Be sure to position it correctly and the lever should be at 90 degree angle 8 Push in the mobile tray and m
3. User s Guide for ESFWBU2SATA525QAR6 Introduction ESFWBU2SATA525QAR6 is most cost effective SATA II disk drive RAID subsystem with completely integrated high performance and data protection capabilities ESFWBU2SATA525QAR6 takes full advantage of high speed 1394 USB serial bus and Serial ATA Bus allowing for multi user and multitasking performance ESFWBU2SATA525QAR6 delivers the performance required for servers and I O demanding applications such as Video On Demand database servers workstations high end desktops and image systems ESFWBU2SATA525QAR6 allows two HDD failure without impact on the existing data and failed drive rebuild is transparent to the host Environmental information is accessible either via the control panel serial port or Ethernet port Features LCD Control Panel To simplify the RAID setup and management of the associated disk drives Allows manual RAID configuration and status monitoring Uses hardware monitor to monitor system voltage temperature and fan activity Displays warning message on LCD screen when respective disk encounters problems Support up to 5 SATA or SATA II drives Support RAID 6 USB 2 0 FireWire 800 1394b and SATA ComBo interface Specificaitons ESFWBU2SATA525QAR6 combines three key components 1 CF S40X Quadra 5 25 Bays SCSI Enclosure 2 FWBU2 DSATA01 H e SATA FireWire800 IEEE 1394b amp USB 2 0 to SATA Bridge Board 3 ARC 5030 ATA SATA RAID SATA Subsy
4. Disk drives of Device Manager as shown the encloure is installed correctly Device Manager File Action Yiew Help m sS eA 4 xP Computer S Disk drives vd Display adapters Floppy disk controllers H Floppy disk drives Human InterFace Devices E IDE ATAJATAPI controllers So IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers 5 gt Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices Monitors B Network adapters Y Ports COM amp LPT Me Processors Sound video and game controllers System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers FSPoE See Seo See A A eee User s Guide for ESFWBU2SATA525QAR6 WinME with a USB Firewire or SATA connection 1 Turn on your Computer and start Windows 2 Connect the storage enclosure and turn it on 3 Let Windows search and install the driver automatically 4 Open My Computer to see your external hard drive FEMy Computer 01x File Edit View Favorites Tools Help 4m Back l Search L4 Folders g 4S a x A Ed Address di My Computer Ss A 3 Floppy 4 Local Disk C Control Panel My Computer Local Disk E fe x Local Disk Compact Disc Single File D Restore Capacity 233 GB E Used 32 0 KB O Free 233 GB Free Space 233 GB Capacity 233 GB S My Computer If there is the USB Firewire or SATA Device string without any yellow marks or red X marks under the Disk drives of Device Manager as shown th
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6. ake sure it is seated firmly in the back panel Click the lever in place 4 Unscrew the dummy HDD plastic 5 Pull the steel plate sideway to remove the dummy HDD plastic 115V 230V Set up Power Switch User s Guide for ESFWBU2SATA5S25QAR6 Step2 Configure RAID Subsystems Be aware this will destroy all your existing data on these drives so make sure you 4 Press ENT key to Stripe Size have backup Use to scroll the cursor Downward Leftward Submit Select ion Function Confirm a selected Item Return to Previous Screen Exit a selection configuration Total 320 0GB Select 320 0GB Using up or down arrow select stripe size and press ENT key to confirm it A larger stripe size provides better read performance especially if your computer does mostly sequential reads However if you are sure that your computer does random read requests more often choose a small stripe size Stripe Size 64k Bytes p O HDD Tray 1 5 1 Turn on the ESFWBU2SATA525QA R6 the main menu appears on the LCD screen 6 Press ENT key to create the RAID SEL To Create EXIT To Abort 7 Press ENT key to select foreground initialization Faster completion or press ESC to select the background Initialization Instant available 2 Press on ENT key and up arrow key to input your password You must enter space to end of line The RAID subsystem password is default setting at 0000 by the manufac
7. e encloure is installed correctly System Properties ax General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type View devices by connection m Computer H S 1394 Bus Controller 4 CDROM Disk drives few at e GEMENICIDE DISK TYPEO1 ENERIC NEC FLOPPY play P S Floppy disk controllers 5 Hard disk controllers 3 Infrared devices Keyboard D Modem fo Monitors lt Mouse oi scan ee Mab Properties Refresh Remove 7 Cancel Unplug Procedure For safe removal of your drive and to assure that no data is lost always follow the unplug procedure If not an error message will show up 1 Click on the taskbar icon for external hardware 2 Choose your external hard drive and confirm to remove it i Safe To Remove Hardware The USB Mass Storage Device device can now be iy removed from the system Installation on a Macintosh Mac OS 9 x or 10 x with a USB 2 0 Firewire or SATA connection 1 Turn on your computer and start Mac OS 2 Connect the storage enclosure and turn it on 3 No driver installation required 4 The external drive will mount and show up on your desktop Unplug Procedure For safe removal of your drive and to assure that no data is lost always follow the unplug procedure If not an error message will show up 1 Drag the external hard drive icon into the trash bin 2 Turn off your device hE s toe 4 el as aw
8. mmand under WinME or change to NTFS format About this Manual This manual covers all interfaces and combinations for the USB 2 0 Firewire and SATA storage enclosure Images and descriptions might therefore slightly vary between this manual and the actual product you have
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10. stem 1 Case amp Power Supply CF S40X Patented handle bar design for easy carrying and transportation Provide four 5 25 device bay The inner metal mounting bracket provide the screw hole for 5 25 devices Power indicator LED and HDD access LED Provide Power Switch on the front panel Built in 220W switching power supply Manual switch input 115 or 230V AC Built in 80x80 mm cooling fan Dimension 200 mm W x 292 mm D x 186 mm H 2 FWBU2DSATA01 Bridge Board e SATA Port One e SATA Signal 7pin Receptacle Connector SATA Transfer Rate 150Mbytes s FireWire Ports Two Biligual 9pin 1394 Bus Transfer Rate 100 200 400 800 Mbps USB 2 0 Port One USB B Type connector USB Bus Transfer Rate High Speed 480 Mbit And Full Speed 12 Mbit SATA Port One SATA Signal 7pin Connector SATA Transfer Rate 150Mbytes s Provide pin header for Power indicator LED and SATA Access LED SCSI 50pin Low Density Centronics Connector Form Factor Fit to most standard SCSI enclosure 3 ARC 5030 ATA SATA RAID SATA II Subsystem Form Factor 3 Consecutive 5 25 Drive Bays Provide five SATA Mobile Rack for 3 5 Serial ATA HDD Support up to UDMA 133 100 66 33 and SATA II 3 0Gbytes s Support RAID level 0 1 0 1 3 5 6 and JBOD Onlin Capacity expansion RAID level stripe size migration Online Dynamic Volume Set Capacity expansion Support Greater than 2TB per Volume set
11. ture SEL FGrnd Init EXIT BGrnd Init Verify Password 0000 8 Initialize the volume set you have just configured Press ESC key to go back main menu 2 1 ARC 5030 VOL 00 Initialize 4 0 z gE Sf 3 Using up or down arrow key select RAID level and press ENT key to confirm it 9 Initialize is completed Total 5 Disks ARC 5030 VOL 00 Raid 5 2 Initialize Done User s Guide for ESFWBU2SATAS25QAR6 Step3 System Set up Partitioning amp Formatting PC running WinME MS DOS command fdisk press Enter to confirm 1 Type fdisk and press Enter Select Y and press Enter Enter 5 to change the drive Select the drive you want to format a A O N Choose 1 and follow the onscreen instructions MS DOS Prompt MS DOS Prompt FDISK Efa x a ae i eps al Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive Current fixed disk drive 2 Choose one of the following 1 Create Primary DOS Partition 2 Create Extended DOS Partition 3 Create Logical DOS Drivets gt in the Extended DOS Partition Enter choice 1 Press Esc to return to FDISK Options PC running Win2000 WinXP or Win2003 Disk Management Program 1 Right click on My Computer and choose Manage 2 Select Disk Management 3 Choose the drive you want to format and right click on it for further commands Choose New Partition 4 Follow the Partition Wizard Di Com
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