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1. 2003 Linux Kernel 2 6 and above Firewire Mac 10 and above Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Linux Kernel 2 6 and above Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual 2 3 Environment requirement and notices 1 The MS2UT MS2UB allows user to use hard drives of different specification and storage space in this device However the same model brands and sizes hard drives will yield better performance 2 Please make sure the 2 hard drives is new and free of defects to avoid possible device failures or lost of all data in the unit when the hard drives fails again 3 eSATA and Firewire host interface is much faster than USB 2 0 at RAID 0 mode in terms of data transfer The average transfer rate could reach over 100 MB s in eSATA and 70 MB s in Firewire Therefore eSATA and Firewire connections port is recommended to achieve higher performance 4 Please decide on whether to select RAID 0 or RAID 1 before use The change of the RAID level will result in loss of data 2 4 How to install hard drive in swappable tray 1 Place hard drive in the frame of movable tray and align the 4 screw positions then use screws to fasten and secure it into position Step 1 Step 2 2 When assembly is done gently push it along the sliding track into the hard drive compartment of MS2UT MS2UB and then close the tray as illustrated below 2 5 How to connect MS2UT MS2UB to computer system 1 Given that all power are turned off connect e2. MS2UB Operation Guide 3 1 RAID Level set up 1 MS2UT MS2UB is able to support RAID 1 mode or RAID 0 mode Once RAID Level has been set up any future changes will erase the data stored in the unit during the rebuilding process 2 RAID Level could be set up by press of buttons on the front panel MS2UT MS2UB s default value is RAID 1 If RAID 0 is preferred change could be made by pressing the buttons on the front LCD control panel and follow the instruction displayed on the screen Steps for installation of two new hard drives 1 It is recommended to use 2 hard drives with same model brands and sizes to achieve better performance 2 After all power have been turned off place the 2 new hard drives in the swappable tray of MS2UT MS2UB since the system has been internally programmed to RAID 1 there is no need for further set up 3 Using the buttons in the system s control panel assign appropriate drive to the completed RAID hard drive then perform formatting and partition with disk management software 4 Itis optional to install other software as required RAlDGuide software 5 If the 2 hard drives used are of different storage capacity MS2UT MS2UB will use the smaller capacity hard drive due to RAID 0 configuration Steps for installing a data existing hard drive and a new hard drive In the event of installing one new hard drive along with a used hard drive it is recommended to use the same models brands and sizes for
3. Please use or A button to set up the digit of password 7 When the digit is selected Press lt button Repeat the process until the all four digit is seleceted 8 The following message will display PASSWORD 8000 YES amp NO In above example 8000 is the new password PASSWORD 8000 YES NO 9 Press button to confirm or press ESC to cancel 10 The new password will be set as the following screen will display SETUP PASSWORD OK SETUP PASSWORD OK 20 Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual 3 5 Format and Partition when using Windows operating system Make sure the RAID level is selected and connect the unit to your computer 1 Connect power cord to power jack on the back of MS2UT MS2UB 2 Connect USB 2 0 or eSATA or Firewire cable to the computer 3 Turn on the power of MS2UT MS2UB 4 Turn on the computer 5 The unit will display until Disk Management under the Control Panel 6 Partition and format the hard drive using Disk Management Detail instruction of partition and format can be find under our web site www sansdigital com product support sections 3 6 Format when using Macintosh operating system Make sure the RAID level is selected and connect the unit to your Macintosh 1 Connect power cord to power jack on the back of MS2UT MS2UB 2 Connect USB 2 0 or eSATA or Firewire cable to the computer 3 Turn on the power of MS2UT MS2UB 4 Turn on the Maci
4. 1 Functions and Features The MS2UT is a RAID system designed specifically for the user in mind It is the most cost effective choice you can expand storage at your discretion while ensuring the safety and integrity of stored data Plug amp Play Removable Tray Module Design The hot swappable tray design allows instant access to the device after each swap so the hard disk can be removed or installed at any given time which provides instant access to newly replaced hard disk Independent operation system design MS2UT provide HARDWARE RAID function No software is required Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual No driver needed No need to install additional drivers and is compatible with Windows Mac Linux operating system OS Supported Windows ME 2000 XP Server2003 Mac 10 and above Linux Core 2 4 and above Supports hot swap function There is no need to turn off the system power when changing a failed Hard Drive Simple and easy operation with the use of an LCD control panel Using the buttons located on the front of the unit next to the LCD you can set the RAID mode and schedule a backup The status of cooling fans and temperature is also displayed on LCD for easy management Auto rebuilding data online After changing the hard drive the MS2UT automatically performs a reconstruction of data in RAID 1 The process is done automatically without any interruption Automatically schedules backups to prevent potential v
5. MOBILE 5 2 MS2UB Series MS2UT Series User s Manual Version 1 0 ANS IGITAL Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual Preface Thank you for purchasing the Sans Digital MobileSTOR MS2UT MS2UB RAID system In this document you will find information regarding installation and use of the MobileSTOR MS2UT MS2UB RAID system Please read this manual carefully before using the MobileSTOR MS2UT MS2UB RAID system in order to achieve the best performance Notice Sans Digital makes no representation or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Further Sans Digital reserves the right to revise this manual and to make changes in its content without obligation to notify any person or organization of such revision or change Sans Digital reserves the right to make improvements in the products described in this manual at any time without prior notice Copyright Notice This manual is copyrighted all rights reserved It may not be copied photocopied translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form without Sans Digital s prior written permission All Rights Reserved worldwide Unauthorized duplication is strictly prohibited Licenses and Trademarks Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Other product names mentioned in this guide may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective comp
6. a new Hard Drive 23 Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual Cautions Carefully read the manual before using and keep the manual for future reference Do not place any liquid around the system 3 Use three wires electrical socket or extension cord for the unit Avoid sharing extension sockets with other high voltage electronic products such as Blow dryer microwave or air Conditioner etc SN Avoid high heat and moisture area Avoid area with eletro magnetic Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual Chapter 1 Product Introduction MOBILESTOR MS2UT MS2UB is a RAID subsystem supporting eSATA amp USB 2 0 MS2UT or Firewire amp USB 2 0 MS2UB host interfaces while providing users an affordable and safe external RAID 0 or RAID 1 subsystem With RAID 0 support both of the Hard Drive inside of the unit will work as a group to combine the sizes and the performance together On the other hand RAID 1 will allow data protection to prevent Hard Drive defective by real time mirror copying the information on one Hard Drive to the other Rear MS2UT Power Switch 2 eS Power Socket mo an Front ET Len em E i TED eux Select an I A ESC Sutton ESATA Port AN 663 Aam LED a Sa 6 Rear MS2UB H Ester Balon Powa Sach 5 a Posy eb E Tay Handie Power Sodiet m 0 m 3 cl fear E HDO LED State ram E LER Part ihm REZ12 Pert S lt 1
7. anies and are hereby acknowledged About Sans Digital Sans Digital located in Santa Fe Springs CA is a provider of high capacity multi functional advanced storage solutions These advanced storage solutions can be used for home offices small and medium sized businesses video editing data backup surveillance systems and other various industries Our products provide great solutions for companies and individuals across the world that need effective and reliable data storage Contact Sans Digitals US headquarters at 10038 Pioneer Blvd Santa Fe Springs CA 90670 Office 800 980 1988 Fax 562 949 3328 Email info sansdigital com Website http www sansdigital com Manual Copyright 2006 Sans Digital 1st Edition Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual Table of Content Chapter 1 Product Introduction 5 1 1 Functions and Features 5 1 2 Product Specifications 7 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 8 2 1 Package Content 8 2 2 System Requirement 9 2 3 Environment requirement and Notices 10 2 4 How to install hard drive in swappable tray 10 2 5 How to connect MS2UT MS2UB to computer system 11 Chapter 3 MS2UT MS2UB Operation Guide 14 3 1 RAID Level set up 14 3 2 How to Change and set up RAID mode 16 3 3 How to set up Schedule Backup 17 3 4 How to change password 19 3 5 Format and Partition when using Windows operating system 21 3 6 Format when using Macintosh operating system 21 3 7 Error Message on LCD screen 22 3 8 Replacing
8. ar and the days of your backup schedule is ready 9 Ifthe date is set to 0 the real time RAID 1 setup will be used The unit will restart to confirm the setting Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual Notes 1 The schedule backup is not RAID 1 A hard drive failure will result in data lost Only the last backup data will be found 2 The schedule backup will rebuild the data in a scheduled time How to change the function from Schedule Backup to RAID 1 mode 1 Goto the SCHEDULE BACKUP mode on the LCD screen Steps 1 6 on previous sections 2 Adjust the day to 00 SCHEDUL BACKUP TIME1 gt 30 DAYS 00 3 Restart the MS2UT MS2UB unit Notes 1 Restart the unit will ensure the setting is talking effects 2 Tochange from RAID 0 to RAID 1 please go to section 3 2 3 4 How to change password MS2UT MS2UB features password function to protect unauthorized changes The lost of password will disable the ability of the setting change 1 Screen displays Pri HDD OK amp Sec HDD OK Pri HDD OK Sec HDD OK 2 Press button Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual 3 Screen prompts to enter password The default password is 0000 PASSWORD 0000 4 execute press button for 4 times to confirm the password digit and the next screen 5 Press v button when the message SETUP PASSWORD YES NO is displayed on screen Press button SETUP PASSWORD YES NO 6
9. both hard drives When the both hard drives are ready MS2UT MS2UB will perform automatic data rebuilding i e duplicates the data to the newer hard drive fae Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual 1 When all power are turned off first place the data existed hard drive in the tray and insert it into the first HDD position of MS2UT MS2UB 2 Power on MS2UT MS2UB LED indicator of ALARM will light up and the buzzer will on On the LCD it will display Pri HDD OK Sec HDD OFF 3 At this time insert the new hard drive into the second HDD position of MS2UT MS2UB In about 10 to 15 seconds MS2UT MS2UB will automatically perform data rebuilding and the progress can be seen on LCD screen 4 t will take about 20 minutes to perform the data rebuilding depend on sizes of the hard drive Setting up RAID 0 Turn off the power of computer and install 2 pcs of hard disks into carries of MS2UT MS2UB If the RAID 0 mode already had been set up and then restart turn on the power of computer it will show capacity of 2 hard drives combines under device manager Please format and partition the unit under the computer before use Notices 1 Incase it is necessary to turn off the power of MS2UT MS2UB or disconnect its cable please safety remove the hardware under the computer OS or turn of the computer 2 Data will be lost if one of the hard drive fail under RAID 0 mode 3 The unit only support either RAID 0 or RAID 1 4 In
10. case you wan to switch mode from RAID 0 to RAID 1 make sure the data is backed up Data will be lost during the mode conversions 5 Ifthe hard drives sizes is different in the unit The smaller sizes will be use The total sizes of RAID 0 will be the smaller sizes multiply by 2 Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual 3 2 How to Change RAID mode The button on the LCD panel introducing as below button Forward button to change the options forward Y button Backward button to change the options backward button confirm the option ESC button To cancel the option 1 LCD screen displays status of Pri HDD amp Sec HDD Pri HDD OK Sec HDD OK 2 Press button 3 LCD screen prompts to enter password 0000 The default password is 0000 PASSWORD 0000 4 Press button for 4 times to select each digit and enters the next screen 5 Press v button twice when the message CHANGE RAIDMODE RAID 0 is displayed on screen Press button 6 Press lt button to confirm when the message RAID 0 MODE YES NO appears on LCD screen or press ESC to quit RAID 0 MODE YES NO Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual 7 system will display the message DATA WILL LOSE YES Press button to confirm or press ESC to cancel DATA WILL LOSE YES NO 8 The message RESET SYSTEM YES NO will be d
11. eature so that the unit does not need to power off when replacing a hard drive 1 When you insert a new hard drive to replace the current hard drive in the swappable tray the buzzer will sound and screen will display an error message as follow Pri HDD OK Sec HDD Fail 2 Theready message will display when the replacement hard drive is detected Pri HDD OK Sec HDD OK 3 The auto rebuild process will begin Rebuilding Pri gt Sec xxx 4 When data is completed the ready message will show again Pri HDD OK Sec HDD OK 293
12. etector LCD screen with blue backlight amp 4 button control Buzzer 1 2 cooling fan x 1 MS2UT only 1 6 cooling fan x 1 MS2UT amp MS2UB Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 MAC 10 or above Linux Core 2 4 or above 0 C to 40 C 75 watts Input voltage 90 240V CE FCC Aluminum case 4 8 W x 7 9 D x 4 H 4 4lbs Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Package content When you open the box of this product please refer to the following list of included accessories In case any of the content is missing or damaged please contact your point of purchases MOBILESTOR MS2UT MS2UB included accessories are as follow ncludec F MS2UT MS2UB traient lm Cb oos usate 3 Power Cord 1 Manual T 1 Way ROY pe 2 Removable Tray Modules Screws Included 2 Se a USB 2 0 Cable cenare rnm 1 MS2UT Only eSATA rotta 1 5 13945 Cable 1 1384b to 13948 1 Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual 2 2 System requirement X Hardware requirement 1 PC or MAC operating system which supports USB 2 0 or eSATA Ports for MS2UT Firewire 400 or 800 connector for MS2UB 2 Hard drive which supports SATA transfer interface lt Operation requirement USB 2 0 Mac 10 and above Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Linux Kernel 2 4 and above eSATA Mac 10 and above Windows 2000 XP Server
13. irus attack You can automatic schedule backups by pressing a button to set the preferred days periodic system data backup to prevent a system failure from any virus attack GUI Monitoring Software Included in the package is a Window based RAIDGuide GUI software You can connect to the computer through an RS232 port in order to monitor the RAID system status from a remote location In case of failures you can be notified by the software via e mail for remote notification Compatibility with eSATA amp USB 2 0 MS2UT or Firewire amp USB 2 0 transfer interface Supports USB 2 0 for up to 480Mbps or eSATA up to 3 0 Gbps MS2UT Supports USB 2 0 for up to 480Mbps or Firewire 800 Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual 1 2 Product Specifications Host interface RAID Level Hard drive interface Supports large capacity hard drive Swappable hard drive tray design Automatic data reconstruction Monitoring software Failure detector Controller display Panel Warning notification Cooling fans module Operation system requirements Operating temperature Power supply Safety certification Exterior material Dimension Weight Ibs USB 2 0 eSATA RAID 0 RAID 1 3 5 Hard drive SATA RAID 0 supports up to 1TB RAID 1 supports up to 500 GB Supports 2 hot swappable trays Yes 32 bits and 64 bits RAlDGuide GUI software Windows only Failure sensors for hard drive Temperature failure detector Cooling fan failure d
14. isplayed Press button to confirm or press ESC to cancel RESET SYSTEM YES NO 9 The unit will reboot itself and signal by a buzzer 10 To switch RAID 0 to RAID 1 please follow above steps 1 to 9 However you will see the message 1 MODE YES appears on LCD screen Steps 6 Press button to confirm or press ESC to cancel 3 3 How to set up Schedule Backup Schedule Backup can be set so that the data is not mirror copy at real time How to use Schedule Backup The user can program on selected period of times 1 to 30 days scheduled time arrives and the system will automatically back up data 1 Screen displays Pri HDD amp Sec HDD OK Pri HDD OK Sec HDD OK Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual 2 Press button 3 Screen prompts to enter password The default password is 0000 PASSWORD 0000 4 execute press button for 4 times to confirm the password digit and the next screen 5 The message SCHEDULE BACKUP YES NO is displayed on screen Press button to confirm or press ESC to cancel SCHEDULE YES NO The SCHEDULE BACKUP TIME 1 230 DAYS 00 messenger will appear D SCHEDUL BACKUP TIME1 gt 30 DAYS 00 7 Please use button to adjust the days Press lt button to confirm ARE YOU SURE YES NO 8 SET BACKUP TIME 1 230 DAYS 01 will appe
15. ither one of the USB 2 0 or eSATA MS2UT or Firewire MS2UB cable in the box to the corresponding connection port on the back of MS2UT MS2UB and connect the other end to the corresponding connection port on the computer Finally connect the power cable to the unit and the power outlet Connecting the MS2UT to your Computer 5 Ex e 5 i cil mu a ei LX 5 LN 1 eSATA Port T aee AI c Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual Connecting the MS2UB to your Computer v M o RS232 z e 42 BN K Tw PX 1 J a 1 e P SA mere SEHLA Ic TIHE Part es E 2 Turnon the power of MS2UT MS2UB power switch is on the back of the unit 3 Make sure the primary disk and the second disk are ready which will be indicated by the message on LCD screen before turning on the power of computer please refer to illustration below Pri HDD OK Sec HDD OK Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual Caution Caution Prior to connecting USB 2 0 or eSATA or Firewire cable to computer confirm in advance whether your computer system is supporting USB 2 0 or eSATA or Firewire If the computer system is not equipped with this device it is available for sale in Sans Digitals website www sansdigital com or our authorized dealers Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual Chapter 3 MS2UT
16. ntosh Computer 5 Goto Spotlight located on the upper right hand corner on your screen 6 Type Disk Utility Open Disk Utility by clicking the result located under the search results 7 Select the hard drive in the left hand column and click on the Erase tab NES Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual 8 Inthe Volume Format drop down menu select the files system and name your drive 9 Once the format is selected and named the drive click on Erase 10 Confirm the operation by clicking Erase The Erase process will begin and format the hard drive 3 7 Error Message on the screen Pri HDD Fail Sec HDD OK 1 There are 3 status messages that could be displayed for hard drive information OK Hard drive is ready OFF Hard drive not installed FAIL Invalid hard drive or hard drive is defective 2 When MS2UT MS2UB is overheat T will be displayed on the upper right hand corner of screen Pri HDD OK Sec HDD OK 3 When cooling fan is not functioning will be displayed on the lower right hand corner of screen Pri HDD OK Sec HDD OK F 4 When MS2UT MS2UB is not able to detect first or second hard drive the buzzer will sound and screen will display follow message as shown in illustration x22 Sans Digital MS2UT MS2UB User Manual Pri HDD Fail Sec HDD OK Pri HDD OK Sec Fail 3 8 Replacing a new Hard Drive MS2UT MS2UB support hot swappable f
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