Addonics RAID Tower III
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1. User Guide RAID Tower III RT3S5HEUS3 www addonics com v8 1 11 Technical Support If you need any assistance to get your unit functioning properly please have your product information ready and contact Addonics Technical Support at Hours 8 30 am 6 00 pm PST Phone 408 453 6212 Email http www addonics com support query Back View USB 3 0 2 0 Host Port eSATA Port Dip Switch Power Jack Installing drives into the RAID Tower Ill 1 Be sure the lock on each drive door is in an unlock position If not use the key that comes with the Disk Array to unlock the drive door Pull on the door lever to swing open the drive door all the way 2 Slide a 3 5 SATA hard drive into the drive slot with the drive connector side facing in Be sure to orient the hard drive correctly as shown in the yellow label on the inside of the drive door with drive door swing open at the bottom the top of the hard drive should face to the right The drive should slide all the way into the slot with very little resistance Forcing the drive into the slot will cause drive damage or permanent damage to the Disk Array 3 Once the drive is all the way into the drive slot close the door all the way till the drive door latch securely This will engage power and data connection with the hard drive The LED lit for the drive slot should lit if2. the failed drive www addonics com Phone 408 573 8580 Fax 408 573 8588 Email http www addonics com sales query
3. the Disk Array already powered on You may lock the drive door with the key 4 To remove the hard drive from the Disk Array simply follow the step 2 3 in reverse Door Lock Individual Drive Bay Door Main Power LED Drive Power amp Activity LED for Each Drive Bay Insert Hard Drives with Top Facing Right www addonics com Technical Support M F 8 30am 6 00pm PST Phone 408 453 6212 Email www addonics com support query SATA Ports Buzzer Error Alarm and Drive Activity Floppy LEDs Power Connector USB 3 0 2 0 Host Port Dip Switch eSATA Host Port Port 5 RAID Setting Button Dip Switch Settings Raid Mode Individual Drive Factory Default OFF OFF OFF OFF Enable Auto ERR Buzzer Rebuilding Function to Spare i Drive i ON OFF Port Multiplier Mode www addonics com Technical Support M F 8 30am 6 00pm PST Phone 408 453 6212 Email www addonics com support query Default factory DIP Switch setting SW1 RAID Setting DIP Switch BZS Error buzzer function EZ Automatic rebuilding to spare drive one of the drives on the raid is set as a spare If EZ is ENABLED anda drive failure occurs the spare will automatically act as a drive replacement and rebuilding will automatically start M2 RAID mode 2 M1 RAID mode 1 MO RA
4. ID mode 0 BZS EZ M2 Mi MO 1 Error buzzer function is ENABLED BZS when dip switch is in OFF position 2 Auto rebuilding to spare drive is DISABLED EZ 3 Individual drive mode is ENABLED M0 M2 Note When the default factory RAID setting is used independent drive configuration and optical drive are supported only when connecting to controllers with Silicon Image Sil3124 Sil3132 chip set or controllers that are Port Multiplier PM compatible Simultaneous DVD writing was tested using the Nero Burning Rom LED Pin Header J3 J4 P5 PO P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 PO P1 P2 P3 P4 Error LED Activity LED J1 Drive Activity LED P5 Activity LED for eSATA host port lights up when it is connected to a SATA controller card PO P1 P2 P3 amp P4 Activity LEDs for port 0 1 2 3 4 amp 5 light up when a drive is connected and blinks when there s drive activity J3 Error LED P5 error LED for eSATA host port PO P1 P2 P3 amp P4 error LED for port 0 1 2 3 4 amp 5 www addonics com Technical Support M F 8 30am 6 00pm PST Phone 408 453 6212 Email www addonics com support query Setting or Modifying the RAID Mode Using the JMicron HW RAID Manager Utility Program L For Windows users install the JMicron HW RAID Manager located on the SATA Controller CD In the CD go to Configuration Utilities gt JMB393 This manager can be use to create and monitor the status of the RAID volume It is recommended to use the def
5. ault factory RAID DIP switch setting when using the JMicron HW RAID Manager 2 Modify the RAID mode on the 5 port HPM XA using DIP switch Recommended to be used on operating system without JMicron HW RAID Manager support like Linux Mac amp Solaris Windows users can also use the procedure below Note Steps A to D need to be performed each time the raid mode is modified a Set the DIP switch to factory default setting BZS EZ M2 M1 MO b Press the RAID setting button with a ball point pen C While pressing the RAID setting button turn on the system power where the HPM is connected The buzzer will sound while holding the RAID setting button Release it after at least 5 seconds for hardware initialization A single beep will be heard to indicate initialization is completed The above steps act as a reset d Power off the system power www addonics com Technical Support M F 8 30am 6 00pm PST Phone 408 453 6212 Email www addonics com support query e On the DIP switch change MO to M2 setting to the desired RAID mode using the diagram below All settings on the diagram shows Error buzzer function is ENABLED EZ function is DISABLED BZS EZ M2 M1 M0 BZS EZ M2 M1 M0 RAID 3 Mode Individual Drives Mode t Et 2 E E E dE dE Uu E O O O O O O O O O O e SW1 mium BZS EZ M2 M1 M0 BZS EZ M2 M1 M0 RAID 5 Mode i Li LL LL FF F F N BZS EZ M2 M1 MO www addonics com Techn
6. ical Support M F 8 30am 6 00pm PST Phone 408 453 6212 Email www addonics com support query RAID Setting Notes When 2 drives are RAID 1 amp RAID 10 Mode nected to the HPM XA and DIP switch is set to this setting the 2 drives will be configured as a 2 drive BZS EZ M2 M1 MO RAID1 array When 4 drives are connected to the HPM XA the 4 drives will be configured as a 4 drive RAID10 array www addonics com Clone s action is similar to Clone Mode RAID1 However all of the hard drives will be mirrored Clone mode is useful especially when users like to copy data from a source hard drive to the drives connected to the HPM XA BZS EZ M2 Mi MO Press the RAID setting button with a ball point pen While pressing the RAID setting button turn on the system power where the HPM is connected The buzzer will sound while holding the RAID setting button Release it after at least 5 seconds for hardware initialization A single beep will be heard to indicate initialization is completed Verify if the RAID array is detected by the system If the 5 port HPM XA is connected to the motherboard onboard SATA on the CMOS setup utility the raid array will display as Addonics H W RAIDS if setup as a RAID5 array If the 5 port HPM XA is connected to an eSATA host controller card on the RAID BIOS the raid array will display as Addonics HAV RAIDO if setup as a RAIDO array If booted into Windows in Disk Drives
7. under Device Manager the raid array will display as Addonics H W LARGE if setup as a LARGE array Once raid array is verified you can set the buzzer either ON or OFF Technical Support M F 8 30am 6 00pm PST Phone 408 453 6212 Email www addonics com support query Notes on Spare Drives using the Easy RAID Setting EZ When EZ is function is ENABLED the auto rebuilding to spare drive is automatic The degraded RAID group will start rebuilding automatically by using the existing spare drive Spare drive can be either plugged before RAID building or a new drive can be plug as the spare drive when RAID rebuild is required A Which port acts as a spare drive The last drive will automatically become the spare drive For a 3 drive RAID5 with spare Drives connected to SATA ports 1 3 belong to the active RAID5 array and drive connected to port 4 is the spare For a 4 drive RAID10 with spare Drives connected to SATA ports 1 4 belong to the active RAID10 array and drive connected to port 5 is the spare For a 2 drive RAID1 with spare Drives connected to SATA ports 1 amp 4 belong to the active RAID1 array and drive connected to port 5 is the spare When will rebuild action start When the raid fails and EZ is enabled the HPM XA will automatically rebuild the RAID group using the spare When the raid fails and EZ is disabled the HPM XA will NOT rebuild the raid group unless you install a good drive to replace
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