StarTech.com External Hard Drive Enclosure w/ RAID
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1. SATIO UZER INFONIA StarTechcoma FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital de vice pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Use of Trademarks Registered Trademarks and other Protected Names and Symbols This manual may make reference to trademarks registered trademarks and other protected names and or symbols of third party companies not related in any way to StarTech com Where they occur these references are for illustrative purposes only a2. and can power both 2 5 hard drives without requiring an external power adapter Features Easy to use GUI software offers simple RAID configurations Simple plug and play installation Maximum data transfer rates of up 480Mbps USB2 0 and 3 0Gbps eSATA One button backup feature Can draw power from a second USB port Supports dual two SATA I II 2 5 HDD Supports eSATA port multiplier with PM compatible eSATA card Package Contents 1X Carrying Pouch 1X Driver Software CD 1X Enclosure 1XeSATA Cable 1X Instruction Manual 1X Power Adapter 1XUSB USB to DCSV Cable Some larger faster hard drives may require an external power adapter 1 Instruction Manual SAT2520U2ER System Ready Backup LED HDD 1 LED Change Mode Button Backup Button RATS Configuration Switch DC Input 5V Power Switch HDD Eject Buttons HDD 1 Access amp Failure LED Green HDD 1 working Red HDD 1 failed Green Red twin lights blinking means that RAID 1 is being built or rebuilt HDD 0 Access amp Failure LED Green HDD 0 working Red HDD 0 failed Green Red twin lights blinking means RAID 1 is being built or rebuilt System Ready Backup LED Green System ready If there is no indication the system or hard drive health may have a problem Red Red blinking means data backup is in operation optional function Instruction Manual Software Installation The f
3. describes the procedures needed with Apple Mac OS X for expanding file systems that have been created on volumes that have increased in size while preserving all of your existing data After you have added more hard disk drives to increase the storage capacity of a BIG volume you must use the supplemental procedure described below to allow the expanded capacity to be recognized by Mac OS X The following example illustrates a hard disk growing from a JBOD to a BIG Storage Policy A software tool named VolumeWorks from SubrosaSoft available from http vww subrosasoft com OSXSoftware index php main_ page product_info amp products_id 6 can be used to grow the partition that was created in JBOD Storage Policy to a BIG Storage Policy disk SubrosaSoft VolumeWorks easily organizes your hard drive by creating resizing copying your partitions on a Mac OS X 10 3 or higher system There are other third party products are available to perform similar volume management activities but those products are very sophisticated and are not described in this manual Instruction Manual Procedure To grow the partition volume using VolumeWorks Please note VolumeWorks can only resize HFS partitions The second drive when growing from JBOD to BIG must not have any partition infor mation on it It must be a raw disk with no data of any kind 1 Start VolumeWorks ana Volumes cs Tow ol See 1526708 sor visi Selec the dee you
4. wart to Wark i from tme Mat a 2 Click on the volume that you want to extend then click on the Reparti tion button on the bottom Instruction Manual 3 Now click on the Resize button on the bottom ann 4 Now move the slider all the way to the right within the Resize dialog box Maximum resize e wp ju Show Help Close stan Once you click on Start it will execute the volume resize request The new storage capacity will be added to the existing drive while main taining the data on the volume Instruction Manual File System Expansion for Linux Overview The following describes how to expand file systems Linux that have been created on volumes that have increased in size while preserving all of your existing data After you have added more hard disk drives to increase the storage capacity of a BIG volume you must use the supple mental procedure described below to allow the expanded capacity to be recognized by Linux The following example illustrates a hard disk growing from a JBOD to a BIG Storage Policy A software tool named GNU Parted available from http www gnu org software parted parted html can be used to grow the partition that was created in a JBOD Storage Policy to a BIG Storage Policy disk GNU Parted easily organizes your hard drive by creating resizing copy ing your partitions on a Linux system Procedure Growing partition volume with GNU Par
5. B USB to DCSV Cable must be connected to available USB ports on the rear panel of the computer eSATA In order for SAT2520U2ER to function without using the external power adapter a USB connection to the host computer is required As such please connect the included USB and USB to DC5 cable to two available USB ports on the rear panel of the computer Instruction Manual File System Expansion for Windows Overview This appendix describes the procedure to expand file systems that have been created on volumes that have increased in size using Microsoft Windows while preserving your existing data After you have added more hard disk drives to increase the storage capacity of a BIG volume you must use the supplemental procedures to allow the expanded capacity to be recognized by the Windows file System A command line utility named Diskpart exe Disk Partition enables you to manage hard disk partitions and volumes This utility is included as part of Windows XP Professional Edition Windows 2003 Server and Windows Vista For Windows 2000 or Windows XP Home Edition you must download the diskpart utility from Microsoft s website Additional third party products such as Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 0 are available to perform similar volume management activities but those products are very sophisticated and are not included in this manual Procedure Before you can use DiskPart exe commands on a hard drive disk par
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7. ation 8 You can now review the information and settings specified After re viewing your selections click Start Backup to start backing up the file s You can also click Previous to modify your selections Some files may not be able to be copied if they are in use by other applications It is recommended that you close all applications and files you want to back up prior to start the backup job Instruction Manual 9 To configure the one Button Backup function open the SteelVine Manager Click the Edit menu and select Backup Button 10 Click browse to locate x Program Files FarStone DriveClone CBP EFBTasks exe f Beckup Button arm Sabot a Backup Applisaton lom tha iet below or uso the Bione buten to add another Backup palato inthe Ist Cha lien CE Cu C image 11 The DriveClone Main Console window will prompt you to select which File Backup Schedule you would like to use with the Backup Button Select your desired File Backup Schedule created above to complete the Backup Button configuration process For more detailed instructions on how to configure DriveClone refer to the user s manual included on the SAT2520U2ER installation CD Instruction Manual How to Setup RAID functions Installation 1 Use a screw driver to loosen the two screws and slide in the 2 5 HDDs Note If you want to build RAID functions you must install two hard drives at the same time 2 S
8. eelVine Port 0 Port 6 SAFE50 Mode DIP SW 1 ON SW 2 OFF SW 4 ON This configuration takes 50 of both drives to build a SAFE mirror RAID the remaining drive capacity is used to build a BIG span RAID In this mode the system recognizes two physical drives one SAFE mirror and the other BIG span SteelVine Port 0 Port e 7 Reserved Mode DIP SW 1 OFF SW 2 ON SW 4 ON No RAID function set Instruction Manual 8 GUI ONLY Mode DIP SW 1 ON SW 2 ON SW 4 ON This mode offers configuration through the GUI Graphic Utility Inter face Using this mode you can allow different RAID combinations This mode It is reccomended for professional amp advanced users For more detailed information regarding the use of these Storage Policies refer to the Silicon Image SteelVine Manager user s manual Connection notes After you set or change the RAID Mode press the Change Mode But ton once It is also necessary to press the Change Mode Button once even if you use the default RAID Mode Once the enclosure has been connected to the host computer it will be visible from the Device Manager Windows The device will not be visible from my computer until after the drive has been formatted and parti tioned USB To ensure a sufficient amount of power is provided for the enclo sure both the USB and USB to DC5V connectors on the included 1 X US
9. et the RAID mode on the DIP SW Display RAID Status RAID Configuration 4 2 1 0 BIG span orr OFF OFF 1 JBOD single OFF OFF ON 2 FAST strip OFF ON OFF 3 SAFE mirror OFF on on 4 SAFE33 ON OFF OFF 5 SAFESO on oFF on 6 RESERVED on on OFF 7 GUI ONLY on on on a To set the operating mode according to the above table i Connect the USB or eSATA data and power cable to your system then tum on the power from the RAID box rear panel Wait until both hard drives are powered on ii Press the RAID Change Mode SW once to finish setting the RAID mode Note If you want to use the default model setting or re place HDDs you still must press the RAID Model Change SW once 3 Once the selected RAID mode is ready you may partition format the RAID built HDDs After the HDDs have been formatted they are ready to use Instruction Manual RAID Mode DIP Switch Setting 1 BIG Span Mode DIP SW 1 OFF SW 2 OFF SW 4 OFF Installed drives are configured to offer maximum storage space con catenated but no additional performance or data redundancy Virtual BIG Capacity is Drive A volume __ plus Drive B SteelVine Porto Port 2 JBOD Single Mode default DIP SW 1 ON SW 2 OFF SW 4 OFF The installed drives will be configured as JBOD Single Just a Bunch Of Disks The number of available drives is equal to the number of p
10. hysical drives Instruction Manual 3 FAST Striped Mode DIP SW 1 OFF SW 2 ON SW 4 OFF A storage policy configuration in which I O processing is balanced evenly to all disks in a method known as striping equivalent to RAID 0 Fast offers the best performance in terms of speed but no data redundancy Virtual FAST volume fes gt lt Striping across disks Pp SAFE Mirror Mode DIP SW 1 ON SW 2 ON SW 4 OFF A storage policy configuration in which all data written to the hard drive is duplicated mirrored onto the second physical disk to protect against data loss due to disk failure Equivalent to RAID 1 Safe mode provides the highest level of data protection but reduces the amount of storage space by half since all data must be stored twice spacity is the smaller Capacity is thesame VimalSAFE C of unequal hard drives VimalSAFE L0 GB as one hard drive volume volume Suc pum nato Bel tono Pat xr Equal hard drives Unequal hard drives Instruction Manual 5 SAFE33 Mode DIP SW 1 OFF SW 2 OFF SW 4 ON The RAID Mode is SAFE33 wherein 30 of each HDD is used to build a SAFE mirror RAID and also use the rest of the capacity to build a second BIG Span HDD In this mode two physical drives will be recognized one is SAFE mirror and the other is BIG Span ge SAFE St
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12. ollowing section will outline the necessary steps to install the software included with the SAT2520U2ER Once the hard drives have been inserted into the SAT2520U2ER you may wish to open the Device Manager to properly format the drives Silicon Image SteelVine Manager Installation 1 To install the necessary driver files and Graphical User Interface GUI browse to x Sil 5744 Win_SteelVine_V5 1 20 where x denotes the drive letter assigned to the CD DVD ROM drive and double click on the Setup application file Instruction Manual 2 Click Next to continue with the installation When prompted to accept the License Agreement select I Agree and click Next 3 Select the destination for the Steelvine application then click Next to start the installation process When the installation is complete click Close to shut down the oa program Pr 4 To verify the installation click Start gt Programs gt Silicon Image gt 57xxSteelVine gt SteelVine Manager to run the program Instruction Manual Changing the Password 1 Open the SteelVine Application 2 Click file and select Change Password A window should appear prompting you to enter the former default password By default the password is admin chem pecie rhb aon Pha eco pera 3 The program will ask you to enter a new password twice Once you have done so click OK The application should notify you that the pass
13. ted To extend a volume follow these steps 1 Start parted by typing parted dev hdc where dev hdc is the device path of the hard disk for the system This will bring up the parted console indicated by the parted prompt parted dev hdc parted 20 Instruction Manual 2 Type print within the parted console to bring up the volume and disk information parted print Disk geometry for dev hdc 0 000 800000 000 megabytes Disk label type msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0 063 400000 000 primary ext2 3 Use the resize command extend the size of volume 1 listed above parted resize 1 0 063 400000 4 Type print to verify the resize of volume 1 parted print Disk geometry for dev hdc 0 000 800000 000 megabytes Disk label type msdos Minor Start End Type 21 Instruction Manual Filesystem Flags 1 0 063 800000 000 primary ext2 The new space should be added to the existing drive while maintaining the data on the volume Before resize parted print Disk geometry for dev hdc 0 000 800000 000 megabytes Disk label type msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0 063 400000 000 primary ext2 After resize parted print Disk geometry for dev hdc 0 000 800000 000 megabytes Disk label type msdos Minor 22 Instruction Manual Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0 063 800000 000 primary ext2 23 Ins
14. ti tion volume you must first list and then select the partition volume to extend their capacity to match the virtual hard drives created using the DIP switches 1 Open a command prompt window by clicking Start gt Run then type in cmd 3 CAWINDOWS system32 cmd exe BEE Instruction Manual 2 Ata command prompt type diskpart w a Type select volume volume number where lt volume_number gt is number of the volume that you want to extend In this case that will be 2 The volume size will be updated to reflect the expanded physical stor age capacity while maintaining all of the existing data that is stored on the volume The result of extending the hard disk partition volume is illustrated below Before extend Sats re Boe ions izara After extend col I ay BNG Dake Instruction Manual Note Before the hard drive partition volume has been extended the 152 67GB Unallocated was not accessible for data usage After using the diskpart utility to extend the hard drive partition volume capacity the Windows host side matches the virtual hard drive partition volume using the DIP switches For more information about the diskpart utility please see the documenta tion on Microsoft s website at http www microsoft com resources docu mentation windows xp all proddocs en us diskpart mspx mfr true File System Expansion for Macintosh Overview This appendix
15. tloe Wada yau ke to restart mon Resti later Instruction Manual Configuring the One Touch Backup Button Start the DriveClone Program Select Back Up then click Files Backup 2 You can create a new full file backup or select Incremental File Backup box to select a former job and create incremental file backup e If you have selected Incremental File Backup you can choose to examine the details of all created backup jobs modify the time and date to run scheduled Incremental File Backup click Back Up Now to run Incremental File Backup immediately or delete jobs that are no longer required Enter a name for your new job Select the file s you want to back up You can also click Add Files Folders or Add File Types to add file type folder or individual file to back up according to your needs E e Click Next to continue You can set the maximum number of backup versions you want to back up in this step DriveClone will always store a fixed number of the most recent backup versions you set Add Files Folders Click this to select the files or folders you want to add from Windows Explorer Add File Types Click this to enter Select File Types interface shown as below m Select a location on a hard drive or USB storage medium to store the backup file Click Next to continue Calculate Space Click Calculate Space to calculate the space required to store the backup file in the destination loc
16. truction Manual Technical Support StarTech com s lifetime technical support is an integral part of our commit ment to provide industry leading solutions If you ever need help with your product visit www startech com support and access our comprehensive selection of online tools documentation and downloads Warranty Information This product is backed by a one year warranty In addition StarTech com warrants its products against defects in materials and workman ship for the periods noted following the initial date of purchase During this period the products may be returned for repair or replacement with equivalent products at our discretion The warranty covers parts and labor costs only StarTech com does not warrant its products from defects or damages arising from misuse abuse alteration or normal wear and tear Limitation of Liability In no event shall the liability of StarTech com Ltd and StarTech com USA LLP or their officers directors employees or agents for any damages whether direct or indirect special punitive incidental consequential or otherwise loss of profits loss of business or any pecuniary loss arising out of or related to the use of the product exceed the actual price paid for the product Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages If such laws apply the limitations or exclusions contained in this statement may not apply to you 24 Star
17. word was successfully changed Gange Passwort tor Ta Sine Menager pre E Bot SN 00000582 The aed War succes changed ra TT For more detailed instructions pertaining to the operation of Silicon Image s SteelVine Manager refer to the user s manual included on the SAT2520U2ER installation CD Instruction Manual DriveClone Installation 1 To install the DriveClone software browse to x Sil5744 DriveClone TM 3 Personal where x denotes the drive letter assigned to the CD DVD ROM drive and double click on the DCPer3_OTB_ Multi application 2 Select your language preference and click Next when the installation screen appears Peace select language to instal English 3 Carefully read the software license agreement If you accept the terms of the software license agreement select accept to continue Instruction Manual 4 Enter your personal information and serial number The serial number is located on the back of the Driver and Software CD sleeve 5 DriveClone will be installed in the path displayed You will have the option to select another location to install DriveClone 6 Click Next and DriveClone will be installed in the destination folder 7 Select Restart Now to complete the installation DriveClone will restart the computer Note You cannot launch DriveClone until your computer has restarted You nx to restart your system before you can operate Dive
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