Addonics Technologies AE6CAHI Computer Drive User Manual
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1. E s ca E jil User Guide CF or CFast Drive AE6CFHI AE6CAHI www addonics com v3 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 Top Cover Screws Removing Cover of CF CFAST Drive To remove the top cover of the CF CFast Drive loosen the 4 screws located at the side of the device using a Philips screwdriver by turning counter clockwise Separate the metal casing of the drive from the housing by lifting up the casing Installing CF CFAST cards into the CF Drive Slide the CF card into each of the slot on the CF CFAST Drive Note It is recommended to fill up the CF CFAST Drive with CF CFAST cards from top to bottom left to right This is to help in identifying which cards connect to which ports for easier troubleshooting www addonics com Technical Support M F 8 30am 6 00pm PST Phone 408 453 6212 Email www addonics com support query RAID Setting Button Dip Switch SATA Host Port Port 5 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 1 E SATA Port 0 Floppy Power Connector SATA Port 3 SATA Port 4 Drive activity LED Jumper Block J1 Error LED Jumper Block2. J3 Dip Switch Settings Raid Mode Individual Drive Factory Default OFF 0 OFF 1 and 10 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON OFF Enable Auto ERR Buzzer Rebuilding Function to Spare Drive ON OFF Port Multiplier Mode OFF 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 RAID 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 MO 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 53124 5113132 chip set or controllers that are Port Multiplier PM compatible Simultaneous DVD writing was tested using the Nero Burning Rom LED Pin Header J3 J1 P5 PO P1 P2 P4 P5 PO P1 P2 P4 Error LED Activity LED J1 Drive Activity LED P5 Activity LED for eSA
3. ID 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 the failed drive www addonics com Phone 408 573 8580 Fax 408 573 8588 Email http www addonics com sales query
4. TA 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 1 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 default 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 as shown below BZS EZ M2 Mi b 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 R
5. elease 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 On the DIP switch change 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 RAID 0 Mode Clon LL Ww LL 2 2 2 LL Le o LL BZS EZ 2 1 MO BZS EZ M2 M1 MO RAID 1 amp RAID 10 Mode Large Mode E z zi E z E 2 BZS EZ 2 1 MO BZS EZ M2 M1 MO RAID 3 Mode Individual Drives Mode E z E E E E E E O O O BZS EZ 2 1 MO BZS EZ M2 M1 MO RAID 5 Mode LE it LL Ww LL SW1 BZS EZ M2 1 MO www addonics com Technical Support M F 8 30am 6 00pm PST Phone 408 453 6212 Email www addonics com support query RAID Setting Notes SW1 When 2 drives are RAID 1 amp RAID 10 Mode connected 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 4 drive RAID 10 array www addonics c
6. om 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 1 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 RAID5 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 HW RAIDO if setup as a RAIDO array If booted into Windows in Disk Drives under Device Manager the raid array will display as Addonics HW 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 function is ENABLED the auto rebuilding to spare drive is automatic The degraded RA
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