Cablematic 3.5", User Manual

Page 1: ...lude Getting Started Notice About the Enclosure HDD Installation Guide RAID Mode Guide Hard Drive Formatting Guide Power Synchronization Important All data will be deleted on each HDD Mode change Back...

Page 2: ...sing this product 2 This product operates between 0o C to 40o C with a relative humidity between 5 to 80 Be sure the unit is operating in a well ventilated environment 3 Do not block any of the ventil...

Page 3: ...eed to allow efficient ventilation and backward to reduce noise level LED Indication Power LED Green ON Power on OFF Power off HDD 1 LED Blue ON HDD inserted Flash Randomly Accessing Read Write Rebuil...

Page 4: ...MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 3 Front Back View Power LED HDD1 LED HDD2 LED HDD3 LED HDD4 LED Tray lock Power On Off switch RAID Reset HDD Tray Fan Speed Control eSATA RAID Mode Switch USB3 0 Power Jack D...

Page 5: ...4 Bay MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 4 3 HDD Installation Guide Step1 Push the Locker to the left to unlock the HDD tray Step2 Take out the HDD trays...

Page 6: ...the HDD pad s to the center inside of the tray s ONLY IF the HDD s cannot be stably mounted Step4 Install the HDD s into the tray s and fix 2 screws on both sides per tray Make sure screws are firmly...

Page 7: ...4 Bay MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 6 Step5 Slide HDD trays back to the case Step5 Push the Locker to the right to lock the HDD tray...

Page 8: ...mallest capacity by 4 1 RAID 5 RAID Block level striping with distributed parity Capacity multiply the smallest capacity by 4 1 RAID10 RAID1 RAID mirroring on each HDD simultaneously Capacity equals t...

Page 9: ...ated at the back of the case 5 Pin and hold RAID Reset for 3 5 seconds Then HDD mode will change according to the selection 6 After setting RAID mode please initialize the HDD again to have the HDD wo...

Page 10: ...OS 1 Power on the case 2 Check and make sure all HDDs are installed perfectly 3 Connect the case to PC via USB or eSATA cable Make sure all HDD LEDs light up 4 Select JMicron HW RAID Manager_Win for...

Page 11: ...4 Bay MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 10 6 Select the RAID mode that you want to apply 7 Press Apply...

Page 12: ...tails for initializing disk s please refer to page 18 for guidance 9 Format HDDs before they are ready to use Note Refer to Hard Drive Formatting Guide in the below session for detailed instructions N...

Page 13: ...HDD1 2 LED 1 2 blinks irregularly on rebuild HDD3 4 LED 3 4 blinks irregularly on rebuild LED Activity Chart this chart describe LED activity under RAID rebuild process Constant On Blinks Irregularly...

Page 14: ...following sections describe procedures required to partition a volume Note Follow the step by step instructions below to complete the HDD partitioning and formatting Each HDD has to be partitioned an...

Page 15: ...ot available initialize the disk first To initialize a disk please check Initialize a Disk at page 18 for guidance Note In Win XP you will probably find New Partition instead of New Simple Volume It s...

Page 16: ...4 Bay MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 15 4 Specify the partition size By default the partition occupies the entire volume Click Next...

Page 17: ...4 Bay MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 16 5 Assign a drive letter and click Next 6 Name format the partition and click Next...

Page 18: ...4 Bay MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 17 7 Review the file system settings and click Finish to create the logical partition...

Page 19: ...while right clicking the Unallocated box look to the left of the Unallocated box You most likely would see HDD s Not Initialized Initialize the HDD s and make sure you see Online before proceeding to...

Page 20: ...Select Initialize Disk 3 You will find a pop up window below Win 7 provides options for MBR or GPT It is recommended selecting MBR if the HDD capacity does not exceed 2TB On the other hand GPT is reco...

Page 21: ...4 Bay MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 20 4 Online message will replace Not Initialized message when disk is initialized and ready for disk partitioning and formatting...

Page 22: ...ned before you may begin using the drives under the operating system The following sections describe procedures required to partition a volume Note Follow the step by step instructions below to comple...

Page 23: ...4 Bay MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 22 2 You can find the hard disks under Peripheral Devices choose the hard drive that you want to format then select Format Drive...

Page 24: ...4 Bay MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 23 3 Select GUID Partition Table if the capacity for your hard disk is over than 2TB Select Master Boot Record if your hard disk capacity is under 2TB...

Page 25: ...4 Bay MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 24 4 Select Create Partition then you can decide the size for each partition by sliding the bar to left or to right...

Page 26: ...User Guide 25 5 Select File Type Please be noted the message below the Type column If it says this file system is compatible with Linux system only Then this hard disk can t be recognized by Windows...

Page 27: ...4 Bay MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 26 6 Press Create for creating a new partition...

Page 28: ...4 Bay MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 27 7 The new partition is being created you will find New Volume after finishing the creating process 8 Once you see New Volume select Mount Volume...

Page 29: ...4 Bay MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 28 9 Select Mount Point to access into the folder...

Page 30: ...begin using the drives under the operating system The following sections describe procedures required to partition a volume Note Follow the step by step instructions below to complete the HDD partitio...

Page 31: ...4 Bay MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 30 2 Select Disk Utility...

Page 32: ...HDD BOX User Guide 31 3 Select Partition on the top of the window then select 1 partition from the Partition Layout Note 1partition is only a suggestion since Mac OS doesn t need to update the softwar...

Page 33: ...ow 5 Please select GUID Partition Table Currently most of the Mac computers are Intel based so if you d like to make the hard drive works normally or use it as an system drive please make sure you sel...

Page 34: ...4 Bay MULTI HDD BOX User Guide 33 6 Select Apply to finish formatting a hard drive...

Page 35: ...f b PC hibernates sleep mode Note in some OS when system reaches sleep mode only monitor and peripheral turned off while motherboard power on In this case HDD and LED will be still on PC Hibernates Po...

Page 36: ...ion under RAID0 3 5 and RAID10 configuration Therefore it is recommended that HDDs of equal capacity are used to utilize the application About HDD Capacity Support Installing HDD s over 2TB is possibl...