SmartStor DS4600 Product Manual
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4.
Insert the screws through the holes in the drive carrier and into the sides of
the disk drive.
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Install only the counter-sink screws supplied with the SmartStor.
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Install four screws per drive.
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Snug each screw. Be careful not to over-tighten.
5.
Reinstall the drive carrier into the SmartStor enclosure.
Repeat steps 2 through 5 until all of your disk drives are installed.
6.
Close the door on the front of the SmartStor.
Connecting to Your PC
SmartStor DS4600 has three data connection options:
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eSATA
– Up to 300 MB/s
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FireWire 800
– Also IEEE 1394b. Up to 800 Mb/s
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FireWire 400
– Also IEEE 1394a. Up to 400 Mb/s
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USB 2.0
– Up to 480 Mb/s
USB
Be sure your USB connection is to a USB 2.0 port on your PC. The older USB 1.1
ports have a data transfer rate of only 12 Mb/s.
To connect the SmartStor to your PC via USB 2.0:
1.
Attach the B connector of the USB cable to the USB connection on the
SmartStor. See page 6, Figure 2.
2.
Attach the other end of the USB cable to PC.
eSATA
To use this option, your PC must have an eSATA connector on the motherboard
or an eSATA HBA card installed.
To connect the SmartStor to your PC via eSATA:
1.
Attach one end of the eSATA cable to eSATA connection on the SmartStor.
See page 6, Figure 2.
2.
Attach the other end of the eSATA cable to PC.
FireWire
To use this option, your PC must have an FireWire connector on the motherboard
or an FireWire HBA card installed. FireWire 800 and 400 cables have different
connectors. Otherwise, the procedure is the same.
Summary of Contents for SmartStor DS4600
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Page 50: ...SmartStor DS4600 Product Manual 44 Click the Next button D to continue ...
Page 54: ...SmartStor DS4600 Product Manual 48 Figure 7 SmartStor file structure viewed from a MAC ...
Page 70: ...SmartStor DS4600 Product Manual 64 10 Click the Add button ...
Page 76: ...SmartStor DS4600 Product Manual 70 5 Click the folder whose contents you want to backup ...
Page 95: ...Chapter 3 SmartNAVI 89 Optional ...
Page 96: ...SmartStor DS4600 Product Manual 90 To view a photo click the View icon ...
Page 142: ...SmartStor DS4600 Product Manual 136 5 Boot the SmartStor See Connecting the Power on page 9 ...