Sans Digital ELITERAID ER104UT+(B), Detailed User'S Manual

Page 1: ...DETAILED USER S MANUAL v1 0 v1 0 ELITERAID ER104UT B...

Page 2: ...12 2 8 R5 MODE 12 3 CONFIGURATION 14 3 1 CONFIGURATION PREREQUISITES 14 3 1 1 SATA HOST CONNECTIONS 14 3 1 2 USB HOST CONNECTIONS 14 3 2 CHANGING HOST CONNECTIONS 14 3 3 DISCONNECTING A USB DEVICE 14...

Page 3: ...A REDUNDANCY DRIVE 19 3 6 2 REBUILDING A HOT SPARE DRIVE 19 4 PARTITIONING VOLUMES 20 4 1 PARTITION A VOLUME 20 4 1 1 WINDOWS SYSTEMS 20 4 1 2 MACINTOSH SYSTEMS 25 5 APPENDIX 28 5 1 FAQ 28 5 2 HARD DI...

Page 4: ...e in external storage applications The EliteRAID ER104UT B storage appliance uses industry proven Multi port Serial ATA PHY technology and proprietary storage processor to provide very high efficient...

Page 5: ...ng magnetic fields may cause malfunctions or corrupt data z Can t operate properly under Windows 3 x 95 98SE ME NT z Hard disk drive is not including z Please be noted the following product may run ir...

Page 6: ...ts spread spectrum clocking z Supports BIST and loopback mode z Supports 48 bit LBA addressing z Supports ATAPI drives z Supports host control of hard disk drive staggered spin up z Supports Asynchron...

Page 7: ...PCIe slot of optional PCIe eSATA controller USB connection USB 1 0 or 2 0 or 3 0 direct host connection or USB hub 1 5 2 MACINTOSH SYSTEMS Mac Pro Mac OS Tiger 10 4 x Mac OS Leopard 10 5 x Mac OS Snow...

Page 8: ...evel node of a cascaded configuration but not for subordinate nodes Even though you can use the MODE SWITCH to select CLEAN MODE for any node in a cascaded configuration only the first CLEAN MODE volu...

Page 9: ...but it is in a vulnerable state because its cloned hard drive is inaccessible When the offline drive comes back online the appliance begins a rebuild process immediately one by one if they are more th...

Page 10: ...to protect against data loss due to drive failure One drive mirrors the other at all times Every write operation goes to both drives R1 MODE provides the highest level of data protection for critical...

Page 11: ...ting blocks of data are then striped R0 across another R1 set This provides improved speed The resulting storage capacity of the virtual R10 volume will be two times of the smallest drive If one drive...

Page 12: ...the virtual R3 volume will be four times of the smallest drive If one drive fails the virtual R3 volume is still usable but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible...

Page 13: ...the virtual R5 volume will be four times of the smallest drive If one drive fails the virtual R5 volume is still usable but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible...

Page 14: ...ays use the eSATA host connection If it becomes necessary to change the host connection between eSATA and USB the host computer system and the EliteRAID ER104UT B should both be powered down prior to...

Page 15: ...his mode the first time that a new factory shipped product is used ensure that the hard disk drives are installed turn off the power before set the MODE SWITCH on the back of the EliteRAID ER104UT B t...

Page 16: ...ODE storage policy with hotspare drive requires a minimum of 3 drives to implement 1 Turn off the power 2 Insert 2 drives in order from the top to the bottom 3 Set the MODE SWITCH position to CLONE 4...

Page 17: ...es in order from the top to the bottom 3 Set the MODE SWITCH position to R1 R10 4 Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON 5 Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting 3...

Page 18: ...e the SETUP BUTTON 6 Turn off the power 7 Insert the hotspare drive into the 4th HDD bay 8 Turn on the power to complete mode setting 3 5 11 R5 MODE The R5 MODE storage policy requires a minimum of 3...

Page 19: ...E 1 If the drive 2 has breakdown please remove the breakdown drive 2 2 Turn off the power 3 Replace a same or larger size of hard disk drive 4 Turn on the power 5 The EliteRAID ER104UT B storage appli...

Page 20: ...mple illustrates the LARGE storage policy which concatenates the capacity of all hard drives connected to the TERA BOX SATA RAID III Every disk should appear with the word Basic a size value that show...

Page 21: ...og box appears allowing you to select which disks to initialize Uncheck the SteelVine Processor Disk item and click OK Within a few seconds the selected disk s should be marked as a Basic disk Note Be...

Page 22: ...22 4 Click Next to start the Partition Wizard 5 Select the Primary or Extended option and click Next...

Page 23: ...23 6 Specify the partition size By default the partition occupies the entire volume Click Next 7 Assign a drive letter or mount path and click Next...

Page 24: ...24 8 Name and format the partition and click Next 9 Review the file system settings and click Finish to create the logical partition...

Page 25: ...S Note Before reconfiguring a volume back up your data and drag the old drive to the trash to un mount previously partition After you configure and partition the new volumes restore the backed up data...

Page 26: ...d drives connected to the TERA BOX SATA RAID III 3 Select 1 Partition from the Volume Scheme drop down list 4 Enter a name for the volume in the Name field such as My Disk 5 Select Mac OS Extended jou...

Page 27: ...sk Utility mounts the created partition and represents it with an icon on the desktop The icon is labeled with the partition name 9 Repeat steps 1 through 8 to partition any remaining disks you config...

Page 28: ...ity Family Part Number Firmware Fujitsu 2 5 320GB N A MH2232DBH 00000009 Fujitsu 2 5 160GB N A MHW2160BH 00000009 Fujitsu 2 5 160GB N A MHZ2160BH 00000009 Fujitsu 2 5 120GB N A MHY2120BH 0000000B Fuji...

Page 29: ...60815AS 3 AAD Seagate 160GB Barracuda 7200 7 Serial ATA ST3160827AS 3 42 Seagate 160GB SV35 ST3160812SV 3 ALP Seagate 80GB Momentus 5400 3 SATA ST980811AS 3 ALC Seagate 80GB DiamondMax 10 6V080E0 3 AA...

Page 30: ...CH8 N I ASUS P5K SE INTEL P35 INTEL ICH8 1008 ASUS P5D DELUXE INTEL 965 INTEL ICH8R 1236 ASUS P5B E INTEL P965 INTEL ICH8R 1803 ASUS P5KR INTEL P35 INTEL ICH9R 0605 ASUS P5QL PRO INTEL P43 INTEL ICH10...