Addonics Technologies Cipher RAID Tower RAID Volume Encryption RVE CRT535PES user guide

							T E C H N O L O G I E S
User Guide
Cipher  RAID Tower(CRT535PES)
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/
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IMPORTANT 
There is no back door for the Cipher tower encrypted 
hard drives if the Cipher keys are lost or stolen. 
Cipher key
Check to make sure you have the correct version of the 
Cipher key.  A sample key is shown
Black label AES-256 stands for Cipher 256-bit key.
To ensure there is a spare key, your Cipher tower comes with a pair of Cipher keys. 
These cipher keys have all identical encryption code unless you requeste\
d then to 
be coded differently. One of these keys should be kept in a safe and secure location 
and can be sent back to Addonics for duplicating additional keys. If you are down to 
the last key, be sure to make a back up of all the data stored inside your Cipher tower 
prior to sending the last key to Addonics. Addonics is not responsible for key lost in 
the mail or retrieval of the data inside the encrypted hard drive.
Keeping track of the hard drive 
If you are using the Cipher tower to encrypt multiple hard drives, it is important to 
label your hard drive if you are taking the drive out of the Cipher tower.  The hard 
drive from the Cipher tower that is encrypted will look like a brand new drive when 
attach directly to the SATA controller of a computer. There will be no partition or any 
hint to indicate that the drive contains encrypted data.  When the drive is partitioned, 
all the encrypted data will be lost. 
The same holds true if a hard drive already has data on it is installed \
into the Cipher 
tower. The computer detects the hard drive as a brand new drive or a drive that\
 is 
unallocated. Once you proceed to partition the drive, the data that was \
on the hard 
drive will be erased and cannot be recovered.
I.  Installing drive into the Cipher tower
Step 1
Use a Philips screwdriver to secure the 3.5” SATA hard 
drive to the drive tray.
Step 2
Slide the tray into the Disk Array drive bay.
Note: It is recommended to fill up the Cipher Tower with 
SATA drives from right to left. This is to help in identifying which 
drives connect to which ports for easier troubleshooting.  
						

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II.  Connecting the power cable and Cipher Tower  
  to the computer
  a.  Connect the power cord provided from the wall outlet to the   
    back of the Cipher Tower.
  b.  A main power switch is located at the back of the tower. Turn  
    the switch on. Another auxiliary switch is located on the front of  
  the tower.
  c.  Make sure the power is off on the auxiliary switch (power LED  
    light should be off)
  d.  Connect the provided eSATA cable from the back of the Cipher  
    Tower to the eSATA controller card on the computer. 
  Note: Check with your system supplier to confirm the PM  
    support on your existing eSATA port
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HD Power Switch HD LED Auxillary Power Switch
Power & HDD LED
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III.  Initial setup of the Cipher tower:
  a.  Insert the AES 256-bit cipher key into the cipher keyhole located at  
    the front of the Cipher tower.
  b.  Power on the Cipher tower. Observed that the green Cipher power  
    LED at the front of the Cipher tower is on. If not, reinsert the cipher \
 
    key and re-power the Cipher tower.
  c.  Option of individual drive or raid volume configuration:
    1.  Individual drive configuration:
      When the Cipher tower is connected to a eSATA Host  
      controller with SiI3124 or SiI3132 chip (port multiplier  
      compatible), the 5 SATA drives will be detected by the  
      system otherwise only one drive is detected.
    2.  RAID volume configuration
      When the Cipher tower is connected to a eSATA Host  
      controller with SiI3124 or SiI3132 chip (port multiplier  
      compatible), the 5 SATA drives will be detected by the  
      system otherwise only one drive is detected.
 
      Once the system detect all 5 drives, use the SATARAID5  
      array manager or Windows RAID software utility to   
      configure the RAID volume.
  d.  Go to the operating system’s management utility to partition, format  
    and mount the encrypted drives.
IV.  How to operate the Cipher tower after initial setup
  1.  Insert the AES 256-bit cipher key into the cipher keyhole located at  
    the front of the Cipher tower.
  2.  Power on the Cipher tower. Observed that the green Cipher power  
    LED at the front of the Cipher tower is on. If not, reinsert the cipher \
 
    key and re-power the Cipher tower.
  3.  Use the system’s File Explorer to access the files on the encrypted  
  drive.
  4.  For security purposes, remove the cipher keys from the Cipher  
    tower after the drives are detected by the system. All the files being  
    transferred into the drives are still encrypted even if the cipher key i\
s  
  removed.
  5.  When the Cipher tower is restarted, the cipher key must be inserted  
    again in order to gain access to the drives.