Addonics Technologies Port Multiplier AD5HPMREU User Manual

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Cable Connections
1.  Attach the SATA hard drives (up to 5) to the SATA ports on the Hardware  
  Port Multiplier (HPM) using SATA cables. It is recommended to connect  
  drives to the SATA ports 0 to 4 successively.
2.  To provide power to the HPM, connect a 4-pin floppy power cable from the \
 
  system power supply to the floppy power connector on the HPM.
3.  Optional: Connect...

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Port Multiplier Compatibility
When configured as a set of individual drives and connected to a SATA or an 
eSATA host adapter, the Port Multiplier will only work with a Port Multiplier aware 
host. This includes setting up the unit with more than one array. Identify your host 
controller and check with its hardware manufacturer if you are unsure. Addonics 
offers several Port...

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RAID 1 or 10 (Mirror set, Stripe of mirror sets)
Number of drives: 2 (RAID 1) or 4 (RAID 10).
Unit capacity: size of one member (RAID 1) or size of two members (RA\
ID 10).
Spares: yes – if EZ mode is not disabled and 3 (RAID 1) or 5 (RAID\
 10) drives 
are present, the array will be initialized with a spare.
Fault tolerance: RAID 1 can withstand the loss of one drive without losi\...

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LARGE (Spanned set)
Number of drives: at least 2
Unit capacity: 100% of all drives together regardless of differences in size
Spares: no
Fault tolerance: cannot withstand the loss of any drives without losing \
data. However, 
some data may be recovered as long as the drive(s) carrying the file s\
ystem data 
(boot record, directory, etc.) remain online. LARGE mode is neither a RAID...

Setting or Modifying the RAID Mode
NOTE: Setting or modifying the RAID mode destroys all data.
Be sure the port multiplier is connected to an active host before procee\
ding. The port 
multiplier will not complete the process if it has no host connection.
1. Follow the procedure for resetting the RAID Mode.
2. Power down the unit and set the dip switch to the desired RAID Mode.
3. While holding the SET button with a ballpoint pen, turn the unit on. A long beep   
    will sound from the Port Multiplier....

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Configuring the Port Multiplier Using the JMicron RAID Manager
Windows users may install the JMicron HW RAID Manager application locate\
d 
on the SATA Controller CD, or download it from 
http://addonics.com/drivers/driver_list.php. In the CD, browse to Config\
uration 
Utilities → JMB393.
Mac and Linux users may download those versions of the same utility from\...

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Next, click the Basic RAID Configuration tab and select the type of RAID\
 
desired. Note that RAID 1 is currently disabled as an option since more \
than 
two individual drives are available, and DELETE ALL RAID is disabled since 
there are currently no arrays to delete. Shown below is the same set of \
drives being selected as a LARGE array.
Finally, click Apply. The Jmicron RAID...

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The RAID and Disk Information screen (shown when the program was 
launched) will now show the Port Multiplier with an Array. The drives are now 
listed as M0-M4, indicating they are members of the array. If spares are 
present (individual drives added later, and the EZ switch is in the OFF 
position), they would be listed as S0, S1, etc. On the right pane, the \
RAID 
Level, status,...

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