Addonics Technologies RAID Tower IX RT93SDEU3 User Manual

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RAID Tower IX
(RT93SDEU3)
User Guide         
						

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In sta lling  drives  in to  t h e 
R AID  T o w er IX
1.  Be sure the lock on each drive door is in an unlock position. If not, use the key that comes 
with the Disk  Array to unlock the drive doo r. Pull 
on the door lever to swing open the drive door all 
the way .
2.  Slide a 3.5” SA TA  hard drive into the drive slot 
with the drive connector side facing in.  Be sure to 
orient the hard drive correctly as shown in the 
yellow label on the inside of the drive door – with 
drive door swing open at the bottom, the top of 
the hard drive should face to the right.  The drive 
should slide all the way into the slot with very  
little resistance. Forcing the drive into the slot 
will cause drive damage or permanent 
damage to the Disk  Array.
3.  Once the drive is all the way into the drive slot, 
close the door all the way till the drive door latch 
securel y.  This will engage power and data 
connection with the hard drive.   The LED lit for 
the drive slot should lit if the Dis k Array already 
powered on . Y ou may lock the drive door with the 
key
4.   To remove the hard drive from the Disk  Array , 
simply follow the step 2 – 3 in reverse.
Door Lock
Individual
Drive Bay
Door
Main Power  LED
Insert Hard Drives
with T op Facing Right
Drive Power &
Activity LED
for each Drive Bay 
						

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.  Pre ss th e R AID  s e tting  b utto n w it h  a  ball  poin t pen .
 g.  While  pressing  th e R AID  s e tting  b utto n turn  o n th e sys te m  power   
   where th e H PM  is  c onne cte d. T he b uzze r will  s ound  while  holding  th e  
   RAID  s e tting  b utto n. Release  it  a fte r a t leas t 5  seconds  fo r hardware   
   initiali za tion . A  single  beep  will  b e heard  to  indi ca te  ini tiali za tion  is   
   complete d. 
 h .  Veri fy  if  th e R AID  array  is  d ete cte d b y th e sys te m .
 i.   If th e 5-por t H PM -X U  is  conne cte d to  th e m otherboard  onboard   
   SATA,  on th e C M OS  se tu p u tili ty ,  th e raid  array  will  d is play  a s  
   “A ddoni cs H /W  RAID5”  if  se tu p a s a  R AID 5 arra y.
 j.   If th e 5-por t H PM -X U  is  conne cte d to  a n e S ATA  h ost  co ntroller  c ard ,  
   on th e R AID  BIOS, t he raid  array  will  d is play  a s “ A ddoni cs H/W   
   RAID0”  if  s e tu p a s a  R AID 0 arra y.
k .  If boo te d in to  W indow s, in  D isk  Drive s under  D evice  Manage r,  th e  
   raid arra y will  d is pla y a s “ A ddoni cs H/W  LA R G E” if  se tu p a s a   
   LA R GE  arra y.
 l.   Once  raid  arra y is  v eri fied , yo u c a n s e t th e b uzze r e it her  O N o r O FF.
1        2       3       4       5SW 1
BZS  EZ     M2    M 1    M 0
RAID  1 &  R AID  1 0 M ode
1       2       3       4       5SW 1
BZS  EZ     M2    M 1    M 0
Clon e M ode
W hen  2  drives  are  
c onne cte d to  th e H PM -X U , 
and  D IP  swi tc h  is  se t to  this  
s e tting , th e 2  drives  will  b e 
con figured  a s a  2-dri ve  
R AID 1 arra y.
Clone ’s  a ction  is  similar  to  
R AID 1. Howe ve r,  all  o f th e 
hard  drives  will  b e mirrored . 
Clone  mode  is  use fu l 
especially  when  users  like  
t o  copy  d ata  from  a  source  
hard  drive  to  th e drive s 
c onne cte d to  th e H PM -X U .
RAID  S ett ing  Notes :
When  4  dri ve s are  c onnec te d to  th e H PM -X U , th e 4  dri ve s will  b e 
con figured  a s a  4-drive  R AID10  arra y. 
						

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Note s o n S pare  D riv es u sin g t h e E asy R AID  S ettin g ( E Z)
W hen E Z fu nctio n is  E N ABLE D , th e a uto-rebui ld in g to  s p are  d riv e  is  a uto m atic .
T he deg ra ded R AID  g ro up w ill  s ta rt rebui ld in g a uto m atic a lly  b y u sin g th e e xis tin g 
s p are  d riv e .
*  S pare  d riv e  c a n b e e it h er p lu gged a ft e r R AID  bui ld in g o r a  n ew  d riv e  c a n b e p lu g 
a s th e s p are  d riv e  w hen R AID  r e build  is  req uir e d.
   
 
  When  w ill r e b uild  a ctio n s ta rt?
  •  When th e r a id  fa
ils  a nd E Z is  e nable d, th e H PM -X U  w ill     
   auto m atic a lly  r e build  th e R AID  g ro up u sin g th e s p are .
  •  When th e r a id  fa ils  a nd E Z is  d is a ble d, th e H PM -X U  w ill  N O T  
   re build  th e r a id  g ro up u nle ss y o u in sta ll  a  g ood d riv e  to  r e pla ce  th e  
   fa ile d d riv e .
 
   
C onnectin g t h e P ow er C ab le  a n d R AID  T o w er t o  t h e        
C om pute r
a.  Connect th e p ow er c o rd  pro vid ed fr o m  th e w all 
  outle t to  th e b ack o f th e to w er.
b .  M
ake  s u re  th e p ow er is  o ff  ( p ow er L E D  lig ht  
  sh ould  b e o ff ) .
c .    
   
 
P ow er o n/o ff c o ntr o l
a.  A m ain  p ow er s w it c h  is  lo ca te d a t th e b ack o f  
  th e to w er. T urn  th e s w it c h  o n. A noth er aux ilia ry  
 
 
sw it c h  is  lo ca te d o n th e fr o nt o f th e to w er.
b .  Make  s u re  th e p ow er is  o ff  o n th e a uxilia ry    
  sw it c h  ( p ow er L E D  lig ht s h ould  b e o ff ) .
c .  Pow er o n th e to w er.
P ow er
P ow er
S w it c h
P ow er
S w it c h
B otto m  F ro nt
H DD L E D s
Scre w s
Connect each of the Port Multipliers to the
computer using either a USB 3.0 or eSATA 
cable.
Connector 
						

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