Addonics Technologies ZFamily enclosures ZESAES256 user guide

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User Guide
Cipher Z-Drive Enclosure
(ZESAES256 / ZSAES256EU)                 
						

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Removing the front panel:
You can remove the front panel of the enclosure to access the drive drawer of the SATA 
drive.
Hard drive installation:
1.  Loosen the two screws from the rear 
panel.  Pull out the interior tray from the 
enclosure. 
2.  Connect the 15-pin SATA power cable 
to the power connector of the hard drive. 
Also connect the 7-pin SATA data cable to 
SATA port of the hard drive.
3.  Use the enclosed screws to secure the 
hard drive to the tray.
4.  After the hard drive is installed, slide the 
tray back into the enclosure and then 
fasten the two screws properly.
Front
Power and Drive
Activity LED Removable
Cover
HDDCipherChainPWRRESETCiphere S ATA(to host)
Screws
Secure
Drive
Here
HDDCipherChain
PWRRESETCipher
e S ATA(to host)
Connect to eSATA Host
Cipher Key Connect to
SATA Drive
4-pin Floppy 
Power Connection 
						

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HDD
CipherChain
PWRRESET
Ciphere S ATA(to host)
Back
Fan
Switch
CipherChain
Power Connector
eSATA Port
Power LED
HDD LED
Cipher Keyhole
Reset Switch
HDD
CipherChain
PWRRESET
Cipher
e S ATA(to host)
How to operate the Cipher Z-Drive Enclosure:
Note: Hot swapping refers to the ability to plug and unplug the component with\
out  
           rebooting.
1.  Insert the AES 256-bit cipher key into the cipher keyhole on the Cipher Z-Drive  
     Enclosure.
2.  Power on the device.
3.  Observe that the green Power LED should light up. If it does not, re\
-insert the  
     cipher key and re-power the device or reset the Cipher Z-Drive Encl\
osure.
4.  For new drive, go to the operating system’s management utility to partition, format  
     and mount the encrypted drive.
Note: You may remove the cipher key from the Cipher Z-Drive Enclosure once it is 
powered on. All the files being transferred into the drive are still encrypted even if the 
cipher key is removed.  Always keep a spare master key in a safe place. 
						

							Reset switch
Under certain applications, the RESET button enables the connecting and 
disconnecting of the Cipher Z-Drive Enclosure without restarting the system. 
Following are examples of such applications: 
 
a.  When the cipher key is removed from the Z-Drive Enclosure, pressing \
the 
reset switch will clear the key code and remove the drive icon. This is good for 
security when the Z-Drive Enclosure is left unattended.
b.  Likewise when the Z-Drive Enclosure is connected and powered on with\
 a 
cipher key, pressing the RESET button will initialize the drive. Note that if the hard 
drive is not encrypted or if the cipher key does not match with what is \
on the 
encrypted hard drive, it will show up as an unallocated drive under the drive 
management screen and no drive icon will show up on the My Computer folder. 
It’s very important to make sure that the correct cipher key is used on the\
 hard 
drive. Proceeding to initialize the hard drive will erase all the data beyond 
any possibility of recovery.
Green Power LED
In order for the green power LED of the CipherChain mounted on the Ciphe\
r 
Z-Drive Enclosure to turn on, the cipher key must be inserted prior to p\
owering or 
resetting the Cipher Z-Drive Enclosure. If the power LED does not light up, the 
computer will not detect the hard drive connected to the Cipher Z-Drive \
Enclosure.
Yellow Power LED
Lights up when there is drive activity.
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