User's Manual Tower-5Bay Non-RAID Enclosure, Native
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1. Input 90 230 VAC 50 60 Hz Output 5V and 12V DC Silicon Image Sil 3132 PCI E or Sil 3124 PCI X System Required mE with eSATA external SATAII shielding port O S support OS independent Package Content Enclosure x 1 HDD Tray x 5 SATAII Shielding Cable x 1 Power Cord x 1 Manual CD ROM x1 Hard Disk Drive mounting screw x 20 Key for HDD tray x 2 a Connect SATA cable from Host to SATA port b Connect power cord c Turn on power switch then you can start playing this unit eSATA Port Power cord Receptacle Kensington Security Key Slot Features and Benefits Built in Port Multiplier chip to control Max 5HDD Just 1 eSATA cable to control Max 5HDD Max cable performance 3 0G per cable Shielding connector ensure the frequent plug unplug as USB Compliant with Silicon Image Sil 3124 2 SATAII PCI X or Sil3132 SATAII PCI Express with eSATA port Fo SATALInk 2 5 or 20Gb i Q Why does the controller show only 1 HD connected not possible to make RAID with RAID BIOs see below ion Utility Silicon mage Inc A Please ignore this step Due to Silicon Image firmware limitation you ll see only ONE HDD via BIOs no matter your host interface Motherboard built in or HBA host bus adapter Sil3124 PCI X or Sil3132 PCI Express is RAID or non RAID version Please just WAIT until entering the Windows Operating System e With non RAID version you ll see all drives inst2. J 59 24 GB Available Empty 372 61 GB Available Empty 372 61 GB Available Controller 0 Sil3132r5 Channel Channeli Controller 1 Sil3132r5 IDO 74 52 GB Available Create spare ID 1 ID 3 372 61 GB Available ID 4 372 61 GB Available Empty Create 1G Parity RAID 4 HDD Max inix BASATARAIDS Array Manager File Device RAID Group Window Help Controller Sil3132r5 Channel Channeli L volume A RG0 74 19 GB Available Controller 1 Sil3132r5 74 19 GB Available ID 0 Create RAID Group r Parameters Empty RAID Group Label volume B RAID Group v ID 4 Configuration Parity RAID v 74 19 GB Available Capacity 1 GB v 74 19 GB Available Empty Chunk Size 8 KB v Rebuild Priority 10 v 68 91 GB Available TargetID Capacity Starting LBN 1 0 74 18 GB I 1 74 19 GB 1 qu 68 91 GB Available Empty ID 2 372 48 GB 00040000 ID 3 372 27 GB Available Create Close 372 27 GB Available Empty 372 48 GB Available 372 48 GB Available ID 4 Empty omis Arf WordPad We SATARAIDS Array Man 5 C ee a FF 12 37 You will see 1G HDD in disk management BRD Hw BRD AED WA e mimm TEER HR ce c RES VERI ChE ES 558GB 558GB 100 GF 0 5 3 eJ REDS E FIARE S 573MB 573MB
3. 100 GF 0 g amp C Me NTFS GR 2000GB 1705GB 8 amp 0 m M3 SO MESS HAM RAF 100GB 100GB 100 2 0 Bi SUAS So E C Pu E ER FIRAT MERE j RTA we IRS REA o T Ri 0 50 18 GB Eia C 76 33 GB 20 00 GB NTFS 5 58 GB 573 MB o ESN T BABIES SYD A aA RAF T BRAIRE This is in Array Manager change the spare HDD capacity to 512MB 1111117 151x REW RoR 3167875 RAM AFEA 29881 Channel Channeli 74 19 GB Available 74 19 GB Available Volume A RGO Controller 1 Sil3132r5 372 27 GB Available 128 0 MB Available 371 98 GB Available 4 371 98 GB Available Empty yf omi WordPad E SATARAIDS Aray Man 5 lt FF 12 43 Q Does the enclosure support HOT SWAP of HDDs A Definitely yes except RAID 0 with RAID or non RAID of host interface Q Does the Port Multiplier solution support AUTO rebuilding of HDDs A Only when configure via GUI via Hot Spare drive Take RAID5 S as sample HDD1 HDD4A are created to RAID 5 and now is accessing Pull out HDD3 eun Pda Array manager HDD3 lost and rebuild to HDD5 Spare HDD and Burning program still keep running A 1 e t T C TARAID5 Array Manager File Device RAID Group Window Help pH Controller 0 Sil3132r5 Channel Channel Ej Vol
4. Tower 5Bay Non RAI D Enclosure Native SATA w 1 eSATA SATAII Shielding Connector User s Manual Features Aluminum housing anodized surface benefits for cooling and durability Small compact and light weight Backplane design for four removable SATA drive trays Built in cooling fans for self contained ventilation Individual key lock of each HDD tray for physical security LED indicators for power and activity on each HDD tray Environmental monitoring with FAN TEMP LED indicators and MUTE button Descriptions It is a five Bay Hot Swap Serial ATA Enclosure featuring environmental monitoring It provides a low cost and high performance external data backup solution It will bring the convenience of data back up ability by SATA interface White Power on indicator Blue Busy HDD Accessing indicator Alarm Mutable buzzer for FAN TEMP error POWER on LED white FAN normal green fail red too slow rpm or L UO m O CU g rt ct l CU rJ Uu T3 CU CU Qu O D lt AA D AJ CU ar D LED Display for Stop Environmental Monitoring TEMP normal green over 55 C red X We strongly recommend customers to replace a new fan ASAP after the fan failed Two 60 x 60 x 10 mm Cooling Fans Dimension L 23 15cm W 15 68cm H 20 97cm Anodized Aluminum with Mirror Acrylic plastic Material front panel amp Plastic tray face Power Supply 150W C O
5. alled via DISK MANAGER e With RAID version Install GUI Array Manager software usually bundled with the manual driver CD supplied by host interface supplier i e i13132 PCI E Q i Due Exe f Install51 525A TAR AIDS v1 2 5 inon Eaid Raw files Driver and GUI Installation Package eilicon Image SATARAIDS Manual v1 07 Adobe Acrobat 7 0 Document um 1 463 KE You ll see all disks installed via the software BISA LARAS Array Mier 15 F e Gee BAI Gap Wede Help Conkole D ic hare hannall Vbi ume amp Pica I Wi uma I prai tmp ini Canmoler 3011 7405 Link lie Lip Q Why does the bundled GUI software support only 4 HDDs in RAID5 configuration A It s presently Silicon Image firmware limitation They promise to release an update to solve this problem Pls contact yoiur host interface supplier Q Following previous issue how can I use all five HDDs of the enclosure while the GUI just can RAID four HDDs A It s possible to make following RAID configurations RAID 5 with hot spare amp RAID10 with hot spare both require 5 HDs and therefore use all 5 bays of the enclosure Q Following previous issue how can configure RAID5 Spare with the GUI A You will see 5 HDD in Array Manager SOATARAID5 Array Manager Channels IET ETE TON IL ID 0 0 74 52 GB Available Empty 74 52 GB Available Empty
6. ume RGO 341 33 MB Parity RAID Controller 1 Sil3132r5 Start Drives Paus Options Quit About 1 Winthrax Version 3 09 02 NCR 0 Days 00 Hrs 03 Mins Task List Copy Comp Err Status ID 0 74 19 GB Available 74 18 GB Available Empty 341 33 MB Parity RAID ID 1 74 19 GB Available 74 19 GB Available Empty Empty 341 33 MB Parity RAIC 0 Working New event notification ID 3 372 27 GB Available 372 27 GB Available 128 0 MB Available Ip 4 341 33 MB Parity RAID 372 15 GB Available 372 15 GB Available Empty When rebuilding finished this RAID back to normal status B SA TARAIDS Array Manager File Device RAID Group Window Help Controller 0 Sil3132r5 Channel Channel volume A RGD Controller 1 Sil3132r5 i f Stet Drives Pause Options Quit About 74 19 GB Available Winthrax Version 3 09 02 lam 0 Days 00 Hrs 04 Mins 74 18 GB Available Empty TaskList Copy Comp Err Status p Je 424 420 0 Working 74 19 GB Available Empty LIE Empty Empty 372 27 GB Available mE 372 27 GB Available Empty 128 0 MB Available 372 15 GB Available 372 15 GB Available Empty Link Status Up ARA i WordPad 9 SATARAIDS Aray Men 8 ES Winthrex amp Cle mo FF 1251 Q Pls inform the OS compatibility of the bundled GUI A Presently Windows only Q What can do to a RAID version host interface if just want to
7. use OS built in RAI D A Pls make all 5 HDDs as contiguous then made dynamic volumes and used OS built in RAI D 5 12
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