Cavalry Storage CADA-U32A User's Manual
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1. Generic External Media Partition Cancel e The drive will start partitioning as shown It should take a minimum of 2 minutes to finish First Aid E Partition RAID Rest l E 232 9 GB WDC WD2500AA eit mens nc a ae Sj Macintosh HD 2 Volume Scheme Volume Information diskOs3 L Partition z 3 title 931 5 GB WDC WD10 EACS a ______ Name Untitled 1 OPTIARC DVD RW AD 7170 CAVALRY RAID Mac O5 Extended journaled _ ad 31 46 GB E Install Mac OS 9 Disk Drivers To partition the selected disk choose a volume scheme Set the name format and size for each Untitled 1 volume Then click Apply Anew volume will be created Size 931 5 GE Options C Revert Y Apply Formatting disk2s3 as Mac OS Extended Journaled with name Untitled 1 zir Disk Description WDC WD10 EACS 00C 50 Media Total Capacity 93 i56 Connection Bus USE Write Status Read Write Connection Type External S M A R T Status Not Supported USE Serial Number ABCDEFO123456789 Partition Map Scheme Master Boot Record f You now have a MAC OS extended partition We can now delete the volume and clear the drive Click anywhere on the partition graph representing the partition Notice the under the graph on the lower left Click the button to delete the partition a 732 9 GB WDC WD2500 Erase Partition RAID Restore ae He Volume Scheme Volume Information 2 di2. OK 3 You can leave the format type on the right to MAC OS extended journaled 4 Then click Apply to start partitioning 5 o Choose a partition scheme appropriate for the way you will use 232 9 CB WDC WD this disk i Macintosh HD El disk0s3 GUID Partition Table E 931 5 GB WDC WD To use the disk to start up an Intel based Mac or to use the disk as a mon startup disk with any Mac with Mac OS X version 10 4 or later urnaled El New Volume OPTIARC DVDRW Apple Partition Map CH CAVALRY RAID To use the disk to start up a PowerPC based Mac or to use the disk as a A mon startup disk with any Mac ad Master Boot Record Ed cies foreach To use the disk to start up DOS and Windows computers or to use with devices that require a DOS compatible or Windows compatible partition Default Cancel Disk Description WDC WD10 EACS 00CFE0 Media Total Capacity 931 5 GE 1 000 152 456 192 Bytes Connection Bus USB Write Status Read Write Connection Type External 5 M A R T Status Not Supported USB Serial Number ABCDEFO123456789 Partition Map Scheme Master Boot Record d The warning dialog for partitioning will pop up Go ahead click partition Partition Disk Partitioning this disk will permanently erase all the data from the disk This volume will be erased Untitled 1 This volume will be added Untitled 17 Are you sure you wish to partition the disk
3. User s Guide CADA U32A Series RAID Enclosure This guide contains instructions for changing the RAID settings on your CADA U32A Series Personal Disk Array If you need assistance please contact customer service at customersupport cavalrystorage com The guide is structured as follows Product Diagrams Page 2 RAID Settings Overview with Explanations Page 3 Instructions for Changing RAID Settings Page4 Diagrams Front View Power indicator Rebuild indicator HDD1 Access Indicator HDD2 Access Indicator HDD1 Error ndicator HDD2 Error ndicator Ventilation NOU BWNE The error LEDs light up when the corresponding hard drive fails when there are rebuilding errors and when the corresponding hard drive is not present Rear View 1 Power switch 2 Power port 3 USB 2 0 port 4 Fan for ventilation e oeooooaaE Hih SoS ev TE hal u FI bd SINGLE MODE SPANNING MODE RAID O Striping RAID 1 Mirroring RAID Settings Descriptions Array will show up as two independent drives This function can be used if only if two different brands and or capacities of HDDs Hard Disk Drives are installed Two HDDs will show up as a single drive with the combined capacity of both drives Spanning writes data sequentially across two drives Two HDDs will show up as a single drive with the combined capacity of both drives Speed and performance increase The two HDDs s
4. CADA U32 on its side Remove the cover by removing the screws on the bottom of unit The screws only need to be removed on the top side The top side is the side to which the power switch on the back of the unit is closest Once the screws are removed insert the screw driver into the holes left by the screws and push upward to release the top cover 12 7 Locate the Jumper Block The Jumper Block consists of 6 Jumper Pins with 4 pins being covered by two black Jumper Shunts at any given time Back of drive The Jumper Block i The Jumper Shunts a standard busi card for scale 13 8 Decide which RAID setting you want and following No RAID the diagram to the right Single Made move the jumper shunts to cover the appropriate pins On the diagram to the right grey indicates that a pin is covered white indicates an uncovered pin The jumper shunts may be moved by gently pulling them upwards vertically until they are free then pushing them downwards onto the appropriate two pins NOTE If switching from any mode to RAID 1 mode you must first configure the jumper block to Single mode Then connect your drive to your computer turn on your drive and repeat step 5 un initialization on BOTH drives in single mode the array will show up as two drives Then you may continue again from Step 6 and configure the jumper block to RAID 1 NOTE When placing the jumper shunts make su
5. T X Y PLACES VoiceOver Utility 7 hueitu b Click the header on the left which starts with the drive size in gigabytes 1 Now click on the partition tab on top 2 Disk Utility will switch to it s partitioning function pane Now click on the dual arrow button under Volume Scheme 3 Choose 1 partition 4 e i oe VDI SEAS aE FRO l ac ere z7 cet eee _ orbiter AR nie ee E ee PE gt 2 First Aid Erase AID Restore EELS EE 5 Macintosh HD ar Volume Scheme Volume Information E diskOs3 Name New Volume Format Mac OS Extended journaled a 4 Partitions Sizer Ysl 46 GB 5 Partitions 6 Partitions 7 Partitions 1 ad amp Partitions 9 Partitions 10 Partitions 1 Partitions 12 Partitions e j This volume will not be erased 12 Farimons Size 931 5 GB 14 Partitions Available space 931 5 GB 15 Partitions 16 Partitions ptions f Revert V Apply 4 Disk Description WDC WD10 EACS 00C7B0 Media Total Capacity 931 5 GB 1 000 152 456 192 Bytes Connection Bus USB Write Status Read Write Connection Type External 5 M A R T Status Not Supported USB Serial Number ABCDEFO123456789 Partition Map Scheme Master Boot Record c Now click on Options under the partition graph 1 The partition scheme type selection window will pop up Make sure the selection is Apple Partition Map 2 Then click
6. dministrative Tools cA Command Prompt Printers and Faxes Tan a en Windows Explorer a ES o Help and Support W Pai Search E Notepad iy Pur Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Adobe Reader amp w Microsoft Office Word 2003 oP ICQ6 All Programs p Opens a program Fc New programs installed Start amp io F sapplet Me ae Ico b The Run dialog box will show up Enter cmd in the text box then press the lt ENTER gt key SS 2x Type the name of a program Folder document or jy Internet resource and Windows will open it For vou pen cmd 7 Cancel Browse c Virtual DOS command console window will start You will see the blinking cursor where you can type commands Now type diskpart as shown then press the lt ENTER gt key cy CS WINDOWS system32 cmd exe Microsoft Windows Uersion 5 2 3790 KC Copyright 1985 2003 Microsoft Corp Ce Documents and Settings Administratir gt diskpart m d Now to use DISKPART Warning Be careful not to select your system drive as you could erase it and your current Windows system i Type list disk to show all of your physical drives Identify which is the external drive Make sure you know which before continuing il Now select it by typing select disk where is the number of the drive listed in the disk list iii You can check that you selected the dr
7. heme ahead click tore Removing this volume will permanently erase the lt journaled lected disk choose a volume scheme set options for each volume and click Apply To resize the volumes on the selected disk drag the dividers between them and click Apply This volume will not be erased Size 465 6 GB Available space 464 5 GB Revert Apply 465 8 GB 500 107 862 016 Bytes Read Write Not Supported Apple Partition Map he Your drive is now clean of all partitions Continue to Step 6 on the next A A Generic External Media SS DR te ne s First Aid Erase Partition RAID Restore Z 232 9 GE WDC WD2500 Macintosh HD 5 Volume Scheme Volume Information Sl disko Ta bee l i i Current 4 i Hla E 465 8 GB Generic Extern pe Untitled 1 GOP TARCE DVD RW AD 7 Format Mac OS Extended ournaled 4 Size 465 760 GB C Install Mac 05 9 Disk Drivers To partition the selected disk choose a volume g scheme Set the name format and size for each volume Then click Apply Options j Revert Anply Disk Description Generic External Media Total Capacity 465 8 GB 500 107 862 016 Bytes Connection Bus USE Write Status Read Write i Connection Type External M A R 17 Status Not Supported a USB Serial Number WO WCANU1339627 Partition Map Scheme Apple Partition Map Me 11 After the drive is completely uninitialized turn off your drive Set the
8. ive properly by typing list disk again The table will appear again with an asterisk next to the selected disk Iv Now type clean to completely un allocate and un initialize your disk Make sure you ve selected the correct disk before typing clean v The drive is cleaned now You can type exit to exit DISKPART and type exit again to exit the virtual DOS window or just close the window to get back to your Windows desktop Continue to Step 6 p 12 i Command Prompt Microsoft DiskPart version 9 2 3778 1836 Copyright lt gt eee eee Microsoft Corporation Eas eet ae ee Dun tpt Disk 8 Online 178 GE 80337 KB Disk 1 Online 233 GE 233 GB MeeaeDISKPARTS select disk 1 Disk 1 is now the salected disk iv DISS aes EET DiskPart succeeded im cleaning the disk V gt TES ae ek Leaving DiskPart i gt Mac OS X a Go to top menu Go and select Utilities The Utilities window opens Select Disk Utility to start the disk utility program en iar Pe DEVICES E Macintosh HD LS Network Utility ODBC Administrator E New Volume amp E untitled Mae ae Podcast Capture RAID Utility Remote Install Mac OS X E gigabit nas E abdullah A E admin 8daf9 l a N admin c3d3a m Z afc libra Silicon Image System Profiler Terminal bason f204b bdss i all
9. re they are oriented along the longest axis of the drive For example if you want RAID 1 mode one jumper shunt would cover pins 1 and 2 and another jumper shunt would cover pins 4 and 5 aS opposed to one jumper shunt covering pins 1 and 4 and another jumper shunt covering pins 2 and 5 Fig A below shows how the uncovered jumper pins are numbered The black arrow points to the back of the drive pag BL led aie EE EEE AHN 14 9 Your jumper block should look something like this when finished changing settings Shown is RAID O striping with pins 1 2 5 and 6 covered Note that the jumper shunts are oriented along the longest axis of the drive 10 Replace the cover of your CADA U32 With your disk array connected to your computer and turned on initialize and format your new volume If you need help initializing and formatting your drive see the Formatting Guide located on our Downloads page www cavalrystorage com su_download htm 11 After initializing and formatting your drive will be ready to use If you have any questions visit our website at www cavalrystorage com for FAQs manuals and more or contact us at customersupprot cavalrystorage com 15
10. skOs3 E 465 8 GB Generic Extern s Name Untitled 1 E Untitled 1 Format Mat 0S Extended journaled OPTIARC DVD RW AD 7 s 465 64 Pe J IZE k C Install Mac O5 9 Disk Drivers To erase and partition the selected disk choose a volume scheme set options for each volume and click Apply To resize the volumes on the selected disk drag the dividers between them and click Apply This volume will not be erased Size 465 6 GE Available space 464 5 GB E f Options C Rev JE Apply Disk Description Generic External Media Total Capacity 465 8 GB 500 107 862 016 Bytes Connection Bus USE Write Status Read Write Connection Type External 5 M A B T Status Not Supported USB Serial Number WD WCANU1339627 Partition Map Scheme Apple Partition Map 10 3 Generic Externa E 232 9 GB WDC WD25 E Macintosh HD Remove Volume data from the volume disk0s3 This volume will be erased E 465 8 GB Generic Exti Untitled 1 Untitled 1 OPTIARC DVD RW AD External Media Untitled 1 Options Generic External Media USB External WD WCANU 1339627 Disk Description Connection Bus Connection Type USB Serial Number y page Fr The warning dialog for erasing the partition will pop up Go Remove Are you sure you wish to partition the disk Generic Total Capacity Write Status S M A R T Status Partition Map Sc
11. tripe data across the two drives This splits each piece of Data across both HDDs in segments in a way that speeds up reading and writing times However RAID O does not offer any data protection if one drive fails or is damaged all data can be lost The RAID controller creates an extra copy or mirror of data on the two drives Only a single drive will show up on your computer and it will have the capacity of a single drive Data is protected from the failure of one drive If one drive fails replace it with an identical drive and the data rebuilds automatically Using this mode requires 2 identical HDDs the two drives must be the same capacity brand and model number Changing RAID Settings Start your computer and wait for your operating system to load completely Connect the square end of the USB 2 0 cable to your CADA U32 disk array Connect the flat end of the USB 2 0 cable to your computer Connect the power cable to your CADA U32 disk array Connect the other end of the power cable to an electrical outlet Turn on the drive You will need to uninitialize the drive before changing RAID settings To do this follow the instructions for your Operating System Windows users see below Mac OS X users see page 7 If your operating system is not listed contact customer service for assistance Windows 2000 XP NT Vista a Go to the Start a Menu and click Pau E E ele on Run amp Mozilla Firefox Gig A
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