Areca ARC-5026 Bedienungsanleitung

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Inhaltsverzeichnis der Gebrauchsanleitungen

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    ARC-5026 (Thunderbolt/USB 3.0 to 6Gb/s SA T A RAID Storage) Quick Start Guide V ersion: 1.2 Issue Date: July , 2014 Thunderbolt™ Prod uct[...]

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    Copyright and Trademarks The information of the products in this manual is subject to change without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor , who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. All br ands and trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. This man[...]

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    Contents 1. Installation .................................................................. 4 1.1 Before Y ou First Installing................................................... 4 1.2 Summary of RAID Storage Setup Steps ................................ 5 • F or Mac OS X ................................................................... 5 • F o[...]

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    INSTALLATION 4 1. Installation This section describes how to install the ARC -5026 Thunderbolt RAID storage with host computer and disks. 1.1 Before You First Installing Thanks for purchasing the ARC -5026 as your RAID data stor age. The following manual gives simple step-by -step instructions for installing and conguring the ARC -5026 RAID stor[...]

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    INSTALLATION 5 1.2 Summary of RAID Storage Setup Steps • For Mac OS X Step 1. Physically Install the Hardware (Chapter 1.5.1 ) 1. Install HDDs. 2. Connect power cord. 3. Connect Thunderbolt cable. Step 2. Install the MRAID Software P ackage (Chapter 1.5.2.1 ) 1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at “ http://www.areca.com.tw/[...]

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    INSTALLATION 6 Step 2. Install the MRAID Software P ackage (Chapter 1.5.3.1 ) 1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at “ http://www.areca.com.tw/support/s_ thunderbolt/thunder bolt.htm ”. 2. Double-click on the install_mraid zipped le. 3. Double-click on the “setup.ex e” unzip le. 4. F ollow the installer on-screen [...]

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    INSTALLATION 7 1.3 RAID Storage View The following diagram is the RAID stor age front view and rear view. Front View Rear View 1. Disk Activity LED 2. Disk F ault / Link LED 3. P ower and Global F ault LED 4. Thunderbolt P ort1 5. Thunderbolt P ort2 6. Thunderbolt P ort1 Link LED 7. Thunderbolt P ort2 Link LED 8. System F an 9. Reset Button 10. P o[...]

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    INSTALLATION 8 1.4 Locations of the Storage Component The following components come with LEDs that inform ARC -5026 RAID storage managers about the oper ational status. 1.4.1 Drive Tray/Status LED Indicators Figure 1-1, Drive T ray/Status LED Drive Tray/ Status LED Normal Status Problem Indication 1. Activity LED (Blue) 1. When the activity LED is [...]

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    INSTALLATION 9 1.4.3 Thunderbolt Port LED Indicators Figure 1-3, Thunderbolt P orts LED 1.4.2 LCD Panel LED Indicators There are a variet y of status conditions that cause the RAID stor- age panel monitoring LED to light. The front panel LCD comes with three (3) status-indicating LEDs. The LEDs on the front panel are dened, from left to right, P[...]

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    INSTALLATION 10 The following table describes the ARC -5026 SA T A RAID storage Thunderbolt port link LED behavior . 1.5 Setting Up RAID Storage Setting up your ARC -5026 RAID storage involv es these main steps: • Physically Install the RAID Stor age and Drives • Install the MRAID Software • Congure RAID V olumes • Format RAID V olumes ?[...]

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    INSTALLATION 11 1. Gently slide the drive tr ay out from the ARC -5026 RAID storage. 2. Install t he drive into the drive tr ay and secure the drive to the drive tr ay by four of the mounting screws. 3. After all drives are in the drive tr ay , slide them back into the ARC -5026 RAID storage and mak e sure you latch the drive tra ys. Figure 1-5, Sl[...]

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    INSTALLATION 12 THUNDERBOLT Thunderbolt connectors are provided on the back of the ARC -5026 RAID storage for connecting the arr ay to Thunderbolt host and next Thunderbolt devices. There are two Thunderbolt connectors on the rear of ARC -5026 RAID storage. Y ou can plug-in two host ports. 1. Direct connection to a Thunderbolt technology capable co[...]

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    INSTALLATION 13 Figure 1-7, Thunderbolt Computer Daisy Chain USB 3.0 The ARC-5026 RAID stor age uses a SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0), providing an even greater enhancement in performance—up to 40 times faster than USB 2.0, with a design data r ate of up to 5Gbps as opposed to USB 2.0’ s 480Mbps. Y our ARC-5026 RAID stor age is shipped with a USB 3.0[...]

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    INSTALLATION 14 Step 3. Connecting Monitor Port (Optional) Y ou can connect LAN port to the manager clinet system to congure and manage the RAID storage from the clinet system through out-of -band manager . • LAN Port Connection User can remote manage the RAID enclosure without adding any user specic software (platform independent) via stan[...]

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    INSTALLATION 15 Figure 1-9, Connecting the P ower to Enclosure. 3. ARC -5026 RAID storage automatically turns off when the com - puter to which it is attached sleeps or is disconnected. Note: Y ou can press and hold the “R eset” button for 3 seconds to force the RAID storage AC power on or off . When you are nished installing the ARC -5026 R[...]

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    INSTALLATION 16 5. On the Choose Install Set screen, click on an icon to install special components and click on the " Next " button to continue. 2. Double-click on the zipped le that comes from the website or resides at <CDROM>packagesMacOS to add the installer on the Finder . 3. Launch the installer by double-clicking the ins[...]

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    INSTALLATION 17 • Driver is required for the operating system to be able to inter - act with the ARC -5026 RAID storage. • ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console (MRAID storage manager) to run. It also runs as a service or daemon in the background that allows capturing of events for mail and SNMP traps notication. R efer to the Cha[...]

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    INSTALLATION 18 8. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation. 9. When this screen shows, you hav e completed the driver installation and click on the " Next " button to continue.[...]

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    INSTALLATION 19 10. After installation is completed, click on the " Done " button to reboot your computer in order to complete installation. 11. The ArcHT TP and ArcCLI are installed at the same time on ARC -5026. Once ArcHT TP and CLI have been installed, the ArcHT TP background task automatically starts each time when you start your com[...]

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    INSTALLATION 20 • Method 1: McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHT TP Start McRAID Storage Manager – Browser Edition There is one “ MRAID ” icon showing on your desktop. Double- click on the “ MRAID ” icon to locate your ArcHT TP utility and CLI program le folder . Locate “ ARC-5026 W eb Management ” and launch the selected McRAID sto[...]

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    INSTALLATION 21 Click on the “Quick Create” in the main menu, your v olume is automatically congured based on the number of disks in your system. Y ou can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set. The user can change the R aid Level, Capac- ity , Initialization Mode, and Stripe Size. A hot spare option is also created, depend[...]

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    INSTALLATION 22 • Method 3: LCD P anel with Keypad Y ou can use LCD front panel and k eypad function to simply create the RAID volume. The LCD status panel also informs you of the disk arr ay’ s current operating status at a glance. The LCD congur ation is described in a separate manual: ARC-5026_L CD manual. It is available on your Areca CD[...]

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    INSTALLATION 23 3. Specify your P artition Information, Option setting and click on the “ Apply ” button. 2. In the P artition Layout column, click on the “ Current ” to show the drop-down menu and select the number of parti- tions that you want y our RAID storage to ha ve. Each partition will appear as a separate driv e on your computer . [...]

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    INSTALLATION 24 1.5.2.4 Make A Bootable RAID Volume Y ou can follow the following procedures to add ARC -5026 RAID volume on Intel-based Mac bootable device listing. 1. Set the BIOS selection in System Controls: Adv ance Congu- ration to “EFI” option for Intel-based Mac boot. 2. Download OS X Mavericks and DiskMak er X. F ollow the Disk - Ma[...]

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    INSTALLATION 25 2. When the volume icon disappears from the desktop , RAID storage can be disconnected from the computer . 1.5.3 Windows Users 1.5.3.1 Install the MRAID Software This section describes how to install the MRAID software to your oper ating system. The software installation includes device driver , ArcHT TP and CLI utility . In this sc[...]

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    INSTALLATION 26 5. When the License Agreement screen appears, read and agree to the license information; then let the InstallShield Wizard guide you through the installation process. 4. The MRAID Installer (or InstallShield Wizard) opens, pre- paring to install and click on the “ Next ” button to continue. 6. On the Setup T ype screen, use the [...]

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    INSTALLATION 27 • “Complete” to install driver , ArcHT TP and CLI utility at once, check the rst box. • “Custom” to install special components and change the pro - gram directory . When this “ Custom ” check box is checked, go to the Custom Setup screen. 6-1. On the Custom Setup screen, click on an icon to install special compone[...]

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    INSTALLATION 28 8. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation. When this screen completes, you hav e completed the MRAID installation. If you hav e no ARC-5026 RAID stor age unit yet connected or powered on, a “MRAID Installer Information” mes - sage displays. 9. After installation is complete, click on the “ [...]

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    INSTALLATION 29 10. The ArcHT TP and CLI are installed at the same time on ARC- 5026. Once ArcHT TP and CLI have been installed, the Arc- HT TP background task automatically starts each time when you start your computer . There is one MRAID icon showing on your “Progr ams” folder . This icon is for you to start up the McRAID storage manager (b [...]

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    INSTALLATION 30 • Method 1: McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHT TP Start McRAID Storage Manager – Browser Edition Right-click on the “ Start ” menu and choose “ Programs ”. Double-click on the “ MRAID ” program icon to start the ArcHT TP utility (From the Start menu, choose Programs > MRAID > ArcHT TP). When you double-click on [...]

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    INSTALLATION 31 Click on the “Quick Create” in the main menu, your v olume is automatically congured based on the number of disks in your system. Y ou can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set. The user can change the R aid Level, Capac- ity , Initialization Mode, and Stripe Size. A hot spare option is also created, depend[...]

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    INSTALLATION 32 The LCD initial screen is shown below: 1.5.3.3 Format RAID Volumes After the volume set is ready for system accesses, it needs to be partitioned, formatted, and mounted by the oper ating system. The following steps show how to make any new disk arr ays or independent disks accessible to Windows system. This proce- dure assumes that [...]

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    INSTALLATION 33 1.5.3.4 Unmounting RAID Volumes T o avoid possible data corruption, Areca recommends that ARC - 5026 RAID storages v olume(s) be properly unmounted from the Windows system prior to turning off the RAID storage or safely removing the Thunderbolt interface cable. T o unmount ARC-5026 RAID stor age from a Windows system: 1. Click on th[...]

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    SPECIFICATION 34 2. Specication This section presents a brief overview of the 6Gb/s S A T A RAID storage, ARC-5026. (Thunderbolt/USB 3.0 to 6Gb/s S A T A RAID storage) 2.1 Overview Cutting-edge Host Interfaces Y our ARC -5026 features two cutting-edge interfaces, Thunderbolt and SuperSpeed USB 3.0. Thunderbolt technology is a revolution- ary hig[...]

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    SPECIFICATION 35 Unsurpassed Data Availability ARC-5026 supports the hardw are RAID engine to allow 2 HDDs failures without impact the existing data and performance. It al - lows users to hot swap drive in the ev ent of a drive failure with zero downtime. Its high data av ailability and protection derives from many adv anced RAID features on ARC -5[...]

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    SPECIFICATION 36 RAID Features • RAID level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6, Single Disk or JBOD • Multiple RAID selection • Support up to 1MB stripe size • Online arra y roaming • Online RAID level/stripe size migr ation • Instant av ailability and background initialization • Multiple pairs SSD/HDD disk clone function • SSD automatic monitor[...]

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    SPECIFICATION 37 Product Features Form F actor Compact – 4 Bays Disk T ower Host Connection T wo 10 Gb/s Thunderbolt T echnology Ports/One 5Gb/s USB 3.0 Port Disk Support 4 x 6Gb/s SA T A 3.5”/2.5”HDDs/SSDs OS Support Mac OS X 10.6.8 or Higher & Windows 7/8 Enclosure Management Thunderbolt Port, LAN P ort, and LCD Cooling F an 1 * 2700rpm[...]