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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 1 Accordance Systems Inc. ARAID® Models 1500 and 2000 User ’ s Manual – V1.0 Revision A T able of Contents Thank you for your purchase of ARAID 1500, 2000 ......................................................................................... 2 Unp acking the ARAI D 15 00 and 2000 .....................[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 2 Accordance Systems Inc. Thank you for your purchase of ARAID 1500, 2000 Import ant Notice Please read the following before using the ARAID Disk Array • ARAID 1500 and 2000 complies with standard RAID 1 (disk mirroring) and RAID 0 (disk striping) definitions. • We recommend that two identical (exact sa m[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 3 Accordance Systems Inc. Unp acking the ARAID 1500 and 2000 1. Unpack the ARAID 1500 or 2000 and check for the following items: • One ARAID 1500 or 2000 with • Mobile rack 1 (in Upper Bay) • Mobile rack 2 (in Lower Bay) • Two security keys • Screws • User’s manual • Software CD • RS-232 Cab[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 4 Accordance Systems Inc. Mobile Racks  Plastic handler Front view of ARAID 1500/2000 mobile rack with hard drive Metal handler Front view of ARAID 1500/2000 mobile rack with hard drive Rear view of ARAID 1500 Rear view of ARAID 2000[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 5 Accordance Systems Inc. ARAID 1500 and 2000 Features z PC host Interface: SA T A (Serial A T A) for both ARAID 1500 and ARAID 2000 z ARAID 1500 Hard Disk Interface: IDE z ARAID 2000 Hard Disk Interface: SA T A z RAID 1 Disk Mirroring and RAID 0 Disk S triping support z No driver or add-on card required. Rea[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 6 Accordance Systems Inc. ARAID 1500 and 2000 Operations Overview ARAID 1500 General <IMPORTANT> IDE Drives: Set both IDE hard disks in upper and lower tra ys to “ Master ” or “ Single Drive ” mode allowing the ARAID to detect and recognize the hard disks in the trays. NOTE: “Cable Select” i[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 7 Accordance Systems Inc. Part s on Front Panel (1) (3) (2) (4) (7) (8) (9) (6) (5) (1) T ray 1 (2) T ray2 (3) Key Lock (4) LCD (5) HDD1 R/W LED (6) HDD2 R/W LED (7) Operation mode selector (8) Buzzer ON/OFF Switch (9) Key Lock[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 8 Accordance Systems Inc. Rear V iew and Jumper Settings (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Parts on rear p anel of an ARAID 1500 and 2000 1. SA T A connector (T o PC Host) 2. IDE connector (For firmware upgrade only) 3. F AN connector 4. ARAID 1500 & 2000 power socket 5. 70mm fan 6. RS232 connector 7. Function [...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 9 Accordance Systems Inc. ARAID 1500 or 2000 Operational T est s ARAID is designed with strict compliance to the SATA and EIDE (Parallel ATA) command set and timings. ARAID is a self-contained RAID storage subsystem that connects to any operating system and mot herboard without requiring a device dr iver or I[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 10 Accordance Systems Inc. Auto Rebuild Function (ARF) of ARAID 1500 and 2000 The Auto Rebuild Function of ARAID s upports the following oper ating systems and hard drives. ARF Compatible Operating Systems Windows Server 2003, 20 00, NT4.0, XP/ME/98/95 DOS 6.22 SCO UNIX System V Linux (Red Hat, SUSE, Monta V [...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 11 Accordance Systems Inc. Auto Rebuild Instruction (ARF) for RAID 1 1. Have one hard drive in the Upper Bay of your ARAID disk array and set the front panel operational mode switch set to Single mode and boot your PC. 2. Once the computer is up, c hange the operation mode switch from Single to Default and in[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 12 Accordance Systems Inc. Booting With One Hard Drive in Single Mode (1) If you want to boot the syst em with one hard drive (source disk), place source disk in the upper bay . ARAID can then access to source disk only . LCD message is shown below . ◎ ARAID in Single mode (OFF indicates power for t arget d[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 13 Accordance Systems Inc. Changing Single Mode to Default Mode Performing a Manual Mirror-On-Demand When you change the operation mode switch from Single to Default , the target (lower bay) drive will be automatically rebui lt with the contents from t he source drive (upper bay). LCD messages are shown below[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 14 Accordance Systems Inc. LCD message with the source disk only at system boot: LCD message with target disk is i nstalled af ter system boot: LCD message with target disk onl y at system boot: LCD message after inst alling a new source disk when system has booted with target disk: LCD message and LED indica[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 15 Accordance Systems Inc. Cooling Fan and T e mperature Front Panel Messages When the cooling fan of the AR AID unit stops or rot ates very slowly , the LCD will show a highlighted F as illustrated in the diagram shown below: If the temperature is higher than the default setting (a preset number , typically [...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 16 Accordance Systems Inc. Network Management via SNMP Accordance provides an SNMP Agent (Simple Network Management Protocol) fo r the ARAID models 1000L/1010/1500/2000. It is compatible with Windows 2000 Professional and Server , 2003 Advanced Server , Windows XP Professi onal, and Red Hat/SUSE Linux. The ag[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 17 Accordance Systems Inc. Hard Drive Failure and T roubleshooting Guide 1. LCD message when both di sks are operating correctly . 2. LCD message when the source disk is OK and target disk fails. ARAID will maintain read/writ e function on the source disk, but the RAID function is terminated. Replace the fail[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 18 Accordance Systems Inc. ARAID Questions & Answers PC BIOS setup Q: What type of hard drive should be selected in the PC BIOS setup? A: If you are using two identical hard drives (s ame manufacturer and model) in your ARAID, select HDD TYPE of AUTO . If you replace a failed hard drive with a new di sk w[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 19 Accordance Systems Inc. Replacing and Upgrading Hard Drives Q: What should I do if I need to replace a defective hard drive? A: 1. T o minimize the risk of losing mission critic al data, make it a practi ce to keep a spare hard drive of the same make and model for the next two years. Always restock your sp[...]

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    ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User ’s Manual 20 Accordance Systems Inc. Appendix A Product Discrep ancy Report ARAID Series No. yymmdd: Date: yy/mm/dd: Company Name: Y our name: Accordance Product Name & Model Firmware Revision Manufactured Date or Purchase Date Equipment & Environment PC or Motherboard Brand & Model (**) BIOS (**) Phoenix o[...]