Addonics Technologies AD5EHPMEU3 manual

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    T echnical Support If you need any assistance to get your unit functioning properly , please have your product information ready and contact Addonics T echnical Support at: Hours: 8:30 am - 6:00 pm PST Phone: 408-453-6212 Email: http://www .addonics.com/support/query/ v8.1.1 1 T E C H N O L O G I E S www .addonics.com User Guide Exter nal P or t Mu[...]

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    www .addonics.com T echnical Support (M-F 8:30am - 6:0 0pm PST) Phone: 408-453-621 2 Email: www .addonics.com/support/query/ Unpacking and Overview Re f ers t o Device 1 - 5 LE D will ligh t up . If t he drive is being ac c essed , t he green L ED will blink . T his is where you connec t your e S AT A devices (like your e S AT A Dr i ve Act iv i ty[...]

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    www .addonics.com T echnical Support (M-F 8:30am - 6:0 0pm PST) Phone: 408-453-621 2 Email: www .addonics.com/support/query/ Port Multiplier Compatibility When configured as a set of individual drives and connected to a SA T A or an eSA T A host adapter , the Port Multiplier will only work with a Port Multiplier aware host. This includes setting up[...]

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    www .addonics.com T echnical Support (M-F 8:30am - 6:0 0pm PST) Phone: 408-453-621 2 Email: www .addonics.com/support/query/ RAID 3 (Stripe set with dedicated parity) Number of drives: at least 3 Unit capacity: size of one member times number of members minus one. Spares: yes Fault tolerance: can withstand the loss of one drive without losing data.[...]

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    www .addonics.com T echnical Support (M-F 8:30am - 6:0 0pm PST) Phone: 408-453-621 2 Email: www .addonics.com/support/query/ Configuring the Port Multiplier Using Dipswitches Resetting the RAID NOTE: This procedure destroys all RAID data. It should not harm individual drives or their contents; however , creating backups of all data is strongly reco[...]

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    www .addonics.com T echnical Support (M-F 8:30am - 6:0 0pm PST) Phone: 408-453-621 2 Email: www .addonics.com/support/query/ RAID Mode Switches M2, M1, M0 (SW1:3 – SW1-5) The RAID Mode switches define what type of RAID will be initialized when the unit is powered up while the RAID Mode button is held down. Each type of RAID has different properti[...]

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    www .addonics.com T echnical Support (M-F 8:30am - 6:0 0pm PST) Phone: 408-453-621 2 Email: www .addonics.com/support/query/ Next, click the Basic RAID Configuration tab and select the type of RAID desired. Note that RAID 1 is currently disabled as an option since more than two individual drives are available, and DELETE ALL RAID is disabled since [...]

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    www .addonics.com Phone: 408-573-8580 Fax: 408-573-8588 Email: http://www .addonics.com/sales/query/ CONT ACT US The RAID and Disk Information screen (shown when the program was launched) will now show the Port Multiplier with an Array . The drives are now listed as M0-M4, indicating they are members of the array . If spares are present (individual[...]