Edge10 DAS200 manual

2 Bay SATA II to USB & eSATA Combo Storag e Appliance DAS200 User’s Manual[...]

Table of Contents 1 WELCOM E ............... ............ .............. ............. ................. ............. ............ ................. .............. ............ ............. 4 1.1 INTRODUCTION ............... ............. ............. ............. ................. ............ ............. ................. .............. ...[...]

3.6.1 STANDARD (INDIVIDUA L) MODE .......... ....... .......... ......... ......... ......... ........ .......... ........... ........ .......... ...29 3.6.2 COMBINE (BIG) MODE .......... ........ .......... ....... ........... ........... ........ ......... ......... ......... ......... ........ ........... ....30 3.6.3 STRIPING (FAST) MODE ......[...]

1 WELCOME 1.1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing DAS200 storage appliance. It is a low-cost, single-chip solution for digital home and small office storage appliances. Fe atures of the DAS200 include ad vanced RAID modes. It’s available from leading storage partners in pre-configured set-ups with eSATA host connectio ns; also include USB host co[...]

a Please be noted the follo wing product may run irregularly which are not un der warranty.  Toshiba DynaBook, Satellite series (All K6 CP U models).  IBM Aptiva E series (All K6 CPU models).  Sotec E-note M260 series.  All AMD K6 system.  PC with sis7000/ 7001/ 7002 PC I to USB host controller. 1.3 FEA TURES 1.3.1 OVERALL FEATURES a[...]

1.4 SPECIFICA TIONS a Two 3.5-inch SATA hard disk drives to a standar d B type USB or eSATA interface with door cover. a Power, Host, Alerm and two HDD LEDs. a Design based on the Silicon Image Sii5744 controll er. a Support Mirroring (SAFE), Striping ( FAST), Combine (BIG Drive), and Stand ard (Individual Drive) modes. a Metal chassis (SECC) and p[...]

node is detected by your host. Theref ore, selecting STANDARD mod e for any subordinate node is not recommended. In a STANDARD configuration, the DAS200 Stor age directly exposes each physical drive. 1.5.2 COMBI NE (BIG) The COMBINE (BIG) storage policy concatenate s a series of physical hard drives as a single lar ge volume; resulting in a seamles[...]

1.5.3 STRIPING (FAST) The STRIPING storage policy distributes access across all hard disks, also called FAST (equivalent to RAID 0) . STRIPING presents the be st data speed but no data re dundancy. STRIPING stor age policy accelerates hard disk operating speed by using many disks in para llel. Hard drive data segm ents are written to different disk[...]

BANC, although no mirroring will occur until a second hard disk drive is connected to Port 1. With only one hard disk drive c onnected, the M IRRORING volume will b e available, a lthough no da ta protection wil l be provided u ntil a second hard disk drive is connected. 1.6 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1.6.1 PC SYSTEMS • Intel Pentium-III 500MHz equivale[...]

1.7 PRODUCT CONTENTS The following parts are content. a DAS200 x 1. a Power Adapter x 1. a Power Cable x 1. a Tool-less Screw x 4. a Setup and Instal lation Driver Repository CD x 1. a USB 2.0 Cable x 1. a eSATA Cable x 1 (CFI-B4023CR Only) . a Sii3132 PCI-Express 1X HBA x 1 (CFI- B4023CR Only). Ver. 071004 DAS200 User’s Manual 10[...]

2 INST ALLA TION 2.1 INST ALLING HARD DISK DRIVE Please refe r below procedure to comple te the HDD inst allation. • Unfasten the Tool- less screws on the back panel. • Remove the upper chas sis cove r backw ards and lifts it up. • Open the front door and install the HDDs in ord er from the b ottom to the top. DAS200 User’s Manual Ver. 0710[...]

• Twist the Tool-less screws shut to seat the drive securely. • Close the front door and the u pper chassis cover, than fasten the T ool-less screws on th e back panel. 2.2 UNST ALLING HARD DISK DRIVE • Please unfaste n the Tool- less s crew. • Release the HDD from the 22-pin SATA conne ctor by using the Tool-le ss screw, than remove the HD[...]

2.3 POWER ON / OFF • Push the power switch to p osition “ I ” to power on. • Push the power switch to position “ O ” to pow er off. DAS200 User’s Manual Ver. 071004 13[...]

3 CONFIGURA TION 3.1 CONF IGURA TION PRER EQUISITES 3.1.1 SATA HOST CONNECTIONS This guide assumes that you have alread y attached the DAS200 to a host computer tha t has been installed with the Sii3124 or Sii3132 HBA (Host Br idge Adapter) or another third par ty SATA HBA with Port Multiplier (PM) support. If you use a host controller that does no[...]

3. The following message then appears: “Safe to Remove Hardware”. You can no w safely disconnect the device from your computer. Note: If your host USB adapter d oes not support this feature, the d evice should be di sabled us ing the Device Manager or your system should be s hut down cleanly and po wered off before disconnecting the USB device.[...]

3.5.2 eS ATA H OST LE D The DAS200 has one Green color eSATA Host LED. Th e table shows eSATA Host LED function and operation. DESCRIPTION GREEN LED eSATA Host Unplugged / No Po wer Off eSATA Host Unplugged (Idle ) On eSATA Host Unplugged (Active) On 3.5.3 USB HOST LED The DAS200 has one Green color USB Host LED. These LEDs behave as follows: DESCR[...]

3.6.1 STANDARD (INDIVIDUAL) MODE IMPORTANT: Before reconfiguring a volume, back up your data and delete previously defined partitions. 1. Turn on th e powe r. 2. Set the DIP switch position to STANDARD. 3. Press the recessed Mode Chan ge push-button. DAS200 User’s Manual Ver. 071004 29[...]

3.6.2 COMBINE (BIG) MODE IMPORTANT: Before reconfiguring a volume, back up your data and delete previously defined partitions. 1. Turn on th e powe r. 2. Set the DIP switch position to COMBINE. 3. Press the recessed Mode Chan ge push-button. Ver. 071004 DAS200 User’s Manual 30[...]

3.6.3 STRIPING (FAST) MODE IMPORTANT: Before reconfiguring a volume, back up your data and delete previously defined partitions. 1. Turn on th e powe r. 2. Set the DIP switch position to STRIPING. 3. Press the recessed Mode Chan ge push-button. DAS200 User’s Manual Ver. 071004 31[...]

3.6.4 MIRRORING (SAFE) MODE IMPORTANT: Before reconfiguring a volume, back up your data and delete previously defined partitions. 1. Turn on th e powe r. 2. Set the DIP switch position to MIRRORING. 3. Press the recessed Mode Chan ge push-button. Ver. 071004 DAS200 User’s Manual 32[...]

Note: After you hav e press ed the Mode Change push -button, an d than wa it a while, the MI RRORING mode will start to rebuilding (depand on th e capacity of HDD, i.e. 35min s for two 80GB HDDs, or 250mis for two 750GB HDDs); Once the rebuilding has completed, the HDD indicative LEDs will turn RED then to GREEN color. DAS200 User’s Manual Ver. 0[...]

4 P ARTITIONING VOLUMES 4.1 P ARTITION A VOLUME 4.1.1 WINDOWS SYSTEMS IMPORTANT: Before repartition a volume, back up your data and delete previously defined partitions. 1. Right- click th e My Computer icon on your desktop and select Man age from the pop-up window. 2. Selec t Disk Management under Storage to open the Windows Disk Manager. This exa[...]

Every disk shou ld appear w ith the word “ Basic” , a size value that shows the availa ble storage capacity, and a status of “ Online ”. Inst ead of Basic , a disk could appear Unk now n , Dynamic , or Not Initialized . If the disk appears as “ Unknow n ”, right-click the disk icon and sele ct Write Signat ure . A window opens w ith the[...]

4. Click Next to start the Partition Wizard. 5. Select the Primar y or Extended option and click Ne xt . Ver. 071004 DAS200 User’s Manual 36[...]

6. Specif y the partition si ze. By default , the partition o ccupies the entire volu me. Click Next . 7. Assign a drive letter or mount p ath and click Next . DAS200 User’s Manual Ver. 071004 37[...]

8. Name and format the partiti on and click Next . 9. Review the file syste m settings and clic k Finish to create the logical partition. Ver. 071004 DAS200 User’s Manual 38[...]

10. Repeat steps 1 through 9 to partitio n any remaining disks. 4.1.2 MACINTOSH SYSTEMS IMPORTANT: Before reconfiguring a volume, back up your data and drag the old drive to the tra sh to un-mount previously partition. After you configure and pa rtition the new volumes, restore the backed-up data to the new configu ration. 1. Launch Disk Utility fr[...]

2. Select a configured disk and click the Pa rtition tab. This procedure illust rates the COMBINE Storage Policy configuration, which concatenates the cap acity of all hard drives connected to th e DAS200. 3. Selec t 1 Partition from the Volume Scheme drop-dow n list. 4. Enter a name for the volu me in the Name field (s uch as “My B IG disk”. )[...]

8. Click Partition to acknowledge the warnin g. Disk Utility mounts the created partition and r epresent s it with an icon on the desktop. The icon is labeled with the pa rtition name. 9. Repeat steps 1 through 8 to partition any remaining disks you con figured. DAS200 User’s Manual Ver. 071004 41[...]

5 F AQ If you need some help for troubleshooting, please check the frequently asked qu estion below, it may help you problem solved quic kly a Can not re cogni ze ． Make sure all cables have been connected pr operly. a Can no t oper ate in O/S ． Make sure the O/S is support for the product. a Transmission s peed is slow ． If connect USB1.1 in[...]