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Sapphire Snap-In Disk Array
with eSATA & USB 3.0
(S4SHU3)
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- Page 1 T E C H N O L O G I E S User Guide Sapphire Snap-In Disk Array with eSATA & USB 3.0 (S4SHU3) www.addonics.com Technical Support If you need any assistance to get your unit functioning properly, please have your product information ready and contact Addonics Technical...
- Page 2 Overview Power Supply eSATA Cable USB 3.0 Cable 1. USB 3.0 Port 2. eSATA connector 3. Dip switch 4. RAID Mode button 5. Power Connector 6. Power Switch 1. Key locks to lock drive door 2. LEDs for drive activity www.addonics.com Technical Support (M-F 8:30am - 6:00pm PST) Phone: 408-453-6212...
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Page 3: Disk Installation
Installation 1. Install drives as described in the Disk Installation section. 2. Connect the AC power adapter’s input to a wall outlet and the output cable to the power connector. 3. Connect either the USB 3.0 or eSATA cable from the Sapphire Snap-In Disk Array to the computer. - Page 4 Port Multiplier Modes The Port Multiplier supports individual drives (JBOD Mode), several types of RAID and some non-RAID drive sets. Each configuration has different properties and requirements, as follows: JBOD Mode (Individual Drives) Number of drives: at least 1 Unit capacity: N/A (100% of each individual drive) Spares: no Fault tolerance: none JBOD mode offers all connected units to the host adapter, no RAID is...
- Page 5 bers except one, which contains parity data for the stripe set computed internally by the Port Multiplier. In the event of failure, the missing information can be calculated using the parity information. RAID 5 (Stripe set with striped parity) Number of drives: at least 3 Unit capacity: size of one member times number of members minus one.
- Page 6 defined, individual units will be considered spare. RAID 0 and LARGE arrays are not fault-tolerant and spare drives will not be useful; therefore, disabling EZ for these arrays is recommended. When a spare drive is present and a fault-tolerant RAID (1, 10, 3, or 5) is defined, EZ mode will automatically rebuild any available spares into the array to replace a failed member.
- Page 7 audible alarm. The BZS switch has immediate effect. EZ Switch (SW1:2): The EZ (spare) switch inhibits spares when ON. When in the OFF position, all individual drives (not defined as members of an array) are considered spare and are not offered to the operating system. Should a RAID become degraded, when the EZ switch is in the OFF position a spare drive will be used automatically to rebuild the RAID, if present.
- Page 8 Mac and Linux users may download those versions of the same utility from http://addonics.com/drivers/driver_list.php under “Port Multiplier & Hub.” The JMicron RAID Manager can be used to create, modify, and monitor the health status of the RAID drives, and provide status alerts with dialog boxes and even email.
- Page 9 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 there are currently no arrays to delete. Shown below is the same set of drives being selected as a LARGE array.
- Page 10 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 drives added later, and the EZ switch is in the OFF position), they would be listed as S0, S1, etc.
- Page 11 CONTACT US www.addonics.com Phone: 408-573-8580 Fax: 408-573-8588 Email: http://www.addonics.com/sales/query/...