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- Page 3 eSATA External Storage WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage"...
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Page 4: Important Safeguards
User’s Manual Important Safeguards 1. Read Instructions 14. Damage requiring Service All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the Unplug this equipment from the wall outlet and refer servicing to appliance is operated. qualified service personnel under the following conditions: A. -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
eSATA External Storage Table of Contents Chapter 1 — Introduction ..................1 Features ........................ 1 Package Contents ....................1 Specifications ......................2 Rear Panel ......................2 Front Panel ......................3 Chapter 2 — Installation .................... 5 HDD Models ......................5 Installation ...................... - Page 6 User’s Manual...
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Page 7: Chapter 1 - Introduction
eSATA External Storage Chapter 1 — Introduction FEATURES Your eSATA external storage is an external storage of 19 inch rack-mount type using a Serial ATA (SATA) interface. It gives you easiness to install in a cabinet with a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) and affords excellent space saving with a maximum of four SATA hard disk drives. -
Page 8: Specifications
User’s Manual SPECIFICATIONS External eSATA port (DVR connection) Host Connectivity Max. Transfer Speed (SATA II): 3.0Gbps, Cable Length: Max. 2.0m Disk Connectivity SATA Hard Disk Drive (Max. 4), 1.5Gbps or 3.0Gbps (Auto detection) Dimensions (W x H x D) 18.98 x 1.73 x 17.05 (482mm x 44mm x 433mm) Unit Weight 14.1 lbs. -
Page 9: Front Panel
eSATA External Storage Plug the power cords of the unit and the DVR into the same outlet. When the unit shuts down, the DVR is disconnected from the unit even when the unit turns on again (e.g. a short power outage). In this case, you should reconnect the DVR as follows: ... - Page 10 User’s Manual...
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Page 11: Chapter 2 - Installation
eSATA External Storage Chapter 2 — Installation HDD MODELS Some models of hard disk drives might not work properly, and it is recommended that you use the following models of hard disk drives: Capacity Manufacturer Model Name Remark Seagate Pipeline HD ST1000VM002 Seagate Pipeline HD ST2000VM003 Seagate... - Page 12 User’s Manual NOTES: There is no need to change the master/slave jumper settings. The front and rear of the carrier are not the same. Make sure that the hard disk drive connectors are not interrupted. 4. Attach the SATA HDD carrier assembly to the unit base and screw it down. 5.
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Page 13: Raid Initialization
eSATA External Storage RAID INITIALIZATION RAID should be initialized if the installed hard disk drives are unused one or the RAID mode is changed. Saved data on the hard disk drives will be erased. Shut down the DVR system and remove a power cable from the DVR before RAID initialization. - Page 14 User’s Manual 1. Connect one end of the eSATA cable to the eSATA port on the rear panel of the unit and the other end to the eSATA port on the rear panel of the DVR. 2. Connect the power cord to the unit. 3.
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Page 15: Chapter 3 - Configuration
eSATA External Storage Chapter 3 — Configuration The default mode is SATA port multiplier and you can change the RAID mode by using the RAID option switch. Changing the RAID mode will erase saved data. RAID OPTION SWICH SETTING 1. RAID TYPE 1 / 2. RAID TYPE 2 1. -
Page 16: Sata Port Multiplier
User’s Manual 4. LOCK Option Switch Button on Front Panel ON (Up) Locked OFF (Down) Unlocked SATA PORT MULTIPLIER This does not use RAID but distinguishes each hard disk drive. It recognizes each hard disk drive separately and each hard disk drive has its own data. NOTE: This mode does not work if the eSATA port of the DVR is connected with the SATA port multiplier of the DVR. - Page 17 eSATA External Storage RAID 1+0 The system saves data on four hard disk drives by using both RAID 1 and RAID 0 level. It saves data across the two hard disk drives and the same data on the other two hard disk drives simultaneously. It prevents data from being lost even when one or two on which different data is saved of the hard disk drives fails.
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Page 18: Raid Rebuilding
User’s Manual Data RAID REBUILDING When one of the installed hard disk drive fails, replace the hard disk drive with new one and RAID rebuilding proceeds automatically. NOTES: RAID rebuilding is not supported for the SATA port multiplier and RAID 0 mode. ...
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