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Summary of Contents for Netstor NS372TB3
- Page 1 NS372TB3 1U Rackmountable 2-bay (5.25” ) LTO Tape Drive to Thunderbolt™ 3 Enclosure User Manual Second edition, Jun. 2019...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
1. Unpack the NS372TB3 2. Storage Enclosure Description 2.1 Panel Layout 2.2 Environmental Control Board LED Status 3. Setup Procedure 4. Blower Fan Speed Adjustment 5. Power On/Off NS372TB3 6. Verification 6.1 macOS 6.2 Windows Operating System 7. Thunderbolt 3 Card LEDs Status... -
Page 3: Unpack The Ns372Tb3
1. Unpack the NS372TB3 The box contains the following items: 。Netstor NS372TB3 storage 。Thunderbolt 3 cable (1 meter) × 1 。Power cord × 1 2. Storage Enclosure Description 2.1 Panel Layout 1. Mute Button 。Mute Buzzer Beeping 2. Fan LED 。Green –... - Page 4 9. Thumbscrews to loosen / tighten the top cover 4. Power Cord Receptacle 5. Hot-Swappable Blower Fan 1 。75 × 75 × 28 mm 8. SFF-8088 mini-SAS Port 6. Hot-Swappable Blower Fan 2 。75 × 75 × 28 mm 7. Thunderbolt 3 Connectors 。Connecting Thunderbolt 3 cables to host and downstream device Go Top ↑...
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Page 5: Environmental Control Board Led Status
2.2 Environmental Control Board LED Status D2 LED: fan failure indicator 。D2 LED no light: both blower fan 1 and 2 are normal 。D2 LED red light: either blower fan 1 or 2 fails D4 LED: fan 1 status 。D4 LED no light: blower fan 1 is normal 。D4 LED red light: blower fan 1 fails D5 LED: fan 2 status 。D5 LED no light: blower fan 2 is normal... -
Page 6: Setup Procedure
3. Storage Setup Procedure 1. Place NS372TB3 storage on a level surface on a stable table. By front, the left 5.25” slot is the first bay, and the right 5.25” slot is the second bay. 2. Loosen the two thumbscrews at rear of the enclosure, and open the top cover. - Page 7 3. Firstly, take the first drive slot for instance: there are two 5.25” bay covers attached to the front of the storage enclosure. Use a screwdriver to unscrew the two screws on each cover to detach it from the front panel. 4.
- Page 8 LTO Drive LTO Drive 5. From inside the NS372TB3 enclosure, connect the first SFF-8482 connector, labeled P1, to the rear of LTO tape drive for data signal and power source. ※ Repeat the above steps 3 and 5 for the installation of the second LTO tape drive in the storage enclosure.
- Page 9 6. Put the top cover back to the storage, and fasten the two thumbscrews at rear of the enclosure. 7. Connect NS372TB3 and Thunderbolt 3 computer with Thunderbolt cable, and then connect Netstor storage with power source. Thunderblot 3 computer Power Go Top ↑...
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Page 10: Blower Fan Speed Adjustment
4. Blower Fan Speed Adjustment 1. There are two hot-swappable 75×75×28 mm blower fans for ventilation at rear of NS372TB3. After loosening the two thumbscrews on the fan module, the blower fan can be pulled out of the storage enclosure. -
Page 11: Power On/Off Ns372Tb3
5. Power On/Off NS372TB3 1. NS372TB3 storage is designed to be powered on/off simultaneously with the Thunderbolt 3 computer as NS372TB3 is connected to computer by Thunderbolt cable. Therefore, power on computer first, and then NS372TB3 will be powered on automatically. -
Page 12: Verification
Thunderbolt in the left column, as NS372TB3 appears in the information, it means Netstor storage is recognized correctly by computer. 2. Verify RAID controller of NS372TB3. Right after the above point 1, click PCI in the left column, and information about NS372TB3’s Host Bus Adapter will appear. - Page 13 Note: The Power Nap function is enabled by default on macOS. With Power Nap enabled, during sleep mode, the background task such as checking for new e-mail, calendar and iCloud updates will cyclically occur. As the background task takes place, all the Mac’s interfaces including Thunderbolt 3 will wake up, which will lead to the Thunderbolt 3 device being waked up as well.
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Page 14: Windows Operating System
6.2 Windows Operating System 1. Verify Netstor NS372TB3 is recognized by computer. Right click This PC, and select Manage. As window of Computer Management pops up, click Device Manager in the left column, click View at the top menu bar, and select Devices by connection. -
Page 15: Thunderbolt 3 Card Leds Status
LEDs lighting status will be before NS372TB3 is powered on and after the Netstor unit is powered on. Power-off: Before NS372TB3 is powered on, only LED 2 will show green light, and the rest LED 3 through LED 6 will not show light. green light not show light Go Top ↑... - Page 16 Power-on: After NS372TB3 is powered on, LED 2 through LED 5 will show green light. At this time, if a USB device or a monitor is daisy chained to the second Thunderbolt 3 port on the Netstor Thunderbolt 3 card, then LED 6 will show green light. On the other hand, provided the second Thunderbolt 3 port is not connected with any device/monitor, LED 6 will not show light.
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