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Summary of Contents for Netstor NS780TB3
- Page 1 NS780TB3 Desktop 16-Bay (3.5" / 2.5") Thunderbolt 3 RAID Storage User Manual First edition, Aug. 2020...
- Page 2 1. Overview 2. Package Checklist 3. Panel Layout 4. Enclosure Setup ． RAID Card/HBA Card Installation ． Hard Drive Installation 5. Host Computer Connection 6. Power On/Off 7. Operation ． Thunderbolt 3 Card LEDs Status ． macOS operating system ． Windows operating system...
- Page 3 8. Fan Speed Adjustment ． The front two fans ． The rear two fans 9. Troubleshooting 9.1 Fan LED showing red light 9.2 Global HDD LED showing red light Appendix: The Functions on Backplane 1 Function of Backplane Drive Fault LED (SW1-1) 2 Function of SAS HDD act state LED on Backplane (SW1-2) 3 Function of LED act source (SW1-3)
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Page 4: Package Checklist
Providing RAID data protection solution, the 16-bay storage fully applies to the video editing fields of 4K (4096×2304), Full HD (1920×1080), 3D animation, and so on. Featuring easy setup of the enclosure, the NS780TB3 can be easily connected to Thunderbolt 3 host computer through only one data cable connectivity. -
Page 5: Panel Layout
3. Panel Layout 5. Global HDD LED 。Reading/writing – blue Periodic access – flashing blue HDD failure – red (go to page 19. for the detail) Rebuilding – interlacing of flashing blue and flashing red 4. Temperature LED 。Green – temperature normal Red –... -
Page 6: Enclosure Setup
4. Enclosure Setup 1. Remove the NS780TB3 from its packaging, and place the enclosure on the even surface close to the Thunderbolt 3 host computer. 2. Loosen the two thumbscrews and remove the side door from NS780TB3. •RAID Card/HBA Card Installation 3. - Page 7 4. Install one SAS/SATA RAID card into the PCIe ×16 slot [labeled SLOT 1 (RAID Card)] on the backplane of NS780TB3, and tighten the RAID card with the screw on RAID card’s bracket. SLOT 1 RAID Card 5. Connect the four internal mini-SAS to mini-SAS data cables between RAID card and NS780TB3 backplane.
- Page 8 6. Restore the pillar back to the original state by tightening the two screws at top and at the bottom side of the pillar. •Hard Drive Installation 7. Loosen the thumbscrew on the drive tray, and then pull the tray out of the enclosure.
- Page 9 10. Insert the drive tray containing the HDD into the NS780TB3 storage enclosure correctly, and then tighten the thumbscrew on the tray.
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Page 10: Host Computer Connection
5. Host Computer Connection 1. Connect one end of the Thunderbolt 3 cable to host computer’s Thunderbolt 3 port. 2. Connect the other end of the Thunderbolt 3 cable to NS780TB3 storage’s Thunderbolt 3 port. Go Top ↑... -
Page 11: Power On/Off
NS780TB3 is designed to be powered on/off by the Thunderbolt 3 host computer. 1. Connect one end of power cord to the power cord receptacle at rear of NS780TB3 enclosure, and the other end of power cord to the power outlet. - Page 12 3. When the Thunderbolt 3 host computer is shut down, the Netstor storage will be powered off automatically as well. 1. shut down 2. powered off automatically Go Top ↑...
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Page 13: Operation
LEDs lighting status will be before NS780TB3 is powered on and after the Netstor unit is powered on. Power-off: Before NS780TB3 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 14 Power-on: After NS780TB3 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.
- Page 15 Click ACPI x64-based PC, select Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System, and click PCI Express Root Complex. Open the PCI Express Root Port, and the RAID card in NS780TB3 will be shown, meaning the storage’s RAID card is recognized by the Thunderbolt 3 host computer.
- Page 16 There are four hot-swappable 120×120×25 mm cooling fans in the front and in the rear of the NS780TB3 enclosure for ventilation. The cooling fan can simply be drawn out of the enclosure by pulling the L type metal handle on the fan module.
- Page 17 •The rear two fans To adjust the fan speeds, pull the rear fan module out of the enclosure. There are five sets of jumpers labeled with 4, 3, 2, 1, F sequentially from top to bottom on the fan connector board. The default setting is the jumper being placed over pin 9 and pin 10 for label 4, meaning the slowest speed of fan.
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Page 18: Troubleshooting
9. Troubleshooting 9.1 Fan LED showing red light When one of the cooling fans within Netstor unit fails, the fan LED in front of NS780TB3 enclosure will show red light. The approach to distinguish which cooling fan in the Netstor unit has the issue is given as follows. - Page 19 1 through 16. As you have known the number of HDD that fails in the web GUI from the last step, locate the number of drive bay in the Netstor unit, and you will see, with the number of the failure drive, it will show red light.
- Page 20 This switch determines whether the HDD act state LED on the backplane appears to show blue light or no light when the SAS HDD is inserted into the NS780TB3. The default setting is set to be SAS HDD act state LED showing no light.
- Page 21 This switch determines whether the source of the HDD access indicator of the Global HDD LED in front of NS780TB3 comes from RAID card’s SGPIO or the HDD itself. The default setting is set to be the source coming from the HDD itself.
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