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- Page 1 NA381TB3 4U 24 bay ( 3.5" / 2.5" ) Thunderbolt™ 3 Storage and PCIe Expansion User Manual Fourth edition, Nov. 2020...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
1. Overview 2. Package Checklist 3. Panel Layout 4. Hardware Configuration 5. Building Up Procedures 5.1 PCIe Card Installation 5.2 Hard Drive Installation 5.3 Connecting to Host Computer 5.3.1 Thunderbolt 3 Mac host 5.3.2 Mac mini Installation 6. Operation and Verification 6.1 Verification steps for Mac 6.2 Verification steps for Windows 6.3 Thunderbolt 3 Card LEDs Status... - Page 3 1. Overview Based on the latest Thunderbolt 3 technology and PCIe architecture, the creative, innovative design of NA381TB3 features RAID level protection and high-performance with PCIe Gen3 expansion ability to Thunderbolt Mac through the blazing-fast Thunderbolt interface. Moreover, the Thunderbolt 3 NA381TB3 enclosure accommodates SAS/SATA 6G/3Gbps hard drives and can be installed with professional PCIe cards for application.
- Page 4 3. Panel Layout 1. HDD Power LED 。White - Power On Indicator 2. HDD Status LED 。Flash Blue - HDD Accessing Indicator, Red - HDD Failure Indicator 3. PSU power button 。“I” for enable, “0” for disable 4. Power cord receptacles 5.
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Page 5: Building Up Procedures
PCIe x8 slot (open-type; supports PCIe card x16/x8/x4/x1) ※ PCIe expension slot board LEDs Status 5. Building Up Procedures 5.1 PCIe Card Installation 1. Place NA381TB3 chassis on a level surface of a stable table. 2. Open the chassis by removing the top cover. Go Top ↑... - Page 6 3. Three PCIe slots on rear of NA381TB3 are covered by removable L-shape metal brackets. Unscrew the screw of the removable L-shape metal bracket to let the PCIe slots be ready for PCIe cards installation. 4. Install one SAS/SATA RAID card and other PCIe cards into proper PCIe slots of NA381TB3, and then tighten them with screws on the brackets of the PCIe cards.
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Page 7: Hard Drive Installation
Step 2. 5.3 Connecting to Host Computer 5.3.1 Thunderbolt 3 Mac host 1. Connect NA381TB3 to Thunderbolt 3 Mac directly by Thunderbolt 3 cable. 2. Immobilize the chassis on a server rack or proper place. 3. Connect NA381TB3 with power source. -
Page 8: Mac Mini Installation
Mac mini Server into drawer, and restore the L-type bracket to fasten Mac mini Server with drawer. 3. Connect NA381TB3 and Mac mini Server with Thunderbolt 3 cable via Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter. 4. Immobilize the chassis on a server rack or proper place. -
Page 9: Operation And Verification
6. Operation and Verification 6.1 Verification steps for Mac 1. When NA381TB3 is connected to the power source, turn on the power switch of storage’s PSU. (turn the switch to “I” position to enable the power supply unit) turn the switch to position “... - Page 10 3. Verify Netstor Thunderbolt 3 target card is recognized by Mac. Click the Apple icon on top left of the screen, select About This Mac, and click System Report, and then System Information pane will pop up. Select Thunderbolt at the left side of the pane;...
- Page 11 Thunderbolt 3 target card, click PCI at the left side of the pane, and all the PCIe cards installed in NA381TB3 will be shown in the information area within the pane. (For RAID card, since starting up, it will take more time for its info to be shown) 5.
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Page 12: Verification Steps For Windows
Mac, the NA381TB3 will be shut down simultaneously as well. 6.2 Verification steps for Windows 1. Verify NA381TB3 is recognized by host. Right-click Computer, and select Manage. When window of Computer Management pops up, select Device Manager at the left, and click View on top, and then select Devices by connection. - Page 13 Find one of the items that shows PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge, open the PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge to the innermost tier, and the RAID card within NA381TB3 will be shown, meaning the storage is recognized by host. 3. Depending on RAID card’s requirement (take Areca’s for instance), firstly install NA381TB3 RAID card’s Windows Thunderbolt-aware driver and the Windows...
- Page 14 4. After installing the driver and the GUI program, launch the GUI program by selecting ArcHttpSrvGUI in All Programs in Windows Start to execute the application. 5. After executing ArcHttpSrvGUI application, the web GUI will pop up. Select SAS RAID Controllers, and then select ARC-188X Web Management to enter the GUI interface.
- Page 15 7. After logging in, for quick setup of RAID volume, select Quick Function at the left side of GUI, and then select Quick Create. 8. After creating RAID volume, right-click Computer, and select Manage. When window of Computer Management pops up, select Disk Management at the left, and then a window will pop up.
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Page 16: Thunderbolt 3 Card Leds Status
LEDs lighting status will be before NA381TB3 is powered on and after the Netstor unit is powered on. Power-off: Before NA381TB3 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 17 Power-on: After NA381TB3 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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Page 18: Pcie Expension Slot Board Leds Status
6.4 PCIe expension slot board LEDs Status SW1-1 Power on/off by Host Power on/off by Manual SW1-2 FAN SPEED HIGH FAN SPEED LOW SLOT1(Upstream PCIex16) Slot 1: Target card Slot 2: PCIe ×8 slot 。(already fixed in the chassis) 。(open-type; supports PCIe card ×16/×8/×4/×1) 。RAID card is recommended to be installed in this slot as it’s closest to backplane’s connectors. - Page 19 If you have any questions, please contact your regional distributor, or Netstor Technology, Taiwan. Netstor Technology Co. Ltd. 6F, No. 1, Alley 16, Lane 235, Baoqiao Rd., Xindian District, New Taipei City 231-45, Taiwan, R.O.C. www. netstor. com .tw sales@netstor.com.tw +886 2 2917 1500 Go Top ↑...
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