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SR-ARS50RE Disk Array Installation Guide...
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SATAII disk drives with RAID 0,1,3,5.and connects to the host system through and eSATA or USB/IEEE1394 interface. For SR-ARS50RE RAID subsystem, that is also a standard part of all major operating systems such as xp/2000/2003 server, Mac, Linux, etc, the host system does not require additional or proprietary software to work with the controller.
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◎ System temperature. Voltage and Fan monitoring ◎ NVRAM for event log and system configuration setting...
Hardware Installation ACT-ARS5050R Series(Front View) Link Host eSATA Port !
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ESC(4) LCD(1) Down(▼) (5) There are 4 keypad buttons and an LCD on the panel of SR-ARS50RE 1.It shows all functions and messages 2.It is used to scroll up through functions or menus 3.It is used to execute a selected function 4.It is used to cancel a selected function...
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The quick RAID setup flow chat is showed as following: Create One RAID Select Level : RAID 0.1.3.5.0+1.JBOD ▲/▼select RAID Level Power On UTran Enter Password ※Note 1 Technology SR-ARS50RE Are You sure? Enter:Yes ESC:No Quick Setup Waiting System Press ENT to access the Re-initialize… setup mode...
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RAID subsystem now offers an alternative means of communication for the internal RAID subsystem- UTran RAID manager utility(see chapter Connect SR-ARS50RE TO PC 4.1 Connect SR-ARS50RE to pc 1.Open the pc case, insert ARS5050I,and connect two 4-PIN power cords to make ARS5050I work well.
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LCM configuration LCM menu tree menu LCM Menu Title Quick Setup Create One RAID Delete All RAID Disk Manager Identify Disk Show Disk Info RAID Manager Identify RAID Create RAID Delete RAID RAID Information Change RAID Pwd Rebuild Priority Standby Timer System Manager System Info Change Password...
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Password Protection: when user presses any button to enter the main menu, SR-ARS50RE LCM system will check whether there’s a LCM password. If user already set a LCM password in System Manager/Change Password, the password is needed to authorize to enter the LCM main menu.
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“Disk N Detects a Bad Page!”: the SATA disk N has too many non- recoverable bad sectors or has smart error state. “Disk N Detects RAID sector Err!”: the SATA disk N has bad RAID sector. “Disk N Detects Signature Error!”: the SATA disk N replies the error signature.
5.3.3 Disk Manager Function set The Disk Manager Function set is provided for managing and displaying the whole connected disks. It contains two functions: Identify Disk and Show Information. The introduction is as follows: Identify Disk: user can identify the disk number by this function. After user enters this function and selects a disk number, the corresponding disk led (ready) will become slow blinking and user can know the mapping of disk number and disk position.
set the RAID name and presses ‘Enter’ to skip, the LCM system will apply the default RAID name to the created RAID. At last user can input the password of the created RAID or skip to create a non-password RAID. Finally, the specific RAID set is created.
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UTran H/W RAID Manager Utility The UTran RAID Manager Utility is used to Manage and easily set, change and monitor the status of ACT-ARS5050. After entering the Utility,there are two operation mode in this Utility, one is Basic mode another is advanced mode.
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Basic Mode Operation Options 1-1Click〈Controller1〉to view Raid and Disk information,Click 〈Advanced〉to view temperature、Fan、Voltage System Information;The following diagram shows 1-2 The following diagram shows event log viewer...
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1-3 Basic RAID Configuration,select RAID Mode,Click〈Apply〉 , The following diagram shows Advanced Mode Operation Options 2-1 Email Notification and Event Settings 2-1-1 SMTP Server Name、SMTP Server Port、Sender E-mail、Sender Username、Sender Password、Recipient E-mail(s),Please refer to ISP settings。 2-1-2 Set finished 2-1-1 option,Click〈Save To Profile〉 。 2-1-3 Select event(s) for notification,Choose event,Click〈Send Mail Test〉...
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2-2 Advanced RAID Configuration,Click〈Create RAID〉to create RAID Mode,then select HDD which will be joined in this Raidset, Click〈Apply〉to finish。The following diagram shows 2-3 Firmware Information: The following diagram shows...
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IF you want to Update the Firmware of ACT-ARS5050,you can click ”Browse” In this item and Select the Firmware file and then click (Update) to execute this action. 2-4 RAID Settings 2-4-1 Set RAID Stand-by Timer Settings,Please enter a values between 0 and 10922(minutes)。...
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