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AEM-8
USER MANUAL
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Revision E (updated 11/01/22)
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End-User Document Reference Number: _____________________________________
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Summary of Contents for ARRAID AEM-8
- Page 1 AEM-8 USER MANUAL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revision E (updated 11/01/22) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End-User Document Reference Number: _____________________________________...
- Page 2 (NOTE: Bering Technology has now ceased manufacturing and repair operations.) The AEM-8 is a plug & play replacement for any HP or Bering drive model listed above. Each AEM-8 has an internal Single Board Computer (SBC) that emulates the electronic and physical characteristics of the original HP devices.
- Page 3 AEM-8 Control Panel The figure on the next page depicts the layout of the Arraid AEM-8 control panel. The control panel consists of a 2-line LCD text display, four LEDs, and four pushbuttons. The control panel is used to display system information and configuration/operation menus.
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Page 4: Drive Type
AEM-8 is ready for host access. Set Address - The Set Address Menu is used to specify the HP-IB device address of the AEM-8. The default address is 0, but using the Set Address menu, any address from 0 to 7 can be selected. -
Page 5: Normal Operation
Volume 0 of the primary drive selected. Now you can load data onto the drive. The AEM-8 does not require HP low level formatting. So, the first step is to ensure that the host operating system sees that the drive is present and then can perform an operating system format. - Page 6 HP disk drives. Multi-Volume allows the end-user to change the storage area that is visible to the host system. The operator may store several HP disk images onto a single AEM-8 internal drive, and then select which image is made available to the host computer, upon restart.
- Page 7 AEM-8 is ready for host access, or it can accept additional commands. Backup - The Backup feature performs a backup of the AEM-8’s primary drive, saving the data to the secondary drive, without the use of the host-system. Instead, the Arraid AEM-8’s internal SBC initiates and manages the data transfer.
- Page 8 Certify Tape - The Certify Tape selection destroys all data on a CF module, overwriting any existing data with a format where all data has been set to zero. This is only applicable for an AEM-8 internal peripheral that is set-up as an MO/Tape emulator.
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Page 9: Technical Support
Repairs are return-to-factory. Any modification to hardware inside the AEM-8 chassis may void the warranty. An AEM-8 sent in for repairs must have an Arraid-branded CF card in each internal device (exceptions for commercial & military end-users with secure software). - Page 10 AEM-8 User Manual Revision E (11/01/22)
- Page 11 AEM-8 User Manual Revision E (11/01/22)
- Page 12 Chassis Assembly 03-9073-001 Chassis Lid 03-9074-001 Front Bezel Assembly 03-5221-001 Peripheral Front (closed) 03-9078-003 Peripheral Front (open) 03-9078-001 Rear Assembly 03-5205-023 AEM-8 User Manual Revision E (11/01/22)
- Page 13 They are specially optimized for peripheral emulators and have been thoroughly tested by SolidStateDisks Ltd, the parent company of Arraid LLC. This CF card can be used to replace all traditional forms of rotational and cartridge media (disk drives, magneto-optical drives, floppy drives, tape drives, ZIP, JAZ, and others).
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