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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents GENERAL INFORMATION ....................5 COPYRIGHT .................................5 NOTICES AND CLASSIFICATIONS........................5 CONTACT US................................5 PRECAUTIONS FOR THE RAID SYSTEM ..............6 INTRODUCTION ......................7 FEATURES..................................7 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT............................8 PC......................................8 MAC..................................... 8 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES............................8 PACKAGE CONTENTS .............................9 RCM4DJ (SATAeSATA/USB 2.0 combo)......................9 RCM4QJ (SATAeSATA/USB 2.0/FireWire 400/FireWire 800 combo) ..........9 SYSTEM UNIT VIEWS....................10 FRONT VIEW ................................10 TOP & COVER VIEWS (Exposed)........................10 REAR VIEW................................11 RCM4DJ (SATAeSATA/USB 2.0 combo)......................11 RCM4QJ (SATAeSATA/USB 2.0/FireWire 400/FireWire 800 combo) ..........11 INSERTING/REPLACING THE HARD DRIVES IN THE RAID SYSTEM ........12 FASTEN THE HANDLES ONTO THE HARD DRIVES.................13 CONNECTING THE RAID SYSTEM TO A COMPUTER................16 LCM ..........................19 LCM BUTTONS ................................19 BASIC MENU ................................19 MAIN MENU DESCRIPTIONS ..........................20... - Page 3 EVENT LOG................................28 BASIC RAID CONFIGURATION .........................29 SET UP RAID MODE ..............................29 CHANGING OR DELETING AN ALREADY ASSIGNED RAID MODE............32 ADVANCED MODE MENU ...................35 EMAIL NOTIFICATION & EVENT SETTINGS ....................36 ADVANCE RAID CONFIGURATION .........................38 SET UP RAID MODE ..............................38 CHANGING OR DELETING AN ALREADY ASSIGNED RAID MODE............40 ADDING OR CHANGING A SPARE ........................43 DELETING A SPARE ..............................44 FIRMWARE INFORMATION ..........................47 RAID SETTINGS ..............................49 NUMBER OF DISKS SUPPORTING EACH RAID MODE ...........50 CONNECTING MULTIPLE DEVICES................50 SAFE REMOVAL OF THE RAID SYSTEM.................50 LED INDICATORS ......................51 POWER LED x 1 ..............................51 RAID ALERT LED x 1 ............................51 HDD LED x 8................................52 EXTERNAL BOOTUP.....................53 PC.......................................53 MAC....................................53 DISK VOLUME OVER 2TB.....................54 BACKUP KIT ........................55 HOW TO BACKUP A MODIFIED HARD DRIVE ...................56 GLOSSORY ........................57 LCM DISPLAY OF STATUS..........................57...
- Page 4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..........................66 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ..........................66 DRIVER INSTALLATION .............................67 VERIFY DRIVER INSTALLATION........................67 MAC OS....................................67 WINDOWS OS ................................67 WINDOWS 2003 and XP ............................67 WINDOWS 2000 .................................68 Q&As ..........................69 GENERAL...................................69 HARD DRIVE CAPACITY............................69 DISCREPANCY IN REPORTED & ACTUAL SIZE CAPACITY..............70 RAID 1+0 ...................................70 REBUILD..................................70 RAID MODE PASSWORD.............................71 RAID MASTER: USER NAME OR PASSWORD ERROR................71 RAID MASTER: FAILED RAID ...........................72 RAID MASTER: ADJUST HARD DRIVE STORAGE SIZE ................73 APPENDIX ........................74 SPECIFICATIONS..............................74 LCM PROCESS TREE .............................75 QUICK SETUP ................................75 DISK MANAGER ................................76 SYSTEM MANAGER ..............................77 ...
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Page 5: General Information
GENERAL INFORMATION COPYRIGHT Copyright @ 2011 Data Watch Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Data Watch Technologies Co., Ltd or ONNTO Corporation. -
Page 6: Precautions For The Raid System
PRECAUTIONS FOR THE RAID SYSTEM ♦ Any loss, corruption, or destruction of data is the sole responsibility of the user of the RAID System. Under no circumstances will the manufacturer be held liable for the recovery or restoration of any data. -
Page 7: Introduction
INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the DataTale 4-bay Smart RAID System. The DataTale 4-bay Smart RAID System with LCM panel and RAID MASTER (Graphic User Interface) provides massive storage capacity and advanced RAID configuration options in a desktop storage device. The LCM and RAID MASTER allow easy configuration of RAID Modes: JBOD, RAID 0 (Striping), RAID 1 (Mirroring), Span, Clone, RAID 5, RAID 1+0, and optional HotSpare. -
Page 8: System Requirement
SYSTEM REQUIREMENT To use the DataTale 4-bay Smart RAID System, the minimum system configuration in the host computer require the following: 1GHz or faster CPU 512MB of RAM Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7 or higher One available USB 2.0, eSATA, IEEE 1394a, or IEEE 1394b port... -
Page 9: Package Contents
PACKAGE CONTENTS RC-M4DJ (SATA-eSATA/USB 2.0 combo) RC-M4QJ (SATA-eSATA/USB 2.0/FireWire 400/FireWire 800 combo) Please keep all package contents and packaging material in the event that the product must be returned. ... -
Page 10: System Unit Views
SYSTEM UNIT VIEWS FRONT VIEW Down Enter The status LCM Panel indication of each LED indicator is listed under the LED INDICATORS section. TOP & COVER VIEWS (Exposed) HDD Slots (indicate HDD 1 through HDD 4) 4 Spare HDD Screws Handles ... -
Page 11: Rear View
REAR VIEW RC-M4DJ (SATA-eSATA/USB 2.0 combo) Power Switch USB 2.0 Type B DC IN eSATA Port Lock Port / Slot RC-M4QJ (SATA-eSATA/USB 2.0/FireWire 400/FireWire 800 combo) FireWire 800 (2 ports) FireWire 400 Power Switch USB 2.0 Type B DC IN... -
Page 12: Inserting/Replacing The Hard Drives In The Raid System
INSERTING/REPLACING THE HARD DRIVES IN THE RAID SYSTEM To assemble the RAID System, please follow the steps listed in the instructions below: 1. Place the RAID System with its front view facing you. Position one hand on the front edge and one on the back edge of the top lid. Simultaneously, push the lid in the direction away from you, front to back, using your thumbs. -
Page 13: Fasten The Handles Onto The Hard Drives
FASTEN THE HANDLES ONTO THE HARD DRIVES 3. Place the hard drive with the metal cover side facing up and ensure that the interface connectors are oriented toward your left side. Connectors 4. Position the handle to the hard drive end, which is facing away from the interface connectors, and align it with the screw hole openings. - Page 14 5. Fasten the handle onto the hard drive by inserting and tightening the screws on both ends of the handle. 6. Finally, test sliding the handle to make sure that the holes glide smoothly on the screw guides. Repeat the same procedures for rest of the hard drives. The auto-limiting segmented screws are designed to prevent the hard drives or/and the handles from damages due to over-tightening.
- Page 15 9. Hold the hard drive with the metal cover side facing you and the handle attached on the upward position. When inserting the hard drive on its reverse side, the SmartGuider System won’t be able to align and the hard drive cannot be inserted. 10.
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Page 16: Connecting The Raid System To A Computer
11. Place RAID System with its front view facing you and the top lid on. Position one hand on the front edge and one on the back edge of the top lid. Simultaneously, push the lid firmly downward and toward you, back to front. A “click”... - Page 17 2. Insert both ends of the USB 2.0, eSATA, FireWire 400, or FireWire 800 cable(s) into the corresponding port of the RAID System and the host. The RAID System should only be connected to a host computer via one interface. Connection of the system to a computer via two or more interfaces simultaneously is not recommended, especially when doing data transfer.
- Page 18 Hard Drive LED lights will become white and blink about 15 seconds. If the hard drives are inside the RAID System, the Hard Drive LED lights will remain steadily white; and the LCM Panel will show “Initializing…”, then “DataTale ONNTO Corp.”. If there are no hard drives inside the RAID System, the Hard Drive LED lights will turn off after blinking;...
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Page 19: Lcm
The LCM on the DataTale 4-bay Smart RAID System will display basic information for the inserted hard drives, RAID System itself, and basic RAID function operations. LCM BUTTONS BUTTON MEANING Esc or “No” ↵ Enter or “Yes” ∧ Up (Arrow) ∨... -
Page 20: Main Menu Descriptions
MAIN MENU DESCRIPTIONS Quick Setup: Enables general basic set up functions. Disk Manager: Provides basic information of specified hard drive. System Manager: Supplies basic RAID System information, and password or access capabilities. SUB MENU DESCRIPTIONS QUICK SETUP Create One RAID: To assign and create the RAID System’s inserted hard drives into a preferred RAID Mode.
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