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Chapter 4 – Setting up an array
To connect to the host:
1. Power on ACUTA and follow the
instructions
earlier
chapter to establish a RAID
array.
2. Connect one end of an SATA
cable to the SATA port and the
other end to a spare SATA port
on your host computer.
3. The host computer should detect the presence of the ACUTA subsystem. Turn to the next
chapter for instructions on formatting your array.
in
this
If the SATA port of the host computer is embedded in the motherboard, use the
SATA external port cable with bracket to convert this SATA port into an
external port. You will then be able to connect Acuta4 directly to the host
computer.
Advanced users wishing to remotely monitor the status of their array should
connect ACUTA via an RS-232 cable to a terminal or computer hosting a
terminal emulation program.
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