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Fantec QB-35US3R+AES Manual

4-bay raid enclosure for 3.5" sata i/ii hard drive
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4-BAY RAID ENCLOSURE
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  • Page 1 Model: QB-35US3R+AES 4-BAY RAID ENCLOSURE English...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    RAID Modus Einstellungen / LED Anzeigen Initialization 25-34 Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Macintosh O.S. 10.X References 35-38 Please visit our website for more information: http://www.fantec.de If you have questions or need help with this device, please visit our Fantec Support Forum: http://www.fantec-forum.de/...

  • Page 3: Overview

    OVERVIEW DIAGRAM of FANTEC QB-35US3R + AES FRONT PANEL EN - 01/38 DE - 01/38...
  • Page 4 DESCRIPTION LED INDICATION 1. Blue Power on Orange Sleep mode 2. Rebuild 3. HDD error When any of HDD1~HDD4 has error, HDD error is on. 4. RAID 0 Spanning Mode / BIG 5. RAID 0 Striping Mode 6. RAID 1 7.
  • Page 5 REAR PANEL DESCRIPTION 1. Fan 2. RAID CONFIRMATION button 3. eSATA port 4. USB 3.0 / 2.0 port SIDE PANEL right DESCRIPTION 1. AES Key port 2. DC Jack 3. DC Power HDD HANDLE FRONT COVER METAL FRAME EN - 03/38...

  • Page 6: Self-Assembly

    SELF-ASSEMBLY Quick installation guide A. Please use the provided handles to secure the 4 HDDs with screws. B. Press the circular deepening to open the cover. C. Press down the rib to detach the metal frame and remove it. EN - 04/38...
  • Page 7 D. Take the transport paper board out of the device. E. Slide 4 HDDs into the chassis and make sure they are securely installed in order from up to down. F. Adjust the metal frame that was removed in Step C. Please make sure the bottom of the frame stays inside the track before closing the cover.

  • Page 8: Important Safety Instructions

    J. Install the AES Key Token backup software. K. Duplicate the AES Key Token data as a backup for safekeeping. (please refer to the user manual, page 7-14) Important safety instructions 1. Keep the AES Key token away from water and heat, and do not disassemble it.

  • Page 9: Backup Aes Key To Encrypted File

    Windows XP(32/64 bit) / Windows Vista(32/64 bit) / Windows 7(32/64 bit) Back up encrypted file with AES Key Token 1. Insert the CD ROM and follow the instructions to start installing “AES Key Manager”. 2. When the installation is completed, plug in AES Key Token, use the USB or eSATA cable to connect the device and PC, power on the device, click on Backup Key „Backup AES Key to Encrypted File“, Apply, and save it in the designated path.
  • Page 10 Note: AES Key Message if the key not plugged in 2. Choose a designated path and click “Save”. 3. Click ”OK”. EN - 08/38...
  • Page 11 Duplicate to another key 1. With a new USB Key Token, users can use Backup Key to get the previous AES code back. 2. Click ”OK”. Note: AES Key Message if the key not plugged in EN - 09/38...
  • Page 12 3. Restore the file storage path and click “Open”. 4. Click ”OK”. 5. Generate AES key successfully. Please shutdown the system and then restart it with AES key to take effect. EN - 10/38...
  • Page 13 Macintosh 10.5 or later Back up encrypted file with AES Key Token 1. Insert the CD ROM and follow the instructions to start installing “RAID Manager”. 2. When the installment is completed, plug in AES Key Token, use the USB or eSATA cable to connect the device and PC, power on the device, click on Backup Key “Backup AES Key to Encrypted File”, Apply, and save it in the designated path.
  • Page 14 Note: AES Key Message if the key not plugged in 2. Choose a designated path and click “Save”. 3. Click ”OK”. EN - 12/38...
  • Page 15 Duplicate to another key 1. With a new USB Token Key, users can use Backup Key to get the previous AES code back. 2. Restore the file storage path and click “Open”. EN - 13/38...
  • Page 16 3. Click ”OK”. Note: AES Key Message if the key not plugged in 4. File storage and path. 5. Generate AES key successfully. Please shutdown the system and then restart it with AES key to take effect. EN - 14/38...

  • Page 17: Setup

    SETUP RAID mode setup First install the HDD from up to down in the enclosure. Power on the device, press RAID button for 3 seconds until LED flashes. Press it again, select the RAID mode you want to use and press the Confirmation Button on the rear panel till the device shuts down. Power the device on again and the RAID mode setup is completed.
  • Page 18 RAID mode confirmation button EN - 16/38...
  • Page 19 RAID O Spanning Spanning concatenates multiple hard drives as a single large volume; resulting in a seamless expansion of virtual volumes beyond the physical limitations of separately connected hard drives. Thze data are written frim HDD1 to HDD4. RAID O Striping Striping is a method of concatenating multiple hard drives into one logical storage unit.
  • Page 20 RAID 3 Striped set This mechanism provides an improved performance and fault tolerance similar to with dedicated parity RAID 5 but with a dedicated parity disk rather than rotated parity stripes. The single parity disk is a bottle-neck for writing since every write requires updating the parity data.
  • Page 21 LED Display Status MODE LED Display RAID O When any of HDD1 ~ HDD4 is recognized by the PC, Spanning HDD1 ~ HDD4 blue / active is on. Blue / Active Purple / Transferring Data EN - 19/38...
  • Page 22 LED Display Status MODE LED Display RAID O When any of HDD1 ~ HDD4 is recognized by the PC, Striping HDD1 ~ HDD4 blue / active is on. Blue / Active Purple / Transferring Data EN - 20/38...
  • Page 23 LED Display Status MODE LED Display RAID 1 When any of HDD1 ~ HDD4 is recognized by the PC, Mirroring HDD1 ~ HDD4 blue / active is on. Blue / Active Purple / Transferring Data Red / Rebuild When the data is being rebuilt, LED of rebuild, HDD error and HDD (1-4, depends on which HDD is being rebuilt) error will be on.
  • Page 24 LED Display Status MODE LED Display RAID 3 When any of HDD1 ~ HDD4 is recognized by the PC, Striped set HDD1 ~ HDD4 blue / active is on. with dedicated parity Blue / Active Purple / Transferring Data Red / Rebuild When the data is being rebuilt, LED of rebuild, HDD error and HDD (1-4, depends on which HDD...
  • Page 25 LED Display Status MODE LED Display RAID 5 When any of HDD1 ~ HDD4 is recognized by the PC, Striped set HDD1 ~ HDD4 blue / active is on. with distributed parity Blue / Active Purple / Transferring Data Red / Rebuild When the data is being rebuilt, LED of rebuild, HDD error and HDD (1-4, depends on which HDD...
  • Page 26 LED Display Status MODE LED Display RAID 10 When any of HDD1 ~ HDD4 is recognized by the PC, Striped sets HDD1 ~ HDD4 blue / active is on. in a mirrored set Blue / Active Purple / Transferring Data Red / Rebuild When the data is being rebuilt, LED of rebuild, HDD error and HDD...

  • Page 27: Initialization

    INITIALIZATION Windows 2000 / XP (32 / 64 bit) If the HDD is uninitialized, you may have to initialize it by doing steps as followed: At first click “Start”, “Execute” at your PC and key in “diskmgmt. msc”. After that please press “RETURN” key. Windows 2000 / XP (32 / 62 bit) only support MBR.
  • Page 28 2. Create new partition and format disk. 3. Disk format completed. EN - 26/38...
  • Page 29 Windows Vista (32 / 64 bit) If the HDD is uninitialized, you may have to initialize it by doing steps as followed: At first click “Start”, “Execute” at your PC and key in “diskmgmt. msc”. After that please press “RETURN” key. 1.
  • Page 30 2. Create new partition and format disk. 3. Disk format completed. EN - 28/38...
  • Page 31 Windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) If the HDD is uninitialized, you may have to initialize it by doing steps as followed: At first click “Start”, “Execute” at your PC and key in “diskmgmt. msc”. After that please press “RETURN” key. 1.
  • Page 32 Initialization with GPT or MBR mode. Note: Please enable GPT if the total capacity is more than 2TB and enable MBR if the total capacity is lup to 2TB. Activate MBR if total volume size is up to 2TB Activate GPT if total volume size is more than 2TB EN - 30/38...
  • Page 33 2. Create new partition and format disk. 3.HDD format completed EN - 31/38 DE - 31/38...
  • Page 34 Macintosh O.S. 10.X 1. Click Disk Utility icon. 2. HDD initialize... EN - 32/38...
  • Page 35 3. Click Erase 4. Click Erase EN - 33/38...
  • Page 36 5. HDD format in process 6. Format completed EN - 34/38...

  • Page 37: References

    REFERENCES 1. Changing the RAID mode will cause data lost. 2. Please refer to the instructions when switching the RAID mode, otherwise the execution might fail. 3. Interface of USB or eSATA can not be used at the same time. 4.
  • Page 38 15. Setting up motherboard's power management in S3 is recommended. (For more details, please refer to the user guide of motherboard BIOS setting). 16. If the device takes too long to initialize, please check if the HDD is securely installed or update the eSATA host driver version.
  • Page 39 20. If you have forgotten to attach the metal frame before you closed the cover, simply press down the rib and the cover will slowly release and open outwards. Please do not attempt to pull the cover with something sharp. 21.
  • Page 40 26. The chart below shows you that the device still functions when one HDD has error. RAID MODE RAID 1 When one HDD has error, the device still functions well RAID 3 but you may have to replace it with a new one immediately. RAID 5 27.