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(19) RS232 (for GUI) Select button (20) Anti-theft cord slot (10) ESC button (11) Enter button * The secondary FireWire 800 (1394b) connection on the SOHORAID SR5-WBS2 is provided to con- nect and extend to another FireWire 800 (1394b) device.
SOHORAID SR5 Series User Manual 2. Environmental Requirements (1) Operating Temperature : 5 ~ 40˚C(41 ~ 104 F) (2) Storage Temperature : -20 ~ 70˚C(-4 ~ 158 F) (3) Line Voltage : 100 ~ 240V AC 3. Hardware Installation Please follow the instructions below to complete the hardware installation: (1) Open the package and take out the product making sure that all the enclosed contents are not dam- aged or missing.
SOHORAID SR5 Series User Manual 4. System Login You can log into the system to perform configuration and administration tasks using any of the three following methods: A. The LCD control panel mounted on the device. B. Through a RS232 connection. C.
SOHORAID SR5 Series User Manual 4.2 RS232 Cable Login If you choose to log in via the Web GUI over a RS232 Connection, you must install the “GUICom2Http” soft- ware. Insert the included CD-ROM in the CD-ROM Drive then under “Management Software” select “GUI- COM2Http”...
SOHORAID SR5 Series User Manual 4.3 Login to Web GUI via LAN Port If you choose to log into the Web GUI over a LAN con- nection, please connect the SR5-WBS2 to the network and the SR5-WBS2 will automatically acquire an IP ad- dress from your DHCP server.
SOHORAID SR5 Series User Manual 4.4 Quick Installation 1. Click “Quick Function” and “Quick Create” will pop up. Click to enter it. 2. This screen displays Total Number of Disks, Raid Mode, Capacity of Disk, and Initialization Mode.Basic setups require no changes. You may simply follow the default settings. (User may also make changes as needed) Note : (A)The Raid Mode supports RAID0, 1+0, 1+0+Spare, 3, 3+Spare, 5, 5+Spare, 6, 6+ Spare...
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SOHORAID SR5 Series User Manual 3. Check the “Confirm The Operation” box, and then click “Submit” 4. The following screen will appear.(Initialization is finished) 5. Please select “Restart Controller” under “System Controls”.
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SOHORAID SR5 Series User Manual 6. Click “Restart Controller”, and the following screen will appear. Check the option in the red box, and then click “Submit” 7. After this screen appears, check the option in the red box again, and then click “Submit”.SR5-WBS2 will restart, and the setup of SR5-WBS2 is completed.
SOHORAID SR5 Series User Manual 5. System Management 5.1 System Architecture Quick Volume and RAID Set Setup > RAID Set Functions > Create RAID Set > Delete RAID Set > Expand RAID Set > Activate RAID Set > Create Hot Spare >...
SOHORAID SR5 Series User Manual 5.2 Quick Setup The “Quick Volume and RAID Set Setup” function is the fastest way to complete the system setup process and involves just five steps. The LCD instructions are provided below: (1) Log into the system via the LCD then select the “Quick Volume and RAID Set Setup” function. The system will automatically detect the number of hard disk drives (HDD) installed and display the avail- able RAID levels.
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SOHORAID SR5 Series User Manual 5.3.3 Expand RAID Set This function allows the user to directly expand the capacity of a RAID set currently in use without having to delete the current RAID set before rebuilding. Note : (1) The newly added capacity must have a volume set up before it can be used. This can be per- formed through “Volume Set Functions”.
SOHORAID SR5 Series User Manual 5.4 Volume Setup Once a RAID set has been set up, all of the storage capacity on the physical disks will be treated as one sin- gle storage space. This is not normally recognized by operating systems so the storage space must be defined as one or more storage partitions.
SOHORAID SR5 Series User Manual 5.4.4 Check Volume Set Use this function to check the consistency of the volume set. 5.4.5 Stop Volume Set Check Stop the volume set consistency check currently in progress. 5.5 Physical Drive This function shows all of the physical drive related information including: •...
SOHORAID SR5 Series User Manual 5.6.7 Generate Test Event Use this feature to generate an event to test the email address which configures by the “Alert by Mail Config” option. 5.6.8 Clear Event Buffer Use this feature to clear the entire events buffer information. 5.6.9 Modify Password You can use this function to modify password.
SOHORAID SR5 Series User Manual 6. Hard Drive Requirements and Precautions 1. Only one interface connection may be used at once per one computer system. 2. When connected to the computer system, it’s prohibited to remove, insert or swap the hard drive while data transfer is being performed.
SOHORAID SR5 Series User Manual 3. LCD Operating Instruction (1) After entering the password and “Quick Volume And Raid Set Setup” appears, please press ”ENTER”. (2) Select “RAID MODE’ and press “ENTER”. (3) Press “ESC” is to set the volume supporting 2.2TB capacity; press “ENTER” is to set the volume sup- porting over 2.2TB capacity (4) Press “ENTER”...
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