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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 RC­M4SP (SATA­USB 2.0/3.0) ..........................9 RC­M4DJ (SATA­eSATA/USB 2.0 Combo) ......................9 RC­M4QJ (SATA­eSATA/USB 2.0/FireWire 400/FireWire 800 combo) ...........10 SYSTEM UNIT VIEWS....................11 FRONT VIEW ................................11 TOP & COVER VIEWS (Exposed)........................11 REAR VIEW................................12 RC­M4SP (SATA­USB 2.0/3.0) ..........................12 RC­M4DJ (SATA­eSATA/USB 2.0 combo)......................12 RC­M4QJ  (SATA­eSATA/USB 2.0/FireWire 400/FireWire 800 combo) ..........13 INSERTING/REPLACING THE HARD DRIVES IN THE RAID SYSTEM ........14 FASTEN THE HANDLES ONTO THE HARD DRIVES.................15 CONNECTING THE RAID SYSTEM TO A COMPUTER................18 LCM ..........................21 LCM BUTTONS ................................21...
  • Page 3 EVENT LOG................................30 BASIC RAID CONFIGURATION .........................31 SET UP RAID MODE ..............................31 CHANGING OR DELETING AN ALREADY ASSIGNED RAID MODE............34 ADVANCED MODE MENU ...................37 EMAIL NOTIFICATION & EVENT SETTINGS ....................38 ADVANCE RAID CONFIGURATION .........................40 SET UP RAID MODE ..............................40 CHANGING OR DELETING AN ALREADY ASSIGNED RAID MODE............42 ADDING OR CHANGING A SPARE ........................45 DELETING A SPARE ..............................46 FIRMWARE INFORMATION ..........................49 RAID SETTINGS ..............................51 NUMBER OF DISKS SUPPORTING EACH RAID MODE ...........52 CONNECTING MULTIPLE DEVICES................52 SAFE REMOVAL OF THE RAID SYSTEM.................52 LED INDICATORS ......................53 POWER LED x 1 ..............................53 RAID ALERT LED x 1 ............................53 HDD LED x 8................................54 EXTERNAL BOOTUP.....................55 PC.......................................55 MAC....................................55 DISK VOLUME OVER 2TB.....................56 BACKUP KIT ........................57 HOW TO BACKUP A MODIFIED HARD DRIVE ...................58 GLOSSORY ........................59 LCM DISPLAY OF STATUS..........................59...
  • Page 4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..........................68 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ..........................68 DRIVER INSTALLATION .............................69 VERIFY DRIVER INSTALLATION........................69 MAC OS....................................69 WINDOWS OS ................................69 WINDOWS 2003 and XP ............................70 WINDOWS 2000 .................................70 Q&As ..........................71 GENERAL...................................71 HARD DRIVE CAPACITY............................71 DISCREPANCY IN REPORTED & ACTUAL SIZE CAPACITY..............72 RAID 1+0 ...................................72 REBUILD..................................73 RAID MODE PASSWORD.............................73 RAID MASTER: USER NAME OR PASSWORD ERROR................74 RAID MASTER: FAILED RAID ...........................74 RAID MASTER: ADJUST HARD DRIVE STORAGE SIZE ................75 APPENDIX ........................76 SPECIFICATIONS..............................76 LCM PROCESS TREE .............................77 QUICK SETUP ................................77 DISK MANAGER ................................78 SYSTEM MANAGER ..............................79    ...

  • 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 SMART 4-bay RAID System. The DataTale SMART 4-bay 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 (None RAID), 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 SMART 4-bay 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, eSATA, IEEE 1394a, or IEEE 1394b port (depends...

  • Page 9: Package Contents

    PACKAGE CONTENTS RC-M4SP (SATA-USB 2.0/3.0)   RC-M4DJ (SATA-eSATA/USB 2.0 Combo)  ...

  • Page 10: Rc-M4Qj (Sata-Esata/Usb 2.0/Firewire 400/Firewire 800 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 11: 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 12: Rear View

    REAR VIEW RC-M4SP (SATA-USB 2.0/3.0) Power Switch USB 3.0 Type B DC IN DC IN Lock Port / Slot   RC-M4DJ (SATA-eSATA/USB 2.0 combo) Power Switch USB 2.0 Type B DC IN eSATA Port Lock Port / Slot  ...

  • Page 13: Rc-M4Qj (Sata-Esata/Usb 2.0/Firewire 400/Firewire 800 Combo)

    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 eSATA Port Lock Port / Slot  ...

  • Page 14: 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 15: 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 16 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 17 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.

  • Page 18: 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 19 2. Insert both ends of the USB, eSATA or FireWire 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 20 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;...

  • Page 21: 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 22: 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.

  • Page 23: Raid Configuration

    RAID Mode, using the LCM only, please follow the steps listed in the instructions provided below: 1. Turn ‘On’ the RAID System. After “initializing”, it will display “DataTale ONNTO Corp.”. Under Main Menu, press Down Button (∨) to select ‘Quick Setup’ and press Enter (↵).
  • Page 24 4. Enter the ‘password’. This password is the same one for RAID MASTER. Not the individual password for the LCM operation itself. Enter Password: If a ‘password’ has not been created yet, please enter a new one. If prefer not to enter a password, simply leave it blank and press Enter (↵). Please refer to the RAID MODE PASSWORD section under “Q&A”.

  • Page 25: Raid Master

    RAID MASTER The RAID MASTER is a newly-designed GUI Software specifically for our DataTale SMART 4-bay Smart RAID System. The drivers of the RAID MASTER for both PC and Mac are provided via CD or our website. It provides a more convenient yet modern way to manage your RAID System.
  • Page 26 RAID MASTER. When there’s a newer version of RAID MASTER, the previous version needs to be un-install first before installing the new version of the software. 3. Once clicked, this image stating “DataTale RAID MASTER-Installation Wizard” should appear. Click on “Install” to continue.  ...
  • Page 27 4. Then, this image stating “The Installation Wizard has successfully installed the driver” should appear. If choose to launch the RAID MASTER immediately after installation, click on the icon stating “Launch the application right now”. If not, then make sure the icon is not “checked”. Once decided, click on “Finish”...

  • Page 28: Basic Mode Menu

    BASIC MODE MENU RAID AND DISK INFORMATION: Provides the basic information for the RAID System itself once the RAID System is connected to the host. For example, the Controller information, serial number for each inserted hard drives, what kind of RAID format is assigned for each inserted hard drives, and much more.

  • Page 29: Raid And Disk Information

    RAID AND DISK INFORMATION To retrieve the basic information for the RAID System, please connect the RAID System to the host and open the RAID MASTER. Once connected, click on the first sub-menu icon (top) and two types of information will appear: 1.

  • Page 30: Event Log

    EVENT LOG To keep a copy of all the recorded process and status for the RAID System, please complete using the following steps: 1. Click on the second sub-menu icon (middle). Once clicked, a list of process recording should appear as the “Event Log Viewer”. Each row should provide information such as: number of each event listing the oldest one first, issued module chosen and completed, date and time for the action, type of information provided for user, and memo note for each...

  • Page 31: Basic Raid Configuration

    3. Once clicked, the box stating “Save the event logs to a file” should appear. Once appeared, please type in the file name and file type preferred, and select the location to save the file. Then, click on the “Save” icon. 4.
  • Page 32 2. Select the preferred RAID Mode option on the list. Once selected, the RAID MASTER will automatically update the information on the right side for the inserted hard drives if are assigned the chosen RAID Mode. If decided to insert a password for change protection, please place it inside the password box.
  • Page 33 4. Once selected, the RAID MASTER will begin processing the chosen RAID Mode onto the inserted hard drives. A popup window will appear reflecting status. 5. Once the process is completed, the same popup window will reflect the process-recording note for the “Event Log Viewer”. Click on the “OK” icon to confirm.

  • Page 34: Changing Or Deleting An Already Assigned Raid Mode

    CHANGING OR DELETING AN ALREADY ASSIGNED RAID MODE To change the current assigned RAID Mode for the inserted hard drives for the RAID System under the Basic Mode, the previous RAID Mode must be deleted first. Please complete using the following steps: Changing the RAID Mode deletes all data stored on the hard drives.
  • Page 35 If a password was already set up for the previously assigned RAID Mode, it needs to be input now inside the password box. If it is not correct or not inputted, then a popup window reflecting error will appear. 2. Once selected, the RAID MASTER will begin running the previous RAID Mode from the inserted hard drives.
  • Page 36 4. Once the process is completed, the same popup window will reflect the process-recording note for the “Event Log Viewer”. Click on the “OK” icon to confirm. 5. The inserted hard drives will now reflect as “unreleased” and the current basic information for them are available.

  • Page 37: Advanced Mode Menu

    ADVANCED MODE MENU EMAIL NOTIFICATION & EVENT SETTINGS: Available to set up Email Notification (such as in event of errors, alerts, and changes to the RAID System) and Event Settings based on preference. ADVANCE RAID CONFIGURATION: Similar to Basic RAID configuration with additional options.

  • Page 38: Email Notification & Event Settings

    EMAIL NOTIFICATION & EVENT SETTINGS To set up the Email Notification and the Event Settings based on preference, please complete using the following steps: 1. Enter all the necessary information. SMTP Server Name: Enter the address of the mail server. SMTP Server Port: Enter the mail server’s port number.
  • Page 39 3. To send a test E-mail to the recipient(s)’ E-mail accounts before confirming, click on the “Send Mail Test” icon on the bottom. If a test E-mail has been sent already, a popup window reflecting status will appear and state “It has sent a test mail to the specified recipient(s) already”. 4.

  • Page 40: Advance Raid Configuration

    ADVANCE RAID CONFIGURATION SET UP RAID MODE To setup the RAID System under the Advance Mode, please complete using the following steps: 1. Please click on the second sub-menu icon (second top). The general information of the inserted hard drives should appear as the “Advance RAID Configuration”.
  • Page 41 Please review the RAID Mode options under “Glossory” to choose the best suitable RAID Mode for your needs and desire. If the number of inserted hard drives does not qualify for a particular RAID Mode, the option to choose that RAID Mode will not be available (faint image).

  • Page 42: Changing Or Deleting An Already Assigned Raid Mode

    5. Once the process is completed, the same popup window will reflect the process-recording note for the “Event Log Viewer”. Click on the “OK” icon to confirm. 6. The inserted hard drives will reflect the assigned RAID Mode and show the basic information for them.
  • Page 43 inserted hard drives. Click on the “DELETE RAID” option under the list of RAID Mode options and check or uncheck the hard drives to be deleted. Once selected, the “Apply” icon will light up and click on it to begin. If a password was already set for the previously assigned RAID Mode, it needs to be input now inside the password box.
  • Page 44 4. Once the process is completed, the same popup window will reflect the process-recording note for the “Event Log Viewer”. Click on the “OK” icon to confirm. 5. The inserted hard drives will now reflect as “unreleased” and the current basic information for them are available.

  • Page 45: Adding Or Changing A Spare

    ADDING OR CHANGING A SPARE To add a new Spare hard drive or change the current assigned Spare hard drive for the RAID System under the Advance Mode, please complete using the following steps: 1. Under the “Configure RAID” box, click the “Add Spare” icon and choose the assigned RAID Mode under “Select a RAID to add spare disk(s)”...

  • Page 46: Deleting A Spare

    3. The RAID MASTER will show up an alert popup window stating, “This configuration will add the selected spare disk(s) to the specified RAID. The spare disk(s) just act as the backup disk and will be used to rebuild the data when a member disk of the RAID is damaged or unplugged. Do you want to do the configuration?”...
  • Page 47 the information on the right side for the inserted hard drives for the assigned RAID Mode. If had previously inserted a password for change protection, please place it inside the password box. The previously assigned Spare hard drive will be labeled “Spare”. Check the Spare hard drive.
  • Page 48 4. Once confirmed, a popup window showing status will appear. 5. Once completed, a popup window stating “…The spare disk is deleted” will appear. Click on the “OK” icon to confirm.  ...

  • Page 49: Firmware Information

    FIRMWARE INFORMATION The Controller 1 Firmware Information will show the product name, the firmware version, the manufacturer, and the flash number. To update the firmware when necessary, please complete using the following steps: 1. Under the third sub-menu (third from top), select to go into the Controller 1: Firmware Information.
  • Page 50 3. After finding the firmware update, click on the “Update” icon to update the new firmware version. 4. Once updated, a popup window will appear to reflect status by stating “Update the firmware successfully! Please shutdown the system and then restart it to take effect!”...

  • Page 51: Raid Settings

    RAID SETTINGS To setup the RAID Standby Timer Settings and RAID Rebuild Priority Settings, please complete using the following steps: 1. Under the last sub-menu (bottom), select to go into the RAID Settings. Write in the amount of minutes preferred under “Please enter a value between 0 and 10922 (minutes)”...

  • Page 52: Number Of Disks Supporting Each Raid Mode

    NUMBER OF DISKS SUPPORTING EACH RAID MODE RAID Modes Number of Disk in RAID RAID 0 2 to 4 (Striping) RAID 1 (Mirroring) Span 2 to 4 Clone 2 to 4 RAID 5 3 or 4 RAID 1+0 JBOD 1 to 4 CONNECTING MULTIPLE DEVICES When using FireWire 400/800, you can “Daisy chain”...

  • Page 53: Led Indicators

    LED INDICATORS DataTale ONNTO Corp. POWER LED x 1 Indicators Color Power on Green Power off None RAID ALERT LED x 1 Indicators Color Healthy None Rebuild Blink Red Broken or Degrade Fan Error Flash Red  ...

  • Page 54: Hdd Led X 8

    HDD LED x 8 There are 2 LEDs for each HDD slot. The left LED indicates “Connection/Access” and the right one indicates “Health”. The Connection/Access LED is only one-color (white). When the hard drive is connected, the white LED will be on. When hard drive is healthy and not being accessed, white LED color will be on.

  • Page 55: External Bootup

    EXTERNAL BOOTUP External Bootup may be required if the user has two different operating systems set up in both the host computer and the RAID System. The External Bootup with different interface: OS \ Interfaces FireWire eSATA Windows Linux The External Bootup varies with different platform and interfaces: eSATA Platform \ Interfaces FireWire...

  • Page 56: Disk Volume Over 2Tb

    DISK VOLUME OVER 2TB The 2+TB hard drive support is determined by the chipset used in the device and the operating system itself. The RAID System supports and recognizes 2+TB hard drives, but the actual 2+TB support will vary depending on the different operating systems used.

  • Page 57: Backup Kit

    The Deluxe Backup Kit includes a SMART DataTale 4-Bay RAID System and a DataTale Portable 3.5- inch HDD Enclosure. Due to the SmartGuider, one can backup with speed using the RAID System and make modifications using the Portable while on travel using the Backup Kit: under JBOD, Mirror, or Clone modes.

  • Page 58: How To Backup A Modified Hard Drive

    HOW TO BACKUP A MODIFIED HARD DRIVE To backup a modified hard drive, please follow the steps listed in the instructions below: Follow the steps below carefully to prevent data loss. 1. First, extract one of Mirrored or Cloned disks to perform the necessary data modification with Portable Enclosure.

  • Page 59: Glossory

    GLOSSORY LCM DISPLAY OF STATUS IDLE SCREEN DEFINITION DISPLAY DataTale ONNTO If RAID is normal. Corp. RAID Rebuilding If RAID is rebuilding. Disk… …% … RAID Set … is in If RAID is broken or non-functioning. The data inside Broken Mode the RAID is lost and cannot be recovered.

  • Page 60: Raid Master Popup Windows Of Status

    RAID MASTER POPUP WINDOWS OF STATUS REBUILDING BROKEN DEGRADE (IN DANGER)  ...

  • Page 61: Raid Modes

    RAID MODES A Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive) Disks (RAID) is a system that utilizes multiple hard drives to share or replicate data among the disks. The benefit, depending on the selected RAID Mode (combinations of disks), is one or more of increased data integrity, fault-tolerance, throughput or capacity when compared to single drives.

  • Page 62: Raid 1 (Mirroring)

    RAID 1 (MIRRORING) RAID 1 (Mirroring) consists of at least two drives storing duplicate copies of the same data. In this mode, the data is simultaneously written to two disks. Thus, the storage capacity of a two-disk array is combined into a single disk and the capacity is limited to the size of the smallest disk.

  • Page 63: Span

    SPAN Spanning provides another maximum capacity solution, which some call it as “Large”. Spanning combines multiple hard drives into a single logical unit. Unlike Striping, Spanning writes data to the first physical drive until it reaches full capacity. When the first disk reaches full capacity, data is written to the second physical disk.

  • Page 64: Raid 5

    RAID 5 RAID 5 uses block-level striping with parity data distributed across all member disks. It is also called Parity RAID. Every time a block is written to a disk in a RAID 5 disk array, a parity block is generated within the same stripe. A block is composed of many consecutive sectors on a disk.

  • Page 65: Jbod (None Raid)

    RAID 1+0 Striping Mirror Mirror Disk 1 Disk 3 Disk 2 Disk 4 RAID 1+0 requires a minimum of 4 drives in an array. If one of the drives defects, the identical backup data is available offhand. JBOD (None RAID) Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD) or None RAID refer to a group of hard drives.

  • Page 66: Hotspare (Manual Or Automatic Rebuild)

    HOTSPARE (MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC REBUILD) REBUILD In RAID 1, CLONE, and RAID 5 modes, if one of the hard drives fails and is replaced with a functional hard drive, it needs to be assigned under Advanced Mode Menu as the “Spare” before the RAID System will rebuild the Target Disk (the new functional hard drive or HotSpare) with data from the Source Disk (the remaining functional hard drive) sector by sector.
  • Page 67 The rebuilding state status will reflect on the bottom of the RAID MASTER Menu. The Rebuild Speed of the USB 2.0 Model is 200 GB per hour or 56.88 MB per second, approximately. When the chipset is processing the Rebuild task, if data is accessed during this period, the speed of data access is depends on priority setting under Advanced Mode Menu;...

  • Page 68: Esata Pci Express Card Installation

    eSATA PCI EXPRESS CARD INSTALLATION Complete the steps provided in this section to install the eSATA PCI Express Card to use with the RAID System. The eSATA PCI Express Card provides a host computer with two Windows and Mac compatible eSATA ports. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows 2000 or later 32-bit/64-bit OS Mac OS 10.4.x or later...

  • Page 69: Driver Installation

    DRIVER INSTALLATION Follow the provided prompts to complete the driver installation. For the Windows system, the “Add New Hardware Wizard” will open automatically. Insert the installation CD included in the package, navigate to and open the installation file. For Mac OS, insert the installation CD and locate the Mac driver installation file. Follow the provided instructions to complete the driver installation.

  • Page 70: Windows 2003 And Xp

    WINDOWS 2003 and XP   WINDOWS 2000  ...

  • Page 71: Q&As

    Q&As GENERAL How do I choose the proper RAID mode for my RAID System based on the tasks I need to perform? Since the RAID System is a “Mass Storage” device, which means its size capacity is sufficient for data management, the different RAID mode settings can help you administer the enormous data storage from the hard drives combination.

  • Page 72: Discrepancy In Reported & Actual Size Capacity

    I would like to format my hard drives with the FAT (a.k.a. File Allocation Table) format, which can be read and written by both Mac and PC. Is there any limitation on its capacity? Yes, please check the table below for reference. File NTFS FAT32...

  • Page 73: Rebuild

    REBUILD Does the RAID System have to be connected to the host computer when it is in rebuild mode? No, it does not have to be. The RAID System can support offline rebuild, which means it can perform the rebuild function without being connected to a host computer.

  • Page 74: Raid Master: User Name Or Password Error

    RAID MASTER: USER NAME OR PASSWORD ERROR What happens if a popup window stating “unexpected reply from SMTP server: … Error: Authentication failed: Authentication failure"? It means that the entered Email Notification server information is not correct. Please double check the entered information to see if they’re correct, especially user name and password.

  • Page 75: Raid Master: Adjust Hard Drive Storage Size

    RAID MASTER: ADJUST HARD DRIVE STORAGE SIZE Can the hard drive storage size be adjusted using the RAID MASTER? Yes, the hard drive storage size can be adjusted to better fit your host OS. Some older OS can only function the RAID System under a particular size limitation (please see “Hard Drive Capacity”...

  • Page 76: Appendix

    APPENDIX SPECIFICATIONS Model Name RC-M4SP RC-M4DJ RC-M4QJ USB 2.0/3.0 x 1 eSATA x 1, eSATA x 1, USB 2.0 x Connector USB 2.0 x 1, 1, 1394a x 1, 1394b x 3.5” SATA hard drive* Hard Drive *Identical hard drive recommended – same manufacturer, capacity and...

  • Page 77: Lcm Process Tree

    LCM PROCESS TREE QUICK SETUP  ...

  • Page 78: Disk Manager

    DISK MANAGER Main Menu Disk Manager Select: Disk 1 Model: Serial No.: Firmware Ver.: Total Capacity: Free Capacity If HDD is not a member of a RAID If HDD is a member part of a RAID Disk State: Disk State: Pure HDD RAID Member  ...

  • Page 79: System Manager

    SYSTEM MANAGER  ...

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