EliteRAID ER104CT
1.4 Detailed View
1.4.1 LED Indication
LED
OFF = Power off
Power
Blue = Power on
Blinking orange = Rebuilding RAID array
Rebuild
Steady orange = One or more faulty drive(s)
Blinking green = Data access (read/write)
HDD
Blinking red = System starting up
Steady red = Error or HDD is not installed
1.4.2 RAID Selector Switch
Switch Position
0
1 (SPAN)
2 (SPAN)
3 (RAID 0)
4 (RAID 0)
5 (RAID 1)
6 (RAID 10)
7 (RAID 5)
8 (RAID 5)
9 (RAID 5)
Note: Hard drives of identical capacities are recommended.
Status
Function
Not in use (software setting)
Spanning with 2 hard drives
Spanning with 4 hard drives
RAID 0 Striping with 2 hard drives
RAID 0 Striping with 4 hard drives
RAID 1 Mirroring with 2 hard drives
Mirroring + Striping with 4 hard drives
RAID 5 with 3 hard drives
RAID 5 with 4 hard drives
RAID 5 with 3 hard drives + 1 spare
When only 2 or 3 hard
drives are installed, the
red LED indication for
the missing hard drives
can be safely ignored.
Changing the RAID
mode will require you to
re-format the drives.
Make sure to backup all
data before doing so!
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