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Synology RX1214 User Manual

Synology RX1214 User Manual

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RX1214/RX1214RP User's Guide
For Synology RackStation
RX121420130822

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  • Page 1 RX1214/RX1214RP User’s Guide For Synology RackStation RX121420130822...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1: Getting Started PackageContents ExpansionUnitataGlance LEDIndicatorBehavior HardwareSpecifications OperatingRequirements SafetyInstructions Chapter 2: Setting Up ToolsandPartsforHardDiskInstallation InstallHardDisks ConnectwithSynologyRackStation ConfirmConnectionandManageStorageSpaces LearnMore Chapter 3: Maintenance ReplaceMalfunctioningFan ...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1: Getting Started

    SynologyRackStation.Inthechaptersbelow,we'llprovideinstructionstoset upandstartusingthisexpansionunit. PackageContents Beforestarting,pleasecheckthepackagecontentstoverifythatyouhave receivedtheitemsbelow. AC power cord Expansion unit x 1 (RX1214: x 1; RX1214RP: x 2) User’s guide x 1 Expansion cable Screws for 3.5” Screws for 2.5” hard drives x 52 hard drives x 52 (InfiniBand x 1)

  • Page 6: Expansionunitataglance

    ExpansionUnitataGlance Front 1 2 3 4 Back RX1214 13 14 RX1214RP 9 10 11 13 14 Chapter1:GettingStarted...
  • Page 7 PSU Safety Securesthepowersupplyunitinplace. Latch* PSU Beep Off Presstodeactivatethebeepingsoundthatis Button* emittedwhenamalfunctionoccurs. Redundant Displaysthestatusoftheredundantpower supplyunits.Formoredetails,pleaseseethe Indicator* LED Indicator Behaviortablebelow. Back Power Port Connectpowercordshere. TheAUTO/MANUALswitchisusedtoenable AUTO/ ordisableautomaticpoweron/off.Ifitissetto MANUAL AUTO,theexpansionunitwillpoweronandoff Switch automaticallywhenthelinkedRackStationdoes. LINK Displaysthestatusofthelinkbetweenthe Indicator expansionunitandmainRackStationunit. ConnecttheexpansionunittoaSynology EXPANSION RackStationhere.Forcompatiblemodels,please Port visitwww.synology.com. * RX1214RPonly. Chapter1:GettingStarted...

  • Page 8: Ledindicatorbehavior

    Blinking STATUS Volumedegradedorcrashed NovolumeorHDDhibernation Orange Blinking Systemfanmalfunctioning ALERT Systemfannormal Static Diskreadyandidle Green Blinking Accessingdisk Disk (on trays) Static Diskerror Nointernaldisk Static Bothpowersupplyunitsnormal Green Blinking Onepowersupplyunitorfanmalfunctioning Redundant Powersupplyunitisswitchedon,butexpansion PSU* Orange Static unitispoweredoff Nopowersupply,orPSUswitchedoff Green Static ConnectedtoSynologyRackStation LINK NotconnectedtoSynologyRackStation * RX1214RPonly. Chapter1:GettingStarted...

  • Page 9: Hardwarespecifications

    Internal HDD 12xSATA(II)orSATA(III) Expansion Port # 1xInfiniBand Max Capacity (Internal HDD) 48TB(12x4TBHDD) Hot Swappable HDD Size (H x W x D) (mm) 88x445x570mm Weight RX1214:12kg;RX1214RP:14kg RX1214:4x(80x80mm);RX1214RP:4x(80x System Fan 80mm) RX1214:1x(80x80mm);RX1214RP:4x(40x Power Fan 40mm) Power Recovery SyncedwithRackStation AC Input Power Voltage 100Vto240VAC...

  • Page 10: Safetyinstructions

    SafetyInstructions Keepawayfromdirectsunlightandawayfromchemicals.Makesure theenvironmentdoesnotexperienceabruptchangesintemperatureor humidity. Placetheproductrightsideupatalltimes. Donotplacenearanyliquids. Beforecleaning,unplugthepowercord.Wipewithdamppapertowels. Donotusechemicaloraerosolcleaners. Topreventtheunitfromfallingover,donotplaceoncartsorany unstablesurfaces. Thepowercordmustplugintothecorrectsupplyvoltage.Makesure thatthesuppliedACvoltageiscorrectandstable. Toremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpower cordsaredisconnectedfromthepowersource. Riskofexplosionifbatteryisreplacedwithanincorrecttype.Disposeof usedbatteriesappropriately.

  • Page 11: Chapter 2: Setting Up

    Setting Up ToolsandPartsforHardDiskInstallation • Ascrewdriver • Atleastone3.5”or2.5”SATAharddisk(pleasevisitwww.synology.com forcompatibleharddiskmodels.) Warning:Ifyouinstallaharddiskthatcontainsdata,thesystemwillformatthehard diskanderasealldata.Pleasebackupanyimportantdatabeforestarting. InstallHardDisks 1 Findthesmallbuttonlocatedontheharddrivetrayhandle.Pressthebutton downandpulltheharddrivetrayhandleoutasillustratedbelow. 2 Loadaharddiskintheharddrivetrayasfollows: • For 3.5” Hard Disk: Placetheharddiskintheharddrivetray.Tighten screwsintothefourspotsindicatedbelowtosecuretheharddisk.
  • Page 12 • For 2.5” Hard Disk: Placetheharddiskintheharddrivetray.Tighten screwsintothefourspotsindicatedbelowtosecuretheharddisk. 3 Inserttheloadedharddrivetrayintotheemptyharddrivebay. Important:Makesurethetrayispushedinalltheway.Otherwise,theharddisk mightnotfunctionproperly. 4 Pushthehandleinwardtosecuretheharddrivetray. 5 Repeatthestepsabovetoinstallallharddisksyouhaveprepared. 6 Harddiskpositionsarenumberedasshownbelow. Note:IfyouwanttocreateaRAIDvolume,werecommendallinstalledharddisks beofthesamesizetooptimizeharddiskcapacity. Chapter2:SettingUp...

  • Page 13: Connectwithsynologyrackstation

    ConnectwithSynologyRackStation 1 Connectoneendofthepowercord(s)tothepowerportoftheexpansion unit,andtheothertothepoweroutlet(s). 2 Connectoneendoftheexpansioncabletotheexpansionunit,andtheother tothemainRackStationunit. 3 Powerontheexpansionunit(Makesuretheredundantpowersupplyunitis switchedonfirst): • If the AUTO/MANUAL switch is switched to AUTO, theexpansionunitwill poweronoroffautomaticallywhenthelinkedRackStationpowersonoroff. Chapter2:SettingUp...
  • Page 14 • If the AUTO/MANUAL switch is switched to MANUAL, pressthePOWER buttonlocatedonthefrontpaneltopowerontheexpansionunit. Note: Topreventanyunexpectedvolumecrashes,werecommendthatyousetthe AUTO/MANUALswitchtoAUTO. Chapter2:SettingUp...

  • Page 15: Confirmconnectionandmanagestoragespaces

    ConfirmConnectionandManageStorageSpaces 1 LogintotheDiskStationManager(DSM)ofthemainRackStationunit 2 GotoMain Menu >Control Panel >Devices and Printerstoconfirmthe expansionunitissuccessfullyconnected. 3 GotoMain Menu>StorageManager tomanagestoragespacecreationor expansion. • If you want to create a new volume on the expansion,clickCreateand followtheinstructionsofthewizard. Chapter2:SettingUp...

  • Page 16: Learnmore

    • If you want to expand an existing volume with expansion unit,select thevolumeyouwanttoexpandfromthevolumelist,clickManage,and followtheinstructionsofthewizard. Fordetailedinformationaboutvolumemanagement,gotoMain Menu> Storage Manager andseeDSM Help. Limitations:Beforeusingthisexpansionunit,pleaseseethelimitationsbelow: •ThisexpansionunitcanbelinkedtoonlyoneSynologyRackStationatatime. •ThedataofsomeDSMpackagescanbestoredontheexpansionunitonlyifyou createanexpandedvolumewithit.Thedatacannotbestoredontheexpansion unitifanindependentvolumehasbeencreatedonit. •HarddrivespreviouslyusedinaSynologyRackStationarenotreadablewhen directlyinsertingthemintothisexpansionunit,andviseversa. LearnMore Congratulations!Yourexpansionunitissetupnow.Formoreinformationor onlineresourcesabout,pleasevisitwww.synology.com.

  • Page 17: Chapter 3: Maintenance

    Maintenance ReplaceMalfunctioningFan Ifasystemcoolingfanmalfunctions,pleaseseetheinstructionsbelowto opentheexpansionunitandreplacethemalfunctioningfan 1 Slidethelatchesonthesidesandlifttoremovethefancover. 2 Coolingfansarenumberedasbelow:...
  • Page 18 3 Findthemalfunctioningfan.Liftthefanupwardtoremoveit. 4 Applyfirmpressuretothepowerplugandslideitoffthepowerportasshown below. 5 Removethemalfunctioningfanfromthefancasing. 6 Slideanewfanintothecasing. Chapter3:Maintenance...
  • Page 19 7 Applyfirmpressureandslidethepowercordontothepowerport. 8 Slidethenewcoolingfanintotheexpansionunit.Makesurethepowerport isalignedproperly. Chapter3:Maintenance...
  • Page 20 INC.AND ITSAFFILIATES, INCLUDING SYNOLOGYAMERICAN CORPAND SYNOLOGY UK LTD., (COLLECTIVELY, "SYNOLOGY") FOR ANY SYNOLOGY SOFTWARE, TOGETHER WITH ANY OTHERASSOCIATED FIRMWARE, MEDIA, PRINTED MATERIALSAND "ONLINE" OR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTATION (COLLECTIVELY, THE "SOFTWARE")AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADAT WWW. SYNOLOGY.COM OR PROVIDED WITH OR INSTALLED ON A SYNOLOGY PRODUCT (THE "PRODUCT"). YOUAGREETOBEBOUNDBYTHETERMSOFTHISEULABYOPENINGTHEPACKAGECONTAINING THESOFTWARE,INSTALLINGTHESOFTWARENOTOTHERWISEPRE-INSTALLEDBY SYNOLOGY...
  • Page 21 (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF this Warranty, the Software or services provided DATA, INFORMATION, REVENUE, PROFIT OR by Synology with respect to the Software or the BUSINESS)ARISINGOUTOFORRELATINGTO relationship between you and Synology will be THEUSEORINABILITYTOUSETHESOFTWARE...
  • Page 22 EULAisheldbyacourtofcompetentjurisdictionto beinvalid,illegal,orunenforceable,theremainder ofthisEULAwillremaininfullforceandeffect. Section 22. Entire Agreement.  This EULA sets forth the entire agreement of Synology and you with respect to the Software and the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneousunderstandingsandagreements w h e t h e r  w r i t t e n  o r  o r a l .   N o  a m e n d m e n t ,...
  • Page 23 :  ( 1 )  " C a t e g o r y  I  P r o d u c t "  m e a n s Synology warrants to Customer that each Product...
  • Page 24 USE; (B) IMPLIED WARRANTYARISING FROM elects to replace any Product under this Warranty COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, COURSE OF set forth in Section 2.1, then Synology will ship a DEALING, OR USAGE OF TRADE; (C) CLAIM replacement Product at Synology's expense via...
  • Page 25 TO USETHE PRODUCT,ANYACCOMPANYING this Warranty, the Product or services provided DOCUMENTATION OR SOFTWAREANDANY by Synology with respect to the Product or the OTHER GOODS OR SERVICES PROVIDED relationship between Customers residing within UNDER THIS WARRANTY IS LIMITED TO THE...
  • Page 26 E n t i r e A g r e e m e n t .   T h i s  Wa r r a n t y constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes any and all prior agreements, between Synology andCustomerrelatedtothesubjectmatterhereof. ...
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