Manual de instrucciones de Addonics Technologies RAID TOWER IX RT93DAHX

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T E C H N O L O G I E S
User Guide
RAID Tower IX
(RT93DAHX / RT93DAHXML)
www.addonics.com
v3.1.11
Technical Support
If you need any assistance to get your unit functioning properly, please have your
product information ready and contact Addonics Technical Support at:
Hours: 8:30 am - 6:00 pm PST
Phone: 408-453-6212
Email: http://www.addonics.com/support/query/

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RT93DAHX RT93DAHXML Screws Screws Removing Cover of RAID Tower IX Loosen the 5 screws at the back of the tower using a Philips screwdriver by turning counter-clockwise. Separate the metal casing of the tower from the housing by lifting up the casing. eSATA Ports Multilane Port Installing drives into the RAID Tower V Step 1 Use a Philips screwdriver to secure the 3.5” SATA hard drive to the drive tray Step 2 Slide the tray into the Disk Array drive bay. Note: It is recommended to fill up t

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RAID Setting Button Dip Switch SATA Host Port (Port 5) SATA Port 2 SATA Port 1 SATA Port 0 Floppy Power Connector SATA Port 3 SATA Port 4 Drive activity LED Jumper Block (J1) Error LED Jumper Block (J3) Dip Switch Settings Raid Mode 1 2 3 4 5 Individual Drive OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF (Factory Default) 0 OFF OFF ON ON ON 1 and 10 OFF OFF ON ON OFF 3 OFF OFF ON OFF OFF 5 OFF OFF ON OFF ON Clone OFF OFF OFF ON ON Large OFF OFF ON OFF ON Enable Auto- Port Mul

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Default factory DIP Switch setting: SW1 – RAID Setting DIP Switch BZS – Error buzzer function EZ – Automatic rebuilding to spare drive (one of the drives on the raid is set as a spare). If EZ is ENABLED anda drive failure occurs, the spare will automatically act as a drive replacement and rebuilding will automatically start. M2 – RAID mode 2 M1 – RAID mode 1 M0 – RAID mode 0 SW1 1 2 3 4 5 BZS EZ M2 M1 M0 1. Error buzzer function is ENABLED (BZS) wh

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Setting or Modifying the RAID Mode Using the JMicron HW RAID Manager Utility Program: 1. For Windows users, install the JMicron HW RAID Manager located on the SATA Controller CD. In the CD, go to Configuration Utilities > JMB393. This manager can be use to create and monitor the status of the RAID volume. It is recommended to use the default factory RAID DIP switch setting when using the JMicron HW RAID Manager. 2. Modify the RAID mode on the 5-port HPM-XA using DIP switch Recommende

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e. On the DIP switch, change (M0 to M2) setting to the desired RAID mode using the diagram below. All settings on the diagram shows • Error buzzer function is ENABLED • EZ function is DISABLED. RAID 0 Mode Clone Mode SW1 SW1 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 BZS EZ M2 M1 M0 BZS EZ M2 M1 M0 RAID 1& RAID 10 Mode Large Mode SW1 SW1 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 BZS EZ M2 M1 M0 BZS EZ M2 M1 M0 RAI

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RAID Setting Notes: When 2 drives are RAID 1& RAID 10 Mode connected to the HPM-XA, and DIP switch is set to this setting, the 2 drives will be SW1 1 2 3 4 5 configured as a 2-drive RAID1 array. BZS EZ M2 M1 M0 When 4 drives are connected to the HPM-XA, the 4 drives will be configured as a 4-drive RAID10 array. Clone’s action is similar to Clone Mode RAID1. However, all of the hard drives will be mirrored. Clone mode is useful SW1 especially when users like

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Notes on Spare Drives using the Easy RAID Setting (EZ) When EZ function is ENABLED, the auto-rebuilding to spare drive is automatic. The degraded RAID group will start rebuilding automatically by using the existing spare drive. * Spare drive can be either plugged before RAID building or a new drive can be plug as the spare drive when RAID rebuild is required. A. Which port acts as a spare drive? The last drive will automatically become the spare drive. For a 3-drive RAID5 with spare: Drive