inXtron MD4 eSATA Operation & User’s Manual
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1 Introduction 1.1 System Requirements 1.1.1 PC Requirements • Minimum Intel Pentium III CPU 500MHz, 128MB RAM • eSATA equipped PC; Windows XP/Vista • Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding port (e.g. eSATA host controller or PCI card) • eSATA Plug & Play support and Port Multiplier for host controll ...
1.5 Detailed View 1.5.1 LED Indication LED Status or Function POWER Blue = Power on REBUILD Orange = Rebuilding data (RAID 1/10/5) HDD 1 • Solid red = Confirmation when “MODE Change” button is pressed • Solid green = HDD status OK and ready • Blinking green = Accessing data (read/write) • OFF = Drive bay is empty ...
1.5.5 Changing the RAID Mode The RAID mode should be set after installing the hard drives and before first formatting them. Also, when adding more drives at a later point, the RAID mode has to be re-confirmed again in order for the new drives to be added to the existing RAID array. 1. Install the hard drives 2. Turn on the po ...
Page 4 1.6.3 RAID 0 - Disk Striping The drives are shown as one large single volume but the total size will depend on the drive with the smallest capacity. This setting is used where speed is the primary objective but RAID Level 0 (also called striping) is not redundant. This form of array splits each piece of data across the ...
2 System Setup 2.1 Hard Drive Assembly The drives can be installed at any position, there is no specific order required. 1. Push the front panel of the drive cassette and release it. Grab the cassette and pull it out of the rack-mount chassis. 2. Install the hard drive as illustrated below with the SATA connector facing away fro ...
Page 6 2.2 Replacing Hard Drives When one of the drives fails, the corresponding HDD LED (1-4) will be off instead of the normal green. If only one drive is defective and the RAID mode is set to RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10, the data can still be accessed but we strongly recommend replacing the faulty drive immediately to assure co ...
3 Appendix 3.1 Precautions 3.1.1 Power on/off precautions It is highly recommended to switch the unit off when not in use. When re-locating the device or when not in use for an extended period of time, we strongly recommend unplugging the unit. 3.1.2 Location and placing precautions Avoid positioning your device in the follo ...
