Akasa integral HDD external enclosure for data-storage mobility with LAN sharing - Manual (Page 17)

The Bind Management Window
Bind: Used for Aggregation, RAID 0, and RAID 1
Unbind: Used to Unbind your Bound INTEGRAL LAN
Tools:
There are two different functions in Tools:
• Add Mirror is used to Mirror the first INTEGRAL
LAN to the second INTEGRAL LAN.
• Resynchronize is used to recover the data on
Mirrored INTEGRAL LAN.
Refresh: Used to refresh status of the INTEGRAL LAN
Binding two or more INTEGRAL LAN
1. Before INTEGRAL LAN can be Bound, they must be in Connected Mode (white icon in
the NDAS Device Management) on all PCs accessing the NDAS device. All of the NDAS devices
must have registered Write Key entered.
2. To start Bind Management software you need to go
to Start/All programs/NDAS Software/NDAS Bind
Management.
3. Click the Bind button.
4. Choose a binding type and number of disks to
be bound.
• Aggregation can bind any number of units
between  and 8.
• RAID0 can bind , 4 or 8 units.
• RAID1 can bind , 4, 6 or 8 units.
5. Move the chosen NDAS devices from the left
window to the right window.
6. Two warning messages will appear:
• Once NDAS devices are bound, all of the data will be last. Click Yes to continue.
• The new bound NDAS devices must be mounted and formatted before it can be used.
Click OK.
7. Your NDAS Devices should now be bound. Go to the NDAS Device Management and
Mount the Bound NDAS devices.
8. Found New Hardware Wizard may appear. Click Next and proceed in finishing the wizard.
9. Before Bound NDAS device can be used, it must be formatted. Please go to "HOW TO PARTITION
THE EXTERNAL HARD DISK".
Network Connection
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