Addonics Technologies RAID TOWER IX RT93DAHX - Manual (Page 8)

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f. Press the RAID setting button with a ball point pen.
g. While pressing the RAID setting button turn on the system power
where the HPM is connected. The buzzer will sound while holding the
RAID setting button. Release it after at least 5 seconds for hardware
initialization. A single beep will be heard to indicate initialization is
completed.
h. Verify if the RAID array is detected by the system.
i. If the 5-port HPM-XA is connected to the motherboard onboard
SATA, on the CMOS setup utility, the raid array will display as
“Addonics H/W RAID5” if setup as a RAID5 array.
j. If the 5-port HPM-XA is connected to an eSATA host controller card,
on the RAID BIOS, the raid array will display as “Addonics H/W
RAID0” if setup as a RAID0 array.
k. If booted into Windows, in Disk Drives under Device Manager, the
raid array will display as “Addonics H/W LARGE” if setup as a
LARGE array.
l. Once raid array is verified, you can set the buzzer either ON or OFF.
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:
Drives connected to SATA ports 1~3 belong to the active RAID5
array and drive connected to port 4 is the spare.
For a 4-drive RAID10 with spare:
Drives connected to SATA ports 1~4 belong to the active RAID10
array and drive connected to port 5 is the spare.
For a 2-drive RAID1 with spare:
Drives connected to SATA ports 1& 4 belong to the active RAID1
array and drive connected to port 5 is the spare.
B. When will rebuild action start?
• When the raid fails and EZ is enabled, the HPM-XA will
automatically rebuild the RAID group using the spare.
• When the raid fails and EZ is disabled, the HPM-XA will NOT
rebuild the raid group unless you install a good drive to replace the
failed drive.
Connecting the Power Cable and RAID Tower to the
Computer
a. Connect the power cord provided from the wall
outlet to the back of the tower.
b. Make sure the power is off (power LED light
should be off).
c. Connect the infiniband cable from the back of
the tower to the multilane connector on the
computer.
Power on/off control
a. A main power switch is located at the back of
the tower. Turn the switch on. Another auxiliary
switch is located on the front of the tower.
b. Make sure the power is off on the auxiliary
switch (power LED light should be off).
c. Power on the tower.
Power
Connector
Power
Switch
Power
Switch
Back
Bottom Front
HDD LEDs