Installing the caldigit raid card – CalDigit RAID Card User Manual

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Installing the CalDigit RAID Card

Follow the instructions on the following pages to install the

CalDigit RAID card in your Mac Pro, PCI-e PowerMac G5 or PC

workstation.

Back Up

Please back up your data before proceeding with the following steps.

Identifying your workstation

Although the CalDigit RAID Card is compatible with Mac or PC, different

installation procedures will apply with different workstations.

If you are using a Mac, please identify your Mac according to the information

provided under Apple’s System Profiler (Apple Menu/About this Mac/More

Info).

A 4-core Mac Pro will display as 2 x 2.0, 2.66 GHZ Dual-Core Intel XEON;

A 8-core Mac Pro will display as 2 x 2.8, 3.0, 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel XEON;

A PCI-e Power Mac G5 will display as Dual-Core 2.0, 2.3, 2.5GHz PowerPC G5; If

you are using a PC, please install the RAID Card on any available PCI-e slot.

Note:

For PCI-Express Power Mac G5, Please use the external

mini-SAS port of the RAID Card to connect the HDElement. Internal

drive connection is not supported.

Optimize the CalDigit RAID Card's performance

To obtain optimum performance, please use four identical hard drives for

internal drives, (we strongly suggest using CalDigit certified drives). To see a list

of certified drives, please

go to

http://www.caldigit.com/support.asp

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