Addonics Technologies RAID Tower V rt54s2hmeu User Manual

							 
ADDONICS TECHNOLOGIES 
Model: RT54S2HMEU 
 I. Installing drive into the RAID Tower V  
 Step 1 Mount 2.5” SATA hard disk drivs into the drive tray and slide the tray into the drive bay.   Step 2 Using 3.5” SATA hard disk drive, slide the drive into the drive bay. Close the front panel and using the key provided, turn the key lock to the Lock position. This will secure the drive and turn on the power to the hard drive.  Two HPMs are mounted on the tower. One HPM is connected to the disk array for 2.5” SATA drives. The other HPM is connected to the 4 Snap-in Mobile rack for 3.5” SATA drives.  Note: It is recommended to fill up the RAID Tower V with SATA drives from left to right and top to bottom. This is to help in identifying which drives connect to which ports for easier troubleshooting.   II. Connecting the power cable and RAID Tower V to the        computer a. Connect the power cord provided from the wall outlet to the back of the RAID Tower. b. Make sure the power is off (power LED light should be off). 
c. Connect either the provided USB or eSATA cable from the back of the RAID Tower to the computer. We recommend connecting the eSATA port for best performance if this port is available on your computer. 
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III. Power on/off control Turn on the power to the RAID Tower Mini by pressing the power button on the front. The power LED light should lit indicating the power is on. 
          
       IV. Setting RAID on the HPM  1. Attach the SATA hard drives (up to 4) to the SATA ports on the Hardware Port Multiplier (HPM) using SATA cables. It is recommended to connect drives to the SATA ports 1 to 4 successively. 2. Set the Rotary switch to the RAID mode required. 3. Push the RAID setting button with a ballpoint pen tip while the HPM is turned off. 
                                                 
Photo identifying SATA ports on HPM 
Power Switch 
USB port 
eSATA port 
RAID config  rotary switch 
RAID  setting  button 
Power Connector 
Use a ballpoint pen tip to press the  RAID Setting Button  
Power LED 
Power Switch 
(LED 1) HPM Health 
(LED 3) USB Status  
 
(LED 2) eSATA Status  
(LED 1) HPM Health 
(LED 3) USB Status  
 
(LED 2) eSATA Status  
HPM 1 (Top disk array) 
HPM 2 (Snap-in racks) 
LED pins Pin 1 
SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 
SATA Port 1 
SATA Port 4 
PM Health LED eSATA LED USB LED 
USB Port eSATA Port Rotary Switch USB 5-Pin Header Pin 1 
LED Pin Assignment 
Rotary Switch  
						

							 
ADDONICS TECHNOLOGIES 
Model: RT54S2HMEU 
 4. While  holding  the  RAID  setting  button,  turn  on  the  HPM  and  SATA hard drives and continue to hold button for at least 5 seconds.  Note:  The onboard LEDs for the eSATA and USB will start blinking while holding down the raid setting button. Once the raid setting button is released, the PM Health LED will blink 4-6 times.     If  the  PM  Health  LED  stops  blinking,  the  raid  set  is  set correctly.  If  the  PM  Health  LED  lights  up  as solid  green,  it  is  a bad setup. You need to repeat setting up the raid again.    Instruction for Special RAID Modes:  BIG 2 - 2 Drives Spanned o Note: Do not connect more than 2 SATA drives to the hardware port multiplier. Doing so will hang the system when you configure the raid. o For SATA drives with different capacities, the hardware port multiplier will use the smallest drive capacity of the 2 drives connected to create the total partition size.  FAST 2  - 2 Drives Striped o Note: Do not connect more than 2 SATA drives to the hardware port multiplier. Doing so will hang the system when you configure the raid.    Verify RAID Setting on the HPM  Note: Disconnect the HPM from host when verifying the RAID setting.  It is assumed that you have already connected the SATA drives and set up the raid mode when verifying the raid setting.  1. Turn on the power for RAID V. 2. Push the RAID setting button with the tool provided. Using the table below, verify if the LEDs are lighting up. The selected LEDs will light up for 2 seconds followed by a blink and cycles back. 
RAID Mode LEDs 
BIG 2 LEDs 1, 2 & 3 all OFF BIG 4 1 ON, 2 & 3 OFF FAST 2 3 ON, 1 & 2 OFF FAST 4 2 ON, 1 & 3 OFF SAFE FAST 1 & 3 ON, 2 OFF SAFE 2 1 & 2 ON, 3 OFF RAID 5 2 & 3 ON, 1 OFF RAID 5 + S 1, 2 & 3 all ON  LED number is per HPM mounted                      
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