Addonics Technologies Sapphire RAID enclosures S4DAHU3 User Manual

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with eSATA & USB 3.0
(S4DAHU3)
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Overview
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Power Supply
(U.S. Version Shown)
USB 3.0 Cable 

Drive Installation
Hot Swapping
This unit supports hot swapping (inserting or removing drives while the drives are running and connected to a
computer). The eSATA controller on the computer must also support hot swapping - be sure to confirm this
before attempting to insert or remove drives while the system is running. Also be sure to practice the
appropriate safe removal procedure before proceeding. Failure to practice safe removal procedures will
result in loss or corruption of data.
Port Multiplier...

Port Multiplier Modes
The Port Multiplier supports individual drives (JBOD Mode), several types of RAID and some non-RAID drive
sets. Each configuration has different properties and requirements, as follows:
JBOD Mode (Individual Drives)
Number of drives: at least 1
Unit capacity: N/A (100% of each individual drive)
Spares: no
Fault tolerance: none
JBOD mode offers all connected units to the host adapter, no RAID is defined at all.
NOTE: JBOD mode requires a SATA controller featuring Port Multiplier...

LARGE (Spanned set)
Number of drives: at least 2
Unit capacity: 100% of all drives together regardless of differences in size
Spares: no
Fault tolerance: cannot withstand the loss of any drives without losing data. However, some data may be
recovered as long as the drive(s) carrying the file system data (boot record, directory, etc.) remain online.
LARGE mode is neither a RAID nor is it a JBOD. It works by declaring the sum of all available space of the
member drives as a single unit, without striping...

RAID Mode Switches M2, M1, M0 (SW1:3 – SW1-5)
The RAID Mode switches define what type of RAID will be initialized when the unit is powered up while the
RAID Mode button is held down, as follows:
Dipswitch Position1 (BZS)12 (EZ)3 (M2)4 (M1)5 (M0)
JBOD (Individual
Drives)
* FACTORY
DEFAULT
SETTING
OFFOFF2OFFOFFOFF
RAID 0OFFON3ONONON
RAID 1 OR 10OFFOFFONONOFF
RAID 3OFFOFFONOFFOFF
RAID 5OFFOFFOFFONOFF
CLONEOFFOFFOFFONON
LARGEOFFONONOFFON
NOTES:1. Audible Alarm is recommended at all times.2. EZ mode has no...

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