Removing Cover of Mini
Storage Tower
Loosen the 3 screws at the back of the tower using a Philips screwdriver by turning
Installing drives into the
Storage Tower
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Slide the storage device into the embedded |
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mounting bracket. |
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Step 2 |
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Using 3.5” SATA Hard Disk Drives - Connect |
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the internal SATA data cable to the data port |
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of the hard drive then connect the |
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SATA power connector to the power port on |
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the hard drive. | Hard Disk |
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Secure the hard disk by using screws |
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provided. Repeat the above procedure for |
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additional hard drives. |
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Setting RAID on the Hardware Port Multiplier (HPM)
- | + | eSATA Status |
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- | + | USB Status |
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- | + | PM Power | SATA Port 4 |
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- | + | PM Health |
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- | + HD3 PWR & Access |
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- | + | HD2 PWR & Access | SATA Port 1 | Pin 1 |
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- | + | HD1 PWR & Access |
| SATA Port 2 |
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HD0 PWR & Access |
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LED Pins
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1.Set the Rotary switch to the RAID mode required.
2.Push the RAID setting button with a ballpoint pen while the tower is turned off.
Note: Do not use paper clip or sharp object. Use a ballpoint pen to press the raid setting button.
3. While holding the RAID setting button, turn on the tower and continue to hold for at least 5 seconds.
Note: The LED's for SATA and USB will blink while pressing on the raid setting button. Once the button is release, the PM Health LED will blink for
Instruction for Special RAID Modes:
BIG 2 - 2 Drives Spanned
oNote: Do not connect more than 2 SATA drives to the HPM. Doing so will hang the system when you configure the raid.
oFor SATA drives with different capacities, the HPM will use the smallest drive capacity of the 2 drives connected to create the total partition size.
FAST 2 - 2 Drives Striped
oNote: Do not connect more than 2 SATA drives to the HPM. 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 power for the tower.
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.
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