Addonics Technologies RT5835HMEU manual Instruction for Special RAID Modes

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Model: RT5835HMEU

Instruction for Special RAID Modes:

BIG 2 - 2 Drives Spanned

oNote: Do not connect more than 2 SATA drives to the hardware port multiplier. Doing so will hang the system when you configure the raid.

oFor 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

oNote: 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 tower mini.

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

3 ON, 2 & 1 OFF

 

 

FAST 2

2 ON, 3 & 1 OFF

 

 

FAST 4

1 ON, 3 & 2 OFF

 

 

SAFE FAST

3 & 2 ON, 1 OFF

 

 

SAFE 2

3 & 1 ON, 2 OFF

 

 

RAID 5

2 & 1 ON, 3 OFF

 

 

RAID 5 + S

3, 2 & 1 all ON

LED reference:

 

LED 1

- HPM Health

 

LED 2

- eSATA Status

 

LED 3

- USB Status

 

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