Addonics Technologies

Model: CRTM4HES

IMPORTANT

There is no back door for the Cipher tower encrypted hard drives if the Cipher keys are lost or stolen.

Cipher key

Check to make sure you have the correct version of the Cipher key. A sample key is shown

Black label AES-256 stands for

Cipher 256-bit key.

To ensure there is a spare key, your Cipher tower comes with 4 pairs of Cipher keys. These cipher keys have all identical encryption code unless you requested then to be coded differently. One of these keys should be kept in a safe and secure location and can be sent back to Addonics for duplicating additional keys. If you are down to the last key, be sure to make a back up of all the data stored inside your Cipher tower prior to sending the last key to Addonics. Addonics is not responsible for key lost in the mail or retrieval of the data inside the encrypted hard drive.

Keeping track of the hard drive

II.Connecting the power cable and Cipher Tower to the computer

a.Connect the power cord provided from the wall outlet to the back of the Cipher Tower.

b.A power switch is located on the front of the tower. Make sure the power is off on the switch (power LED light should be off)

c.Connect the provided eSATA cable from the back of the Cipher tower to the eSATA port on the computer.

Power

Switch

If you are using the Cipher tower to encrypt multiple hard drives, it is important to label your hard drive if you are taking the drive out of the Cipher tower. The hard drive from the Cipher tower that is encrypted will look like a brand new drive when attach directly to the SATA controller of a computer. There will be no partition or any hint to indicate that the drive contains encrypted data. When the drive is partitioned, all the encrypted data will be lost.


(LED 4)	(LED 2)	Power
HPM	USB	LED
Health	Status

(LED 3)	(LED 1)	RAID config
		rotary switch
HPM	eSATA

Power	Status

RAID setting button

eSATA port

Cipher power

Cipher LED keyhole

The same holds true if a hard drive already has data on it is installed into the Cipher tower. The computer detects the hard drive as a brand new drive or a drive that is unallocated. Once you proceed to partition the drive, the data that was on the hard drive will be erased and cannot be recovered.

I.Installing drives into the Cipher Tower

Open the front panel of the Cipher tower.

Slide the 3.5” SATA hard drive into the drive bay.

Note: It is recommended to fill up the tower with SATA drives from top to bottom. This is to help in identifying which drives connect to which ports for easier troubleshooting.

LED Information:

Power LED:When power switch is turned on, the green LED lights up.

HPM Health LED: When the RAID volume fails, the LED blinks.

eSATA status LED: When eSATA port is used to connect to a system, the LED lights up.

USB status LED: When USB port is used to connect to a system, the LED lights up.