Accordance Systems 2000 user manual

ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User’s Manual

Accordance Systems Inc.

ARAID® Models 1500 and 2000

User’s Manual – V1.0 Revision A

Thank you for your purchase of ARAID 1500, 2000......................................................................................... 2

Unpacking the ARAID 1500 and 2000................................................................................................................ 3

Mobile Racks........................................................................................................................................................ 4

ARAID 1500 and 2000 Features.......................................................................................................................... 5

Specifications.................................................................................................................................................... 5

System requirements ........................................................................................................................................ 5

ARAID 1500 and 2000 Operations Overview.....................................................................................................6

ARAID 1500 General <IMPORTANT>........................................................................................................... 6

ARAID 1500 and ARAID 2000 General............................................................................................................ 6

Parts on Front Panel............................................................................................................................................7

Rear View and Jumper Settings......................................................................................................................... 8

ARAID 1500 or 2000 Operational Tests............................................................................................................. 9

RAID 1 - Auto Rebuild Function Test............................................................................................................ 9

Auto Rebuild Function (ARF) of ARAID 1500 and 2000................................................................................. 10

ARF Compatible Operating Systems.............................................................................................................. 10

ARF Compatible IDE @ Serial ATA Hard Drives.............................................................................................10

Auto Rebuild Instruction (ARF) for RAID 1......................................................................................................11

Booting With One Hard Drive in Single Mode ................................................................................................ 12

Changing Single Mode to Default Mode.......................................................................................................... 13

Performing a Manual Mirror-On-Demand........................................................................................................ 13

Cooling Fan and Temperature..........................................................................................................................15

Hard Drive Failure and Troubleshooting Guide..............................................................................................17

ARAID Questions & Answers........................................................................................................................... 18

PC BIOS setup................................................................................................................................................ 18

Power failure while disk rebuild is in progress ................................................................................................ 18

Preventing and recovering from an unexpected virus attack.......................................................................... 18

Replacing and Upgrading Hard Drives ........................................................................................................... 19

Appendix A......................................................................................................................................................... 20

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Accordance and ARAID are registered trade marks of Accordance Systems Inc.

User’s Manual – V1.0 Revision A

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