Notes on Spare Drives using the Easy RAID Setting (EZ)

When EZ function is ENABLED, the auto-rebuilding to spare drive is automatic. The degraded RAID group will start rebuilding automatically by using the existing spare drive.

*Spare drive can be either plugged before RAID building or a new drive can be plug as the spare drive when RAID rebuild is required.

A.Which port acts as a spare drive?

The last drive will automatically become the spare drive. For a 3-drive RAID5 with spare:

Drives connected to SATA ports 1~3 belong to the active RAID5 array and drive connected to port 4 is the spare.

For a 4-drive RAID10 with spare:

Drives connected to SATA ports 1~4 belong to the active RAID10 array and drive connected to port 5 is the spare.

For a 2-drive RAID1 with spare:

Drives connected to SATA ports 1& 4 belong to the active RAID1 array and drive connected to port 5 is the spare.

B.When will rebuild action start?

When the raid fails and EZ is enabled, the HPM-XA will automatically rebuild the RAID group using the spare.

When the raid fails and EZ is disabled, the HPM-XA will NOT rebuild the raid group unless you install a good drive to replace the failed drive.

Connecting the Power Cable and RAID Tower to the Computer

Back

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

b.

Make sure the power is off (power LED light

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

should be off).

 

 

 

 

 

Power

c.

Connect the infiniband cable from the back of

 

 

 

 

 

 

the tower to the multilane connector on the

 

 

 

 

 

Connector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

computer.

 

 

 

 

 

Power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power on/off control

a.A main power switch is located at the back of the tower. Turn the switch on. Another auxiliary switch is located on the front of the tower.

b.Make sure the power is off on the auxiliary switch (power LED light should be off).

c.Power on the tower.

Bottom Front

Power

Switch

HDD LEDs

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Addonics Technologies RT93DAHXML manual Connecting the Power Cable and RAID Tower to the Computer, Power on/off control

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