MAXTOR SHARED STORAGE II WINDOWS INSTALLATION
Step 2 – Power up the Drive
1.Press the round black button on the back panel of your Maxtor Shared Storage Drive. The green LED (light) with illuminate in the center of the power button.
Power Button
Activity LED
Ethernet LED
Front Panel LEDs
LED | Definition | Status |
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Top | Power Activity | Illuminated – Power On |
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| Blinking – Drive is either powering up or |
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| shutting down |
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| Not Illuminated – Power Off |
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Center | Hard Disk Activity | Illuminated – Power On |
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| Blinking – Data is being transferred to/from the |
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| drive |
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| Not Illuminated – Power Off |
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Bottom | Network Activity | Illuminated – Power On |
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| Blinking – Network communication is occurring |
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| Not Illuminated – Power Off |
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2.Your drive will now start. The startup process can take up to one minute to complete.
Shared Storage Drive Power/Status LED Definitions
Various LED activity will appear on your Shared Storage II Drive when power is applied. The following tables define the meaning/status of each LED on the back and front panels:
Back Panel LEDs
LED | Definition | Status |
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Power LED | Power switch | Illuminated – Power On |
(located in |
| Not Illuminated – Power Off |
center of the |
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power button) |
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Ethernet LED | Shows if the drive is | Illuminated – Power On |
(located on | connected through a 10/100 or | Blinking – Network |
bottom side of | a 1 Gb Ethernet connection. | |
Ethernet | Left Green – 10/100 Mbps | communication is occurring |
connector) | Not Illuminated – Power Off | |
| Ethernet connectivity | |
| Left Amber – 1 Gbps Ethernet |
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| connectivity |
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Activity LED | A flashing Activity LED |
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(located on top | indicates that the network |
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side of Ethernet | connection is functional and |
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connector) | that packets are being |
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| transmitted or received. |
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Power Activity
Hard Disk Activity
Network Activity
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