Addonics Technologies Computer Drive AE25RDESU User Manual

Enclosure Overview  
Power and individual drive activity LED  
RAID Setting  
button  
Backup  
Removable front door  
with ventilation holes  
Addonics  
T E C H N O L O G I E S  
Eject for  
Drive 1  
Eject for  
Drive 2  
Portable Dual Drive RAID Enclosure  
Model: AE25RDESU  
Drive bay 1  
Drive bay 2  
Sturdy and heat resistant  
aluminum enclosure  
User’s Guide  
eSATA 3Gbps  
connection  
FCC Warning Statement  
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital  
device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide  
reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This  
equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy. If not installed and  
used in accordance with the instructions, it may cause harmful interference to radio  
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a  
particular installation. If the equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or  
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off, the user  
is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following  
suggestions.  
USB2.0 connection  
RAID selection switch  
Power switch  
Power connector for  
5V power adapter  
(AAPAC5V)  
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna  
Increase the distance between the equipment and the receiver  
Connect the equipment to a different power outlet other than the one where receiver is  
connected  
Consult a certified television or radio technician  
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How to Configure Raid  
Raid Setting Table  
c. Plug the other end of the mini USB data cable & USB power cable to USB ports  
on your system.  
Note: Due to the different layouts of Laptops, we suggest to plug the USB  
cables on opposite sides of the Laptops to avoid weak power from the  
same side USB ports.  
RAID Selection Switch  
2
Avoid using the front USB ports of desktop because, sometimes, it is too  
weak to give enough power.  
Display  
RAID Status  
4
1
eSATA Connection  
If you are connecting via eSATA, you will have to connect the USB power cable  
or the 110/220V AC/DC 5V power adapter.  
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
BIG (span)  
JBOD (single)  
FAST (strip)  
SAFE (mirror)  
SAFE33  
OFF  
OFF  
OFF  
OFF  
ON  
OFF  
OFF  
ON  
OFF  
ON  
OFF  
ON  
Note: To see 2 individual drives (JBOD single) using eSATA connection, the  
enclosure must be connected to a port multiplier compatible SATA host  
controller.  
ON  
d. Turn on the power switch.  
OFF  
OFF  
ON  
OFF  
ON  
SAFE50  
ON  
Power Switch  
RESERVED  
GUI ONLY  
ON  
OFF  
ON  
ON  
ON  
e. Press the “RAID Setting” button once.  
Note:  
Since the default Raid mode may be different from your new Raid mode  
setting, it is required to press the “RAID Setting” button once before  
using Portable Dual Drive RAID enclosure.  
How to Build Raid JBOD  
a. Setup Raid mode JBOD using RAID selection switch  
1
JBOD (single)  
OFF  
OFF  
ON  
b. USB Connection  
Plug in mini USB data cable & USB power cable as shown.  
f. Place the cursor on the My Computer icon on your desktop, do a right click and  
choose “Manage” by clicking mouse left button  
USB Power  
Cable  
USB Data Cable  
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i. Place cursor on Disk 1, do a right click then select “Initialize Disk ”  
g. Select “Disk Management” .  
j. Press ”OK”  
h. Disk Management shows the hard disks that are “Unallocated”  
k. Refer to steps i & j to initialize Disk 2  
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l. Hard disks will become “Online”  
o. Choose ”Next” again.  
m. Place cursor on Unallocated portion and select “New Partition”  
p. Set up partition size and click “Next”  
n. Choose ”Next”  
q. Tick “Quick format” and click ”Next”  
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r. Click ”Finish”  
u. Format the other hard disk by referring to steps m ~ r.  
v. When the drive has been formatted, “My Computer” will show two Physical  
hard disks  
s. Disk Management shows system is “Formatting”  
t. When format is finish , it shows the drive as “Healthy”  
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How to build Raid : BIG(Span)  
How to build Raid : SAFE50  
Set the DIP switch as following and Refer to Step b ~ v to build the Raid SAFE50  
mode. This time you can see 2 hard disks ( one is mirror hard disk and the other,  
BIG. See following two pictures.  
Set the DIP switch as above and Refer to Step b ~ v to build the Raid BIG(Span)  
mode. This time you can see only 1 hard disk only(see following two pictures.)  
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SAFE50  
ON  
OFF  
ON  
0
BIG (span)  
OFF  
OFF  
OFF  
To hard disks  
Two healthy hard disks  
After Raid SAFE50 is finished, you can see two new hard disks, one is with Raid  
mirroring and the other is with Raid BIG.  
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Trouble shooting  
A Can only see “8GB Unallocated”  
Possible reasons are:  
A-1 You did not install any hard disk.  
H Can not see the correct device data under “57xx SteelVine Manager”  
H-1 You can click the upper left icon “File” & click “Scan Drives” from pop-up  
window to see it.  
A-2 During initial installation you forgot to press “RAID Setting” button once.  
A-3 You have change the Raid mode but forgot to press “RAID Setting” button  
once.  
Technical Support  
If you need assistance to get your unit functioning properly, please call Addonics  
Technical Support. Our technical staff will be happy to assist you, but they will  
need your help to do so. Calling the technical support staff without all the proper  
information can be both time consuming and frustrating. Here are some tips to  
help you out:  
MODEL NUMBER – Please have this number on hand.  
SYSTEM INFORMATION – Type of computer, peripherals, etc.  
OPERATING SYSTEM – What version of Windows  
WHAT’S THE TROUBLE? – Give enough information  
about your problem so that we can recreate and diagnose it.  
B Show wrong hard disk capacity or wrong hard disk numbers  
B-1 Normally, it is because you have changed Raid mode setting but did not  
delete the previous Raid partition. In this case, you will have to delete the  
previous Raid partition on the hard disks and then, re-organize your hard  
disks again.  
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C Hard disk LED indicators are blinking with green/red  
Contact Information  
C-1 This is because the Safe (mirror) mode is rebuilding. It usually occurs during  
initial setup of the Saf e(mirror) mode or you change the new hard disks.  
C-2 The LED blinking will return to normal after rebuilding process is finished.  
C-3 While the Safe(Mirror) is rebuilding or verifying, you can still use the hard  
disks, only the performance will be slower than expected.  
Phone:  
Fax:  
408-573-8580  
408-573-8588  
Email:  
Internet:  
TECHNICAL SUPPORT  
D Hard disk LED light on Red or Red blinking  
d-1 It means the this hard disk is not put in or not connected properly or the put in  
hard disk is failed.  
Phone:  
Hours:  
Email:  
408-453-6212  
8:30 am - 6:00 pm PST  
E Red LED “PWR/Backup” is blinking  
E-1 It means you already push the ‘Back up” button and ready to proceed the  
back up.  
F LED “PWR/Back up” does not light on  
F-1 It means the hard drive has problem under Safe(Mirror) Mode.  
G When powering on, you can hear the ‘clicker’ sound  
G-1 That means you have not connected the USB power cable to a USB port  
properly or the USB power socket does not supply enough power.  
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