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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENERAL INFORMATION...................................................................................................................... 4
COPYRIGHT ................................................................................................................................................ 4
NOTICES AND CLASSIFICATIONS................................................................................................................ 4
CONTACT US.............................................................................................................................................. 4
PRECAUTIONS FOR THE RAID SYSTEM............................................................................................ 5
GENERAL PRECAUTIONS............................................................................................................................. 5
RAID SYSTEM PRECAUTIONS .................................................................................................................... 5
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................ 6
FEATURES................................................................................................................................................... 6
SYSTEM REQUIREMENT.............................................................................................................................. 7
MAC...................................................................................................................................................... 7
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ............................................................................................................................ 7
PACKAGE CONTENTS.................................................................................................................................. 8
SYSTEM VIEWS......................................................................................................................................... 9
FRONT VIEW............................................................................................................................................... 9
REAR VIEW ................................................................................................................................................ 9
TOP &COVER VIEW (EXPOSED)................................................................................................................10
INSERTING/REPLACING THE HARD DRIVES IN THE RAID SYSTEM......................................11
FASTEN THE HDD SMARTGUIDER KIT ONTO THE HARD DRIVE ..............................................................12
PLACE THE HDD SMARTGUIDER KIT INSIDE THE RAID SYSTEM ............................................................15
CONNECTING THE RAID SYSTEM TO A HOST COMPUTER.......................................................17
NUMBER OF HARD DRIVE/SSD SUPPORTING EACH RAID MODE............................................19
DISK SLOT NUMBER...............................................................................................................................19
LED INDICATORS ....................................................................................................................................20
GREEN:ON /OFF.......................................................................................................................................20
RED:ON /BLINK /FLASH ..........................................................................................................................20
WHITE:ON /FLASH...................................................................................................................................20
ALL DISKS:INSERTED /DETECTED............................................................................................................21
ALL DISKS:NOT INSERTED /DETECTED...................................................................................................21
ALL DISKS:DISK 4DATA ACCESS ONLY.................................................................................................21
ALL DISKS:DISK 4ERROR ONLY ............................................................................................................21
ALL DISKS:DISK 4REBUILD ONLY.........................................................................................................21
FAN:ERROR ..............................................................................................................................................21
DAISY CHAIN: CONNECTING MULTIPLE DEVICES......................................................................22
SAFE REMOVAL OF THE RAID SYSTEM...........................................................................................22
SSD SMARTGUIDER KIT........................................................................................................................23
SSD SMARTGUIDER KIT: PACKAGE.....................................................................................................23
SSD SMARTGUIDER KIT: SSD COMPATIBILITY...................................................................................23
SSD SMARTGUIDER KIT: INSTALLATION.............................................................................................24
RAID MASTER...........................................................................................................................................26
RAID MASTER: INSTALLATION..........................................................................................................26
INSTALLATION FOR MAC.................................................................................................................26