Sans Digital TOWERRAID TR8U-B Manuale utente

DETAILED USER’S MANUAL v1.0

TOWERRAID TR

U-

B|TR

1 WELCOME

1.1 INTRODUCTION

Thank you for choosing SANS DIGITAL TR8U-B/TR8U storage appliance. Using a revolutionary 8 bay design, it

creates a versatile USB storage box that will fulfill you never-ending storage need.

1.2 PRECAUTION

Please read the precautions carefully before you using SANS DIGITAL TR8U-B/TR8U storage appliance. Ensure

that you use the product correctly according to the procedure described in this guide.

The following safety precautions are intended to remind you to operate the product safely and correctly. Please

read and ensure that you understand them before you proceed to the other sections of this guide.

•Do not attempt to disassemble or alter any part of the product that is not describe in this guide.

•Do not allow the product to come into contact with water or other liquids. In the event that water or other

liquids enter the interior, immediately unplug the product from the computer. Continued use of the product

may result in fire or electrical shock. Please consult your product distributor or the closest support center.

•Do not handle the product near a heat source or expose them to direct flame or heat.

•Never place the product in close to equipment generating storage electromagnetic fields. Exposure to

strong magnetic fields may cause malfunctions or corrupt data.

•Windows 3.x/ 95/ 98SE/ ME/ NT is not supported

•Please be noted the following product is not supported:

Toshiba DynaBook, Satellite series (All K6 CPU models).

IBM Aptiva E series (All K6 CPU models).

Sotec E-note M260 series.

All AMD K6 system.

PC with sis7000/ 7001/ 7002 PCI to USB host controller.

1.3 FEATURES

•Eight 3.5-inch SATA hard disk drives to USB interface.

•Selectable USB mode: Hard Drives can combine (Spanning mode, 3 different kinds) or individually access

(JBOD).

•Selectable Power mode: Auto Power Mode (Automatic On/Off with the computer) or Normal Power Mode

(manual On/Off).

•Supports Plug & Play automatic system configuration.

•Supports USB high-speed (480 Mbps), and backward-compatibilies to full-speed (12 Mbps) data transfer

modes.

•Supports Plug & Play for easy installation.

•Compact Enclosure with Dust-Free Cover.

•300 watts power supply (90V to 264V).

1.4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Please make sure your system meet the following requirements:

•IBM PC/AT Compatible, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, Macbook, Macbook Pro, G5, Power Macintosh, eMac,

iMac, PowerBook G4, iBook G4.

•Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista/ Server 2003, Mac OS X 10.3 or higher operation system with latest service pack

installed.

•An available USB port.

1.5 PRODUCT CONTENTS

The following parts are content.

•SANS DIGITAL TR8U-B/TR8U x 1

•USB2.0 Cable x 1

•AC Cable x 1

•Tool-less Screw x 8

•User Manual & Utilities CD x 1

2 INSTALLATION

2.1 BEFORE INSTALLING

Before plug-in the power cable, switch the VAC to the correct position (For example, 115 for USA/JAPAN, 230 for

Europe) before installing. Fail to do so will result in malfunctions or damage.

2.2 INSTALLING HARD DISK DRIVE

Please refer below procedure to complete the HDD installation:

1. Open the front hard drive panel of the unit.

2. Remove the hard drive trays by pushing the silver tray tab to the right and releasing the tray handle.

3. Install each hard drive by placing them into the hard drive trays and securing them on both sides with the

included screws.

4. Place the trays back into the unit and lock them in place by pushing the tray handles in.

5. Close the front hard drive panel.

2.3 POWER ON / OFF

•Power ON: Push the power switch located in the front to switch on the power.

•Power OFF: Push and hold power switch more than 3 secends to switch off the power.

3 MODE SETTING

3.1 INTRODUCTION

The SANS DIGITAL TR8U-B/TR8U storage appliance is an easy-to-use storage that provides variety of modes;

you can simplely set up the mode by hardware DIP switch on the back panel. The mode shows as seen below.

3.2 DISK DRIVE MODE

Please read the notics carefully before you change disk drive mode. The following notices are intended to remind

you to operate the product correctly. Please read and ensure that you understand them before you proceed to

change disk drive mode.

•Data will be lost, when the mode change.

•Turn off the power of storage device before change mode.

•2TB capacity is the limitation for each disk volume.

Switch the DIP 2 ~ 6 to setup the disk drive mode on the back panel. Please refer to the diagrams.

•Standard Drive Mode: It is a JBOD mode, where the unit will access each hard drive individually. The

number of Hard Drive avalible to computer equal to the number of hard drive you installed.

•8 Hard Disk Drive Combine Drive Mode: It is a single Spanning mode, where the unit will combine all of

the hard drives installed and accesses it like one large hard drive. There is only one hard drive shows on the

computer.

•4 Hard Disk Drive Combine Drive Mode: It is a two set of Spanning mode, where the unit will combine

four of the hard drives installed and access it like two large hard drive. There are only two hard drives shown

on the computer.

•2 Hard Disk Drive Combine Drive Mode: It is a four set of Spanning mode, where the unit will combine

two of the hard drives installed and access it like four large hard drive. There are only four hard drives

shown on the computer.

3.3 POWER MODE

Switch the DIP 1 on the back panel to set up the NORMAL POWER MODE or AUTO POWER MODE; In

NORMAL POWER MODE, SANS DIGITAL TR8U-B/TR8U operate in manual on and off. Press once on the power

button, power will turn on. Hold power button for more than 3 seconds, power will turn off.

In AUTO POWER MODE operating, SANS DIGITAL TR8U-B/TR8U will automatically power on when PC system

is on, and power off when PC system is off.

3.4 UNPLUG PROCEDURE

1. Right click on the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon

2. Click on the “Safely Remove Hardware”.

3. Select “USB Mass Storage Device”, click on on “Stop”.

Select “USB Device”, click “OK”.

5. Click on “Close” to finish.

WARNING !

To assure no data will be lost, always follow the unplug procedure. Fail to do so will result in data

lost.

4 ALLOCATING PARTITION

4.1 ALLOCATING PARTITION ON WINDOWS 2000

Before creating any partitions, disk drive mode must be selected using the DIP switch on the back panel. Turn on

the computer and open the Control Panel window (located at: Start > Settings > Control Panel).

Double-click on Administrative Tools.

2. Double-click on Computer Management.

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