Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CADA-U3E4 Cavalry Storage
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CAD A -U3E4 4-Ba y USB 3.0 RAID EXTERN AL Instruction Manual Cavalry , the names of series and the Cavalry logo are registered trademarks of Cavalry Storage.
T able of Cont ents CHAPTER 1. GETTING ST AR TED ............................................................................... 1 Features and Applications ......................................................................................... 1 Specications .
CADA4-U3E 1 Thank you for purchasing the Cavalry four-bay eSA T A/ USB 3.0 RAID enclosure. The CADA-U3E4 was designed to be the ultimate in storage security and power . The multiple RAID modes allow users to have discrete RAID arrays, using multiple disks, and still retain the ability to setup and test new drives on-the-y .
CADA4-U3E 2 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. U S B e S A T A E R R O R R E B U IL D P O W E R H D D 4 H D D 3 H D D 2 H D D 1 E A S Y Y O U R P C 4-B A Y R A ID H D D B acku p S o lution 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. Interface LED 2. Power Button 3. HDD T rays (4) 4. HDD Status LEDs 5.
This really isn’t a RAID mode at all. JBOD simply allows you to see and use each drive separately within its bay . There is no performance advantage to JBOD. But, it is very useful when transferring data from one drive to the next; or when you need to error-check individual drives within your Disk Management Utility .
CADA4-U3E 4 2 CHAPTER MODE SETUP AND ARRA Y MANA GEMENT SOFTW ARE MODE- SETUP METHOD (PC Users) There are two primary ways to setup your CADA-U3E4 : the software method and the switch method .
CADA4-U3E 5 2 CHAPTER MODE SETUP AND ARRA Y MANA GEMENT SOFTW ARE MODE- SETUP METHOD: BASIC Once you have installed the application and reviewed the basic functions of BackupQ, you are half-way to mastering your RAID-array! Open BackupQ and click the ‘Basic Mode’ and ‘RAID and Disk Information’ tabs.
CADA4-U3E 6 2 CHAPTER MODE SETUP AND ARRA Y MANA GEMENT The key to understanding and efciently utilizing BackupQ lies within the Advanced Mode. T o get there, click on the far -left tab that says ‘Advanced Mode’. Now click on the second icon from the top left that says ‘Advanced RAID Conguration’.
CADA4-U3E 7 2 CHAPTER MODE SETUP AND ARRA Y MANA GEMENT SWIT CH MODE- SETUP METHOD (MA C Users or PC Users) Important: T o set any RAID mode, you have to rst reset the mode back to the JBOD setting. Follow the directions below to set all mode settings: JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1+0, RAID 3, RAID 5, Clone, and Combine modes.
CADA4-U3E 8 3 CHAPTER Y OUR DISK MANA GEMENT UTILITY In W indows, they call it “Disk Management”. In Mac, they call it “Disk Utility”. Despite having different names and appearances, both W in.
CADA4-U3E 9 4 CHAPTER INITIALIZING AND FORMA TTING YOUR NEW ARRA Y Windows: Navigate to Disk Management: Start Menu>right-click (My) Computer>select “Manage”>select Disk Management. Once in Disk Management, look for your drives in the bottom-right window .
5 CHAPTER SUPPOR T AFTER THE ST ORM: REBUILDING A D AMA GED ARRA Y One of the best reasons to use a multi-disk array (like RAID 5) is that it automatically rebuilds as soon as you replace the defective drive. The only thing the user will need to do is identify and replace the malfunctioning drive.
5 CHAPTER SUPPOR T CADA4-U3E 1 1 Solid Green: A healthy , functioning HDD. Flashing Green/Red: The connected HDD is writing or formatting. Solid or Flashing Orange: The connected HDD is attempting to access the host PC. Solid or Flashing Red: The connected HDD is unhealthy or ofine.
CADA4-U3E 12 Cavalry Storage Inc. (“Cavalry Storage”) warrants all new equipment manufactured by Cavalry Storage (including any accessories in- cluded with its products) and sold by an authorized .
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