Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product EN-CAHDD2B-D Cavalry Storage
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EN-CAHDD2B-D Dual-Ba y USB 2.0 RAID Dock 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 Application........................................................................................... 1 Specications .
EN-CAHDD2B-D 1 Thank you for purchasing the Cavalry dual-bay USB 2.0 RAID dock. The EN-CAHDD2B-D was designed for ultimate exibility . The multiple RAID settings allow users to have several discrete RAID arrays, using multiple disks, and still retain the ability to setup and test new drives on-the-y .
EN-CAHDD2B-D 2 1. Power LED 2. HDD Status LED 3. USB 2.0 Interface Port 4. RAID Conguration Switches 5. DC Power Input 6. Power Switch 1 2 3 4 5 6 This really isn’t a RAID mode at all. JBOD simply allows you to see each drive separately within either or both bays.
EN-CAHDD2B-D 3 In W indows, they call it “Disk Management”. In Mac, they call it “Disk Utility”. Despite having dif ferent names and appearances, both W indows Disk Management and Mac Disk Utility do basically the same thing: they allow you to create, modify and delete any storage volume connected to your computer .
EN-CAHDD2B-D 4 Connect the Cavalry power supply .* Connect the USB cable to a port on your computer that you have used recently and know to work well. T ake this time to temporarily eject and disconnect any other external storage devices you have. This will make it easier to nd your new Cavalry dock.
EN-CAHDD2B-D 5 Power the dock off. Both disks should still be in the dock from your JBOD test. Set switches to RAID 1 mode shown in the image on the right. Power-on the dock. Check for 1 unallocated disk in your disk management utility . Now you are ready to partition and format that disk.
EN-CAHDD2B-D 6 ! Only blank or unallocated disks can be used to setup a RAID 0 array! Power the dock off. Both disks should still be in the dock from your JBOD test.
EN-CAHDD2B-D 7 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 . Y ou may have to scroll down to nd it.
EN-CAHDD2B-D 8 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.
EN-CAHDD2B-D 9 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 authorize.
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