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Document 900-0009-0 v1 Designed for Vide o Editing and Content Creation Professionals PRO RX Installat ion and User’s Manual.
Page 2 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual Table of Content 1. Introducti on ........... .............. ...................... .............. ............. ............... ............... ............... ....... 3 1.1. Safety Considerations ......
Page 4 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 1.1. Safety Consider ations 1.1.1. SAFETY CONSIDER ATIONS W ATER AND MOISTU RE To reduc e the risk of fire or electrical sho ck, do not expose unit to rain or moisture. Do not operate un it near water – such as: batht ub, washbowl, k itchen sink or laund ry tub, wet basement, or near a swimming pool.
Page 6 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 1.1.3. SAFTY BERÜC KSICHTIGU NGEN W ASSE R UND FEUCHTIGK EIT Um eine Brand- ode r Elektroscho ckgefahr w eitgehend auszusch ließe n, Gerät nicht Regen o der Feuchtig keit aussetze n.
Page 8 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 1.2. System Requirem ents Operating Systems: • W ind ows XP / Vista / 200 3/ 2000 / 32 & 64-bit. • Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. • Apple Po wer Mac G5 with one available PCI-e x8 slot. • Apple Mac Pro with one available PCI-e x8 slot.
Page 10 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 3. Overvie w 3.1. The Bezel The front bez el can be easily removed to access the Disk Modules. The bezel is held on by four snap pins located at each of the four corners. Use both hands , push from behi nd the left and right side of the bezel.
Page 12 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 4. Inst allation Please fol low these few steps to install the PRO RX. This process typi cally takes about 20 minute s to compl ete.
Page 14 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 4.3. Host Bus Extender Card Turn off t he computer and unpl ug the power source before proceedi ng with the Host Bus Extender (HBE) Card in stallation. A PCI-e HBE Card supp lied with y our PRO RX. The HBE Card will requir e an available PCI-e slot in y our computer.
Page 16 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 4.4. M a king the Connections 4.4.1. PCI-e Extender C able The PRO RX is supplie d with a PCI-e Extender Cable. This cable carrie s 8 lanes of the PCI-e interface . The green tab is up in this orienta tion.
Page 18 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 4.5. Driver Installation 4.5.1. Mac Pr o – Ex pansion Slot Utilit y settings This sectio n applies exclusively to the Apple Mac Pro produced in 2006 and 20 07. Skip this section for Ma c Pros from Early 2008 and later as well as all other computers.
Page 20 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 4.5.3. Window s XP/2000 Driver Installati on After boot Windows will detect the RAID Controlle r and launch the “Found Ne w Hardware Wizard.”, click Cancel to di smiss the wizard. Download the latest drive r and utility appropriate for you r version of W in dows.
Page 22 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 4.7. Built-in Ether net Configuration The PRO RX has a buil t-in Ethernet Port. In addi tion to managing the RAID Consol e at the h ost comp uter, this allows the PRO RX to be managed via any computer on the network.
Page 24 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 5.1.2. Start Windows PC RAID Console GU I Start the RA ID Consol e from Sta rt > All Programs > Areca Tec hnology > ArcHttpSrvGUI > Areca HTTP Proxy Server G UI.
Page 26 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 5.2. Change RAI D Mode – Deleting / Creating This pro cedure will erase all data on the PR O RX. Chang ing the RAID mode require s the current RAID Set to be deleted first, then create a ne w RAID Set with the new RAID mode.
Page 28 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 5.2.3. Create >2TB R AI D Set for Window s XP (32bit): If RAID is larger than 2TB, configure using multiple 2TB Volu mes and then use W ind ows to Span them tog ether. This will end up with one drive letter of t he ful l capacity of the RAID.
Page 30 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 6. Alarm Conditions / De graded RAID Set There are t wo po ssible sources for alarms: one from the enclosu re monitors, the other from the RAID Con troller inside the PRO RX.
Page 32 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 7. Formatt ing a nd Partition ing 7.1. Apple OS X Formatt ing The PRO RX are shipped pre-config ured for Ma c OS X, the RAID will appea r on the desktop after driver installation an d reboot. Shoul d it be necessa ry to re-for mat and partition the RAID, use t he Apple Disk Utility .
Page 34 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 7.2. Windows XP / Vi sta Formatting Start Disk Manage ment (can be fou nd at Control Panel > Sys tem and Maintena nce > Administrative Too ls > Compute r Management. Under Storage.) If the RAID shows up as Unknown / Not Ini tializ ed, right click on the dis k and Initializ e it.
Page 36 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 8. RAID Level Des criptions Although the RAID Controller supports a large variety of RAID Levels, RAID 0 or RAID 3 are most commonly used for video and content creation pur pose. RAID Level Description Advantage Disadvantage Ideal for 0 Striping.
Page 38 PRO RX Installation and User’s Manual 9. Produc t Re gistration R E G I S T E R N O W ADDS 6 MO NT HS Register your product within 30 days of purchase and extend y our w arranty by another 6 months.
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