Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product R2-RAID Rosewill
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[ R2-RAID ] Server RAID System User Manual Include Hardwar e Installation Guide Operation Guide HDD Formatting Guide Software Installation Guide Operation Notice: In avoidance of HDD's temperature going too high, be sure to turn on the FAN. Thank you for pur chasing a quality Rosewill Pr oduct.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 1 l CONTENTS Har dware Operation Guide…………..............……………………3 Har d Drives Installation Guide……………………………..………3 Mode Selection & Operation Guide…………………….
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 2 l About the 3.5” Dual SA T A Disk Enclosur e E F G C D A B F r o n t V i e w R e a r V i e w A Fan B eSATA Connector C Power Switch D USB Con.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 3 l Har dwar e Operation Guide Har d Drives Installation Guide STEP1: Release the 4 scr ews then pull out the rear panel and tray .
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 4 l STEP2: Place the two HDD into the tray . Push the HDD to the end ntil the HDD is connected with SA T A connector .
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 5 l STEP4: Push tray into Aluminum housing and secur e them together . Note ： Select operation mode first.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 6 l Har d Drives Installation Guide Y ou may select function by switching jumper on PCB or use software to operate (GUI mode only). Always pr ess reset button after changing the setting of switching jumpers.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 7 l RAID Mode Selection GUI SteelV ine Manager Operation GUI SteelV ine Manager is available only under GUI Mode. STEP1: Install SteelV ine Manager (Please refer to page 23). STEP2: Start the SteelV ine Manager (Please refer to page 25).
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 8 l STEP4: Select “Storage Policy” then click “Apply”. STEP5: Click “Y es” to continue.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 9 l Jumper Selection & Storage Policy Definitions GUI MODE (factory default) ： This mode allows you to use the SteelVine Manager GUI to configure the storage policy and other settings as well as monitor the status of the appliance (i.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 10 l JBOD MODE ： It enables each har d drive to be seen separately as a single drive. When using a SA T A host controller , JBOD should only be used if the SA T A host contr oller provides Port Multiplier (PM) support.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 11 l BIG MODE ： It concatenates a series of physical har d drives as a single lar ge volume; r esulting in a seamless expansion of virtual volumes beyond the physical limitations of singularly connected har d drives.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 12 l RAID 0 (Fast) ： It’ s a combination of two physical partitions, where the data is striped between them. It pr esents the best data speed but no data r edundancy . T wo unequal hard drives ： The capacity is double of the smaller har d drives.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 13 l RAID 1 (Safe) ： It allows the device automatically to copy data to both har d drives. It stores all data in duplicate on separate drives to p against r otect data loss due to drive failur e.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 14 l RAID / SAFE33 ： It cr eates two virtual volumes; one SAFE volume and one BIG volume, and should be used when you need the high r eliability for some of your data but you don’ t need high r eliability for the r emainder of your data.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 15 l RAID / SAFE50 ： It cr eates two virtual volumes; one SAFE volume and one BIG volume, and should be used when you need the high reliability for some of your data but you don’t need high r eliability for the remainder of your data.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 16 l Har d Drive Formatting Guide STEP1: Right-click on “My Computer” icon and select the“Manage” column. STEP2: Select “Disk Management” and you will see your har d drives show “Unallocated”.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 17 l BIG MODE RAID 0 (F AST) MODE.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 18 l RAID 1 (SAFE) MODE RAID/SAFE 33 MODE.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 19 l RAID/SAFE 50 MODE STEP3: Right-click the r ed-squared block and selects “Initialize Disk”.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 20 l STEP4: Pr ess “OK” button to initialize hard drive. STEP5: The har d drive will show “Online”.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 21 l STEP6: The “New Partition Wizar d” will appear . Please follow the instruction of the wizar d to complete the partition.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 22 l STEP7: When new partition is completed, the har d drive will be r ecognized as a “New V olume”.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 23 l Softwar e Operation Guide Softwar e Installation Guide STEP1: Insert driver CD to the CD-ROM drive. STEP2: Select “Install GUI” icon to install the driver . STEP3: Please follow the wizar d to complete.
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Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 25 l Starting the SteelV ine Manager Before you begin, be sure that the SteelVine Manager software has been installed according to the instructions in the Software Installation Guide for your host computer type.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 26 l Intr oducing the SteelVine Manager The SteelV ine Manager starts with th e Status window visible so you can monitor the device. The Status-only mode is enter ed when the switching jumper is in the JBOD, BIG, RAID 0, RAID 1, SAFE33, or SAFE50 mode.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 27 l Item Description System Status Section T emperature The field displays “N/A” because ther e’ s no temperatur e sensor installed in this device. Fan Speed The field displays “N/A” because ther e’ s no fan speed sensor installed in this device.
Server RAID System [ R 2 - R A I D ] U s e r M a n u a 28 l Item T ooltip Description T oolbar Buttons on Status Section Configur e Box Opens the Basic Configuration Wizar d. (appears only when using GUI Configuration mode) Schedule Disk Ve r i f y Schedule a disk V erify activity .
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