Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CADA004SA2-B Cavalry
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CAD A - S A2 2-B A Y 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 .
CADA-SA2 1 Thank you for purchasing the Cavalry 2-bay USB 2.0 RAID enclosure. The CADA-SA2 was designed to deliver af fordable RAID security and speed using the minimum amount of required setup. The multiple RAID modes allow users to choose between the most popular RAID formats with minimum RAID experience required.
CADA-SA2 2 1. 2. POW E R H D D I HDD II 1. Power LED 2. Hard Drive LEDs 3. RAID Update Button 4. RAID Mode Switches 5. eSA T A Port 6. USB 2.0/1.0 Port 7.
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 .
CADA-SA2 4 2 CHAPTER SETTING Y OUR RAID MODE RAID SWIT CH SETUP (MAC Users or PC Users) Most users will select their RAID-mode during the initial setup only . After that, they will usually forget about the other RAID functions; which is probably for the best.
CADA-SA2 5 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 ind.
CADA-SA2 6 4 CHAPTER INITIALIZING AND FORMA TTING YOUR NEW ARRA Y Windows Cont’d: Let W indows select a drive letter , as well as the rest of the options. Then press “Finish”. Double-check that W indows assigned a drive-letter to your new drive(s).
5 CHAPTER SUPPOR T CADA-SA2 7 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.
CADA-SA2 8 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 di.
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