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ARC-5026 (Thunderbolt/USB 3.0 to 6Gb/s SA T A RAID Storage) Quick Start Guide V ersion: 1.2 Issue Date: July , 2014 Thunderbolt™ Prod uct.
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Contents 1. Installation .................................................................. 4 1.1 Before Y ou First Installing................................................... 4 1.2 Summary of RAID Storage Setup Steps ...............................
INSTALLATION 4 1. Installation This section describes how to install the ARC -5026 Thunderbolt RAID storage with host computer and disks. 1.1 Before You First Installing Thanks for purchasing the ARC -5026 as your RAID data stor age.
INSTALLATION 5 1.2 Summary of RAID Storage Setup Steps • For Mac OS X Step 1. Physically Install the Hardware (Chapter 1.5.1 ) 1. Install HDDs. 2. Connect power cord. 3. Connect Thunderbolt cable. Step 2. Install the MRAID Software P ackage (Chapter 1.
INSTALLATION 6 Step 2. Install the MRAID Software P ackage (Chapter 1.5.3.1 ) 1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at “ http://www.areca.com.tw/support/s_ thunderbolt/thunder bolt.htm ”. 2. Double-click on the install_mraid zipped le.
INSTALLATION 7 1.3 RAID Storage View The following diagram is the RAID stor age front view and rear view. Front View Rear View 1. Disk Activity LED 2. Disk F ault / Link LED 3. P ower and Global F ault LED 4. Thunderbolt P ort1 5. Thunderbolt P ort2 6.
INSTALLATION 8 1.4 Locations of the Storage Component The following components come with LEDs that inform ARC -5026 RAID storage managers about the oper ational status. 1.4.1 Drive Tray/Status LED Indicators Figure 1-1, Drive T ray/Status LED Drive Tray/ Status LED Normal Status Problem Indication 1.
INSTALLATION 9 1.4.3 Thunderbolt Port LED Indicators Figure 1-3, Thunderbolt P orts LED 1.4.2 LCD Panel LED Indicators There are a variet y of status conditions that cause the RAID stor- age panel monitoring LED to light. The front panel LCD comes with three (3) status-indicating LEDs.
INSTALLATION 10 The following table describes the ARC -5026 SA T A RAID storage Thunderbolt port link LED behavior . 1.5 Setting Up RAID Storage Setting up your ARC -5026 RAID storage involv es these .
INSTALLATION 11 1. Gently slide the drive tr ay out from the ARC -5026 RAID storage. 2. Install t he drive into the drive tr ay and secure the drive to the drive tr ay by four of the mounting screws. 3. After all drives are in the drive tr ay , slide them back into the ARC -5026 RAID storage and mak e sure you latch the drive tra ys.
INSTALLATION 12 THUNDERBOLT Thunderbolt connectors are provided on the back of the ARC -5026 RAID storage for connecting the arr ay to Thunderbolt host and next Thunderbolt devices. There are two Thunderbolt connectors on the rear of ARC -5026 RAID storage.
INSTALLATION 13 Figure 1-7, Thunderbolt Computer Daisy Chain USB 3.0 The ARC-5026 RAID stor age uses a SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0), providing an even greater enhancement in performance—up to 40 times faster than USB 2.0, with a design data r ate of up to 5Gbps as opposed to USB 2.
INSTALLATION 14 Step 3. Connecting Monitor Port (Optional) Y ou can connect LAN port to the manager clinet system to congure and manage the RAID storage from the clinet system through out-of -band manager .
INSTALLATION 15 Figure 1-9, Connecting the P ower to Enclosure. 3. ARC -5026 RAID storage automatically turns off when the com - puter to which it is attached sleeps or is disconnected. Note: Y ou can press and hold the “R eset” button for 3 seconds to force the RAID storage AC power on or off .
INSTALLATION 16 5. On the Choose Install Set screen, click on an icon to install special components and click on the " Next " button to continue. 2. Double-click on the zipped le that comes from the website or resides at <CDROM>packagesMacOS to add the installer on the Finder .
INSTALLATION 17 • Driver is required for the operating system to be able to inter - act with the ARC -5026 RAID storage. • ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console (MRAID storage manager) to run. It also runs as a service or daemon in the background that allows capturing of events for mail and SNMP traps notication.
INSTALLATION 18 8. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation. 9. When this screen shows, you hav e completed the driver installation and click on the " Next " button to continue.
INSTALLATION 19 10. After installation is completed, click on the " Done " button to reboot your computer in order to complete installation. 11.
INSTALLATION 20 • Method 1: McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHT TP Start McRAID Storage Manager – Browser Edition There is one “ MRAID ” icon showing on your desktop. Double- click on the “ MRAID ” icon to locate your ArcHT TP utility and CLI program le folder .
INSTALLATION 21 Click on the “Quick Create” in the main menu, your v olume is automatically congured based on the number of disks in your system. Y ou can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set. The user can change the R aid Level, Capac- ity , Initialization Mode, and Stripe Size.
INSTALLATION 22 • Method 3: LCD P anel with Keypad Y ou can use LCD front panel and k eypad function to simply create the RAID volume. The LCD status panel also informs you of the disk arr ay’ s current operating status at a glance. The LCD congur ation is described in a separate manual: ARC-5026_L CD manual.
INSTALLATION 23 3. Specify your P artition Information, Option setting and click on the “ Apply ” button. 2. In the P artition Layout column, click on the “ Current ” to show the drop-down menu and select the number of parti- tions that you want y our RAID storage to ha ve.
INSTALLATION 24 1.5.2.4 Make A Bootable RAID Volume Y ou can follow the following procedures to add ARC -5026 RAID volume on Intel-based Mac bootable device listing. 1. Set the BIOS selection in System Controls: Adv ance Congu- ration to “EFI” option for Intel-based Mac boot.
INSTALLATION 25 2. When the volume icon disappears from the desktop , RAID storage can be disconnected from the computer . 1.5.3 Windows Users 1.5.3.1 Install the MRAID Software This section describes how to install the MRAID software to your oper ating system.
INSTALLATION 26 5. When the License Agreement screen appears, read and agree to the license information; then let the InstallShield Wizard guide you through the installation process. 4. The MRAID Installer (or InstallShield Wizard) opens, pre- paring to install and click on the “ Next ” button to continue.
INSTALLATION 27 • “Complete” to install driver , ArcHT TP and CLI utility at once, check the rst box. • “Custom” to install special components and change the pro - gram directory . When this “ Custom ” check box is checked, go to the Custom Setup screen.
INSTALLATION 28 8. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation. When this screen completes, you hav e completed the MRAID installation. If you hav e no ARC-5026 RAID stor age unit yet connected or powered on, a “MRAID Installer Information” mes - sage displays.
INSTALLATION 29 10. The ArcHT TP and CLI are installed at the same time on ARC- 5026. Once ArcHT TP and CLI have been installed, the Arc- HT TP background task automatically starts each time when you start your computer . There is one MRAID icon showing on your “Progr ams” folder .
INSTALLATION 30 • Method 1: McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHT TP Start McRAID Storage Manager – Browser Edition Right-click on the “ Start ” menu and choose “ Programs ”. Double-click on the “ MRAID ” program icon to start the ArcHT TP utility (From the Start menu, choose Programs > MRAID > ArcHT TP).
INSTALLATION 31 Click on the “Quick Create” in the main menu, your v olume is automatically congured based on the number of disks in your system. Y ou can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set. The user can change the R aid Level, Capac- ity , Initialization Mode, and Stripe Size.
INSTALLATION 32 The LCD initial screen is shown below: 1.5.3.3 Format RAID Volumes After the volume set is ready for system accesses, it needs to be partitioned, formatted, and mounted by the oper ating system. The following steps show how to make any new disk arr ays or independent disks accessible to Windows system.
INSTALLATION 33 1.5.3.4 Unmounting RAID Volumes T o avoid possible data corruption, Areca recommends that ARC - 5026 RAID storages v olume(s) be properly unmounted from the Windows system prior to turning off the RAID storage or safely removing the Thunderbolt interface cable.
SPECIFICATION 34 2. Specication This section presents a brief overview of the 6Gb/s S A T A RAID storage, ARC-5026. (Thunderbolt/USB 3.0 to 6Gb/s S A T A RAID storage) 2.1 Overview Cutting-edge Host Interfaces Y our ARC -5026 features two cutting-edge interfaces, Thunderbolt and SuperSpeed USB 3.
SPECIFICATION 35 Unsurpassed Data Availability ARC-5026 supports the hardw are RAID engine to allow 2 HDDs failures without impact the existing data and performance. It al - lows users to hot swap drive in the ev ent of a drive failure with zero downtime.
SPECIFICATION 36 RAID Features • RAID level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6, Single Disk or JBOD • Multiple RAID selection • Support up to 1MB stripe size • Online arra y roaming • Online RAID level/s.
SPECIFICATION 37 Product Features Form F actor Compact – 4 Bays Disk T ower Host Connection T wo 10 Gb/s Thunderbolt T echnology Ports/One 5Gb/s USB 3.
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