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AES-S3505UE

User’s Manual

October 7, 2009

Table of Contents

1 WELCOME........................................................................................................................................................4

1.1

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................4

1.2

PRECAUTION................................................................................................................................................5

1.3

FEATURES.....................................................................................................................................................5

1.3.1

OVERALL FEATURES................................................................................................................................5

1.3.2

SATA FEATURES........................................................................................................................................6

1.3.3

USB FEATURES...........................................................................................................................................6

1.4

SPECIFICATIONS.........................................................................................................................................6

1.5

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.........................................................................................................................7

1.5.1

PC SYSTEMS................................................................................................................................................7

1.5.2

MACINTOSH SYSTEMS.............................................................................................................................7

1.6

PRODUCT CONTENTS................................................................................................................................8

2 STORAGE POLICIES......................................................................................................................................9

2.1.1

CLEAN MODE..............................................................................................................................................9

2.1.2

LARGE MODE..............................................................................................................................................9

2.1.3

CLONE MODE............................................................................................................................................10

2.1.4

R0 MODE....................................................................................................................................................11

2.1.5

R1 MODE....................................................................................................................................................11

2.1.6

R10 MODE..................................................................................................................................................12

2.1.7

R3 MODE....................................................................................................................................................12

2.1.8

R5 MODE....................................................................................................................................................13

3 INSTALLATION.............................................................................................................................................15

3.1

INSTALLING HARD DISK DRIVE...........................................................................................................15

3.2

POWER ON / OFF........................................................................................................................................16

3.3

INSTALLING SATA TO ESATA BRACKET CABLE.............................................................................16

3.4

INSTALLING HOST BUS ADAPTER (OPTIONAL)..............................................................................17

3.4.1

WINDOWS XP (32/64BIT ).........................................................................................................................17

3.4.2

WINDOWS VISTA (32/64BIT )..................................................................................................................18

3.4.3

WINDOWS 7 RC2(32BIT )..........................................................................................................................20

3.4.4

WINDOWS 7 RC2(64BIT )..........................................................................................................................22

3.4.5

MACINTOSH OS TIGER 10.4.X

/ LEOPARD 10.5.X

/ SNOW LEOPARD 10.6.X..................................25

4 CONFIGURATION.........................................................................................................................................30

4.1

CONFIGURATION PREREQUISITES.....................................................................................................30

4.1.1

SATA HOST CONNECTIONS...................................................................................................................30

4.1.2

USB HOST CONNECTIONS......................................................................................................................30

4.2

CHANGING HOST CONNECTIONS........................................................................................................30

4.3

DISCONNECTING A USB DEVICE..........................................................................................................30

4.3.1

WINDOWS SYSTEMS...............................................................................................................................30

4.3.2

MACINTOSH SYSTEMS...........................................................................................................................31

4.4

HARD DISK DRIVE HOT-PLUG & HOT-UNPLUG...............................................................................31

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4.5

LED INDICATIVE STATUS.......................................................................................................................31

4.5.1

POWER LED...............................................................................................................................................32

4.5.2

PC LINK LED..............................................................................................................................................32

4.5.3

HRAD DISK DRIVE LED...........................................................................................................................32

4.6

MODE SETTING..........................................................................................................................................32

4.6.1

CLEAN MODE............................................................................................................................................33

4.6.2

LARGE MODE............................................................................................................................................34

4.6.3

CLONE MODE............................................................................................................................................35

4.6.4

CLONE MODE WITH HOT SPARE..........................................................................................................36

4.6.5

R0 MODE....................................................................................................................................................38

4.6.6

R1 MODE....................................................................................................................................................39

4.6.7

R1 MODE WITH HOT SPARE...................................................................................................................40

4.6.8

R10 MODE..................................................................................................................................................41

4.6.9

R10 MODE WITH HOT SPARE.................................................................................................................42

4.6.10

R3 MODE..................................................................................................................................................43

4.6.11


4.6.12

R5 MODE..................................................................................................................................................46

4.6.13


4.7

REBUILDING A REDUNDANCY OR HOT SPARE DRIVE..................................................................49

4.7.1

REBUILDING A REDUNDANCY DRIVE................................................................................................50

4.7.2

REBUILDING A HOT SPARE DRIVE......................................................................................................51

5 PARTITIONING VOLUMES........................................................................................................................52

5.1

PARTITION A VOLUME............................................................................................................................52

5.1.1

WINDOWS SYSTEMS...............................................................................................................................52

5.1.2

MACINTOSH SYSTEMS...........................................................................................................................57

6 APPENDIX.......................................................................................................................................................60

6.1

FAQ................................................................................................................................................................60

6.2

HARD DISK DRIVE COMPATIBILITY LIST.........................................................................................60

6.3

MOTHERBOARD COMPATIBILITY LIST............................................................................................63

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1 WELCOME

1.1 INTRODUCTION

Thank you for choosing aMagic AES-S3505UE storage appliance. It is a low-cost solution for digital home and small office storage appliances. Features of the aMagic AES-S3505UE include advanced RAID modes.

It’s available from leading storage partners in pre-configured set-ups with USB or eSATA host connections.

Simply connect the appliance with an appropriate USB or eSATA cable to the USB host or eSATA bracket cable

(must be connected to your mainboard SATA port) or HBA (eSATA host bus adapter can be purchased separately and must be installed in your host computer); it’s that simple.

The aMagic AES-S3505UE storage appliance are available in eight different configurations (Clean, Large,

Clone, R0, R1, R10, R3 and R5), each offering a different application of features and capabilities.

The aMagic AES-S3505UE Storage Processors are powered by JMicron JMB394 chip, 1 to 5-ports Serial

ATA II Port Multiplier with RAID function support. It is designed to provide SATA port expansion, data protection and performance aggregation at various applications. It is a self-contained storage processor chip which completely frees up the main CPU loading and the SATA ports comply with eSATA specification, the USB ports comply with Hi-Speed USB specification, making it suitable for use in external storage applications.

The aMagic AES-S3505UE storage appliance uses JMicron’s production-proven Multi-port Serial ATA PHY technology and JMicron-proprietary storage processor to provide very high efficient SATA RAID operation.

With an easy configuration scheme, the device can be a pure port-multiplier which provides SATA port expansion just like a SATA Hub, or hard-drive performance booster which provides a high performance device seen by host controller or hard-drive data protector which automatically backup data to prevent data loss from hard-drive damage. aMagic AES-S3505UE storage appliance also has advance mode to provide both benefit of performance boost and data protection.

The aMagic AES-S3505UE storage appliance architecture which provides:

• Fully hardware-accelerated RAID Engine.

• No driver, BIOS or software required for RAID operation.

• Independent of device SATA port connection sequence.

• Rebuild proceeds continuously between power cycling.

• Supports on-line read data integrity check.

• Supports on-line command based bad sector recovery.

• Supports disk modes: Clean, Large, Clone.

• Supports RAID levels: 0, 1, 3, 5, 10.

• RAID 3 / 5 write-back cache to enhance performance.

• Supports Auto-Rebuild on Clone, R1, R3, R5, R10.

• Supports Hot-Spare on Clone, R1, R3, R5, R10.

• Rebuild speed: 200GB/hour.

• Supports various RAID configuration methods.


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1.2 PRECAUTION

Please read the safe precautions carefully before you using aMagic AES-S3505UE storage appliance.

Ensure that you use the product correctly according to the procedure described in this guide.

The following safety precautions are intended to remind you to operate the product safely and correctly. Please read and ensure that you understand them before you proceed to the other sections of this guide.

Do not plug any HDD(s) while power is on (except operation in CLEAN MODE).

Do not attempt to disassemble or alter any part of the product that is not describe in this guide.

Do not allow the product to come into contact with water or other liquids. In the event that water or other liquids enter the interior, immediately unplug the product from the computer. Continued use of the product may result in fire or electrical shock. Please consult your product distributor or the closest support center.

Do not handle the product near a heat source or expose them to direct flame or heat.

Never place the product in close to equipment generating storage electromagnetic fields. Exposure to strong magnetic fields may cause malfunctions or corrupt data.

Can’t operate properly under Windows 3.x/ 95 / 98SE/ ME/ NT.

Hard disk drive is not including.

Please be noted the following product may run irregularly which are not under warranty.

Toshiba DynaBook, Satellite series (All K6 CPU models).

IBM Aptiva E series (All K6 CPU models).

Sotec E-note M260 series.

All AMD K6 system.

PC with sis7000/ 7001/ 7002 PCI to USB host controller.

1.3 FEATURES

1.3.1 OVERALL FEATURES

Provides Clean, Large, Clone, R0, R1, R3, R5, R10 modes for effective storage management.

Easy configuration of RAID modes, no IT expertise required.

Easy monitoring of system status via LED indicators.

Ensures data integrity with redundant backup capability.

Achieves fastest performance via R0 mode.

Supports automatic rebuild in Clone, R1, R3, R5, R10 mode.

Supports hot spare drive in Clone, R1, R3, R5, R10 mode.

Supports HDD roaming.

Supports current SATA II compliant HDDs, backward compatible with most SATA I compliant HDDs.

Simplifies HDD installation; user friendly design enables effortless HDD swapping.

Flexible connection via eSATA or USB host port.

Eliminates potential downtime, repair costs, and lost sales due to disk failure.

Dissipates heat efficiently with metal housing.

Maximizes airflow with silent, high quality fan.


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1 host port (eSATA or USB) to 5 Serial ATA hard disk drives.

Compatible with SATA Gen1 and Gen2 host controllers.

Compatible USB 2.0 specifications.

Embedded fast Storage Processor.

Ultra-fast 3Gbps host and device port capability.

Greater than 200MBps sustained reads in R0 mode (limited by drives and host controller).

1.3.2 SATA FEATURES

The AES-S3504UE provides the following Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) features:

1 eSATA host port to 5 SATA devices (Port Multiplier Functionality).

Auto-negotiation between SATA I (1.5Gpbs) and SATA II (3Gpbs).

Supports SATA II Gen2i and Gen2m (External SATA Connection, eSATA).

Supports Hot-Plug on CLEAN MODE.

Supports Native Command Queue (NCQ).

Supports PM aware and non-PM aware host on RAID mode.

Supports asynchronous signal recovery.

Supports spread spectrum clocking.

Supports BIST and loopback mode.

Supports 48-bit LBA addressing.

Supports ATAPI drives.

Supports host control of hard disk drive staggered spin-up.

Supports Asynchronous Notification.

Output swing control and automatic impedance calibration for SATA II PHY.

1.3.3 USB FEATURES

The AES-S3504UE provides the following Universal Serial Bus (USB) features:

1 USB 2.0 host port to 5 SATA devices.

Operates at USB full and High-speed rates (12 ~ 480Mb/s).

OS independent, Driverless, Auto Configuration.

Support USB High-Speed and Full-Speed Operation.

Supports and compatible with OHCI/UHCI/EHCI hosts.

Support Mass Storage Class.

Support on line USB firmware update.

Compliance with USB 2.0 electrical specification.

Compliance with USB Mass Storage Class, Bulk-Only Transport Specification.

1.4 SPECIFICATIONS

Five 3.5-inch SATA HDDs to a standard B type USB or eSATA interface with HDD trays and door cover.

Power, PC Link, and five HDD LEDs.

Design based on the JMicron JMB394, JMB320 and JM20339 controllers.

Support Clean, Large, Clone, R0, R1, R3, R5, R10 modes.

Metal chassis (SECC) and plastic panel frame (ABS) design.


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282 (L) x 150 (W) x 215 (H) mm, NW: 4.1 Kgs, GW: 5.3Kgs.

250 watts power supply, 100 to 132Vac or 200 to 264Vac select switch / 47~63Hz with CE/ FCC/ UL/ CB/

BSMI requirement. Physical Dimensions: 154 mm (L) x 82 mm (W) x 42.5 mm (H).

Single packing (color box) and 4 in 1 outer carton.

1.5 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

1.5.1 PC SYSTEMS

• Intel Pentium-III 500MHz equivalent or faster

• Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 RC2 with the latest Service Packs

• CD-ROM drive

• 64 MB of RAM (minimum)

• 250 MB of free disk space

• Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution display with at least 256 colors

• Mouse or compatible pointing device

• SATA connection: Intel ICH (Refer to the Mother Board Compatibility List Charpter) or optional Host Bus

Adapter card (controller number Sii3132) and associated software drivers with Port Multiplier support

• USB connection: USB 1.0 or 2.0 direct host connection or USB hub

1.5.2 MACINTOSH SYSTEMS

• Mac Pro

• Mac OS Tiger 10.4.x

• Mac OS Leopard 10.5.x

• Mac OS Snow Leopard 10.6.x

• CD-ROM drive

• Mouse or compatible pointing device

• SATA connection: Optional Host Bus Adapter card (controller number Sii3132) and associated software


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drivers with Port Multiplier support

• USB connection: USB 1.0 or 2.0 direct host connection or USB hub

1.6 PRODUCT CONTENTS

The following parts are content.

AES-S3504UE x 1.

HDD Tray x 5.

USB 2.0 Cable x 1. eSATA Cable x 1.

Power Cable x 1.

HDD Screw x 20.

Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD x 1.

SATA to eSATA Bracket Cable x 1.

PCI-Express HBA x 1 (Optional).

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2 STORAGE POLICIES

You can configure the AES-S3504UE storage appliance to use any of the following storage policies to map the appliance’s physical hard drives to virtual drives that are visible to the host computer. The virtual drives are called volumes. The host operating system treats each volume as if it were a single physical drive.

This virtualization allows you to overcome restrictions that are imposed by physical hard drives, such as speed, storage capacity or data storage reliability.

2.1.1 CLEAN MODE

The CLEAN MODE storage policy enables each hard drive to be seen separately as one drive. When using a

SATA host controller, CLEAN MODE should only be used if the SATA host controller provides Port Multiplier (PM) support. If a host is not PM-aware, only a single drive is presented (drive 1). No such limitation if using a USB host connection.

The CLEAN MODE storage policy is available for a standalone (non-cascaded) storage or the top-level node of a cascaded configuration, but not for subordinate nodes. Even though you can use the MODE SWITCH to select

CLEAN MODE for any node in a cascaded configuration, only the first CLEAN MODE volume of any subordinate node is detected by your host. Therefore, selecting CLEAN MODE for any subordinate node is not recommended.

In a CLEAN MODE configuration, the AES-S3504UE storage appliance directly exposes each physical drive.

The CLEAN MODE will not clean up the drives partition if the drives were use as single drive before.

2.1.2 LARGE MODE

The LARGE MODE storage policy concatenates a series of physical hard drives as a single large volume; resulting in a seamless expansion of virtual volumes beyond the physical limitations of singularly connected hard drives. AES-S3504UE storage policy delivers maximum storage space without a single large capacity and costly hard drive.

Any node within a cascaded configuration can be set to LARGE MODE.

Hard drives 1 to 5 are concatenated into a single virtual volume in the Figure below with a storage capacity that is equal to the sum of each of the physical hard drives 1 to 5.


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It is also possible to create a LARGE volume using only a single hard disk drive connected to Port 1. However, it is not possible to expand an existing LARGE volume by adding another hard disk drive and still preserve any existing data on that volume.

2.1.3 CLONE MODE

The CLONE MODE storage policy stores all data in duplicate on separate drives to protect against data loss due to drive failure. One drive clones the others at all times. Every write operation goes to all drives. CLONE MODE provides the highest level of data protection for critical data that you cannot afford to lose if a hard drive fails, but waste the amount of storage capacity because all data must be stored to all drives. The resulting storage capacity of the virtual CLONE volume will be equivalent to the size of one hard drive (if all drives are the same) or the smallest of the all drives (if they are different).

If drive fails (Maximum four drives), the CLONE volume is still usable, but it is in a vulnerable state because its cloned hard drive is inaccessible. When the offline drive comes back online, the appliance begins a rebuild process immediately one by one (if they are more than one fails) to restore data redundancy. A message appears in the LED indicator to notify you that a rebuild is in progress.

Although the volume remains available during the rebuild process, the volume is susceptible to data loss through damage to the remaining drive until redundancy is restored at the end of the rebuild and verification process. Host access takes precedence over the rebuild process. If you continue to use the CLONE volume during the rebuild, the rebuild process will take a longer time to complete, and the host data transfer performance will also be affected.

It is also possible to create a CLONE volume using one hard disk drive connected to Port 1 of the aMagic

AES-S3505UE, although no clone will occur until a second hard disk drive is connected to Port 1. With only one hard disk drive connected, the CLONE volume will be available, although no data protection will be provided until a second hard disk drive is connected.

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2.1.4 R0 MODE

The R0 MODE storage policy distributes access across all hard disks. R0 MODE presents the best data speed but no data redundancy. R0 MODE storage policy accelerates hard disk drive operating speed by using many disks in parallel. Hard disk drive data segments are written to different disks simultaneously which increases performance while sacrificing data redundancy.

To implement the R0 MODE storage policy, the AES-S3504UE Storage creates a single virtual volume that is striped across both hard drives, with a storage capacity that is five times of the smallest drive.

2.1.5 R1 MODE

The R1 MODE storage policy stores all data in duplicate on separate drives to protect against data loss due to drive failure. One drive mirrors the other at all times. Every write operation goes to both drives. R1 MODE provides the highest level of data protection for critical data that you cannot afford to lose if a hard drive fails, but halves the amount of storage capacity because all data must be stored twice. The resulting storage capacity of the virtual R1 volume will be equivalent to the size of one hard drive (if both drives are the same) or the smaller of the two drives (if they are different).

If one drive fails, the R1 volume is still usable, but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible. When the offline drive comes back online, the appliance begins a rebuild process immediately to restore data redundancy. A message appears in the LED indicator to notify you that a rebuild is in progress.

Although the volume remains available during the rebuild process, the volume is susceptible to data loss through damage to the remaining drive until redundancy is restored at the end of the rebuild and verification process. Host


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access takes precedence over the rebuild process. If you continue to use the R1 volume during the rebuild, the rebuild process will take a longer time to complete, and the host data transfer performance will also be affected.

2.1.6 R10 MODE

The R10 MODE storage policy combines the features of both R0 and R1. Performance is provided through the use of R0 MODE, while adding the fault tolerance of R1. The implementation of R10 requires four drives. The drives are assigned as two sets of striped pairs. The data is written to R1 set and provides data redundancy.

Alternating blocks of data are then striped (R0) across another R1 set. This provides improved speed. The resulting storage capacity of the virtual R10 volume will be two times of the smallest drive.

If one drive fails, the R10 volume is still usable, but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible. When the offline drive comes back online, the appliance begins a rebuild process immediately to restore data redundancy. A message appears in the LED indicator to notify you that a rebuild is in progress.

Although the volume remains available during the rebuild process, the volume is susceptible to data loss through damage to the remaining drive until redundancy is restored at the end of the rebuild and verification process. Host access takes precedence over the rebuild process. If you continue to use the R10 volume during the rebuild, the rebuild process will take a longer time to complete, and the host data transfer performance will also be affected.

2.1.7 R3 MODE

The R3 MODE storage policy requires a minimum of 3 drives to implement. The R3 MODE adds fault tolerance to drive striping by including parity information with the data. R3 MODE dedicates the equivalent of one drive for storing parity stripes. The data and parity information is arranged on the drive array so that parity is written to one

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drive. There are at least 3 members to a virtual R3 volume. The following example illustrates how the parity is rotated from drive to drive.

The R3 MODE uses less capacity for protection and is the preferred method to reduce the cost per megabyte for larger installations.

In exchange for low overhead necessary to implement protection, the R3 MODE degrades performance for all write operations. The parity calculations for R3 MODE may result in write performance that is somewhat slower than the write performance to a single drive.

The resulting storage capacity of the virtual R3 volume will be four times of the smallest drive.

If one drive fails, the virtual R3 volume is still usable, but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible. When the offline drive comes back online, the appliance begins a rebuild process immediately to restore data redundancy. A message appears in the LED indicator to notify you that a rebuild is in progress.

Although the volume remains available during the rebuild process, the volume is susceptible to data loss through damage to the remaining drive until redundancy is restored at the end of the rebuild and verification process. Host access takes precedence over the rebuild process. If you continue to use the virtual R3 volume during the rebuild, the rebuild process will take a longer time to complete, and the host data transfer performance will also be affected.

2.1.8 R5 MODE

The R5 MODE storage policy requires a minimum of 3 drives to implement. The R5 MODE adds fault tolerance to drive striping by including parity information with the data. R5 MODE dedicates the equivalent of one drive for storing parity stripes. The data and parity information is arranged on the drive array so that parity is written to all drives. There are at least 3 members to a virtual R5 volume. The following example illustrates how the parity is rotated from drive to drive.


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The R5 MODE uses less capacity for protection and is the preferred method to reduce the cost per megabyte for larger installations.

In exchange for low overhead necessary to implement protection, the R5 MODE degrades performance for all write operations. The parity calculations for R5 MODE may result in write performance that is somewhat slower than the write performance to a single drive.

The resulting storage capacity of the virtual R5 volume will be four times of the smallest drive.

If one drive fails, the virtual R5 volume is still usable, but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible. When the offline drive comes back online, the appliance begins a rebuild process immediately to restore data redundancy. A message appears in the LED indicator to notify you that a rebuild is in progress.

Although the volume remains available during the rebuild process, the volume is susceptible to data loss through damage to the remaining drive until redundancy is restored at the end of the rebuild and verification process. Host access takes precedence over the rebuild process. If you continue to use the virtual R5 volume during the rebuild, the rebuild process will take a longer time to complete, and the host data transfer performance will also be affected.

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3 INSTALLATION

3.1 INSTALLING HARD DISK DRIVE

Please refer below procedure to complete the HDD installation.

• Open the drive door than unlock the HDD tray lock to remove the HDD trays from AES-S3504UE.

• Install the HDD into the HDD tray.

• Twist the HDD screws shut to seat the drive securely.

• Insert the HDD tray back to the AES-S3504UE.


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• Close the drive door to complete hard drive disk installation.

3.2 POWER ON / OFF

• Push the power button to power on, and push again to power off.

3.3 INSTALLING SATA TO ESATA BRACKET CABLE

• Remove a free I/O bracket from your computer.

• Install the SATA TO ESATA BRACKET CABLE to the free I/O bracket, and connect the SATA cable to a free

SATA port from your computer.

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3.4 INSTALLING HOST BUS ADAPTER (OPTIONAL)

3.4.1 WINDOWS XP (32/64-bit)

1. Select No, not this time, than click Next.

2. Select Install the software automatically (Recommended), than click Next.


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3. Click Finish to complete installation.

3.4.2 WINDOWS VISTA (32/64-bit)

1. Click Locate and install driver software (recommended).

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2. Click Next for next step.

3. Click Close to complete installation.


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3.4.3 WINDOWS 7 RC2(32-bit)

1. Go to the Device Manager.

2. Right click on the Mass Storage Controller, than Select Update Driver Software.

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3. Click Browse my computer for driver software.

4. Browse to select the 32bits folder from the Repository CD to begin the installation (Located at:

E:\Driver\SiI3132\Windows\32bits PS: "E:" = CD-ROM drive letter).


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3.4.4 WINDOWS 7 RC2(64-bit)

1. Go to the Device Manager.

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2. Right click on the Mass Storage Controller, than Select Update Driver Software.

3. Click Browse my computer for driver software.


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4. Browse to select the 64bits folder from the Repository CD to begin the installation (Located at:

E:\Driver\SiI3132\Windows\64bits PS: "E:" = CD-ROM drive letter).


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3.4.5 MACINTOSH OS TIGER 10.4.X / LEOPARD 10.5.X / SNOW LEOPARD 10.6.X

1. Insert the Setup and Installation Repository Driver CD in the CD-ROM drive.

2. Double-click on the Setup and Installation Repository Driver CD icon.

3. Double-click the 3132-Mac.pkg file to begin the installation (Located at:

E:\Driver\SiI3132\Macintosh\3132-Mac.pkg PS: "E:" = CD-ROM drive letter).


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4. Once started, the following dialog screens will appear, Click Continue.

5. Read the Read Me file, than click Continue.

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6. Read the Software License Agreement, than click Continue.

7. Click Agree to continue the installation.


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8. Select a destination volume to install the software, than click Continue.

9. Click Install to begin the installation.

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10. Enter the Administrative Password for your system, than click OK.

11. Click Close to complete the installation.


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4 CONFIGURATION

4.1 CONFIGURATION PREREQUISITES

4.1.1 SATA HOST CONNECTIONS

This guide assumes that you have already attached the aMagic AES-S3505UE to a host computer that has been installed with the Sii3132 HBA (Host Bridge Adapter) or another third party SATA HBA with

Port Multiplier (PM) support.

If you use a host controller that does not provide Port Multiplier support (Such as Intel ICH):

• The CLEAN MODE storage policy is unavailable when configuring the aMagic AES-S3505UE. Only one disk is available on the host computer.

• Virtual volumes that you create in the Advanced Configuration Wizard must use at least 8 gigabytes (GB) of available system capacity.

4.1.2 USB HOST CONNECTIONS

If you are connecting your aMagic AES-S3505UE using a USB connection to your host, the USB port should be compliant with USB 1.0, 2.0 or connected to a USB hub.

4.2 CHANGING HOST CONNECTIONS

The aMagic AES-S3505UE supports both USB and eSATA host connections, although only one connection can be attached at any given time. For the best data transfer performance, you should always use the eSATA host connection.

If it becomes necessary to change the host connection between eSATA and USB, the host computer system and the aMagic AES-S3505UE should both be powered down prior to making the host connection change to avoid any potential data loss or corruption. After changing the host connection, all items can be powered-up to resume operation with the new host connection.

4.3 DISCONNECTING A USB DEVICE

USB 2.0 external devices provide support for “plug & play” connection, so that your USB storage device can be connected and disconnected while the computer is running. To prevent data loss or other failures, you must follow these steps when disconnecting your USB 2.0 storage device from your host computer system. Once the physical USB device is disconnected, any volumes that are associated with that device will become unavailable.

On O/S (Opration Systems), the aMagic AES-S3505UE must be stopped from O/S before any devices can be disconnected.

4.3.1 WINDOWS SYSTEMS

1. Click on the Eject icon (a small green arrow over a hardware image) in the System Tray located in the lower right-hand side of your screen.

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2. A message will appear listing all of the devices that the Eject icon controls. Click on the “Safely remove

USB Mass Storage Device” item.

3. The following message then appears: “Safe to Remove Hardware”. You can now safely disconnect the device from your computer.

Note: If your host USB adapter does not support this feature, the device should be disabled using the

Device Manager or your system should be shut down cleanly and powered off before disconnecting the USB device.


You must un-mount the hard disk drive by dragging the hard drive icon to the trash before disconnecting it or powering it down.

4.4 HARD DISK DRIVE HOT-PLUG & HOT-UNPLUG

The hard disk drives should not be hot-plugged, but can be hot-unplugged while the system is running. However, to avoid data corruption or loss, care should be taken to ensure that the host system is not currently using any drive that is about to be hot-unplugged.

4.5 LED INDICATIVE STATUS

aMagic AES-S3505UE provides information on the SATA HDDs, PC Link, and Power LEDs.

Each LED activity will turn On/Off the LED for approximately 70 ms. The blinking rate is approximately 400 ms On and 400 ms Off.


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4.5.1 POWER LED

The aMagic AES-S3505UE has one Amber color Power LED. The table shows Power LED function and operation.

DESCRIPTION

Power On

Power Off

GREEN LED

On

Off

4.5.2 PC LINK LED

The aMagic AES-S3505UE has one Green color PC Host Link LED. The table shows PC Link LED function and operation.

DESCRIPTION

PC Link Unplugged / No Power

PC Link plugged (Idle)

PC Link plugged (Active)

GREEN LED

Off

On

On

4.5.3 HRAD DISK DRIVE LED

The aMagic AES-S3505UE has five HDD LEDs (Green and Red) on the front panel and ten green LED on the HDD tray (two on each tray). The table shows HDD LED function and operation. These LEDs behave as follows:

4.5.3.1 THE FRONT PANEL LED

DESCRIPTION

HDD Unplugged / No Power

HDD plugged (Idle)

HDD plugged (Active)

Error State (One or More Bad Partial Volumes)

HDD Rebuild (A Physical Partition is being Rebuild; i.e. Mirroring Mode)

GREEN LED RED LED

Off

On

Blink (On)

Off

Off

Off

Off

Off

On

Blink (On)

4.5.3.2 THE HDD TRAY LED

DESCRIPTION

HDD Unplugged / No Power

HDD plugged (Idle)

HDD plugged (Active)

Error State (One or More Bad Partial Volumes)

HDD Rebuild (A Physical Partition is being Rebuild; i.e. Mirroring Mode)

GREEN

(UPPER)

Off

On

Blink (On)

Off

On

GREEN

(LOWER)

Off

Off

Off

On

Blink (On)

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4.6 MODE SETTING

The aMagic AES-S3505UE with the device’s LEDs to indicate status. To select a storage policy in this mode the first time that a new factory-shipped product is used, ensure that the hard disk drives are installed; turn off the power before set the MODE SWITCH on the back of the aMagic AES-S3505UE to the desired Storage

Policy. To change the storage policy thereafter, set the MODE SWITCH to the desired position and press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON, than power on to create the new virtual volume(s). Creating new virtual volumes will destroy any existing data that existed on the previous volume.

Note: Before reconfiguring a volume, back up your data and delete previously defined partitions.

4.6.1 CLEAN MODE

The CLEAN MODE storage policy requires a minimum of 1 drive to implement.

1. Turn off the power.

2. Set the MODE SWITCH position to CLEAN.

3. Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON.


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4. Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting.

4.6.2 LARGE MODE

The LARGE MODE storage policy requires a minimum of 2 drives to implement.


2. Set the MODE SWITCH position to LARGE.


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4.6.3 CLONE MODE

The CLONE MODE storage policy requires a minimum of 2 drives to implement.


2. Set the MODE SWITCH position to CLONE.



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4.6.4 CLONE MODE WITH HOT SPARE

The CLONE MODE storage policy with hotspare drive requires a minimum of 3 drives to implement.


2. Insert 2 drives in order from the top to the bottom.

3. Set the MODE SWITCH position to CLONE.

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5. Turn on the power than release the SETUP BUTTON.


7. Insert the hotspare drive into the 3 rd

HDD bay.


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8. Turn on the power to complete mode setting.

4.6.5 R0 MODE

The R0 MODE storage policy requires a minimum of 2 drives to implement.


2. Set the MODE SWITCH position to R0.


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4.6.6 R1 MODE

The R1 MODE storage policy requires 2 drives to implement.


2. Set the MODE SWITCH position to R1/R10.



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4.6.7 R1 MODE WITH HOT SPARE




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4.6.8 R10 MODE

The R10 MODE storage policy requires 4 drives to implement.




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4.6.10 R3 MODE




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The R3 MODE storage policy with hotspare drive requires a minimum of 4 drives to implement.


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7. Insert the hotspare drive into the 4 th

HDD bay.


4.6.12 R5 MODE



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The R5 MODE storage policy with hotspare drive requires a minimum of 4 drives to implement.



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7. Insert the hotspare drive into the 4 th

HDD bay.


4.7 REBUILDING A REDUNDANCY OR HOT SPARE DRIVE

The aMagic AES-S3505UE storage appliance stores all data in duplicate on separate drives to protect against data loss due to drive failure on CLONE, R1, R3, R5, and R10 MODE. The following example illustrates how the procedure to rebuilding a redundancy or hot spare drive.


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4.7.1 REBUILDING A REDUNDANCY DRIVE

1. If the drive 2 has breakdown, please remove the breakdown drive 2.


3. Replace a same or larger size of hard disk drive.

4. Turn on the power.

5. The aMagic AES-S3505UE storage appliance will rebuild the virtual volume from degrade mode to normal automatically (Approximately 200GB/hour).

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4.7.2 REBUILDING A HOT SPARE DRIVE

1. If the there is a hot spare drive on drive 5, and the drive 2 has breakdown, the hot spare drive on drive

5 will replace the breakdown drive and rebuild automatically.To setup a new hot spare drive, please remove the breakdown drive 2.


3. Replace a same or larger size hard disk drive.

4. Turn on the power.

5. The aMagic AES-S3505UE storage appliance will replace a hot spare drive on drive 2 automatically.


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5 PARTITIONING VOLUMES

5.1 PARTITION A VOLUME

5.1.1 WINDOWS SYSTEMS

Note: Before repartition a volume, back up your data and delete previously defined partitions.

1. Right-click the My Computer icon on your desktop and select Manage from the pop-up window.

2. Select Disk Management under Storage to open the Windows Disk Manager. This example illustrates the LARGE storage policy, which concatenates the capacity of all hard drives connected to the TERA

STOR SATA RAID III.

Every disk should appear with the word “Basic”, a size value that shows the available storage capacity, and a status of “Online”. Instead of Basic, a disk could appear Unknown, Dynamic, or Not

Initialized.

If the disk appears as “Unknown”, right-click the disk icon and select Write Signature. A window

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opens with the selected disk (all Unknown disks may appear in this window). Make sure the box next to each disk is checked and click OK. The disk should now be marked as a Basic disk.

If a disk appears as “Dynamic”, right-click the disk icon, and select Revert to Basic Disk. Within a few seconds, the disk should be marked as a Basic disk.

If a disk is marked “Not Initialized”, right-click the disk icon and select Initialize Disk. An additional dialog box appears allowing you to select which disks to initialize. Uncheck the SteelVine Processor

Disk item and click OK. Within a few seconds, the selected disk(s) should be marked as a Basic disk.

Note: Be sure that you select the correct disk based on the expected disk capacity to create a partition.

3. Right-click the configured disk’s unallocated space and select New Partition. If the New Partition option is not available, select the disk and initialize it first. To do this, right-click on the disk item and select "Initialize Disk".


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4. Click Next to start the Partition Wizard.

5. Select the Primary or Extended option and click Next.

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6. Specify the partition size. By default, the partition occupies the entire volume. Click Next.

7. Assign a drive letter or mount path and click Next.


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8. Name and format the partition and click Next.

9. Review the file system settings and click Finish to create the logical partition.

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10. Repeat steps 1 through 9 to partition any remaining disks.


Note: Before reconfiguring a volume, back up your data and drag the old drive to the trash to unmount previously partition. After you configure and partition the new volumes, restore the backed-up data to the new configuration.

1. Launch Disk Utility from the Application > Utilities folder.


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2. Select a configured disk and click the Partition tab. This procedure illustrates the LARGE Storage

Policy configuration, which concatenates the capacity of all hard drives connected to the TERA STOR

SATA RAID III.

3. Select 1 Partition from the Volume Scheme drop-down list.

4. Enter a name for the volume in the Name field (such as “My Disk”.)

5. Select Mac OS Extended (journaled) from the Format drop-down list.

6. Specify the size of the partition in the Size field.

7. Click the Partition button.

8. Click Partition to acknowledge the warning.

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Disk Utility mounts the created partition and represents it with an icon on the desktop. The icon is labeled with the partition name.

9. Repeat steps 1 through 8 to partition any remaining disks you configured.


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6 APPENDIX

6.1 FAQ

If you need some help for troubleshooting, please check the frequently asked question below, it may help you problem solved quickly

Can not recognize

． Make sure all cables have been connected properly.

Can not operate in O/S

． Make sure the O/S is support for the product.

Transmission speed is slow

． If connect USB1.1 interface, the speed will be around 1MB/sec only.

When format in the Windows XP/ Vista/ 7 RC2, the dialog box appear “Unfinished formatting”

． Windows XP/ Vista/ 7 RC2 can not format HDD over 32GB by FAT32, Please format by NTFS 。

When using different capacity or brand HDD, can we still using COMBINE mode ？

． Yes

When system is damaging on LARGE mode, is it possible to keep the data?

． No. The system is different with RAID, the entire disk can not be read.

6.2 HARD DISK DRIVE COMPATIBILITY LIST

The AES-S3504UE Storage Appliance has been tested compatibility with a range of drive manufacturer and size. The table is updated as new disk drives are certified for compatibility. Only disk drives included in this table are supported.

Manufacturer Capacity Family

Fujitsu 2.5” 320GB

Fujitsu 2.5”

Fujitsu 2.5”

160GB

160GB

Fujitsu 2.5”

Fujitsu 2.5”

120GB

80GB

60GB Fujitsu 2.5”

Hitachi 1000GB

Hitachi 500GB

Hitachi 500GB

Hitachi 500GB

Hitachi 320GB

Hitachi 320GB

Hitachi 320GB

Hitachi 250GB

Hitachi 250GB

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Deskstar™ 7K1000 HDS721010KLA330

MHY2060BH

Deskstar™ P7K500 HDP725050GLA360


N/A

Deskstar™ P7K500 HDT725032VLA360

HDT725025VL360


Travelstar™ 5K320 HTS543232L9A300


Deskstar™ T7K250 HDT722525DLA380

Part Number Firmware

MH2232DBH

MHW2160BH

MHZ2160BH

MHY2120BH

6D005

00000009

00000009

00000009

0000000B

00000028

0000000B

GKA0AB0A

GMOA52A

GM40A52A

V560A52A

R22L9YDN

GM30A52A

FB40L40C

GM2OA52A

V44OA9BA

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Hitachi 250GB

Hitachi 160GB

Hitachi 160GB

Hitachi 80GB

Hitachi 80GB

Hitachi 80GB

Hitachi 2.5”

Maxtor 750GB

Maxtor 500GB

Maxtor 320GB

Maxtor 300GB

Maxtor 250GB

100GB

Maxtor 250GB

Maxtor 250GB

Maxtor 200GB

Maxtor 160GB

Maxtor 80GB

Samsung 1000GB

Samsung 400GB

Samsung 250GB

Samsung 250GB

Samsung 80GB

Seagate

Seagate

Seagate 1000GB

Seagate 1000GB

Seagate 750GB

Seagate 750GB

1500GB

1500GB

Seagate 640GB

Seagate 500GB

Seagate 500GB

Seagate 400GB

Seagate 320GB

Seagate 320GB

Seagate 250GB

Seagate 250GB

Seagate 250GB

Seagate 250GB

Seagate 200GB

Seagate 160GB

Seagate 160GB

AES-S3504UE User’s Manual


Deskstar™ 7K250 HTS54252K9SA00

Deskstar™ 7K80 HDS72180PLA380

Deskstar™ 7K160 HDS721616PLAT80

BBFOC31P

P22OABEA

P22OABEA

Deskstar™ 7K160 HDS721680PLA380

Travelstar ™ 5K100 HTS541080G9SA00

N/A

Deskstar™ 7K200 HTS722010K9SA00

P210A70A

MB40C60R

HDD725050GLA360 GM40A50E

DC20C76A

DiamondMax® 22 STM3756330AS



DiamondMax® 10


6L300S0

MX15

MX15

3.AAE

BANC1G10

3.AAF

DiamondMax® 10 6V250F0 VA222900

MaxLine® III 7V250F0 VA111670

DiamondMax® 10


DiamondMax® 10

SpinPoint™ F1 HD103UJ 1AG01113

SpinPoint™ T133 HD400LJ 22100-15

6V200E0

6V080E0

SpinPoint™ S250 HD250HJ FH100-06

SpinPoint™ S250 HD250HJ 01.03A01

N/A

Barracuda® 7200.11 SATA

Barracuda® 7200.11 SATA

Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s

Barracuda® ES2 ST31000340NS SN04

Barracuda® 7200.10 ST3750640AS 3.AAC

Barracuda® ES2 ST3750330NS SN04

SP0812C SU100-34

ST3150031AS

ST31500341AS

ST31000340AS


Barracuda® ES ST3500630NS SN04


Barracuda® 7200.10

Barracuda® 7200.10

Barracuda® 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s

Barracuda® ES ST3250620NS 3.AEG

DiamondMax® 21 STM3250310AS 3.AAF

Momentus® 5400.4 SATA

ST360323AS

ST3500320AS

ST3400620AS

ST3320620AS

ST3320613AS

ST9250827AS

N/A

N/A



ST9200820AS 3.AAA

ST9200820AS AKL2YK

ST3160815AS

ST3160815AS

VA111900

4.AAB

VA111900

SD17

SD17

SD15

SD35

SD15

12.01B01

3.AAK

SD22

3.AAA

4.AAB

3.AAD

Ver. 091007

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Seagate 160GB

Seagate 160GB

Seagate 80GB

Seagate 80GB

Seagate 60GB

Seagate 2.5”

Toshiba 2.5”

Toshiba 2.5”

Toshiba 2.5”

Toshiba SSD 2.5”

Western Digital

Western Digital

120GB

320GB

250GB

160GB

128GB

2000GB

1000GB

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

400GB

320GB

320GB

320GB

320GB

320GB

300GB

250GB

250GB

1000GB

1000GB

1000GB

640GB

500GB

500GB N/A

400GB

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

Western Digital

250GB

160GB

160GB

160GB

160GB

150GB

100GB

80GB

80GB

Table last updated October 2009.

Barracuda® 7200.7 Serial ATA

SV35

Momentus® 5400.3 SATA

DiamondMax® 10

Momentus® 5400.2

N/A ST9120822AS

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

WD Caviar® Green

WD Caviar® Green


ST3160827AS

ST3160812SV 3.ALP

ST980811AS

6V080E0

ST96812AS

MK3252GSX

MK2546GSX

MK1637GSX

THNS128GE8BBDC

WD20EADS-00R6B0

WD10EACS-00ZJB0

WD Caviar® RE2-GP

WD Caviar® Black

WD Caviar® RE-3

WD Caviar® Blue

WD Caviar® Black

WD1000FYPS-012KB0

WD1001FALS

WD1001FYPS

WD6400AAKS-00A7B0

WD5000AALS-002UB0

2F002

WD4000YR-01PLB0 WD Caviar® RE2

WD Caviar® SE16

WD Caviar® Blue

WD Caviar® RE2

WD Caviar® SE

WD4000AAKS-00TMA0

WD3200AAJS-22RYA0

WD3201ABYS-01B9A0

WD3200KS-00FB0

WD3200AAJS-00LSA0 WD Caviar® Blue

WD AV WD3200AVJS-63WDA0

WD VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS-01F8U0

WD Scorpio ® Blue WD2500BEVS-60VST0

WD Caviar® Blue WD2500AAKS-00B3A0

WD Caviar® RE

WD Caviar® RE2

WD Scorpio ® Blue

WD Caviar® Blue

WD Caviar® Blue

WD Caviar® Blue

WD Scorpio ® Blue

WD Caviar® Blue

WD Caviar® SE

WD2500YS-01SHB1

WD1601ABYS-01C0A0

WD1600BEVS-60RST0

WD1600AAJS-22PSA0

WD1600JS-22MHB0

WD1500AHFD-00RAR0

WD1000BEVS-22LAT0

WD800AAJS-00PSA0

WD800JD-00M8A1

3.42

02.01B01

02.01B01

02.01B01

01.03B01

01.01B01

01.01A01

D1.D6AD1

12.01C01

D5.D6H05

13.01C02

21.0DM21

12.01B01

12.01B02

03.03V01

01.01A01

FH100-06

3.ALC

3.AAD

3.06

3.ALC

LV010D

LB012D

DL050J

T1020061

N/I

1AA01113

2D.06CD6

06.06H05

04.01G04

05.06H05

02.010C3

19.06P19

01.06M01

D5.06H05

10.01E01

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6.3 MOTHERBOARD COMPATIBILITY LIST

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

Manufacturer Product

ABIT IP-95 V1.0

ASUS M2R32-MVP AMD5180 ATI

ASUS

ASUS

M3A78 PRO

M3A78-T

ASUS

ASUS

ASUS

P4P800-X

P4P800

P5GD1 PRO

P5LD2-X/1333

P5GZ-MX

P5LD2

P5WDG2WS PRO

P5B

P5B-VM

P5K SE

P5D DELUXE

P5B-E

P5KR

P5QL PRO

P5Q PRO

P5Q PRO

M2NC51-AR

M2NC51-AR

M2N-SLI DELUXE

M2N-MX

M2N-MX

ASUS

ASUS

P5N-E SLI

M3N78-EH

ASUS P4S800D SIS

ASUS P5V800-MX

ECS 761GXM-MV1.0

GIGABYTE MA78GM-S2H AMD780G

GIGABYTE GA-GC230D

GIGABYTE

GIGABYTE

GIGABYTE

GIGABYTE

GA-8I945PLG

GA-P35-DS3X

GA-EP45-DS3

GA-EX58-UD3R

The AES-S3504UE Storage Appliance has been tested compatibility with a range of motherboard manufacturer. The table is updated as new motherboards are certified for compatibility. Only motherboards included in this table are supported.

North Bridge South

VIA P4M890

AMD 780GX

AMD 790GX

INTEL 865PE

INTEL 865PE

INTEL 915P

INTEL P945GC

INTEL 945GZ

INTEL 945P

INTEL 975X

INTEL P965

INTEL G965

INTEL P35

INTEL 965

INTEL P965

INTEL P35

INTEL P43

INTEL P45

INTEL P45

NVIDIA NFORCE 410 MCP

NVIDIA NFORCE 430 MCP

NVIDIA NFORCE 570 SLI MCP

NVIDIA NFORCE 430

NVIDIA GEFORCE 6100

NVIDIA NFORCE 650I SLI

NVIDIA NFORCE 730A

655FX SIS964 1012BETA003

VIA P4M800

SIS 761GX SIS

Bridge

VIA VT8237R

SB600 0712

ATI SB700

ATI SB750

INTEL ICH5

INTEL ICH5R

INTEL ICH6R

INTEL ICH7

INTEL ICH7

INTEL ICH7R

INTEL ICH7R

INTEL ICH8

INTEL ICH8

INTEL ICH8

INTEL ICH8R

INTEL ICH8R

INTEL ICH9R

INTEL ICH10

INTEL ICH10

INTEL ICH10

MCP43

MCP43

MCP55

NFORCE4

NFORCE4

NFORCE6

MCP78

BIOS

IP-95

INTEL 945GC

INTEL 945PL

INTEL P35

INTEL P45

INTEL X58

VIA VT8251

966L

ATI SB700

INTEL ICH7

INTEL ICH7

INTEL ICH9

INTEL ICH10

INTEL ICH10R

0605

N/I

0003

1460

N/I

N/I

1604

N/I

N/I

1101

0412

0202

0204

1009

1019

1004

0115

0801

N/I

0905

1102

N/I

1008

1236

1803

0802

02.21.2008

F5

F1

F8

V1.7060508

F6

FB


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Manufacturer Product

GIGABYTE

GIGABYTE

MSI

GA-73PVM-S2H

GA-M78SM-S2H

K9AG NEO2-DIGITAL

MSI

MSI

MSI

INTEL

P35D3 PLATINUM

K8N-NEO4H

K9N4 SLI

D945GCLF2

INTEL D201GLY2A

Table last updated October 2009.

North Bridge South

NVIDIA GEFORCE 7100

NVIDIA GEFORCE 8200

AMD 690G

INTEL P35

NVIDIA NFORCE4 ULTRA

NVIDIA NFORCE 500 SLI

INTEL 945GC

SIS 662

Bridge

MCP73

NVIDIA GEFORCE 8200

ATI SB600

INTEL ICH9R

NFORCE4

NFORCE5

INTEL ICH7

SIS 964

BIOS

F7A

F1

N/I

V1.062807

V7.0020906

N/I

LF94510J

LY66210M

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User's manual | AMagic AES-S3505UE User`s manual

USB & eSATA combo

RAID Enclosure

Storage Appliance

AES-S3505UE

User’s Manual

October 7, 2009

Table of Contents

1 WELCOME

1.1 INTRODUCTION

1.2 PRECAUTION

1.3 FEATURES

1.4 SPECIFICATIONS

1.5 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

1.6 PRODUCT CONTENTS

2 STORAGE POLICIES

3 INSTALLATION

3.1 INSTALLING HARD DISK DRIVE

3.2 POWER ON / OFF

3.3 INSTALLING SATA TO ESATA BRACKET CABLE

3.4 INSTALLING HOST BUS ADAPTER (OPTIONAL)

4 CONFIGURATION

4.1 CONFIGURATION PREREQUISITES

4.2 CHANGING HOST CONNECTIONS

4.3 DISCONNECTING A USB DEVICE

4.4 HARD DISK DRIVE HOT-PLUG & HOT-UNPLUG

4.5 LED INDICATIVE STATUS

4.6 MODE SETTING

4.6.4 CLONE MODE WITH HOT SPARE

4.6.7 R1 MODE WITH HOT SPARE

4.6.9 R10 MODE WITH HOT SPARE

4.6.11 R3 MODE WITH HOT SPARE

4.6.13 R5 MODE WITH HOT SPARE

4.7 REBUILDING A REDUNDANCY OR HOT SPARE DRIVE

5 PARTITIONING VOLUMES

5.1 PARTITION A VOLUME

6 APPENDIX

6.1 FAQ

6.2 HARD DISK DRIVE COMPATIBILITY LIST

6.3 MOTHERBOARD COMPATIBILITY LIST

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