Buffalo SSD-WA256T User manual

SSD-WAT
User Manual
Buffalo Inc.
www.buffalotech.com
35013102-02
2013-10

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Contents
Specifications .......................................................................................3
LEDs and Connections ....................................................................................3
Specifications ..................................................................................................3
Add Thunderbolt-Compatible Devices ...............................................4
Using with Windows Computers .........................................................4
Reformatting ........................................................................................5
Mac OS .............................................................................................................5
Windows ..........................................................................................................7

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Specifications
LEDs and Connections
1 Power / Access LED
Power On: white
Accessing: blinking white
Sleep mode: orange
2 Mode Select Switch
Push this button to turn on sleep mode. In sleep mode, the drive will power down but the extra Thunderbolt port
will still be usable and devices connected to it can be accessed. Push the button again to exit sleep mode and
power on the drive.
3 Fan
4 Thunderbolt Ports
Connect one of these to your computer. The other can be connected to an additional Thunderbolt device (daisy
chain).
5 Power Connector
Specifications
Check Buffalo’s website (www.buffalotech.com) for information about the latest products or compatible models.
Interface Thunderbolt
Connector 2 x Thunderbolt
Transfer speed Thunderbolt: 10 Gbps Maximum
Factory defaults HFS+ (Mac OS Extended format)
External dimensions
(excluding protruding parts) 45 x 102 x 154 mm
Power consumption 24 W Maximum (48 W max when daisy chained)
Power AC 100 - 240 V 50/60 Hz
Compatible OS
Windows 8 (64-bit and 32-bit)
Windows 7 (64-bit and 32-bit)
OS X 10.8, 10.7, 10.6 (models with Intel Processor)
Note: This product is preconfigured with a striped (RAID 0) array.

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Add Thunderbolt-Compatible Devices
You can connect additional Thunderbolt-compatible devices to this unit. This can be useful if your computer only has
one Thunderbolt port.
You can daisy-chain up to 6 Thunderbolt-compatible devices (including the Buffalo drive) if enough devices have extra
Thunderbolt ports.
Notes:
• Connected devices won’t work if the drive is off.
• Use cables 3 meters long or less.
Do not use the following types of connections.
:Thunderbolt cable
Ring
Star
Each Thunderbolt device should be connected to a single computer. You can connect
multiple Thunderbold drives to one computer, but don’t connect any Thunderbolt drive
to more than one computer at a time.
Using with Windows Computers
To use the SSD-WAT with a Windows computer, you need to do three things:
(1) First, download and install the SATA host controller driver from http://d.buffalo.jp/ssd-wat/.
(2) Next, because this drive is partitioned for use with Mac OS, you will need to remove the old partition. Run the
partition removal tool from http://d.buffalo.jp/ssd-wat/.
(3) Finally, reformat the drive with NTFS. You can do this from within Windows.
See the “For Windows Users” document for more information.

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Reformatting
Mac OS
Notes:
• Disconnect any other drives from the computer before reformatting.
• For more details on Mac OS Extended, consult your Mac OS Help.
1 Click to select the Finder.
2 Select [Go]-[Utilities].
3 Double-click [Disk Utility].
4 (a)Choose a RAID set for the SSD-WAT.
The RAID Set name is different depending on the capacity of the drive. Refer to the chart below.
Note: If the name of your RAID set is not shown on this chart, go to step 6.
Model number RAID Set name
SSD-WA256T [255.38 GB SSD-WAT] or [255.38 GB Untitled RAID set]
SSD-WA512T [511.43 GB SSD-WAT] or [511.43 GB Untitled RAID set]
SSD-WA1.0T [1.02 TB SSD-WAT] or [1.02 TB Untitled RAID set]
(b)Click [RAID].
(c)Click [Delete].

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5 Click [Delete].
The old RAID array has been removed. Next, build a new RAID array.
6 (a)Click the drive with .
Note: Two drives with the icon will appear. Click one of them.
(b)Click [RAID].

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7 (a)Drag and drop the two drives with into the list.
(b)Select [Mac OS Extended (Journaled)].
(c)Select [Striped RAID Set].
(d)Click [Create].
8 Click [Create].
Reformatting is complete. Exit the Disk Utility.
Note: When the array is complete, the message “Do you want to use Volume_name to back up with Time Machine?”
may open. Click [Use as Backup Disk] and Time Machine will use the drive for backup. If you don’t want to use it as a
dedicated backup drive, click [Cancel].
Windows
Out of the box, this drive is partitioned for use with Mac OS. Before reformatting the drive with NTFS to use with
Windows, you will need to remove the old partition. A tool for doing this is available from http://d.buffalo.jp/ssd-wat/.
See the “For Windows Users” document for more information. After removing the partition, you may reformat the drive
from Windows normally.

SSD-WAT
Benutzerhandbuch
Buffalo Inc.
www.buffalo-technology.com
35013102-02
2013-10

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Inhalt
Technische Daten .................................................................................3
LEDs und Anschlüsse ......................................................................................3
Technische Daten ............................................................................................3
Hinzufügen von Thunderbolt-kompatiblen Geräten ........................4
Verwenden mit Windows-Computern ................................................4
Neuformatierung .................................................................................5
Mac OS .............................................................................................................5
Windows ..........................................................................................................7

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Technische Daten
LEDs und Anschlüsse
1 Status-/Zugriffs-LED
Eingeschaltet: weiß
Zugriff: weiß blinkend
Energiesparmodus: orange
2 Betriebsmodustaste
Drücken Sie diese Taste, um den Energiesparmodus zu aktivieren. In diesem Modus wird das Laufwerk
heruntergefahren, der Thunderbolt-Anschluss ist jedoch auch weiterhin nutzbar, sodass auf angeschlossene
Geräte zugegriffen werden kann. Beim erneuten Drücken der Taste wird der Energiesparmodus beendet und das
Laufwerk hochgefahren.
3 Lüfter
4 Thunderbolt-Anschlüsse
Verbinden Sie einen dieser Anschlüsse mit Ihrem Computer; der andere Anschluss kann mit einem weiteren
Thunderbolt-Gerät verbunden werden (Reihenschaltung).
5 Stromanschluss
Technische Daten
Informationen zu den neuesten Produkten und kompatiblen Modellen finden Sie auf der Buffalo-Website (www.
buffalotech.com).
Schnittstelle Thunderbolt
Anschluss 2 x Thunderbolt
Übertragungsgeschwindigkeit Thunderbolt: maximal 10 GBit/s
Werkseinstellungen HFS+ (Mac OS Extended-Format)
Äußere Abmessungen
(ohne abstehende Teile) 45 x 102 x 154 mm
Stromverbrauch maximal 24 W (maximal 48 W bei Reihenschaltung)
Betriebsspannung AC 100 - 240 V 50/60 Hz