CalDigit RAID Card User manual
Getting Started
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Installing the CalDigit RAID Card
Follow the instructions on the following pages to install the
CalDigit RAID card in your Mac Pro, PCI-e PowerMac G5 or PC
workstation.
Back Up
Please back up your data before proceeding with the following steps.
Identifying your workstation
Although the CalDigit RAID Card is compatible with Mac or PC, different
installation procedures will apply with dierent workstations.
If you are using a Mac, please identify your Mac according to the information
provided under Apple’s System Profiler (Apple Menu/About this Mac/More
Info).
A 4-core Mac Pro will display as 2 x 2.0, 2.66 GHZ Dual-Core Intel XEON;
A 8-core Mac Pro will display as 2 x 2.8, 3.0, 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel XEON;
A PCI-e Power Mac G5 will display as Dual-Core 2.0, 2.3, 2.5GHz PowerPC G5; If
you are using a PC, please install the RAID Card on any available PCI-e slot.
Note: For PCI-Express Power Mac G5, Please use the external
mini-SAS port of the RAID Card to connect the HDElement. Internal
drive connection is not supported.
Optimize the CalDigit RAID Card's performance
To obtain optimum performance, please use four identical hard drives for
internal drives, (we strongly suggest using CalDigit certied drives). To see a list
of certied drives, please
go to http://www.caldigit.com/support.asp
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Working Safely Inside the Mac Pro.
Make sure to discharge any potential static electricity before you touch any
components inside. To do this, simply touch the outer chassis of the Mac
Pro before handling any components internally or installing any internal
components. We also recommend using an anti-static wrist band, which can be
purchased at any computer components store.
To avoid generating static electricity, do not walk around the room until
you have finished working inside the workstation and have replaced the
cover, (walking on carpeted surfaces enhances the effect of static electricity).
To minimize the possibility of damage due to static discharge, again, we
recommend wearing an antistatic wrist strap while you work inside the
workstation.
Preparing to install CalDigit RAID Card
Please make sure the jumper of the card is installed on 2, 3.
If you want to use BootCamp in your Mac Pro, you will need to make sure the
jumper is installed on 1, 2. You will also need to purchase an optional CalDigit
Mini-SAS cable(*1).
(a) If you are using a PC, please purchase a CalDigit Mini-SAS to SATA cable(*2)
for your internal hard drives.
(b) If you purchased a CalDigit RAID card back-up battery pack(*3), Please
install it to the RAID card and make sure the 3 screws are tightened at this
time.
BootCampDefault
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About the Installation of the CalDigit RAID Card
The installation instructions provide the following congurations:
1. If you are using a Mac Pro
(a) To install a hard drive into the second optical drive bay, to use as the
system drive, and to connect four internal hard drives as the RAID
volume, using the four hard drive bays. Please refer to P. of the installation
instructions.
(b) To use the rst internal hard drive as the system drive (including the use of
Boot Camp), and the other three drives for the RAID volume. Please refer
to P. of the installation instructions.
(c) To make four internal hard drives into a RAID volume, and install the
operating system onto the RAID volume. Please refer to P. of the
installation instructions.
2. If you are using a PCI-e G5
Please refer to P. of the installation instructions. (PCI-Express G5 does not
support internal hard drives, and supports up to three external HDElements)
3. If you are using a PC
Please refer to P. of the installation instructions.
6 A. MacPro
Installing your RAID
Please follow the following steps to install your CalDigit RAID Card.
7A. MacPro
1(a) If you are using a MacPro with one hard drive
as the system drive and four internal hard drives as
the RAID volume
1.1 Install the CalDigit Driver v1.8.0
(a) Go to http://www.CalDigit.com/Support/HDPro-HDOne-
RAIDCard-1.8.0.zip
(b) Select CalDigit/Mac Installer/1.8.x/HDPro_IP_MAC_1.8.x.mpkg
(c) Welcome to CalDigit installation program, please click continue
(d) Select your desired destinatino and click continue
(e) Enter your Administrator password and click OK
(f) After nishing the installation click Restart
Note: If you are using Mac Pro and have 10.5.3 installed. Please
refer to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237 and make sure your
Mac Pro’s EFI is 1.3 or above.
If your dont have the latest EFI version, please download it at
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/firmware_
hardware/macproermwareupdate13.html. You may not be able
to boot up your Mac Pro if you fail to upgrade your EFI.
8 A. MacPro
1.2 Turn O / Shut Down your computer
Turn o your computer. Touch the metal on the outside of your Mac Pro
(chassis) while it’s still plugged in to discharge any static electricity from
your body.
1.3 Open your computer case
Remove the side panel. Let the computer cool down. Its internal
components can still be very hot even when the computer is o.
9A. MacPro
1.4 Remove the drive modules
Make sure the latch on the back panel is open, and pull out all four drive
modules as well as their empty carriers.
1.5 Remove the PCI bracket
(Loosen the two thumbscrews on the bracket that holds the PCI Express
cards in place, and remove the bracket and the port access cover.
Port access cover
PCI bracket
Latch
10 A. MacPro
1.6 Remove PCI-Express card(s)
Disconnect and remove all PCI-Express card(s) except for your graphics
card, lift the latch on the card conector, and pull the card out of the slot.
Note each cards slot position in order to put them back in the same order
when you nish the installation.
1.7 Remove the CPU cover
Depending on the model of your Mac Pro, please refer to the appropriate
instructions:
(a) (4 Core Mac Pro) Remove the memory cards and the two long screws
from the back of the DIMM cage and the two short screws on the
bottom front edge of the DIMM cage. Move the DIMM cage toward
the back panel of the computer and widen the gap between the
DIMM cage and the CPU cover. Remove the CPU cover.
Latch
Graphics card
Screwdriver
Long screws(2)
11A. MacPro
CPU Cover
Pull from here.
Fan module
(b) (8 Core Mac Pro) Remove the CPU cover by pulling the bottom edge of
the CPU cover slightly toward you.
1.8 Remove the fan module
(a) (4 Core Mac Pro) Remove the fan module screw and take out the fan
module.
(b) (8 Core Mac Pro) Remove the fan module screws (one at the upper-right
rear corner and a second at the lower- right front corner and take out
the fan module.)
12 A. MacPro
1.9 Remove the system drive
Remove the system drive from MacPro hard disk drive carrier. FixedCalDigit
optical bay tray (as shown below) to the sides of the system drive.
1.10 Remove MacPro optical drive carrier
13A. MacPro
1.11 Install CalDigit optical bay tray
Install CalDigit optical bay tray with the system drive into the 2nd optical
drive and xed .
1.12 Install CalDigit optical SATA cable
1.13 Plug SATA connector into the gap (as shown below)
14 A. MacPro
1.14 Connect SATA connector to the SATA port
Connect SATA connector to the SATA port on the mother board, and
make sure It's fully seated in the connector.
1.15 Conntect CalDigit optical SATA power cable middle connector
to MacPro optical bay ribbon cable end connector
1.16 Connect CalDigit optical SATA cable to the system drive and
connect the ribbon cable end connector back to optical bay
15A. MacPro
1.17 Replace the optical bay
1.18 Disconnect the iPass cable
Disconnect the iPass cable from the upper left corner of the main logic
board and extend toward the PCI connectors as far as possible. You
might need to re –arrange some cable wiring for easy access of the iPass
cable.
iPass cable
16 A. MacPro
1.19 Connect the iPass connector to CalDigit RAID Card
(Make sure the iPass connector is securely connected to CalDigit RAiD
Card's J18 Mini-SAS connector.
Note: If the length of iPass cable is not long enough to reach the
CalDgiti RAID Card, you might need to re-arrange cable wiring for
easy access of the connection.
1.20 Slide the CalDigit RAID Card into the PCI-Express slot
(Slide the CalDigit RAID Card into PCI-Express slot (slot 3). Make sure the
card is fully seated into the PCI-Express slot.
Connector on card
iPass cable
17A. MacPro
Note: It maybe necessary for you to disentangle the iPass cable
from other cables running through the same area so that the loose
end of the iPass cable extends toward the PCI connectors as far as
possible.
If you want to use BootCamp in your Mac Pro, you will need to
purchase an optional CalDigit Mini-SAS Cable, Part# CBMiniSAS-
BC, SKU# 702101. You will need to connect it to the CalDigit RAID
Card's J19 Mini-SAS port at one end. And connect the other end to
the iPass connector on MacPro's motherboard. Please make sure
the jumper is installed on 1, 2 as shown below.
18 A. MacPro
1.21 Installing the fan module
If you are using a Power Mac G5, please skip to step 1.24. Install the fan
module back insdie the chassis. Make sure the cabling is clear of the fan
modules mounting arm and then tighten the screws.
(One screw for the 4 Core MacPro at the upper-right rear corner. Two
screws for the 8 Core MacPro, one at the upper-right rear corner and a
second at the lower-right front corner and take out the fan module).
1.22 Install the CPU cover
(a) (4 Core MacPro) Install the CPU cover by inserting the top-left edge of
the cover under the retainer on the fan module just below PCI card
support (slot 1) and then rotate the cover into place. Slide in the
memory cards and tighten the two long screws from the back of the
DIMM cage and the two short screws on the bottom front edge of the
DIMM cage.
Fan module
19A. MacPro
CPU Cover
(b) (8 Core MacPro) Position the bottom front edge of the cover and then
rotate the top back until the magnets snap it into place.
1.23 Install any card(s) that you removed initially into their PCI- Express
slots.
Make sure that each card is properly seated.
20 A. MacPro
1.24 Install the PCI bracket and tighten the thumb screws
1.25 Slide the memory cards back into the DIMM cage (4 Core Mac
Pro)
1.26 Make sure the rear latch is up. Install the drive modules and slide
in the drive modules
Note: In order to boot up the system correctly, please install the
system drive to the rst left drive slot in your Mac Pro.
PCI bracket
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