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 di󱐯erent 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 certied drives). To see a list
of certied 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 congurations:
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/macproermwareupdate13.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)