MediaSonic HFR7-SU31CH User manual

Quick Installation
How To Set Up Your Array
4x SINGLE
2x RAID 0 + 2x RAID 0
2x RAID 1 + 2x RAID 1
2x RAID 1 + 2x RAID 0
2x RAID 1 + 2x Single
2x RAID 0 + 2x Single
1-4 HDDs
2-4 HDDs
2 HDDs only
3-4 identical HDDs only
3-4 identical HDDs that are rated for RAID 5
4 identical HDDs
Please decide on which RAID you wish to build and prepare
the right amount of hard drives for your array.
•Plug in your USB C cable and power cord.
•Connect USB C cable to a computer and power on the enclosure.
•Press and hold the "SET 1" button, located at the top right corner
of the display panel, for 3 seconds until the RAID icon flashes.
•Select the RAID you wish to build by clicking on the mode button
while the RAID icon is flashing.
(Your RAID selection will be signal by the flashing RAID icons)
•Before the RAID icon stops flashing, you need to press and hold
on the CONFIRMATION button at the rear end of the unit
(see "SETUP").
•Press and hold the CONFIRMATION button until the enclosure
shuts off.
•Power on the enclosure again and wait for 20 seconds.
•Go to disk management to initialize, partition and format your
array hard drives.
•If you have more than 2TBs of hard drive volume, please
select GPT when initializing the drive.
•Partition and format your RAID array.
How To Set Up Your Array
Please use the provided handles to secure the 4 HDDs
with screws.
Open the cover.
3.5 HDD
Make sure the HDD is securely installed first at all times.
Otherwise the PC may not recognize the device.
When using RAID function, HDDs with the same brand,
model and capacity is strongly recommended.
1
2
Press down the 2 tabs to detach the metal frame
and remove it.
3
Take the transport paper
board out of the device.
4
Slide 4 HDDs into the chassis
and make sure they are
securely installed
in order from top
to bottom.
5
Reinstall the metal frame that was removed in Step 3.
Please make sure the bottom of the frame stays inside
the track before closing the cover.
6
Connect the power supply to the device, plug in either
USB-C cable in the rear panel and power on the device.
Make sure computer is ON.
7
CONFIRMATION button is hidden behind the enclosure
with a small cover. Find that before you start set up.
How To Set Up Your Array │Quick Installation │RAID Mode Setup
Raid Matrix Limit Table │Troubleshooting
DC 12V
USB
TYPE C
USB
TYPE A
USB 3.1 Gen-II / Type-C
For 3.5'' SATA HDD
RAID with USB HUB Enclosure
2 X Single / RAID 0/1 USB-C / USB-A Hub
Quick Installation Guide
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HFR7-SU31CH / Rev.01

1
RAID Mode Setup
First install the HDD from up to down in the enclosure.
Make sure the PC is on and ready to go, Power on
the device.
2
There are several mode options for HFR7-SU31CH,
Single, JBOD (Spanning), RAID 0 (Striping) and RAID 1.
The enclosure is not default to any of the above.
So If you just put hard drives in without setting a mode
to use, the enclosure will just turn off after a few
seconds of turning it ON.
The Device is built in 2 sets of RAID, and each RAID is
constructed by 2 HDDs. There are two sets of Raid mode
need to be setup properly before you using this device,
finds " SET 1" and "SET 2" in the front panel on this device.
3
The setup procedures are as follows:
APress and hold the "SET 1" button until the RAID
option light starts to flash then let go of "SET 1" button.
Front panel
Front panel
Front panel
SET 1 SET 2
Press and hold
1
Flash
2
The RAID confirmation button is hidden in
the back, so please find it first before you start.
Front panel
BPress "SET 1" again and again. until it lands on the
RAID mode you wish to use, then press and hold
the "RAID Mode Confirmation button" in the back
of the device until enclosure shuts down.
Press
C"SET 2" setup is the same as "SET 1"
DPower on the device again and the RAID mode
set-up is completed. Now you just need to partition
and format the drives.
Back panel
Press the button and hold it still
2
Front panel
Press
: Supported : N/A
HDD installed qty
SET 1
(HDD1+HDD2)
SET 2
(HDD3+HDD4)
Raid Mode
RAID 1
RAID 0
SINGLE
JBOD (RAID 0 Spanning)
RAID 1
RAID 0
SINGLE
JBOD (RAID 0 Spanning)
HDDx2HDDx1
Raid Matrix Limit Table
Troubleshooting
Front panel
RAID 1 HDD Error:
How to replace, hdd has failure in RAID 1 mode ?
Flash
Turn off the power.
1
Replace the old HDD that shows damage, Put in a new
hard drive. Note: same model, the same brand and
same capacity
2
Turn on the power again
3
Rebuild HDD data, the HDD led will show a purple
breathing light (When rebuilding, the HDD error led
shows a steady red light)
4
After the reconstruction, the blue light is always on
and ready to use
5
•Changing RAID mode may cause data lost,
backup your data before making changes.
•Do not use hard drives containing data
to create a RAID array.
Before replacing a bad hard drive for rebuild. Make
sure you have the same model and size hard drive.