Rocstor ARCTICROC 4T User manual

Quick Installation Guide
ARCTICROC 4T
4-Bay RAID System
HDD LEDs
HDD (1, 2, 3, 4)
RAID mode
Left
(Connection)
Right
Color 1
(Health)
Color 2
(Access)
Disk error
Data access
Source HDD
Target HDD
White None
None None
White None
Blue
None Blue
Disk Rebuild Blink White
Flash Blue
Red RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 0+1
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 0+1
RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 0+1
RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 0+1
4
Healthy
Danger Blink Red
None
Error Red
RAID Alert LED Color
Power LED Color
Power on Green
Power off None
LED Indicators / LED Anzeigen / Les Voyants LED
HD Switch
Number
of HDD’s
2
3
4
4 (HotSpare)
RAID Mode Switch
RAID 0 (Striping) 2 or 4
RAID 1 (Mirroring) 2
RAID 5 3 or 4
RAID 5+HotSpare 4
RAID 0+1 4
General Noces
• Consistently make mulple backup copies of your data for your protecon. Hard disk drives are subject to failure at any me.
• Rocstorage, Inc. shall not be held liable for loss of data or the restoraon or recovery of data on the device. Please see complete
Limited Warranty Informaon in the User’s Manual or on the Rocstor website (www.rocstor.com) for further details.
Capacity Disclaimer
Actual accessible hard drive capacity will indicate up to 10% lower than stated under different Operang Systems and
formang. Therefore, a 500GB capacity drive may show up as a 450GB drive (approximately.)
Warranty Period
The Limited warranty period for Airhawk external hard drives is two years for parts and labor.
Technical Support / RMA
Tel: [phone] (USA and Canada)
Tel: [phone] (Domesc and Internaonals)
Fax: [phone]
Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm PST, Mon - Fri (excluding holidays)
Email: [e-mail]
Trademarks Acknowledgements
© 2011, Rocstor, Rocsecure and Rocpower are registered trademarks of Rocstorage, Inc. Rocpro, Rocport, Rocbit, are the
trademarks of Rocstorage, Inc. "store your future", "secure your future" and “power your future” are the slogan marks of
Rocstorage, Inc. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Power Macintosh, FireWire, and Mac Pro, Leopard ... are trademarks of Apple
Computer, Inc. Microso, MS-DOS, Windows CE, Windows NT, Windows 98, So Windows, Vista ... are registered trademarks
of Microso Corporaon. All other names are trademarks of their respecve companies in the United States and other
countries. © 2000 - 2011
Designed/assembled/integrated in the U.S.A. using domesc and/or foreign components. Enclosure (without
hard drive) is made in China
Specificaons, terms, warranes, descripons, product and services herein are subject to change without noce. Ver.1207H

Package Contents
16 HDD screws Quick Start Guide
FireWire 400 & 800 cables USB cable eSATA cable External power supply
RAID system unit 4 spare HDD screws 4 handles
Power HDD4 HDD3 HDD2 HDD1 RAID Alert
Front View
eSATA
DCIN
RAID
HD
FireWire 800
(2 ports)
RAID Mode
Switch
FireWire 400
USB 2.0 Type B
eSATA Port
Lock Slot / Port
HD Switch
Power Switch
DC IN
Rear View
“Front” Indicator
4 Spare
HDD Screws
Cover View (Exposed) Top View
HDD Slots
(indicates HDD 1
through HDD 4)
1
2
3
4
2 3
Le
Right
3
Fasten the handle onto the
HDD by inserng and
ghtening the screws, the le
one first, then the right one.
4
Finally, test sliding the handle to
make sure that the holes glide
smoothly on the screw guides.
Repeat the same procedures for
the rest of HDDs.
Connecng to the Host
Connect the AC/DC power
adapter.
8
eSATA
DCIN
RAID
7
Place with its front view facing
you and the top lid on. Posion
both hands on the top lid, one
in the front & one in the back.
Push the lid firmly downward
back to front.
Insert both ends of the chosen
cable(s) into the corresponding
port of the RAID System and
the host.
9
eSATA
DCIN
RAID
Turn the power switch to the
“on” posion.
10
eSATA
DCIN
RAID
ON
1
Installing Hard Drives
Place with its front view facing
you. Posion both hands on the
top lid, one in the front & one
in the back. Push the lid front
to back, using your thumbs.
2
Li the top lid up to remove
the handles from the enclosure
itself and locate the HDD
screws in the packaging box.
Some HDD makers
manufacture both "Desktop"
and "RAID" (or also called
"Enterprise") hard drive
edions. It is highly
recommended to use their
"RAID" edion.
5
Hold the HDD with the metal
cover side facing you and the
handle aached on the upward
posion.
6
Align the handle with the guide
rails and slide the HDD into the
indicated slot. Firmly push
downward unl a “thump”
sound is heard. Repeat the
same procedures for the rest
of HDDs.
When connected, the System
LED light will turn green; the
HDD LED lights will turn white
and flash 15 seconds. If there
are HDDs, the HDD LED lights
will stay white. If there are no
HDDs, the HDD LED lights will
turn off aer flashing.
11
Seng/Changing the
RAID Mode
Power “off” the RAID System.
eSATA
DCIN
RAID
OFF Seng/Changing the RAID
Mode deletes all data stored
on the device. If you have
saved data in the drives,
backup all data before seng/
changing the RAID Mode.
12
15
Aer seng the new RAID
mode, power the RAID System
“on”.
eSATA
DCIN
RAID
ON
Use a small, flat-blade
screwdriver to select the RAID
Mode (RAID Switch).
13
RAID
eSATA
DCIN
RAID
HD
14
Next, use the same small,
flat-blade screwdriver to select
the number of HDDs
(HD Switch).
HD
eSATA
DCIN
RAID
HD
Disk Volume Over 2TB
The RAID System supports and recognizes 2+TB HDDs, but the actual 2+TB support will vary depending on the different
operang systems used.