User manual ADDONICS CDC4HESU

[. . . ] Make sure the power is off on the switch (power LED light should be off) Connect the provided eSATA or USB2. 0 cable from the back of the Cipher tower to the eSATA or USB2. 0 on the computer. We recommend connecting the eSATA port for best performance if this port is available on your computer. IMPORTANT There is no back door for the Cipher tower encrypted hard drives if the Cipher keys are lost or stolen. Cipher key Check to make sure you have the correct version of the Cipher key. A sample key is shown Black label AES-256 stands for Cipher 256-bit key. [. . . ] USB status LED: When USB port is used to connect to a system, the LED lights up. Power LED: I. Installing drives into the Cipher Tower Power Connector Refer to Diamond Cipher enclosure hard drive installation guide Slide the enclosure into the drive bay. Using the key provided, insert it to the lock mechanism and turn it to the "LOCK" position. This will secure the enclosure and provide power to the drive. Note: It is recommended to fill up the tower with SATA drives from top to bottom. This is to help in identifying which drives connects to which ports for easier troubleshooting. RAID setting button RAID config rotary switch USB port eSATA port ADDONICS TECHNOLOGIES Model: CDC4HESU III. Initial RAID setup of the Cipher tower: a. Insert the 4 AES 256-bit cipher keys into each cipher keyhole on the Diamond Cipher enclosures located at the front of the Cipher tower. Cipher keyhole V. Instruction for Special RAID Modes: Cipher power LED BIG 2 - 2 Drives Spanned o Note: Do not connect more than 2 SATA drives to the hardware port multiplier. Doing so will hang the system when you configure the raid. o For SATA drives with different capacities, the hardware port multiplier will use the smallest drive capacity of the 2 drives connected to create the total partition size. FAST 2 - 2 Drives Striped o Note: Do not connect more than 2 SATA drives to the hardware port multiplier. Doing so will hang the system when you configure the raid. b. d. e. Set the Rotary switch to the RAID configuration required. Push the RAID Setting button with a ballpoint pen tip while the Cipher tower is turned off. While holding the RAID setting button, turn on the Cipher tower and continue to hold for at least 5 seconds to confirm RAID mode setting. Observed that the green Cipher power LEDs at the front of the Cipher tower are on. If they did not, reinsert the cipher keys and re-power the Cipher tower while holding the RAID setting button. The Cipher tower LED's for the eSATA status and USB status will start blinking while holding down the raid setting button. Once the raid setting button is released, the HPM Health LED will blink 4-6 times. If the HPM Health LED stops blinking, the raid set is set correctly. If the HPM Health LED lights up as solid green, it is a bad setup. [. . . ] If they did not, reinsert the cipher keys and re-power the Cipher tower. Use the system's File Explorer to access the files on the encrypted drive. For security purposes, remove the cipher keys from the Cipher tower after the drives are detected by the system. All the files being transferred into the drives are still encrypted even if the cipher key is removed. [. . . ]