User manual WESTERN DIGITAL MIRROR EDITION

[. . . ] External Desktop My Book Mirror Edition User Manual ® TM Table of Contents 1 WD Service and Support . 3 Recording Your WD Product Information . 18 TABLE OF CONTENTS ­ i 8 Turning Off/Disconnecting the Device . . 28 TABLE OF CONTENTS ­ ii MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 1 WD Service and Support Should you encounter any problem, please give us an opportunity to address it before returning this product. [. . . ] Replace drive with identical capacity drive and re-create RAID set. Faulty Rebuilding Good Rejected The slot is marked as faulty. The slot is currently being rebuilt from the other slot. The slot contains an HDD that does not meet the unit's requirements. Replace drive. Install drive that is compatible with RAID device. Only WD Green Drives are compatible. WD RAID MANAGER FOR WINDOWS ­ 16 MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 7 WD RAID Manager for Mac WD RAID Manager is a tool designed to help you easily manage your RAID system, including changing the RAID configuration and formatting the device. To launch WD RAID Manager, click the WD Drive Manager menu extra icon and point to WD My Book. Click Launch WD RAID Manager. Configuring RAID My Book Mirror Edition is preconfigured for RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for data protection which dedicates half the capacity to mirror the data on both drives A and B. This product also supports RAID 0 (Striped) mode for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. 1. To configure or change the RAID setting, click on a device from the menu to display the popup menu. WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC ­ 17 MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 2. Select the desired RAID configuration and device format and click Configure. Important: Before you proceed, make sure to back up all files stored on the dual-drive storage system onto another storage device. When prompted to confirm, click Configure again. As standard precaution, the system prompts you for an administrator's name and password to authenticate your action. Enter this information and click OK. When configuring the device, WD RAID Manager automatically formats the disk as a single volume using the format and RAID type specified. FAT32 formats with a Master Boot Record partition map for Windows compatibility. The HFS+ setting formats with an HFS Extended w/ Journal volume using a partition map type which best matches the Macintosh model the drive is currently connected to. On Macintosh computers with PowerPC processor(s), an Apple Partition Map structure is created. On Macintosh computers with Intel processor(s), a GUID Partition Table is created. RAID Troubleshooting WD RAID Manager monitors the activity of the drives in the RAID system so you can view the status of each drive and take the appropriate action. To view the device status as well as the status of each internal hard drive, including which drive (A or B) may have experienced a fault, click on a device and then click Info, which brings up a drawer on the right hand side of the main window. WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC ­ 18 MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL RAID Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending on the current status of your drive. Displayed Status Text Healthy Description Array is properly configured and operating normally. Drives from different RAID sets detected in slots. User Action None Setting Mismatched Both slots have valid array configurations, but they do not agree on the settings and the device is not able to determine which configuration is newer. [. . . ] If this Product requires maintenance, either contact the dealer from whom you originally purchased the Product or visit our product support Web site at support. wdc. com for information on how to obtain service or a Return Material Authorization (RMA). If it is determined that the Product may be defective, you will be given an RMA number and instructions for Product return. An unauthorized return (i. e. , one for which an RMA number has not been issued) will be returned to you at your expense. Authorized returns must be shipped in an approved shipping container, prepaid and insured, to the address provided on your return paperwork. [. . . ]