CRU DataPort 25 SAS 6G - Manual (Page 2)

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1. Installation Steps
1.1 Floppy Bay Frame Installation
a. Slide the receiving frame into an open 3.5” Floppy Drive bay.
b. Secure the receiving frame to the chassis with the mounting screws
provided.
c. Attach a SATA data cable to the connector on the rear of the frame and
attach the other end to the appropriate SATA port on the computer’s
motherboard. Port JP4 connects to the bottom hard drive in the carrier and
JP5 connects to the top hard drive. For SAS, JP4 is the primary channel
and JP5 is the secondary channel.
d. Attach a 4-pin Floppy power connector to the rear of the receiving frame.
The frame requires both +12VDC and +5VDC to operate. Most floppy
connectors fulfill this requirement.
1.2 Hard Drive Installation
a. If the carrier is bundled with a frame, press the Eject button once to release
the button, and again to eject the carrier from the frame. If the lock is
engaged and the eject button will not release the carrier, insert the provided
Dataport Key into the frame and turn it 90 degrees counterclockwise to
release the lock so that you can eject the carrier.
b. Slide the cover of the carrier back and off.
c. Remove the screw kit from the carrier.
d. Insert a 2.5” SATA hard drive, with the top label facing up, into the bottom
unified power and data connector inside the carrier.
e. Secure the bottom hard drive to the carrier by using the mounting screws
provided from the screw kit.
f. Replace the cover and secure it by inserting two screws from the screw kit
into the rear of the carrier.
1.3 Operating Your DataPort 25
a. Slide the DataPort 25 carrier into the frame.
b. Insert the DataPort key into the keylock and turn it 90 degrees clockwise to
secure the carrier into the frame and power it on.
When any hard drive is first used with the DataPort 25 with 6G enclosure it will
show up as a blank, unallocated drive and you’ll need to format the drive inside
the enclosure before you can use it. Note that formatting a drive will erase
all data on the drive, so be sure to back up your data before beginning
this operation.
1.4 Additional Configuration Options
Dual-Port SAS
This functionality can only be used with DataPort 25 SAS carriers. You must
also have two SAS expander cards and an OS that supports failover clustering.
When using SAS hard drives, you can add a redundant data connection to
your SAS by plugging the primary data channel (JP4) into a SAS expander
(sold separately) and the secondary data channel (JP5) into another. When
the primary channel fails, the failover software will automatically switch over
drive access to the secondary channel with no interruption.
Dual-Drive SATA
This functionality can only be used with SATA drives in DataPort 25 SATA
carriers. The DataPort 25 SATA carrier allows you to use two hard drives at
one time. Port JP4 connects to the bottom hard drive in the carrier and JP5
connects to the top hard drive. Connect the appropriate SATA data cables
from your computer into the rear of the DataPort 25 frame. Both drives operate
in JBOD mode.
1.5 Safe Carrier Removal
a. Turn off the computer or properly dismount the drive from the system. To
dismount the drive, ensure there are no file transfers in progress and no
blinking activity on the amber Activity LED before turning the DataPort
25 off.
b. Use the DataPort Key to turn the keylock 90 degrees counter-clockwise to
unlock and power off the unit.
c. Push the eject button below the keylock once to release the button, and
again to eject the carrier.
NOTE: You can optionally install a second drive into the top connector
of the SATA carrier with the top label of the hard drive facing up.