Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto Mercury Rack Pro del fabbricante OWC
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OWC Mercury R ack Pro mini-SAS T able of Cont ents 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 SY STEM REQUIREMENTS 1.1.1 Mac Requirements 1.1.2 PC Requirements 1.1.3 Supported Hard Drives 1.2 P A CKAGE C ONTENTS 1.3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 1.4 REAR VIE W & CABLE CONNECTIONS 1.
1.1 System Requir ements 1.1.1 Mac Requirements Dependent on the interface card you purchase to use with this solution. P lease check the specications of the controller car d to determine system requirements . 1.1.2 PC Requirements Dependent on the interface card you purchase to use with this solution.
OWC Mercury R ack Pro mini-SAS Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.5.1 LED Indicators P ow er Input V oltage Switch External mini-SAS Port Cable Connections: 1 . Plug the power cable in to the wall and into the OWC Mercury Rack Pro . 2 . Verify that the voltage swit ch is set properly for y our country .
OWC Mercury R ack Pro SAS Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.6 RAID Modes The OW C Mercury Rack Pro mini-SAS does not have an y R AID functions built in; howe ver most RAID cards y ou will choose to use with the OWC Mercury Rack Pro mini-SAS will.
OWC Mercury R ack Pro mini-SAS Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.6.4 Disk Mirroring with Striping (RAID 10) (also known as RAID 1+0) The drives show up as one v olume, but only 50% of the total capacity can be used, depending on the drive with the smallest capacity .
OWC Mercury R ack Pro mini-SAS Chapter 2 - Syst em Setup 2.1 Drive Installation NO TE: If you purchased a prec ongured solution with drives , they will be numbered for proper installa tion in individual drive bays . Please match the drive ba y numbers to the hard drives and their tra ys.
OWC Mercury R ack Pro mini-SAS Chapter 2 - Syst em Setup 2.2 Replacing Drives If one of the drives fail, the corresponding activity LED will light up solid red If only one drive is defec- tive and you.
2.3 Connections to C omputer 1 . Plug the power cable in to the wall and into the OWC Mercury Rack Pro . 2. V er ify the voltage switch is set pr operly for the country you reside in.
2.4 Con verting to Desktop Unit The OWC Mercury R ack Pr o can be conv erted from a rack mounting enclosure to a desktop unit by remo ving the rack pulls from the sides of the enclosur e, and attaching the included rubber feet to the enclosur e.
OWC Mercury R ack Pro mini-SAS Chapter 3 - F ormatting 3 FORMA T TING 3.1 F ormatting y our OWC Mer cury R ack Pro on a Macint osh with Mac OS X Click on the “I nitialize ” button. Select the device with no volumes attached to it; in this picture, that would be the 4 TB OWC device .
Once you ’ve selected the OWC device, y ou will notice the above change in the Disk Utility application. Click on the “P artition” tab in this picture. Y ou then need to choose how man y par titions you wish your OWC Mercur y Rack Pro t o have .
Choose a name for the v olume. Y ou will need to repeat this step f or each volume if you selected multiple partitions. Click Apply to nish. ➄ ➅ After a few moments , par titioning will complete and the OWC Mercur y Rack Pro v olume will mount on your deskt op .
OWC Mercury R ack Pro mini-SAS Chapter 3 - F ormatting 3.2 Removing the GUID P artition S cheme Only for XP , 2000, ME and earlier . (XP 64-BIT, Vista & Windows 7 can continue to the next section) ➆ T ype exit and hit enter . ➇ Close the command prompt window .
OWC Mercury R ack Pro mini-SAS Chapter 3 - F ormatting 3.3 F ormatting y our OWC Mer cury R ack Pro on W indows 2000 and later Instructions for other operating systems can be found at h ttp://www.
OWC Mercury R ack Pro mini-SAS Chapter 3 - F ormatting ➃ Your drive will appear similar to how Disk 1 does below. Notice that the space on the lower right reads as “Unallo - cated.” Right click in this space and choose “New Partition.” ➄ The “New Partition Wizar d” will launch.
OWC Mercury R ack Pro mini-SAS Chapter 3 - F ormatting ➇ If you like, y ou can specify the drive letter designa tion for y our new drive. Other wise, one will automatically be assigned . Click “Nex t. ” ➈ Before y ou can use the drive, it must be f or mat - ted.
OWC Mercury R ack Pro mini-SAS Chapter 3 - F ormatting ➀➀ Once you have nished with the formatting wizar d, you will see that y our new drive (repr e - sented as “Disk E” in this case) will display a message of “For - matting. ” This should only take a couple of minutes if you chose the quick format op- tion.
OWC Mercury R ack Pro mini-SAS Chapter 3 - F ormatting Using y our new Stor age Solution on both Macs and PCs? MacDrive takes the guesswork out of sharing les. Whether you ar e trans - ferring les between home and the oce, a class room lab and your dorm room or even on the same computer , MacDrive makes it painless.
OWC Mercury R ack Pro mini-SAS Chapter 4 - T roubleshooting & Tips 4 TROUBLESHOO TING & TIPS 4.1 T roubleshooting Some of the most simple problems can be traced to po wer , or connec tivity issues. Begin your troubleshooting b y verifying that pow er is plugged into the external stor - age solution, and if connected to a power strip .
OWC Mercury R ack Pro mini-SAS Chapter 5 - Appendix 5.1 F AQ Q: How do I format m y storage solution? A: OWC has detailed instructions online for most popular operating systems , located at: http://eshop.
OWC Mercury R ack Pro mini-SAS Chapter 6 - Customer Service •Read this manual and review Chapter 4: T roubleshooting & Tips. •Visit our tech c enter for mor e suppor t suggestions, including F AQs.
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Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il OWC Mercury Rack Pro è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del OWC Mercury Rack Pro - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso OWC Mercury Rack Pro imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul OWC Mercury Rack Pro ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il OWC Mercury Rack Pro, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del OWC Mercury Rack Pro.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il OWC Mercury Rack Pro. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo OWC Mercury Rack Pro insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
