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T E C H N O L O G I E S
User Guide
Storage Tower V
(ST55HPMXA)
www.addonics.com
v5.1.11
Technical Support
If you need any assistance to get your unit functioning properly, please have your
product information ready and contact Addonics Technical Support at:
Hours: 8:30 am - 6:00 pm PST
Phone: 408-453-6212
Email: http://www.addonics.com/support/query/
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Removing Cover of Storage
Tower V
Loosen the 3 screws at the back of the
tower using a Philips screwdriver by
turning counter-clockwise. Separate the
metal casing of the tower from the housing
by lifting up the casing.
Installing drives into the
Storage Tower
Step 1
Screw the hard drives into the optional
mounting brackets or slide in 5.25” devices
into the tower. Other types of enclosures
like the 5SA disk array can also be
mounted. Mounting one 5SA disk array
and another one 3SA disk array allows you
to mount a maximum of 8 SATA drives.
Screws
Step 2
Using 3.5” SATA Hard Disk Drives
Connect the internal SATA data cable to
the data port of the hard drive then connect
the 15-pin SATA power connector to the
power port on the hard drive.
Hard Disk
Step 3
Secure the hard disk by using screws
provided. Repeat the above procedure for
additional hard drives.
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SATA Port 2
SATA Port 3
SATA Port 0
SATA Port 1
SATA Port 4
Error LED Jumper Block (J3)
RAID Setting ButtonDip SwitcheSATA Host Port (Port 5)
Dip Switch Settings
Raid Mode 1 2 3 4 5
Drive activity LED Jumper Block (J1)
Floppy
Power
Connector
Individual Drive
(Factory Default)
0
1 and 10
3
5
Clone
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AutoRebuilding
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Port Multiplier Mode
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