
iStar, Good Start!
iAGE420-UFE
4 Bay SATA RAID SUBSYSTEM
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USER'S MANUAL

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1. Ov
erview
The
iAGE420-UFE RAI
D Subsystem is a cost-effective
solution
for
easy-to-use
externa
l s
torage of
hi
gh
performance
an
d l
arge
capacity
with
a v
ery
small f
ootprint. T
he
varie
t
y of interface
s o
n
eSATA
,
USB2.0,
1394B
allows
user
directly
connectingtoth
e h
ost
compute
r
without
requiring
any extra Raid add
-on c
ards or
drivers.
NR700
C c
an
be
easily attached to
a
ny
standar
d
PC
and Apple workstat
i
onsand
manage
d w
ith i
ts
build-in
multiple hardwar
e Rai
d l
evelofRaid 0,
0+1,
5,
5S(Spare)
for dataprotectionan
d performance enhancemen
t
.
2. Package Checklist
Befor
e installing
the iAGE420UFE, verify t
hat
package contai
ns the
followin
g i
tems
.
□
i A G E 4 2 0 - U F
E
Enclosur
e x 1
HDD Tr
ay x 4
PowerCord
x 1
Manu
a
l CD x1
Hard
Dr
iv
e
Mounti
ng
Key f
or HDD t
ray x 2
eSATA
cable x 1
Fi
reW
ireB
cable x 1
USB c
abl
e x 1

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Notify
your
sales represent
ative if any
of
the above items are missingordamaged.
3. Product Description
Panel
Layout
Front Panel
Rear Pane
l
4.
Inst
allation
1.
Drawin
g
out
4
HDD
Tr
ays
fromEnclosurean
d ins
ta
lling
HDD
o
n
each Tr
ay(Figure 4
-1).
2.
Settin
g R
aid Level that you want to createonthe “Raid
Level Setting
Button”
of
rear Panel (Figure 4-2)
1. HDD Access LED (Enclosure)
2.
LC
D P
anel
3. Setting
Butto
n
4. Po
wer L
ED
(Enclosure)
5.
HD
D Tray
6.
FireWireB Connector
7.
eSAT
A C
onnecto
r
8.
RS-232 Connector
9. USB 2.0 Connector
10
. Rai
d Level Setting Button
11. Po
wer R
eceptacle & Powe
r S
witch

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3. Plug in Power cable and T
urn on the Power Switch
4. When you hear beep sound then starting to install four T
ray(with
H DD) back to Enclosure gradually (Figure 4-3)
5. LCD display will show
the
information of “Create New Raid Yes or No”
Then select “YES”,
if you want to create a new
Raid and push “ENT”
for starting HDD initial(Figure 4-4)
6. At
the moment LCD d
isplay will show t
he percentage
for HDD initial.
It may take one or two hours if you install the capacity of Hard
Drive over 500G.
7.After the Enclosure finish HDD initial, select an interface cable
(USB 2.0, FireWireB or eSATA) that you want to connect to host
a nd plug it between Enclosure and Host
(Figure 4-1)
(Figure 4-2)
(Figure 4-3)
(Figure 4-4)

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5. Checking the Hard Driv
es from System( Windows User)
1.
Right click
My Compu
te
r and click
Manage
.
2.
From the Computer Management
window, select
Disk Management
. (Figure 5-1)
3.
If the Initialize and Conv
ert Disk Wizard window appears, click
Cancel.
4.
Windows oper
ation system will list all the hard drives that are installed on the system.
Locate the NR7
00C
drive that is represented by the
i
con. R
ight click the i
con
and
select
Initialize
.
5.
In the drive box to the right shows
Unallocate
d, right click and select New Pa
rtition.
(Figure 5-2)
6.
The
New Part
ition Wizard
dialog box will appear, click Next
to continue. (Figure 5-3)
7.
After selecting partition
t
ype,
specifying pa
rtition
size and assigning drive letter, the Format
Partiti
on
dialog box (Figure 5-4)) will appear, you have the option of selecting the Quick
Format option.
This
allow
mach
fast formatting, however, t
his
disallow Disk Management to
check the drive sector for errors. Click Next to start the format process.
8.Your drive should now appear in your My Compute
r and ready for use.
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