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OWC ThunderBay® 4
ASSEMBLY MANUAL & USER GUIDE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................1
1.1 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
1.1.1 Apple® Mac® Requirements
1.1.3 Supported Drives
1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS
1.3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL
1.4 FRONT VIEW
1.4.1 Front Features
1.5 REAR VIEW
1.5.1 Rear Features
2. SYSTEM SETUP .............................................................................................3
2.1 HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION
2.2 QUICK START
2.3 SOFTWARE RAID
2.4 CHANGING DRIVES
2.4.1 Drive Failure
3. APPENDIX ......................................................................................................5
3.1 TROUBLESHOOTING
3.2 ABOUT DATA BACKUP
3.3 ONLINE RESOURCES
3.4 TECHNICAL SUPPORT HOURS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
OWC THUNDERBAY 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

1.1 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

1.1.1 Apple® Mac® Requirements

1.1.2 PC Requirements

•Thunderbolt™ port: OS X® 10.6 or later
•Thunderbolt port: Windows® 7 or later
NOTE: Boot Camp not supported.

1.1.3 Supported Drives

•Up to four 3.5” SATA drives (1.5Gb/s, 3.0Gb/s, or 6.0Gb/s).

1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS

ThunderBay 4
NOTE: Hard drive screws included, but not pictured.
Thunderbolt cable
Power cable
Keys

1.3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL

Firmware, images, and descriptions may vary slightly between this manual and the unit shipped. Functions and features may change depending on the firmware version. Please visit the product webpage for the most recent product specifications.

1.4 FRONT VIEW

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1.4.1 Front Features

1. Locking faceplate — Use the included keys to lock the faceplate for security, or remove the faceplate to gain access to the drive bays.
2. LED indicators — See the following chart for details on the ThunderBay 4’s LEDs.
LED COLOR
Power
Drive
(A, B, C, D)
OWC THUNDERBAY 4
Blue/
orange
Green N/A Off (all four)
THUNDERBAY ONTHUNDERBAY
SLEEPING
Solid blue Orange N/A N/A
1
DRIVE
ACTIVITY
Flashing
green
DRIVE BAD/
BAY EMPTY
Off
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