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Instruction Manual
EN-CAHDD2B-D
Dual-Bay USB 2.0 RAID Dock
Cavalry, the names of series and the Cavalry logo are registered trademarks of Cavalry Storage. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective
owners. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes, and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes. Your computer’s operating system
may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In addit
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Table of Contents Chapter 1. GettinG Started ............................................................................ 1 Features and Application........................................................................................... 1 Specifications ............................................................................................................. 1 System Requirements ................................................................................................ 1 Package Cont
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GETTING STARTED CHAPTER 1 FEATURES APPLICATIONS With the price of hard disks falling at ever faster rates, it has Thank you for purchasing the Cavalry dual-bay USB 2.0 become common for average computer users to have multiple RAID dock. The EN-CAHDD2B-D was designed for disks; both used and unused. The EN-CAHDD2B-D RAID ultimate flexibility. The multiple RAID settings allow dock allows you to put those disks to work. For system users to have several discrete RAID arrays, using builders w
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GETTING STARTED CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT PART IDENTIFICATION 1 2 1. Power LED 2. HDD Status LED 3 4 5 6 3. USB 2.0 Interface Port 4. RAID Configuration Switches 5. DC Power Input 6. Power Switch DESCRIPTION OF RAID-MODES RAID modes and terminology can be a little confusing to the un-initiated. Rather than try to explain the exact mechanisms that underlie each mode, we will describe each one in terms of what they can do. Then, you can carefully choose the appropriate mode for your application. JBod Mo
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GETTING STARTED CHAPTER 1 YOUR DISK MANAGEMENT UTILITY In Windows, they call it “Disk Management”. In Mac, they call it “Disk Utility”. Despite having different names and appearances, both Windows Disk Management and Mac Disk Utility do basically the same thing: they allow you to create, modify and delete any storage volume connected to your computer. In order to get the most out of your EN-CAHDD2B-D dock, you will need to become intimately familiar with your disk management utility. Please r
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INSTALLATION GUIDE CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION STEPS STEP 1: SET UP YOUR DOCK (For both MAC and PC) 1 A) Connect the Cavalry power supply.* B) Connect the USB cable to a port on your computer that you have used recently and know to work well. Take this time to temporarily eject and disconnect any other external storage devices you have. This will make it easier to find your new Cavalry dock. C) Insert the hard drives that you are going to use into the dock.** Make sure that you handle them ve
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INSTALLATION GUIDE CHAPTER 2 STEP 2: RAID 1 MODE 2 There are two ways in which you can use RAID 1: Create a new RAID 1 array using blank disks. Duplicating a source disk which already has data on it. Creating a New (Blank) RAID 1 Array The process for creating a (blank) RAID 1 array is very simple. Just make sure that each disk is functioning in JBOD mode first. The two disks should be the same make and model number. If each disk appears as a separate blank or “Unallocated” volume within your
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INSTALLATION GUIDE CHAPTER 2 STEP 2: RAID 0 MODE 2 RAID 0 installation is very easy. Just make sure that each disk is functioning in JBOD mode first. The two disks should be the same make and model number. If each disk appears as a separate blank or “Unallocated” volume within your disk management utility, they should be ready to create an array. ! Only blank or unallocated disks can be used to setup a RAID 0 array! A) Power the dock off. Both disks should still be in the dock from your JBO
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INSTALLATION GUIDE CHAPTER 2 STEP 3: INITIALIZING YOUR BLANK ARRAY 3 Windows: A) Navigate to Disk Management: Start Menu>right-click (My) Computer>select “Manage”>select Disk Management. B) Once in Disk Management, look for your drives in the bottom-right window. You may have to scroll down to find it. The disk(s) will most easily be recognized by their size. Ex.: If you are initializing a 1 TB drive, look for a drive that is close to the same size; like 931.51 GB. Once you’ve found it, take
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SUPPORT CHAPTER 3 HDD LED STATUS CODES Solid Green: A healthy, functioning HDD. WARNING! Always switch USB cables as your Flashing Green/Red: The connected HDD is writing or formatting. first troubleshooting step for all of the situations below. We suggest that you simply unplug your Solid or Flashing Orange: The connected HDD is attempting to access USB printer cable and plug it straight into your the host PC. dock, putting your original cable aside. That Solid or Flashing Red: The conne
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SUPPORT CHAPTER 3 WARRANTY INFORMATION Cavalry Storage Inc. (“Cavalry Storage”) warrants all new equipment manufactured by Cavalry Storage (including any accessories in- cluded with its products) and sold by an authorized distributor or authorized reseller against defects in material or workmanship for one (1) year from the product’s original date of purchase as follows: • Damaged Goods or Non-functional Products: Upon receipt of Cavalry Storage product, if product is shown to be defective by n
