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NST-225MX-S3 2.5" Dual SATA 6 Gb/s to USB 3.0 HDD/SSD RAID RAID 1 Mode (Mirror) Operation Activities Operations PWR USB HDD HDD System HDD1 HDD2 LED LED LED FAN Comments Linked #1 #2 Power Power Power HDD1 HDD2 PWR HDD1 Error ON Linked Error Read ON OFF ON Flash at Random Green ON HDD1 error & spin Write fix 0.5Hz Flash down HDD2 Error ON Linked Read Error ON ON OFF Random Flash at Green ON HDD2 error & spin Write Flash fix 0.5Hz down RAID Rebuild ON D/C Old New ON ON Flashing Slow Green ON Rebuilding Source:HDD1 at 3Hz Flash at reconstructing Target:HDD2 0.5Hz HDD2 RAID Rebuild ON D/C New Old ON ON Slow Flashing Green ON Rebuilding Source:HDD2 Flash at at 3Hz reconstructing Target:HDD1 0.5Hz HDD1 Rebuild error ON D/C Old New ON ON Stop Slow Green ON Rebuilding Source:HDD1 Flashing Flash at reconstructing Target:HDD2 0.5Hz HDD2 Rebuild error ON D/C New Old ON ON Slow Stop Green ON Rebuilding Source:HDD2 Flash at Flashing reconstructing Target:HDD1 0.5Hz HDD1 Rebuild ON D/C Mirror Mirror D/C D/C 0.5Hz 0.5Hz Green D/C Rebuilding Completed ed ed Completed Important Note! - All HDDs must be re-initialize, partition and formatted on every mode change operation. - All new HDDs must be initialize, partition and formatted in this enclosure when used in this enclosure for the first time, except use of old HDDs under Normal mode**. - HDD capacity beyond 2TB are support via GPT (GUID) Windows Vista/7/8.1/10, OS X, and Linux. - Windows® XP 32bit OS cannot support capacity over 2TB HDD(s) and cannot be used in this enclosure. ** If the hard drives was from another enclosure formatted differently, this enclosure may not read it correctly. 13

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NST-225MX-S3
2
.5” Dual SATA
6 Gb/s to USB 3.0 HDD/SSD RAID
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RAID 1 Mode (Mirror)
Operation
Activities
Operations
PWR
USB
Linked
HDD
#1
HDD
#2
System
Power
HDD1
Power
HDD2
Power
LED
HDD1
LED
HDD2
LED
PWR
FAN
Comments
HDD1 Error
ON
Linked
Error
Read
Write
ON
OFF
ON
Flash at
fix 0.5Hz
Random
Flash
Green
ON
HDD1 error & spin
down
HDD2 Error
ON
Linked
Read
Write
Error
ON
ON
OFF
Random
Flash
Flash at
fix 0.5Hz
Green
ON
HDD2 error & spin
down
RAID Rebuild
Source:HDD1
Target:HDD2
ON
D/C
Old
New
ON
ON
Flashing
at 3Hz
Slow
Flash at
0.5Hz
Green
ON
Rebuilding
reconstructing
HDD2
RAID Rebuild
Source:HDD2
Target:HDD1
ON
D/C
New
Old
ON
ON
Slow
Flash at
0.5Hz
Flashing
at 3Hz
Green
ON
Rebuilding
reconstructing
HDD1
Rebuild error
Source:HDD1
Target:HDD2
ON
D/C
Old
New
ON
ON
Stop
Flashing
Slow
Flash at
0.5Hz
Green
ON
Rebuilding
reconstructing
HDD2
Rebuild error
Source:HDD2
Target:HDD1
ON
D/C
New
Old
ON
ON
Slow
Flash at
0.5Hz
Stop
Flashing
Green
ON
Rebuilding
reconstructing
HDD1
Rebuild
Completed
ON
D/C
Mirror
ed
Mirror
ed
D/C
D/C
0.5Hz
0.5Hz
Green
D/C
Rebuilding
Completed
Important Note!
-
All HDDs must be re-initialize, partition and formatted on every mode change operation.
-
All new HDDs must be initialize, partition and formatted in this enclosure when used in this
enclosure for the first time, except use of old HDDs under Normal mode**.
-
HDD capacity beyond 2TB are support via GPT (GUID) Windows Vista/7/8.1/10, OS X, and Linux.
-
Windows
®
XP 32bit OS cannot support capacity over 2TB HDD(s) and cannot be used in this
enclosure.
** If the hard drives was from another enclosure formatted differently, this enclosure may not read it correctly.