Western Digital My Book Pro User Manual - Page 9

USB Hub Connectors, Drive Status LEDs, Drive Door Latches, Reset Button, Thunderbolt Interface Ports - edition

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MY BOOK PRO USER MANUAL warning. To avoid the warning, perform the operating system's safe removal action before powering down the device. If you leave the device connected to your computer after forcing a power-down, you must press the power button again to power it back up. Unlike a safe power-down function, disconnecting and reconnecting the USB interface cable will not power the device back up. Power button illumination shows the device status as follows: LED Appearance White, on steady White, pulsing dim Red, flashing Off Status Powered up/on and ready System standby Powered up with a degraded RAID volume or other failure condition Powered down/off USB Hub Connectors Use the two front-panel USB hub connectors for additional devices. Drive Status LEDs The drive 1 and drive 2 status LEDs show each drive's status as follows: LED Appearance Status White, on steady White, flashing Red, on steady Off Idle Drive activity Drive fault/failure condition or the RAID volume is missing No drive installed Drive Door Latches The drive door latches provide quick and easy access to the internal hard drives. Just lift the latch lever and lower the drive door to remove and replace a drive. Reset Button Use the reset button to force a device reset. Thunderbolt Interface Ports Performance-Thunderbolt technology delivers unprecedented data transfer rates thanks to its revolutionary bidirectional I/O throughput. Each Thunderbolt port provides a bidirectional channel with up to 20 Gb/s of bandwidth. Simplicity-Thunderbolt technology supports daisy chaining multiple devices through a single Thunderbolt connector so you can multitask at Thunderbolt technology speed without having to use a switch or hub. Flexibility-Connect additional Thunderbolt technology-enabled external hard drives, media players, HD displays, media capture and editing systems, and more through a single connector. ABOUT YOUR WD STORAGE DEVICE - 5

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MY BOOK PRO
USER MANUAL
ABOUT YOUR WD STORAGE DEVICE
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warning.
To avoid the warning, perform the operating system’s safe removal action
before powering down the device.
If you leave the device connected to your computer after forcing a power-down, you
must press the power button again to power it back up.
Unlike a safe power-down
function, disconnecting and reconnecting the USB interface cable will not power the
device back up.
Power button illumination shows the device status as follows:
USB Hub Connectors
Use the two front-panel USB hub connectors for additional devices.
Drive Status LEDs
The drive 1 and drive 2 status LEDs show each drive’s status as follows:
Drive Door Latches
The drive door latches provide quick and easy access to the internal hard drives. Just lift
the latch lever and lower the drive door to remove and replace a drive.
Reset Button
Use the reset button to force a device reset.
Thunderbolt Interface Ports
±
Performance
—Thunderbolt technology delivers unprecedented data transfer rates
thanks to its revolutionary bidirectional I/O throughput. Each Thunderbolt port
provides a bidirectional channel with up to 20 Gb/s of bandwidth.
±
Simplicity
—Thunderbolt technology supports daisy chaining multiple devices
through a single Thunderbolt connector so you can multitask at Thunderbolt
technology speed without having to use a switch or hub.
±
Flexibility
—Connect additional Thunderbolt technology-enabled external hard
drives, media players, HD displays, media capture and editing systems, and more
through a single connector.
LED Appearance
Status
White, on steady
Powered up/on and ready
White, pulsing dim
System standby
Red, flashing
Powered up with a degraded RAID volume or other failure condition
Off
Powered down/off
LED Appearance
Status
White, on steady
Idle
White, flashing
Drive activity
Red, on steady
Drive fault/failure condition or the RAID volume is missing
Off
No drive installed