User manual WESTERN DIGITAL MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION

[. . . ] External Desktop My Book Mirror Edition User Manual ® TM Table of Contents 1 Getting Started . . 28 TABLE OF CONTENTS ­ ii MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 1 Getting Started Thank you for purchasing My Book® Mirror EditionTM. This user manual provides step-by-step installation instructions and other important information regarding your WD product. For the latest WD product information and news, visit our website at www. westerndigital. com. Kit Contents · · · · · Dual-drive storage system USB cable AC adapter* Quick Install Guide Software CD Software CD AC adapter (U. S. -only)* Quick Install Guide My Book Mirror Edition USB cable or Global AC adapter configurations* *This product may ship with a different AC adapter configuration, depending on your region. Accessories Visit shopwd. com (U. S. [. . . ] To configure or change the RAID setting, click on a device from the menu to display the popup menu. WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC ­ 16 MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 2. Select the desired RAID configuration and device format and click Configure. Important: Before you proceed, make sure to back up all files stored on the dual-drive storage system onto another storage device. As standard precaution, the system prompts you for an administrator's name and password to authenticate your action. Enter this information and click OK. When configuring the device, WD RAID Manager automatically formats the disk as a single volume using the format and RAID type specified. FAT32 formats with a Master Boot Record partition map for Windows compatibility. The HFS+ setting formats with an HFS Extended w/ Journal volume using a partition map type which best matches the Macintosh model the drive is currently connected to. On Macintosh computers with PowerPC processor(s), an Apple Partition Map structure is created. On Macintosh computers with Intel processor(s), a GUID Partition Table is created. RAID Troubleshooting WD RAID Manager monitors the activity of the drives in the RAID system so you can view the status of each drive and take the appropriate action. To view the device status as well as the status of each internal hard drive, including which drive (A or B) may have experienced a fault, click on a device and then click Info, which brings up a drawer on the right hand side of the main window. WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC ­ 17 MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL RAID Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending on the current status of your drive. Displayed Status Text Healthy Description Array is properly configured and operating normally. User Action None Setting Mismatched Both slots have valid array configurations, but they do not agree on the settings and the device is not able to determine which configuration is newer. Install the original drive that is part of the RAID array. Create a new array with the installed drives. Degraded The array configuration is valid and is currently RAID1, but one slot is marked as faulty. The array configuration is valid, but one slot is being rebuilt from the other slot. RAID 1 only Consult the slot status values to determine which slot is faulty and replace the drive. See "Disk Status Messages" on page 19. RAID Status Rebuilding Bad Neither slot contains a valid array configuration. WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC ­ 18 MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL Disk Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending on the current status of your Disk A and B. Displayed Status Text Good Description The slot configuration contains valid data. The slot contains no HDD The slot does not contain a valid configuration. User Action None No hard disk No Config Install drive in empty slot. Replace drive with identical capacity drive and re-create RAID set. Faulty Rebuilding Good Rejected The slot is marked as faulty. The slot contains an HDD that does not meet the unit's requirements. Replace drive. Only WD Green Drives are compatible. WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC ­ 19 MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 7 Turning Off/Disconnecting the Device Auto-off The device turns off automatically when you shut down the computer. Note: My Book Mirror Edition supports a maximum capacity of 2TB (1TB per drive assembly) in a RAID 0 system or 1TB in a RAID 1 system. [. . . ] WD shall have no liability for lost data regardless of the cause, recovery of lost data, or data contained in any Product placed in its possession. Limited Warranty WD warrants that the Product, in the course of its normal use, will for the term defined below, be free from defects in material and workmanship and will conform to WD's specification therefor. The term of your limited warranty depends on the country in which your Product was purchased. The term of your limited warranty is for 3 years in the North, South and Central America region, 3 years in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa region, and 3 years in the Asia Pacific region, unless otherwise required by law. The term of your limited warranty period shall commence on the purchase date appearing on your purchase receipt. [. . . ]