Mirror
Drive II
Overview | Introduction
| Technical Specifications
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1. Aluminum made housing
2. SATA HDD Mobile Tray
3. RAID Mode Rotary Switch & Change Mode
Button
4. Power & Alarm LEDs
5. e-SATA Connector
6. USB B Type Connector
7. DC Jack
8. Power switch
9. One 40x40 mm cooling fan
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Introduction
Mirror Drive II is a selectable
hardware RAID enclosure for two 3.5" SATA
HDD. A true hardware solution, Mirror Drive
II requires no software to be installed on your
machine.
Mirror Drive II provides the
cost-effective solution for data backup.
You can configure the Mirror
Drive II to use the following Storage Policies
to map the appliance's physical hard drives
to virtual drives that are visible to the host
computer.
- BIG (Concatenation)
- JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks)
- FAST (RAID 0)
- SAFE (RAID 1)
- SAFE33 (1/3 to SAFE mode and 2/3 to BIG mode)
- SAFE50 (1/2 to SAFE mode and 1/2 to BIG mode)
- GUI (Use the SteelVine Manager GUI to configure
the Storage Policy)

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Technical
Specifications
Mirror Drive II combines three
key components.
1). eSATA & USB
2.0 to dual SATA RAID Bridge Board
2). Housing and SATA HDD Mobile Tray
3). AC to DC Power Adapter
1). eSATA & USB 2.0 to dual SATA RAID Bridge
Board
> One eSATA Connector
> One USB B-Type Connector
> Two SATA Signal + Power Connectors
> RAID Mode Rotary Switch & Change Mode
Button

> Alarm, Power, System Error LEDs
2). Housing and SATA
HDD Mobile Tray
> Aluminum made housing
LEDs on JBOD Mode
Description
|
ACT |
Link |
Device Unplugged/No power
Device Plugged (Idle)
Device Plugged (Activity)
LEDs on RAID Mode |
Off
Off
Flash (On) |
Off
On
On |
| |
|
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| Description |
ACT |
Link |
Device Unplugged/No power
Device Plugged (Idle)
Device Plugged (Activity)
Disk Rebuild
(A Physical Partition is being
Rebuilt;Safe Mode(RAID 1)
Disk Rebuild-Verify
(A Physical Partition is being
Verified; Safe Mode (RAID1)
Error State
Incorrect Serial Number
One or More Bad partial
Volumes |
ACT
Off
Off
Flash (On)
On
Flash (On) will appear as On
Blink
|
Off
On
On
Blink
On
Blink
|
3). AC to DC Power Adapter
> AC to DC Power Adapter
- Input: Changeable AC power
cord
- Auto-switching
- Input: 100~240Vac, 50~60Hz,
1.7A (Max)
- Output: +12Vdc, 4.16A (Max)
- Output: Standard Walkman-type
2.1 mm DC power plug
> AC power cord (Length: 6 feet)

Physical Dimensions
Dimension: 124mm x 78mm x 209mm
weight: 1200g (without HDD)
Host System Requirements
PC Systems
Intel Pentium-III 500MHz equivalent or faster
Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Server or Windows Vista
with the latest Service Packs
CD-ROM drive
64 MB of RAM (minimum)
250 MB of free disk space
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution display
with at least 256 colors
Mouse or compatible pointing device
SATA connection: SATA host controller with Port
Multiplier support and associated software drivers
USB connection: USB 1.0 or 2.0 direct host connection
or USB hub
Macintosh Systems
PowerMac G5, MacBook Pro or Mac Pro
MacOS X, 10.4.8 (or later)
CD-ROM drive
Mouse or compatible pointing device
SATA connection: SATA host controller with Port
Multiplier support and associated software drivers
USB connection: USB 1.0 or 2.0 direct host connection
or USB hub
Kit Includes
Mirror Drive II Enclosure.
CB-00136 --- A -to- B type USB 2.0 Cable 1.5m
length.
CB-00307 --- External e-SATA plug to e-SATA
plug Signal Cable 1.5m length.
PS-00025 --- AC 100 ~ 240 V to DC +12V/ 5A Power
Adapter.
CB-00260 --- AC power cord 6 feet length.
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