Addonics Technologies CRT535PES User manual

T E C H N O L O G I E S

User Guide

Cipher RAID Tower

(CRT535PES)

Technical Support

If you need any assistance to get your unit functioning properly, please have your

product information ready and contact Addonics Technical Support at:

Hours: 8:30 am - 6:00 pm PST

Phone: 408-453-6212

Email: http://www.addonics.com/support/query/

v5.1.11

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HDD

CipherChain

PWR

Cipher

eS ATA

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IMPORTANT

There is no back door for the Cipher tower encrypted

hard drives if the Cipher keys are lost or stolen.

Cipher key

Check to make sure you have the correct version of the

Cipher key. A sample key is shown

Black label AES-256 stands for Cipher 256-bit key.

To ensure there is a spare key, your Cipher tower comes with a pair of Cipher keys.

These cipher keys have all identical encryption code unless you requested then to

be coded differently. One of these keys should be kept in a safe and secure location

and can be sent back to Addonics for duplicating additional keys. If you are down to

the last key, be sure to make a back up of all the data stored inside your Cipher tower

prior to sending the last key to Addonics. Addonics is not responsible for key lost in

the mail or retrieval of the data inside the encrypted hard drive.

Keeping track of the hard drive

If you are using the Cipher tower to encrypt multiple hard drives, it is important to

label your hard drive if you are taking the drive out of the Cipher tower. The hard

drive from the Cipher tower that is encrypted will look like a brand new drive when

attach directly to the SATA controller of a computer. There will be no partition or any

hint to indicate that the drive contains encrypted data. When the drive is partitioned,

all the encrypted data will be lost.

The same holds true if a hard drive already has data on it is installed into the Cipher

tower. The computer detects the hard drive as a brand new drive or a drive that is

unallocated. Once you proceed to partition the drive, the data that was on the hard

drive will be erased and cannot be recovered.

I. Installing drive into the Cipher tower

Step 1

Use a Philips screwdriver to secure the 3.5” SATA hard

drive to the drive tray.

Step 2

Slide the tray into the Disk Array drive bay.

Note: It is recommended to fill up the Cipher Tower with

SATA drives from right to left. This is to help in identifying which

drives connect to which ports for easier troubleshooting.

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II. Connecting the power cable and Cipher Tower

to the computer

a. Connect the power cord provided from the wall outlet to the

back of the Cipher Tower.

b. A main power switch is located at the back of the tower. Turn

the switch on. Another auxiliary switch is located on the front of

the tower.

c. Make sure the power is off on the auxiliary switch (power LED

light should be off)

d. Connect the provided eSATA cable from the back of the Cipher

Tower to the eSATA controller card on the computer.

Note: Check with your system supplier to confirm the PM

support on your existing eSATA port

HDD

CipherChain

PWR

Cipher

eS ATA

HD LED

HD Power Switch

HD LED

Auxillary Power Switch

Power & HDD LED

Cipher Keyhole

eSATA Port

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III. Initial setup of the Cipher tower:

a. Insert the AES 256-bit cipher key into the cipher keyhole located at

the front of the Cipher tower.

b. Power on the Cipher tower. Observed that the green Cipher power

LED at the front of the Cipher tower is on. If not, reinsert the cipher

key and re-power the Cipher tower.

c. Option of individual drive or raid volume configuration:

1. Individual drive configuration:

When the Cipher tower is connected to a eSATA Host

controller with SiI3124 or SiI3132 chip (port multiplier

compatible), the 5 SATA drives will be detected by the

system otherwise only one drive is detected.

2. RAID volume configuration

When the Cipher tower is connected to a eSATA Host

controller with SiI3124 or SiI3132 chip (port multiplier

compatible), the 5 SATA drives will be detected by the

system otherwise only one drive is detected.

Once the system detect all 5 drives, use the SATARAID5

array manager or Windows RAID software utility to

configure the RAID volume.

d. Go to the operating system’s management utility to partition, format

and mount the encrypted drives.

IV. How to operate the Cipher tower after initial setup

1. Insert the AES 256-bit cipher key into the cipher keyhole located at

the front of the Cipher tower.

2. Power on the Cipher tower. Observed that the green Cipher power

LED at the front of the Cipher tower is on. If not, reinsert the cipher

key and re-power the Cipher tower.

3. Use the system’s File Explorer to access the files on the encrypted

drive.

4. For security purposes, remove the cipher keys from the Cipher

tower after the drives are detected by the system. All the files being

transferred into the drives are still encrypted even if the cipher key is

removed.

5. When the Cipher tower is restarted, the cipher key must be inserted

again in order to gain access to the drives.

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