User guide

ICY BOX Mediaserver User Guide 73
Software updates
The administrator can check for firmware updates to the ICY BOX Mediaserver.
To check for firmware updates, click the Check Now button. If there are no updates,
Your ICY BOX Mediaserver is up-to-date appears.
RAID
The administrator can check the status of the RAID array, and can eject the hard drives.
The ICY BOX Mediaserver can operate with one or two drives (if 2
nd
HDD is connected
via eSATA). If there are two drives, RAID (redundant array of independent disks) stores
digital media on both drives at the same time. If one of the drives fails, the ICY BOX
Mediaserver device will notify you by email, and your data will still be present on the
other drive. This way your content is protected from hardware failure.
Adding a hard drive
To add a hard drive, power off the ICY BOX Mediaserver, insert the drive, and then
power up the device.
When you power up the ICY BOX Mediaserver device, it will ensure the drive is blank.
If you have added a second drive, it will also ensure both drives are the same size. If
these conditions are met, the ICY BOX Mediaserver will automatically prepare the drive,
and will copy data from the original drive to the second drive.
Once the drives are in sync, all data will be written to both drives. When the RAID array
is functioning normally, the Status is Clean, with both disks In RAID.
Configuring RAID
If you add a hard drive but the ICY BOX Mediaserver cannot prepare it automatically,
you must configure RAID. This occurs if:
 You inserted the drive while the ICY BOX Mediaserver was powered up.
 The drive has data on it.