User manual

PARTITIONING AND FORMATTING THE BIGROC 4-BAY DRIVE ON A MAC OS
All Rocstor drives are factory formatted with HFS+, unless otherwise stated on the retail box.
WARNING: Initializing, Formatting, Configuring or Partitioning the Bigroc 4-Bay RAID
will destroy all of its data. To protect your data, back it up before initializing,
formatting, configuring or partitioning this device.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. All programs should be closed before beginning.
2. Connect the Bigroc 4-Bay RAID to your computer using the appropriate cable(s).
3. “Click” means left click. “Right Click” will be so labeled.
4. Some computes are set so a single “click will perform the task, such as opening a window.
Depending on your mouse setting, you may have to double click to get to the next window.
If a single click does not open the next window, please double click.
5. ALL RAID UNITS ARE SHIPPED FROM THE FACTORY CONFIGURED: RAID 0 (STRIPING).
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTITIONING AND FORMATIING
1. Connect the Bigroc 4-Bay RAID to the computer via a port.
2. Turn ON the Bigroc 4-Bay RAID.
3. Reconfigure the Bigroc 4-Bay for a specific RAID mode
4. Reformat the Bigroc 4-Bay RAID by following these instructions:
a) Initialize
BIGROC 5C – 4Bay RAID - 1U Rack Mount System - User Manual Page | 37