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Buen manual de instrucciones

Las leyes obligan al vendedor a entregarle al comprador, junto con el producto, el manual de instrucciones IOGear M0557. La falta del manual o facilitar información incorrecta al consumidor constituyen una base de reclamación por no estar de acuerdo el producto con el contrato. Según la ley, está permitido adjuntar un manual de otra forma que no sea en papel, lo cual últimamente es bastante común y los fabricantes nos facilitan un manual gráfico, su versión electrónica IOGear M0557 o vídeos de instrucciones para usuarios. La condición es que tenga una forma legible y entendible.

¿Qué es un manual de instrucciones?

El nombre proviene de la palabra latina “instructio”, es decir, ordenar. Por lo tanto, en un manual IOGear M0557 se puede encontrar la descripción de las etapas de actuación. El propósito de un manual es enseñar, facilitar el encendido o el uso de un dispositivo o la realización de acciones concretas. Un manual de instrucciones también es una fuente de información acerca de un objeto o un servicio, es una pista.

Desafortunadamente pocos usuarios destinan su tiempo a leer manuales IOGear M0557, sin embargo, un buen manual nos permite, no solo conocer una cantidad de funcionalidades adicionales del dispositivo comprado, sino también evitar la mayoría de fallos.

Entonces, ¿qué debe contener el manual de instrucciones perfecto?

Sobre todo, un manual de instrucciones IOGear M0557 debe contener:
- información acerca de las especificaciones técnicas del dispositivo IOGear M0557
- nombre de fabricante y año de fabricación del dispositivo IOGear M0557
- condiciones de uso, configuración y mantenimiento del dispositivo IOGear M0557
- marcas de seguridad y certificados que confirmen su concordancia con determinadas normativas

¿Por qué no leemos los manuales de instrucciones?

Normalmente es por la falta de tiempo y seguridad acerca de las funcionalidades determinadas de los dispositivos comprados. Desafortunadamente la conexión y el encendido de IOGear M0557 no es suficiente. El manual de instrucciones siempre contiene una serie de indicaciones acerca de determinadas funcionalidades, normas de seguridad, consejos de mantenimiento (incluso qué productos usar), fallos eventuales de IOGear M0557 y maneras de solucionar los problemas que puedan ocurrir durante su uso. Al final, en un manual se pueden encontrar los detalles de servicio técnico IOGear en caso de que las soluciones propuestas no hayan funcionado. Actualmente gozan de éxito manuales de instrucciones en forma de animaciones interesantes o vídeo manuales que llegan al usuario mucho mejor que en forma de un folleto. Este tipo de manual ayuda a que el usuario vea el vídeo entero sin saltarse las especificaciones y las descripciones técnicas complicadas de IOGear M0557, como se suele hacer teniendo una versión en papel.

¿Por qué vale la pena leer los manuales de instrucciones?

Sobre todo es en ellos donde encontraremos las respuestas acerca de la construcción, las posibilidades del dispositivo IOGear M0557, el uso de determinados accesorios y una serie de informaciones que permiten aprovechar completamente sus funciones y comodidades.

Tras una compra exitosa de un equipo o un dispositivo, vale la pena dedicar un momento para familiarizarse con cada parte del manual IOGear M0557. Actualmente se preparan y traducen con dedicación, para que no solo sean comprensibles para los usuarios, sino que también cumplan su función básica de información y ayuda.

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    1 GICe702S3R5W6 P ART NO. M0557 Installation Installation Installation Guide RAID 5 eSA T A 3Gbps 2 external port Low pro fi le PCI Express card[...]

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    3 T able of Contents Caution 4 Introduction 6 Features 7 Package Contents 8 What Is RAID? 9 Installation Procedur e 12 Software Installation 19 V erifying Controller Installation 22 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement 23 CE Statement 25 Limited W arranty 26 Contact 27[...]

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    4 Caution • Before installation of the contr oller card we recommend that users study this manual fi rst. This RAID manual has more information on RAID ar chitecture, RAID features, RAID installation, RAID settings and Management software for the RAID5 GUI (Graphical User Interface). • Windows Device Manager cannot recognize hard drives withou[...]

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    5 • If you’re using a used hard drive with the RAID5 car d you must perform the “Delete RAID Set” under the BIOS settings. The reason this is necessary is because the used har d drive has system data on it which may cause recognition issues when con fi guring it for use with the RAID5 card. • RAID 0 and RAID1 setups requir e at least 2 d[...]

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    6 Introduction The Low Pro fi le PCI-Express Host Adapter allows support for both Low pro fi le PCI and standard size PCI connections. The card of fers the option of upgrading your desktop with a 2 port Serial A T A II transfer rate of up to 3 Gb/s. The board allows you the options of setting up RAID 5, RAID 0+1, RAID 0, or RAID 1 as well as JBOD[...]

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    7 Features External SA T A II (eSA T A) Connector . • 48 bits LBA can Break Capacity-Limit to Support HDD larger than 137GB. • Supports 1-lane 2.5Gbps PCI Express. • Hot-plug capability . • Supports SA T A II transfer rate of 3.0Gbps. • Fully compliant with Serial A T A 1.0 speci fi cations. • Supports two independent Serial A T A chan[...]

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    8 Package Contents RAID5 SA T A II – 3Gbps 2Port PCI Express Host Adapter • Low PCI Bracket • Quick Start Guide • Driver CD •[...]

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    9 What Is RAID? RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID technology manages multiple disk drives to enhance I/O performance and provide r edundancy in order to withstand the failur e of any individual drive, without loss of data. Disk Striping (RAID 0) Striping is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique. While Striping [...]

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    10 Mirror ed-Striping (RAID 0+1 also known as RAID 10) A Mirror ed-Striping Set does just what it says, combining both Striping and Mirroring technologies to provide both the performance enhancements that come fr om Striping and the data availability and integrity that comes from Mirr oring. When data is written to a Mirrored-Striped Set, instead o[...]

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    11 Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD/Contiguous) JBOD (also known as Contiguous) means a logical drive that can either be an entire disk drive or a segment of a single disk drive. For this card, the JBOD function only supports one disk. JBOD her e is a Contiguous con fi guration option when using the “Create RAID Group” within the SA T ARAID5 Manage[...]

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    12 1. Power down the computer system. 2. Insert the Host card into an available bus slot. 3. Power on the computer system. 4. Install drivers for the device. 5. Remove all existing SA T ARAID GUIs (or Java SA T ARAID GUIs) to ensure your new SA T ARAID5 GUI installs and functions properly . 6. Install the SA T ARAID5 GUI. 7. Power down the computer[...]

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    13 11. Use the SA T ARAID5 Manager GUI to con fi gure your RAID settings. If using 1 Disk, please select “Concatenate” or “Contiguous” settings only . If using 2 Disks, do NOT select “Parity RAID” or “Mirror ed Stripe” settings. If using 3 Disks, do NOT select the “Mirror ed Stripe” setting. 12. Open “T ask Manager” to make[...]

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    14 BIOS (RAID Settings) Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During boot up, the RAID setting message will appear and pause for a few moments to allow the user access to its settings. The board will act as a normal NON-RAID car d when the BIOS does not have it con fi gured for RAID. If you’re using traditional paralle[...]

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    15 5. Select RAID size . Press Enter . 6. Press Y to save your settings. 7. Press CTRL+E and then pr ess Y to exit the setup. 8. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps to prepar e the hard drives. 9. Y our RAID hardware con fi guration is complete. Proceed to software installation section. Creating Mirr ored Sets (RAID 1) 1. As the BIOS[...]

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    16 Creating a Mirr ored-Striped Set (RAID 10) 1. As the BIOS boots, press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the RAID bios utility . 2. Select Create RAID set . Pr ess F2 . 3. Select RAID 10 then press Enter . 4. Select Auto con fi guration . Press Enter . 5. Press Y and then pr ess ESC to exit the setup. 7. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps to[...]

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    17 Creating JBOD Sets 1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the RAID bios utility . 2. Select Create RAID set . Pr ess Enter . 3. Select JBOD (Single) then press Enter . 4. Select JBOD Drives . Press Enter . 5. Select RAID size . Press Enter . 6. Press Y to save your settings. Creating Spar e Drive 1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or [...]

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    18 Deleting RAID Sets 1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the RAID bios utility . 2. Select Delete RAID set . Press Enter . 3. Answer Y to remove the RAID set. If the RAID set being deleted is a Striped, then all of the data will be lost. If the set being deleted is a Mirror ed set, then the data will remain intact and accessible on b[...]

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    19 Windows XP Fresh Installation 1. Power off the system. Insert the contr oller card into a PCI slot and connect the hard drives to the controller car d. Power up the system. 2. Put your Windows XP CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive. 3. Press F6 for thir d party SCSI or driver installation. Press ‘ S ’ when setup asks if you want to specify an addit[...]

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    20 Windows XP Existing Installation 1. Power off the system. Insert the contr oller card into a PCI slot and connect the har d drives to the controller car d. Power up the system. 2. During OS boot up, Windows will display the ‘Found New Hardwar e Wizard’ . Click ‘Next’ . 3. Select ‘Install from a list or speci fi c location (Advanced)?[...]

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    21 4. Insert the Driver CD in your CD-ROM/ DVD drive, check Specify a location , uncheck the other boxes, click Next , type in your CD-ROM/DVD Drive Letter and Click Browse. 5. Specify the following location: [CD Drive Letter]:SA T A PCIe_Raid5_2Port SiI3132 WindowsDriver . Select Open then click OK . 6. When the wizard indicates that it found [...]

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    22 1. Right click on the ‘My Computer’ icon and select ‘Properties’ . Left click on the ‘Hardwar e’ tab then select the ‘Device Manager’ button. 2. Double click on ‘SCSI and RAID Contr ollers’ , If there is no yellow ‘!’ or ‘?’ in fr ont of the ‘Silicon Image SiI 3132 SoftRaid5 Controller’ , the driver is functioning[...]

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    23 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement 15.21 Y ou are cautioned that changes or modi fi cations not expressly approved by the part r esponsible for compliance could void the user’ s authority to operate the equipment. 15.105(b) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with[...]

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    24 - Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dif ferent from that to which the receiver is connected. - Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH P ART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERA TION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS: 1. this device may not cause interference and 2. this device [...]

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    25 CE Statement This device has been tested and found to comply with the requir ements set up in the council directive on the approximation of the law of member states r elating to EMC Directive 89/336/EEC, Low V oltage Directive 73/23/EEC and R&TTE Dir ective 99/5/EC.[...]

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    26 The manufacturer , IOGEAR, makes NO warranty or repr esentation, whether express or implied, regar ding the contents, use or suitability of this software, disk or documentation. IOGEAR speci fi cally disclaims any and all warranties regar ding the quality and performance of this software, disk or documentation including, but not limited to the [...]

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    27 Contact T oll Free: (866) 9-IOGEAR Phone: (949) 453-8782 23 Hubble Irvine, CA 92618 USA www .iogear .com support@iogear .com ©2007 IOGEAR. All Rights Reserved. P ART NO. M0557 IOGEAR, the IOGEAR logo, MiniView , VSE are trademarks or registered trademarks of IOGEAR, Inc. Micr osoft and W indows are register ed trademarks of Microsoft Corporatio[...]

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    © 2007 IOGEAR, INC. FUN IOGEAR offers connectivity solutions that ar e innovative, fun, and stylish, helping people enjoy daily life using our high technology products. GREEN IOGEAR is an environmentally conscious company that emphasizes the importance of conserving natural resour ces. The use of our technology solu tions helps reduce electr onic [...]