Addonics Technologies CRTM4HES - Manual

ADDONICS TECHNOLOGIES

Model: CRTM4HES

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
4 pairs 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 drives into the Cipher Tower

Open the front panel of the Cipher
tower.

Slide the 3.5” SATA hard drive into
the drive bay.

Note:

It is recommended to fill up the tower with SATA drives

from top to bottom. This is to help in identifying which drives
connect to which ports for easier troubleshooting.

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 power switch is located on the front of the tower. Make

sure the power is off on the switch (power LED light should
be off)

c.

Connect the provided eSATA cable from the back of the
Cipher tower to the eSATA port on the computer.

LED Information

:

Power LED

: When power switch is turned on, the green

LED lights up.

HPM Health LED

: When the RAID volume fails, the LED

blinks.

eSATA status LED

: When eSATA port is used to connect to a

system, the LED lights up.

USB status LED

: When USB port is used to connect to a

system, the LED lights up.

(LED 4)
HPM
Health

(LED 2)
USB
Status

(LED 1)
eSATA
Status

(LED 3)
HPM
Power

Power
LED

Power
Switch

Cipher
keyhole

eSATA port

RAID config
rotary switch

RAID
setting
button

Cipher
power
LED