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RN104 eSATA Issues #24305721
Hi everyone, I have several ReadyNAS units at work (some Ultra/Plus units and an RN314). I just purchased an RN104 for home use, and am having issues getting it to work with an external eSATA enclosu...
Thanks for the info mdgm, I'm wondering if you can shed some light on this issue.
It appears that the issue is related to the fact that the EDA500 expansion chassis does not currently work with the RN104.
It's my understanding that the EDA500 is a "dumb" port multiplier enclosure intended for NAS volume expansion. The RN104 seems to think that my generic enclosure is an EDA500 and attempts to initiate the volume expansion features that apparently don't work on the RN104.
My original intent was to connect the enclosure to use as external storage, not volume expansion. But this volume expansion limitation is preventing it.
What is the nature of this limitation? Would it be possible to correct, allowing enclosures like the EDA500 to work with the RN104 for external storage and/or volume expansion?
Alternatively, since volume expansion is not currently supported, can the leftover volume expansion code causing the hang be eliminated or disabled? Then allowing multi drive enclosures to be connected for external storage only?
Thanks
It appears that the issue is related to the fact that the EDA500 expansion chassis does not currently work with the RN104.
It's my understanding that the EDA500 is a "dumb" port multiplier enclosure intended for NAS volume expansion. The RN104 seems to think that my generic enclosure is an EDA500 and attempts to initiate the volume expansion features that apparently don't work on the RN104.
My original intent was to connect the enclosure to use as external storage, not volume expansion. But this volume expansion limitation is preventing it.
What is the nature of this limitation? Would it be possible to correct, allowing enclosures like the EDA500 to work with the RN104 for external storage and/or volume expansion?
Alternatively, since volume expansion is not currently supported, can the leftover volume expansion code causing the hang be eliminated or disabled? Then allowing multi drive enclosures to be connected for external storage only?
Thanks
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