Torsten, thank you for your continued help. One more, hopefully, last request. Could you please point me to any documentation that describes the power up process and any self testing that AJ800A performs during the power up process. Also, any documentation that might help me understand if AJ800A keeps track of any configuration data anywhere else other than "as metadata on the disks." BTW, using a hex editor I can see the serial numbers of the drives in the images of the drives. The serial numbers are 20 characters long rather than just the first 8 characters that are printed on the drive label. This makes me think that AJ800A most likely read the serial numbers from the hard drives' firmware. Thanks again for your help.
Best regards,
Suman