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- Page 1 FANTEC SQ-X2RU3e 2x 3.5" SATA HDD USB3.0 eSATA User Manual Important: All data will be deleted if you change the Raid Mode. Backup the HDD(s) before switching the RAID mode.
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Page 2: Package Contents
1. Package Contents - 1x Manual - 1x 2 bay hard drive enclosure - 2x HDD bays - 2x screws - 1x USB 3.0 cable - 1x eSATA cable - 1x Power Supply 2. Technical Details - eSATA and USB 3.0 connection (downwards compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1) - Auto Power Saving will sleep/wakeup the drives with the PC - Reduce 25% power consumption with Green Power Design... -
Page 3: About The Device
3. About the Device Hardware Overview Power DC input Receptor for the provided Power Adapter - 12V DC, 100-240V AC, 50-60Hz PC connection interface USB 3.0 Connect USB 3.0 Cable to computer eSATA Connect eSATA Cable to computer Note: When connecting eSATA and USB3.0 to the PC at the same time, the PC will recognize eSATA. FAN Speed Control Control wheel Turn the wheel to control the fan speed... - Page 4 Front / Back View Power LED HDD1 LED HDD2 LED Tray lock HDD Tray Power on/off switch Power jack (DC12V) eSATA USB3.0 RAID Switch Raid reset FAN Speed control...
- Page 5 4. Hardware Installation Guide Step1: Push the Locker switch to the left side to unlock the HDD tray. Step2: Take out the HDD trays.
- Page 6 Step3: Gluing the rubber pad to the middle at inner side of HDD tray if your HDD is a little shorter. Step4: Install the HDD into the tray and insert one screw on each side. Make sure screws are firmly tightened, holding the tray and HDD together.
- Page 7 Step5: Slide the HDD tray into the case. Step6: Push the switch to the right side to lock the HDD tray.
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Page 8: Raid-Mode-Settings
5. Raid Settings You can configure the FANTEC SQ-X2RU3e to use any of the following Storage Policies to map the appliance's physical hard drives to virtual drives that are visible to the host computer. The virtual drives are called volumes in the GUI. The host operating system treats each volume as if it were a single physical drive. - Page 9 Storage Processor or the top-level node of a cascaded configuration, but not for subordinate nodes. In a JBOD configuration, each physical drive is directly exposed. Volume A Volume B Volume A Volume B FANTEC SQ-X2RU3e FANTEC SQ-X2RU3e Port 0 Port 1 Port 0 Port 1...
- Page 10 Figure below with a storage capacity that is equal to the sum of each of the physical hard drives A and B. 500GB 1000GB FANTEC SQ-X2RU3e FANTEC SQ-X2RU3e Port 0 Port 1...
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Page 11: Raid 0 (Striping)
RAID0 RAID0 500GB 500GB FANTEC SQ-X2RU3e FANTEC SQ-X2RU3e Port 0 Port 1 Port 0 Port 1... -
Page 12: Raid 1 (Mirroring)
If you continue to use the SAFE volume during the rebuild, the rebuild process will take a longer time to complete, and the host data transfer performance will also be affected. RAID1 RAID1 250GB 250GB FANTEC SQ-X2RU3e FANTEC SQ-X2RU3e Port 0 Port 1 Port 0 Port 1 Drive A... -
Page 13: Hdd Formatting Guide
6. HDD Formatting Guide STEP1: Right-click on “My Computer” icon and select ”Manage” column. STEP2: Select “Disk Management” and you will see your External HDD showed “Unallocated”. ： Example 250GB & 750GB hard drives. JBOD MODE (Single) Disk 1: 232.88GB Disk 2: 698.63GB... -
Page 14: Big Mode
Big MODE Disk 1: Capacity = 232.88+698.63 => 931.52 RAID 0 MODE Disk 1: Capacity = 232.88 x 2 > 465.77 (GB) -
Page 15: Raid 1 Mode
RAID 1 MODE Disk 1: Capacity = 232.88 = 232.88 (GB) STEP3: Right-click the circled block and select “Initialize Disk”... - Page 16 STEP4: Press “OK” button to initialize the hard drive. STEP5: Right-click on the “Unallocated” block and select “New Partition”.
- Page 17 STEP6: The “New Partition Wizard” will appear. Please follow the instruction of the wizard to complete. STEP7: When partitioning is completed, the external HDD will be recognized as a “New Volume”.
- Page 18 STEP8: Double-click “My Computer”. You will see the new volume appears on your PC. Initialize a Disk If the HDD is new you have to initialization the device. View the box to the left of the “Unallocated” box.You most likely would see the “Not Initialized” message displayed. The Hard Disk Drive must be set to “Online”...
- Page 19 1. Right-click the “Not Initialized” area, a disk’s initialization menu will appear as below. Select “Initialize Disk” and follow the steps of the HDD Formatting Guide wizard to complete disk initialization. Note: Windows Vista and 7 will ask what kind of disk type you want to make, “MBR” or “GPT”.
- Page 20 7. Note About HDD Mode Reset the device is necessary every time HDD Mode changes. Press Raid Reset button only when the device is powered on & connected to a running PC. Make sure to back up all files before HDD mode changes since such practice requires HDD reformatting.
- Page 21 About USB & eSATA Connectivity The equipped USB3.0 port is downward compatible with USB2.0 eSATA host(PC) needs to support Port Multiplier function in order to have Normal Mode(Single) to connect 2 HDDs correctly. If eSATA host(PC) doesn’t support hot swappable plug and play function, Please try following procedure: a.
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