Sonnet TEMPO SATA PRO EXPRESSCARD/34 User Manual

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User's Guide for Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34

You Should Have

The following items should be included in your product package:
• One Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 adapter
• One software and documentation CD
Support Note:
The software on the included Installer CD
may not be the latest version available. Before installing this
product, check the version number of the software on the CD
and what's available at www.sonnettech.com/support/kb/kb.php.
Download and install the newer version, if available.
The following items are required (sold separately):
• One or two Serial ATA drive enclosures (with drives)
• One or two external Serial ATA (eSATA) data cables

System Requirements

Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 requires the following in order
to operate in your system:
• ExpressCard/34 or ExpressCard/54 slot
• Mac OS
X Version 10.4 or later, or Windows
®
or Windows XP with SP2 installed*
WARNING:
Before using the Tempo SATA Pro
ExpressCard/34 card with your computer, you MUST
run the driver installation software. Otherwise, the card will
not work in your system.
* Creating RAID volumes under Windows requires dynamic disk stor-
age, a formatting option available with Windows 7 Professional,
Enterprise or Ultimate (32- and 64-bit versions), Windows Vista
Enterprise or Ultimate (32- and 64-bit versions), or Windows XP
Professional (32- and 64-bit versions).
In order to create RAID volumes larger than 2TB, you must do one
of the following: Span (link together in a virtual chain) the volumes,
and then format them as NTFS. -OR- Use GPT formatting. Note that
drives and volumes with GPT formatting are not visible to any version
of Windows XP Professional, nor to the 32-bit version of Windows
Server 2003 SP1.
Remember to register your product online at http://registration.sonnettech.com to be informed of future upgrades and product releases.
Software updates and links are available from the Sonnet web site at www.sonnettech.com. • Online support form available at http://supportform.sonnettech.com.
Sonnet Technologies Customer Service hours are Mon.-Fri., 7 a.m.–4 p.m. Pacific Time • Customer Service Phone: 1-949-472-2772 • E-mail: support@sonnettech.com
Sonnet Technologies, Inc., Irvine, California USA • Tel: 1-949-587-3500 Fax: 1-949-457-6349
©2010 Sonnet Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Sonnet, the Sonnet logotype, Simply Fast, the Simply Fast logotype, and Tempo are trademarks of Sonnet Technologies, Inc. Mac, the Mac logo, Mac OS, and
MacBook are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Other product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Product specifications subject to change without notice.
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  • Page 1: System Requirements

    Sonnet Technologies, Inc., Irvine, California USA • Tel: 1-949-587-3500 Fax: 1-949-457-6349 ©2010 Sonnet Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Sonnet, the Sonnet logotype, Simply Fast, the Simply Fast logotype, and Tempo are trademarks of Sonnet Technologies, Inc. Mac, the Mac logo, Mac OS, and MacBook are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and other countries.
  • Page 2 Software Installation Steps for Mac OS X Users Windows users—please skip to page 3. Mac OS X users—before using the Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 card with your computer, you must run the driver installation software. eSATA connector 1. Insert the included CD into the computer’s optical drive.
  • Page 3 7. When the Browse for Folder window appears, click “Computer” to expand the list, then click the icon for the 7. When the next window appears, select the Sonnet card and optical drive containing the software CD, and then click OK.
  • Page 4 Tempo card. Skip to page 7 for drive formatting information. Support Note: After its driver software has been updated, Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 will be listed as a SCSI and RAID Controller in the Device Manager window under Windows XP.
  • Page 5 Mac OS X Drive Formatting—RAID Sets This section describes the process of formatting (initializing) multiple hard drives connected to Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 using Disk Utility under Mac OS X Version 10.5; the process is nearly identical under Mac OS X Versions 10.6 and 10.4. If you choose to do so, you may format your drives using SoftRAID 3.1 or later;...
  • Page 6 RAID Set) This section describes the process of formatting (initializing) individual hard drives connected to Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 using Disk Utility under Mac OS X Version 10.5; the process is nearly identical under Mac OS X Versions 10.6 and 10.4. If you intend to create a Mac OS-formatted RAID set with the drives attached to the Tempo card, go back to “Mac OS X Drive Formatting—RAID Sets”...
  • Page 7 User’s Guide for Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 Windows Drive Formatting If you intend to format drives connected to the Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 using Windows drive formatting tools, you may find much more information by using “format volume” as the search item in Windows Help.
  • Page 8 User’s Guide for Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 Using the Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34—Mac OS X Users • Always connect SATA cables to the Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 adapter before inserting it into your computer’s ExpressCard slot. • Before removing the Tempo card from the computer, or...

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