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Sonnet FUSION D400QR5 User Manual

Sonnet FUSION D400QR5 User Manual

4-bay serial ata disk enclosure with quad interface

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4-Bay Serial ATA Disk Enclosure with Quad Interface
User's Guide
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Windows

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Summary of Contents for Sonnet FUSION D400QR5

  • Page 1 FUSION ™ 4-Bay Serial ATA Disk Enclosure with Quad Interface User’s Guide Windows...
  • Page 2: Enclosure Specifications

    Fusion D400QR5 Specifications and Features Enclosure Specifications Compatibility Compatible with Mac ® Drive Presence LED Windows , and Linux (Bay 1) ® ® Drive Tray (Bay 1) Drive Activity/Fault computers with compatible LED (Bay 1) interface Drive Presence LED (Bay 2) Drive Tray (Bay 2) Interface Connectors...
  • Page 3 DEGRADE SYSTEM RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE. Check the Sonnet Web site for the latest list of qualified hard drives. • Do not expose the device to rain, use it near water or containers...
  • Page 4: Drive Installation And Enclosure Setup

    Drive Installation and Enclosure Setup 1. Remove the Fusion D400QR5 and its drive trays from their packaging, and place them near the computer to which the enclosure will be connected. 2. Take one of the drive trays and push its lever release button in until the lever pops out (Figure 3).
  • Page 5 Connect Fusion D400QR5 to Computer and Power Outlet starts to close 1. Using one of the supplied cables (eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire Figure 7 400, USB), connect the Fusion D400QR5 to your computer. For maximum performance, connect the D400QR5 to a SATA host controller card. Support Note:...
  • Page 6 Drive Installation and Enclosure Setup Initial Drive Configuration When you first turn on the Fusion D400QR5 after installing the hard Detectin Disks –Re—Init? drives, you must configure the drives as a RAID 0 or RAID 5 set before formatting the virtual volume using your operating system drive formatting application.
  • Page 7 Mac OS Users’ Instructions 10. Depending on how you configured the RAID group, it may 1. Assuming your computer is on, after the Fusion D400QR5 already be available to the system. Once the RAID group has configures the drives a Disk Insertion window will appear been formatted and finishes building, it is ready to use.
  • Page 8 – Fusion R5 v1.0 –Menu Figure 10 View the Error Statistics The Fusion D400QR5 enclosure displays statistics Fusion R5 v1.0 –Menu for minor (recoverable) and major (persistent) read/write errors for each of the drives. 1. Press the button under Menu twice; Error Statistics appears (Figure 11).
  • Page 9 The S.M.A.R.T. feature keeps track and reports the status of SATA drive health using certain parameters recorded by the drives. The Fusion D400QR5 displays two possibilities: good, or failing. Drives marked as Failing should be RAID Mode Drive:1 –...
  • Page 10 Menus View Drive Temperatures SATA hard drives monitor their own temperature and report it to the Fusion R5 v1.0 –Menu Fusion D400QR5. 1. Press the button under Menu four times; Disk Temp appears (Figure 13). RAID Mode Drive:1: 37 –Next Go–...
  • Page 11: Hot Swapping

    Tips and Additional Information Contacting Sonnet Customer Service This section covers some tips for using the Fusion D400QR5 enclosure. USA Customers The Sonnet Web site located at www.sonnettech.com has the Hot-swapping: most current support information and technical updates. Before When connected via eSATA data cable to a Mac running Mac...
  • Page 12 ©2010 Sonnet Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Sonnet, the Sonnet logotype, Simply Fast, the Simply Fast logotype, Creativity Stored Here, and Fusion are trademarks of Sonnet Technologies, Inc. FireWire, Macintosh, Mac, the Mac logo, and Mac OS 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...