Fusion QR User Manual
Fusion QR User Manual

Fusion QR User Manual

4-drive hardware raid 5 sata storage system with quad interface

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FUSION
QR
4-Drive Hardware RAID 5 SATA Storage System with Quad Interface
User's Guide
For
Windows

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  • Page 1 FUSION ™ 4-Drive Hardware RAID 5 SATA Storage System with Quad Interface User’s Guide Windows...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 Fusion QR Features 2 Enclosure Setup; Access Drives and Mode Switch Connect the Fusion QR to Computer and Power Outlet Access Drives and Mode Switch 3 Drive Mode Configuration Instructions General Information Change Drive Mode 4 Drive Formatting Instructions OS X Users’...
  • Page 5: Fusion Qr Features

    1 – Fusion QR Features 1 – Power Indicator This blue LED lights when the Fusion QR is powered. ❹ ❶ ❷ ❷ ❷ ❸ ❺ 2 – Presence, Activity, and Fault Indicators — Drives A – C These LEDs indicate the ready state (solid green), read and write activity (flashes green), and fault status (OFF or red) for drives A –...
  • Page 6: Enclosure Setup; Access Drives And Mode Switch

    QR. Figure 2 1. Remove the Fusion QR from its packaging, and place it on a flat, level surface, with the front panel facing you. 2. Lift up the front of the enclosure, slide the inner chassis lock switch to the left and hold it (Figure 2), and then push the inner chassis from the back until it stops (Figure 3).
  • Page 7: Drive Mode Configuration Instructions

    Figure 5 • OS X users wishing to use the QR in another mode (RAID 0, RAID 10, etc.) must change the mode following the Configure as RAID 10 Volume directions below, and then format the drives as described ❶...
  • Page 8: Drive Formatting Instructions

    GPT. Click OK. 3. Select a drive format and name for the volume, and then 4. In the Disk Management window, the Fusion QR’s drives will click the Erase button; a window will appear asking you to appear (listed as “unallocated”) as a single volume (unless approve your choice.
  • Page 9: Status Led Indications

    5 – Status LED Indications System Powered, No Drive Activity System Powered, No Drive Activity When the Fusion QR is powered on, and no data is being LEDs stay on written to or read from the drives, the Power and Drive LEDs stay on (Figure 10).
  • Page 10: Drive Mode Descriptions

    6 – Drive Mode Descriptions The following two pages describe the drive modes supported RAID 0: Striping, No Redundancy by the QR. To configure the Fusion QR’s drives, refer to Drive Mode Configuration Instructions on page 3. RAID 0: Striping, No Redundancy...
  • Page 11 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 See Figure 19. Note that when you connect the QR to your computer via eSATA connection, the eSATA controller to which the storage system is connected must offer port multiplier support; refer to the eSATA controller’s documentation or...
  • Page 12: Specifications, Warnings, And Additional Information

    ©2014 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 OS X 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...

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