Firewire 800 (1394B) Connection Options - OWC Mercury Rack Pro 4 Bay Storage Enclosure Owner's Manual

Mercury rack pro 4 bay storage enclosure
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You will see the drive begin to format. This will take up to 5
Step
minutes to complete.
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The format has completed. You will see it report back as a
Step
healthy partition.
Complete the formatting process for the remaining drives using these
steps. You're all set!

FireWire 800 (1394B) Connection Options

Connection option #1 - Connect to the same FireWire 800 source (built
in FireWire 800 ports, or a PCI/PCIe FireWire 800 card) using two cables -
direct connection for each bridge card.
Connection option #2 - Connect to the same FireWire 800 source (built
in FireWire 800 ports, or a PCI/PCIe FireWire 800 card) via daisy-chaining
the two bridges together, then connect one bridge to the computer.
Connection option #3 - Connect to separate FireWire 800 interfaces
(such as a built in FireWire 800 port, AND a PCI/PCIe FireWire 800 card).
Use the 2 included cables to connect one cable to each of these inter-
faces, doubling the bandwidth.
Of the 3 types of FireWire 800 connection listed above, Connection
option #3 is the fastest.
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