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FirmTek SeriTek/1SM2 User Manual

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Two Port External Serial ATA CardBus Adapter
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User Manual for Power Macintosh

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  • Page 1 Store and Share your Digital Creations SeriTek /1SM2 ™ Two Port External Serial ATA CardBus Adapter For Notebook Computers User Manual for Power Macintosh...
  • Page 2 After hardware or software installation, you are responsible for backing up data on any storage devices at frequent intervals. FirmTek, LLC is not liable for any loss of data or damage to equipment resulting from the use of SeriTek/1SM2. External Shielded Serial ATA Cables...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Introduction....................1 II. SeriTek/1SM2 System Requirements ............. 4 III. Installing the SeriTek/1SM2..............5 IV. Connecting and Formatting Hard Drives..........8 V. Using SeriTek/1SM2 Hot-Swap Functionality ........20 VI. Troubleshooting ..................24 VII. Product Support..................26 VIII.Product Warranty and Disclaimers............26...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Macintosh notebooks. The SeriTek/1SM2 requires the newer 32-bit CardBus interface. A list of tested PowerBook computers is provided in Section II below, “ SeriTek/1SM2 System Requirements.” Please check your PowerBook specifications to determine if it offers 32- bit CardBus interface support.
  • Page 5 SeriTek/1SM2  Two eSATA external ports with exclusive hot-swap capability  Plug-and-Play ease of use  Boosts overall system performance with per-port data transfer rates of up to 150MBytes/sec or 1.5Gbits/sec  Supports PowerBook CardBus 32 interface  Supports Mac OS 9 with limited functionality. Mac OS X version 10.3 or later is recommended ...
  • Page 6 SeriTek/1SM2 Specifications PowerBook, or Power Macintosh with available 32- General System Hardware bit CardBus expansion slot Requirements Limited Mac OS 9.xx support: File Transfer only Operating Systems Mac OS X version 10.3 or later Supported 32-bit CardBus Bus Type 2-port external Serial ATA (SATA) shielded interface...

  • Page 7: Seritek/1Sm2 System Requirements

    Parallel ATA hard drives require compatible Serial ATA to Parallel ATA converters contained within the enclosure.  The SeriTek/1SM2 requires a PowerBook with at least one available 32-bit CardBus slot. PowerBook Compatibility List  As of this writing, the following list of Apple PowerBooks notebook computers have been tested to work with the SeriTek/1SM2 adapter.

  • Page 8: Installing The Seritek/1Sm2

    Note: Prior to using you SeriTek/1SM2 disable Sleep Mode by adjusting the Energy Saver to never allow the sleep function on the system when the SeriTek/1SM2 is installed, if you need to sleep the system first un-mount drives attached to the SeriTek/1SM2 and unplug the adapter.
  • Page 9 1. Before inserting the SeriTek/1SM2 into your PowerBook computer, install the appropriate driver that is located on your SeriTek/1SM2 CD by installing the drivers on the CD. 2. The CD contains two installer applications, one for systems running Mac OS X 10.4.0 or later, and another for systems running Mac OS X versions prior to 10.4.0.
  • Page 10 3. Insert the SeriTek/1SM2 adapter. Ready for Use Your SeriTek/1SM2 CardBus adapter is now installed. You are now ready to connect and initialize your storage; please see Section IV: “ Connecting and Formatting Hard Drives” below. This section describes important differences in Serial ATA connectors.

  • Page 11: Connecting And Formatting Hard Drives

    2. Install hard drives into the external enclosure according to the instructions included with the enclosure. 3. Attach one end of FirmTek’ s shielded Serial ATA cable(s) to the Serial ATA receptacle(s) on the SeriTek/1SM2 and connect the other end(s) to the external enclosure.
  • Page 12 Figure 7: Using SeriTek/1SM2 with a drive enclosure that has I-shaped eSATA connectors; both cable connectors will be identical. Making the Serial ATA Connection Caution: Be sure to connect the cable using the proper orientation to your SeriTek host adapter and external enclosure. It should easily snap into place. Please do not force the cable connector onto the host adapter and hard drive or peripheral interface.
  • Page 13 Figure 9: Examples of More Details Message Windows: (Mac OS X examples) 6. If the storage device(s) have not been formatted for use with the Macintosh, Disk Insertion message window will appear on your desktop for each un-configured storage device. Select Initialize to setup your storage or Ignore if you wish to configure these disks later (see Figure 10).
  • Page 14 1. Turn on your PowerBook computer. Note: in Mac OS X Drive Setup disks attached to the SeriTek/1SM2 will appear as CardBus devices (in Mac OS 9 they appear as disks). 2. Open Apple’ s Disk Utility which is located in the Utilities folder of the Mac OS X start-up volume.
  • Page 15 3. Review the list of hard drives show within Disk Utility (see Figure 13). Drives currently in use should have a list of volume names below it. New, unformatted drives typically have no volume names listed. Carefully select the drive you wish to format. Note: Some versions of Apple Disk Utility incorrectly display Serial ATA hard drives as having the Connection Type of “...
  • Page 16 7. Note: FirmTek Mac OS 9 support is limited to simple file transfer: FirmTek recommends that Mac OS 9 users use the FirmTek/1SM2 only to transfer files. If you wish to have your new hard drive be recognized by Mac OS 9.XX, select the Install Mac OS 9 Drivers checkbox.
  • Page 17 Creating a RAID Volume with Serial ATA Hard Drives Using Mac OS X version 10.3 or Later The Mac OS X 10.3 or later RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) capability allows you to increase volume sizes, provide data redundancy in case of a hard drive failure, or increase performance by allowing you to join multiple drives into a single volume.
  • Page 18 4. Select the RAID tab in Apple’ s Disk Utility (see Figure 15). Figure 15: Selecting the RAID tab in Apple’ s Disk Utility 5. Carefully select and drag a hard drive to add as a member of the new RAID volume onto the Disk status window.
  • Page 19 9. For Volume Format, the most common choice is “ Mac OS Extended” (See Figure 16). Figure 16: Example drives and options for a RAID volume -16-...
  • Page 20 Note: For Mac OS X 10.4.0 and later you can select the RAID block size, for best performance select a RAID block size of 64K Figure 17: Selecting a RAID Block Size -17-...
  • Page 21 After reviewing the options you selected, click on the Create button to initialize the new RAID volume (see Figure 18). Figure 18: Creating a new RAID volume -18-...
  • Page 22 10. After the RAID volume is successfully initialized, it should appear on the desktop. Figure 19: RAID set configured -19-...

  • Page 23: Using Seritek/1Sm2 Hot-Swap Functionality

    Universal Serial Bus (USB) and FireWire without the burden of having to power down your system when adding or removing hard drives. Using a unique patent-pending method, SeriTek/1SM2 support RAID hot-swap disks under both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. Hot-Swap Guidelines Do not disconnect or remove hard drives while transferring data.
  • Page 24 (See Figure 21). There are Two Serial ATA channels on the SeriTek/1SM2: 0, 1. One or more dialog boxes will appear verifying which drive was attached to which channel (See Figure 22).
  • Page 25 Figure 23: Removing External Hard Drive(s) One or more dialog boxes will appear verifying which drive was attached to which channel (See Figure 24). Figure 24: Example Serial ATA hard drive removed from channel 0 Improperly Removing External Hard Drive(s) Caution: To prevent loss of data, save your work and close associated applications before removing the external hard drive (applications need to be closed since they may keep temporary working files open on the external hard drive).
  • Page 26 After unmounting your disks, click on the CardBus symbol and select Power off Card, see below: Figure 26: Powering Off Your SeriTek/1SM2 Connecting and Immediately Removing External Hard Drive(s) If you connect an external hard drive, then remove it without acknowledging it has been added to the system, a dialog box will appear that explains no new hard drive(s) were detected (See Figure 27).

  • Page 27: Troubleshooting

    3. Under PCI/AGP Cards section, SeriTek/1SM2 should show up as an “ ata” card type. 4. If SeriTek/1SM2 is not listed, shut down your PowerBook computer and try re-seating it in the CardBus slot by removing and reinserting it. Repeat steps 1 through 3. If the SeriTek/1SM2 still doesn’...
  • Page 28 PowerBooks made before the PowerBook 3400, iBooks, and PowerBooks with 12” screens do not have these slots. The SeriTek/1SM2 is optimized for use with G4 “ Titanium” PowerBooks or later models with 15” or 17” screens. Even though in most cases the SeriTek/1SM2 works well PowerBook models 3400 or later (these are black colored PowerBooks) functionality is NOT guaranteed.

  • Page 29: Product Support

    VIII. Product Warranty and Disclaimers FirmTek warrants to the original buyer only that this product shall be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of 1 year from the original date of purchase. This warranty is valid only when the original purchase invoice is provided.

  • Page 30: Regulatory Compliance Statements

    IX. Regulatory Compliance Statements Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement WARNING: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’ s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.

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