Sonnet FUSION R400QR5, User Manual

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Drive Installation and Enclosure Setup
Initial Drive Configuration
When you first turn on the Fusion R400QR5 after installing the hard
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.
1. Power up the Fusion R400QR5 and press the button under
Re-Init? on the display (Figure 9) . If you do not press the button
within 10 seconds of powering up the enclosure, a Halted, Invalid
RAID message appears
(Figure 10) ; shut off the power and then
turn it back on again.
2. Detecting Disks, waiting appears briefly on the display, followed
by RAID0 4D. If you want to format your drives as a RAID 0 set,
press the button under Format on the display, and then skip to
step 4. Otherwise, press the button under Next
(Figure 9) .
3. RAID5 4D is displayed; if you want to format your drives as a
RAID 5 set, press the button under Format on the display. If you
made a mistake, press the button under Next and then under
Quit; shut off the power, turn it back on again, and then return to
step 1
(Figure 9) .
4. After you select the RAID mode configuration, Are you sure?
appears; press the button under Format (Figure 9) .
5. Are you sure?, waiting appears briefly while the drives are
configured, and then the main menu appears (Figure 9) . You
may now format the drives using your computer’s operating
system drive formatting application; go to page 7.
Change Drive Configuration
You may change the drive configuration from RAID 0 to RAID 5, or
vice-versa, following the steps listed in Initial Drive Configuration
above.
Invalid RAID
––HALTED––
Figure 10
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RAID0 4D
Format–
RAID5 4D
Format– –Next
Fusion
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Figure 9
WARNING:
Configuring the drives in your Fusion R400QR5
enclosure following the steps below requires you to reformat
them. Reformatting the drives will erase any data on them! If
there is any data on them, back it up first outside of the Fusion system
before configuring the drives.
WARNING:
Reconfiguring the drives in your Fusion R400QR5
enclosure requires you to reformat them. Reformatting the
drives will erase any data on them! If there is any data on them,
back it up before configuring the drives.