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Tips and Additional Information

•  Follow the instructions in this manual carefully; contact your 

reseller or local distributor for additional advice not covered in 
this User’s Guide. 

Contacting Sonnet Customer Service

USA Customers

 

The Sonnet Web site located at www.sonnettech.com has the 
most current support information and technical updates. Before 
you call Sonnet Customer Service, please check our Web site for 
the latest updates and online support files, and check this User’s 
Guide for helpful information. When you call Sonnet Customer 
Service, have the following information available so our customer 
service staff can better assist you:
• Product name 
• Date and place of purchase 
• Hard drive model(s)
• Computer model 
• Operating system 
• Software/firmware versions

If further assistance is needed, please contact 

Sonnet Customer 

Service

 at:

  

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Tel

: 1-949-472-2772  

(Monday–Friday, 7 a.m.–4 p.m. Pacific Time) 

E-mail

[email protected]

For Customers Outside the USA

 

For support on this product, contact your reseller or local 
distributor. 

Visit Our Web Site

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Register your product online at http://registration.sonnettech.
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Specifications 

Compatibility

Compatible with Mac, 

Windows, and Linux computers 

with an eSATA interface

External Connector

One locking eSATA

Data Transfer Speed

Up to 240 MB/s, depending 

on interface used and drive 

configuration

OS Support

Platform independent

Supported Drive 

Configurations

Hardware-based RAID 0, 5, and 

10; span, clone, and JBOD

(1)

Power Supply

Universal 220W, 100–240V AC, 

50–60Hz

Operating Temperature

32 to 104˚ F (0˚ C to +40˚ C)

Dimensions (WxDxH)

17.0 x 16.25 x 1.75 in.  

(43.2 x 41.3 x 4.4 cm)

Weight (with drives, 

approximate)

20.2 lbs (9,16 kg)

RoHS Compliant

Yes

Package Contents

• Rackmount disk enclosure

•  Four 3.5" drive trays drive 

modules

• One locking eSATA data cable

• Power cord

• User's guide

1.  JBOD operation requires the use of an eSATA controller with 

port multiplier support.

 

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Please read this section carefully before proceeding. These 
precautions explain the correct and safe use of this device, 
thereby helping to prevent injury to you or others, and also help 
you to minimize the risk of damaging the device.

Warnings

Always follow the basic warnings listed here to avoid the risk of 
serious injury or death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, fire, 
and other hazards. These warnings include, but are not limited to:

•  With the exception of the user-swappable parts, do not attempt 

to disassemble or modify the enclosure. If this device appears to 
be malfunctioning, contact your reseller or local distributor.

•  Do not drop the enclosure; dropping or mishandling of the 

enclosure or adapter card may result in a malfunction leaving 
the product inoperable.

•  Do not expose the device to rain, use it near water or containers 

that contain liquids which might spill into any openings, or in 
damp or wet conditions. 

•  If unusual smells, sounds, or smoke come from the device, or if 

liquids enter it, switch it off immediately and unplug it from the 
electrical outlet. 

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Summary of Contents for Fusion R400S

Page 1: ...1U Rackmount 4 Drive Hardware RAID 5 SATA Storage System with eSATA Interface FUSION R400S RAID User s Guide For Windows ...

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Page 3: ...tch for three or more seconds to activate the selected drive mode 4 Presence Activity and Fault Indicator LEDs for Drives 2 4 These LEDs indicate the ready state solid green read and write activity flashes green and fault status OFF for drives 2 4 Note that an LED will remain off if the corresponding drive is not recognized 5 Drive Modules To remove a drive module press its handle in until it pops...

Page 4: ...e surface which it will reside Connect Fusion R400S RAID to Computer and Power Outlet 1 Using the supplied locking eSATA cable connect the Fusion R400S RAID to your computer 2 Connect the supplied power cable between the Fusion R400S RAID and a grounded wall outlet or power strip verify the cable is plugged in securely Drive Installation and Enclosure Setup 2 drive module Push in Support Note It i...

Page 5: ...drag the icon to the eject icon in the dock 3 Using a small screwdriver turn the MODE Setting switch on the back of the enclosure to the position that matches the mode you wish to use Figure 3 4 Press and hold the MODE Change switch for more than three seconds Figure 3 the Drive 1 LED will light red while the LEDs for Drives 2 4 will light green until you release the button Figure 4 Once you relea...

Page 6: ...Drive Letter or Path window appears select Assign the following drive letter choose a letter and then click Next OS Formatting Instructions 9 When the Format Partition window appears enter a new name for the volume select Perform a quick format and then click Next Note If you do not select the quick format option this process will take much longer to complete 10 If the drives were configured in an...

Page 7: ...t option this process will take much longer to complete 13 If the drives were configured in any mode other than JBOD once the RAID group has been formatted and finishes building it is ready to use If the drives were configured in JBOD mode repeat steps 4 12 with the remaining three drives Linux Users s Information For Linux drive formatting information please contact your Linux Unix vendor Drive M...

Page 8: ...re or the drive itself has failed There is a small chance that the enclosure is defective Clone RAID 5 or RAID 10 Rebuild After inserting a drive into the R400S RAID enclosure to replace a failed drive from a RAID 5 or RAID 10 group or putting in a new drive to be cloned to the Rebuild LED lights up orange and the Drive LEDs flash with activity until the RAID has been rebuilt or the clone copy com...

Page 9: ...ations requiring higher performance and redundancy combining the attributes of RAID Levels 1 and 0 See Figure 10 RAID 10 offer 50 of the total capacity of the four drives Span Concatenation Volume Spans Four Drives Span mode creates a single large volume that spans all four drives writing files to the capacity of the first drive then the second drive and so on See Figure 11 Span mode provides no d...

Page 10: ...rmation If you format the drives as JBOD and use the R400S RAID with an eSATA controller with no port multiplier support only one of the four drives will be accessible JBOD provides no data protection JBOD offers the full capacity of each of the drives Clone Data Mirrored on All Four Drives Clone mode enables all four drives to store the same files You may remove one of the four drives and replace...

Page 11: ...40 MB s depending on interface used and drive configuration OS Support Platform independent Supported Drive Configurations Hardware based RAID 0 5 and 10 span clone and JBOD 1 Power Supply Universal 220W 100 240V AC 50 60Hz Operating Temperature 32 to 104 F 0 C to 40 C Dimensions WxDxH 17 0 x 16 25 x 1 75 in 43 2 x 41 3 x 4 4 cm Weight with drives approximate 20 2 lbs 9 16 kg RoHS Compliant Yes Pa...

Page 12: ...Here and Fusion are trademarks of Sonnet Technologies Inc Mac the Mac logo Mac OS 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 without notice Printed in the USA UG FUS R4SR5 WD E A 121212 ...

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