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Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA E4P

You Should Have

The following item should be included in your product package:

• One Tempo SATA E4P card

The following items are required (sold separately): 

 

•  One or more external Serial ATA drive enclosures
•  One or more external Serial ATA (eSATA) data cables

System Requirements

The Tempo SATA E4P requires the following in order to 
operate in your system:
• One available PCI Express (PCIe) x4, x8, or x16 slot*
•  Mac OS

®

 X Version 10.3 or later, Mac OS X Server Version 10.3 or 

later, Windows

®

 7, Windows Vista

®

, Windows XP with SP2 installed, 

Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2003**

• Internet connection (for driver download)

*   x1 slot compatible, but with reduced performance
**  Creating RAID volumes under Windows requires dynamic disk storage, a formatting 

option available with Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, 

Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate (32- and 64-bit versions), Windows 

Vista Enterprise or Ultimate (32- and 64-bit versions), or Windows XP Professional 

(32- and 64-bit versions).  

 

In order to create RAID volumes larger than 2TB, you must do one of the following: 

Span (link together in a virtual chain) the volumes, and then format them as NTFS. 

-

OR

- Use GPT formatting. Note that drives and volumes with GPT formatting are 

not visible to any version of Windows XP Professional, nor to the 32-bit version of 

Windows Server 2003 SP1.

Remember to register your product online at http://registration.sonnettech.com to be informed of future upgrades and product releases.
Software updates and links are available from the Sonnet web site at www.sonnettech.com. • Online support form available at http://supportform.sonnettech.com.
Sonnet Technologies Customer Service hours are Mon.-Fri., 7 a.m.–4 p.m. Pacific Time • Customer Service Phone: 1-949-472-2772 • E-mail: [email protected]
Sonnet Technologies, Inc., Irvine, California USA • Tel: 1-949-587-3500 Fax: 1-949-457-6349 

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 Support Notes:

 We recommend that you make a backup of important 

information on your system’s current hard drive prior to installing new 

hardware or software. 

When handling computer products, you must take care to prevent components 
from being damaged by static electricity. Before opening your computer or 
removing parts from their packages, always ground yourself first by touching 
a metal part of the computer, such as a port access cover, and work in an area 
free of static electricity; avoid carpeted areas. Handle all electronic components 
only by their edges, and avoid touching connector traces and component pins. 
Also, avoid touching the logic board and any of its components.

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Summary of Contents for TEMPO SATA E4P

Page 1: ...ation sonnettech com to be informed of future upgrades and product releases Software updates and links are available from the Sonnet web site at www sonnettech com Online support form available at http supportform sonnettech com Sonnet Technologies Customer Service hours are Mon Fri 7 a m 4 p m Pacific Time Customer Service Phone 1 949 472 2772 E mail support sonnettech com Sonnet Technologies Inc...

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Page 3: ...s refer to your computer s user manual for specific information 2 Locate an available x4 4 lane or x8 8 lane PCI Express slot inside your computer and remove its access cover 3 Remove the Sonnet card from its packaging and then install it into the PCI Express slot make sure the card is firmly seated and secured 4 Close your computer 5 Connect the eSATA data cable s between the Tempo card and the d...

Page 4: ...information Windows 7 Driver Installation This section describes the download and installation of drivers to support the Tempo SATA E4P in systems running Windows 7 1 Turn on your computer and log in during startup an Installing Device Driver Software pop up will appear followed by a message that the device driver software was not successfully installed Close the message 2 Log onto the Internet Go...

Page 5: ...ge Windows Vista Driver Installation This section describes the download and installation of drivers to support the Tempo SATA E4P in systems running Windows Vista 1 Turn on your computer and log in during startup an Installing Device Driver Software pop up will appear followed by a message that the device driver software was not successfully installed Close the message 2 Log onto the Internet Go ...

Page 6: ...e 13 Back in the Install from Disk window click OK 14 Back in the Hardware Update Wizard window click Next the software will be installed If a window appears stating that the Tempo software has not passed Windows Logo testing click Continue Anyway 15 When the next window appears click Finish you may now format drives attached to the Tempo card Skip to page 7 for drive formatting information Suppor...

Page 7: ...riped RAID Set and then type in the name for your RAID volume Figure 4 5 Click the Options button From the drop down menu select a RAID block size Figure 5 If you are working with video selecting the largest block size will help improve performance If you are working with many smaller files databases etc a smaller block size will work well Click OK 6 Click Create When the Creating RAID window appe...

Page 8: ...hat all drives attached to the Tempo card may be identified in the information window by their custom icon with the Sonnet S logo 3 Select one of the drives you want to format by clicking the drive symbol or the name of the drive a set of tabs will appear in the right pane Click the Partition tab and then click on the drop down menu beneath Volume Scheme to select a number of partitions for the vo...

Page 9: ...ear click Continue 3 In the Administrative Tools window double click Computer Management 4 In the Computer Management window click Disk Management under Storage to launch the Disk Management application 5 If an Initialize Disk window appears or if disks are described as not initialized select a partition style for the attached drive s and then click OK the drive will be initialized Figure 9 Repeat...

Page 10: ... Mac Users When drive enclosures with port multipliers are connected to Tempo SATA E4P you can identify individual drives within those enclosures in Disk Utility Figure 13 top In the Connection ID field Channel indicates the channel as well as the connector on the Tempo card while Port identifies the drive in the enclosure When drive enclosures without port multipliers are connected a simple drive...

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