Product Information
Driver Information
For Mac users, the drivers that enable the Fusion PCIe Flash Drive
to work with your computer are installed as part of OS X; the
Fusion drive is ready to use when you power on your computer.
For Windows users, after starting up Windows, the drivers that
enable the Fusion PCIe Flash Drive to operate with your system
are installed automatically.
Using the Fusion PCIe Flash Drive
Listed here is some general information about using the Fusion
PCIe Flash Drive with your computer:
Formatting the Drive
The Fusion PCIe Flash Drive is shipped from Sonnet
unformatted. Mac users should use Disk Utility (found in the
Utilities folder within the Applications folder) to set up the device
for use. Windows users should use Disk Management to set up
the device for use.
Booting From the Fusion PCIe Flash Drive
Fusion PCIe Flash Drive supports booting OS X 10.8.5 and later
when connected to a Mac computer.
Product Description
Listed below is a picturs and descriptions of the Fusion PCIe Flash
Drive’s connector and indicator.
Thunderbolt Connector
– Plug this connector into one of your
computer’s Thunderbolt ports, or at the end of a Thunderbolt
device chain.
Drive Power and Activity LED Indicator –
This LED
indicates the drive’s ready state (LED on), read and write activity
(LED flashing).
Advice
• Always “eject”, “stop”, “unplug”, or “put away” the Fusion PCIe
Flash Drive before disconnecting it from your computer or
other Thunderbolt device ahead of it in a daisy chain.
• Disconnecting the Fusion PCIe Flash Drive while is transferring
or receiving data may result in damage to the file(s) being
transferred or cause your system to hang.
•
You may connect the Fusion PCIe Flash Drive to and
disconnect it from your computer while it is on; be sure to
follow the above advice regarding disconnecting the drive.
• When plugged in at the end of a mixed Thunderbolt 2/
Thunderbolt device daisy chain that is connected to a computer
with Thunderbolt 2 technology, the Fusion PCIe Flash Drive
will not perform at its peak. When connected downstream
from a 10Gbps Thunderbolt device, there is not enough
bandwidth to support the Fusion drive at full performance.
Thunderbolt
Connector
LED indicator
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