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8-Drive Serial ATA Disk Array Storage System 

FUSION

 

DX

800

RAID

Drive Enclosure User’s Guide

For

Windows

Summary of Contents for FUSION DX800RAID

Page 1: ...8 Drive Serial ATA Disk Array Storage System FUSION DX800RAID Drive Enclosure User s Guide For Windows ...

Page 2: ...Weight 14 7 lbs 6 7 kg Fusion DX800RAID Enclosure Specs and Features 2 Figure 1 Figure 2 Drive Module Bay 1 Power Switch Power LED Primary Mini SAS Port Drive Module Bay 2 Drive Module Bay 3 Drive Module Bay 4 Drive Module Bay 5 Drive Module Bay 6 Drive Module Bay 7 Drive Module Bay 8 Drive Activity Blue and Identification Fault Red Indicator LEDs Power Cable Connector Secondary Expansion Link Min...

Page 3: ...ors for just a few seconds while standard hard drives may take minutes Because RAID controller cards and software based RAID schemes allow only a very short time for drives to recover before dropping them from the RAID group hard drive manufacturers recommend against using standard hard drives in RAID storage systems The hard drives qualified by Sonnet also feature improved vibration characteristi...

Page 4: ...urface with the label facing away from you and the connectors to the right Open the supplied tube of threadlocker and apply a single drop inside each of the three screw holes on the side of the drive Figure 6 Figure 4 Figure 5 4 Pull lever out until it stops Figure 6 screw hole screw hole screw hole flush cut GOOD rough cut NO GOOD WARNING When handling computer products take care to prevent compo...

Page 5: ...drive tray to the drive tighten each screw to secure the tray snugly to the drive do not overtighten the screws Figure 8 10 Repeat steps 5 9 for each remaining drive 11 With the lever fully opened carefully slide the drive module into the enclosure until it stops and then secure it by pushing the lever in until it snaps closed Figure 9 Repeat with the remaining drive modules Connect Fusion DX800RA...

Page 6: ...ter and Fusion storage systems powered off 1 In order to connect a second Fusion DX800RAID enclosure to the Sonnet RAID controller card you must first disconnect the bottom data cable from the first enclosure and then connect it to the top primary mini SAS port of the second enclosure Figure 12 2 To connect three or four Fusion DX800RAID enclosures to the Sonnet RAID controller card plug in an add...

Page 7: ...rd installed in a desktop PC or server Connections If you experience issues where a drive or volume does not appear on your computer or you see an error message stating a drive is missing when you have the drives configured as a RAID set the cause may be as simple as a loose connector or a drive module that is not fully seated Disconnect the data cables and reconnect them one at a time making sure...

Page 8: ...d Here and Fusion are trademarks of Sonnet Technologies Inc Mac the Mac logo and Mac OS 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 DX8R 0TB E E 112910 ...

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