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        Portable 2-Drive Hardware RAID SATA Storage System 

FUSION

 

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2

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User’s Guide

For

Windows

Summary of Contents for FUSION F2QR

Page 1: ...Portable 2 Drive Hardware RAID SATA Storage System FUSION F2QR User s Guide For Windows ...

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Page 3: ...he F2QR s quad interface offers extensive connectivity Choose eSATA or FireWire 800 for maximum speed or medium speed respectively Or use FireWire 400 or USB 2 0 for flexibility The F2QR s built in hardware RAID controller supports RAID 0 striped RAID 1 mirrored JBOD just a bunch of disks and SPAN configurations without relying on a separate adapter card Out of the box the drives inside Fusion F2Q...

Page 4: ...ath from electrical shock short circuiting fire and other hazards These warnings include but are not limited to Do not attempt to disassemble or modify the enclosure If this device appears to be malfunctioning contact Sonnet Customer Service 5 eSATA Interface Port This port is compatible with standard eSATA data cables When connected to your computer using the eSATA cable Fusion F2QR requires a po...

Page 5: ...mputer is configured a new window may appear asking you what to do with the file click Open If another window appears asking for permission to open the file click Allow 4 When the window showing the contents of the zip file appears locate and click the Extract Files button 7 or Vista or select File Extract All from the menu XP 5 When the Extract Compressed Zipped Folders window appears click Brows...

Page 6: ...ched Fusion F2QR 7 RAID Configuration Setup and Rebuild Field Click the Delete RAID button to erase the existing drive configuration including JBOD Click a RAID Configuration radio button to select a new configuration Click the Create RAID button to set the new drive configuration including JBOD and Span 8 RAID Status Field Indicates the current configuration of the drives in the Fusion F2QR RAID ...

Page 7: ...aunch the Disk Utility application so you may format the drives for use with your computer Figure 3 Go to the next page If you are using the Fusion F2QR with a Windows computer skip to page 7 Drive Formatting Windows User s Instructions WARNING Changing the Fusion F2QR s RAID configuration will erase all the files on its drives and the formatting as well Back up any important files before proceedi...

Page 8: ...3 Click Options a window will appear giving the option to select a partition scheme that suits your needs select a radio button and then click OK Figure 6 4 Back in the main window click Apply a window will appear asking you to confirm that you want to partition the F2QR click Partition After being partitioned the Fusion F2QR volume will appear on your computer s desktop 5 Close Disk Utility the F...

Page 9: ...d Unallocated appears and then select New Simple Volume 6 When the New Simple Volume Wizard window appears click Next Figure 9 7 When the Specify Volume Size window appears click Next if you want all of the capacity to remain as one block volume Otherwise adjust the volume size to meet your needs and then click Next 8 When the Assign Drive Letter or Path window appears select Assign the following ...

Page 10: ...kage Contents 1 meter eSATA data cable 1 meter FireWire 800 cable 1 meter FireWire 800 to 400 cable 2 meter USB 2 0 A to mini A cable carrying case User s Guide Tips Hot plugging drives Fusion F2QR supports hot plugging for Mac users using any interface and for Windows users using FireWire or USB or a notebook computer with an eSATA ExpressCard adapter This function enables you to connect or disco...

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