Manual FANTEC SQ
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1. NTI 48 83 GB NTI 48 83 GB NTI 319 25 GB NTF Online Healthy Prir aa Healthy Sys Healthy Logic Disk 1 Unknown 2794 52 GB 12794 52 GB Not Initialized Unallocated Initialize Disk Offline Properties Help Note Windows Vista and 7 will ask what kind of disk type you want to make MBR or GPT Please Activate MBR if the total volume is less than 2TB If the total volume is more than 2TB please activate GPT Action View Help e lt 2 0 0 D fE W Computer Management Local Volume Layout Type File System Status 4 iff System Tools Ge C Simple Basic NTFS Healthy System Boot Page File Active Crash Dump Primar Task Scheduler a D Simple Basic NTFS Healthy Logical Drive gt Event Viewer Caw F Simple Basic NTFS Healthy Primary Partition gt Ga Shared Folders Ca partitionl G Simple Basic NTFS Healthy Primary Partition gt Performance gay Device Manager 4 Storage Initialize Disk Disk Management You must initialize a disk before Logical Disk Manager can access it gt jy Services and Applications a Select disks M Disk 1 3B NTFS f Logical Di Use the following partition style for the selected disks MBR Master Boot Record GPT GUID Partition Table Note The GPT partition style is not recognized by all previous versions of Windows It is recommended for disks larger than 2TB or disks used on ltan2. Settings You can configure the FANTEC SQ X2RU3e to use any of the following Storage Policies to map the appliance s physical hard drives to virtual drives that are visible to the host computer The virtual drives are called volumes in the GUI The host operating system treats each volume as if it were a single physical drive This virtualization allows you to overcome restrictions that are imposed by physical hard drives such as speed storage capacity or data storage reliability Important Back up HDD s before adjusting RAID switch 1 Power on the case 2 Check and make sure both HDDs are installed and both HDD LEDs light up 3 Connect the case to PC via either USB or eSATA cable Make sure HDD LED light up 4 Select HDD Mode from below table by adjusting Raid Switch which is located at the back of the case RAID Mode Settings 5 Pin and hold RAID Reset for 3 5 seconds Then HDD mode will change according to the selection 6 Format HDDs before they are ready to use Note Refer to Hard Drive Formatting Guide in the below session for detailed instructions IBOD MODE Single The normal Mode Just a Bunch of Disks storage policy enables each hard drive to be Seen separately as one drive JBOD storage policy is for a standalone non cascaded Storage Processor or the top level node of a cascaded configuration but not for subordinate nodes In a JBOD configuration each physical drive is directly exposed JBO
3. also be affected RAID 1 VE 1234 a RAIDI 250GB FANTEC SQ X2RU3e PortO Port 1 FANTEC SQ X2RU3e PortO Port 1 Drive B 250GB Equal hard drives Unequal hard drives 1 6 HDD Formatting Guide STEP1 Right click on My Computer icon and select Manage column Open Explore Search Manage Map Network Drive Disconnect Network Drive Create Shortcut Delete Rename Properties STEP2 Select Disk Management and you will see your External HDD showed Unallocated Example 250GB amp 750GB hard drives JBOD MODE Single m File Action View Window Help Disk 1 232 88GB e Am eas E C Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 7 Computer Management Local i System Tools Disk 2 698 63GB Event viewer Shared Folders Fs Local Users and Groups E Performance Logs and Alerts Device Manager S Storage ie Removable Storage Fe Disk Management Aa Services and Applications EP Disk O eee Basic ic 70 00 aB 76 69 0B NTFS Online Healthy System Disk 1 ee Unknown 232 60 GB 222 68 GB Mok Initialized Unallocated Disk 7 I Unknown 698 62 GB 698 62 GB Mok Initialized Unallocated 12 Big MODE Disk 1 Capacity 232 88 698 63 gt 931 52 Computer Management m File Action wiew Window Help e Ame Bs Computer Management Local File System ap ih System Tools c
4. 3 Right click the circled block and select Initialize Disk Computer Management mj File Action View Window Help e gt Ame as E ic Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 76 68 G6 74 96 GB OF o Mo Do Computer Management iLocal os System Tools fa Event viewer Shared Folders P Local Users and Groups Performance Logs and Alerts zen Device Manager Storage Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter Disk Management E Services and Applications Disk 0 T Basic C 76 65 GE 76 65 6B NTFS Online Healthy System Disk 1 Unknown 232 88 GB 232 88 GB Mot Initialized Unallocated Initialize Disk O Properties 6 i 6 63608 Help allocated 8cp RoM 0 CD ROM Ds No Media 14 STEP4 Press OK button to initialize the hard drive Initialize Disk Select one or more disks to initialize STEPS Right click on the Unallocated block and select New Partition Disk 0 SSS SS SSS i ml Basic N N i C3 76 69 GB 6 47 OB FATS 9 77 GBFATS2 19 53 GB NTFS Online Healthy Unkn Healthy Unkne Healthy Systerr Disk 1 boaan Basic WALLA 111 79 GB 111 79 GB AAAA Online Unallocated 7777 Properties JCD ROM 0 Help CD ROM D m E Unallocated Primary partition 15 STEP6 The New Partition Wizard will appear Please follow t
5. D as Volume A lt Volume B fr SANTEC SQ X2RU3e PortO Port 1 Equal hard drives lt Volume A FANTEC SQ X2RU3e PortO Port 1 Drive B a Unequal hard drives BIG MODE Spanning The BIG storage policy concatenates a series of physical hard drives as a single large volume resulting in a seamless expansion of virtual volumes beyond the physical limitations of singularly connected hard drives BIG storage policy delivers maximum storage space without a single large capacity and costly hard drive Hard drive A and B are concatenated into a single virtual volume in the Figure below with a storage capacity that is equal to the sum of each of the physical hard drives A and B TERA BOGE 12 3 4 BIG 1000GB ANTEC SQ X2RU3e ANTEC SQ X2RU3e PortO Port 1 PortO Port 1 Equal hard drives Unequal hard drives RAID O Striping The RAIDO storage policy distributes access across all hard disks also called striping RAIDO presents the best data speed but no data redundancy RAIDO storage policy accelerates hard disk operating speed by using many disks in parallel Hard drive data segments are written to different disks simultaneously which increases performance while sacrificing data redundancy To implement the RAIDO storage policy the device creates a Single virtual volume that is striped across both hard drives with a storage Capacity that is equal to the sum of both hard d
6. IF J fantec FANTEC SQ X2RU3e 2x 3 55 SATA HDD USB3 0 eSATA User Manual Important All data will be deleted if you change the Raid Mode Backup the HDD s before switching the RAID mode 1 Package Contents 1x Manual 1x2 bay hard drive enclosure 2x HDD bays 2x screws 1x USB 3 0 cable 1x eSATA cable 1x Power Supply 2 Technical Details eSATA and USB 3 0 connection downwards compatible with USB 2 0 and USB 1 1 Auto Power Saving will sleep wakeup the drives with the PC Reduce 25 power consumption with Green Power Design Reduce 33 of HDD Temperature with 80 mm Cooling FAN and smart ventilation design Upto 5Gbps transfer speed with USB3 0 connection SATA II interface and HDD supports SATA I II II 2 HDDs are operated distinctively Plug amp Play and Hot swappable Each HDD capacity supports up to 4TB in GPT format W7 Vista Windows XP can t support 4TB HDD Notice 1 A 3 Please read the manual carefully before you begin installing and using this product This product operates between 0 C to 40 C with a relative humidity between 0 to 80 Be sure the unit is operating in a well ventilated environment Do not block any holes of the ventilation on the product in order to retain the best heat dissipation efficiency possible Do not place any liquids or chemical hazards near the product This product operates using a 12V DC 3A output 100V 240V AC input po
7. he instruction of the wizard to complete Hew Partition Wizard Welcome to the New Partition Wizard This wizard helps you create a partition on a basic disk A basic disk is a physical disk that contains primar partitions extended partitions and logical drives ou can use any version of Windows or MS DOS to gain access to partitions on basic disks To continue click Next Cancel STEP7 When partitioning is completed the external HDD will be recognized as a New Volume gj Storage Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter Disk Management E Services and Applications lt ZP Disk 0 Basic 76 69 GB Online N 6 47 GB FATS Healthy Unkn Disk 1 Basic 111 79 GB Online CD ROM 0 CD ROM D gt Frima partition 16 STEP8 Double click My Computer You will see the new volume appears on your PC Files Stored on his Lomputer Shared Documents Hard Disk Drives Gb Loca Disk C Initialize a Disk If the HDD is new you have to initialization the device View the box to the left of the Unallocated box You most likely would see the Not Initialized message displayed The Hard Disk Drive must be set to Online before partitioning and formatting the Hard Disk Drive File Action View Help EL all WE Computer Management Local ae Sere Sasha FS 4 if System Tools amp C Simple Basic Healthy System Boo
8. isk drives RAID 0 SANTEC SQ X2RU3e PortO Port 1 So SG FANTEC SQ X2RU3e PortO Port 1 Equal hard drives Unequal hard drives 10 RAID 1 Mirroring The RAID1 storage policy stores all data in duplicate on separate drives to protect against data loss due to drive failure One drive mirrors the other at all times Every write operation goes to both drives RAID1 provides the highest level of data protection for critical data that you cannot afford to lose if a hard drive fails but halves the amount of storage capacity because all data must be stored twice The resulting storage capacity of the virtual RAID1 volume will be equivalent to the size of one hard drive if both drives are the same or the smaller of the two drives if they are different If one drive fails the RAID1 volume is still usable but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible When the offline drive comes back online the appliance begins a rebuild process immediately to restore data redundancy Although the volume remains available during the rebuild process the volume is susceptible to data loss through damage to the remaining drive until redundancy is restored at the end of the rebuild and verification process Host access takes precedence over the rebuild process If you continue to use the SAFE volume during the rebuild the rebuild process will take a longer time to complete and the host data transfer performance will
9. ium based computers 18 7 Note About HDD Mode Reset the device is necessary every time HDD Mode changes Press Raid Reset button only when the device is powered on amp connected to a running PC Make sure to back up all files before HDD mode changes since such practice requires HDD reformatting procedure how to change the HDD a b C d i Install both HDDs to the case Connect the case and PC and have both devices powered on USB connection is proposed Adjust RAID switch correctly Push and hold Raid reset button for 3 5 seconds to observe rapid blinking of both HDD LEDs HDD mode adjustment is complete when LED rapid blinking stops Initialize and format the HDD s When using two HDDs of unequal capacity users may experience capacity reduction under RAIDO and RAID1 configuration Therefore it is recommended that HDDs of equal capacity are used to utilize the application About HDD Capacity Support Installing HDD s over 2TB is possible However make sure to run this device under Vista and Win7 OS and activate GPT mode when formatting this device to have it work correctly About Power synchronization feature This case detects PC power status and turn on amp off itself automatically When PC power off and or hibernates HDD s spin down and all LEDs and Fan off except that Power LED remains constantly on until main power is shut down In some OS when system reaches slee
10. p mode only monitor and peripheral are turned off while motherboard is powered on In this case HDD and LED will be still on 19 About USB amp eSATA Connectivity The equipped USB3 0 port is downward compatible with USB2 0 eSATA host PC needs to support Port Multiplier function in order to have Normal Mode Single to connect 2 HDDs correctly If eSATA host PC doesn t support hot swappable plug and play function Please try following procedure a Connect eSATA cable when case and PC are powered off b Power on case first and observe HDD Link LED s are light on c Power PC on This practice procedure is every time reconnection necessary Connecting USB amp eSATA simultaneously is impossible eSATA connection will be prioritized About Fan This case is equipped with manual fan speed control for faster slower fan However in order for efficient heat dissipation it is strongly recommended that max speed adjusting to the right most is set at all time Fan synchronizes along with power synchronization function After the case reaches sleep mode the fan stops within 2 mins 20
11. s Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 76 Event Viewer Shared Folders Ps Local Users and Groups Performance Logs and Alerts a Device Manager EApisk ee Basic C 76 68 GB 76 69 GB NTFS Online Healthy System Disk 1 E Unknown 931 52 GE 931 52 GE Mot Initialized Unallocated CD ROM Bs No Media RAID 0 MODE Disk 1 Capacity 232 88 x 2 gt 465 77 GB Computer Management m File Action View Window Help gt eme oe cs Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System Computer Management Local if System Tools Event viewer Shared Folders 4 Local Users and Groups g Performance Logs and Alerts ee dees Device Manager Storage Disk 0 Basic Cc 70 06 GB 76 65 GB NTFS Online Healthy System Disk 1 Unknown 465 77 GB 465 77 GB Mot Initialized Unallocated CD ROM Ds No Media 13 RAID 1 MODE Disk 1 Capacity 232 88 232 88 GB Computer Management m File Action View Window Help 7 a2 oe E c Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System Computer Management Local it System Tools Event viewer Shared Folders Local Users and Groups a Ferformance Logs and Alerts Device Manager Storage Disk 0 E Basic C 70 06 aB 76 68 GB NTFS Online Healthy Systern S Disk 1 Sa Unknown 232 50 GB 232 08 GB Mok Initialized Unallocated E CD ROM Duh No Media STEP
12. t Page File Active Cras Task Scheduler a D Simple Basic Healthy Logical Drive Event Viewer ca F Simple Basic Healthy Primary Partition Shared Folders a partitionl G Simple Basic Healthy Primary Partition Performance aay Device Manager 3 Storage 4 tay Disk Management FN Services and Applications Disk 0 Basic F 465 76 GB Online partition C3 D3 48 83 GB NTI 48 83 GB NTI 48 83 GB NTI 319 25 GB NTF Healthy Prir Healthy Prir Healthy Sys Healthy Logic Disk 1 l Unknown 2794 52 GB 2794 52 GB Not Initialized Unallocated 17 1 Right click the Not Initialized area a disk s initialization menu will appear as below Select Initialize Disk and follow the steps of the HDD Formatting Guide wizard to complete disk initialization File Action View Help e 20 Eble s N A Computer Management Local Volume Layout Type File System Status a System Tools amp C Simple Basic NTFS Healthy System Boot Page File Active Cras gt Task Scheduler amp D Simple Basic NTFS Healthy Logical Drive Event Viewer amp F Simple Basic NTFS Healthy Primary Partition gt Shared Folders Ca partition G Simple Basic NTFS Healthy Primary Partition b Performance gy Device Manager a Storage 4 t Disk Management gt i Services and Applications La Disk 0 Basic F3 partition D3 465 76 GB 48 83 GB
13. wer adapter Do not use any other types of AC DC rating s adapter which differs to the mentioned specifications Doing so will severe damage the product The power adapter should be well ventilated and not be covered by any object HDDs must be well secured and fixed to the HDD tray before sliding the HDD tray into the Multi HDD frame 3 About the Device Hardware Overview Power DC input Receptor for the provided Power Adapter 12V DC 100 240V AC 50 60Hz PC connection interface USB 3 0 Connect USB 3 0 Cable to computer eSATA Connect eSATA Cable to computer Note When connecting eSATA and USB3 0 to the PC at the same time the PC will recognize eSATA FAN Speed Control Control wheel Turn the wheel to control the fan speed Front Back View Power LED HDD1 LED HDD2 LED Tray lock HDD Tray Power jack Power on off switch DC12V eSATA Raid reset USB3 0 RAID Switch FAN Speed control 4 Hardware Installation Guide Step1 Push the Locker switch to the left side to unlock the HDD tray Step2 Take out the HDD trays Step3 Gluing the rubber pad to the middle at inner side of HDD tray if your HDD is a little shorter Step4 Install the HDD into the tray and insert one screw on each side Make sure screws are firmly tightened holding the tray and HDD together Step5 Slide the HDD tray into the case Step6 Push the switch to the right side to lock the HDD tray 5 Raid
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