TEMPO™ SATA X4P
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1. When the Browse for Folder window appears click Computer to expand the list then click the icon for the optical drive containing the software CD and then click OK 8 Back in the Browse for driver software window make sure the checkbox next to Include Subfolders is checked and then click Next If a Windows Security window appears click Install the driver software will be installed 9 When the Windows has successfully updated your driver software window appears click close you may now format drives attached to the Tempo card Skip to page 7 for drive formatting information Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA X4P Windows Vista Driver Installation This section describes the installation of drivers to support the Tempo SATA X4P in systems running Windows Vista Support Note The software on the included Installer CD may not be the latest version available Before installing this product check the version number of the software on the CD and what s available at www sonnettech com support kb kb php Download and install the newer version if available 1 Turn on your computer and log in during startup an Installing Device Driver Software pop up will appear followed by a message stating that the device driver software was not successfully installed Close the message 2 Click Start gt Settings gt Control Panel 3 In the Control Panel window double click Device Manager If you have not disabled User Account Co2. Figure 10 me a 29 New Spanned Volume On New Striped Volume 7 Depending on the formatting type you chose a New Partition Convert to Dynamic Disk Wizard may appear follow the onscreen instructions to complete Convert to MBR Disk formatting of the drive s Once the drives are finished being Properties formatted they are ready to use __ Fee Figure 10 Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA X4P About Tempo SATA X4P s Ports and LEDs 1 Each eSATA connector on the Tempo card is assigned a channel number that may be helpful if you need to diagnose any issues Figure 11 Depending on the drive enclosure you use with or Channel 1 without port multiplier each channel can support from one to five drives Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Figure 11 2 When drives connected to the Tempo card are powered and active the status LEDs on the card will light Figure 12 e Green LED ON Drive s present and ready e Amber LED ON Flashing Drive s reading writing data amber sans Figure 12 Additional information for Power Mac G5 Users Repair Disk Permissions When drive enclosures with port multipliers are connected to Tempo SATA X4P you can identify individual drives within those enclosures SSS ee in Disk Utility Figure 13 top In the Connection ID field Channel Le Connection Bus Serial ATA Bay indicates the channel as well as the connector on the Tempo
3. www sonnettech com 2010 Sonnet Technologies Inc All rights reserved Sonnet the Sonnet logotype Simply Fast the Simply Fast logotype and Tempo are trademarks of Sonnet Technologies Inc Mac the Mac logo Mac OS and Power Mac 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 QS TSATAII X4P E C 06 1410 Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA X4P Installation Preparation Prior to installing the Tempo SATA X4P into your system and connecting any drive enclosures you should familiarize yourself with the parts to be installed We also strongly recommend that you read the sections in your computer s user manual that address PCI card installation 1 Figure 1 shows the Tempo card s eSATA ports depending on the drive enclosure s used you will need to use data cables with eSATA connectors on both ends or cables with an eSATA connector on one end and SATA I connector on the other end Note SATA I connectors are used on bare SATA hard drives 2 Figure 2 shows both eSATA and SATA I connectors eSATA connectors Figure 1 Oy I eSATA connector m CSATA connector On SATA I connector GE SATA connector Figure 2 Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA X4P Hardware Installation Steps This section covers the installation of the Tempo SATA X4P into your system and c
4. 0 Channel 2 Port 2 Partition Map Scheme GUID Partition Table 232 9 GB WDC WD25 E 10 4 11 10 5 8 i 10 6 x 465 8 GB HDS725050 465 8 GB HDS725050 465 8 GB HDS725050 EI 465 8 GB HDS725050 6 HL DT ST DVD RW G Disk Description HDS7250S50KLA360 Connection Bus Serial ATA Bay Connection Type Internal Figure 7 HDS725050KLA360 Partition Disk Partitioning this disk will change some of the volumes No volumes will be erased The following volumes will be added Untitled 1 Untitled 2 Are you sure you wish to partition the disk HDS7250S50KLA3607 Cancel C Partition volume Then click Apply choose a volume t and size for each Untitled 2 Total Capacity 465 8 GB 500 107 862 016 Bytes Write Status Read Write S M A R T Status Verified Connection ID Device 0 Channel 2 Port 2 Partition Map Scheme GUID Partition Table Figure 8 Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA X4P Windows Drive Formatting If you intend to format drives connected to the Tempo SATA X4P using Windows drive formatting tools you may find much more information by using format volume as the search item in Windows You must initialize a disk before Logical Disk Manager can access it Help The procedure listed below describes the process of formatting and select disks configuring drives under Windows Vista steps for formatting under Windows 7 and XP Prof
5. Type Striped RAID Set B E 465 8 GB HDS725050KL RAID Set Estimated Size 1 8 TB B 465 8 GB HDS7250SOKL To create a RAID set drag disks or volumes into the list below E 465 8 GB HDS725050KL To create more than one RAID set click the Add button 3 HL DT ST DVD RW GH41N New member diskS m New member disk4 R New member disk3 aala New member disk2 j Options el aaa Figure 4 O 0O HDS725050KLA360 BOB S A A 3 tl _Nerify Info Burn Mount Eject Enable Journaling New Image Convert Resize Image For best performance choose a block size that matches the size of the a 232 9 GB WDC WD25 data you re accessing For example video processing may access large blocks of data but a database may access smaller blocks 10 4 11 E 10 5 8 pns RAID Block Size 256K H 10 6 x 465 8 GB HDS72505 465 8 GB HDS72505 465 8 GB HDS72505 465 8 GB HDS72505 gt 5 HL DT ST DVD RWG Id RAID mirre Default Cancel ory 7 New member disk4 ale New member disk3 ale New member disk2 Options Create Figure 5 Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA X4P Mac OS X Drive Formatting Individual Drives Not in a RAID Set This section describes the process of formatting initializing individual hard drives connected to the Tempo SATA X4P using Disk Utility under Mac OS X Version 10 5 the process is nearly id
6. card Connection Type Internal sce ia PNS Connection ID Device 0 Channel 1 Port 1 while Port identifies the drive in the enclosure drive in enclosure When drive enclosures without port multipliers are connected a simple ee drive to card signal path exists In the Connection ID field in Disk Utility Channel indicates the channel as well as the connector on Split __Delete the Tempo card and the drive in the enclosure Figure 13 bottom Disk Description HDT722525DLA380 Connection Bus Serial ATA Bay Connection Type Internal Connection ID Device 0 Channel 4 drive in enclosure without port multiplier Figure 13
7. ee TEMPO SATA X4P eSATA Host Controller for PCI X or PCI Slot Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA X4P You Should Have The following item should be included in your product package e One Tempo SATA X4P card e One Sonnet Software CD The following items are required sold separately e Medium Phillips screwdriver e One or more external Serial ATA SATA drive enclosures e One or more external Serial ATA eSATA data cables PRET Tempo rr TA RAP A sect sess Na AN pists qa System Requirements The Tempo SATA X4P requires the following in order to operate in your system ws 2 N iie ee e e One available PCI X or PCI slot y i ER ANT AW e Mac Users Mac OS X Version 10 5 10 4 11 or 10 3 OR Mac OS X ee W gh HHH 2 TLL 2 Ai von SATAN AANA iS Server Version 10 5 10 4 11 or 10 3 Sas e Windows Users Windows 7 Windows Vista or Windows XP with SP2 installed OR Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003 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 electrici
8. elect the volume format and the RAID scheme Striped 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 appears click the Create button all of the selected drives will be formatted and the RAID volume created Close Disk Utility your drives are now ready for use and your installation is complete Support Note See page 8 for port and channel identification and information on Tempo SATA X4P s status LEDs Disk Utility Verify Info Burn Mount Eject Enable Journaling New Image Convert Resize Image E 232 9 GB WDC WD2500 0 4 11 10 5 8 E 10 6 x 465 8 GB HDS725050KL 465 8 GB HDS725050KL 465 8 GB HDS725050KL 465 8 GB HDS725050KL 4 HL DT ST VD RW GH41N drives connected to Tempo card Select a disk volume or image Figure 3 HDS725050KLA360 Ee es Eject Enable Journaling New Image Convert Resize Image First Aid Erase Partition RAID Restore E 232 9 GB WDC WD2500J E 10 4 11 a 10 5 8 RAID Set Name Untitled RAID Set 1 a 10 6 x Volume Format Mac OS Extended journaled t H E 465 8 GB HDS725050KL RAID
9. entical under Mac OS X Version 10 4 If you intend to create a Mac OS formatted RAID set with the drives attached to the Tempo card go back to Mac OS X Drive Formatting RAID Sets on the previous page 1 Turn on your storage system and then turn on your computer During startup one or more messages referring to unreadable volumes will be displayed click Initialize to launch Disk Utility After Disk Utility launches click the Initialize button in each remaining message window 2 If it is not already open launch Disk Utility Figure 6 Note that 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 volume you may optionally choose to partition each drive to create two or more smaller virtual drives Figure 7 4 Click to highlight a partition and then type a name in the Name field repeat for each partition Figure 7 After formatting each partition will appear in the Finder window as a drive 5 Click Apply Figure 7 6 When the Partition Disk window appears click the Partition button Figure 8 If necessary repeat steps 3 5 to partition any other drives c
10. essional are very similar 1 Turn on your storage system start Windows log in and then click Start gt Control Panel Use the following partition style for the selected disks Ei MBR Master Boot Record GPT GUID Partition Table 2 In the Control Panel window double click Administrative Tools If 5 i Note The GPT partition style is not recognized by all previous versions of you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 and have not disabled Windows It is recommended for disks larger than 2TB or disks used on User Account Control UAC a UAC window will appear click anne Continue 3 In the Administrative Tools window double click Computer Management Figure 9 4 In the Computer Management window click Disk Management p A Local Lies and Groups under Storage to launch the Disk Management application sce ae Lanei 4 Storage t Disk Management 5 If an Initialize Disk window appears or if disks are described as not Bic sevice a apeecaore initialized select a partition style for the attached drive s and then click OK the drive will be initialized Figure 9 Repeat as necessary with other drives attached to the Tempo card L Disk 0 Saas SaaS 6 Right click the field next to the name field of one of the attached mmes ameeNms penne 8 drives and select the formatting type you wish to use for it Repeat as om mmm tet necessary with other drives attached to the Tempo card
11. nning Windows XP Professional Support Note The software on the included Installer CD may not be the latest version available Before installing this product check the version number of the software on the CD and what s available at www sonnettech com support kb kb php Download and install the newer version if available 1 Turn on your computer during startup two New Hardware Found pop ups may briefly appear with IDE Controller and Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller listed as the new hardware types Click Start gt Control Panel When the Control Panel window appears double click the System icon If the System icon is not visible click the Switch to Classic View link to make it appear 3 When the System Properties window appears click the Hardware tab and then click Device Manager 4 When the Device Manager window appears click the sign next to IDE ATA ATAPI controllers to expand the list Right click Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller and select Update Driver 5 When the Hardware Update Wizard window appears select No not this time and then click Next 6 When the next window appears click Install from a list or specific location and then click next 7 When the next window appears click Don t search I will choose the driver to install and then click Next 8 When the next window appears click Have Disk a new window will appear Insert the Tempo SATA Host C
12. nstallation instructions Support Note When installed in a Power Mac G5 there is no driver to install The card works without additional software Windows 7 Driver Installation This section describes the installation of drivers to support the Tempo SATA X4P in systems running Windows 7 Support Note The software on the included Installer CD may not be the latest version available Before installing this product check the version number of the software on the CD and what s available at www sonnettech com support kb kb php Download and install the newer version if available 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 Click Start gt Control Panel 3 In the Control Panel window double click Device Manager If you have not disabled User Account Control UAC a UAC window will appear click Continue 4 When the Device Manager window appears click the arrow next to IDE ATA ATAPI controllers to expand the list Right click Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller and select Update Driver Software 5 When the Update Driver Software window appears insert the Tempo SATA Host Controller Software CD into your computer s optical drive and then click Browse my computer for driver software 6 When the next window appears click Browse 7
13. ntrol UAC a UAC window will appear click Continue 4 When the Device Manager window appears click the sign next to IDE ATA ATAPI controllers to expand the list Right click Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller and select Update Driver Software 5 When the Update Driver Software window appears insert the Tempo SATA Host Controller Software CD into your computer s optical drive and then click Browse my computer for driver software 6 When the Browse for Folder window appears click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer 7 When the next window appears click Have Disk a new window will appear Substituting whatever drive letter is appropriate type F DRIVERS x32 or F DRIVERS x64 if you re using 64 bit Windows Vista and then click OK 8 Back in the Update Driver Software 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 9 When the next window appears click Close you may now format drives attached to the Tempo card Skip to page 7 for drive formatting information Support Note After its driver software has been updated Tempo SATA X4P will be listed as a Storage Controller in the Device Manager window under Windows Vista Windows XP Professional Driver Installation This section describes the installation of drivers to support the Tempo SATA X4P in systems ru
14. onnected to the Tempo card When partitioning and formatting are complete close the Disk Utility application you can now use your drive s Support Note See page 8 for port and channel identification and information on Tempo SATA X4P s status LEDs d _ Disk Utility a a Verify Info Burn Mount Eject Enable Journaling New Image Convert Resize Image E 232 9 GB WDC WD2500 10 4 11 E 10 5 8 5 10 6 x E 465 8 GB HDS725050KL 10 465 8 GB HDS725050KL 1 465 8 GB HDS725050KL 10 465 8 GB HDS725050KL 5 HL DT ST VD RW GH41N drives connected to Tempo card 000 E 232 9 GB WDC WD2500 E 10 4 11 amp 10 5 8 E 10 6 x 465 8 GB HDS725050KL 465 8 GB HDS725050KL 465 8 GB HDS725050KL 9 HL DT ST DVD RW GH41N Disk Description HDS725050KLA360 Connection Bus Serial ATA Bay Connection Type Internal Select a disk volume or image Figure 6 HDS725050KLA360 Remain _ Enable Journaling Ne ge Convert Resize Image First Aid Erase Partition RAID Restore Volume Scheme Volume Information 2 Partitions iz Name Format Size Untitled 1 To partition the selected disk choose a volume scheme Set the name format and size for each volume Then click Apply Untitled 2 Reve Ram Total Capacity 465 8 GB 500 107 862 016 Bytes Write Status Read Write S M A R T Status Verified a Connection ID Device
15. onnection of one or more drive enclosures 1 Shut down the computer 2 Open your computer to access its expansion card area PCI slots refer to your computer s user manual for specific information 3 Locate an available PCI X or PCI slot inside your computer and remove its access cover if present from the rear of the computer Support Note for Power Mac G5 Users If your computer has PCI X slots you should be aware that when certain standard 33 MHz PCI adapter cards are installed along with the Tempo card in slots 2 and 3 the Tempo card s performance may be adversely affected 4 Remove the Tempo card from its packaging and install it into the slot make sure the card is firmly seated 5 Secure the Tempo card firmly in place with the previously removed mounting screw if necessary and then close the computer 6 Connect the eSATA data cable s between the Tempo card and the drive enclosures make sure all cables are connected securely to the Tempo card and the enclosures Support Note Sonnet strongly recommends you use high quality external SATA cables to connect your drive enclosures to Tempo SATA X4P Low quality cables do not offer the proper shielding and durability high quality cables afford and may allow data to be corrupted 7 If you are a Power Mac G5 user your card installation is complete skip to page 5 for drive formatting instructions If you are a Windows user go to the next panel for driver i
16. ontroller Software CD into your computer s optical drive Substituting whatever drive letter is appropriate type F DRIVERS x32 or F DRIVERS x64 if you re using 64 bit Windows XP and then click OK 9 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 10 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 Support Note After its driver software has been updated Tempo SATA X4P will be listed as a SCSI and RAID Controller in the Device Manager window under Windows XP Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA X4P Mac OS X Drive Formatting RAID Sets This section describes the process of formatting initializing multiple hard drives connected to the Tempo SATA X4P using Disk Utility under Mac OS X Version 10 5 the process is nearly identical under Mac OS X Version 10 4 If you choose to do so you may format your drives using SoftRAID 3 1 or later refer to that product s documentation for instructions Support Note Depending on how you set it up a drive enclosure with a built in hardware RAID controller like Sonnet s Fusion D400QR5 may not present its drives separately to the operating system For instance if you choose a RAID 0 or RAID 5 configuration only one drive will a
17. ppear in Disk Utility If this is the case skip to Mac OS X Drive Formatting Individual Drives on the next page for drive formatting instructions 1 Turn on your storage system and then turn on your computer During startup one or more messages referring to unreadable volumes will be displayed click Initialize to launch Disk Utility After Disk Utility launches click the Initialize button in each remaining message window 2 If it is not already open launch Disk Utility Figure 3 Note that all drives attached to the Tempo card may be identified in the information window by their custom icon with the Sonnet S logo Support Notes The remaining steps in this section describe the creation of a RAID 0 striped set If you intend to create a RAID 1 mirrored or RAID 10 striped mirrored set the procedure is similar to the remaining steps Please refer to Disk Utility help for further information All hard drives connected to the Tempo card will be described by Disk Utility as having an internal connection 3 Select one of the drives you want to format in a RAID set by clicking the drive symbol or the name of the drive a set of tabs will appear in the right pane Click the RAID tab select all the drives you will use to create your striped RAID set and then drag them into the disk field Figure 4 Be careful NOT to accidentally drag in a drive you don t want included in the RAID 4 From the drop down menus s
18. ty 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 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 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 S IMPLY FA gs Sonnet Technologies Inc Irvine California USA e Tel 1 949 587 3500 Fax 1 949 457 6349 N N i Remember to register your product online at http registration sonnettech com to be informed of future upgrades and product releases
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