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1. 949 587 3500 Fax 1 949 457 6349 www sonnettech com 2011 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 E4P E E 06101 I Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA E4P Installation Preparation Prior to installing the Tempo SATA E4P 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 Express card installation 1 Figure 1 shows the Tempo card s locking 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 a SATA I connector on the other end Enclosures with external SATA connectors use eSATA connectors Note SATA I connectors are used on bare SATA hard drives Figure 1 2 Figure 2 shows eSATA and SATA I connectors Hardware Installation Steps This section covers the installation of the Tempo SATA E4P into your system and connection of one or more drive enclosures 1 Shut down your2. 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 accept the default location or select a new destination for the files to be extracted note the name and location of the file and then click Extract Files Nn Click Start gt Control Panel In the Control Panel window click Device Manager If you haven t disabled User Account Control UAC a UAC window will appear click Continue 6 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 7 When the Update Driver Software window appears click Browse my computer for driver software 8 When the next window appears click Browse When the Browse for Folder window appears locate the file you extracted unzipped click it and then click OK 9 Back in the Browse for driver software window click Next the driver software will be installed 10 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 Support Note After its driver software has been updated Tempo SATA E4P will be listed as a Storage Controller in the Device Manager window under Windows 7 Quick Start Guide for Temp
3. Partition Map Scheme E 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 465 8 GB HDS725050 6 HL DT ST DVD RW G Disk Description HDS7250S50KLA360 Connection Bus Serial ATA Bay Connection Type Internal Connection ID Device 0 Channel 2 Port 2 Partition Map Scheme Figure 7 HDS725050KLA360 Partition Disk Format Size Information To partition the selected disk choose a volume Set the name format and size for each volume Then click Apply Reve Ram 465 8 GB 500 107 862 016 Bytes Read Write Verified GUID Partition Table 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 HDS725050KLA3607 Cancel C Partition volume Then click Apply Untitled 2 Figure 8 Total Capacity Write Status S M A R T Status choose a volume t and size for each Revert Apply 465 8 GB 500 107 862 016 Bytes Read Write Verified GUID Partition Table Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA E4P Windows Drive Formatting If you intend to format drives connected to the Tempo SATA E4P using Windows drive formatting tools you may find much more information by using format volume as the search item in Windows You must
4. attached Basic XP32 D3 VistaUltimate C 37 11 GB NTFS 36 13 GB NTFS drives and select the formatting type you wish to use for it Repeat as Online Healthy System Active Healthy Boot Page File 1 necessary with other drives attached to the Tempo card Figure 10 APLAR il New Spanned Volume On New Striped Volume 7 Depending on the formatting type you chose a New Partition Wizard may appear follow the onscreen instructions to complete T 5 el formatting of the drive s Once the drives are finished being pa formatted they are ready to use Properties Help Figure 10 Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA E4P About Tempo SATA E4P 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 4 without port multiplier each channel can support from one to five drives Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 as 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 Si haa Drive Activity oo a te om Channeli NNSS Ghannel2 ES Gy Ce HENS p MADE IN CHINA Figure 12 Additional information
5. 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 select 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 E4P 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 Re
6. TEMPO SATA E4P eSATA Host Controller for PCI Express Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA E4P You Should Have The following item should be included in your product package e One Tempo SATA E4P card The following items are required sold separately e One or more external Serial ATA drive enclosures e One or more external Serial ATA eSATA data cables System Requirements geen Drive Presence u Mma amp a 22 et e The Tempo SATA E4P requires the following in order to operate in your system OUNeS T vas y AA Tempo Serial ATA EAP yet Ge O W e One available PCI Express PCIe x4 x8 or x16 slot cranes Fe Ce i e e Mac OS X Version 10 3 or later Mac OS X Server Version 10 3or 1 Anen ae BREE i later Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP with SP2 installed P e ae Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003 e Internet connection for driver download lesse CnennelA NAAA AN peee 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 electricity avoid carpeted a
7. This section describes the download and installation of drivers to support the Tempo SATA E4P in Mac Pro computers 1 Turn on your computer if you installed the Tempo card into a Mac Pro Early 2008 or newer computer skip to the next step If you installed the card into a pre 2008 Mac Pro depending on which version of Mac OS X your computer is running the Expansion Slot Utility application will open automatically If it does not open by itself you must do so manually Expansion Slot Utility is located in the System Library CoreServices folder Select the configuration appropriate for your setup Tempo SATA E4P is an x4 card and should be assigned at least an x4 slot and then click Quit if the default configuration was appropriate or click Save and Restart if you changed the configuration 2 Log onto the Internet Go to http www sonnettech com support kb kb php click on the Computer Cards link and then click on the PCIe Cards link 3 Locate and click the Tempo SATA E4P link then click the Driver link and then click the Tempo SATA Pro Family Driver OS X appropriate for your setup 4 Click the Download Now button the file will be downloaded 5 Double click the temposatapro_vxxx zip file you just downloaded Locate and double click the Tempo SATA Pro Installer x x x pkg file to launch the installer when the Welcome to the Tempo SATA Pro for Mac Pro and MacBook Pro Installer window appears click Continue 6 When t
8. al Channel PCI IDE Controller and select Update Driver Software 7 When the next window appears click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer 8 When the Select the device driver window appears click Have Disk 9 When the Install From Disk window appears click Browse 10 When the Locate File window appears double click the Vistax x x folder Double click the appropriate folder x32 for 32 bit operating systems x64 for 64 bit versions and then double click the mvsata file 11 Back in the Install from Disk window click OK 12 Back in the Select the device driver window click Next the driver software will be installed 13 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 Support Note After its driver software has been updated Tempo SATA E4P 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 E4P in systems running Windows XP Professional 1 ds 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 Log onto the Internet Go to http www
9. computer and then open it to access the expansion card area PCI Express slots refer to your computer s user manual for specific information 2 Locate an available x4 4 lane or x8 8 lane PCI Express slot inside your computer and remove its access cover 3 Remove the Sonnet card from its packaging and then install it into the PCI Express slot make sure the card is firmly seated and secured SATA connector Figure 2 Support Note for Mac Users Please install the Tempo SATA E4P in a recommended slot Mac Pro Mid 2010 Use only slot 3 or 4 Mac Pro Early 2009 Use only slot 3 or 4 Mac Pro Early 2008 Use only slot 3 or 4 Pre 2008 Mac Pro Use any available slot Power Mac G5 Use slot 2 or 4 4 Close your computer 5 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 E4P Low quality cables do not offer the proper shielding and durability high quality cables afford and may allow data to be corrupted Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA E4P Support Note If you have installed the Tempo card into a Power Mac G5 computer skip to page 5 Tempo SATA E4P does not require the installation of software when installed in a Power Mac G5 Mac Pro Driver Installation
10. for Mac Users f Repair Disk Permissions When drive enclosures with port multipliers are connected to Tempo SATA E4P you can identify individual drives within those enclosures pe j j Disk Description External Disk 0 in Disk Utility Figure 13 top In the Connection ID field Channel i Connection Bus Serial ATA Bay indicates the channel as well as the connector on the Tempo card Connection Type Internal i ar Connection ID Device 0 Channel 1 Port 1 while Port identifies the drive in the enclosure drive in enclosure with port multiplier When drive enclosures without port multipliers are connected a simple 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 C 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
11. he Important Information window appears click Continue 7 When the Software License Agreement window appears read the license click Continue and then click Agree 8 When the Select a Destination window appears accept the default or choose a new location and then click Install 9 When asked enter your password and then click OK 10 Click Continue Installation to install the driver 11 While the driver is installed a progress bar appears When the Installation Completed Successfully screen appears click Restart you may format drives attached to the Tempo card after your system finishes restarting Skip to page 5 for drive formatting information Windows 7 Driver Installation This section describes the download and installation of drivers to support the Tempo SATA E4P in systems running Windows 7 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 Log onto the Internet Go to http www sonnettech com support kb kb php click on the Computer Cards link and then click on the PCIe Cards link 3 Locate and click the Tempo SATA E4P link then the Driver link and then click Tempo SATA Pro Family Driver Windows x x x Click the Download Now link Depending on how your computer is configured a new window may appear asking you what to do with the file click
12. 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 Professional are very similar 1 Turn on your storage system start Windows log in and then click Use the following partition syle for the selected disks 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 gt fl Shared Folders Local Users and Groups under Storage to launch the Disk Management application S Reliability and Pesforme ga Device Manager 4 Storage 5 If an Initialize Disk window appears or if disks are described as not 7 a o perpar 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 7 e Disk 0 6 Right click the field next to the name field of one of the
13. ly 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 connected 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 E4P s status LEDs d _ Verify Info Burn Mount Eject Enable Journaling Ne Disk Utility a a e w 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 ae En First Aid Erase A _ Enable Journaling Ne ge Convert Resize Image Partition RAID Restore Volume Scheme Volume 2 Partitions iz Name Untitled 1 scheme Untitled 2 Total Capacity Write Status S M A R T Status O Connection ID Device 0 Channel 2 Port 2
14. o SATA E4P Windows Vista Driver Installation This section describes the download and installation of drivers to support the Tempo SATA E4P in systems running Windows Vista 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 Log onto the Internet Go to http www sonnettech com support kb kb php click on the Computer Cards link and then click on the PCIe Cards link 3 Locate and click the Tempo SATA E4P link then the Driver link and then click Tempo SATA Pro Family Driver Windows x x x Click the Download Now link Depending on how your computer 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 accept the default location or select a new destination for the files to be extracted note the name and location of the file and then click Extract Files 5 Click Start gt Settings gt Control Panel In the Control Panel window double click Device Manager If you haven t disabled User Account Control UAC a UAC window will appear click Continue 6 When the Device Manager window appears click the arrow next to IDE ATA ATAPI controllers to expand the list Right click Standard Du
15. ormatting initializing individual hard drives connected to the Tempo SATA E4P using Disk Utility under Mac OS X Version 10 5 the process is nearly identical under Mac OS X Versions 10 6 and 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 App
16. reas 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 x1 slot compatible but with reduced performance 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 N N i Remember to register your product online at http registration sonnettech com to be informed of future upgrades and product releases 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 7 Sonnet Technologies Inc Irvine California USA e Tel 1
17. rive 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 appear 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
18. size 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 E 10 6 x Volume Format Mac OS Extended Journaled t H RAID Type Striped RAID Set B RAID Set Estimated Size 1 8 TB To create a RAID set drag disks or volumes into the list below 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 eer nimm Figure 5 Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA E4P Mac OS X Drive Formatting Individual Drives Not in a RAID Set This section describes the process of f
19. sonnettech com support kb kb php click on the Computer Cards link and then click on the PCIe Cards link Locate and click the Tempo SATA E4P link then the Driver link and then click Tempo SATA Pro Family Driver Windows x x x Click the Download Now link Depending on how your computer 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 Click Start gt Settings 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 When the System Properties window appears click the Hardware tab and then click Device Manager 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 then select Update Driver 7 When the Hardware Update Wizard window appears select 8 No not this time and then click Next When the next window appears click Install from a list or specific location and then click next 9 When the next window appears click Don t search I will 10 choose the driver to install and then click Next When the next window appears select Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller and then click Have Disk continued on nex
20. t page Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA E4P Windows XP Professional Driver Installation continued 11 When the Install From Disk window appears click Browse 12 When the Locate File window appears double click the Vistax x x folder Double click the appropriate folder x32 for 32 bit operating systems x64 for 64 bit versions and then double click the mvsata file 13 Back in the Install from Disk window click OK 14 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 15 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 E4P will be listed as a SCSI and RAID Controller in the Device Manager window under Windows XP Quick Start Guide for Tempo SATA E4P Mac OS X Drive Formatting RAID Sets This section describes the process of formatting initializing multiple hard drives connected to the Tempo SATA E4P using Disk Utility under Mac OS X Version 10 5 the process is nearly identical under Mac OS X Versions 10 6 and 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 d
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