Sonnet Technologies RAID133 User Manual

Quick Start Guide for Tempo RAID133

You Should Have

The following items should be included in your product package:

• One Tempo RAID133 PCI Macintosh ATA Hardware RAID Controller

• Two Ultra ATA cables

• Eight screws (for mounting hard drives)

• One power cable Y-adapter

The following items may be required for installation:

• Medium Phillips screwdriver

• Small fl at blade screwdriver

• Needle nose pliers

• Drive mounting brackets/carriers or drive mounting sleds (sold
separately)

• Additional power cable Y-adapters

System Requirements

The Tempo RAID133 requires the following in order to operate
in your system:

• One available PCI slot

• Two or four hard drives (depending on confi guration)

• Two or four available hard drive bays (depending on
confi guration)

• Mac OS 8.5 or higher (through Mac OS X Version 10.3.x)

For up-to-date information on Mac OS compatibility, please check our web site.

. Support Notes: We recommend you make a backup of important

information on your system’s current hard drive(s) 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 areas. Handle the Tempo RAID133 only by its
edges, and avoid touching connector traces and component pins on PCI cards,
hard drives, and other electronic devices.

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Quick Start Guide for Tempo RAID133

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Installation Preparation

Prior to installing the Tempo RAID133 and hard drives into your sys­tem, you should familiarize yourself with the parts you will install.

1. Identify the connectors on one of the included Ultra ATA cables

as shown in Figure 1; the host connector plugs into the Tempo
RAID133 controller card, while the master and slave connectors
plug into the hard drives.

Support Note: Most hard drives are factory preset for use as

a single or master drive. To change the setting, you will need
to reconfigure the hard drives’ jumpers. Be sure the jumpers are con­figured properly, otherwise, your computer may not boot or your new
drives may not be recognized.

2. Locate the jumper blocks on your hard drives. Figure 2 shows

the two most common jumper block locations.

Hardware Installation Steps

This section covers the confi guration and installation of the Tempo
RAID133 and one or two pairs of hard drives.

Support Note: Technical knowledge may be required to gain

access to the drive expansion bays in certain computers; we
recommend you first consult your computer’s user manual. If you feel
you are unable to install the computer hardware, contact a qualified
technician.

master
connector
(black)

slave

connector

(gray)

40-pin/80-wire Ultra ATA cable

connects to

Tempo RAID133

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connecto

(blue)

Figure 1

er block

1. Shut down the computer.

2. Remove the computer’s cover and access its expansion card area

and drive bay(s); refer to your computer’s user manual for specifi c
information.

Support Notes: When creating RAID volumes, you must

connect the hard drives in pairs. We recommend that you use
identical hard drives in your RAID setup. If you choose to use drives
with different capacities, your striped volume’s size will be equal to
twice the capacity of the smaller drive.

Refer to the hard drives’ user manuals for jumper setting informa­tion specific to your drives. Alternately, you may find jumper setting

information printed on your hard drives’ labels. Make sure the drives
are oriented the same way as the illustration on the label before mov­ing jumpers.

jumper block

Figure 2

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3. Confi gure your hard drives’ jumpers as follows:

• When installing one pair of drives to create one striped vol-
ume, you must set the jumpers on both drives to the single set­ting when available, or the master setting if not.

• When connecting two pairs of drives to create two striped vol-
umes, set the jumpers on one pair to the master setting, and on
the other pair to the slave setting.

Support Note: A pair of drives consists of two drives con-

nected at the same position (connector) on each of the two
Ultra ATA cables, such as master + master, or slave + slave. Two drives
connected on the same cable (master + slave) are not recognized as a
pair by the Tempo RA ID133.

4. Install the hard drives into expansion bays. (Depending on

your computer model, drive mounting brackets/carriers or drive
mounting sleds may be required to install your hard drives. Refer
to your computer’s user manual).

5. Connect the Ultra ATA cables to the hard drives as follows:

• When connecting one pair of drives, connect the master

(black) connector on each cable to each drive (Figure 3); verify
the connectors are plugged in securely.

• When connecting two pairs of drives, connect the cables’
master (black) connectors to the drives with jumpers set in the
master setting; connect the slave (gray) connectors to the drives
with jumpers confi gured in the slave setting (Figure 4); verify
the connectors are plugged in securely.

Ultra ATA cable

drive 2

(single or master)

Ultra ATA cable

drive 3 (slave)

drive 2 (master)

Tempo RAID133 Macintosh
ATA Hardware RAID Controller

Ultra ATA cable

- jumpers

Figure 3

Tempo RAID133 Macintosh
ATA Hardware RAID Controller

- jumpers

Figure 4

drive 0

(single or master)

Ultra ATA cable

drive 1 (slave)

drive 0 (master)

6. Locate the existing hard drive in your computer and fi nd the

4-pin power connector plugged into it. You should fi nd at least
one extra power connector near the existing drive; connect it
to the supplied power connector Y-adapter. If you are installing
only two additional hard drives, connect the Y-adapter to the
new hard drives. Otherwise, connect additional Y-adapters (sold
separately) as necessary to power all four hard drives. Verify the
connectors are plugged in securely.

7. Remove the Tempo RAID133 card from its packaging.

8. Locate an available PCI slot close to the drive bays inside your

computer and remove its port access cover (if present) from the
rear of the computer.

Support Note: When you first install the Tempo RAID133,

leave the DIP switches set in the normal mode setting (both DIP
switches off/down). You must first initialize (format) each of the hard
drives connected to the Tempo RAID133 individually, before initializ­ing the striped volumes.

9. Install the Tempo card into the PCI slot; make sure the card is
firmly seated in the slot. Leave the DIP switches in the normal
mode (default) setting for now (Figure 5).

Tempo RAID133 Macintosh
ATA Hardware RAID Controlle

normal

mode

Figure 5

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