Sonnet Technologies RAID66 User Manual

Quick Start Guide for Tempo RAID66
You Should Have
The following items should be included in your product package:
• One Tempo RAID66 PCI Macintosh ATA Hardware RAID Controller
• Two Ultra ATA/66 Cables (supports four internal hard drives)
• Eight screws (for mounting hard drives)
• One power cable Y-adapter
• One Quick Start Guide
• Medium Phillips screwdriver
• Small flat blade screwdriver
• Needle nose pliers
• Drive mounting brackets/carriers or drive mounting sleds – sold separately (if your computer does not already have them)
• Additional power cable Y-adapters
System Requirements
In addition to the hard drives you will connect, the Tempo RAID66 requires the following in order to operate in your system:
• One available PCI slot
• Two or four available hard drive bays (depending on configuration)
• Mac OS 8.1 or later
Installation Preparation:
Prior to installing the Tempo RAID66 and hard drives into your system, you should familiarize yourself with the parts you will install in your system.
1. Identify the connectors on one of the included ATA/66 cables as shown in Figure 1; the host connector plugs into the Tempo RAID66 controller card,
while the master and slave connectors plug into the hard drives.
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. Support Note: We recommend you make a backup of important infor-
mation 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. Always ground yourself by touching a metal part of the computer such as the power supply’s metal case, and work in an area free of static electricity; avoid carpeted areas. Handle the Tempo RAID66 only by its edges, and avoid touching connector traces and component pins on PCI cards, hard drives, and other IDE devices.
Figure 1
master connector
40-pin/80-wire Ultra ATA/66 cable
slave
connector
host connector
(connects to
Tempo RAID66)
2
2. Locate the jumper blocks on your hard drives. Figure 2 shows the two most
common jumper block locations.
Installation Steps – Striping Configuration
This section covers the configuration and installation of the Tempo RAID66 and one or two pairs of hard drives to create striped volumes (two drives per volume); striping improves disk performance (data input/output speeds), in many cases, significantly. If you intend to use the Tempo RAID66 as a PCI host adapter instead, and not take advantage of the striping function, skip to page 5 for normal, non-RAID configuration installation steps.
1. Shut down the computer.
2. Remove the case cover from the computer and access the expansion card
area and drive bay(s) in your computer; refer to your computer’s user manual for specific information.
3. Configure your hard drives’ jumpers as follows:
When installing one pair of drives to create one striped volume, 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 volumes, set the jumpers on one pair to the master setting and on the other pair to the slave setting.
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 ATA/66 cables to the hard drives as follows:
When connecting one pair of drives, connect the master connector on each ATA/66 cable to each drive (Figure 3). When connecting two pairs of drives, connect the ATA/66 cables’ master connectors to the drives with jumpers set in the master setting; connect the slave connectors to the drives with jumpers configured in the slave setting (Figure 4).
jump
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 4
. Support Note: When the Tempo RAID66 is used as a RAID controller,
you must connect your 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 volumes 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 before moving jumpers.
Support Note: Certain computer models may require technical knowl-
edge to gain access to the drive expansion bays. We recommend you first consult your computers user manual. If you feel you are unable to install the computer hardware, contact a qualified technician.
Support Note: A pair of drives consists of two drives connected at
the same position (connector) on each of the two ATA/66 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 RAID66.
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.
jumper block
Tempo RAID66 Macintosh ATA Hardware RAID Controller
er block
Ultra ATA/66 cable
drive 2
(single or master)
Ultra ATA66 cable
drive 3 (slave)
- jumpers
Tempo RAID66 Macintosh ATA Hardware RAID Controller
- jumpers
Ultra ATA/66 cable
drive 0
(single or master)
Ultra ATA66 cable
drive 1 (slave)
drive 2 (master)
drive 0 (master)
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