Sonnet Technologies Fusion R400S RAID (Without Drives) - Manual (Page 8)

OS X Users’ Instructions
1. After setting the disk mode and turning on or restarting
your computer, a Disk Insertion window will appear stating
that there is an unreadable volume; click Initialize, and then
Disk Utility will open.
2. In the Disk Utility window, the RAID group will appear as a
single volume (or four volumes if the drive mode was set to
JBOD). Select the volume, and then click the Erase tab at the
top of the window.
3. Type in a name for the volume, and then click Erase; a
window will appear asking you to approve your choice.
4. Click Erase; the Fusion R400S RAID volume will appear on
your computer’s desktop.
5. If the drives were configured in any mode other than JBOD,
skip to the next step. If the drives were configured in JBOD
mode, repeat steps 2 – 4 for the remaining three drives.
6. Close Disk Utility; the Fusion R400S RAID is ready for use.
Windows 8/7/Vista/Server 2008 Users’ Instructions
1. Click Start, then right-click Computer, and then click Manage.
2. In the Computer Management window, click Storage in the
left pane to expand the list (if necessary), and then click Disk
Management.
3. If you are using Windows Vista, an Initialize Disk window will
appear; skip to step 4. If you are using Windows 8, 7, or Server
2008, when the disks are displayed, the R400S RAID’s drives
will appear as a single volume when configured in any mode
other than JBOD (or as four drives if configured as JBOD),
and listed as “unallocated”. Right-click where the words “Not
Initialized” appear and select Initialize Disk.
4. In the Initialize Disk window, select GPT, and then Click OK.
5. Back in the Computer Management window, right-click where
the word “Unallocated” appears, and then select New Simple
Volume.
6. When the New Simple Volume Wizard window appears, click
Next.
7. When the Specify Volume Size window appears, click Next if
you want all of the R400S RAID’s capacity to remain as one
block (volume). Otherwise, adjust the volume size to meet
your needs, and then click Next.
8. When the Assign Drive Letter or Path window appears, select
Assign the following drive letter, choose a letter, and then
click Next.
OS Formatting Instructions
9. When the Format Partition window appears, enter a new
name for the volume, select “Perform a quick format”, and
then click Next.
Note: If you do not select the quick format option, this process will take
much longer to complete.
10. If the drives were configured in any mode other than JBOD,
when the next window appears, click Finish; once “Healthy
(Primary Partition)” appears, the R400S RAID is ready for use.
If the drives were configured in JBOD mode, repeat steps 4 –
10 with the remaining three drives.
Windows XP/Server 2003 Users’ Instructions
1. Select Computer Management From the Windows Start menu.
If it is not available in the Start Menu, select Start > Settings >
Control Panel > Administrative Tools. In the Administrative
Tools window, double-click Computer Management.
2. In the Computer Management window, click Storage on the
left, and then double-click Disk Management.
3. When the Initialize and Convert window appears, click OK.
4. When the Select Disks to Initialize window appears, select the
RAID volume or individual drive, and then click Next.
5. When the next window appears, click Finish.
6. In the Disk Management window, the Fusion R400S RAID’s
RAID group will appear (listed as “unallocated”) as a single
volume, or as four volumes if the drives were configured
in JBOD mode. Right-click where the word “unallocated”
appears, and then select New Partition.
7. When the Welcome to the New Partition Wizard window
appears, click Next.
8. When the Select Partition Type window appears, select Primary
Partition, and then click Next.
9. When the Specify Partition Size window appears, click next.
10. When the Assign Drive Letter or Path window appears, select
Assign the following drive letter, choose a letter, and then
click Next.
Support Note for Windows XP Users: Windows XP
32-bit does not support volumes greater than 2TB.
Windows XP x64, Windows Vista Ultimate/Enterprise (32- bit
and 64-bit editions), and Windows Server 2003 support volumes
greater than 2TB, but must be formatted using the GPT file system,
which is not accessible by Windows XP 32-bit systems.
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