Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SQ-X2RU3e Fantec
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FANTEC SQ -X2RU3e 2x 3.5" SATA HDD USB3.0 e SATA User Manual Important: All data will be deleted if you change the Raid Mode. Backup the HDD(s) before switching the RAID mode.
1 1 . P a c k a g e C on t e n t s - 1x Manual - 1x 2 bay hard driv e enclosure - 2x HDD bays - 2x screws - 1x USB 3.0 cable - 1x eSATA cable - 1x Power S upply 2 . T e c h n i c a l D e t a i l s - eSATA and USB 3. 0 connection ( downwards compat ible with USB 2.
2 3 . A b o u t t h e D e v i c e H a r d wa r e O v er v i e w Power DC inpu t Re ceptor for the provided Power Adap ter - 12V DC , 100 -240V AC, 50-60Hz PC connection i nterface USB 3.0 Connect USB 3.0 Ca ble to computer eSATA Connect eSATA Cable to computer Note: When connecting eSATA and USB3.
3 Front / Back Vie w Power LED HD D1 LED HDD 2 LED FAN Speed control RAID Switch eSATA Power jack (DC12V) USB3.0 Tray lock HDD Tray Power on/off switch Raid reset.
4 4. Hard w are Install ation Guide Step1: Push the Loc ker switch to the left side to unlo ck the HDD tray. Step2: Take out the HDD trays..
5 Step3: Gluing th e rubber pad to the middle at inner side of HDD tray if your HDD is a little shorter. Step4: Install t he HDD into the tray and insert one screw on each side. Make sure screws are fi rmly tighte ned, holding the tray and HDD together.
6 Step5: Slide th e HDD tray into the c ase. Step6: Push the switch to the right side to lock the HDD tray..
7 5 . R a i d S e tt i n gs You can config ure the FANTEC SQ -X2RU3e to use any of the following Storage Policies to map the applian ce's physical hard drives t o virt ual drives that are visible to the host computer. The v irtual drives are called volumes in the GUI.
8 JBOD MODE(Single ): The normal Mode (J ust a Bunc h of Disks) storage policy ena bles each hard drive t o be seen separately as o ne drive. JBOD stora ge policy is for a standalon e (non -cascaded) Storage Processor o r the top-level node of a cascaded configuration, but no t for subordinate nodes.
9 BIG MODE (Spanni ng): The BIG storage policy concatenates a se ries of physical hard driv es as a single large volume; resultin g in a seamless expansio n of virtual volumes beyond the physical limitations of s i ngul arly connected hard drives.
10 RAID 0 (Striping) : The RAID0 storage policy distributes access acros s all hard disks, also cal led striping. RAID0 presents th e best data speed but no data re dundancy. RAID0 storage policy accelerates hard d isk operating speed b y using many disks i n parallel.
11 RAID 1 (Mirror ing ): The RAID1 storage policy stores all data in dupl icate on separate drives t o prote ct against data loss d ue to drive failure.
12 6 . H D D F o r m a t t i n g G u i d e STEP1: Right- click on “My Computer” icon and se lect ”Manage” column. STEP2: Select “Disk Management” and you will see your External HDD showed “Unallocated”. Example ： 250GB & 750GB hard dr ives.
13 Big MODE Disk 1: Capac it y = 232.88 +698.63 => 931.52 RAID 0 MODE Disk 1: Capac it y = 232 .88 x 2 > 465.77 (G B).
14 RAID 1 MODE Disk 1: Capac it y = 232 .88 = 232.88 (GB) STEP3: Right- cl ick the circled block and sele ct “Initialize Disk”.
15 STEP4: Press “O K” button to initialize the hard drive. STEP5: Right- click on the “Unallocated” block and select “New Partition”..
16 STEP6: The “New Partition Wizard” will ap pear. Please follow the instru ction of the wizard to complete. STEP7: When p artitioning is completed, t he exte rnal HDD will be recognize d as a “New Volume”.
17 STEP8: Double-cli c k “My Computer”. You will see th e new volume app ears on your PC. I n i t i a l iz e a D i s k If the HDD is n ew you have to initialization the device. View the box to t he left of the “Unallocated” b ox .You most likely would see the “ Not Initialized ” message disp laye d.
18 1. Right-click the “ Not Init ialized ” area, a disk’s in itialization menu will appear as below . Select “Initialize Disk” and follow the steps of th e HDD Formatting Guide wizard to complete disk initialization. Note : Windows Vista and 7 will ask what kin d of disk type you want to m ake, “MBR” or “GPT”.
19 7 . N o te About HDD Mode Reset the de vice is necessary every time HDD Mode changes. Press Raid Reset button only when the dev ice is powered on & c onnected to a runni ng PC. Make sure to back up all files befor e HDD mode changes s ince such practice requires HDD refor matting.
20 About USB & eSAT A Connectivity The equipped USB3.0 port i s down ward compatible with US B2.0 eSATA host(PC) needs to suppor t Port Multiplier funct ion in order to have Nor mal Mode(Single) to con nect 2 HDDs correctly.
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