FUSION F2 ™ Portable 2-Drive RAID SATA Storage System User’s Guide For Windows
Fusion F2 Specifications and Features Drive Power/Activity LED Drive Power/Activity LED Figure 1 Power Cable Connector eSATA Connector eSATA Connector Figure 2 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Specifications Compatibility Compatible with Mac®, Windows®, and Linux® computers with compatible SATA host controller Interface Connectors 2x eSATA 3Gb/s OS Support Platform independent Power Supply 12VDC Operating Temperature 32˚ F to 104˚ F (0˚ C to 40˚ C) Dimensions (WxDxH) 5.9 x 6.2 x 0.72 in.
Fusion F2 Setup Connect Fusion F2 to eSATA Host Controller and Power Source 1. Connect either pair of the supplied eSATA data cables between Fusion F2 and the SATA host controller in your computer, or between the F2 and your Sonnet Qio™ universal media reader & writer; verify the connectors are plugged in securely (Figure 3).
Fusion F2 Setup Mac OS Drive Formatting & Configuration (continued) 3. Click the RAID tab in the Disk Utility window, select the Fusion F2 drives and drag them into the disk field (Figure 5). Be careful NOT to accidentally drag in a drive you don’t want included in the RAID. 4. From the pop-up menus, select the volume format and the RAID scheme, and then type in the name for your RAID volume (Figure 5). Click the Create button. Figure 5 5.
Fusion F2 Setup Windows Drive Formatting & Configuration (continued) 7. In the DISKPART window, type “list disk” and then press Enter to display all the hard drives attached to the system (Figure 9). 8. Select one of the Fusion F2’s drives by typing “select disk X” (with X as the number of the disk as seen in the listing, e.g. “select disk 3”), and then press Enter (Figure 9). 9. Type “clean” and then press Enter to erase all the information on the drive and prepare it for formatting by Windows (Figure 9).
Tips and Additional Information Tips Contacting Sonnet Customer Service Hot-plugging drives: Fusion F2 supports drive hot-plugging* for Mac users, and for Windows users using a notebook computer with an ExpressCard adapter, enabling you to connect or disconnect Fusion F2 without having to shut down your computer. This does not mean you can simply unplug a cable at any time; you must follow the procedures below or you may lose data in the process. USA Customers The Sonnet Web site located at www.
