Sonnet Echo Express SE Thunderbolt Manuel utilisateur

User’s Guide

for Echo™Express SE eSATA Pro 4-Port

Thunderbolt™-to-eSATA Adapter

Contents

1 Introduction, System Requirements, Driver Information 1

2 Echo Express SE eSATA Pro 4-Port Description 2

Echo Express SE eSATA Pro 4-Port Extererior

Power Adapter

3 Verifying Adapter Recognition Using System Report 4

Confirming the Thunderbolt and eSATA Ports are Recognized

4 Connecting eSATA Devices 5

Connecting Drives and Media Readers – General Information

Connecting Drives to Create RAID Sets

5 Formatting Attached Drives 6

Formatting Individual Drives (Not in a RAID Set)

Formatting Drives into RAID Sets

6 Tips, General Information, and Known Issues 8

Tips, General Information

Known Issues

7 Specifications, Precautions, FCC Compliance, and Support Information 9

Specifications

Safety Precautions

FCC Compliance

Contacting Customer Service

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Chapter 1 – Introduction, System Requirements, Driver Information

Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase! The Echo Express SE eSATA

Pro 4-Port is a Thunderbolt-to-eSATA adapter that, through

its four eSATA ports, you may connect single- and multi-drive

storage systems with an eSATA interface to your iMac®, Mac®

mini, MacBook®Air, or MacBook Pro with a Thunderbolt port.

You may also use media readers and optical drives with an eSATA

interface with the Echo adapter.

Connection of the Echo adapter to your computer requires a

single Thunderbolt cable, while connection to storage systems,

media readers, and optical drives require the use of eSATA data

cables.

The Echo adapter works in concert with your computer, turning

on only when connected to your computer and the computer

turned on. When your computer is turned off or sleeping, the

Echo adapter turns off automatically to save energy.

System Requirements

The Echo adapter requires the following to operate:

• Mac computer with a Thunderbolt port

• OS X 10.6.8 or later

• Thunderbolt cable (not included; sold separately)

• eSATA cables (not included; sold separately)

Driver Information

The drivers that enable the SATA controller card inside the Echo

adapter to work with your computer are installed as part of

OS X; the Echo adapter is ready to use when you power on your

computer.

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Echo Express SE eSATA Pro 4-Port Exterior

1 – Power Indicator

This indicator lights when the Echo adapter is powered,

the Thunderbolt cable between the adapter and your

computer is plugged in securely, and the computer powered

on. Note that if the Echo adapter is connected to another

Thunderbolt device instead of directly to the computer, any

other Thunderbolt device connected between the computer

and Echo adapter must also be powered on before the Echo

adapter’s power indicator will light up

2 – Locking eSATA Ports

Connect eSATA data cables (with or without locking

connectors) between these ports and your storage systems’ or

other devices’ eSATA ports

3 – 12VDC Socket

Connect the included DC power adapter between this socket

and the included power cord

4 – Thunderbolt Ports

Connect a Thunderbolt cable between either of these ports

and your computer’s (or intermediate device’s) Thunderbolt

port; the open port may be used to connect another

Thunderbolt device

Chapter 2 – Echo Express SE eSATA Pro 4-Port Description

Power Adapter

1 – Power Adapter

Connect this to the Echo adapter’s

12VDC socket. Note that the power

indicator on top lights when the

adapter is connected to AC power

2 – Power Cord

Connect this between a power outlet

and the power adapter. Note that

the power cord included with your

product may appear different than

the one pictured here, depending on

where the product was purchased

Chapter 2 – Echo Express SE eSATA Pro 4-Port Description

Chapter 3 – Verifying Adapter Recognition Using System Report

Figure 1

Figure 2

Confirming the Thunderbolt and eSATA Ports are

Recognized

1. With the Echo adapter powered and connected to the

computer, turn on the computer. Note that if there are

any other Thunderbolt devices connected between the

Echo adapter and your computer, they must also be

powered for you to perform the following steps.

2. From the Apple menu, select About This Mac; the

System Information application will launch.

3. When the About This Mac window opens, click More

Info; a summary of specications will appear.

4. Click System Report; a full report window will appear.

5. In the System Report window, click Thunderbolt under

the Hardware header in the left column (Figure 1).

6. In the top right column under the Thunderbolt Device

Tree header, you will see the computer listing, with

“Echo Express SE” appearing below it (Figure 1).

7. Click PCI Cards under the Hardware header in the left

column (Figure 2).

8. At the top of the right column, the installed Tempo

SATA Pro 6Gb 4-Port card is listed, identied as two

“pci1b4b,9182” AHCI controllers. By selecting one

of the controllers, detailed information is listed. You

will see “Yes” next to Driver Installed and Tunnel

Compatible (Figure 2).

Support Note: If you do not see “Echo Express SE”

listed, disconnect and reconnect the Thunderbolt

cable between the computer and Echo Express SE. Note

that it is not necessary to shut down the computer before

disconnecting and reconnecting the cable.

Chapter 4 – Connecting eSATA Devices

Figure 4

Figure 3

Connecting Drives and Media Readers – General

Information

Data cables with eSATA connectors are required for use with

the Echo adapter, drive enclosures, and other devices with

eSATA ports. Bare SATA drives and some old drive enclosures

use SATA I connectors; use of these devices require cables

with a SATA I connector at one end (SATA I to eSATA cables

are available separately from Sonnet.) Figure 3 shows the

difference between eSATA and SATA I connectors.

When you connect eSATA data cable(s) between the Echo

adapter and the drive enclosures or other devices, make sure

all cables are connected securely.

Connecting Drives to Create RAID Sets

The SATA card inside the Echo adapter features two SATA

controllers, one for the left pair of eSATA ports (ports 4 and

3), and one for the right pair of eSATA ports (ports 2 and 1).

To obtain the best performance when using a OS X-formatted

striped RAID set (RAID 0) or mirrored RAID set (RAID 1), you

should use drives connected to ports 1 and 3 together, and 2

and 4 together (Figure 4). Connecting drives this way enables

both controllers to be used at the same.

eSATA connector SATA I connector

Chapter 5 – Formatting Attached Drives

Figure 7

Figure 6

Figure 5

Formatting Individual Drives (Not in a RAID Set)

This section describes the process of formatting (initializing)

new, individual drives connected to the Echo adapter using

Disk Utility under OS X Version 10.7; the process is nearly

identical under OS X Versions 10.6 and 10.8. If you intend to

create a OS X-formatted RAID set with the drives attached to

the Echo adapter, skip to “Formatting Drives into RAID Sets”

on the next page.

1. Turn on your storage system, and then turn on your

computer (with the Echo adapter connected). During

startup, one or more messages referring to unreadable

volumes will be displayed; click Initialize… to launch

Disk Utility. (Note that if you wait too long, the

messages will disappear, and Disk Utility will have to

be launched manually.) After Disk Utility launches,

click the Initialize button in each remaining message

window.

2. If it is not open, launch Disk Utility. Select one of the

drives you want to format by clicking the drive symbol

or the “name” of the drive; a set of tabs will appear in

the right pane. Note that all drives attached to the Echo

adapter may be identied in the information window

by their icon along with the “External” connection

type (Figure 5).

3. Click the Erase tab, and then click on the Format drop-

down menu to select the drive formatting option for

the volume (Figure 6).

4. Type a name for the volume in the Name eld, and

then click Erase (Figure 6).

5. When a dialog asking you to conrm you want to erase

the disk appears, click the Erase button to erase and

format the disk (Figure 7). If necessary, repeat steps 3

and 4 to format any other drives connected to the Echo

adapter. When erasing and formatting are complete,

close the Disk Utility application; you can now use your

drive(s).

icon of drives

connected to

adapter

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