Sonnet Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit Quick start guide

Category
Tape drives
Type
Quick start guide

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Sonnet Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit allows you to connect up to four of your own 2.5" SSDs or HDDs and an LTO tape drive to your Echo™ Express III-R or xMac™ Pro Server, providing a compact and portable data archiving and storage solution.

Sonnet Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit allows you to connect up to four of your own 2.5" SSDs or HDDs and an LTO tape drive to your Echo™ Express III-R or xMac™ Pro Server, providing a compact and portable data archiving and storage solution.

8. Referring to the Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit
user’s guide, install the assembly and the included
PCIe card into your Echo Express III-R (Chapter
III – Installation Steps, B – Echo Express III-R Kit
Installation Steps).
9. Referring to the 2.5" drive cage installation guide,
install your 2.5" drives into the drive cages.
Installation Overview
1. Remove the Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit
assembly, PCIe card package, cables, and hardware
from the outer box. If you are installing an LTO drive
at this time, remove it from its packaging.
2. If you are not installing an LTO tape drive, go to step 4.
Otherwise, remove the four screws securing the blank
front plate to the Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit
assembly’s bracket, and then remove the plate.
3. Referring to the Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit
user’s guide (Chapter III – Installation Steps, A –
Mobile Rack Device Installation Steps), install your
LTO tape drive into the assembly.
4. Locate the cable passthrough opening next to the
assembly’s fan, and then remove the plastic grommet
by pushing it out from inside the assembly.
5. Route the mini-SAS-to-4x internal SATA cable’s
metal connector out through the cable passthrough
opening, and then plug the four smaller connectors
into the drive cage’s ports.
6. If you did not install an LTO tape drive, go to the
next step. Otherwise, route the mini-SAS-to-SAS
cable’s metal connector out through the cable
passthrough opening. Plug in the SAS connector
to the tape drive, and then connect one of the
power supply’s 4-pin connectors to the cable’s 4-pin
connector.
7. Wrap the grommet around the cables, and then
reinstall the grommet into the bracket.
Congratulations on your purchase! With the installation
of the Data Archiving and Storage Edition Mobile Rack
Device Mounting Kit to your Echo
Express III-R or
xMac
Pro Server, you can connect four of your own 2.5"
SSDs or HDDs to your computer, and install your own
LTO tape drive to add data archiving capabilities. The
instructions in this guide offer an overview of the steps
necessary to install the kit and PCIe card to your Echo or
xMac enclosure. Detailed instructions are contained in the
user's guides you received in this package and with your
Echo or xMac system.
Package Contents
One Mobile Rack Device
Mounting Kit Assembly (bracket
with attached power supply
and fan, 2.5" drive cage)
One External 8-port 6Gb/s SAS/SATA
PCIe 2.0 Card
One Mini-SAS-to-4x Internal SATA Cable
Mini-SAS-to-SAS (SFF-8482) Cable
Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit User’s Guide
2.5" Hard Drive Cage Installation Guide
Drive and Mobile Rack Device Mounting Screws
Quick Start Guide
for Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit Data Archiving and Storage Edition
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Sonnet Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit Quick start guide

Category
Tape drives
Type
Quick start guide
This manual is also suitable for

Sonnet Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit allows you to connect up to four of your own 2.5" SSDs or HDDs and an LTO tape drive to your Echo™ Express III-R or xMac™ Pro Server, providing a compact and portable data archiving and storage solution.

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