Sonnet Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit Quick start guide

Brand: Sonnet

Model: Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit

Category: HDD/SSD enclosures

Type: Quick start guide

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Sonnet Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit empowers users to ingest files from SxS™, P2™, and CF™ cards, and connect four of their 2.5" HDDs or SSDs to their Echo™ Express III-R or xMac™ Pro Server. It enables seamless integration of media cards and storage drives, offering a versatile solution for video editing, data transfer, and storage expansion.

3. Connect the end of the external PCIe cable with

thumbscrews to the Qio MR media reader, and then

route the other end through the cable passthrough

opening.

4. Route the four SATA data cables through the cable

passthrough opening, and then plug them into the

drive cage’s connectors labeled SATA-1, SATA-2, etc.

Note that the connectors with the backward L-shaped

opening connect to the drive cages.

5. Wrap the grommet around the cables, and then

reinstall the grommet into the bracket.

6. 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).

7. Connect the external PCIe cable’s connector to the

Thunderbolt interface.

8. Connect the Thunderbolt cable between the

Thunderbolt interface and your computer (or other

Thunderbolt device in the chain connected to the

computer).

9. Referring to the drive cage documentation, install

your drives into the drive cages.

10. Referring to the Qio documentation, download and

install the drivers necessary to support the Qio.

Package Contents

One Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit Assembly (bracket

with attached power supply and fan, Qio™ MR pro

media reader, 2.5" drive cage)

One Tempo

™

SATA Pro 6Gb 4-Port Card

Qio Thunderbolt Interface Kit

Four eSATA-to-Internal SATA Cables

Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit User’s Guide

2.5" Hard Drive Cage Installation Guide

Qio and Thunderbolt Interface Kit User’s Guides

Package of Drive Mounting Screws

Installation Overview

1. Remove the Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit

assembly, PCIe card package, Thunderbolt interface

kit, cables, and hardware from the outer box.

2. 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.

Congratulations on your purchase! With the installation

of the Pro Media Reader Edition Mobile Rack Device

Mounting Kit in your Echo

™

Express III-R or xMac

™

Pro

Server, you can ingest ﬁles from SxS™, P2™, and CF™

cards to your computer, and connect four of your own

2.5" HDDs or SSDs to it, too. 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.

Quick Start Guide

for Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kit Pro Media Reader Edition

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Product specifications subject to change without notice. Printed in the USA. QS-MR-QIO-X4SSD-E-A-043014

Thunderbolt

Cable

External PCIe

Cable

Thunderbolt

Inter face