Promise Technology SMARTSTOR DS4600 Guide De Démarrage Rapide page 6

SmartStor DS4600 Quick Start Guide
4. Insert the screws through the holes in the drive carrier and into the sides of
the disk drive.
• Install only the counter-sink screws supplied with the SmartStor.
• Install four screws per drive.
• Snug each screw. Be careful not to over-tighten.
5. Reinstall the drive carrier into the SmartStor enclosure.
Repeat steps 2 through 5 until all of your disk drives are installed.
6. Close the door on the front of the SmartStor.
Task 3: Connectint to your PC
SmartStor DS4600 has four data connection options:
• USB 2.0 – Up to 480 Mb/s
• eSATA – Up to 300 MB/s
• FireWire 800 – Also IEEE 1394b. Up to 800Mb/s
• FireWire 400 – Also IEEE 1394a. Up to 400Mb/s
USB
Be sure your USB connection is to a USB 2.0 port on your PC. The older USB 1.1
ports have a data transfer rate of only 12 Mb/s.
To connect the SmartStor to your PC via USB 2.0:
1. Attach the B connector of the USB cable to the USB connection on the
SmartStor. See page 4, Figure 2.
2. Attach the other end of the USB cable to PC.
eSATA
To use this option, your PC must have an eSATA connector on the motherboard
or an eSATA HBA card installed.
To connect the SmartStor to your PC via eSATA:
1. Attach one end of the eSATA cable to eSATA connection on the SmartStor.
See See page 4, Figure 2.
2. Attach the other end of the eSATA cable to PC.
FireWire
To use this option, your PC must have an FireWire connector on the motherboard
or an FireWire HBA card installed. FireWire 800 and 400 cables have different
connectors. Otherwise, the procedure is the same.
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