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G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE - Windows

G-SPEED™ eS

Windows

Installation Guide

G-Technology Inc.

Tel: (310) 449-4599

Fax: (310) 449-4670

[email protected]

P/N GSPEED eS v1.1PC

TABLE OF CONTENTS

(Pg 4)

(Pg 5)

OPTIONAL G-TECH PCIe RAID CONTOLLER OVERVIEW

G-SPEED eS AUDIBLE ALARMS

(Pg 6)

SETTING UP G-SPEED eS WITH THE G-TECH PCIe RAID
CONTROLLER

(Pg 6)

SETTING UP G-SPEED eS USING THE WEB GUI

(Pg 12)

10.

CONFIGURING TWO G-SPEED eS UNITS IN
RAID 5 MODE

(Pg 16)

11.

WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF A DISK

DRIVE FAILURE

(Pg 19)

12.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT/LIMITED WARRANTY

(Pg 20)

APPENDIX A – DETAILED INFORMATION ON USING THE WEB GUI

APPENDIX B – EXPLANATION OF RAID LEVELS

APPENDIX C – NOTES

APPENDIX D – FORMATTING G-SPEED USING DISK MANAGEMENT

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Page 1: ...AL G TECH PCIe RAID CONTOLLER OVERVIEW 7 G SPEED eS AUDIBLE ALARMS Pg 6 8 SETTING UP G SPEED eS WITH THE G TECH PCIe RAID CONTROLLER Pg 6 9 SETTING UP G SPEED eS USING THE WEB GUI Pg 12 10 CONFIGURING TWO G SPEED eS UNITS IN RAID 5 MODE Pg 16 11 WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF A DISK DRIVE FAILURE Pg 19 12 TECHNICAL SUPPORT LIMITED WARRANTY Pg 20 APPENDIX A DETAILED INFORMATION ON USING THE WEB GUI APP...

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Page 4: ...it with care Do not open the case Doing so will void the warranty If the Product is returned with damage caused by improper handling the warranty will be void and liability will rest with the user 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS PCIe equipped workstation Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista G Tech PCIe RAID Controller or third party port multiplier aware eSATA host adapter Optional G Tech 4 port PCIe x4 RAI...

Page 5: ... an explanation of supported RAID levels please refer to Appendix B G SPEED eS is also compatible with third party Windows port multiplier aware eSATA host adapters Refer to your host adapter documentation to set up G SPEED eS with these boards PCIe x4 interface RAID Engine 4 High speed 3 Gb s eSATA ports Supports up to 4 G SPEED eS systems 4 Removable Disk Drive Modules Drive Module Power Activit...

Page 6: ... 2 The G Tech RAID controller is also equipped with an audible alarm that sounds when 1 A disk drive failure occurs or 2 When the G SPEED eS is removed from the RAID controller without first selecting Unplug in the Array Maintenance menu in the web GUI If you hear an audible alarm coming from the G Tech RAID controller see Section 11 What to do in the Event of a Disk Drive Failure See Appendix B 1...

Page 7: ...D eS 8 3 Installing the G Tech PCIe RAID Controller Software There are three steps required to fully install the software for the G SPEED eS Controller 1 Install the Windows driver 2 Update the Controller firmware 3 Installing the web GUI Check for software updates at http www g technology com Support 1 Install the G SPEED eS Windows driver a Power on the workstation b Insert the G Tech Product CD...

Page 8: ...click Next e Click Have Disk f Click on the Browse Button and navigate to the CD ROM drive containing the G Tech Product CD Continue to Manuals Drivers G SPEED eS PC GSeS Driver Win v1 0 Select the folder for your operating system and click OK g Select G SPEED eS RAID Controller and click Next Page 8 ...

Page 9: ...een appears click Continue Anyway i The RAID controller driver will install and the Wizard will complete Click Finish j A new Found New hardware Wizard will open for the G Tech RCM device Click Next k As before click on Don t search I will choose the driver to install Page 9 ...

Page 10: ...D into the CD ROM DVD drive When the disk loads a welcome screen should appear Click on the Manuals Drivers link NOTE If the Menu screen does not appear the autorun feature may not be enabled on your workstation To load the menu manually go to the START menu and click on Run Enter the drive letter of your CD ROM containing the Product CD and then autorun exe For example D autorun exe b This will o...

Page 11: ...ck Flash to begin the update process f When the process is completed click OK g Remove the G Tech Product CD h Restart your workstation 3 Installing the G SPEED eS Web GUI a Insert the G Tech Product CD When the disk loads a welcome screen should appear Click on the Manuals Drivers link Page 11 ...

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Page 16: ...be form m See App sing Disk Ma Windows XP ows ppears ay will begin t g the array ha Click OK SPEED eS has 1 or RAID 5 5 it takes y matted for use pendix D for nagement to to as 10 C F a CONFIGURING Follow the dire arrays in RAID 1 Ensure tha installed an 2 Attach both controller a your compu 3 Launch the two units a will display G TWO G SPEE ections below 5 mode using t t the G Tech RA nd the driv...

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Page 19: ...G SPEED e array is Crit icates which ed two G SPEED eS un ller Drive 3 of the G Tech RAID contr ows IVE FAILURE rs the health of event of a disk GUI will also n tected RAID mode esult in data loss tate and the failed avoid data loss a failed drive er Mute at shown below eS icon indicate ical The lowe drive in whic nits connected G SPEED eS roller has failed f k w es er ch 4 Remove the f G SPEED eS...

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Page 22: ...nnecting or er in the GUI TE he is he 7 4 OCE ORL Online Ca capacity o G SPEED e Online RA the RAID 7 5 Shows the location an Devic RAID 5 7 6 Verify Ve 7 7 Change C RAID 5 arrays Write b is cache but dat failure Write t always reads m appropr LM pacity Expansio of an existing ar eS units are ad AID Level Migra level of an exis e devices curre nd status ce_Controller erifies the integ Cache Policy...

Page 23: ... cy This option rray Data written t n higher perfor e of a power fai ugh Data writ ctly to the disk leted from the Simple method Disks Display creation showi ber size of th Controller Disks Enter t Default is s expected se on process AID level for new name that wi ets the priority ller resources a he array is not controller reso and the array n is not available mplete n is available w to the array...

Page 24: ...ation o roller Port s the drive mo ttached to the c ays the adverti ed to the contro lays the maxim ttached to the c ns the eSATA Mutes audible be er will sound when from the system w he Array Maintenan UIDE Windo of disks attache Drive odel and serial controller sed capacity o oller mum free capa controller bus to detect eeper a drive fails or an a without first selectin nce menu ows ed to the nu...

Page 25: ...s to access the Changes login p ng Email ser tification Ente A list of current ent Add em Select Event lev Informationa arning events a events are sent a test email to rature Thresh drive tempera ult is 50 C ho up to 60 C r disables the critical RAID 5 build when a n r details r disables the a e amount of co g an array Hi however the a m currently suppo used to con ct to local acce GUI Default i p...

Page 26: ... useable capacity of 3 TB Disk failure results in slight drop in performance Content creation applications requiring data protection 10 Mirror of striped drive pairs Higher performance than RAID 1 with same level of data protection Useable storage space is 50 of total available capacity Content creation applications requiring data protection JBOD Just a bunch of disks Each drive can be accessed as...

Page 27: ...using W y right clicking t Menu and sele ows indows XP on My ecting 3 4 The Initializ accept all the When the W eS listed as show the cap bar as shown e Wizard will a e default values Wizard complete Disk X in this pacity and Un n and select N appear Click s es you will see example Disk allocated Rig ew Partition Page Next and e the G SPEED 1 It will also ght click on the e 27 D o e ...

Page 28: ...will complete and bring you back to t e Main isk Management screen The G SPEED eS will format in ust a few seconds and be ready to use This page left intentionally blank G SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE Windows 5 The New Partition Wizard will open click Next 6 Follow the prompts ac you reach this screen en e ct Perform a quick form T h D j e S le ...

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