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Table of Contents
G SPEED
STUDIO
XL
with Thunderbolt™
Safety & General Use
Safety Precautions .......................................................................................... 5
Backup Your Data ............................................................................................ 6
Make Two Backups.......................................................................................... 6
About Your G-SPEED Studio XL
Introduction ...................................................................................................... 8
What’s in the Box ............................................................................................ 9
System Requirements .................................................................................... 9
Overview of the Drive .................................................................................10
Using Your Drive
Drive Activity LED ..........................................................................................12
Warning LED and Alarms ............................................................................13
Disconnect the Drive ...................................................................................14
Configuring G-SPEED Studio XL
G-Technology Assistant ...............................................................................17
Recommended Installation ......................................................................17
G-SPEED Studio Software Utility ..............................................................18
Power Modes on G-SPEED Studio XL .....................................................22
Shutting Down G-SPEED Studio XL ........................................................22
Daisy Chaining Multiple G-SPEED Studio XL Units ...........................23
Displaying Multiple G-SPEED Studio XL Units ....................................25
Manage the Enclosure with G-SPEED Studio Software Utility ......25
Accessing the G-SPEED Studio Software Utility .................................26
Unlocking the UI ............................................................................................28
G-SPEED Studio Software Utility Overview .........................................29
Toolbar Icons ...................................................................................................30
Customizing the Toolbar ............................................................................30
Component List .............................................................................................31
Physical Drive Menu .....................................................................................31
Highlight Arrays .............................................................................................32
Managing System Information.................................................................33
Viewing System Information .....................................................................34
Making System Settings .............................................................................34
Clearing Statistics ..........................................................................................35
Restoring Factory Default Settings .........................................................35
Saving a Service Report ..............................................................................36
Updating Firmware .......................................................................................36
Managing Enclosures ..................................................................................37
Viewing the Enclosure Information ........................................................37
Viewing Temperature Sensor Information ...........................................38
Locating an Enclosure .................................................................................39
Managing the RAID Controller .................................................................39
Viewing Controller Information ...............................................................39
Viewing Controller Statistics .....................................................................41
Changing Controller Settings ...................................................................41
Changing Buzzer Settings ..........................................................................42
Managing Background Activities ............................................................43
Viewing Current Background Activities ................................................43
Viewing Scheduled Background Activities ..........................................44
Adding a Scheduled Background Activity ...........................................44
Changing Background Activity Schedule ............................................45
Enabling or Disabling a Scheduled Background Activity ...............47
Deleting a Scheduled Background Activity .........................................47
Media Patrol ....................................................................................................48
Changing Media Patrol Settings ..............................................................48
Redundancy Check .......................................................................................48
Changing Redundancy Check Settings ................................................49
Initialization .....................................................................................................49
Changing Initialization Settings ..............................................................50
Rebuild ..............................................................................................................50
Changing Rebuild Settings ........................................................................51
Migration ..........................................................................................................51
Changing Migration Settings....................................................................52
PDM ....................................................................................................................52
Changing PDM Settings..............................................................................53
Transition..........................................................................................................53
Changing Transition Settings....................................................................54
Synchronization .............................................................................................54
Changing Synchronization Settings .......................................................55
Managing Physical Drives ..........................................................................55
Viewing a List of Physical Drives ..............................................................56
Viewing Physical Drive Information .......................................................56
Viewing Physical Drive Statistics ..............................................................58
Viewing Physical Drive SMART Log Information ................................59
Locating a Physical Drive ............................................................................59
Changing Global Physical Drive Settings .............................................60
Changing Individual Physical Drive Settings ......................................60
Changing Physical Drive SMART Log Settings ....................................61
Clearing a Stale or PFA Condition............................................................62
