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G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE

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G-SPEED™ eS

Mac Installation Guide

G-Technology Inc.

Tel: (310) 449-4599
Fax: (310) 449-4670

[email protected]

P/N GSPEED eS v1.2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION (Pg 4)

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

WHAT’S IN THE BOX

G-SPEED eS OVERVIEW (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

G-TECH RAID CONTROLLER WEB GUI (Pg 8)

10.

CHANGING THE G-TECH RAID CONTROLLER MODE (Pg 9)

11.

CONFIGURING TWO G-SPEED eS UNITS IN
RAID 5 MODE (Pg 11)

12.

WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF A DISK
DRIVE FAILURE (Pg 15)

13.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT (Pg 17)

14.

LIMITED WARRANTY

APPENDIX A – DETAILED INFORMATION ON USING THE WEB GUI

APPENDIX B – EXPLANATION OF RAID LEVELS

APPENDIX C – NOTES

Summary of Contents for G-SPEED eS

Page 1: ...6 OPTIONAL 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 9 G TECH RAID CONTROLLER WEB GUI Pg 8 10 CHANGING THE G TECH RAID CONTROLLER MODE Pg 9 11 CONFIGURING TWO G SPEED eS UNITS IN RAID 5 MODE Pg 11 12 WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF A DISK DRIVE FAILURE Pg 15 13 TECHNICAL SUPPORT Pg 17 14 LIMITED WARRANTY APPENDIX A ...

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Page 4: ...excessive physical shock Place the unit in a vented area away from moisture or liquids Please handle the unit 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 Apple Mac Pro Intel Mac workstation Mac OS X 10 4 x or higher G Tech PCIe ...

Page 5: ...evels please refer to Appendix B If you purchased G SPEED eS with the G Tech PCIe RAID controller the system has been set up at the factory in RAID 0 mode The controller also supports RAID 1 5 10 and JBOD modes Refer to Section 10 if you wish to change the mode of operation G SPEED eS is also compatible with third party Mac Windows port multiplier aware eSATA host adapters Refer to your host adapt...

Page 6: ... 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 12 What to do in the Event of a Disk Drive Failure See Appendix A 1 7 2 for information on the proper way to hot Unplu...

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Page 12: ...ike that s UIDE nits by dragging roller web GUI RAID controller hown below g the icons to With the two the GUI will 6 7 Click on the Name GS Dis Click the De will appear WA sto Maintenance l sk 1_0 The wi elete button ARNING This will red on G SPEED eS ink next to the indow shown b The following w delete any data S Page array with OS elow will appea window e 12 S ar ...

Page 13: ...ton ARNING This will ored on G SPEED e UIDE elete the array ink next to the indow below w and the follow delete any data eS e array with OS ill appear wing window w S ill 11 12 1 Click the arrays hav 2 Click the C window will OK button e now been Create Array b appear to delete the deleted as s button The C Page array Both shown below Create Array e 13 ...

Page 14: ...e select tialization Meth and click the S eate button UIDE pe enter G S t Foreground hod and Cach Select All butt SPEED eS and Write he Policy ton then 14 15 4 The followin 5 Click the O to indicate t ng window will a OK button Th that the G SPEE appear he following wi ED eS is initializ Page ndow will appe zing e 14 ar ...

Page 15: ...R Disk Insertion s now ready to tton to launch t tem documenta OF A DISK DRI tinually monito EED eS In the und The web hysical position s configured in a pr 10 a drive failure ver the array is no failed drive should ble to avoid data lo fy and replace g on the Beepe proximately 1 4 tion process is RAID 5 and n window be initialized the Apple Disk ation for IVE FAILURE rs the health of event of a d...

Page 16: ...D in to the lock out of the u remove the failed SPEED eS units are it is a good idea to h Port the array i e d e o is R L S 4 Replace th secure in the GUI w Status s complete approxima 5 Once the r Normal a REMOVING THE W LOSS OF THE ARR STORED ON G SPE he failed drive w place Once th will indicate that hows Rebuildi as shown belo ately 2 hours pe rebuild is comp nd protecting y WRONG DRIVE WI RAY...

Page 17: ...ill be either new or reconditioned All replaced parts or Products shall become the Property of G Tech This warranty shall not apply if the Product has been damaged by accident misuse abuse or as a result of unauthorized service or parts Warranty service is available to the purchaser by obtaining a Return Material Authorization number RMA and by delivering the Product during the warranty period to ...

Page 18: ...ed in prot a spare pool drives will be a event of a drive G SPEED eS c array changes mailed by settin ttings tab ch controller to tegrity of the R e G SPEED e n password x A 4 for details e status of a iled SMART dat G SPEED eS nd monitored etails dified on this nges on this for optimal tected mode sometimes automatically e failure controller are and failures ng up email o RAID S controller and em...

Page 19: ...le we n connecting or er in the GUI TE he he ys an 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 cached 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 C...

Page 20: ...s 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 is man...

Page 21: ...e location 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 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 ed to the number ...

Page 22: ...gin 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 currently suppo used to con ct to local acce GUI Default i password Defau rver informatio er your server t email recipien mail addr...

Page 23: ...D 5 yields a useable capacity of 3 TB Disk failure results in 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 access...

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