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G-SPEED Product Guide 

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G-SPEED™ 

Product Guide 

 
 

 

 

G-Technology Inc.

 

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

[email protected]

 

 

 
 

 
 

P/N GSPEED120506 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

1.

 

INTRODUCTION 

 

2.

 

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 

 

3.

 

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 

 

4.

 

WHAT’S IN THE BOX 

 

5.

 

G-SPEED OVERVIEW 

 

6.

 

LED Indicators 

 

7.

 

INSTALLING G-SPEED 

7.1 Installing ATTO HBA

 

7.2 Installing Disk Drive modules 

7.3 Installing SFP and Optical Cable (FC version) 
7.4 Installing SCSI Terminator and Cables (SCSI version) 

7.5 Setting SCSI ID 
7.6 Formatting G-SPEED 

 

8.

 

MANUAL CONFIGURATION

 

8.1 Connecting to the GUI 

8.2 Setting SCSI ID via the GUI (SCSI version) 
8.3 Initializing G-SPEED / Creating a RAID Set 
8.4 Deleting a RAID Set 

 

9.

 

HARDWARE MONITORING 

9.1 Silencing the Audible Alarm 

 

10. SYSTEM CONTROL 

10.1 Silencing the Audible Alarm 
10.1 Alert by Mail Config 
10.1 View Events / Mute Beeper

 

 

11. TECHNICAL SUPPORT 

 

12. LIMITED WARRANTY 
 
APPENDIX 

Description of RAID Levels  

Summary of Contents for G-SPEED FC

Page 1: ...ules 7 3 Installing SFP and Optical Cable FC version 7 4 Installing SCSI Terminator and Cables SCSI version 7 5 Setting SCSI ID 7 6 Formatting G SPEED 8 MANUAL CONFIGURATION 8 1 Connecting to the GUI...

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Page 4: ...void and liability will rest with the user 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS A Fibre Channel Fibre Channel Host Adapter Equipped Computer Mac OS X 10 2 4 or higher Windows 2000 or Windows XP NOTE We recommend the...

Page 5: ...er and configuring your system takes just a few steps If an ATTO Host Bus Adapter was included in your kit 7 1 Install the ATTO HBA 1 Install the adapter into an empty PCI X or PCI E slot in your syst...

Page 6: ...ushing on the lever Note The G SPEED writes a signature to each drive so the drive modules can be installed in any position in the G SPEED enclosure 3 Replace the G SPEED Bezel 7 3 Fibre Channel Insta...

Page 7: ...umbscrews to hold the cable in place 3 Attached the other end of the SCSI cable to your system s SCSI Host adapter 7 5 SCSI Setting the SCSI ID 1 The G SPEED is set at the factory with a default SCSI...

Page 8: ...Hit ENTER once and then hit the UP or DOWN buttons to adjust the SCSI ID Hit ENTER when you are satisfied Hit the BACK button and you will be prompted to confirm your action Hit ENTER 2 times to accep...

Page 9: ...by connecting an Ethernet cable from the Ethernet port on the G SPEED to your host computer or network 2 G SPEED will auto configure to your network or direct attached computer and display the IP add...

Page 10: ...Note If the G SPEED is currently configured with a RAID Set You must delete the RAID Set before continuing See Section 8 4 for instructions on deleting a RAID Set 1 To create a RAID Volume set on the...

Page 11: ...se Quick Create select your RAID level and leave the default setting of No under Greater Two Terabyte Volume Support This will create the maximum Volume size of 2047 97GB 2199GB from disk allowed in 3...

Page 12: ...ar as a blank disk ready to be formatted Refer to your system documentation for instructions on formatting G SPEED for your operating system 8 4 Deleting a RAID set 1 Select Delete Raid Set under the...

Page 13: ...in a protected RAID mode the data on the array will be safe however the array is now in an unprotected state and a further drive failure will result in loss of the array and the data it contains The...

Page 14: ...rsor right and repeat this process until four 0 zeros are visible Hit ENTER 12 more times to move the cursor completely to the right and you will be logged in Hit the DOWN button until Raid System Fun...

Page 15: ...he Operation box and then click on the Submit button 10 3 View Events Mute Beeper G SPEED keeps a log of events that may be viewed by clicking this link If a hardware failure occurs and the audible al...

Page 16: ...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...

Page 17: ...ad write performance fault tolerant disk failure has insignificant impact on performance Content creation applications requiring high performance and data security 5 Disk striping with distributed par...

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