G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE G-SPEED™ eS Mac Installation Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION (Pg 4) 2. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 4. WHAT’S IN THE BOX 5. G-SPEED eS OVERVIEW (Pg 5) 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 G-Technology Inc. Tel: (310) 449-4599 Fax: (310) 449-4670 support@g-technology.com (Pg 8) 10.
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G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing G-SPEED eS from G-Technology, Inc. (G-Tech)! Specifically designed for professional content creation applications, G-SPEED eS features a high-speed 3Gbit/sec eSATA interface and provides RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD functionality when used in conjunction with the optional G-Tech PCI Express (PCIe) RAID controller.
G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE 5. G-SPEED eS OVERVIEW (4) Removable Disk Drive Modules 6. OPTIONAL G-TECH PCIe RAID CONTOLLER OVERVIEW Drive Module Power/Activity LED The optional G-Tech PCIe RAID controller connects G-SPEED eS to any Mac Pro workstation and provides RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 & JBOD functionality. RAID Engine PCIe x4 interface Disk Module Lock Hole Power Supply LED (4) High-speed 3 Gb/s eSATA ports. Supports up to (4) G-SPEED eS systems Temperature/Fan RPM Warning LED Removable Fan 6.
G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE 7. G-SPEED eS AUDIBLE ALARMS 7.1 The G-SPEED eS enclosure is equipped with an audible alarm that sounds when: 1. The internal temperature of the G-SPEED eS enclosure reaches a temperature of 60° centigrade and/or 2. When the main FAN fails or the RPM of the fan slows to a state where the fan can longer adequately cool the system. 8. SETTING UP G-SPEED eS WITH THE G-TECH PCIe RAID CONTROLLER G-SPEED eS comes pre-configured in RAID 0 mode and formatted for MAC OS X.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE 8.2 Attaching G-S SPEED eS to the G-TECH RA AID Controllerr 1. Attach one en nd of the suppliied eSATA cable e to the eSATA port located on o the back of G-SPEED G eS. 2 Double-click 2. k on the “G-Tech RAID Controlller” installer package as shown below. 2. Attach the oth her end of the eSATA cable to Port 1 (leftmost port) on the G-Tech G RAID co ontroller as shown below. Check fo or software update es at http://w www.g-technology.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE 8.4 Uninstalling the t G-Tech PC CIe RAID Conttroller Softwa are 1. Double-click on o the uninstall.command file located in the “Manuals-Driv vers” folder on the included CD as shown above. 3. The followin 3 ng will appear in n your browserr window. Enter “admin” as the Userr Name and “00 000” (four he Password and d click on the < zeros) as th button. n and you may be prompted to o 2.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE 4. The main scre een of the web GUI will appea ar as shown below. Note that the G-SPEE ED eS is set up as a RAID 0. our drives in the unit are displayed in the Each of the fo lower Section n of the GUI. 10. CHANGING C TH HE G-TECH RAID CONTOLLE ER MODE The G-SPEED eS/G-Tech RAID T D controller com mbination is c configured at th he factory in RA AID 0 mode. RAID R 1, 5, 10 an nd J JBOD modes arre also available e. The web GUII is used to c change the mod de of operation.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE 4. Click on the < buttton. The following window will appear. Click C the button to proce eed. 7. Select RAID 7 D 5 for “Array T Type:”, enter G--SPEEDeS-R5 for “Array Name:”, select F Foreground an nd Write Back k olicy:” for “Initialization Method:”” and “Cache Po y and click the <
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE 8. Click C the button. Th he following win ndow will appea ar. 9. C Click the > button. The following f windo ow will appear. T The GUI will ind dicate that the G-SPEED eS is initializing. 11. The Mac OS S will display th he “Disk Insertiion” window indicating the t G-SPEED eS S is now ready to be initialized d. Click on the e b button to launch the Apple Dis sk Utility and refer to your sy ystem documen ntation for s. instructions 11.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE 4. U Unmount both G-SPEED eS un nits by dragging g the icons to t the trash. 6. Click on the “Maintenance” link next to the array with “OS S sk 1_0. The wiindow shown below will appea ar. Name” GS Dis 5. L Launch the G-T Tech RAID Controller web GUI.. With the two u units attached to t the G-Tech RAID R controller,, the GUI will d display informa ation like that shown below. 7. Click the button. The following window w will appear.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE 8. Click the button to de elete the array. e array with “OS S 9. Click on the “Maintenance” link next to the sk 1_1. The window below will appear. Name” GS Dis elete> button and the follow wing window will 10. Click the < button to delete the array. Both arrays have now been deleted as s shown below. 2. Click the b button. The “C Create Array” 12 window will appear.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE 13. Select RAID 5 for “Array Type:”, enter G-S SPEED-eSR5 for “Array Name:”, selectt Foreground and Write hod:” and “Cach he Policy:” Back for “Inittialization Meth respectively and a click the buttton then Click the button. 14 4. The followin ng window will a appear. 15 5. Click the button. Th he following window will appear to indicate that t the G-SPEE ED eS is initializ zing.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE 15. The RAID 5 in nitialization pro ocess takes app proximately 1:4 45 per TB of fina al capacity. Onc ce the initialization process is complete, the e GUI will indica ate “Type” as RAID R 5 and “Status” as Normal. N The GUI will display d information like that sh hown below. An n exclamation mark m on the G-SPEED eS icon indicates that the “Status” of o the array is C Critical. The lower portion of the GUI indica ates which drive in which G-SPEED eS unit has failed.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE 3 Remove the 3. e failed drive (In this example Drive 3, of the e G-SPEED eS S connected to port 2 of the G-Tech G RAID controller) by b inserting the e provided key in to the lock hole and ge ently sliding the e drive module out of the enclosure. REMOVING THE W R WRONG DRIVE WI ILL RESULT IN THE L LOSS OF THE ARR RAY AND ALL OF THE T CONTENT S STORED ON G-SPE EED eS. he failed drive w with a new disk k module and 4. Replace th secure in place.
G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE 13. TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you encounter any difficulties while installing G-SPEED, please contact G-Tech Technical Support via one of the following ways: Telephone: (310) 449-4599 Fax: (310) 449-4670 E-mail: support@g-technology.com Internet: http://www.g-technology.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE APPE ENDIX A: WEB B GUI A.1 Manage: Array A A name (as shown in GUI only). 1. Name: Array 1 Manage: 1. s is the main screen of the G-SPEED eS Array: This web GUI. G-SPEED G eS is configured an nd monitored from this pa age. (See Appe endix A.1 for de etails) Devices: Hard H drive param meters are mod dified on this page (you should not make m any chan nges on this t drives are e configured for optimal page as the performance with the G-SP PEED eS.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE 7.4 OCE/ORL LM: Online Capacity Expansio on: It is possible to expand th he o an existing arrray when additional capacity of G-SPEED eS e units are ad dded to the systtem. Online RA AID Level Migra ation: it is poss sible to change the RAID level of an exis sting array. e: Displays configuration and maintenance 7. Maintenance options for cu urrent array. Th he options diffe er depending on RAID levell of the array.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE 8.1 Array Type e: select the RA AID level for new w array 8.2 Array Nam me: This is the name that wiill be displayed d in the MAIN pa age of the GUI. 8.3 Initializatio on Method: Se ets the priority of the RAID creation pro ocess. Create Array 8. C C Click on “Create Array” and the e following will appear. Foregrou und: All controlller resources are a used for th he creation process p and th he array is nott available unttil complete.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE 9. Lo ocation: Show ws the location of o disks attache ed to the controller. Lo ocation: “Contr roller#/Port#/ /Drive#” 10. Mo odel: Displays s the drive mo odel and serial number of dis sks currently atttached to the controller. c (This page left inte entionally blan nk) 11. Ca apacity: Displa ays the advertised capacity of o the disks currently attache ed to the contro oller. 12.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE Appendix A.4: Settings 1. Auto Rebuild d: Enables orr disables the auto-rebuild feature. Whe en enabled, a critical RAID 5 or RAID 1 array will auttomatically reb build when a new n drive is inserted. See e Section 12 forr details. 2. Audible Alarrm: Enables orr disables the audible alarm 3. SAF-TE: This s feature is not currently suppo orted. 4. Listening Po ort: The port used to connect to the G-SPEED web b GUI.
G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE APPENDIX C: Notes APPENDIX B: RAID levels explained RAID Level 0 1 5 Description Disk striping Mirroring Disk striping with distributed parity Advantage Offers the highest performance and a useable storage capacity of 100% of total available storage capacity Maximum level of data protection as identical data is written to multiple drives High read performance, medium write performance with data protection in case of a drive failure.
