G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE - Windows G-SPEED™ eS Windows 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 (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.
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G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE - Windows 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 when used in conjunction with the optional G-Tech PCI Express (PCIe) RAID controller provides RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD functionality with greater than 2TB support in Windows 32bit environments.
G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE - Windows 6. OPTIONAL G-TECH PCIe RAID CONTOLLER OVERVIEW 5. G-SPEED eS OVERVIEW (4) Removable Disk Drive Modules Drive Module Power/Activity LED Disk Module Lock Hole The optional G-Tech PCIe RAID controller connects G-SPEED eS to your PCIe equipped workstation and provides RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 & JBOD functionality. You will choose your level of RAID protection when you set up the G-SPEED eS in Section 8.
G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE - Windows 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. In addition to the audible alarm, the Temperature/Fan Warning LED located on the front bezel of G-SPEED eS will illuminate. 8.
G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE - Windows 8.2 Attaching G-SPEED eS to the G-TECH RAID Controller 1. Attach one end of the supplied eSATA cable to the eSATA port located on the back of G-SPEED eS. 2. Attach the other end of the eSATA cable to Port 1 (port closest to motherboard) on the G-Tech RAID controller as shown below. 1. Install the G-SPEED eS Windows driver a. Power on the workstation b. Insert the G-Tech Product CD into the CD-ROM drive When the CD loads a welcome screen may appear.
G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE - Windows d. Select “Don’t Search, I will choose the driver to install” and click . f. Click on the Button and navigate to the CDROM drive containing the G-Tech Product CD. Continue to “\Manuals-Drivers\G-SPEED eS\PC\GSeS Driver Winv1.0\” Select the folder for your operating system and click . g. Select “G-SPEED eS RAID Controller and click . e. Click .
G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE - Windows h. When the Windows Logo warning screen appears click . j. i. k. As before, click on “Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install.” The RAID controller driver will install and the Wizard will complete. Click . A new “Found New hardware Wizard” will open for the “G-Tech RCM device.” Click .
G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE - Windows l. Select “G-SPEED es RAID Controller” and click . 2. Update the G-SPEED eS Controller firmware a. Insert the G-Tech Product CD into the CD-ROM / DVD drive. When the disk loads a welcome screen should appear. Click on the link. m. The RCM Device driver will install and the Wizard will complete. Click . This completes the driver installation.
G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE - Windows c. Click . f. d. Select “rr231.xpm.22c” and click . g. Remove the G-Tech Product CD. h. Restart your workstation. When the process is completed click . 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 link. e. Click to begin the update process.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE - Windo ows b Navigate to the b. t folder: “Manuals-Drivers\G-SPEED eS\PC\GSeS WEB W GUI-vX.X” e onscreen Double click on “Setup.exe”” and follow the instructions, accepting the defaults. 9. SET TTING UP G-S SPEED eS USIN NG THE WEB GUI G T The G-Tech RAIID controller w web GUI is used d to configure and a m monitor the G-SPEED eS systtem. The GUI is accessed us sing a any web brow wser such as s Safari, Interrnet Explorer or e equivalent.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE - Windo ows 3. Enter “admin n” as the User Name N and “000 00” (four zeros s) as the Passwo ord and click on n the button. 4. The main scrreen of the we eb GUI will appear as shown n below. Each of o the four driv ves in the unit are a displayed in n the “Physical Device Informa ation” section of o the GUI. Note: Se ee appendix A.4.5 for instructions s on changing the password.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE - Windo ows 9.2 C Configuring th he RAID level of G-SPEED eS e The G-SPEED eS S/G-Tech RAID controller comb bination can be e onfigured in RA AID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD. (Se ee Appendix B co fo or an explanatio on of RAID leve els) Follow the directions below to setup the t system 3 Click the button to p proceed. 1. Launch the G-T Tech RAID Controller web GUII. 2. Click on the “M Maintenance” Liink and the win ndow shown below will appear.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE - Windo ows 5. The Create Array page is where w you con nfigure the new ple we will setu up array and all itts parameters. In this examp a RAID 0 arra ay. (To set up p a different RA AID level simply select it from the dropdown n menu labeled d “Array Type.””) 6.. Click the to qu uickly select all the disks for th he array. T enter G-SPEEDeS G fo or Select RAID 0 for “Array Type”, “Array Name” 7..
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE - Windo ows 9. Click on n the warning message m that appears. 10. C CONFIGURING G TWO G-SPEE ED eS UNITS IN I RAID 5 MO ODE F Follow the dire ections below to configure two G-SPEED eS a arrays in RAID 5 mode using tthe G-Tech RAID controller. 1. Ensure that the G-Tech RA AID controller is properly nd the driver an nd web GUI are e loaded. installed an 10.. Click the button and the arra ay will begin to t initialize.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE - Windo ows 4. C Click on the “Maintenance” link next to the array a with “OS N Name” GS Disk k 1_0. The window shown below will appear. 8. Click the button n and the follo owing window will appear. WARNING: This will delete any data stored on G-SPEED eS. 5. C Click the button. Th he following window w appear. will 9. < button to delete the array. Both Click the arrays have e now been de eleted as shown below.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE - Windo ows 10. In this window w select the following values as a shown: Select RAID 5 for “Array Type:”, ED-eS-R5 for “Array “ Name:”, Enter G-SPEE Select Foreground for “Inittialization Method:” ack for “Cache Policy:” and Write Ba Click
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE - Windo ows 11. WH HAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF O A DISK DRI IVE FAILURE Th he G-Tech RAID controller conttinually monitors the health off ea ach of the disk drives d in G-SPE EED eS. In the event of a disk k faiilure, an audible alarm will sou und. The web GUI will also report the failed drive and its ph hysical position n. 4.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE - Windo ows 5. R Replace the failed drive with a new disk mo odule and securre in place. Once the drive has spun up to spe eed, the GUI will ebuilding (The “Status” show ws indicate that the array is re R Rebuilding and the percenta age complete) as a shown below w. T The rebuild time is approximately 2 hours pe er TB. 6. O Once the rebuilld is complete, G-SPEED eS is s back to N Normal and prrotecting your valuable v data once again. 12.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE - Windo ows APPE ENDIX A: WEB B GUI 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 - Windo ows 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 - Windo ows 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 - Windo ows ocation: Show ws the location of o disks attache ed to the 9. Lo 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 - Windo ows 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. Rebuild Prio ority: Sets the e amount of co ontroller CPU time dedicate ed to rebuilding g an array.
G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE - Windows 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.
G-SPE EED eS INSTA ALLATION GUIDE - Windo ows APPENDIX D: Forma atting G-SPEED D eS using Windows XP anagement Disk Ma 3.. The “Initialize Wizard” will a appear. Click < and e default values s. accept all the 1 Open Disk Management 1. M by y right clicking on from the Startt Menu and sele ecting “Manage.” 2. Select “Disk Management” 4.. When the Wizard W complete es you will see e the G-SPEED D eS listed as Disk X (in this example Disk 1). It will also o pacity and “Unallocated.
G-SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE - Windows 5. The “New Partition Wizard” will open, click . (This page left intentionally blank) 6. Follow the prompts, accepting the default values. When you reach this screen, enter the values as shown. Select “Perform a quick format” and then click . 7. The Wizard will complete and bring you back to the Main Disk Management screen.
