G-SPEED Product Guide G-SPEED™ Product Guide 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 8.2 8.3 8.
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G-SPEED Product Guide 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing G-SPEED from G-Technology, Inc. (G-Tech)! Designed from the ground up for creative professionals, G-SPEED supports uncompressed HD video editing workflows with multiple levels of RAID protection. G-SPEED is ideally suited for deployment into high performance creative environments including audio & video editing, motion graphics and digital photography.
G-SPEED Product Guide 5. G-SPEED OVERVIEW 6. LED Indicators LCD Panel Removable Bezel G-SPEED is equipped with three LED’s located on the front panel. The top blue LED indicates the system is powered, the bottom blue LED will flash when the data is being read from or written to the array and the middle LED will glow RED when a hardware fault has been detected.
G-SPEED Product Guide 7.2 Installing the Disk Drive Modules 1. Remove the G-SPEED Bezel by pulling forward. 2. Install the six disk drive modules into the G-SPEED enclosure and secure them in place by pushing on the lever. 7.3 (Fibre Channel) Installing the SFP and Optical Cable 1. Install the SFP into PORT 0 of the G-Speed. It will seat with an audible click (to remove, open the latch and pull) 2. Remove the protective plugs from the SFP and optical cable.
G-SPEED Product Guide 3. Insert the optical cable into the SFP, it will seat with an audible click. 4. Remove the protective plug from PORT 0 of the SFP installed in the ATTO HBA and insert the free end of the optical cable. It will seat with an audible click. 7.4 (SCSI) Installing the SCSI Cable and Terminator 1. Attach the 68pin HD SCSI terminator to the lower SCSI port on the G-SPEED as shown. Tighten the thumbscrews to hold the terminator in place. 2.
G-SPEED Product Guide 2. Enter the system through the LCD panel by pressing the “ENTER” button once. You will be prompted for your password. Use the UP / DOWN buttons to change the characters and ENTER button to move the cursor to the right. ESCAPE / BACK UP ENTER /FORWARD DOWN For example, using the default password, hit the UP button once and “0” will appear on the LCD screen. Press ENTER to move the cursor right and repeat this process until four (0) zeros are visible.
G-SPEED Product Guide 8. MANUAL CONFIGURATION This section will describe how to manually configure G-SPEED using the web GUI. The G-SPEED employs a very sophisticated controller with many advanced options. Some of these options can erase data on the G-SPEED, so be careful and backup your data if the G-SPEED has been in use. These operations are identical on MAC and Windows systems. 4. After entering the correct username and password the G-SPEED GUI will appear.
G-SPEED Product Guide 8.2 (SCSI) Configuring G-SPEED SCSI ID To set the SCSI ID of G-SPEED select “Modify Volume Set” on the left NAV bar under “Volume Set Functions.” On the next page select the volume you wish to set the SCSI ID. 8.3 Initializing G-SPEED 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.
G-SPEED Product Guide 3. G-SPEED with capacities over 2TB must be configured to work properly with your operating system. a. Mac OS X Users: Set the item “Greater Two Terabyte Volume Support” to “64bit LBA”, this configures G-SPEED to report full capacity in MAC OSX b. Windows 64 Users: Set the item “Greater Two Terabyte Volume Support” to “for Windows”, this configures G-SPEED to report full capacity in Windows 64 (or Vista) c2.
G-SPEED Product Guide 4. Accept all other default settings on the Quick Create page. To complete the process and create the RAID/Volume Set, check the “Confirm The Operation” check box and hit the “Submit” button. This will begin the initialization process. 8.4 Deleting a RAID set 1. Select “Delete Raid Set” under the “RaidSet Functions” on the left navigation bar. The following screen will appear: Check the “Confirm The Operation” checkbox and hit the “Submit” button.
G-SPEED Product Guide C. An email is sent to specified email address if email notification is enabled. (To enable email notification see Section 10.2) 3. If a hard drive fails, the drive position will be indicated on the LCD panel, the LED on the failed drive will flash and the GUI will also report the failed drive and its position. 2. The specific failure is reported on the front panel LCD (accessed by removing the G-SPEED front bezel) and the web GUI.
G-SPEED Product Guide 9.1 Silencing the Audible Alarm During a Failure event, the audible alarm is silenced through the web GUI or by the LCD panel. (to disable the audible alarm see section 10.1) 1. Silencing Through Web GUI Select “View Events/Mute Beeper” under the “System Control” section on the left navigation bar. This will silence the beeper and open the “View Events” page with information regarding the failure. 2. Silencing Through LCD Panel ESCAPE / BACK 10.
G-SPEED Product Guide 10.2 Alert By Mail Config In the event of a system failure G-SPEED can alert up to four individuals of the problem via an email message. Enter the applicable information in to the window shown below, click the “Confirm The 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 alarm is enabled, clicking on this link will mute the alarm. 4.
G-SPEED Product Guide 11. 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-SPEED Product Guide APPENDIX A RAID Level 0 Description Disk striping Advantage Offers the highest performance and useable storage capacity Disadvantage No fault tolerance failure of one drive in the array results in complete data loss Ideal For… Content creation applications 1 Mirroring High level of fault tolerance Not the most efficient in regards to capacity as useable storage space is cut in half Applications in which data security is paramount 3 Disk striping with dedicated parity drive
