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ESD Precautions ESD Precautions Avoid touching the PCB boards or connector pins on the hard disk drives. Avoid dust, debris, carpets, plastic, vinyl, and styrofoam in your work area. Do not remove the hard disk drive from its anti-static bag before installation takes place. Drives must not be stacked on top of each other without their protective drive trays.
Service and Maintenance Service and Maintenance Keep the faulty hard disk drive in place until you have a replacement unit in hand; removing a hard disk drive tray will affect airflow within the enclosure. When transporting the enclosure, repackage all disk drives separately in the original package foam blocks.
About This Manual Table of Contents Legal Information ..................... 2 Contact Information ....................3 Copyright Notice ...................... 4 Safety Precautions ....................5 Important Notice ........................5 ESD Precautions ........................6 Service and Maintenance ...................... 7 Revision History ..................... 10 Introduction ....................11 Product Overview .....................
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Maintenance ....................34 Replacing the Hard Disk Drive ................34 Restore Default Settings ..................37 Appendix ......................... 38 Technical Specifications ...................... 38 Certifications ........................39...
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 1 Introduction 1.1 Product Overview The EonStor GSe Pro 2005 and 2008 are ruggedly built and come with five (5) and eight (8) hard drive bays, respectively. The hard drive bay can support a single 3.5 inch hard disk drive up to 3TB.
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EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 08 = 8-bay The letter that indicates CPU performance. Null = standard performance T = advanced performance...
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 1.2 Front panel The EonStor GSe Pro 2005 has 5 hard drive slots while the EonStor GSe Pro 2008 has 8 hard drive slots. In the front of the panel, they both have a power button and three (3) LED indicators.
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 1.3 Rear panel At the rear of the system, the main difference between EonStor GSe Pro 2005 and 2008 is that there is only one fan for 2005. EonStor GSe Pro 2005 EonStor GSe Pro 2008...
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual Rear panel components Kensington lock slot Power socket Host board slots (HB 1 on the right, HB 2 on the left) 10 GbE(SFP+) ports 1 GbE(RJ-45) ports USB 3.1 Gen2 ports USB 3.0 ports...
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 1.5 Hard Drive Designation The hard disk drives are located from left to right in numeric order. EonStor GSe Pro 2005...
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EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 1.6 LED Definitions 1.6.1 Front Panel LEDs Name Icon Color Status Blue indicates the device is ready. Flashing Blue indicates the device is 1. System status Blue Amber booting up or shutting down.
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 1.6.2 Drive Tray LEDs Two (2) LED indicators are located on the bottom of each drive tray. When notified by a drive failure message, you should check the drive tray indicators to find the correct location of the failed drive.
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 1.6.3 Rear Panel Ethernet LEDs 10 GbE(SFP+): Color Status Green indicates a connection has been 1. Link status established. Green Flashing green indicates data I/O. Off indicates connection not established. 2. Speed Green indicates 10Gb connection established.
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EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 1 GbE(RJ-45): Color Status Green indicates a connection has been 1. Link established. status LED Green Flashing green indicates data I/O. Off indicates connection not established. 2. Speed Green indicates 10Gb connection established.
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Before You Start There are some simple tools and components that are user provided: Tools: a small size flat-blade screwdriver for unlocking and locking hard disk drive trays Components: 3.5 inch hard disk drive up to 3TB (per drive) is supported.
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 2.2 Installing Hard Drives Hard drives are purchased separately. When purchasing hard drives, please consider the following factors: 2.2.1 Hard Disk Drive Prerequisites Capacity (MB/GB): Use hard drives that have the same capacity and rotation speeds. RAID arrays use a “least-common-denominator”...
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EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual Place the hard drive into the drive tray and screw into the drive tray as shown below. Make sure that the interface connector is facing the open side of the drive tray and its label side facing up.
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EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 2.2.3 Drive Tray Numbering Sequence EonStor GSe Pro 2005 EonStor GSe Pro 2008 Tray numbering sequence is important because if any faults occur to disk drives, you should be able to identify the location of a faulty drive. Below is a list of the level of fault tolerance for...
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 1 (mirrored pair) Recognizing drive location is important. For example, if you mistakenly remove 2 drives from a RAID5 logical drive, data will be lost. 2.2.4 Inserting the Drive Tray into the Enclosure Once the hard drives have been installed in the drive trays, the drive trays are ready to be installed into the system.
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EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual Insert the memory into the expansion slot(s) on the side (shown in red).
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 2.4 Host Board Installation NOTE At least four (4) 3.5” hard drives must be installed from bay 1~4 if you want to install a host board. If you add or replace a host board, the firmware will automatically restore the system to factory settings.
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EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 3 Powering EonStor GSe Pro 3.1 Powering EonStor GSe Pro for the First Time The initialization process only occurs the first time you power on your EonStor GSe Pro system. Before you power on the EonStor GSe Pro, make sure you have done the following: 1.
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 3.1.1 To power on and off EonStor GSe Pro To power on: Press the power button on the front panel to turn EonStor GSe Pro (marked in blue square). To power off: Press the power button for 5 seconds; you will hear a beep. The system will begin to power off.
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 4 Connections 4.1 Connection Concept Use CAT5e or better quality Ethernet cables, router / switch to construct your Ethernet network. For the initial startup and setup, users may need a PC/ laptop and Ethernet cable to connect to the EonStor GSe Pro and enter its’...
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 5 Maintenance WARNING Replace a failed hard disk drive from the system as soon as possible to ensure data redundancy. When inserting a removable module, do not use excessive force. Forcing or slamming a module can damage the connector pins either on the module itself or on the backplane.
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EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual chassis. 4. Remove the retention screws that secure the hard drive. 2.5” HDD...
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EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 3.5” HDD 5. Install the replacement hard drive and reinserted into the enclosure as described in section “Installing Hard Drives”.
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual 5.2 Restore Default Settings Under the following circumstances, you may need to restore to system default settings: You forgot your password and you are unable to access the NAS server Note: Restoring the system to its default settings should be your last option. The restore default function will reset all network configuration and system settings back to manufacturer’s default settings.
EonStor GSe Pro 2000 Series Hardware Manual Appendix Technical Specifications Hardware Dimensions GSe Pro 2005: 255(W) x 168(H) x 254(D) mm GSe Pro 2008: 345(W) x 168(H) x 254(D) mm Chassis Tower chassis Storage GSe Pro 2005: 5 hot-swappable 2.5” / 3.5” SATA HDDs;...
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