Table Of Contents - G-Technology G Speed studio Product Manual

Safety & General Use
Safety Precautions .................................................................................5
Backup Your Data ...................................................................................6
About Your G-SPEED Studio R
Introduction .............................................................................................8
What's in the Box ...................................................................................9
System Requirements ...........................................................................9
Overview of the Drive ....................................................................... 10
Using Your Drive
Drive Activity LED.................................................................................12
Warning LED and Alarms ...................................................................13
Disconnect the Drive ........................................................................ 14
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R
G-Technology Assistant .....................................................................17
Recommended Installation ..............................................................17
G-SPEED Studio R Utility ................................................................... 18
Power Modes on G-SPEED Studio R ............................................. 22
Shutting Down G-SPEED Studio R Units ..................................... 22
Daisy Chaining Multiple G-SPEED Studio R Units .................... 23
Displaying Multiple G-SPEED Studio R Units ............................ 25
Manage the Enclosure with G-SPEED Studio R Utility ........... 25
Accessing the G-SPEED Studio R Utility ...................................... 26
Unlocking the UI .................................................................................. 28
G-SPEED Studio R Utility Overview ............................................... 29
Toolbar Icons ......................................................................................... 30
Customizing the Toolbar .................................................................. 30
Component List ................................................................................... 31
Physical Drive Menu ........................................................................... 31
Highlight Arrays ................................................................................... 32
Managing System Information ...................................................... 33
Viewing System Information .......................................................... 34
Making System Settings ................................................................... 34
Clearing Statistics ................................................................................ 35
Restoring Factory Default Settings .............................................. 35
Saving a Service Report .................................................................... 36
Updating Firmware............................................................................. 36

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Managing Enclosures......................................................................... 37
Viewing the Enclosure Information .............................................. 37
Viewing Temperature Sensor Information ................................ 38
Locating an Enclosure ....................................................................... 39
Managing the RAID Enclosure ........................................................ 39
Viewing Controller Information ..................................................... 39
Viewing Controller Statistics ........................................................... 41
Changing Controller Settings ......................................................... 41
Changing Buzzer Settings................................................................ 42
Managing Background Activities .................................................. 43
Viewing Current Background Activities ...................................... 43
Viewing Scheduled Background Activities ............................... 44
Adding a Scheduled Background Activity ................................. 44
Changing Background Activity Schedule .................................. 45
Enabling or Disabling a Scheduled Background Activity .... 47
Deleting a Scheduled Background Activity .............................. 47
Media Patrol .......................................................................................... 48
Changing Media Patrol Settings .................................................... 48
Redundancy Check ............................................................................. 48
Changing Redundancy Check Settings ...................................... 49
Initialization ........................................................................................... 49
Changing Initialization Settings .................................................... 50
Rebuild .................................................................................................... 50
Changing Rebuild Settings .............................................................. 51
Migration ................................................................................................ 51
Changing Migration Settings ......................................................... 52
PDM .......................................................................................................... 52
Changing PDM Settings.................................................................... 53
Transition ................................................................................................ 53
Changing Transition Settings ......................................................... 54
Synchronization ................................................................................... 54
Changing Synchronization Settings ............................................ 55
Managing Physical Drives ................................................................ 55
Viewing a List of Physical Drives .................................................... 56
Viewing Physical Drive Information ............................................. 56
Viewing Physical Drive Statistics ................................................... 58
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