Configuring G-Speed Studio Xl - G-Technology G SPEED STUDIO XL Product Manual

Configuring G-SPEED Studio XL

• G-Technology Assistant ...................................................... p. 17
• Recommended Installation ............................................. p. 17
• G-SPEED Studio Software Utility ..................................... p. 18
• Power Modes on G-SPEED Studio XL ............................ p. 22
• Shutting Down G-SPEED Studio XL ............................... p. 22
• Daisy Chaining Multiple
G-SPEED Studio XL Units ................................................... p. 23
• Displaying Multiple G-SPEED Studio XL Units ........... p. 25
• Manage the Enclosure with
G-SPEED Studio Software Utility ..................................... p. 25
• Accessing the G-SPEED Studio Software Utility ........ p. 26
• Unlocking the UI ................................................................... p. 28
• G-SPEED Studio Software Utility Overview ................. p. 29
• Toolbar Icons .......................................................................... p. 30
• Customizing the Toolbar .................................................... p. 30
• Component List ..................................................................... p. 31
• Physical Drive Menu ............................................................ p. 31
• Highlight Arrays .................................................................... p. 32
• Managing System Information ........................................ p. 33
• Viewing System Information ............................................ p. 34
• Making System Settings ..................................................... p. 34
• Clearing Statistics ................................................................. p. 35
• Restoring Factory Default Settings ................................ p. 35
• Saving a Service Report...................................................... p. 36
• Updating Firmware .............................................................. p. 36
• Managing Enclosures .......................................................... p. 37
• Viewing the Enclosure Information ............................... p. 37
• Viewing Temperature Sensor Information .................. p. 38
• Locating an Enclosure ......................................................... p. 39
• Managing the RAID Controller ........................................ p. 39
• Viewing Controller Information ...................................... p. 39
• Viewing Controller Statistics ............................................. p. 41
• Changing Controller Settings .......................................... p. 41
• Changing Buzzer Settings ................................................. p. 42
• Managing Background Activities .................................... p. 43
• Viewing Current Background Activities........................ p. 43
• Viewing Scheduled Background Activities ................. p. 44
• Adding a Scheduled Background Activity ................... p. 44
• Changing Background Activity Schedule .................... p. 45
• Enabling or Disabling a Scheduled
• Background Activity ............................................................ p. 47
• Deleting a Scheduled Background Activity ................ p. 47
• Media Patrol............................................................................ p. 48
• Changing Media Patrol Settings ..................................... p. 48
• Redundancy Check .............................................................. p. 48
• Changing Redundancy Check Settings ........................ p. 49
• Initialization ............................................................................ p. 49
• Changing Initialization Settings ...................................... p. 50
• Rebuild ..................................................................................... p. 50
• Changing Rebuild Settings ............................................... p. 51
• Migration ................................................................................. p. 51
• Changing Migration Settings ........................................... p. 52
• PDM ........................................................................................... p. 52
• Changing PDM Settings ..................................................... p. 53
• Transition ................................................................................. p. 53
• Changing Transition Settings ........................................... p. 54
• Synchronization .................................................................... p. 54
• Changing Synchronization Settings .............................. p. 55
• Managing Physical Drives .................................................. p. 55
• Viewing a List of Physical Drives ..................................... p. 56
• Viewing Physical Drive Information ............................... p. 56
• Viewing Physical Drive Statistics ..................................... p. 58
• Viewing Physical Drive SMART Log Information ....... p. 59
• Locating a Physical Drive ................................................... p. 59
• Changing Global Physical Drive Settings ..................... p. 60
• Changing Individual Physical Drive Settings .............. p. 60
• Changing Physical Drive SMART Log Settings ........... p. 61
• Clearing a Stale or PFA Condition ................................... p. 62
• Running Media Patrol on Your Physical Drives .......... p. 63
• Managing Disk Arrays ....................................................... p. 64
• Viewing a List of Disk Arrays ............................................. p. 64
• Viewing Disk Array Information ...................................... p. 65
• Creating a Disk Array Manually ....................................... p. 65
• Creating a Disk Array and Logical
Drive With the Wizard ......................................................... p. 67