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Using Your Drive• Drive LED Operation ... p.11• Warning LED and Alarms ... p.11• Disconnect the Driv

p.11Using Your DriveDrive LED OperationUnder normal operation, each G-SPEED eS Pro drive module has an LED that glows blue indicating a connection to

p.12Using Your DriveDisconnect the Drive It is not recommended to disconnect G-SPEED eS Pro while your system is running. First power off your system

Using Your DriveUsing ATTO R680 RAID Controller• Download ATTO RAID Software ... p.14• Install ATTO Driver & CongTool ...

p.14Using the ATTO RAID ControllerDownload ATTO RAID SoftwareTo use the ATTO R680 RAID controller, you rst need to install drivers and software on yo

Using the ATTO RAID Controllerp.15Using the ATTO RAID ControllerAttach eS Pro to ATTO ControllerAttaching G-SPEED eS Pro to the ATTO R680 RAID control

p.16Using the ATTO RAID ControllerAdd Second G-SPEED eS Pro UnitYou can add an additonal G-SPEED eS Pro as either a stand-alone volume, or combine it

Using the ATTO RAID ControllerConguring G-SPEED eS Pro• RAID Conguration Scripts for Mac ... p.18• Use the ATTO CongTool ...

p.18Conguring G-SPEED eS ProRAID Conguration Scripts for MacG-Tech provides RAID Conguration Scripts so you can quickly congure/recong-ure the RA

Conguring G-SPEED eS Prop.19Conguring G-SPEED eS ProUse the ATTO CongToolThe ATTO CongTool application is used to congure the many parameters of

p.2Table of ContentsTable of Contents Safety & General Use Safety Precautions ... 4Backup Your Data ...

p.20Conguring G-SPEED eS Pro5. Select the RAID tab to display the currently attached drives and RAID groups.The following sections will explain how

Conguring G-SPEED eS Prop.21Conguring G-SPEED eS ProChange the RAID ModeThe G-SPEED eS Pro/ATTO R680 RAID controller combination is congured at the

p.22Conguring G-SPEED eS Pro4. The following dialog box will appear, alerting that you about to delete the RAID group. Click ‘Yes’ to continue. W

Conguring G-SPEED eS Prop.23Conguring G-SPEED eS Pro6. The ‘Create New RAID Group’ panel will open in CongTool. Make the following choices, th

p.24Conguring G-SPEED eS Pro8. The ‘Create New RAID Group’ pane will display the conguration options. Make the following choices, then click the ‘

Conguring G-SPEED eS Prop.25Conguring G-SPEED eS Pro11. Right-click on the RAID group in the lower panel. From the dropdown menu, select ‘Propertie

p.26Conguring G-SPEED eS ProCongure Two RAID UnitsCombining two G-SPEED eS Pros on the ATTO RAID Controller can produce incred-ible performance. In

Conguring G-SPEED eS Prop.27Conguring G-SPEED eS Pro4. The following dialog box will appear, alerting that you about to delete the RAID group. Clic

p.28Conguring G-SPEED eS Pro6. The ‘Create New RAID Group’ panel will open in CongTool. Make the following choices, then click the ‘Next’ butto

Conguring G-SPEED eS Prop.29Conguring G-SPEED eS Pro8. The ‘Create New RAID Group’ pane will display the conguration options. Make the following

Table of ContentsSafety & General Use• Safety Precautions ... p.4• Backup Your Data ...

p.30Conguring G-SPEED eS Pro11. Right-click on the RAID group in the lower panel. From the dropdown menu, select ‘Properties’. 12. In the popup wi

Conguring G-SPEED eS Prop.31Conguring G-SPEED eS ProSet Up Alert NoticationsThe ATTO CongTool can notify you when events occur on the RAID system.

Maintenance for your Drive• Replace a Failed Disk Drive ... p.33• Initialize Drive for Mac ... p.36• Restore th

p.33Maintenance for Your DriveReplace a Failed Disk DriveThe ATTO R680 RAID controller continually monitors the health of each of the disk drives in G

p.34Maintenance for Your Drive1. Launch the ATTO CongTool. You will nd the CongTool in the Applications/ATTO CongTool folder on your computer.2.

Maintenance for Your Drivep.35Maintenance for Your DriveWARNING: Make absolutely sure that you remove the correct drive as indicated in the steps belo

p.36Maintenance for Your DriveinitializeInitialize Drive for Mac G-SPEED eS Pro was factory-formatted for use or ‘initialized’ for Mac OS X. You can

Maintenance for Your Drivep.37Maintenance for Your Drive4. Click the Erase button in the lower right corner of the window. A dialog box will appear a

p.38Maintenance for Your Drive6. After the drive is reinitialized, you should automatically see the Time Machine dialog box. Click the ‘Don’t Use’ bu

Maintenance for Your Drivep.39Maintenance for Your DriveRestore the Drive IconIf the G-SPEED eS Pro drive icon was erased during the reinitializing pr

p.4Safety & General UseSafety PrecautionsG-SPEED eS Pro’s warranty may be void as a result of the failure to respect the precautions listed here.

p.40Maintenance for Your Drive4. Select the G-SPEED eS Pro icon on your desktop and press Command+I. This opens its Get Info window. (below left)5. S

Maintenance for Your Drivep.41Maintenance for Your DriveformatReformat with Partitions‘Partitioning’ a hard drive is the Process of dividing a hard dr

p.42Maintenance for Your Drive2. Select the FireWire or USB icon – not the G-Tech drive icon – by clicking it in the left-side column. 3. Click o

Maintenance for Your Drivep.43Maintenance for Your Drive5. Click on the rst partition in the Volume Scheme area. Your partition will be high-lighted

p.44Maintenance for Your Drive8. Click on the Partition button to continue. A Progress bar in the lower right corner of the window will show you the

Maintenance for Your DriveAppendix• RAID Levels Explained ... p.46

p.46AppendixRAID Levels Explainedraidlevels

AppendixSupport & Warranty• Technical Support ... p.48• Limited Warranty ... p.49• C

p.48Support & Warranty Technical SupportThank you for purchasing G-SPEED eS Pro. If you have any comments or questions about this manual or the Pr

Support & Warranty p.49Support & WarrantyLimited WarrantyHitachi Global Storage Technologies (“Hitachi GST”) including G-Technology by Hitachi

Safety & General Usep.5Safety & General UseBackup Your DataThe disk drive contained in your G-SPEED eS Pro device is a delicate electronic ins

p.50Support & Warranty disk drive using apProved packaging to our logistics center. You must pay any associated transportation charges, duties and

Support & Warranty p.51Support & WarrantyCopyrightG-Technology by Hitachi Global Storage Technologies © 2011. All rights reserved. G-DRIVE, G-

About Your G-SPEED eS Pro• Introduction ... p.7• What’s in the Box ... p.8• Sy

p.7About Your G-SPEED eS ProIntroductionThank you for purchasing G-SPEED eS Pro from G-Technology by Hitachi.Specically designed for professional con

p.8About Your G-SPEED eS ProWhat’s in the Box The following items are included in the box: • G-SPEED eS Pro storage system • 4 removable SATA drive

About Your G-SPEED eS Prop.9About Your G-SPEED eS ProOverview of the Drive G-SPEED eS Pro ships from the factory congured in RAID 0 for use with the