Glyph GT062E manual

1 GT 062E™ Manual T abletop F ireW ire 800, USB 2.0 and eSA T A enclosure with RAID 1, RAID 0 and Spanning modes 610030-1.08 GT 062E Manual.pdf August 23, 2011 Pr oprietar y Notice and Disclaimer Unless noted otherwise, this document and the information herein disclosed ar e proprietary to Glyph T echnolog ies, 3736 Kellogg Road, Cortland NY 1304[...]

2 Con tacting Glyph Please use the follo wing contact information to c ontact Glyph and its distributors. Glyph USA oers phone support Monday through F riday , 8:00 am to 5:00 PM East ern Time. Note: DO NO T ship any return goods to the mailing addresses belo w unless you ha ve a valid RM A number . All goods will be refused deliv er y unless a [...]

3 About the GT 062E and Driv e M odes The GT 062E enclosure c ontains two hard disk driv es, which function as one single volume. Through the use of the Glyph Manager soft ware utility , it suppor ts three drive modes: RAID 1 (mirroring), RAID 0 (striping), and Spanning. Each driv e mode has its own advantages , depending upon the application. RAID[...]

4 U sing the GT 062E with W indow s 2000 / XP Older versions of Windo ws, such as 2000 and XP 32-bit, use Master Boot Recor d which doesn’ t suppor t vol- umes larger than 2TB . When the total capacity of the RAID is 2TB or higher , you must format the arra y using GPT in Windows . GPT format is only suppor ted by Window s XP 64-bit Edition, Wind[...]

5 Understanding Glyph Manager S of tware NO TE: For information on installing Glyph Manager , see installation instruc tions later in this manual The Glyph GT 062E ships with Glyph Manager 4 software, a utility for Mac OS X and Window s. When a GT 062E is connected to the computer either b y USB, eSA T A, or F ireWire 800, inf or mation about the d[...]

6 Arra y I nformation: Displayed ar e the S erial number of the selected enclosure, the volume name (onc e the drive has been parti- tioned) and the connection type. Congur ation and Selec ted Congur ation: Normally the Conguration and Selected Congura tion should match. “C onguration ” is the current disk ar- ray congur ation[...]

7 Init status: In normal operation the status should be “Success” . P ossible error conditions are “Disk too small” , “Incorrect disk count” , “Invalid RAID set ” , “Multiple R AID sets” , “Disk erase fail” and “Unknown init error ” . Any of these messages indicate a problem with the RAID arra y . Individual driv e infor[...]

8 Glyph Manager Op era tion In M ac OS X The GT 062E ships in RAID 0 mode, and drive mode changes ar e done by using the Glyph Manager sof tware utility (not the OS X Disk Utilit y). Disk Utility is used to format the new device after drive mode changes ar e made. READ THIS FIRST! Changing drive modes with Glyph Manager will require y ou to re-form[...]

9 6. The next window requires tha t you verify the change request. Click OK to change the driv e conguration. NO TE: ALL DA T A ON THE DRIVES WILL BE DESTRO YED . 8. At this point y ou may see the Mac OS Disk Inser- tion window . Now that the drive c onguration has changed, Mac OS has re- discover ed the GT 062E and prompts you t o format the[...]

10 9. P ower o the GT 062E , unplug the F ireWire or eSA T A cable, plug the cable back in, then po wer it back on again. This is impor tant to force Mac OS to “forget” any current drive information. 10. If you get the Disk Inser tion dialog box, this time click Initialize which will open Disk Utility . I f not, open Disk Utility from your S[...]

11 Note: After changing drive mode , it is necessar y to utilize the Windows C ontrol P anel/Administra tive T ools/ Computer Management/Disk Management to f ormat the drives in their new conguration befor e they will be usable. The Glyph Manager menu options are as f ollows: “F ile ” contains the method to close the pr ogram. “ T ools” [...]

12 Glyph Manager Installation Glyph Manager Installation in Mac OS X: Inser t the Glyph Manager CD, or t o get the latest v ersion of Glyph Manager , go to the support sec tion of ww w .glyphtech.com and download the v ersion for y our operating syst em. The Mac version of Glyph Man- ager 4 suppor ts Mac OS 10.4 and above . It is a Universal Binar [...]

13 F ormatting Instruc tions W indow s 2000 / XP / V ista / Windo ws 7 F ormatting Instructions 1. Right-click M y Computer and click Manage . 2. In the Computer Management window , under Storage, click Disk Management. The Write Signa ture wizar d pops up . 3. Use the wizard t o write a signatur e to the new drive . If you want only one partition [...]

14 Mac OS X F ormatting Instructions Since your GT 062E c omes pre-formatted for Macintosh y ou don’ t need to f ormat them on installation. If you decide to ref or mat or partition your drive at a later dat e, use Disk Utility (supplied with the Mac OS X operat- ing system). Caution: This proc edure will destroy an y data currently on the drive [...]

15 More Inf ormation GT 062E F eatures Brushed, stainless steel fac e plate 1/8” thick (3MM) Scratch-resistan t black powder -coated aluminum chassis Engineered t o suppor t prof essional audio and video Suppor ts three software -selectable drive modes: RAID 1, RAID 0, and Spanning 200MB/sec sustained transfer r ate Internal power supply , no wal[...]

16 About eSA T A • eSA T A is an ex ternal interface technology that grew fr om the internal SA T A I inter face. • The GT 062E’ s eSA T A por t suppor ts speeds up to 3 Gb/sec (300 MB/sec), much faster than F ireW ire 400 or F ireW ire 800. • Shielded eSA T A cables up to 2 meters in length are available . • eSA T A cables are dieren [...]

17 RAID soft ware is not needed because the RAID intelligenc e is built into GT 062E har dware . T o congure as a RAID 0 or RAID 1 array , use the Glyph Manager sof tware to switch drive modes , and format the drive. Instruc- tions for r e -initializing your drive ar e included in this manual. Q: My Windows comput er doesn ’t show the drive in[...]