Openeye G4 GraniteRack User Manual

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10 PREFACE ABOUT THIS GUIDE This manual is a setup and maintenance guide that can be used for reference when setting up the G4 GraniteRack and for tro

31822AE 11 INTRODUCTION PRODUCT DESCRIPTION OpenEye’s G4 GraniteRack solution is an enterprise-level IP-based central storage unit. With the ability

12 CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS FRONT PANEL CONTROLS AND LEDS The front panel of the iSCSI Storage Server houses the drive bays and LEDs. REAR PANEL CON

31822AE 13 GETTING STARTED IDENTIFYING INCLUDED COMPONENTS The OpenEye G4 GraniteRack comes with a mouse, keyboard and selected software and cables.

14 KEYBOARD SETUP To attach the keyboard to the G4 GraniteRack, plug the end of the keyboard into a USB port located on the back of the machine. (A PS

31822AE 15 MONITOR SETUP The G4 Granite Rack can be connected to a VGA Monitor. You will need to use the monitor during the initial configuration of

16 CONNECTING THE G4 GRANITERACK A single G4 GraniteRack can be connected to up to 25 network video recorders to provide up to 64TB of pooled storage.

31822AE 17 G4 FRONT BEZEL INSTALLATION The G4 GraniteRack is shipped with handles attached to the front of the unit. If you choose to mount the front

18 CONFIGURING THE G4 GRANITERACK The G4 GraniteRack has a built-in setup configuration utility with important information about the configuration as

31822AE 19 NETWORK CONFIGURATION There are multiple network ports on your G4 GraniteRack. The most important connections are the two network ports on

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20 STORAGE ARRAY CONFIGURATION Your G4 GraniteRack is pre-configured with a RAID Array. Disk 0 is the Boot Drive, and Disk 1 is the Storage Array. You

31822AE 21 Creating Virtual Disks Create a virtual disk for a specific recorder on your system. Repeat these steps for each recorder on your system.

22 Configure the Recorder to Communicate with the iSCSI 1. Restart your recorder in Windows mode. 2. Click Start, and then type iSCSI Initiator in t

31822AE 23 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS GRAN4U Model GRAN4U Recorder Connections Up to 10 Drive Capacity x16 Hot-Swappable SATA HDD Storage Capacity 16T

24 APPENDIX A: RAID CONCEPTS The purpose of RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is to combine multiple inexpensive disk drives into an array

31822AE 25 DEFINITION OF RAID LEVELS RAID 0 is typically defined as a group of striped disk drives without parity or data redundancy. RAID 0 arrays c

26 RAID 3 sector-stripes data across groups of drives, but one drive in the group is dedicated to storing parity information. RAID 3 relies on the emb

31822AE 27 RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5 in that data protection is achieved by writing parity information to the physical drives in the array. With RA

28 RAID MANAGEMENT The G4 GraniteRack can implement several different levels of RAID technology. These RAID levels are supported by the system: RAID

31822AE 29 APPENDIX B: ARRAY DEFINITION RAID SET A RAID Set is a group of disks containing one or more volume sets. It has the following features in

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4 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS 1. Read Owner’s Manual – After unpacking this product, read the owner’s manual carefully, and follow all the operating and oth

31822AE 5 17. Replacement Parts – When replacement parts are required, be sure the service technician has used replacement parts specified by the ma

6 NOTES ON MOISTURE CONDENSATION Moisture condensation damages the recorder. Read the following information carefully. Moisture condensation occurs du

31822AE 7 Standard Warranty OpenEye warrants all new products to be free from defects in workmanship and material under normal use for a period of tw

8 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface .........

31822AE 9 Appendix A: RAID Concepts ...........................