SimpleTech ZeusIOPS User Manual

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Zeus
IOPS
 3.5-Inch Fibre Channel Solid State Drive Product Manual Rev. 1.0
SSD M
ANAGEMENT
 U
TILITY
The firmware and hardware on a Zeus
IOPS
 SSD can be upgraded in the field. The drive management 
utility, “Giddy”, uses signed Java applet technology and the Java native interface to maintain the 
SSD. Table 40 lists the supported operating systems, Java Runtime Environments (JREs) and 
compatible web browsers. The documentation for the Management utility is found at http://
www.gnutek.co.uk/giddy.pdf
.
Notes:
1
The end user is required to have administrator rights to execute the management utility.
2
The utility is capable of updating the firmware or the programmable gate arrays (“hardware 
upgrade”).
3
The SSD will log internal events during normal operation. These “messages” are transparent to 
the host. In the event of an error, the utility is capable of extracting these messages that can be 
sent to the manufacturer for diagnostic purposes.
4
The user can choose to erase or sanitize the drive.
5
The utility will not permit updating the device with firmware intended for another model or 
version of the device.
Table 40.
Zeus
IOPS
 Management Utility Requirements
Operating System
JRE
Web Browser
Windows 2003
1.5.0
Internet Explorer 6.0+
Mozilla Firefox 1.4+
Netscape Navigator 7.0+
Windows 2000
1.5.0
Internet Explorer 6.0+
Mozilla Firefox 1.4+
Netscape Navigator 7.0+
Windows XP
1.5.0
Internet Explorer 6.0+
Mozilla Firefox 1.4+
Netscape Navigator 7.0+
Windows ME
1.5.0
Internet Explorer 6.0+
Mozilla Firefox 1.4+
Netscape Navigator 7.0+
Linux
1.5.0
Mozilla Firefox 1.4+
Netscape Navigator 7.0+
Solaris
1.5.0
Netscape Navigator 7.0+