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Instruction Manual

Digital Video Array

DVAS

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Page 1: ...Instruction Manual EN Digital Video Array DVAS ...

Page 2: ... shock or other hazards 9 Safety Check Upon completion of servicing or repairs to the unit ask the service technician to perform safety checks to ensure proper operating condition 10 Power Sources Operate the unit only from the type of power source indicated on the label If unsure of the type of power supply to use contact your dealer or local power company For units intended to operate from batte...

Page 3: ...ion or rack unless proper ventilation is provided or the manufacturer s instructions have been adhered to The equipment must not exceed its maximum operating temperature requirements 2 Mechanical Loading Mounting of the equipment in a rack shall be such that a hazardous condition is not achieved due to uneven mechanical loading WARNING Electrostatic sensitive device Use proper CMOS MOSFET handling...

Page 4: ...on doit exclusivement être réalisée par du personnel qualifié conformément au code national d électricité américain NEC ou au code d électricité local en vigueur Coupure de l alimentation Qu ils soient pourvus ou non d un commutateur ON OFF tous les appareils reçoivent de l énergie une fois le cordon branché sur la source d alimentation Toutefois l appareil ne fonctionne réellement que lorsque le ...

Page 5: ...s die mogelijk elektrische schokken kan veroorzaken De gebruiker dient de bedienings en onderhoudsvoorschriften te raadplegen in de documentatie die werd meegeleverd met het apparaat Sicurezza Attenzione l installazione deve essere effettuata esclusivamente da personale tecnico qualificato in conformità con il National Electrical Code o con le normative locali vigenti Scollegamento dell alimentazi...

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Page 7: ...ork Connection 14 6 3 Manually Setting the IP Address 15 6 4 Quick Configuration 16 6 5 Setting Up SCSI Interfaces 17 6 6 Creating a RAID Set 18 6 7 Adding and Mapping a Volume 19 7 BOSCH GUI Graphic User Interface 20 7 1 Menu Tree 20 7 2 Information Menu 21 7 3 RAID Array 21 7 4 Volumes 22 7 5 Drives 22 7 6 Progress 22 7 7 System Information 23 7 8 Disk Statistics 24 7 9 Network Statistics 25 7 1...

Page 8: ... 8 10 Delete Spare 30 9 SYSTEM MENU 31 9 1 SCSI Settings 31 9 2 Network Settings 31 9 3 Network Port 32 9 4 E Alert 32 9 5 Date Time 33 9 6 Security 33 9 7 Cache Settings 34 9 8 Administration Page 34 10 LOG OFF 35 11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 36 11 1 Required Components 36 11 2 Rail Kit Installation 36 12 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 37 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 38 14 FIRMWARE UPDATE 39 APPENDIX A 42 ...

Page 9: ...KING 2 1 Safety Concerns Computer components and disk drives are sensitive to static charge Take precautions to divert any electrostatic charge from your person before and while handling the components with your hands or any tools Before removing Controllers or Power Supplies ensure that the system is powered down and disconnected from the main socket Ensure correct lifting methods are used when h...

Page 10: ...29 or 408 956 3896 e mail NationalServiceCenter ca slr com Canada 514 738 2434 Europe Middle East Asia Pacific Region 32 1 440 0711 For additional information see www boschsecuritysystems com 3 PHYSICAL COMPONENTS 3 1 Power Supplies 3 1 1 Insertion Pull the handle of the Power Supply Unit PSU so that it is at 90 to the main PSU unit Line up the PSU with the guide rails in the DVAS Series Insert th...

Page 11: ...Hard Drive Assemblies 3 3 1 Insertion Align the disk carrier with an available disk slot Ensure that the handle is open and the carrier push button is toward the bottom of the chassis Push the disk carrier until fully inserted then close the handle and push in the carrier button to secure the chassis in place 3 3 2 Removal Do not remove a disk while in operation within a RAID set as this will caus...

Page 12: ...ve Module Drive Status Indicators Drive Release Lever Drive Release Button Reset Button Chassis Services LEDs Fan or Optional Power Supply Serial Port Network Connector Blank Panel Release Caps Mains Connector Release Lever Power Switch Raid Controller Disk Channel Loop Through Figure 2 DVAS Front Figure 3 DVAS Rear ...

Page 13: ...ned to determine which has failed IMPORTANT Inadvertently removing the functional surviving power supply will result in system failure and possible data loss A failed power supply or blower should be replaced as quickly as possible Do not remove the failed power supply until a replacement is on hand Continued operation with a failed power supply or blower will result in a dramatic irreversible red...

Page 14: ...interface to Add a Hot Spare Add Drive s if storage is expanded the entire RAID must be reconstructed Change the allocation of storage only applicable if two DVRs are connected to a single DVAS Monitor the DVAS system Use the e mail alert feature warnings and error messages can be e mailed to a specified address Attach two DVRs to a DVAS0416 or a DVAS0816 unit see Quick Configuration page Attach o...

Page 15: ...Setting the IP Address When the login page is displayed click Login to continue by default no user name or password is required From this Main page click System located at the middle of the left hand side of the screen Figure 6 System Setting Then select the Net Settings tab Figure 7 Net Settings By default the Net Settings new page requests a user name and password User name ADMIN Password PASSWO...

Page 16: ...her the web pages should be reloaded at a specified interval to show any changes to the system on screen If desired ensure that the Enabled box is checked A value number of seconds must be specified to indicate the frequency of refreshing the web page When all settings have been updated press Save Configuration Restart the system to activate these changes 6 4 Quick Configuration THIS PROCESS CLEAR...

Page 17: ... altered This section explains each setting To change the SCSI setting select System on the DVAS Series disk array s main page Select the SCSI tab to access the SCSI settings When the Configure SCSI page is loaded in the main frame use the drop down menus to select the new setting for the SCSI host channels SCSI ID Use the drop down menu to choose the desired ID Termination AUTOMATIC is the defaul...

Page 18: ... Delete RAID Array NOTE Only one array can be deleted at a time When prompted confirm the deletion by clicking the tick box in the center of the screen then Confirm Delete Command To cancel the command click CANCEL Delete Select the Add Array tab Use the tick boxes to select the drives to be used in the array NOTE Unused disks are not automatically used as spares Select RAID Level Choose the RAID ...

Page 19: ... Volume tab Enter the name for the new volume to define the friendly name of the volume for use in the GUI Enter the size of the new volume in Megabytes MB You may create one volume that is the maximum size of the array or a number of volumes The remaining free space on the array is shown at the bottom of the screen Reserve an optional free space area at the beginning of the new volume for future ...

Page 20: ...tem Information Disk Statistics Network Statistics Bad Blocks Problems Event Log Key RAID Menu Add Array Add Volume Expand Volume Delete Volume Map Volume Rename Volume Rename Array Delete Array Add Spare Delete Spare System Menu SCSI Network Settings Network Port E Alerts Date Time Security Multi View Config Dump Cache Admin Tech Support Quick Configuration 1 DVR 2 DVR Home Log Off ...

Page 21: ...ue Fault Tolerant Not Fault Tolerant Critical Offline RAID Level Displays the RAID level of the array Array Capacity Displays array capacity in Gigabytes GB No of Array Members Displays the number of disks in the array No of Spares Displays total number of spares for the array No of Volumes Displays total number of configured volumes for the array Data Stripe Size Displays stripe size for the arra...

Page 22: ...nsistency check Figure 18 Volume Array Figure 19 Drive Array Figure 20 Drive Information Information Description Volume Name User defined name for the volume Volume Capacity Size of the volume in Megabytes Gigabytes in brackets Percentage of Total Array Used Displays the percentage of the entire array capacity that s used by the volume Host 0 1 Target ID LUN Displays the SCSI ID and LUN of the arr...

Page 23: ...tion Description Cooling Displays the status of the blowers Power Displays the status of the power supplies Voltage Displays Rail CPU and Battery voltages Temperature Displays controller and battery temperature Charge Mode Displays battery charging mode Time Displays current time Date Displays current date Firmware version Displays the firmware version Web GUI version Displays the version of the W...

Page 24: ...ics Information Description IOs Displays the number of requested IOs by the host system The individual figures represent each request Note that a single request may be up to 255 blocks long Transfer Retries Displays the number of failure instances due to a problem between the RAID controller and the ATA disk normally 0 Media Retries Displays the number of failure instances due to bad surface media...

Page 25: ...blocks present their location can be viewed by clicking Details in the right hand column Figure 24 Network Statistics Figure 25 Bad Blocks Information Description Collisions Counter of packet collisions when two network devices transmit at the same time FIFO errors Counter of DMA Direct Memory Access transfer errors when loading the FIFO First In First Out buffer on the Network IC Carrier errors C...

Page 26: ... all symbols used in the Bosch web interface 7 13 Event Log This page displays controller events disk information RAID status changes power supply status changes network events etc Events are placed in chronological order newest first The event log can be saved as text by highlighting copying and pasting into notepad or by clicking Download Event Log and Config Dump on the event log page Figure 26...

Page 27: ...ut is not the ideal choice for server environments RAID 0 is for users who need speed not redundancy Select Stripe Size Stripe size for the array designates the amount of data written to a single disk before moving on to the next Sequential access benefits from a smaller stripe size wheras random access benefits from a larger stripe size Bosch DVRs require 64KB Click Create RAID Set to continue Th...

Page 28: ...or New Volume on Host 0 1 Defines the LUN for each volume on either or both Host Channels Use the drop down menu to select each LUN A specified LUN can only be accessed by one DVR To confirm your choices click Create Volume 8 3 Expand Volume To expand the capacity of a volume a volume must have been created with free space available before the beginning of the next volume If you only have a volume...

Page 29: ... volume to select the LUN for each Host Channel A maximum of eight LUNS can be applied per channel Selecting UNMAPPED causes inaccessibility of the selected LUN over that channel Click Save Settings to confirm changes Changes are made immediately so changing the LUN of a volume already in use could create a problem with the DVR 8 6 Rename Volume This page is used to supply a user friendly name for...

Page 30: ...ata when a RAID disk fails The two types of hot spares are pool spares and dedicated spares Pool spares can be used to rebuild any array in the event of a disk failure A dedicated spare is only used to rebuild the array that it is dedicated to To add a pool spare click the radio button adjacent to the text Add a pool floating hot spare disk then scroll down and click the tick button of the unused ...

Page 31: ...tings tab permits alteration of the properties of the DVAS Series disk array s network connection Enter any new settings into the text boxes on the right hand side of the page then click Save Configuration to apply them How to Set IP Address Use the radio buttons to select either DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol or to manually set IP address If DHCP is chosen no further values are required...

Page 32: ...e the settings restart the DVAS Series disk array 9 4 E Alert The DVAS Series disk array has the capability of sending an e mail to a specified e mail address in the event of a warning or error condition In warning conditions the DVAS Series disk array operation continues as normal but an event has occurred indicating potential future difficulties Examples are Higher than normal internal temperatu...

Page 33: ...the time of an event the time date must be correct Enter the date and time in the following format Date dd mm yyyy Time hh mm ss Time zone relative to GMT via the drop down menu Time Server IP address for auto time and date configure allows selection of a time server manually or from the preconfigured list Time Server time and date format Select via drop down box Set system time and date by the ti...

Page 34: ...es have been made click Save Settings to continue 9 8 System Administration The ADMIN tab allows muting and resounding of the audible alarm when there is a problem and clearing events that require manual responses from the problem page Silence the Audible Alarm Click this button to silence the audible alarm If this does not solve the problem that caused the alarm to sound click the red X at the to...

Page 35: ...les or click Execute verify utility NOW to start the selected verify utility Disable Dangerous Commands Confirm and click Disable Dangerous Commands to put the GUI into this mode In this mode any configuration commands that will cause data loss or result in loss of host communications are not permitted Read Only Confirm and click Read Only and no configuration of the ATA RAID system is permitted R...

Page 36: ... x 8300045 M4 screws 2 x 8300045 washers and 2 x 8300044 nuts for each bracket FIGURE 48 NOTE Make sure the flange is on the bottom edge Step 4 Attach left and right front short extended brackets to the outer rail using 2 x 8300045 M4 screws 2 x 8300045 washers and 2 x 8300044 nuts for each bracket FIGURE 49 NOTE Make sure the flange is on the bottom edge Step 5 Attach outer rail to chassis using ...

Page 37: ...andles 537mm 20 98in Approximate weight 32kg including drives packaging Information Description Power Supplies 1 x 450W or 2 x 450W load sharing Cooling 2 x Radial blowers in power supplies and one blower in each controller Information Description Interface 10 100 Base T Ethernet RJ 45 Protocols TCP IP HTTP SMTP and FTP GUI HTML supports most standard Internet browsers E mail sent via SMTP at fail...

Page 38: ...settings Restoring factory settings will not harm your data To restore the factory settings follow the instructions below If only resetting the IP address skip Steps 8 and 9 1 Make a note of the product s serial number as it will be needed later 2 Turn off the system 3 Turn power back on while depressing the alarm silence button for more than ten seconds then release 4 Depress the button again 5 T...

Page 39: ...em During activity the Green LED s will flicker on the front panel corresponding to the disk drive s If a failure occurs the LED in the shape of an exclamation mark will illuminate in Amber Resolving Problems The Bosch Interface indicates that a disk has failed and my data is still online Determine which disk has failed by its Amber exclamation mark on the front LED panel Extract the faulty disk a...

Page 40: ...art of sending the new firmware for the update to complete Wait five minutes before accessing the event log Do not continually click the event log link as it is a large web page that will slow down the firmware update process It is recommended that you access the event log every 30 seconds or so after the initial five minutes DO NOT switch the DVAS Series disk array off until the Microcode Updated...

Page 41: ...op of the log 5 The new firmware will take effect at the next DVAS Series disk array power up Windows 98 timeout If this procedure is followed on Windows 98 systems and possibly other systems the FTP process in Windows 98 will time out during Step 3 This occurs after all data has been transferred to the DVAS Series disk array but before the storage process flash update is complete In this case the...

Page 42: ...ould not be inserted while the unit is powered on If exchanging a faulty RAID controller schedule a shutdown before replacing it Insert the RAID controller into its slot ensuring that the metal runners line up with the internal guides Firmly push the RAID controller fully into the chassis until the side clips click into place Removal Do not remove a faulty controller while power is on power must b...

Page 43: ...DVAS Instruction Manual EN 43 Bosch Security Systems 20 January 2004 ...

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