ArrayMasStor J Series User’s Manual
V
Table of Contents
Foreword ..……………………………………...………………………………………………………………….………I
Safety Notice ..………………………………...………………………………………………………………….………I
WARNING....………………………………...………………………………………………………………….………II
CAUTION....…………….…………………...………………………………………………………………….………II
IMPORTANT……….…………………………………………………………………………………………………..III
1
INTRODUCTION TO THE ARRAYMASSTOR J SERIES............................................................1
1.1
F
EATURES
......................................................................................................................................1
1.2
A
BOUT
RAID
LEVELS
....................................................................................................................2
1.2.1
RAID Level 0..........................................................................................................................2
1.2.2
RAID Level 1..........................................................................................................................3
1.2.3
RAID Level 5..........................................................................................................................4
1.3
M
IXED
RAID L
EVELS
....................................................................................................................5
1.4
H
OT
S
PARE
F
EATURE
.....................................................................................................................6
1.5
W
RITE
B
ACK
C
ACHE
F
UNCTION
.....................................................................................................7
1.6
D
YNAMIC
D
ATA
R
EALLOCATION
....................................................................................................8
2 NAMING CONVENTION...................................................................................................................9
2.1
F
RONT VIEW
..................................................................................................................................9
2.2 R
EAR VIEW
.................................................................................................................................13
3
INSTALLING THE ARRAYMASSTOR J SERIES.......................................................................15
3.1
C
ONNECTING THE
P
OWER
L
INE
C
ORD
...........................................................................................15
3.2
C
ONNECTING THE
SCSI C
ABLE
....................................................................................................15
3.3
T
URNING THE
P
OWER
O
N
.............................................................................................................15
3.4
S
ETTING THE
P
ASSWORD
..............................................................................................................16
3.5
S
ETTING THE
T
IME
& D
ATE
..........................................................................................................16
3.6
S
ETTING THE
SCSI ID ..................................................................................................................16
3.7
S
ETTING THE
S
PARE
M
ODE AND
R
ECONFIGURING THE
LUN ..........................................................16
3.8
F
ORMATTING
...............................................................................................................................16
3.9
C
ONNECTION TO A
M
ACINTOSH
...................................................................................................16
3.10
C
ONNECTION TO THE
UNIX S
YSTEMS
.......................................................................................17
4
ARRAYMASSTOR J SERIES OPERATIONS ..............................................................................18
4.1
O
PERATION
B
UTTONS
..................................................................................................................18
4.2
S
TATUS
D
ISPLAY
(M
AIN
M
ENU
) ...................................................................................................19
4.2.1
Normal Mode .......................................................................................................................19
4.2.2
Degraded Mode (drive failure)..............................................................................................20
4.2.3
Drive Replacement ...............................................................................................................21
4.2.4
Data Reconstruction .............................................................................................................21
4.2.5
Data Initialization ................................................................................................................22
4.2.6
Data Reallocation.................................................................................................................22
4.2.7
Double Fault (Failure of two or more drives)........................................................................23
4.2.8
Forced Data Reconstruction .................................................................................................24
4.2.9
System Halt ..........................................................................................................................25
4.2.10
Fan Failure.......................................................................................................................26
4.2.11
Power Supply Failure........................................................................................................27
4.2.12
Surface Check ...................................................................................................................28
4.3
LUN C
ONFIGURATION
.................................................................................................................29
4.4
CHS I
NFORMATION
......................................................................................................................29
4.5
SCSI ID I
NFORMATION
................................................................................................................30
4.6
D
ISPLAY
S
YSTEM
C
ONFIGURATION
...............................................................................................30