Advantech ASR-5300I Series, User Manual

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51 ASR-5300I Series Hardware User Manual
Chapter 3
S
ystem
Connection
3.5.4 High-Availability IP SAN (Recommended Cabling Method for
Remote Replication)
Component Description
RAID system
iSCSI RAID managed by redundant RAID controllers, with a total of
8 host ports.
HBA
iSCSI initiators, preferably PCI-E TCP/IP offload engine (TOE)
capable cards.
GbE cables GbE network cables
GbE switch
Ports divided into 2 virtual LANs; both controllers are linked to both
virtual LAN zones.
Software
EonPath to manage the fault-tolerant paths with failover/ failback
and load balance. Use EonPath multipath software to enable the
operating system to identify alternate paths to the same logical
drive.
RAID configuration
2 logical drives (each has 8 member drives). More logical drives
can be created from drives in JBOD.
LD0 mapped to CH0 AID, CH1 BID, CH2 AID and CH3 BID; LD
has to be assigned to both controllers A and B to enable remote
replication.
LD1 mapped to CH1 BID, CH0 AID CH3 BID and CH2 AID; LD has
to be assigned to both controllers A and B to enable remote
replication.