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ARAID 1500, ARAID 2000 User’s Manual

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Accordance Systems Inc.

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(3) Key Lock

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(5) HDD1 R/W LED

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(7) Operation mode selector

(8) Buzzer ON/OFF Switch

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Summary of Contents for 1500

Page 1: ...unction ARF of ARAID 1500 and 2000 10 ARF Compatible Operating Systems 10 ARF Compatible IDE Serial ATA Hard Drives 10 Auto Rebuild Instruction ARF for RAID 1 11 Booting With One Hard Drive in Single Mode 12 Changing Single Mode to Default Mode 13 Performing a Manual Mirror On Demand 13 Cooling Fan and Temperature 15 Hard Drive Failure and Troubleshooting Guide 17 ARAID Questions Answers 18 PC BIO...

Page 2: ...intenance Recommended UDMA 133 100 66 hard drives Seagate Maxtor Western Digital Hitachi IBM Fujitsu Use 40 GB or greater disk capacity Keep a spare hard drive or an inventory of spare hard drives used in your RAID system in case of disk failure If identical models are unavailable stock drives with larger capacity and higher drive speed from the same manufacturer See Q A for details on hard drive ...

Page 3: ... RS 232 Cable AraidEye for Microsoft Windows ARAID monitoring utility Contact your dealer if any of these items are missing or are damaged 2 Optional items available for managing the ARAID 1500 2000 A AraidEye for Linux B SNMP Agent for Windows XP Professional 2000 Server 2003 C SNMP Agent for Redhat SUSE Linux D Accordance OpManager 5 One month free evaluation edition An easy to use SNMP Network ...

Page 4: ...al 4 Accordance Systems Inc Mobile Racks Plastic handler Front view of ARAID 1500 2000 mobile rack with hard drive Metal handler Front view of ARAID 1500 2000 mobile rack with hard drive Rear view of ARAID 1500 Rear view of ARAID 2000 ...

Page 5: ...r disk read write status z Built in alarm alerts disk and fan failure z Practical front panel Mirror On Demand switch z 70mm high performance cooling fan provides good ventilation for hard drives at 7 200 rmp or higher z Power 5V and 12V DC z Security keys z Optional SNMP Agent software for Windows or Linux for network management Specifications Dimensions 236x146x86 mm fits into one 2U 5 25 bay We...

Page 6: ...a strict EIDE command set and accurate to work on any operating system without the need of a device driver or RAID I O controller board ARAID 1500 and 2000 RAID 1 Users Default mode When ARAID is set at RAID 1 mode its front panel operation mode switch is set to Default position for ordinary disk mirroring operation One Drive Operation ARAID can operate with only one drive in the upper bay When th...

Page 7: ...ARAID 2000 User s Manual 7 Accordance Systems Inc Parts on Front Panel 1 3 2 4 7 8 9 6 5 1 Tray 1 2 Tray2 3 Key Lock 4 LCD 5 HDD1 R W LED 6 HDD2 R W LED 7 Operation mode selector 8 Buzzer ON OFF Switch 9 Key Lock ...

Page 8: ... only 3 FAN connector 4 ARAID 1500 2000 power socket 5 70mm fan 6 RS232 connector 7 Function Setup Jumpers Function Setup Jumper descriptions Lower Right corner Pin 1 Device MASTER SLAVE mode setup For firmware upgrade use only MASTER 1 closed Default setup SLAVE 1 open Pin 2 RAID Level setup jumper RAID 1 2 open Default setup RAID 0 2 closed Pin 3 For optional Enforced Mode Firmware Upgrade Pin 4...

Page 9: ...de switch is set to Single 6 Once the source disk operation is confirmed then set the operation mode from Single to Default and install a target disk into the lower tray You can do this while the system is powered since ARAID supports hot swapping ARAID will then automatically detect the presence of the second disk and start disk mirroring functionality with Auto Rebuild 7 You have passed the basi...

Page 10: ... Manufacturer IDE Model IDE Capacity SATA Model SATA Capacity Maxtor DiamondMax 40 60 GB DiamondMax 60 GB 92799U6 40 GB 6Y080M0 80 GB 96147H8 60 GB 4R120L0 120 GB 98196A8 80 GB 6Y120M0 120 GB 6Y120L0 120 GB 6Y250M0 250 GB 4G160J8 160 GB 5T0xxx 40 60 GB Western Digital 400 800BB 40 80 GB WD1200JD 120 GB 1800BB JB 180 GB WD1600JD 160 GB 2000JB 200 GB WD2500JD 250 GB SAMSUNG SV2044D 20 GB FUJITSU MPE...

Page 11: ...tall target disk without changing disk operation mode to Default the system will report target disk as OFF in the LCD window 3 ARF Auto Rebuild Function will start automatically and copy the contents of the source disk onto the target disk 4 While the disk is rebuilding the completion percentage is displayed on the front panel LCD 5 Typical rebuild rate is 30 80 GB hour with maximum transfers of u...

Page 12: ...ingle mode OFF indicates power for target disk is OFF If you place source disk in the lower bay the system will ask for a system disk ARAID cannot access to source disk placed in the lower bay LCD message is shown below ARAID in Single mode OFF indicates power for target disk is off 2 Even both disks are installed ARAID can only access to source disk for the power of target disk is still OFF LCD m...

Page 13: ...ther drive while the disk rebuild is in progress to avoid data loss Booting the system with one hard drive in default mode 1 ARAID can boot the system with one hard drive from either drive LCD message when the source drive is in the upper bay LCD message when source disk is on the lower bay 2 When both drives are installed ARAID will automatically detect the source disk primary HDD and boot the sy...

Page 14: ...e after installing a new source disk when system has booted with target disk LCD message and LED indication after disk rebuilding is completed Warning Do not change mode from Default to Single mode while both drives are operating Disk power will be disconnected immediately and the real time backup mirroring function will be terminated ARAID can then access only the source disk upper bay Unexpected...

Page 15: ...ture is higher than the default setting a preset number typically 50 C or 122 F the LCD will show a highlighted T as illustrated in the diagram shown below RAID System Management Monitoring via AraidEye AraidEye allows users to see information about the hard disk fan speed and temperature status of your ARAID unit via an RS 232 connection in Microsoft Windows or Linux X Windows AraidEye for Window...

Page 16: ...d to large size network Information provided includes disk health status fan speed and temperature It is compatible with Accordance s OpManager HP s OpenView and IBM s NetView The Accordance SNMP Agent provides enterprise proprietary MIB and MIB II support as well as ARAID event traps Accordance s OpManager NMS Accordance s OpManager is an easy to learn powerful Network Management System NMS All A...

Page 17: ...drive to resume the disk mirroring function 3 LED message when source disk fails and target disk is OK ARAID will maintain read write function on target disk but the RAID function is terminated Replace the failed drive to resume the disk mirroring function 4 LED message when both disks failed No disk read write function is available Replace disks immediately and restore from your latest backup to ...

Page 18: ...esume the disk rebuild sequence without further user intervention Preventing and recovering from an unexpected virus attack Q How can I prevent or recover from a virus attack by utilizing Mirror On Demand function provided by ARAID for RAID 1 users only A Prevention is the most important factor in preventing a virus attack Accordance recommends the use of commercial grade anti virus software and a...

Page 19: ... the larger capacity drive in the upper bay Tip Label each tray with the disk capacity brand and model for future reference 3 The BIOS of some older computers may only be able to access hard drives of 8GB or less In these instances you must set the HDD TYPE in the BIOS to USER mode and then key in the Head Cylinder Sector data which is printed on the drive label or available from the manufacturer ...

Page 20: ...ware Revision Manufactured Date or Purchase Date Equipment Environment PC or Motherboard Brand Model BIOS Phoenix or Award or AMI Chipset HDD 1 Brand Model Series number HDD 2 Brand Model Series number IDE operation Mode CPU RAM Version of Windows Linux other Benchmark Application if available Mandatory Optional but it helps to identify problem Test Procedure Error Messages 1 2 3 Symptom 1 2 3 ...

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