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Summary of Contents for DVT10U3

Page 1: ...DVPro High Performance Storage System User Manual DVT10U3 USB3 1 10Gbps User Manual Pre Release...

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Page 3: ...symbols are listed in the following picture This symbol means that you should pay extra caution This symbol indicates something you absolutely must not do This symbol indicates something you must do W...

Page 4: ...d the unit from The information in this manual is subject to change without prior notice It is prohibited to reproduce any part of this manual in any form or by any means without prior written permiss...

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Page 6: ...et IP address by front panel 14 2 5 2 Parameter Confirmation 16 2 6 Web based GUI for Parameter Setup and Status Monitor 18 2 6 1 Main Screen of Web GUI 18 2 6 2 Introduction of Monitor Mode 19 2 6 3...

Page 7: ...n for status monitoring and system configuration Web GUI status monitoring and system configuration RAID5 3 can only support 9 HDDs configuration RAID10 only 8 HDDs 1 2 Functions Adjustable Rebuild Pr...

Page 8: ...VT10U3 Storage system AC Power Cord 1 piece USA Japan applicable unless specified Screws 50 pcs of screws for drive installation and Quick Installation Guide Host cable USB3 1 Type C to C cable 1 Mete...

Page 9: ...DVT10U3 6 Rear View Side View...

Page 10: ...1 Parameter Initialization Power on Initialization 2 Configure parameters See Chapter 2 3 Stop buzzer alarm Buzzer stopped immediately by pushing one time SELECT Button Setup Parameter LCD Display Mes...

Page 11: ...orage has a Type C interface meaning the plug can be up or down bi directional One meter Type C to C cable is included in the packing For any different type of host connection such as Type A a differe...

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Page 13: ...followed with sign Front LCD panel acts as a short path for device configuration yet Web GUI is more convenient and recommended to be used 2 2 Introduction of Parameters Setup This section explains t...

Page 14: ...the device to its normal status and abandon Rebuild operation of failed disks if any After power on a RAID n NORMAL will be displayed on LCD RAID 6 NORMAL 2 3 Front Panel LCD Toggle rolling setup flow...

Page 15: ...he default setting If actual drive size was smaller than setup value error such as ONE DOWN L SYSTEM DOWN L will occur and buzzer will be fired RAID Mode Setup RAID MODE RAID 6 RAID mode selection sup...

Page 16: ...ost access are not concentrated The wait interval following the last host command is 1 sec On this mode the recovery operation will not be processed if the host commands are continuous with less than...

Page 17: ...fore you apply to change the setting Default IP IPv4 address is 192 168 50 210 Subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 2 5 1 Method to setup Ethernet IP address by front panel In case necessary to configure IP a...

Page 18: ...above for IP address If you wanted to continuously change other parameters you can keep pressing Mode button to roll among other parameters as Sec 1 4 explained Or you can press Mode Select button to...

Page 19: ...ware Firm ware is Ver x xxx Information only for reference Vendor ID Vender ID is BIOS Information only for reference Model No Product ID is DVT10T2 Information only for reference Serial No Serial No...

Page 20: ...e the setting After parameter setup Cancel the change Power Off during the parameter change Status Monitor Browse parameters During operation Press to roll to next parameters Check Error Status During...

Page 21: ...b browser such as Internet Explorer To setup IP Address via front panel please refer to section 2 5 1 2 6 1 Main Screen of Web GUI With power on and Ethernet connected launch the Internet browser with...

Page 22: ...enclosure status The refreshing interval can be changed by specifying the requested time and apply Change Refresh Interval Drive status is differentiated by color Green Red Yellow White Normal One Do...

Page 23: ...Basic Parameters Click on main menu Basic Parameters to show basic RAID parameters Basic parameter screen shot Additional Parameters Click on main menu Additional Parameters to show additional RAID p...

Page 24: ...BIOS AP Inc 21 Additional RAID parameters screen shot...

Page 25: ...22 Network Parameters Click on main menu Network Parameters to show Network related parameters Network related parameters screen shot Logged Data Click on main menu Logged Data to show Log data of the...

Page 26: ...below for explanation The log is not intended to be examined by end users and should be reported to technical support staff whenever it is required 2 6 3 Management Mode Login To configure Additional...

Page 27: ...After clicking To Management Menu extra menu Mail Setup and SNMP Setup will be shown on Main menu as below screen capture shown User can configure EMAIL notification and SNMP setting also modifying Ad...

Page 28: ...il parameters Sender Address dvt10u3 192 168 50 214 Up to 63byte alphabet number _ and is allowed Two byte characters such as Chinese are not allowed Receiver Address partner biosap com tw Up to two r...

Page 29: ...ion Send Test Mail button By clicking on Send Test Mail button following the email setup you can send a test email to the receiver address for confirmation A failed screen There will be Sending Test M...

Page 30: ...ause of this email sent 2 6 6 Conditions of Mail Notification Under below conditions the mail will be sent Drive failure One Drive Down Two Drives Down System Down Completion of Drive Recovery Recover...

Page 31: ...Trap Server 1 2 If server is not located within LAN please input same IP address of your Gateway Click to save these IP addressed 2 Setup the level of status monitor There are a total of three categor...

Page 32: ...ional Parameters In Management Mode you can click Additional Parameters on main menu to make the change of those parameters Additional Parameters Page Parameter settings under additional parameters ca...

Page 33: ...storage is MUST to get into Setup mode It is to avoid user s carelessly changing critical parameters during operation and causing possible data crash Under Setup mode you can change all kinds of para...

Page 34: ...BIOS AP Inc 31 Critical Parameters Click on Critical Parameters on main menu to enter Critical Parameters page Critical Parameters Page...

Page 35: ...button to save it Reboot the RAID system to make new parameters effective Press MODE button at first time power on to initialize the RAID after the change Warnings Change of any critical parameters wi...

Page 36: ...Parameters page Basic Parameters Page Only Read Ahead cache size is the only basic parameter Default size is 64KB Please refer to Sec 2 6 8 for explanation of changing Additional Parameter Network Par...

Page 37: ...ameters Page After entering correct network information click Save Parameters button to save it Then reboot the RAID system to reflect the change Please refer to Chapter 2 for details of Mail SNMP and...

Page 38: ...re Browse firmware file and click Update Firmware button to start update process Once firmware update is successfully started the screen will show Flash PROM Write Started and front LCD display will s...

Page 39: ...n will be shown Wrong firmware file or transmission error DVPro T10 LCD Display Error has occurred during the process Warning Do not turn off RAID system at this point Instead retry again without rebo...

Page 40: ...ions for each Mode with WEB GUI Menu Monitor Mode Management Mode Setup Mode Read Modify Read Modify Read Modify RAID Monitor O X O X X X Basic Parameters O X O X O O Additional Parameters O X O O O O...

Page 41: ...DVT10U3 38 2 8 Host LAN Configuration 2 8 1 IP Setup for Windows Go to Start Control Panel Navigate to Network and Internet Network and Sharing Center...

Page 42: ...operties First check use the following IO address Considering RAID IP ADDRESS is 192 168 50 210 set as follows IP address 192 168 50 XXX put unused address in place of XXX Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Th...

Page 43: ...fig renew Enter ipconfig all Check if the IP Address has changed correctly 2 8 2 IP Setup for Linux Open a Terminal Window Enter ifconfig eth0 192 168 50 X Put IP that is not used in the current netwo...

Page 44: ...BIOS AP Inc 41 2 8 3 IP Setup for MAC OS X Click System Preferences Click Network Icon...

Page 45: ...DVT10U3 42 Choose Configure option to Manually Enter IP address and click Apply button to save it Make sure the address used here is not used by another device...

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Page 47: ...ogin XXX XXX XX XX XX XX root Host name root 2 Partition Creation and formatting fdisk command start fdisk Example below is when DVPro T10 is recognized as dev sdb root sheep root fdisk dev sdb Creati...

Page 48: ...1 mke2fs 1 29 24 Sep 2002 for EXT2 FS 0 5b 95 08 09 Filesystem label OS type Linux Block size 4096 log 2 Fragment size 4096 log 2 183140352 inodes 366279984 blocks 18313999 blocks 5 00 reserved for th...

Page 49: ...DVPro T10 then starts with host computer Press the Start Button and right click on Computer Click on Manage Go to Device Manager Click on Disk Drives and confirm that the DVPro T10 has been registered...

Page 50: ...reation and Formatting Log into Windows 7 and click the Start then right click on Computer and click on Manage Click on Computer Management Storage Disk Management Right click Not initialize disk DISK...

Page 51: ...k to be initialized and move on to the formatting If DVPro T10 has capacity over 2TB in Volume then choose GPT Disk label here to able to use disk over 2TB Right click on the disk you wish to edit and...

Page 52: ...BIOS AP Inc 49 The New Volume Wizard will load up so click Next Choose the volume you want then click Next...

Page 53: ...0U3 50 8 Choose the driver letter you wish click Next 9 Choose the proper formatting settings and To change allocation unit size from default to 16K is recommended for better performance Click Next ag...

Page 54: ...e verified that the settings are correct and there are no errors click Finish 11 The format will begin Close the Computer Management after the format has completed You can use the disk now please reme...

Page 55: ...ac OS X user guide for details 1 Confirm the connection Connect USB cable between the device and Mac computer Power on DVPro first and then power on Mac computer If connection is fine the disk detecti...

Page 56: ...BIOS AP Inc 53 3 Choose the disk to initialize eg 16 TB BIOS and click on Partition tab Click Partition Layout to set number of partitions you want 4 Input Partition Information as needed...

Page 57: ...DVT10U3 54 5 Apply partition and confirm Partition 6 Choose between Backup disk or not Upon completion of partition the disk can be used to back up with Time Machine or decide later...

Page 58: ...BIOS AP Inc 55 7 Partition Completion...

Page 59: ...e Check user manual to know which fan is failed Press MODE button to mute buzzer FANx OVERFLOW Fan x speed is 90 000RPM ALL FAN STOP NORMAL All fans stopped and host accessible Controller Error Dispat...

Page 60: ...7 Contact support for necessary actions Cache Buffer Error 0x Access error while cache buffer check Buffer Size Error Data inconsistent while cache buffer check Buffer Manager Link Error Cache buffer...

Page 61: ...was occurred Although DVPro T10 is designed to isolate a failed drive to avoid data corruption it is necessary to check drive for permanent failure or occasional failure by several retries on Write or...

Page 62: ...y details Read Retry in CH Err Code x Write Retry in CH Err Code x HRead Retry in CH Err Code x CH 0 Drive No 0 CH 5 Drive No 5 CH 1 Drive No 1 CH 6 Drive No 6 CH 2 Drive No 2 CH 7 Drive No 7 CH 3 Dri...

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