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RAID Configuring

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3.6.2 Delete Raid Set

To delete a raid set, click on the

Delete Raid Set

link

A “

Select The

RAID SET To

Delete” screen

is displayed showing all raid set existing in the current controller.

Click the raid set number you which to delete in the select column to delete screen.

Tick on the

Confirm The Operation

and click on the

Submit

button in the

screen to delete it.

Summary of Contents for MGT-08SC08A

Page 1: ...RAID SCSI TO S ATA Installation Reference Guide Revision 1 0 P N PW0020000000315 ...

Page 2: ...s electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written consent Trademarks All products and trade names used in this document are trademarks or regis tered trademarks of their respective holders Changes The material in this documents is for information only and is subject to change without notice ...

Page 3: ... However there is not guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Move the equipm...

Page 4: ...f RAID technology It includes the following information Chapter 1 Introduction Introduces you to Disk Array s features and general technology concepts Chapter 2 Getting Started Helps user to identify parts of the Disk Array and prepare the hardware for configuration Chapter 3 Configuring Quick Setup Provides a simple way to setup your Disk Array Customizing Setup Provides step by step instructions...

Page 5: ... 3 Connecting to Host 2 4 SCSI Termination 2 5 Powering on the subsystem 2 6 Install HardDrives Chapter 3 Configuring 3 1 ConfiguringthroughaTerminal 3 2 Configuring the Subsystem Using the LCD Panel 3 3 MenuDiagram 3 4 Web browser based Remote RAID management via R Link ethernet 3 5 QuickCreate 3 6 RaidSetFunctions 3 6 1 CreateRaidSet 3 6 2 DeleteRaidSet 3 6 3 ExpandRaidSet 3 6 4 Offline Raid Set...

Page 6: ...on 3 9 2 U320SCSITargetConfiguration 3 9 3 EthernetConfig 3 9 4 AlertByMailConfig 3 9 5 SNMPConfiguration 3 9 6 NTPConfiguration 3 9 7 ViewEvents 3 9 8 GenerateTestEvents 3 9 9 ClearEventsBuffer 3 9 10 Modify Password 3 9 11UpgradeFirmware 3 10 InformationMenu 3 10 1RaidSetHierarchy 3 10 2 System Information 3 10 3HardwareMonitor 3 11 CreatinganewRAIDorReconfiguringanExistingRAID 3 12 Upgradingthe...

Page 7: ... in which data is stored in a RAID array If a disk in the RAID array fails the subsystem continues to function without any risk of data loss This is because redundant information is stored separately from the data This redundant information will then be used to re construct any data that was stored on a failed disk In other words the sub system can tolerate the failure of a drive without losing da...

Page 8: ...terface for remote management event notifica tion Dual host channels support clustering technology Real time drive activity and status indicators RAID Function Features Supports RAID levels 0 1 0 1 3 5 6 and JBOD Supports hot spare and automatic hot rebuild Allows online capacity expansion within the enclosure Tagged command queuing for 256 commands allows for overlapping data streams Transparent ...

Page 9: ...iping This is a method of combining multiple drives into one logical storage unit Striping partitions the storage space of each drive into stripes which can be as small as one sector 512 bytes or as large as several megabytes These stripes are then interleaved in a rotating sequence so that the combined space is composed alternately of stripes from each drive The specific type of operating environ...

Page 10: ...d thus maximize the number of simultaneous I O operations that can be performed by the array Definition of RAID Levels RAID 0 is typically defined as a group of striped disk drives without parity or data redundancy RAID 0 arrays can be configured with large stripes for multi user environments or small stripes for single user systems that access long sequential records RAID 0 arrays deliver the bes...

Page 11: ...sisting of pairs of mirrored drives All writes must go to both drives of a mirrored pair so that the information on the drives is kept identical However each individual drive can perform simultaneous independent read operations Mirroring thus doubles the read performance of a single non mirrored drive and while the write performance is unchanged RAID 1 delivers the best performance of any redundan...

Page 12: ...y one I O request at a time RAID 3 delivers the best performance for single user single tasking environments with long records Synchronized spindle drives are required for RAID 3 arrays in order to avoid performance degradation with short records RAID 5 arrays with small stripes can yield similar performance to RAID 3 arrays Under RAID 5 parity information is distributed across all the drives Sinc...

Page 13: ...to the physical drives in the array With RAID 6 however two sets of parity data are used These two sets are different and each set occupies a capacity equivalent to that of one of the constituent drives The main advantages of RAID 6 is High data availability any two drives can fail without loss of critical data ...

Page 14: ... requires synchronized spindle drives to avoid performance degradation with short records RAID 5 with a small stripe size offers similar performance RAID 5 combines efficient fault tolerant data storage with good performance characteristics However write performance and performance during drive failure is slower than with RAID 1 Rebuild operations also require more time than with RAID 1 because pa...

Page 15: ...d mirrored All data is 100 duplicated on an equivalent drive Fully redundant Data is striped across several physical drives Parity protection is used for data redundancy Data is striped across several physical drives Parity protection is used for data redundancy Data is striped across several physical drives Parity protection is used for data redundancy Requires N 2 drives to implement because of ...

Page 16: ...60MB Sec 320MB Sec Cable Length 6 m 3 m 3 m 1 5 m 1 5 m 12 m 12 m 12 m 12 m 1 3 2 Host SCSI ID Selection A SCSI ID is an identifier assigned to SCSI devices which enables them to communicate with a computer when they are attached to a host adapter via the SCSI bus Each SCSI device and the host adapter itself must have a SCSI ID number Ultra 320 Wide SCSI 0 to 15 The ID defines each SCSI device on ...

Page 17: ...apter and the SCSI devices attached to it must be properly terminated or they will not work reliably Termination means that terminators are installed in the devices at each end of the bus Some SCSI devices require you to manually insert or remove the terminators Other devices have built in terminators that are enabled or dis abled via switches or software commands Refer to the device s documenta t...

Page 18: ...capacity of all the disks in the raid set 1 4 2 Volume Set A Volume Set is seen by the host system as a single logical device It is orga nized in a RAID level with one or more physical disks RAID level refers to the level of data performance and protection of a Volume Set A Volume Set ca pacity can consume all or a portion of the disk capacity available in a RAID Set Multiple Volume Sets can exist...

Page 19: ...nitialization complete Furthermore the RAID volume set is also protected against a single disk failure while initialing In Fast Initialization the initialization proceeds must be completed before the volume set ready for system accesses 1 4 3 2 Array Roaming The RAID subsystem stores configuration information both in NVRAM and on the disk drives It can protect the configuration settings in the cas...

Page 20: ...sets residing on that raid set is redistributed evenly across all the disks A contiguous block of unused capacity is made available on the raid set The unused capacity can create additional volume set The expan sion process is illustrated as following figure The RAID subsystem controller redistributes the original volume set over the original and newly added disks using the same fault tolerance co...

Page 21: ...ailable capacity without taking the sys tem off 1 4 4 High availability 1 4 4 1 Creating Hot Spares A hot spare drive is an unused online available drive which is ready for re placing the failure disk drive In a RAID level 1 0 1 3 5 or 6 raid set any unused online available drive installed but not belonging to a raid set can define as a hot spare drive Hot spares permit you to replace failed drive...

Page 22: ...ith data redundancy such as RAID level 1 0 1 3 5 and 6 If a hot spare is not available the failed disk drive must be replaced with a new disk drive so that the data on the failed drive can be rebuilt If a hot spare is available the rebuild starts automatically when a drive fails The RAID subsystem auto matically and transparently rebuilds failed drives in the background with user definable rebuild...

Page 23: ...stem Install Hard Drives 2 1 Unpacking the Subsystem Before continuing first unpack the subsystem and verify that the contents of the shipping carton are all there and in good condition Before removing the subsystem from the shipping carton visually inspect the physical condition of the shipping carton Exterior damage to the shipping carton may indicate that the contents of the carton are damaged ...

Page 24: ...ons The package contains the following items RAID subsystem unit One power cord Two external SCSI cables One external null modem cable One RJ 45 ethernet cable Installation Reference Guide Spare screws etc If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance ...

Page 25: ... 3 5 6 7 S l o t 4 S l o t 8 S l o t S l o t S l o t S l o t S l o t S l o t 1 2 3 5 6 7 S l o t 4 S l o t 8 4 Function Use the Up or Down arrow keys to go through the information on the LCD screen This is also used to move between each menu when you configure the subsystem This is used to enter the option you have selected Press this button to return to the previous menu Parts Up and Down arrow b...

Page 26: ...nd an alarm will sound Green LED indicates power is on Blue blinking LED indicates data is being accessed Parts Disk Fault Warning LED Power LED Access LED 4 HDD status Indicator Function These LED will blink blue when the hard drive is being accessed Red LED indicates the hard drive is failure Parts HDD access LEDs HDD fault LEDs Disk Access Indicator Disk Fault Indicator ...

Page 27: ...ugh RJ 45 ethernet for remote manage ment The subsystem is equipped with one 10 100 Ethernet RJ45 LAN port You use web based browser to management RAID subsystem through Ethernet for re mote configuration and monitoring Link LED Green LED indicates ethernet is linking Link speed LED Orange LED indicates the link speed is 100Mbps The LED will not blink when the link speed is 10Mbps HOST A HOST B R ...

Page 28: ...connector at the rear of the subsystem attach one end of the external SCSI cable to one of the SCSI connectors and the other end to the host adapter s external SCSI connector The host adapter is in stalled in your Host subsystem 2 Connect the other host system using the other external SCSI cable if you want to configure subsystem into multi host attachment 3 Monitor Port The subsystem is equipped ...

Page 29: ... are connected the total length of all cables internal or external must not exceed 3 meters 9 8 ft to ensure reliable operation 2 For safety reasons make sure the Disk Array and Host Computer are turned off when you plug in the SCSI cable HOST A in HOST B in ...

Page 30: ...is attached to the SCSI adapter to the Host A B in connec tor and install the external SCSI Terminator on the Host A B out connector If the array is to be placed in the middle of a daisy chained configuration connect the incoming cable the one which is attached to the SCSI adapter to the Host A B in connector and connect the outgoing cable the one which continues on to other devices to the Host A ...

Page 31: ...the SCSI bus be terminated If the last device is not terminated or if devices other than the last are terminated erratic SCSI bus performance may occur Typically the system or host adapter SCSI card inside the PC is the first device and is already terminated When installing the disk array on a SCSI bus with other devices be sure to observe the above rules with all devices on the SCSI bus Consult y...

Page 32: ...matically 1 Plug in the power cord or power connector located at the rear of the subsystem 2 Turn on the power 3 The Power LED on the front panel will turn green After a few moments the LCD should display the following message Model Name xxx xxx xxx xxx Note The subsystem is equipped with PFC power factor correction Full Range power supply The subsystem will automatically selector voltage Power Sw...

Page 33: ...drive while the subsystem is running 1 Each Drive Tray has a locking mechanism When the Lock Groove is vertical this indicates that the Drive Tray is unlocked When the Lock Groove is horizontal then the Drive Tray is locked Lock and unlock the Drive Trays by using a flat head screw driver 2 The Lock Grooves are located on a button Press the button and the Drive Tray handle will flip open 3 Pull th...

Page 34: ...ve Tray Module from the enclosure handle with care to prevent dropping the module 5 Turn the Drive Tray over Notice the 4 screws Tighten these 4 screws to firmly secure the hard drive to the Drive Tray 6 To install the trays insert the trays into the enclosure and close the Drive Tray handle Then lock the Drive Tray using a screw driver ...

Page 35: ...em You may configure through the following methods VT100 terminal connected through the controller s serial port Front panel touch control keypad Web browser based Remote RAID management Important The subsystem allows you to access the utility using only one method at a time You cannot use both methods at the same time 3 1 Configuring through a Terminal Configuring through a terminal will allow yo...

Page 36: ...minal emulation mode to the monitor port located at the rear of the subsystem Note You may connect a terminal while the subsystem s power is on 2 Power on the terminal 3 Run the VT100 program or an equivalent terminal program ...

Page 37: ...RAID Configuring 3 3 4 The default setting of the monitor port is 115200 baud rate 8 data bit non parity 1 stop bit and no flow control ...

Page 38: ...RAID Configuring 3 4 5 Click disconnect button 6 Open the File menu and then open Properties ...

Page 39: ...guring 3 5 7 Open the Settings Tab 8 Open the Settings Tab Function arrow and ctrl keys act as Terminal Keys Backspace key sends Crtl H Emulation VT100 Telnet terminal VT100 Back scroll buffer lines 500 Click OK ...

Page 40: ...ction ESC key Return to previous screen L key Line draw X key Redraw 9 Now the VT100 is ready to use After you have finished the VT100 Termi nal setup you may press X key in your Terminal to link the RAID subsystem and Terminal together Press X key to display the disk array Monitor Utility screen on your VT100 Terminal 10 The Main Menu will appear ...

Page 41: ...t the user can only monitor and configure the raid subsystem by providing the cor rect password The password is used to protect the internal RAID sub system from unauthorized entry The controller will check the password only when entering the Main menu from the initial screen The RAID subsystem will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command in twenty seconds ...

Page 42: ...te a customized raid set Create a customized volume set View individual disk information Setting the raid system configurations Setting the Ethernet configurations Record all system events in the buffer Clear all event buffer information Show all system environment status View the controller information VT100 terminal configuration Utility Main Menu Options Select an option and the related informa...

Page 43: ...he LCD Display front panel function keys are the primary user interface for the Disk Array Except for the Firmware update all configuration can be per formed through this interface The LCD provides a system of screens with ar eas for information status indication or menus The LCD screen displays up to two lines at a time of menu items or other information The RAID subsystem password is default set...

Page 44: ...BA Use 4k Block Greater Two TB Volume Support Greater Two TB Volume Support Greater Two TB Volume Support Greater Two TB Volume Support Greater Two TB Volume Support Greater Two TB Volume Support Greater Two TB Volume Support Greater Two TB Volume Support No Use 64Bit LBA Use 4k Block No Use 64Bit LBA Use 4k Block No Use 64Bit LBA Use 4k Block No Use 64Bit LBA Use 4k Block No Use 64Bit LBA Use 4k ...

Page 45: ...e you sure Yes No Select Drives IDE Channel Chxx Ch08 Expand Raid Set Yes No Select Raid Set To Active Activate Raid Set Yes No Are You Sure Yes No Create Hot Spare Yes No Select The Hot Spare Device To Be Deleted Delete Hot Spare Yes No Select Raid Set To Display Yes No Are you sure Yes No Chxx Ch08 Select IDE Drives for Raid Set Expansion Select Drives for Hot spare Max 3 Hot spare supported Ch0...

Page 46: ...e you sure Yes No Display Volume Info in Raid Select Volume To Display Yes No Yes No Initialization Mode Foreground Background No Init Are you sure Yes No Modify Volume Set Modify Volume From Raid Set Select Volume To Modify Volume Modification Greater Two TB Volume Support Volume Name Raid Level Capacity Stripe Size SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing Max Sync Rate Greater Two TB...

Page 47: ... Settings Disabled Enabled Yes No Enter New Password Re Enter Password Save The Password Save The Settings Yes No UltraLow 5 Low 20 Medium 50 High 80 Are you sure Yes No Yes No Terminal Port Config Baud Rate 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Stop Bits 1 bit 2 bits Yes No JBOD RAID Function RAID JBOD Configured AS JBOD Are you sure Yes No Yes No Yes No Maximum SATA Mode SATA150 SATA150 N...

Page 48: ...mation Hardware Monitor The System Information System Information Inband SCSI Function Inband SCSI Channel Inband SCSI ID U320 SCSI Target Config DHCP Function Local IP Address Disabled Enabled HTTP Port Number 80 Telnet Port Number 23 SMTP Port Number 25 Channel 0 QAS Channel 1 QAS Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled 12 Bytes CDB 16Bytes CDB Enabled Disabled 0 1 0 15 ...

Page 49: ...To configure internal RAID subsystem on a remote machine you need to know its IP Address Launch your web browser by entering http IPAddress in the remote web browser Important The Ethernet default IP is 192 168 001 100 DHCP function is enable You can configure correct IP Address through the LCD panel or the terminal Ethernet Configuration menu Note that you must be logged in as administrator with ...

Page 50: ...d raid set Create customized volume sets and modify the existed volume sets parameter Create pass through disks and modify the ex isted pass through drives parameter It also pro vides the function to identify the respect disk drive Setting the raid system configurations View the controller and hardware monitor information The Raid Set Hierarchy can also view through the RaidSet Hierarchy item Main...

Page 51: ... implemented with the raid set You can create a raid set associated with exactly one volume set The user can change the raid level capacity Volume Initialization Mode and stripe size A hot spare option is also created depending upon the existing configuration If volume size over 2TB it will be provided one option Creater TwoTB Vol ume Support Automatically as above menu There are three model for o...

Page 52: ...em to detect over two tera bytes Please contact your vendor for supporting 4K Block the max size 16TB just use with basic disk manager under OS Window 2000 2003 or XP Noted that can t be used by with dynamic disk manager Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button in the Quick Create screen the raid set and volume set will start to initialize Note In Quick Create your volume s...

Page 53: ...econfigures the raid set A raid set is a group of disks containing one or more volume sets 3 6 1 Create Raid Set To create a raid set click on the Create Raid Set link A Select The IDE Drive For RAID Set screen is displayed showing the IDE drive connected to the current controller Click on the selected physical drives with the current raid set Enter 1 to 16 alphanumeric characters to define a uniq...

Page 54: ...Set link A Select The RAID SET To Delete screen is displayed showing all raid set existing in the current controller Click the raid set number you which to delete in the select column to delete screen Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen to delete it ...

Page 55: ...t the target raid set which you want to expand it Tick on the available disk and Confirm The Operation and then click on the Submit button in the screen to add disks to the raid set Note 1 Once the Expand Raid Set process has started user cannot stop it The process must be completed 2 If a disk drive fails during raid set expansion and a hot spare is available an auto rebuild operation will occur ...

Page 56: ...a raid set Migration status is dis played in the raid status area of the Raid Set information when a disk is added to a raid set Migrating status is also displayed in the associated volume status area of the volume set Information when a disk is added to a raid set ...

Page 57: ...te the function the HDD State will change to offline Mode To offline a raid set click on the Offline Raid Set link A Select The RAID SET To Offline screen is displayed showing all raid set existing in the current controller Click the raid set number you which to offline in the select column Tick on the Confirm The Operation and then click on the Submit button in the screen to offline the raid set ...

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Page 60: ...priate check box Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen to create the hot spares The create Hot Spare option gives you the ability to define a global hot spare Select the target Hot Spare disk to delete by clicking on the appropriate check box Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen to delete the hot spares 3 6 6 Create...

Page 61: ...ssing RAID Set please contact our engineer for assistance 3 6 7 Delete Hot Spare Select the target Hot Spare disk to delete by clicking on the appropriate check box Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen to delete the hot spares ...

Page 62: ...ume set on the raid set will have its data spread evenly across all the disks in the raid set 3 7 1 Create Volume Set The following is the volume set features 1 Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same raid set 2 Up to 16 volume sets in a raid set can be created by the RAID subsystem controller To create volume set from raid set system move the cursor bar to the main menu and c...

Page 63: ...ct a RAID level and press Enter to confirm Capacity The maximum volume size is default in the first setting Enter the appropriate vol ume size to fit your application Greater Two TB Volume Support If volume size over 2TB it will be provided one option Creater TwoTB Volume Support Automatically No still keep the volume size with max 2TB limitation 64bit LBA the max size 512TB for Unix or Linux Due ...

Page 64: ...KB 32 KB 64 KB or 128 KB A larger stripe size produces better read performance especially if your com puter does mostly sequential reads However if you are sure that your com puter does random reads more often select a small stripe size Note RAID level 3 can t modify strip size Cache Mode The RAID subsystem supports Write Through Cache and Write Back Cache Tag Queuing The Enabled option is useful ...

Page 65: ... to show all volume set item in the selected raid set Tick on a volume set number and the Confirm The Operation and then click on the Submit button to delete the vol ume set SCSI ID Each SCSI device attached to the SCSI card as well as the card itself must be assigned a unique SCSI ID number A Wide SCSI channel can connect up to 15 devices The RAID subsystem is as a large SCSI device We should ass...

Page 66: ...e modification tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to complete the action User can modify all values except the capacity 3 7 3 1 Volume Expansion Volume Capacity Logical Volume Concatenation Plus Re stripe Use this raid set expands to expand a raid set when a disk is added to your system refer to section 3 6 3 The expand capacity can use to enlarge the volume set size ...

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Page 68: ...ting from one RAID level to another a volume set strip size changes or when a disk is added to a raid set Migration status is displayed in the volume status area of the RaidSet Hierarchy screen when one RAID level to another a Volume set strip size changes or when a disk is added to a raid set ...

Page 69: ...uting the data from the parity blocks and comparing the results to the contents of the data blocks NOTE The Volume Set state must be Normal in order to perform Check Vol ume Set Only RAID levels 3 5 and 6 supports this function To perform Check Volume Set function 1 Click on the Check Volume Set link 2 Tick from the list the Volume Set you want to check Select the Check Volume Set options Check Vo...

Page 70: ...ecommended to perform Check Volume Set with the 2 options unselected at first If the result shows error the two options can be selected and redo Check Volume Set to correct the errors 3 Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button The Checking process will be started The checking percentage can also be viewed by clicking on RaidSet Hierarchy in the Information menu ...

Page 71: ...te Pass Through link The relative setting function screen appears Disk is no controlled by the internal RAID subsystem firmware and thus cannot be a part of a volume set The disk is available to the operating system as an individual disk It is typically used on a system where the operating system is on a disk not controlled by the RAID firmware User can also select the cache mode Tagged Command Qu...

Page 72: ...hrough disk To modify the pass through drive attribute from the pass through drive pool move the mouse cursor bar to click on Modify Pass Through link The Select The Pass Through Disk For Modification screen appears tick on the Pass Through Disk from the pass through drive pool and click on the Submit button to select drive The Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute screen appears modify the drive at t...

Page 73: ... action 3 8 4 Identify Selected Drive To prevent removing the wrong drive the selected disk LED will light for physically locating the selected disk when the Identify Selected Drive is selected To identify the selected drive from the drives pool move the mouse cursor bar to click on Identify Selected Drive link The Select The IDE Device For identifica tion screen appears tick on the IDE device fro...

Page 74: ...ystem Beeper Setting The Alert Beeper function item is used to Disabled or Enable the RAID sub system controller alarm tone generator RAID Rebuild Priority The Raid Rebuild Priority is a relative indication of how much time the control ler devotes to a rebuild operation The RAID subsystem allows user to choose the rebuild priority ultraLow Low Medium High to balance volume set ac cess and rebuild ...

Page 75: ...an internal queue where outstand ing commands can be dynamically rescheduled or re ordered along with the nec essary tracking mechanisms for outstanding and completed portions of the workload RAID subsystem allows user to choose the SATAMode SATA150 SAT150 NCQ SAT300 SATA300 NCQ HDD Read Ahead Cache This option allows the users to disable the cache of the HDDs on the RAID subsystem To some HDD mod...

Page 76: ...his RAID subsystem use drive truncation so that drives from differing vendors are more likely to be able to be used as spares for each other Drive truncation slightly decreases the usable capacity of a drive that is used in redundant units Multiples Of 10G If you have 120 GB drives from different vendors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 123 5 GB and the ...

Page 77: ... U160 IF U320 Unstable When Ultra320 signal transfer quality becomes terrible or bad the RAID sub system will auto speed down the transfer rate to Utra160 from Ultra320 in or der to keep the data transfer from being broken due to bad or poor SCSI signal transfer quality Two TB CDB Selection 12 Bytes CDB allows the RAID subsystem to support Over 2TB under Win dows Server 2003 Must pre install SP1 a...

Page 78: ...onfig The Raid System EtherNet Function menu will show all items Select the desired function 3 9 3 1 DHCP Host Name Support If DHCP Function is Enabled and the DHCP server supports host name function the SNMP configuration sysName 0 can be set To use DHCP Host Name in SNMP 1 Enable DHCP Function 2 In SNMP Configuration set the sysName 0 ...

Page 79: ...ain menu and click on the Alert By Mail Config The Raid System Event Notification Function menu will show all items Select the desired function When an abnormal condition occurs an error message will be email to administrator that a problem has occurred Events are classified to 4 levels urgent serious warning message ...

Page 80: ... to the main menu and click on he SNMP Configuration The Raid System SNMP Function menu will show all items Select the desired function SNMP Trap Configurations Type the SNMP Trap IP Address The Port de fault is 162 SNMP System Configuration Community The default is Public 1 sysContact 0 2 sysLocation 0 3 sysName 0 SNMP parameter 31 bytes max If this 3 categories are selected during initial settin...

Page 81: ...d click on the Submit button to complete the action 3 9 6 NTP Configuration NTP stands for Network Time Protocol and it is an Internet protocol used to synchronize the clocks of computers to some time reference NTP is an Internet standard protocol You can directly type your NTP Server IP Address to have the RAID subsystem can work with it To set the NTP function move the cursor bar to the main men...

Page 82: ...enu and click on the System Information link The Raid Sub system events Information screen appears Choose this option to view the system events information Timer Device Event type Elapse Time and Errors The RAID system does not built the real time clock The Time information is the relative time from the RAID subsystem power on ...

Page 83: ... generate test events move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on he Generate Test Events Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen to create the hot spares Then click on the View Events Mute Beeper to view the test event ...

Page 84: ...s feature to clear the entire events buffer information 3 9 10 Modify Password To set or change the RAID subsystem password move the mouse cursor to Raid System Function screen and click on the Change Password link The Modify System Password screen appears ...

Page 85: ...assword only when entering the Main menu from the initial screen The RAID subsystem will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command in ten seconds To disable the password press Enter key only in both the Enter New Password and Re Enter New Password column Once the user confirms the operation and clicks the Submit button The existing password will be cleared No...

Page 86: ...nformation To view the RAID subsystem controller s information move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the System Information link The Raid Subsystem Information screen appears Use this feature to view the raid subsystem controller s information The controller name firmware version serial number main processor CPU data Instruction cache size and system memory size speed appear in this ...

Page 87: ...e The warning messages will indicate through the LCD LED and alarm buzzer Item Controller Board Temperature HDD Temperature Power Supply 12V Power Supply 5V Power Supply 3 3V DDR Supply Voltage 2 5V CPU Core Voltage 1 3V DDR Termination Power 1 25V Warning Condition 60 Celsius 55 Celsius 10 5V or 13 5V 4 7V or 5 4V 3 0V or 3 6V 2 25V or 2 75V 1 17V or 1 43V 1 125V or 1 375V NOTE When no disk drive...

Page 88: ...thod Each configuration method requires a different level of user input The general flow of operations for raid set and volume set configuration is Step Action 1 Designate hot spares pass through optional 2 Choose a configuration method 3 Create raid set using the available physical drives 4 Define volume set using the space in the raid set 5 Initialize the volume set and use volume set in the HOS...

Page 89: ...nformation of the firmware change Read this file first before upgrading the firmware These files must be extracted from the compressed file and copied to one directory in drive A or C Establishing the Connection for the RS 232 The firmware can be downloaded to the RAID subsystem controller by using an ANSI VT 100 compatible terminal emulation program or Remote web browser management You must compl...

Page 90: ...irmware for your RAID subsystem controller For Example download the bin file from your OEM s web site onto the c 1 From the Main Menu scroll down to Raid System Function 2 Choose the Update Firmware The Update The Raid Firmware dialog box appears 3 Go to the tool bar and select Transfer Open Send File ...

Page 91: ... ZMODEM as the file transfer protocol of your terminal emulation software 5 Click Browse Look in the location where the Firmware upgrade software is located Select the File name xxxxxxx BIN and click open 6 Click Send Send the Firmware Binary to the controller ...

Page 92: ... 3 58 7 When the Firmware completes downloading the confirmation screen appears Press Yes to start program the flash ROM 8 When the Flash programming starts a bar indicator will show Start Updating Firmware Please Wait ...

Page 93: ...s to complete 10 After the Firmware upgrade is complete a bar indicator will show Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully NOTE The user has to reconfigure all of the settings after the firmware upgrade is complete because all of the settings will default to the original default values ...

Page 94: ... cursor to Upgrade Firmware link The Upgrade The Raid System Firmware screen appears 2 Click Browse Look in the location where the Firmware upgrade software is located Select the File name xxxxxxxx BIN and click open 3 Click the Confirm The Operation and press the Submit button 4 The Web Browser begins to download the firmware binary to the controller and start to update the flash ROM ...

Page 95: ...RAID Configuring 3 61 5 After the firmware upgrade is complete a bar indicator will show Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully ...

Page 96: ...wap power supply Cooling fan MAID Support Multiple RAID selection SMTP SNMP Support Array Roaming Bad block auto remapping Online RAID level migration Audible alarm Host Independent Failed drive indicators Intel 80321 RISC 64 bit 0 1 3 5 6 0 1 and JBOD Up to 1024MB DDR SDRAM ECC unbuffered 2 8 Ultra 320 Wide LVD Up to 320MB sec per channel S ATAII 8 300W w PFC 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes...

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