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SATA II RAID Subsystem

User Manual

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Page 2: ...finition 18 1 4 1 Raid Set 18 1 4 2 Volume Set 18 1 5 High Availability 19 1 5 1 Creating Hot Spares 19 1 5 2 Hot Swap Disk Drive Support 19 1 5 3 Hot Swap Disk Rebuild 19 Chapter 2 Identifying Parts...

Page 3: ...aid Set 55 5 3 Volume Set Function 56 5 3 1 Create Volume Set 56 5 3 2 Delete Volume Set 59 5 3 3 Modify Volume Set 60 5 3 3 1 Volume Set Expansion 61 5 3 3 2 Volume Set Migration 62 5 3 4 Check Volum...

Page 4: ...5 5 12 Upgrade Firmware 84 5 5 13 Shutdown Controller 85 5 5 14 Restart Controller 86 5 6 Information Menu 87 5 6 1 RAID Set Hierarchy 87 5 6 2 System Information 89 5 6 3 Hardware Monitor 90 Chapter...

Page 5: ...yright No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior...

Page 6: ...bient temperature Before plugging in any power cords cables and connectors make sure that the power switches are turned off Disconnect first any power connection if the power supply module is being re...

Page 7: ...contains the following NOTE If any damage is found contact the dealer or vendor for assistance RAID Subsystem Unit Two 2 power cords Two 2 external SCSI cables One 1 RJ45 Ethernet cable One 1 externa...

Page 8: ...Interconnect Better connectivity higher data transfer rates Advanced Data Guarding technology RAID ADG provides the highest level of data protection RAID ADG can tolerate multiple simultaneous drive...

Page 9: ...or remote event notification Dual host channels support clustering technology Tagged commend queuing for 256 commands allows for overlapping data streams Transparent data protection for all popular op...

Page 10: ...B Sec Backplane board SATA II Hot swap drive trays Twelve 12 1 inch trays Hot swappable power supplies Two 3 350W power supplies with PFC Cooling fans 2 Battery backup Option Fibre hub No R Link suppo...

Page 11: ...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 envir...

Page 12: ...r of disk drives that store duplicate data but appear to the computer as a single drive Although striping is not used within a single mirrored drive pair multiple RAID 1 arrays can be striped together...

Page 13: ...rds 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 arr...

Page 14: ...ecords However RAID 3 does not allow overlapping of multiple I O operations and requires synchronized spindle drives to avoid performance degradation with short records RAID 5 with a small stripe size...

Page 15: ...dant 2 3 Data is striped across several physical drives Parity protection is used for data redundancy 3 5 Data is striped across several physical drives Parity protection is used for data redundancy 3...

Page 16: ...m Ultra 160 Wide 16 Bits 160MB Se 12 m Ultra 320 LVD 16 Bits 320MB Se 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 co...

Page 17: ...host adapter 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...

Page 18: ...ether in a Raid Set then the capacity of the smallest disk will become the effective 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 logi...

Page 19: ...2 Hot Swap Disk Drive Support The RAID subsystem has built in protection circuit to support the replacement of SATA II hard disk drives without having to shut down or reboot the system The removable h...

Page 20: ...em later in the later chapters and sections 2 1 Main Components 2 1 1 Front View 1 HDD Status Indicator Parts Function HDD Status LEDs Green LED indicates power is on and hard drive status is good for...

Page 21: ...is used to enter the option you have selected Exit button EXIT Press this button to return to the previous menu 5 Environmental Status LEDs 6 Drive Carrier Parts Function Power LED Green LED indicates...

Page 22: ...k LED Green LED indicates ethernet is linking Access LED The LED will blink orange when the 100Mbps ethernet is being accessed Uninterrupted Power Supply UPS Port The subsystem may come with an option...

Page 23: ...an fails this LED will turn red Cooling Fan Module Two blower fans are located at the rear of the subsystem They provide sufficient airflow and heat dispersion inside the chassis In case a fan fails t...

Page 24: ...sk tray Press the tray latch downwards to release the tray Pull the handle outwards to remove the carrier from the enclosure b Take off the bracket before installing hard drive c Place the hard drive...

Page 25: ...air of host channel SCSI 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...

Page 26: ...o the Host A B out connector In this case no terminator is required at the disk array but the last device in the daisy chain must have a terminator Correct SCSI termination procedures require that the...

Page 27: ...th a UPS port located at the rear of the sys tem unit It allows you to connect a UPS fail signal Pin Description 1 Not used 2 UPS Line Fail 3 Not used 4 UPS Common 5 Not used 6 Not used 7 Not used 8 N...

Page 28: ...rt located at the rear of the system unit This serves as an alternative display when accessing the setup utility Pin Description 1 Data Carrier Detect 2 Receive Data RD 3 Transmit Data TD 4 Data Termi...

Page 29: ...you to access using only one method at a time You cannot use more than one method at the same time 4 1 Configuration through Terminal Configuring through a terminal will allow you to use the same conf...

Page 30: ...SATA II RAID Subsystem 30 User Manual 4 The default setting of the monitor port is 115200 baud rate 8 data bit non parity 1 stop bit and no flow control 5 Click disconnect button...

Page 31: ...ile menu and then open Properties 7 Open the Settings Tab 8 Configure the settings as follows Function arrow and ctrl keys act as Terminal Keys Backspace key sends Crtl H Emulation VT100 Telnet termin...

Page 32: ...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 Keyboard Function Key Definitions A k...

Page 33: ...assword has been set the user can only monitor and configure the RAID subsystem by providing the correct password The password is used to protect the RAID subsystem from unauthorized access The contro...

Page 34: ...hysical disks installed Raid Set Functions Create a customized Raid Set Volume Set Functions Create a customized Volume Set Physical Drive Functions View individual disk information Raid System Functi...

Page 35: ...to two lines at a time The RAID controller s factory default password is set to 00000000 Function Key Definitions The four function keys at the top of the front panel perform the following functions c...

Page 36: ...SATA II RAID Subsystem 36 User Manual 4 2 1 Menu Diagram The following menu diagram is a summary of the various configurations and setting functions that can be accessed through terminal...

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Page 42: ...ller R Link Port is 192 168 1 100 and subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 DHCP client function is also enabled by default You can reconfigure the IP Address or disable the DHCP client function through the LC...

Page 43: ...g setup Raid Set Functions Create customized Raid Sets Volume Set Functions Create customized Volume Sets and allow modification of parameters of existing Volume Sets parameter Physical Drives Create...

Page 44: ...vided in the screen as shown in the example below There are three options to select No 64bit LBA and 4K Block Greater Two TB Volume Support No Volume Set capacity is set to maximum 2TB 64bit LBA Use t...

Page 45: ...lume Set information Refer to Section 5 6 1 NOTE In Quick Create your Raid Set is automatically configured based on the number of disks in your system maximum 32 disks per Raid Set Use the Raid Set Fu...

Page 46: ...lete existing Raid Set and reconfigure a Raid Set Up to 128 raid set can be created by the RAID subsystem controller 5 2 1 Create RAID Set To create a Raid Set click on the Create RAID Set link A Sele...

Page 47: ...click on the Delete RAID Set link A Select The Raid Set To Delete screen is displayed showing all Raid Sets existing in the system Select the Raid Set you want to delete in the Select column Tick on t...

Page 48: ...d RAID Set link Select the Raid Set which you want to expand Tick on the available disk s and check Confirm The Operation Click on the Submit button to add the selected disk s to the Raid Set NOTE Onc...

Page 49: ...sk is added to a Raid Set Migrating status is displayed in the Raid Set status area of the Raid Set information Migrating status is also displayed in the Volume Set status area of the Volume Set Infor...

Page 50: ...state will change to Offlined Mode and the HDD Status LEDs will be blinking RED To offline a Raid Set click on the Offline RAID Set link A Select The RAID SET To Offline screen is displayed showing a...

Page 51: ...ID Set Use this function to rename a RAID Set Select the Rename RAID Set under the RAID Set Functions and then select the Select the RAID Set to rename and click Submit Enter the new name for the RAID...

Page 52: ...ID subsystem is powered off and one disk drive is removed or has failed in power off state and when the subsystem is powered on the Raid Set State will change to Incomplete The Volume Set s associated...

Page 53: ...Set link A Select The Raid Set To Activate screen is displayed showing all existing Raid Sets in the subsystem Select the Raid Set with Incomplete state which you want to activate in the Select column...

Page 54: ...re on all enclosures connected in daisy chain It can replace any failed disk in any enclosure Dedicated to RaidSet The Hot Spare disk is a hot spare dedicated only to the RaidSet where it is assigned...

Page 55: ...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 spare s 5 2 9 Rescue Raid Set If you need to recover a missing...

Page 56: ...its data spread evenly across all the disks in the Raid Set 5 3 1 Create Volume Set The following are the Volume Set features 1 Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same Raid Set 2...

Page 57: ...pplication Greater Two TB Volume Support If the Volume Set size is over 2TB an option Greater Two TB Volume Support will be automatically provided in the screen as shown in the example above There are...

Page 58: ...before the write I O is acknowledged as complete Write Back when data is written to cache the I O is acknowledged as complete and some time later the cached data is written or flushed to the disk s Th...

Page 59: ...Volume Set link The Select The Volume Set To Delete screen will show all available Raid Sets Tick on a Raid Set and check the Confirm The Operation option and then click on the Submit button to show...

Page 60: ...on the Modify Volume Set link 2 Tick from the list the Volume Set you want to modify Click on the Submit button The following screen appears To modify Volume Set attribute values select an attribute...

Page 61: ...ystem Refer to Section 5 2 3 The expanded capacity can be used to enlarge the Volume Set size or create another Volume Set Use the Modify Volume Set function to expand the Volume Set capacity Select t...

Page 62: ...ation Migration occurs when a Volume Set migrates from one RAID level to another a Volume Set stripe size changes or when a disk is added to a Raid Set Migrating status is displayed in the Volume Set...

Page 63: ...Set Only RAID levels with parity redundant data such as RAID Levels 3 5 and 6 support this function To perform Check Volume Set function 1 Click on the Check Volume Set link 2 Tick from the list the...

Page 64: ...ed The checking percentage can also be viewed by clicking on RaidSet Hierarchy in the Information menu NOTE The result of Check Volume Set function is shown in System Events Information and Volume Set...

Page 65: ...run Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Scheduler Disabled 1Day For Testing 1Week 2Weeks 3Weeks 4Weeks 8Weeks 12Weeks 16Weeks 20Weeks and 24Weeks Check After System Idle No 1...

Page 66: ...SATA II RAID Subsystem 66 User Manual 5 3 6 Stop Volume Check Use this option to stop all Volume Set consistency checking process processes...

Page 67: ...a separate and individual Raid Set The disk is available to the host 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...

Page 68: ...an existing Pass Through Disk To modify the Pass Through drive attribute from the Pass Through drive pool click on the Modify a Pass Through Disk link The Select The Pass Through Disk For Modificatio...

Page 69: ...3 Delete Pass Through Disk To delete Pass Through Disk from the Pass Through drive pool click on Delete Pass Through link Select a Pass Through Disk tick on the Confirm The Operation and click the Su...

Page 70: ...rsor and click on Identify Enclosure link The Select The Enclosure For Identification screen appears Tick on the enclosure from the list of enclosures then click on the Submit button to identify the s...

Page 71: ...is selected using the Identify Drive function the Status LED of the selected disk drive will be blinking To identify a selected drive from the drives pool click on the Identify Drive link The Select T...

Page 72: ...on The RAID subsystem allows user to choose the background task priority High 80 Medium 50 Low 25 and Ultra Low 5 to balance between background task process and Volume Set access For high RAID subsyst...

Page 73: ...able Disk Write Cache Disk Capacity Truncation Mode The RAID subsystem use drive truncation so that drives from different vendors are more likely to be able to be used as spares for each other Drive t...

Page 74: ...stem MAID is implemented in the HDD Power Management menu Using the Advanced Power Management APM function of disk drives HDD Power Management has three options MAID Levels Level 1 Place idle drives i...

Page 75: ...ound 4000 RPM The power consumption of the Idle HDD saving is from 35 to 45 Recovery time is 15 seconds Options are Disabled 10 20 30 40 50 and 60 Minutes Time to Spin Down Idle HDD MAID Level 3 This...

Page 76: ...3 U320 SCSI Target Config To set the U320 SCSI Target Configuration function move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the U320 SCSI Target Config The SCSI Channel Configuration screen will...

Page 77: ...Ethernet configuration click the EtherNet Configuration link under the System Controls menu The RAID subsystem EtherNet Configuration screen will be shown Set the desired configuration Once done tick...

Page 78: ...nt Notification configuration screen will be shown Set up the desired function and option When an abnormal condition occurs an error message will be emailed to the email recipient s that a problem has...

Page 79: ...s box the IP address of the host system where SNMP traps will be sent The SNMP Port is set to 162 by default SNMP System Configuration Community Type the SNMP community The default is public 1 sysCont...

Page 80: ...er IP Address to enable the RAID subsystem to synchronize with it To set the NTP function move the cursor to the main menu and click on the NTP Configuration link The RAID subsystem s NTP Configuratio...

Page 81: ...mation move the mouse cursor to the System Controls menu and click on the View Events Mute Beeper link The Raid Subsystem s System Events Information screen appears The System Events Information scree...

Page 82: ...est Event If you want to generate test events move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the Generate Test Event Link Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Then click...

Page 83: ...SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 83 5 5 10 Clear Event Buffer Use this feature to clear the RAID subsystem s System Events Information buffer...

Page 84: ...nu from the initial screen The RAID subsystem will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command after sometime To disable the password enter only the original passw...

Page 85: ...ntroller This is used to flush the data from the cache memory and is normally done before powering off the system power switch After shutting down the controller and still want to use the RAID subsyst...

Page 86: ...SATA II RAID Subsystem 86 User Manual 5 5 14 Restart Controller Use this function to restart the RAID Controller This is normally done after upgrading the controller s firmware...

Page 87: ...ystem s existing Raid Set s Volume Set s and disk drive s configuration and information Select the RAID Set Hierarchy link from the Information menu to display the Raid Set Hierarchy screen To view th...

Page 88: ...ice Information screen appears This screen shows various information such as disk drive model name serial number firmware revision disk capacity timeout count media error count and SMART information T...

Page 89: ...ID Subsystem User Manual 89 5 6 2 System Information To view the RAID subsystem s controller information click the System Information link from the Information menu The Raid Subsystem Information scre...

Page 90: ...closure 2 such as the temperature fan speed power supply status and voltage levels All items are also unchangeable When the threshold values are surpassed warning messages will be indicated through th...

Page 91: ...connect any Fibre cable from the controller module and then remove the Controller Module from the slot 4 Remove the memory module from the RAM socket of the RAID controller by pressing the ejector cli...

Page 92: ...sion README TXT It contains the history information 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 d...

Page 93: ...at needs to be upgraded upgrade first the boot ROM firmware Then repeat the process steps 1 to 9 to upgrade the firmware code after which a RAID controller restart will be necessary 1 From the Main Me...

Page 94: ...ystem 94 User Manual 5 Click Browse Look in the location where the firmware file was saved Select the firmware file name XXXXXXXX BIN and click Open 6 Click Send to send the firmware binary file to th...

Page 95: ...oading is completed the confirmation screen appears Select Yesto start programming the flash ROM 8 When the Flash programming starts a message will show Start Updating Firmware Please Wait 9 The firmw...

Page 96: ...AID Subsystem 96 User Manual 10 After the firmware upgrade is complete a message will show Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully Restarting the RAID controller is required for the new firmware to tak...

Page 97: ...which a RAID controller restart will be necessary 1 To upgrade the RAID subsystem firmware click the Upgrade Firmware link under System Controls menu The Upgrade The Raid System Firmware Or Boot Rom...

Page 98: ...RAID Subsystem 98 User Manual 5 After the firmware upgrade is complete a message will show Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully Restarting the RAID controller is required for the new firmware to tak...

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