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Page 2: ...y 10 Computer System Requirements 10 What Else You Need 11 Type Labels and Product Identification 11 Introduction to RAID Levels 12 RAID 0 12 RAID 5 14 Product Description 16 Features 18 Hard Drive Ho...
Page 3: ...edure 30 Drives Cage Physical Assembling Procedure 31 KISS Stor 0 5 Connection Procedure 32 Serial ATA Cable Connection 32 Power Source Connection 33 Serial 3 Pin Cable Connection for RAID Monitoring...
Page 4: ...ntents KISS Stor 0 5 User s Manual 3 Remote Monitor your RAID 53 Technical Data 54 Environmental Specifications 54 CE Directives and Standards 55 Technical Support 56 Returning Defective Merchandise 5...
Page 5: ...r this reason Kontron Embedded Computers expressly informs the user that this manual only contains a general description of technical processes and instructions which may not be applicable in every in...
Page 6: ...risk of damage to the product if the corresponding warning notices are not observed This symbol indicates that the product or parts thereof may be damaged if the corresponding warning notices are not...
Page 7: ...e beyond that provided by law This applies to batteries for example Exclusion of Accident Liability Obligation Kontron Embedded Computers shall be exempted from the statutory accident liability obliga...
Page 8: ...for use q The electrical installations in the room must correspond to the requirements of the respective regulations q Only devices and components which fulfill the requirements of a SELV circuit Safe...
Page 9: ...tic mats Grounding Methods Guard against electrostatic damage at the device by following these steps 1 Cover workstations with approved antistatic material Always wear a wrist strap connected to workp...
Page 10: ...television 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 Reorient or relocate...
Page 11: ...TA port or a serial host bus adapter card q with one free connector 4 pin of the power supply at least q case with two half height 5 drive bays with frontal access System Requirements Option for use o...
Page 12: ...You Need q Three Serial ATA I or II hard disk drives Type Labels and Product Identification The type label with the corresponding product part number is located on the top side of the device Product D...
Page 13: ...Design CAD Graphics Scientific Computing Image and Multimedia applications are all good examples RAID Level 0 is a Non Redundant Striped Array If one drive in a RAID 0 array fails however the data on...
Page 14: ...s A B C D E F G H I J K etc and each block is written to a separate disk drive q I O performance is greatly improved by spreading the I O load across many channels and drives q Fastest and most effici...
Page 15: ...ta on the functioning disks RAID 5 uses a mathematical expression that compares data from two drives and calculates a third piece of data called parity Should one of the drives fail parity data can be...
Page 16: ...rites recorded in a distributed location and checked on Reads q Highest Read data transaction medium Write data transaction rate q Relatively low ratio of ECC Parity disks to data disks means high eff...
Page 17: ...based solutions If a RAID 5 array is initialized the KISS Stor 0 5 lets you hot swap a failed drive Data will automatically be rebuilt to a new installed drive without any system down time If one SAT...
Page 18: ...nting screws These allow you to secure the RAID subsystem inside of a computer case The connectors and jumpers are located on the rear side of the unit 4 3 2 1 Fig 4 KISS Stor 0 5 1 Front drive carrie...
Page 19: ...q Battery backup for disk rebuild status Hard Drive Hot Swapping for RAID 5 Configuration Hot Swapping allows while KISS Stor 0 5 is configured as a RAID 5 array the removal and installation of hard d...
Page 20: ...ffecting the status of the remaining drives 1 2 3 Fig 5 KISS Stor 0 5 Front view 6 4 5 7 8 Fig 5a Detail disk activity LED indicators Legend for Fig 3 and 3a 1 3x drive carrier 2 Disk activity LED ind...
Page 21: ...rive Carrier Lock The drive carrier lock acts as an On Off switch for the drives and provides security by preventing non key holders from accessing the drives To lock each carrier insert the key and t...
Page 22: ...for RAID 0 or RAID 5 configuration as information only 6 Cooling fan openings 7 2x 4 pin power connectors SATA Interface Connector This connector allows you to connect the RAID subsystem to the SATA...
Page 23: ...with DTE and PC compatible pin assignments Fig 8 Label for the proper connection of the 3 pin serial adapter cable There is a triangular symbol 5 on both serial 3 pin on PCB connector and the RS232 ca...
Page 24: ...Kontron assumes no responsibility for damage or loss of data by using of the KISS Stor 0 5 To prevent the loss of data stored on a RAID array Kontron recommends to create a copy of your data either o...
Page 25: ...de view Legend for Fig 10 and 10a 1 Drives cage of the KISS Stor 0 5 2 Holes for mounting screws on the left side 3 Rail channel on the left side 4 Holes for mounting screws on the right side 5 Rail c...
Page 26: ...bays in order to accommodate the three hard disk drive carriers 1 4 3 3 2 5 Fig 11 Detail Inside of the KISS Stor 0 5 without drive carriers 1 Drive cage of the KISS Stor 0 5 2 PCB with the RAID0 RAI...
Page 27: ...ral bay of the KISS Stor 0 5 1 6 5 4 3 2 Fig 12 SATA removable drive carrier 6 7 1 Fig 12a Rear side of the SATA removable drive carrier Legend for Fig 12 and 12a 1 SATA removable drive carrier 2 Rece...
Page 28: ...r screws Elongated Holes for HDD Mounting The elongated holes allow you to secure the SATA hard disk properly into the frame of the removable drive carrier by use of the supplied inch screws The mount...
Page 29: ...or 0 5 Physical Installation Procedure Please follow these steps to install the KISS Stor 0 5 into the case of a computer system 1 Turn off your system and disconnect the power cord from power source...
Page 30: ...the computer using four of the M3 metric supplied screws Check the alignment before you tighten the screws 10 Remount the drive cage into the computer case using the retained screws refer to step 3 C...
Page 31: ...drive upside down or backwards 2 Gently push the SATA HDD into the drive carrier until the drive connects to the connector on the rear of the drive carrier refer to step 2 and step 2a 3 Secure the SA...
Page 32: ...o fig 14 1 Turn the key lock to the unlocked position 2 Insert successively and slide each of the drive carrier into a corresponding bay of the drives cage refer to fig 11 pos 5 3 Gently push the driv...
Page 33: ...source 2 Insert the SATA cable not included to the SATA port of the motherboard Single Board Computer SBC of the computer depending on the computer configuration 3 Connect the other end of the SATA ca...
Page 34: ...chapter System Requirements Option for use of the KSView Management Software The tools and features of this software allow you to access RAID monitoring data in an easy intuitive manner Follow these s...
Page 35: ...icator of its disk carrier will light and the alarm will sound When this happens you can replace the failed SATA disk with a new one then turn the key switch on When replacing a disk drive the new dis...
Page 36: ...rom above downward Please observe the next subsections Prerequisite The KISS Stor 0 5 Raid subsystem must be installed in a workable computer as described in the Installing the KISS Stor 0 5 chapter T...
Page 37: ...ent is not properly installed is unlocked or disk has failed Red Flashing Disk drive is rebuilding data 5 The initialization process configures now the hard disk array to the corresponding RAID level...
Page 38: ...his software supports in band SATA and out band RS 232 connection The graphical user interface GUI allows easy monitoring of the RAID subsystem status in an intuitive graphical format KSView can be ac...
Page 39: ...izing the Array chapter q have an installed operating system on your computer q to install Java Runtime Environment JRE Version 1 5 0_03 jre 1_5_0_03 windows i586 p exe or later This Java application...
Page 40: ...o continue the setup 5 The setup program will install KSView to the default location as C Program Files Kontron KS Utility KSView HTML To install to a different location either type in the new path or...
Page 41: ...can the KISS Stor 1 or 0 5 RAID subsystem KSView supports in band SATA and out band COM connection Select No for not detect COM port device if you want to use in band SATA connection KSView Server can...
Page 42: ...e installed RAID subsystem Type the port that KSView software uses to communicate with the RAID subsystem e g SATA COM Port ID specifying the port detected e g COM1 or COM2 Baud Rate the number of tim...
Page 43: ...will be notified at once The mail alert settings allow this to be done via email so the administrator can passively monitor RAID status from anywhere without having to keep monitoring KSView To config...
Page 44: ...t emails will continue to be sent until the problem is resolved The Email will notify events which are fan fail disk status off line fails rebuilding and RAID fails Enter here the desired time lapse b...
Page 45: ...p message KSView browser will pop up message window when event occurs if this option is enabled Default is enabled Device Information Lists model name serial number and RAID level of the monitored RAI...
Page 46: ...ears whenever the KSView server is closed or an error of the KSView server program is occurred Please restart the KSView server from the KSView icon on the desktop The error screen No RAID Box connect...
Page 47: ...n is enabled following messages can be displayed in a pop message window Event Message Description Action for solve Fan is abnormal FAN Abnormal Contact support kontron com Battery is abnormal Battery...
Page 48: ...IIS The example installation instructions given below are for Microsoft s Internet Information Service software on Windows 2000 1 Insert your Windows 2000 CD in its drive 2 Open the Start Menu 3 Sele...
Page 49: ...ernet Information Services IIS component 7 Click Next The component configuration process will start 8 When prompted by the Files Needed dialog box enter the location x I386 where x is the letter of y...
Page 50: ...Software Installation KISS Stor 0 5 User s Manual 49 10 Click Finish to complete the installation...
Page 51: ...box will appear The Local Area Connection dialog box may also be opened by entering Control Panel then Network and Dial up Connections right clicking on the Local Area Connection icon and selecting Pr...
Page 52: ...uble click on Administrative Tools and then open Internet Services Manager 3 Click on Internet Information Service in the left hand window to open up the tree The name of the computer you are using wi...
Page 53: ...the Default Document Name field type index htm 9 If there are other default documents in the list on the Documents tab highlight index htm and use the arrows to move it to the to of the list Alternati...
Page 54: ...The tools E mail alert and Remote Monitoring of the KSView management software can be used only if the computer with the installed KISS Stor 1 or 0 5 target is installed in a network connection with...
Page 55: ...cators red yellow green Operating Element Key to switch on off the hard disks Beeper Alarm Yes built in buzzer on board FAN Rated speed 4700RPM 400RPM Noise level 35dB A Hot Swap Yes Rebuilding for RA...
Page 56: ...andards EUROPE meet to EN 60950 1 2001 U S A UL Marking EMC Standards EUROPE EN 55022 1998 A1 2000 A2 2003 Class B EN 61000 3 2 2000 EN 61000 3 3 1995 A1 2001 EN 55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 2003 IEC 61000 4...
Page 57: ...u call the unit part id number P No and the serial number S No of the unit provide the serial number found on the type label placed on the right side of the system Be ready to explain the nature of yo...
Page 58: ...puters Service before returning any merchandise Clearly write or mark this number on the outside of the package you are returning 3 Describe the device failure behavior 4 When returning goods include...
