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Owner’s Guide

September 2008

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Summary of Contents for Network Device RAIDBank4

Page 1: ...Owner s Guide September 2008 www MicroNet com 4...

Page 2: ...digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulation of the Canadian Department of Communications Operation in a residential area may cause unacceptable interference to radio and TV receptio...

Page 3: ...ectronic medium or machine readable form without prior consent in writing from MicroNet MicroNet and the MicroNet logo are registered trademarks of MicroNet Technology Microsoft Windows and the Window...

Page 4: ...s within other folders If you are unfamiliar with these operations please consult the User s Guide that was supplied with your computer system Your computer dealer and local user s groups are also goo...

Page 5: ...isk Support Instant Availability Background Initialization Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration Hot Spare Drives Hot Swap Disk Rebuild Chapter 3 RAID Controls LCD Interface Conventions Login Pr...

Page 6: ...Windows Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Daily Use Tips General Use Precautions Frequently Asked Questions General Mac and Mac OS Specific Windows Specific Appendix A Getting Help Appendix B RAID Level Compa...

Page 7: ...t features The RAIDBank4 can serve in several applications As a high speed local storage device for a dedicated workstation As a high speed fault tolerant server attached storage device As a redundant...

Page 8: ...anual in PDF format 1 Ethernet cord 1 RJ11 DB9 serial cord 1 power cord 1 eSATA cable 1 USB 2 0 cable Choosing a location for your RAIDBank4 When selecting a place to set up your RAIDBank4 be sure to...

Page 9: ...ons for the RAIDBank4 FRONT VIEW 1 Getting Started REAR VIEW Disk Activity LED Disk Power LED Power Status Indicator Light LCD Panel with Keypad Fan vents DO NOT BLOCK RS232 Port reserved LAN monitori...

Page 10: ...a drive failure the RAIDbank4 supports the ability to hot swap drives without powering down the system A data module can be removed and replaced without powering off the unit or taking the system off...

Page 11: ...id the warranty 2 Plug the power cord into the power socket 3 Connect the appropriate cable to your host USB and eSATA plugs are shaped so they can only be properly inserted one way Be sure to insert...

Page 12: ...oll the cursor Downward Leftward ENT Key Submit Selection Function Confirm a selected item ESC Key Return to Previous Screen Exit a selection configuration The main menu can be activated by hitting th...

Page 13: ...ebuilding Hot Spare Disk Drives Instant Availability Background Initialization This section will help you gain understanding of how these functions can serve your needs best RAID RAID is an acronym fo...

Page 14: ...preserved on the other drive Read performance may be enhanced as the array controller can access both members of a mirrored pair in parallel Cons RAID 1 volume requires double the raw data storage ca...

Page 15: ...er than concentrated on a dedicated parity disk If one drive in the system fails the parity information can be used to reconstruct the data from that drive All drives in the array system can be used t...

Page 16: ...is made available on the RAID set The unused capacity can create additional volume set The expansion process is illustrated as following figure Disk 1 200GB Disk 2 200GB Disk 3 200GB Disk 1 200GB Disk...

Page 17: ...by adding one drive With the addition of third disk you have the option of adding this disk to your existing RAID logical drive by migrating from RAID level 1 to 5 The result would be parity fault tol...

Page 18: ...the initial screen The RAIDBank4 will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command in twenty seconds The Main Menu Configuration Tree 1 Quick Volume RAID Setup 2 RA...

Page 19: ...te This function creates a single RAIDset and one volume set and you can modify the RAID level stripe size capacity and designating drives as Hot Spares The created RAIDset will have the following pro...

Page 20: ...and Existing RAID Set option Scroll to select the RAID set number to be expanded and then press ENT If there is an available disk then the Select Drive Channel x appears Scroll to select the target di...

Page 21: ...d the RAID set information will be displayed Scroll through the available options to see RAID Set Name Total Capacity Free Capacity Number of Member Disks Min Member Disk Capacity and RAIDSet State 3...

Page 22: ...better performance than write through caching because it reduces the num ber of write operations to disk but is also more prone to data loss due to service interruptions HOST Channel SATA USB RAIDBank...

Page 23: ...ges or when a disk is added to a RAID set the volume state will change to migrating During migration The migration status will be displayed in the volume state area of the LCD display No additional vo...

Page 24: ...lection value 4 3 Modify Pass Through Disk To modify Pass Through Disk attributes scroll to choose the Modify Pass Through Drive option and then press ENT The Select Drive Function menu will show all...

Page 25: ...ess ENT repeatedly until the confirmation screen will be displayed To disable the password press ENT repeatedly in the password field and ENT in the confirmation screen The existing password will be c...

Page 26: ...inning down the disk s 5 11 Empty tray LED Control ON or OFF If this option is selected the disk error LED will light on a slot without a disk 5 12 HDD SMART Status Polling The RAIDBank4 reads and rep...

Page 27: ...ress move the cursor bar to the Main menu Ethernet Configuration Function item and then press ENT The Ethernet Configuration menu appears on the screen Move the cursor bar to Local IP Address item the...

Page 28: ...ackplane The Platinum RAID has an audiovisual alert system to inform the user of environmental failure The warning messages will indicate through the LCD LED and alarm buzzer The following is a table...

Page 29: ...aunch your firmware embedded TCP IP Web Browser based RAID manager by entering http IP Address in your web browser The RAIDBank4 controller default User Name is admin and there is no password assigned...

Page 30: ...Set 3 4 Check Volume Set Consistency 3 5 Stop Volume Set Consistency 4 Physical Drives 4 1 Create Pass Through Disk 4 2 Modify Pass Through Disk 4 3 Delete Pass Through Disk 4 4 Identify Selected Dri...

Page 31: ...er Setting Volume Name Volume Set 00 Host Channel Drive Select SATA 0 Cache Mode Write Back SATA Xfer Mode SATA300 NCQ 1 1 Specify desired RAID level and spare configuration 1 2 Select volume set capa...

Page 32: ...sulting RAIDset optional When all selections have been made check the Confirm The Operation checkbox and click to commit or to revert all options to default The RAIDSet is now ready for volume creatio...

Page 33: ...e will appear with the available RAID set s Check the radio button next to the RAID set to be activated check the Confirm The Operation checkbox and click to commit or to revert all options to default...

Page 34: ...sks RAID level refers to the level of data performance and protection of a Volume Set The RAIDBank4 supports up to 4 simultaneous volume sets in varying RAID level configurations Creating volume sets...

Page 35: ...support large LUNS Windows XP and prior cannot address large LUNS natively over USB and must use eSATA host bus adapters that have RAID support to be usable MicroNet offers such host bus adapters con...

Page 36: ...Button 3 3 Modify Volume Set To modify a Volume Set choose the modify Volume Set option A table will appear with the available Volume Sets Check the radio button next to the Volume Set to be modifed...

Page 37: ...r clustering software Mounting the same volume on both channels without proper software can result in data corruption or loss 4 2 Modify Pass Through Disk To modify the attributes of a pass through di...

Page 38: ...sk Priority ultralow low normal high The Background Task Priority is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes to a background initialization or rebuild operations The RAIDBank4 al...

Page 39: ...icon Image based adapters ICH Intel ICH series based adapters Marvell6145 Marvell 6145 based adapters nVidia Nvidia nForce based adapters 5 1 7 HDD Read Ahead Cache Enabled Disabled Enabled by default...

Page 40: ...manage centrally and automate the assignment of IP Internet Protocol configurations on a computer network Select this option if you wish to use the DHCP address services in your network DHCP may be D...

Page 41: ...5 3 1 SMTP Server IP address The SMTP Simple Mail Transport Protocol server is an external server that relays your network s outgoing mail Enter your network s SMTP server s network IP address in this...

Page 42: ...wn as an SNMP manager can monitor the disk array If you are already running an SNMP management application at your site it can monitor the RAIDBank4 Consult your SNMP management software documentation...

Page 43: ...s three fields Enter original password Enter New Password and Confirm Re Enter New Password Type the current password in the Enter Original Password field leave blank if no current password defined En...

Page 44: ...OT ROM Version V1 45 2008 3 14 Serial Number xxx Unit Serial Main Processor 400MHz 88F5182 CPU ICache Size 32KBytes CPU DCache Size 32KBytes Write Back System Memory 128MB 400MHz Current IP Address 19...

Page 45: ...begin please make sure you are logged in with administrative privileges If you are unsure about your privilege level please consult your Macintosh OS X user manual or with your system administrator 1...

Page 46: ...or follow the next steps for manual configuration Note The Disk Management Console can be found under Windows System32 diskmgmt msc on your system drive For an illustrated guide please see http www fa...

Page 47: ...efragmentation software We recommend using this software to maintain peak performance and data integrity of your drive Contact your local software retailer for more information about the software best...

Page 48: ...bUI LCD Front panel is not responding A The RAIDBank4 can only be accessed for management through one method at any time Make sure no other management connections are active and retry to access the un...

Page 49: ...Drive asking me to format it It was already formatted and it contains data A1 Run a disk repair utility on the drive A2 Perform permission repair on your system drive Open the disk utility located in...

Page 50: ...ata cable are working and the computer still does not detect the drive by showing you the system tray icon or by listing the drive in the Device Manager after you plug in the drive the drive is bad an...

Page 51: ...n the Power Settings Energy Saver and set it to never go into sleep mode Q After I connected the Drive to my PC I got the following alert message HI SPEED USB Device Plugged into non HI SPEED USB Hub...

Page 52: ...and resell er s name available before making contact If possible call from a telephone near the system so we can direct you in any necessary system corrections How To Contact MicroNet Technology Inc M...

Page 53: ...Disks Greater than RAID 3 5 Transfer rates more similar to RAID 1 than RAID 0 Reads are twice faster than a single disk Writes are similar to a single disk 3 Also known as Bit Interleaved Parity Data...

Page 54: ...rating in an equivalent terminal emulation mode All RAIDBank4 monitoring configuration and adminis tration functions can be exercised from the terminal session There are a wide variety of Terminal Emu...

Page 55: ...ate connecting port in your Terminal Click OK Step 5 Configure the port parameter settings Bits per second 115200 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow control None Click OK Step 6 Open the File me...

Page 56: ...s Tab Function arrow and ctrl keys act as Terminal Keys Backspace key sends Crtl H Emulation VT100 Telnet terminal VT100 and Click OK The VT 100 session is now configured Press X key to display the di...

Page 57: ...constructed using parity In the case of RAID 1 the throughput of read operations is cut in half if a drive fails Operating in degraded mode is considered an acceptable alternative only for short durat...

Page 58: ...twisted pair single multi mode optical fiber etc File System A file system is a layer between applications and the disks to which their I O is directed File systems serve to hide the details of the ph...

Page 59: ...1 This may sound complicated but in reality the result can be obtained by simply evaluating the XOR of the N bytes Parity allows one error in a group of bytes to be corrected Parity Group Complex RAID...

Page 60: ...multiple disks comprising the RAID 0 array However this RAID type does not provide any data redundancy RAID 1 An array that uses a single pair of disks Both disks in the pair contain the same data It...

Page 61: ...rarchy of RAID types At the lowest level of the hierarchy are a set of RAID 1 arrays i e mirrored sets These RAID 1 arrays in turn are then striped to form a RAID 0 array at the upper level of the hie...

Page 62: ...f 2N 2 Let us now discuss the read modify write method for calculating and writing parity It is based on simple algebra and is more efficient than the method described earlier when the value of N is l...

Page 63: ...sed of two parts TCP and IP The former i e TCP is a peer to peer connection oriented protocol that guarantees the delivery of data packets in the correct sequence between two peers The latter i e IP i...

Page 64: ...roaming Online RAID level stripe size migration Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously Automatically and transparently rebuilds hot spare drives Hot swappable disk drives In...

Page 65: ...n Normal operation 2 3 AC Amps 115 Volts Spin up peak 3 70 AC Amps 115 Volts Power Requirements Internal Auto sensing 180W power supply 90 240vac 47 62Hz Operating Environmental Specifications Tempera...

Page 66: ...anges in the product design without reservation and without notification to its users MicroNet and the MicroNet logo are registered trademarks of MicroNet Technology Macintosh and the MacOS Logo are t...

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