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Contents
Preface ......................................................................................................................................... i
NOTES ON USE - Always read the Notes - .................................................................... ii
Symbols Used in This Manual and Warning Labels .................................................................... iv
Safety Indications ........................................................................................................................ v
This Manual ............................................................................................................................... xiii
In the Package ........................................................................................................................... xiii
Transfer to Third Party ............................................................................................................... xiv
Disposal ..................................................................................................................................... xv
Data Backup .............................................................................................................................. xv
Transportation ............................................................................................................................ xv
Maintenance Parts ..................................................................................................................... xv
Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................. xvi
Contents .................................................................................................................................... 64
Chapter 1 Overview .............................................................................................................. 66
1. Notes on Use - Always Follow These Notes - ............................................................................ 66
1-1 Installation of MSM .............................................................................................................. 66
1-2 Preventive Maintenance by Consistency Check .................................................................. 66
2. Specification ............................................................................................................................... 67
3. Features of Disk Array Controller ............................................................................................... 68
4. Names and Functions of Sections .............................................................................................. 69
4-1
Disk Array Controller ..................................................................................................... 69
4-2
Backplane Board .......................................................................................................... 70
4-3
Internal Cable ............................................................................................................... 70
4-4
Mounting Screws (3) ..................................................................................................... 70
Chapter 2 RAID .................................................................................................................... 71
1. Overview of RAID ....................................................................................................................... 71
1-1 What is RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks)? ..................................................... 71
1-2 RAID Levels ......................................................................................................................... 71
1-3 Disk Group ........................................................................................................................... 72
1-4 Virtual Disk .......................................................................................................................... 72
1-5 Hot-Swap ............................................................................................................................. 72
2. RAID Levels ............................................................................................................................... 73
2-1 Characteristics of RAID Levels ............................................................................................ 73
2-2 RAID0 .................................................................................................................................. 73
2-3 RAID1 .................................................................................................................................. 74
Chapter 3 Features of Disk Array Controller ........................................................................ 75
1. Rebuild ....................................................................................................................................... 75
1-1 Manual Rebuild .................................................................................................................... 75
1-2 Auto Rebuild ........................................................................................................................ 75
2. Patrol Read ................................................................................................................................ 76
3. Consistency Check .................................................................................................................... 76
4. Background Initialize (BGI) ......................................................................................................... 76
5. Reconstruction ........................................................................................................................... 77
5-1 Removed physical drive ....................................................................................................... 77
5-2 Migration only ...................................................................................................................... 77
5-3 Migration with addition ......................................................................................................... 77
Chapter 4 Hardware Setup ................................................................................................... 79
1. Prepare for Setup ....................................................................................................................... 80
2. Installing the Disk Array Controller ............................................................................................. 81
Summary of Contents for N8403-019
Page 14: ...xii Express5800 Serial Attached SCSI SAS HDD HDD LAN SCSI VCCI A...
Page 22: ...2 1 2 HDD HDD 3 1 1 MSM...
Page 24: ...4 3 SAS I F 1 1 2 RAID 1 300MB 300MB 256MB DDR 1 2 SAS HDD 1 2 RAID 0 1 ESMPRO HDD PCI...
Page 25: ...5 4 4 1 1 Port 0 1 N...
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Page 31: ...11 2 3 RAID1 1 HDD 1 HDD 1 HDD HDD HDD HDD Disk 0 Disk 1 1 2 1 2...
Page 36: ...16 4 1 4 2 HDD 5 1 Web BIOS 5 2 1Web BIOS 5 3 5 4 1 Check Consistency...
Page 37: ...17 1 1 1 HDD HDD HDD LAN SCSI 1 OS 2 POWER 3 4...
Page 38: ...18 2 N8400 029 030 Express5800 120Bb 6 PCI 1 5...
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Page 77: ...57 Home WebBIOS Scan Devices Consistency Check Rebuild WebBIOS...
Page 78: ...58 6 1 NEC NEC 2 2 1 HDD EXPRESSBUILDER 2 2 HDD HDD 3 1 1 MSM...
Page 106: ...86 7 Install the rear cover...
Page 111: ...91 When the adapter is selected in Adapter Selection the WebBIOS top menu appears...
Page 113: ...93 Click Next to see the detailed settings of this controller...
Page 124: ...104 Custom Configuration Use this menu to define several physical drives PD as a disk group DG...