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Array Maintenance

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4.1.1 Installing Memory Module:

Unscrew and pull out the controller Module.

Unscrew and take off the cover of controller Module.

3. Remove the DIMM Memory from the RAM socket. Then Press the

memory module firmly into socket, make sure that all the contacts are

aligned with the socket. Push the memory module forward to a horizon-

tal position.

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Page 1: ...GraniteRack 3U Chassis Digital Storage System User Manual Please carefully read these instructions before using this product Save this manual for future use OE GRANITE3U model no 28080AB ...

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: ... 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 to help you to do setup or re configure your Disk Array Chapter 4 Array Maintenance Adding Cache Memory Provides a detailed procedure to increase cache memory from the default amount of ...

Page 5: ...onnectingtoHost 2 4 SCSITermination 2 5 Powering on the subsystem 2 6 InstallHardDrives 2 7 ConnectingUPS 2 8 Connecting to PC or Terminal 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...

Page 6: ... 3 9 5 SNMPConfiguration 3 9 6 ViewEvents 3 9 7 GenerateTestEvents 3 9 8 ClearEventsBuffer 3 9 9 ModifyPassword 3 9 10UpgradeFirmware 3 10 InformationMenu 3 10 1RaidSetHierarchy 3 10 2 System Information 3 10 3HardwareMonitor 3 11 Creating a new RAID or Reconfiguring an Existing RAID Chapter 4 Array Maintenance 4 1 MemoryUpgrades 4 1 1 Installing Memory Module 4 2 Upgrading the Firmware 4 3 Hot Sw...

Page 7: ... in which data is stored in a RAID array If a disk in the RAID array fails the subsystem continues to func tion 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 reconstruct any data that was stored on a failed disk In other words the subsystem can tolerate the failure of a drive without losing dat...

Page 8: ...ifica tion Dual host channels support clustering technology The RAID subsystem is made by aluminum Aluminum is an excellent ther mal conductor and Aluminum offers a unique combination of light weight and high strength 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 ...

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: ...ity are grouped together 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 logical device It is organized 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 capacity ca...

Page 19: ...itialization 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 case...

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: ...ing 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 If any damage is found do not re move the components contact the de...

Page 24: ...SI cables One external null modem cable One external UPS cable One RJ 45 ethernet cable Two Active LVD SE terminators 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: ...entifying Parts of the subsystem The illustrations below identify the various features of the subsystem Get yourself familiar with these terms as it will help you when you read further in the following sections 2 2 1 Front View ...

Page 26: ...ED indicates power is on and hard drive status is good for this slot If there is no hard drive the LED is red If hard drive defected in this slot or the hard drive is failure the LED is orange These LED will blink blue when the hard drive is being accessed Parts HDD Status LEDs HDD access LEDs 2 HDD trays 1 16 From right to left 3 Smart Function Panel Function Keys 4 LCD display panel 5 Smart Func...

Page 27: ...lot tem perature over 55o C this LED will turn red and an alarm will sound When a fan s rotation speed is lower than 2600rpm this LED will turn red and an alarm will sound If a redundant power supply fails this LED will turn red and an alarm will sound Green LED indicates power is on Parts Voltage warning LED Over temp LED Fan fail LED Power fail LED Power LED 7 Tray Lever 8 Tray Latch ...

Page 28: ...connectors at the rear of the subsystem for SCSI in and out 2 Host Channel B Connect to Host s SCSI adapter or other devices 3 R Link Port Remote Link through RJ 45 ethernet for remote man agement The subsystem is equipped with one 10 100 Ethernet RJ45 LAN port You use web based browser to management RAID subsystem through Ethernet for remote configuration and monitoring ...

Page 29: ...itor port allowing you to connect a PC or terminal 6 AC power input socket 1 3 From left to right 7 Power Supply Unit 1 3 From left to right Three power supplies power supply 1 power supply 2 and power supply 3 are located at the rear of the subsystem Turn on the power of these power supplies to power on the subsystem The power LED at the front panel will turn green If a power supply fails to func...

Page 30: ...s are located at the rear of the subsystem They provide suffi cient airflow and heat dispersion inside the chassis In case a fan fails to function the Fan fail LED will turn red and an alarm will sound You will also see an error message appear in the LCD screen warning you of fan failure 14 Fan Fail indicator If a fan fails this LED will turn red ...

Page 31: ...age comes with two external SCSI cables For every pair 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 The host adapter is installed in your Host subsystem 2 Connect the other host system using the other external SCSI cable if you want to configure sub...

Page 32: ...le 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 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 re...

Page 33: ...the terminator at the subsystem s host chan nel A B out connector The default host channel s terminator is disabled bus with other devices be sure to observe the above rules with all devices on the SCSI bus Consult your system and or host adapter manual for addi tional information on correct termination procedure ...

Page 34: ... all the power cords or power connectors located at the rear of the subsystem 2 Turn on the power Before turning the system power switch on make sure all the power switches of power units 1 3 are on 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 N 1 redundant PFC powe...

Page 35: ...pports hot swapping allowing you to install or replace a hard drive while the subsystem is running 1 Pull out an empty disk tray You can install in any available slot 2 Take off the bracket before installing hard drive Note Insert screws through the front sides of the mounting holes 3 Place the hard drive in the disk tray 4 Install the mounting screws on each side to secure the drive in the mo bil...

Page 36: ... power LED did not turn green check the hard drive is in good condition 8 If the hard drive is not being accessed the HDD access LED will not illuminate The LED blinks only when being accessed 5 Slide the tray into a slot until it clicks into place The HDD status LED will turn green on front panel ...

Page 37: ... a UPS port located at the rear of the sys tem unit It allows you to connect a UPS fail signal Description Not used UPS Line Fail Not used UPS Common Not used Not used Not used Not used Not used Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Note UPS connection compliant with NetWare UPS management smart mode UPS not support ...

Page 38: ...Data RD Transmit Data TD Data Teminal Ready DTR Signal Ground SG Data Set Ready DSR Ready To Send RTS Clear To Send CTS Ring Indicator RI Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Note Refer to Chapter 3 for instructions on accessing the setup utility through a PC or terminal as well as instructions on setting the baud rate stop bit data bit and parity of your monitor or terminal The default setting of the monitor po...

Page 39: ...re through the following methods VT100 terminal connected through the controller s serial port Front panel touch control keypad Web browser based Remote RAID management via the R Link ethernet port 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 wi...

Page 40: ...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 41: ...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 42: ...Configuring 3 4 5 Click disconnect button 6 Open the File menu and then open Properties ...

Page 43: ...ring 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 44: ...ion 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 Ter minal 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 45: ... the user can only monitor and configure the raid subsystem by providing the correct password The password is used to protect the internal RAID subsystem 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 The...

Page 46: ... 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 informati...

Page 47: ...onfiguring the Subsystem Using the LCD Panel The LCD Display front panel function keys are the primary user interface for the Disk Array Except for the Firmware update all configuration can be performed through this interface The LCD provides a system of screens with areas for information status indication or menus The LCD screen displays up to two lines at a time of menu items or other informatio...

Page 48: ...Configuring 3 10 3 3 Menu Diagram The following tree diagram is a summary of the various configuration and setting functions that can be accessed through the LCD panel menus or the terminal monitor ...

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Page 51: ...SI ID SCSI LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing Max Sync Rate Yes No Mute The Alert Beeper Raid System Function Alert Beeper Setting Change Password Raid Rebuild Priority Update Firmware Restart Controller Save The 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 Confi...

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Page 53: ...onfigure internal RAID subsystem on a remote machine you need to know its IP Address Launch your web browser by entering http IP Address 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 loc...

Page 54: ...aid 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 Me...

Page 55: ...plemented 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 Volume Support Automatically as above menu There are three model for optio...

Page 56: ...o detect over two tera bytes Please contact your vendor for supporting For Windows 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 se...

Page 57: ...onfigures 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 15 alphanumeric characters to define a unique...

Page 58: ... 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 59: ...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 af...

Page 60: ...aid 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 vol ume status area of the volume set Information when a disk is added to a raid set ...

Page 61: ...stem is power on User can use the Activate Raid Set option to active the raid set After user complete the function the Raid State will change to Degraded Mode To activate the incomplete the raid set click on the Activate Raid Set link A Select The RAID SET To Activate screen is displayed showing all raid set ex isting in the current controller Click the raid set number you which to activate in the...

Page 62: ...Configuring 3 24 Click on the Submit button in the screen to activate the raid set that has removed one of disk drive in the power off state The RAID subsystem will continue to work in degraded mode ...

Page 63: ...the appropriate 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 3 6 6 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 de...

Page 64: ...Configuring 3 26 3 6 7 Rescue Raid Set If you try to Rescue Missing RAID Set please contact our engineer for assistance ...

Page 65: ...e 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 cli...

Page 66: ...Level and press Enter The available RAID levels for the current Volume Set are displayed Select a RAID level and press Enter to confirm Capacity The maximum volume size is default in the first setting Enter the appropriate volume size to fit your application Greater Two TB Volume Support If volume size over 2TB it will be pro vided one option Creater TwoTB Volume Support Automatically No still kee...

Page 67: ...et the stripe size to 4 KB 8 KB 16 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 Qu...

Page 68: ...o 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 volume 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 assign...

Page 69: ...odification 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 or ...

Page 70: ...Configuring 3 32 ...

Page 71: ...g 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 72: ...e this option to verify the correctness pf the redundant data in a volume set For example in a system with dedicated parity volume set check means computing the parity of the data disk drives and comparing the results to the contents of the dedicated parity disk drive The checking percentage can also be viewed by clicking on RaidSet Hierarchy in the main menu 3 7 6 Stop VolumeSet Check Use this op...

Page 73: ...ass Through link The relative setting function screen appears Disk is no controlled by the internal RAID subsystem firmware and thus can not 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 se lect the cache mode Tagged Command Queu...

Page 74: ...ugh 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 Se lect 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 tri...

Page 75: ...tion 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 from t...

Page 76: ...tem 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 con troller devotes to a rebuild operation The RAID subsystem allows user to choose the rebuild priority ultraLow Low Medium High to balance volume set access and rebuild tas...

Page 77: ...ID subsystem supports auto enabled and disabled When the RAID sub system with BBM battery backup module the auto option will Enable disk write cache Contrariwise the auto option will Disable disk write cache Disk Capacity Truncation Mode This 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 trunca tion sl...

Page 78: ... the main menu and click on the U320 SCSI Target Config The Enabled option supports Quick Arbitration and Selection QAS QAS reduces the overhead of control release on the SCSI bus from one device to another This improvement re duces command overhead and maximizes bus utilization Select the desired function ...

Page 79: ... 3 41 3 9 3 EtherNet Config To set the EtherNet function move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on he EtherNet Config The Raid System EtherNet Function menu will show all items Select the desired function ...

Page 80: ... 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 condi tion 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 81: ...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 setting...

Page 82: ...e Elapse Time and Errors The RAID system does not built the real time clock The Time information is the relative time from the RAID sub system power on the message This allows user to easily define which RAID unit is having problem Once this setting is done alert by mail configuration will also work in the same way SNMP Trap Notification Configurations Select the desired function After you complet...

Page 83: ...enerate 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: ...feature to clear the entire events buffer information 3 9 9 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: ...sword 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 p...

Page 86: ...rmation 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 control ler name firmware version serial number main processor CPU data Instruc tion cache size and system memory size speed appear in this s...

Page 87: ...97V or 3 63V 2 25V or 2 75V 1 17V or 1 43V 1 125V or 1 375V 3 10 3 Hardware Monitor To view the RAID subsystem controller s hardware monitor information move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click the Hardware Monitor link The Hardware Information screen appears The Hardware Monitor Information provides the temperature fan speed chassis fan and voltage of the internal RAID subsystem All items...

Page 88: ...d Each configu ration method requires a different level of user input The general flow of op erations 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 HOST...

Page 89: ... Components 4 1 Memory Upgrades The subsystem is equipped with one DDR SDRAM socket By default your Disk Array comes with 128MB of memory that is expandable to a maximum of 1024MB These expansion memory module can be purchased from your dealer Memory Type 2 5V PC2100 1600 DDR266 SDRAM 184pin ECC unbuffered Memory Size Supports 184pin DDR of 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB or 1GB Height 1 15 Inches 29 2 mm ...

Page 90: ...controller Module 2 Unscrew and take off the cover of controller Module 3 Remove the DIMM Memory from the RAM socket Then Press the memory module firmly into socket make sure that all the contacts are aligned with the socket Push the memory module forward to a horizon tal position ...

Page 91: ...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 direc tory 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 com...

Page 92: ...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 93: ...ZMODEM as the file transfer proto col of your terminal emulation software 5 Click Browse Look in the location where the Firmware upgrade software is located Select the File name 6160FIRM BIN and click open 6 Click Send Send the Firmware Binary to the controller ...

Page 94: ...e 4 6 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 95: ... 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 up grade is complete because all of the settings will default to the original default values ...

Page 96: ...cursor to Upgrade Firm ware 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 6160FIRM 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 97: ...Array Maintenance 4 9 5 After the firmware upgrade is complete a bar indicator will show Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully ...

Page 98: ...the following steps Refer to 2 6 Installing hard disks 1 Open the tray lever by sliding the latch and wait for the drive to spin down The disk LED on the front panel will turn from green to red indi cate the disk is powered down Lever Latch 2 Lift the lever to disengage the disk tray from the slot 3 Gently pull the disk tray out of the slot 4 Replace the HDD 5 Slide the tray into a slot until it c...

Page 99: ...upply unit you should then push the power supply reset switch to stop the buzzer alarm The new power supply unit will link with the other unit immediately and will start working after you press the power supply reset switch and the buzzer warning noise will stop 4 3 2 Replacing a Power Supply 1 Remove the screws located at the corners of the power supply Place the screws in a safe place as you wil...

Page 100: ...screws on the cor ners of the defective fan Place the screws on a safe place as you will need them later when you install a new fan Note We recommend that you remove the fan holder from the subsystem This allows easy installation and unlimited workspace when replacing the fan 4 Install a new fan using the screws you removed in step 3 5 Replace the fan holder 6 Reconnect the fan cable connects ...

Page 101: ...wap power supply Cooling fan On line expansion Multiple RAID selection Failed disk auto rebuild 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 16 Ultra 320 Wide LVD Up to 320MB sec S ATA 150 16 3 2 blower Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Y...

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