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DP-503-F4A3 RAID SUBSYSTEM
Installation and User Manual 3
Table of Contents
Before You Begin ................................................................................................6
Safety Guidelines................................................................................................................................................................6
Controller Configuration.................................................................................................................................................6
Packaging, Shipment and Delivery.............................................................................................................................6
Unpacking the Subsystem..............................................................................................................................................7
Chapter 1 Introduction.................................................................................................8
1.1 Key Features..............................................................................................................................................................8
1.2 Identifying Parts of the RAID Subsystem......................................................................................................9
1.2.1 Front View .........................................................................................................................................................9
1.2.2 Rear View........................................................................................................................................................ 12
1.3 RAID Concepts ...................................................................................................................................................... 13
1.4 Fibre Functions...................................................................................................................................................... 17
1.4.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................................... 17
1.4.2 Three ways to connect (FC Topologies)............................................................................................... 17
1.4.3 Basic Elements.............................................................................................................................................. 18
1.4.4 LUN Masking .................................................................................................................................................. 19
1.5 Array Definition..................................................................................................................................................... 19
1.5.1 Raid Set ........................................................................................................................................................... 19
1.5.2 Volume Set .................................................................................................................................................... 20
1.5.3 Easy to Use Features................................................................................................................................. 20
1.5.3.1 Instant Availability/Background Initialization .......................................................................... 20
1.5.3.2 Array Roaming..................................................................................................................................... 21
1.5.3.3 Online Capacity Expansion ............................................................................................................. 21
1.5.3.4 Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration .........................................................................22
1.5.4 High Availability............................................................................................................................................ 22
1.5.4.1 Creating Hot Spares ............................................................................................................................. 22
1.5.4.2 Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support........................................................................................................... 23
1.5.4.3 Hot-Swap Disk Rebuild ....................................................................................................................... 23
Chapter 2 Getting Started .........................................................................................23
2.1 Preparing the Subsystem and Powering On ............................................................................................ 23
2.2 Installing Hard Drives ......................................................................................................................................... 24
Chapter 3 RAID Configuration .................................................................................27
3.1 Configuring Through a Terminal.................................................................................................................... 27