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SCSI to SCSI RAID Subsystem

 

 

User Manual 

35 

 

Chapter 3   Getting Started with the System 

 

 

3.1   Connecting the RAID Subsystem to the Host 

 

This section describes how to connect the EP-2126-SS to your host system. 

 

 

 

 

 

The subsystem supports Ultra 320 SCSI LVD interface which provides fast 320MB/s 
data transfer rates using a 16-bit SCSI bus. Installation of the disk array is very 
similar to the installation of a standard SCSI drive. The SCSI connector accepts the 
standard 68-pin LVD SCSI connector used on most LVD SCSI devices. Refer to your 
system and/or SCSI host adapter manual for additional installation procedures that 
may apply to your system or host adapter.  

 

 

1.

 

Connect the power cables to the AC Power Inlets. 

2.

 

Connect the Ethernet cable to the controller’s Ethernet port. 

3.

 

Connect the external serial cable to the controller’s RS-232 Port (phone jack 

type). 

4.

 

Connect the other end of the external serial cable to the RS-232 Port (DB9 type) 

on your host subsystem. 

5.

 

Connect two SCSI terminators to the Terminal Module SCSI ports. 

6.

 

The package 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 (Host Channel A In) and the 
other end to the host adapter’s external SCSI connector. (The host adapter is 
installed in your Host subsystem.) 

Summary of Contents for EP-2126-SS

Page 1: ...EP 2126 SS SCSI to SCSI RAID Subsystem User Manual Revision 1 1...

Page 2: ...ual Copyright No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without th...

Page 3: ...13 2 1 Controller Module 13 2 1 1 Controller Module Panel 13 2 1 2 Controller Module Installation 15 2 1 3 Controller Board Replacement 16 2 2 Power Supply Fan Module 18 2 2 1 PSFM Panel 18 2 2 2 Pow...

Page 4: ...on 44 Chapter 5 Configuration Utility Options 45 5 1 Configuration through a Terminal 45 5 1 1 Upgrading Firmware through VT 100 Terminal Emulation 50 5 2 Configuring the Subsystem Using the LCD Panel...

Page 5: ...ssword 81 8 4 Upgrade Firmware 82 8 5 Restart 84 Chapter 9 Event Log 85 9 1 Event Log 85 9 2 Export Log 86 Chapter 10 Information 87 10 1 Disk Information 87 10 2 RAID Information 88 10 3 System Infor...

Page 6: ...e allowed ambient temperature Before plugging in any power cords cables and connectors make sure that the power switches are turned off Disconnect first any power connection if the power supply module...

Page 7: ...subsystem unit Two power cords One external serial cable One external UPS cable One RJ 45 Ethernet cable Two external SCSI cables Four Active terminators Installation Reference Guide Spare screws etc...

Page 8: ...ogy Instant availability and background initialization Supports hot spare and automatic hot rebuild Local audible event notification alarm Real time drive activity and status indicators Java based bro...

Page 9: ...e various parts of the subsystem Each part will be discussed in details in the following sections of this manual 1 1 1 Front View The front section consists of the Drive Carriers and the Smart LCD Pan...

Page 10: ...the front These drive carriers are arranged in 4 columns of 3 drives Each drive carrier is lockable and has a lock indicator At the rear the chassis assembly contains two power supply fan modules one...

Page 11: ...Yes Continuous Rebuild Yes Online Consistency Check Yes Failed Drive Auto Rebuild Yes Password Protection Yes Bad Block Auto remapping Yes Hard Contact Relay Connection Yes SMTP Manager and SNMP Agent...

Page 12: ...RAID Subsystem 12 User Manual 1 3 3 Environmental Relative Humidity 10 85 Non condensing Operating Temperature 10 C 40 C 50 F 104 F Weight 14 kg 30 8Lbs without drives Physical Dimensions 88 H x 482...

Page 13: ...These parts are described as follows 1 Host Channel The subsystem is equipped with 2 host channels Host channel A and Host channel B with two 68 pin SCSI connectors at the rear of the subsystem for SC...

Page 14: ...te Link through RJ 45 Ethernet for remote management The subsystem is equipped with one RJ 45 10 100 Ethernet port You can use Java based browser to manage the RAID subsystem through Ethernet for remo...

Page 15: ...f the Controller Module CAUTION Handle the module with care and avoid damaging the connectors Do not install the module if the connectors are damaged b With the Controller handle in the open position...

Page 16: ...1 Loosen the thumb screws Raise the controller handle and pull out the controller module until it moves out of the slot 2 Release the memory module lock and remove the memory module 3 Remove four scre...

Page 17: ...SCSI to SCSI RAID Subsystem User Manual 17 5 Remove the controller board from the module case 6 Remove the four hex screws 7 Replace the controller board...

Page 18: ...running Note that each PSFM consists of 1 power supply and 1 fan 2 2 1 PSFM Panel On the back of the Power Supply Fan Module there are three distinct features the Power On Off Switch the AC Inlet Plug...

Page 19: ...ED becomes RED When the switch of the PSFM is turned on the LED will turn GREEN When the Power On Fail LED is GREEN the PSFM is functioning normally 2 2 3 Fan of PSFM Each PSFM has 1 Master Fan The Ma...

Page 20: ...e module if the Golden Fingers are damaged b With the Power Supply handle in the open position carefully insert the module into the enclosure c Manually close the Power Supply handle IMPORTANT To secu...

Page 21: ...Fan Replacement 1 Remove the Power Supply Fan Module from the enclosure 2 Unscrew 6 screws 2 from left side 2 from right side and 2 from top cover 3 Pull up the top cover 4 Disconnect the fan cable Ri...

Page 22: ...SCSI to SCSI RAID Subsystem 22 User Manual 5 Unscrew the 4 screws of the power supply fan Then remove the metal brace 6 Remove the fan and replace...

Page 23: ...SI RAID Subsystem User Manual 23 2 3 Terminal Module Terminators must be attached to both Disk Channel ports of the Terminal Module in order for the SCSI disk drives to work properly 2 3 1 Terminal Mo...

Page 24: ...inal Module CAUTION Handle the module with care and avoid damaging the connectors Do not install the module if the connectors are damaged b Carefully insert the Terminal Module into the appropriate sl...

Page 25: ...Module Board Replacement 1 Remove the Terminal Module from the enclosure 2 Remove the four 4 lock nut screws 3 Remove the six 6 hex screws from the terminal board 4 Carefully remove the terminal board...

Page 26: ...indicator lights One indicator light is used for Power On Error When this light is GREEN the power is on and everything is functioning normally When the Power On Error light is ORANGE then an error h...

Page 27: ...s that the Drive Carrier is locked 2 4 3 Disk Drive Installation This section describes the physical locations of the hard drives supported by the subsystem and give instructions on installing a hard...

Page 28: ...disk tray align with the holes of the hard drive d Install the mounting screws on the bottom part to secure the drive in the disk tray e Slide the tray into a slot until it reaches a full stop f Press...

Page 29: ...to RED and alarm will sound Fan Fail LED Turns RED when a fan s speed is lower than 2000 RPM or fan fails Over Temperature LED If system temperature is over 70o C or disk temperatures exceed 55o C th...

Page 30: ...own Arrow buttons Use the Up or Down arrow keys to go through the information on the LCD screen This is also used to move between each menu when you configure the subsystem Select button This is used...

Page 31: ...Verify if the content of the Rail Box is complete 2 x Rack Rails 2 x Inner Brackets 4 x M5 P0 8 L 25mm Long Screws 8 x M5 0 8 L 8 0mm Round Head Screws 12 x M4 0 7 L 6 0mm Flat Head Screws NOTE To li...

Page 32: ...four M4 flat head screws to attach the inner bracket to one of the side Make sure the holes of the inner bracket are aligned to the holes on the side of the RAID system 4 Repeat Steps 1 to 3 for the...

Page 33: ...the rack post Front Right and Rear Right NOTE In the Front Right part of the rack rail the M5 screws must be placed in holes 1 and 3 In the Rear Right part the M5 screws must be placed in holes 1 and...

Page 34: ...system into the cabinet Make sure the inner brackets align with the center opening of the rack rails Front View Rear View 9 Use two M5 long screws to fix the RAID system in the cabinet 10 Insert the...

Page 35: ...itional installation procedures that may apply to your system or host adapter 1 Connect the power cables to the AC Power Inlets 2 Connect the Ethernet cable to the controller s Ethernet port 3 Connect...

Page 36: ...8 pin wide SCSI connectors are provided on the back of the enclosure These connectors are used in one of two ways If the RAID subsystem is the only external SCSI device or is the last external device...

Page 37: ...computer is the first device and is already terminated When installing the RAID subsystem on a SCSI bus with other devices be sure to observe the above rules with all devices on the SCSI bus Consult y...

Page 38: ...es 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 operati...

Page 39: ...pair of disk drives that store duplicate data but appear to the computer as a single drive Although striping is not used within a single mirrored drive pair multiple RAID 1 arrays can be striped toget...

Page 40: ...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...

Page 41: ...l records However RAID 3 does not allow overlapping of multiple I O operations and requires synchronized spindle drives to avoid performance degradation with short records RAID 5 with a small stripe s...

Page 42: ...rive Fully redundant 2 3 Data is striped across several physical drives Parity protection is used for data redundancy 3 5 Data is striped across several physical drives Parity protection is used for d...

Page 43: ...e ID defines each SCSI device on the SCSI bus If there are more than one SCSI adapters in the Host system each adapter forms a separate SCSI bus SCSI IDs can be reused as long as the ID is assigned to...

Page 44: ...ys Capacity for RAID 30 or 50 4 3 2 Logical Unit Number LUNs A logical unit is a Volume assigned a LUN ID and mapped to a host channel It appears to the host system as a logical device Up to 32 Volume...

Page 45: ...l connected through the controller s serial port Front panel touch control keypad Web browser based proRAID Manager GUI IMPORTANT Only one method can be used to configure the subsystem Two methods can...

Page 46: ...SCSI to SCSI RAID Subsystem 46 User Manual 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 47: ...screen The preset password is 8 zeroes Type 00000000 6 Then press Enter to enter screen The Main Menu will appear Keyboard Function Key Definitions Enter key to confirm a selected item Ctrl Q key to...

Page 48: ...AID Subsystem 48 User Manual VT100 terminal configuration Utility Main Menu Options Select an option and the related information or submenu items display beneath it The submenus for each item are expl...

Page 49: ...Array and Volume RAID Management Create single or multiple Arrays and Volumes with custom parameters SCSI Configuration Set SCSI parameters such as SCSI ID speed and Tag Queue System Management Set Sy...

Page 50: ...rmware follow these steps 1 Shut down the host computer system if a host computer is connected 2 Start a terminal connection to the disk array and access the Menu area 3 From the Main Menu scroll down...

Page 51: ...ct the file and click Open 7 Select Ymodem under Protocol YMODEM is the file transfer protocol used by the terminal emulation software 8 Click Send to send the Firmware file to the RAID controller 9 W...

Page 52: ...a time The RAID subsystem password is set to 00000000 by manufacture default Function Key Definitions Parts Function Exit button Press this button to return to the previous menu Select button This is...

Page 53: ...RAID READY IOP 80331 FW1 30 RAM 256MB HD 12 Temperature System 40 C S 1 34C S 2 31C S 3 33C S 4 32C S 5 33C S 6 29C S 7 29C S 8 31C S 9 32C S106 31C S11 32C S12 31C MF PSU A 3214rpm MF PSU B 3213rpm...

Page 54: ...yer 10 or later version must be installed in the PC which will be used to manage the RAID subsystem 5 3 1 Login to proRAID Manager Open a web browser and enter http xxx xxx xxx xxx where xxx xxx xxx x...

Page 55: ...several sub menu items Click the icon of the menu item and the sub menu will be displayed The right pane shows the list of subsystems that you have logged in to You can login to several subsystems at...

Page 56: ...SCSI to SCSI RAID Subsystem 56 User Manual...

Page 57: ...r the Subsystem Name you can use any name to identify the subsystem you are going to manage the IP Address and the subsystem Password The subsystem name will appear in the list of subsystem on the rig...

Page 58: ...RAID Delete Volume Network Setting SNMP Setting SMTP Setting NTP Setting Network Sync RTC System Setting Channel Manager Modify Password Upgrade Firmware System Restart Event Log Event Log Export Log...

Page 59: ...tup Create Array Modify Array Delete Array Create Volume Modify Volume and Delete Volume NOTE Any FREE or un used hard disk will automatically become Global Hot Spare disk which means it can replace a...

Page 60: ...UN it will appear as a disk device to the host RAID Level Select the RAID Level you want the Array to use The RAID level option will depend on the number of disk drives selected Stripe Size This param...

Page 61: ...d Volume will be created NOTE Quick Setup can only be used if there s no existing Array NOTE In Quick Setup the Array will be created in background initialization mode which means the Volume will be a...

Page 62: ...rray 1 In RAID menu click Create Array 2 Enter the Array Name change the Re Mapped BS count as necessary select the disks drives to be included in the Array and set the RAID Level Stripe Size Block Si...

Page 63: ...r later versions Use 512 bytes Due to LSI chip limitation 16 Byte CDB option must run at U320 mode Task Priority The priority for background tasks such as rebuilding Options are LOW MEDIUM and HIGH LO...

Page 64: ...s initialization in Foreground mode or still initializing in Background mode a Volume can created NOTE Any FREE or un used hard disk will automatically become Global Hot Spare disk which means it can...

Page 65: ...this function to modify settings of an existing Array To modify Array i In RAID menu click Modify Array Change the settings of the Array as necessary NOTE Some settings are read only and cannot be mod...

Page 66: ...from RAID menu 2 Select the Array to be deleted from the list of Arrays displayed on the left side 3 Click Submit when done A warning message will be displayed Click OK to proceed with deletion IMPOR...

Page 67: ...olumes can be created in an Array as long as there is free capacity in the Array Up to 32 Volumes can be mapped to a LUN in each Host Channel LUN ID 0 to 31 for Host A and for Host B 1 To create a Vol...

Page 68: ...aximum is 20 characters Volume Size The capacity you want to give to the Volume value is in GB Note that the available capacity that can be used in displayed in Maximum Capacity field Read Ahead The M...

Page 69: ...SCSI to SCSI RAID Subsystem User Manual 69 4 Click Submit when done The Volume will be created IMPORTANT Once a LUN number is already assigned to a Volume it cannot be used again...

Page 70: ...fy Volume function in RAID menu To modify a Volume 1 Select Modify Volume from RAID menu Select the Array name from the Array List and then select the Volume to be modified 2 Change the settings as ne...

Page 71: ...the Array List select the Array name which contains the Volume to be deleted Then select the Volume to be deleted 2 Click Submit A warning message will be displayed Click OK to proceed 3 The Volume wi...

Page 72: ...k Settings from Network menu 2 Set the following options Option Description IP Address Enter the IP address you want to assign to the RAID subsystem Gateway Enter the Gateway IP Address you want to us...

Page 73: ...nable SNMP Notification option Then setup the necessary options Option Description Description Enter a description Contact Enter the Contact information Name Enter the Name information Location Enter...

Page 74: ...n setup the necessary options Option Description SMTP Server Enter the SMTP Server IP address Use Secure Authentication To use secure authentication in SMTP server enable this option Account Enter the...

Page 75: ...estarted you need to use Sync RTC RTC Stands for Real Time Clock and is used to set the time on the RAID controller Setting the correct time plays an important role in the system administration which...

Page 76: ...nc RTC function must be used whenever the RAID subsystem is started or restarted RTC Stands for Real Time Clock and is used to set the time on the RAID controller Setting the correct time plays an imp...

Page 77: ...le or Enable the RAID subsystem alarm tone generator When Alarm Beeper option is checked the alarm beeper is enabled Cache Type The RAID subsystem supports Write Through and Write Back cache type Writ...

Page 78: ...leted Notice Disk clone succeeded Notice Volume created Notice Volume deleted Notice Volume modified Notice Over temperature Warning Over voltage Warning Low voltage Warning PSU not present Warning Fa...

Page 79: ...ou can map ID to a host channel Wide If enabled for a wide bus the throughput is double transfer rate because each transfer is of 16 bits or two bytes For example if Wide option is enabled the Speed S...

Page 80: ...SCSI to SCSI RAID Subsystem 80 User Manual After setting the preferred option click Update to save the changes To see the current settings click Refresh...

Page 81: ...word To set or change the login password of RAID subsystem click Modify Password function in System menu Enter the old password in the Old Password field and the new password in the New Password and C...

Page 82: ...Manual 8 4 Upgrade Firmware The RAID controller s firmware can be upgraded when new firmware version is available Select Upgrade Firmware function in System menu then click Upload Select the firmware...

Page 83: ...firmware file will be uploaded to the RAID controller Then the upgraded process will be started After the upgrade is completed the subsystem will automatically restart User needs to login again to pro...

Page 84: ...SCSI to SCSI RAID Subsystem 84 User Manual 8 5 Restart The RAID subsystem can be restarted using the Restart function in System menu Click the Submit button to restart the RAID subsystem...

Page 85: ...ystem User Manual 85 Chapter 9 Event Log 9 1 Event Log The RAID subsystem s event log information can be displayed by selecting Event Log function in Event Log menu To update the current displayed eve...

Page 86: ...nual 9 2 Export Log The RAID subsystem s event log information can be saved to local destination by selecting Export Log function in Event Log menu Click Submit to save the event log The file type of...

Page 87: ...sk the disk vendor model capacity number of remapped bad sectors firmware version and state are shown When disks are already member of an Array the State will show USED It will show FREE when not yet...

Page 88: ...existing Array and Volume in the RAID subsystem select RAID function in Info menu Then select the Array name from the list of Arrays The Array Info and Logical Volume Details will be displayed The log...

Page 89: ...U Name CPU Speed Memory Size Memory Speed BBM Module installed or not ECC DRAM support Subsystem Model Controller Model Firmware Version Disk Channel Type Number of Host Channels Host Channel Type Hos...

Page 90: ...provides the power supply status fan speed temperature and voltage levels of the RAID subsystem All items are also unchangeable The warning messages will indicate through the LCD LED and alarm buzzer...

Page 91: ...id Task menu The List of Arrays and the RAID Level Capacity Member Disks and Status are displayed Status The states available are Ready Need to Rebuild Initializing Rebuilding Expanding Verifying Clon...

Page 92: ...r 50 to check the consistency of parity blocks i e verify that parity information matches the stored data Click Check Parity button to start performing parity check A message will be displayed The per...

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