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Fibre to SAS/SATA RAID Subsystem
2 User Manual
Table of Contents
Preface ................................................................................................................................ 5
Before You Begin ............................................................................................................. 6
Safety Guidelines............................................................................................................................................................... 6
Controller Configurations .............................................................................................................................................. 6
Packaging, Shipment and Delivery ............................................................................................................................ 6
Unpacking the Shipping Carton ............................................................................................................................ 7
Chapter 1 Product Introduction ................................................................................. 8
1.1 Technical Specifications ..................................................................................................................................... 10
1.2 RAID Concepts ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
1.3 Fibre Functions ...................................................................................................................................................... 17
1.3.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................................... 17
1.3.2 Four ways to connect (FC Topologies) ................................................................................................. 17
1.3.3 Basic Elements .............................................................................................................................................. 19
1.3.4 LUN Masking ................................................................................................................................................. 19
1.4 Array Definition ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
1.4.1 Raid Set ........................................................................................................................................................... 20
1.4.2 Volume Set .................................................................................................................................................... 20
1.5 High Availability .................................................................................................................................................... 21
1.5.1 Creating Hot Spares ............................................................................................................................. 21
1.5.2 Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support .......................................................................................................... 21
1.5.3 Hot-Swap Disk Rebuild ........................................................................................................................ 21
Chapter 2 Identifying Parts of the RAID Subsystem .......................................... 22
2.1 Main Components ............................................................................................................................................... 22
2.1.1 Front View ...................................................................................................................................................... 22
2.1.1.1 Disk Trays ............................................................................................................................................... 23
2.1.1.2 LCD Front Panel .................................................................................................................................. 24
2.1.2 Rear View ........................................................................................................................................................ 26
2.2 Controller Module................................................................................................................................................ 26
2.2.1 Controller Module Panel .......................................................................................................................... 27
2.3 Power Supply / Fan Module (PSFM) ............................................................................................................ 29
2.3.1 PSFM Panel .................................................................................................................................................... 29
Chapter 3 Getting Started with the Subsystem ................................................... 31
3.1 Powering On .......................................................................................................................................................... 31