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Fibre to SAS/SATA RAID Subsystem

User Manual

Chapter 3 Getting Started with the Subsystem

3.1 Powering On

Plug in the power cords into the AC Power Input Socket located at the rear of the
subsystem.

NOTE: The subsystem is equipped with redundant, full range
power supplies with PFC (power factor correction). The system
will automatically select voltage.

Turn on each Power On/Off Switch to power on the subsystem.

The Power LED on the front Panel will turn green.

Summary of Contents for EP-3163S-F8S6

Page 1: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual Revision 1 1 ...

Page 2: ... 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...

Page 3: ... Offline RAID Set 56 5 2 5 Rename RAID Set 57 5 2 6 Activate Incomplete RAID Set 58 5 2 7 Create Hot Spare 60 5 2 8 Delete Hot Spare 61 5 2 9 Rescue Raid Set 61 5 3 Volume Set Function 62 5 3 1 Create Volume Set 62 5 3 2 Create Raid 30 50 60 65 5 3 3 Delete Volume Set 66 5 3 4 Modify Volume Set 67 5 3 4 1 Volume Set Expansion 68 5 3 4 2 Volume Set Migration 69 5 3 5 Check Volume Set 70 5 3 6 Sched...

Page 4: ...ontroller 95 5 6 Information Menu 96 5 6 1 RAID Set Hierarchy 96 5 6 2 SAS Chip Information 98 5 6 3 System Information 99 5 6 4 Hardware Monitor 100 Chapter 6 Maintenance 101 6 1 Upgrading the RAID Controller s Cache Memory 101 6 1 1 Replacing the Memory Module 101 6 2 Upgrading the RAID Controller s Firmware 102 6 3 Upgrading the Expander Firmware 110 6 4 Replacing Subsystem Components 112 6 4 1...

Page 5: ...al 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 the prior written consent Trademarks All products and trade names used in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Changes The material in this document is for inf...

Page 6: ...wed 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 is being removed from the enclosure Outlets must be accessible to the equipment All external connections should be made using shielded cables and as much as possible should not be performed by bare hand Us...

Page 7: ...The shipping package contains the following RAID Subsystem Unit Two 2 power cords One 1 Fibre optic cable One 1 RJ45 Ethernet cable One 1 external serial cable RJ11 to DB9 One 1 PSFM Plate Cover User Manual NOTE If any damage is found contact the dealer or vendor for assistance ...

Page 8: ...ys in a 19 inch 3U rackmount unit scaling to a maximum storage capacity in the terabyte range Exceptional Manageability The firmware embedded Web Browser based RAID manager allows local or remote management and configuration The firmware embedded SMTP manager monitors all system events and user notification automatically The firmware embedded SNMP agent allows remote to monitor events via LAN with...

Page 9: ... per volume set Disk scrubbing array verify scheduling for automatic repair of all configured RAID sets Login record in the event log with IP address and service http telnet and serial Support intelligent power management to save energy and extend service life Support NTP protocol to synchronize RAID controller clock over the on board LAN port Max 128 LUNs volume set Transparent data protection fo...

Page 10: ...egistered SDRAM Battery Backup Optional Management Port support Yes RAID level 0 1 10 3 5 6 30 50 60 and JBOD Array Group Up to 128 LUNs Up to 128 Hot Spare Yes Drive Roaming Yes Online Rebuild Yes Variable Stripe Size Yes E mail Notification Yes Online capacity expansion RAID level stripe size migration Yes Online Array roaming Yes Online consistency check Yes SMTP manager and SNMP agent Yes Redu...

Page 11: ... Indicator Access Fail LED Backplane SAS2 SATA3 Single BP of PS Fan Modules 500W x 2 w PFC of Fans 4 Power requirements AC 90V 264V Full Range 10A 5A 47Hz 63Hz Relative Humidity 10 85 Non condensing Operating Temperature 10 C 40 C 50 F 104 F Physical Dimension 590 L x 482 W x 131 H mm Weight Without Disk 24Kg ...

Page 12: ... 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 environment determines whether large or small stripes should be used Most operating systems today support concurrent disk I O operations across multiple drives However in order to maximize throughput...

Page 13: ... a 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 together to create a single large array consisting 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 i...

Page 14: ...g 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 Since there is no dedicated parity drive all drives contain data and read operations can be overlapped on every drive in ...

Page 15: ...tial 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 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 t...

Page 16: ...scheme 4 10 Combination of RAID levels 1 and 0 This level provides striping and redundancy through mirroring RAID 10 requires the use of an even number of disk drives to achieve data protection while RAID 1E Enhanced Mirroring uses an odd number of drives 4 3 30 Combination of RAID levels 0 and 3 This level is best implemented on two RAID 3 disk arrays with data striped across both disk arrays 6 5...

Page 17: ...tch This chapter describes the Fibre specific functions available in the Fibre Channel RAID controller Optional functions have been implemented for Fibre Channel operation which is only available in the Web browser based RAID manager The LCD and VT 100 can t be used to configure some of the options available for Fibre Channel RAID controller 1 3 2 Four ways to connect FC Topologies A topology defi...

Page 18: ...hat delivers a frame to a destination based on the destination address in the frame header It can be used to connect up to 16 million nodes each of which is identified by a unique world wide name WWN In a switched fabric each data frame is transferred over a virtual point to point connection There can be any number of full bandwidth transfers occurring through the switch Devices do not have to arb...

Page 19: ...loop to support hot pluggability Switched Fabric Switched fabric is the highest performing device available for interconnecting large number of devices increasing bandwidth reducing congestion and providing aggregate throughput Each device is connected to a port on the switch enabling an on demand connection to every connected device Each node on a Switched fabric uses an aggregate throughput data...

Page 20: ...ed 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 can consume all...

Page 21: ...es 1 5 2 Hot Swap Disk Drive Support The RAID subsystem has built in protection circuit to support the replacement of SATA hard disk drives without having to shut down or reboot the system The removable hard drive tray can deliver hot swappable fault tolerant RAID solution at a price much less than the cost of conventional SCSI hard disk RAID subsystems This feature is provided in the RAID subsyst...

Page 22: ... 2 Identifying Parts of the RAID Subsystem The illustrations below identify the various parts of the system Familiarize yourself with the parts and terms as you may encounter them later in the later chapters and sections 2 1 Main Components 2 1 1 Front View ...

Page 23: ...s no hard drive the LED is Red If hard drive defected in this slot or the hard drive is failure the LED is blinking red Lock Indicator Every Disk Tray is lockable and is fitted with a lock indicator to indicate whether or not the tray is locked into the chassis or not Each tray is also fitted with an ergonomic handle for easy tray removal When the Lock Groove is horizontal this indicates that the ...

Page 24: ... subsystem Parts Function Up and Down 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 to enter the option you have selected Exit button EXIT Press this button to return to the previous menu NOTE This button can also be used to reset the alarm beeper Fo...

Page 25: ...an s rotational speed is below 700RPM this LED will turn red and an alarm will sound Over Temperature LED If temperature irregularities in the system occurs HDD slot temperature over 65 C Controller temperature over 70 C CPU Temperature over 90 C this LED will turn RED and alarm will sound Voltage Warning LED An alarm will sound warning of a voltage abnormality and this LED will turn red Activity ...

Page 26: ...ower 1 Fan 1 and Fan 2 PSFM 2 has Power 2 Fan 3 and Fan 4 If the power supply fails to function the Power Fail LED will turn red and an alarm will sound An error message will also appear on the LCD screen warning of power failure The fan in a power supply fan module is powered independently When a power supply fails the fan will still be working and provides airflow inside the enclosure 2 2 Contro...

Page 27: ... Subsystem User Manual 27 2 2 1 Controller Module Panel Note Only one host cable and one SFP module are included in the package Additional host cables and SFP modules are optional and can be purchased separately for upgrade ...

Page 28: ...wser Indicator LED Color Description Host Channel A B C D Status LEDs Link LED and Activity LED Green Link LED Indicates Host Channel has linked if the Fibre HBA Card is 8GB Orange Link LED Indicates Host Channel has linked if the Fibre HBA Card is 4GB Blink Orange Link LED Indicates Host Channel has linked if the Fibre HBA Card is 2GB Blink Blue Activity LED Indicates the Host Channel is busy and...

Page 29: ...Power On Fail Indicator showing the Power Status LED indicating ready or fail Each fan within a PSFM is powered independently of the power supply within the same PSFM So if the power supply of a PSFM fails the fan associated with that PSFM will continue to operate and cool the enclosure When the power cord connected from main power source is inserted to the AC Power Inlet the power status LED beco...

Page 30: ... airflow inside the enclosure In replacing the failed PSFM refer to section 6 3 2 of this manual NOTE After replacing the Power Supply Fan Module and turning on the Power On Off Switch of the PSFM the Power Supply will not power on immediately The Fans in the PSFM will spin up until the RPM becomes stable When Fan RPM is already stable the RAID controller will then power on the Power Supply This p...

Page 31: ...rds into the AC Power Input Socket located at the rear of the subsystem NOTE The subsystem is equipped with redundant full range power supplies with PFC power factor correction The system will automatically select voltage 2 Turn on each Power On Off Switch to power on the subsystem 3 The Power LED on the front Panel will turn green ...

Page 32: ...he subsystem supports hot swapping allowing you to install or replace a hard drive while the subsystem is running NOTE In this model it is recommended to use 6Gb hard drive disks 3 2 1 Installing Disk Drive in a Disk Tray 1 Unlock the Disk Trays using a flat head screw driver by rotating the Lock Groove 2 Press the Tray Open button and the Disk Tray handle will flip open 3 Pull out an empty disk t...

Page 33: ...n the four screw holes of the SAS disk drive in the four Hole A of the disk tray To secure the disk drive into the disk tray tighten four screws on these holes of the disk tray Note in the picture below where the screws should be placed in the disk tray holes NOTE All the disk tray holes are labelled accordingly Tray Hole A ...

Page 34: ...Manual 5 Slide the tray into a slot 6 Press the lever in until you hear the latch click into place The HDD Fault LED will turn green when the subsystem is powered on and HDD is good 7 If necessary lock the Disk Tray by turning the Lock Groove ...

Page 35: ...ort c Telnet connection via the R Link Ethernet port NOTE The RAID subsystem allows you to access using only one method at a time You cannot use more than one method at the same time 4 1 Configuration through Telnet NOTE This example uses CRT terminal emulation program You can also use Windows Hyper terminal as another option 1 To connect to RAID subsystem using Telnet open Terminal Emulation prog...

Page 36: ...2 Enter the RAID subsystem s IP address Make sure the PC running the terminal emulation program can connect to the RAID subsystem s IP address Click Next 3 Rename the Session name if necessary Click Finish 4 Select the Session name and click Connect ...

Page 37: ...e displayed Select a menu and the Password box will be shown Enter password default is 00000000 to login Keyboard Function Key Definitions A key to move to the line above Z key to move to the next line Enter key Submit selection function ESC key Return to previous screen L key Line draw X key Redraw ...

Page 38: ...nce the password has been set the user can only monitor and configure the RAID subsystem by providing the correct password The password is used to protect the RAID subsystem from unauthorized access 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 ...

Page 39: ...Functions Create a customized Raid Set Volume Set Functions Create a customized Volume Set Physical Drive Functions View individual disk information Raid System Functions Setting the Raid system configurations Hdd Power Management Setting the HDD power management configurations Fibre Channel Config Setting the Fibre Channel configurations Ethernet Configuration Setting the Ethernet configurations ...

Page 40: ...default password is set to 00000000 Function Key Definitions The four function keys at side of the front panel perform the following functions Parts Function Up and Down 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 to enter the option you have selec...

Page 41: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 41 4 2 1 Menu Diagram The following menu diagram is a summary of the various configurations and setting functions that can be accessed through telnet ...

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Page 47: ...Controller R Link Port is 192 168 1 100 and subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 DHCP client function is also enabled by default You can reconfigure the IP Address or disable the DHCP client function through the LCD front panel or terminal Ethernet Configuration menu NOTE If DHCP client function is enabled but a DHCP server is unavailable and the IP address is changed a Controller Restart is necessary If ...

Page 48: ... during setup Raid Set Functions Create customized Raid Sets Volume Set Functions Create customized Volume Sets and allow modification of parameters of existing Volume Sets parameter Physical Drives Create pass through disks and allow modification of parameters of existing pass through drives This also provides a function to identify a disk drive System Controls For setting the RAID system configu...

Page 49: ...size is over 2TB an option Greater Two TB Volume Support will be automatically provided in the screen as shown in the example below There are three options to select No 64bit LBA and 4K Block Greater Two TB Volume Support No Volume Set capacity is set to maximum 2TB 64bit LBA Use this option for UNIX Linux Kernel 2 6 or later Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later versions Windows x64 and other supporte...

Page 50: ...on Refer to Section 5 6 1 NOTE In Quick Create your Raid Set is automatically configured based on the number of disks in your system maximum 32 disks per Raid Set Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you prefer to create customized Raid Set and Volume Set NOTE In Quick Create the Raid Level options 30 50 and 60 are not available If you need to create Volume Set with Raid Level 30 5...

Page 51: ...the Raid Set for the first time or to delete existing Raid Set and reconfigure a Raid Set 5 2 1 Create RAID Set To create a Raid Set click on the Create RAID Set link A Select The Drives For RAID Set screen is displayed showing the disk drives in the system Tick the box of each disk drive that will be included in Raid Set to be created Enter the preferred Raid Set Name 1 to 16 alphanumeric charact...

Page 52: ... To Delete screen is displayed showing all Raid Sets existing in the system Select the Raid Set you want to delete in the Select column Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to process with deletion NOTE You cannot delete a Raid Set containing a Raid 30 50 60 Volume Set You must delete the Raid 30 50 60 Volume Set first ...

Page 53: ...Set which you want to expand Tick on the available disk s and check Confirm The Operation Click on the Submit button to add the selected disk s to the Raid Set NOTE Once the Expand Raid Set process has started user cannot stop it The process must be completed NOTE If a disk drive fails during Raid Set expansion and a hot spare is available an auto rebuild operation will occur after the Raid Set ex...

Page 54: ...n a disk is added to a Raid Set Migrating status is displayed in the Raid Set status area of the Raid Set information Migrating status is also displayed in the Volume Set status area of the Volume Set Information for all Volume Sets under the Raid Set which is migrating ...

Page 55: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 55 NOTE Cannot expand Raid Set when contains Raid30 50 60 volume ...

Page 56: ...he HDD state will change to Offlined Mode and the HDD Status LEDs will be blinking RED To offline a Raid Set click on the Offline RAID Set link A Select The RAID SET To Offline screen is displayed showing all existing Raid Sets in the subsystem Select the Raid Set which you want to offline in the Select column Tick on the Confirm The Operation and then click on the Submit button to offline the sel...

Page 57: ...ame RAID Set Use this function to rename a RAID Set Select the Rename RAID Set under the RAID Set Functions and then select the Select the RAID Set to rename and click Submit Enter the new name for the RAID Set Tick the Confirm The Operation and click Submit ...

Page 58: ...the RAID subsystem is powered off and one disk drive is removed or has failed in power off state and when the subsystem is powered on the Raid Set State will change to Incomplete The Volume Set s associated with the Raid Set will not be visible and the failed or removed disk will be shown as Missing At the same time the subsystem will not detect the Volume Set s hence the volume s is are not acces...

Page 59: ... RAID Set link A Select The Raid Set To Activate screen is displayed showing all existing Raid Sets in the subsystem Select the Raid Set with Incomplete state which you want to activate in the Select column Click on the Submit button to activate the Raid Set The Volume Set s associated with the Raid Set will become accessible in Degraded mode NOTE The Activate Incomplete Raid Set function is only ...

Page 60: ... daisy chain It can replace any failed disk in any enclosure Dedicated to RaidSet The Hot Spare disk is a hot spare dedicated only to the RaidSet where it is assigned It can replace any failed disk in the RaidSet where it is assigned Dedicated to Enclosure The Hot Spare disk is a hot spare dedicated only to the enclosure where it is located It can replace any failed disk on the enclosure where it ...

Page 61: ...elete by clicking on the appropriate check box Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen to delete the hot spare s 5 2 9 Rescue Raid Set If you need to recover a missing Raid Set using the Rescue Raid Set function please contact your vendor s support engineer for assistance ...

Page 62: ...ill have its data spread evenly across all the disks in the Raid Set 5 3 1 Create Volume Set The following are the Volume Set features 1 Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same Raid Set 2 Up to 128 Volume Sets in a Raid Set can be created in the RAID subsystem To create Volume Set from a Raid Set expand the Volume Set Functions in the main menu and click on the Create Volume S...

Page 63: ...ptions to select No 64bit LBA and 4K Block No Volume Set size is set to maximum 2TB limitation 64bit LBA Use this option for UNIX Linux Kernel 2 6 or later Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later versions Windows x64 and other supported operating systems The maximum Volume Set size is up to 512TB 4K Block Use this option for Windows OS such as Windows 2000 2003 or XP The maximum Volume Set size is 16TB J...

Page 64: ...gged Command Queuing When this option is enabled it enhances the overall system performance under multi tasking operating systems by reordering tasks or requests in the command queue of the RAID system This function should normally remain enabled Fibre Port Mapping The controller has four 8Gbps Fibre Host Channels Ports 0 1 2 and 3 Select the Fibre Port where to map the LUN volume Set NOTE The def...

Page 65: ...clude in the creation and then click on the Submit button NOTE When creating Raid 30 50 60 Volume set you need to create first the Raid Sets Up to 8 Raid Sets maximum is supported in Raid 30 50 60 All Raid Sets must contain the same number of disk drives Configure the Volume Set attributes refer to previous section for the Volume Set attributes When done tick Confirm The Operation and click on Sub...

Page 66: ...Delete Volume Set link The Select The Volume Set To Delete screen will show all available Raid Sets Tick on a Raid Set and check the Confirm The Operation option and then click on the Submit button to show all Volume Sets in the selected Raid Set Tick on a Volume Set and check the Confirm The Operation option Click on the Submit button to delete the Volume Set ...

Page 67: ... Click on the Modify Volume Set link 2 Tick from the list the Volume Set you want to modify Click on the Submit button The following screen appears To modify Volume Set attribute values select an attribute item and click on the attribute value After completing the modification tick on the Confirm The Operation option and click on the Submit button to save the changes ...

Page 68: ...ed to enlarge the Volume Set size or create another Volume Set Use the Modify Volume Set function to expand the Volume Set capacity Select the Volume Set and move the cursor to the Volume Set Capacity item and enter the capacity size Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to complete the action The Volume Set starts to expand NOTE The Volume Set capacity of Raid30 50 60 c...

Page 69: ...t Migration Migration occurs when a Volume Set migrates from one RAID level to another a Volume Set stripe size changes or when a disk is added to a Raid Set Migrating status is displayed in the Volume Set status area of the RaidSet Hierarchy screen during migration ...

Page 70: ...me Set Only RAID levels with parity redundant data such as RAID Levels 3 5 6 30 50 and 60 support this function To perform Check Volume Set function 1 Click on the Check Volume Set link 2 Tick from the list the Volume Set you want to check Select the Check Volume Set options Check Volume Set Options Scrub Bad Block If Bad Block Found Assume Parity Data is Good Re compute Parity if Parity Error Ass...

Page 71: ... started The checking percentage can also be viewed by clicking on RaidSet Hierarchy in the Information menu NOTE The result of Check Volume Set function is shown in System Events Information and Volume Set Information In System Events Information it is shown in the Errors column In Volume Set Information it is shown in Errors Found field ...

Page 72: ...ion to run Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Scheduler Disabled 1Day For Testing 1Week 2Weeks 3Weeks 4Weeks 8Weeks 12Weeks 16Weeks 20Weeks and 24Weeks Check After System Idle No 1 Minute 3 Minutes 5 Minutes 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 20 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes and 60 Minutes NOTE To verify the Volume Check schedule go to Information RAID Set Hierarchy select the Volume ...

Page 73: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 73 5 3 7 Stop Volume Check Use this option to stop all Volume Set consistency checking process processes ...

Page 74: ...s a separate and individual Raid Set The disk is available to the host 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 To create pass through disk click on the Create Pass Through link under the Physical Drives main menu The setting function screen appears Select the disk drive to be made as Pass Through Disk and co...

Page 75: ...Base LUN on an existing Pass Through Disk To modify the Pass Through drive attribute from the Pass Through drive pool click on the Modify a Pass Through Disk link The Select 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 the drive The Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute screen appears Modif...

Page 76: ...al 5 4 3 Delete Pass Through Disk To delete Pass Through Disk from the Pass Through drive pool click on Delete Pass Through link Select a Pass Through Disk tick on the Confirm The Operation and click the Submit button to complete the delete action ...

Page 77: ...use cursor and click on Identify Enclosure link The Select The Enclosure For Identification screen appears Tick on the enclosure from the list of enclosures then click on the Submit button to identify the selected enclosure All disk drives LEDs in an enclosure will flash when a particular enclosure is selected ...

Page 78: ...drive is selected using the Identify Drive function the Status LED of the selected disk drive will be blinking To identify a selected drive from the drives pool click on the Identify Drive link The Select The IDE Device For identification screen appears Tick on the IDE device from the drives list After completing the selection click on the Submit button to identify selected drive ...

Page 79: ...o Disable or Enable the system s RAID controller alarm beeper Background Task Priority The Background Task Priority indicates how much time and system resource the RAID controller devotes to a background task such as a rebuild operation The RAID subsystem allows user to choose the background task priority High 80 Medium 50 Low 25 and Ultra Low 5 to balance between background task process and Volum...

Page 80: ...he Mode The RAID subsystem supports Disk Write Cache Mode options Auto Enabled and Disabled If the RAID subsystem has BBM battery backup module selecting the Auto option will automatically enable Disk Write Cache On the other hand if there is no BBM the Auto option will disable Disk Write Cache Disk Capacity Truncation Mode The RAID subsystem use drive truncation so that drives from different vend...

Page 81: ... subsystem MAID is implemented in the HDD Power Management menu Using the Advanced Power Management APM function of disk drives HDD Power Management has three options MAID Levels Level 1 Place idle drives in Lower Power Mode where the drives heads are unloaded Level 2 Place idle drives in Low RPM Mode where drives heads are unloaded and slows down to around 4000 RPM and Level 3 Spin down idle driv...

Page 82: ... to around 4000 RPM The power consumption of the Idle HDD saving is from 35 to 45 Recovery time is 15 seconds Options are Disabled 10 20 30 40 50 and 60 Minutes Time to Spin Down Idle HDD MAID Level 3 This option enables the Raid subsystem to spin down HDDs of a Raid Set after they become idle after a preset period of time In this level the drives stop spinning and go into sleep mode The power con...

Page 83: ... port has its unique WWPN which is also factory assigned Usually the WWNN WWPN tuple is used to uniquely identify a port in the Fabric Channel Speed Each FC port speed can be configured either as 2Gbps 4Gbps or 8Gbps channel Another option is to use Auto for auto speed negotiation between 2Gbps 4Gbps 8Gbps The RAID system s default setting is Auto which should be adequate under most conditions The...

Page 84: ...tion Note that current topology is shown as None when no successful connection is made for the channel Hard Loop ID This setting is effective only under Loop topology When enabled you can manually set the Loop ID in the range from 0 to 125 Make sure this hard assigned ID does not conflict with other devices on the same loop otherwise the channel will be disabled It is a good practice to disable th...

Page 85: ...cted to Channel Speed setting Channel Topology setting 8Gb FC switch 8Gb Fabric 4Gb FC switch 4Gb Fabric 2Gb FC switch 2Gb Fabric 8Gb FC HBA no switch 8Gb Loop 4Gb FC HBA no switch 4Gb Loop 2Gb FC HBA no switch 2Gb Loop Fabric topology is used when there is switch Loop topology is used when there is no switch The Speed setting follows the FC switch speed if there is switch If there is no FC switch...

Page 86: ... EtherNet Configuration link under the System Controls menu The RAID subsystem EtherNet Configuration screen will be shown Set the desired configuration Once done tick on the Confirm The Operation and click the Submit button to save the settings NOTE If HTTP Telnet and SMTP Port Number is set to 0 the service is disabled ...

Page 87: ... will be emailed to the email recipient s that a problem has occurred Events are classified into 4 levels Urgent Serious Warning and Information NOTE If Event Notification by email is enabled every 30 of event log will be sent to the email recipient s as one package log NOTE If different email recipients are setup the event notification levels for each email recipient can be configured differently...

Page 88: ...Address box the IP address of the host system where SNMP traps will be sent The SNMP Port is set to 162 by default SNMP System Configuration Community Type the SNMP community The default is public 1 sysContact 0 2 sysLocation 0 and 3 sysName 0 SNMP parameter 31 bytes max If these 3 categories are configured and when an event occurs SNMP will send out a message that includes the 3 categories within...

Page 89: ...P Server IP Address to enable the RAID subsystem to synchronize with it To set the NTP function move the cursor to the main menu and click on the NTP Configuration link The RAID subsystem s NTP Configuration screen will be displayed Select the desired function and configure the necessary option After completing the settings tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to save t...

Page 90: ... information move the mouse cursor to the System Controls menu and click on the View Events Mute Beeper link The Raid Subsystem s System Events Information screen appears The System Events Information screen will show Time Device Event type Elapse Time and Errors This function is also used to silence the beeper alarm ...

Page 91: ...rate Test Event If you want to generate test events move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the Generate Test Event Link Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Then click on the View Events Mute Beeper to view the test event ...

Page 92: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 92 User Manual 5 5 10 Clear Event Buffer Use this feature to clear the RAID subsystem s System Events Information buffer ...

Page 93: ...ain Menu from the initial screen The RAID subsystem will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command after sometime To disable the password enter only the original password in the Enter Original Password box and leave both the Enter New Password and Re Enter New Password boxes blank After selecting the Confirm The Operation option and clicking the Submit button...

Page 94: ...AID Controller This is used to flush the data from the cache memory and is normally done before powering off the system power switch After shutting down the controller and still want to use the RAID subsystem you must restart the controller either by Restart Controller function or by Power Supply On Off switch ...

Page 95: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 95 5 5 14 Restart Controller Use this function to restart the RAID Controller This is normally done after upgrading the controller s firmware ...

Page 96: ...D subsystem s existing Raid Set s Volume Set s and disk drive s configuration and information Select the RAID Set Hierarchy link from the Information menu to display the Raid Set Hierarchy screen To view the Raid Set information click the Raid Set link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Raid Set Information screen appears ...

Page 97: ...he Device Information screen appears This screen shows various information such as disk drive model name serial number firmware revision disk capacity timeout count media error count and SMART information To view the Volume Set information click the Volume VOL link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Volume Set Information screen appears ...

Page 98: ...al 5 6 2 SAS Chip Information To view the SAS Chip Information of the RAID Controller click the link SAS Chip Information The SAS Address Component Vendor Component ID Enclosure number Number of Phys and Attached Expander information will be shown ...

Page 99: ... click the System Information link from the Information menu The Raid Subsystem Information screen appears The Controller Name Firmware Version BOOT ROM Version Agilent TSDK PL Firmware Version Serial Number Unit Serial Main Processor CPU ICache Size CPU DCache Size System Memory and Current IP Address appear in this screen ...

Page 100: ... such as the temperature fan speed power supply status and voltage levels All items are also unchangeable When the threshold values are surpassed warning messages will be indicated through the LCD LED and alarm buzzer Item Warning Condition CPU Temperature 90 Celsius Controller Board Temperature 70 Celsius HDD Temperature 65 Celsius Fan Speed 700 RPM Power Supply 12V 10 5V or 13 5V Power Supply 5V...

Page 101: ...t the power cables 3 Disconnect any Fibre cable from the controller module and then remove the Controller Module from the slot 4 Remove the memory module from the RAM socket of the RAID controller by pressing the ejector clips until the memory module pops out of the socket 5 Align the new memory module into the socket Make sure the notch is aligned with the key on the socket itself With the ejecto...

Page 102: ... name and VVV refers to the firmware version README TXT It contains the history 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 directory in the host computer Establishing the Connection The firmware can be downloaded to the RAID subsystem s controller using Telnet program with ZMODEM upl...

Page 103: ... connect to RAID subsystem using Telnet open Terminal Emulation program example CRT 6 1 Refer to Section 4 1 for sample step to enable Telnet connection via CRT program 2 After successful connection select Raid System Function menu The Password box will be shown Enter the password default is 00000000 to login 3 After login to Raid System Function menu select Update Firmware Then choose Transfer me...

Page 104: ... file xxxx vvv yyyyyyyy bin and click Add Then click OK NOTE The BOOT firmware file xxxxBOOT vvv yyyyyyyy bin must be upgraded first Then repeat the steps to upgrade the firmware file xxxx vvv yyyyyyyy bin 5 Select Update Firmware and click Transfer and then Start Zmodem Upload ...

Page 105: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 105 6 A message Update The Firmware will be displayed Select Yes 7 Select Yes again 8 Message will show Start Updating Firmware Please Wait ...

Page 106: ...ID Subsystem 106 User Manual 9 Message will show Firmware has been updated successfully 10 The RAID Controller must be restarted in order for the new firmware to take effect 11 Select Restart Controller and then select Yes ...

Page 107: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 107 12 Select Yes again to confirm The RAID controller will restart ...

Page 108: ...e after which a RAID controller restart will be necessary 1 To upgrade the RAID subsystem firmware click the Upgrade Firmware link under System Controls menu The Upgrade The Raid System Firmware Or Boot Rom screen appears 2 Click Browse Look in the location where the firmware file was saved Select the firmware file name XXXXXXXX BIN and click Open 3 Select the Confirm The Operation option Click th...

Page 109: ...SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 109 5 After the firmware upgrade is complete a message will show Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully Restarting the RAID controller is required for the new firmware to take effect ...

Page 110: ...TE fdl code 0 is the command to update flash firmware code fw file fdl mfgb 0 is the command to update CFG data code rom file Make sure you have both files before updating b CLI fdl mfgb 0 Please Use XModem Protocol for File Transmission Use Q or q to quit Download before starting XModem Offset 0x0 c Select Function menu to transfer CFG data rom file Function Î Transfer Î Send File Î Browse Î Open...

Page 111: ...modem Protocol to send firmware file Only need about 60 seconds to finish sending firmware file If not please repeat steps D and E again Note If won t to transfer firmware data fw file Press Q or q to quit Download before starting data transfer f Use GUI or Telnet to Restart controller or power cycle g Re login to Expander CLI h Use sys command to verify Expander firmware version CLI sys Important...

Page 112: ...sure the subsystem is in power off state Loosen the thumbscrews on the sides of the Controller Module case 2 Use the Controller handle to pull out the defective Controller 3 Insert and slide the new Controller in Note that it may be necessary to remove the old defective Controller Module from the case and install the new one 4 Tighten the thumbscrews on the sides of the Controller Module case ...

Page 113: ...h the Plate Cover This is to maintain proper airflow within the enclosure Refer to next section When replacing a failed component online it is not recommended to remove the failed component for a long period of time proper air flow within the enclosure might fail causing high controller disk drive temperature 7 Connect the power cord to the AC Inlet Plug of PSFM 8 Tighten the thumbscrews of the PS...

Page 114: ...d power supply fan module PSFM with Plate Cover please follow these steps 1 Turn off the Power On Off Switch of the failed PSFM 2 Disconnect the power cord from the AC Inlet Plug of PSFM 3 Loosen thumbscrews of the failed PSFM 4 Pull out the defective PSFM 5 Insert the PSFM Plate Cover carefully Power Supply Fan Module Plate Cover ...

Page 115: ...ower Function Command in Web GUI Hot Spare is Not Configured NOTE When a disk fails and the Volume Set use RAID Level with redundancy such as RAID Level 5 the Volume Set state will become Degraded 1 Check which Disk has failed In this example Disk in Enclosure 1 Slot 1 has failed The disk failure event can also be verified in the System Event Information event log when you use View Events Mute Bee...

Page 116: ...eyword box will become PowerOffDisk Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Tick Confirm The Operation and click Submit NOTE Sometimes the PowerOffDisk command will need to wait for several seconds before command execution is completed web GUI is updated specially when the Raid subsystem is active or busy NOTE If you try to power off a Disk for example Disk in Slot 3 of Enclosure 1 but the Disk is not failed the Disk ...

Page 117: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 117 3 The Disk Power will be turned off In Device List of Enclosure 1 Disk in Slot 1 will no longer appear ...

Page 118: ... the Enter The Keyword box type PowerOnDisk press space bar and then type Enclosure 1 Slot 1 The contents of Enter The Keyword box will become PowerOnDisk Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Tick Confirm The Operation and click Submit NOTE Sometimes the PowerOnDisk command will need to wait for several seconds before command execution is completed web GUI is updated specially when the Raid subsystem is active or b...

Page 119: ...t will be rebuilt automatically The Volume Set state will show Rebuilding IMPORTANT If the disk is really failed and cannot power on replace the failed disk with a new one If the failed disk is still good observe this particular disk If this disk fails again replace it with a new one Use the disk manufacturer s utility disk tool to verify the health status of the failed disk ...

Page 120: ...et 1 Check which Disk has failed In this example Disk in Enclosure 1 Slot 1 has failed The disk failure event can also be verified in the System Event Information event log when you use View Events Mute Beeper under System Controls In this example Disk in Enclosure 1 Slot 2 is configured as Hot Spare NOTE The Disk used in this example is from Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Make sure to verify which Enclosure ...

Page 121: ...lot 1 is shown as Failed 4 To power off the Disk in Slot 1 of Enclosure 1 select Rescue Raid Set under RAID Set Functions In the Enter The Keyword box type PowerOffDisk press space bar and then type Enclosure 1 Slot 1 The contents of Enter The Keyword box will become PowerOffDisk Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Tick Confirm The Operation and click Submit ...

Page 122: ...efore command execution is completed web GUI is updated specially when the Raid subsystem is active or busy NOTE If you try to power off a Disk for example Disk in Slot 3 of Enclosure 1 but the Disk is not failed the Disk will not be powered off The screen will show Device Not In Failed State 5 The Disk Power will be turned off ...

Page 123: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 123 6 The System Event Information will show Device Removed for Device Enc 1 Slot 1 7 In Device List of Enclosure 1 Disk in Slot 1 will no longer appear ...

Page 124: ... the Enter The Keyword box type PowerOnDisk press space bar and then type Enclosure 1 Slot 1 The contents of Enter The Keyword box will become PowerOnDisk Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Tick Confirm The Operation and click Submit NOTE Sometimes the PowerOnDisk command will need to wait for several seconds before command execution is completed web GUI is updated specially when the Raid subsystem is active or b...

Page 125: ...e turned on IMPORTANT If the disk is really failed and cannot power on replace the failed disk with a new one If the failed disk is still good observe this particular disk If this disk fails again replace it with a new one Use the disk manufacturer s utility disk tool to verify the health status of the failed disk ...

Page 126: ...ally become Hot Spare Note that this function new disk will automatically become hot spare will only work if there is a previously configured hot spare that has replaced a failed disk 11 The System Event Information will show Device Inserted for Enc 1 Slot 1 after executing the PowerOnDisk command and the Disk is still good ...

Page 127: ... seconds before command execution is completed web GUI is updated specially when the Raid subsystem is active or busy b When a disk has failed in Enclosure 1 Slot 1 and you try to power off Enclosure 1 Slot 1 using the command PowerOffDisk Enclosure 1 Slot 1 remove the failed disk and then power cycle the Raid subsystem the Disk Slot will be powered on If you insert a new Disk in Enclosure 1 Slot ...

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