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Fibre to SAS/SATA RAID Subsystem

User Manual

5.2.2 Delete RAID Set

To delete a Raid Set, click on the

Delete RAID Set

link

A “Select The Raid Set

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.

Summary of Contents for EP-4423

Page 1: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual Revision 1 0...

Page 2: ...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...

Page 3: ...AID Manager 72 Chapter 5 RAID Management 74 5 1 Quick Function 74 5 1 1 Quick Create 74 5 2 RAID Set Functions 76 5 2 1 Create RAID Set 76 5 2 2 Delete RAID Set 77 5 2 3 Expand RAID Set 78 5 2 4 Offli...

Page 4: ...de Firmware 118 5 5 13 Shutdown Controller 119 5 5 14 Restart Controller 120 5 6 Information Menu 121 5 6 1 RAID Set Hierarchy 121 5 6 2 SAS Chip Information 123 5 6 3 System Information 124 5 6 4 Har...

Page 5: ...l 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...

Page 6: ...llowed 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...

Page 7: ...ckage contains the following NOTE If any damage is found contact the dealer or vendor for assistance RAID Subsystem Unit 42 Disk Trays Two 2 power cords Two 2 Fibre optic cables Two 2 RJ45 Ethernet ca...

Page 8: ...drive bays in a 19 inch 4U 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 re...

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 intellig...

Page 10: ...DRAM 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 Stri...

Page 11: ...cess Fail LED Backplane SAS2 SATA3 of PS Fan Modules 1100W x 2 w PFC of Fans 11 Power requirements AC 90V 254V Full Range 50Hz 60Hz Relative Humidity 10 85 Non condensing Operating Temperature 10 C 40...

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...

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 tog...

Page 14: ...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 15: ...ial 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...

Page 16: ...cheme 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 R...

Page 17: ...ch 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 th...

Page 18: ...at 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 I...

Page 19: ...oop 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 prov...

Page 20: ...d 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...

Page 21: ...1 5 2 Hot Swap Disk Drive Support The RAID subsystem has built in protection circuit to support the replacement of SATA II hard disk drives without having to shut down or reboot the system The removab...

Page 22: ...terms as you may encounter them later in the later chapters and sections 2 1 Main Components 2 1 1 Front View IMPORTANT When powering off the RAID subsystem turn off first the Main Switch and allow a...

Page 23: ...ll sound Over Temperature LED If temperature irregularities in the system occur HDD slot temperature over 65 C Controller temperature over 70 C CPU Temperature over 90 C this LED will turn RED and ala...

Page 24: ...ween each menu when you configure or view information in the subsystem NOTE When the Down Arrow button is pressed 3 times the LCD control will shift to the other RAID controller in redundant controlle...

Page 25: ...Indicator Color Description Activity LED Blue Blinking Indicates the disk drive is busy or being accessed Power On Fail LED Green Indicates the disk drive in this slot is good RED Indicates the disk...

Page 26: ...address of Controller 1 is shown there is no blinking rectangular character at the end of the IP address When the IP address of Controller 2 is shown there is a blinking rectangular character at the...

Page 27: ...nction Description Expander Module 1 1 for Controller 1 Monitors Enclosure 1 Disk slots 1 to 21 Power Supply 01 1 Fans 01 1 02 1 03 1 04 1 and 05 1 and Turbo Fan 06 1 Note 1 means enclosure 1 Expander...

Page 28: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 28 User Manual 2 2 Controller Module The RAID system includes single 8Gb Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Controller Module RAID Controller Module...

Page 29: ...Subsystem User Manual 29 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...

Page 30: ...ser 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 H...

Page 31: ...two 1100W Power Supply Fan Modules All PSFM are inserted at the rear of the chassis Front Panel Rear Side NOTE Each PSFM delivers Full Range 100V 240V 10 voltage AC electricity Each PSFM consists of 1...

Page 32: ...panel and Fan 03 1 Fan 04 1 and Fan 05 1 on the rear side The second PSFM 01 2 on the right side has five fans also Fan 01 2 and Fan 02 2 on the front panel and Fan 03 2 Fan 04 2 and Fan 05 2 on the...

Page 33: ...he PSFM has failed When the power cord connected from main power source is inserted to the AC Power Input Socket the Power Status LED becomes RED When the switch of the PSFM is turned on the LED still...

Page 34: ...4 Turbo Fan Fan 06 1 The turbo fan provides additional airflow inside the enclosure Turbo Fan LED Indicator Color Description Status LED Red Indicates the turbo fail is faulty NOTE The status of Turb...

Page 35: ...tal control The SES module monitors the following enclosure conditions temperature power supply voltage and fan speed 2 5 1 Expander Module Panel Part Description RS 232 Port Use to upgrade the firmwa...

Page 36: ...ystem 36 User Manual 2 6 Disk Tray The Disk Tray houses a 3 5 inch hard disk drive It is designed for maximum airflow and incorporates a carrier locking mechanism to prevent unauthorized access to the...

Page 37: ...d in the disk slots If all disk trays will be used to install all 42 disk drives for quicker and easier installation of disk drives in the RAID subsystem it is recommended to install first each disk d...

Page 38: ...disk in a disk tray is the same with SAS disk HDD Single Controller Dual Controller SATA No need dongle board Need dongle board SAS No need dongle board No need dongle board NOTE In this model it is r...

Page 39: ...isk drive into the disk tray then turn the disk tray upside down To secure the disk drive into the disk tray tighten 4 screws on the holes of the disk tray Note in the picture below where the screws s...

Page 40: ...e in a disk tray 1 Use the Key for Disk Tray Lock to unlock a disk tray 2 Place the disk drive into the disk tray 3 Turn the disk tray upside down To secure the disk drive into the disk tray tighten 4...

Page 41: ...slots a Loosen two screws on both sides of the top cover on the front panel side b Use the Top Cover Key to unlock the key lock on the front panel side c Hold the front part of the top cover and slide...

Page 42: ...disk tray Then do the same for the next 14 disk trays or row To install the disk tray into the disk slot insert it first in the slot Then push down the latch part of disk tray as indicated in the pic...

Page 43: ...lled and locked put the top cover back and place it about half an inch away Then push the top cover towards the rear f Use the Top Cover Key to lock the key lock on the front panel side g To secure th...

Page 44: ...power supply modules from the rear of subsystem If disk drives are already installed in the disk trays remove also the disk trays Refer to appropriate sections on how to remove the power supply module...

Page 45: ...of the front left side of the rack post Rack Post Front Left Side 4 Insert two 2 M5 nuts on the 2 holes of the front right side of the rack post Rack Post Front Right Side Position of M5 nuts on the...

Page 46: ...Assembly 6 Hold one rail assembly and install in the front left side of rack To install align and insert the 2 latches of the rail into the 2 holes on the rack post Use the Lock Lever to lock the rail...

Page 47: ...47 View from Front Side of Front Left Rack Post Lock Lever is Locked View from Rear Side of Front Left Rack Post 2 Latches are inserted in the 4th and 6th holes from bottom M5 nut Lower M5 Nut Lock 2...

Page 48: ...t the 2 latches on the 2 holes on the rear rack post and then push the rail a little towards the rear side and lock the lock lever on the rack post View from Rear Side of Rear Left Rack Post View from...

Page 49: ...t step 6 to install the other rail assembly into the right front side View from Front Side of Front Right Rack Post Lock Lever is Not Locked View from Front Side of Front Right Rack Post Lock Lever is...

Page 50: ...ack Post 2 Latches are inserted in the 4th and 6th holes from bottom M5 nut 9 Repeat step 7 to install the other end of rail assembly to the rack post of rear right side View from Rear Side of Rear Ri...

Page 51: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 51 View from Rear Side of Rear Right Rack Post View from Rear Side of Rear Right Rack Post Lock Latches Lock Lever Latches...

Page 52: ...inner rail member on the side of the enclosure Align the holes on the inner rail then slide a little towards the front side until locked Inner Rail Member Inner Rail Member Placed on the Side of Enclo...

Page 53: ...the other inner rail member on the other side of enclosure 12 Pull the 2 middle rail members out from the rail assembly Middle Rail Member of Rail Assembly on Left Side of Rack View from Rear Side Re...

Page 54: ...enclosure into the middle rails Slide the enclosure until it stops or about half way through NOTE Be careful when inserting the 2 inner rails into the middle rails The 2 inner rails must be parallel w...

Page 55: ...nner rail members at the same time Then push the enclosure inwards until it goes inside the rack View from Right Side of Enclosure Blue Lock of Inner Rail is Pushed a Little Outwards and Enclosure is...

Page 56: ...e 2 power supply modules 16 Open the top cover and re insert the disk drives disk trays if disk drives disk trays were previously removed Then close the top cover 17 Use four 4 M5 screws to lock the e...

Page 57: ...A on the Host system or to the FC switch NOTE If a JBOD subsystem will be connected to the RAID subsystem connect the SAS cable from the SAS Expansion Port of RAID subsystem to the SAS In Port of JBOD...

Page 58: ...front panel is turned on the LED turns GREEN which means it is functioning normally 3 To power on the subsystem turn on the main switch open first the switch cover in the right corner side of front pa...

Page 59: ...Main Switch and allow at least 3 minutes for the subsystem to shutdown properly During this time each disk slot starting from slot 1 until slot 42 will be powered down When subsystem has totally power...

Page 60: ...rt 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...

Page 61: ...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 Fi...

Page 62: ...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...

Page 63: ...ce 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 Th...

Page 64: ...unctions 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 config...

Page 65: ...ing the LCD panel please press first the select button 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...

Page 66: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 66 User Manual 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 72: ...ontroller 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 t...

Page 73: ...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 Cr...

Page 74: ...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 lat...

Page 75: ...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...

Page 76: ...he 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 s...

Page 77: ...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...

Page 78: ...et 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...

Page 79: ...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...

Page 80: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 80 User Manual NOTE Cannot expand Raid Set when contains Raid30 50 60 volume...

Page 81: ...e 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 show...

Page 82: ...me 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...

Page 83: ...he 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 assoc...

Page 84: ...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 c...

Page 85: ...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...

Page 86: ...lete 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 mi...

Page 87: ...ll 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 Rai...

Page 88: ...Greater Two TB Volume Support will be automatically provided in the screen as shown in the example above There are three options to select No 64bit LBA and 4K Block No Volume Set size is set to maxim...

Page 89: ...complete Write Back when data is written to cache the I O is acknowledged as complete and some time later the cached data is written or flushed to the disk s This provides better performance but requi...

Page 90: ...iments of the present invention described above can be implemented within a Switch for FC Arbitrated Loop LUN Base The base LUN number Each LUN Base supports 8 LUNs LUN Each Volume Set must be assigne...

Page 91: ...lude 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...

Page 92: ...elete 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...

Page 93: ...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 attri...

Page 94: ...3 The expanded capacity can be used 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...

Page 95: ...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...

Page 96: ...e 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...

Page 97: ...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 Volum...

Page 98: ...on 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...

Page 99: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 99 5 3 7 Stop Volume Check Use this option to stop all Volume Set consistency checking process processes...

Page 100: ...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...

Page 101: ...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...

Page 102: ...l 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 t...

Page 103: ...re will flash when a particular enclosure is selected 5 4 5 Identify Selected Drive Use this option to physically locate a selected drive to prevent removing the wrong drive When a disk drive is selec...

Page 104: ...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 backgro...

Page 105: ...e 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...

Page 106: ...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 dr...

Page 107: ...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...

Page 108: ...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 2Gbp...

Page 109: ...ion 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...

Page 110: ...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...

Page 111: ...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...

Page 112: ...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...

Page 113: ...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 s...

Page 114: ...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 Configu...

Page 115: ...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...

Page 116: ...ate 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...

Page 117: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 117 5 5 10 Clear Event Buffer Use this feature to clear the RAID subsystem s System Events Information buffer...

Page 118: ...in 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...

Page 119: ...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 s...

Page 120: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 120 User Manual 5 5 14 Restart Controller Use this function to restart the RAID Controller This is normally done after upgrading the controller s firmware...

Page 121: ...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 v...

Page 122: ...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 informa...

Page 123: ...3 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 a...

Page 124: ...he following are the states under Dual Controller State Dual Controller State Description Single Controller is running at Single Mode Other Controller Added The other Controller is added and waiting t...

Page 125: ...5 6 4 Hardware Monitor To view the RAID subsystem s hardware information click the Hardware Monitor link from the Information menu The Hardware Monitor Information screen appears NOTE To disable auto...

Page 126: ...eshold 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 Temper...

Page 127: ...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 p...

Page 128: ...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...

Page 129: ...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 se...

Page 130: ...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...

Page 131: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 131 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 132: ...D Subsystem 132 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 Controlle...

Page 133: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 133 12 Select Yes again to confirm The RAID controller will restart...

Page 134: ...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 Boo...

Page 135: ...ATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 135 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 t...

Page 136: ...de SAS Expander single controller mode Turbo Fan Fan 06 1 IMPORTANT 1 When the subsystem is online and a Power Supply fails and the replacement Power Supply module is not yet available don t remove or...

Page 137: ...f time proper air flow within the enclosure might fail causing high disk drive temperature To replace a disk drive 1 Loosen two screws on both sides of the top cover on the front panel side 2 Use the...

Page 138: ...ted Then pull upwards the lever handle of the disk tray 5 Remove the 4 screws on the bottom part of the disk tray Note that replacing SATA disk drive in dual controller mode is done differently IMPORT...

Page 139: ...TA Disk Drive Dual Controller Mode a Remove the 4 screws as indicated in the picture b Remove the 2 screws on the dongle board metal bracket c Disconnect the dongle board metal bracket d Connect the d...

Page 140: ...ystem 140 User Manual e Place the disk drive with dongle board into the disk tray To secure the disk drive in the disk tray tighten the 4 screws that were removed before f Tighten the 2 screws of the...

Page 141: ...r Dual Controller Mode or SATA Disk Drive Single Controller Mode a Remove the 4 screws as indicated in the picture b Remove the disk drive from the disk tray and place the new disk drive c To secure t...

Page 142: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 142 User Manual 6 Insert the disk tray into the disk slot 7 Then push down the latch part of disk tray as indicated in the picture below until it reached a full stop...

Page 143: ...Disk Tray Lock and turn the disk tray lock into locked position 9 When all disks that need to be replaced have been replaced put the top cover back and place it about half an inch away Then push the t...

Page 144: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 144 User Manual 11 To secure the top cover tighten two screws on both sides of the top cover on the front panel side...

Page 145: ...e case 7 Remove the cache memory from the DIMM socket 8 Remove the screws from the daughter board Then remove the daughter board from the controller PCBA 9 Place the daughter board to the new controll...

Page 146: ...off the PSFM switch and disconnect the power cable from the AC Power Input Socket To replace a Power Supply Fan Module 1 Loosen the thumbscrews of the Power Supply Fan Module 2 Pull the handle of the...

Page 147: ...TA RAID Subsystem User Manual 147 4 Insert the replacement Power Supply Fan Module and push inwards With the handle in open position close the handle until the lock is engaged 5 Tighten the 2 thumbscr...

Page 148: ...urbo Fan Module 1 Loosen the 2 screws of the Turbo Fan Module 2 Pull the handle to remove the Turbo Fan Module from the slot 3 Insert the replacement Turbo Fan Module NOTE If only the fan board will b...

Page 149: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 149 4 Push the Turbo Fan Module until it is fully inserted 5 Tighten the 2 screws of the Turbo Fan Module...

Page 150: ...Module CAUTION Be careful when inserting the Expander Module Carefully insert the module and make sure that the connector pins are not bent when the module is inserted To replace Expander Module 1 Loo...

Page 151: ...ld the rear part of the thumbscrew handle with your thumb and your forefinger index finger on the other screw Carefully move your thumb outwards to disengage the lock 4 The lock will totally disengage...

Page 152: ...User Manual 5 Carefully pull out the handle to remove the expander module 6 Remove the 2 screws from the heat sink Remove the 6 screws from the Expander PCBA 7 Place the new Expander PCBA and tighten...

Page 153: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 153 8 Insert the Expander module in its slot 9 Make sure the lever lock is in open position Carefully close the handle...

Page 154: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 154 User Manual 10 Carefully push the thumbscrew handle until the lock is engaged...

Page 155: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 155 11 Make sure the thumbscrew handle is totally connected to the expander module panel Tighten the thumbscrew...

Page 156: ...Front Panel 1 Loosen two screws on both sides of the top cover on the front panel side 2 Use the Top Cover Key to unlock the key lock on the front panel side 3 Hold the front part of the top cover an...

Page 157: ...ual 157 4 Loosen the 2 screws on both sides of the front panel 5 Hold the front panel on both sides and carefully detach the front panel from the enclosure Note that the main switch cable is connected...

Page 158: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 158 User Manual 6 Replace the front panel 7 Reconnect the cable to the front panel...

Page 159: ...A RAID Subsystem User Manual 159 8 Hold the front panel and carefully attach to the enclosure Note that there are 4 contact points which the front panel must connect to 9 Tighten the 2 screws on the f...

Page 160: ...p cover back and place it about half an inch away Then push the top cover towards the rear 11 Use the Top Cover Key to lock the key lock on the front panel side 12 To secure the top cover tighten two...

Page 161: ...ds can be replaced if necessary To replace a Bottom Board 1 Loosen two screws on both sides of the top cover on the front panel side 2 Use the Top Cover Key to unlock the key lock on the front panel s...

Page 162: ...Manual 4 Loosen the 2 screws on both sides of the front panel 5 Hold the front panel on both sides and carefully detach the front panel from the enclosure Note that the main switch cable is connected...

Page 163: ...the front panel in a safe place 7 If the right bottom board will be replaced unlock and remove disk trays 1 to 21 and hung the trays in the slots If the left bottom board will be replaced unlock and r...

Page 164: ...ccess to the 2 screws the subsystem need to be moved a few inches forward 9 Loosen the 2 thumbscrews of the bottom board then pull the 2 thumbscrews The bottom board will detach from the enclosure Pul...

Page 165: ...is inserted Refer to Section on Replacing the Expander Module for steps on how to remove or reinsert the expander module Controller Mode Bottom Board that was were Replaced Expander Module s to be Rem...

Page 166: ...umbscrews until the bottom board is engaged in the enclosure 13 Tighten the 2 thumbscrews of the bottom board 14 Tighten the 2 screws on the bottom part of the subsystem on the subsystem side of the b...

Page 167: ...RAID Subsystem User Manual 167 18 Hold the front panel and carefully attach to the enclosure Note that there are 4 contact points which the front panel must connect to 19 Tighten the 2 screws on the...

Page 168: ...p cover back and place it about half an inch away Then push the top cover towards the rear 21 Use the Top Cover Key to lock the key lock on the front panel side 22 To secure the top cover tighten two...

Page 169: ...wer 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 Ch...

Page 170: ...yword 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...

Page 171: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 171 3 The Disk Power will be turned off In Device List of Enclosure 1 Disk in Slot 1 will no longer appear...

Page 172: ...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...

Page 173: ...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 g...

Page 174: ...t 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 Mut...

Page 175: ...ot 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 En...

Page 176: ...fore 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...

Page 177: ...Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 177 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 178: ...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...

Page 179: ...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 repl...

Page 180: ...lly 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 Eve...

Page 181: ...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...

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