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iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA RAID Subsystem

   

 

User Manual 

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6.10.2   Ownership

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6.10.3   Controller Status

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6.11   QReplica (Optional)

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Chapter 7   Troubleshooting

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7.1   System Buzzer

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7.2   Event Notifications

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Appendix

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Certification list

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Microsoft iSCSI initiator

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Summary of Contents for EP-4604D-G1S3

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

Page 2: ...1 1 LCD Display Panel LED 19 2 1 2 Rear View 21 2 2 Controller Module 22 2 2 1 Controller Module Panel 22 2 3 Power Supply Fan Module PSFM 24 2 3 1 PSFM Panel 24 2 3 2 Fan Module 25 2 4 Expander Modul...

Page 3: ...Quick Installation 64 4 2 2 Volume Creation Wizard 67 Chapter 5 Configuration 69 5 1 Web GUI Management Interface Hierarchy 69 5 2 System Configuration 71 5 2 1 System Setting 71 5 2 2 Network Settin...

Page 4: ...e Synchronization 119 5 6 5 Reset to Factory Default 119 5 6 6 Import and Export 120 5 6 7 Reboot and Shutdown 120 5 7 Home Logout Mute 121 5 7 1 Home 121 5 7 2 Logout 121 5 7 3 Mute 121 Chapter 6 Adv...

Page 5: ...er Manual 5 6 10 2 Ownership 144 6 10 3 Controller Status 144 6 11 QReplica Optional 146 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 157 7 1 System Buzzer 157 7 2 Event Notifications 157 Appendix 167 A Certification li...

Page 6: ...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...

Page 7: ...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 8: ...stem 8 User Manual The shipping package contains the following iSCSI RAID Subsystem Unit 60 pairs of HDD side brackets Three 3 power cords Ten 10 Ethernet LAN cables Two 2 External null modem cables O...

Page 9: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 9 NOTE If any damage is found contact the dealer or vendor for assistance Screws User Manual...

Page 10: ...olerance and higher reliability of system operation Unparalleled Performance Reliability Supports Dual active controller Supports 802 3ad port trunking Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP High data...

Page 11: ...l and dedicated hot spare disks Write through or write back cache policy for different application usage Supports greater than 2TB per volume set 64 bit LBA support Supports manual or scheduling volum...

Page 12: ...and JBOD Logical volume Up to 1024 iSCSI Jumbo frame support Yes Supports Microsoft Multipath I O MPIO Yes 802 3ad Port Trunking LACP Support Yes Host connection Up to 32 Host clustering Up to 16 for...

Page 13: ...us Indicator Access Fail LED Backplane SAS SATA II Single BP of PS Fan Modules 700W x 3 w PFC of Fans 11 Power requirements AC 90V 264V Full Range 12A 6A 47Hz 63Hz each module Relative Humidity 10 85...

Page 14: ...AID 10 with 2 cells 4 cells In the 2 cell case PD 0 1 2 3 forms one RAID 1 subgroup and PD 4 5 6 7 forms another RAID 1 subgroup In the 4 cells the 4 subgroups are PD 0 1 PD 2 3 PD 4 5 and PD 6 7 WT W...

Page 15: ...gation Control Protocol MPIO Multi Path Input Output MC S Multiple Connections per Session MTU Maximum Transmission Unit CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol An optional security mechanism...

Page 16: ...data redundancy Requires N 2 drives to implement because of two dimensional parity scheme 4 0 1 Mirroring of the two RAID 0 disk arrays This level provides striping and redundancy through mirroring 4...

Page 17: ...AID Group is composed of several PDs Physical Disks One RG owns one RAID level attribute Each RG can be divided into several VDs Virtual Disks The VDs in one RG share the same RAID level but may have...

Page 18: ...1 Main Components 2 1 1 Front View IMPORTANT When powering off the subsystem press the Main Switch for 4 seconds and allow at least 3 minutes during which each disk slot starting from slot 1 until slo...

Page 19: ...sk drive is busy or being accessed Power On Fail LED Green Indicates the disk drive in this slot is good RED Indicates the disk drive in this slot is faulty LED is off Indicates there is no disk drive...

Page 20: ...ronmental Status Parts Function Power LED Green indicates power is ON Power Fail LED If one of the redundant power supply unit fails this LED will turn to RED and alarm will sound Fan Fail LED If a fa...

Page 21: ...are located at the rear of the subsystem Turn on the power of these power supplies to power on the subsystem The power LED at the front panel will turn green If a power supply fails to function or a...

Page 22: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 22 User Manual 2 2 Controller Module RAID Controller Module 2 2 1 Controller Module Panel...

Page 23: ...ration and monitoring You use web browser to manage the RAID subsystem through Ethernet 3 LAN Ports Gigabit Each Controller is equipped with four LAN data ports for iSCSI connection 4 Controller Statu...

Page 24: ...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 th...

Page 25: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 25 2 3 2 Fan Module The 60bays Disk Array contains 11 fans Fan4 and Fan5 Fan6 and Fan7 FAN 1 FAN 2 FAN 3 Fan10 Fan11 Fan8 Fan9...

Page 26: ...ght Indicates the fan is normal Red Indicates the fan is faulty 2 4 Expander Module The 60bays Disk Array contains four expander modules FAN Fail Indicator Expander Module A2 for Controller 1 Expander...

Page 27: ...module fails to function the EXM fail LED on the front Panel will turn red and an alarm will sound Indicator Color Description Expander module Fault LED No light Indicates the Expander module is norm...

Page 28: ...pare storage system configuration plan Management and iSCSI data ports network information When using static IP please prepare static IP addresses subnet mask and default gateway Gigabit LAN switches...

Page 29: ...CSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 29 For better data service availability all the connections among host servers GbE switches and the dual controllers are recommended as redundant as belo...

Page 30: ...sections on how to remove the power supply modules and how to remove the disk trays disk drives NOTE The sample model used in the following installation might not be the actual model for this manual...

Page 31: ...es of the front left side of the rack post Rack Post Front Left Side 4 Insert three 3 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...

Page 32: ...l 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 ra...

Page 33: ...al 33 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...

Page 34: ...ert 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 fr...

Page 35: ...eat 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...

Page 36: ...Rack 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...

Page 37: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 37 View from Rear Side of Rear Right Rack Post View from Rear Side of Rear Right Rack Post Lock Latches Lock Lever Latches...

Page 38: ...stem 38 User Manual 10 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 Rear Left Side Front Left Side Front Side...

Page 39: ...2 middle rails so that 2 inner rails will insert and slide easily Use hands to guide the inner rails when inserted into the middle rails Inner Rail Aligned with and Inserted into the Middle Rail Impo...

Page 40: ...the blue locks on both sides of the inner rail members at the same time Then push the enclosure inwards or backwards until it goes inside the rack View from Right Side of Enclosure Blue Lock of Inner...

Page 41: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 41 View from Rear Side of Rack Cabinet Enclosure is Pushed Inwards 13 Insert the power supply modules...

Page 42: ...each corner Note that the screw driver will need to pass through the corner hole of front panel for the two upper corner holes on both sides Front Left Side Front Right Side 15 Open the top cover and...

Page 43: ...D Subsystem User Manual 43 3 2 Removing the Disk Array from the Rack 1 Remove the six screws in the front corner Front Left Side Front Right Side 2 Remove the power supplies in the rear and the disk d...

Page 44: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 44 User Manual 3 Carefully pull the subsystem 4 Push the white lock to release the subsystem from the rail...

Page 45: ...rays will be used to install all 60 disk drives for quicker and easier installation of disk drives in the Disk Array it is recommended to attach first each disk drive with HDD side brackets DISK SLOT...

Page 46: ...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 recommended to use 6Gb hard drive disks 3...

Page 47: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 47 2 Prepare the dongle board with metal bracket 3 Connect the dongle board into the SATA disk drive...

Page 48: ...Place the brackets on both sides of the disk drive and secure them with screws 3 screws 6 32 UNC L 5 0mm 6 32 L 4 0mm for dongle board metal bracket 6 32 L 4 0mm for dongle board metal bracket 2 screw...

Page 49: ...to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 49 B Dongle boards included in shipment 1 Prepare the HDD side brackets Remove them from the dummy disk by pushing the upper sides of the dummy disk as shown bel...

Page 50: ...to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 50 User Manual 2 Place the brackets on both sides of the disk drive and secure them with screws 3 screws 6 32 UNC L 5 0mm 2 screws 6 32 UNC L 5 0mm 3 Place the slotted flat...

Page 51: ...51 3 3 2 To install a SAS disk drive Single or Dual Controller Mode or SATA disk drive Single Controller Mode in a disk tray 1 Prepare the HDD side brackets Remove them from the dummy disk by pushing...

Page 52: ...to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 52 User Manual 2 Place the brackets on both sides of the disk drive and secure them with screws 3 screws 6 32 UNC L 5 0mm 2 screws 6 32 UNC L 5 0mm 3 Place the slotted flat...

Page 53: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 53 4 Place the drive carefully in the disk slot...

Page 54: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 54 User Manual 5 Fix the disk drive using the disk tool that is included in the package...

Page 55: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 55 6 Repeat the same steps for the rest of the disks Note You can use also the disk tool to remove the disk drive in the disk slot...

Page 56: ...remote management of iSCSI RAID subsystem use another network cable to connect the R Link port to your network 3 5 Powering On 1 Plug in the power cords into the AC Power Input Socket located at the r...

Page 57: ...s Microsoft Windows Linux Solaris etc within the SAN network IP SANs also include mechanisms for security data replication multi path and high availability Storage protocol such as iSCSI has two ends...

Page 58: ...ID 12cb3c1a 15d6 4585 b385 befd1319f825 DisplayLang en Please refer to Appendix D for Microsoft iSCSI initiator installation procedure 2 Linux iSCSI initiator is also available For different kernels t...

Page 59: ...nd no parity Terminal type vt100 Login name admin Default password 00000000 4 1 2 Remote Control Secure Shell SSH secure shell is required for remote login The SSH client software is available at the...

Page 60: ...llowing table is the function description of LCM menus System Info Displays System information Alarm Mute Mute alarm when error occurs Reset Shutdown Reset or shutdown controller Quick Install Quick t...

Page 61: ...RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 1 Use default algorithm Volume Size xxx GB Apply The Config Yes No JBOD x RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 1 new x disk xxx BG Adjust Volume Size App...

Page 62: ...ser interface GUI to operate the system Be sure to connect the LAN cable The default IP setting is DHCP open the browser and enter http 192 168 10 50 Please check the DHCP address first on LCM Click a...

Page 63: ...oltage light Green voltage is normal Red voltage is abnormal UPS light Green UPS works well Red UPS fails Fan light Green Fan works well Red Fan fails Power light Green Power works well Red Power fail...

Page 64: ...Quick Installation Please make sure that there are some free drives installed in this system SAS drivers are recommended Please check the hard drive details in Volume configuration Physical disk Step...

Page 65: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 65 Step2 Confirm the management port IP address and DNS and then click Next Step 3 Set up the data port IP and click Next...

Page 66: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 66 User Manual Step 4 Set up the RAID level and volume size and click Next Step 5 Check all items and click Finish Step 6 Done...

Page 67: ...ter user chooses RAID level user may find that some HDDs are available free status It gives user 1 Biggest capacity of RAID level for user to choose and 2 The fewest disk number for RAID level volume...

Page 68: ...RG capacity After RG size is chosen click Next Step 3 Decide VD size User can enter a number less or equal to the default number Then click Next Step 4 Confirmation page Click Finish if all setups are...

Page 69: ...r Controller 1 Controller 2 List connection Delete CHAP account Create Modify user information Delete Volume configuration Physical disk Set Free disk Set Global spare Set Dedicated spare Upgrade Disk...

Page 70: ...re to upgrade Firmware sync hronization Synchronize the slave controller s firmware version with the master s Reset to factor y default Sure to reset to factory default Import and export Import Export...

Page 71: ...ectory setting User setting 5 2 1 System Setting System setting can be used to set system name and date Default System name is composed of model name and serial number of this system Check Change date...

Page 72: ...rk setting is for changing IP address for remote administration usage There are 2 options DHCP Get IP address from DHCP server and static IP The default setting is DHCP User can change the HTTP HTTPS...

Page 73: ...same time 1 Auto logout The options are 1 Disable 2 5 minutes 3 30 minutes 4 1 hour The system will log out automatically when user is inactive for a period of time 2 Login lock Disable Enable When t...

Page 74: ...ddress and need authentication for anti spam Please fill the necessary fields and click Send test mail to test whether email functions are available or working User can also select which levels of eve...

Page 75: ...ser can choose the event log levels and default setting only enables INFO event log in SNMP There are many SNMP tools The following web sites are for your reference SNMPc http www snmpc com Net SNMP h...

Page 76: ...e default is etc syslog conf will be reread and the syslog 3 facility is started again 4 Activate the system log daemon and restart Note sysklogd has a parameter r which will enable sysklogd to receiv...

Page 77: ...domain and server IP This table shows the role names the roles which are mapped to the AD group name and their permissions Role Name AD Group Name Permissions admin Administrators Full permissions use...

Page 78: ...s Active Directory service First you should create an account with an AD group in Windows And then try to use the account to login the storage system The syntax of the user name in Active Directory is...

Page 79: ...configurations only for iSCSI models No permission to change Volume configurations settings data N A Have permission to operate in Volume configurations No permission to change System configurations...

Page 80: ...l OP Change password Change the user s password OP Change user role Change the user s role OP Delete Delete the user Users can log on the storage system with the new accounts and operate the functions...

Page 81: ...or trunking mode all the data ports share a single IP address This figure shows four iSCSI data ports on each controller The four 1GbE data ports are set up with a static IP address For the other con...

Page 82: ...c to flow more efficiently within these logical subgroups Please consult your network switch user manual for VLAN setting instructions Most of the work is done at the switch part All you need to do is...

Page 83: ...There can be only one default gateway To remove the default gateway click OP of the LAN that is currently the gateway and select Remove default gateway OP Enable jumbo frame The MTU Maximum Transmiss...

Page 84: ...r Manual OP Enable QReplica visible at the last iSCSI port Click it to use the iSCSI port to enable the QReplica function The replication data is transferred on this port Click Disable QReplica to cha...

Page 85: ...S IP for iSNS Internet Storage Name Service iSNS protocol allows automated discovery management and configuration of iSCSI devices on a TCP IP network Using iSNS it needs to install an iSNS server in...

Page 86: ...ng authentication method used in point to point for user login It s a type of authentication in which the authentication server sends the client a key to be used for encrypting the username and passwo...

Page 87: ...page to create CHAP account Please refer to next section for more detail 6 Check the gray button of OP column click User 7 Select CHAP user s which will be used It s a multi option it can be one or mo...

Page 88: ...Choose the portals for the controller 4 Click OK to confirm Rename alias User can create an alias to one device node 1 Check the gray button of OP column next to one device node 2 Select Rename alias...

Page 89: ...Name 4 InitialR2T Initial Ready to Transfer 5 Immed data Immediate data 6 MaxDataOutR2T Maximum Data Outstanding Ready to Transfer 7 MaxDataBurstLen Maximum Data Burst Length 8 DataSeginOrder Data Se...

Page 90: ...n This iSCSI RAID subsystem allows creation of many CHAP accounts To setup CHAP account please follow these steps 1 Click Create 2 Enter User Secret and Confirm secret again Node can be selected here...

Page 91: ...operational tips 1 Check the gray button next to the number of slot it will show the functions which can be executed 2 Active function can be selected and inactive functions show up in gray color and...

Page 92: ...f hard drive in MB PD column description Slot The position of hard drives The button next to the number of slot shows the functions which can be executed Size GB Capacity of hard drive RG Name Related...

Page 93: ...ive type SATA SATA disk SATA2 SATA II disk SAS SAS disk Write cache Hard drive write cache is enabled or disabled Standby HDD auto spindown function to save power The default value is disabled Readahe...

Page 94: ...s Preferred owner Then click OK The Write Cache option is to enable or disable the hard drives write cache option The Standby option is to enable or disable the hard drives auto spindown function whe...

Page 95: ...t can be displayed in GB or MB Free GB MB Free capacity of this RAID group The unit can be displayed in GB or MB PD The number of physical disks in RAID group VD The number of virtual disks in RAID gr...

Page 96: ...D group it can be executed when RG status is online This is for online roaming purpose Parity Check Regenerate parity for the RAID group It supports RAID 3 5 6 30 50 60 Delete Delete a RAID group Set...

Page 97: ...change Block size B change Read Write mode set virtual disk Priority select Bg rate Background task priority and change Readahead option if necessary Erase option will wipe out old data in VD to prev...

Page 98: ...value is 4 The higher number the background priority of a VD is the more background I O will be scheduled to execute Status The status of virtual disk Online The virtual disk is online Offline The vir...

Page 99: ...shot GB MB The virtual disk size that is used for snapshot The number means Used snapshot space Total snapshot space The unit can be displayed in GB or MB Snapshot Number of snapshot s that have been...

Page 100: ...isk is for clone usage Attach LUN Attach to a LUN Detach LUN Detach to a LUN List LUN List attached LUN s Set Clone Set the target virtual disk for clone Clear Clone Clear clone function Start Clone S...

Page 101: ...t Step 1 Create snapshot space In Volume configuration Virtual disk move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the VD number click Set snapshot space Step 2 Set snapshot space Then click OK The...

Page 102: ...the list of snapshots in VD 01 There are two snapshots in VD 01 Snapshot VD SnapVD 01 is exported as read only SnapVD 02 is exported as read write Step 5 Attach a LUN for snapshot VD Please refer to t...

Page 103: ...ot Right The right of snapshot RW Read Write The snapshot VD can be read write RO Read Only The snapshot VD is read only LUN Number of LUN s that snapshot VD is attached Created time Snapshot VD creat...

Page 104: ...hed to LUN 0 and every host can access VD 02 is attached to LUN 1 and only initiator node which is named iqn 1991 05 com microsoft win r6qrvqjd5m7 can access LUN operations description Attach Attach a...

Page 105: ...lobal cache volume is created after system boots up automatically So no action is needed to set CV Then set a global spare disk Eventually delete all of them Step 1 Create RG RAID group To create the...

Page 106: ...eate a data user volume please follow these steps 1 Select Volume configuration Virtual disk 2 Click Create 3 Input a VD name choose the RG when VD will be created enter the VD capacity select the str...

Page 107: ...er to the gray button next to the VD number click Attach LUN 2 In Volume configuration Logical unit click Attach The steps are as follows 1 Select a VD 2 Input Host name which is a FC node name for ac...

Page 108: ...to the PD slot click Set global space 3 Global spare status is shown in Usage column Slot 4 is set as global spare disk GS Step 5 Done LUNs can be used as disks To delete VDs RG please follow the ste...

Page 109: ...ease follow the procedures 1 Select Volume configuration RAID group 2 Select a RG which all its VD are deleted otherwise the this RG cannot be deleted 3 Check the gray button next to the RG number cli...

Page 110: ...ors hard disks fan sensors power sensors and LED status Due to the different hardware characteristics among these sensors they have different polling intervals Below are the details of polling time in...

Page 111: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 111 5 5 1 Hardware Monitor Hardware monitor can be used to view the information of current voltage temperature levels and fan speed...

Page 112: ...every 30 seconds When one of these sensors is over high temperature value continuously for 3 minutes auto shutdown will be triggered immediately 2 The core processor temperature limit is 85 C The PCI...

Page 113: ...to value setting status the system will shutdown Setting delay to 0 will disable the function Shutdown UPS Select ON when power is gone UPS will shutdown by itself after the system shutdown successfu...

Page 114: ...s chances to take actions before possible drive failure S M A R T measures many attributes of the hard drive all the time and inspects the properties of hard drives which are close to be out of tolera...

Page 115: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 115...

Page 116: ...iguration values to factory settings Import and export to import and export all controller configuration to a file and Reboot and shutdown to reboot or shutdown the system 5 6 1 System Information Sys...

Page 117: ...latest event log is on the first page The event logs are actually saved in the first four hard drives each hard drive has one copy of event log For one controller there are four copies of event logs...

Page 118: ...warning message click OK button to start upgrading the firmware When upgrading there is a progress bar running After finished upgrading the system must reboot manually to make the new firmware took ef...

Page 119: ...when controller 1 and controller 2 s firmware are different In normal status the firmware versions in controller 1 and 2 are the same as below figure 5 6 5 Reset to Factory Default Reset to factory d...

Page 120: ...overwrite it Use import could return to original configuration If the volume setting was also imported user s current volumes will be overwritten with different configuration 1 Import Import all syste...

Page 121: ...r of web UI there are 3 individual icons Home Logout and Mute 5 7 1 Home Click Home to return to home page 5 7 2 Logout For security reason please use Logout to exit the web UI To re login the system...

Page 122: ...be marked as RS reserved and the system will not start auto rebuild If this disk is not belonging to any existing RG it would be FR Free disk and the system will start Auto Rebuild If user only remov...

Page 123: ...parity over the member disks RAID 5 allows one hard drive failure or unplugging RAID 6 2 dimensional parity protection over the member disks RAID 6 allows two hard drives failure or unplugging If it...

Page 124: ...evaluate whether this operation is safe or not and appear a message of Sure to migrate to a lower protection array to give user warning 4 Double check the setting of RAID level and RAID PD slot If th...

Page 125: ...ation is not allowed when RG is being migrated System would reject following operations 1 Add dedicated spare 2 Remove a dedicated spare 3 Create a new VD 4 Delete a VD 5 Extend a VD 6 Scrub a VD 7 Pe...

Page 126: ...he VD number click Extend 3 Change the size The size must be larger than the original and then click OK to start extension 4 Extension starts If VD needs initialization it will display Initiating in S...

Page 127: ...attached to a LUN provisioned to a host as a disk like other ordinary VDs in the system Rollback restores the data back to the state of any time which was previously captured in case for any unfortuna...

Page 128: ...ake snapshot In Volume configuration Virtual disk move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the VD number click Take snapshot Or in Volume configuration Snapshot click Take snapshot 5 Enter a...

Page 129: ...2 For performance and future rollback system saves snapshot with names in sequences For example three snapshots has been taken and named SnapVD 01 first SnapVD 02 and SnapVD 03 last When deleting Sna...

Page 130: ...the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the VD number click Auto snapshot Or in Volume configuration Snapshot click Auto snapshot 2 The auto snapshot can be set monthly weekly daily or hourly 3 D...

Page 131: ...1GB 2 When making a rollback the original VD cannot be accessed for a while At the same time the system connects to original VD and snapshot VD and then starts rollback 3 During rollback data from sna...

Page 132: ...r newer 2 All physical disks of related RG should be moved from system 1 to system 2 together The configuration of both RG and VD will be kept but LUN configuration will be cleared in order to avoid c...

Page 133: ...eVD_R5 and TargetVD_R6 The raid type of backup target needs to be set as BACKUP 3 Here are the objects a Source VD and a Target VD Before starting clone process it needs to deploy the VD Clone rule fi...

Page 134: ...chieves its threshold system will automatically take a clone snapshot and start VD clone process The purpose of threshold could prevent the incremental copy fail immediately when running out of snapsh...

Page 135: ...tem will clear the snapshots of clone in order to release snapshot space automatically and the VD clone will restart the task after an hour This task will start a full copy 5 After deploying the VD cl...

Page 136: ...ne the clone process will start 9 The default setting will create a snapshot space automatically which the capacity is double size of the VD space Before starting clone system will initiate the snapsh...

Page 137: ...ule clone to set up the clone by schedule 12 There are Set Clone schedule and Clear Clone schedule in this page Please remember that Threshold and Restart the task an hour later if failed options in V...

Page 138: ...g to start clone it will get a warning message This is not enough of snapshot space for the operation At this time the user needs to clean up the snapshot space in order to operate the clone process E...

Page 139: ...into a single device Each session to the target can be established using different NICs network infrastructure and target ports If one session fails then another session can continue processing I O w...

Page 140: ...thin a single iSCSI session to manage load balance and failover Notice that iSCSI connections and sessions are different than TCP IP connections and sessions The above figures describe the difference...

Page 141: ...ding LACP packets to the peer Theoretically LACP port can be defined as active or passive iSCSI controller implements it as active mode which means that LACP port sends LACP protocol packets automatic...

Page 142: ...GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 142 User Manual IMPORTANT Before using trunking or LACP he gigabit switch must support trunking or LACP and enabled Otherwise host cannot connect the link with storage d...

Page 143: ...Controllers 6 10 1 Perform I O Please refer to the following topology and have all the connections ready To perform I O on dual controllers server host should setup MPIO MPIO policy will keep I O runn...

Page 144: ...roller mode Both of controllers are functional 2 Degraded Dual controller mode When one controller fails or has been plugged out the system will turn to degraded In this stage I O will force to write...

Page 145: ...no ownership of RG Single controller mode can be upgraded to dual controller mode please contact the distributor for upgradable In addition iSNS server is recommended It s important for keeping I O ru...

Page 146: ...and download it to the RAID subsystem to activate the QReplica function Each license key is unique and dedicated to a specific subsystem It means that the license key for subsystem A cannot be used o...

Page 147: ...g can be reverted by select Disable QReplica in the operation menu Create backup VD on the target subsystem 1 Before creating the replication job on the source subsystem user has to create a virtual d...

Page 148: ...eeds to be attached to a LUN ID first before creating replication job Create replication job on the source subsystem 1 If the license key is activated on the subsystem correctly a new QReplica tab wil...

Page 149: ...ated to the target subsystem and click Next NOTE If the message displays that there is not enough space for creation please refer to the section of Configure the snapshot space below for solution 3 En...

Page 150: ...standard iSCSI protocol for data replication User has to log on the iSCSI node to create the iSCSI connection for the data transmission Enter the CHAP information if necessary and select the target no...

Page 151: ...w replication job is created and listed on the QReplica page Run the replication job 1 Click the OP button on the replication job to open operation menu Click Start to run the replication job 2 Click...

Page 152: ...e replication job from the Status information and the progress is expressed by percentage Create multi path on the replication job 1 Click the Create multi path in the operation menu of the replicatio...

Page 153: ...to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 153 3 Select the iSCSI node to log on and click Next 4 Choose the same target VD and click Next 5 A new target will be added in this replication job as a redund...

Page 154: ...can be scheduled to run by day by week or by month The execution time can be configurable per user s need Configure the snapshot space The QReplica uses Snapshot The snapshot technique helps user to r...

Page 155: ...replication job is creating the subsystem will automatically use the free space of RG to create a snapshot space which size is double of the source VD The Threshold setting will monitor the utilizati...

Page 156: ...shots to release snapshot space and the replication job will restart the task after an hour IMPORTANT These two settings Threshold and Restart the task an hour later if failed will take effect only wh...

Page 157: ...into system WARNING PD removed Disk slot is removed from system ERROR HDD read error Disk slot read block error ERROR HDD write error Disk slot write block error ERROR HDD error Disk slot is disabled...

Page 158: ...nd reply terminated abnormally EMS events Level Type Description INFO Power install Power string is installed ERROR Power absent Power string is absent INFO Power restore Power string is restored to w...

Page 159: ...O Console Login username login from IP or serial console via Console UI INFO Console Logout username logout from IP or serial console via Console UI INFO Web Login username login from IP via Web UI IN...

Page 160: ...INFO VD scrub finished Parity checking on VD name completes with address parity data inconsistency found INFO VD scrub aborted Parity checking on VD name stops with address parity data inconsistency f...

Page 161: ...pare Disks WARNING PD read error Read error occurred at LBA address address of PD slot WARNING PD write error Write error occurred at LBA address address of PD slot WARNING Scrub wrong parity The pari...

Page 162: ...ace Set the snapshot space of VD name to number MB INFO Snap rollback started Snapshot rollback of VD name has been started INFO Snap rollback finished Snapshot rollback of VD name has been finished W...

Page 163: ...BOD name disk slot is disabled ERROR HDD IO timeout JBOD name disk slot gets no response INFO JBOD inserted JBOD name is inserted into system WARNING JBOD removed JBOD name is removed from system WARN...

Page 164: ...in JBOD name is UT WARNING WARNING Therm fail OT Temperature of string read as string in JBOD name is OT FAILURE WARNING Therm fail UT Temperature of string read as string in JBOD name is UT FAILURE...

Page 165: ...system ERROR CTR removed Controller number is removed from system ERROR CTR timeout Controller number gets no response ERROR CTR lockdown Controller number is locked down ERROR CTR memory NG Memory s...

Page 166: ...borted INFO VD set as replica VD name has been configured as a replica INFO VD set as RAID VD name has been configured as a RAID volume INFO VD replica set The replica of VD name has been designated I...

Page 167: ...DR2 667 Unbuffered ECC Low profile with Hynix Unigen UG51T7200N8DU 8CM 4GB DDR2 800 Unbuffered ECC with Hynix iSCSI Initiator Software OS Software Release Number Microsoft Windows Microsoft iSCSI Soft...

Page 168: ...ntel PWLA8492MT PCI X Gigabit 2 ports TCP IP offload GbE Switch Vendor Model Dell PowerConnect 5324 Dell PowerConnect 2724 Dell PowerConnect 2708 HP ProCurve 1800 24G Netgear GS724T ZyXEL GS2200 Hard...

Page 169: ...3 5 Vendor Model Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 HDS722580VLSA80 80GB 7200RPM SATA 8M Hitachi Deskstar E7K500 HDS725050KLA360 500GB 7200RPM SATA II 16M Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 HDS728040PLA320 40GB 7200RPM SATA I...

Page 170: ...PM SATA 1 5G s 8M Westem Digital Caviar RE2 WD4000YR 400GB 7200RPM SATA 1 5Gb s 16M NCQ Westem Digital Caviar RE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M Westem Digital RE2 WD4000YS 400GB 7200RPM S...

Page 171: ...is the step by step to setup Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Please visit Microsoft website for latest iSCSI initiator This example is based on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Connect 1 Run Microsoft iSCS...

Page 172: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 172 User Manual 3 Click Done 4 It can connect to an iSCSI disk now...

Page 173: ...D Subsystem User Manual 173 MPIO Service 5 Please run Server Manager with below path Control Panel System and Security Administrative Tools 6 Click Feature and select Add Features 7 Please choose the...

Page 174: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 174 User Manual 8 Install 9 Installation succeeded...

Page 175: ...ubsystem User Manual 175 Starting iSCSI Initiator 10 Please run iSCSI initiator with below path Control Panel System and Security Administrative Tools 11 Click Discovery tab Discover Portal 12 Input t...

Page 176: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 176 User Manual 13 Click Discover Portal 14 Input IP address of controller2...

Page 177: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 177 15 Please connect ctrl1 16 Choose checkbox of Enable multipath path...

Page 178: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 178 User Manual 17 Please select the IP address for Initiator Target of controller1 18 Please connect ctrl2...

Page 179: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 179 19 Choose checkbox of Enable multipath path 20 Please select the IP address for Initiator Target of controller2...

Page 180: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 180 User Manual 21 iSCSI initiator install finish Setup MPIO 22 Please run MPIO with below path Control Panel System and Security Administrative Tools...

Page 181: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 181 23 Click tab of Discover Multi Paths 24 Choose checkbox of Add support for iSCSI devices 25 Reboot...

Page 182: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 182 User Manual MC S 26 If running MC S please continue 27 Select one target name click Properties 28 Click MCS to add additional connections...

Page 183: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 183 29 Click Add 30 Click Advanced 31 Select Initiator IP and Target portal IP and then click OK 32 Click Connect 33 Click OK...

Page 184: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 184 User Manual 34 Done...

Page 185: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 185 Disconnect 35 Select the target name click Disconnect and then click Yes 36 Done the iSCSI device disconnect successfully...

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