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Fibre to SAS/SATA Disk Array
2 User Manual
Table of Contents
Preface ................................................................................................................................ 5
Before You Begin ............................................................................................................. 6
Safety Guidelines.................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Controller Configurations................................................................................................................................................... 6
Packaging, Shipment and Delivery ................................................................................................................................ 6
Unpacking the Shipping Carton ................................................................................................................................ 7
Chapter 1 Product Introduction ................................................................................. 9
1.1 Technical Specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 11
1.2 RAID Concepts .......................................................................................................................................................... 13
1.3 Fibre Functions .......................................................................................................................................................... 18
1.3.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................. 18
1.3.2 Four ways to connect (FC Topologies) ................................................................................................. 18
1.3.3 Basic Elements .................................................................................................................................................. 20
1.3.4 LUN Masking .................................................................................................................................................... 20
1.4 Array Definition ......................................................................................................................................................... 21
1.4.1 Raid Set ............................................................................................................................................................... 21
1.4.2 Volume Set ........................................................................................................................................................ 21
1.5 High Availability ........................................................................................................................................................ 22
1.5.1 Creating Hot Spares ...................................................................................................................................... 22
1.5.2 Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support .................................................................................................................. 22
1.5.3 Hot-Swap Disk Rebuild ................................................................................................................................ 22
Chapter 2 Identifying Parts of the Disk Array ..................................................... 23
2.1 Main Components ................................................................................................................................................... 23
2.1.1 Front View .......................................................................................................................................................... 23
2.1.1.1 LCD Display Panel LEDs ...................................................................................................................... 24
2.1.1.2 LCD IP Address in Dual Controller Mode .................................................................................. 26
2.1.1.3 HDD Status LEDs ................................................................................................................................... 27
2.1.2 Rear View ............................................................................................................................................................ 28
2.2 Controller Module ................................................................................................................................................... 29
2.2.1 Controller Module Panel ............................................................................................................................. 30
2.3 Power Supply / Fan Module (PSFM)............................................................................................................... 32
2.3.1 PSFM Panel ........................................................................................................................................................ 34
2.4 Fan Module................................................................................................................................................................. 35
2.4.1 Turbo Fan ........................................................................................................................................................... 37
2.5 Expander Module ..................................................................................................................................................... 38
2.5.1 Expander Module Panel .............................................................................................................................. 38