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USB and eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem 

 

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Installation and Configuration Manual                                                                                                                                

 

 

3.11   Creating New Raid Set or Reconfiguring an Existing Raid Set 

 

You can configure Raid Sets and Volume Sets using 

Quick Create 

or 

Raid Set 

Functions/Volume Set Functions 

configuration method. Each configuration method requires a 

different level of user input. The general flow of operations for Raid Set and Volume Set 
configuration is: 
 

 

Step

 

 

Action

 

1

 

Designate hot spare disk/pass-through disk (optional). 

2

 

Choose a configuration method. 

3

 

Create Raid Set using the available physical drives. 

4

 

Define Volume Set using the available raw capacity in the Raid Set. 

 

5

 

 

Initialize the Volume Set. Then use Volume Set in the Host OS. 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for SB-1413-UA

Page 1: ...USB and eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem Installation and Configuration Manual Revision 1 0 P N PW020000000348...

Page 2: ...13 1 3 Technical Specifications 14 1 4 RAID Concepts 15 1 5 Array Definition 19 1 5 1 Raid Set 19 1 5 2 Volume Set 19 1 5 3 Easy to Use Features 20 1 5 3 1 Instant Availability Background Initializat...

Page 3: ...Hot Spare 47 3 6 7 Delete Hot Spare 47 3 6 8 Rescue Raid Set 48 3 7 Volume Set Function 49 3 7 1 Create Volume Set 49 3 7 2 Delete Volume Set 51 3 7 3 Modify Volume Set 52 3 7 3 1 Volume Expansion 53...

Page 4: ...Buffer 65 3 9 9 Modify Password 66 3 9 10 Upgrade Firmware 66 3 9 11 Restart Controller 66 3 10 Information Menu 67 3 10 1 RaidSet Hierarchy 67 3 10 2 System Information 69 3 10 3 Hardware Monitor 70...

Page 5: ...with this manual 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 otherw...

Page 6: ...o exceed the allowed 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 su...

Page 7: ...guration Manual Unpacking the Subsystem The package contains the following items RAID subsystem unit One power cord One RJ 45 Ethernet cable One external serial cable RJ 11 to DB9 One external SATA ca...

Page 8: ...asy Installation upgrade Maintenance Provide a fast and easy way to install and upgrade the storage Simplified maintenance reduces ongoing IT labor costs Exceptional Manageability Graphical User Inter...

Page 9: ...online capacity expansion within the enclosure Local audible event notification alarm Supports password protection Built in serial port interface for remote event notification Tagged command queuing...

Page 10: ...nd eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem Installation and Configuration Manual 10 1 2 Identifying Parts of the RAID Subsystem The illustrations below identify the various parts of the subsystem 1 2 1 Front...

Page 11: ...s no disk drive inserted or disk drive is Faulty HDD Access LED LED will blink blue when the hard drive is being accessed 2 Lock Indicator Every Drive Tray is lockable inside the slots Open the door l...

Page 12: ...This is used to enter the option you have selected Exit button EXIT Press this button to return to the previous menu 4 Environment Status LEDs Parts Function Power LED POWER Green LED indicates power...

Page 13: ...er 3 R Link Port Remote Link through RJ 45 Ethernet for remote management The subsystem is equipped with one 10 100 Ethernet RJ45 LAN port You use a web browser to manage the RAID subsystem through Et...

Page 14: ...drive tray Four 4 1 inch trays Power supply 220W power supply w PFC Cooling fan 1 Password protection Yes Audible alarm Yes Failed drive indicators Yes Failed drive auto rebuild Yes Online consistenc...

Page 15: ...sector 512 bytes 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 t...

Page 16: ...roring is simply 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 c...

Page 17: ...r single tasking environments with long 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...

Page 18: ...rage with good performance characteristics However write performance and performance during drive failure is slower than with RAID 1 Rebuild operations also require more time than with RAID 1 because...

Page 19: ...acity are grouped 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 5 2 Volume Set A Volume Set is seen by the host sy...

Page 20: ...ystem stores configuration information both in NVRAM and on the disk drives This protects the configuration settings in the case of a disk drive or controller failure Array roaming allows the administ...

Page 21: ...ID level and Stripe Size of an existing Volume Set while the server is online and the Volume Set is in use Online RAID level stripe size migration can prove helpful during performance tuning activitie...

Page 22: ...rive it replaces 1 5 4 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...

Page 23: ...source 4 Press the power on switch at the rear of the subsystem 2 2 Installing Hard Drives This section describes the physical locations of the hard drives supported by the subsystem and gives instruc...

Page 24: ...ubsystem Installation and Configuration Manual 24 d Install the mounting screws on the bottom part to secure the drive in the disk tray e Slide the tray into a slot f Close the lever handle until you...

Page 25: ...ial port Front panel touch control keypad Web browser based Remote RAID management via the R Link Ethernet port IMPORTANT The subsystem allows you to access the utility using only one method at a time...

Page 26: ...USB and eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem Installation and Configuration Manual 26 4 The default setting of the monitor port is 115200 baud rate 8 data bit non parity 1 stop bit and no flow control...

Page 27: ...USB and eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem 27 Installation and Configuration Manual 5 Click disconnect button 6 Open the File menu and then open Properties 7 Open the Settings Tab...

Page 28: ...ow the VT100 is ready to use After you have finished the VT100 Terminal setup you may press the X key in your Terminal to link the RAID subsystem and Terminal together Press X key to display the disk...

Page 29: ...ction feature Once 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 unauth...

Page 30: ...ation Raid System Functions Setting the Raid system configurations Ethernet Configuration Setting the Ethernet configurations Views System Events Record all system events in the buffer Clear Event Buf...

Page 31: ...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...

Page 32: ...and Configuration Manual 32 3 3 Menu Diagram The following tree diagram is a summary of the various configurations and setting functions that can be accessed through the terminal monitor Also almost...

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Page 37: ...ation Manual NOTE This subsystem can detect up to 4 Volume Sets in each Host Channel total 8 Volume Sets The Volume Set size can be over 2 Terabytes Use OS Windows 2003 SP1 or later Windows XP SP1 or...

Page 38: ...D function To configure the RAID subsystem on a remote machine you need to know its IP Address Launch your web browser by entering http IPAddress in the remote web browser IMPORTANT The Ethernet defau...

Page 39: ...can be modified 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 t Physical...

Page 40: ...e Quick Create screen the Raid Set and Volume Set will start to initialize If the Volume Set size is over 2TB an option Greater Two TB Volume Support will be automatically provided in the screen as sh...

Page 41: ...f RAID Sets that can be created depends on the number of disk channels in the RAID subsystem For 4 bay RAID subsystem four Raid Sets can be created 3 6 1 Create Raid Set To create a Raid Set click on...

Page 42: ...elect column Tick on the Confirm The Operation option and click on the Submit button to process with deletion 3 6 3 Expand Raid Set Use this option to expand a Raid Set when one or more disk drives is...

Page 43: ...aid Set expansion and a hot spare is available an auto rebuild operation will occur after the Raid Set expansion is completed Migration occurs when a disk is added to a Raid Set Migrating status is di...

Page 44: ...t function After completing the function the HDD state will change to Offlined Mode To offline a Raid Set click on the Offline Raid Set link A Select The RAID SET To Offline screen is displayed showin...

Page 45: ...ns there is no failed disk drive When does Incomplete Raid Set State Happens If the RAID subsystem is powered off and one disk drive is removed or has failed in power off state and when the RAID subsy...

Page 46: ...Raid Set click on the Activate 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 w...

Page 47: ...et member disk drives in the subsystem appear Select the target disk drive by clicking on the appropriate check box Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to create hot spare...

Page 48: ...USB and eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem Installation and Configuration Manual 48 3 6 8 Rescue Raid Set If you need to rescue a missing Raid Set please contact our support engineer for assistance...

Page 49: ...ave its data spread evenly across all the disks in the Raid Set 3 7 1 Create Volume Set The following are the Volume Set features 1 Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same Raid Se...

Page 50: ...provided in the screen as shown in the above example There are two options to select No and Yes No Volume Set capacity is set to maximum 2TB Yes Volume Set capacity can be set over 2TB Initialization...

Page 51: ...h Host Channel can support maximum 4 Volume Sets eSATA Port Multiplier Emulation DEV 0 3 4 15 Reserved USB LUN 0 3 4 15 Reserved 3 7 2 Delete Volume Set To delete a Volume Set select the Volume Set Fu...

Page 52: ...a Volume Set 1 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...

Page 53: ...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 NOTE Only the last created Volume Set can be expanded...

Page 54: ...g the results to the contents of the data blocks 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 Tick on Confirm The Ope...

Page 55: ...mware and thus cannot be a part of a Volume Set A Pass Through disk is 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...

Page 56: ...To modify the Pass Through drive attribute from the Pass Through drive pool click on the Modify Pass Through link The Select The Pass Through Disk For Modification screen appears Tick on the Pass Thr...

Page 57: ...lete action 3 8 4 Identify Selected Drive Use this option to physically locate a selected drive to prevent removing the wrong drive When a disk drive is selected using the Identify Drive function the...

Page 58: ...stem 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...

Page 59: ...the RAID subsystem functions correctly Volume Data Read Ahead This option allows the users to set the Volume Data Read Ahead function Options are Normal Aggressive Conservative and Disabled Stagger Po...

Page 60: ...ion mode makes the 121 1 GB and 120 4 GB drives same capacity as 120 GB so that one could replace the other Multiples Of 1G If you have 120 GB drives from different vendors chances are that the capaci...

Page 61: ...t By Mail Config link under the System Controls main menu The RAID subsystem Event Notification configuration screen will be shown Set up the desired function and option When an abnormal condition occ...

Page 62: ...preferred option SNMP Trap Configurations Type the SNMP Trap IP Address The SNMP Port is set to 162 by default SNMP System Configuration Community The default is Public 1 sysContact 0 2 sysLocation 0...

Page 63: ...erence Type the NTP 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 The RAID subsystem...

Page 64: ...rs The System Events Information screen will show Time Device Event type Elapse Time and Errors The RAID system does not have built in real time clock When the RAID manager GUI is opened from a host s...

Page 65: ...test events move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the Generate Test Events Link Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Then click on the View Events Mute Beepe...

Page 66: ...cess The RAID 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 a...

Page 67: ...to view the RAID subsystem s existing Raid Set s Volume Set s and physical disk s configuration and information Select the RaidSet Hierarchy link from the Information menu to display the Raid Set Hier...

Page 68: ...error count and SMART information The SMART information shows two numbers one on the left attribute value and one on the right enclosed in parentheses threshold The higher the attribute value is comp...

Page 69: ...To view the RAID subsystem s controller information click the System Information link from the Information menu The Raid Subsystem Information screen appears The controller name firmware version seria...

Page 70: ...SMART Status Polling is disabled in System Configuration The Hardware Monitor Information provides the temperature and voltage levels of the RAID subsystem All items are also unchangeable When the thr...

Page 71: ...s configuration method Each configuration method requires a different level of user input The general flow of operations for Raid Set and Volume Set configuration is Step Action 1 Designate hot spare...

Page 72: ...ains 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 co...

Page 73: ...s to be upgraded upgrade first the boot ROM firmware Then repeat the process steps 1 to 9 to upgrade the firmware code after which a RAID controller restart will be necessary 1 From the Main Menu scro...

Page 74: ...in the location where the firmware file was saved Select the firmware file name xxxxxxxx BIN and click Open 6 Click Send to send the firmware binary file to the RAID controller 7 When the firmware do...

Page 75: ...rts a message will show Start Updating Firmware Please Wait 9 The firmware upgrade will take approximately thirty seconds to complete 10 After the firmware upgrade is complete a message will show Firm...

Page 76: ...USB and eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem Installation and Configuration Manual 76 Upgrading Firmware Through Web Browser Get the new version of firmware for your RAID subsystem controller...

Page 77: ...nk 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 xxxxxx...

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