Sans Digital Mobileraid MR8X, Detailed User'S Manual

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SAS-to-SATA II RAID Subsystem
Installation and Configuration Manual
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Contents
Preface....................................................................................................................... 4
FCC Compliance Statement.......................................................................................5
Before You Begin .......................................................................................................6
Chapter 1 Introduction.............................................................................................8
1.1 Key Features.......................................................................................................................... 9
1.1.1 Technical Specifications...................................................................................................10
1.2 Identifying Parts of the RAID Subsystem................................................................................ 11
1.2.1 Front View........................................................................................................................11
1.2.1.1 Smart Panel..............................................................................................................12
1.2.1.2 Disk Drive Carrier .....................................................................................................13
1.2.2 Rear View ........................................................................................................................14
1.3 RAID Concepts ...................................................................................................................... 15
1.4 Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) Overview ................................................................................... 19
1.5 Array Definition....................................................................................................................... 20
1.5.1 Raid Set ...........................................................................................................................20
1.5.2 Volume Set ......................................................................................................................20
1.5.3 Easy to Use Features......................................................................................................21
1.5.3.1 Instant Availability/Background Initialization ..............................................................21
1.5.3.2 Array Roaming..........................................................................................................21
1.5.3.3 Online Capacity Expansion.......................................................................................21
1.5.3.4 Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration ............................................................22
1.5.4 High Availability.................................................................................................................22
1.5.4.1 Creating Hot Spares..................................................................................................22
1.5.4.2 Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support....................................................................................23
1.5.4.3 Hot-Swap Disk Rebuild .............................................................................................23
Chapter 2 Getting Started .....................................................................................24
2.1 Installing Hard Drives ............................................................................................................. 24
2.2 Preparing the Subsystem and Powering On........................................................................... 26
Chapter 3 Configuration Utility Options .................................................................27
3.1 Configuring Through a Terminal.............................................................................................. 27
3.2 Configuring the Subsystem Using the LCD Panel ................................................................... 33
3.3 Menu Diagram........................................................................................................................ 34
3.4 Web browser-based Remote RAID management via R-Link Ethernet Port............................ 39
Chapter 4 RAID Management .............................................................................41
4.1 Quick Create........................................................................................................................... 41
4.2 Raid Set Functions ................................................................................................................. 42