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SAS to SAS/SATA

RAID Subsystem

User Manual

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

Page 2: ...reating Hot Spares 18 1 4 2 Hot Swap Disk Drive Support 18 1 4 3 Hot Swap Disk Rebuild 18 Chapter 2 Identifying Parts of the RAID Subsystem 19 2 1 Main Components 19 2 1 1 Front View 19 2 1 1 1 Disk T...

Page 3: ...scue Raid Set 56 5 3 Volume Set Function 57 5 3 1 Create Volume Set 57 5 3 2 Create Raid 30 50 60 60 5 3 3 Delete Volume Set 61 5 3 4 Modify Volume Set 62 5 3 4 1 Volume Set Expansion 63 5 3 4 2 Volum...

Page 4: ...rade Firmware 84 5 5 12 Shutdown Controller 85 5 5 13 Restart Controller 86 5 6 Information Menu 87 5 6 1 RAID Set Hierarchy 87 5 6 2 System Information 89 5 6 3 Hardware Monitor 90 Chapter 6 System M...

Page 5: ...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 otherwise withou...

Page 6: ...e the installation site temperature making it not to exceed the allowed ambient temperature Before plugging in any power cords cables and connectors make sure that the power switches are turned off Di...

Page 7: ...g Carton The shipping package contains the following NOTE If any damage is found contact the dealer or vendor for assistance RAID Subsystem Unit Two 2 power cords One 1 external SAS cable One 1 RJ45 E...

Page 8: ...ays in a 19 inch 2U 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 remote man...

Page 9: ...6TB 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 inte...

Page 10: ...4GB DDR2 800 ECC Registered SDRAM Battery backup Optional Management port support Yes RAID Features RAID level 0 1 10 1E 3 5 6 30 50 60 and JBOD Array group Up to 128 LUNs Up to 128 Hot Spare Yes Driv...

Page 11: ...e BP of PS Fan modules 400W x 2 w PFC of fans 2 Power Requirements AC 90V 254V Full Range 7 5A 4A 47Hz 63Hz Environmental Relative Humidity 10 85 Non condensing Operating Temperature 10 C 50 C 50 F 12...

Page 12: ...r 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 e...

Page 13: ...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 toge...

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 3...

Page 15: ...al 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: ...me 4 10 1E 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: ...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 3 2 Volume Set A Volume Set is seen by the host system as a single...

Page 18: ...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 system The removabl...

Page 19: ...SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 19 Chapter 2 Identifying Parts of the RAID Subsystem 2 1 Main Components 2 1 1 Front View...

Page 20: ...no hard drive the LED is red If hard drive defected in this slot or the hard drive is failure the LED is blinking red Lock Indicator Every Disk Tray is lockable and is fitted with a lock indicator to...

Page 21: ...t Status LEDs Parts Function Power LED Green LED indicates power is ON Power Fail LED If a redundant power supply unit fails this LED will turn to RED and alarm will sound Fan Fail LED When a fan fail...

Page 22: ...les are located at the rear of the subsystem If the power supply fails to function the Power Fail LED will turn red and an alarm will sound An error message will also appear on the LCD screen warning...

Page 23: ...em User Manual 23 2 1 3 Controller Module RAID Controller Module 2 1 3 1 Controller Module Panel Note Only one host cable is included in the package Additional host cables are optional and can be purc...

Page 24: ...Upgrading the Expander Firmware COM1 Use to check controller debug messages R Link Port Use to manage the RAID subsystem via network and web browser Indicator LED Color Description Link LED Green Indi...

Page 25: ...Power On Fail Indicator showing 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...

Page 26: ...w inside the enclosure In replacing the failed PSFM refer to Appendix section of this manual NOTE After replacing the Power Supply Fan Module and turning on the Power On Off Switch of the PSFM the Pow...

Page 27: ...ork cable to the R Link port Connect the other end to your network hub or switch 3 2 Powering On 1 Plug in the power cords into the AC Power Input Socket located at the rear of the subsystem NOTE The...

Page 28: ...m and give instructions on installing a hard drive The subsystem supports hot swapping allowing you to install or replace a hard drive while the subsystem is running 1 Unlock the Disk Trays using a fl...

Page 29: ...the four screw holes of the SAS disk drive in the four Hole A of the disk tray To secure the disk drive into the disk tray tighten four screws on these holes of the disk tray Note in the picture below...

Page 30: ...nual 5 Slide the tray into a slot 6 Press the lever in until you hear the latch click into place The HDD Fault LED will turn green when the subsystem is powered on and HDD is good 7 If necessary lock...

Page 31: ...t 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 t...

Page 32: ...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 Fin...

Page 33: ...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 34: ...he 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 The co...

Page 35: ...figuration which consists of all physical disks installed Raid Set Functions Create a customized Raid Set Volume Set Functions Create a customized Volume Set Physical Drive Functions View individual d...

Page 36: ...a time The RAID controller s factory default password is set to 00000000 Function Key Definitions The four function keys at side of the front panel perform the following functions Parts Function Up a...

Page 37: ...SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 37 4 2 1 Menu Diagram The following menu diagram is a summary of the various configurations and setting functions that can be accessed through terminal...

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Page 43: ...roller 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 the...

Page 44: ...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 Drive Cre...

Page 45: ...e Support will be automatically provided in the screen as shown in the example below There are three options to select No 64bit LBA and 4K Block Greater Two TB Volume Support No Volume Set capacity is...

Page 46: ...eature to view the Volume Set information Refer to Section 5 6 1 NOTE In Quick Create your Raid Set is automatically configured based on the number of disks in your system Use the Raid Set Function an...

Page 47: ...d 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 screen...

Page 48: ...o 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 t...

Page 49: ...t 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 50: ...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 I...

Page 51: ...the HDD state of RAID Set member drives 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 Offl...

Page 52: ...e 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 53: ...te Happens If the 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 Vol...

Page 54: ...omplete 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...

Page 55: ...e Description Global Hot Spare The Hot Spare disk is a hot spare on all enclosures connected in daisy chain It can replace any failed disk in any enclosure Dedicated to RaidSet The Hot Spare disk is a...

Page 56: ...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 missing Rai...

Page 57: ...ill 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 Ra...

Page 58: ...ll 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 maximum 2TB limitation 64bit LBA Use t...

Page 59: ...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 requires a battery module support for...

Page 60: ...RaidSet For Raid30 50 60 screen will show all Raid Sets Tick on the Raid Sets that you want to include in the creation and then click on the Submit button NOTE Maximum of 8 Raid Sets is supported All...

Page 61: ...lete 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 s...

Page 62: ...lume 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 attribute item and click on...

Page 63: ...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 c...

Page 64: ...ck which verifies the correctness of redundant data data blocks and parity blocks in a Volume Set This basically means computing the parity from the data blocks and comparing the results to the conten...

Page 65: ...ation and click on the Submit button The Checking process will be started The checking percentage can also be viewed by clicking on RaidSet Hierarchy in the Information menu 5 3 6 Schedule Volume Chec...

Page 66: ...SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 66 User Manual NOTE To verify the Volume Check schedule go to Information RAID Set Hierarchy select the Volume Set the Volume Set Information will be displayed...

Page 67: ...SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 67 5 3 7 Stop Volume Check Use this option to stop current running Check Volume Set process...

Page 68: ...rough 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 the operating system is on a disk not controlled by the...

Page 69: ...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 Modification s...

Page 70: ...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 th...

Page 71: ...r and click on Identify Enclosure link The Select The Enclosure For Identification screen appears Tick on the enclosure from the list of enclosures then click on the Submit button to identify the sele...

Page 72: ...e is selected using the Identify Drive function the Status LED of the selected disk drive will be blinking Red To identify a selected drive from the drives pool click on the Identify Drive link The Se...

Page 73: ...ration The RAID subsystem allows user to choose the background task priority High 80 Medium 50 Low 25 and Ultra Low 5 to balance between background task process and Volume Set access For high RAID sub...

Page 74: ...f there is no BBM the Auto option will disable Disk Write Cache Disk Capacity Truncation Mode The RAID subsystem use drive truncation so that drives from different vendors are more likely to be able t...

Page 75: ...three options MAID Levels Level 1 Place idle drives in Lower Power Mode where the drives heads are unloaded Level 2 Place idle drives in Low RPM Mode where drives heads are unloaded and slows down to...

Page 76: ...Minutes Time to Spin Down Idle HDD MAID Level 3 This option enables the Raid subsystem to spin down HDDs of a Raid Set after they become idle after a preset period of time In this level the drives sto...

Page 77: ...therNet 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 c...

Page 78: ...will be emailed to the email recipient s that a problem has occurred Events are classified into 4 levels Urgent Serious Warning and Message NOTE If Event Notification by email is enabled every 30 of...

Page 79: ...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 80: ...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 Configur...

Page 81: ...nformation 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 s...

Page 82: ...te 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 c...

Page 83: ...SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 83 5 5 9 Clear Event Buffer Use this feature to clear the RAID subsystem s System Events Information buffer...

Page 84: ...ain 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 85: ...ntroller This is normally used to make sure the data in the cache memory are flushed to the disk drives before turning off the RAID subsystem After shutting down the controller and still want to use t...

Page 86: ...SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 86 User Manual 5 5 13 Restart Controller Use this function to restart the RAID Controller This is normally used after upgrading the RAID controller s firmware...

Page 87: ...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 vie...

Page 88: ...the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Disk Information screen appears This screen shows various information such as timeout count media error count and SMART information To view the Volume Set informatio...

Page 89: ...mation link from the Information menu The Raid Subsystem Information screen appears The Controller Name Firmware Version Boot ROM version PL Firmware Version Serial Number Unit Serial Main Processor C...

Page 90: ...link from the Information menu The Hardware Monitor Information screen appears The Hardware Monitor Information provides the temperature fan speed chassis fan and voltage levels of the RAID subsystem...

Page 91: ...0 Celsius Controller Temperature 70 Celsius Controller Fan Speed 700 RPM Power Supply 12V 10 5V or 13 5V Power Supply 5V 4 7V or 5 4V Power Supply 3 3V 3 0V or 3 6V DDR Supply Voltage 2 5V 2 25V or 2...

Page 92: ...to the model 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 ex...

Page 93: ...nnect 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 sele...

Page 94: ...ile 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 95: ...SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 95 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 96: ...Subsystem 96 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 Controller...

Page 97: ...SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 97 12 Select Yes again to confirm The RAID controller will restart...

Page 98: ...fter 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 Boot...

Page 99: ...ATA RAID Subsystem User Manual 99 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 to...

Page 100: ...ith the Plate Cover This is to maintain proper airflow within the enclosure Refer to next section When replacing a failed component online it is not recommended to remove the failed component for a lo...

Page 101: ...acing a failed power supply fan module PSFM with Plate Cover please follow these steps 1 Turn off the Power On Off Switch of the failed PSFM 2 Disconnect the power cord from the AC Inlet Plug of PSFM...

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