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USB and eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem

User Manual

VT100 terminal configuration Utility Main Menu Options

Select an option and the related information or submenu items display beneath it. The
submenus for each item are shown in the next Section. The configuration utility main
menu options are:

Menu Option

Description

Quick Volume And Raid
Set Setup

Create a RAID configuration 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 disk information

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 Buffer

Clear all event buffer information

Hardware Monitor

Show all system environment status

System Information

View the controller information

Summary of Contents for XL-RAID-2123ISSA

Page 1: ...XL RAID 2123ISSA iSCSI USB and eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual ...

Page 2: ...ifications 15 1 4 RAID Concepts 16 1 5 Array Definition 21 1 5 1 Raid Set 21 1 5 2 Volume Set 21 1 5 3 Easy to Use Features 22 1 5 3 1 Instant Availability Background Initialization 22 1 5 3 2 Array Roaming 22 1 5 3 3 Online Capacity Expansion 22 1 3 3 4 Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration 23 1 5 4 High Availability 24 1 5 4 1 Creating Hot Spares 24 1 5 4 2 Hot Swap Disk Drive Support 24 1...

Page 3: ...me Set 55 3 7 3 1 Volume Expansion 56 3 7 4 Volume Set Migration 56 3 7 5 Check Volume Set 57 3 7 6 Stop Volume Set Check 58 3 8 Physical Drive 59 3 8 1 Create Pass Through Disk 59 3 8 2 Modify Pass Through Disk 60 3 8 3 Delete Pass Through Disk 61 3 8 4 Identify Selected Drive 61 3 9 System Controls 62 3 9 1 System Configuration 62 3 9 2 iSCSI Configuration 65 3 9 3 EtherNet Config 66 3 9 4 Alert...

Page 4: ...Set Hierarchy 76 3 10 2 System Information 78 3 10 3 Hardware Monitor 79 3 11 Creating New Raid Set or Reconfiguring an Existing Raid Set 80 3 12 Upgrading the Firmware 81 Chapter 4 Appendix 87 4 1 Upgrading from Single Power Supply Mode to Redundant Mode Optional 87 ...

Page 5: ...anual NOTES These are notes that contain useful information and tips that the user must give attention to in going through with the subsystem operation Copyright IMPORTANT These are the important information that the user must remember WARNING These are the warnings that the user must follow to avoid unnecessary errors and bodily injury during hardware and software operation of the subsystem CAUTI...

Page 6: ...ceed 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 supply module is being removed from the enclosure Outlets must be accessible to the equipment All external connections should be made using shielded cables and as much as possible should not be performed by...

Page 7: ...tem The package contains the following items RAID Subsystem Unit Two 2 power cords One 1 RJ45 Ethernet cable One 1 external serial cables RJ11 to DB9 One 1 USB Cable Two 2 external SATA cable User Manual NOTE If any damage is found contact the dealer or vendor for assistance ...

Page 8: ...lation 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 Interface GUI provides easy way for users to remotely manage and configure the storage Menu driven interface make user a convenient way to maintain the storage by locally LCD front console Green Power Concept Saves ...

Page 9: ...line capacity expansion within the enclosure Local audible event notification alarm Supports password protection Ethernet Port interface for remote event notification eSATA Support NCQ 32 Command USB iSCSI TCQ 256 Command Transparent data protection for all popular operating systems RAID Management Smart function LCD panel Environmental monitoring unit Real time drive activity and status indicator...

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

Page 11: ...or this slot If hard drive is defective or failed the LED is Red LED is off when there is no hard drive Lock Indicator Every Disk Tray is lockable and is fitted with a lock indicator to indicate whether or not the tray is locked into the chassis or not Each tray is also fitted with an ergonomic handle for easy tray removal When the Lock Groove is horizontal this indicates that the Disk Tray is loc...

Page 12: ... 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 you configure the subsystem Select button This is used to enter the option you have selected Exit button EXIT Press this button to return to the previous menu Environment Status LEDs Power LED Activity LED Parts Function Power LED Green ...

Page 13: ...USB and eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 13 1 2 2 Rear View Redundant Power Supply Single Power Supply ...

Page 14: ...otocol 4 Monitor Port The subsystem is equipped with a serial monitor port allowing you to connect a PC or terminal 5 Toggle Switch Use the toggle switch to change the power supply mode from Single Mode to Redundant Mode and vice versa 6 Power Supply Unit The subsystem has dual or single power supply unit NOTE In order to maintain the system I O performance it is not recommended to access the stor...

Page 15: ...x2 Redundant power supplies w PFC Cooling fan 2 Password protection Yes Audible alarm Yes Failed drive indicators Yes Failed drive auto rebuild Yes Online consistency check Yes Online expansion Yes Array Roaming Yes Online RAID level stripe size migration Yes Instant availability and background initialization Yes Environment monitor Yes Auto spare support Yes Bad block auto remapping Yes Remote ma...

Page 16: ...ytes 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 type of operating environment determines whether large or small stripes should be used Most operating systems today support concurrent disk I O operations across multiple drives However in order to maximize throug...

Page 17: ...mply 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 can be striped together to create a single large array consisting of pairs of mirrored drives All writes must go to both drives of a mirrored pair so that the information on the drives is kept identical However ea...

Page 18: ... 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 can yield similar performance to RAID 3 arrays Under RAID 5 parity information is distributed across all the drives Since there is no dedicated parity drive all drives contain data and read operations can be...

Page 19: ...quential 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 size offers similar performance RAID 5 combines efficient fault tolerant data storage with good performance characteristics However write performance and performance during drive failure is slow...

Page 20: ...re paired and mirrored All data is 100 duplicated on an equivalent drive Fully redundant 2 3 Data is striped across several physical drives Parity protection is used for data redundancy 3 5 Data is striped across several physical drives Parity protection is used for data redundancy 3 10 Combination of RAID levels 1 and 0 This level provides redundancy through mirroring and striping 4 6 Data is str...

Page 21: ...ouped 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 system as a single logical device It is organized in a RAID level with one or more physical disks RAID level refers to the level of data performance and protection of a Volume Set A Volume Set capacity can consume ...

Page 22: ...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 administrator the ability to move a complete Raid Set to another system without losing RAID configuration and data on that Raid Set If a RAID enclosure fails to work the Raid Set disk drives can be moved to another enclos...

Page 23: ... 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 activities as well as in the event that additional physical disks are added to the RAID subsystem For example in a system using two drives in RAID level 1 you could add capacity and retain fault tolerance by adding one dr...

Page 24: ...aces 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 system The removable hard drive tray can deliver hot swappable fault tolerant RAID solution at a price much less than the cost of conventional SCSI hard disk RAID subsystems This feature is provided in the RAID ...

Page 25: ...e power source 4 Press the Power On Off 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 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 Each Drive Carrier has a locking mechani...

Page 26: ...em User Manual 26 c Place the hard drive in the disk tray 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 hear the latch click into place ...

Page 27: ...et via the R Link Ethernet port 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 You cannot use more than one method at the same time 3 1 Configuring Through a Terminal Configuring through a terminal will allow you to use the same configuration options and functions that are available from...

Page 28: ...User Manual 28 USB and eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem 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 29: ...User Manual 29 USB and eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 Click disconnect button 6 Open the File menu and then open Properties 7 Open the Settings Tab ...

Page 30: ... 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 array Monitor Utility screen on your VT100 Terminal 10 The Main Menu will appear Keyboard Function Key Definitions A key to move to the line above Z key to move to the next line Enter key Submit selection functio...

Page 31: ...e 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 unauthorized access The 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 any comma...

Page 32: ...a RAID configuration 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 disk information Raid System Functions Setting the Raid system configurations Ethernet Configuration Setting the Ethernet configurations Views System Events Record all system events in the bu...

Page 33: ...d eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 33 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 ...

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Page 38: ...l 38 NOTE This subsystem can create up to 16 Volume Sets which can be mapped to eSATA Port0 or Port1 or USB Port The Volume Set size can be over 2 Terabytes Use OS Windows 2003 SP1 or later Windows Vista Mac OS 10 or later and Linux kernel 2 6 or later ...

Page 39: ... The default IP address of R LinkPort 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 LCD front panel or terminal Ethernet Configuration menu NOTE If DHCP client function is enabled but a DHCP server is unavailable and the IP address is changed a Controller Restart i...

Page 40: ...ied during setup Raid Set Functions Create customized Raid Sets Volume Set Functions Create customized Volume Sets and allow modification of parameters of existing Volume Physical Drives Create pass through disks and allow modification of parameters of existing pass through drives This also provides a function to identify a respective disk drive System Controls For setting the RAID system configur...

Page 41: ...ate 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 shown in the above example There are two options to select No and Yes Greater Two TB Volume Support No Volume Set capacity is set to maximum 2TB Yes Volume Set capacity can be set over 2TB NOTE In Quick Create the...

Page 42: ...at can be created depends on the number of disk channels in the RAID subsystem For 12 bay RAID subsystem twelve Raid Sets can be created 3 6 1 Create Raid Set To create a Raid Set click on the Create Raid Set link A Select The IDE Drives For RAID Set screen is displayed showing the IDE drives in the RAID subsystem Check the Select option to include a physical drive to the current Raid Set Enter th...

Page 43: ...ick on the Delete Raid Set link A Select The RAID SET To Delete screen is displayed showing all Raid Sets existing in the current subsystem Check the Raid Set number you wantto delete in the Select column Tick on the Confirm The Operation option and click on the Submit button to process with deletion ...

Page 44: ...n the Expand Raid Set link Select the Raid Set 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 started user cannot stop it The process must be completed NOTE If a disk drive fails during Raid Set expansion and a hot spare is available an auto rebuild...

Page 45: ...when 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 Information for all Volume Sets under the Raid Set which is migrating ...

Page 46: ...Mode To offline a Raid Set click on the Offline Raid Set link A Select The RAID SET To Offline screen is displayed showing all existing Raid Sets in the subsystem Select the Raid Set which you want to offline in the Select column Tick on the Confirm The Operation and then click on the Submit button to offline the selected Raid Set NOTE After completing the Offline Raid Set Function all the LEDs of...

Page 47: ...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 subsystem is powered on the Raid Set State will change to Incomplete The Volume Set will not be visible and the failed or removed disk will be shown as Missing ...

Page 48: ...aid 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 Select column Click on the Submit button to activate the Raid Set The Volume Set s associated with the Raid Set will become accessible in Degraded mode NOTE The Activate Raid Set function is only used when Rai...

Page 49: ...sk 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 drive s 3 6 7 Delete Hot Spare Use this option to remove the Hot Spare function from a disk drive Click the Delete Hot Spare function then select the Hot Spare Disk Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on...

Page 50: ...USB and eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 50 3 6 8 Rescue Raid Set If you need to rescue a missing Raid Set please contact your vendor for support or assistance ...

Page 51: ... Volume Set on the Raid Set will have 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 Set 2 Up to 16 Volume Sets in a Raid Set can be created by the RAID subsystem controller To create Volume Set from a Raid Set expand the Volume Set Functions in the mai...

Page 52: ... automatically 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 Mode Set the Initialization Mode for the Volume Set Foreground mode is completed faster but Volume Set but be completed before it becomes accessible Background mode makes the Volume Set...

Page 53: ... assigned in order For eSATA Port1 Drive options are 8 to 15 Manual Assignment For USB Port Drive options are 0 to 7 For iSCSI AoE Drive options are 8 to 15 NOTE The eSATA HBA or controller in the host system must support port multiplier to recognize Volume Sets mapped as Drives 1 to 7 and 8 to 15 Example of eSATA controllers that support port multiplier are Sil3132 or 3124 and Intel ICH9 or ICH10...

Page 54: ...the Delete 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 show all Volume Sets in the selected Raid Set Tick on a Volume Set and check the Confirm The Operation option Click on the Submit button to delete the Volume Set ...

Page 55: ...t 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 select an attribute item and click on the attribute value After completing the modification tick on the Confirm The Operation option and click on the Submit button to save the changes ...

Page 56: ...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 Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to complete the action The Volume Set starts to expand 3 7 4 Volume Set Migration Migration occurs when a Volume Set migrates from one RAID level to...

Page 57: ...orm 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 Operation and click on the Submit button The Checking process will be started Check Volume Set Options Scrub Bad Block If Bad Block Found Assume Parity Data is Good Re compute Parity if Parity Error Assume Data is Good NOTE When the 2 options are not selected...

Page 58: ... II RAID Subsystem User Manual 58 The checking percentage can also be viewed by clicking on RaidSet Hierarchy in the main menu 3 7 6 Stop Volume Set Check Use this option to stop the current running Check Volume Set process ...

Page 59: ...et 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 the operating system is on a disk not controlled by the RAID firmware To create pass through disk click on the Create Pass Through link under the Physical Drives main menu The setting function screen appears Select the disk drive to be made as ...

Page 60: ... 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 Through Disk from the Pass Through drive pool and click on the Submit button to select the drive The Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute screen appears Modify the drive attribute values as you want To save changes tick on Confirm Th...

Page 61: ... 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 LED of the selected disk drive will light To identify a selected drive from the drives pool click on the Identify Drive link The Select The IDE Drive For identification screen appears Tick on the disk drive from...

Page 62: ...rity indicates how much time and system 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 5 to balance between background task process and Volume Set access For high RAID subsystem performance specify a low value Terminal Port Configuration Baud Rate sett...

Page 63: ... This option allows the users to disable the cache of the disk drives in the RAID subsystem In some HDD models disabling the cache in the HDD is necessary to prove 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 Power On Control This option allows th...

Page 64: ... the usable capacity of a drive that is used in redundant units Options are Multiples Of 10G If you have several 120GB drives from different vendors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 121 1 GB and the other 120 4 GB This drive truncation 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 ...

Page 65: ...t the system configuration option as needed iSCSI TargetNode Base Name This option is used to set the iSCSI target node base name iSCSI Port Number 7168 8191 Is Reserved This option is used to modify the iSCSI port number to be used in iSCSI connection Note that port numbers from 7168 to 8191 cannot be used Port Number can also be changed in EhterNet Config NOTE The new settings will take effect o...

Page 66: ...to save the settings DHCP Function This option is used to disable or enable Default is Enabled the DHCP client function Local IP Address This option is used to configure the R Link IP address if DHCP is disabled Gateway IP Address This option is used to configure the R Link IP gateway IP address if DHCP is disabled Subnet Mask This option is used to configure the subnet mask if DHCP is disabled HT...

Page 67: ...r This option is used to set SMTP Port Number Default is 25 Note that port number from 7168 to 8191 is reserved for system use iSCSI Port Number This option is used to set iSCSI Port Number Default is 3260 Port Number can also be changed in iSCSI Config Note that port number from 7168 to 8191 is reserved for system use AoE Major Address This option is used to set the AoE Header Major Address Range...

Page 68: ...nfig 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 occurs an error message will be emailed to the email recipient s that a problem has occurred Events are classified into 4 levels Urgent Serious Warning and Information ...

Page 69: ...tion 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 3 sysName 0 SNMP parameter 31 bytes max If these 3 categories are configured and when an error occurs SNMP will send out a message that includes the 3 categories within the message This allows user to easily defi...

Page 70: ...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 s NTP Configuration screen will be displayed Select the desired function and configure the necessary option After completing the settings tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to save ...

Page 71: ...m 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 system via R Link connection the RAID system s time will be referenced to the time of the host system When not connected to the RAID Manager GUI via R Link connection the time information is the relative to the ti...

Page 72: ...nerate Test Event If you want to generate 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 Beeper to view the test event ...

Page 73: ...USB and eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 73 3 9 9 Clear Event Buffer Use this feature to clear the RAID subsystem s System Events Information buffer ...

Page 74: ...ation from unauthorized access 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 any command after sometime To disable the password enter only the original password in the Enter Original Password box leave both the Enter New Password and Re Enter New Passw...

Page 75: ... 9 12 Shutdown Controller Use this function to shutdown the RAID Controller This is used to flush the data from the cache memory and is normally done before powering off the subsystem 3 9 13 Restart Controller Use this function to restart the RAID controller ...

Page 76: ...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 Hierarchy screen To view the Raid Set information click the Raid Set link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Raid Set Information screen appears ...

Page 77: ... 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 compared to the threshold value the better If the attribute value becomes smaller than the threshold value the disk is in unstable state To view the Volume Set information click the Volume Set link from the Raid Set ...

Page 78: ...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 serial number main processor CPU data instruction cache size and system memory size speed appear in this screen ...

Page 79: ... 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 threshold values are exceeded warning messages will be indicated through the LCD LED and alarm buzzer Item Warning Condition Controller Board Temperature 60 Celsius HDD Temperature 60 Celsius Power Supply 12V 10 5V ...

Page 80: ...ation 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 5 Initialize the Volume Set...

Page 81: ...EADME TXT It contains 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 computer Establishing the Connection for the RS 232 The firmware can be downloaded to the RAID subsystem s controller using an ANSI VT 100 compatible terminal emulation program or web b...

Page 82: ...into the local directory NOTE When there is new boot ROM firmware that needs 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 scroll down to Raid System Function 2 Choose the Update Firmware The Update The Raid Firmware dialog box appears 3 Go to the menu...

Page 83: ...Protocol to set ZMODEM as the file transfer protocol of your terminal emulation software 5 Click Browse Look 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 ...

Page 84: ...ware downloading is completed the confirmation screen appears Select Yesto start programming the flash ROM 8 When the Flash programming starts a message will show Start Updating Firmware Please Wait 9 The firmware upgrade will take approximately thirty seconds to complete ...

Page 85: ... SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 85 10 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 take effect ...

Page 86: ...em firmware click the Upgrade Firmware link 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 xxxxxxxx BIN and click Open 3 Select the Confirm The Operation option Click the Submit button 4 The Web Browser begins to download the firmware binary to the control...

Page 87: ...and customer wants to upgrade to Redundant Power Supply Mode the other Power Supply Module can be purchased Please contact your storage vendor To upgrade from single power supply mode to redundant power supply mode follow these steps 1 Loosen the two screws of the power supply cover plate 2 Remove the cover plate and insert power supply carefully Tighten two screws to lock the power supply in plac...

Page 88: ...USB and eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 88 3 Change the toggle switch to RPW indicating that the power supply is in redundant mode ...

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