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SATA II RAID Subsystem

User Manual

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Page 1: ...SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual Revision 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...efinition 18 1 4 1 Raid Set 18 1 4 2 Volume Set 18 1 5 High Availability 19 1 5 1 Creating Hot Spares 19 1 5 2 Hot Swap Disk Drive Support 19 1 5 3 Hot Swap Disk Rebuild 19 Chapter 2 Identifying Parts of the RAID Subsystem 20 2 1 Main Components 20 2 1 1 Front View 20 2 1 2 Rear View 23 Chapter 3 Getting Started with the Subsystem 25 3 1 Disk Drive Installation 25 3 2 Connecting to Host 26 3 3 Pow...

Page 3: ...Raid Set 56 5 3 Volume Set Function 57 5 3 1 Create Volume Set 57 5 3 2 Delete Volume Set 60 5 3 3 Modify Volume Set 61 5 3 3 1 Volume Set Expansion 62 5 3 3 2 Volume Set Migration 63 5 3 4 Check Volume Set 64 5 3 5 Schedule Volume Check 66 5 3 6 Stop Volume Check 67 5 4 Physical Drive 68 5 4 1 Create Pass Through Disk 68 5 4 2 Modify a Pass Through Disk 69 5 4 3 Delete Pass Through Disk 70 5 4 4 ...

Page 4: ... 5 5 12 Upgrade Firmware 85 5 5 13 Shutdown Controller 86 5 5 14 Restart Controller 87 5 6 Information Menu 88 5 6 1 RAID Set Hierarchy 88 5 6 2 System Information 90 5 6 3 Hardware Monitor 91 Chapter 6 Maintenance 92 6 1 Upgrading the RAID Controller s Cache Memory 92 6 1 1 Replacing the Memory Module 92 6 2 Upgrading the RAID Controller s Firmware 93 ...

Page 5: ...pyright 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 without the prior written consent Trademarks All products and trade names used in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Changes The material in this document is for informat...

Page 6: ...mbient 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 bare hand Using a...

Page 7: ... contains the following NOTE If any damage is found contact the dealer or vendor for assistance RAID Subsystem Unit Three 3 power cords Two 2 external SCSI cables One 1 RJ45 Ethernet cable One 1 external null modem cable One 1 external UPS cable Two 2 Active LVD SE terminators User Manual ...

Page 8: ...ensity Available 3U chassis with 16 bays carriers Extraordinary fault tolerance Advanced Guarding technology RAID ADG provides the highest level of data protection Extraordinary performance Serial ATA The Next Generation Internal Storage Interconnect Better connectivity higher data transfer rates ...

Page 9: ...for remote event notification Dual host channels support clustering technology Tagged commend queuing for 256 commands allows for overlapping data streams Transparent data protection for all popular operating systems RAID ADG provides the highest level of data protection Supports multiple array enclosure per host connection Online RAID level migration RAID Management Smart function LCD panel Envir...

Page 10: ...e board SATA II Hot swap drive trays Sixteen 16 1 inch trays Hot swappable power supplies Three 3 300W power supplies with PFC Cooling fans 2 blower Battery backup Option Fibre hub No R Link support Yes SNMP Protocol Support Yes Background RAID Initialization Yes S M A R T Yes Array roaming Yes Power Requirements AC 90V 254V Full Range 12A 6A at 110V 220V 47Hz 63Hz Relative Humidity 10 85 Non cond...

Page 11: ...s 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 throughput for ...

Page 12: ...ir 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 each indivi...

Page 13: ...ords 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 overlapped on every drive in the a...

Page 14: ...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 slower than w...

Page 15: ...ndant 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 6 Data is striped across several physical drives Parity protection is used for data redundancy Requires N 2 drives to implement because of two dimensional parity scheme 4 10 Combination of RAID leve...

Page 16: ...2 m Ultra 160 Wide 16 Bits 160MB Se 12 m Ultra 320 LVD 16 Bits 320MB Se 12 m 1 3 2 Host SCSI ID Selection A SCSI ID is an identifier assigned to SCSI devices which enables them to communicate with a computer when they are attached to a host adapter via the SCSI bus Each SCSI device and the host adapter itself must have a SCSI ID number Ultra 320 Wide SCSI 0 to 15 The ID defines each SCSI device on...

Page 17: ... host adapter and the SCSI devices attached to it must be properly terminated or they will not work reliably Termination means that terminators are installed in the devices at each end of the bus Some SCSI devices require you to manually insert or remove the terminators Other devices have built in terminators that are enabled or disabled via switches or software commands Refer to the device s docu...

Page 18: ...gether 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 4 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 all or a...

Page 19: ... 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 subsystem ...

Page 20: ...entifying Parts of the RAID Subsystem The illustrations below identify the various parts of the system Familiarize yourself with the parts and terms as you may encounter them later in the later chapters and sections 2 1 Main Components 2 1 1 Front View ...

Page 21: ... is busy or data is being accessed 4 LCD Display Panel NOTE The 3 buttons on the left of the LCD Display Panel are reserved no function 5 Smart Function Front Panel The smart LCD panel is an option to configure the RAID subsystem If you are configuring the subsystem using the LCD panel press the Select button to login and configure the RAID subsystem Parts Function Up and Down Arrow buttons Use th...

Page 22: ... turn to RED and alarm will sound Fan Fail LED When a fan fails or the fan s rotational speed is below 700RPM this LED will turn red and an alarm will sound Over Temperature LED If temperature irregularities in the system occurs HDD slot temperature over 65 C this LED will turn RED and alarm will sound Voltage Warning LED An alarm will sound warning of a voltage abnormality and this LED will turn ...

Page 23: ...u use web based browser to management RAID subsystem through Ethernet for remote configuration and monitoring Link LED Green LED indicates ethernet is linking Access LED The LED will blink orange when the 100Mbps ethernet is being accessed Uninterrupted Power Supply UPS Port The subsystem may come with an optional UPS port allowing you to connect a UPS device Connect the cable from the UPS device ...

Page 24: ...ar of the subsystem Turn on the power of these power supplies to power on the subsystem The power LED at the front panel will turn green If the power supply fails to function or a power supply is not turn on the Power Fail LED will turn red and an alarm will sound AN error message will also appear on the LCD screen warning of power failure Power Supply Fail indicator If a power supply fails this L...

Page 25: ...isk tray Press the tray latch downwards to release the tray Pull the handle outwards to remove the carrier from the enclosure b Take off the bracket before installing hard drive c Place the hard drive in the disk tray d Install the mounting screws on each side to secure the drive in the tray e Slide the tray into a slot and close the tray lever until it clicks into place The HDD status LED will tu...

Page 26: ...pair of host channel SCSI connector at the rear of the subsystem attach one end of the external SCSI cable to one of the SCSI connectors and the other end to the host adapter s external SCSI connector The host adapter is installed in your Host subsystem 2 Connect the other host system using the other external SCSI cable if you want to configure subsystem into multi host attachment 3 3 Powering On ...

Page 27: ...to the Host A B out connector In this case no terminator is required at the disk array but the last device in the daisy chain must have a terminator Correct SCSI termination procedures require that the last devices on the SCSI bus be terminated If the last device is not terminated or if devices other than the last are terminated erratic SCSI bus performance may occur Typically the system or host a...

Page 28: ...ith a UPS port located at the rear of the sys tem unit It allows you to connect a UPS fail signal Pin Description 1 Not used 2 UPS Line Fail 3 Not used 4 UPS Common 5 Not used 6 Not used 7 Not used 8 Not used 9 Not used Note UPS connection compliant with NetWare UPS management smart mode UPS not support UPS Port ...

Page 29: ...ort located at the rear of the system unit This serves as an alternative display when accessing the setup utility Pin Description 1 Data Carrier Detect 2 Receive Data RD 3 Transmit Data TD 4 Data Terminal Ready 5 Signal Ground SG 6 Data Set Ready DSR 7 Ready To Send RTS 8 Clear To Send CTS 9 Ring Indicator RI Monitor Port ...

Page 30: ... you to access using only one method at a time You cannot use more than one method at the same time 4 1 Configuration through Terminal Configuring through a terminal will allow you to use the same configuration options and functions that are available from the LCD panel and via Telnet To start up 1 Connect the Monitor port located at the rear of the system to a PC or a VT100 compatible terminal op...

Page 31: ...SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 31 4 The default setting of the monitor port is 115200 baud rate 8 data bit non parity 1 stop bit and no flow control 5 Click disconnect button ...

Page 32: ...File menu and then open Properties 7 Open the Settings Tab 8 Configure the settings as follows Function arrow and ctrl keys act as Terminal Keys Backspace key sends Crtl H Emulation VT100 Telnet terminal ID VT100 Back scroll buffer lines 500 Click OK ...

Page 33: ...l 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 function ESC key Return to previous screen L key Line draw X key Redraw ...

Page 34: ...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 command in twent...

Page 35: ...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 Hdd Power Management Setting the HDD power management configurations Ethernet Configuration Setting the Ethernet configurations Views System Events Record a...

Page 36: ...formation up to two lines at a time The RAID controller s factory default password is set to 00000000 Function Key Definitions The four function keys at the top of the front panel 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 you configure the RA...

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Page 43: ...oller 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 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 is necessary If the D...

Page 44: ...ng 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 Drives Create pass through disks and allow modification of parameters of existing pass through drives This also provides a function to identify a disk drive System Controls For setting the RAID system configuratio...

Page 45: ...is over 2TB an option Greater Two TB Volume 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 set to maximum 2TB 64bit LBA Use this option for UNIX Linux Kernel 2 6 or later Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later versions Windows x64 and other supported ope...

Page 46: ...will start to initialize You can use RaidSet Hierarchy feature 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 maximum 32 disks per Raid Set Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you prefer to create customized Raid Set and Volume Set ...

Page 47: ...elete existing Raid Set and reconfigure a Raid Set Up to 128 raid set can be created by the RAID subsystem controller 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 is displayed showing the disk drives in the system Tick the box of each disk drive that will be included in Raid Set to be created Enter the preferred Raid Set Name ...

Page 48: ... click on the Delete RAID Set link A Select The Raid Set To 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 to process with deletion ...

Page 49: ...nd 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 operation...

Page 50: ...isk 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 51: ...D state 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 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...

Page 52: ...AID 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 RAID Set Tick the Confirm The Operation and click Submit ...

Page 53: ...AID 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 Volume Set s associated with the Raid Set will not be visible and the failed or removed disk will be shown as Missing At the same time the subsystem will not detect the Volume Set s hence the volume s is are not accessible...

Page 54: ... 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 Incomplete Raid Set function is only used ...

Page 55: ...are 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 hot spare dedicated only to the RaidSet where it is assigned It can replace any failed disk in the RaidSet where it is assigned Dedicated to Enclosure The Hot Spare disk is a hot spare dedicated only to the enclosure where it is located It can replace any fail...

Page 56: ... by 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 a missing Raid Set using the Rescue Raid Set function please contact your vendor s support engineer for assistance ...

Page 57: ...e 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 Raid Set 2 Up to 128 Volume Sets in a Raid Set can be created in the RAID subsystem To create Volume Set from a Raid Set expand the Volume Set Functions in the main menu and click on the Create Volume Set link...

Page 58: ...application Greater Two TB Volume Support 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 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 this option for UNIX Linux Kernel 2 6 or later Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later ve...

Page 59: ... before the write I O is acknowledged as complete Write Back when data is 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 the cache memory or a UPS for the subsystem Tagged Command Queuing When this option is enabled it enhances the overall system ...

Page 60: ...e 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 61: ...k 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 62: ...system Refer to Section 5 2 3 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 cursor to the Volume Set Capacity item and enter the capacity size Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to complete the action The Volume Set st...

Page 63: ...ration Migration occurs when a Volume Set migrates from one RAID level to another a Volume Set stripe size changes or when a disk is added to a Raid Set Migrating status is displayed in the Volume Set status area of the RaidSet Hierarchy screen during migration ...

Page 64: ...e Set Only RAID levels with parity redundant data such as RAID Levels 3 5 and 6 support this function 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 Select the Check Volume Set options Check Volume Set Options Scrub Bad Block If Bad Block Found Assume Parity Data is Good Re compute Parity if Parity Error Assume Data i...

Page 65: ...ted The checking percentage can also be viewed by clicking on RaidSet Hierarchy in the Information menu NOTE The result of Check Volume Set function is shown in System Events Information and Volume Set Information In System Events Information it is shown in the Errors column In Volume Set Information it is shown in Errors Found field ...

Page 66: ...o run Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Scheduler Disabled 1Day For Testing 1Week 2Weeks 3Weeks 4Weeks 8Weeks 12Weeks 16Weeks 20Weeks and 24Weeks Check After System Idle No 1 Minute 3 Minutes 5 Minutes 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 20 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes and 60 Minutes NOTE To verify the Volume Check schedule go to Information RAID Set Hierarchy select the Volume Set t...

Page 67: ...SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 67 5 3 6 Stop Volume Check Use this option to stop all Volume Set consistency checking process processes ...

Page 68: ...s 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 Pass Through Disk and co...

Page 69: ...n an 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 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 driv...

Page 70: ...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 the Submit button to complete the delete action ...

Page 71: ...ursor 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 selected enclosure All disk drives LEDs in an enclosure will flash when a particular enclosure is selected ...

Page 72: ... is selected using the Identify Drive function the Status LED of the selected disk drive will be blinking To identify a selected drive from the drives pool click on the Identify Drive link The Select The IDE Device For identification screen appears Tick on the IDE device from the drives list After completing the selection click on the Submit button to identify selected drive ...

Page 73: ...ion 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 JBOD RAID Configuration The RAID subsystem supports JBOD and RAID configuration SATA NCQ Support NCQ is a command protocol in Serial ATA that can only be implemente...

Page 74: ...sable 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 to be used as spares for each other Drive truncation slightly decreases the usable capacity of a drive that is used in the subsystem Options are Multiples Of 10G If you have several 120GB drives from different vendors chances are that the cap...

Page 75: ...ystem MAID is implemented in the HDD Power Management menu Using the Advanced Power Management APM function of disk drives HDD Power Management has 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 around 4000 RPM and Level 3 Spin down idle drives wh...

Page 76: ...round 4000 RPM The power consumption of the Idle HDD saving is from 35 to 45 Recovery time is 15 seconds Options are Disabled 10 20 30 40 50 and 60 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 stop spinning and go into sleep mode The power consumpt...

Page 77: ...5 3 U320 SCSI Target Config To set the U320 SCSI Target Configuration function move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the U320 SCSI Target Config The SCSI Channel Configuration screen will be shown Configure the desired function ...

Page 78: ... Ethernet configuration click the EtherNet 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 click the Submit button to save the settings ...

Page 79: ...ent 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 NOTE If Event Notification by email is enabled every 30 of event log will be sent to the email recipient s as one ...

Page 80: ...ss 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 sysContact 0 2 sysLocation 0 and 3 sysName 0 SNMP parameter 31 bytes max If these 3 categories are configured and when an event occurs SNMP will send out a message that includes the 3 categories within the ...

Page 81: ...ver 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 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 the co...

Page 82: ...rmation 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 screen will show Time Device Event type Elapse Time and Errors This function is also used to silence the beeper alarm ...

Page 83: ...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 click on the View Events Mute Beeper to view the test event ...

Page 84: ...SATA II RAID Subsystem 84 User Manual 5 5 10 Clear Event Buffer Use this feature to clear the RAID subsystem s System Events Information buffer ...

Page 85: ...enu 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 and leave both the Enter New Password and Re Enter New Password boxes blank After selecting the Confirm The Operation option and clicking the Submit button the ...

Page 86: ...ontroller This is used to flush the data from the cache memory and is normally done before powering off the system power switch After shutting down the controller and still want to use the RAID subsystem you must restart the controller either by Restart Controller function or by Power Supply On Off switch ...

Page 87: ...SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 87 5 5 14 Restart Controller Use this function to restart the RAID Controller This is normally done after upgrading the controller s firmware ...

Page 88: ...system 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 view the Raid Set information click the Raid Set link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Raid Set Information screen appears ...

Page 89: ...vice Information screen appears This screen shows various information such as disk drive model name serial number firmware revision disk capacity timeout count media error count and SMART information To view the Volume Set information click the Volume VOL link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Volume Set Information screen appears ...

Page 90: ...AID Subsystem 90 User Manual 5 6 2 System Information To view the RAID subsystem s controller information click the System Information link from the Information menu The Raid Subsystem Information screen appears ...

Page 91: ...nclosure 2 such as the temperature fan speed power supply status and voltage levels All items are also unchangeable When the threshold values are surpassed warning messages will be indicated through the LCD LED and alarm buzzer Item Warning Condition CPU Temperature 90 Celsius Controller Board Temperature 70 Celsius HDD Temperature 65 Celsius Fan Speed 1500 RPM Power Supply 12V 10 5V or 13 5V Powe...

Page 92: ... the power cables 3 Disconnect any Fibre cable from the controller module and then remove the Controller Module from the slot 4 Remove the memory module from the RAM socket of the RAID controller by pressing the ejector clips until the memory module pops out of the socket 5 Align the new memory module into the socket Make sure the notch is aligned with the key on the socket itself With the ejector...

Page 93: ...rsion README 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 o...

Page 94: ...hat 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 bar and click Transfer Select Send File 4 Select ZMODEM modem unde...

Page 95: ...system User Manual 95 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 96: ...loading 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 97: ...RAID Subsystem User Manual 97 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 98: ...r 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 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 Subm...

Page 99: ... 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 take effect ...

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