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USB 3.0-to-SATA II RAID Subsystem

 

 

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User’s Manual 

 

4.2.3   Firmware Information 

 
Shows information about current firmware and provides function to upgrade the firmware 
version. 
 

 

 

 
Firmware Information 

– shows the Product Name, Firmware version, Manufacturer, and 

Flash Number. 

 

Firmware Upgrade Buttons: 

 

 

Browse 

– Use this button to browse and select the firmware file. After selecting the 

firmware file, the Select Firmware box will show the selected firmware file. 

Update 

– Use this button to upgrade the selected firmware file. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Содержание iS05AAUW8

Страница 1: ...USB 3 0 to SATA II RAID SUBSYSTEM User s Manual Revision 1 0 ...

Страница 2: ...nfiguration Utility 23 3 1 Installing the AP in Microsoft Windows 24 3 2 Starting the AP in Linux 27 3 3 Starting the AP in Mac OS 28 3 4 Mini EPICa Management GUI 29 3 4 1 Other Buttons of the mini EPICa Management GUI 30 Chapter 4 RAID Management 33 4 1 Basic Mode 33 4 1 1 RAID and Disk Information 33 4 1 2 Event Log Viewer 36 4 1 3 Basic Raid Configuration 37 4 2 Advanced Mode 41 4 2 1 Email No...

Страница 3: ... 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 otherwise without the prior written consent Trademarks All products and trade names used in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Changes The material in this doc...

Страница 4: ...ords 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 anti static hand gloves is recommended In installi...

Страница 5: ...stem User s Manual 5 Unpacking the Subsystem The package contains the following items RAID subsystem unit One 1 power cord One 1 USB 3 0 cable Key Token Optional Two 2 screw handle Four 4 Rubber Feet Installation Reference Guide CD ...

Страница 6: ...ntenance Provide a fast and easy way to install and manage the storage Low Power Consumption Cable less backplane with integrated RAID processor No more unnecessary components inside Features USB 3 0 high speed host interface Over 2TB support Supports hot spare and automatic hot rebuild Local event notification Easy management via In Band data bus Transparent data protection for all popular operat...

Страница 7: ...5 0Gbps Drive Bus Interface SATAII Up to 3 0Gbps Hot swap Disk Trays Five 5 3 5 inch Disk trays Cooling Fans 1 Failed Drive Indicators Yes Failed Drive Auto Rebuild Yes Environment Monitor Yes Auto Spare Support Yes Power Supply 180W full range Environmental Relative Humidity Operating Temperature 10 85 Non condensing 10 C 40 C 50 F 104 F Dimension 221 H x 156 W x 260 D mm Weight 7Kg without disks...

Страница 8: ...USB 3 0 to SATA II RAID Subsystem 8 User s Manual 1 2 Identifying Parts of the RAID Subsystem The illustrations below identify the various parts of the subsystem 1 2 1 Front View ...

Страница 9: ...ault LED Green LED means HDD is detected good Red LED indicates hard drive has failed No LED light means no hard drive in the slot 1 2 1 2 LED Indicators Part Function Fan Fail LED LED is off means Fan is good Red LED means Fan has failed Over Temp LED LED is off means Temperature is normal Red LED means Temperature exceeded normal range Power On LED White LED means RAID subsystem is powered on ...

Страница 10: ...entilation for the RAID subsystem Power On Off Switch Use the Power On Off System Switch to turn on or off the RAID subsystem Power Input Socket Use the Power Input Socket to connect the power cable Key Token Port The subsystem has one key token port for inserting the key token NOTE For more information about using the key token refer to Section 2 2 Using the Key Token ...

Страница 11: ...0 is the segmentation of logically sequential data such as a single file so that segment can be assigned to multiple hard disks in a round robin fashion and thus written concurrently Advantage of RAID 0 is to achieve high performance by accumulating each individual hard disk performance However if any one hard disk gets defective information stored in this RAID 0 will become invalid The RAID subsy...

Страница 12: ... Take four hard drives in RAID 10 as an example Hard drive 0 and hard drive 1 could act as Mirror 1 Hard drive 2 and hard drive 3 act as Mirror 1 too The RAID controller then configures these two Mirrors as Stripe At least two drives either one in each Mirror can be allowed to fail without any impact to RAID data access If two drives from the same Mirror are failed the RAID data is not accessible ...

Страница 13: ...rity Protection RAID 3 and RAID 5 The XOR engine in the RAID controller generates parity block In RAID 3 mode parity block will be stored in the same hard disk drive In RAID 5 mode parity block will be spread over all of the different hard drives The RAID controller will also make use of the same size disk space in each hard disk under RAID 3 RAID 5 condition Failure in a hard disk will cause the ...

Страница 14: ...s 2 LARGE None Large is similar to RAID 0 in that it concatenates the capacity of all member drives The data is written linearly starting with the first disk drive When first disk drive becomes full the next disk drive is used Large can have 2 or more disk drives There is no data redundancy 1 CLONE No of drives minus 1 Clone provides multiple copies of data in a disk drive Clone can have 2 or more...

Страница 15: ...ective in RAID 10 Clone mode a defective hard drive will be rebuilt only after the previous defective one is rebuilt successfully Broken Mode Broken mode means the number of hard disk is not enough to keep RAID run normally RAID hard disks then will just keep some basic communication functions with application No other data access is allowed If broken mode is caused by RAID hard disk defect the RA...

Страница 16: ...re it is interrupted last time There is no need to rebuild from the beginning On line Command Based Bad Sector Recovery Hard disk might be defective in some sectors When the defect causes write operation error in system O S e g Windows or Linux will do some error handling to prevent users from using these defective sectors However when there are problems in reading operation some important data mi...

Страница 17: ...xisting RAID configuration make sure the RAID logical volume is not in use then power off the RAID unit Remove all disk drives take note of their arrangement order insert the replacement HDD and power on the RAID unit Check the RAID and Disk Information in miniEPICa GUI if the HDD is Unreleased or contains RAID configuration To delete the existing RAID configuration on the replacement HDD go to Ad...

Страница 18: ...ubsystem 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 This also discusses on how to power on the subsystem in preparation for operation 2 1 Installing Hard Drives a Push the tray latch to release a disk tray b Then pull out an empty disk tray ...

Страница 19: ...tray Make sure the holes of the disk tray align with the holes of the hard drive d Install the mounting screws on the bottom part to secure the drive in the disk tray e Slide the tray into a slot until it reaches a full stop f Press the lever in until you hear the latch click into place ...

Страница 20: ...rovide stable stand The following are the steps in installing the rubber feet 1 Prepare the four 4 rubber feet 2 Remove the rubber feet by pulling it outward 3 Attach the rubber feet on the base of the unit The rubber feet can also be pasted on the unit anywhere the user prefers but must be evenly spaced so that the unit will stand firm and stable ...

Страница 21: ...ncrypted The RAID subsystem works like standard model Here are some steps and scenarios when using the key token Scenario 1 Data is accessed normally 1 While the RAID subsystem is powered off insert the key token and USB cable 2 Power on the RAID subsystem 3 In host system format the RAID volume and copy data 4 Finish setup Scenario 2 Data will not be accessible 1 After you do steps in scenario 1 ...

Страница 22: ...ble from RAID subsystem to the SATA port on Host Server Insert the key token into the key token port if your RAID subsystem has Key Token NOTE The Key Token is optional The RAID Subsystem can be purchased with or without Key Token 2 Connect the power cord to the power input socket Plug the other end of power cord to the power source 3 Turn on the Power On Off Switch Key Token ...

Страница 23: ...system If the RAID subsystem is not connected to the Host system the Application Program will show No disks or RAID NOTE At least disk drive must be inserted in the RAID subsystem If there is no disk drive in the RAID subsystem the Application Program will show No disks or RAID IMPORTANT When hard disks are inserted in the disk slots the first hard disk is assigned Port 0 Port 0 is the in band cha...

Страница 24: ...he AP in Microsoft Windows 1 Insert the CD that comes with the subsystem into the CD ROM drive of your Windows host system Navigate to Raid Manager folder and open Windows AP x xx xx folder 2 To install the Windows AP open the setup exe program by double clicking on it ...

Страница 25: ...3 0 to SATA II RAID Subsystem User s Manual 25 3 Click Install to begin the installation The setup wizard will start installing 4 Click Finish to exit the wizard The application will be launched immediately ...

Страница 26: ...USB 3 0 to SATA II RAID Subsystem 26 User s Manual The mini EPICa Application Program main screen will be displayed ...

Страница 27: ...m Copy the application files from CD RAID Manager Linux AP x xx xx Linux_Fedora or Linux_uBuntu subdirectory into local directory 2 Go to the local directory where the Application Program is saved and open the Application Program This example is from Fedora Core 9 Another way is to open terminal window then at the command prompt type miniEPICaRaidSetup After running the Application Program the min...

Страница 28: ...CD ROM drive of your Mac host system Copy the application files from CD RAID Manager Mac AP x xx xx subdirectory into local directory 2 Go to the subdirectory where the Application Program is saved miniEPICaRaidSetup app Contents MacOS and open the Application Program This example is from Mac OS X Server version 10 5 4 After running the Application Program the mini EPICa main screen will be displa...

Страница 29: ...r Shows the RAID controller event log Basic Raid Configuration Provides function for creating basic RAID configuration This function will use all available disk drives Advanced Mode Email Notification and Event Settings This function provides option to configure email for sending event notifications when events happen Advanced Raid Configuration This function provides option to customize RAID conf...

Страница 30: ...anagement GUI Minimize Window button Used to minimize the mini EPICa GUI into taskbar Close Windows button Used to close the mini EPICa GUI Note that the AP is still running in the background To exit the AP right click the mini EPICa icon in the task bar then select Quit from the pop up menu ...

Страница 31: ...USB 3 0 to SATA II RAID Subsystem User s Manual 31 About button Used to display the current mini EPICa AP version ...

Страница 32: ...USB 3 0 to SATA II RAID Subsystem 32 User s Manual Turn Off the Buzzer Use this to silence the alarm buzzer ...

Страница 33: ...asic Mode and Advanced Mode 4 1 Basic Mode Under Basic Mode there are three menu options that can be selected RAID and Disk Information Event Log Viewer and Basic Raid Configuration 4 1 1 RAID and Disk Information RAID and Disk Information provides information about RAID and disk drives RAID and Disk Information No existing RAID configuration Disk Information Disk drive is Unreleased or not a RAID...

Страница 34: ...failed in a RAID Level with data redundancy The data is still accessible Broken One or more disk drives failed in a RAID Level The number of allowable failed disk drives in the RAID Level has been exceeded and data is not accessible Rebuilding The RAID is in rebuilding state The completed rebuilding percentage is shown Capacity Shows the capacity of the RAID Plugged Member s Shows the disk drive s...

Страница 35: ...sk drive s firmware version Capacity Shows the capacity of the disk drive Unreleased Capacity Shows the amount of unused or unreleased capacity in the disk drive Disk Information This will show SMART information of the selected disk drive if SMART function is supported by the disk drive NOTE The SMART information will be shown only if a RAID is already created Controller 1 Controller Information T...

Страница 36: ... Number of Events the Issued Module Date Type and Message Event Log Buttons Save To File This option allows the event logs to be saved as a log text file log Enter the filename you want for the log file and click Save Clear Selecting this option will clear the event log When the dialog box shown below is displayed select Yes to delete all event logs ...

Страница 37: ...RAID Levels that can be selected for the number of available disk drives are enabled When there is an existing RAID the DELETE ALL RAID s option is enabled Support Password This option provides RAID security When this option is enabled and a password is entered in the corresponding box deleting the RAID will require the password to be entered Using a wrong password will not allow the RAID to be de...

Страница 38: ...ate a RAID using Basic Raid Configuration 1 In the Configure RAID option select the RAID Level you want for the RAID Click Apply to save the RAID configuration 2 When a dialog box is displayed select Yes to confirm creating RAID 3 A progress bar will be shown ...

Страница 39: ...II RAID Subsystem User s Manual 39 4 An information message will be displayed Click OK 5 The RAID is created successfully The RAID will be available to the Host Server immediately and a new disk device will be detected ...

Страница 40: ...oft Windows under Device Manager the new disk drive 5Bays H W RAID5 USB Device is displayed NOTE If your RAID subsystem s host interface is USB 3 0 you can create up to two RAIDs The RAID size can be over 2 Terabytes Use OS Windows XP 64bit Windows 2003 SP1 or later Windows Vista Windows 7 Mac OS 10 or later and Linux kernel 2 6 or later ...

Страница 41: ... specified mail server Recipient E mail s Enter one or more recipient email addresses Multiple email addresses are separated by Select event s for notification Tick the events which you want to be included in the list of events for email notification When selected events happen the email recipient s will receive the event notification Email Notification Buttons Send Mail Test Use this send a mail ...

Страница 42: ...able RAIDs that can be deleted is displayed Create RAID Select the RAID Level from the list of options and select the disk drives in the right pane When the minimum number of disk drives for the RAID Level has been selected the Apply and Cancel buttons will become active and can be used Delete RAID Select the RAID from the list of RAIDs displayed and click Apply to delete the selected RAID Support...

Страница 43: ...ect Create RAID 2 Select the RAID Level you want for the RAID 3 Select the disk drives you want to become member of the RAID 4 If you want security for the RAID enable Support Password and enter a password 5 Click Apply to save the RAID configuration A dialog box will be displayed Select Yes to proceed 6 A progress box will be displayed ...

Страница 44: ...The RAID will be available to the Host Server immediately and a new disk device will be detected NOTE Any unreleased disk s will automatically become hot spare disk s The status of a hot spare disk will be shown as S0 for first host spare S1 for second hot spare and so on Hot spare disk status can be viewed using RAID and Disk Information ...

Страница 45: ...oft Windows under Device Manager the new disk drive 5Bays H W RAID5 USB Device is displayed NOTE If your RAID subsystem s host interface is USB 3 0 you can create up to two RAIDs The RAID size can be over 2 Terabytes Use OS Windows XP 64bit Windows 2003 SP1 or later Windows Vista Windows 7 Mac OS 10 or later and Linux kernel 2 6 or later ...

Страница 46: ...the firmware version Firmware Information shows the Product Name Firmware version Manufacturer and Flash Number Firmware Upgrade Buttons Browse Use this button to browse and select the firmware file After selecting the firmware file the Select Firmware box will show the selected firmware file Update Use this button to upgrade the selected firmware file ...

Страница 47: ... and locate the firmware file 2 Select Update to proceed with firmware upgrade 3 The firmware will be upgraded Click OK 4 To reboot the RAID subsystem uninstall the disk drive from the host system then power cycle the RAID subsystem The new firmware will be loaded in the RAID controller ...

Страница 48: ...no host access to the RAID after the preset time minutes the RAID will be in standby mode RAID Rebuild Priority Settings Use this option to set the RAID Rebuild Priority which is the amount of system resource allotted to rebuilding process Low priority means rebuilding process will take less system resource and more time to complete and High priority means rebuilding process will be completed fast...

Страница 49: ...face Board to USB 1394 IO Interface Board NOTE Prepare the USB 1394 IO Kit Disconnect the host power off the RAID subsystem and remove the USB 3 0 cable from the USB 3 0 port Contents of the USB 1394 IO Kit One 1 USB 2 0 IEEE 1394b IO Interface Board One 1 USB 2 0 cable Two 2 IEEE 1394b cables 9pin to 9pin and 9pin to 6pin ...

Страница 50: ...Manual Steps 1 Prepare the 2 screw handles that is shipped with the RAID subsystem 2 Remove 2 screws from the USB 3 0 IO interface board 3 Insert the screw handle into the middle hole of the USB 3 0 IO interface board and tighten the screw handle ...

Страница 51: ... remove the USB 3 0 IO interface board 5 Insert the USB 1394 IO interface board into the IO interface slot Take note of the proper position of the IO interface board If inserted in the wrong position it will not attach to the IO interface 6 Tighten the two screws that were removed before ...

Страница 52: ...nge the USB 3 0 IO Interface Board to eSATA IO Interface Board NOTE Prepare the eSATA IO Kit Disconnect the host power off the RAID subsystem and remove the USB 3 0 cable from the USB port Contents of the eSATA IO Kit One 1 eSATA IO Interface Board One 1 eSATA cable ...

Страница 53: ...nual 53 Steps 1 Prepare the screw handle that is shipped with the RAID subsystem 2 Remove 2 screws from the USB 3 0 IO interface board 3 Insert the screw handle into the middle hole of the USB 3 0 IO interface board and tighten the screw handle ...

Страница 54: ...to remove the USB 3 0 IO interface board 5 Insert the eSATA IO interface board into the IO interface slot Take note of the proper position of the IO interface board If inserted in the wrong position it will not attach to the IO interface 6 Tighten the two screws that were removed before ...

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