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3.3 Menu Diagram

The following tree diagram is a summary of the various parameters, settings
and functions that can be accessed through the LCD panel menus or the
terminal monitor.

Raid 0

Greater Two TB Volume Support

No, Use 64Bit LBA, Use 4k Block

Selected Capacity

Select Stripe Size

4K,8K,16K,32K,64K,128K

Create Vol / Raid Set

Yes, No

Raid 1 or 0+1

Greater Two TB Volume Support

Selected Capacity

No, Use 64Bit LBA, Use 4k Block

Select Stripe Size

4K,8K,16K,32K,64K,128K

Create Vol / Raid Set

Yes, No

Initialization Mode

Foreground, No Initialization, No Init

Raid 1 or 0+1 +Spare

Greater Two TB Volume Support

Selected Capacity

No, Use 64Bit LBA, Use 4k Block

Raid 3

Select Stripe Size

4K,8K,16K,32K,64K,128K

Create Vol / Raid Set

Yes, No

Initialization Mode

Foreground, No Initialization, No Init

Quick Volume /

Raid Setup

Greater Two TB Volume Support

Selected Capacity

No, Use 64Bit LBA, Use 4k Block

Raid 5

Create Vol / Raid Set

Yes, No

Initialization Mode

Foreground, Background, No Init

Greater Two TB Volume Support

Selected Capacity

No, Use 64Bit LBA, Use 4k Block

Raid 3 + Spare

Select Stripe Size

4K,8K,16K,32K,64K,128K

Create Vol / Raid Set

Yes, No

Initialization Mode

Foreground, Background, No Init

Greater Two TB Volume Support

Selected Capacity

No, Use 64Bit LBA, Use 4k Block

Raid 5 + Spare

Create Vol / Raid Set

Yes, No

Initialization Mode

Foreground, Background, No Init

Greater Two TB Volume Support

Selected Capacity

No, Use 64Bit LBA, Use 4k Block

Raid 6

Select Stripe Size

4K,8K,16K,32K,64K,128K

Create Vol / Raid Set

Yes, No

Initialization Mode

Foreground, Background, No Init

Greater Two TB Volume Support

Selected Capacity

No, Use 64Bit LBA, Use 4k Block

Raid 6 + Spare

Select Stripe Size

4K,8K,16K,32K,64K,128K

Create Vol / Raid Set

Yes, No

Initialization Mode

Foreground, Background, No Init

Greater Two TB Volume Support

Selected Capacity

No, Use 64Bit LBA, Use 4k Block

Select Stripe Size

4K,8K,16K,32K,64K,128K

Create Vol / Raid Set

Yes, No

Initialization Mode

Foreground, Background, No Init

Содержание 8S3

Страница 1: ...SurfRAID TRITON16S3 User s Guide Revision 1 2 ...

Страница 2: ...s equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is not guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception which can be determined by turning ...

Страница 3: ...on Introduces you to Disk Array s features and general technology concepts Chapter 2 Getting Started Helps user to identify parts of the Disk Array and prepare the hardware for configuration Chapter 3 Configuring Quick Setup Provides a quick setup way to setup your Disk Array Customizing Setup Provides step by step instructions to help you to do setup or re configure your Disk Array Chapter 4 Arra...

Страница 4: ...2 9 2 4 Powering on the subsystem 2 10 2 5 Install Hard Drives Chapter 3 Configuring 3 1 ConfiguringthroughaTerminal 3 2 Configuring the Subsystem Using the LCD Panel 3 3 Menu Diagram 3 4 Web browser based Remote RAID management via R Link Ethernet 3 5 QuickCreate 3 6 Raid SetFunctions 3 6 1 Create Raid Set 2 11 3 1 3 9 3 10 3 15 3 17 3 19 3 19 3 6 2 DeleteRaidSet 3 20 3 6 3 ExpandRaidSet 3 21 3 6...

Страница 5: ...8 ClearEventsBuffer 3 9 9 ModifyPassword 3 9 10 Upgrade Firmware 3 10 InformationMenu 3 10 1 Raid Set Hierarchy 3 10 2 System Information 3 10 3 Hardware Monitor 3 11 Creating a new RAID or Reconfiguring an Existing RAID Chapter 4 Array Maintenance 4 1 Upgrading the Firmware 4 1 1 Upgrading Firmware via RSR232 Serial Terminal 4 1 1 Upgrading Firmware via RJ45 WEB Interface 4 2 Hot Swap components ...

Страница 6: ...ored in a RAID array If a disk in the RAID array fails the subsystem continues to function without any risk of data loss This is because redundant information is stored separately from the data This redundant information will then be used to re construct any data that was stored on a failed disk In other words the sub system can tolerate the failure of a drive without losing data while operating i...

Страница 7: ...connection Built in R Link LAN port interface for remote management event notification Dual host channels support clustering technology Real time drive activity and status indicators RAID Function Features Supports RAID levels 0 1 0 1 3 5 6 and JBOD Supports hot spare and automatic hot rebuild Allows online capacity expansion within the enclosure Support spin down drives when not in use to extend ...

Страница 8: ...is is a method of combining multiple drives into one logical storage unit Striping partitions the storage space of each drive into stripes which can be as small as one sector 512 bytes 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 det...

Страница 9: ...imize the number of simultaneous I O operations that can be performed by the array Definition of RAID Levels RAID 0 is typically defined as a group of striped disk drives without parity or data redundancy RAID 0 arrays can be configured with large stripes for multi user environments or small stripes for single user systems that access long sequential records RAID 0 arrays deliver the best data sto...

Страница 10: ...f 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 individual drive can perform simultaneous independent read operations Mirroring thus doubles the read performance of a single non mirrored drive and while the write performance is unchanged RAID 1 delivers the best performance of any redundant array t...

Страница 11: ... O request at a time RAID 3 delivers the best performance for single user single 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...

Страница 12: ...hysical drives in the array With RAID 6 however two sets of parity data are used These two sets are different and each set occupies a capacity equivalent to that of one of the constituent drives The main advantage of RAID 6 is High data availability any two drives can fail without loss of critical data ...

Страница 13: ...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 with RAID 1 Rebuild operations also require more time than with RAID 1 because parity infor...

Страница 14: ...ata 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 6 Data is striped across several physical drives Parity protection is used for data redundancy Requires N 2 drives to implement because of two ...

Страница 15: ...ssion is done serially and results in a myriad of advantages over parallel SCSI Performance The serial nature of SAS results in a huge increase in performance over parallel SCSI No bit skewing and is self clocking Transfer rates up to 3 0 Gb s per link Full duplex which results in a total of 6 0 Gb s per link Link aggregation into 4x wide ports for a total of 24 0 Gb s Extensive command queue Conn...

Страница 16: ...system controller 1 Up to 128 RAID Sets are supported per RAID subsystem controller 2 It is impossible to have multiple RAID Sets on the same disks A Volume Set must be created either on an existing RAID set or on a group of available individual disks disks that are not yet a part of a raid set If there are pre existing raid sets with available capacity and enough disks for specified RAID level de...

Страница 17: ...D Set In the illustration below Volume 1 can be assigned a RAID 5 level of operation while Volume 0 might be assigned a RAID 0 1 level of operation 1 4 3 Easy of Use features 1 4 3 1 Instant Availability Background Initialization RAID 0 and RAID 1 volume set can be used immediately after the creation But the RAID 3 5 and 6 volume sets must be initialized to generate the parity In the Normal Initia...

Страница 18: ... server and inserted in any order 1 4 3 3 Online Capacity Expansion Online Capacity Expansion makes it possible to add one or more physical drive to a volume set while the server is in operation eliminating the need to store and restore after reconfiguring the raid set When disks are added to a raid set unused capacity is added to the end of the raid set Data on the existing volume sets residing o...

Страница 19: ...ng 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 drive With the addition of ...

Страница 20: ...le the RAID subsystem continues to handle system request During the automatic rebuild process system activity will continue as normal however the system performance and fault tolerance will be affected Important The hot spare must have at least the same or more capacity as the drive it is replacing 1 4 4 2 Hot Swap Disk Drive Support The RAID subsystem has built the protection circuit to support t...

Страница 21: ...automatically when a drive fails The RAID subsystem automatically and transparently rebuilds failed drives in the background with user definable rebuild rates The RAID subsystem will automatically restart the system and the rebuild if the system is shut down or powered off abnormally during a reconstruction procedure condition When a disk is Hot Swap although the system is functionally operational...

Страница 22: ...system and verify that the contents of the shipping carton are all there and in good condition Before removing the subsystem from the shipping carton visually inspect the physical condition of the shipping carton Exterior damage to the shipping carton may indicate that the contents of the carton are damaged If any damage is found do not remove the components contact Partners Data System for furthe...

Страница 23: ...t Three power cords Two external SAS cables Optional One external null modem cable One external UPS cable One RJ 45 Ethernet cable Installation Reference Guide 19 Rack mount kit If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact Partners Data Systems for assistance ...

Страница 24: ...Parts of the subsystem The illustrations below identify the various features of the subsystem Get yourself familiar with these terms as it will help you when you read further in the following sections 2 2 1 Front View ...

Страница 25: ...ty LED Blue blinking LED indicates controller is activity 4 LCD display panel 5 Smart Function Panel Function Keys for RAID configuration The smart LCD panel is where you will configure the RAID subsystem If you are configuring the subsystem using the LCD panel please press the controller button to configure your RAID subsystem Parts Function Up and Down arrow buttons Use the Up or Down arrow keys...

Страница 26: ...y in these systems occurs HDD slot temperature over 55o C this LED will turn red and an alarm will sound Fan fail LED When a fan s rotation speed is lower than 1500rpm this LED will turn red and an alarm will sound Power fail LED If a redundant power supply fails this LED will turn red and an alarm will sound Power LED Green LED indicates power is on 7 Tray Lever 8 Tray Latch ...

Страница 27: ...host channel with one SAS connector at the rear of the subsystem for connecting to a SAS Hub Switch or Server s SAS interface 3 Host Channel B Connect to Host s SAS adapter 4 R Link Port RJ 45 Ethernet for remote management The subsystem is equipped with one 10 100 Ethernet RJ45 LAN port You use web based browser to management RAID subsystem through Ethernet for re mote configuration and monitorin...

Страница 28: ... port allowing you to connect a PC or terminal 7 Host A Link LED Green LED indicates Host channel is connected 8 AC power input socket 1 3 From left to right 9 Power Supply Unit 1 3 From left to right Three power supplies power supply 1 power supply 2 and power supply 3 are located at the rear of the subsystem Turn on the power of these power supplies to power on the subsystem The power LED at the...

Страница 29: ...2 From left to right Two blower fans are located at the rear of the subsystem They provide sufficientairflowandheatdispersioninsidethechassis Incaseafanfailsto function the Fan fail LED will turn red and an alarm will sound You will also see an error message appear in the LCD screen warning you of fan failure 15 Fan Fail indicator If a fan fails this LED will turn red ...

Страница 30: ...ge comes with two SAS cables Attach one end of he SAS cable to one of the SAS connectors and the other end to the host adapter s external SAS connector or to the SAS Hub Switch The host adapter is installed in your Host subsystem 3 Connect the other host system using the other SAS cable if you want to configure subsystem into multi host attachment Note For safety reasons make sure the Disk Array a...

Страница 31: ... or power connectors located at the rear of the subsystem Note The subsystem is equipped with N 1 redundant PFC power factor correction full range power supplies The subsystem will automatically select correct input voltage 2 Turn on the power Before turning the system power switch on make sure all the power switches of power units 1 3 are on 3 The Power LED on the front panel will turn green Afte...

Страница 32: ...em all disks for that system need to be installed Only the cold shelf spare should be left out of the raid system 1 Slide the tray into a RAID system disk drive slot until it clicks into place Press the lever in until you hear the latch click into place 2 If the RAID system is already powered on the HDD status LED will turn green on front panel above the disk drive 3 If the HDD power LED did not t...

Страница 33: ...configure through the following methods VT100 terminal connected through the controller s serial port Front panel touch control keypad Web browser based Remote RAID management Important The subsystem allows you to access the utility using only one method at a time You cannot use both methods at the same time 3 1 Configuring through a Terminal Configuring through a terminal will allow you to use th...

Страница 34: ...ation mode to the monitor port located at the rear of the subsystem Note You may connect a terminal while the subsystem s power is on 2 Power on the terminal 3 Run the VT100 program or an equivalent terminal program ...

Страница 35: ...4 The default setting of the monitor port is 115200 baud rate 8 data bit non parity 1 stop bit and no flow control ...

Страница 36: ...5 Click disconnect button 6 Open the File menu and then open Properties ...

Страница 37: ...7 Open the Settings Tab 8 Open the Settings Tab Function arrow and ctrl keys act as Terminal Keys Backspace key sends Crtl H Emulation VT100 Telnet terminal VT100 Back scroll buffer lines 500 Click OK ...

Страница 38: ...bsystem 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 ...

Страница 39: ... can only monitor and configure the raid subsystem by providing the correct password The password is used to protect the internal RAID sub system from unauthorized entry 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 twenty seconds The RAID su...

Страница 40: ...sist of the number of physical disk 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 Buffe...

Страница 41: ...items or other information The RAID subsystem password is default setting at 00000000 by the manufacture Function Key Definitions The four function keys at the top of the front panel perform the following functions Up button Down button Select button Exit button Parts Function Up or Down arrow buttons Use the Up or Down arrow keys to go through the information on the LCD screen This is also used t...

Страница 42: ... Block Raid 5 Create Vol Raid Set Yes No Initialization Mode Foreground Background No Init Greater Two TB Volume Support Selected Capacity No Use 64Bit LBA Use 4k Block Raid 3 Spare Select Stripe Size 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K Create Vol Raid Set Yes No Initialization Mode Foreground Background No Init Greater Two TB Volume Support Selected Capacity No Use 64Bit LBA Use 4k Block Raid 5 Spare Create V...

Страница 43: ...hxx Ch016 Expand Raid Set Yes No Raid Set Function Offline Raid Set Select Raid Set To Offline Offline Raid Set Yes No Are You Sure Yes No Activate Raid Set Select Raid Set To Active Activate Raid Set Yes No Are You Sure Yes No Create Hot Spare Disk Select Drives for Hot spare Max 3 Hot spare supported Chxx Ch016 Create Hot Spare Yes No Delete Hot Spare Disk Select The Hot Spare Device To Be Delet...

Страница 44: ...es No Are you sure Yes No Volume Set Function Modify Volume Set Modify Volume From Raid Set Select Volume To Modify Volume Modification Greater Two TB Volume Support Volume Name Raid Level Capacity Stripe Size SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing Max Sync Rate Check Volume Set Modify Volume Yes No Are you sure Yes No Check Volume From Raid Set Select Volume To Check Check The Volum...

Страница 45: ...Re Enter Password Save The Password JBOD RAID Function RAID JBOD Configured AS JBOD Yes No Yes No Are you sure Yes No Background Task Priority UltraLow 5 Low 20 Medium 50 High 80 Raid System Function Save The Settings Yes No Maximum SATA Mode SATA150 SATA150 NCQ SATA300 SATA300 NCQ HDD Read Ahead Cache Enable Disable Maxtor Disable Stagger Power on 0 4 0 7 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 5 3 0 3 5 4 0 4 5 5 0 5 5 6...

Страница 46: ... Local IP Address Disabled Enabled Ethernet Configuration HTTP Port Number 80 Telnet Port Number 23 SMTP Port Number 25 View System Events Show System Events Clear Event Buffer Clear Event Buffer Yes No Hardware Monitor The Hard Monitor Information System Information The System Information ...

Страница 47: ...mote machine you need to know its IP Address Launch your web browser by entering http IPAddress in the remote web browser Important The default static IP is 192 168 001 100 DHCP function is enabled by default when RAID system is shipped You can configure correct IP Address through the LCD panel serial terminal or through the GUI via the Ethernet Configuration menu Note that you must be logged in a...

Страница 48: ...l and Stripe Size Raid Set Functions Create a customized raid set Volume Set Functions Create customized volume sets and modify the existed volume sets parameter Physical Drive Create pass through disks and modify the existed pass through drives parameter It also provides the function to identify the respect disk drive System Control Setting the raid system configurations Information View the cont...

Страница 49: ...d with the raid set You can create a raid set associated with exactly one volume set The user can change the raid level capacity Volume Initialization Mode and stripe size A hot spare option is also created depending upon the existing configuration If volume size over 2TB it will be provided one option Create 2TB Volume Support shown in the above menu There are three settings for this option No 64...

Страница 50: ...r OS Window 2000 2003 or XP Noted that can t be used by with dynamic disk manager Check off on the Confirm the Operation and click on the Submit button in the Quick Create screen the raid set and volume set will start to initialize Note In Quick Create your volume set is automatically configured based on the number of disks in your system Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you pr...

Страница 51: ...aid Set To create a raid set click on the Create Raid Set link The Select the IDE Drive for RAID Set screen is displayed showing the IDE drives connected to the current controller Click on and select the physical drives you want for the current raid set If desired enter 1 to 15 alphanumeric characters to define a unique name for a raid set The default raid set name will always appear as Raid Set X...

Страница 52: ...he Select the RAID SET to Delete screen is displayed showing all raid set existing in the current controller Select the raid set number you which to delete in the selection column Check the Confirm the Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen to delete the RAID set ...

Страница 53: ...id set which you want to expand Check on the available disk s and Check the Confirm the Operation and then click on the Submit button in the screen to add disks to the raid set Note 1 Once the Expand Raid Set process has started user cannot stop it The process must be completed 2 If a disk drive fails during raid set expansion and a hot spare is available an auto rebuild operation will occur after...

Страница 54: ...ration status is displayed in the raid status area of the Raid Set information where the disk has been added to a raid set Migrating status is also displayed in the associated volume status area of the volume set Information when a disk is added to a raid set ...

Страница 55: ...offline a raid set click on the Offline Raid Set link The Select the RAID SET to Offline screen is displayed showing all raid set existing in the current controller Select the raid set number you wish to offline in the select column Check the Confirm the Operation and then click on the Submit button in the screen to offline the raid set The drive slots of the RAID set will turn amber color indicat...

Страница 56: ...nts to continue using to RAID set after the RAID subsystem is power on a user can use the Activate Raid Set option to active the raid set After user complete the function the Raid State will change to a Degraded Mode To activate an incomplete the raid set click on the Activate Raid Set link the Select the RAID SET to Activate screen is displayed showing all raid set existing in the current control...

Страница 57: ...Click on the Submit button in the screen to activate the incomplete raid set The RAID set will continue to work in degraded mode ...

Страница 58: ...When you choose the Create Hot Spare option in the Raid Set Function all the unused physical devices connected to the current controller will appear Select the target disk by clicking on the appropriate check box Check the Confirm the Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen to create the hot spare s ...

Страница 59: ... the current controller will appear Select the target Hot Spare disk to delete by clicking on the appropriate check box Check the Confirm the Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen to delete the hot spare s 3 6 8 Rescue Raid Set If you need to recover a missing RAID Set please contact aPartnersDataSupport engineer for assistance ...

Страница 60: ...set Thus each 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 is 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 raid set system go to the main menu and c...

Страница 61: ... down menu to view available RAID levels The available RAID levels for the current Volume Set are displayed Select a RAID level by clicking on it Capacity The maximum volume size is displayed by default Enter the desired volume size to fit your application Greater Two TB Volume Support If volume size is over 2TB it will be provided three options for Greater 2TB Volume Support No still keep the vol...

Страница 62: ...KB 64KB or 128KB A larger stripe size produces better read performance especially if your computer does mostly sequential reads However if you are sure that your computer does random reads more often select a small stripe size Note RAID level 3 can t modify strip size Cache Mode The RAID subsystem supports Write Through Cache and Write Back Cache Tag Queuing The Enabled option is useful for enhanc...

Страница 63: ...s each LUN like a SAS disk 3 7 2 Delete Volume Set To delete Volume Set from raid set system function Go to the main menu and click on the Delete Volume Set link The Select the Volume Set to Delete from RAID set screen will show all raid sets Select the raid set containing the Volume Set you wish to delete and check the Confirm the Operation and then click on the Submit button to show all volume s...

Страница 64: ...odification Check the Confirm the Operation and click on the Submit button to complete the action User can modify all values except the capacity 3 7 3 1 Volume Expansion Volume Capacity Logical Volume Concatenation plus Re Stripe Use this raid set expands to expand a raid set when a disk is added to your system Refer to section 3 6 3 The expand capacity can use to enlarge the volume set size or cr...

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Страница 66: ...D level to another a volume set strip size changes or when a disk is added to a raid set Migration status is displayed in the volume status area of the Raid Set Hierarchy Main Menu screen when one RAID level to another a Volume set strip size changes or when a disk is added to a raid set ...

Страница 67: ...nd click on the Submit button Use this option to verify the correctness the redundant data Parity in a volume set For example in a RAID Set with dedicated parity volume set check means computing the parity of the data disk drives and comparing the results to the contents of the dedicated parity disk drive The checking percentage can also be viewed by clicking on Raid Set Hierarchy in the main menu...

Страница 68: ...3 7 6 Stop Volume Set Check Use this option to stop the Check Volume Set function ...

Страница 69: ...tive setting function screen appears Disk is now not controlled by the internal RAID subsystem firmware and thus cannot be a part of a volume set The disk is available to the operating system as an individual disk It is typically used in a RAID system where the operating system is on it and disk is desired to be not controlled by the RAID system s firmware User can also select the cache mode Tagge...

Страница 70: ... the pass through drive attribute from the pass through drive pool move the cursor to and click on the Modify Pass Through link The Select The Pass Through Disk For Modification screen appears Select the Pass Through Disk from the pass through drive pool and click on the Submit button to select drive The Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute screen appears modify the drive attribute values to your des...

Страница 71: ... Drive To preventremoving the wrong drive theselected disk LEDwill lightfor physically locating the selected disk when the Identify Selected Drive is selected To identify the selected drive from the drives pool move the cursor to and click on Identify Selected Drive link The Select the IDE Device For identification screen appears Select the IDE device from the drives pool to be identified After co...

Страница 72: ...r Setting The Alert Beeper function item is used to Disabled or Enable the RAID sub system controller alarm tone generator RAID Rebuild Priority The Raid Rebuild Priority is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes to a rebuild operation The RAID subsystem allows user to choose the rebuild priority Ultra Low Low Medium High to balance volume set access and rebuild tasks approp...

Страница 73: ...n internal queue where outstanding commands can be dynamically rescheduled or re ordered along with the necessary tracking mechanisms for outstanding and completed portions of the workload RAID subsystem allows user to choose the SATA Mode SATA150 SAT150 NCQ SAT300 SATA300 NCQ HDD Read Ahead Cache This option allows the users to disable the cache of the HDDs on the RAID subsystem To some HDD model...

Страница 74: ...n slightly decreases the usable capacity of a drive that is used in redundant units Multiples Of 10G If you have 120 GB drives from different vendors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 123 5 GB and the other 120 GB This drive Truncation mode Multiples of 10G uses the same capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other Multiples Of 1G...

Страница 75: ...the EtherNet function go to the main menu and click on the EtherNet Config link The Raid System EtherNet Function menu will show all items Select the desired setting check the Confirm the Operation and then click the Submit button ...

Страница 76: ...aid System Event Notification Function menu will show all items Select the desired setting check the Confirm the Operation and then click the Submit button When an abnormal condition occurs an error message will be emailed to the administrator that a problem has occurred Events are classified to 4 levels urgent serious warning message ...

Страница 77: ...ll items Select the desired setting SNMP Trap Configurations Type the SNMP Trap IP Address The Port de fault is 162 SNMP System Configuration Community The default is Public 1 sys Contact 0 2 sys Location 0 3 sys Name 0 SNMP parameter 31 bytes max If this 3 categories are selected during initial setting then when an error occurs SNMP will send out a message that includes the 3 categories within th...

Страница 78: ...t is an Internet protocol used to synchronize the clocks of computers to some time reference NTPis an Internet standard protocol You can directly type your NTP Server IP Address to have the RAID subsystem can work with it To set the NTP function go to the main menu and click on the NTP Configuration link The Raid System NTP Function menu will show all items Select the desired setting check the Con...

Страница 79: ...m Information link The Raid Subsystem events Information screen appears Choose this option to viewthe system events information Time Device Event type Elapse Time and Errors are displayed The RAID system does not built the real time clock The Time information is the relative time from the RAID subsystem power on ...

Страница 80: ...ate test events go to the main menu and click on he Generate Test Events link Check the Confirm the Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen to create the hot spares Then click on the View Events Mute Beeper link to view the test event ...

Страница 81: ...se this feature to clear the entire events buffer information 3 9 9 Modify Password To set or change the RAID subsystem password go to the main menu and click on the Modify Password link The Modify System Password screen appears ...

Страница 82: ...reen The RAID subsystem will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command in ten seconds To disable the password press the Enter key only in both the Enter New Password and Re Enter New Password column Once the user confirms the operation and clicks the Submit button The existing password will be cleared No password checking will occur when entering the main men...

Страница 83: ...formation To view the RAID subsystem controller s information go to the main menu and click on the System Information link The Raid Subsystem Information screen appears Use this feature to view the raid subsystem controller s information The controller name firmware version serial number main processor CPU data Instruction cache size and system memory size speed appear in this screen ...

Страница 84: ...voltage of the internal RAID subsystem All items are also unchangeable The warning messages will indicate through the LCD LED and alarm buzzer Item Warning Condition Controller Board Temperature 60 Celsius HDD Temperature 55 Celsius Controller Fan Speed 1500 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 75V CPU Co...

Страница 85: ...nfiguration 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 spares pass through optional 2 Choose a configuration method 3 Create raid set using the available physical drives 4 Define volume set using the space in the raid set 5 Initialize the volume set and serve volume set to the HOST OS ...

Страница 86: ...VVV bin Firmware Binary and the XXXXVVV boot bin where XXXX refers to the model name and VVV refers to the firmware version README TXT that contains the history information of the firmware changes and important firmware notes Read this file first before upgrading the firmware These files must be extracted from the compressed file and copied to one directory in drive A or C The boot bin file must b...

Страница 87: ...r key 2 Choose the Update Firmware and press Enter key The Update the Raid Firmware dialog box appears You then have 20secs to start the firmware upload or the RAID system will time out the operation If so start over again with selecting Upgrade Firmware 3 Go to the terminal emulator tool bar and select Transfer and click on Send File ...

Страница 88: ...ransfer protocol of your terminal emulation software 5 Click the Browse button and browse to the location where the firmware files are located Select the XXXXVVV boot bin file first 6 Click Send button and upload should start If not start procedure over again ...

Страница 89: ... firmware completes downloading the confirmation screen appears Select Yes and press Enter key to start programming of the flash ROM 8 Flash programming starts and will display Start Updating Firmware Please Wait ...

Страница 90: ...VV bin This file will talk about 30 seconds load Wait for the message Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully to be displayed and then press Enter key The Restart Controller is Required for new Firmware to Take effect message will appear Next either power cycle RAID system or select Restart Controller After the RAID system finish rebooting the upgrade is complete Go to the System Information screen...

Страница 91: ...Firmware screen appears 2 Click the Browse button and browse to the location where the firmware files are located Select the XXXXVVV boot bin file first 3 Click the Confirm the Operation and press the Submit button 4 The Web Browser begins to download the firmware binary to the controller and start to update the flash ROM The boot bin file will take approximately 3 5 seconds to complete ...

Страница 92: ...This file will talk about 30 seconds load Wait for the message Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully Restart Controller is required for new Firmware to Take effect message will appear Next either power cycle RAID system or select Restart Controller After the RAID system finish rebooting the upgrade is complete Go to the System Information screen to verify upgrade is complete ...

Страница 93: ...llowing steps Refer to 2 5 Installing hard disks 1 Open the tray lever by sliding the latch and wait for the drive to spin down The disk LED on the front panel will turn from green to red indicating the disk is powered down 2 Lift the lever to disengage the disk tray from the slot 3 Gently pull the disk tray out of the slot 4 Replace the HDD 5 Slide the tray into a slot until it clicks into place ...

Страница 94: ... supply 3 Replace it with a 300W power supply 4 Slide the new power supply in until it clicks into place 5 Replace the screws you removed in step 1 6 When you replace a new power supply unit you should then push the power supplyreset switch to stop the buzzer alarm The newpower supply unit will link with the other unit immediately and will start working after you press the power supply reset switc...

Страница 95: ...he corners of the defective fan Place the screws on a safe place as you will need them later when you install a new fan Note We recommend that you remove the fan holder from the subsystem This allows easy installation and unlimited workspace when replacing the fan 4 Install a new fan using the screws you removed in step 3 5 Replace the fan holder 6 Reconnect the fan cable connects ...

Страница 96: ... interface Two 4x mini SAS 3Gb s ports Data transfer Up to 300MB sec per channel Back Plane Board SATAII Hot swap disk bays 16 Hot swap power supply 3 Cooling fan 2 blower On line expansion Yes Multiple RAID selection Yes Failed disk auto rebuild Yes Array Roaming Yes Bad block auto remapping Yes Online RAID level migration Yes Audible alarm Yes Host Independent Yes Failed drive indicators Yes End...

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