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2530 Getting Started 
Guide

P/N 83-00004398-11

Revision B

March 2009

Содержание 2000 Series

Страница 1: ...2530 Getting Started Guide P N 83 00004398 11 Revision B March 2009...

Страница 2: ...d registered trademarks are proprietary to their respective owners The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice While reasonable efforts have been made...

Страница 3: ...Ordered Options 11 Ethernet Cables 11 2 Installing and Cabling Enclosures 13 Required Tools 13 Safety Precautions 13 Installation Checklist 14 Installing Enclosures Into a Rack 15 Preparing the Rack 1...

Страница 4: ...ng Hosts 31 Host System Requirements 31 Installing the R Evolution SES Driver for Microsoft Windows Hosts 32 Connecting the Enclosure Directly to Data Hosts 32 Connecting Remote Management Hosts 34 Ne...

Страница 5: ...Contents 5 A Hardware Components and LEDs 45 Controller Components and LEDs 45 Drive Enclosure Components and LEDs 51 B Additional Cabling Configuration Examples 55...

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Страница 7: ...ook you must prepare the site and learn of any late breaking information related to installation as described in the following documents R Evolution Storage System Site Planning Guide R Evolution 2530...

Страница 8: ...AaBbCc123 Variable text you replace with an actual value Use the format user domain Application Title Part Number Site planning information R Evolution Storage System Site Planning Guide 83 00004283 L...

Страница 9: ...ler enclosure with or without attached drive enclosures A controller enclosure can contain two controller modules that interact and provide failover capability for the data path The controller enclosu...

Страница 10: ...talled on the ear boards upon shipment be careful when removing the enclosure from the package so as not to damage the ear boards Checking the Package Contents Inspect the enclosure package for standa...

Страница 11: ...k use the Dot Hill shielded Ethernet cable straight through with metallic RFI EMI connector hoods designated CAT 5 or higher FRU part number CLB ENET SHLD 20 which has been tested for regulatory compl...

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Страница 13: ...erve the following safety precautions when setting up your equipment Install the system in accordance with the local safety codes and regulations at the facility site Follow all cautions and instructi...

Страница 14: ...o Find Procedure 1 Prepare the rack for installation Preparing the Rack on page 15 2 Assemble the rackmount bracket kit and install the controller enclosure and optional drive enclosures in the rack A...

Страница 15: ...as casters make sure the casters are locked to prevent the rack from rolling 3 Remove or open the top front panel and the vented back panel 8 Connect the data hosts Connecting Hosts on page 31 9 Conne...

Страница 16: ...to 28 inch depth and FHDW002 R2 28 inch to 36 inch depth until they are superseded by the newer rackmount kit assemblies FHDW017 02 22 5 inch to 31 inch depth and FHDW018 02 25 inch to 36 inch depth N...

Страница 17: ...ts 10 32 x 1 or 5 mm panhead screw or 6 mm sockethead screw Rear bracket connected to rack Side bracket 8 32 x 3 16 flathead screws Four 8 32 x 1 4 panhead screws Two 10 32 x 1 or 5 8 or 5 mm or 6 mm...

Страница 18: ...to connect to hosts and to power outlets 3 Square cut European style racks only Insert the cage nuts in the corresponding holes on the front and rear of the rack 4 Optional one person installation Scr...

Страница 19: ...a post Use the appropriate fasteners for the posts either Four 10 32 x 1 panhead screws with 10 washers Four 10 x 5 8 truss screws Four 5 mm panhead screws with 10 washers Four 6 mm panhead screws no...

Страница 20: ...any are misplaced Attaching the Ear Caps The plastic ear caps are snap on parts that require some care when attaching or removing them After the enclosure has been installed in the rack cabinet attac...

Страница 21: ...the lower module B of the last drive enclosure in the chain with connections moving in the opposite direction Fault tolerant cabling is recommended because it enables the controllers to access remain...

Страница 22: ...Guide March 2009 Figure 2 5 Fault Tolerant Cabling Connections Between One Controller Enclosure and Up to Four Drive Enclosures In Out In Out In Out Controller B Controller A 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B In Out...

Страница 23: ...ing Enclosures 23 Figure 2 6 Non Fault Tolerant Cabling Connections Between One Controller and Up to Four Drive Enclosures In Out In Out In Out In Out In Out In Out In Out In Out Controller B Controll...

Страница 24: ...and cooling module to one power source in the rack and the other power and cooling module to a separate power source in the rack 3 Connect the primary power cords from the rack to separate external p...

Страница 25: ...urces not within the designated 48V DC 36 VDC to 72 VDC range the unit might be damaged 4 Tighten the cable locking screws to attach the cable securely to the power supply power outlet 5 Connect the s...

Страница 26: ...Ensure that the voltage of your power source matches the voltage inscribed on the equipment s electrical rating label To ensure redundancy provide two separate power sources for the enclosures These...

Страница 27: ...protective device suitable for interrupting fault currents available from the main source The rack must be connected to site ground Ground cable assemblies for enclosures in the racks must be connect...

Страница 28: ...er enclosure to the On position Depending on the number and type of drives in the system it can take several minutes for the system to power up If the enclosure s power on sequence succeeds as describ...

Страница 29: ...see Setting Management Port IP Addresses Using the CLI on page 36 Note You can also obtain IP values for Ethernet management ports from a DHCP server if one is available For more information see the r...

Страница 30: ...2009 To rescan using RAIDar 1 Select Manage General Config Enclosure Management Reorder Enclosure IDs 2 In the Reorder Enclosure IDs panel click Rescan Next Steps Now you are ready to connect the data...

Страница 31: ...s may require that multipathing is supported If fault tolerance is required then multipathing software may be required Host based mutipath software should be used in any configuration where two logica...

Страница 32: ...the host 3 In that folder double click Setup exe to install the driver 4 Click Finish The driver is installed 5 Optionally delete the extracted files and the SES driver package Connecting the Enclosur...

Страница 33: ...igure 3 1 High Availability Dual Controller Direct Attach Connection to Two Dual Port Data Hosts In the configuration shown in Figure 3 2 the host has redundant connections to the volumes assigned to...

Страница 34: ...thernet cables to the management host 1 Connect an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet management port on each controller 2 Connect the other end of each Ethernet cable to a network that your management ho...

Страница 35: ...ing topics Setting Management Port IP Addresses Using the CLI on page 36 Configuring Your Web Browser for RAIDar on page 40 Logging in to RAIDar from a Local Management Host on page 40 Setting the Dat...

Страница 36: ...the system using RS 232 communication and terminal emulation software Use the CLI commands described in the steps below to set the IP address for the Ethernet management port on each controller modul...

Страница 37: ...a terminal emulator such as HyperTerminal or VT 100 using the display settings in Table 4 1 and the connection settings in Table 4 2 Table 4 1 Terminal Emulator Display Settings Parameter Value Termin...

Страница 38: ...ontroller netmask is the subnet mask in dotted decimal format gateway is the IP address of the subnet router a b specifies the controller whose network parameters you are setting For example 7 Type th...

Страница 39: ...e management controller using the CLI When you restart a management controller communication with it is temporarily lost until it successfully restarts Type the following command to restart the manage...

Страница 40: ...etting might affect other sites you visit with your browser To optimize display use a color monitor and set its color quality to the highest setting For Internet Explorer to ensure you can navigate be...

Страница 41: ...torage devices to use that time server with no further time adjustment If no NTP server is present the date and time are maintained as if NTP had not been enabled To manually set the system date and t...

Страница 42: ...k Creation 3 Type a name for the virtual disk The name is case sensitive and can include 17 characters Allowed characters include letters numbers hyphens underscores and spaces 4 Select RAID 5 Parity...

Страница 43: ...ess of initializing the virtual disk 11 Click the link to create another virtual disk 12 Repeat Step 2 to Step 10 to create a second virtual disk with a different name Mapping a Data Host to a Volume...

Страница 44: ...that you can write data to the volume If the above tests succeed your system is ready for use 3 Optionally unmount the volume and delete the vdisks created for test Logging Out of RAIDar If you do not...

Страница 45: ...I O module 1 or 21 1 Air management system drive blanks or I O blanks must fill empty slots to maintain optimum airflow through the chassis SAS or SATA drive module 2 12 per enclosure AC power and co...

Страница 46: ...e is zero 0 the enclosure ID for an attached drive enclosure is nonzero Drive module OK to Remove Upper LED Blue Off The drive module is not prepared for removal On The drive module has been removed f...

Страница 47: ...hysically identifies the enclosure Right ear Fault Service Required Yellow Off No fault On An enclosure level fault occurred Service action is required The event has been acknowledged but the problem...

Страница 48: ...ps total table routed SAS Out port used to connect SAS drive enclosures Controller module Ethernet port 10 100BASE T Ethernet port used for TCP IP based out of band management of the RAID controller A...

Страница 49: ...is normal On DC output voltage is out of range or a fan is operating below the minimum required RPM Controller module Host link status Green Off The port is empty or the link is down On The port link...

Страница 50: ...module Cache status Green Off Cache is clean contains no unwritten data On Cache is dirty contains unwritten data and operation is normal Blink A Compact Flash flush or cache self refresh is in progr...

Страница 51: ...e are the same as on a controller enclosure see Figure A 1 and Table A 2 Table A 5 Drive Enclosure Components Description Quantity Expansion I O module 1 or 21 1 Air management system drive blanks or...

Страница 52: ...witches Back Location Port Switch Description Power and cooling module Power switch On Off toggle Expansion module SAS In port 3 Gbps 4 lane 12 Gbps total subtractive ingress port used to connect to a...

Страница 53: ...ower and cooling module DC Voltage Fan Fault Service Required Yellow Off DC output voltage is normal On DC output voltage is out of range or a fan is operating below the minimum required RPM Expansion...

Страница 54: ...controlled power up or a cache flush or restore error Expansion module FRU OK Green Off Expansion module is not OK On Expansion module is operating normally Blink System is booting Expansion module S...

Страница 55: ...n The standard default configuration for high availability is shown in Connecting the Enclosure Directly to Data Hosts on page 32 Note For information on how controllers present volumes to data hosts...

Страница 56: ...er Direct Attach One Single Port Data Host Figure 4 1 Single Controller Direct Attach Connection to One Single Port Data Host Connection Single Controller Direct Attach Two Single Port Data Hosts Figu...

Страница 57: ...on Examples 57 Connection High Performance Dual Controller Direct Attach Connection to Four Single Port Data Hosts Figure 4 3 High Performance Dual Controller Direct Attach Connection to Four Single P...

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