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ROCSECURE – Guardian 4RT Secure Raid System 

User Manual                                        Page | 9 

 

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 

 

Mac Users:  

 

 

 

 

            

Window Users:

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
* Many computers do not come with factory installed eSATA port.  Therefore, you may need to 
purchase a PCI, PCI-X or PCI-Express card to use these ports. Rocstor offers a variety of 
accessories to work with PC Windows or Mac based Computers. Please visit us at 
www.ROCSTOR.com 
 
 
 
 
 
 

CONNECTORS 

•

 

R-Link (RJ45) Port 

•

 

eSATA Port 

•

 

Key- Token  Port 

•

 

Monitor Port 

•

 

AC Power Input 

•

 

On – OFF Switch 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Hardware: 

eSATA* or USB (1.1 or 2.0) 

port(s.)  
 

Operating Systems:

 Microsoft Windows 

2000, Me, XP, Vista, Windows 7 

 
Recommended memory:

 1 GB RAM

 

 

Hardware: 

eSATA* or USB (1.1 or 2.0) 

port(s.)  
 

Mac:

 PowerPC or Intel processor running 

Mac OS 9, X, Leopard, Snow Leopard  

 
Recommended memory:

 1Gb RAM 

 

Содержание GUARDIAN 4RT

Страница 1: ...store your future GUARDIAN 4RT Secure Encrypted 4 Bay Storage System Installation and Configuration Manual...

Страница 2: ...ENTS 8 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 9 CONNECTORS 9 GUARDIAN 4RT UNIQUE FEATURES 10 HARDWARE BASED AES 256 BIT DATA ENCRYPTION 10 KEY FEATURES 11 SPECIFICATIONS 12 SYSTEM VIEWS 12 FRONT VIEW 12 HDD STAT...

Страница 3: ...EVELS 105 RAID MANAGEMENT 107 EASY TO USE FEATURES 108 HIGH AVAILABILITY 110 INTERFACES PORTS AND CABLES 112 COMPARISON CHART 114 INTRODUCTION TO FORMATTING 115 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 117 LIMITED WA...

Страница 4: ...n total bytes before formatting References to round numbers of gigabytes or terabytes are an approximation only For example a disk drive labeled as having 500GB gigabytes has space for approximately 5...

Страница 5: ...is susceptible to static electricity Proper grounding is required to prevent electrical damage to the RAID System unit or other connected devices including the host computer Always place the RAID Sys...

Страница 6: ...cstor website to find the on line version of the manual for up to date information The following icons are being used for some details and information to be considered in going through with this manua...

Страница 7: ...temperature Before plugging in any power cords cables and connectors ensure that the power switches are turned OFF Disconnect power connections before the power supply module is removed from the enclo...

Страница 8: ...unit One power cable One RJ 45 Ethernet cable One external SATA cable One serial RS232 cable Two encryption key tokens Installation Reference Guide Miscellaneous hardware Special Features Real time ha...

Страница 9: ...a variety of accessories to work with PC Windows or Mac based Computers Please visit us at www ROCSTOR com CONNECTORS R Link RJ45 Port eSATA Port Key Token Port Monitor Port AC Power Input On OFF Swi...

Страница 10: ...e locally via serial interface or LCD front panel Green Power Thinking Saves power by adopting the new MAID Massive Array of Idle Disks technology RAID Management Smart function LCD panel Environmenta...

Страница 11: ...udible event notification alarm Supports password protection Built in R Link port for remote event notification Tagged command queuing for 256 commands allows for overlapping data streams Transparent...

Страница 12: ...SPECIFICATIONS Physical dimensions 9 H x 5 6 W x 12 7 D inches 226 H x 149 W x 322 D mm Weight 17 5 lb 8 0kg or 23 5lb 10Kg w 4 HDD s Transfer rates eSATA up to 3 000 Mbits s USB 2 0 up to 480 Mbits s...

Страница 13: ...sk drive is Faulty HDD Access LED LED will blink blue when the hard drive is being accessed Lock Indicator Every Drive Tray is lockable inside the slots Open the door lock When the lock indicator is i...

Страница 14: ...ON Busy LED Orange blinking LED indicates subsystem is busy of data is being accessed Fault LED Red blinking LED indicates a problem within the internal subsystem such as over temperature Sleep Mode L...

Страница 15: ...use a web browser to manage the Guardian 4RT through Ethernet for remote configuration and monitoring Link LED Green indicates Ethernet is linking Access LED Orange blinking indicates the 100Mbps Eth...

Страница 16: ...es 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...

Страница 17: ...t the eSATA cable to the eSATA port of the RAID 3 Connect the other end of eSATA cable to the eSATA port of the eSATA card inserted in your host system or server Or if you have onboard SATA port you c...

Страница 18: ...ROCSECURE Guardian 4RT Secure Raid System User Manual Page 18...

Страница 19: ...of the unit 7 After power ON the RAID model name and IP address will be displayed in the LCD display panel NOTE Default IP address is 192 168 1 100 and DHCP is enabled If you have a DHCP server and t...

Страница 20: ...ge from red into no light which means the drive has been detected Creating Raid Set and Volume Set Open web browser in a PC or MAC Make sure your PC or MAC have network connection to the RAID s IP add...

Страница 21: ...21 5 Select Volume Set Functions and click Create Volume Set The Raid Set created before will be displayed Click Submit 6 Enter the Volume Name and select the Raid Level Ensure that the Channel optio...

Страница 22: ...CSECURE Guardian 4RT Secure Raid System User Manual Page 22 7 The Volume Set will initialize in foreground mode which means the Volume set won t be accessible until after the initialization is complet...

Страница 23: ...removed and the Guardian 4RT is powered OFF and then powered ON the data cannot be accessed The key token must be in the key token port during power ON to access the encrypted data However the key to...

Страница 24: ...the eSATA cable 6 Power OFF Scenario 2 Data is not accessible 1 Remove the key token 2 Connect the eSATA cable 3 Power ON 4 Rescan the disk drives 5 RAID volume will be shown as Unknown Disk Data can...

Страница 25: ...uch control keypad Web browser based Remote RAIDmanagement via the R Link Ethernet port IMPORTANT The Guardian 4RT allows you to access the utility using only one method at a time You cannot use more...

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Страница 27: ...ure Raid System User Manual Page 27 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 the disconnect button 6 Open the File men...

Страница 28: ...l Keys Backspace key sends Crtl H Emulation VT100 Telnet terminal ID VT100 Back scroll buffer lines 500 Click OK 9 Now the VT100 is ready to use After you have finished the VT100 Terminal setup you ma...

Страница 29: ...ser Manual Page 29 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 p...

Страница 30: ...eature Once the password has been set the user can only monitor and configure the Guardian 4RT by providing the correct password The password is used to protect the Guardian 4RT from unauthorized acce...

Страница 31: ...ate a RAID configuration which consists of all physical disks installed Raid Set Functions Create a customized Raid Set Volume Set Functions Create a customized Volume Set PhysicalDrive Functions View...

Страница 32: ...tion status indication or menus The LCD screen displays up to two lines at a time of menu items or other information The Guardian 4RT s factory default password is set to 00000000 Front Panel Function...

Страница 33: ...m User Manual Page 33 Menu Diagram The following tree diagram is a summary of the various configurations and setting functions that can be accessed through the terminal monitor Also almost the same me...

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Страница 38: ...l Page 38 NOTE The Guardian 4RT can detect up to 4 Volume Sets in the eSATA Host Channel The Volume Set size canbe over 2 Terabytes Use OS Windows 2003 SP1 or later Windows XP SP1 or later Windows Vis...

Страница 39: ...To configure the Guardian 4RT on a remote machine you need to know its IPAddress Launch your web browser by entering http IPAddress in the remote web browser IMPORTANT The Ethernet default IP is 192 1...

Страница 40: ...modified during 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 PhysicalD...

Страница 41: ...ion screen the Raid Set and Volume Set will start to initialize If the Volume Set size is over 2TB an option Greater Two TB Volume Support will be automatically provided in the screen as shown in the...

Страница 42: ...ts can be created Create Raid Set To create a Raid Set click on the Create Raid Set link A Select The IDE Drives For RAID Set screen is displayed showing the IDE drives in the Guardian 4RT Check the S...

Страница 43: ...on the Confirm the Operation option and click on the Submit button to process with deletion Expand Raid Set Use this option to expand a Raid Set when one or more disk drives is are added to the Guardi...

Страница 44: ...able 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 been started user cannot stop it The process...

Страница 45: ...er wants to off line a Raid Set and move the member drives of the Raid Set to another Guardian 4RT while the Guardian 4RT is powered ON use the Offline Raid Set Function After completing the function...

Страница 46: ...ROCSECURE Guardian 4RT Secure Raid System User Manual Page 46...

Страница 47: ...is no failed disk drive When does the Incomplete Raid Set State Occur If the Guardian 4RT is powered OFF and one disk drive is removed or has failed in power OFF state and the Guardian 4RT is powered...

Страница 48: ...tion the Raid Set State will change to Degraded To activate the incomplete Raid Set click on the Activate Raid Set link A Select the Raid Set toActivate screen is displayed showing all existing Raid S...

Страница 49: ...Set Function instead Create Hot Spare The Create Hot Spare option gives you the ability to define a global hot spare When you choose the Create Hot Spare option in the Raid Set Function all unused non...

Страница 50: ...0 Delete Hot Spare Use this option to remove the Hot Sparefunction from a disk drive Click the Delete Hot Spare function then select the Hot Spare Disk Click on the Confirm The Operation and click on...

Страница 51: ...ith 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 portion of the raw capacity available in a R...

Страница 52: ...ts can be mapped in the eSATA host channel To create a Volume Set from a Raid Set expand the Volume Set Functions in the main menu and click on the Create Volume Set link The Select the Raid Set to Cr...

Страница 53: ...by default If necessary change the Volume Setsize appropriate foryour application Greater Two TB Volume Support If the Volume Set size is over 2TB an option Greater Two TB Volume Support will be autom...

Страница 54: ...SATA300 NCQ data transfer mode Channel Select the Host Channel for mapping the Volume Set Options are SATA USB and SATA USB NOTE Only the eSATA port can be used in SATA Data Xfer Mode Select only SAT...

Страница 55: ...age 55 Modify Volume Set Use this function to modify Volume Set configuration To modify the attributes of a Volume Set 1 Click on the Modify Volume Set link 2 Click the Volume Set you want to modify C...

Страница 56: ...the Expand Raid Set function to expand a Raid Set when a disk is added to your Guardian 4RT Refer to Raid Set Function above The expanded capacity can be used to enlarge the Volume Set size or create...

Страница 57: ...redundant data data blocks and parity blocks in a Volume Set This basically means computing the parity from the data blocks and comparing the results to the contents of the parity blocks or computing...

Страница 58: ...he RAID will only check for errors It is recommended that Check Volume Set be performed with the 2 options unselected If there is an error the two options can be selected Check Volume set to correct t...

Страница 59: ...cannot be a part of a Volume Set A Pass Through disk is a separate and individual Raid Set The disk is available to the host as an individual disk It is typically used on a system where the operating...

Страница 60: ...and IDE Channel IDE Drive To modify the Pass Through drive attribute from the Pass Through drive pool click on the Modify Pass Through link The Select the Pass Through Disk for Modification screen app...

Страница 61: ...nfirm the Operation and click on the Submit button Delete Pass Through Disk To delete Pass ThroughDisk from the Pass Through drive pool click on Delete Pass Through link Select a Pass Through Disk cli...

Страница 62: ...n a disk drive is selected using the Identify Drive function the LED of the selected disk drive will light To identify a selected drive from the drives pool click on the Identify Drive link The Select...

Страница 63: ...indicates how much time and system resource the RAID controller devotes to a background task such as a rebuild operation The Guardian 4RT allows user to choose the background task priority High 80 Med...

Страница 64: ...n 4RT functions correctly Volume Data Read Ahead This option allows the users to set the Volume Data Read Ahead function Options are Normal Aggressive Conservative and Disabled Stagger Power On Contro...

Страница 65: ...makes the 121 1 GB and 120 4 GB drives same capacity as 120 GB so that one could replace the other Multiples Of 1G If you have 120 GB drives from different vendors chances are that the capacity varies...

Страница 66: ...be emailed to the email recipient s that a problem has occurred Events are classified into 4 levels Urgent Serious Warning and Information SNMP Configuration The SNMP gives users independence from the...

Страница 67: ...ytes max If these 3 categories are configured and an error occurs SNMP will send out a message that includes the 3 categories within the message This allows user to easily define which RAID unit is ha...

Страница 68: ...ration and click on the Submit button to save the configuration View Events Mute Beeper To view the Guardian 4RT s event log information move the cursor to the System Controls menu and click on the Sy...

Страница 69: ...erate Test Event If you want to generate test events move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the Generate Test Events Link Click on the Confirm the Operation and click on the Submit button...

Страница 70: ...g the correct password The password is used to protect the Guardian 4RT s configuration from unauthorized access The RAID controller will check the password only when entering the Main Menu from the i...

Страница 71: ...ECURE Guardian 4RT Secure Raid System User Manual Page 71 Upgrade Firmware Please refer to Upgrading Firmware below for more information Restart Controller Use this function to restart the RAID contro...

Страница 72: ...ardian 4RT s existing Raid Set s Volume Set s and physical disk s configuration and information Select the RAID Set Hierarchy link from the Information menu to display the Raid Set Hierarchy screen To...

Страница 73: ...screen shows various information such as timeout count media error count and SMART information The SMART information shows two numbers one on the left attribute value and one on the right enclosed in...

Страница 74: ...ROCSECURE Guardian 4RT Secure Raid System User Manual Page 74 To view the Volume Set information click the Volume Set link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Volume Set Information screen appears...

Страница 75: ...ion menu The Guardian 4RT Information screen appears The controller name firmware version serial number main processor CPU data instruction cache size and system memory size speed appear in this scree...

Страница 76: ...is fan and voltage levelsof the Guardian 4RT All specificationsare unchangeable When the threshold values are exceeded warning messages will be indicated through the LCD LEDand alarm buzzer Item Warni...

Страница 77: ...he Guardian 4RT s controller features flash firmware it is not necessary to change the hardware flash chip in order to upgrade the controller firmware The user can simply re program the old firmware t...

Страница 78: ...the firmware upgrade Upgrading Firmware Through ANSI VT 100 Terminal Emulation Obtain the new firmware version for your Guardian 4RT controller For Example download the bin file from your vendor s we...

Страница 79: ...Page 79 4 Select ZMODEM modem under Protocol to set ZMODEM as the file transfer protocol of your terminal emulation software 5 Click Browse Look in the location where the firmware file was saved Sele...

Страница 80: ...cure Raid System User Manual Page 80 6 Click Send to send the firmware binary file to the RAID controller 7 When firmware downloading is completed the confirmation screen appears Select Yes to start p...

Страница 81: ...age will show Start Updating Firmware Please Wait 9 The firmware upgrade will take approximately thirty seconds to complete 10 After the firmware upgrade is completes a message will show Firmware Has...

Страница 82: ...ROCSECURE Guardian 4RT Secure Raid System User Manual Page 82...

Страница 83: ...T firmware click the Upgrade Firmwarelink 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 sav...

Страница 84: ...ROCSECURE Guardian 4RT Secure Raid System User Manual Page 84...

Страница 85: ...he Volume Using a PC 1 Open Computer Management 2 Navigate to System Tools Device Manager Disk Drives Ensure you can see the Guardian 4RT RAID Volume If not scan for hardware changes to detect the Gua...

Страница 86: ...ROCSECURE Guardian 4RT Secure Raid System User Manual Page 86 4 Initialize the disk...

Страница 87: ...4RT Secure Raid System User Manual Page 87 Creating Partition and Formatting the Disk from PC 1 Right click the disk A pop up menu will appear Select New Partition 2 The New Partition Wizard will be d...

Страница 88: ...ROCSECURE Guardian 4RT Secure Raid System User Manual Page 88 3 Select the Partition Type Primary partition Click Next 4 Enter the Partition size Click Next...

Страница 89: ...ROCSECURE Guardian 4RT Secure Raid System User Manual Page 89 5 Assign drive letter Click Next 6 In the Format Partition screen you can specify the Volume label Click Next...

Страница 90: ...re Raid System User Manual Page 90 7 To complete the process of creating partition and formatting the disk click Finish The partition will be created and formatted 8 Verify from Disk Management that t...

Страница 91: ...lume drive F in the example is ready for use Disconnecting the Volume from PC Before you disconnect the Volume from your OS ensure the Volume is not being used 1 In Computer Management System Tools De...

Страница 92: ...ardian 4RT Secure Raid System User Manual Page 92 2 A warning message will be displayed Click OK to confirm device removal 3 The device will be disconnected 4 You can then disconnect the eSATA cable f...

Страница 93: ...lume as a Bootable Drive Depending on your motherboard BIOS some steps here may be different from your actual motherboard 1 Ensure you have created a Raid Set and Volume Set 2 Connect the Guardian 4RT...

Страница 94: ...de is set to IDE d After setting the SATA mode save the changes 4 Change the boot order of your motherboard BIOS to boot from CD ROM or USB CD ROM first boot device and Hard Disk Guardian 4RT Volume a...

Страница 95: ...AC server is powered ON and the Guardian 4RT is already connected via eSATA cable or when a MAC server is already running and the eSATA cable from Guardian 4RT is plugged in to the eSATA port the Guar...

Страница 96: ...and Formatting the Disk from MAC 1 Select Guardian 4RT Volume from the disk list 2 3 To create a partition select the Partition tab In Volume Scheme select the number of partitions you want Enter Volu...

Страница 97: ...ecure Raid System User Manual Page 97 4 In the Partition Disk screen select Partition to partition the Guardian 4RT Volume 5 The Partition will be initialized and formatted When completed The Guardian...

Страница 98: ...Disconnecting the Volume from MAC 1 To open Disk Utility select Go Utilities Disk Utility Right click the Volume and select the option Unmount Guardian 4RTVOL1 The Volume will be un mounted 2 Right cl...

Страница 99: ...e Guardian 4RT Volume disk will not be visible from the disk list You can then disconnect the eSATA cable Minimum Requirements for MAC An eSATA card Check the eSATA card model you have to see if the M...

Страница 100: ...ller event log Controller Event List A Device Event Event Type Meaning Action Reading Error Warning HDD reading error Keep Watching HDD status maybe it is caused by noise or the HDD is unstable If it...

Страница 101: ...er 60 C or 140 F Check air flow and cooling fan of the enclosure and contact us HDD Overheating Urgent Abnormally high temperature detected on HDD over 60 C or 140 F Check air flow and cooling fan of...

Страница 102: ...on Current SATA Xfer Mode If connected it will show the current SATA transfer mode such as SATA150 If not connected it will show Not Linked If the eSATA cable is connected to the Guardian 4RT and to t...

Страница 103: ...performance capacity and reliability that exceeds that of a single large drive The array of drives appears to the host computer as a single logical drive Five types of array architectures RAID 1 thro...

Страница 104: ...ve system without striping the disk I O load is never perfectly balanced Some drives will contain data files that are frequently accessed and some drives will rarely be accessed By striping the drives...

Страница 105: ...is simply a pair of disk drives that store duplicate data but appear to the computer as a single drive Although striping is not used within a single mirrored drive pair multiple RAID 1 arrays can be s...

Страница 106: ...arrays can satisfy only one I 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...

Страница 107: ...s 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 durin...

Страница 108: ...y 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...

Страница 109: ...work the Raid Set disk drives can be moved to another enclosure and inserted in any order Online Capacity Expansion Online Capacity Expansion makes it possible to add one or more physical drives to a...

Страница 110: ...eady to replace a failed disk drive In a RAID level 1 0 1 3 or 5 Raid Set any unused online available drive installed that does not belong to a Raid Set can be defined as a hot spare drive Hot spares...

Страница 111: ...e is not available the failed disk drive must be replaced with a new disk drive so that the data on the failed drive can be rebuilt If a hot spare is available the rebuild starts automatically when a...

Страница 112: ...thout the need for an external power supply and allowing many devices to be used without requiring manufacturer specific individual device drivers to be installed USB can connect computer peripherals...

Страница 113: ...tighter data integrity checks than the older Parallel ATA interface SATA 1 5 GB s and SATA 3 GB s SATA is designed to be backward and forward compatible with future revisions of the SATA standard Ext...

Страница 114: ...eters No 2 FireWire 3200 3144 393 100 Cables available for 100m 12 25 V 15 W 63 FireWire 800 786 98 25 100 11 m 12 25 V 15 W 63 FireWire 400 393 49 13 15 Ft 4 5 m 12 25 V 15 W 63 USB 2 0 480 60 5 14 m...

Страница 115: ...ws 2000 Windows 2000 and Windows XP can read and write to FAT32 file systems of any size but the format program included in Windows 2000 and higher can only create FAT32 file systems of 32 GB or less...

Страница 116: ...255 UTF 16 characters in length and n forked files similar to NTFS though almost no software takes advantage of forks other than the data fork and resource fork HFS Plus also uses a full 32 bit alloc...

Страница 117: ...Failed Drive Indicators Yes Failed Drive Auto Rebuild Yes Online Consistency Check Yes Online Expansion Yes Array Roaming Yes Online RAID Level Stripe Size Migration Yes Instant Availability and Back...

Страница 118: ...of of the purchase or lease date You may be required to provide proof of purchase or lease as a condition of receiving warranty service You are entitled to warranty service according to the terms and...

Страница 119: ...e of the Rocstor branded product No change to the conditions of this Limited Warranty is valid unless it is made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of Rocstor Buyer s Obligation und...

Страница 120: ...r Rocstor Limited Warranty consists of repair or replacement of defective parts including hard drives identified by Rocstor Support Organization as pre failure Carry in Limited Warranty Service Availa...

Страница 121: ...5 to 10 depending on the operating system and formatting used or 1GB 1 000 000 000 bytes Options and Software The Limited Warranty terms and conditions for Rocstor options are as indicated in the Limi...

Страница 122: ...ded with the Rocstor branded product at the time of your purchase or lease of the product is available for a fee WARNING The individual user should take care to determine prior to use whether this dev...

Страница 123: ...icrosoft Corporation in the United States and other countries Intel Itanium Pentium XXX Celeron and Xeon MMX are registered U S trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States...

Страница 124: ...l is to help our U S A and Canadian customers find a storage solution that best serves their needs We will help you determine your best purchasing options For more information please contact the appro...

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