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1. NOTE The password option allows user to set or clear the RAID subsystem s password protection feature Once the password has been set the user can only monitor and configure the RAID subsystem by providing the correct password The password is used to protect the RAID subsystem from unauthorized access The controller will check the password only when entering the Main menu from the initial screen The RAID subsystem will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does notreceive any command in twenty seconds The RAID subsystem s factory default password is set to 0000 User Manual 33 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem VT100 Terminal Configuration Utility Main Menu Options Select an option and the related information or submenu items under it will be displayed The submenus for each item are shown in Section 4 2 1 The configuration utility main menu options are Quick Volume And Raid Create a RAID configuration which Set Setup consists of all physical disks installed Raid Set Functions Create a customized Raid Set Volume Set Functions Create a customized Volume Set Physical Drive Functions View individual disk information Raid System Functions Setting the Raid system configurations Hdd Power Management Setting the HDD power management configurations Fibre Channel Config Setting the Fibre Channel configurations Ethernet Configuration Setting the Ethernet configurations 34 vse vena Fibre to
2. Raid System Console a Scheduled Volume Checking 9 Quick Function Scheduler Disabled x H RAID Set Functions A 4 Volume Set Functions Create Volume Set M Scrub Bad Block If Bad Block Is Found Assume Parity Data Is Good Create Raid30 50 60 Delete Volume Set Modify Volume Set Check Volume Set J ConfirmThe Operation OOU Schedule Volume Check Submit Reset Stop Volume Check H Physical Drives J System Controls J Information Checking After System Idle No v M Re compute Parity If Parity Error Is Found Assume Data Is Good DPV NOTE To verify the Volume Check schedule go to Information gt RAID Set Hierarchy gt select the Volume Set gt the Volume Set Information will be displayed lopen all close alll al ee W Raid System Console Sane SE ANO NMONON H Quick Function volume Set Name Wolurme YOL O00 9 RAID Set Functions Raid Set Name Ead Set 000 H0 Volume Set Functions volume Capacity 2199 068 7 physical Drives Se E i ae Raid Level Raids O RAID Set Hierarchy ipa OOR O System Information Block Size S12Bytes C Hardware Monitor Member Disks 20 Cache Mode Write Back Tagged Queuing Enabled Volume State Born b Time To Volume Check 0 23 56 24 User Manual 67 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 3 7 Stop Volume Check Use this option to stop all Volume Se
3. ae NB New Connection Enter a name and choose an icon for the connection 4 The default setting of the monitor port is 115200 baud rate 8 data bit non parity 1 stop bit and no flow control oe ee 5 Click B disconnect button olaj 03 oial e Wen deca facodwec Ena EFs A ie ffrintecho 30 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA I RAID Subsystem 6 Open the File menu and then open Properties 7 Open the Settings Tab RAID Phys Terrie Pa iE Lard hive himala em hainbet e Dies alg ala 2 RAN Propertirs Conrac To Seting Pyro ied County bezoni rama Bismi of Amena 1 Ermi Hee area cocks paihau the long distance proie Area cous E Configure E Ucosan pode ord ern pede r Hiba iri liiaga E hmin Adma BOA CAS MM Cente ieo i a 8 Configure the settings as follows Function arrow and ctrl keys act as Terminal Keys Backspace key sends Crtl H Emulation VT100 Telnet terminal ID VT100 Back scroll buffer lines 500 Click OK pi alz ola a Coren To Settings Funcom mow end oike ectep T Tesora hoes T Winden kban Backipace key beridi GH Da f Chih Spree hH a Deecennacted lara dete jarada Scr cars MA tephre Freeh i P User Manual 31 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 9 Now the VT100 is ready to use After you have finished the VT100 Ter
4. Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Create Volume Set L Create Volume From Raid Set L Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4k Block L Volume Creation Volume Name Raid Level Capacity Stripe Size Fibre Host LUN Base Fibre LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing L Create Volume _ Yes No L Initialization Mode Foreground Background No Init Create Raid 30 50 60 L Create Raid 30 50 60 Free capacity L Select Multiple Raid Set _ Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4k Block L_ Volume Creation gt Volume Name Raid Level Capacity Stripe Size Fibre Host LUN Base Fibre LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing L Create Volume gt Yes No L Initialization Mode Foreground Background No Init Volume Set Function Delete Volume Set L Delete Volume From Raid Set L Select Volume To Delete L Delete Volume Set gt Yes No L Are You Sure Yes No Modify Volume Set L Modify Volume From Raid Set L Select Volume To Modify L Volume Modification gt Greater Two TB Volume Support Volume Name Raid Level Capacity Stripe Size Fibre Host LUN Base Fibre LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing L Modify Volume gt Yes No L Are You Sure gt Yes No Check Volume Set L Check Volume From Raid Set L Select Volume Set to Check L Check The Volume gt Yes No Stop Volume Check L Stop All Volume Check gt Yes No L Are You Sure Yes No Display Volum
5. Raid System Console H Quick Function A RAID Set Functions 0 Create RAID Set 0 Delete RAID Set i cS Di i O Offline RAID Set O Activate Incomplete RAID S O Create Hot Spare i D Delete Hot Spare Rescue Raid Set H Volume Set Functions 9 Physical Drives H System Controls a Information 3 Raid System Console 9 Quick Function ao RAID Set Functions Create RAID Set 0 Delete RAID Set 0 Create Hot Spare D Delete Hot Spare Rescue Raid Set 3 Volume Set Functions B Physical Drives H System Controls E G Information Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Slot 6 300 168 Maxtor 6830050 l Confirm The Operation SS ee User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Migration occurs when a disk is added to a Raid Set Migrating status is displayed in the Raid Set status area of the Raid Set information Migrating status is also displayed in the Volume Set status area of the Volume Set Information for all Volume Sets under the Raid Set which is migrating NOTE Cannot expand Raid Set when contains Raid30 50 60 volume proRAID Manager 00000000000K lopen all close all E 8 Raid System Console Controller Response cn Quick Function A RAID Set Functions v Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set i D Offline RAID Set D Activate Incomplete RAID Si Create Hot Spare Delete Hot Spare Rescue Raid Set Cannot Expand RaidSet Conatins Raid30 5
6. Shutdown the RAID controller using the Shutdown Controller function in proRAID Manager GUI After RAID controller is shutdown power off the switch of the Power Supply Then disconnect the power cable Disconnect any Fibre cable from the FC host channel s open the enclosure and then remove the Controller Module from the enclosure Remove the memory module from the RAM socket of the RAID controller by pressing the ejector clips until the memory module pops out of the socket Align the new memory module into the socket Make sure the notch is aligned with the key on the socket itself With the ejector clips in open position press down the memory module into the socket until it sinks into place The ejector clips will automatically close to lock the memory module Reinstall the Controller Module into the enclosure and close the enclosure Reconnect the Fibre cable s to the FC host channel s Reconnect the power cable and power on the switch of the Power Supply 94 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 6 2 Upgrading the RAID Controller s Firmware Upgrading Firmware Using Flash Programming Utility Since the RAID subsystem s controller features flash firmware it is not necessary to change the hardware flash chip in order to upgrade the controller firmware User can simply re program the old firmware through the RS 232 port New releases of the firmware are available in the form of binary file at v
7. L_ Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Edit the Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No L Initialization Mode Foreground No Init Raid 1 0 Spare L Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Edit the Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set Yes No L Initialization Mode Foreground No Init Raid 3 L_ Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L_ Edit the Capacity L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init Quick Volume Raid Set Raid 5 L Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Edit the Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init Raid 3 Spare L_ Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L_ Edit the Capacity L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init Raid 5 Spare L Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Edit the Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init Raid 6 L_ Greater Two TB Volume Suppo
8. Confirm The Operation Submit Reset NOTE Refer to Section 5 3 1 Create Volume Set for detailed information about the Volume Set settings 60 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 3 3 Delete Volume Set To delete a Volume Set select the Volume Set Functions in the main menu and click on the Delete Volume Set link The Select The Volume Set To Delete screen will show all available Raid Sets Tick on a Raid Set and check the Confirm The Operation option and then click on the Submit button to show all Volume Sets in the selected Raid Set Tick on a Volume Set and check the Confirm The Operation option Click on the Submit button to delete the Volume Set proRAlD aow XXXXXXXXXXXX open all close all 3 Raid System Console a TER The Volume Set To Delete 3 Quick Function Select Volume Set Name On Raid Set ae noe Sat rime tate Volume VOL 000 Raid Set 000 3000 0GB a ra Volume Set Functions faiz L Create Volume Set _ PD Create Raid30 s0 60 m i Volume VOL 001 Raid Set 001 3000 0GB WU Delete Volume Set l Confirm The Operation e Modify Volume Set _ Check Volume Set Submit Reset D Schedule Volume Check if Stop Volume Check o J Physical Drives H System Controls H Information User Manual 61 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 3 4 Modify Volume Set Use this function to modify Volume Set configuration To modify the attributes of a Volu
9. Member E Disks Ja Total Raw Capacity 247 0GB g E Free R Raw Capacity 247 06GB Min Member Disk Size i e2 3GB Raid Set Power State te l perating i Raid Set State Incomplete The Volume Set s associated with the Raid Set will not be visible and the failed or removed disk will be shown as Missing At the same time the subsystem will not detect the Volume Set s hence the volume s is are not accessible s RaidSet Hierarchy W Raid System Console H E Quick Function RAID Set Devices Volume Set Port Lun Volume State H 0 RAID Set Functions Raid Set 000 E 1Slot 1 7 Volume Set Functions ae a Physical Drives H System Controls El a ADON ot F EEE Prechosnecd SAS RAID Subsystem V1 0 4 Hardware Monitor Device Usage Capacity Model Slot 1 0 1 ae cet 500 1GB HDS725050KLA360 w ee po Slot 2 0 2 fe Set I500 1GB HDS725050KLA360 52 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem When can the Activate Incomplete Raid Set function be used In order to access the Volume Set s and corresponding data use the Activate Incomplete RAID Set function to active the Raid Set After selecting this function the Raid State will change to Degraded state To activate the incomplete the Raid Set click on the Activate Incomplete RAID Set link A Select The Raid Set To Activate screen is displayed showing all existing Raid Sets in the subsystem Select
10. SMART Spinup Retries SMART Calibration Retries 100 36 84 30 100 97 IN A N A he SMART Attribute Threshold Is A Normalized Value The Value Is The Larger The Better Tf The Attribute Value Is Smaller Than The Threshold Value The Disk Is In Unstable State To view the Volume Set information click the Volume VOL link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Volume Set Information screen appears proRAID Manager XXXXXXXXXXXX lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function J RAID Set Functions H 0 Volume Set Functions J Physical Drives J System Controls E 3 Information RAID Set Hierarchy C System Information 0 Hardware Monitor User Manual 91 a Volume Set Information Volume Set Name Volume VOL 000 Raid Set Name Volume Capacity Fibre Ch Lun Raid Level Stripe Size Block Size Member Disks Cache Mode Tagged Queuing Raid Set 000 3000 0GB 0 0 Raid 5 64KBytes _ 512Bytes 4 write Back Enabled Volume State Normal Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 6 2 System Information To view the RAID subsystem s controller information click the System Information link from the Information menu The Raid Subsystem Information screen appears proRAID C anager XXOOOOXXOOOKKX open all close all Raid System Console J Quick Function 3 RAID Set Functions H 0 Volume Set Functions Jj Physical Drives H System Control
11. Confirm The Operation H 0 Physical Drives J System Controls J Information 56 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 3 Volume Set Function Volume Set is seen by the host system as a single logical device It is organized in a RAID level with one or more physical disks RAID level refers to the level of data performance and protection of a Volume Set A Volume Set capacity can consume all or a portion of the raw capacity available in a Raid Set Multiple Volume Sets can exist on a group of disks in a Raid Set Additional Volume Sets created in a specified Raid Set will reside on all the physical disks in the Raid Set Thus each Volume Set on the Raid Set will have its data spread evenly across all the disks in the Raid Set 5 3 1 Create Volume Set The following are the Volume Set features 1 Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same Raid Set 2 Up to 128 Volume Sets in a Raid Set can be created in the RAID subsystem To create Volume Set from a Raid Set expand the Volume Set Functions in the main menu and click on the Create Volume Set link The Select The Raid Set To Create On It screen will show all existing Raid Sets Tick on the Raid Set where you want to create the Volume Set and then click on the Submit button proRAID CManager XXOOOXXOOOOOKX lopen all close all Raid System Console a Select The Raid Set To Create Volume On It J Quick Function Select Raid Set Name Member D
12. Functions Member Disks 4 H 0 Volume Set Functions Total Raw Capacity 4000 0GB e Physical Drives Free Raw Capacity 0 0GB J System Controls Min Member Disk Size 1000 0GB El Information en Raid Set Power State Operating Raid Set State Normal 90 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem To view the disk drive information click the E Slot link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Device Information screen appears This screen shows various information such as disk drive model name serial number firmware revision disk capacity timeout count media error count and SMART information proRAID Nanager gt XXXXXXXXXXXX lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function H 0 RAID Set Functions H 0 Volume Set Functions J Physical Drives J System Controls B a Information 0 RAID Set Hierarchy 0 System Information 0 Hardware Monitor Device Information Device Type sl ouee rat errant ner 707 Device Location Model Name Serial Number Firmware Rev Disk Capacity Current SATA Mode Supported SATA Mode Disk APM Support Device State Enclosure 1 Slot 1 ST31000528AS 9VP4ZSM9 cc38 1000 268 SATA300 NCQ Depth32 SATA300 NCQ Depth22 No Normal Timeout Count Media Error Count Device Temperature SMART Read Error Rate SMART Spinup Time o 0 29 oc 109 6 95 0 SMART Reallocation Count SMART Seek Error Rate
13. Reset lt gt Greater Two TB Volume Support No Volume Set capacity is set to maximum 2TB 64bit LBA Use this option for UNIX Linux Kernel 2 6 or later Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later versions Windows x64 and other supported operating systems The maximum Volume Set size is up to 512TB 4K Block Use this option for Windows OS such as Windows 2000 2003 or XP The maximum Volume Set size is 16TB Just use the Volume as Basic Disk Volume can t be used as Dynamic Disk also can t be used in 512Bytes block service program 4a User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Tick on the Confirm The Operation option and click on the Submit button in the Quick Create screen The Raid Set and Volume Set will start to initialize You can use RaidSet Hierarchy feature to view the Volume Set information Refer to Section 5 6 1 based on the number of disks in your system maximum 32 disks per Raid Set Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you prefer to create customized Raid Set and Volume Set aX NOTE In Quick Create your Raid Set is automatically configured NOTE In Quick Create the Raid Level options 30 50 and 60 are not available If you need to create Volume Set with Raid Level 30 50 or 60 use the Create Raid Set function and Create Volume Set function x User Manual a5 o Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 2 RAID Set Functions Use the Raid Set Function and V
14. SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 4 2 Configuration through the LCD Panel All configurations can be performed through the LCD Display front panel function keys except for the Firmware update The LCD provides a system of screens with areas for information status indication or menus The LCD screen displays menu items or other information up to two lines at a time The RAID controller s factory default password is set to 0000 Function Key Definitions The four function keys at side of the front panel perform the following functions Up Button Exit Button EN l Down Button k Select Button Parts Function Upand Down QA ree Pepin WwW Use the Up or Down arrow keys to go through the information on the LCD screen This is also used to move between each menu when you configure the Subsystem Select button Y This is used to enter the option you have selected Exit button EXIT Press this button to return to the previous menu User Manual 35 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 4 2 1 Menu Diagram The following menu diagram is a summary of the various configurations and setting functions that can be accessed through terminal The LCD panel menus also have similar functions except Update Firmware Raid 0 L Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Edit the Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No Raid 1 or 1 0
15. These are notes that contain useful information and tips that the user must give attention to in going through with the subsystem operation IMPORTANT These are the important information that the user must remember WARNING These are the warnings that the user must follow to avoid unnecessary errors and bodily injury during hardware and software operation of the subsystem CAUTION These are the cautions that user must be aware of to prevent damage to the subsystem and or its components 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 owners Changes The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice User Manual 5o Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Before You Begin Before going through with this manual you should read and focus on the following Safety guidelines Notes about the subsystem s controller configuration and the product packaging and delivery are also included here Safety Guidelines To provide reasonable protection against any harm on the part of the user and to obtain maximum performance user is advised to be aware of the following safety gui
16. Volume Check A EN _ Stop Volume Check Confirm The Operation H Physical Drives as H System Controls H Information e Check Volume Set Options e Scrub Bad Block If Bad Block Found Assume Parity Data is Good e Re compute Parity if Parity Error Assume Data is Good x NOTE When the 2 options are not selected it will only check for errors It is recommended to perform Check Volume Set with the 2 options unselected at first If the result shows errors the data must be backed up to a safe storage Then the two options can be selected and redo Check Volume Set to correct the errors User Manual 65 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 3 Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button The Checking process will be started The checking percentage can also be viewed by clicking on RaidSet Hierarchy in the Information menu proRAID C anager XOOOOOOO0000K lopen all close all Raid System Console Stop Auto Refresh J Quick Function a RaidSet Hierarchy RAID Set Functions de Vokme Set Functons RAID Set Devices Volume Set Ch Lun Volume State Capacity bol Raid Set 000 E 1Slot 1 Volume VOL 000 0 0 Checking 0 0 3000 0GB O Create Volume Set Raid Set 000 E 1Slot 1 Volume VOL 000 0 0 gi jii Create Raid30 50 60 E 1Slot 2 Delete Volume Set E21Slot 3 C Modify Volume Set L Check Volume Set Schedule Volume Check Stop Volume Ch
17. button the system password checking will be disabled No password checking will occur when entering the main menu from the starting screen proRAID C anager XXXXXXXXXXKK lopen all close all Y Raid System Console s Modify System Password i H Quick Function Enter Original Password RAID Set Functions H volume Set Functions Enter New Password ii a Physical Drives Re Enter New Password Ely System Controls _ System Configuration N O Hdd Power Management Confirm The Operation L Fibre Channel Config Submit Regel L EtherNet Configuration C Alert By Mail Configuration es O SNMP Configuration L NTP Configuration OQ View Events Mute Beeper L Generate Test Event O Clear Event Buffer C Upgrade Firmware O Shutdown Controller C Restart Controller H Information E NOTE The admin Password characters allowed are A Z a 2 and QO 9 The minimum number of Password characters is null empty Password is disabled and maximum number of Password characters is 15 5 5 12 Upgrade Firmware Please refer to Section 6 2 for more information User Manual lara Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 5 13 Shutdown Controller Use this function to shutdown the RAID Controller This is used to flush the data from the cache memory and is normally done before powering off the system power switch eroRAID CManayer XX
18. command queue of the RAID system This function should normally remain enabled Fibre Channel LUN Base LUN Fibre Channel Each RAID controller has two 8Gbps Fibre Host Channels ports Select the Fibre port where to map the LUN Volume Set Options are 0 1 and 0 amp 1 Cluster O amp 1 Cluster will make the LUN visible on both Fibre ports LUN Base The base LUN number Each LUN Base supports 8 LUNs LUN Each Volume Set must be assigned a unique LUN ID number A Fibre Port can connect up to 128 devices LUN ID 0 to 127 Select the LUN ID for the Volume Set Volumes To Be Created Use this option to create several Volume Sets with the same Volume Set attributes Up to 128 Volume Sets can be created User Manual 59 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 3 2 Create Raid 30 50 60 To create a Raid30 50 60 Volume Set move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the Create Raid30 50 60 link The Select Multiple RaidSet For Raid30 50 60 screen will show all Raid Sets Tick on the Raid Sets that you want to include in the creation and then click on the Submit button NOTE When creating Raid 30 50 60 Volume set you need to create first the Raid Sets Up to 8 Raid Sets maximum is supported in Raid 30 50 60 All Raid Sets must contain the same number of disk drives proRAlD Nanager gt XXXXXXXXXXXX open all close all W Raid System Console 1 Quick Function RAID Set Functions SJ Vol
19. ig Create Pass Through Disk OR O I z 0 Delete Pass Through Disk a Q Identify Enclosure 0 Identify Drive a J System Controls H Information The Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute screen appears Modify the drive attribute values as you want lopen all close all Raid System Console a Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute H Quick Function Enclosure 1 Slot 5 300 1GB Maxtor 6 300F0 Ga RAID Set Functions Volume Cache Mode Write Back Y H H Yolume Set Functions S Physical Drives Tagged Command Queuing Enabled v E ra PE A Fibre Channel LUN Base LUN Q Ea n E D Delete Pass Through Disk ra Identify Enclosure l Confirm The Operation Identify Drive Submit Reset ao System Controls Information 70 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 4 3 Delete Pass Through Disk To delete Pass Through Disk from the Pass Through drive pool click on Delete Pass Through link Select a Pass Through Disk tick on the Confirm The Operation and click the Submit button to complete the delete action proRAID anager XX XXXXXXXKX A Jopen all close all a eee Raid system Console a Select The Pass Through Disk To Delete a Quick Function a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem 1 0 H RAID Set Functions slotes 300 1GB Maxtor 6V300F0 H Volume Set Functions H 5 Physical Drives E L Create Pass Through Disk l Confirm The Operation D Identify Enclosure E eee 0 Identify
20. is effective only under Loop topology When enabled you can manually set the Loop ID in the range from O to 125 Make sure this hard assigned ID does not conflict with other devices on the same loop otherwise the channel will be disabled It is a good practice to disable the hard loop ID and let the loop itself auto arrange the Loop ID on how the subsystem is connected it is recommended to setup Channel Speed and Channel Topology as follows RAID subsystem is Channel Speed Channel Topology connected to setting setting 8Gb FC switch Fabric NOTE For reliable operation of the RAID subsystem and depending 8Gb FC HBA 8Gb L 4Gb FC HBA 4 L 2Gb FC HBA 2 L Fabric topology is used when there is switch Loop topology is used when there is no switch The Speed setting follows the FC switch speed if there is switch If there is no FC switch the Speed setting follows the FC HBA speed User Manual 79 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 5 4 EtherNet Configuration To set the Ethernet configuration click the EtherNet Configuration link under the System Controls menu The RAID subsystem EtherNet Configuration screen will be shown Set the desired configuration Once done tick on the Confirm The Operation and click the Submit button to save the settings a proRAID CManayer XXXXXXXXXXXX lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console H 0 Quick Function H RAID Set Functions H 0 volume Set
21. is the fastest and most efficient array type but offers no fault tolerance RAID O requires a minimum of one drive RAID 1 is the best choice for performance critical fault tolerant environments RAID 1 is the only choice for fault tolerance if no more than two drives are used RAID 3 can be used to speed up data transfer and provide fault tolerance in single user environments that access long sequential records However RAID 3 does not allow overlapping of multiple I O operations and requires synchronized spindle drives to avoid performance degradation with short records RAID 5 with a small stripe size offers similar performance RAID 5 combines efficient fault tolerant data storage with good performance characteristics However write performance and performance during drive failure is slower than with RAID 1 Rebuild operations also require more time than with RAID 1 because parity information is also reconstructed At least three drives are required for RAID 5 arrays e RAID 6 is essentially an extension of RAID level 5 which allows for additional fault tolerance by using a second independent distributed parity scheme two dimensional parity Data is striped on a block level across a set of drives just like in RAID 5 and a second set of parity is calculated and written across all the drives RAID 6 provides for an extremely high data fault tolerance and can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failures It is a perfect solution for
22. mission critical applications 14 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem RAI D Management The subsystem can implement several different levels of RAID technology RAID levels Supported by the subsystem are shown below Block striping is provide which yields higher performance than with individual drives There is no redundancy Drives are paired and mirrored All data is 100 duplicated on an equivalent drive Fully redundant Data is striped across several physical drives 3 Parity protection is used for data redundancy Data is striped across several physical drives 3 Parity protection is used for data redundancy Data is striped across several physical drives Parity protection is used for data redundancy Requires N 2 drives to implement because of two dimensional parity scheme Combination of RAID levels 0 and 1 This level provides striping and redundancy through mirroring RAID 0 1 requires the use of an even number of disk drives to achieve data protection while RAID 1E Enhanced Mirroring uses an odd number of drives 0 1 1E 4 3 Combination of RAID levels 0 and 3 This level is best implemented on two RAID 3 disk arrays with data striped across both disk arrays RAID 50 provides the features of both RAID 0 and RAID 5 RAID 50 includes both parity and disk striping across multiple drives RAID 50 is best implemented on two RAID 5 disk arrays with data striped across both disk arrays R
23. the Raid Set with Incomplete state which you want to activate in the Select column lopen all close all ig Raid System Console H Quick Function Ely RAID Set Functions Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set Expand RAID Set Offline RAID Set Create Hot Spare Delete Hot Spare Rescue Raid Set H Volume Set Functions 1 9 Physical Drives H System Controls H Information AREARE s Select The Raid Set To Activate Select Raid Set Name Raid Set 000 Submit Reset aaa ata a aa a ea aa ata a aa a aa aa sta a a ata a a ae ea aa aia a a ata a a ea ata ee aia sa dra a de aia a a are ea ae a a ee era ea ee a a die eae Member Disks Raid State Capacity 2 3 Incomplete 247 0GB Click on the Submit button to activate the Raid Set The Volume Set s associated with the Raid Set will become accessible in Degraded mode oroRAID 2A anager XXXXXXXXXXXX lopen all close all ig Raid System Console seein il i H Quick Function RAID Set Devices H RAID Set Functions Physical Drives ee H System Controls J Information Raid Set 000 E 1Slot 1 H Volume Set Functions E 1Slot 2 Volume Set Port Lun Volume State Capacity Volume VOL 000 0 0 Degraded 164 7GB a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem V1 0 i Hardware Monitor Device Usage Raid Set if y Raid Set 2 0 2 Slot 2 0 2 000 500 1GB Model HDS725050KLA360 HDS725050KLA360 NOTE The Activate Incomplete R
24. 0 60 Volume a volume Set Functions 9 Physical Drives HQ System Controls a Information 50 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 2 4 Offline RAID Set If user wants to offline and move a Raid Set while the system is powered on use the Offline Raid Set function After completing the function the HDD state will change to Offlined Mode and the HDD Status LEDs will be blinking RED To offline a Raid Set click on the Offline RAID Set link A Select The RAID SET To Offline screen is displayed showing all existing Raid Sets in the subsystem Select the Raid Set which you want to offline in the Select column Tick on the Confirm The Operation and then click on the Submit button to offline the selected Raid Set lopen all close all a Raid System Console a Select The Raid Set To Offline 1 4 Quick Function Member Disks Capacity sid 5 a RAID Set Functions om Set 000 7 7 1750 4GB Create RAID Set O Delete RAID Set L Expand RAID Set OQ Activate Incomplete RAID Si gt Create Hot Spare L Delete Hot Spare _ Rescue Raid Set H Volume Set Functions 9 Physical Drives 0 System Controls H 0 Information oRAID C anager XXXXXXXXXXXX apen alildose all Raid System Console a RaidSet Hierarchy H Quick Function RAIDSet Devices Volume Set Ch Lun Volume State RAID Set Functions Raid Set 001 E 1Slot 5 Volume VOL 001 0 amp 1 1 Normal 3000 0GB
25. 0 Volume Set cannot be modified 64 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 3 5 Check Volume Set Use this function to perform Volume Set consistency check which verifies the correctness of 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 the data from the parity blocks and comparing the results to the contents of the data blocks Check Volume Set Only RAID levels with parity redundant data NOTE The Volume Set state must be Normal in order to perform such as RAID Levels 3 5 6 30 50 and 60 support this function To perform Check Volume Set function 1 Click on the Check Volume Set link 2 Tick from the list the Volume Set you want to check Select the Check Volume Set options proRAID C anager XOOOOOOOO000K open all close all Raid System Console a Select The Volume Set To Be Checked H Quick Function Select Volume Set Name On Raid Set Capacity Hi RAID Set Functions w Volume VOL 000 Raid Set 000 23000 0GB ES Volume Set Functions f Volume VOL 001 Raid Set 001 3000 0GB _ Create Volume Set O Create Raid30 50 60 L Delete Volume Set V Scrub Bad Block If Bad Block Is Found Assume Parity Data Is Good _ Modify Volume Set 7 BEE E R N Set MV Re compute Parity If Parity Error Is Found Assume Data Is Good _ Schedule
26. AID 60 combines both RAID 6 and RAID O features Data is striped across disks as in RAID 0 and it uses double distributed parity as in RAID 6 RAID 60 provides data reliability good overall performance and supports larger volume Sizes RAID 60 also provides very high reliability because data is still available even if multiple disk drives fail two in each disk array User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 1 3 Fibre Functions 1 3 1 Overview Fibre Channel is a set of standards under the auspices of ANSI American National Standards Institute Fibre Channel combines the best features from SCSI bus and IP protocols into a single standard interface including high performance data transfer up to 800 MB per second low error rates multiple connection topologies scalability and more It retains the SCSI command set functionality but uses a Fibre Channel controller instead of a SCSI controller to provide the interface for data transmission In today s fast moving computer environments Fibre Channel is the serial data transfer protocol choice for high speed transportation of large volume of information between workstation server mass storage subsystems and peripherals Physically the Fibre Channel can be an interconnection of multiple communication points called N_Ports The port itself only manages the connection between itself and another such end port which which could either be part of a switched network re
27. Auto Enabled Disabled Capacity Truncation gt To Multiples of 10G To Mulitples of 1G Disabled Update Firmware Shutdown Controller L Shutdown Controller Yes No L Are You Sure Yes No Restart Controller L Confirm Reset Yes No L Are You Sure Yes No 40 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 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 0 Time to Low Power Idle gt Disabled 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hdd Power Management Time to Low RPM Mode gt Disabled 10 20 30 40 50 60 Time to Spin Down Hdd gt Disabled 1 3 5 10 15 20 30 40 60 Channel 0 Speed gt Auto 2Gb 4Gb 8Gb Channel 0 Topology gt Auto Loop Point Point Fabric Fibre Channel Config Channel 0 Loop ID gt 0 125 Channel 1 Speed gt Auto 2Gb 4Gb 8Gb Channel 1 Topology gt Auto Loop Point Point Fabric Channel 1 Loop ID gt 0 125 DHCP Function gt Disabled Enabled Local IP Address Ethernet Configuration HTTP Port Number 80 Telnet Port Number 23 SMTP Port Number 25 Ethernet Address View System Events Show System Events Clear Event Buffers Clear Event Buffer Yes No Hardware Monitor The Hardware Monitor Information System Information The System Information User Manual aoo Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 4 3 Configuration through web browser based proRAI D Manager The RAID subsystem can be
28. D Function RAID Rebuild Priority Maximum ATA Mode No Terminal Port Confi Restart Controller ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw K Redraw Connected 0 04 57 vT100 115200 8 N 1 SCROLL caps NUM Capture Print echo 8 When the Flash programming starts a message will show Start Updating Firmware Please Wait Raid HyperTerminal A Oy x Fie Edit View Call Transfer Help Model Name RAID Controller Raid System Function Hute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password JBODZRAID Function RAID Rebuild Priorit Maximum Terminalia eLA ie pie Ts at Teo E Update F Restart Controller Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw K Redraw Connected 0 05 55 VT100 115200 8 N 1 SCROLL caps NUM Capture Print echo N 9 The firmware upgrade will take approximately thirty seconds to complete 98 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 10 After the firmware upgrade is complete a message will show Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully Restarting the RAID controller is required for the new firmware to take effect Raid HyperTerminal e l0 x Fie Edit Yiew Call Transfer Help Hute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password JBOD RAID Function RAID Rebuild Priorit Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw K Redraw Connected 0 06 22 vT100 ftiszo
29. D Subsystem 5 5 3 Fibre Channel Config To set the Fibre Channel Configuration function move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the Fibre Channel Config The Fibre Channel Configuration screen will be shown Configure the desired function proRAID Manager XXXXXXXXXXXX lopen all close all E B Raid system Console a Fibre Channel Configurations WWNN 20 00 00 1b 4d 01 04 77 H Quick Function Distinct WWNN for Each Channel oi A Channel 0 WWPN 21 00 00 1b 4d 01 04 77 H volume Set Functions H Physical Drives Channel 0 Speed Auto Current Speed Unknown PRE RIER SEGRE Channel 0 Topology Auto Current Topology None O System Configuration C Hdd Power Management Channel 0 Hard Loop ID lo Disabled a Fibre Channel Config Channel 1 WWPN 21 00 00 1b 4d 01 04 78 i EtherNet Configuration F i O Alert By Mail Configuration Auto z Current Speed Unknown O SNMP Configuration Channel 1 Topology Auto gt Current Topology None C NTP Configuration D View See ea Beeper Channel 1 Hard Loop ID m Disabled C Generate Test Event _ Clear Event Buffer O Modify Password O Upgrade Firmware _ Shutdown Controller D abian the Operation O Restart Controller H Information Submit Reset _ WWNN World Wide Node Name The WWNN of the FC RAID system is shown at top of the configuration screen This is an eight byte unique address factory assigned to the FC RAID common to bot
30. Drive H System Controls Information User Manual no Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 4 4 Identify Enclosure To identify an Enclosure move the mouse cursor and click on Identify Enclosure link The Select The Enclosure For Identification screen appears Tick on the enclosure from the list of enclosures then click on the Submit button to identify the selected enclosure All disk drives LEDs in an enclosure will flash when a particular enclosure is selected proRAID C anager A lopen all close all Te 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function eEnclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem 1 0 J RAID Set Functions a Volume Set Functions B Physical Drives Saula Bis L Create Pass Through Disk b Modify a Pass Through Disk L Delete Pass Through Disk D Identify Drive a System Controls H Information ee User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 4 5 Identify Selected Drive Use this option to physically locate a selected drive to prevent removing the wrong drive When a disk drive is selected using the Identify Drive function the Status LED of the selected disk drive will be blinking To identify a selected drive from the drives pool click on the Identify Drive link The Select The IDE Device For identification screen appears Tick on the IDE device from the drives list After completing the selection click on the Submit button to identify selected drive oroRA
31. Functions J Physical Drives EJ System Controls D System Configuration Hdd Power Management VL Fibre Channel Config EtherNet Configuratio SQ Alert By Mail Configuration SNMP Configuration s NTP Configuration VL View Events Mute Beeper L Generate Test Event L Clear Event Buffer L Modify Password s Upgrade Firmware Shutdown Controller L Restart Controller H 0 Information DHCP Function Enabled 7 Local IP Address Used If DHCP Disabled Gateway IP Address Used If DHCP Disabled Subnet Mask Used If DHCP Disabled HTTP Port Number 7168 8191 Is Reserved Telnet Port Number 7168 8191 Is Reserved SMTP Port Number 7168 8191 Is Reserved Current IP Address 192 168 1 111 Current Gateway IP Address 192 168 1 1 Current Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Ether Net MAC Address 00 1B 4D 01 04 76 E l Confirm The Operation NOTE If HTTP Telnet and SMTP Port Number is set to 0 the service is disabled 80 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 5 5 Alert By Mail Configuration To set the Event Notification function click on the Alert By Mail Configuration link under the System Controls menu The RAID subsystem Event Notification configuration screen will be shown Set up the desired function and option When an abnormal condition occurs an error message will be em
32. ID C anager XX XXXXXXKKK ee 5 open all close all ee ig Raid System Console J Quick Function a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem V1 0 I RAID Set Functions Slot 1 1000 2GB sT31000528AS H Volume Set Functions a Phiveical Drives C slot 2 1000 2GB sT31000528AS L Create Pass Through Disk C Slot 3 1000 2GB ST21000528AS L Modify a Pass Through Disk 0 Delete Pass Through Disk L Identify Enclosure Slot 5 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Identify Drive C slot 6 1000 2GB ST31000528AS System Controls 69 information Slot 7 1000 2GB_ ST31000528AS Slot 8 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Slot 4 1000 2GB ST31000528AS i Submit Reset i User Manual 73 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 5 System Controls 5 5 1 System Configuration To set the RAID subsystem system configuration options click the System Configuration link under the System Controls menu The System Configurations screen will be shown Set the desired system option as needed oroRAID anager XXX XXXXXXKKX lopen all close all Hee W Raid System Console a System Configurations S O System Configurations H Quick Function System Beeper Setting Enabled H RAID Set Functions aii Background Task Priority Hi h80 H volume Set Functions palin iaia eat gn H Physical Drives JBOD RAID Configuration RAID gt Fj System Cont
33. ID Subsystem d Install the mounting screws on the bottom part to secure the drive in the disk tray soe m E F a 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 28 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Chapter 4 RAID Configuration Utility Options Configuration Methods There are four methods of configuring the RAID controller a VT100 terminal connected through the serial Monitor port b Front panel touch control buttons cC Web browser based remote RAID management via the R Link Ethernet port d Telnet connection via the R Link Ethernet port x NOTE The RAID subsystem allows you to access using only one method at a time You cannot use more than one method at the same time 4 1 Configuration through Terminal Configuring through a terminal will allow you to use the same configuration options and functions that are available from the LCD panel and via Telnet To start up 1 Connect the Monitor port located at the rear of the system to a PC or a VT100 compatible terminal operating in an equivalent terminal emulation mode using serial cable NOTE You may connect a terminal while the system s power is on Power on the terminal 3 Run the VT100 program or an equivalent terminal program Windows 2000 Server User Manual 29 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Connection Description
34. N 88 zo Fee OnO e eee E ES 89 30 Iama MEn ea EE A E R E E 90 oL PAD CERE y e E E E E 90 a E T TMV O E E EE ENE 92 300 HINES VOTO srren E e ieariaacetseteestaenee teens 93 Chapter 6 Maintenance ssooeessesooeessoocessssoeesssocesssooeesssooeesssososesssoeeessooeesssoseesee 94 6 1 Upgrading the RAID Controller s Cache M MOSY ccccccssesessesessesesssescesesesessesessesesscsesssesesseseeeeseeneaes 94 6 1 1 Replacing the Memory Module uu cccesessssesesesessesessesessssesessesesessesessssesscsesesesesessesesessneseeesseeeeeeaes 94 6 2 Upgrading the RAID Controller s Firmware ccccccsscsessssessssescssescssesescsssssssssescsesesscsesssseeeesesesseensseeceeeaes 95 O4 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Preface About this manual This manual provides information regarding the hardware features installation and configuration of the RAID subsystem This document also describes how to use the storage management software Information contained in the manual has been reviewed for accuracy but not for product warranty because of the various environment OS settings Information and specifications will be changed without further notice This manual uses section numbering for every topic being discussed for easy and convenient way of finding information in accordance with the user s needs The following icons are being used for some details and information to be considered in going through with this manual NOTES
35. Normal 7001 4GB H Volume Set Functions E 1Slot 2 H Physical Drives er System Controls E 1Slot 3 343 Information E 1Slot 4 L RAID Set Hierarchy E 1Slot 5 L System Information E 1Slot 6 O Hardware Monitor E 1Slot 7 E 1Slot 8 ge a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem V1 0 Device Usage Capacity Model f Raid Set 000 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 Raid Set 000 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 wo wt ly EERE rr rr ih iet H H d MN Raid Set 000 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 Raid Set 000 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 0 1 Slot 5 m z Raid Set 000 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 0 B Slot 6 Raid Set 000 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 az User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Main Menu The main menu shows all available function that user can execute by clicking on the appropriate hyperlink Create a RAID configuration which consists of all physical disks installed The Volume Set Capacity Raid Level and Stripe Size can be modified during setup Raid Set Functions Create customized Raid Sets Volume Set Create customized Volume Sets and allow Functions modification of parameters of existing Volume Sets parameter Physical Drives Create pass through disks and allow modification of parameters of existing pass through drives This also provides a function to identify a disk drive System Controls For setting the
36. RAID system configurations To view the controller and hardware monitor information The Raid Set hierarchy can also be viewed through the Raid Set Hierarchy item User Manual 43 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Chapter 5 RAID Management 5 1 Quick Function 5 1 1 Quick Create The number of physical drives in the RAID subsystem determines the RAID levels that can be implemented with the Raid Set This feature allows user to create a Raid Set associated with exactly one Volume Set User can change the Raid Level Capacity Volume Initialization Mode and Stripe Size A hot spare can also be created depending upon the existing configuration If the Volume Set size is over 2TB an option Greater Two TB Volume Support will be automatically provided in the screen as shown in the example below There are three options to select No 64bit LBA and 4K Block oroRAID C anager XXXXXXXXXXXX lopen all close all a Quick Create Raid olume Set W Raid System Console ES Quick Function Total Number Of Disks 5 O Qui t Select Raid Level Raid 5 Spare J H RAID Set Tew ae J i H volume Set Functions Maximum Capacity Allowed 1800 5 GB H Physical Drives Select Capacity 1800 5 GB H System Controls 4 9 Information Greater Two TB Volume Support No v volume Initialization Mode Foreground Initialization Select Stripe Size 64 v KBytes l Confirm The Operation Submit
37. Set Functions l Confirm The Operation H Physical Drives Submit Reset B oe System Controls Q System Configuration Hdd Power Management PL Fibre Channel Config EtherNet Configuration VC Alert By Mail Configuration SNMP Configuration NTP Configuration D view Events Mute Beeper L Generate Test Event O Modify Password V Upgarde Firmware 0 Shutdown Controller L Restart Controller H Information 86 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 5 11 Modify Password To change or disable the RAID subsystem s admin password click on the Modify Password link under the System Controls menu The Modify System Password screen appears The factory default admin password is set to 0000 Once the password has been set the user or administrator can only monitor and configure the RAID subsystem by providing the correct password The password is used to protect the RAID subsystem s configuration from unauthorized access The RAID 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 after sometime To disable the password enter only the original password in the Enter Original Password box and leave both the Enter New Password and Re Enter New Password boxes blank After selecting the Confirm The Operation option and clicking the Submit
38. XXXXXXXXXX Jopen all close all Raid System Console i IEM Confirm To Shutdown Controller H Quick Function j an om aT 9 Physical Drives l si ian System Controls P System Configuration Hdd Power Management Fibre Channel Config _ EtherNet Configuration PO Alert By Mail Configuration P SNMP Configuration P NTP Configuration pO View Events Mute Beeper VO Generate Test Event Clear Event Buffer L Modify Password p Upgrade Firmware D ET Restart Controller E ke Information proRAID CManager XxXXXXXXXXKKK lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console ao Quick Function l Make Sure To Shutdown Controller H RAID Set Functions Submit Reset 3 Volume Set Functions 3 Physical Drives B o System Controls P System Configuration L Hdd Power Management P Fibre Channel Config P EtherNet Configuration PO Alert By Mail Configuration VO SNMP Configuration NTP Configuration D view Events Mute Beeper VO Generate Test Event VO Clear Event Buffer L Modify Password ou Upgrade Firmware i id Restart Controller iB ie Information After shutting down the controller and still want to use the RAID subsystem you must restart the controller either by Restart Controller function or by Power Supply On Off switch 88 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 5 14 Restart Controll
39. _ L Create RAID Set E 1Slot 4 Expand RAID Set He 0 offline RAID Set O Easo 0 Activate Incomplete RAID S _ Create Hot Spare L Delete Hot Spare Rescue Raid Set a Volume Set Functions cam Physical Drives a System Controls 9 ipea a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem V1 0 Offlined 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Offlined 1000 2GB ST31000528AS D ee ORANA if Hardware Monitor Offlined 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Raid Set 001 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Raid Set 001 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Raid Set 001 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Offlined 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Raid Set 001 1000 2GB ST31000528AS User Manual 51 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 2 5 Activate Incomplete RAID Set When Raid Set State is Normal this means there is no failed disk drive s Raid Set Information Raid Set Name Raid Set 000 Member Disks 7 3 Total Raw Capacity 247 0GB Free Raw Capacity 5 0 DGB Min Member Disk Size 82 3GB Raid Set owes State Operating When does a Raid Set State becomes I ncomplete If the RAID subsystem is powered off and one disk drive is removed or has failed in power off state and when the subsystem is powered on the Raid Set State will change to Incomplete u Raid Set Information Raid Set Name Raid Set 000
40. a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem 1 0 RAID Set Functions Slot s 300 1GB Maxtor 6v300F0 Volume Set Functions Physical Drives C Slot 7 400 1GB ST34008324 C Slot s 400 1GB ST34008324 O Modify a Pass Through Disk C Delete Pass Through Disk a Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute O Identify Enclosure O Identify Drive H System Controls Tagged Command Queuing Enabled x H 0 Information Yolume Cache Mode Write Back v Fibre Channel LUN Base LUN 0 vi 0 J 1 vi l Confirm The Operation Submit Reset 5 User Manual 69 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 4 2 Modify a Pass Through Disk Use this option to modify the attribute of a Pass Through Disk User can modify the Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing and Fibre Channel LUN Base LUN on an existing Pass Through Disk To modify the Pass Through drive attribute from the Pass Through drive pool click on the Modify a Pass Through Disk link The Select The Pass Through Disk For Modification screen appears Tick on the Pass Through Disk from the Pass Through drive pool and click on the Submit button to select the drive proRAlD Manager XXXXXXXXXXXX_ lopen all close all gt a Select The Pass Through Disk For Modification 3 Raid System Console cm Quick Function a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem 1 0 H RAID Set Functions G Slot 5 300 1GB Maxtor 6V300F0 H volume Set Functions i 3 Physical Drives
41. aid Set function is only used when Raid Set State is Incomplete It cannot be used when Raid Set configuration is lost If in case the RAID Set configuration is lost please contact your vendor s support engineer User Manual 53 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 2 6 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 Raid Set member disk drives in the subsystem appear Select the target disk drive by clicking on the appropriate check box Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to create hot spare drive s proRAID C anayer XX XXXXXXXXKX lopen all close all ee i i mE RAID Set Functions M slote s 300 1GB Maxtor 6830050 cee E Delete RAID Set HO Expand RAID Set l Confirm The Operation 4 n RAID SAT Submit Reset _ L Activate Incomplete RAID S _ D Delete Hot Spare Rescue Raid Set cee volume Set Functions Physical Drives System Controls a Information RAID Set Hierarchy D System Information 0 Hardware Monitor NOTE The capacity of the hot spare disk s must be equal to or greater than the smallest hard disk size in the subsystem so that it they can replace any failed disk drive 54 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 2 7 Delete Hot Spare Select the target Hot Spare disk s to
42. ailed to the email recipient s that a problem has occurred Events are classified into 4 levels Urgent Serious Warning and Information proRAID C anager XXXXXXXXXXXX lopen all close all EPs ME Raid System Console s SMTP Server sainan 9 Quick Function SMTP Server IP Address fo fo fo p H RAID Set Functions z H Volume Set Functions s Mail Address Configurations a Physical Drives Sender Name Mail Address Ey System Controls 0 System Configuration Account l Password a ced alae tie MailTo Name Mail Address aE EtherNet Configuration MailTo Name2 Mail Address D Alert By Mail Configuration ae SNMP Configuration MailTo Names Mail Address ae NTP Configuration MailTo Name4 Mail Address L View Events Mute Beeper 1 Generate Test Event a Event Notification Configurations Clear Event Buffer Disable Event Notification No Event Notification Will Be Sent C Modify Password 0 Upgrade Firmware Shutdown Controller C Serious Error Notification Send Urgent And Serious Event Urgent Error Notification Send Only Urgent Event Ew Restart Controller fe Warning Error Notification Send Urgent Serious And Warning Event H 0 Information e Information Notification Send All Event I Notification For No Event Notify User If No Event Occurs Within 24 Hours l Confirm The Operation Submit Reset log will be sent to the email recipient s
43. as one package log NOTE If Event Notification by email is enabled every 30 of event User Manual 81 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 5 6 SNMP Configuration The SNMP gives users independence from the proprietary network management schemes of some manufacturers and SNMP is supported by many WAN and LAN manufacturers enabling true LAN WAN management integration To set the SNMP function move the cursor to the main menu and click on the SNMP Configuration link The RAID subsystem s SNMP Configurations screen will be shown Select the desired function and set the preferred option open all close alll W Raid System Console J Quick Function H RAID Set Functions H volume Set Functions H Physical Drives a3 System Controls O System Configuration LJ Hdd Power Management L Fibre Channel Config LJ EtherNet Configuration O Alert By Mail Configuration LJ NTP Configuration view Events Mute Beeper O Generate Test Event _ Clear Event Buffer L Modify Password O Upgrade Firmware L Shutdown Controller _ Restart Controller H Information oroRAID anager XXXXXXXXKXXX s SNMP Trap Configurations SNMP Trap IP Address 1 p i f i Port 162 SNMP Trap IP Address 2 p i Port 162 SNMP Trap IP Address 3 p p Port 162 s SNMP System Configurations Community sysContact 0 sysName 0 sysLocation 0 a SNMP Trap Notification Configurations Disable SNMP T
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45. ata loss Exceptional Manageability Graphic User Interface GUI carry out user easy to remote management and configuration Menu driven interface make user a convenient way to maintain the storage by locally LCD front console Easy Installation upgrade amp Maintenance Provide a fast and easy way to install and upgrade the storage Simplified maintenance reduces ongoing IT labor costs Green Power Thinking Save the power by adopt the new technology MAID Massive Arrays of Idle Disks Oo 8 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 1 1 Key Features RAID 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 Local audible event notification alarm Supports password protection Built in serial port interface for remote event notification Dual host channels support clustering technology Disk scrubbing array verify scheduling for automatic repair of all configured RAID sets Transparent data protection for all popular operating system RAID ADG RAID 6 provides the highest level of data protection RAID ADG RAID 6 can tolerate multiple simultaneous drive failures without downtime or data loss Supports multiple array enclosures per host connection Online RAID level migration Support NTP protocol to synchronize RAID controller clock over the on board Ethernet port RAID Management Use
46. becomes accessible Background mode makes the Volume Set instantly available but the initialization process 58 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem takes longer No Init To Rescue Volume is used to create a Volume Set without initialization normally used to recreate Volume Set configuration to recover data Stripe Size This parameter sets the size of the stripe written to each disk in a RAID O 1 O 1 5 or 6 Volume Set You can set the stripe size to 4 KB 8 KB 16 KB 32 KB 64 KB or 128 KB 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 Stripe Size in RAID level 3 can t be modified Cache Mode The RAID subsystem supports two types of write caching Write Through and Write Back Write Through data are both written to the cache and the disk s before the write I O is acknowledged as complete Write Back when data is written to cache the I O is acknowledged as complete and some time later the cached data is written or flushed to the disk s This provides better performance but requires a battery module support for the cache memory or a UPS for the subsystem Tagged Command Queuing When this option is enabled it enhances the overall system performance under multi tasking operating systems by reordering tasks or requests in the
47. ctions E Physical Drives I Confirm The Operation CC P E System Controls Submit Rest D system Configuration A L Hdd Power Management L _ Fibre Channel Config eC EtherNet Configuration SD Alert By Mail Configuration H SNMP Configuration P NTP Configuration 0 p View Events Mute Beeper P Generate Test Event gt Clear Event Buffer L Modify Password i ef y hnnrade EPAR Ar grate Im wW alt utdown Controller _ L Restart Controller J Information 4 The Web Browser begins to download the firmware binary to the controller and start to update the flash ROM 100 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 After the firmware upgrade is complete a message will show Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully Restarting the RAID controller is required for the new firmware to take effect ee LITT proRAlD MM o XXXXXXXXXXXX open all close all Raid System Console 3 Quick Function HJ RAID Set Functions Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully BC Volume Set Functions Restart Controller Is Required For New Firmware To Take Effect A Physical Drives a ee System Controls P System Configuration o Hdd Power Management P Fibre Channel Config EtherNet Configuration P Alert By Mail Configuration SNMP Configuration L NTP Configuration VQ View Events Mute Beeper Generate Test Event Clear Event Buffer E raD Modi i Passwor
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49. d to connect up to 126 nodes into a logical loop All connected nodes share the bandwidth of this one logical loop Each port on a hub User Manual hoa Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem contains a Port Bypass Circuit PBC to automatically open and close the loop to Support hot pluggability Switched Fabric Switched fabric is the highest performing device available for interconnecting large number of devices increasing bandwidth reducing congestion and providing aggregate throughput Each device is connected to a port on the switch enabling an on demand connection to every connected device Each node on a Switched fabric uses an aggregate throughput data path to send or receive data 1 3 4 LUN Masking LUN masking is a RAID system centric enforced method of masking multiple LUNs behind a single port By using World Wide Port Names WWPNs of server HBAs LUN masking is configured at the volume level LUN masking also allows sharing disk storage resource across multiple independent servers A single large RAID device can be sub divided to serve a number of different hosts that are attached to the RAID through the SAN fabric with LUN masking So that only one or a limited number of servers can see that LUN each LUN inside the RAID device can be limited LUN masking can be done either at the RAID device behind the RAID port or at the server HBA It is more secure to mask LUNs at the RAID device but notall RAID devices have LUN ma
50. delete by clicking on the appropriate check box Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen to delete the hot spare s proRAID Manager XxX XXXXOXOOOOX lopen all close all 9 Raid System Console 9 Quick Function Ej RAID Set Functions _ Create RAID Set L Delete RAID Set O Expand RAID Set O Offline RAID Set L Activate Incomplete RAID Si Create Hot Spare iC Rescue Raid Set 1 Volume Set Functions 9 Physical Drives 3 System Controls a Information Q System Information O Hardware Monitor f Select The Hot Spare Drive To Delete a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem 1 0 WM islot e 300 1GB Maxtor 6830050 I M Confirm The Operation Submit Reset User Manual 55 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 2 8 Rescue Raid Set If you need to recover a missing Raid Set using the Rescue Raid Set function please contact your vendor s support engineer for assistance Ao a mroRAID anager XXXXXXXXXXXX Jopen all close all 9 enini etryTorescuemissmgeaibeet H Quick Function Enter RESCUE To Try To Recover Missing RaidSet Sj RAID Set Functions Enter SIGNAT To Regenerate RaidSet Signature IFRaidSet Is Recovered Create RAID Set Enter The Keyword 0 Delete RAID Set _ L Expand RAID Set _ Offline RAID Set Activate Incomplete RAID S D Create Hot Spare Submit Reset Delete Hot Spare I T
51. delines particularly in handling hardware components Upon receiving of the product Place the product in its proper location Do not try to lift it by yourself alone Two or more persons are needed to remove or lift the product to its packaging To avoid unnecessary dropping out make sure that somebody is around for immediate assistance It should be handled with care to avoid dropping that may cause damage to the product Always use the correct lifting procedures hesg Upon installing of the product Ambient temperature is very important for the installation site It must not exceed 30 C Due to seasonal climate changes regulate the installation site temperature making it not to exceed the allowed ambient temperature Before plugging in any power cords cables and connectors make sure that the power switches are turned off Disconnect first any power connection if the power Supply module is being removed from the enclosure Outlets must be accessible to the equipment All external connections should be made using shielded cables and as much as possible should not be performed by bare hand Using anti static hand gloves is recommended In installing each component secure all the mounting screws and locks Make sure that all screws are fully tightened Follow correctly all the listed procedures in this manual for reliable performance Controller Configurations This RAID subsystem supports single controller co
52. disk drives HDD Power Management has three options MAID Levels Level 1 Place idle drives in Lower Power Mode where the drives heads are unloaded Level 2 Place idle drives in Low RPM Mode where drives heads are unloaded and slows down to around 4000 RPM and Level 3 Spin down idle drives where drives stops spinning and goes into sleep mode oroRAID anager XXXXXXXXXXKX lopen all close alll 4 Raid System Console eee EEE Management 9 Quick Function Stagger Power On Control o7 gt H RAID Set Functions z H i ped Mite Time To Hdd Low Power Idle Disabled gt 3 volume Set Functions H Physical Drives Time To Hdd Low RPM Mode Disabled gt a3 System Controls Ss ee an 3 oe l Time To Spin Down Idle HDD Disabled System Configuration _ Fibre Channel Config C Confirm The Operation therNet Configuration 4 EtherNet Configuration Submit Reset O Alert By Mail Configuration J SNMP Configuration L NTP Configuration O view Events Mute Beeper _ Generate Test Event _ Clear Event Buffer L Modify Password O Upgrade Firmware _ Shutdown Controller C Restart Controller H Information Stagger Power On Control This option allows the RAID subsystem s power supply to power up in succession each HDD in the RAID subsystem In the past all the HDDs on the RAID subsystem are powered up altogether at the same time This function allows the power transfer time lag time from the la
53. e LUN 0 jo i 0m E iT Confirm The Operation Reset E Volume Initialization Mode Volume Stripe Size 64 i KBytes Tagged Command Queuing Enabled i NOTE The Volume Set capacity of Raid30 50 60 cannot be expanded User Manual 63 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 3 4 2 Volume Set Migration Migration occurs when a Volume Set migrates from one RAID level to another a Volume Set stripe size changes or when a disk is added to a Raid Set Migrating status is displayed in the Volume Set status area of the RaidSet Hierarchy screen during migration proRAlD Nanager XXXXXXXXXXXX open all close all ml if 3 Raid System Console l Stop Auto Refresh il H I Quick Function RaidSet Hierarchy E3 H RAID Set Functions aD Physical Drives Raid Set 000 E 1Slot 1 Volume vOL 000 0 0 Migrating 0 0 2000 OGB H System Controls E 1Slot 2 5 J Information E 1Slot 3 dierarchy E 1Slot 4 Raid Set 002 E 1Slot 8 WD10EARS 00Y5B1 0 1 Normal 1000 2GB Raid Set 000 1000 2GB WDC WD10EARS 00Y5B1 Raid Set 000 1000 2GB WDC WD10EARS 00Y5B1 Raid Set 000 1000 2GB WDC WD10EARS OO0Y5B1 Raid Set 000 1000 2GB WDC WD10EARS O00YSB1 Free 1000 2GB WDC WD10EARS OO0Y5B1 Free 1000 2GB WDC WD10EARS 00Y5B1 a 4 Hot Spare 1000 2GB WDC WD10EARS OOY5B1 NOTE The Stripe Size of a Raid30 50 6
54. e Set Info Display Volume Info in Raid L Select Volume To Display 38 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem View Drive Information L Select The Drives Create Pass Through Disk L_ Select Drive gt Fibre Host LUN Base Fibre LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing Modify Pass Through Disk Physical Drives L Select The Drives Fibre Host LUN Base Fibre LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing Delete Pass Through Disk L_ Select The Drives L_ Delete Pass Through Yes No L_ Are You Sure gt Yes No Identify Selected Drive L Select The Drives Identify Enclosure L_ Select The Enclosure User Manual ETE Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Mute The Alert Beeper Yes No Alert Beeper Setting gt Disabled Enabled L_ Save The Settings Yes No Change Password L_ Enter New Password L_ Re Enter Password L_ Save The Password gt Yes No JBOD RAID Function L_ RAID JBOD L Configured AS JBOD Yes No L_ Are You Sure gt Yes No Background Task Priority gt UltraLow 5 Low 20 Medium 50 High 80 Raid System Function L_ Save The Settings Yes No SATA NCQ Support gt Enable Disable HDD Read Ahead Cache gt Enable Disable Maxtor Disable Volume Data Read Ahead gt Normal Aggressive Conservative Disabled HDD Queue Depth Setting gt 1 2 4 8 16 32 Controller Fan Detection gt Disabled Enabled L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No Disk Write Cache Mode gt
55. e created Enter the preferred Raid Set Name 1 to 16 alphanumeric characters to define a unique identifier for the Raid Set Default Raid Set name always appear as Raid Set xxx Tick on the Confirm The Operation option and click on the Submit button in the screen Raid Set Name Raid Set 000 F Confirm The Operation 46 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA I RAID Subsystem 5 2 2 Delete RAID Set To delete a Raid Set click on the Delete RAID Set link A Select The Raid Set To Delete screen is displayed showing all Raid Sets existing in the system Select the Raid Set you want to delete in the Select column Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to process with deletion a proRAlD Nanager XXXXXXXXXXXX open all close all 4 Raid System Console a Select The Raid Set To Delete H O Quick Function Select Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid State Capacity B S RAID Set Functions raid set 000 4 4 c 4000 08 2 Create RAID Set oe Raid Set 001 4 4 Normal 4000 OGB Expand RAID Set ites sont o S _______ F Offline RAID giis Confirm The Operation VolumeSet In This RaidSet Will Also Be Deleted _ Activate Incomplete RAIDS D Create Hot Spare _ Submit Reset EF Delete Hot Spare i Mar Rescue Raid Set is Physical Drives H System Controls Information NOTE You cannot delete a Raid Set containing a Raid 30 50 60 Volume Set You must dele
56. ears The System Events Information screen will show Time Device Event type Elapse Time and Errors proRAID C anager lopen all close all 3 Ra PA cim a BO ag 20 id System Console Quick Function RAID Set Functions volume Set Functions Physical Drives System Controls 0 System Configuration Hdd Power Management Fibre Channel Config L EtherNet Configuration Alert By Mail Configuration L SNMP Configuration NTP Configuration pesseseoesvsosorososesoseoveoesosoeoesoaseocooseposoeocessosossoesssosssosssessoessy Generate Test Event Clear Event Buffer L Modify Password 0 Upgrade Firmware Shutdown Controller Restart Controller Information a es 2595 ee 2009 04 20 seen 2009 04 20 19 29 07 2009 04 20 19 28 22 2009 04 20 19 27 55 2009 04 20 19 20 11 2009 04 20 19 16 05 2009 04 20 19 14 21 2009 04 20 19 11 42 2009 04 20 19 10 00 2009 04 20 19 06 46 XXXXXXXXXXXX FC Channel 1 FC Channel 0 FC Channel 1 FC Channel 0 Enc 1 SLOT 21 Yolume YOL 000 Yolume YVOL 000 Yolume VYOL 000 Raid Set 001 Raid Set 000 FC Link Down Hees Link Down m Link Down FC Link Down leeenerspen Disk Created baat Checking Start Checking Leva volume Eza RaidSet ICreate RaidSet 2009 04 20 19 06 16 2009 04 20 19 06 03 2009 04 20 19 00 10 Raid Set 000 Yolume YOL 000 FC Channe
57. eck E 1Slot 6_ 1 Physical Drives E 1Slot 7 E 1Slot 4 Raid Set 001 E 1Slot 5 Volume VOL 001 0 1 Normal 3000 0GB H System Controls E 1Slot 8 H Information L System Information Hardware Monitor a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem V1 0 Device Usage Capacity Model oar Raid Set 000 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Raid Set 000 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Raid Set 000 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Raid Set 000 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Raid Set 001 1000 2GB ST31000528AS a NOTE The result of Check Volume Set function is shown in System Events Information and Volume Set Information In System Events Information it is shown in the Errors column In Volume Set Information it is shown in Errors Found field 66 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 3 6 Schedule Volume Check To perform Check Volume Set by schedule follow these steps 1 Click on the Schedule Volume Check link 2 Select the desired schedule that you wish the Check Volume Set function to run Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Scheduler Disabled 1Day For Testing 1Week 2Weeks 3Weeks 4Weeks 8Weeks 12Weeks 16Weeks 20Weeks and 24Weeks Check After System Idle No 1 Minute 3 Minutes 5 Minutes 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 20 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes and 60 Minutes oroRAID C anager xxxxxxxxxxxx lopen all close all
58. em has built in protection circuit to support the replacement of SATA II hard disk drives without having to shut down or reboot the system The removable hard drive tray can deliver hot swappable fault tolerant RAID solution at a price much less than the cost of conventional SCSI hard disk RAID subsystems This feature is provided in the RAID subsystem for advance fault tolerant RAID protection and online drive replacement 1 5 3 Hot Swap Disk Rebuild The Hot Swap feature can be used to rebuild Raid Sets with data redundancy such as RAID level 1 0 1 3 5 6 30 50 and 60 If a hot spare 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 drive fails The RAID subsystem automatically and transparently rebuilds failed drives in the background with user definable rebuild rates The RAID subsystem will automatically continue the rebuild process if the subsystem is shut down or powered off abnormally during a reconstruction process 20 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Chapter 2 Identifying Parts of the RAI D Subsystem 2 1 Main Components 2 1 1 Front View Smart Panel Drive Carriers User Manual Ca Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 2 1 1 1 Disk Trays HDD Status I ndicator Activity LED Fault LED HDD Activity LED This LED will blink bl
59. endor s FTP The file available at the FTP site is usually a self extracting file that contains the following XXXXVVV BIN Firmware Binary where XXXX refers to the model name and VVV refers to the firmware version README TXT It contains the history information of the firmware change Read this file first before upgrading the firmware These files must be extracted from the compressed file and copied to one directory in the host computer Establishing the Connection for the RS 232 The firmware can be downloaded to the RAID subsystem s controller using an ANSI VT 100 compatible terminal emulation program or web browser based RAID Manager remote management page With terminal emulation program you must complete the appropriate installation and configuration procedure before proceeding with the firmware upgrade Whichever terminal emulation program is used must support the ZMODEM file transfer protocol Web browser based RAID Manager can be used to update the firmware A web browser must have been setup before proceeding with the firmware upgrade User Manual 95 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Upgrading Firmware Through ANSI VT 100 Terminal Emulation Get the new version firmware for your RAID subsystem controller For Example download the bin file from your vendor s web site into the local directory NOTE When there is new boot ROM firmware that needs to be upgraded upgrade first the boot ROM firmwa
60. er Use this function to restart the RAID Controller This is normally done after upgrading the controller s firmware IE anager XXXXXXXXXXXX Jopen all close all proRAID 9 Raid System Console Ie H 0 Quick Function M i Confirm To Restart Controller H RAID Set Functions 9 Volume Set Functions 9 Physical Drives EHS System Controls 3 D System Configuration O Hdd Power Management Fibre Channel Config EtherNet Configuration i SNMP Configuration 0 NTP Configuration 0 View Events Mute Beeper L Generate Test Event V Clear Event Buffer Modify Password Q Upgrade Firmware V Shutdown Controller a Information 3 PITAY i ELIE LETTE LEE ELLE EELLEEIELSSE LLL oe f roRAID anager XXXXXXXXXXXX Raid System Console 9 Quick Function TT Make Sure To Restart Controller eee Make Sure To Restart Controller S RAID Set Functions f Submit Reset PE a alana DE HQ Physical Drives a System Controls SQ System Configuration 0 Hdd Power Management H H H Jopen 0 Fibre Channel Config 0 EtherNet Configuration 0 Alert By Mail Configuration L SNMP Configuration L NTP Configuration Q View Events Mute Beeper Q Generate Test Event Clear Event Buffer Q Modify Password Q Upgrade Firmware O Shutdown Controller H Information User Manua
61. er is working fine CTRL Green Heartbeat LED solid l l I ndicates that controller is hung Green User Manual 25 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Chapter 3 Getting Started with the Subsystem 3 1 Powering On 1 Plug in the power cords into the AC Power Input Socket located at the rear of the Subsystem SAS Expansion Port SAS Expander Status Activity LED Fault LED Host ChannelA Debug Port Host Channel B R Link Port Host B Status LEDs Monitor Port Host A Status LEDs CTRL Heartbeat LED Fan Fan Power Supply Power Switch Power Input Socket 2 Turn on each Power On Off Switch to power on the subsystem 3 The Power LED on the front Panel will turn green 26 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 3 2 Disk Drive Installation This section describes the physical locations of the hard drives supported by the Subsystem 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 a Make sure the Lock Groove is in unlocked position Press the button and the Drive Carrier handle will flip open Carrier Open Button b Pull out an empty disk tray Pull the handle outwards to remove the carrier from the enclosure c Place the hard drive in the disk tray Make sure the holes of the disk tray align with the holes of the hard drive User Manual C Fibre to SAS SATA II RA
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63. fault Volume Set name will appear as Volume VOL XXX You can rename the Volume Set name provided it does not exceed the 16 characters limit Volume Raid Level Set the RAID level for the Volume Set Click the down arrow in the drop down list The available RAID levels for the current Volume Set are displayed Select the preferred RAID level Select Volume Capacity The maximum Volume Set size is displayed by default If necessary change the Volume Set size appropriate for your application Greater Two TB Volume Support If the Volume Set size is over 2TB an option Greater Two TB Volume Support will be automatically provided in the screen as shown in the example above There are three options to select No 64bit LBA and 4K Block No Volume Set size is set to maximum 2TB limitation 64bit LBA Use this option for UNIX Linux Kernel 2 6 or later Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later versions Windows x64 and other supported operating systems The maximum Volume Set size is up to 512TB 4K Block Use this option for Windows OS such as Windows 2000 2003 or XP The maximum Volume Set size is 16TB Just use the Volume as Basic Disk Volume can t be used as Dynamic Disk also can t be used in 512Bytes block service program I nitialization Mode Set the Initialization Mode forthe Volume Set Initialization in Foreground mode is completed faster but must be completed before Volume Set
64. ferred to as a Fabric in FC terminology or a point to point link The fundamental elements of a Fibre Channel Network are Port and Node So a Node can be a computer system storage device or Hub Switch This chapter describes the Fibre specific functions available in the Fibre Channel RAID controller Optional functions have been implemented for Fibre Channel operation which is only available in the Web browser based RAID manager The LCD and VT 100 can t be used to configure some of the options available for Fibre Channel RAID controller 1 3 2 Three ways to connect FC Topologies A topology defines the interconnection scheme It defines the number of devices that can be connected Fibre Channel supports three different logical or physical arrangements topologies for connecting the devices into a network Point to Point Arbitrated Loop AL Switched Fabric The physical connection between devices varies from one topology to another In all of these topologies a transmitter node in one device sends information to a receiver node in another device Fibre Channel networks can use any combination of point to point arbitrated loop FC_AL and switched fabric topologies to provide a variety of device Sharing options Point to point A point to point topology consists of two and only two devices connected by N ports of which are connected directly In this topology the transmit Fibre of one device connects to the receiver Fib
65. h FC ports WWPN World Wide Port Name Each FC port has its unique WWPN which is also factory assigned Usually the WWNN WWPN tuple is used to uniquely identify a port in the Fabric Channel Speed Each FC port speed can be configured either as 2 Gbps 4 Gbps or 8 Gbps channel Another option is to use Auto for auto speed negotiation between 2Gbps 4Gbps 8Gbps The RAID system s default setting is Auto which should be adequate under most conditions The Channel Speed setting takes effect during the next connection That means a link down link up should be applied for the change to take effect The current connection speed is shown at end of the row You have to click the Fibre Channel Config link again from the menu frame to refresh the current speed information 78 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Channel Topology Each Fibre Channel can be configured to the following Topology options Fabric Point to Point Loop or Auto The default Topology is set to Auto which takes precedence of Loop Topology Restarting the RAID controller is needed for any topology change to take effect The current connection topology is shown at end of the row You have to click the Fibre Channel Config link again from the menu frame to refresh the current topology information Note that current topology is shown as None when no successful connection is made for the channel Hard Loop ID This setting
66. im MOBILERAID MR8F8 m m m A SnD ses Jy m ANN DETAILED USER S MANUAL v1 0 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Table of Contents Prela o ene ee er ere err re 5 Before You Begin coccceecccse cece esctecessnescevsceencetescvestiscenseene canyousccngeecescaeoeceseecceesyvereeeestesctesers 6 SASAE E E ee ener E T E E E E E TAE EA fe Over E eve men Te 6 C ntroller le aie 8 1 aterm eee arene Te ee meee TPE Tre ene nT nF aro ne Pee nee erm eer oeneTe 6 Packaging Shipment and DSN VOR siiente sarerea e EAEE iara RE arap EE ai ERE a EEE 6 Unpacking the Shipping CartON sssssrisereneu iera ee E EAE E REEERE 7 Chapter 1 Product INtroduction cscccsssssscccsssssccssssscccssscssccsesssssceesesssseeeeens 8 lle EFU E Nee ene E E A E eee ee eee 9 LI Technical STS CHING AN ONN sesen en E alates geac ata eieceaceeraec caps pce teaiseateeanshees 10 Le RAID g a emereeneee ene eee reer ee E E E E S 11 Bc OE THUMPING oea E E E E 16 Ya OWS N a E E E E E E E E S EAEE A EAEE 16 1 3 2 Three ways to connect FC TOPOlOGIES cecesessssessssesessesesscsesscsesessssescsesessesesecsesessesecsssessesesseseenees 16 Loa Bae EOE IE eE E EE E E T ER 17 TA CON NI NO ee E A E E 18 IA Anay Denn NON ee E E E 18 TA RI E E EE E E E EE 18 TAa VOUM O E E EE E E E E E A EER 19 ds Sans 16 ey 20221 10 a E E E A ON Pore reer 19 LSL Creating MOCSpareS renee re ene
67. ing accessed Access LED Power LED Green LED indicates power is on User Manual 23 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 2 1 2 Rear View SAS Expansion Port SAS Expander Status Activity LED Fault LED Host ChannelA Debug Port Host Channel B R Link Port Host B Status LEDs Monitor Port Host A Status LEDs CTRL Heartbeat LED Fan Fan Power Supply Power Switch Power Input Socket Pan Description O There are two Fibre host channels A and B Host Channel A B which can be use to connect to Fibre HBA on the Host system or to connect to FC switch Use for expansion connect to the SAS In pmo Expansion Pore Port of a J BOD subsystem Debug Port RJ 11 port Use to check controller debug messages Monitor Port RJ 11 port Use to manage the RAID subsystem via serial terminal console 10 100 Ethernet RJ 45 port Use to manage R Link Port the RAID subsystem via network and web browser 24 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem indicator LED Color Description Host Channel Link LED Indicates Host Channel has A B connected or linked Status LEDs Link LED and Blink Activity LED Indicates the Host Channel is Activity LED busy and being accessed Green I ndicates expander has connected or linked SAS Expander Activity LED I ndicates the expander is busy and being accessed Fault LED a Indicates that controller has failed Blink P f I ndicates that controll
68. iples Of 10G If you have several 120GB drives from different vendors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 121 1 GB and the other 120 4 GB This drive truncation mode 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 slightly For example one drive might be 121 1 GB and the other 121 4 GB This drive truncation mode makes the 121 1 GB and 121 4 GB drives same capacity 121 GB so that one could replace the other No Truncation The capacity of the disk drive is not truncated User Manual 75 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 5 2 HDD Power Management MAID Massive Array of Idle Disks is a storage technology that employs a large group of disk drives in which only those drives in active use are spinning at any given time This reduces power consumption and prolongs the lives of the drives MAID is designed for Write Once Read Occasionally WORO applications such as Data Backup Document Mail server and so on MAID technology focuses on Green Storage Concept to save power consumption and enhance disk drives effective usage i e disk drives are spun down when there is no activity or I O on the drives In the RAID subsystem MAID is implemented in the HDD Power Management menu Using the Advanced Power Management APM function of
69. isk Striping Fundamental to RAID technology is striping This 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 determines whether large or small stripes should be used Most operating systems today support concurrent disk I O operations across multiple drives However in order to maximize throughput for the disk subsystem the I O load must be balanced across all the drives so that each drive can be kept busy as much as possible In a multiple drive 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 STRIPING DISK DRIVES Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Data stripes from each drive are interleaved to create one logical drive By striping the drives in the array with stripes large enough so that each record falls entirely within one stripe most records can be evenly distributed across all drives This keeps all drives in the array busy during heavy load situations This situation allows all drives to work concurrently on different I O operations and thus maximize the number of simu
70. isks Raid State Capacity ae ee ee Raid Set 000 4 4 Normal 4000 0GB Ej Volume Set Functions 3 Raid Set 001 4 4 Normal 4000 0GB _ Create Raid30 50 60 C Delete Volume Set sibni Panel _ Modify Volume Set C Check Volume Set L Schedule Volume Check L Stop Volume Check Physical Drives H System Controls H Information The Volume Set setup screen allows user to configure the Volume Name Capacity RAID level Initialization Mode Stripe Size Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing Fibre Channel LUN Base LUN and Volume To Be Created User Manual 57 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem oroRAID C anager XXXXXXXXXXXX lopen all close all Raid System Console a Enter The Volume Attribute H Quick Function Volume Name Volume VOL 000 Ff S i i 4 whet 39 POOE Member Disks 4 Elj3 Volume Set Functions O Create Volume Set Volume Raid Level Raid 5 v L Create Raid30 50 60 Max Capacity Allowed 3000 GB C Delete Volume Set C Modify Volume Set Select Volume Capacity 3000 GB L Check Volume Set Greater Two TB Volume Support Zonia v C Schedule Volume Check C Stop Volume Check Volume Initialization Mode No Init To Rescue Volume a m Physical Drives Volume Stripe Size 64 M KBytes H System Controls H 0 Information Volume Cache Mode Write Back Tagged Command Queuing Enabled Fibre Channel LUN Base LUN 0 v 0 j0 Volumes To Be Created fi Confirm The Operation Volume Name The de
71. l Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 6 Information Menu 5 6 1 RAID Set Hierarchy Use this feature to view the RAID subsystem s existing Raid Set s Volume Set s and disk drive s configuration and information Select the RAID Set Hierarchy link from the Information menu to display the Raid Set Hierarchy screen proRAID C anager XXXXXXXXKKKK open all close all Raid System Console p RaidSet Hierarchy Ai a Quick Function RAID Set Devices Volume Set Ch Lun Volume State Capacity H I RAID Set Functions Raid Set 000 E 1Slot 1 Volume VOL 000 0 0 Normal 3000 0GB Volume Set Functions j O O EASot2 jaa e a i Za qf Physical Drives Se _ l u i E 1Slot 3 H System Controls i jk E 1Slot 4 Raid Set 001 E 1Slot 5 Volume VOL 001 0 1 Normal 2000 0GB Easo o i _ Hardware Monitor lE 1Slot 7 E 1Slotes Raid Set 000 1000 2GB 9 ST31000528AS Raid Set 000 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Raid Set 000 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Raid Set 000 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Raid Set 001 1000 2GB ST31000528AS Raid Set 001 1000 2GB ST31000528AS To view the Raid Set information click the Raid Set link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Raid Set Information screen appears lopen all close all a Raid Set Information Raid System Console B Quick Function Raid Set Name _ Raid Set 000 H RAID Set
72. l 1 iDelete RaidSet Delete volume IFC Link Down This function is also used to silence the beeper alarm User Manual a System Events Information Time Device Event Type Elapse Time Errors 0000 01 44 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 5 9 Generate Test Event If you want to generate test events move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the Generate Test Event Link Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Then click on the View Events Mute Beeper to view the test event eroRAID CManayer XXXXXXXXXXXX Jopen all close all AV ED 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function Q RAID Set Functions 9 volume Set Functions J Physical Drives EMS System Controls P System Configuration Hdd Power Management Fibre Channel Config EtherNet Configuration i Alert By Mail Configuration SNMP Configuration eL NTP Configuration S View Events Mute Beeper gt Clear Event Buffer Modify Password pD Upgrade Firmware pO Shutdown Controller gt Restart Controller H Information ser rca E Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 5 10 Clear Event Buffer Use this feature to clear the RAID subsystem s System Events Information buffer proRAlD Mammor XXXXXXXXXXXX_ lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console s Do You Want To Clear The Event Buffer H O Quick Function EEE EEE id bala Saab faa Volume
73. ltaneous I O operations that can be performed by the array User Manual ETE Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Definition of RAI D Levels RAID O is typically defined as a group of striped disk drives without parity or data redundancy RAID O arrays can be configured with large stripes for multi user environments or small stripes for single user systems that access long sequential records RAID O arrays deliver the best data storage efficiency and performance of any array type The disadvantage is that if one drive in a RAID O array fails the entire array fails Writes can occur simultaneously on every drive SOSSE DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA TTT Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive RAID 1 also known as disk mirroring 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 striped together to create a single large array consisting of pairs of mirrored drives All writes must go to both drives of a mirrored pair so that the information on the drives is kept identical However each 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 type In addition there i
74. me Set 1 Click on the Modify Volume Set link 2 Tick from the list the Volume Set you want to modify Click on the Submit button a proRAID anager xxXXXXXXXXXXX jopen all close all ae eee ER Er ais Raid System Console a Select The Volume Set For Modification Quick Function Select Volume Set Name On Raid Set 1 cn pti Bi uate Volume VOL 000 Raid Set 000 3000 0GB Volume Set Functions i L Create Volume Set Create Raid30 50 60 Delete Volume Set NAS dit cle AGES TS PEONES ET i vw olume Se nl AS birdie i a k Volume Set Volume VOL 001 Raid Set 001 3000 0GB _ Stop Volume Check J Physical Drives J System Controls J Information The following screen appears lopen all close all A ELLE EEE EEE EEE 3 Raid System Console Enter The Volume Attribute H Quick Function Volusne Name H 0 RAID Set Functions El Volume Set Functions P Create Volume Set Volume Capacity 3000 0 GB _ Create Raid30 50 60 ae E D D Volume Initialization Mode Foreground Initialization Modify Volume Set Volume Raid Level Raid 5 v 0 Schedule Volume Check VOS Aime SN 64 _ in _ gt Stop Volume Check Volume Cache Mode WriteBack Physical Drives Ss z a Tagged Command Queuing Enabled J System Controls 9 Information Fibre Channel LUN Base LUN OOo g l Confirm The Operation Max Capacity Allowed To modify Volu
75. me Set attribute values select an attribute item and click on the attribute value After completing the modification tick on the Confirm The Operation option and click on the Submit button to save the changes 62 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 3 4 1 Volume Set Expansion Volume Capacity Logical Volume Concatenation Plus Re stripe Use the Expand Raid Set function to expand a Raid Set when a disk is added to your Subsystem Refer to Section 5 2 3 The expanded capacity can be used to enlarge the Volume Set size or create another Volume Set Use the Modify Volume Set function to expand the Volume Set capacity Select the Volume Set and move the cursor to the Volume Set Capacity item and enter the capacity size Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to complete the action The Volume Set starts to expand proRAID C anager XXOOOOQOOOOOXX lopen all close all Dras Sistem Console a Enter The Volume Attribute H Quick Function Volume Name Volume VOL 000 J RAID Set Functions Se Voke Sot Funcions Max Capacity Allowed 3000 0 GB L Create Volume Set Volume Capacity 3000 0 gt _ Create Raid30 50 60 1 Delete Volume Set L Modify Volume Set Volume Raid Level Raid5 C Check Volume Set Schedule Volume Check bami E D Stop Volume Check Volume Cache Mode Write Back iJ Physical Drives H System Controls E2 Information Fibre Channel LUN Bas
76. minal setup you may press the X key in your Terminal to link the RAID subsystem and Terminal together Press X key to display the disk array Monitor Utility screen on your VT100 Terminal 10 The Main Menu will appear RAID Hyper Terminal By t Bis gi yew gai rarer h p ol elz ai E Main Menu Quick VYolume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Sel Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Fibre Channel Config Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Honi tor System Information Arrowkey Or AZ Wouve Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw A Redraw 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 32 User Manual Main Menu Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem The main menu shows all function that enables the customer to execute actions by clicking on the appropriate link RAID HyperTerminal E E File Edit View Call Transfer Help 15 x Model Name RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Yolume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Fibre Channel Config Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System Information Connected 0 00 43 WT100
77. nfiguration Packaging Shipment and Delivery Before removing the subsystem from the shipping carton you should visually inspect the physical condition of the shipping carton Unpack and verify that the contents of the shipping carton are complete and in good condition 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 the dealer where you purchased the subsystem for further instructions 6 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Unpacking the Shipping Carton The shipping package contains the following RAID Subsystem Unit One 1 power cord Two 2 Fibre optic cables One 1 external SAS cable One 1 RJ45 Ethernet cable Two 2 external serial cables RJ11 to DB9 User Manual NOTE If any damage is found contact the dealer or vendor for assistance User Manual Eo Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Chapter 1 Product I ntroduction The 8 bays RAID Subsystem Highest Density Available Small Desktop Tower with 8 bay carriers Support Over 2TB Extraordinary performance SATA SAS The Next Generation Internal Storage Interconnect Better connectivity higher data transfer rates Advanced Data Guarding technology RAID ADG provides the highest level of data protection RAID ADG RAID 6 can tolerate multiple simultaneous drive failures without downtime or d
78. oe N 1 SCROLL CAPS NUM Capture Print echo Raid HyperTerminal p E 5 x File Edit View Call Transfer Help Model Name RAID Controller Raid System Function Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password JBOD RAID Function RAID Rebuild Priorit Restart Controller Is Required For New Firmware To Take Effect Restart Controller Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw K Redraw Connected 0 06 52 vT100 fiis2o0oe n 1 SCROLL caps NUM Capture Print echo User Manual 99 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Upgrading Firmware Through Web Browser Get the new version of firmware for your RAID subsystem controller NOTE When there is new boot ROM firmware that needs to be upgraded upgrade first the boot ROM firmware Then repeat the process steps 1 to 3 to upgrade the firmware code after which a RAID controller restart will be necessary 1 To upgrade the RAID subsystem firmware click the Upgrade Firmware link under System Controls menu The Upgrade The Raid System Firmware Or Boot Rom screen appears 2 Click Browse Look in the location where the firmware file was saved Select the firmware file name XXXXXXXX BIN and click Open 3 Select the Confirm The Operation option Click the Submit button proRAID C anager XXXXXXXXXXXX Reid System Console a Upgrade The Raid System Firmware Or Boot Rom Fis EID Spt Puneet ae H volume Set Fun
79. olume Set Function if you prefer to create customized Raid Sets and Volume Sets User can manually configure and take full control of the Raid Set settings but it will take alittle longer to setup than the Quick Create configuration Select the Raid Set Function to manually configure the Raid Set for the first time or to delete existing Raid Set and reconfigure a Raid Set 5 2 1 Create RAID Set proRAlD Maange RCRECAEEEEEES lopen all close all a Select The Drives For RAID Set P Raid System Console 4 Quick Function a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem 1 0 S RAID Set Func tions Slot 1 300 1GB Maxtor 6 300F0 pesenesenenenensnsnensnsncnenonenensnsscnenenensasaeny D Delete RAID Set 300 1GB Maxtor 6V300F0 L Expand RAID Set C Offline RAID Set O Activate Incomplete RAID S L Create Hot Spare O Delete Hot Spare L Rescue Raid Set E F 300 1GB Maxtor 6V300F0 300 1GB Maxtor 6V300F0 F 300 1GB Maxtor 6 300F0 m jS M Slot 4 Ra Slot 6 300 1GB Maxtor 6830080 Yolume Set Functions aid Set Nam Raid Set 000 4 Physical Drives H System Controls 4 9 Information Confirm The Operation Submit Reset To create a Raid Set click on the Create RAID Set link A Select The Drives For RAID Set screen is displayed showing the disk drives in the system Tick the box of each disk drive that will be included in Raid Set to b
80. or to the main menu and click on the NTP Configuration link The RAID subsystem s NTP Configuration screen will be displayed Select the desired function and configure the necessary option After completing the settings tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to save the configuration proRAID C anager lopen all close all 4 Raid System Console a NTP Server Configurations H Quick Function NTP Server IP Address 1 i i H RAID Set Functions Bo volame et FUncone NTP Server IP Address 2 6 Physical Drives a Time Zone Configuration S EHS System Controls AD System Configuration Time Zone GMT 08 00 Taipei a U Hdd Power Management Automatic Daylight Saving Enabled z _ Fibre Channel Config _ EtherNet Configuration SQ Alert By Mail Configuration O SNMP Configuration Q View Events Mute Beeper gt Generate Test Event gt Q Clear Event Buffer p Modify Password 0 Upgrade Firmware e Shutdown Controller 0 Restart Controller H Information Current Time 2009 4 20 19 33 29 NTP Server Not Set I Confirm The Operation User Manual 83 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 5 8 View Events Mute Beeper To view the RAID subsystem s event log information move the mouse cursor to the System Controls menu and click on the View Events Mute Beeper link The Raid Subsystem s System Events Information screen app
81. r Manual o Smart function LCD Panel Local audible notice for environmental detection Real time drive activity and status indicators Web based Java GUI management utility Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 1 1 Technical Specifications Sc tomtar B Bays Tower No of Channels host drive 2 8 500W Redundant Power w PFC option Battery Backup R Link Support SNMP Protocol Support Array Roaming 8 Bays Tower MAID Support Intel 80341 64 bit RISC Power Requirements 100 240 VAC 7A 4A 50Hz 60Hz Environment Detection Temperature Fan Voltage Weight aww Dives Note Specifications are subject to change without notice All company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners 10 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 1 2 RAID Concepts RAI D Fundamentals The basic idea of RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks is to combine multiple inexpensive disk drives into an array of disk drives to obtain 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 through RAID 5 were originally defined each provides disk fault tolerance with different compromises in features and performance In addition to these five redundant array architectures it has become popular to refer to a non redundant array of disk drives as a RAID 0 arrays D
82. r Temp H System Controls 12V H 3 Information 5V RAID Set Hierarchy 3 3V System Information DDR II 1 8V _ Hardware Monitor VCore 1 2V DDR II 0 9V RTC 3 0V Battery Status Not Installed a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem V1 0 NOTE To disable auto refresh of GUI tick the Stop Auto Refresh option x The Hardware Monitor Information provides information about controller enclosure 1 and enclosure 2 such as the temperature fan speed power supply status and voltage levels All items are also unchangeable When the threshold values are surpassed warning messages will be indicated through the LCD LED and alarm buzzer nem Waring Condition Power Supply 5V lt 4 7V or gt 5 4V Power Supply 3 3V lt 3 0V or gt 3 6V DDR Supply Voltage 2 5V lt 2 25V or gt 2 75V CPU Core Voltage 1 3V lt 1 17V or gt 1 43V DDR Termination Power 1 25V lt 1 125V or gt 1 375V User Manual 93 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Chapter 6 Maintenance 6 1 Upgrading the RAI D Controller s Cache Memory The RAID controller is equipped with one DDRII SDRAM socket By default the RAID controller comes with at least 512MB of memory that is expandable to a maximum of 4GB The expansion memory module can be purchased from your dealer Memory Type 1 8V PC5300 4200 DDR2 SDRAM 240pin ECC Memory Size Supports 240pin DDR2 of 512MB 2GB 4GB or 8GB ie 6 1 1 Replacing the Memory Module 1
83. rap No SNMP Trap Will Be Sent Urgent Error Notification Send Only Urgent Event Serious Error Notification Send Urgent And Serious Event Warning Error Notification Send Urgent Serious And Warning Event O oO ao 9 4 Information Notification Send All Event l Confirm The Operation SNMP Trap Configurations Type in the SNMP Trap IP Address box the IP address of the host system where SNMP traps will be sent The SNMP Port is set to 162 by default SNMP System Configuration Community Type the SNMP community The default is public 1 sysContact 0 2 sysLocation 0O and 3 sysName O SNMP parameter 31 bytes max If these 3 categories are configured and when an event occurs SNMP will send out a message that includes the 3 categories within the message This allows user to easily define which RAID unit is having problem SNMP Trap Notification Configurations Select the desired option After completing the settings tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to save the configuration SNMP also works in the same way as Alert By Mail when sending event notifications ae User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 5 7 NTP Configuration NTP stands for Network Time Protocol It is an Internet protocol used to synchronize the clocks of computers to sometime reference Type the NTP Server IP Address to enable the RAID subsystem to synchronize with it To set the NTP function move the curs
84. re Then repeat the process steps 1 to 9 to upgrade the firmware code after which a RAID controller restart will be necessary 1 From the Main Menu scroll down to Raid System Function 2 Choose the Update Firmware The Update The Raid Firmware dialog box appears lt lt i xi File Edit View Call Transfer Help Dla sl 3 als iy Raid System Function Mute The Alert Beeper Al B ert Update The Raid FirmWare JBOD RA RAID Re Transfer File From Terminal Maximum Emulator By Zmodem Protocol Termina lt lt Five Ctrl K To Abort gt gt Update Restart Controller Connected 0 01 39 vT100 115200 8 N 1 SCROLL caps NUM Capture Print echo yy 3 Go to the menu bar and click Transfer Select Send File Raid HyperTerminal f l0l x File Edit view Call Transfer Help Receive File Capture Text Send Text File Capture to Printer Hute The Alert Beeper Alert B Change Update The Raid FirmWare JBOD RA RAID Re Transfer File From Terminal Maximum Emulator By Zmodem Protocol Termina lt lt Five Ctrl K To Abort gt gt Update Restart Controller Sends a file to the remote system A 4 Select ZMODEM modem under Protocol to set ZMODEM as the file transfer protocol of your terminal emulation software 96 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 Click Browse Look in the location where the firmware file was saved Selec
85. re of the other device and vice versa The connection is not shared with any other devices Simplicity and use of the full data transfer rate make this Point to point topology an ideal extension to the standard SCSI bus interface The point to point topology extends SCSI connectivity from a server to a peripheral device over longer distances 16 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Arbitrated Loop The arbitrated loop FC AL topology provides a relatively simple method of connecting and sharing resources This topology allows up to 126 devices or nodes in a single continuous loop or ring The loop is constructed by daisy chaining the transmit and receive cables from one device to the next or by using a hub or switch to create a virtual loop The loop can be self contained or incorporated as an element in a larger network Increasing the number of devices on the loop can reduce the overall performance of the loop because the amount of time each device can use the loop is reduced The ports in an arbitrated loop are referred as L Ports Switched Fabric A switched fabric a term is used in a Fibre channel to describe the generic switching or routing structure that delivers a frame to a destination based on the destination address in the frame header It can be used to connect up to 16 million nodes each of which is identified by a unique world wide name WWN In a switched fabric each data frame is transferred over a virtual poin
86. remotely configured via R Link port with proRAID Manager a web browser based application The proRAID Manager can be used to manage all available functions of the RAID controller To configure the RAID subsystem from a remote machine you need to know its IP Address Launch your web browser from remote machine and enter in the address bar http 1 P Address IMPORTANT The default I P address of R Link Portis 192 168 1 100 and subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 DHCP client function is also enabled by default You can reconfigure the IP Address or disable the DHCP client function through the LCD front panel or terminal Ethernet Configuration menu NOTE If DHCP client function is enabled but a DHCP server is unavailable and the IP address is changed a Controller Restart is necessary If the DHCP client function is disabled and the IP address is changed Controller Restart is not needed Note that you may need to be logged in as administrator with local admin rights on the remote machine to remotely configure the RAID subsystem The RAID subsystem controller default User Name is admin and the Password is 0000 proRAID C anager XXXXXXXXXXXX open all close all i m ig Raid System Console z a RaidSet Hierarchy J Quick Function RAID Set Devices Volume Set Port Lun Volume State Capacity H I RAID Set Functions Raid Set 000 E 1Slot 1i Volume VOL 000 0 0
87. rols We Le SATA NCQ Support Enabled L Hdd Power Management HDD Read Ahead Cache Enabled ibre C el Confi Fore enana ponad volume Data Read Ahead Normal EtherNet Configuration Alert By Mail Configuration HDD Queue Depth 32 v SNMP Configuration Disk Write Cache Mode Enabled x NTP Configuration 2 0 D O P O O View Events Mute Beeper Disk Capacity Truncation Mode No Truncation gt L Generate Test Event i Clear Event Buffer r A Moniy Pascward Confirm The Operation L O D In Upgrade Firmware Submit Reset Shutdown Controller Restart Controller formation a System Beeper Setting This option is used to Disable or Enable the system s RAID controller alarm beeper Background Task Priority The Background Task Priority indicates how much time and system resource the RAID controller devotes to a background task such as a rebuild operation The RAID Subsystem allows user to choose the background task priority High 80 Medium 50 Low 25 and Ultra Low 5 to balance between background task process and Volume Set access For high RAID subsystem performance specify a low value J BOD RAID Configuration The RAID subsystem supports JBOD and RAID configuration 77 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem SATA NCQ Support NCQ is a command protocol in Serial ATA that can only be implemented on native Serial ATA hard drives It allows multiple commands to be outs
88. rt gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Edit the Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set __ Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init Raid 6 Spare L_ Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Edit the Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init 36 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Create Raid Set L_ Select IDE Drives for Raid Set gt Ch01 Ch08 L_ Create Raid Set Yes No L Edit The Raid Set Name Delete Raid Set L_ Select Raid Set to Delete L Delete Raid Set gt Yes No L_ Are You Sure Yes No Expand Raid Set L_ Select IDE Drives for Raid Set Expansion L Select Drives IDE Channel gt Chxx Ch08 L_ Expand Raid Set gt Yes No L_ Are You Sure Yes No Offline Raid Set L_ Select Raid Set to Offline L Offline Raid Set gt Yes No Raid Set Function Activate Raid Set L_ Select Raid Set to Active L Activate Raid Set Yes No L Are You Sure gt Yes No Create Hot Spare Disk L_ Select Drives for Hot Spare gt Chxx Ch08 L Create Hot Spare gt Yes No Delete Hot Spare L Select The Hot spare Device To Be Deleted L_ Delete Hot Spare gt Yes No Rescue Raid Set L_ Enter the Operation Key Raid Set Information L_ Select Raid Set To Display User Manual 37
89. ry drive in the array Write operations will typically access one data drive and one parity drive However because different records store their parity on different drives write operations can usually be overlapped Writes require parity to be updated DATA i DATA i pata d DATA a i DATA DATA PARITY PARITY PARITY ERTE ENMITY CAREEN liiisi Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive Dual level RAID achieves a balance between the increased data availability inherent in RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 5 or RAID 6 and the increased read performance inherent in disk striping RAID 0 These arrays are sometimes referred to as RAID 0 1 1E RAID 30 RAID 50 or RAID 60 User Manual aa i Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5 in that data protection is achieved by writing parity information to the physical 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 Writes require parity to be updated i gt Lo La Le La gt pata pata pata pata pata DATA PARITY PARITY PARITY PARITY x Gar we X Gr Sa yyyy yd Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive PARITY cal In summary RAID O
90. s Sj Information RAID Set Hierarchy _ Hardware Monitor tatty settee fotat ete Controller Name Firmware Version BOOT ROM Version Agilent TSDK MPT Firmware Version Serial Number Unit Serial Main Processor CPU ICache Size CPU DCache Size CPU SCache Size System Memory Current IP Address Device Mode SAS Chip SAS Expander Chip JBOD Port Link Status a Raid Subsystem Information V1 48 2010 01 12 V1 48 2010 01 12 v6 10 1 28 2 0 A017EHBUPR200003 800MHz IOP341 C1 32KBytes 32KBytes Write Back 512KBytes Write Back 512MB 533MHz ECC 192 168 1 100 ILSISAS1068E B2 LSISASx28 A1 Not Linked The Controller Name Firmware Version Serial Number Main Processor CPU Data Instruction Cache size System Memory size speed Current IP Address SAS Address Target Mode SAS Chip Device Mode SAS Chip SAS Expander Chip Host Port Link Status and JBOD Port Link Status appear in this screen 92 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 6 3 Hardware Monitor To view the RAID subsystem s hardware information click the Hardware Monitor link from the Information menu The Hardware Monitor Information screen appears proRAID C anager XOXOOOOOOO000K lopen all close all W Raid System Console Stop Auto Refresh 1 Quick Function a Controller H W Monitor 6 oY H RAID Set Functions Jj Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives CPU Temperature Controlle
91. s less performance degradation during drive failure than in RAID 5 arrays Duplicate data is written to pairs of drives DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA TTT Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive es User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem RAID 3 sector stripes data across groups of drives but one drive in the group is dedicated for storing parity information RAID 3 relies on the embedded ECC in each sector for error detection In the case of drive failure data recovery is accomplished by calculating the exclusive OR XOR of the information recorded on the remaining drives Records typically span all drives which optimizes the disk transfer rate Because each I O request accesses every drive in the array RAID 3 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 arrays in order to avoid performance degradation with short records RAID 5 arrays with small stripes can yield similar performance to RAID 3 arrays Read and write operations span all drives DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA PARITY Paralled access decreases data transfer time for long sequential records Under RAID 5 parity information is distributed across all the drives Since there is no dedicated parity drive all drives contain data and read operations can be overlapped on eve
92. sical disks in the Raid Set Thus each Volume Set on the Raid Set will have its data spread evenly across all the disks in the Raid Set Volume Sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same Raid Set In the illustration below Volume 1 can be assigned a RAID 5 level while Volume 0 might be assigned a RAID 0 1 level RAID Set 1 4 Individual Disks Free Space Volume 1 RAID 5 Volume 0 RAID 0 1 Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 1 5 High Availability 1 5 1 Creating Hot Spares A hot spare drive is an unused online available drive which is ready to replace a failed disk drive In a RAID level 1 0 1 3 5 6 30 50 or 60 Raid Set any unused online available drive installed but not belonging to a Raid Set can be defined as a hot spare drive Hot spares permit you to replace failed drives without powering down the system When the RAID subsystem detects a drive failure the system will do automatic and transparent rebuild using the hot spare drives The Raid Set will be reconfigured and rebuilt in the background while 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 replaces User Manual 19 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 1 5 2 Hot Swap Disk Drive Support The RAID subsyst
93. sking capability Therefore in order to mask LUNs some HBA vendors allow persistent binding at the driver level 1 4 Array Definition 1 4 1 Raid Set A Raid Set is a group of disk drives containing one or more logical volumes called Volume Sets It is not possible to have multiple Raid Sets on the same disk drives A Volume Set must be created either on an existing Raid Set or on a group of available individual disk drives disk drives that are not yet a part of a Raid Set If there are existing Raid Sets with available raw capacity new Volume Set can be created New Volume Set can also be created on an existing Raid Set without free raw capacity by expanding the Raid Set using available disk drive s which is are not yet Raid Set member If disk drives of different capacity are grouped together in a Raid Set then the capacity of the smallest disk will become the effective capacity of all the disks in the Raid Set 18 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 1 4 2 Volume Set A Volume Set is seen by the host system as a single logical device It is organized in a RAID level with one or more physical disks RAID level refers to the level of data performance and protection of a Volume Set A Volume Set capacity can consume all or a portion of the raw capacity available in a Raid Set Multiple Volume Sets can exist on a group of disks in a Raid Set Additional Volume Sets created in a specified Raid Set will reside on all the phy
94. st HDD to the next one be set within the range of 0 4 to 6 0 seconds Default is 0 7 seconds Time to HDD Low Power Idle MAID Level 1 This option enables the RAID subsystem to place idle HDDs of a Raid Set in Low Power Mode where drives heads are unloaded The power saving is around 15 to 20 Recovery time is under a second Options are Disabled 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 Minutes 76 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem Time to HDD Low RPM Mode MAID Level 2 This option enables the RAID subsystem to place idle HDDs of a Raid Set in Low RPM Mode where drives heads are unloaded and drive platters speed is reduced to around 4000 RPM The power saving is from 35 to 45 Recovery time is 15 seconds Options are Disabled 10 20 30 40 50 and 60 Minutes Time to Spin Down Idle HDD MAID Level 3 This option enables the Raid subsystem to spin down HDDs of a Raid Set after they become idle after a preset period of time In this level the drives stop spinning and go into sleep mode The power saving is from 60 to 70 Recovery time is 30 to 45 seconds Options are Disabled 1 For Test 3 5 10 15 20 30 40 and 60 Minutes y NOTE To verify if the disk drive you use supports MAID or APM select RaidSet Hierarchy and click the disk drive E Slot link Check in the Device I nformation screen if the Disk APM Support shows Yes User Manual eae Fibre to SAS SATA II RAI
95. t consistency checking process processes a proRAID 2f anager XXXXXXXXXXXX lopen all close all 8 raid System Console Quick Function SSS __ Ee ie aa eager EH Volume Set Functions l Confirm The Operation VO Create Raid30 50 60 Delete Volume Set et J Modify Volume Set D Check Yolume Set Schedule Volume Check H System Controls H 0 Information 68 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 4 Physical Drive Choose this option from the Main Menu to select a disk drive and to perform the functions listed below 5 4 1 Create Pass Through Disk A Pass Through Disk is a disk drive not controlled by the internal RAID subsystem firmware and thus 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 system is on a disk not controlled by the RAID firmware To create pass through disk click on the Create Pass Through link under the Physical Drives main menu The setting function screen appears Select the disk drive to be made as Pass Through Disk and configure the Pass Through Disk attributes such as the Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing and Fibre Channel LUN Base LUN for this volume oroRAID C anager XXXXXXXXXXXX lopen all close all EE AE AEEA er ATA a Select the IDE drive For Pass Through Y Raid System Console Quick Function
96. t the firmware file name XXXXXXXX BIN and click Open Raid HyperTerminal eS loj x File Edit View Call Transfer Help Dias l al Model Name RAID Controller _ Send File es Raid Systel Folder C Filename Mute The A C SISOFIRMOB27 BIN 0000 TOWSE eet B C B160FIRMO627 BIN Change Protocol JBODZRA Zmodem x RAID Re Maximum Send Close Cancel Termina Update Restart Controller Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw K Redraw Connected 0 03 21 WT100 115200 8 N 1 SCROLL caps NUM Capture Print echo Raid HyperTerminal File Edit View Call Transfer Help Sending C 6160FIRMO627 BIN Last event Sending Files fi of 1 Hute Status Sending Retries jo Alert Change File EELE 35k of 240K JBOD R ET RAID R Elapsed 00 00 03 Remaining 00 00 17 Throughput 11946 cps Maximu Termin cps bps Restar Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw K Redraw Connected 0 04 26 VT100 115200 8 N 1 SCROLL CAPS NUM Capture Print echo User Manual 97 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 7 When the firmware downloading is completed the confirmation screen appears Select Yesto start programming the flash ROM Raid HyperTerminal E j zoi x File Edit view Call Transfer Help Hute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password Update The Firmware JBODZRAI
97. t to point connection There can be any number of full bandwidth transfers occurring through the switch Devices do not have to arbitrate for control of the network each device can use the full available bandwidth A fabric topology contains one or more switches connecting the ports in the FC network The benefit of this topology is that many devices approximately 2 24 can be connected A port on a Fabric switch is called an F Port Fabric Port Fabric Switches can function as an alias server multi cast server broadcast server quality of service facilitator and directory server as well 1 3 3 Basic Elements The following elements are the connectivity of storages and Server components using the Fibre channel technology Cables and connectors There are different types of cables of varies lengths for use in a Fibre Channel configuration Two types of cables are supported Copper and Optical fiber Copper cables are used for short distances and transfer data up to 30 meters per link Fiber cables come in two distinct types Multi Mode fiber MMF for short distances up to 2km and Single Mode Fiber SMF for longer distances up to 10 kilometers By default the RAID subsystem supports two short wave multi mode fibre optic SFP connectors Fibre Channel Adapter Fibre Channel Adapter is a device that is connected to a workstation server or host system and control the protocol for communications Hubs Fibre Channel hubs are use
98. tanding within a drive at the same time Drives that support NCQ have an 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 Disabled or Enable the SATA NCQ function HDD Read Ahead Cache This option allows the users to disable the cache of the HDDs on the RAID subsystem In some HDD models disabling the cache in the HDD is necessary to prove the RAID subsystem 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 HDD Queue Depth The queue depth is the number of I O operations that can be run in parallel on a disk drive HDD Queue Depth options are 1 2 4 8 16 and 32 Disk Write Cache Mode The RAID subsystem supports Disk Write Cache Mode options Auto Enabled and Disabled If the RAID subsystem has BBM battery backup module selecting the Auto option will automatically enable Disk Write Cache On the other hand if there is no BBM the Auto option will disable Disk Write Cache Disk Capacity Truncation Mode The RAID subsystem use drive truncation so that drives from different vendors are more likely to be able to be used as spares for each other Drive truncation slightly decreases the usable capacity of a drive that is used in the subsystem Options are Mult
99. te the Raid 30 50 60 Volume Set first User Manual 47 Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 5 2 3 Expand RAID Set Use this option to expand a Raid Set when one or more disk drives is are added to the system This function is active when at least one drive is available proAlD MD fanor XXXXXXXXXXXX open all close all ES a Select The Raid Set For Raid Expansion 8 Raid System Console Quick Function Bele Trait set nome wenberoists eop Sj RAID Set Functions Raid Set 000 5 1500 5GB L Create RAID Set Q Oaea Set c Raid Set 001 1 300 1GB O Eapend RAID EE JEN B arin RAID Set Submit Reset _ Activate Incomplete RAID Si 0 Create Hot Spare _ Delete Hot Spare Rescue Raid Set ey Ta volume Set Functions H 9 Physical Drives coe H System Controls H Information To expand a Raid Set click on the Expand RAID Set link Select the Raid Set which you want to expand Tick on the available disk s and check Confirm The Operation Click on the Submit button to add the selected disk s to the Raid Set NOTE Once the Expand Raid Set process has started user cannot stop it The process must be completed NOTE If a disk drive fails during Raid Set expansion and a hot Spare is available an auto rebuild operation will occur after the Raid Set expansion is completed NOTE A Raid Set cannot be expanded if it contains a Raid 30 50 60 Volume Set 48 User Manual
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101. ue when the hard drive is being accessed Green LED indicates power is on and hard drive status is good for this slot If there is no hard drive the LED is Red If hard drive defected in this slot or the hard drive is failure the LED is blinking red HDD Fault LED Lock I ndicator Every Disk Tray is lockable and is fitted with a lock indicator to indicate whether or not the tray is locked into the chassis or not Each tray is also fitted with an ergonomic handle for easy tray removal When the Lock Groove is horizontal this indicates that the Disk Tray is locked When the Lock Groove is vertical then the Disk Tray is unlocked Disk Tray is unlocked Disk Tray is locked ars User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 2 1 1 2 Smart Panel LCD Smart Panel Smart Function Keys Environment Status Smart Function Keys Use the Up or Down arrow keys to go through the Fu eerie av information on the LCD screen This is also used to rrow buttons move between each menu when you configure the Subsystem Select button W This is used to enter the option you have selected Exit button EXIT Press this button to return to the previous menu Environment Status LEDs If temperature irregularity in these systems occurs HDD slot temperature over 60 C or disk fault this LED will turn red and an alarm will sound Disk Fault and Warning LED Blue blinking LED indicates system is busy or data is be
102. ume Set Functions Create Volume Set _ Create Raid30 50 60 L Delete Volume Set _ Modify Volume Set O Check Volume Set D L Schedule Volume Check Stop Volume Check J Physical Drives J System Controls Information Vv Raid Set 000 l4 lV Raid Set 001 l4 a Select Multiple RaidSet For Raid30 50 60 Max 8 RaidSet Supported 4000 0GB 4000 0GB 4000 0GB 4000 0GB e MMMM Submit Reset Configure the Volume Set attributes refer to previous section for the Volume Set attributes When done tick Confirm The Operation and click on Submit button proRAID Nanager gt XXXXXXXXXXXX open all close all W Raid System Console H Quick Function RAID Set Functions SJ Volume Set Functions L Create Volume Set L Create Raid30 50 60 L Delete Volume Set L Modify Volume Set L Check Volume Set O Schedule Volume Check L Stop Volume Check 3 Physical Drives System Controls Information a Enter The Volume Attribute R Volume vVOL 000 Member Disks 2x4 50 Volume Name Volume Raid Level Max Capacity Allowed 6000 0 GB 6000 0 GB 64bitLBA Select Volume Capacity Greater Two TB Volume Support Volume Initialization Mode No Init To Rescue Volume v Volume Stripe Size 64 KBytes W rite Back v Enabled M Volume Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing Fibre Channel LUN Base LUN Volumes To Be Created

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