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1. S M A R T and UPS For the enclosure management there are many sensors for different purposes such as temperature sensors voltage sensors hard disks fan sensors power sensors and LED status Due to the different hardware characteristics among these sensors they have different polling intervals Below are the details of polling time intervals 47 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Temperature sensors 1 minute Voltage sensors 1 minute Hard disk sensors 10 minutes Fan sensors 10 seconds When there are 3 errors consecutively controller sends ERROR event log Power sensors 10 seconds when there are 3 errors consecutively controller sends ERROR event log 6 LED status 10 seconds se oran on SES configuration Access control for SES management Hardware monitor System monitored voltage temperature and battery backup module SMART Self monitoring analysis and reporting technology for physical disks UPS Uninterruptible power supply Figure 3 6 1 3 6 1 SES configuration SES represents SCSI Enclosure Services one of the enclosure management standards SES configuration can enable or disable the management of SES Host Target LUN 2 2SUDO0013784C0019 0 Disable e Figure 3 6 1 1 Figure 3 6 1 1 Enable SES in LUN 0 and can be accessed from every host The SES client software is available at the following web site SANtools http www santools com 3 6 2 Hardware monitor Hardware monit
2. 7 Mouse moves to the gray button next to the Snapshot VD number click Export Enter a capacity for snapshot VD If size is zero the exported snapshot VD will be read only Otherwise the exported snapshot VD can be read written and the size will be the maximum capacity to read write 8 Attach a LUN for snapshot VD Please refer to the previous chapter for attaching a LUN 9 Done lt can be used as a disk Linked snapshot for YD E No Name Ge Exported Right LUN Created time i m SnapVoO O 1 LU Yes RO O Wed May 28 15 22 50 2008 2 snapyD 02 O Yes RAN O Wed May 28 15 26 40 2008 Unesport Rollback Delete o Cleanup a Auto snapshot e Take snapshot e Attach Detach List LUN Figure 4 4 1 2 62 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Figure 4 4 1 2 This is the list of VD 01 There are two snapshots in VD 01 Snapshot VD SnapVD 01 is exported to read only SnapVD 02 is exported to read write 10 There are two methods to clean all snapshots In Volume 11 configuration Virtual disk mouse moves to the gray button next to the VD number click Cleanup snapshot Or in Volume configuration Snapshot click Cleanup Cleanup will delete all snapshots related to the VD and release snapshot space Snapshot has some constraints as followings 1 2 4 4 2 Minimum RAM size of enabling snapshot is 512MB For performance and future rollback system saves sna
3. Optimal gt the Virtual disk is operating and has experienced no failures of the disks that comprise the RG Degraded gt At least one disk which comprises space of the Virtual disk has been marked as failed or has been plugged Missing gt the Virtual disk has been marked as missing by the system Falled gt the Virtual disk has experienced enough failures of the disks that comprise the VD for unrecoverable data loss to occur Part optimal gt the Virtual disk has experienced disk failures Ratio of initializing or rebuilding The levels of RAID that Virtual disk is using FLUN Number of LUN s that Virtual disk is attaching Snapshot The Virtual disk size that used for snapshot The number means Used snapshot space Total snapshot space The unit is in megabytes MB E y D oS 237 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Snapshot Number of snapshot s that Virtual disk is taken The Virtual disk is related to the RG name e VD operations description Extend Extend a Virtual disk capacity scrub a Virtual disk It s a parity regeneration It supports RAID 3 5 6 30 50 60 only Delete Delete a Virtual disk Set property Change the VD name right priority and bg rate Right options WT gt Write Through WB gt Write Back RO 5 Read Only Priority options HI gt High priority MD gt MID priority LO gt LOw priorit
4. Create Migrate Activate Deactivate Scrub Delete Set disk property More information Create Extend Scrub Delete Set property Attach LUN Detach LUN List LUN Set snapshot space Cleanup snapshot Take snapshot Auto snapshot List snapshot More information Cleanup snapshot Auto snapshot Take snapshot Export Rollback Delete Attach Detach Enable Disable Auto shutdown S M A R T information Only for SATA disks UPS Type Shutdown battery level Shutdown delay Shutdown UPS System information Browse the firmware to upgrade Export configuration Sure to reset to factory default Import Export Import file Download Mute Clear e ae RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Reboot and gt Reboot Shutdown shutdown Sure to logout 3 2 Login RSF361 controller supports graphic user interface GUI to operate the system Be sure to connect theLAN cable The default IP setting is DHCP open the browser and enter http 192 168 10 50 Please check the DHCP address first on LCM Click any function at the first time it will pop up a dialog for authentication Login name admin Default password 1234 After login you can choose the functions which lists on the left side of window to make configuration Quick installation E System configuration volume configuration PR Enclosure management Logout Figure 3 2 1 There are six indicators at the top right corner
5. 28 16 02 41 VO SnapVO 01 has been deleted INFO 2008 05 28 16 02 41 YD WD 01 has been deleted Figure 3 7 5 1 The event log is displayed in reverse order which means the latest event log is on the first page The event logs are actually saved in the first four hard drives each hard drive has one copy of event log For one controller there are four copies of event logs to make sure users can check event log any time when there is are failed disk s Tips Please plug in any of the first four hard drives then event logs can be saved and displayed in next system boot up Otherwise the event logs would be disappeared 3 7 6 Reboot and shutdown Reboot and shutdown displays Reboot and Shutdown buttons Before power off its better to execute Shutdown to flush the data from cache to physical disks The step is necessary for data protection keboot m Shutdown e Figure 3 7 6 1 3 8 Logout For security reason Logout allows users logout when no user is operating the system Re login the system please enter username and password again 55 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Chapter 4 Advanced operation 4 1 Rebuild If one physical disk of the RG which is set as protected RAID level eg RAID 3 RAID 5 or RAID 6 is FAILED or has been unplugged removed then the status of RG is changed to degraded mode the system will search detect spare disk to rebuild the degraded RG to a complete one It will detect d
6. 3 2 Figure 3 5 3 2 There is a RAID 0 with 4 physical disks named RG RO total size is 135GB Another is a RAID 5 with 3 physical disks named RG R5 Done View RAID group page e RG column description shows the functions which can be executed The number of physical disks in RAID group wo The number of Virtual disks in RAID group The status of RAID group Online gt the RAID group is online Offline gt the RAID group is offline Dier wt RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Rebuild gt the RAID group is being rebuilt Migrate gt the RAID group is being migrated Scrub gt the RAID group is being scrubbed The health of RAID group Good gt the RAID group is good Falled gt the hard drive is failed Degraded gt the RAID group is not completed The reason could be lack of one disk or disk failure The RAID level of the RAID group Enclosure RG locates on local or JBOD enclosure e RG operations description Create Create a RAID group Migrate a RAID group Please refer to next chapter for more detail Activate Activate a RAID group it can be executed when RG Status is offline This is for online roaming purpose Deactivate Deactivate a RAID group it can be executed when RG Status is online This is for online roaming purpose scrub a RAID group Its a parity regeneration It supports RAID 3 5 6 30 50 60 only Delete Delet
7. 4 on Local Total Free Mo Mame CB CB PD Y D Status ie 1 Ho H GEN GEN 3 o Online Figure 3 5 2 2 Done View Physical disk page 29 Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled spare disk select Ds Health RAID Enclosure Good RAID 5 Local RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Local Shot Size RG Status Health Usage Vendor Serial Type Write cache Standby GB name i e 465 RG RS Online Good RD Maxtor HS0DMBPH SATA Enabled Disabled S o 465 RG R5S Online Good RD Maxtor He117 30H SATA Enabled Disabled E 465 RG R5 Online Good RD Seagate SPMOH4CO SATA Enabled Disabled KR 465 RG R5 Online Good DS Seagate SPMOFRHF SATA Enabled Disabled e a3 Online Good FR HITACHI JIM ADKPI SAS Enabled Disabled 5 e AA Online Good FR HITACHI 13481 SAS Enabled Disabled E 8 35 Online Good FR HITACHI 33x AEM SAS Enabled Disabled S e 55 Online Good FR HITACHI JAR SAS Enabled Disabled Figure 3 5 2 3 Figure 3 5 2 3 Physical disks of slot 1 2 3 are created for a RG named RG R5 Slot 4 is set as dedicated spare disk of RG named RG R6 The others are free disks PD column description The position of hard drives The button next to the number of slot shows the functions which can be executed Size GB Capacity of hard drive pe Name Related RAID group name The health of hard drive Good gt the hard drive is good The status of hard drive Online gt the hard dr
8. 51 100 51 100 51 33 3 SATA 200 51 119 21 196 140 20051 100151 100151 35 4 SATA 20051 121121 19371140 20051 100151 100151 32 a SATA 100151 100125 100 11 100151 100151 gain 31 6 SATA 100151 100125 100111 100151 100151 10060 30 H SATA 100 511 100 25 100 11 100 511 100 51 100 07 30 8 SATA 10016 10824 1005 100167 100 601 Hi 33 y SATA 100151 100125 10011 100151 100151 10000 33 10 SATA boa 980 100 36 DO 207 100197 Hi ER 11 SATA 10016 10824 1005 100167 10060 Hi 34 12 SATA 451601 110 24 100 5 100 671 100160 MA ER 13 SATA 200 51 235181 200 140 20051 100151 100151 39 14 SAT AS SOO S1 2308 21 200 140 20051 100151 100151 42 13 SATA 10316 Boro 100 36 DO 207 100197 Hi EIS 16 SAT AS 102 6 OO 10036 5830 10097 Hi ae JBOD 1 OSAN I200C WAN 50013780029010BD Slot HDD type Geh SN een sector SE Se SE Wee L SAS MA Hi Hi Hi Hi NA 25 SAS NA MA MA HA MP NA 29 3 SAS Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi MPA 2d SAS NA MA Hi MP MP NA 24 a SAS Hi Pia Hi A MP MP3 26 6 SAS NA Hi Hi Hi Hi NA 25 H SAS NA MA MA H A Pa NA 2 a SAS Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi MPA Els y SAS NA MA MA HA HA NA 25 10 SAS Hi MA Hi A Pia MP3 23 11 SAS MA Hi Hi Hi Hi NA 2d 12 SAS NA MA Hi Pa Pia NA 23 13 SAS Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi MPA 2d 14 SAS NA MA Hi Pa MP NA 24 15 SAS Hi Pia Hi A Pia Pa 23 16 SAS NA Hi Hi Hi Hi NA 2d Figure 4 6 2 Figure 4 6 2 Disk
9. Dos Dos Din D11 O12 Dia O14 O15 Dis O17 Dis Dio Neo Dei O22 O23 lt lt Back e confirm e Figure 4 4 2 1 Figure 4 4 2 1 It will take snapshots every month and keep the last 32 snapshot copies Tips Daily snapshot will be taken at every 00 00 Weekly snapshot will be taken every Sunday 00 00 Monthly snapshot will be taken every first day of month 00 00 4 4 3 Rollback The data in snapshot VD can rollback to original VD Please follow the procedures 1 Select Volume configuration Snapshot 2 Mouse moves to the gray button next to the Snap VD number which user wants to rollback the data click Rollback 3 Done the data in snapshot VD will rollback to original VD Rollback has some constraints as described in the followings 1 Minimum RAM size of enabling rollback is 512MB 64 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 When making rollback the original VD cannot be accessed for a while At the same time the system connects to original VD and snaps VD and then starts rollback During rollback data from snap VD to original VD the original VD can be accessed and the data in VD just like it has finished rollback At the same time the other related snap VD s cannot be accessed After rollback the other snapshot VD s after the VD which is doing rollback will be deleted Caution Before executing rollback it is better to dismount file system for flushing data from cache to disks in OS first System se
10. G No Mame Right Priority Bg rate Status Health RAID LUN Snapshot Win name GB ME NO RS 1 50 WB HI 4 Initiating Optimal 86 RAIDS 1 Oo 0 RG R5 WO RS 2 64 WB HI 4 Initiating Optimal O0 RAIDS 1 Ojo O HGM Figure 3 5 7 4 Figure 3 5 7 4 Create VDs named VD R5 1 and VD R5 2 Regarding to RG R5 the size of VD R5 1 is 50GB the size of VD R5 2 is 64GB VD R5 1 is initialing about 86 There is no LUN attached Step 3 Attach LUN to VD There are 2 methods to attach LUN to VD 1 In Volume configuration Virtual disk mouse moves to the gray button next to the VD number click Attach LUN 2 In Volume configuration Logical unit click e Attach Gi sj The procedures are as follows 44 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 VD SE S0GB Host FC node name si Target FC node name 20000013784c0019 LUN 0 F Permission C Read only Read write Figure 3 5 7 5 1 Select a VD 2 Input Host name which is a FC node name for access control or fill in wildcard which means every host can access to this volume ee Contirm m Choose LUN and permission then click D 3 Done Host Target LUN Permission D name y 20000013784C0019 o Read write VD R5 1 St bu 20000013784C0019 d Read write VD R5 2 Figure 3 5 7 6 Figure 3 5 7 6 VD R5 1 is attached to LUN 0 VD R5 2 is attached LUN 1 Tips The matching rules of access control are from top
11. INFO RG restored Configuration of RG lt name gt has been restored INFO VD restored Configuration of VD lt name gt has been restored e Snapshot events A PEA INFO Snapshot deleted The snapshot VD lt name gt has been deleted INFO Snapshot auto The oldest snapshot VD lt name gt has been 273 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 deleted deleted to obtain extra snapshot space INFO Snapshot taken A snapshot on VD lt name gt has been taken Snapshot space Set the snapshot space of VD lt name gt to configured lt number gt MB pee See started Started Pe E finished finished reached reached e Battery backup events a ARANA E BBM sync data Abnormal shutdown detected start flushing battery backuped data lt number gt KB ee L e backuped data finishes INFO BBMdetected Battery backup module is detected INFO BBMisgood Battery backup module is good ______ INFO BBMischarging Battery backup module is charging INFO BBM Battery backup feature is lt item gt _ e JBOD events Saw aa AAA aa oe Li a a system system ERROR HDD failure JBOD lt number gt disk lt slot gt is disabled INFO JBOD inserted JBOD lt number gt is inserted into system WARNING JBOD removed JBOD lt number gt is removed from system WARNING SMART T E C JBOD lt number gt disk lt slot gt S M A R T Threshold Exceed Condition occurred for attribute s S M A R T informa
12. Offline Thus it will not conflict with the Roaming In degraded mode the status of RG is Degraded When rebuilding the status of RG VD will be Rebuild the column R in VD will display the ratio in percentage After complete rebuilding the status will become Online RG will become completely one 56 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Tips Set dedicated spare is not available if there is no RG or only RG of RAID 0 JBOD because user can not set dedicated spare disk to RAID 0 amp JBOD Sometimes rebuild is called recover they are the same meaning The following table is the relationship between RAID levels and rebuild RAID 0 Disk striping No protection for data RG fails if any hard drive fails or unplugs Disk mirroring over 2 disks RAID 1 allows one hard drive fails or unplugging Need one new hard drive to insert to the system and rebuild to be completed N way Extension to RAID 1 level It has N copies of the disk N way mirror mirror allows N 1 hard drives failure or unplugging Striping with parity on the dedicated disk RAID 3 allows one hard drive failure or unplugging Striping with interspersed parity over the member disks RAID 5 allows one hard drive failure or unplugging RAID 6 2 dimensional parity protection over the member disks RAID 6 allows two hard drives failure or unplugging If it needs to rebuild two hard drives at the same time it will rebuild the first one the
13. Step 7 Delete VD Virtual disk To delete the Virtual disk please follow the procedures 1 Select Volume configuration Virtual disk Mouse moves to the gray button next to the VD number click Delete There will pop up a confirmation page click OK Done Then the VDs are deleted 46 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Tips When deleting VD the attached LUN s related to this VD will be detached automatically Step 8 Delete RG RAID group To delete the RAID group please follow the procedures 1 Select Volume configuration RAID group 2 Selecta RG which is no VD related on this RG otherwise the VD s on this RG must be deleted first Mouse moves to the gray button next to the RG number click Delete There will pop up a confirmation page click OK Done The RG has been deleted ea Tips The action of deleting one RG will succeed only when all of the related VD s are deleted in this RG Otherwise it will have an error when deleting this RG Step 9 Free global spare disk To free global spare disks please follow the procedures 1 Select Volume configuration Physical disk 2 Mouse moves to the gray button next to the PD slot click Set Free disk Step 10 Done all volumes have been deleted 3 6 Enclosure management Enclosure management allows managing enclosure information including SES configuration Hardware monitor
14. System name composed of model name and serial number of this system System name System name F200C a00001 Date and time IT Change date and time 000517 11 14 50 GMT 08 00 Taipei Figure 3 4 1 1 Check Change date and time to set up the current date time and time zone before using or synchronize time from NTP Network Time Protocol server 3 4 2 IP address IP address can change IP address for remote administration usage There are 2 options DHCP Get IP address from DHCP server or static IP The default setting is DHCP User can change the HTTP HTTPS and SSH port number when the default port number is not allowed on host server A O RSF361 Manual v 6 0 MAC address MAC address 00 13 78 40c 00 19 Address Ce DHCP O Static DAS DNS Port HTTP port OU HTTPS port 443 55H port ele Figure 3 4 2 1 3 4 3 Login setting Login setting can set single admin auto logout time and Admin User password The single admin can prevent multiple users access the same controller at the same time 1 Auto logout The options are 1 Disable 2 5 minutes 3 30 minutes 4 1 hour The system will log out automatically when user is inactive for a period of time 2 Login lock Disable Enable When the login lock is enabled the system allows only one user to login or modify system settings 22 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Login configuration Auto logout Disable Lo
15. o Change IP IP Subnet Adjust o Confi Mask Submask IP d Static 1P TP Adjust Gateway Gateway IP a Setting Nov SS Adjust Volume Size Reset to Default 4Yes Nov Caution Before power off it is better to execute Shutdown to flush the data from cache to physical disks 15 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 2 4 2 System buzzer The system buzzer features are listed below 1 2 2 4 3 The system buzzer alarms 1 second when system boots up successfully The system buzzer alarms continuously when there is error occurred The alarm will be stopped after error resolved or be muted The alarm will be muted automatically when the error is resolved E g when RAID 5 is degraded and alarm rings immediately user changes adds one physical disk for rebuilding When the rebuilding is done the alarm will be muted automatically LED The LED features are listed below 1 Marguee Disk Status Disk Rebuilding LED The Marguee Disk Status Disk Rebuilding LEDs are displayed in the same LEDs The LEDs indicates different functions in different stages Marquee LEDs When system powers on and successfully boots up the Marquee LED is on until the system boots successful II Disk status LEDs the LEDs reflect the disk status for the tray Only On Off situation IL Disk rebuilding LEDs the LEDs are blinking when the disks are w N under rebuilding Disk Access LED Hardware activated L
16. refer to RAM certification list in Appendix A 4 4 1 Create snapshot volume To take a snapshot of the data please follow the procedures 1 Select Volume configuration Virtual disk 2 Mouse moves to the gray button next to the VD number click Set snapshot space 3 Set up the size for snapshot The minimum size is suggested to be 20 of VD size then click confirm 8 Itwill go back to the 61 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 VD page and the size will show in snapshot column lt may not be the same as the number entered because some size is reserved for snapshot internal usage There will be 2 numbers in Snapshot MB column These numbers mean Used snapshot space and Total snapshot space 4 There are two methods to take snapshot In Volume configuration Virtual disk mouse moves to the gray button next to the VD number click Take snapshot Or in Volume configuration Snapshot click Take snapshot e d Confirm a 5 Enter a snapshot name then click A snapshot VD is created 6 Select Volume configuration Snapshot to display all snapshot VDs related to the VD Linked snapshot for YD 40 01 No Name E Exported Right LUN Created time snapwD 01 0 Mo NA NA Wed May 28 15 22 50 2008 Export Rollback Delete m Cleanup a Auto snapshot Take snapshot e Figure 4 4 1 1 Figure 4 4 1 1 This is Snap VD but it is not exported
17. 0 Appendix A Certification list RAM RSF361 RAM Spec 240 pin DDR2 533 PC4300 Reg register or UB Unbufferred ECC up to 2GB 64 bit data bus width and also 32 bit memory support x8 or x16 devices 36 bit addressable up to 14 bit row address and 10 bit column address Vendor IMA TP AJ28K64E8BHE6S 1GB DDR2 667 Unbuffered non ECC with SEC ATP JAJ28K72G8BHEES 1GB DDR2 667 Unbuffered ECC with SEC ATP AJ64K72F8BHESS 512MB DDR2 667 Unbuffered ECC with SEC eee 2GB DDR2 667 Unbuffered ECC with Samsung UG64T7200L8DU 6AL 512MB DDR2 667 Unbuffered ECC with Elpida Unigen UG12T7200L8DU 5AM 1GB DDR2 533 Unbuffered ECC with Elpida UG12T7200L8DR 5AC 1GB DDR2 533 Registered ECC with Elpida D babak 2GB DDR2 533 UnBuffered ECC with Micron FC HBA card 410 PCI Express 2 5 GHz 4 Gb s 1 port LC style pluggable SFP multimode optics 850nm Finisar FTLF 8524P2BNL LSI7204XP LC PCI X 4 Gb s 2 ports LC style pluggable SFP multimode optics 850nm Picolight PLRXPL VE SG4 26 QLA2462 PCI X 2 0 266MHz 4 Gb s 2 ports LC style SFF dE optics 850nm Finisar FTLF 8524E2KNL QLE2462 PCI Express 2 5 GHz 4 Gb s 2 ports LC style SFF pei optics 850nm Finisar FTLF 8524E2KNL 69 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 e Hard drive RSF361 support SATA II disks Vendor Model AS eee A Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 HDS722580VLSA80 80GB 7200RPM SATA 8M 2 E7K500 H
18. 61 Manual v 6 0 Browse the firmware to upgrade Browse Export configuration Confirm e Figure 3 7 2 1 LA Upgrade system now Y Ze If you want to downgrade to the previous FW later please export your system configuration first Cancel Figure 3 7 2 2 When upgrading there is a progress bar running After finished upgrading the system must reboot manually to make the new firmware took effect NL Tips GEN Please contact with tech enhance tech com for latest firmware _ 3 3 Reset to factory default Reset to factory default allows user to reset controller to factory default setting Sure to reset to factory default confirm o Figure 3 7 3 1 Reset to default value the password is 1234 and IP address to default DHCP Default IP address 192 168 10 50 DHCP Default subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway 192 168 10 254 3 7 4 Import and export Import and export allows user to save system configuration values export and apply all configuration import For the volume configuration setting the 53 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 values are available in export and not available in import which can avoid confliction date deleting between two controllers That says if one controller already exists valuable data in the disks and user may forget to overwrite it Use import could return to original configuration If the volume setting was also imported user s current d
19. 784C0019 LUN O Permission C Read only Read werite Figure 3 5 6 1 Host Target LUN Permission VD name ge 20000013784C0019 0 Read write vD O1 Ba 20000013784C0019 d Read write WD 02 Figure 3 5 6 2 Figure 3 5 6 2 ULTRASTOR RS16 FS VD 01 is attached to LUN 0 and every host can access VD 02 is attached to LUN 1 and only FC note name which is named 200000051E4214B8 can access e LUN operations description Attach a logical unit number to a Virtual disk Detach a logical unit number from a Virtual disk The matching rules of access control are inspected from top to bottom in sequence For example there are 2 rules for the same VD one is LUN 0 and the other is host1 LUN 1 The other host host2 can login successfully because it matches the rule 1 The access will be denied when there is no matching rule 3 5 7 Example The following is an example for creating volumes Example 1 is to create two VDs and set a global spare disk 49 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 e Example 1 Example 1 is to create two VDs in one RG each VD uses global cache volume Global cache volume is created after system boots up automatically So no action is needed to set CV Then set a global spare disk Eventually delete all of them Step 1 Create RG RAID group To create the RAID group please follow the procedures Mame HG Ri RAID level RAID 5 RAID PD slot ate Select PO S Write Cache En
20. D row 1 One RAID 10 volume over 3 4 disk RAID 1 volume RAID width 1 RAID copy 4 RAID row 3 WT Write Through cache write policy A caching technique in which the completion of a write request is not signaled until data is safely stored in non volatile media Each data is synchronized in both data cache and accessed physical disks WB Write Back cache write policy A caching technique in which the completion of a write request is signaled as soon as the data is in cache and actual writing to non volatile media occurs at a later time lt speeds up system write performance but needs to bear the risk where data may be inconsistent between data cache and the physical disks in one short time interval Set the volume to be Read Only Dedicated Spare disks The spare disks are only used by one specific RG Others could not use these dedicated spare disks for any rebuilding purpose disks pool for such requirement DC Dedicated Cache e Global Cache Global Spare disks GS is shared for rebuilding purpose If some RGs need to use the global spare disks for rebuilding they could get the spare disks out from the common spare RSF361 Manual v 6 0 DeGraded mode Not all of the array s member disks are functioning but the array is able to respond to application read and write requests to its virtual disks CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol An optional DI security mechanism to control access to an i
21. DS725050KLA360 500GB 7200RPM SATA II 16M Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 HDS728040PLA320 40GB 7200RPM SATA II 2M po ai T7K500 HDT725032VLA360 320GB 7200RPM SATA II 16M pa mg P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 500GB 7200RPM SATA II 16M NCQ 8M NCQ 16M NCQ 3 0Gb s 32M NCQ Barracuda ES 2 ST31000340NS 1000GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 32M RSF361 supports SAS disk emor an Ultrastar 15K147 Tene Kar S GETS 36GB 15000RPM SAS 3 0Gb s 16M Seagate Cheetah 15K 4 ST336754SS 36 7GB 15000RPM SAS 3 0Gb s 8M Seagate Cheetah 15K 5 ST373455SS 73 4GB 15000RPM SAS 3 0Gb s 16M Session ai 15K 5 ST3146855SS 146 8GB 15000RPM SAS 3 0Gb s 16M Seagate Cheetah NS ST3400755SS 400GB 10000RPM SAS 3 0Gb s 16M 70 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 a son ES 2 ST31000640SS 1000GB 7200RPM SAS 3 0Gb s 16M B Event notifications e PD events VA AA EEN INFO Disk inserted Disk slot is inserted into system WARNING Disk slot is removed from system ERROR HDD failure Disk slot is disabled e HW events AAA AS EA A oo ECE memory s stated DES info e SCSI Bus Reset Sven at the SCSI Bus lt number gt e EMS events AAA AI AAA INFO Powerinstalled__ Power lt number gt is installed INFO Powerwork Power lt number gt isrestoredtowork INFO Fanwork Fan lt number gt isrestoredtowork INFO ERROR Fan not present Fan lt number gt is not
22. ED when accessing disks 10 Disk Power LED Hardware activated LED when the disks are plugged in and powered on System status LED Used to reflect the system status by turning on the LED when error occurs or RAID malfunction happens Management LAN port LED GREEN LED is for LAN transmit receive indication ORANGE LED is for LAN port 10 100 LINK indication BUSY LED Hardware activated LED when the front end channel is busy POWER LED Hardware activated LED when system is powered on RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Chapter 3 Web GUI guideline 3 1 Web GUI hierarchy The below table is the hierarchy of web GUI Guick installation Svstem configuration System setting IP address Login setting Mail setting Notification setting Volume configuration Volume create wizard Physical disk RAID group Virtual disk Snapshot Logical unit Enclosure management SES configuration Hardware monitor S M A R T UPS Maintenance System information Upgrade Reset to default Import and export Event log gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt Y y y y Y yyy y Step 1 Step 2 Confirm System name Date and time MAC address Address DNS port Login configuration Admin password User password Mail SNMP Messenger System log server Event log filter Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Confirm Set Free disk Set Global spare Set Dedicated spare Set property More information
23. ET DM Z Volume configuration Volume create wizard Step 3 Volume size GB 1862 Figure 3 5 1 3 confirm a Step 4 Confirm page Click a VD will be created if all setups are correct Then Done You can start to use the system now R snapshot No Name SIze Right Priority P9 status Health RAID LUN Snapshot RG GB rate E MB name RAID _ QUICKI4274 1862 WB HI 4 Online Optimal 1 om o QUICK13573 0 Figure 3 5 1 4 Figure 3 5 1 4 A RAID 0 Virtual disk with the VD name QUICK13573 named by system itself with the total available volume size 1862GB 28 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 3 5 2 Physical disk Physical disk can view the status of hard drives in the system The followings are operational tips 1 Mouse moves to the gray button next to the number of slot it will show the functions which can be executed 2 Active function can be selected but inactive function will show in gray color For example set PD slot number 11 to dedicated spare disk Step 1 Mouse moves to the gray button of PD 11 select Set Dedicated spare it will link to next page oe Za Online Good FR SAMSUNG 0101207297150 SATA Set Free disk line Good FR seagate ELLE SATA Set Global spare SECM line Good FR SAMSUNG SD1UJIOY300998 SATA set property Figure 3 5 2 1 Step 2 Maybe it has some RGs which can be set dedicate which one will be added then click AL Available YG for slot
24. Figure 4 3 2 Extend VD R5 from 20GB to 40GB d Tips Sa La The size of VD extension must be larger than original Caution VD extension cannot be executed during rebuild or migration 4 4 Snapshot Rollback Snapshot on the box captures the instant state of data in the target volume in a logical sense The underlying logic is Copy on Write moving out the data which would be written to certain location where a write action occurs since the time of data capture The certain location named as Snap VD is essentially a new VD which can be attached to a LUN provisioned to a host as a disk like other 60 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 ordinary VDs in the system Rollback restores the data back to the state of any time which was previously captured in case for any unfortunate reason it might be e g virus attack data corruption human errors and so on Snap VD is allocated within the same RG in which the snapshot is taken we suggest to reserve 20 of RG size or more for snapshot space Please refer to Figure 4 4 1 for snapshot concept Gsan 6 or P serias Lisan S or P sares Lisan S or F saries NE Working Volume anapshor Volume pm Fallback Transactional MS Exchange lalo male MS Exchange Opfer Virtue a Snapshot Copy RPO 15 mins RTO 25 hins A PM Figure 4 4 1 Caution Snapshot rollback features need 512MB RAM at least Please also
25. JBOD CxDaNSlON aia A 65 4 1 Support Microsoft MI 68 A A EE 69 A CERCA On Saa ls NA 69 B Event notifications aeanaanennennenennnnnennrnnrrnerrerrrrernrrnn 71 C KNOWN ISSUCS a dd 15 D Installation steps for large volume TB o 15 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Chapter 1 RAID introduction 1 1 Features RSF361 controller is a high performance RAID controller e Backplane solution e Fibre Channel FC x2 to SATA II SAS xN bays RAID controller Features e Front end 2 ported 4Gb FC ports with load balancing amp failover for high availability RAID 6 60 ready Snapshot without relying on host software optional SATA II drive backward compatible One logic volume can be shared by as many as 16 hosts Host access control Configurable N way mirror for high data protection On line volume migration with no system down time HDD S M A R T enabled for SATA drives SAS JBOD expansion support Microsoft VSS VDS support optional With proper configuration RSF361 controller can provide non stop service with a high degree of fault tolerance by using RAID technology and advanced array management katures The controller features are slightly different between the backplane solution and cable solution For more details please contact your direct sales or email to sales rackmountmart com RSF361 controller connects to the host system in fibre channel interface It can be configu
26. RO 2 voo2 20 we HI 4 Online Optimal RAIDS O ajo O RG R5 Figure 3 5 5 2 Figure 3 5 5 2 VD 01 snapshot space has been created snapshot space is 15360MB and used 425MB for saving snapshot index Step 3 Take a snapshot In Volume configuration Snapshot click Take snapshot e jt will link to next page Enter a snapshot name 39 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Linked snapshot for YD 40 01 sl No Mame rats Exported Right LUN Created time snapWD 01 O Mo NA NA Wed May 28 15 22 50 2008 Export Rollback Delete m Cleanup a Auto snapshot Take snapshot e Figure 3 5 5 3 Step 4 Export the snapshot VD Move the mouse to the gray button next to the Snapshot VD number click Export Enter a capacity for snapshot VD If size is zero the exported snapshot VD will be read only Otherwise the exported snapshot VD can be read written and the size will be the maximum capacity to read write d Volume configuration Snapshot Set quota Size 14 Available 14 GB Figure 3 5 5 4 Linked snapshot for D Ren Mo Mame pelo Exported Right LUN Created time i e anapwD 01 o TES RO O Wed May 28 15 22 50 2008 z snapyD 02 O Yes HW O Wed May 28 15 26 40 2008 Unesport Rollback Delete o Cleanup a Auto snapshot e Take snapshot e Attach Detach List LUM Figure 3 5 5 5 Figure 3 5 5 5 This is the list of VD 01 There are two snapshots in VD 01 Snapshot VD Sn
27. RSF361 Manual v 6 0 RSF361 Fibre to SATA Il SAS RAID Storage System User Manual Version 6 0 JUNE 2008 www RackmountMart com SYNERGY GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY INC 1 888 865 6888 email sales RackmountMart com RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Preface About this manual This manual is the introduction of RSF361 controller and it aims to help users know the operations of the disk array system easily Information contained in this manual has been reviewed for accuracy but not for product warranty because of the various envitonments OS settings Information and specification will be changed without furthernotice For any update information please visit www rackmountmart com and your contact windows Copyright 2008 Synergy Global Technology Inc All rights reserved Thank you for using Synergy Global Technology Inc products if you have any question please e mail to sales rackmountmart com We will answer your question as soon as possible RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Table of Contents Chapter 1 RAID introduction oo 5 1 1 ea at 5 1 2 STANTON OGY ee calcio 6 1 3 ESCH 9 1 4 Volume relationship diagram ooooocm 10 Chapter 2 Getting started oo 11 2 1 Bierg Und lu WEE 11 2 2 Storage INTTOGUCUON sritan seis enia oo mo 11 2 3 Management methods o ooo W WWW man 12 2 3 1 A EEN 12 2 3 2 Console senal PO da 13 2 3 3 Remote control secure bell 13 2 4 ENCIOS E Su
28. S M A R T information of Local and JBOD 1 although S M A R T supports SATA disk only SAS JBOD expansion has some constraints as described in the followings 1 Upto4 SAS JBODs can be cascaded Created RG can not use PDs which located in different controllers It means that RG can be composed of PDs which are all in Local or one SAS JBOD 67 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 3 Global spare disk only supports all RGs which located in the same controller 4 7 Support Microsoft MPIO MPIO Multi Path Input Output use multiple physical paths to create logical paths between the server and the storage device In the case which one or more of these components fails causing the path to fail multi path logic uses an alternate path for I O So applications can still access their data It needs driver to support Microsoft MPIO please contact with sales rackmountmart com to get the latest MPIO driver Please follow the procedures to use MPIO feature 1 A host with dual Fibre channels connects to controller 2 Create a RG VD attach the VD to two different buses 3 Install Storage Service Setup exe on the host and sekect Multipath IO Driver MPIO After installation reboot the host Rescan disk Then there will be one disk running MPIO with round robin mode DIES Caution Without installing MPIO driver there will be two disks which show in the computer manager 68 RSF361 Manual v 6
29. SCSI storage system over the SCSI data ports Internet Storage Name Service RSF361 Manual v 6 0 1 3 RAID levels RAID 0 Disk striping RAID O needs at least one hard drive Disk mirroring over two disks RAID 1 needs at least two hard drives N way Extension to RAID 1 level It has N copies of the disk mirror Striping with parity on the dedicated disk RAID 3 needs at least three hard drives Striping with interspersed parity over the member disks RAID 3 needs at least three hard drives RAID 6 2 dimensional parity protection over the member disks RAID 6 needs at least four hard drives RAID 0 1 Mirroring of the member RAID 0 volumes RAID 0 1 needs at least four hard drives RAID 10 Striping over the member RAID 1 volumes RAID 10 needs at least four hard drives RAID 30 Striping over the member RAID 3 volumes RAID 30 needs at least six hard drives RAID 50 Striping over the member RAID 5 volumes RAID 50 needs at least six hard drives RAID 60 Striping over the member RAID 6 volumes RAID 60 needs at least eight hard drives JBOD The abbreviation of Just a Bunch Of Disks JBOD needs at least one hard drive RSF361 Manual v 6 0 1 4 Volume relationship diagram Ss ce na an me B Global CV Dedicated CV Figure 1 4 1 This is the volume structure of RSF361series designed It describes the relationship of RAID components One RG RAID group consists of a set of VDs Virtual disk a
30. Usage Vendor Serial Type Write cache standby 1 E 33 Online Good FR HITACHI JIXAB25 SAS Enabled Disabled 2 33 Online Good FR HITACHI J3XAEODI SAS Enabled Disabled Gem 23 Online Good FR HITACHI JaxaBBu sas Enabled Disabled 4 33 Online Good FR HITACHI JIXAB27 SAS Enabled Disabled 2 33 Online Good FR HITACHI J3XAE K J SAS Enabled Disabled Su la Online Good FR HITACHI J3XAB4N sas Enabled Disabled las Online Good FR HITACHI J3XAASK SAS Enabled Disabled Sess Online Good FR HITACHI J3XADGKJ SAS Enabled Disabled 7 ep Online Good FR SEAGATE 3LQ0TIxx sas Enabled Disabled D 68 Online Good FR SEAGATE 3LQOTLNR sas Enabled Disabled LU 8 Online Good FR SEAGATE 3LQUWDC7 SAS Enabled Disabled te Ica Online Good FR SEAGATE 3LQIGX3E SAS Enabled Disabled Sain e8 Online Good FR SEAGATE aomap sas Enabled Disabled H jee Online Good FR SEAGATE 3LQOTLXN SAS Enabled Disabled Gen 5 Online Good FR SEAGATE 3LQUTKZH sas Enabled Disabled 16 6 Online Good FR SEAGATE 3LQOUTMSF sas Enabled Disabled Figure 4 6 1 Figure 4 6 1 Display all PDs in JBOD 1 Enclosure management S M A R T can displays S M A R T information of all PDs including Local and all SAS JBODs 66 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Local Slot HDD type CSN SN EE sector rbd SE ER E 1 SATA 200 51 121 21 200 140 20051 100151 100151 al 2 SATA 2O00 51 120121 199 140 2O00
31. abled Standby Disabled cc Back e Mest gt gt e Figure 3 5 7 1 1 Select Volume configuration RAID group 2 Click D Create 3 Input a RG Name choose a RAID level from the list click i select PD 8 to choose the RAID PD slot s then click ext gt gt D 4 Check the outcome Click confirm if all setups are correct 5 Done ARG has been created Total Free No Mame GB GB PD VD Status Health RAID Enclosure si RG Ra J31 GEN 5 0 Online Good RAID 5 Local Figure 3 5 7 2 Figure 3 5 7 2 Creating a RAID 5 with 3 physical disks named RG R5 The total size is 931GB Because there is no related VD free size still remains 931GB Step 2 Create VD Virtual disk To create a data user volume please follow the procedures 43 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Mame VD RS 1 RG name Iess Capacity GB 50 Stripe height KB 64 Block size B 512 Read Write CO Write through cache Write back cache Priority Ge High priority Middle priority Low priority Bg rate a cc Back e Confirm e Figure 3 5 7 3 1 Select Volume configuration Virtual disk S Click D Create Pr JA 3 Input a VD name choose a RG Name and enter a size of VD decide the stripe high block size read write mode and set priority finally click D Confirm D 4 Done A VD has been created 5 Doone more time to create another VD Size R Snapshot
32. apVD 01 is exported to read only SnapVD 02 is exported to read write Step 5 Attach a LUN for snapshot VD Please refer to the next section for attaching a LUN Done Snapshot VD can be used e Snapshot column description 40 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Number of this snapshot VD The button next to the snapshot VD No shows the functions which can be executed Name Snapshot VD name Used MB The amount of snapshot space that has been used Exported Snapshot VD is exported or not RW gt Read Write The snapshot VD can be read write RO gt Read Only The snapshot VD can be read only FLUN Number of LUN s that snapshot VD is attaching Created time Snapshot VD created time e Snapshot operations description Export Export Private the snapshot VD Private Rollback Rollback the snapshot VD to the original Delete Delete the snapshot VD Detach Detach to a LUN List LUN List attached LUN s 3 5 6 Logical unit Logical unit can view the status of attached logical unit number of each VD User can attach LUN by clicking the ANTE Host must enter a fibre channel node name for access control or fill in wildcard which means 41 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 every host can access the volume Choose LUN number and permission then click D confirm A in VD Pvb 01 30GB Host FC node name si Target FC node name 20000013
33. ata will be overwritten Mi Import i ET Browse Import file Confirm e Figure 3 7 4 1 1 Import Import all system configurations excluding volume configuration 2 Export Export all configurations to a file Caution Import will import all system configurations excluding volume configuration the current configurations will be replaced 3 7 5 Event log Event log can view the event messages Check the checkbox of INFO WARNING ERROR to choose the level of display event log Clicking i Download button will save the whole event log as a text file with file name Click Clear a button will clear event log Click Mute e button will stop alarm if system alerts 54 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Show events M INFO M WARNING M ERROR Type Time Content INFO 2008 05 28 16 14 46 YD VD R5 2 starts initialization INFO 2008 05 28 16 14 46 VDVD RS 1 completes the initialization INFO 2008 05 28 16 11 45 PD 4 has been configured as a global spare disk INFO 2008 05 28 16 07 20 WD WD R5 2 has been created INFO 2008 05 28 16 07 01 YD VD R5 1 starts initialization INFO 2008 05 28 16 07 01 VD WD R5 1 has been created INFO 2008 05 28 16 04 25 RGRG R5S has been created INFO 2008 05 28 16 02 57 RGRG RS has been deleted INFO 2008 05 28 16 02 53 RG RG RO has been deleted INFO 2008 05 28 16 02 45 YD YD 02 has been deleted INFO 2008 05 28 16 02 41 VO SnapvyD 02 has been deleted INFO 2008 05
34. build finished VD lt name gt completes rebuilding Dia RSF361 Manual v 6 0 WARNING VD rebuild failed Failed to complete rebuild of VD lt name gt ae jaga Pa started peo en ae finished ERROR VD migration failed Failed to complete migration of VD lt name gt mo poge E OO started ES We AA finished ee See started ee ea finished INFO RGactivated RG lt name gt has been manually activated INFO____ RGdeactivated RG lt name gt has been manually deactivated INFO VD rewrite started Rewrite at LBA lt address gt of VD Yos starts INFO VD rewrite finished_ Rewrite at LBA lt address gt of VD s completes RG lt name gt is failed error occurred lt address gt lt address gt of VD lt name gt error occurred lt address gt lt address gt of VD lt name gt error occurred lt address gt lt address gt of VD lt name gt write error occurred lt address gt lt address gt of VD lt name gt pe ee oe configured as a dedicated spare disk Bes Keeser configured spare disk Read error occurred at LBA lt address gt occurred lt address gt of PD lt slot gt occurred lt address gt of PD lt slot gt scrubbing lt address gt when scrubbing VD lt name gt when scrubbing recovered when scrubbing VD lt name gt INFO PDfreed PD sslot has been removed from RG lt name gt INFO RGimported Configuration of RG lt name gt has been imported
35. d drive or replace the hard drive This is much better than hard drive crash when it is writing data or rebuilding a failed hard drive S M A R T can display S M A R T information of hard drives The number is the current value the number in parenthesis is the threshold value The threshold values of hard drive vendors are different please refer to vendors specification for details S M A R T only supports SATA drive SAS drive does not have It will show N A in this web page Local Slot HDD type b SE pel sector pi SNE SEN E 1 SATA 3916 aso 100 36 87130 100197 Ma 32 2 SATA NA 220163 130163 253101 2531157 2531223 ER 3 SATA NA 227163 252163 253 0 25321157 253223 32 4 SATA 100 51 100125 3811 100151 100151 10060 29 5 SATA 1001601 147124 100 5 100167 1001601 MP 33 5 SATA 100160 140124 1005 100167 100160 Ma 31 H SATA HA 2201631 253163 25310 callas 2531223 36 8 SATA 100 51 100125 100 11 100151 100151 1000 23 g SATA 100160 140124 10015 100167 100160 NA 33 10 SATA 1001511 100125 1001111 1001511 1001511 3410 30 11 SATA 100 51 100125 100 11 10051 10051 1000 30 12 SATA 576 38101 1001561 DOC 20 100197 MA 34 13 SATA 100 51 100125 100 11 100151 100151 1000 29 14 SATA 6116 aso 100 36 521301 100197 NA 33 15 SATA 69 6 98 0 100 36 81130 100197 NA 34 16 SATA 6516 aso 100 36 51130 100197 MA 30 Figure 3 6 3 1 3 6 4 UPS UPS can set up UPS Uninterruptible Power S
36. e a RAID group Set disk Change the disk status of write cache and standby property Write cache options Enabled gt Enable disk write cache Disabled gt Disable disk write cache Standby options Disabled gt Disable spindown 30 sec 1 min 5 min 30 min gt Enable hard drive auto spindown to save power in the period of time 34 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 More Show RAID group detail information information 3 5 4 Virtual disk Virtual disk can view the status of each Virtual disk The following is an example to create a VD Step 1 Click tale enter Name choose RG name Stripe height KB Block size B Read Write mode Priority Bg rate Background task priority change Capacity GB if necessary Then click Confirm gt d Volume configuration Virtual disk f Create Name EECH RG name Irc ro Capacity GB 30 Stripe height KB 64 sl Block size BJ 512 Ig Read Write C Write through cache Write back cache Priority High priority Middle priority Low priority Bg rate 4 Figure 3 5 4 1 confirm P Step 2 Confirm page Click if all setups are correct 35 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Size o SE R Snapshot RG Mo Name es Right Priority Bg rate Status Health RAID LUN s Snapshot Ee aad VD O1 30 WB HI 4 Online Optimal RAID O 0 Oo o RG RO vD 02 20 WB HI 4 Init
37. e the selected hard drive to be free for use Set Global Set the selected hard drive to global spare of all RGs spare Bee ee RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Set Set hard drive to dedicated spare of selected RGs Dedicated spares Set property Change the status of write cache and standby Write cache options Enabled gt Enable disk write cache Disabled gt Disable disk write cache Standby options Disabled gt Disable spindown 30 sec 1 min 5 min 30 min gt Enable hard drive auto spindown to save power in the period of time More Show hard drive detail information information 3 5 3 RAID group RAID group can view the status of each RAID group The following is an example to create a RG Step 1 Click Create enter Name choose RAID level click i select PD 7 to select PD Then click Nest gt gt en d Volume configuration RAID group f Create Mame RG RO RAID level RAID O RAID PD slot SAYA Write Cache Enabled Standby Disabled Figure 3 5 3 1 Ce RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Confirm B Step 2 Confirm page Click If all setups are correct N Total Free a Mame GE GB PD VD Status Health RAID Enclosure 1 e HG HU 135 135 4 a Online Good RAID a Local 2 E RG RS gal gal 3 E Online Good RAID 5 Local Migrate Activate Deactivate Ke 4 Scrub Delete Set disk property More information Figure 3 5
38. edicated spare disk as rebuild disk first then global spare disk RSF361 controllers support Auto Rebuild The following is the scenario Take RAID 6 for example 1 When there is no global spare disk or dedicated spare disk in the system controller will be in degraded mode and wait until A there is one disk assigned as spare disk or B the failed disk is removed and replaced with new clean disk then the Auto Rebuild starts The new disk will be a spare disk to the original RG automatically If the new added disk is not clean with other RG information it would be marked as RS reserved and the system will not start auto rebuild If this disk is not belonging to any existing RG it would be FR Free disk and the system will start Auto Rebuild If user only removes the failed disk and plugs the same failed disk in the same slot again the auto rebuild will start running But rebuilding in the same failed disk may impact customer data if the status of disk is unstable RSF361 Series suggests all customers not to rebuild in the failed disk for better data protection When there is enough global spare disk s or dedicated spare disk s for the degraded array controller starts Auto Rebuild immediately And in RAID 6 if there is another disk failure occurs during rebuilding controller will start the above Auto Rebuild process as well Auto Rebuild feature only works at that the status of RG is Online It will not work at
39. eed the highest industry standards and the best data solution for small medium business SMB users Caution Snapshot rollback features need 512MB RAM or more Please refer to RAM certification list in Appendix A for more detail 1 2 Terminology The document uses the following terms RAID is the abbreviation of Redundant Array of Independent Disks There are different RAID levels with different degree of the data protection data availability and performance to host environment The Physical Disk belongs to the member disk of one specific RAID group RAID group A collection of removable media One RG consists of a set of VDs and owns one RAID level attribute Virtual disk Each RG could be divided into several VDs The VDs from one RG share the same RAID level but may have different volume capacity Cache Volume Controller uses onboard memory as cache All RAM except for the part which is occupied by the controller can be used as cache RSF361 Manual v 6 0 LUN Logical Unit Number A logical unit number LUN is a unique identifier which enables it to differentiate among separate devices each one is a logical unit CU Graphic User Interface RAID width RAID width copy and row are used to describe one RG RAID copy RAID row VER RAID cell in One 4 disk RAID 0 volume RAID width 4 RAID one row copy 1 RAID row 1 One 3 way mirroring volume RAID width 1 RAID copy 3 RAI
40. for backplane solutions and cabling solutions have three indicators at the top right corner Figure 3 2 2 1 RAID light Green means RAID works well Red represents RAID failure 2 Temperature light Green means normal temperature Red represents abnormal temperature 18 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 3 Voltage light Green means normal voltage Red represents abnormal voltage 4 UPS light Green means UPS works well Red represents UPS failure 5 Fan light Green means Fan works well Red represents fan failure Only for backplane solution 6 D Power light Green means Power works well Red represents power failure Only for backplane solution 3 3 Quick install It is easy to use Quick install to create a volume It uses whole physical disks to create a RG the system will calculate maximum spaces on RAID levels 0 1 3 5 6 0 1 Quick install will occupy all residual RG space for one VD and it has no space for snapshot and spare If snapshot is needed please create volumes by manual and refer to section 4 4 for more detail If some physical disks are used in other RGs Quick install can not be run because the operation is valid only when all physical disks in this system are free Step 1 Click Quick install then choose the RAID level After choosing the RAID level then click Confirme It will link to another page d Quick installation f Step 1 RAID enclosure Local RAID le
41. gin lock E Disable Admin password Change admin password User password Change user password Figure 3 4 3 1 Check Change admin password or Change user password to change admin or user password The maximum length of password is 12 characters 3 4 4 Mail setting Mail setting can enter at most 3 mail addresses for receiving the event notification Some mail servers would check Mail from address and need authentication for anti spam Please fill the necessary fields and click Send test mail to test whether email functions are available User can also select which levels of event logs are needed to be sent via Mail Default setting only enables ERROR and WARNING event logs axe RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Mall Mail from address Mail to address 1 Send events 1 Mail to address 2 Send events 2 Mail to address 3 Send events 3 SMTP relay 3 4 5 Notification setting admintgsan com Dag INFO C WARNING ERROR kW INFO M WARNING M ERROR INFO C WARNING ERROR None Send test mail Figure 3 4 4 1 Notification setting can set up SNMP trap for alerting via SNMP pop up message via Windows messenger not MSN alert via syslog protocol and event log filter 24 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 SNMP SNMP trap address 1 SNMP trap address 2 SNMP trap address 3 Community public Send events M INFO M WARNING M ERROR Messenger Mes
42. has 12 200G 4 80G HDDs inserted If we use all 16 HDDs for a RAID 5 and then the maximum size of volume is 1200G 80G 15 By the wizard we do smarter check and find out the most efficient way of using HDDs The wizard only uses 200G HDDs Volume size is 200G 11 22006 the volume size is bigger and fully uses HDD capacity Step 1 Select Volume create wizard and then choose the RAID level After the RAID level is chosen click Next gt gt rr Then it will link to next page Volume configuration Yolume create wizard f Step 1 RAID enclosure Local PAID level p RAID Of 1862 GB 1 RAID 1 465 GB 1 RAID 31 1396 GB 1 RAID 5 1396 GB RAID 6 931 GB 1 FAIR Ke Figure 3 5 1 1 Step 2 Please select the combination of the RG capacity or Use default algorithm for maximum RG capacity After RG size is chosen click d Next gt gt a aot RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Volume configuration Yolume create wizard f Step 2 C Use default algorithm DG Customization RAID group E new 1 disk 33 GB new 1 disk 465 GB new 2 disk 6 GB new 2 disk 931 GB new 3 disk 101 GB new 3 disk 1396 GB new 4 disk 135 GB new 4 disk 1862 GB new 5 disk 169 GB new 6 disk 203 GB new disk 237 GB Figure 3 5 1 2 Step 3 Decide VD size User can enter a number less or equal to the default number Then click CE
43. iating Optimal 12 RAIDS O Ojo 0 RG Ro Extend Scrub Delete Create e Set property ttach LUN Detach LUN List LUN Set snapshot space Cleanup snapshot Take snapshot Auto snapshot List snapshot More information Figure 3 5 4 2 Figure 3 5 4 2 Create a VD named VD 01 related to RG RO size is 30GB The other VD is named VD 02 initializing to 12 Done View Virtual disk page e VD column description Number of this Virtual disk The button next to the VD No shows the functions which can be executed Name Virtual disk name Size GB Total capacity of the Virtual disk WT gt Write Through WB gt Write Back RO 5 Read Only Priority HI gt High priority MD gt MID priority LO 5 LOw priority 36 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Bg rate Background task priority 41312111 0 gt Default value is 4 The higher number the background priority of a VD has the more background I O will be scheduled to execute The status of Virtual disk Online gt the Virtual disk is online Offline gt the Virtual disk is offline Initiating gt the Virtual disk is being initialized Rebuild gt the Virtual disk is being rebuilt Migrate gt the Virtual disk is being migrated Rollback gt the Virtual disk is being rolled back Scrub gt the Virtual disk is being scrubbed The health of Virtual disk
44. ing Login name user Default password 1234 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 2 3 2 Console serial port Use NULL modem cable to connect console port The console setting is baud rate 115200 8 bits 1 stop bit and no parity Terminal type vt100 Login name admin Default password 1234 2 3 3 Remote control secure shell SSH secure shell is reguired for controllers to remote login The SSH client software is available at the following web site SSHWinClient WWW http www ssh com Putty WWW http www chiark greenend org uk Host name 192 168 10 50 Please check your DHCP address for this field Login name admin Default password 1234 Tips RSF361 controllers only support SSH for remote control For using SSH the IP address and password are reguired for login 2 4 Enclosure 241 LCM There are four buttons to control RSF361 LCM LCD Control Module including A up v down ESC Escape and ENT Enter After booting up the system the following screen shows management port IP and model name 192 168 10 50 RSF361 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Press ENT the LCM functions System Info Alarm Mute Reset Shutdown Quick Install Volume Wizard View IP Setting Change IP Config and Reset to Default will rotate by pressing 4 up and v down When there is WARNING or ERROR occurred LCM default filter the LCM shows the event log to give users m
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46. itiator Host 1 initiator FC FC HBA HBA FC device 1 target FC device 2 target Figure 2 2 1 44s RSF361 Manual v 6 0 The target is the storage device itself or an appliance which controls and serves volumes or virtual volumes The target is the device which performs SCSI commands or bridges to an attached storage device 2 3 Management methods There are three management methods to manage RSF361 controller descr ibe in the following 2 3 1 Web GUI RSF361 Series controllers support graphic user interface to manage the system Be sure to connect LAN cable The default setting of management port IP is DHCP and DHCP address displays on LCM user can inspect LCM for IP first then open the browser and type the DHCP address The DHCP address is dyn amic and user may need to check every time after reboot When DHCP service is not available controllers use zero configuration Zeroconf to get an IP address Take an example on LCM 192 168 10 50 RSF361 http 192 168 10 50 Or https 192 168 10 50 https connection with encrypted Secure Sockets Layer SSL Please be aware of the https is slower than http https is supported on some specified models Click any function at the first time it will pop up a dialog to authenticate current user Login name admin Default password 1234 Or login with read only account which only allows reading the configuration and cannot change sett
47. itiator from the link below http www microsoft com downloads details aspx FamilyID 12cb3c1a 15d6 4585 b385 befd1319f825 amp DisplayLang en Step 3 Initialize Format Mount the disk 1 Go to Start gt Control Panel gt Computer Management gt Disk Management it displays a new disk 76 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 al Computer Management Im File Action gt View Window Help mm Computer Management Local ss File System Fault Tolerance E d System Tools E ics Partition Basic FAT32 Healthy System 19 52 G6 17 01GB 67 No D ER Ge Event Viewer Sib Partition Basic FAT32 Healthy Boot 19 5266 16 3266 683 No Orio E E Shared Folders Ses Partition Basic Healthy 19 5366 19 53656 100 No Oo Local Users and Groups ear Partition Basic NTFS Healthy 16 08 G6 164068 90 No 0 6 48 Performance Logs and Alert epj Os 2999 2 G Partition Basic UDF Healthy 3 20GB OMB oa No Oe EO Gs Device Manager e Gil Storage ER a Removable Storage ur AS Disk Defragmenter 258 Disk Management e Ea Services and Applications PDisk 0 Basic IC D F 76 68 GB 13 53 GB FAT32 19 53 GB FAT32 15 08 GE NTFS Online Healthy System Healthy Book Healthy Disk 1 Unknown 2792 99 GB Not Initialized CD ROM 0 DD EN OS 2939 2 G 3 20 GB 3 20 GB UDF Online Healthy 2 Disk 0 Basic 76 68 GB Online Disk 1 Unknown 2792 99 GB Mot Initialized CD ROM O DvD 3 20 GB Online
48. ive is online Rebuilding gt the hard drive is being rebuilt Transition gt the hard drive is being migrated or is replaced by another disk when rebuilding occurs Missing gt the hard drive has already joined a RG but not plugged into the disk tray of current system 30 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Failed gt the hard drive is failed Error Alert gt S M A R T error alert Read Errors gt the hard drive has unrecoverable read errors RD gt RAID Disk This hard drive has been set to RAID FR gt FRee disk This hard drive is free for use DS 5 Dedicated Spare This hard drive has been set to the dedicated spare of the RG GS gt Global Spare This hard drive has been set to a global spare of all RGs RS gt ReServe The hard drive contains the RG information but cannot be used lt may be caused by an uncompleted RG set or hot plug of this disk in the running time In order to protect the data in the disk the status changes to reserve lt can be reused after setting it to FR manually Vendor Hard drive vendor Serial Hard drive serial number Type Hard drive type SATA gt SATA disk SATA2 gt SATA II disk SAS 5 SAS disk Write cache Hard drive write cache is enabled or disabled Standby HDD auto spindown to save power The default value is disabled e PD operations description Set Free disk Mak
49. level 3 7 System maintenance Maintenance allows the operation of system functions which include System information to show the system version Upgrade to the latest firmware Reset to factory default to reset all controller configuration values to factory settings Import and export to import and export all controller configuration Event log to view system event log to record critical events and Reboot and shutdown to either reboot or shutdown the system System information System information Upgrade Remote upload firmware Reset to factory default Reset to factory default Import and export Import esport configurations Event log System event log to record critical events Reboot and shutdown Reboot or shutdown system Figure 3 7 1 3 7 1 System information System information can display system information including firmware version CPU type installed system memory and controller serial number 3 7 2 Upgrade Upgrade can upgrade firmware Please prepare new firmware file named Browse to select the file Click it will pop up a message Upgrade system now If you want to downgrade to the previous FW later not recommend please export your system configuration in advance click Cancel to export system configuration in advance then click OK to start to upgrade firmware XXXX bin in local hard drive then click e confirm 52 RSF3
50. lt Disk 0 Basic 76 68 GB Online lt PDisk 1 Basic raz 92 Gb Online cp ROM 0 DVD 3 20 GB Online Figure D 2 Initialize the disk LC D F 19 53 G6 F T3Z 19 53 GB FAT32 15 08 GE NTFS Healthy System Healthy Boot Healthy Initialize Disk Froperties Help 3 20 GB UDF Healthy Figure D 3 Convert to GPT disk for over 2TB capacity For more detail information about GPT please visit http www microsoft com whdc device storage GPT_FAQ mspx CH Dr 13 53 GB FAT3Z 19 53 GB F T3Z 15 08 GE NTFS Healthy System Healthy Book Healthy convert to Dynamic Disk 744 96 GB Towert to GPT Disk Unallocated Properties Hep Healthy Figure D 4 ga RSF361 Manual v 6 0 4 Format the disk Basic CH D A F 76 68 GB 119 53 GB FAT32 19 53 GB FAT3Z 5 15 08 GE NTFS Online Healthy System Healthy Boot Healthy lt SDisk 1 Basic LAMA PIGLET Lee oe Le 2792 88 GB 2792 88 GB Jew Partition PF ALLEL ELE e Unallocated KEE ee e En OS 2939 2 Kei 3 20 GB 13 20 GB UDF Online Healthy Figure D 5 5 Done lt PDisk 0 JL q Basic CH Dj E F 76 60 6 19 53 GB PAT32 19 53 Gb FATS2 19 53 GB 18 08 GB NTFS online Healthy System Healthy Boot Healthy Healthy Disk 1 a Basic New Volume H 2792 ar Gb 2 OF se Se Fa Online Healthy 8cp romo ED EN OS 7939 27 G 3 20 GB 3 20 SB UDF Online Healthy Fig
51. n the other in sequence RAID 0 1 Mirroring of RAID O volumes RAID 0 1 allows two hard drive failures or unplugging but at the same array RAID 10 Striping over the member of RAID 1 volumes RAID 10 allows two hard drive failure or unplugging but in different arrays RAID 30 Striping over the member of RAID 3 volumes RAID 30 allows two hard drive failure or unplugging but in different arrays RAID 50 Striping over the member of RAID 5 volumes RAID 50 allows two hard drive failures or unplugging but in different arrays RAID 60 Striping over the member of RAID 6 volumes RAID 40 allows _57 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 four hard drive failures or unplugging every two in different arrays JBOD The abbreviation of Just a Bunch Of Disks No data protection RG fails if any hard drive failures or unplugs 4 2 RG migration To migrate the RAID level please follow below procedures 1 Select Volume configuration RAID group 2 Mouse moves to the gray button next to the RG number click Migrate 3 Change the RAID level by clicking the down arrow to RAID 5 There will be a pup up which indicates that HDD is not enough to support the new setting of RAID level click select PO to increase hard drives then click confirm to go back to setup page When doing migration to lower RAID level such as the original RAID level is RAID 6 and user wants to migrate to RAID 0 system will e
52. nd owns one RAID level attribute Each RG can be divided into several VDs The VDs in one RG share the same RAID level but may have different volume capacity Each VD will be associated with one specific CV Cache Volume to execute the data transaction Each CV can have different cache memory size by user s modification setting LUN Logical Unit Number is a unique identifier in which users can access through SCSI commands RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Chapter 2 Getting started 2 1 Before starting Before starting prepare the following items 1 OPO 1 Check Certification list in Appendix A to confirm the hardware setting is fully supported Read the latest release note before upgrading Release note accompany with firmware A server with a FC HBA FC cables CAT 5e or CAT 6 network cables for management port Prepare storage system configuration plan Management port network information When using static IP please prepare static IP addresses subnet mask and default gateway Setup the hardware connection before power on servers and RSF361 seriescontrollers Connect FC cables console cable and management port cable in advance 2 2 Storage introduction RSF361 Seriesis a fibre channel network technology primarily used for storage storage network It started use primarily in the supercomputer field but has become the standard connection type for storage area networks SAN in enterprise storage Host 2 in
53. nds pop up message when user executes rollback function 4 5 Disk roaming Physical disks can be re sequenced in the same system or move all physical disks from system 1 to system 2 This is called disk roaming System can execute disk roaming online Please follow the procedures 1 2 3 4 5 Select Volume configuration RAID group Mouse moves to the gray button next to the RG number click Deactivate Move all PDs related to the RG to another system Mouse moves to the gray button next to the RG number click Activate Done Disk roaming has some constraints as described in the followings 1 2 Check the firmware of two systems first lt is better that both systems have the same firmware version or newer All physical disks of related RG should be moved from system 1 to system 2 together The configuration of both RG and VD will be kept but LUN configuration will be cleared in order to avoid conflict with system 2 4 6 SAS JBOD expansion ULTRASTOR RS16 FS has SAS JBOD expansion port to connect extra SAS JBOD controllers When connecting to a SAS JBOD which can be detected it 65 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 displays tabs on the top in Volume configuration Physical disk For example Local JBOD 1 vendor model JBOD 2 vendor model etc Local means disks in local controller and so on The disks in JBOD can be used as local disks Slot Sie BA Status Health
54. or can view the information of current voltage and temperature 48 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Item Information 41 2 1 23 Y min 1 14 max 1 28 MI 43 3W 3 38 Y min 3 10 Y max 43 55 W 5 45 02 Y min 4 80 Y max 45 35 4 12 12 16 Y min 10 80 Y max 413 20 4 1 8 1 86 Y min 1 71 max 1 93 4 PSU 5V BPLYAI 5 02 Y min 4 70 max 45 35 4 PSU 12W BPL7N 412 04 min 410 80 Y max 13 20 Y PSU 3 3WIBPLFNI 3 31 min 3 10 Y max 43 55 4 Core Processor 37 5 Cl hyst 40 010 high 80 0 1071 Onboard SAS Device 1 40 0 hyst 0 0 C high 80 0 1071 Onboard SAS Device 8 439 010 hyst 0 0 C high 80 0 CH Location 1 BPLFNM 32 0 00 hyst 0 0 C high 44901071 Location SIBPL N 32 0 hyst 40 010 high 49 0 C4 Location SIBPL NI 32 0 C hyst 40 010 high 49 0 Cu Location BPL N 32 5 Cl hyst 0 0 C high 44901011 Location S BPLYN 33 5 0 hyst 0 0 Ci high 49 0 CH Location 6 BPLYN 433 010 hyst 0 0 C high 49 0 CH Location FIBPL NI 34 5 0 hyst 40 010 high 49 0 1071 Location SIBPL NI 32 5 Cl hyst 40 010 high 49 0 1071 Power Supply good FAM1LEBPLF NI good 2678 RPM FANSIBPLFNI good 2657 RPM FAN SCBPLYN good 2657 RPM FAMABPLF NI good 2721 RPM Auto shutdown M confirm e Figure 3 6 2 1 If Auto shutdown has been checked the sys
55. or 4KB to support volumes up to 4TB 8TB or 16TB for the 32bit host server is not LBA Logical Block Addressing 64bit supported For detail installation steps please refer to following steps below Step 1 Configure target 1 Prepare the hard drivers which capacity is over 2TB totally Follow the example in chapter 3 to create a RG VD Then attach LUN TB RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Tips If the OS is 64bit user can set the block size to any available value If the OS is 32bit user must change the block size to larger values than 512B There will be a confirmation pop up message when VD size is over 21B Microsoft Internet Explorer xx LBA 64 support on i amp e Choose OK if using O8 such as Windows 64 bits Windows Server 2003 Pl Linux kernel 2 6 FreeBSD 5 2 1 or latter Choose Cancel It will change the sector size to 4E The maximun capacity is up to 16 TB This volume can not be Dynamic Disk J cancel Figure D 1 Figure D 1 choose OK for 64bit OS choose Cancel for 32bit OS this step will change block size to 4K automatically 2 Mouse moves to the gray button next to the VD number click More information Look at block size is 512B for 64bit OS setting 4K for 32bit OS setting Step 2 Configure host server 1 Follow the installation guild provided by HBA vendor install HBA driver properly For iSCSI models please install the latest Microsoft iSCSI in
56. ore detail from front panel The following table is function description System Info Display system information Alarm Mute Mute alarm when error occurs Reset Shutdown Reset or shutdown controller Quick steps to create a volume Please refer to next chapter for operation in web Ul Volume Wizard Smart steps to create a volume Please refer to next chapter for operation in web Ul View IP Setting Display current IP address subnet mask and gateway Change IP Set IP address subnet mask and gateway There are 2 Config options DHCP Get IP address from DHCP server or static IP Reset to Default Reset to default will set password to default 1234 and set IP address to default as DHCP setting Default IP address 192 168 10 50 DHCP Default subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway 192 168 10 254 The following is LCM menu hierarchy Enhance Firmware Tech Version A y System Info X X X RAM Size xxx MB POP EA DG Alarm Mute 4Yes Noel A Yes Reset Shutdown Reset RSF361 Manual v 6 0 AYes RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 Quick Install RAID 5 Apply The AYes RAID 6 Config Nov RAID 0 1 xxx GB Use default algorithm Volume Wizard JBOD x A y RAID 0 RAID 1 new x disk RAID 3 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 1 IP Config Static IP IP Address 192 168 010 050 View IP Setting IP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 192 168 010 254 A Yes pre No IP Address pad
57. plete percentage is 14 To do migration the total size of RG must be larger or equal to the original RG It does not allow expanding the same RAID level with the same hard disks of original RG The operation is not allowed when RG is being migrated System would reject following operations Add dedicated spare Remove a dedicated spare Create a new VD Delete a VD Extend a VD Scrub a VD Perform yet another migration operation Scrub entire RG Take a new snapshot 10 Delete an existing snapshot 11 Export a snapshot 12 Rollback to a snapshot EE URAR Caution RG Migration cannot be executed during rebuild or VD extension 4 3 VD Extension To extend VD size please follow the procedures 59 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 zech Select Volume configuration Virtual disk 2 Mouse moves to the gray button next to the VD number click Extend 3 Change the size The size must be larger than the original and then click confirm to start extension Size 20 Free 1386 GB cc Back e confirm e Figure 4 3 1 4 Extension starts If VD needs initialization it will display an Initiating in Status and complete percentage of initialization in R Snapshot Size B R RG No Mame Right Priority y Status Health RAID LUN Snapshot rate Vin name GB MB 1 VO RO Paolo s Holt HGo HU RS ZU WB HI 4 Initiating Optimal 69 5 O Ojo 0 SRS Figure 4 3 2
58. present WARNING Thermal warning System temperature lt location gt is a little bit higher shutdown will do the auto shutdown immediately value JA siii higher lower 71 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 geg will do the auto shutdown immediately uge UPS detection failed ERROR AC loss for the system is detected shutdown immediately Condition occurred for attribute lt item gt information e RMS events eee eo come aa arn oa lt username gt login Less SEET IP or serial console via Console UI AA lt username gt logout from lt IP or serial console gt via Console UI INFO Web Login lt username gt login from lt IP gt via Web UI INFO Web Logout lt username gt logout from lt IP gt via Web UI e LVM3 events AA AAA AAA INFO RG created RG lt name gt has been created INFO RGcreationfailed Failed to create RG lt name gt INFO RG deleted RG lt name gt has been deleted INFO VD created VD lt name gt has been created INFO VDcreation failed Failed to create VD lt name gt INFO VD deleted VD lt name gt has been deleted No TT Samer ET lt name gt A eden enabled read only eee en enabled write back we cachimenctied wmetvowh na been ata cacing enabled write through INFO Tv extended Size of VD lt name gt extends Fo G cs started Lo a finished failed INFO VD rebuild started VD lt name gt starts rebuilding INFO VD re
59. pshot with names in sequences For example three snapshots has been taken and named SnapVD 01 first SnapVD 02 and SnapVD 03 last When deleting SnapVD 02 both of SnapVD 02 and SnapVD 03 will be deleted because SnapVD 03 is related to SnapVD 02 For resource management maximum number of snapshots in system is 32 If the snapshot space is full system will send a warning message of space full and the new taken snapshot will replace the oldest snapshot in rotational sequence by executing auto snapshot but new snapshot can not be taken by manual because system does not know which snapshot VDs can be deleted Auto snapshot The snapshot copies can be taken manually or by schedule such as hourly or daily Please follow the procedures 1 There are two methods to set auto snapshot In Volume configuration Virtual disk mouse moves to the gray button next to the VD number click Auto snapshot Or in Volume configuration Snapshot click to snapshot e The auto snapshot can be set monthly weekly daily or hourly Done It will take snapshots automatically 63 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 M all Months to take snapshots oi oz Mos Mos os Mos Mor Mos Moo Maio Mii wis Call Weeks to take snapshots Da3 e D e ER ef Os All Days to take snapshots su Eeer ele ies Thu C Fri CO sat Tal Doo Ooi Dos Dos Do4 Dos Oos For Hours to take snapshot
60. red to any RAID level The controller provides reliable data protection for servers and RAID 6 The RAID 6 allows two HDD failures without producing any impact on the existing data Data can be recovered from the existing data and parity drives Data can be recovered from the rest disks drives Snapshot on the box is a fully usable copy of a defined collection of data that contains an image of the data as it appeared at the point in time which means a point in time data replication It provides consistent and instant copies of data volumes without any system downtime RSF361 Snapshot on the box can keep up to 32 snapshots for all data volumes Rollback feature is provided for restoring restoring the previous snapshot data easily while continuously using the volume RSF361 Manual v 6 0 for further data access The data access which includes read write is working as usual without any impact to end users The on the box implies that it does not require any proprietary agents installed at host side The snapshot is taken at target side and done by RSF361 controller It will not consume any host CPU time thus the server is dedicated to the specific or other application The sna pshot copies can be taken manually or by schedule every hour or every day depends on the modification RSF361series controller is the most cost effective disk array controller with completely integrated high performance and data protection capabilities which meet or exc
61. s build in syslog daemon Event log filter setting can enable event level on Pop up events and LCM 3 5 Volume configuration Volume configuration is designed for setting up the volume configuration which includes Volume create wizard Physical disk RAID group Virtual disk Snapshot and Logical unit Yolume create wizard Easy and quick step by step volume configuration Physical disk Hard disks to store data RAID qroup Sets of physical disks with RAID functions Yirtual disk Slices of RAID groups Snapshot Point in time copies of the data Logical unit Target volumes for hosts access Figure 3 5 1 3 5 1 Volume create wizard Volume create wizard has a smarter policy When the system is inserted with some HDDs Volume create wizard lists all possibilities and sizes in different RAID levels it will use all available HDDs for RAID level depends on which user chooses When system has different sizes of HDDs e g 8 200G and 8 80G it lists all possibilities and combination in different RAID level and different sizes After user chooses RAID level user may find that some HDDs are available free status The result is using smarter policy designed by Enhance Tech It gives user 26 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 1 Biggest capacity of RAID level for user to choose and 2 The fewest disk number for RAID level volume size E g user chooses RAID 5 and the controller
62. senger IP Computer name 1 Messenger IP Computer name Messenger IP Computer name 3 Send events k INFO M WARNING M ERROR System log server Server IPfhostname UDP Port 514 Facility Local zs Event level W INFO JW WARNING M ERROR Event log filter Pop up event INFO WARNING TI ERROR Show on LCM INFO M WARNING M ERROR Figure 3 4 5 1 SNMP allows up to 3 SNMP trap addresses Default community setting is public User can choose the event log levels and default setting only enables INFO event log in SNMP There are many SNMP tools The following web sites are for your reference SNMPc http www snmpc com Net SNMP http net snmp sourceforge net Using Messenger user must enable the service Messenger in Windows Start gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Services gt Messenger and then event logs can be received lt allows up to 3 messenger addresses User can choose the event log levels and default setting enables the WARNING and ERROR event logs 25 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Using System log server user can choose the facility and the event log level The default port of syslog is 514 The default setting enables event level INFO WARNING and ERROR event logs There are some syslog server tools The following web sites are for your reference WinSyslog http www winsyslog com Kiwi Syslog Daemon http www kiwisyslog com Most UNIX system
63. tem will shutdown automatically when voltage or temperature is out of the normal range For better data protection please check Auto Shutdown For better protection and avoiding single short period of high temperature triggering auto shutdown controllers use multiple condition judgments for auto shutdown below are the details of when the Auto shutdown will be triggered 1 There are 3 sensors placed on controllers for temperature checking they are on core processor PCI X bridge and daughter board controller will check each sensor for every 30 seconds When one of these sensor is over high temperature value for continuous 3 minutes auto shutdown will be triggered immediately 2 The core processor temperature limit is 85 The PCI X bridge temperature limitis 80 The daughter board temperature limit is 80 3 If the high temperature situation doesn t last for 3 minutes controller will not do auto shutdown 3 6 3 Hard drive S M A R T support 49 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is a diagnostic tool for hard drives to deliver warning of drive failures in advance S M A R T provides users chances to take actions before possible drive failure S M A R T measures many attributes of the hard drive all the time and inspects the properties of hard drives which are close to be out of tolerance The advanced notice of possible hard drive failure can allow users to back up har
64. tion Dedicated spare JBOD lt number gt PD lt slot gt has been configured configured to RG lt name gt as a dedicated spare disk ie lao configured configured as a global spare disk occurred lt address gt of JBOD lt number gt PD lt slot gt occurred lt address gt of JBOD lt number gt PD lt slot gt TI Peet liomrosune o e boen removed from RG lt name gt 74 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 e System maintenance events SS ee ee INFO System shutdown System shutdown INFO System reboot System reboot INFO FW upgrade start Firmware upgrade start FW upgrade Firmware upgrade success success WARNING FW upgrade failure Firmware upgrade failure C Known issues 1 LSI Logic FC HBA LSI7204XP LC cannot connect with FC switch Brocade BR 220E Workaround solution Use other FC HBA to connect with FC switch Brocade BR 220E 2 When two controllers with SAS JBOD expansion connect to RSS362 SAS JBOD they cannot detect all PDs of JBOD Workaround solution It s a JBOD limitation D Installation steps for large volume TB Introduction RSF361 series controllers are capable of supporting large volumes gt 2TB on all product lines When connecting controllers to 64bit OS installed host server the host server is inherently capable for large volumes from the 64bit address On the other side if the host server is installed with 32bit OS user has to change the block size to 1KB 2KB
65. to bottom in SEQUENCE Step 4 Set global spare disk To set global spare disks please follow the procedures 1 Select Volume configuration Physical disk 2 Mouse moves to the gray button next to the PD slot click Set Global space 3 GS icon is shown in Usage column 45 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Size RG slot ven es Status Health Usage Vendor Serial Type Write cache Standby i e 465 RG RS Online Good RD Maxtor HOUDMDDH SATA Enabled Disabled R e 465 RG RS Online Good RD Maxtor Ha11 30H SATA Enabled Disabled E 3 465 RG R5 Online Good RD Seagate SPMOH4CO SATA Enabled Disabled ji z 465 Online Good GS Seagate SPMOFRHF SATAS Enabled Disabled z e ER Online Good FR HITACHI JIXADKPI S45 Enabled Disabled R m 33 Online Good FR HITACHI J3xSB 1 SAS Enabled Disabled fi a a Online Good FR HITACHI Jas SESM 5 45 Enabled Disabled e 33 Online Good FR HITACHI Jae AAA DO Enabled Disabled Figure 3 5 7 7 Figure 3 5 8 7 Slot 4 is set as global spare disk Step 5 Done They can be used as disks Delete VDs RG please follow the steps listed below Step 6 Detach LUN from VD In Volume configuration Logical unit Host Target LUN Permission VD name kb 20000013784 10019 0 Read write VD RS 1 Aoa 20000013784 10019 1 Fead write VD RS 2 Figure 3 5 7 8 2 3 Mouse moves to the gray button next to the LUN click Detach There will pop up a confirmation page Choose OK Done
66. upply 50 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 UPS type None M Shutdown battery level o0 s dj Shutdown delay 5 lo d Shutdown UPS OFF sj Status Battery level p Confirm e Figure 3 6 4 1 Currently the system only supports and communicates with smart UPS of APC American Power Conversion Corp UPS Please review the details from the website http www apc com First connect the system and APC UPS via RS 232 for communication Then set up the shutdown values when power is failed UPS in other companies can work well but they have no such communication feature UPS Type Select UPS Type Choose Smart UPS for APC None for other vendors or no UPS Shutdown When below the setting level system will shutdown Battery Level Setting level to 0 will disable UPS US Shutdown If power failure occurred the system will delay the Delay s shutdown specified Setting delay to 0 will disable the function Select ON when power is down UPS will shut down by itself after the system shutdown successfully After power comes back UPS will start working and notify system to boot up OFF will not The status of UPS Detecting Running Unable to detect UPS Communication lost UPS reboot in progress UPS shutdown in progress Batteries failed Please change them NOW 51 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Battery Level Current percentage of battery
67. ure D 6 6 The new disk is ready to use the available size 2 721B P my Computer E File Edit View Favorites Tools Help O Bak O Oek O p sean Erodes MO Er LS Hard Disk Drives e Local Disk C Local Disk 19 5 GB 17 0 GB ae Local Disk D Local Disk 19 5 GB 16 2 GB e Local Disk E Local Disk ee Local Disk F Local Disk 18 0 GB 16 4 GB ACA Local Disk 2 72 TB 2 72 TB Devices with Rel Free Space 2 72 TB Total Size 2 72 TB Hz Floppy A9 SB EN_O5_2939 2 G CD Drive 3 20 GB O bytes Figure D 7 78 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Caution If user setups 512B block size for VD and the host server OS is 32bit in the last step of formatting disk user will find OS can not format the disk sector after 2048GB 2TB 7 Wrong setting result OS can not format disk sector after 2048GB 2TB lt PDisk 0 Basic C 76 68 GB 19 53 GB FAT32 Online Healthy System lt PDisk 1 Basic New Yolume H 2792 99 GB 2048 00 GB NIFS 744 99 GB K OS cannot format this area Online Healthy Unallocated co ROMO DYD EN OS 2939 2 G 3 20 GB 3 20 GB UDF Online Healthy Figure D 8 79 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Svstem information RSF361 SW version 80
68. valuate whether this operation is safe or not and appear a message of Sure to migrate to a lower protection array to give user warning Mame RG R0 gt R5 RAID level RAID 5 RAID PD slot asa Select PO e xe Back e Mest gt gt e Figure 4 2 1 4 Double check the setting of RAID level and RAID PD slot If there is no A kk problem click TER 5 Finally a confirmation page shows the detail of RAID information If there is no problem click confirm 8 to start migration System also pops up a message of Warning power lost during migration may cause damage of data to give user warning When the power is abnormally off during the migration the data is in high risk 6 Migration starts and it can be seen from the status of a RG with Migrating In Volume configuration Virtual disk it displays a Migrating in Status and complete percentage of migration in R 58 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Total Free No Name GB GB PD D Status Health RAID Enclosure i RG RD gt R53 1396 1386 4 al Migrating Good RAID 5 Local Figure 4 2 2 Figure 4 2 2 A RAID O with 4 physical disks migrates to RAID 5 with 5 physical disks Size A R Snapshot RG No Mame Right Priority Ber Status Health RAID LUN Snapshot GB ot MB sad 1 VO RO 5 3 5 FAID RG RO e RS lo WB HI 4 Migrating Optimal 6 5 O Oro 0 SRS Figure 4 2 3 Figure 4 2 3 A RAID 0 migrates to RAID 5 the com
69. vel RAID O 271 GB RAID 1 33 GB RAID 3 237 GB RAID 5 237 GBI RAID 6 203 GB Figure 3 3 1 19 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Step 2 Confirm page Click a VD will be created confirm Done You can start to use the system now Size No Mame GB Right Priority d QUICR11ob2 271 WB HI rate 4 Status Health Online Optimal Figure 3 3 2 E J if all setups are correct Then R Snapshot RG E RAID LUN ME Snapshot P a 1 Om o OUICK16150 Create e Figure 3 3 2 A RAID 0 Virtual disk with the VD name QUICK16150 named by system itself with the total available volume size 271GB 3 4 System configuration System configuration is designed for setting up the System setting IP address Login setting Mail setting and Notification setting System name for identification System setting System time for event log IP address Internet ProtocoliIP3 address for remote administration Configuration for auto logout and login lock Login setting Administrator s password Mail setting Alert by e mail Alert via Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP Notification setting Alert to remote system log server Figure 3 4 1 20 Transmits net send and alerter service messages between clients and servers RSF361 Manual v 6 0 3 4 1 System setting System setting can set system name and date Default
70. y Bg rate options 4 3 21 1 0 gt Default value is 4 The higher number the background priority of a VD has the more background I O will be scheduled to execute Attach LUN Attach to a LUN Detach LUN Detach to a LUN List LUN List attached LUN s Set snapshot Set snapshot space for executing snapshot Please space refer to next chapter for more detail Cleanup Clean all snapshot VD related to the Virtual disk and snapshot release snapshot space 38 RSF361 Manual v 6 0 Take Take a snapshot on the Virtual disk snapshot Auto Set auto snapshot on the Virtual disk snapshot List snapshot List all snapshot VD related to the Virtual disk More Show Virtual disk detail information information 3 5 5 Snapshot Snapshot can view the status of snapshot Please refer to next chapter for more detail about snapshot concept The following is an example to take a snapshot Step 1 Create snapshot space In Volume configuration Virtual disk mouse moves to the gray button next to the VD number click Set snapshot space confirm a Step 2 Set snapshot space Then click The snapshot space is created Volume configuration Virtual disk f Set snapshot space Size is GB Masimun 105 GB Free 105 GBI Figure 3 5 5 1 No Name Sen Right Priority Bg rate Status Health e RAID LUN a as Snapshot bd lwo 01 30 we HI 4 Online Optimal RAIDO 0 263 15360 O RG

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