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1. ote The manufacture default password is set to 0000 4 8 12 Update Firmware Please refer to the appendix A Upgrading Flash ROM Update Pro cess 86 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION Da Pay wie E A in dii iat Technology Corporation open all close all Upgrade The Raid System Firmware Or Boot Rom 1 Confirm The Operation EC E 4 9 Information 4 9 1 Raid Set Hierarchy Use this feature to view the RAID storage current RAID set cur rent volume set and physical disk information The volume state and capacity are also shown in this screen A AT V 3 ca ki t ak Areca Technology Corporation Goeeec 4 9 1 1 Hdd Xfer Speed Hdd Xfer Speed is a firmware level hard disk SSD speed function that is used to measure the drive s performance Hdd Xfer Speed will perform read tests without overwriting cus tomer data The read only palimpsest benchmark of the disk is shown in the device information If the value drops below the normal curve something may be wrong with the disk User can use Set Disk To Be Failed function from remote side to set a slow speed disk as failed so that volume will be not stuck by the slow speed disk after rebuild 87 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION Hdd Xfer Speed result can be accessed by clicking on the De vice from the RAID set Hierarchy you wish to scan clicking on the Show Result
2. Note RAID level 3 can t modify the cache stripe size Cache Mode The RAID storage supports Write Through and Write Back cache Volume Write Protection When Volume Write Protection is enabled on the Modify Volume Set host commands fail if they are issued to a volume in that RAID controller and attempt to modify a volume s data or attributes Volume Write Protection is used primarily for customer initiated disaster recovery testing Volume IO Mode The Cache IO and Direct IO cache policies apply to read on a specific virtual disk The volume IO mode options are as fol lows Cache IO Specifies that all reads are buffered in the controller cache memory Direct IO Specifies that reads are not buffered in cache memory When using direct IO mode data is transferred to the controller cache memory and the host system simultaneously during a read request If a subsequent read request requires data from the same data block it can be read directly from the controller cache memory Tagged Command Queuing The Enabled option is useful for enhancing overall system performance under multi tasking operating systems The Command Tag Drive Channel function controls the SAS command tag queuing support for each drive channel This function should normally remain Enabled Disabled this function only when using SAS drives that do not support command tag queuing 60 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION e SCS
3. HDD Read Ahead Cache E ERE RENE AR ERERRRRERRR ARRA 72 e Volume Data Read Ahead sssssssssem 72 HDD Queue Depth o cette arenes cents ERR ATE 72 s Empty HDD Slot LED iiec thea E HR ER eERRR EE HR ERM RR RER ERE EAE 72 Max Command Length sssi irirsi snai me 73 e Auto Activate Incomplete Raid sssssssssssssrssssesrrrrerrrrrrerss 73 e Disk Write Cache Mode sssssssssm me 73 e Write Same For Initialization cesses 73 e Hot Plugged Disk For Rebuilding cceeceeeee eee eeeeeeee teens 73 e Disk Capacity Truncation Mode ccceceeeeeeee teeta eeaeeeeaees 74 Smart Option For ADD west iei et RR eaa idt dE Rotes 74 Smart Polling Interval icti poeni eR Rt er HERE RN AER Er OO 75 4 8 2 Advanced Configuration sss 75 s TEERSSGEUFP iissessa Presse eerte Ri Re URS EEEE ee 75 TIMEOUT SELINO socie cete tein Der ERR ADR MUR EI RARE em reE 76 Number OF Retrles i e exea ee qq Rte RE CREERPRERREERK RA ERR RE 76 e Buffer Threshold errem RE Re CR RE IR ER E a Ra 76 e Amount of Read Ahead ssssssssssssssee mmn 77 Number of AV Stream e e RR RH ERR RR X REX RENE R AYER 77 e Optimize AV Recording sssssssssssmm m 77 e Read Performance Margin sss 78 e Write Performance Margin cesses 78 e Read And Discard Parity Data sess 78 BIOS Selections cccecenacas kt tx ke eX Y RUE E RER
4. link The Upgrade The Raid System Firmware or Boot Rom screen appears 2 Click Browse Look in the location to which the Firmware upgrade software was downloaded Select the file name and click Open 3 Tick on Confirm The Operation and press the Submit button 4 The web browser begins to download the firmware binary to the controller and start to update the flash ROM 5 After the firmware upgrade is complete a bar indicator will show Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully 6 After the new firmware package completes downloading find a chance to restart the controller computer for the new firmware to take effect The web browser based McRAID storage manager can be accessed through the in band Thunderbolt port or out of band LAN port The in band method uses the ArcHTTP proxy server to launch the McRAID storage manager The out of band method allows local or remote to access the McRAID storage manager from any standard internet browser via a LAN or WAN with no software or patches required pem I ar aa 91 APPENDIX 92 Controller with onboard LAN port you can directly plug an Ethernet cable to the controller LAN port After network connected you can find the current IP address in the LCD panel From a remote pc you can directly open a web browser and enter the IP address Then enter user name and password to login and start your management You can find the firmware upd
5. uo icc eee ek nex ex HE TRE ERE EX EY RCNH 62 4 6 4 1 Volume Growth ccc cece ccc cece tenses menm nnn 63 4 6 4 2 Volume Set Migratio Meissie 63 4 6 4 3 Volume Write Protection essen nnns 64 4 6 5 Check Volume Set essen enm 64 4 6 6 Schedule Volume Check eeeeee mmn 65 4 7 Physical DEIVG iier erre RR Re EN EERE EXER OR RR REREXRRERERERRIR ET cee 66 4 7 1 Create Pass Through DiSK sssssssssrrssesrrrrsrnrrnesrrnrrerrras 66 4 7 2 Modify Pass Through Disk essem 67 4 7 3 Delete Pass Through Disk seseeeeme 67 4 7 4 Clone DISK eret eee einen be Le QURE viata 68 4 7 4 1 Clone And Replace sssssesssenmnen 68 4 7 4 2 Clone Only siete eed Eee e hA ERE ERR Hk Rr p RO e 68 4 7 5 Abort Cloning iicet ebrei I rn RA ERR PR HR RR tee GU Me 69 4 7 6 Set Disk To Be Failed esesesseennnm Henne 69 4 7 7 Activate Failed Disk ere tix ehe rn Rh kn 70 4 7 8 Identify EncloSUre ester rex hu Rex x rh ERRARE mene 70 4 7 9 Identify DriVe sirsiran annere RRECKR e XREXE ERR rA ERE RELAX 70 4 8 System Controls drien anir aa ERE ERE KNEE EARES 71 4 8 1 System Conflg iic RR ER ERREARERRERRUERRRM AREENA 71 e System Beeper Setting utei teeot Re RT RR EERMR REA E RREEXE 71 Background Task Priority essesessesme 71 e JBOD RAID Configuration irs rasiri a teense nnn 71 s SATA NCO SUPPO eere ppt chase EE PEE M IER sle A E EpUUEEE 72
6. Direct connection to a Thunderbolt technology capable computer 2 Daisy chaining Thunderbolt capable devices and displays 19 INSTALLATION 20 e Thunderbolt Computer Port Connection By installing Thunderbolt technology capable computer and ThunderBox 600 Thunderbolt port using the Thunderbolt cable which is included in your Thunderbolt capable computer Then connect ThunderBox 600 RAID storage and Thunderbolt technology capable computer port as shown below Figure 1 6 Connecting to Thunderbolt Computer e Daisy Chain Topologies A single Thunderbolt technology daisy chain can have seven devices including the computer Connect the cable to one of the interface ports on the back of your ThunderBox 600 RAID stor age and to your Thunderbolt capable computer The additional port may be used to daisy chain compatible computer peripher als such as hard drives monitors and much more A single Thunderbolt port supports hubs as well as a daisy chain of up to seven Thunderbolt devices on including the Thunderbolt capa ble computer INSTALLATION Figure 1 7 Thunderbolt Computer Daisy Chain USB 3 0 The ThunderBox 600 RAID storage uses a SuperSpeed USB USB 3 0 providing an even greater enhancement in performance up to 40 times faster than USB 2 0 with a design data rate of up to 5Gbps as opposed to USB 2 0 s 480Mbps Your ThunderBox 600 R
7. HDD installed WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION e Max Command Length Max Command Length is used to set a best IO size for the RAID storage e Auto Activate Incomplete Raid When some of the disk drives are removed in power off state or boot up stage the RAID set state will change to Incom plete State But if a user wants to automatically continue to work while the RAID storage is powered on the user can set the Auto Activate Incomplete Raid option to enable The RAID state will change to Degraded Mode while it powers on e Disk Write Cache Mode User can set the Disk Write Cache Mode to Auto Enabled or Disabled Enabled increases speed Disabled increases reliability e Write Same For Initialization Drives that support the Write Same feature SCT can write to multiple drive sectors at once improving initialization time To take advantage of this feature all the drives in the unit must support Write Same command User can set the SAS And SATA SAS Only SATA Only or Disabled for the controller initialization Hot Plugged Disk For Rebuilding It defines if the RAID array volume should start rebuilding or not when detects a disk is inserted re inserted during online The options are Blank Disk Only Always and Disable The default is Blank Disk Only Blank Disk Only it will trigger the rebuilding if and only if the inserted disk has not been in the RAID array before which has no RAID si
8. Install a new battery pack and connect the new battery pack to JP2 6 Connect the BBM to J6 on the RAID storage controller 7 Secure the Round head screws into the BBM B 8 BBM Specifications Mechanical e Module Dimension W x H x D 37 3 x 13 x 81 6 mm Environmental e Operating Temperature Temperature 0 C to 40 C Humidity 45 85 non condensing e Storage Temperature Temperature 40 C to 60 C Humidity 45 85 non condensing e Electrical Input Voltage 3 6VDC e On Board Battery Capacity 1880mAH 1 1880mAH for ThunderBox 600 RAID storage APPENDIX Appendix C SNMP Operation amp Installation C 1 Overview McRAID storage manager includes a firmware embedded Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP agent and SNMP Extension Agent for the Areca RAID controller An SNMP based management application also known as an SNMP manager can monitor the disk array An example of a SNMP management application is Hewlett Packard s Open View Net SNMP or SNMPc The SNMP extension agent can be used to augment the Areca RAID controller if you are already running an SNMP management application at your site C 2 SNMP Definition SNMP an IP based protocol has a set of commands for getting the status of target devices The SNMP management platform is called the SNMP manager and the managed devices have the SNMP agent loaded Management data is organized in a hierarchical data structure called the Managem
9. The Raid System Function menu will show all items and then select the desired function amba Aa a v4 TA Jet Areca Technology Corporation en all close all tae TE is HER i i e System Beeper Setting The System Beeper Setting function is used to Disabled or Enabled the RAID storage alarm tone generator e Background Task Priority The Background Task Priority is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes to a rebuild operation The RAID storage allows the user to choose the rebuild prioity UI traLow Low Medium and High to balance volume set access and rebuild tasks appropriately For high array performance specify a Low value e JBOD RAID Configuration JBOD is an acronym for Just a Bunch Of Disk A group of hard disks in a RAID box are not set up as any type of RAID configuration All drives are available to the operating system as an individual disk JBOD does not provide data redundancy User needs to delete the RAID set when you want to change the option from the RAID to the JBOD function Z1 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 72 SATA NCQ Support The controller supports both SAS and SATA disk drives The SATA NCQ allows multiple commands to be outstanding within a drive at the same time Drives that support NCQ have an internal queue where outstanding commands can be dynami cally rescheduled or re ordered along with the necessary tracking mechanisms for o
10. mation will be displayed e To display volume set information move the mouse cursor to the desired volume set number then click it The volume set information will be displayed e To display drive information move the mouse cursor to the desired physical drive number then click it The drive informa tion will be displayed 4 3 Main Menu The main menu shows all available functions accessible by clicking on the appropriate link Individual Category Quick Function Create a default configuration which is based on the number of physical disks installed it can modify the volume set Capacity Raid Level and Stripe Size Raid Set Functions Create a customized RAID set Volume Set Functions Create customized volume sets and modify the existed volume sets parameter Physical Drives Create pass through disks and modify the existing pass through drives parameters Also provides the function to identify disk drives blinking fault LED System Controls Setting the RAID system configuration Information Viewing the controller information The Raid Set Hierarchy can be viewed through the Raid Set Hierarchy item 4 4 Quick Function The Quick Create option configures the arrays with just a few steps Although srives of different sizes may be used in the array Quick Create will only operate upon drives of the same physical size 50 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION The number of physical drives in the RAID sto
11. 2 Delete Raid Set ssssssssssseseees senem enn anna 52 4 5 3 Expand Raid Set eee n RERRIA EE RI eaa 53 4 5 4 Offline Raid S t ccccccccce cess cess eee nennen nnne nnne n 54 4 5 5 Rename Raid Set eec ERR XR RR ERE RPURR URN S 54 4 5 6 Activate Incomplete Raid Set ssseseeseeesesseees 55 4 5 7 Create Hot Spare oe tr er E ERR ERR MERE RENE 55 4 5 8 Delete Hot Spare iis kennt nk qe n XREXR ERE RR EANA 56 4 5 9 Rescue Raid Set eem ec Hd ei lex 56 4 6 Volume Set Functions eesessseceseeneenen nemen meme 57 4 6 1 Create Volume Set 0 1 10 3 5 6 een 58 e Volume NAM cccccccccc cece cece e eee eeeeaee eee eeeeee tease eeaeetaaeeaaaneas 58 e Volume Raid Level uu e anda EC XE ERE RAE aceon ds EXERCERE 58 QEIe prre EDT 58 e Greater Two TB Volume Support ssesssssssrsssesssrnsrrrerrrrnns 58 Initialization Mode ssssssssssen enm 59 e Stripe SIZG sec HER REA RARE TENE EY cio ERE avid 59 Cache Mode iter rrari renr REO ERU Rte REE sn REPE MUERE 60 e Volume Write Protection cssssseesssseene menm 60 e Volume IO Mode 2 cc ccceccccece cece tenes ensem sen ness sina nn 60 Tagged Command Queuing eem emn 60 e SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI Lun eee nn 61 4 6 2 Create Raid30 50 60 Volume Set 30 50 60 61 4 6 3 Delete Volume Set cesseseeeseen nennen nnn 62 4 6 4 Modify Volume Seb
12. 2004 108 EC Regarding to the electromagnetic compatibility the fol lowing standards were applied EN 55022 2006 Class B EN 55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 2003 EN 61000 3 2 2006 IEC61000 4 2 2001 EN 61000 3 3 1995 A1 2001 A2 2005 IEC61000 4 3 2006 IEC61000 4 4 2004 IEC61000 4 5 2005 IEC61000 4 6 2006 IEC61000 4 8 2001 IEC61000 4 11 2004 Contents Else Ier P M 8 MEO Ir 8 EPA cc LEE 10 2 Installation ciissssnnsn sauna ka came KD U REIN ERI E R O UTER AOL GOOD ania 12 2 1 Before You First Installing eseeseeeeeeene 12 2 2 Summary of RAID Storage Setup Steps sesusss 13 FROR MaC OS de p E 13 For WIDdOWS cito e RE RERER ERE KE RR HERR EA RR ERA AERE NN RAE Re a 13 2 3 RAID Storage VIEW srr eani eure RE ERERMRIENEORRRINAMI I ES ERR EE ENE 15 2 4 Locations of the Storage Component eceeeeeeeeeee eee ees 16 2 4 1 Drive Tray LED Indicators eeeeeeen n 16 2 4 2 LCD Panel LED Indicators insesi a o 17 2 4 3 Thunderbolt Port LED Indicators eeeeeseeeese 17 2 5 Settirig Up RAID StOrage zs coeeer o naked REA ER AERA 18 2 5 1 Physically Install RAID Storage and Drives 18 2 5 2 MAC USERS sic OE m E 23 2 5 2 1 Install the MRAID Software cecceeeeeeeeee seats ees 23 2 5 2 2 Configure RAID Volumes sese 27 2 5 2 3 Format RAID Volumes eesesseeeee 30 2 5 2 4 Make A
13. 5 1 Physically Install RAID Storage and Drives Please follow the steps below in order they are given to ensure that your ThunderBox 600 connected on your Thunderbolt computer Step 1 Install the Drives in the ThunderBox 600 RAID Storage Your RAID storage supports up to 6 x 3 5 inch disk drives or 6 x 2 5 inch SAS or SATA 6 0Gb s drives each one contained in its individual hole on the disk carrier Each drive is hot pluggable allowing you to remove and insert drives without shutting down your RAID storage Installation in this section describes how to install or remove 3 5 inch drives in your RAID storage 1 Gently slide the drive tray out from the ThunderBox 600 RAID storage a 18 INSTALLATION 2 Install the drive into the drive tray and secure the drive to the drive tray by four of the mounting screws Figure 1 4 1 Installing 2 5 inch Figure 1 4 2 Installing 3 5 inch SAS SATA Drive SAS SATA Drive 3 After all drives are in the drive tray slide all of them back into the ThunderBox 600 RAID storage and make sure you latch the drive trays Figure 1 5 Sliding Drive Tray into Enclosure Step 2 Connecting RAID Storage to Thunderbolt Ports Thunderbolt connectors are provided on the back of the ThunderBox 600 RAID storage for connecting the array to Thunderbolt host and next Thunderbolt devices There are two Thunderbolt connectors on the rear of ThunderBox 600 RAID storage You can plug in two host ports 1
14. ArcHTTP Configuration 2 Mail Address Configurations Sender Name Enter the sender name that will be shown in the outgoing mail Ex RaidController_1 Mail address Enter the sender email that will be shown in the outgoing mail but don t type IP to replace domain name Ex RaidController_1 areca com tw Account Enter the valid account if your SMTP mail server requires authentication Password Enter the valid password if your SMTP mail server requires authentication 3 Event Notification Configurations This step involves setting up of notification rules Notification rules instruct ArcHTTP on the notifications that should be sent when certain types of alerts are detected MailTo Name Enter the alert receiver name that will be shown in the outgoing mail Mail Address Enter the receiver s e mail address This is the address you want the e mail alerts sent to Ex admin areca com tw According to your requirement set the corresponding event level Disable Event Notification No event notification will be sent Urgent Error Notification Send only urgent events Serious Error Notification Send urgent and serious events Warning Error Notification Send urgent serious and warning events Information Notification Send all events Notification For No Event Notify user if no event occurs within 24 hours e SNMP Traps Configuration To enable the RAID storage to send the SNMP traps to client SNMP manager using the IP address
15. Community name acts as a password to screen accesses to the SNMP agent of a particular network device Type in the com munity names of the SNMP agent Before access is granted to a request station this station must incorporate a valid com munity name into its request otherwise the SNMP agent will deny access to the system Most network devices use pub lic as default of their community names This value is case sensitive The system Contact Name and Location that will be shown in the outgoing SNMP trap 3 SNMP Trap Notification Configurations Please refer to Appendix D of Event Notification Configurations 101 APPENDIX Appendix D Event Notification Configurations The controller classifies disk array events into four levels depending on their severity These include level 1 Urgent level 2 Serious level 3 Warning and level 4 Information The level 4 covers notifica tion events such as initialization of the controller and initiation of the rebuilding process Level 2 covers notification events which once have happen Level 3 includes events which require the issuance of warning messages Level 1 is the highest level and covers events that need immediate attention and action from the administrator The following lists sample events for each level A Device Event ing Hoo insere SSCS g HDD removed HDD reading error Keep Watching HDD status may be it caused by noise or HDD unstable HDD writing e
16. From ArcHTTP Start McRAID Storage Manager Browser Edition There is one MRAID icon showing on your desktop Double click on the MRAID icon to locate your ArcHTTP utility and CLI program file folder r eee Lj MRAID ENS 23 mom amp amp i a FAVORITES Name Date Modified E a E All My Files jJ ArcCLI64 Today 10 51 AM ArcHTTP64 Today 10 51 AM a AirDrop 9 Uninstall MRAID Today 10 51 AM J Applications a Desktop Documents o Downloads Movies 3 items 355 62 GB available d When you double click on the ArcHTTP64 it shows all RAID storages available on the system and create an individual RAID storage icon located on left column of the ArcHTTP Con figurations screen eoo ARCHTTP Configuration hnp localhost 81r e LI S Apple Yahoo CoogleMaps YouTube Wikipedia News S55 Popular P i Yat ArcHTTP Configurations Torry all close all Locate ThunderBox 600 Web Management and launch the selected McRAID storage manager Enter RAID storage default User Name admin and the Password 0000 when the login page prompted for it After logging in the McRAID storage manager process starts E 28 INSTALLATION A Bt 3 d uii Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close all Quick Creato Rald volumo Sot otal Numbe Di Volume Initialization Made Foreground Initialization
17. RAID set two pairs but it can not support expansion and migration WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 62 4 6 3 Delete Volume Set To delete a volume from RAID set move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the Delete Volume Set link The Select The Raid Set To Delete screen will show all RAID set numbers Click a RAID set number and the Confirm The Operation check box and then click the Submit button to show all volume set items in the selected RAID set a et s dE aiii Areca Technology Corporation 2 a all ci QJ Quick Funct On Raid Set Capacity a boc Click a volume set number and the Confirm The Operation check box and then click the Submit button to delete the vol ume set 4 6 4 Modify Volume Set To modify a volume set from a RAID set 1 Click on the Modify Volume Set link 2 Click the volume set check box from the list that you wish to modify Click the Submit button The following screen appears d a tat Areca Technology Corporation 4 Enter Tha Volume Att buta ccc C confirm The Operation jb Rem WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION Use this option to modify the volume set configuration To modify volume set attributes move the cursor bar to the volume set at tribute menu and click it The Enter The Volume Attribute screen appears Move the cursor to an attribute item and then click the attri
18. Rename Raid Set link 2 Click the RAID set check box from the list that you wish to re name Click the Submit button The following screen appears Use this option to rename the RAID set name o m NN NN 54 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION Ae wy d sii A IP Areca Technology Corporation Enter The Raidset Name Raid Set 000 4 5 6 Activate Incomplete Raid Set If one of the disk drives is removed in power off state the RAID set state will change to Incomplete State If the user wants to continue to operate the controller without power off the RAID storage the user can use the Activate Incomplete Raid Set op tion to active the RAID set After the user completes this function the Raid State will change to Degraded Mode and start to work To activate the incomplete the RAID set click on the Activate Raid Set link A Select The Raid Set To Activate screen is dis played showing all RAID sets existing on the current controller Click the RAID set number to activate in the select column Click on the Submit button on the screen to activate the RAID set that had a disk removed or failed in the power off state The RAID storage will continue to work in degraded mode TAE TU area Technology Corporation open all close all a Soloct The Raid Set To Activate Select Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid Stote
19. This allows you to set up a scan environment which runs the test by clicking Test Disk Speed on the right screen setup option If more than one drive is checked when you set the Disks To Be Tested it will run that test for the number setting drives A A wee E a PEF areca Technology Corporation M hea TG QOLA ov If there s a certain location in the hard drive that is getting poor performance hard drive read benchmarks can help confirm this Above is a screenshot of a palimpsest benchmark on a hard drive The length time of firmware takes to complete the drive test depends on its size 4 9 2 SAS Chip Information To view the RAID storage s 6Gb s SAS ROC chip information move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the SAS Chip Information link The RAID storage SAS Chip Information screen appears User can click on controller LMP ThunderBox 600 item on the SAS Chip Information screen It will show statistic page for ports on the ROC controller Click on the Clear Error Log to re fresh the fully statistic page 88 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 50004D939977E000 ENC l Number Of Phys 4 9 3 System Information To view the RAID storage s system information move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the System Information link The RAID storage RAID Subsystem Information screen appears Use thi
20. availability fault tolerance or redundancy and disk performance The following section discusses the RAID levels supported by the RAID controllers The RAID controllers makes the RAID implementation and the disks physical configuration transparent to the host operating system This means that the host operating system drivers and software utilities are not affected regardless of the RAID level selected Correct installation of the disk array and the control ler requires a proper understanding of RAID technology and the concepts RAID O RAID O also referred to as striping writes stripes of data across multiple disk drives instead of just one disk drive RAID 0 does not provide any data redundancy but does offer the best High speed data throughput RAID O breaks up data into smaller blocks and then writes a block to each drive in the array Disk strip ing enhances performance because multiple drives are accessed simultaneously the reliability of RAID level 0 is less because the entire array will fail if any one disk drive fails 115 APPENDIX acess een eee pe EN EE T AL iin Ji di BIj ex v ri AL Kira wj RAID 1 RAID 1 is also known as disk mirroring data written on one disk drive is simultaneously written to another disk drive Read performance will be enhanced if the array controller can in paral lel access both members of a mirrored pair During writes there will be a minor perf
21. be entered manually at each computer system DHCP lets a network administrator supervise and distribute IP addresses from a central point The purpose of DHCP is to provide the automatic dynamic allocation of IP client configurations for a specific time period called a lease period and to eliminate the work necessary to administer a large IP network Local IP address If you intend to set up your client computers manually no DHCP make sure that the assigned IP address is in the same range as the default router address and that it is unique to your private network However it is highly recommend to use DHCP if that option is available on your network An IP ad dress allocation scheme will reduce the time it takes to set up client computers and eliminate the possibilities of administra tive errors and duplicate addresses To manually configure the IP address of the controller move the cursor bar to Local IP address item then reassign the static IP address of the controller pae a 81 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION e Gateway IP address A gateway is a node a router on a TCP IP network that serves as an access point to another network A default gate way is the node on the computer network that the network software uses when an IP address does not match any other routes in the routing table e Subnet Mask A Subnet mask is a 32 bit number that masks an IP address and divides the IP address into n
22. chance to modify RAID level or stripe size Follow the instruction presented in the Modify Volume Set to modify the volume sets operation system specific utilities may be required to expand operating system partitions T L pua Areca Technology Corporation open all close all 3 s Select The Raid Set For Reid Expansion E Select Raid Sot Name Member Disks Raid State Capacity t i 53 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 5 4 Offline Raid Set This function is for customer being able to unmount and remount a multi disk volume All Hdds of the selected RAID set will be put into offline state spun down and fault LED in fast blinking mode User can remove those Hdds and insert new Hdds on those empty slots without needing power down the controller to perform the online array roaming H lopen all close all 1 T Areca Technology Corporation s Select The Raid Set To Offline Select Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid State Capacity Raid Set 000 m Rebuidew 11000 0c8 Rad Set 001 4 a Rabulding 20000 068 Rad Set 002 5 5 Noemat 159 068 Raid Set 003 6 6 Normal 36 208 Rad Set 003 a s Norms 480 068 Sutmt Reset 4 5 5 Rename Raid Set The default RAID set name will always appear as Raid Set when it is first created by the controller The Rename Raid Set function is for customer to rename the default RAID set name To rename a RAID set from a group of RAID sets 1 Click on the
23. feature to clear the entire events buffer information NE P AEN CEOLE AKT Areca Technology Corporation Do You Want To Clear The Event Buffer Confirm The Operation 85 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 8 11 Modify Password To set or change the RAID storage password select System Con trols from the menu and click on the Modify Password link The Modify System Password screen appears The password option allows user to set or clear the RAID stor age s password protection feature Once the password has been set the user can only monitor and configure the RAID storage by providing the correct password The password is used to protect the RAID storage from unauthorized entry The controller will check the password only when entering the main menu from the initial screen The RAID storage will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command in 5 minutes Do not use spaces when you enter the password If spaces are used it will lock out the user To disable the password leave the fields blank Once the user confirms the operation and clicks the Submit button the exist ing password will be cleared Then no password checking will occur when entering the main menu from the starting screen M s ilo zi di eiat Technology Corporation open all close al e Modify System Password I 3 OOCL Confiem me Operation Subm Reset
24. mark the check box for Confirm The Operation and click the Submit button to complete the delete action TEM i Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close al 3 CODD oo 67 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 7 4 Clone Disk Instead of deleting a RAID set and recreating it with larger disk drives the Clone Disk function allows the users to replace larger disk drives to the RAID set that have already been created Click the Clone Disk option on the Physical Drives link to enable the clone function If there is an available disk then the Select The Drives For Cloning screen appears There are two Clone Disk function options Clone And Replace and Clone Only Clone Disk Procedure 1 Select one of the members as the Clone Source status indi cated as Raid Set by clicking on the appropriate check box 2 Select a Clone Target status indicated as Free or Hot Spare by clicking on the appropriate check box 3 If you have available disk member you can repeat above pro cedures to define another clone pair 4 Select Clone Type The pair number for both the Clone Source and the Clone Target will be indicated in the screen Tick on the Confirm The Operation check box and click on the Submit button on the screen the controller will automatically start the cloning process using the existing stand by Free or Hot Spare drive to clone the source drive t
25. other Multiples Of 1G If you have 123 GB drives from differ ent vendors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 123 5 GB and the other 123 4 GB Multiples Of 1G truncates the fractional part This makes capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other Disabled It does not truncate the capacity e Smart Option For HDD This option is used to increase the reliability of SSDs HDDs by automatically copying data from a drive with potential to fail to a designated hot spare or newly inserted drive The options are Failed The Drive Failed The Drive If Hot Sapre Exist and Alert Only The default is Alert Only Failed The Drive controllers kill off the SMART fail drive im mediately 74 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION Failed The Drive If Hot Sapre Exist controllers kill off the SMART fail disk if hot sapre dive is existed Alert it will trigger alert when there happens a SMART fail drive e Smart Polling Interval Besides the scheduled volume check user can define the Smart Pulling Interval to pull the SMART status of each disk The default is on demand User can schedule every certain period of time interval to pull the SMART status of each disk When SMART pulling is executed disk activity will be tempo rally halted until the SMART parameter reading is finished That is why you don t want to set the Smart Polling Interval too f
26. start up you can use the Rescan Device function The Rescan Device function is a procedure which forces the ArcHTTP to rescan the targets to allow a missed RAID storage to be added A AT yy A i cfl BS ArcHTTP Configurations _ _ lopen all close all H Do You Want To Rescan Device Confirm The Operation submit Reset e Collect Support Data LMP has added the Collect Support Data option on the ArcHTTP utility to download a support file file name ctlrxx xxxxx log with all necessary information system information configuration disk information eventlog The Collect Support Data function will be automatically started when ERROR or SERIOUS event occurred A AR AMA whe te de uis ArcHTTP Configurations open all close all Do You Want To Collect Support Data Confirm The Operation Submit Reset WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 Web Browser based Configuration If you need to use a RAID volume from ThunderBox 600 RAID stor age unit you must first create a RAID volume by using LCD or McRAID storage manager This chapter shows you how to set up RAID volumes using the McRAID storage manager application on a computer with an ThunderBox 600 RAID storage The McRAID storage manager is firmware based utility which is acces sible via the web browser installed on your operating system The web browser based McRAID storage manag
27. system activity will con tinue as normal however the system performance and fault tolerance will be affected e Adjustable Rebuild Priority Rebuilding a degraded volume incurs a load on the RAID stor age The RAID controllers allow the user to select the rebuild priority to balance volume access and rebuild tasks appropri ately The Background Task Priority is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes to a background opera tion such as rebuilding or migrating pe S ES ES SS ra 111 APPENDIX RAID controller allows user to choose the task priority Ultra Low 5 Low 20 Medium 50 High 80 to bal ance volume set access and background tasks appropriately For high array performance specify an Ultra Low value Like volume initialization after a volume rebuilds it does not re quire a system reboot High Reliability e Hard Drive Failure Prediction In an effort to help users avoid data loss disk manufacturers are now incorporating logic into their drives that acts as an early warning system for pending drive problems This system is called SMART The disk integrated controller works with multiple sensors to monitor various aspects of the drive s performance determines from this information if the drive is behaving normally or not and makes available status information to RAID storage firmware that probes the drive and look at it The SMART can often predict a problem before failure occu
28. v select Stripe Size 64 M kaptos w Confirm The Operation Click on the Quick Create in the main menu your volume is automatically configured based on the number of disks in your system You can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set The user can change the Raid Level Capacity Initialization Mode and Stripe Size A hot spare option is also created depending on the exist configuration Tick on the Confirm The Operation check box and click on the Submit button the RAID set and volume set will start to initialize If you prefer to customize your volume set please use the Raid Set Functions and Volume Set Functions See chapter 4 of ThunderBox 600 user manual for information on customizing your RAID volumes using McRAID storage manager Other wise to begin using the ThunderBox 600 right away go on the next Format the Volume section to begin the formatting procedure e Method 2 McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN port User can remote manage the RAID storage directly connected to the 10 100Mbits RJ45 LAN port via standard web browsers To configure ThunderBox 600 RAID storage using a LAN port you need to know its IP address The default IP address will be shown on the LCD initial screen Launch your web browser based McRAID storage manager by entering http IP Ad dress in the web browser Enter RAID storage default User Name admin and the Password 0000 when the login page promp
29. zero downtime Its high data availability and protection derives from many advanced RAID features on the design Intel ligent power On Off function on storage turns power in unison with the host computer power status It can intelligently power down the unit after the thunderbolt host shuts down everything for data integrity ThunderBox 600 also supports a battery backup option that protects all data in cache memory in the event of unexpected power outage ThunderBox 600 supports USB 3 0 interface that allows old Mac Pro user and newest Mac Pro model to access same storage seamlessly Enabling an Easy to Manage Storage Configuration and monitoring can be managed either through the LCD control panel Thunderbolt interface or LAN port The intel ligent cooling continuously adapts to environmental conditions by automatically controlling the speed of the cooling fans for the rap idly growing demand from the video editing markets You can even configure ThunderBox 600 to intelligently spin down drives during periods of inactivity to further reduce noise and save energy LMP solution of Thunderbolt 2 provides user the capability of adding bootable drive via Thunderbolt on Apple thunderbolt capable ma chine SPECIFICATION 10 1 2 Features Controller Architecture e ARM_based 933MHz storage I O processor e 1GB on board DDR3 933 SDRAM with ECC protection e Write through or write back cache support e Support 6 internal 6Gb s SAS SATA po
30. 600 RAID storage is packed inside an anti static bag between two sponge sheets Remove it and inspect it for damage If the ThunderBox 600 RAID storage appears damaged or if any items of the contents listed below are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or distributor immediately Checklist e 1 x ThunderBox 600 6 bays RAID storage unit e 1 x Installation CD containing driver relative software an electronic version of this manual and other related manual 1 x RJ 45 LAN cable 1 x USB 3 0 cable USB 2 0 compatible 1 x Thunderbolt cable 1 x Power cord 24 x Drive mounting screws 4 per drive tray 1 x Quick start guide System Requirements e Computer with Thunderbolt connector e Mac OS X 10 8 5 or higher e Windows 7 amp 8 For Windows PC the Thunderbolt certified device driver must be installed before plugging in the device for it to function properly INSTALLATION 2 2 Summary of RAID Storage Setup Steps e For Mac OS X Step 1 Physically Install the Hardware Chapter 2 5 1 1 Install HDDs 2 Connect power cord 3 Connect Thunderbolt cable Step 2 Install the MRAID Software Package Chapter 2 5 2 1 1 Download the install_mraid installer from the website at Attp www areca com tw support s_ thunderbolt thunder bolt htm Double click on the install mraid zipped file Double click on the install mraid icon on the Finder Follow the installer on screen steps to complete the installa tio
31. AID storage is shipped with a USB 3 0 cable to ensure maxi mum data transfer performance when connected to a SuperSpeed USB USB 3 0 port If your computer only has a USB 2 0 connec tion then ThunderBox 600 will auto negotiate to USB 2 0 speeds This makes it easier for ThunderBox 600 as an external higher speed storage solution The following table describes the LED in dication status for USB port USBS OPortStatusteD indication Link LED Solid illuminated Activity LED Blinking Host access 21 INSTALLATION MacBook Pro LN Use 3 0 Port iP emm ee USB3 0 Port USB3 0 Cable Figure 1 8 Connecting USB 3 0 Port to Host Computer Step 3 Connecting Monitor Port Optional You can connect LAN port to the manager clinet system if you want to configure and manage the RAID storage from the clinet system through out of band manager e LAN Port Connection User can remote manage the RAID enclosure without adding any user specific software platform independent via standard web browsers directly connected to the 10 100Mbit RJ45 LAN port Connect LAN port of the ThunderBox 600 using the included Ethernet cable and then to a LAN port or LAN switch Step 4 Connecting RAID Storage Power To power the RAID storage 1 Using the included power cord connect this power cord to a grounded electronical outlet and to the ThunderBox 600 RAID storage 2 ThunderBox 600 RAID storage will automatically turn on w
32. Ahead data is buffered in the RAID controller cache however thereby cutting down on the amount of I O traffic to the disk The Amount of Read Ahead defines how many data of reading at a time making more efficient use of the RAID storage This makes it possible to locate and re issue the data without repetitive hard parsing activities The Amount of Read Ahead parameter is used to allocate an amount of memory in the cache memory the frequently executed queries and return the result set back to the host without real disk read execution Default value is Auto Con troller will base on the HDD number to set the amount of Read Ahead value You can select between 512KB 16MB e Number of AV Stream RAID controllers are required to have not only the function of processing ordinary data but also the function of dealing with AV audio video stream data needing real time processing Since the bus cycle used in RAID controller was designed to transfer the computer data exactly it was unsuitable for the transfer of AV stream needing great band widths They are required to do some setting for the handshaking during the processing of stream data This setting is an object of trans ferring stream data efficiently on an existing RAID controller Normally you should not need to modify this value Default value is 6 You can select between 6 256 To decide how to set AV stream play out parameter you need to check the Number of Stream Amount of Read A
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34. Capacity we rti 4 5 7 Create Hot Spare When you choose the Create Hot Spare option in the Raid Set Function all unused physical devices connected to the current controller appear Select the target disk by clicking on the ap propriate check box Tick on the Confirm The Operation check box and click the Submit button in the screen to create the hot spares amaaa E PE 55 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION The Create Hot Spare gives you the ability to define a global or dedicated hot spare Unlike Global Hot Spare which can be used with any RAID sets Dedicated Hot Spare can only be used with a specific RAID set or Enclosure When a disk drive fails in the RAID set or enclosure with a dedicated hot spare is pre set data on the disk drive is rebuild automatically on the dedicated hot spare disk ar MC ns gt d adig Areca Technology Corporation pen all close all s Soloct The Drives For Hot Spare Enclosures Areca x28 05 75 1 37 000 Confirm The Operation Rasat OOOO 4 5 8 Delete Hot Spare Select the target hot spare disk to delete by clicking on the ap propriate check box Tick on the Confirm The Operation check box and click the Submit button on the screen to delete the hot spares gt viet 1 b uii Areca Technology Corporation open all il i E 3 Solact The Hot Spare Drive To Delete a Enclosures 5 Arac
35. Chapter 3 ArcHTTP Configuration on ThunderBox 600 user manual for details about the mail and SNMP traps configuration e CLI Command Line Interface provides the functionality available in MRAID storage manager through a Command Line Interface You can set up and manage RAID storage inline CLI performs many tasks at the command line You can download CLI manual from the website or software CD lt CDROM gt DOCS directory 6 On the Choose Alias Folder screen click on an icon to choose where you like to create aliases and click on the Next button to continue 0o MRAID Where would you like to create aliases In the Dock e On the Desktop In your home folder Other Don t create aliases Cancel Previous Next 7 On the Pre Installation Summary screen review your installa tion setting and click on the Install button to continue If you want to change any of your installation setting click on the Previous button 25 INSTALLATION MRAID Please Review the Following Before Continuing Product Name MRAID Install Folder Applications on the disk mavenicks OOOG 6 6 Alias Folder Desktop in the folder aaa on the disk mavenicks Disk Space Information for Installation Target Required 5 051 304 bytes Cancel Previous Install 8 A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation joo MRAID Cancel 9 When this scree
36. D Storage and Drives section to install it Otherwise to begin the creation volume go on the 1 5 3 2 Configure RAID Volumes section to configure the volume 2 5 3 2 Configure RAID Volumes There are often multiple ways to accomplish the same configura tion and maintenance tasks for your RAID storage Your Thun derBox 600 RAID storage can be configured by one of the fol lowing methods 1 McRAID Storage Manager from ArcHTTP Thunderbolt port 2 McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN port 3 LCD Panel with Keypad 37 INSTALLATION e Method 1 McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHTTP Start McRAID Storage Manager Browser Edition Right click on the Start menu and choose Programs Double click on the MRAID program icon to start the ArcHTTP utility From the Start menu choose Programs MRAID gt ArcHTTP When you double click on the ArcHTTP64 it shows all RAID storages available on the system and create an individual RAID storage icon located on left column of the ArcHTTP Con figurations screen eoo ARCHTTP Configuration Grp rlocalhoct 817 3 wo CO E Apol Yahoo Cooule Maps YouTube Wikipedia News SSS 7 Popubu E Cs dr SE ArcHTTP re lopen ali c e alll Locate ThunderBox 600 Web Management and launch the selected McRAID storage manager Enter RAID storage default User Name admin and the Password 0000 when the login page prompted for it After logging
37. D initial screen Launch your web browser based McRAID storage manager by entering http IP Ad dress in the web browser Enter RAID storage default User Name admin and the Password 0000 when the login page prompted for it After logging in the McRAID storage man ager process starts Follow the on screen steps responding as needed to configure RAID volume See the Chapter 4 of ThunderBox 600 user manual for information on customizing your RAID volumes using McRAID storage manager e Method 3 LCD Panel with Keypad You can use LCD front panel and keypad function to simply create the RAID volume The LCD status panel also informs you of the disk array s current operating status at a glance The LCD configuration is described in a separate manual LCD manual It is available on your the CD in the docs folder The LCD provides a system of screens with areas for information status indication or menus The LCD screen displays up to two lines at a time of menu items or other information Thun derBox 600 RAID storage default User Name is admin and the Password is 0000 pm H X UegepandH 39 INSTALLATION 40 The LCD initial screen is shown below i Status Display LMP Computer 192 169 1 100 Company Name s ENT IP Address Keypad 2 5 3 3 Format RAID Volumes After the volume set is ready for system accesses it needs to be p
38. DE drive For Pass Through s Eni ire amp 1 ARECA SAS RAID Adapterv1 0 Z Confirm The Operation Submit Reset 66 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 7 2 Modify Pass Through Disk Use this option to modify the pass through disk attribute The user can modify the Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing and SCSI Channel ID LUN on an existing pass through disk To modify the pass through drive attribute from the pass through drive pool move the mouse cursor bar and click on the Modify Pass Through link The Select The Pass Through Disk For Modi fication screen appears mark the check box for the pass through disk from the pass through drive pool and click on the Submit button to select drive RAW ae I b deni reco Technology Corporation all open all close 3 a Select The Pass Through Disk For Modification a Enclosures S Areca x20 05 75 1 37 000 wooo Sutmt Re I Wes O System When the Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute screen appears modify the drive attribute values as you want After you com plete the selection mark the check box for Confirm The Opera tion and click on the Submit button to complete the selection action 4 7 3 Delete Pass Through Disk To delete a pass through drive from the pass through drive pool move the mouse cursor bar to the main menus and click the De lete Pass Through link After you complete the selection
39. DGH En B volume 1 4008 D2 Volume d 40GB 0 1 Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 4 GEB 40 GB 40 GE Array A 12043B RAID controller redistributes the original volume set over the original and newly added disks using the same fault tolerance configuration The unused capacity on the expand RAID set can then be used to create an additional volume set with a different fault tolerance setting if required by the user 107 APPENDIX After Array Expansion Adding One Diski m E Ea Nt Frea Space RIGB E E Volume 1 4068 D E E g Volume 0 40GBIC 1 Disko Disk 1 Disk 2 DIzk3 4o GB 40 ag al GB 40 GB Array A TEIGE e Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration For those who wish to later upgrade to any RAID capabilities a system with online RAID level stripe size migration allows a simplified upgrade to any supported RAID level without having to reinstall the operating system The RAID controllers can migrate both the RAID level and stripe size of an existing volume set while the server is on line and the volume set is in use Online RAID level stripe size migration can prove helpful during performance tuning activi ties as well as when additional physical disks are added to the RAID controller For example in a system using two drives in RAID level 1 it is possible to add a single drive and add ca pacity and retain fault tolerance Normally expanding a RAID level 1 array would require the addit
40. I Channel SCSI ID SCSI Lun SCSI Channel The RAID storage function is simulated as an external SCSI RAID controller The host bus is represented as a SCSI channel Choose the SCSI Channel SCSI ID Each SCSI device attached to the SCSI card as well as the card itself must be assigned a unique SCSI ID number A SCSI channel can connect up to 15 devices The RAID storage is a large SCSI device Assign an ID from a list of SCSI IDs SCSI LUN Each SCSI ID can support up to 8 LUNs Most 6Gb s SAS controllers treat each LUN like a SAS disk 4 6 2 Create Raid30 50 60 Volume Set 30 50 60 To create 30 50 60 volume set from RAID set group move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the Create Raid30 50 60 link The Select The Raid Set To Create Volume On It screen will show all RAID set number Tick on the RAID set numbers same disk numbers per RAID set that you want to cre ate and then click on the Submit button wet i b b i i ATES Technology Corporation pen amp lc al FI enter The Volume Attribute 20 Rc osovo 3 ece Confirm The Operation The new create volume set attribute allows user to select the Vol ume Name Raid Level Capacity Greater Two TB Volume Support Initialization Mode Stripe Size Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing and SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI Lun Please refer to above section for details description of each item Note RAID level 30 50 and 60 can support up to two
41. ID storage supports RAID Level 0 1 10 1E 3 5 6 30 50 and 60 The following table provides a summary of RAID levels RAID Level Comparision RAID Description Disks Data Availability Level Requirement Minimum Also known as striping Data distributed across multiple drives in the array There is no data protection 1 Also known as mirroring All data replicated on 2 separated disks N is almost always 2 Due to this is a 100 duplication so is a high costly solution 10 1E Also known as mirroring and striping Data is written to two disks simultaneously and allows an odd number or disk Read request can be satisfied by data read from wither one disk or both disks Also known Bit Interleaved Parity Data and parity information is subdivided and distributed across all data disks Parity information normally stored on a dedicated parity disk Also known Block Interleaved Distributed Parity Data and parity information is subdivided and distributed across all disk Parity information normally is interspersed with user data RAID 6 provides highest reliability but not widely used Similar to RAID 5 but does two different parity computations or the same computation on overlapping subsets of the data The RAID 6 can offer fault tolerance greater that RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only consumes the capacity of 2 disk drives for distributed parity data RAID 30 is a combination multiple RAID 3 volume sets with RAID 0
42. IOS selection in System Controls Advance Configu ration to EFI option for Intel based Mac boot Download OS X Mavericks and DiskMaker X Follow the Disk Maker X to make a bootable OS X Mavericks USB install drive Restart your Mac and after you hear the chime sound press the Option Alt key until you see the option to choose the flash drive to boot from Follow the on screen prompts to complete the Volume Upgrade and Clean Install of OS X Mavericks Power up the Intel based Mac and the volume will be added in the bootable device automatically 2 5 2 5 Unmounting RAID Volumes To avoid possible data corruption LMP recommends that ThunderBox 600 RAID storages volume s be properly unmounted from the computer prior to turning off the RAID storage or safely removing the Thunderbolt interface cable 1 Drag RAID storage volume s icon to the trash The Trash will turn into an Eject arrow This will assure that all data is properly cleared from the system memory before the volume is removed ATF 32 INSTALLATION 2 When the volume icon disappears from the desktop RAID storage can be disconnected from the computer 2 5 3 Windows Users 2 5 3 1 Install the MRAID Software This section describes how to install the MRAID software to your operating system The software installation includes device driver ArcHTTP and CLI utility In this scenario you are installing the MRAID software in an existing W
43. P Configurations The ArcHTTP proxy only provides one direction to send the trap to the SNMP manager without needing to install the SNMP extension agent on the host For detailed information on using ArcHTTP proxy server utility to send the SNMP traps please see SNMP Traps Configuration section on chapter 3 ArcHTTP Configuration If SNMP manager requests to query the SNMP information from RAID controller please refer the C 3 2 section Using Onboard NIC C 3 2 Using Onboard NIC Installation With the built in LAN port you can add SNMP function onto your the RAID storage You can use the browser based manager to setup the firmware based SNMP configuration To launch the browser based RAID controller SNMP function click on the Sys tem Controls link The System Controls menu will show avail able items Select the SNMP Configuration item The follow ing screen is the firmware embedded SNMP configuration setup screen using browser based manager xx vA T ZI amp Areca Technology Corporation aid j I 3 i i H Confirm The Operation mi Rosat APPENDIX The firmware embedded SNMP agent manager monitors all system events and the SNMP function becomes functional with no agent software required When you open the SNMP Configuration link you will see the following settings 1 SNMP Trap Configurations Enter the SNMP Trap IP Address 2 SNMP System Configurations
44. Power Idle Low RPM and completely Spins Down Idle HDD It is designed to reduce power consumption and heat generation on idle drives To set the HDD power management function move the cursor to the main menu and click the HDD Power Management link The HDD Power Management menu will show all items and then select the desired function AR v ER M kit i Areca Technology Corporation pen all close all e Hd Power Management ae Confirm The Operation Submit Roset e Stagger Power On Control In a PC system with only one or two drives the power can supply enough power to spin up both drives simultaneously But in systems with more than two drives the startup current from spinning up the drives all at once can overload the power supply causing damage to the power supply disk drives and other system components This damage can be avoided by allowing the host to stagger the spin up of the drives The SAS SATA drives have supported the staggered spin up ca pabilities to boost reliability The staggered drive spin up is a very useful feature for managing multiple disk drives in a storage It gives the host the ability to spin up the disk drives sequentially or in groups allowing the drives to come ready at the optimum time without straining the system power supply The staggered drive spin up in a multiple drive environment also avoids the extra cost of a power supply designed to meet short term startup p
45. RAID level to another when a volume set strip size changes or when a disk is added to a RAID set Migration state is displayed in the volume state area of the RAID Set Hierachy screen OCE L sarl 63 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION A AR wie A E in b Lii Areca Technology Corporation aoocee 1 If the volume is RAID level 30 50 or 60 you can not change the volume to another RAID level If the volume is RAID level 0 1 10 1E 3 5 or 6 you can not change the volume to RAID level 30 50 or 60 Power failure may damage the migration data Please backup the RAID data before you start the migration function 4 6 4 3 Volume Write Protection When Volume Write Protection is enabled on the Modify Volume Set host commands fail if they are issued to a volume in that RAID controller and attempt to modify a volume s data or attributes Volume Write Protection is used primarily for customer initiated disaster recovery testing 4 6 5 Check Volume Set To check a volume set from a RAID set 1 Click on the Check Volume Set link 2 Click on the volume set from the list that you wish to check Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Use this option to verify the correctness of the redundant data in a volume set For example in a system with dedicated parity vol ume set check means comp
46. RRRREKERRRRRERRRERARARA SRRRER UR UMEKERE EE 105 RAID CONCEDE 5 2 1 toi eages eos a ERSa REgui SER a REGN ERSa 90 Pa RR TEDAR 105 RAID Set itai cm ERR RD EDI EXTERRRREERRDKR E XR UIERR a Ee dE 105 VOIUNME S6E ioscie ce x EE NI a UE RRRA ER EA D E AR RA aa ed ch 105 Ease of Use Features cccccccceceeeueeeueeuseuseeeeueeeneeneeeveegueuaaes 106 e Foreground Availability Background Initialization 106 e Online Array Roaming sssssses mne 106 e Online Capacity Expansion eseesss ne 106 e Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration 108 e Online Volume Expansion ssssee mme 109 High Availability visitas cies set prr RR RR eA EH ERE FERREIRA RxNE 109 e Global Local Hot Spares sseeeeenen mmn 109 e Hot Swap Disk Drive SUppOI sssssssssssssrrrssrrrrrsrrrrrrsrrrnns 110 e Auto Declare Hot Spare s sssssssssssrserrenrannnennansorrenrennann 110 s Auto Rebuilding cesi oer rh a EE Y RR Ka adR e 111 e Adjustable Rebuild Priority cceceeeeee a aia 111 High Reliability 525 reir o dnt davesddevdcsseadiasccbaseaanveibercuaseceies 112 e Hard Drive Failure Prediction cccee cess eee eeeeeeee eens 112 A to Reassign SCCUOM oa estet REC ER ENS eens MERMURERe MERE 112 Consistency Check eee a E EE RD er ERE rS 113 Data PEOCeCEIODI reii onnenn eE ERE A RMNNERRI ANNE NERXNSRERRRNRHRSRN E DAKAS 113 Battery BackUp sissies th eR RRERDORU
47. S AEN ER EIE RES 113 s Recovery ROM siii cue tsk cc ee EE VEHI EEK Sn Rdal cp E MELLE 114 Appendix F 12 5552228 2 EE na RERR RERRRRKESRRREERRRRRRERI ESRRRREASPRREREER RES 115 Understanding RAID 25i rt iot rro nane E ERE ORA RETRBE S cea 115 RAID iiioceset ttn rre E ove ge DE ERE EXER ERR chan ottawa peed ela esau d exire aus 115 RAID ETT 116 RAIDAVOCIE iswitetaseiiniinetiimiiedies hints thas Selden ERE CERE RERUE E RU 117 RAID 8 MM UELUT 117 RAID Saresp ee nia EH e PEEER UOI HER van cubs UIS ET esu E ECKE PUN 118 RAID EET 119 RAID XO pe DUET 119 Single Disk Pass Through Disk eeseeeceee eee eeeeeeeeeee eee 120 Summary Of RAID Levels ccicecceeee cece eee teste nennen 121 SPECIFICATION 1 Introduction This section presents a brief overview of the 6Gb s SAS RAID storage ThunderBox 600 Thunderbolt 2 amp USB 3 0 to 6Gb s SAS RAID storage 1 1 Overview Unleash Your Creativity Faster Than Ever ThunderBox 600 features two cutting edge interfaces Thunderbolt 2 and SuperSpeed USB 3 0 Thunderbolt 2 is full backward compat ibility to the same cables and connectors used with today s Thun derbolt It pushes speed to 20Gb s and enables 4K video file trans fer and display simultaneously ThunderBox 600 is equipped with dual Thunderbolt 2 ports for connecting to any Thunderbolt 2 en abled host such as the new Mac Pro and offers an additional Thun derbolt 2 port for daisy chaining other peripherals The Thu
48. Sector does not affect disk storage performance because it runs as a background task Auto Reassign Sector discontinues when the operating system makes a request e Consistency Check A consistency check is a process that verifies the integrity of redundant data To verify RAID 3 5 6 30 50 or 60 redun dancy a consistency check reads all associated data blocks computes parity reads parity and verifies that the computed parity matches the read parity Consistency checks are very important because they detect and correct parity errors or bad disk blocks in the drive A consistency check forces every block on a volume to be read and any bad blocks are marked those blocks are not used again This is critical and important because a bad disk block can prevent a disk rebuild from completing We strongly rec ommend that you run consistency checks on a regular basis at least once per week Note that consistency checks degrade performance so you should run them when the system load can tolerate it Data Protection e Battery Backup The RAID controllers are armed with a Battery Backup Module BBM While a Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS protects most servers from power fluctuations or failures a BBM pro OCE EN 113 APPENDIX 114 vides an additional level of protection In the event of a power failure a BBM supplies power to retain data in the RAID con troller s cache thereby permitting any potentially dirty da
49. Thunderbolt Product User s Manual Version 1 2 Issue Date December 2014 Copyright and Trademarks The information regarding products in this manual is subject to change without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual All brands and trademarks are the properties of their respective owners This manual contains materials protected under International Copyright Conventions All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying without the written permission of the manufacturer and the author FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against in terference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interfer ence will not occur in a particular installation Manufacturer s Declaration for CE Certification We confirm ThunderBox 600 has been tested and found compliant with the requirements in the council directive relating to the EMC Directive
50. Time Zone Time Zone conveniently runs in the system tray and allows you to easily view the date and time in various locations around the world You can also quickly and easily add your own personal locations to customize time zone the way you want e Automatic Daylight Saving Automatic Daylight Saving will normally attempt to automati cally adjust the system clock for daylight saving changes based on the computer time zone This tweak allows you to disable the automatic adjustment 4 8 8 View Events Mute Beeper To view the RAID storage s event information click on the View Event Mute Beeper link The RAID storage System events Infor mation screen appears The mute beeper function automatically enable by clicking on View Events Mute Beeper 84 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION sie a wt ut BEE areca Technology Corporation r ETT 2 C Informa Device Event Type Select this option to view the system events information Time Device Event Type Elapse Time and Errors The RAID storage does not have a built in real time clock The time information is the relative time from the system time setting The maximum event no is 256 per controller 4 8 9 Generate Test Event Use this feature to generate events for testing purposes TAGI tet s we ecooeo M Technology Corporation Do You Want To Generate Test Event V Confirm The Operation 4 8 10 Clear Events Buffer Use this
51. U ENEAN 78 4 0 3 HDD Power Management incen Rex Ro Exe EE x TEE 79 e Stagger Power On Control sesseesseeene 79 e Time to Hdd Low Power Idle eseeeesen 80 e Time To Hdd Low RPM Mode sseesseme 80 e SATA Power Up In Standby sseseesesse 80 4 8 4 Ethernet Configuration sese 80 s DHCP FUNCUOM nci ex xut i exe iie a SR Rad dee tr id vs 81 e Local IP address sssssssssssse Hee eene nn n 81 e Gateway IP addreSS s ssssssnrnrrrrrrrrrssesssesrnnnnnrrrrrreene 82 Subnet Mask teet e ERES Rex AU KR X tanta E AATE 82 HTTP Port Number eeeseeseeen nennen nennen nnn 82 Telnet Port Number eer RR ERR Rm kn 82 e SMTP Port Number sinense anana ennemi 82 4 8 5 Alert By Mail Configuration sssssssssrssssrrrrsrrrrnesrrnrrserran 82 4 8 6 SNMP Configuration ssssssssseessm emen 83 4 8 7 NTP Configuration iter e rennen HR ER E ER FARK REA NR ERR 83 NTP Sever Address eesessseeseeeneen ennemi 84 e TIME ZONG c crede Ene ex Ree E RE NE EN E ERR ERE ROLE KENT EE EET AE 84 Automatic Daylight Saving sisisisisiininsisiri iann erasian inaia 84 4 8 8 View Events Mute Beeper sssssssrrrrrrrrsssessnnnnnnrrrrrrene 84 4 8 9 Generate Test Event i i ret xS ER ITR ROIERESORAR 85 4 8 10 Clear Events Buffer eseesseeseeeeeen nennen 85 4 8 11 Modify Password cssssssseenen mmm 86 4 8 12 Upda
52. a x28 05 75 1 37 000 z P Confirm Tha Operation _ Submt Reset RET 4 5 9 Rescue Raid Set When the system is powered off in the RAID set update creation period the configuration possibly could disappear due to this abnormal condition The RESCUE function can recover the miss ing RAID set information The RAID storage uses the time as the RAID set signature The RAID set may have different time after the RAID set is recovered The SIGANT function can regenerate the signature for the RAID set 56 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION A vu aps hs dr AP Areca Technology Corporation all teal lopen all close a 3 s Try To Rescue Missing RAIDSET o Exec RESCUE To Try To Recover Missing RasdSer CO AND Set Funct Enter SIGNAT To Regenerate RaidSet Signature If RaidSet Is Recovered ceed Please contact us to make sure if you need to use rescue function Improperly usage may cause configuration corruption 4 6 Volume Set Functions 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 disk 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 ph
53. and Event Notifi cation Configuration on chapter 3 ArcHTTP Configuration 3 vee vii WP UE Technology Corporation open all close all e SMTP Server Configuration rs OLLOA o p p e Mail Address Configurations s Event Notification Configurations 4 8 6 SNMP Configuration Please refer to Appendix C of SNMP Operation amp Installation 4 8 7 NTP Configuration The Network Time Protocol NTP is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem It provides accuracies typically within a millisecond on LANs and up to a few tens of milliseconds on WANs relative to Coordinated Universal Time UTC via a Global Positioning Service GPS receiver for example Zr b a wih yt Areca Technology Corporation open all close ali e Server Configurations Y WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION Note NTP feature works through onboard Ethernet port So you must make sure that you have connected onboard Ethernet port e NTP Sever Address The most important factor in providing accurate reliable time is the selection of NTP servers to be used in the configuration file Typical NTP configurations utilize multiple redundant serv ers and diverse network paths in order to achieve high accura cy and reliability Our NTP configuration supports two existing public NTP synchronization subnets e
54. artitioned formatted and mounted by the operating system The following steps show how to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows system 1 Click Start gt right click Computer and select Manage 2 Click Disk Management in the left pane 3 Scroll down to the bottom of the middle pane Windows will display a list of new drives attached to your system with a label such as Disk 1 or Disk 2 etc 4 Right click on the drive you want to partition and then again to format it 5 Once it s formatted Windows automatically assigns the next available drive letter to it and then it will appear in Windows Explorer 2 5 3 4 Unmounting RAID Volumes To avoid possible data corruption LMP recommends that ThunderBox 600 RAID storages volume s be properly unmounted from the computer prior to turning off the RAID storage or safely removing the Thunderbolt interface cable INSTALLATION To unmount ThunderBox 600 RAID storage from a Windows system 1 Click on the Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon in the notification area at the lower right hand side of your screen and then in the list of devices choose the Thunder bolt storage volume option that you want to remove fely Remove Ha nd E p a a n 1 g ma Open Devices and Printers Ep Eject RAID Controller a Eject Areca ARC 5028T2 VOL 000 SCSI Disk Device olurne E Bere rs E Note Y
55. assigned to the operating system such as Net SNMP manager you can simply use the SNMP function on the ArcHTTP proxy server software To enable the RAID storage SNMP traps sending function click on the SNMP Configuration link The ArcHTTP proxy only provide one direction to send the trap to the SNMP manager without needing to install the SNMP extension SSS ee 44 ArcHTTP Configuration agent on the host If SNMP manager requests to query the SNMP information from RAID storage please refer the Appendix C SNMP Operation amp Installation The SNMP traps Configuration menu will show as following T wh 3 P b dii ArcHTTP Configurations le open all close all SNMP Trap Configurations NMP Trap IP Address 1 NMP Trop IP Address Trop IP Address a SNMP System Configurations c public a SNMP Trap Notification Configurations Confirm The Operation Submit Reset When you open the SNMP traps configuration page you will see the following settings 1 SNMP Trap Configurations Enter the SNMP trap IP address 2 SNMP System Configurations Community name acts as a password to screen accesses to the SNMP agent of a particular network device Type the community names of the SNMP agent in this field Before access is granted to a request station this station must incorporate a valid community name into its request otherwise the SNMP agent will deny access to the system Mo
56. ate feature from the Upgrade Firmware option on the System Controls A 3 Upgrading Firmware Through CLI This Command Line Interface CLI provides you to configure and manage the RAID storage components in Mac and Windows en vironment The CLI is useful in environments where a graphical user interface GUI is not available Through the CLI you perform firmware upgrade that you can perform with the McRAID storage manager GUI The controller has added protocol on the firmware for user to update the controller firmware package BIOS BOOT FIRM and MBRO through the CLI utility To update the controller firmware follow the procedure below Parameter path PATH OF FIRMWARE FILE gt Fn Firmware Updating Ex Update Firmware And File Path Is In C FW ARC1214FIRM BIN Command sys updatefw path c fw arc1214firm bin Enter APPENDIX Appendix B Battery Backup Module ARC 6120BA TO21 ThunderBox 600 RAID storage operates using cache memory The Battery Backup Module is an add on module that provides power to the RAID storage cache memory in the event of a power failure The BBM monitors the write back cache on the RAID storage and provides power to the cache memory if it contains data not yet written to the hard drives when power failure occurs B 1 BBM Connector and Components This section provides the board layout and connector jumper for the BBM e D13 Green light when BBM activated e D14 Red lig
57. ation e Write Performance Margin The Write Performance Margin is for controller to reserve n write margin AV stream recording It is designed to eliminate the frame drop and ensure to provide the smooth and stable performance on the application e Read And Discard Parity Data This function is used to determine if parity data is to be read and discarded It is designed to eliminate the frame drop and ensure to provide the smooth and stable performance on the application BIOS Selection It combines the Legacy BIOS and UEFI BIOS and EFI BIOS into a single BIOS and provide BIOS option in the GUI In the old days LMP provided separate BIOS files for each and need to manually flash it in Now flashing BIOS for differ ent BIOS type is no longer needed just make the BIOS selec tion in System Controls Advance Configuration BIOS Option The controller provides three BIOS options Legacy for motherboards that are using regular BIOS boot UEFI for motherboards especially Intel s motherboards using UEFI boot EFI for Intel based MacPro boot Disable disable controller BIOS at POST set to OxFF gt If BIOS is to be disabled gt All data are OxFF Im SSS 78 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 8 3 HDD Power Management LMP has automated the ability to manage HDD power based on usage patterns The HDD Power Management allows you to choose a Stagger Power On Control Low
58. ation Provide optimized parameter to adjust controlled firmware behavior for smooth data streaming USB 3 0 Support 1 Offer high performance connectivity and is backward compatibility with any computer such as Mac Pro running compatible versions of Mac OS X or Windows 2 Allow both old Mac Pro and newest Mac Pro model to access same storage seamlessly BBM Support Supports a battery backup option that protects all data in cache memory in the event of unexpected power outage for data availability Intelligent power On Off Turn ThunderBox 600 power in unison with the function host computer power status for data integrity Front Panel LCD and Buttons Easy access for configuration and status report Product Features Host Connection Two 20 Gb s Thunderbolt 2 Technology One 5Gb s USB 3 0 Port Disk Support 6 x 6Gb s SAS SATA 3 5 2 5 HDDs SSDs OS Support Mac OS X 10 8 5 or Higher amp Windows 7 8 5 95 95 Non condensing 11 INSTALLATION 2 Installation This section describes how to install the ThunderBox 600 Thunderbolt 2 amp USB 3 0 to 6Gb s SAS RAID storage with host computer and disks 12 2 1 Before You First Installing Thanks for purchasing the ThunderBox 600 as your RAID data stor age The following manual gives simple step by step instructions for installing and configuring the ThunderBox 600 RAID storage Unpack Unpack and install the hardware in a static free environment ThunderBox
59. ay LED Indicators Figure 1 1 Activity Fault LED The following table describes the RAID storage disk drive tray LED behavior Tray LED Normal Status Problem Indication 1 Activity LED 1 When the activity LED Blue is lit there is I O acti vity on that disk drive When the LED is not lit there is no activity on that disk drive 2 Fault Link LED 1 When the fault LED is Red Green lit there is no disk present 2 When the link LED is lit there is a disk pre sent 1 When the fault LED is off the disk is present and status is normal 2 When the fault LED is blinking 2 times sec the disk drive has failed and should be hot swapped immediately 3 When the activity LED is lit and fault LED is fast blinking 10 times sec there is re building activity on that disk drive INSTALLATION 2 4 2 LCD Panel LED Indicators There are a variety of status conditions that cause the RAID stor age panel monitoring LED to light The front panel LCD comes with three 3 status indicating LEDs The LEDs on the front panel are defined from top to bottom Power Busy and Caution as shown in Figure 1 2 Busy LED te Power LED Do 0 LMP Computer A 192 169 1 100 ga tf aada Caution LED Figure 1 2 LCD Panel LED The following table provides a summary of the front panel LED Panel LED Normal Status Problem Indication 1 Power LED Solid g
60. bute to modify the value After you complete the modifica tion tick on the Confirm The Operation check box and click the Submit button to complete the action The user can only modify the last volume set capacity 4 6 4 1 Volume Growth Use Expand Raid Set function to add disk to a RAID set The additional capacity can be used to enlarge the last volume set size or to create another volume set The Modify Volume Set function can support the Volume Modification function To expand the last volume set capacity move the cursor bar to the Capacity item and entry the capacity size When finished the above action click on the Submit button to complete the action The last volume set starts to expand its capacity To expand an existing volume noticed e Only the last volume can expand capacity e When expand volume capacity you can t modify stripe size or modify RAID level simultaneously e You can expand volume capacity but can t reduce volume capacity size e After volume expansion the volume capacity can t be decreased For greater 2TB expansion e If your system installed in the volume don t expand the volume capacity greater 2TB except your OS and controller can support boot up from a greater 2TB capacity device e Expand over 2TB used LBA64 mode Please make sure your OS supports LBA64 before expand it 4 6 4 2 Volume Set Migration Migrating occurs when a volume set is migrating from one
61. cally starts each time when you start your thunderbolt capable computer There is one MRAID icon show ing on your Desktop or Start menu This icon is for you to start up the ArcHTTP launch the McRAID storage manager and CLI utility When you click on the ArcHTTP from MRAID icon it shows all RAID storages available on the host system and create an individual RAID storage icon located on left column of the ArcHTTP Configurations screen This RAID storage icon is for user to launch the selected RAID storage web browser McRAID storage manager eoo ARCHTTP Configuration 1p localhost 2 C wile ea LL Apple Yahoo Google Maps YouTube Wikipedia News 555 Ponulu gt ax Fa s iis cfi d s t ArcHTTP Configurations lopen alljclose ail Confirm The Operation Locate ThunderBox 600 Web Management and launch the selected McRAID RAID storage manager Enter RAID storage default User Name admin and the Password 0000 when the login page prompted for it After logging in the McRAID storage manager process starts 48 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION e McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN Port Out of Band ThunderBox 600 RAID storage also offers an alternative out of band method for McRAID storage manager User can access the built in configuration without running the ArcHTTP proxy server on the host system The web browser based McRAID storage manager is a HTML based application which utili
62. ct The Drive For Raid Set screen is displayed showing the drive s connected to the current controller and enclosures Click on the selected physical drives within the current RAID set Enter 1 to 15 eee ee a E 51 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION alphanumeric characters to define a unique identifier for a RAID set The default RAID set name will always appear as Raid Set i Tick on the Confirm The Operation check box and click on the Submit button on the screen the RAID set will start to initialize If you have available disk member you can repeat above proce dures to define another RAID sets The Max 128 volumes is the default mode for SAS RAID storage The Max 16 volumes mode is used for support roaming this raidset to Areca SATA RAID con trollers The SATA RAID controller is designed to support up to 16 volumes only You have to use Max 16 volumes on the raidset mode if you plan to roam this raidset between SAS RAID control ler and SATA RAID controller A vee A rit Areca Technol or e iss eee sei or RAID Set logy Corporation ceca ote To create RAID 30 50 60 volume you need create multiple RAID sets firstly with the same disk numbers on each RAID set 4 5 2 Delete Raid Set To delete a RAID set click on the Deleted Raid Set link A Select The Raid Set To Delete screen is displayed showing all exist RAID sets in the current controller Click the RAID s
63. d Modify Volume Warning volume modified Volume Degraded Volume Failed Failed Volume Urgent Failed volume revived Revived Pe Abort Initialization Warning intialzation been abore Abort Rebuilding Warning Rebuilding abore Abort Migration Migration aborted Abort Checking Warning Party check abore top Initialization Warning Initialization stopped top Rebuilding Rebuilding stopped o top Migration Warning Migration soppa top Checking Warning Parity check stopped 1 C RAID Set Event reate RaidSet New RAID set created Eo Delete RaidSet Raidset deleted Po xpand RaidSet Raidset expanded Po Rebuild RaidSet Raidset rebuilding RaidSet Degraded Raidset degraded Replace HDD 103 APPENDIX D Hardware Monitor Event DRAM 1 Bit ECC DRAM 1 Bit ECC error Check DRAM DRAM Fatal Error Urgent DRAM fatal error Check the DRAM module and encountered replace with new one if required Controller Over Abnormally high Check air flow and cooling fan of Temperature temperature detected the enclosure and contact us on controller over 60 degree Urgent Abnormally high Check air flow and cooling fan of temperature detected theenclosure on Hdd over 55 degree Fan Failed Urgent Cooling Fan failure Check cooling fan of the enclosure or speed bel
64. d D H i 110 APPENDIX In the normal status the newly installed drive will be recon figured an online free disk But the newly installed drive is automatically assigned as a hot spare if any hot spare disk was used to rebuild and without new installed drive replaced it In this condition the Auto Declare Hot Spare status will be disappeared if the RAID storage has since powered off on The Hot Swap function can be used to rebuild disk drives in arrays with data redundancy such as RAID level 1 1E 3 5 6 10 30 50 and 60 e Auto Rebuilding If a hot spare is available the rebuild starts automatically when a drive fails The RAID controllers automatically and transparently rebuild failed drives in the background at user definable rebuild rates 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 automatically rebuilt and so that fault tolerance can be maintained RAID controllers will automatically restart the system and rebuilding process if the system is shut down or powered off abnormally during a reconstruction procedure condition When a disk is hot swapped although the system is functionally operational the system may no longer be fault tolerant Fault tolerance will be lost until the removed drive is replaced and the rebuild operation is completed During the automatic rebuild process
65. e installation process dE MRAD InstallShield Wizard zaj License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully To add your own license text to this dialog specify your license agreement file in the Dialog editor 1 Navigate to the User Interface view 2 Select the LicenseAgreement dialog 3 Choose to edit the dialog layout 4 Once in the Dialog editor select the Memo ScrollableText control 5 Set FileName to the name of your license agreement RTF file After you build your release your license text will be displayed in the License Agreement dialog Print lt Back o Next gt Cancel 6 On the Setup Type screen use the settings to specify these things and click on the Next button to continue JE MRAD InstallShield Wizard em Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits your needs Please select a setup type All program features will be installed Requires the most disk space Custom Choose which program features you want installed and where they will be installed Recommended for advanced users mr Ces Gee INSTALLATION e Complete to install driver ArcHTTP and CLI utility at once check the first box e Custom to install special components and change the pro gram directory When this Custom check box is checked go to the Custom Setup screen 6 1 On the Custom Setup screen click on an icon to install sp
66. e operating system This option works on different OS which supports 16 bytes CDB Use 4K Block This option uses 16 bytes CDB and changes the sector size from default 512 bytes to 4k bytes Windows XP only supports maximum volume capacity is up to 16TB e Initialization Mode This option is used to define Background Initialization Fore ground Initialization or No Init To Rescue Volume When Background Initialization the initialization proceeds as a background task the volume set is fully accessible for system reads and writes The operating system can instantly access to the newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and waiting the initialization complete When Foreground Initialization the initialization proceeds must be completed before the volume set ready for system accesses There is no initialization happened when you select No Init option No Init is for customer to rescue volume without losing data in the disk e Stripe Size This parameter sets the size of the stripe written to each disk in a RAID O 1 10 5 6 50 or 60 logical drive You can set the stripe size to 4 KB 8 KB 16 KB 32 KB 64 KB 128 KB 256 KB 512KB or 1M A larger stripe size produces better read per formance especially if your computer does mostly sequential reads However if you are sure that your computer does ran dom reads more often select a smaller stripe size 59 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION
67. ecial components and click on the Next button to JE MRAID Install Shield Wizard m Custom Setup A d Select the program feetures you want installed VR Click on an icon in the ist below to change how a feature is instaliec 2 Feature Descrpton d ArcHTTE aja This feature requires 92K5 on your hard drive Install to C Program Fles MRAD ange r rr rr e Driver is required for the operating system to be able to inter act with the ThunderBox 600 RAID storage e ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console McRAID storage manager to run It also runs as a service or daemon in the background that allows capturing of events for mail and SNMP traps notification Refer to the chapter 3 ArcHTTP Con figuration on ThunderBox 600 user manual for details about the mail and SNMP traps configuration e CLI Command Line Interface provides the functionality available in MRAID storage manager through a Command Line Interface You can set up and manage RAID storage inline CLI performs many tasks at the command line You can download CLI manual from the website or software CD lt CDROM gt DOCS directory 35 INSTALLATION 7 When you reach the installation page click on the Install button to continue J MRAD InstallShield Wizard E Ready to Install the Program 44 The wizard is ready to begin installation Click Install to begin the installation If you want to review or change a
68. eground Availability Background Initialization RAID 0 and RAID 1 volume sets can be used immediately af ter creation because they do not create parity data However RAID 3 5 6 30 50 or 60 volume sets must be initialized to generate parity information In Background Initialization the initialization proceeds as a background task and the volume set is fully accessible for system reads and writes The oper ating system can instantly access the newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and without waiting for initialization to complete Furthermore the volume set is protected against disk failures while initialing If using Foreground Initialization the initialization process must be completed before the vol ume set is ready for system accesses e Online Array Roaming RAID controllers store RAID configuration information on the disk drives The controller therefore protects the configuration settings in the event of controller failure Online array roam ing allows the administrators the ability to move a complete RAID set to another system without losing RAID configuration information or data on that RAID set Therefore if a server fails the RAID set disk drives can be moved to another server with an Areca RAID controllers and the disks can be inserted in any order Online Capacity Expansion Online Capacity Expansion makes it possible to add one or more physical drives to a volume set without interrupting server opera
69. en written to the last drive in the array If a single drive fails data is still available by computing the exclusive or of the contents cor responding strips of the surviving member disk RAID 3 is best for applications that require very fast data transfer rates or long data blocks DIIS NN NN NN 117 APPENDIX RAID 5 RAID 5 is sometimes called striping with parity at byte level In RAID 5 the parity information is written to all of the drives in the controllers rather than being concentrated on a dedicated parity disk If one drive in the system fails the parity information can be used to reconstruct the data from that drive All drives in the array system can be used for seek operations at the same time greatly increasing the performance of the RAID system This relieves the write bottleneck that characterizes RAID 4 and is the primary reason that RAID 5 is more often implemented in RAID arrays 118 APPENDIX RAID 6 RAID 6 provides the highest reliability It is similar to RAID 5 but it performs two different parity computations or the same compu tation on overlapping subsets of the data RAID 6 can offer fault tolerance greater than RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only consumes the capacity of 2 disk drives for distributed parity data RAID 6 is an extension of RAID 5 but uses a second independent distributed parity scheme Data is striped on a block level across a set of drives and then a second set of parity is calc
70. ent Information Base MIB These MIBs are defined and sanctioned by various industry associations Each type of device on your network has its own specific MIB file The MIB file defines the device as a set of managed objects val ues that can be read or changed by the SNMP manager The MIB file enables the SNMP manager to interpret trap messages from devices To make sense out of a trap that s sent by a device the SNMP manager needs to have access to the MIB that describes the format and content of the possible traps that the device can send The objective is for all vendors to create products in compli ance with these MIBs so that inter vendor interoperability can be achieved To be available for the SNMP manager a command adds the MIB file for each of devices to the MIB database This enables the devices to be managed via the SNMP manager The following figure illustrates the various components of an SNMP based management architecture 97 APPENDIX Manager Application T Varas analisi Pe art Managed Resource Definition t Service Layer and Protocols Physical Managed Object C 3 SNMP Installation Perform the following steps to install the Areca RAID controller SNMP function into the SNMP manager The installation of the SNMP manager is accomplished in several phases Step 1 Installing the SNMP manager software on the client Installing the SNMP manager software on the client This instal lation process
71. er is a HTML based application which utilizes the browser Safari IE and Mozilla etc installed on your monitor station It can be accessed through the in band Thunderbolt bus or out of band onboard LAN port The in band Thunderbolt bus method can launch the web browser based McRAID storage manager via ArcHTTP proxy server The firmware embedded web browser based McRAID storage manager allows local or remote to access it from any standard internet browser The firmware embedded SMTP manager monitors all system events and user can select either single or multiple user notifications to be sent with Plain English e mails The firmware embedded SNMP agent allows remote to monitor events with no SNMP agent required Use the McRAID storage manager to e Create RAID set e Expand RAID set e Define volume set e Add physical drive e Modify volume set e Modify RAID level stripe size e Define pass through disk drives e Modify system function e Update firmware e Designate drives as hot spares 47 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 1 Start up McRAID Storage Manager With McRAID Storage Manager you can e Locally manage a system containing a supported RAID storage that has Windows or Mac OS X ArcHTTP and a supported browser e Remote and managed systems must have a TCP IP connection e McRAID Storage Manager from Local Administration In Band Once ArcHTTP and CLI have been installed the ArcHTTP back ground task automati
72. et num ber which you want to delete in the select column on the delete screen Then tick on the Confirm The Operation check box and click on the Submit button in the screen to delete it The volume sets included in the Delete RAID Set It will be deleted by this action But for the Raid 30 50 60 you need to delete the volumes belonging to those RAID sets je 52 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION a b na E E uii Areca Technology Corporation ypen all close alll E s Select The Raid Set To Delete Select Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid State Capacity F Confirm The Operation VolumeSet In This RakdSet Will Also Be Deleted Submit Reset cece 4 5 3 Expand Raid Set Instead of deleting a RAID set and recreating it with additional disk drives the Expand Raid Set function allows the users to add disk drives to the RAID set that have already been created To expand a RAID set 1 Select the Expand Raid Set option If there is an available disk then the Select SAS SATA Drives For Raid Set Expansion screen appears 2 Select the target RAID set by clicking on the appropriate radio button Select the target disk by clicking on the appropriate check box 3 Click on the Submit button to start the expansion on the RAID set The new additional capacity can be utilized by one or more volume sets The volume sets associated with this RAID set appear for you to have
73. etting will store on a file name ArcHTTPSrv conf e General Configuration Binding IP Restrict ArcHTTP proxy server to bind only single interface If more than one physical network in the server HTTP Port Value 1765535 Display HTTP Connection Information To Console Select Yes to show Http send bytes and receive bytes information in the console Scanning PCI Device Select Yes for ThunderBox 600 RAID storage unit Scanning RS 232 Device No Scanning Inband Device No 42 ArcHTTP Configuration eoo ARCHTTP Configuration f Onhnp localhost 817 ta I pole Yahoo Google Maps YouTube Wikipedia News S55 Popular whee ils fille do uii i ArcHTTP Configurations lopen all close all Confirm The Operation e Mail Alert by Mail Configuration Many users require that email notifications be sent to the appropriate administrators when an alert is detected To set up your mail servers click on the the Mail Configuration link The SMTP Server Configurations allows you to define settings for your mail server This setup screen is shown as below XAR VN m ui WP aet aia Technology Corporation open all ci ase all 3 e SMTP Server Configuration 3 a Mail Address Configurations Event Notification Configurations 1 SMTP Server Configuration SMTP Server IP Address Enter the SMTP server IP address which is not McRAID storage manager IP Ex 192 168 0 2 43
74. etwork address and host ad dress HTTP Port Number To manually configure the HTTP Port Number of the control ler move the cursor bar to HTTP Port Number item then reassign the default HTTP Port Number of the controller Telnet Port Number To manually configure the Telnet Port Number of the control ler move the cursor bar to Telnet Port Number item then reassign the default Telnet Port Number of the controller e SMTP Port Number To manually configure the SMTP Port Number of the control ler Move the cursor bar to SMTP Port Number item then reassign the default SMTP Port Number of the controller If you configure the HTTP Port Number to 0 the HTTP console will be closed 4 8 5 Alert By Mail Configuration To configure the RAID storage e mail function move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the System Controls link The System Controls menu will show all items Move the cur sor bar to the Alert By Mail Configuration item and then select the desired function This function can only be set via web based configuration Rar 82 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION The firmware contains a SMTP manager monitoring all system events Single or multiple user notifications can be sent via Plain English e mails with no software required Please refer to SMTP Sever Configuration Mail Address Configuration
75. gnature on it So when a previously removed disk is self re inserted it won t trigger the degraded RAID ar ray to rebuild and so that the administrator has a chance to identify this miss behaving disk and replace it Always it is what it was before Whenever a disk is insert ed re inserted whether new or previously existed it always 73 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION triggers a rebuilding for the Degraded RAID set Volume Disable it will not trigger rebuilding regardless what sort of disk plugging in When Disable and or Blank Disk Only is selected the re inserted previously removed disk will be iden tified as a disk in a separate RAID set with duplicated RAID set and with all the rest of RAID members missing Disk Capacity Truncation Mode RAID storage uses drive truncation so that drives from differ ing vendors are more likely to be able to be used as spares for each other Drive truncation slightly decreases the usable ca pacity of a drive that is used in redundant units The controller provides three truncation modes in the system configuration Multiples Of 10G Multiples Of 1G and Disabled Multiples Of 10G If you have 120 GB drives from differ ent vendors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 123 5 GB and the other 120 GB Multiples Of 10G truncates the number under tens This makes same capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace the
76. he Raid Set member drive The cloning pro cess percentage will be indicated in the Volume State area of the Volume Set Information screen Completion of the Clone function process will be indicated by a notification message on the event log 4 7 4 1 Clone And Replace You can enlarge your logical drives by copying and replacing all member drives with drives of higher capacity The existing data in the logical drives is copied onto the new drives and then the original members are marked as Offlined 4 7 4 2 Clone Only The stand by disk will clone the logical drives without substitut ing it The status of the stand by drive will be marked as Of 68 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION flined after the cloning process The source drive will remain a member of the logical drive BR CURE Eie fih x aiii Areca Technology Corporation 3 OCE te 4 7 5 Abort Cloning Use this function to stop the ongoing clone disk action Ee E a taf Areca Technology Corporation open al e al Select The Failed Device For Activation sEnclosuree1 ARECA SAS RAID Adapterv 1 0 C confirm the Operation E DIE Sulat nee 4 7 6 Set Disk To Be Failed It sets a normal working disk as failed so that users can test some of the features and functions Jopen all close Device To Set To Fail VY es d a m 33 Areca Technology Corporation S Rai 1 ARECA SAS RAID Adaptor
77. he volumes are online but at the end of the process the operating system will de tect free space at after the existing volume Windows NetWare and other advanced operating systems support volume expansion which enables you to incorporate the additional free space within the volume into the operating system partition The operating system partition is extended to incorporate the free space so it can be used by the operat ing system without creating a new operating system partition You can use the Diskpart exe command line utility included with Windows Server 2003 or the Windows 2000 Resource Kit to extend an existing partition into free space in the dynamic disk Third party software vendors have created utilities that can be used to repartition disks without data loss Most of these utili ties work offline Partition Magic is one such utility High Availability e Global Local Hot Spares A hot spare is an unused online available drive which is ready for replacing the failure disk The hot spare is one of the most important features that RAID controllers provide to deliver a high degree of fault tolerance A hot spare is a spare physi ss a ET 109 APPENDIX cal drive that has been marked as a hot spare and therefore is not a member of any RAID set If a disk drive used in a volume set fails then the hot spare will automatically take its place and he data previously located on the failed drive is reconstructed on the ho
78. head and Total Cache Memory during runtime You can try to adjust the three numbers to get the best performance as your require ment Number of Stream shows the number of stream added to the system Amount of Read Ahead shows the amount of Read Ahead data taken from the cache without real disk execution and Total Cache Memory shows the total available memory being installed in the RAID controller e Optimize AV Recording AV recording option is for video recording no time limit but if used in normal operation performance may be degraded This new feature there are 4 options Disabled Mode1 Mode2 LL aa a a a a ee E 77 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION and Mode 3 Default value is Disabled Our controller cache uses LRU method there have no special memory capacity re served for read or write The Mode 1 2 and 3 are used to de fine the command sorting method The default sorting method is helpful for normal applications but not useful for AV ap plications so we have defined three different sorting methods for these special applications To decide how to optimize AV stream recording parameter you need to adjust the Optimize AV Recording and Write Buffer Threshold during runtime e Read Performance Margin The Read Performance Margin is for controller to reserve n read margin during AV stream recording It is designed to eliminate the frame drop and ensure to provide the smooth and stable performance on the applic
79. hen host computer power on status is received from the thunderbolt cable It takes about 30 seconds to fully start up the RAID stor age loe SSS SSS EE 22 INSTALLATION Figure 1 9 Connecting the Power to Enclosure 3 ThunderBox 600 RAID storage automatically turns off when the computer to which it is attached sleeps or is disconnected You can press and hold the Reset button for 3 seconds to force the RAID storage AC power on or off When you are finished installing the ThunderBox 600 RAID stor age you can set up the RAID volume using McRAID storage man ager or LCD to set up RAID volumes 2 5 2 Mac Users 2 5 2 1 Install the MRAID Software This section describes detailed instructions for installing the Mac driver amp utility for the ThunderBox 600 on your Apple Thunderbolt capable machine You must have administrative level permissions to install Mac OS X driver amp utility This can be done in just a few steps 1 Download the install mraid installer from the website at http www areca com tw support s thunderbolt thunder bolt htm the file name begins with install mraid followed by the version control or insert the ThunderBox 600 software CD in the CD ROM drive pnm E I 23 INSTALLATION 2 Double click on the zipped file that comes from the website or resides at lt CDROM gt packages MacOS to add the ins
80. ht when BBM charging e D15 Green light when BBM normal Em pl m D B 2 Status of BBM The BBM status will be shown on the web browser of Hardware Monitor Information screen wie P 3 d uii Areca Technology Corporation open alljciose Li M GOUCOU 93 APPENDIX B 3 Installation 1 Make sure all power to the RAID storage is disconnected 2 Install the six eaves copper pillars on the three mounting position NH1 NH2 and NH3 and secures it using round head screws Six eaves copper pillars 3 M3x23mm Round head screws 3 M3 NUT included split washer 3 Connector J1 is available for the optional battery backup module Connect the BBM cable from this connector to the 12 pin J6 battery connector on the RAID storage controller 4 Integrators provide pre drilled holes in their cabinet for secur ing the three six eaves copper pillars on the BBM using round head screws Round head screws 3 M3x6mm included split washer s 94 APPENDIX B 4 Battery Backup Capacity Battery backup capacity is defined as the maximum duration of a power failure for which data in the cache memory can be maintained by the battery The BBM s backup capacity duration can retain the cache content for a limited interval typically 72 hours B 5 Operation 1 Battery conditioning is automatic There are no manual pro cedures for battery condition
81. in the McRAID storage manager process starts AR P A THF Areca Technology Corporation Ez all close a H 58 38 i eo6poe Og vza Do a Quick Create Raid Volume Set ot isks Confirm The Operation Reset 38 INSTALLATION Click on the Quick Create in the main menu your volume is automatically configured based on the number of disks in your system You can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set The user can change the Raid Level Capacity Initialization Mode and Stripe Size A hot spare option is also created depending on the exist configuration Click on the Confirm The Operation check box and click on the Submit button the RAID set and volume set will start to initialize If you prefer to customize your volume set please use the Raid Set Functions and Volume Set Functions See chapter 4 of ThunderBox 600 user manual for information on customizing your RAID volumes using McRAID storage manager Other wise to begin using the ThunderBox 600 right away go on the next Format the Volume section to begin the formatting procedure e Method 2 McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN port User can remote manage the RAID storage directly connected to the 10 100Mbits RJ45 LAN port via standard web browsers To configure ThunderBox 600 RAID storage using a LAN port you need to know its IP address The default IP address will be shown on the LC
82. indows system You can use the installer to install driver ArcHTTP and CLI at once or Custom to install special components Follow the steps below to install the driver amp utility for Windows 1 Download the install_mraid installer from the website at http www areca com tw support s thunderbolt thunder bolt htm the file name begins with install mraid followed by the version control or insert the ThunderBox 600 software CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Double click on the zipped file that comes from the website or resides at lt CDROM gt PACKAGES Windows to unzip it Double click on the setup exe file for installing MRAID 3 The screen shows Preparing to Install MRAID Installshield Wizard Preparing to Install NRATD Setup s preparing the InstalShiek Wizard which wi gude you through the prog cess Please wait Extracting NRAID msi 4 The MRAID Installer or InstallShield Wizard opens pre paring to install and click on the Next button to continue CULU ee ee 33 INSTALLATION EJ MRAD InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for MRAID The InstallShield R Wizard will install MRAID on your computer To continue dick Next WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties 5 When the License Agreement screen appears read and agree to the license information then let the InstallShield Wizard guide you through th
83. ing or preconditioning to be per formed by the user 2 In order to make sure of all the capacity is available for your battery cells allow the battery cell to be fully charged when installed for the first time The first time charge of a battery cell takes about 24 hours to complete 3 Set the Disk Write Cache Mode Auto if Disk Write Cache option does not set on the Auto 4 Set the volume set Cache Mode Write Back Cache B 6 Battery Functionality Test Procedure 1 Write amount of data into controller volume about 5GB or bigger 2 Waiting for few seconds power failed system by remove the power cable 3 Check the battery status battery beeps every few seconds 4 Power on system and login in the RAID storage 5 Check the controller event log make sure the event shows controller boot up with power recovered B 7 Changing the Battery Backup Module At some point the LI ION battery will no longer accept a charge properly LI ION battery life expectancy is anywhere from ap proximately 1 to 5 years 1 Power down the RAID storage properly Make sure that cache memory has been flushed 2 Remove all Round head screws from the cabinet DI A M ILII KXKSCKXRescA a EES 95 APPENDIX 96 3 Disconnect the BBM cable from J6 on the RAID storage con troller 4 Disconnect the battery pack cable from JP2 on the BBM 5
84. ion of two disks A third disk can be added to the existing RAID logical drive and the volume set can then be migrated from RAID level 1 to 5 The result would be parity fault tolerance and double the avail able capacity without taking the system down A forth disk could be added to migrate to RAID level 6 It is only possible to migrate to a higher RAID level by adding a disk disks in an existing array can t be reconfigured for a higher RAID level without adding a disk Online migration is only permitted to begin if all volumes to be migrated are in the normal mode During the migration process the volume sets being migrated are accessed by the host system In addition the volume sets with RAID level 1 1E 10 3 5 or 6 are protected against data loss in the event _ _ a 108 APPENDIX of disk failure s In the case of disk failure the volume set transitions from migrating state to migrating degraded state When the migration is completed the volume set tran sitions to degraded mode If a global hot spare is present then it further transitions to rebuilding state Online Volume Expansion Performing a volume expansion on the controller is the pro cess of growing only the size of the latest volume A more flexible option is for the array to concatenate an additional drive into the RAID set and then expand the volumes on the fly This happens transparently while t
85. is de fined within the volume set If physical disks of different capaci ties 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 Volume Set Each volume set is seen by the host system as a single logical device in other words a single large virtual hard disk A volume set will use a specific RAID level which will require one or more physical disks depending on the RAID level used RAID level refers to the level of performance and data protection of a volume set The capacity of a volume set can consume all or a portion of the available disk capacity in a RAID set Multiple volume sets can exist in a RAID set For the RAID controller a volume set must be created either on an existing RAID set or on a group of available individual disks disks that are about to become part of a RAID set If there are pre existing RAID sets with available capacity and enough disks for the desired RAID level then the volume set can be created in the existing RAID set of the user s choice RAID set 1 3 Individual Disks Free Space Volume 1 RAID 5 Volume 0 1E 105 APPENDIX In the illustration volume 1 can be assigned a RAID level 5 of operation while volume 0 might be assigned a RAID level 1E of operation Alternatively the free space can be used to create vol ume 2 which could then be set to use RAID level 5 Ease of Use Features e For
86. is well covered in the User s Guide of your SNMP manager application Step 2 Compiling the MIB description file with the manage ment Placing a copy of the RAID controller s MIBs file in a directory which is accessible to the management application and compile the MIB description file with the SNMP management application database Before the manager application accesses the Areca RAID controller it is necessary to integrate the MIB into the management applica tion s database of events and status indicator codes This process is known as compiling the MIB into the application This process is highly vendor specific and should be well covered in the User s Guide of your SNMP manager application Ensure the compilation process successfully integrates the contents of the areca_sas mib file into the traps database The MIBs file resides at lt CD ROM gt packages SNMP_MIBs on the software CD or download from http WWW areca com tw urs 0000000777777 98 APPENDIX Each RAID storage needs to have its own MIBs file Areca provides 4 RAID storage MIBs file for users User can request it if more con trollers install on one system ote 1 The MIB compiler may be not installed by default with SNMP manager 2 Some SNMP managers have unique rule on the format of MIB files you may need to refer the error message to modify the mib file to be able to met the software requirement Step 3 SNMP Service Method With LMP serie
87. lly from the Finder use the Go menu and open the Utilities folder Double click on the Disk Utility program To initialize and partition your unit 1 When the Disk Utility window opens find and select the de sired drive in the sidebar that represents your RAID storage and click on the Partition button INSTALLATION 2 In the Partition Layout column click on the Current to show the drop down menu and select the number of parti tions that you want your RAID storage to have Each partition will appear as a separate drive on your computer Areca ARC 5026 VOLIOO0 Media 2092 9 partie the selected di a layout from the Partition Layout pop up mesu vet aptior for each parttion and cice Anety E a Hin 3 Specify your Partition Information Option setting and click on the Apply button eon 2 0 9 If you re not sure which format to use choose Mac OS X Extended Journaled 4 When a message asks you to confirm you want to partition the disk click on the Partition button This may take a couple of minutes depending on the size of the drives in your RAID storage When the partitioning is complete icons for each new partition show up on your desktop They are now ready to use 31 INSTALLATION 2 5 2 4 Make A Bootable RAID Volume You can follow the following procedures to add ThunderBox 600 RAID volume on Intel based Mac bootable device listing 1 Set the B
88. manager 4 Login User Name admin and the Password 0000 5 6 Follow the on screen steps to complete the configuration Click on the Quick Create to configure the volume Step 4 Format RAID Volumes Chapter 2 5 3 3 1 2 3 Click Start gt right click Computer and select Man age Click Disk Management in the left pane Scroll down to the bottom of the middle pane Windows will display a list of new drives attached to your system with a label such as Disk 1 or Disk 2 etc Right click on the drive you want to partition and then again to format it Once it s formatted Windows automatically assigns the next available drive letter to it and then it will appear in Windows Explorer They are now ready to use INSTALLATION 2 3 RAID Storage View The following diagram is the RAID storage front view and rear view z al del Front view Rearview 1 Disk Activity LED 2 Disk Fault Link LED 3 LCD Panel with Keypad Thunderbolt Porti Thunderbolt Port2 Thunderbolt Porti Link LED Thunderbolt Port2 Link LED USB 3 0 Port LAN Port For McRAID Web Manager 10 Reset Button 11 Power Connector 12 System Fan 15 INSTALLATION 2 4 Locations of the Storage Component The following components come with LEDs that inform ThunderBox 600 RAID storage managers about the operational status 2 4 1 Drive Tr
89. n AUN Step 3 Configure RAID Volumes Chapter 2 5 2 2 1 Double click on the MRAID icon on the desktop 2 Double click on the ArcHTTP64 3 Locate ThunderBox 600 Web Management and launch the McRAID storage manager 4 Login User Name admin and the Password 0000 5 Click on the Quick Create to configure the volume 6 Follow the on screen steps to complete the configuration Step 4 Format RAID Volumes Chapter 2 5 2 3 1 Mac OS X recognizes that a new disk is available 2 Follow the Disk Utility on screen steps to initialize and parti tion your unit 3 Icons for each new partition show up on your desktop 4 They are now ready to use e For Windows Step 1 Physically Install the Hardware Chapter 2 5 1 1 Install HDDs 2 Connect power cord 3 Connect Thunderbolt cable 13 INSTALLATION Step 2 Install the MRAID Software Package Chapter 2 5 3 1 14 1 AUN Download the install_mraid installer from the website at http www areca com tw support s_ thunderbolt thunder bolt htm Double click on the install mraid zipped file Double click on the setup exe unzip file Follow the installer on screen steps to complete the installa tion Step 3 Configure RAID Volumes Chapter 2 5 3 2 1 2 3 Double click on the MRAID icon on the desktop Double click on the ArcHTTP64 Locate ThunderBox 600 Web Management and launch the McRAID storage
90. n shows you have completed the driver installation and click on the Next button to continue MRAID Congratulations MRAID has been successfully installed to I Applications Press Done to quit the installer Cancel INSTALLATION 10 After installation is completed click on the Done button to reboot your computer in order to complete installation Please reboot the system to take effect 11 The ArcHTTP and ArcCLI are installed at the same time on ThunderBox 600 Once ArcHTTP and CLI have been in stalled the ArcHTTP background task automatically starts each time when you start your computer There is one MRAID icon showing on your desktop This icon is for you to launch the McRAID storage manager by ArcHTTP and CLI utility If you have not yet installed the hardware please follow the 1 5 1 Physically Install RAID Storage and Drives section to install it Otherwise to begin the creation volume go on the 1 5 2 2 Configure RAID Volumes section to con figure the volume 2 5 2 2 Configure RAID Volumes There are often multiple ways to accomplish the same configura tion and maintenance tasks for your RAID storage Your Thun derBox 600 RAID storage can be configured by one of the fol lowing methods 1 McRAID Storage Manager from ArcHTTP Thunderbolt port 2 McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN port 3 LCD Panel with Keypad 27 INSTALLATION e Method 1 McRAID Storage Manager
91. nderbolt daisy chaining allows connection of up to six devices so customers can connect ThunderBox 600 for massive amounts of video storage with a single Thunderbolt connection to their host computer Thun derBox 600 can meet the demand of users when working with rich ultra high resolution media through Thunderbolt 2 interface The SuperSpeed USB 3 0 interface offers high performance connectivity and is backward compatibility with any computer running compat ible versions of Mac OS X such as Mac Pro or Windows Unparalleled Performance for 4K Workflow ThunderBox 600 is a 6 bay 6Gb s SAS SATA Thunderbolt 2 USB 3 0 storage with RAID control capabilities solution for Mac and PC environment ThunderBox 600 incorporated high performance ROC and 1GB DDR3 memory with ECC protection to deliver true hard ware RAID for the video editor working with real time multi stream HD and 4K workflows It runs efficiently without disruption or major drops in performance to meet the requirements of 4K data workflow It is so quick it allows for 4K displays at the same time as daisy chaining ThunderBox 600 and doing a simultaneous 4K output and file transfers while maintaining maximum throughput SPECIFICATION Enterprise class Data Availability and Security ThunderBox 600 supports the hardware RAID 6 engine to allow two HDDs failures without impact the existing data and perfor mance It allows users to hot swap drive in the event of a drive failure with
92. ny of your installation settings dick Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard xm ea omes 8 A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation T MRAD InstallShield Wizard Installing MRAID The program features you selected are being installed Please wait while the inctalshield Wizard installs MRAID This may take several minutes State When this screen completes you have completed the MRAID in stallation If you have no ThunderBox 600 RAID storage unit yet connected or powered on a MRAID Installer Information message displays J MRAID Installer Information gt Please attach your device to this computer any time after the instalation has fished 9 After installation is complete click on the Finish button to exit the InstallShield Wizard 36 INSTALLATION InstallShield Wizard Completed The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed MRAID Click Finish to exit the wizard 10 The ArcHTTP and CLI are installed at the same time on ThunderBox 600 Once ArcHTTP and CLI have been in stalled the ArcHTTP background task automatically starts each time when you start your computer There is one MRAID icon showing on your Programs folder This icon is for you to start up the McRAID storage manager by ArcHTTP and CLI utility If you have not yet installed the hardware please follow the 1 5 1 Physically Install RAI
93. oller to sequence the spinup of devices It is mainly for server workstation environments operating in multiple drive configurations 4 8 4 Ethernet Configuration Use this feature to set the controller Ethernet port configuration A customer doesn t need to create a reserved space on the arrays before the Ethernet port and HTTP service are working The firm ware embedded web browser based RAID manager can access it from any standard internet browser or from any host computer either directly connected or via a LAN or WAN with no software or 80 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION patches required To configure the RAID controller Ethernet port move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the System Controls link The System Controls menu will show all items Move the cursor bar to the Ethernet Configuration item and then select the desired function E wh AA fe lb d T Areca Technology Corporation open all close all il s Ether Net Configurations RIT PO oma contem me Operation e DHCP Function DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of IP Internet Protocol configurations on a computer network When using the internet s set of protocols TCP IP in order for a computer system to communicate to another computer system it needs a unique IP address Without DHCP the IP address must
94. ormance penalty when compared to writing to a single disk If one drive fails all data and software applica tions are preserved on the other drive RAID 1 offers extremely high data reliability but at the cost of doubling the required data storage capacity 1 a Dui L Db x 116 APPENDIX RAID 10 1E RAID 10 1E is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1 combining stripping with disk mirroring RAID Level 10 combines the fast performance of Level O with the data redundancy of level 1 In this configuration data is distributed across several disk drives similar to Level 0 which are then duplicated to another set of drive for data protection RAID 10 has been traditionally imple mented using an even number of disks some hybrids can use an odd number of disks as well Illustration is an example of a hybrid RAID 10 1E array comprised of five disks A B C D and E In this configuration each strip is mirrored on an adjacent disk with wrap around LMP RAID 10 offers a little more flexibility in choos ing the number of disks that can be used to constitute an array The number can be even or odd RAID 3 RAID 3 provides disk striping and complete data redundancy though a dedicated parity drive RAID 3 breaks up data into smaller blocks calculates parity by performing an exclusive or on the blocks and then writes the blocks to all but one drive in the array The parity data created during the exclusive or is th
95. ou can also safely remove devices from the computer folder Click the Start button click Computer right click the device you want to remove and then click Eject 2 Windows will display a notification telling you it s safe to remove the Thunderbolt storage volume Now you can unplug the Thunderbolt cable Safe To R iw The Areca ARC 5028T2 VOL 000 SCSI Disk Device device can now be safely removed from the computer e E vae 41 ArcHTTP Configuration 3 ArcHTTP Configuration This chapter describes how to configure the System Function of ArcHTTP The ArcHTTP proxy utility runs as a service or daemon and has it automatically start the proxy for all RAID storages found This way the RAID storage can be managed remotely without having to sign in the server Start ArcHTTP Browser Edition 1 In Windows right click on Start menu and choose Programs Clicking MRAID program icon starts the ArcHTTP utility From the Start menu choose Programs gt MRAID gt ArcHTTP 2 On a Mac there is one MARID icon showing on your desktop This icon is for you to start up the ArcHTTP utility When you click the ArcHTTP it shows all RAID storages available on the system and System Function on left column of the ArcHTTP Configurations screen The ArcHTTP has also integrated the email notification and SNMP function for user to send SNMP traps and e mail notifications ArcHTTP configuration s
96. ow and replace with a new one if 1700RPM required Controller Temp Serious Controller temperature Recovered back tonormal level Hdd Temp Serious Hdd temperature back Recovered tonormal level Raid Powered On RAIDpoweron Testevet urgen esteve ner On With VEIT Lr power on with Battery Backup battery backuped Incomplete RAID Serious Some RAID set Check disk information to find out Discovered member disks missing which channel missing before power on HTTP Log in Serius Ja HTTP login detecte Teietiog Serious Tenet login detected Invri00 Log n Serious Ja VTi00 login detected AP LogIn Serious s APriogin detected Lost Rebuilding Urgent Some rebuilding Reinserted the missing member MigrationLBA migration raidset disk back controller will continued member disks missing the incompleted rebuilding before power on migration 104 APPENDIX Appendix E RAID Concept RAID Set A RAID set is a group of disks connected to a RAID controller A RAID set contains one or more volume sets The RAID set itself does not define the RAID level 0 1 1E 3 5 6 10 30 50 60 etc the RAID level is defined within each volume set Therefore volume sets are contained within RAID sets and RAID Level
97. ower demand as well as steady state con ditions With this option it gives the RAID storage the ability to spin up the disk drives sequentially staggered power up value The C TT 79 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION values can be selected from 0 4 to 6 seconds per step which powers up one drive e Time to Hdd Low Power Idle This option delivers lower power consumption by automati cally unloading recording heads during the setting idle time The values can be selected Disabled or within the range 2 to 7 minutes e Time To Hdd Low RPM Mode This function can automatically spin disks at lower RPM if there have not been used during the setting idle time The values can be selected Disabled or within the range 10 to 60 minutes e Time To Spin Down Idle HDD This function can automatically spin down the drive if it hasn t been accessed for a certain amount of time This value is used by the drive to determine how long to wait with no disk activ ity before turning off the spindle motor to save power The values can be selected Disabled or within the range 1 to 60 minutes e SATA Power Up In Standby SATA Power Up In Standby power management 2 mode PM2 is a SATA disk drive configuration which prevents the drive from automatic spinup when power is applied Enabled option allows the drive to be powered up into the Standby power management state to minimize inrush current at power up and to allow the contr
98. rage determines the Raid Levels that can be implemented with the RAID set You can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set The user can change the Raid Level Capacity Initialization Mode and Stripe Size A hot spare option is also created depending on the exist configuration Tick on the Confirm The Operation check box and click on the Submit button in the Quick Create screen the RAID set and volume set will start to initialize AT ve E a et BF areca Technology Corporation EE EE Quick Creato Raid Volume Set Confirm The Operation Reset In Quick Create your volume set is automatically configured based on the number of disks in your system Use the Raid Set Functions and Volume Set Functions if you prefer to customize your volume set or RAID 30 50 60 volume set 4 5 Raid Set Functions Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you prefer to customize your volume set Manual configuration can provide full control of the RAID set settings but it will take longer to complete than the Quick Volume Raid Setup configuration Select the Raid Set Function to manually configure the RAID set for the first time or delete and reconfigure existing RAID sets A RAID set is a group of disks containing one or more volume sets 4 5 1 Create Raid Set To create a RAID set click on the Create Raid Set link A Sele
99. reen when power on Unlit when power on Green 2 Busy LED Blinking amber during host ac Unlit or never flicker Amber cesses RAID storage 3 Caution LED Unlit indicates that the RAID Solid indicates that one or Red storage and all its components more component failure Ur are operating correctly gent events have occurred 2 4 3 Thunderbolt Port LED Indicators Link LED for Thunderbolt at Figure 1 3 Thunderbolt Ports LED The following table describes the ThunderBox 600 SAS RAID stor age Thunderbolt port link LED behavior SSS a a ry 17 INSTALLATION Thunderbolt Ports Link LED Green light 1 Lit indicates RAID storage is powered and maintained the daisy chain with other Thunderbolt devices 2 Blinking 5 times sec that indicates RAID storage is in sleep mode 3 Blinking 1 time sec that indicates RAID storage is powered down and maintained the daisy chain with other Thunderbolt devices Amber light There is a proper DisplayPort connection on that Thun derbolt port Red light There is a proper DisplayPort to DVI connection on that Thunderbolt port 2 5 Setting Up RAID Storage Setting up your ThunderBox 600 RAID storage involves these main steps e Physically Install the RAID Storage and Drives e Install the MRAID Software e Configure RAID Volumes e Format RAID Volumes e Unmounting RAID Volumes Details about these steps are described in the following sections 2
100. requent What to use is up to the users to decide based on their applications and experimental results 4 8 2 Advanced Configuration To set the RAID storage advanced system function move the cur sor to the main menu and click the Advanced Configuration link The Advanced Configuration menu will show all items and then select the desired function a AT vae bile fate Mi reca Technology Corporation open all close all num E E 4 r E sence auto v e TLER Setting TLER time limited error recovery functions provide support for WD Caviar RE RAID series disks This is a new option from WD to support RAID features that were traditionally missing from standard desktop drives TLER is a method of signaling the system RAID controller in the event that an error recovery process is taking longer than time out specifications allow This prevents the RAID controller from dropping the 75 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 76 drive from the array during this period Default value is manu facture setting You can select between 5 6 and 7 second This feature is used to setup the HDD internal timeout value Timeout Setting Disk time out is a registry setting that defines the time that RAID controller will wait for a hard disk to respond to a com mand You can modify the retry value by entering a new value in the edit box beside this button and then selecting the but ton Normally you should not need to modif
101. rformance so you can also run them when the system is idle set on Checking After System Idle A AR wee aile cfle di dii Areca Technology Corporation ope all en all close 3 Scheduled Volume Checking Disabled woo ock r T Confirm The Operation Schedule Volume Check Submit Rasat ceo Please make sure of the inconsistency source generated by parity error or bad data block before you click the recovery method Otherwise you will lose the recovery data WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 6 7 Stop Volume Set Check Use this option to stop the Check Volume Set function 4 7 Physical Drive Choose this option to select a physical disk from the main menu and then perform the operations listed below 4 7 1 Create Pass Through Disk To create pass through disk move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the Create Pass Through link The relative setting function screen appears A pass through disk is not con trolled by the RAID storage firmware it can t be a part of a vol ume set The disk is available to the operating system as an indi vidual disk It is typically used on a system where the operating system is on a disk not controlled by the RAID firmware The user can also select the Volume Cache Mode Write Protection Tagged Command Queuing and SCSI channel SCSI_ID SCSI_LUN for this pass through disk AR vee ai d ii Areca Technology Corporation the I
102. rror Keep Watching HDD status may be it caused by noise or HDD unstable Device Inserted Device Removed Warnin Warnin Reading Error Writing Error it caused by noise or HDD unstable mode it caused by noise or HDD unstable gent HDD failure i PCI parity error If only happen once it may be caused by noise If always happen please check power supply or contact to us Device Failed SMART Created created Modified modified deleted ATA Ecc Error Time Out Error cq 9 Sl of v xe imi 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 a a e a Device Failed PCI Parity Error uo 0 a o c Uu Deleted c a 0 o gt 102 APPENDIX B Volume Event ieve Meaning Acton fart Initialize Warning Volume initialization has started tart Rebuilding Warning Volume rebuilding has started tart Migrating Warning Volume migration has started T tart Checking Warning Volume parity checking has started omplete Int Warning Volume initialization completed omplete Rebuild Warning Volume rebuilding completed omplete Migrate Warning Volume migration completed omplete Check warning Volume parity checking completed reate Volume Warning New volume created Delete Volume Warning Volume delete
103. rs The controllers will recognize a SMART error code and notify the administer of an impending hard drive failure e Auto Reassign Sector Under normal operation even initially defect free drive me dia can develop defects This is a common phenomenon The bit density and rotational speed of disks is increasing every year and so are the potential of problems Usually a drive can internally remap bad sectors without external help using cyclic redundancy check CRC checksums stored at the end of each sector The RAID controller drives perform automatic defect reassign ment for both read and write errors Writes are always com pleted if a location to be written is found to be defective the drive will automatically relocate that write command to a new location and map out the defective location If there is a re SS SSS SSS SSS E 112 APPENDIX coverable read error the correct data will be transferred to the host and that location will be tested by the drive to be certain the location is not defective If it is found to have a defect data will be automatically relocated and the defective location is mapped out to prevent future write attempts In the event of an unrecoverable read error the error will be reported to the host and the location will be flagged as being potentially defective A subsequent write to that location will initiate a sector test and relocation should that location prove to have a defect Auto Reassign
104. rts e Support bootable from RAID storage volume e Redundant flash image for controller availability e System status indication through LCD LED and alarm buzzer e Intelligent power On OFF function e Battery Backup Module ready optional RAID Features e RAID level 0 1 10 1E 3 5 6 30 50 60 Single Disk or JBOD e Multiple RAID selection e Support up to 1MB stripe size e Online array roaming e Online RAID level stripe size migration e Instant availability and background initialization e Multiple pairs SSD HDD disk clone function e SSD automatic monitor clone AMC support e Support global and dedicated hot spare e Automatic drive insertion removal detection and rebuilding e Advanced configuration for smooth data streaming e Support intelligent power management to save energy and ex tend service life e Complete configuration management suite McRAID manager browser based management tool LAN or Thunderbolt Push Buttons and LCD Display panel for setup and status Command Line Interface CLI scriptable configuration tool API libraries support combine GUI with user management utility SNMP support for remote monitoring SMTP support for email notification SPECIFICATION Function Advantages Features Benefits Bootable Drive Support Provide user the capability of adding bootable drive via Thunderbolt on Apple thunderbolt capable machine Advanced Configur
105. s RAID controllers there are 2 service methods to get SNMP in band Thunderbolt port and onboard NIC 1 Service Method 1 Using in band Thunderbolt port ArcHTTP proxy server Pay attention to these e Do not check mark the option SNMP Through PCI e Make sure you have the latest driver and ArcHTTP from this URL http www areca com tw support e ArcHTTP supports sending traps only do not support the get command 2 Service Method 2 Using onboard LAN port Pay attention to these e Do not check mark the option SNMP Through PCI e Do need to fill out the SNMP Trap Config C 3 1 Using ArcHTTP The HTTP management software ArcHTTP runs as a service or daemon and has it automatically start the proxy for all control lers found This way the controller can be managed remotely without having to sign in the server The ArcHTTP has also in tegrated the ability of sending SNMP trap Please reference the manual Chapter 3 ArcHTTP Configuration section to install and setup its configuration pm M 99 APPENDIX 100 To enable the controller to send the SNMP traps to client SNMP manager using the IP address assigned to the operating system such as Net SNMP manager you can simply use the SNMP function on the ArcHTTP proxy server utility To enable the RAID controller SNMP traps sending function configure the SNMP Traps Configuration options on the ArcHTT
106. s feature to view the RAID storage s system information The controller name controller firmware version Boot ROM version serial number main processor CPU instruction data cache size system memory size speed and current IP address appear in this screen AX Bye een d Y FEE Some open all close all Raid Subsystem Information roller Name 4 9 4 Hardware Monitor The hardware monitor information of the enclosure attached in this controller is also shown on this screen p vee R Cur p aiid Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close all 4 Stop Auto Rofresh tor Controller H W Monitor roile ecedee s Enclosures1 ARECA SATA RAID V1 0 89 APPENDIX Appendix A Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process A 1 Overview Since the ThunderBox 600 Thunderbolt RAID storage features flash ROM firmware it is not necessary to change the hardware flash chip in order to upgrade the RAID firmware The user can simply re program the old firmware through the in Band Thunderbolt port or out of band LAN port McRAID storage manager New releases of the firmware are available in the form of a DOS file on the shipped CD or the website The files available at the FTP site for each model contain the following files in each version ARC1214NNNN BIN Software binary code NNNN refers to the software code type ARC1214BIOS BIN PCIe 2 0 BIOS for system board using ARC1214BOOT BIN RAID con
107. st network devices use public as default of their community names This value is case sensitive 3 SNMP Trap Notification Configurations Before the client side SNMP manager application accepts the RAID storage traps it is necessary to integrate the MIB into the management application s database of events and status indicator codes This process is known as compiling the MIB into the application This process is highly vendor specific and should be well covered in the User s Guide of your SNMP application Ensure the compilation process successfully integrates the contents of the areca_sas mib file into the traps database Please refer to Ap pendix C of SNMP Operation amp Installation The MIBs file resides at lt CD ROM gt packages SNMP_MIBs on the software CD pm J U sm epi 45 ArcHTTP Configuration ote Event Notification Table refer to Appendix D After you confirm and submit configurations you can use Generate Test Event feature to make sure these settings are correct e Rescan Device Configuration Let s assume you ve put all LMP RAID storages to a system The ArcHTTP scans the RAID storages on the system and create an individual RAID storage icon located on left column of the ArcHTTP Configurations screen This adapter icon is for user to launch web browser RAID manager If there is any RAID storage missed on the system
108. striping Up to one disk failure Up to one disk failure in each sub volume Up to one disk failure Up to one disk failure Up to two disk failure Up to one disk failure in each sub volume 121 APPENDIX 50 RAID 50 is a combination multiple RAID Up to one disk 5 volume sets with RAID 0 striping failure in each sub volume Up to two disk RAID 60 is a combination multiple RAID 6 volume sets with RAID 0 striping failure in each sub volume 122
109. t spare Dedicated hot spare is assigned to serve one specified RAID set Global hot spare is assigned to serve all RAID set on the RAID controller Dedicated hot spare has higher priority than the global hot spare For this feature to work properly the hot spare must have at least the same capacity as the drive it replaces The host spare function only works with RAID level 1 1E 3 5 6 10 30 50 or 60 volume set The Create Hot Spare option gives you the ability to define a global dedicated hot spare disk drive To effectively use the hot spare feature you must always maintain at least one drive that is marked as a global hot spare The hot spare must have at least the same capacity as the drive it replaces e Hot Swap Disk Drive Support The RAID controller chip includes a protection circuit that sup ports the replacement of SAS SATA hard disk drives without having to shut down or reboot the system A removable hard drive tray can deliver hot swappable fault tolerant RAID solutions This feature provides advanced fault tolerant RAID protection and online drive replacement Auto Declare Hot Spare If a disk drive is brought online into a system operating in de graded mode the RAID controllers will automatically declare the new disk as a spare and begin rebuilding the degraded volume The Auto Declare Hot Spare function requires that the smallest drive contained within the volume set in which the failure occurre
110. ta in the cache to be flushed out to secondary storage when power is restored The batteries in the BBM are recharged continuously through a trickle charging process whenever the system power is on The batteries protect data in a failed server for up to three or four days depending on the size of the memory module Under normal operating conditions the batteries last for three years before replacement is necessary Recovery ROM RAID controller firmware is stored on the flash ROM and is ex ecuted by the I O processor The firmware can also be updat ed through the RAID controllers Thunderbolt port or Ethernet port without the need to replace any hardware chips During the controller firmware upgrade flash process it is possible for a problem to occur resulting in corruption of the controller firmware With our Redundant Flash Image feature the con troller will revert back to the last known version of firmware and continue operating This reduces the risk of system failure due to firmware crash APPENDIX Appendix F Understanding RAID RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks It is an array of multiple independent hard disk drives that provides high performance and fault tolerance The RAID controller imple ments several levels of the Berkeley RAID technology An appro priate RAID level is selected when the volume sets are defined or created This decision should be based on the desired disk capacity data
111. taller on the Finder 3 Launch the installer by double clicking the install_mraid on the Finder The MRAID Installer opens Click on the Next button to begin the installation 4 The MRAID Installer opens Click on the Next button to begin the installation eoo MRAID InstallAnywhere will guide you through the installation of MRAID It is strongly recommended that you quit all programs before continuing with this installation Click the Next button to proceed to the next screen If you want to change something on a previous screen click the Previous button OOOOOOGS You may cancel this installation at any time by clicking the Cancel button Cancel 5 On the Choose Install Set screen click on an icon to install special components and click on the Next button to continue eoo MRAID Install Set Driver MRAID for Mavericks 10 9 iV Driver For Mavericks 10 9 Mi ArcHTTP For Mavericks 10 9 IV CLI For Mavericks 10 9 OOODOOS Description This installs the driver for Mavericks 10 9 ie Cancel Previous M nea e Driver is required for the operating system to be able to inter act with the ThunderBox 600 RAID storage 24 INSTALLATION e ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console MRAID storage manager to run It also runs as a service or daemon in the background that allows capturing of events for mail and SNMP traps notification Refer to the
112. te Firmware iei HER XR RR XR KR ERR RO 86 4 9 Information cese exer it E E EXER KR RAE SEP eke 87 4 9 1 Raid Set Hierarchy sce ete eet ex RR ER Dee 87 49 1 1 Add Xfer Speed icio eie t I ed Rx rea rex re dE Xie AA 87 4 9 2 SAS Chip Information ettet Rr EX EE RR RR ERR ER x aan 88 4 9 3 System Information esessssssseee mm 89 4 9 4 Hardware Monitor sess nnnm 89 Appendix A i oeiscssnsnxvesessuxs suwc vau SER UE vEaPEKEKE ESEEEKEMERELERA PEE 90 Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process eeeeeeeennnn nnns 90 Appendix B iiiscsnusax sanus nauEERREEREEFRKERRENSMIKEENFEKE FERNER NE FR KENN MEE 93 Battery Backup Module ARC 6120BA TO021 eset eens 93 B 1 BBM Connector and Components eceeeeeeee teens ran 93 B 2 Status of BBM seiten rre eR E PEN HERREN REIR ERE ex 93 B 3 Installation iter rr mex nee ERE Kn RUE sEx 94 Appendix iiiosssassansnuessassxks x E VEM MSSFERFAZEREKNIEPEERESM FEE EFE EE 97 SNMP Operation amp Installation eee nnn 97 Appendix D i isoaoa nain aakawu E EFAEEEEFEFEKEEREEREKESKRFSVO RENE anaiai 102 Event Notification Configurations essen 102 A Device EVernt iioii cete x E EXER A EN NEAN DR AX EY AR 102 B Volume Event tre irme Rr n eR x re XR ERR eNReTES 103 C RAID Set Everit ite Hates ited eee ies dead MEME 103 D Hardware Monitor Event essen 104 Appendix E inssasssaua nas aRan REA S
113. ted for it After logging in the McRAID storage man ager process starts Follow the on screen steps responding as needed to configure RAID volume See the Chapter 4 of ThunderBox 600 user manual for information on customizing your RAID volumes using McRAID storage manager DIN NNLLA rks 29 INSTALLATION 30 e Method 3 LCD Panel with Keypad You can use LCD front panel and keypad function to simply create the RAID volume The LCD status panel also informs you of the disk array s current operating status at a glance The LCD configuration is described in a separate manual LCD manual It is available on your CD in the docs folder The LCD provides a system of screens with areas for information status indication or menus The LCD screen displays up to two lines at a time of menu items or other information Thun derBox 600 RAID storage default User Name is admin and the Password is 0000 The LCD initial screen is shown below Status Display Company Name LMP Computer 192 169 1 100 N ENT IP Address Keypad 2 5 2 3 Format RAID Volumes After the volume set is ready for system accesses it needs to be partitioned formatted and mounted by the operating system When you create a volume through McRAID storage manager the Mac OS X recognizes that a new disk is avail and displays a message asking what you next want to do If the message does not show up start the Disk Utility manua
114. tion eliminating the need to backup and restore after reconfiguration of the RAID set When disks are added to a RAID set unused capacity is added to the end of the RR SS SSS a a a ar 106 APPENDIX RAID set Then data on the existing volume sets residing on the newly expanded RAID set is redistributed evenly across all the disks A contiguous block of unused capacity is made available on the RAID set The unused capacity can be used to create additional volume sets A disk to be added to a RAID set must be in normal mode not failed free not spare in a RAID set or passed through to host and must have at least the same capacity as the smallest disk capacity already in the RAID set Capacity expansion is only permitted to proceed if all vol umes on the RAID set are in the normal status During the expansion process the volume sets being expanded can be accessed by the host system In addition the volume sets with RAID level 1 10 3 5 or 6 are protected against data loss in the event of disk failure s In the case of disk failure the volume set changes from migrating state to migrating degraded state When the expansion is complet ed the volume set would then transition to degraded mode If a global hot spare is present then it further changes to the rebuilding state The expansion process is illustrated as following figure Belore Array Fe panaian ee a E i Free Space amp A
115. troller hardware initialization ARC1214FIRM BIN RAID kernel program ARC1214MBRO BIN Master Boot Record for supporting Dual Flash Image in the ThunderBox 600 6Gb s SAS RAID storage README TXT contains the history information of the software code change in the main directory Read this file first to make sure you are upgrading to the proper binary file Select the right file for the upgrade Normally user upgrades ARC8050FIRM BIN for RAID function All these files in the firmware package are a part of the firmware You should update all files in the package no special update order needed New firmware works after a system restart not instant available so you can update all files before restart the system The controller firmware is independent of the array up date firmware does not touch anything you stored in the array Note ThunderBox 600 Thunderbolt 2 RAID storage uses the same firmware package of ARC 12x4 series RAID adapters Please update all binary code BIOS BOOT FIRM and MBRO before you reboot system Otherwise a mixed firmware package may hang the controller APPENDIX A 2 Upgrading Firmware Through McRAID Storage Manager Get the new version firmware for your RAID storage For example download the bin file from your OEM s web site onto the C drive GE wee bio of b uii Areca Technology Corporation 1 To upgrade the RAID storage firmware move the mouse cursor to Upgrade Firmware
116. ttribute allows user to select the Volume Name RAID Level Capacity Greater Two TB Volume Support Initialization Mode Strip Size Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing and SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI Lun L2 v as sil rA ith Areca Technology Corporation Enabd w Confirm The Operation e Volume Name The default volume name will always appear as ThunderBox 600 VOL You can rename the volume set providing it does not exceed the 15 characters limit e Volume Raid Level Set the Raid Level for the volume set Highlight the desired RAID level and from the available levels option e Capacity The maximum volume size is the default initial setting Enter the appropriate volume size to fit your application e Greater Two TB Volume Support Controller uses the Greater Two TB Volume Support sub menu to set the volume capacity and sector size Greater Two TB Volume Support option No 64bit LBA and Use 4K Block 58 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION No When this option is enabled it keeps the volume size with max 2TB limitation For any hard disk drives working in the 4K native mode in the Raid set the volume set directly sets and exposes 4KB sector size to the operating system 64bit LBA This option uses 16 bytes CDB instead of 10 bytes The maxi mum volume capacity is up to 512TB For any hard disk drives working in the 4K native mode in the Raid set the volume set directly sets and exposes 4KB sector size to th
117. ulated and written across all of the drives AD OC Co DE AIDI et ri ARITI EJ e Legia Disk RAID xO RAID level x0 refers to RAID level 00 100 30 50 and 60 RAID x0 is a combination multiple RAID x volume sets with RAID 0 striping Striping helps to increase capacity and performance without adding disks to each RAID x array The operating system uses the spanned volume in the same way as a regular volume Up to one drive in each sub volume RAID 3 or 5 may fail with out loss of data Up to two drives in each sub volume RAID 6 may fail without loss of data RAID level x0 allows more physi cal drives in an array The benefits of doing so are larger volume sets increased performance and increased reliability The following illustration is an example of a RAID level x0 logical drive 119 APPENDIX Logical Diet RAID X Velum Hod 1001 3 5 4 RAID 3 Voume 390 10 10 3 5 JBOD Just a Bunch Of Disks A group of hard disks in a RAID box are not set up as any type of RAID configuration All drives are avail able to the operating system as an individual disk JBOD does not provide data redundancy Single Disk Pass Through Disk Pass through disk refers to a drive that is not controlled by the RAID firmware and thus can not be a part of a RAID volume The drive is available to the operating system as an individual disk 120 APPENDIX Summary of RAID Levels ThunderBox 600 Thunderbolt RA
118. uting the parity of the data disk drives and comparing the results to the contents of the dedicated parity disk drive The checking percentage can also be viewed by click ing on RAID Set Hierarchy in the main menu Bom n 64 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION Ls wigs up ut it Areca Technology Corporation Select Tho Volum e Checked ect Sel Cepacity n V scrub Bad Block If Bad Block Is Found Assume Parity Data Is Good Mire compute Parity It Parity Error Is Found Assume Data Is Good O confirm The Operation Sdeir Ree Gy Ir 4 6 6 Schedule Volume Check A volume check is a process that verifies the integrity of redun dant data To verify RAID 3 5 6 30 50 or 60 redundancy a volume check reads all associated data blocks computes parity reads parity and verifies that the computed parity matches the read parity Volume checks are very important because they detect and cor rect parity errors or bad disk blocks in the drive A consistency check forces every block on a volume to be read and any bad blocks are marked those blocks are not used again This is criti cal and important because a bad disk block can prevent a disk rebuild from completing We strongly recommend that you run consistency checks on a regular basis at least once per week set on Scheduler Volume checks degrade pe
119. utstanding and completed portions of the workload The RAID storage allows the user to select the SATA NCQ support Enabled or Disabled HDD Read Ahead Cache Allow Read Ahead Default Enabled When Enabled the drive s read ahead cache algorithm is used providing maximum performance under most circumstances Volume Data Read Ahead The volume read data ahead parameter specifies the control ler firmware algorithms which process the Read Ahead data blocks from the disk The read ahead parameter is normal by default To modify the value you must set it from the com mand line using the Read Ahead option The normal option satisfies the performance requirements for a typical volume The disabled value implies no read ahead The most efficient value for the controllers depends on your application Aggres sive read ahead is optimal for sequential access but it de grades random access HDD Queue Depth This parameter is adjusted the queue depth capacity of NCQ SATA HDD or Tagged Command Queuing SAS HDD which transmits multiple commands to a single target without wait ing for the initial command to complete Empty HDD Slot LED The firmware has added the Empty HDD Slot LED option to setup the fault LED light ON or OFF when there is no HDD installed When each slot has a power LED for the HDD installed identify user can set this option to OFF Choose option ON the RAID storage will light the fault LED if no
120. v 1 0 wt C Confirm The Operation ima Rue 69 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 7 7 Activate Failed Disk It forces the current failed disk in the system to be back online Activate Failed Disk function has no effect on the removed disks because a removed disk does not give the controller a chance to mark it as failure Followings are considered as Removed Disk 1 Manually removed by user 2 Losing PHY connection due to bad connector cable backplane 3 Losing PHY connection due to disk fail Basically in the eyes of the controller the disk suddenly disap pears due to whatever reason 4 7 8 Identify Enclosure To prevent removing the wrong enclosure the selected LMP ex pander enclosure all disks fault LED indicator will light for physi cally locating the selected enclosure when the Identify Enclosure is selected This function will also light the enclosure LED indica tor if it is existed MARIUM ae A 4 7 9 Identify Drive To prevent removing the wrong drive the selected disk fault LED indicator will light for physically locating the selected disk when the Identify Selected Device is selected ze Let Areca P Technology Corporation WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 8 System Controls 4 8 1 System Config To set the RAID system function move the cursor to the main menu and click the System Controls link
121. y this value De fault value is 8 seconds You can select between 3 8 second Number of Retries This setting determines the number of access that will be at tempted before the current command from the RAID control ler to the disk drive is aborted You can modify the retry value by entering a new value in the edit box beside this button and then selecting the button Normally you should not need to modify this value There are two selections either 2 retry or 3 retry Buffer Threshold This new feature there are 3 options 25 50 75 The percentage represents how much data should be kept in resident cache memory how full cache should get before controller starts to flush data onto the hard drives If the buf fer is set for 25 then all 25 will be cached and is used for writing data The remaining cache memory will be used for reading and other system overhead Write buffer threshold for 5 is added for video recording This option will push data to disk early This feature gives controller extra buffer time in case of slow response from the hard drives within a given time Conse quently this can prevent a pause in data flow and there will be continued data access and stream This feature is very useful for the video streaming applications where there is high demand for constant non stop data flow with no interruption due to lower performance of specific hardware WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION e Amount of Read Ahead Read
122. ysical 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 The following is the volume set features for the RAID storage 1 Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same RAID set and up to 128 volume sets per controller 2 Up to 128 volume sets can be created in a RAID set 3 The maximum addressable size of a single volume set is not lim ited to 2TB because the controller is capable of 64 bit LBA mode However the operating system itself may not be capable of addressing more than 2TB 4 Thunderbolt host 128 x volumes amp USB 3 0 host 1 x volume SCSI Ch Id Lun 0 0 0 Only the SCSI Ch Id Lun 0 0 0 volume bonds both Thunderbolt and USB 3 0 connection You can swap others volumes SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI Lun with SCSI Ch Id Lun 0 0 0 if you need to read it from USB 3 0 port See Areca website ftp ftp areca com tw RaidCards Docu ments Manual Spec Over2TB 050721 ZIP file for details IX l a MA L NN MMC NN AN MN o ET 57 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 6 1 Create Volume Set 0 1 10 3 5 6 To create volume set from RAID set storage move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the Create Volume Set link The Select The Raid Set To Create On It screen will show all RAID set number Tick on a RAID set number that you want to create and then click on the Submit button The new create volume set a
123. zes the brows er installed on your remote system To ensure proper commu nications between the Thunderbolt RAID storage and McRAID storage manager please connect the Thunderbolt RAID storage LAN port to any LAN switch port The RAID storage has embedded the TCP IP amp web browser based McRAID storage manager in the firmware User can re mote manage the Thunderbolt RAID storage without adding any user specific software platform independent via standard web browsers directly connected to the 10 100Mbit RJ45 LAN port To configure Thunderbolt RAID storage on a remote machine you need to know its IP address The IP address is default shown on the LCD initial start up screen Launch your McRAID storage manager by entering http IP Address in the web browser 4 2 McRAID Main Window The following login screen is displayed in the browser This screen displays the initial start up configuration T AU Areca Technology Corporation The RaidSet Hierarchy displays the Raid Set List Volume Set List and Physical Disk List The RAID set information volume set information and drive information can also be viewed by clicking on the RAID Set Hierarchy on the main menu screen p Pli 49 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION e To display RAID set information move the mouse cursor to the desired RAID set number then click on it The RAID set infor

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