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1. 3ware Summary Microsoft Internet Explorer z 1 oj xj Fie Edit View Favorites Tools Help Address of the system to which Bak A Gsearch Bygavorites 5j you are dees ethttps 192 168 2 143 888 Links connected Z 3ware 3DM 2 microsoft Windows 2000 build 2195 Service Pack 4 ADMINISTRATOR logged in Logout Menu bar Summary Information Management Alarms 3DM Settings Help Refresh Summary Messages area Controller Summary List of controllers on ee this system 0 Geronimo Apache Sware Internal Use FGXX2 01 00 030 240 12 1 Geronimo Apache 3ware Internal Use FGXX2 01 00 080 2 4 0 12 oe Time of last Last updated Fri Jan 16 2004 12 37 02PM page refresh Version of 3DM SDM version 2 00 00 031 B internet 2 Figure 13 3DM Main Screen The menu bar across the top of the screen gives you access to other pages in 3DM You can move between pages by using the menu bar or by clicking a link on the page The main area of the page provides summary or detail information about your 3ware RAID controller and the resources connected to it As you work in 3DM the Messages area just below the menu bar displays information about the results of commands you have selected www 3ware com 37 3ware Disk Manager 2 3DM Menus The 3DM menu bar groups access to a number of
2. Links 2 3wares 3DM 2 cs Microsoft Windows 2000 build 2195 Service Pack 4 ADMINISTRATOR logged in Logout Summary Information Management Alarms 3DM Settings Help Refresh Drive Information Controller ID 0 7566 12 E Drive Information Controller ID 1 EINEN WDC WD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 GB WD WMACK1122267 65 13G65 WDC WD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 GB WD WMACK1301223 65 13G65 ok WDC WD1600BB 00DAA40 149 05 GB WD WMACK1223541 65 13G65 OK WDC WD1600BB 00DAA40 149 05 GB WD WMACK1178992 65 13G65 OK WDC WD1800BB DODAAD 149 05 GB WD WMACK1250890 65 13G65 OK WDC WD1600BB 00DAA40 149 05 GB WD WMACK1235933 65 13G65 OK WDC WD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 GB WD WMACK1211822 65 13G65 OK WDC WD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 GB WD WMACK1231469 65 13G65 OK NOT PRESENT NOT PRESENT NOT PRESENT NOT PRESENT A 2 3 4 5 6 1 8 9 Last updated Fri Jan 16 2004 12 46 06PM 3DM version 2 00 00 031 Figure 19 Drive Information Page The Drive Information page appears when you choose Information gt Drive Information from the menu bar or when you click a port on the Unit Details page If you arrive at this page from the port hyperlink on the Unit Information page the line showing the port you clicked on is highlighted The Drive Information page shows a list of drives on the controller specified in the drop down list on the menu bar and a su
3. 101 xj File Edit Favorites Tools Help Ea Bak gt A Qsearch Favorites B 5 Address 192 168 214388 2222202 2 Swares 3DM 2 5 microsoft windows 2000 build 2195 Service Pack 4 ADMINISTRATOR logged in Logout Summary Information Management Alarms 3DM Settings Help Refresh Unit Information Controller ID 0 7566 12 E Unit 0 Controller ID 1 Status Capacity 298 00 GB Type RAID 5 Stripe Subunits 3 Subunito A Subunit2 Status OK Status OK Status OK amp Type DISK Type DISK Type DISK 0 Port 1 2 Last updated Fri Jan 16 2004 12 45 27 3DM version 2 00 00 031 Done m Internet 2 Figure 18 Unit Details Page The Unit Details page appears when you click an ID number on the Unit Information page Because it is a sub page of Unit Information the page title in the menu bar continues to display Unit Information even when you view details of a unit To return to the list of units click Unit Information in the menu bar The Unit Details page shows details about a particular unit The specific information shown depends on what type of unit it is For example details about a RAID 10 unit made up of two subunits each of which contains two drives will include details about the unit and each subunit as shown in www 3ware com 49 3ware Disk Manager
4. 3ware Controller Details Microsoft Internet Explorer nl x File Edit View Favorites Tools Help pak A Search Favorites meda Br 5 Address https 192 168 2 143 888 7 Links 2 3ware 3DM 2senvers Microsoft Windows 2000 build 2195 Service Pack 4 ADMINISTRATOR logged in _Logout Summary Information Management Alarms 3DM Settings Help Refresh Controller Details Controller ID 0 7566 12 Controller Details Controller ID 1 Model Geronimo Apache Serial Number 3ware Internal Use Firmware FGXX 2 01 00 030 Driver 2 40 12 BIOS BG9X 2 01 00 029 Boot Loader BLDR 2 01 00 001 3 of Units 1 8 of Ports 12 Error Log DOWNLOAD ERROR LOG Last updated Fri Jan 16 2004 12 43 41PM 3DM version 2 00 00 031 Done O48 internet 2 Figure 16 Controller Details Page The Controller Details page appears when you choose Information gt Controller Details from the menu bar The Controller Details page provides detailed information about the controller specified in the drop down list on the menu bar You can also open or download an error log from this screen Model The model name of the controller Serial The serial number of the controller Firmware The firmware version running on the controller Driver The driver version being used to interact with the controller BIOS The BIOS version on the controller Monitor The Monitor version o
5. The Unit Information page shows a list of the units on the controller specified in the drop down list on the menu bar and provides summary information about each unit To see details about a particular unit click the link in the Unit column Unit The unit number assigned to the unit by the firmware For 9000 series controllers unit numbers are in sequential order For 7 8000 series controllers unit numbers begin with the lowest port number Type The type of unit specified during configuration RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 RAID 50 Single Disk JBOD or Spare For details about each of the RAID levels see Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels on page 8 Capacity The logical capacity size of the unit 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3DM 2 Reference Note 3DM 2 displays the capacity in MBytes or GBytes the same way that Microsoft Windows Linux operating systems do as IKB 1024 bytes Previous versions of 3DM 1 x used the 1KB 1000 bytes definition Consequently capacities of units listed under 3DM v 1 x may appear to be larger than they do under 3DM 2 Status The operational status of the unit OK Rebuilding Initializing Verifying Degraded or Inoperable missing drives When a unit is Rebuilding Initializing or Verifying the percentage 90 complete is also shown Unit Details Page 3ware Unit Information Microsoft Internet Explorer
6. network to the NAS device using network transport protocols These I O requests are then processed by the NAS operating system before being passed to the disk devices for storage File Serving Component The process of storing and retrieving the data requested by user applications is known as file serving File serving is under control of the operating system software 1 Application I O requests to read or write data flow from client side applications over the LAN to the NAS operating system kernel which queues and schedules the various client application requests These requests then pass to the file system and the volume manager of the operating system 2 The file system portion of the operating system controls security and determines whether or not a file can be created opened written to The file system also ensures that the file is addressed to the correct storage destination The I O request then passes from the file system through the Volume Shadow Copy Service layer where it may or may not be processed to the volume manager 3 The volume manager portion of the operating system readies the data for the specific device s it will be passed onto for storage The Virtual Disk Service see later section in this paper is a component of the volume manager but not a component of I O requests Hardware Component Having passed out of the operating system the I O request travels over the host bus to the host I O controller wh
7. or remove drives specify an available drive as a hot spare or launch the rebuild process Array status can be viewed or arrays can be maintained remotely via a standard web browser provided you have access to the network containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Event notification occurs from 3DM when the ATA RAID controller requires attention such as when a disk array becomes degraded and is no longer fault tolerant Event notification will only occur while 3DM is running so we recommend that 3DM be left running as a background utility on the ATA RAID controller s machine The event notification e mail feature can send an e mail to a specified recipient when 3DM detects a problem within the array The e mail received will include most of the information provided in the Logs on the Alarms page Documentation The online manual and user guide is available to download on the Aberdeen Website http www aberdeeninc com abcatg Aberdeen AberNAS 3ware pdf Troubleshooting Common usage concerns with the 3DM Utility and the 3Ware Escalade controller Soft Reset A Soft Reset message window will appear on the desktop upon each restart of the system This is normal for the 3DM software as it treats each restart of the system as a reported incident Power Status Lights Each unit includes hard disk drive power status LEDs Hot Swap With 3Ware activity is the key word Soft Reset will notify that the system is being shut down
8. reserved for Shadow Copies for Shared Folders if enabled on the volume This service replaces the Persistent Storage Manager PSM in WP NAS 2 0 Provides application failover Windows Storage Server 2003 Enterprise Edition supports up to 8 nodes WP NAS 2 0 supports a maximum of 2 nodes RAID types provide differing levels of data protection and redundancy VDS also enables hardware based RAID Enables high performance and high availability through multiple paths to storage Monitors performance of the operating system Allows system administrator to assess performance with different devices Detects system hangs can be programmed to reboot system after a given time NAS Management Software Depending on the complexity of the deployment scenario the need for NAS management ranges from the minimal plug and play to the considerably more complex see Table 5 Windows Storage Server 2003 provides a number of different interfaces to meet such management needs including both local and web based Uls see Table 7 Table 7 Management Interfaces in Windows Storage Server 2003 Management Web User Interface UI Remote Desktop Additional Information Enables administrators to remotely manage users create shares and control backups and similar tasks from any location on the network or internet Enables remote control of other systems for administration Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Key
9. 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3DM 2 Reference The Scheduling page lets you view and change the schedule for tasks that affect all units on the controller specified in the drop down list on the menu bar including W Rebuild tasks also applies to initialization tasks Verify tasks also applies to media scans Self tests You can also enable or disable use of the schedule for Rebuild and Verify tasks by selecting either Follow Schedule or Ignore Schedule When these schedules are set to be ignored these tasks can be performed at any time and are not restricted to the scheduled times Note Scheduling of these tasks 15 only available on the 9000 series controllers For details about the different background tasks see About Background Tasks on page 109 About Task Schedules Each type of task may be scheduled for up to 7 times per week This limits active initializing rebuilding verifying and testing of a unit to the times you specify so that the task does not interfere with peak I O times If all 7 schedule slots are filled you must first remove one or more schedule times before you can add another You may set schedule times whether scheduling is set to be followed or ignored This is useful if you want to temporarily disable the schedule If you remove all the schedule times for a particular background task initializations and rebuilds will run anytime as they are needed Verify
10. 9000 series controllers rescan checks empty ports for newly plugged in drives If those drives were previously part of a 3ware RAID configuration and they still have valid DCB Disk Configuration Block information on them the controller tries to piece them back together into a working unit Ifa working unit can be formed it will appear in the Unit Maintenance list when the scan is complete and the operating system will be notified of the unit In Linux or FreeBSD a device node will be associated with each unit created In Windows the device manager will reflect the changes under the disk drives icon This process is known as importing drives If new drives do not have any data indicating they were previously part of a 3ware RAID configuration they will appear in the Available Drives list In addition if there is a unit with the status Inoperable before a rescan for example a RAID 5 unit missing 2 or more drives and a rescan finds drives that complete the unit the inoperable unit will become a valid unit and rescanned while keeping the data intact Clicking Rescan Controller after removing units other than a JBOD unit e g RAID 5 will cause the drives that make up the unit to be seen as individual available drives they will not be pieced together to form a unit This is unlike the 9000 series controllers which will piece together the unit for you and display the drives as a unit If you still want to use the drives together as a un
11. Chassis and Systems Full Network Solutions and Rackmount Server Cabinet Models NAS SAN Mass Storage Solutions Units and Appliances RAID protected Disaster Recovery and Backup Servers Governmental Educational and Corporate Workstations Complete Server Solutions for Microsoft Unix and Linux platforms Industrial PC Components Data Acquisition SBCs and Backplanes Hand Held amp Modular Hard Drive Duplication Comprehensive line of PC Hardware 5 Over the years Aberdeen LLC has been privileged to work with companies that share similar expectations and professional goals to its own such as unmatched customer service personal and professional integrity honest communication and the commitment to forming long term partnerships The innovative Stirling Backup Monster storage server impressed Tawfik Daoud senior system engineer of Maximus Inc enough to praise Aberdeen in a recent letter Mr Daoud mentioned that he chose Aberdeen since the Backup Monster costs considerably less than the closest competitor and was amazed with the ease of implementation and performance Mr Daoud goes on to write in his testimonial The Backup Monster is one step ahead in the backup industry and what I like most is that Aberdeen is backing it up The Stirling S21 Server appealed to David Featherstone a network administrator for Timber Products a company of 1 500 employees who told PC Magazine how happy he is with the St
12. Resulting behavior depends on which operating system you are using and what kind of I O is being done however you will typically see really bad results bad errors and most likely a reset of the controller or a system hang To unmount a unit under windows use Administrative Tools gt Computer Management gt Disk Management In the Computer Management window right click on the partition and Remove the logical drive letter associated with the unit To unmount a unit under Linux unmount the mount point to where the RAID unit is mounted For example if you want to remove unit 0 and you know that 0 corresponds to dev sdb you should unmount all partitions for sdbx where x 1s the number of the parti tion umount dev sdbx For FreeBSD the command would be umount dev twedx When you click Remove Unit you will be asked to confirm that you want to proceed When you confirm the removal the unit number and information will be removed from 3DM Units created in the future can reclaim this unit number The operating system 1s notified that the unit was removed In Linux the device node associated with this unit is removed In Windows the Device Manager will reflect the changes under the disk drives icon Information about the unit remains intact on the drives This allows the drive or drives to be reassembled into a unit again on this controller or if moved to another controller carriers can result in a system hang or may even d
13. Security Alert Lx Information you exchange with this site cannot be viewed or Q changed by others However there is a problem with the site s security certificate The security certificate was issued by a company you have not chosen to trust View the certificate to determine whether you want to trust the certifying authority The security certificate date is valid A The name on the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site Do you want to proceed Ni f View Certificate Figure 12 Security Alert dialog box 9 When the first 3DM screen appears in your browser log in as Administrator and use the default password 3ware www 3ware com 31 3ware Disk Manager 2 Notes You can start 3 later by choosing 3DM from the Start menu If you change add or remove an IP address or change the machine name of the machine on which you have installed 3DM 2 you will need to recreate the security certificate You can do so by re installing 3DM 2 or by deleting the file 3dm2 pem and restarting the 3DM 2 service Under Windows this file is located in the same directory in which you installed 3DM 2 Under Linux the file resides in etc 3dm2 You may also want to delete the installed cached security certificate from your browser Uninstalling 3DM under Microsoft Windows Use the Add or Remove Programs control panel to uninstall 3DM From the Startup menu choose Control Panels gt
14. The new and enhanced data and storage management capabilities of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 are critical tools in helping system and storage administrators do more with less SPECIFICATIONS CAPACITY CAPACITY CAPACITY ARRAY SIZE Front Side Bus 512K Cache MEMORY 512MB ECC Reg DDR SDRAM RAID ENVIRONMENT Integrated Marvell 4 port RAID controller INCLUDED 4 x 160GB SATA 8MB Cache OS DATA DRIVES 8GB OS Partition per Drive 152GB DATA Partition per Drive 2 x 10 100 1000 ports BALANCING POWER SUPPLY RAILS Included WARRANTY 5 Year Limited 13 ABERNAS 106 DISK PLACEMENT CHART WARNING The disk drive trays must be properly seated completely back into their sockets and they must be in their proper positions in order to avoid software corruption and or hardware damage Please carefully read the following Your AberNAS by Aberdeen storage appliance has one row of four hard disk drives The columns are labeled alphabetically from left to right For safety during shipment to you the drives have been removed and shipped separately The positioning stickers on the hard drive packages correspond to their placement in the chassis Proper placement of the drives is critical in retaining the integrity of any software or operating system that has been loaded p L L Lr eee BS 92 4 Retaining Handle Slide the hard drive into place wit
15. Throughput Mbps El Windows 2000 Server Windows Server 2003 Figure 1 NetBench comparison of file serving performance in NAS 2 0 Windows 2000 Server and Windows Storage Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 Integrated Snapshots In NAS 2 0 point in time imaging snapshot technology is only available through the integration of 3 party advanced backup software In Windows Server 2003 snapshot technology is part of the Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS and is fully integrated into the operating system thus making it part of the Windows Storage Server 2003 package Snapshot technology enables open file backups and fast restores The technology is especially useful when the goal is the restoration of individual files which can be done by the end user without the need for system administrator intervention rd Improved End User Experience Windows Storage Server 2003 has a number of enhanced user interfaces Uls for the end user and the system administrator On the client side the Previous Versions user interface Shadow Copies for Shared Folders allows end users to directly restore their own files in the event of accidental deletion overwriting or file corruption Figure 2 On the system administrator side Uls for volume defragmentation task scheduling folder and share management volume management and UPS management make administration of storage much more convenient than before Microsoft Windows Stora
16. a period of five years from date of shipment or the lifetime of the product to be free of workmanship defects A fully configured rackmount system is defined as a system which in a single purchase includes the rackmount chassis motherboard processor s with appropriate cooling equipment memory and hard disk drive s all assembled This warranty does not cover any abuse misuse or modification of products We reserve the right to repair or replace the defective product under warranty as we see appropriate We do not warrant uninterrupted or error free operation of a product We do not warrant that any product that you acquire will meet your individual requirements Aberdeen s warranty is REAL and their response is immediate Customer testimonial Mr Tawfik Daoud Maximus Inc MISSION STATEMENT The Straight Talk People The primary business focus for Aberdeen is to be the IT professional s preeminent resource for complete network solutions while remaining dedicated to building and maintaining excellent service and support relationships with its clientele COMPANY BACKGROUND Founded in 1991 Aberdeen LLC is a leading direct marketer of rackmount servers storage solutions computers and computer hardware Voted among The Direct 100 vendors by PC Computing magazine Aberdeen designs manufactures and customizes award winning Aberdeen brand computer systems Stirling rackmount servers AberNAS storage appliances and backup st
17. from the main 3ware CD that came with your 3ware RAID controller You can also download the current version from the website at http www 3ware com support download asp 3DM must be installed on the system in which the controller is installed 3DM does not have to be installed on remote systems in order to remotely manage a 3ware controller During installation you will be asked to enter the following preferences for 3DM use Each of these preferences can be changed later from within 3DM The HTTP port to be used as the listening port Whether remote access will be allowed Whether you want email alerts to be sent when errors occur and who should receive them Installing 3DM on a Windows system The 3ware RAID controller works with Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 The latest service packs should be installed for any Windows release To install 3DM on a Windows system 1 Insert the 3DM CD ROM and click Install 2 when the menu appears Or if you downloaded 3DM from the website find the file 3DM2 86 or 3DM2 AMD64 exe and double click it to launch the setup 2 Ifacommand window opens press any key to begin the installation process 3 When the License Agreement screen appears read and agree to the license information then let the InstallShield Wizard guide you through the installation process 4 Onthe 3DM Remote Monitoring and Security Configuration screen see Figure 10 use the
18. large numbers of new servers Table 5 Disk and Deployment Management Capabilities in Windows Storage Server 2003 Disk Management Additional Information Virtual Disk Service VDS Includes sample code for volume management Quota Management Enables administrators to limit the storage accessible by each user Automated Deployment Enterprise Edition only ADS enables administrators to perform script Services ADS based administration of large scale deployments of Windows servers ADS replaces Multi Device Manager MDM in WP NAS 2 0 Ensuring Availability of Stored Data A number of existing technologies have been enhanced and a number of new features have been added to Windows Storage Server 2003 to help keep a business s data highly available These technologies range from tools to ensure hardware components are operating effectively and at high performance to technologies enabling hardware MPIO and software clustering redundancy to data availability techniques for redundancy VSS and RAID and high performance RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Table 6 Features Enhancing System Reliability and Data Availability Reliability Availability Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS Clustering Software RAID 0 1 5 Multipath MPIO System Monitoring Watchdog Timer Additional Information Enables up to 512 point in time copies per volume of which 64 are
19. line processing applications requiring rapid data access but because SAN storage devices serve block level data rather than files the installation of a Fibre Channel network to transport the SCSI Small Computer System Interface commands is necessary A third storage network solution is a hybrid one NAS devices can be attached to SANs In this configuration the NAS components necessary for filing are physically separated from the components necessary for storing a NAS head or gateway containing the filing functionality attaches to the LAN network and behind that lies the storage component a backend SAN consisting of the Fibre Channel network wiring and switches and the storage disks Microsoft with its iSCSI initiator software released in June 2003 is enabling block transport over company intranets See the Enterprise Storage Division white paper Microsoft Support for iSCSI for details Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Overview of Windows Storage Server 2003 What is Windows Storage Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 is a network attached storage NAS operating system that enables original equipment manufacturers to build appliances that provide dedicated file serving capabilities and storage on the network Windows Storage Server 2003 is built on top of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 which ensures that NAS devices built upon the Windows Storage Server o
20. reads and writes A larger stripe size will give better performance with applications that have a lot of random reads www 3ware com 65 3ware Disk Manager 3DM 2 and writes In general the smaller the stripe size the better the sequential I O and the worse the random I O The larger the stripe size the worse the sequential I O and the better the random I O Write Cache Auto Verify and Continue on Source Error during Rebuild These check boxes let you set the policies for the unit These policies can also be set and changed on the Controller Settings page For details about these policies see Unit Policies on page 54 selecting drives 3DM 2 may have refreshed Click Create Unit again If desired you can reduce the frequency with which information refreshes in 3DM 2 or disable refresh temporarily on Note If the configuration window disappears while you are Alarms Page 66 the 3DM Settings page 3ware Alarms Microsoft Internet Explorer 101 xj File Edit View Favorites Tools Help OA A Favorites E 5 Address https flocalhost 888 x ee Links Norton Antivirus Ed A Z 3wares 3DM 2 ALANTEST Microsoft windows 2000 build 2195 Service Pack 4 ADMINISTRATOR logged Logout Summary Information Management Alarms 3DM Settings Help Refresh Alarms Sree eel Controller ID 0 7566 12 E Clear Alarms m Jan 19 2004 01
21. receive responses from remote devices such as a NAS storage box Many NAS devices enable only simple file processing because they include support only for the standard file systems the Common Internet File System CIFS and Network File System NFS In contrast Windows Storage Server 2003 with its support for multiple file sharing protocols Table 3 allows for complex multi platform file processing In addition to Windows clients Windows Storage Server 2003 supports file processing for Unix Macintosh and Web HTTP clients among others Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Table 3 File Sharing Protocols Supported in Windows Storage Server 2003 Protocols Additional Information SMB CIFS Enables Windows based file sharing NFS Enables Unix Linux based file sharing NFS 3 0 supported in Windows Storage Server 2003 AppleTalk Enables Apple file sharing HTTP Enables web file sharing WebDAV Enables desktop users to manage web based files using HTTP NetWare Enables Novell based file sharing Administration through Remote Desktop Supported Utilities and Applications Although one of the advantages of NAS is that it is a dedicated file server and not overburdened with applications the data on the server nevertheless requires protection from data corruption and the possibility of hardware failure Because it is based on Server 2003 operating system Windows Storage Server 2003 is able to support anti virus and
22. resolution a keyboard and a mouse to your Aberdeen NAS Server for easy setup purposes Power up the device and Login as User Administrator Password monster The easy Graphical User Interface GUI NAS interface will start Click on Administer this Server Appliance and a detailed help menu embedded into interface will appear If you see a connection error on Internet Explorer simply click Try Again If you don t want to connect your Aberdeen NAS Server to a monitor keyboard and a mouse Connect the server to your network turn it on and allow it approximately two 2 minutes to boot up Go to any computer connected to the same network open up your web browser and type https abernas 8098 Enter the default login information User Administrator Password monster The easy Graphical User Interface GUI NAS interface will start Click on Administer this Server Appliance and a detailed help menu embedded into interface will appear If you see a connection error on Internet Explorer simply click Try Again If your network has a special IP Number or a Layer 2 3 switch and there is no DHCP Server present on your network second method may not function and it will be necessary to install a monitor keyboard and mouse on the NAS Server Changing the RAID Array Setup Only for Experienced Administrators Entering https abernas 888 on any browser will give you access to the RAID Array setup If you ch
23. significant advantage over tape restores Because the shadow copies can be saved on storage arrays on site they can be accessed directly without the need to travel offsite to a tape data vault locate and bring back a tape Even more significantly shadow copy restores takes only minutes to complete while tape restores depending on the type of backup full differential or incremental and the amount of data can take hours or even days to do correctly Shadow Copies for Share Folders System administrators are not the only people to benefit from the fast restore functionality enabled by VSS System administrators can activate Shadow Copy for Shared Folders thereby enabling end users who overwrite or accidentally delete a file to restore a previous version of a file for themselves rather than having to recreate the file or request that a system administrator do a high cost single file restore from tape Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Shadow Copy Transport All of the functionality discussed above is provided with the in box shadow copy technology on the operating system The exception to this is shadow copy transport among systems whether for backup data mining testing or fast restores which requires a hardware provider on the SAN Ina direct attached storage configuration this data transport between servers is physical In a NAS SAN configuration with pooled storage data on the SAN can be accessed through mask
24. through 3BM on page 74 This section does not appear for 7000 and 8000 series controllers Number of Drives Per Spin up Number of drives that will spin up at the same time when the controller is powered up This setting only applies when the feature is supported by the disk drives and has been enabled in 3BM Delay between Spin ups The delay between drive groups that spin up at one time on this particular controller Export JBOD Unconfigured Disks Indicates whether unconfigured disks JBODs should be exported to the operating system By default this setting is disabled For more information about this feature see Exporting JBOD Disks on page 75 Disable Write Cache on Unit Degrade Indicates whether write cache will be automatically disabled on a unit if it becomes degraded After the unit 15 rebuilt the write cache will be re enabled automatically www 3ware com 55 3ware Disk Manager 2 Scheduling Page 56 File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Geak 7 Qsearch yFavortes address https 192 168 1 160 888 x es Links Norton antivirus i 2 2 sware vzknouzPn Microsoft Windows 2000 5 0 build 2195 ADMINISTRATOR logged in _Logout Summary Information 4 Management 4 Alarms 3dm Settings Help Refresh Page Scheduling Select Controller Schedule Rebuild Tasks Controller ID 2 Schedul
25. versions 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3DM 2 Reference 3DM 2 Reference This section includes details about the fields and features available on the pages you work with throughout 3DM 2 It is organized by page as the pages are organized on the 3DM menu bar Controller Summary Page Controller Details Page Unit Information Page Unit Details Page Drive Information Page SMART Details About Drive at Particular Port Page Controller Settings Page Scheduling Page Maintenance Page Alarms Page 3DM Settings Page Controller Summary Page 3ware 3DM Summary Microsoft Internet Explorer E x File Edit Favorites Tools Help gt A Qsearch Favorites meda B Address https 192 168 2 143 888 v Jinks 2 3ware 3DM 2 SERVER3 Microsoft Windows 2000 build 2195 Service Pack 4 ADMINISTRATOR logged in Logout Summary Information Management Alarms 3DM Settings Help Refresh Summary Controller Summary iD Seralf Firmware Driver Status 0 Geronimo Apache Sware Internal Use FGXX2 01 00 080 2 4 0 12 1 Geronimo Apache 3ware Internal Use FGXX2 01 00 030 2 4 0 12 m Last updated Fri Jan 16 2004 12 37 02PM 3DM version 2 00 00 031 18 1 internet Figure 15 Controller Summary Note The software version shown in the screenshots in this manual are preliminary examples only For the curr
26. will only run if started by the CLI or if the Verify Unit button is clicked For information about adding and removing schedules and setting schedules to be followed or ignored see Scheduling Background Tasks on page 114 About Self tests Unlike scheduling of rebuilds and verifies scheduling of self tests is always followed To disable self tests you either remove all schedule times or uncheck the tests listed in the Tasks column Note Only the checked tasks will be run during the scheduled times If none of the tasks are checked self tests will never run even if you have scheduled time slots set www 3ware com 57 3ware Disk Manager 2 58 Two self tests can be scheduled Upgrade UDMA mode This test checks the speed at which data transfer to drives is occurring to see if the UDMA mode can be increased If you are already running at the fastest UDMA mode then this self test has no effect The UDMA mode can become downgraded in the event that cable CRC errors are encountered requiring multiple retries to read sectors In severe cases the UDMA mode may be downgraded from ATA 150 to ATA 133 to ATA 100 to 66 to 33 This check is also done every time the system is booted UDMA mode does not apply to SATA Check SMART Thresholds This test checks to see whether SMART thresholds have been exceeded The SMART thresholds indicate when a drive is likely to fail based on the number of errors that have bee
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28. 00 79 Last updated Fri Jan 16 2004 12 53 3 3DM version 2 00 00 031 Figure 20 S M A R T Data Page The SMART Details page appears when you click a Port on the Drive Information page SMART data 15 displayed as hex values Consult your disk drive manufacturer for information on how to interpret the SMART data The SMART data meaning varies by disk drive manufacturer and model 52 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3DM 2 Reference Controller Settings Page 3ware Controller Settings Microsoft Internet Explorer lal xj Edt view Favorites Tools Help Ea gt A Favorites B 5 jaddess E htpsuiso1882142088 Links 2 Zwaree ALANTEST Microsoft Windows 2000 build 2195 Service Pack 4 ADMINISTRATOR logged in _Logout Summary Information Management Alarms 3DM Settings Help Refresh Controller Settings Controller ID 0 7566 12 Background Task Rate Controller ID 1 Rebuild Rate Faster Rebuild C C Faster I O Verify Rate Faster Verify C Faster VO Unit Write Cache Controller ID 1 0 RAID 5 6 Enabled C Disabled Unit Policies Controller ID 1 Auto Verify Continue on Source Error during Rebuild Unit 0 RAID 5 r n Other Controller Settings Controller ID 1 change through 105 Number of Drives per 1 Spin up Delay between Spin up 2 second s Expor
29. 12 54AM 04 0 002 Background verify done unitz Sun Jan 18 2004 11 57 02PM 0 04 0 0029 Background verify started unit 0 Sun Jan 18 2004 01 16 35 04 0 002 Background verify done unit 0 E Jan 18 2004 12 00 48AM 0 04 0 0029 Background verify started unit 0 Sat Jan 17 2004 04 38 54AM 0x04 0x0007 Background initialize done unit 0 Sat Jan 17 2004 12 38 33AM 0 04 0 000 Background initialize started unitz Jan 17 2004 12 38 31AM 0 04 0 002 Verify failed because array was never initialized RAIDS subunit 0 Jan 17 2004 12 37 58 0 04 0 0007 Background initialize done unit 2 Sat Jan 17 2004 12 04 34AM 0 04 0 000 Background initialize started unit 2 Jan 17 2004 12 00 59AM 0x04 0x003C Background initialize paused unit 2 Jan 17 2004 12 00 24AM 0 04 0 000 Background initialize started unit 2 i Jan 16 2004 02 22 47PM 0x04 0x003C Background initialize paused unit 2 i Jan 16 2004 01 56 45PM 0 04 0 000 Background initialize started unit 2 ton 15 onn4 NER ___ Vorifu failed wae novar initialized DAI eubunit n isl Legend ins Last updated Mon Jan 19 2004 12 45 15PM version 2 00 00 031 E Done tecal intranet 2 Figure 26 Alarms The Alarms page appears when you click Alarms on the menu b
30. 2 50 Figure 18 However if the unit was a Single Disk only information about one disk would be shown Details on this page may include all or some of the following information described below To see details about a particular drive click the Port You ll see a list of all drives with the drive you selected highlighted Status The operational status of the unit or subunit OK Rebuilding Initializing Verifying Degraded or Inoperable missing drives When a unit is Rebuilding Initializing or Verifying the percentage complete is also shown Capacity The total capacity of the unit capacities of subunits are not shown Type The type of unit or subunit it is RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 RAID 50 Single Disk Spare JBOD or Disk Stripe The stripe size of the unit if applicable Subunits If the unit has subunits details of the subunits are shown Port If the Type is Disk Single Disk JBOD or Spare the port to which the drive is connected is shown For multiple drive units the port numbers are shown in the subunits section The port number is a link to the Drive Information page 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3DM 2 Reference Drive Information Page E 3ware 3DM Drive Information Microsoft Internet Explorer m xj File Edit Favorites Tools Help Bak 3 A search Favorites Br 5 Address https 192 168 2 143 888
31. 3DM pages on menus and provides direct link access to others e Z 3ware SDM 2 SERVER3 Microsoft Windows 2000 build 2195 Service Pack 4 ADMINISTRATOR logged in _ Logout Summary Information Management 3DM Settings Refresh Controller Details Unit Information Drive Information Figure 14 3DM Menu Bar Status information is available from the Information menu You can view controller unit and drive information for a particular controller The Management menu gives you access to tasks used for managing controller level settings background task rate enabling of unit write cache and policies that affect all units managed by the controller tasks that can be scheduled rebuild verify and self test and maintenance of individual units Unit configuration can also be done through the Management gt Maintenance page The Alarms page shows a list of alarms including the specific alarm message and the exact date and time it occurred The 3DM Settings page lets you set preferences including email notification for alarms passwords page refresh frequency whether remote access is permitted and the incoming port which 3DM will use for listening Help lets you access information about using 3DM and provides access to an electronic copy of this User Guide 38 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Working with the 3DM Screens Viewing Information About Different Controllers in 3DM If you have m
32. Add or Remove Programs In the Add or Remove Programs control panel select 3DM and click Change Remove Installing 3DM for Linux or FreeBSD You can install 3DM from the command line or from a GUI The steps below describe how to install 3DM from the command line If you are using a GUI you can access the CD ROM and folders from the windows in the GUI 32 the file to root or to any other working directory and change Directory CD to that directory for example root Then start the following procedure at step 3 substituting mnt with root or your installation directory Note If you downloaded 3DM_Linux zip from the website unzip To start the installation 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD ROM for Linux into the CD ROM drive Mount the CD ROM disk mount dev cdrom mnt Change the directory and run the install script For Linux cd mnt packages 3dm2 linux x86 install 3dm For FreeBSD cd mnt packages 3dm2 freebsd x86 install 3dm 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Installing 3DM To specify initial setup for 3DM 2 During installation you will be prompted with a series of questions that determine initial 3DM settings You can change these later from within 3DM The first question appears for Linux but not for FreeBSD 1 Was RPM used to install the Escalade driver and or 3DM The default answer is no 2 Pleas nter the location of the help docu
33. Improvements Since Windows Powered NAS 2 0 Windows Storage Server 2003 has been improved in a number of key areas relative to Windows Powered NAS 2 0 This section highlights improvements in the key areas of file serving performance integrated snapshots and the user interface Performance As dedicated file server the speed with which NAS boxes can handle I O read and write requests is a critical factor in overall performance of systems on the network Windows based NAS boxes communicate with client systems using the SMB server messenger block or CIFS common internet file system protocol for Windows based systems For Unix based systems the NFS network file system protocol is used SMB Performance The industry standard in measuring SMB CIFS file server performance for Windows Clients is NetBenchTM benchmarking software File server performance is measured as throughput megabits per second versus number of clients Comparisons of Windows Storage Server 2003 and NAS 2 0 using the same hardware configurations directly capture improvements in the Windows operating system performance These improvements stem from changes to the kernel improved caching buffering and the like as well as changes reflected in the use of SMB in 2003 versus CIFS in 2000 Differences between studies capture differences attributable to different hardware configurations In both internal MS benchmarks using NetBench and a commissioned 3 party benchmark t
34. Login as root Afterwards type For Red Hat Linux etc rc d init d 3dm start For SuSE Linux etc rc d 3dm start Open your browser and enter the URL for your system The default URL is https localhost 888 You can also replace localhost with the IP address of the computer that contains the 3ware controller For example https lt IP address gt 888 The 3DM login screen appears Starting 3DM under Windows W From the Start menu choose Programs gt 3ware gt 3DM 2 www 3ware com Your default browser opens and displays the URL for your local controller The default URL is https localhost 888 You can also replace localhost with the IP address of the computer that contains the 3ware controller For example https lt IP address gt 888 35 3ware Disk Manager 2 Note If you close your browser 3DM continues to run in the background on the system Viewing 3DM Remotely via a Standard Web Browser When remote administration is enabled you can use 3DM to check status and administer your 3ware RAID controller from a browser on any computer over an internet connection You do not need to install the 3DM software on the remote computer Remote connections can be enabled or disabled from the 3DM Settings page In the address line of your browser enter the URL or IP of the system containing the 3ware RAID controller If you don t know the URL or IP for the system you ca
35. M see the remaining sections in this guide Browser Requirements for 3DM 3DM runs in most current web browsers Tested and supported browsers include W Mozilla 1 2 and above W Internet Explorer 5 5 and above Additional requirements W JavaScript must be enabled W Cookies must be enabled m For best viewing use a screen resolution of 1024 X 768 or greater and set colors to 16 bit color or greater Note Because 3DM be viewed in different browsers the format and style of the 3DM browser windows illustrated in this chapter are examples only Screenshots were taken in Internet Explorer The actual look of the windows will depend on the browser 3DM version and operating system in use Setting up Mozilla Details about accessing all ports including port 888 by adding a list of ports to Mozilla default all js 28 Note For security reasons some web browsers do not allow connections to certain ports including port 1080 and 888 To override this on a per port basis the Mozilla release notes recommend to add a comma separated list of ports to default all js in your Mozilla installation directory For example to unblock port 888 use the following line pref network security ports banned override 888 This file is located at usr lib mozilla defaults pref all js 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Installing 3DM Installing 3DM 3DM 2 can be installed
36. N Fusion File Serving Businesses need reliable file servers that can provide highly available data at a reasonable cost Off the shelf general purpose servers are not typically configured with fully redundant hardware components Using a general purpose server for file serving and running applications can compromise both tasks In particular file serving can be negatively impacted by the overhead associated with running applications as well as by the risks of system crashes should an application fail General purpose servers have the additional disadvantage of being platform specific necessitating a different file server to serve clients on different platforms In contrast NAS filers confer a number of advantages NAS appliances are designed for high reliability they are built with redundant disks NICs for failover data paths and power supplies This redundancy of hardware components makes NAS devices highly reliable file servers helping to ensure highly available data Because NAS devices built on Windows Storage Server 2003 are dedicated file servers they do not carry application overhead and they are not vulnerable to application related problems Moreover because Windows Storage Server 2003 supports multiple file sharing protocols file serving to clients on Windows Unix or Macintosh computers and sharing between them can be accomplished without the need for a specialized file server for each platform Microsoft Windows St
37. OABERDEEN COMPLETE NETWORK SOLUTIONS USER S MANUAL ABERNAS 106 ABERNAS ABERNAS 11 ABERNAS 221 ABERNAS 251 ABERNAS 252 5 User s Manual Contents Notice Introduction Aberdeen Contact Information 5 Year Warranty Terms and Conditions Mission Statement Company Background Goals The Aberdeen Advantage Aberdeen Leads Industry with 5 Year Warranty Custom Server Solutions Provider References Reviews and Awards Previous Comments from the Experts APPENDIX A AberNAS 106 Aberdeen AberNAS 106 Spec Sheet AberNAS 106 Disk Placement Chart APPENDIX B AberNAS 110 116 Aberdeen AberNAS 110 116 Spec Sheet AberNAS 110 116 Disk Placement Chart APPENDIX AberNAS 221 Aberdeen AberNAS 221 Spec Sheet AberNAS 221 Disk Placement Chart APPENDIX D AberNAS 231 232 Aberdeen AberNAS 231 232 Spec Sheet AberNAS 231 232 Disk Placement Chart APPENDIX E Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 AberNAS by Aberdeen EASY SETUP APPENDIX F 3ware Escalade Controller 3DM Disk Management Utility 29 3 4 5 5 6 6 ST LT 8 9 10 10 11 12 14 15 16 18 19 20 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 No part of this manual including the products and software described in it may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means except documentation kept by the purc
38. RAILS Included WARRANTY 5 Year Limited Includes a 240 GB Base RAID 1 Partition w 250GB drive and 390 GB Base RAID 1 Partition w 400GB drive 25 ABERNAS 231 232 DISK PLACEMENT CHART WARNING The disk drive trays must be properly seated completely back into their sockets and they must be in their proper positions in order to avoid software corruption and or hardware damage Please carefully read the following Your AberNAS by Aberdeen storage appliance has four columns of three hard disk drives The columns are labeled alphabetically from left to right and the rows are numbered from top to bottom For safety during shipment to you the drives have been removed and shipped separately The positioning stickers on the hard drive packages correspond to their placement in the chassis Proper placement of the drives is critical in retaining the integrity of any software or operating system that has been loaded Latch Retaining Handle Slide the hard drive into place with the retaining handle extended When the drive is fully inserted push the retaining handle back until it is fully seated and snapped into the latch Should you require technical assistance with this or any other aspect of your Aberdeen server contact us toll free at 800 552 6868 option 2 from 8 00am to 5 00pm PST 26 APPENDIX E MICROSOFT WINDOWS STORAGE SERVER 2003 27 ABERNAS BY ABERDEEN EASY SETUP If you connect a monitor 1024x768x85Hz
39. akes possible enhanced data protection though high fidelity backups rapid data restores and data transport VSS is a component of the operating system and as such is not directly accessed by users Instead the Volume Shadow Copy Service coordinates with user applications backup applications and storage hardware to enable the creation of point in time shadow copies of data on single or multiple volumes without significantly impacting performance High Fidelity Backups Shadow copy creation is a highly effective means of protecting data with several advantages over traditional tape backups when the goal is not long term archiving Tape based technologies are time intensive to run impose a considerable bandwidth burden on the local network and can have data inconsistency issues if applications are open during the backup process As a consequence tape backups tend to be scheduled relatively infrequently and at times when applications are not in use such as nights or weekends a strategy that can work reasonably well for companies that do not require 24x7 operations In contrast shadow copies can be created in seconds without the impact on network traffic that tape backups impose Additionally because the shadow copy process allows open files to be backed up without data inconsistency issues they can be scheduled at any time and much more frequently than tape backups Fast Restores In the event of data loss shadow copy restoration offers
40. amage the system Warning Physically removing drives which are not in hotswap AN and the drive Delete Unit Deletes the selected unit and allows you to use the drives to create another unit The drives appear in the list of Available Drives www 3ware com 63 3ware Disk Manager 2 64 Caution Before you click Delete Unit make sure the unit you are AN removing is unmounted and no I Os are being issued If a unit is not unmounted and you delete it it is the equivalent of physically yanking a hard drive out from under the operating system Resulting behavior depends on which operating system you are using and what kind of I O is being done however you will typically see really bad results bad errors and most likely a reset of the controller or a system hang Devices can be unmounted through the operating system For details see the discussion under Remove Unit above deleted the drives cannot be reassembled into the same unit If you want to reassemble the drives on another controller and access the existing data use Remove Unit instead of Delete Unit i Warning When a unit is deleted the data will be permanently After deletion the operating system is notified that the unit was deleted In Linux the device node associated with this unit is removed In Windows the Device Manager will reflect the changes under the disk drives icon Available Drives to Create Units This section lists the drives on the contr
41. and re starting Error Reporting There is no error reported when a drive is removed while the system is powered up and inactive 3Ware management software will immediately report a drive missing or defective when there is read or write activity addressed to that drive The constant polling of the drives was deemed by 3Ware to be a performance degrading overhead activity and unnecessary RAID Control The mirroring of the operating system drives is controlled by the Microsoft software and not by the 3Ware controller 30 AMG STORAGE 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller Supports the 9000 Series PN 720 0104 00 April 2004 User Guide Copyright 2004 3ware Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the proper written consent of 3ware Inc 455 West Maude Ave Sunnyvale CA 94085 Trademarks 3ware Escalade and 3DM are all registered trademarks of 3ware Inc The 3ware logo 3BM StorSwitch TwinStor and R5 Fusion are all trademarks of 3ware Inc All other trademarks herein are property of their respective owners Disclaimer 3ware Inc assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this document nor does 3ware Inc make any commitment to update the information contained herein 3ware Disk Manager 3DM 2 Note 3DM 2 includes s
42. ange your Server name replace monster with your server name Menu Access To Manage Disk Volumes or Remote Desktop menus you must be using Internet Explorer 5 5 or higher For other menus any web browser application should function properly 28 Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 1 Introduction to Windows Storage Server 2003 Architecture and Deployment Microsoft Corporation Published July 2003 Abstract Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 is the latest version of Windows Powered NAS Built on the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system Windows Storage Server 2003 is a dedicated file server that offers dependable storage while integrating seamlessly with the existing corporate network infrastructure Easy to install and manage Windows Storage Server 2003 offers outstanding economics It enables substantial file server consolidation and provides one of the best platforms for simplified file sharing backup and replication of businesses essential data This white paper introduces the reader to the new and enhanced features of Windows Storage Server 2003 file server and network attached storage NAS technologies The information contained in this document represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation on the issues discussed as of the date of publication Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of M
43. ar 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3DM 2 Reference This page displays a list of AENs asynchronous event notifications received from the controller displayed in the drop down list in the menu bar Up to 1000 alarms can be listed After the 1000 limit is reached the oldest alarms are deleted as new ones occur You can sort the alarms by severity or time To do so just click the column header For 8000 and 9000 series controllers alarms can be used by either 3DM or CLI but not both Whichever issues an alarms command first determines which can see alarm data Clear Alarms The Clear Alarms button removes all alarms shown in the list Sev Shows the severity of the event Three levels are provided Errors are shown next to a red box m Warnings are shown next to a yellow box W Information is shown next to a blue box Time The time shown for alarms generated by 7000 and 8000 series controllers is the time retrieved from the driver by 3DM The time shown for alarms generated by 9000 series controllers 15 the time received by the driver from firmware Message The specific text relating to the alarm condition www 3ware com 67 3ware Disk Manager 2 3DM Settings Page 101 Eile Edit View Favorites Tools 68 EI Q 3 A Qsearch s Favorites lesa d E Address https jlocalhost 888 z ADMINISTRATOR logge
44. are all equally capable of delivering cost effective high performance solutions The new and enhanced data and storage management capabilities of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 are critical tools in helping system and storage administrators do more with less CAPACITY CAPACITY CAPACITY ARRAY SIZE Front Side Bus 512K Cache RAID ENVIRONMENT 3ware Escalade 8506 12 HOT SWAP INCLUDED MIRRORED 2 x 80GB SATA 8MB Cache 70GB DATA Partition DISK DRIVES 2 x 10 100 1000 ports BALANCING 21 ABERNAS 221 DISK PLACEMENT CHART WARNING The disk drive trays must be properly seated completely back into their sockets and they must be in their proper positions in order to avoid software corruption and or hardware damage Please carefully read the following Your AberNAS by Aberdeen storage appliance has four columns of three hard disk drives The columns are labeled alphabetically from left to right and the rows are numbered from top to bottom For safety during shipment to you the drives have been removed and shipped separately The positioning stickers on the hard drive packages correspond to their placement in the chassis Proper placement of the drives is critical in retaining the integrity of any software or operating system that has been loaded Latch Retaining Handle Slide the hard drive into place with the retaining handle extended When the drive is fully inserted pus
45. ask is currently active or paused click on the unit number to display the Unit Information page which has that information Drive Information Port The port to which the drive is connected Model The model of the drive Capacity The capacity size of the drive Status The status of the drive OK Not Supported Not Present and so forth If you need help regarding a status displayed here please contact Technical Support Remove Drive The Remove Drive link removes a drive from the controller so that you can safely unplug it In the Unit Maintenance section this link is only provided for drives that can be safely removed without creating an inoperable unit For example a RAID 5 missing 2 or more drives or a RAID 0 missing 1 or more drives would become inoperable If you remove a drive from a redundant unit the unit will become degraded Once a unit has become degraded additional drives cannot be removed without making it inoperable so no Remove Drive link will display Warning Physically removing drives which are not in hotswap AN carriers can result in a system hang or may even damage the system and the drive Maintenance Task Buttons Below the list of units a row of task buttons lets you preform maintenance and configuration tasks related to the unit Before clicking one of these buttons select the appropriate unit Verify Unit Puts the selected unit in verifying mode If verify scheduling is enabled on the Scheduli
46. ation gt Controller Details from the menu bar www 3ware com 39 3ware Disk Manager 2 Table 5 List of 3DM Pages 3DM Page Description Unit Information Page Shows a list of the units on the current controller and provides summary information about each unit To see this page choose Information gt Unit Information from the menu bar or click an ID number on the Controller Summary Unit Details Page Shows details about a particular unit To see this page click an ID number on the Unit Information page Drive Information Page Shows a list of drives on the current controller and provides summary information about each drive To see this page choose Information gt Drive Information from the menu bar SMART Details About Drive at Particular Port Page Shows the SMART data for a specific drive To see this page click the Port for a drive on the Drive Information page Controller Settings Page Lets you view and change settings that affect the units on the current controller To see this page choose Management gt Controller Settings from the menu bar Scheduling Page Lets you view and change the schedule for tasks that affect all units on the current controller To see this page choose Management gt Scheduling from the menu bar Maintenance Page Lets you configure new units and make changes to existing units To view this page choose Management g
47. backup utilities see Table 4 In addition Windows Storage Server 2003 seamlessly integrates with critical Windows features such as DFS and FRS Table 4 Software Supported in Windows Storage Server 2003 Software Support Additional Information Anti virus Via third party software Backup Via third party software Includes the backup utility NTBACKUP which uses VSS and SCSF to backup both system and user data with shadow copies Distributed File System Enables a single hierarchical mapping of all systems and shares on the DFS network File Replication Service Enables remote mirroring through replication FRS Synchronizes data Internet Information Tool to host and manage web pages on intranet or internet Services IIS Version 6 0 supported in Windows Storage Server 2003 Web UI support for Distributed File System DFS does not include or enable FRS scenarios Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Storage Managing Storage Devices Management and configuration of the storage disks both physical and logical is under control of the Virtual Disk Service VDS See New Features for more information Allocation of disk space to users is performed through quotas and can be managed through a user interface The Enterprise Edition of Windows Storage Server 2003 supports the Automated Deployment Service ADS as an optional add on ADS is a scriptable service enabling rapid and highly effective deployment of
48. d Logout 2 3 DM 2 AUTHORIZ DLTX2W Microsoft Windows 2000 build 2195 Service F Summary Information Management Alarms 3DM Settings Help Refresh 3DM Settings Send E mail C Enabled amp Disabled Send Severity and Above information gt Sender on Recipient s Noe 4 Server name or IP 7 Save E mail Settings Send Test Message Change Password For User z Current Password Ss New Password Confirm New Password Jee r Change Password Page Refresh Minutes Between Refresh 5 Allow Remote Access 6 Enabled C Disabled Incoming Port Listening Port 888 Change Port Last updated Fri Jan 23 2004 12 09 20PM zi B BE Local intranet Figure 27 Settings The 3DM Settings page appears when you click Settings the menu bar Use this page to set preferences including email notification for alarms passwords page refresh frequency whether remote access is permitted and the incoming port for 3DM to listen for requests The initial settings for most of these preferences are specified during installation of 3DM E mail Notification Use the fields in this section to set up and manage notifications of events by e mail Send E mail This field determines whether e mail notification is Enabled or Disabled 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3DM 2 Reference Send Severity and Above Specifies t
49. d unmount it Available Drives Controller ID 1 Port5 WDC WD1B5DOBB D0DAAD 148 05 GB OK Remove Drive Port6 WDC WDI1BDOBB D0DAAD 148 05 GB OK Remove Drive Port7 WDC W D1600BB 00DAAD 149 05 GB OK Remove Drive Create Unit Last updated Fri Jan 16 2004 01 00 11PM version 2 00 00 031 Ua nana DD C DA im Figure 23 Maintenance Page The Maintenance page appears when you choose Management gt Maintenance from the menu bar The Maintenance page lets you perform maintenance tasks on existing units on the current controller shown in the drop down list on the menu bar and lets you create new units by configuring available drives Rescan Controller Use the Rescan Controller button to have 3DM scan the available drives in the controller and update the list of available drives shown This is useful in variety of maintenance tasks For example if you physically plug in a drive and want the controller to recognize the newly plugged in drive Rescan will not recognize it as gone unless the drive was in use or until it is required by the system Always use the Remove link to remove a drive before unplugging it Note If you unplug a drive without first removing it through 3DM www 3ware com 59 3ware Disk Manager 2 60 i Warning Removing or adding drives which are not in hotswap carriers can result in a system hang or may even damage the system and the drive In
50. data and file encryption network authentication secure network transport and network wide group policies Load Balancing and Server Fail Over Windows Storage Server 2003 integrates effectively with the Distributed File System enabling effective management of the servers and files on the business network DFS works to provide a single hierarchical view all the servers and their shares Replicating the data across multiple servers and keeping the data synchronized with File Replication Service FRS is an effective way to balance the network load In the event that a server fails DFS will automatically redirect clients to the closest available server Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper The Basics How NAS Works This section provides a brief introduction to how the NAS server works and is included to help provide the context for many of the NAS features available with Windows Storage Server 2003 Like all NAS servers Windows Storage Server 2003 functionally and architecturally consists of three components the filing system the wiring and related hardware and the storage disk These components together provide the functionality necessary to fulfill client system application requests for data stored on the NAS device Application requests to read or write data are initiated by the client system and can be directed to the storage local to the client embedded or directly attached storage or can be redirected over the
51. e Windows Server 2003 operating system this successor to Windows Powered NAS broadens usability and interoperability for both end users and system administrators Using Shadow Copies for Shared Folders end users are empowered to recover their own lost data without IT intervention thereby improving their own efficiencies and helping the business save money System administrators benefit from the seamless integration of Windows Storage Server 2003 into existing networks multi platform file serving capabilities and built in point in time imaging capabilities for highly efficient backup and restores Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Related Links See the following resources for further information e Microsoft Windows Network Attached Storage Home at http www microsoft com windows storage default mspx e Windows Server 2003 File Server Web Server and Active Directory Performance Testing 4 03 at www veritest com clients reports microsoft e Microsoft Windows Server 2003 vs Linux Competitive File Server Performance Comparison 4 03 at www veritest com clients reports microsoft APPENDIX F 3WARE ESCALADE CONTROLLER 29 3DM DISK MANAGEMENT UTILITY Introduction The 3DM disk management utility allows you to view status and version information pertaining to your Escalade ATA RAID Controller 3DM alerts you when a disk array needs maintenance and you can maintain your disk arrays from 3DM You can add
52. e write cache for each unit 3DM lists each unit on the controller specified in the drop down list on the menu bar and shows you whether the write cache is currently enabled or disabled for it Write cache is a combination of the physical hard drives write cache as well as the controller s memory depending on what type of unit you are using For 9000 series controllers a Disable Write Cache on Unit Degrade setting can be set in 3ware BIOS Manager 3BM You can see if this setting is enabled in the Other Controller Settings field at the bottom of this Controller Settings page If Disable Write Cache on Unit Degrade is enabled upon degrade of a unit the write cache will automatically be disabled even if you enable write cache in the Unit Write Cache field For additional information see Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache on page 89 Unit Policies For units on 9000 series controllers you can enable or disable two policies Auto verify and Continue on Source Error During Rebuild 3DM lists each unit on the controller specified in the drop down list on the menu bar and shows you whether the policies are currently enabled or disabled for each unit This section does not appear for 7000 and 8000 series controllers Auto verify The Auto verify policy causes verify tasks to be performed repeatedly during a scheduled verify window When Auto verify is disabled verify is not initiated automatically by the controller V
53. ed Rebuilds Follow Schedule Ignore Schedule frime Duration hours r1 24 Sunday 12 00am 2 Monday 12 00am 24 3 Tuesday 12 00am 24 4 Wednesday 12 00am 24 5 Thursday 12 00am 24 6 Friday 12 00am 24 7 Saturday 12 00am 24 Remove Checked Add Schedule Day Sunday Time 1200am v Duration M 71 Schedule Verify Tasks Controller ID 2 Scheduled Verifies Follow Schedule Ignore Schedule Duration hours r1 24 Sunday 12 00am 2 Monday 12 00am 24 3 Tuesday 12 00am 24 4 Wednesday 12 00am 24 5 Thursday 12 00am 24 6 Friday 12 00am 24 7 Saturday 12 00am 24 Remove Checked Add New Schedule Day Sunday z Time 12 00am x Duration 1 z Schedule Self tests Controller ID 2 Day lime Tasks applies to all schedule items r1 Sunday 12 00am Upgrade UDMA mode 2 Monday 12 00am IV Check S M A R T Thresholds 3 Tuesday 12 00am 4 Wednesday 12 00am 5 Thursday 12 00am 6 Friday 12 00am 7 Saturday 12 00am Remove Checked Add New Schedule Day Sunday x Time 12 00am z Done fep memet 2 Figure 22 Scheduling For 9000 series controllers the Scheduling page appears when you choose Management gt Scheduling from the menu bar The Scheduling page is not available for 7000 and 8000 series controllers If you want to schedule tasks for one of those controllers use 3DM Version 1 x
54. ent released and tested version number refer to the 9000 release notes www 3ware com 45 3ware Disk Manager 2 46 The Summary page appears after you first logon to 3DM and when you click the Summary link in the menu bar The Summary page provides basic information about each 3ware RAID controller in your system To see details about the units in a controller click the link in the ID column ID The ID that the operating system assigns to the controller Note The controller ID you see in 3DM 2 may not match the number that you see for the same controller in 3DM version 1 Model The model name of the controller The model number is also printed on a sticker on the outside bracket of the controller Serial The serial number of the controller The serial number is also printed on a sticker on the outside bracket of the controller Firmware The firmware version running on the controller Driver The driver version being used to interact with the controller Status The overall status of the controller Possible statuses include OK Warning Error and No Units Warning indicates that a background task is currently being performed rebuilding verifying or initializing Error indicates that a unit is degraded or inoperable If both Error and Warning conditions exist the status will appear as Error 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3DM 2 Reference Controller Details Page
55. erify can still be started manually with 3DM 3BM or CLI Once a manually started verification is complete no further verify tasks for the unit is performed Continue on Source Error During Rebuild This policy applies only to units which are redundant For units which are not redundant a check box is not available When this policy is set ECC errors are ignored when they are encountered during a rebuild When this policy is not set a rebuild will abort upon encountering an ECC error and the unit will be set back to Degraded Since this option could result in the loss of some source data in the event of source errors select this option only if you want to ensure that a rebuild will complete successfully without manually intervention If the rebuild fails and Continue on Source Error During Rebuild is not selected then you have the option to start a rebuild manually It is recommended that a file system check be executed when the rebuild completes 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3DM 2 Reference Note The policy Continue on Source Error During Rebuild is equivalent to the Force continue on source errors option in 3DM v 1 x and the ignoreEcc option in CLI Other Controller Settings For 9000 series controllers the Other Controller settings displays information about additional settings that can only be changed in the BIOS 3BM For more information see Setting Policies for a Controller
56. error message Remote Access to 3DM has been disabled Please connect using the local machine by entering localhost in the URL bar Remote access can be enabled or disabled on the 3DM Settings page To enable or disable remote access 1 Click 3DM Settings on the menu bar 2 Inthe Remote Access section of the 3DM Settings page select either Enabled or Disabled in the Allow Remote Connections field The page refreshes and a message at the top of the screen confirms that remote access has been enabled or disabled Setting the Incoming Port You can set the port which 3DM uses to listen for incoming messages If you are not sure which port would be the best to use leave this set to the default port of 888 To set the incoming port 1 Click 3DM Settings on the menu bar 2 Inthe Incoming Port section of the 3DM Settings page enter the port number in the Listening Port field The page refreshes and a message at the top of the screen confirms that the listening port has been changed Setting the Frequency of Page Refreshes Since the status of the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller can change while you are viewing information about them in 3DM it s important to refresh the page information regularly That way you can be assured that the information you see in 3DM is current You can manually refresh the information on a page by clicking Refresh Page in the menu bar But you can also have 3DM refresh the i
57. est the performance of Windows Storage Server 2003 is greatly enhanced in comparison to NAS 2 0 In 3 party Veritest comparison of file serving in Windows Storage Server 2003 and NAS 2 0 throughput on Windows Storage Server 2003 is 35 85 faster than Windows Powered NAS 2 0 depending on whether there are one two four or eight processors see Figure 1 Internal Microsoft tests using a different hardware configuration put the overall throughput at 10096 or above for each of the four processor configurations NFS Performance The industry standard for measuring NFS file server performance for Unix clients is based on the Spec SFS benchmark program produced by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation Spec SFS scores file server performance in terms of I O throughput per second IOPS In internal MS tests using Spec SFS file serving performance increased from 5040 IOPS in NAS 2 0 to 7500 IOPS in Windows Storage Server 2003 a 5095 increase SMB is Server 2003 s enhanced version of CIFS native to Server 2000 See the report at www veritest com clients reports microsoft It is important to note that these performance improvements are seen only when upgrade client software is loaded onto the client systems For configuration details see Windows Storage Server 2003 OEM training Guide Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Peak SMB Performance 1200 1000 800 600 400
58. ew Features in Windows Storage Server 2003 esee 14 Volume Shadow Copy Service 55 14 Virtual Disk Semice orf reet repe bec phu eee rt xe reel 15 M ltipath I O MPIQ net te rene one e E Ae Detenido 16 Distributed File System 17 NAS Deployment Scenarios 18 File ce a e p eb i ib i E d edad 18 Server Consolidation oet ero re rc E EP ete EE EE CE 20 Local and Remote Site Replication for Business 20 eph sd en Ro PEE 22 curn 23 Related Links eret evi cuore 24 Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Introduction Development of technologies delivering storage over the network has revolutionized the availability distribution and accessibility of storage resources Attaching storage directly to the company network helps to eliminate or reduce the drawbacks business experience when using directly attached storage These drawbacks include e Limited storage capacity and scaling constraints as data assets grow e Proliferation of computer hardware and software to meet increased storage capacity needs e Proliferation o
59. f hardware and software necessary to protect the data allocated to new storage e Increased management complexity for the system administrator s configuring and maintaining IT client and server systems e Poor or inconsistent protection of data on client desktops and laptops e Limited or laborious access to data especially between company workgroups departments and branches e Temporary or permanent loss of data resulting from hardware failures data corruption or user error e Spiraling costs associated with capital expenditure increased staffing and production downtime resulting from data loss Network attached storage NAS is one solution to these challenges NAS storage and file serving devices can be attached directly to the company intranet Storage directly attached to the network becomes accessible to all computers that can access the network NAS servers are designed for ease of deployment they can be plugged directly into the network without disruption of services management is minimal and simplified and they are largely maintenance free NAS devices are an ideal means by which to consolidate file servers and backup equipment and to expand storage capacity A second networked storage solution is the installation of a storage area network SAN Unlike NAS solutions these dedicated storage networks require considerably more planning to deploy and their management is more complex SAN solutions are ideal for database and on
60. g 3DM Disk AberNAS 231 provides a RAID 5 hot spare storage environment Management Software Yielding the best storage capacity the a 2U AberNAS 231 storage appliance offers flexibility and speed without sacrificing on security The AberNAS 232 is configured just as the 231 model yet is provides even more TB capacity with the use of 400GB drives 24 ABERNAS 251 ABERNAS 242 For the system storage administrator managing an organization s growing wealth of information has become an increasingly complex high pressure undertaking EJ Microsoft Windows 2 Powered Microsoft Storage Server 2003 The system administrator must take into account rapidly changing storage technologies While there are many storage solutions available today not all solutions scale well with organizational growth nor are all equally capable of delivering cost effective high performance solutions The new and enhanced data and storage management capabilities of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 are critical tools in helping system and storage administrators do more with less SPECIFICATIONS CAPACITY CAPACITY CAPACITY ARRAY SIZE Front Side Bus 512K Cache RAID ENVIRONMENT 3ware Escalade 9506 12 HOT SWAP INCLUDED MIRRORED 2 x 250GB 400GB SATA 8MB Cache 240GB 390GB DATA Partition DISK DRIVES 2 x 10 100 1000 ports BALANCING POWER SUPPLY 460w Dual Hot Swap REDUNDANT
61. ge Server 2003 White Paper IceCAP 44 LOP Demo DevDiv ppt Properties General Security Custom Previous Versions Summary To view previous version of select the version from the following list and then click View You can also save a file to a different location or restore a previous version of a file File versions Name Time ETC 4440 Tuesday June 04 2002 3 00 PM Figure 2 Client user interface used to restore previous versions of a file Local Disk C Properties 2 x General Tools EI Hardware _ Sharing Security Shadow Copies d Quota Shadow copies allow users to view the contents of shared folders as the contents existed at previous points in time Select a volume Next Run Time Shares Sc 6 18 2002 7 1 162 MB on Enable Disable Settings Shadow copies of selected volume 6 5 2002 4 27 6 4 2002 3 00 PM Create Now 5 31 2002 4 18 PM Delete Now Cancel Apply Figure 3 System administrator user interface for scheduling shadow copies Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper New Features in Windows Storage Server 2003 The following are new features in Windows Storage Server 2003 e Volume Shadow Copy Service e Virtual Disk Service MPIO e DFS Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS The Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS is an infrastructure that m
62. gle storage management interface to communicate with multivendor storage devices Multipath I O MPIO Multiple or redundant paths between storage devices and the systems that use them enable persistent data availability and high I O performance In essence these technologies provide for alternate connection in case of failure of the primary I O path and optionally multiple paths to improve performance or balance loads MPIO software included in Windows Storage Server 2003 is not a feature of the operating system but is supported through the Driver Development Kit DDK Multipathing allows a host to have up to 32 paths to access an external storage device which facilitates failover and load balancing Multipathing technology is critical in ensuring highly available data to businesses In the past multipathing was a solution only available to large scale enterprises now this high availability solution is available to any organization using only Windows Storage Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 technologies Microsoft s MPIO delivers a standard and interoperable path for communication between storage products and Windows Server With a platform upon which multiple third party storage systems can reliably interoperate businesses have greater choice when building a high quality highly available network storage system and system administrators will have the flexibility to incorporate products from multiple vendors into a single inter
63. h severity of Warning and Error only Error will send e mail for alarms with severity of Error only For more information about events and alarms see Viewing Alarms on page 107 Event notification is initially set up during 3DM installation but can be changed on the 3DM Settings page To set up event notification 1 Click 3DM Settings on the menu bar 2 Inthe E mail Notification section of the 3DM Settings page enter change the settings you want W Enable or Disable all notifications Set the severity level of events for which e mail notifications are sent Specify the email address of the sender This will appear in the From field of the e mail Enter the e mail address es to which notifications are sent Separate multiple addresses with a comma or a semicolon W Enter the SMTP server name or IP of your mail server 3 Click Save E mail Settings To send a test message You can send a test message to make sure you ve entered the e mail notification settings correctly W Click Send Test Message 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Setting Up 3DM Preferences Enabling and Disabling Remote Access When remote access is enabled a user can connect to 3DM over the internet or an intranet to check status or administer the controller and associated drives If remote access is disabled and a user attempts to connect to 3DM remotely they will see the following
64. h the retaining handle back until it is fully seated and snapped into the latch Should you require technical assistance with this or any other aspect of your Aberdeen server contact us toll free at 800 552 6868 option 2 from 8 00am to 5 00pm PST 22 APPENDIX D ABERNAS 231 232 23 ABERDEEN ABERNAS 231 232 SPEC SHEET UV ooo 3TB Hot Swap Storage Capacity MAXIMIZE Network Storage Capacity Hardware Redundancy and Reliability Network Performance Management Simplicity Scalability Cost GB Ratio Peace of Mind with a 5 Year Warranty Inevitably you will need to replace or increase the capacity of your network storage application server storage or back up storage The AberNAS by Aberdeen allows you to enjoy the benefits of feature A BERNAS y 2 rich high performance network attached storage without the high cost of ownership The AberNAS by Aberdeen is the solution of choice to provide the power and features to support today s most dynamic demanding network infrastructures Packed with A BERNAS 242 server management security and mission critical features the AberNAS by Aberdeen can offer up to 3 terabytes in a 2U space with the most competitive value in the marketplace As the ultimate reliable NAS server the AberNAS 231 stresses 2 3ware speed ease of management and dependable storage Configured f f with separate mirrored OS drives to provide system failover the Featurin
65. h the retaining handle extended When the drive is fully inserted push the retaining handle back until it is fully seated and snapped into the latch Should you require technical assistance with this or any other aspect of your Aberdeen server contact us toll free at 800 552 6868 option 2 from 8 00am to 5 00pm PST 14 APPENDIX B ABERNAS 110 116 15 ABERDEEN ABERNAS 110 116 SPEC SHEET Maximize sa Hot Swap torage ABERNAS MAXIMIZE Network Storage Capacity Hardware Redundancy and Reliability Network Performance Management Simplicity Scalability Cost GB Ratio Peace of Mind with a 5 Year Warranty Inevitably you will need to replace or increase the capacity of your network storage application server storage or back up storage The AberNAS by Aberdeen allows you to enjoy the benefits of a feature rich high performance network attached storage without the high cost of ownership The AberNAS by Aberdeen is the solution of choice to provide the power and features to support today s most dynamic and demanding network infrastructures Packed with server management security and mission critical features the AberNAS by Aberdeen can offer up to 1TB terabyte in a 1U space with the most competitive value in the marketplace As the ultimate reliable NAS server the AberNAS 110 stresses speed ease of management and dependable storage Configured with four ultra fast 250GB SATA drive
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67. he type of events for which notifications should be sent A severity of Information will send e mails for all alarms a severity of Warning will send e mail for alarms with severity of Warning and Error A severity of Error will send e mail for alarms with severity of Error Sender Enter the email address which will appear in the From field Recipient The e mail address to which notifications should be sent You can enter multiple addresses separated by commas Server name or IP If the machine on which you are running 3DM has access to a nameserver you may enter the machine name of the mail server in the Server field Otherwise use the IP address Save E mail Settings button Saves the e mail notification settings Send Test Message button Sends a test message using the saved e mail settings Password Use the fields in this section to set the passwords for the User and Administrator When 3DM is first installed the default password for both is 3ware Change Password For Select the access level for which you are setting the password User or Administrator Users can only view status information in 3DM while Administrators can make changes and administer the controller and associated drives Current Password Enter the current password New Password Enter the new password Confirm New Password Enter the new password a second time to be sure you have entered it correctly Change Password button Saves pas
68. ications and partnerships with the recognized leaders in the computer industry Company Certifications include Microsoft Certified Partner Intel Premier Provider Staff certifications and qualifications Microsoft intel Microsoft Certified Professional CERTIFIED Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Partner E Intel Certified Solution Consultant PETI Intel Certified Integration Specialist Novell Unix and Linux Professionals ABERDEEN LEADS INDUSTRY WITH 5 WARRANTY Aberdeen is pleased to provide an industry leading 5 Year Warranty on any of its fully configured rackmount servers Whether you select one of the pre configured Stirling servers or custom design a complete server for yourself it will be warranted to be free of defects in materials for a period of five years from the date of shipment and for the lifetime of the product to be free of workmanship defects CUSTOM SERVER SOLUTIONS PROVIDER Aberdeen LLC has provided personal and corporate customers quality custom computing solutions for more than a decade Customizable Stirling rack mounted servers backup solutions and AberNAS storage appliances not only offer a longer warranty and demonstrate better performance but have proven to provide a better ROI than the competition in head to head comparisons Aberdeen offers a comprehensive product line for the Gaming Enthusiast to the IT Professional Fully Customizable Rackmounts Servers
69. ich is responsible for correctly addressing the appropriate storage device and correctly transferring the I O request commands and data across the storage I O bus to the storage device Storing Component Having passed into the storage device the application request data is stored on the appropriate physical or logical disk as directed by the file system Disks can be both physical and logical virtual It is at this step that the data associated with the application request is converted from file format into the constituent granular blocks that are written to storage devices Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Optimizing NAS Vendors can configure NAS hardware and firmware such that it is optimized for network file I O processing and storage These components include the NAS processor memory and caching and the storage devices There are many different ways to optimize file serving and the particular approaches taken are vendor specific The next section describes the networking file serving and storage features in Windows Storage Server 2003 that drive these capabilities 5 Software on the vendor hardware not part of the OS Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Windows Storage Server 2003 Features This section highlights the networking file serving and storing capabilities of Windows Storage Server 2003 This section provides feature highlights For a summary of the ma
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71. ies The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Contents rigore ecc cece cee E 1 Overview of Windows Storage Server 2003 2 What is Windows Storage Server 2003 2 Advantages of Windows Storage Server 2003 2 The Basics How NAS WorkKs 4 File Serving 4 Hardware COMPONEMM cccceecceceecceceeeeeeeaeceenaeeeeeeceaeeeeaaesdeaeesaeeeceaeeseaaesaeeseaeseeaaeseeaeeeseeeesaees 4 Storing 4 Optimizing NAS tu ciet eet A m tm 5 Windows Storage Server 2003 6 Networking roit repe de tp ette 6 PG SOLVING hs ep PEDES 7 Sie 9 NAS Management Software sssssssssssssssesss esee enne ensis ettet nnns 10 Performianeen anale e pet re e er Prefer et re Ee rte ede 11 Integrated Snapshots ira ee eere ec ME aad b tin ME tye tees 12 Improved End User 12 N
72. ighly scaleable and highly available pooled storage they plug into a Fibre Channel SAN Each storage unit on the SAN must have its storage configured and made accessible to the appropriate servers only Since it is common for storage on the SAN to be from multiple hardware vendors prior to Windows Server 2003 and Windows Storage Server 2003 it was necessary for the system administrator to configure each device using a vendor specific storage management application Not only did this mean using hardware specific management utilities it frequently meant that the system administrator had to physically go to each storage device to do each configuration Windows Storage Server 2003 s Virtual Disk Service helps alleviate these administration complexities in a NAS backend SAN configuration by providing a single management interface for multivendor storage devices The system administrator can manage all storage devices directly from a single management console and query and configuration operations are common across all managed devices In this scenario VDS functionality is enabled through hardware vendor support Each hardware vendor must supply a VDS provider for the storage hardware The hardware provider translates the VDS standard APIs application programming interface into instructions specific to the storage device With communication enabled between the Virtual Disk service and the storage hardware the system administrator can now use a sin
73. ing and unmasking between servers Although access to the storage pool is shared each server can only access the specific LUNs Logical Unit Number assigned to it Since two servers cannot both write to the same volume without potentially causing data corruption But using the hardware provider on the SAN a point in time shadow copy can be virtually transported to another server for use through the process of masking and unmasking Virtual Disk Service VDS In order for a server to use new storage disks they must first be made accessible to the server and then formatted for use Virtual Disk Service VDS controls the process of making storage accessible to systems that need it While it is irrelevant to application or the user how the data is stored whether it is on a single physical disk or spanned across several disks a logical unit in terms of data protection and performance the impact of how the data is stored is significant Thus VDS can either present a physical disk or a logical disk to a server Physical disks do not require the first two steps 1 Create logical units assign number ids these are now referred to as LUNs 2 Unmask LUNs to server 3 Create partitions and volumes 4 Format the file system Basic Disks VDS is used to partition each physical disk and to create the volumes that can be mapped to drive letters for use These volumes are known as simple volumes and do not span multiple disks Basic d
74. irling brand server and that he plans to purchase more in the future Over the years I ve tried everything Mr Featherstone says I have built my own servers or bought them from major vendors but I really like these The value you get for your money is impressive Satisfied clients are the best reference for Aberdeen Below includes a sample of some of the world class companies whose rack mounted server expectations have been exceeded by Aberdeen to the point that they have become frequent repeat customers Adventists Boeing Computer Sciences Corp Cornell University Central Intelligence Agency Dow Chemical IBM Intel Lockheed Microsoft Motorola Northrup Grumann Novartis Pharmaceuticals Oak Ridge National Lab Ohio State University Paramount Pictures Penn State University Raytheon Stanford University Timber Products UC Lawrence Berkeley Lab University of Michigan University of Washington US Army US Navy Vanderbilt University Verizon Virgin Entertainment REVIEWS AND AWARDS Throughout the years Aberdeen LLC has received praise and critical acclaim for custom built servers and desktop systems Take a look at these recent comments about Aberdeen Stirling Servers from PC Magazine The Stirling S17 Merits an Honorable Mention PC Magazine 2003 The least expensive Intel based server in our roundup the Aberdeen Stirling S17 offers a lot of power and scalability for the money PC Maga
75. isks are the legacy disks predating Windows 2000 capabilities They do not offer the same performance and data protection that dynamic disks offer Dynamic Disks VDS can be employed to create dynamic disks which can consist of either simple volumes or multi partition volumes Multi partition volumes physically span more than a single disk but nevertheless are logically considered a single volume Dynamic disks can be spanned striped RAID 0 mirrored RAID 1 or stripped with parity RAID 5 depending on the level of performance and data protection desired VDS can be used to expand dynamic disks to make more space available to a volume 8 Physical disks are divided into sectors contiguous sectors are partitions In the case of basic disks the volumes are created within partitions and are thus restricted to a single disk Volumes can span one or more partitions on the same or multiple disks Dynamic disk types include RAID configurations and can offer better performance and reliability than basic disks Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Although many vendors provide NAS appliances preconfigured with RAID system administrators might want to use VDS to customize the storage solution to meet specific data storage needs whether relating to capacity performance or data protection VDS can also be used to attach a NAS device to a back end SAN These NAS heads contain only the file serving capabilities for h
76. it restart the computer before creating a new unit with those drives Creating a new unit with those drives will destroy any existing data on them After you restart the 8000 will again see the drives as a valid unit Note 8000 series controllers only JBOD units can be removed Unit Maintenance The Unit Maintenance section of the page lists all existing units on the current controller and displays summary information about them The top row shows information about the unit while subsequent rows show summary information about each drive in the unit Unit Information Unit Number The unit number assigned to the unit by the firmware Unit numbers for 9000 series are in sequential order Unit numbers for the 7 8000 series will begin with the lowest port number of the unit Use the checkbox next to the unit to select a unit before clicking one of the task buttons 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3DM 2 Reference Drives Number of drives in the unit Type of Unit Type of unit specified during configuration RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 RAID 50 Single Disk Spare or JBOD Capacity The usable capacity size of the unit Status Operational status of the unit Ok Rebuilding Initializing Verifying Degraded or Inoperable missing drives When Rebuilding Initializing or Verifying the percentage complete is also shown The complete can be active or paused To see whether this t
77. jor advances in Windows Storage Server 2003 see Key Improvements Since Windows Powered NAS 2 0 Networking Network Data Transmission Protocols In order for clients to access storage on the NAS device they must be connected to the local area network and network transport must be enabled Clients most commonly connect to the NAS server over Ethernet cabling using the TCP IP protocol Depending on the system platform other protocol layers may also be necessary for network transport Windows Storage Server 2003 provides support for network protocols used by not only Windows systems but also by Unix and Apple systems see Table 1 enabling networking across multiple platforms Table 1 Networking Protocols Supported by Windows Storage Server 2003 Network Protocols Additional Information TCP IP Used to connect hosts to the Internet AppleTalk Networking protocol for Apple computers IPX Internet packet exchange Administration through Remote Desktop NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended User Interface used for Windows environments SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol internet standard for network management Telnet Provides remote terminal access to host Fibre Channel Transmits block level data most common in SAN configurations Ethernet Physical network transmits files most common transport for NAS Network Security Windows Storage Server 2003 uses the authentication services of Server 2003 to ensure that only those users
78. kmount Storage Server applicable models e Aberdeen AberNAS 106 1U NAS Appliance e Aberdeen AberNAS 110 1U NAS Appliance e Aberdeen AberNAS 231 2U NAS Appliance e Aberdeen XDAS Scalable Storage and NAS As an industry leader Aberdeen not only reduces cost of ownership by offering the longest warranty in the industry but also has demonstrated better performance and has proven to provide a better ROI than the competition in head to head comparisons ABERDEEN CONTACT INFORMATION Aberdeen understands that service does not stop once a product ships We sincerely hope there will never be a situation in which a problem arises however should there be a need for service Aberdeen will be there to provide the prompt courteous and efficient service expected Headquarters Address 9130 Norwalk Blvd Santa Fe Springs California 90670 Telephone 562 699 6998 Fax 562 695 5570 Email GenSales aberdeeninc com WWW www Aberdeeninc com Customer Support Hours Monday Friday 8am 5pm PST Telephone 562 699 6998 ext 152 Email CustomerService aberdeeninc com Technical Support RMA Hours Monday Friday 8am 5pm PST Telephone 562 699 6998 ext 326 Email RMATech aberdeeninc com 5 YEAR WARRANTY TERMS AND CONDITIONS Aberdeen provides an industry leading 5 Year Warranty on any of its fully configured rackmount servers All Aberdeen fully configured rackmount solutions are warranted to be free of defects in materials for
79. list lists the possible RAID configurations for the drives selected in the list of Available Drives Available configurations may include RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 RAID 50 Single Disk and Spare Disk For information about these configurations see Available RAID Configurations on page 9 When you are configuring a RAID 50 with twelve drives an additional field appears in which you select the number of drives per subunit 3 4 or 6 Selected drives to create Port WDC WD1600B5 00DAA0 149 05 GB OK Port1 WDC WD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 GB OK Port2 WDC WYD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 OK Port3 WDC WYD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 GB Port4 WDC WYD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 GB Port5 WDC WYD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 Port6 WDC 149 05 OK Port WDC WD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 GB Port8 WDC WD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 Port 9 WDC WD1BO0DBB 00DAAD 149 05 GB OK Port 10 WDC WD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 Port 11 WDC WD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 GB OK Type RAID 50 x Stripe 64 Drives per subunit 3 x Write Cache Auto Verify Continue on Source NM ring Rebuild IB Figure 25 Configuring RAID 50 with 12 Drives Stripe The drop down list of stripe sizes lists the possible stripe sizes for the configuration you selected in the RAID level drop down The default stripe size of 64KB will give the best performance with applications that have many sequential
80. m www 3ware com 33 3ware Disk Manager 2 Uninstalling 3DM under Linux or FreeBSD 34 To uninstall 3DM for Linux or FreeBSD 1 2 Insert the 3ware software installation CD ROM into the CD ROM drive Mount the CD ROM disk mount dev cdrom mnt Change the directory and run the uninstall script For FreeBSD replace linux with freebsd in the path shown in this step cd mnt packages 3dm2 linux x86 install 3dm u Note that if you downloaded 3DM from the web replace mnt in the previous command with Eject the CD ROM disk when finished cd home eject cdrom Note If 3DM Linux is reinstalled or restarted close any open web browsers before starting 3DM again to close the server socket 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Starting 3DM and Logging In Starting 3DM and Logging In 3DM runs as a service under Windows and as a daemon under Linux It is a good idea to leave 3DM running on the system that contains your 3ware RAID controller That way email alerts can be sent by 3DM and administrators can manage the controller remotely if remote administration is enabled You can access the 3DM screens to check status information and manage your 3ware RAID controller by logging in to the 3DM screens in your browser Starting 3DM under Linux 3DM should start automatically after installation and upon bootup To start 3DM manually 1 1 2
81. mentation default is usr local doc 3dm Press Enter to accept the default location and display the next question or enter the path at which you want the documentation to be installed 3 Would you like to have e mail notification enabled Y N E mail notification sends an email message when an event occurs The default answer to this question is yes If you enable e mail notification you will be asked to provide additional information the name of the mail server the user name for the person who will send the E mail notification typically the local host name and the user name for the person who will receive the e mail notification typically the system administrator Pleas nter the name of your mail server default is local host name Pleas nter the name of the user you want sending e mail notification default is root Pleas nter the name of the user you want receiving e mail notification default is 3ware admin To enter multiple e mail addresses separate them by a comma or a semicolon 4 Pleas nter the port number you would like to use for web monitoring default is 888 If you do not know what port to use select the default 5 Would you like 3DM connection security to limit connections to localhost only default is yes If you want to be able to use 3DM for remote administration change this to No 6 Change the directory and then eject the CD ROM disk when finished cd home eject cdro
82. mmary of each one To see the SMART data for a drive click the link in the Port column Port 4 The port to which the drive is connected Model The model of the drive Capacity The physical capacity of the drive Note that the capacity as shown on 3DM screen is calculated as 1KB 1024 This amount may differ from the capacity that is printed on the disk drive where it typically has been calculated as 1K 1000 Consequently the capacity of the drive may appear smaller in the 3DM screens No storage capacity is actually lost the size has simply been calculated differently for consistency Serial The serial number of the drive Firmware The firmware version of the drive Unit The unit the drive belongs to if applicable WWW J3ware com 51 3ware Disk Manager 3DM 2 Status The status of the drive OK Not Supported Read Timeout Read Failure Orphan DCB Data Check Unsupp DCB Unconv DCB Offline JBOD or Not Present In the event of a problem the status shown for the drive can be useful to customer support Note In most cases the status of the drive will not correspond to the status of the unit shown the Unit Information page SMART Details About Drive at Particular Port Page E 3ware ALANTEST S M A R T Data Microsoft Internet Explor Close S M A R T Controller ID 1 Port 1 10 00 01 OB OO C8 C8 OO 00 OO 00 00 00 00 03 07 00 B8 OE 00 00 00 00 00 04 32 00 64 64
83. mputing environment installation of an application or general purpose server can take anywhere from several hours to a day or more of work Because Windows Storage Server 2003 comes preconfigured other than using the web browser interface to set up users and shares the only installation work necessary is plugging the device into the company LAN In less than 15 minutes gigabytes to terabytes of storage can be made available to users across multiple OS platforms e Simple Management Windows Storage Server 2003 be managed remotely though Terminal Services sessions or through a Web browser interface from any desktop on the network Because Windows Storage Server 2003 uses the Windows operating system administrators already familiar with Windows do not have to learn a new NAS operating system e Dependability Windows Storage Server 2003 is designed to fully support redundant hardware components disks power supplies and fans to provide continuous and uninterrupted availability should a hardware failure occur And because NAS devices are designed this way the potential points of hardware failure are fewer than with general purpose servers Any system designed run an operating system Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Enhanced Data Protection Through built in point in time shadow technology Windows Storage Server 2003 helps businesses keep their data online 24x7 year round Using the infrastructure pro
84. n as Administrator If you change the Administrator password you will be automatically logged out and must log back in with the new password To set or change the password 1 Click 3DM Settings on the 3DM menu bar 2 the 3DM Settings page in the Password section select the type of password you want to change User or Administrator 3 Type the current password in the Current Password field If you are changing the password for the first time the factory set default password is 3ware 4 Enter the new password in the New Password field and again in the Confirm New Password field 5 Click the Change Password button to enact the change Note If you forget your password you can uninstall 3DM and then reinstall it This will reset the password to the default password 3ware www 3ware com 41 3ware Disk Manager 2 Managing E mail Event Notification 42 3DM can notify you when the 3ware RAID controller requires attention such as when a disk unit becomes degraded and is no longer fault tolerant Event notification can only occur while 3DM is running so it is recommended that 3DM be left running on the system that contains the 3ware RAID controller When events occur notification can be e mailed to one or more recipients You can specify the type of events for which notifications will be sent by selecting the severity W Information will send e mails for all alarms W Warning will send e mail for alarms wit
85. n contact your network administrator or from a Windows command prompt type ipconfig From a Linux command prompt type ifconfig Logging In When you first view 3DM in a browser you must log in before you can view or change any information Two levels of access are provided m Users can check the status of the controller units and drives attached to it W Administrators can check status configure and maintain the equipment Administrator and User status in 3DM is not related to Administrator User settings in the operating system To log in to 3DM 1 the 3DM logon screen select whether you are a User or Administrator 2 Enter your password and click Login If you are logging in for the first time after installing 3DM the default password for both User and Administrator is 3ware Note If you forget the passwords uninstalling and reinstalling 3DM resets the passwords to 3ware 36 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Working with the 3DM Screens Working with the 3DM Screens 3DM s features are organized on a series of pages you view in your browser After you log in to 3DM the Summary page shows a list of controllers installed in the computer at the URL you specified Note If you expect to see a controller that is not listed it may not be compatible with the driver that is loaded a firmware flash upgrade may be required Operating system and version on the server
86. n recorded through SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology If any of the disk drives have detected a threshold exceeded condition then an AEN is logged to the 3DM Alarms page Moreover if anything unusual is found during any self test it will be logged as an Alarm 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3DM 2 Reference Maintenance Page 3ware 3DM Maintenance Microsoft Internet Explorer 101 xj File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Bak A Qsearch Favorites Meda B 5 jadkess E htpsisi8 244 3958 sss 2 3ware 3DM 2 SERVER3 Microsoft Windows 2000 build 2195 Service Pack 4 ADMINISTRATOR logged in Logout 5 Information Management Alarms 3DM Settings Help Refresh Maintenance Controller ID 0 7566 12 X Rescan Controller This will scan all empty ports for newly inserted drives Unit Maintenance Controller ID 0 _ ooo subunito Port 0 WDC WD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 GB Remove Drive subunit Port 1 WDC 000 149 05 GB OK Remove Drive subunit 1 Port2 WDC WD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 GB Remove Drive subunit 1 Port3 WDC WD1600BB 00DAA0 149 05 GB Remove Drive Port4 WDC WD1600B8 00DAAD 149 05 GB Verify Unit Rebuild Unit Remove Unit Delete Unit Before deletina removina a unit make sure there is no 1 0 on the unit an
87. n the controller This field appears only for 7000 and 8000 series controllers Boot Loader Boot Loader version on the controller This field appears only for 9000 series controllers of Units The number of units on the controller of Ports The number of total ports on the controller regardless of whether each currently has a drive connected Error Log Provides access to the firmware s error log When you click this link a dialog box gives you the option to save the log to your computer or open it www 3ware com 47 3ware Disk Manager 2 Unit Information Page 48 3ware Unit Information Microsoft Internet Explorer loj x File Edit View Favorites Tools Help gt a Search Favorites d EM amp Address ja https 192 168 2 143 888 inks 22 2 3ware 3DM ALANTEST Microsoft Windows 2000 build 2195 Service Pack 4 ADMINISTRATOR logged in _Logout Summary Information Management Alarms 3DM Settings Help Refresh Unit Information Controller ID 0 7566 12 Unit Information Controller ID 1 0 RAID 5 298 00 GB OK Last updated Fri Jan 16 2004 12 44 19PM version 2 00 00 031 8 2 Figure 17 Unit Information Page The Unit Information page appears when you choose Information gt Unit Information from the menu bar and when you click an ID number on the Controller Summary page
88. nformation on a regular basis www 3ware com 43 3ware Disk Manager 2 To set the frequency of page refreshes 1 Click 3DM Settings on the menu bar 2 Inthe Page Refresh section of the 3DM Settings page select how often you want the page to be refreshed in the Minutes Between Refresh field Note If you don t want 3DM to refresh the screen automatically select Never in the Minutes Between Refresh field You can then refresh manually by clicking Refresh on your web browser Running Two Versions of 3DM 44 Although you can view information about 7000 and 8000 series controllers in 3DM 2 some features of version 2 are only available for the 9000 series because they require that the firmware contain associated capabilities When this is the case a message appears in the 3DM page indicating that the feature is not available for the current controller The scheduling feature is one that works differently in 9000 series controllers and earlier controllers If you want to set the schedule for background tasks for a 7000 or 8000 series controller you must do so by using 3DM version 1 If you have multiple controllers in the same system and the controllers are from different series it is possible to install and run both 3DM 2 and 3DM version 1 on the same system Note If two different versions of 3DM are both running they have to be listening on different ports In addition alarms cannot be captured by both
89. ng page the unit will not start actively verifying until the scheduled time and the status will indicate Verify Paused The Unit Details page will indicate whether a unit 15 actively verifying If verify scheduling is not enabled clicking Verify Unit begins the verification process www 3ware com 61 3ware Disk Manager 2 62 If the unit you selected to verify is a redundant unit the redundancy of the unit will be verified For example it will check parity for a RAID 5 or check data consistency fora RAID 1 If the unit you checked is not a redundant unit verify will do a surface scan of the media During verification I O continues normally For RAID 0 single disks JBODs and spares there is only a slight performance loss For redundant units you can set the background task rate on the Controller Settings page to specify whether more processing time should be given to verifying or to I O While a unit is verifying the status changes to Verifying and a Stop Verify link appears in the right most column of the Unit Maintenance table Note If the unit has not previously been initialized and you click Verify Unit the initialization process starts Initialization cannot be halted so no Stop Verify link appears Initialization can be paused however through Scheduling Initialization follows the Rebuild schedule so turning on scheduling for Rebuild will pause initialization as well For more information about ini
90. nto a single tape array Local and Remote Site Replication for Business Continuity NAS servers using Windows Storage Server 2003 software technologies enable businesses to build fault tolerant solutions designed to keep data highly available NAS devices on a LAN can use the replication technologies to replicate data between one NAS device and another In the event of network failure or the outage of a NAS device a second NAS device can assume the identity of a nonfunctioning filer and continue serving files to clients without interruption of services When the nonfunctioning NAS device returns it takes back its identity resynchronizes its data with the active NAS device and resumes file serving This process of replication and failover also works on a wide area network WAN Replication and synchronization occurs over the WAN between NAS devices Should one branch site succumb to disaster or be shut down for a planned outage clients accessing that NAS device are redirected to a second NAS device at a different branch NAS devices are also useful to remote sites for a different reason Branch offices often do not have the IT staffing expertise to effectively deploy general purpose servers Because they are so simple to deploy and maintain NAS file servers are the perfect plug and play solution for these remote sites The number of servers that can be consolidated on a NAS device depends how powerful the server capabilities are and ho
91. oftware developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http www openssl org 3ware Disk Manager 2 3DM 2 allows you to view the status of and manage 3ware RAID controllers and associated drives 3DM runs as a service under Microsoft Windows and as a daemon under Linux When it is running you can use your browser to view status and perform administrative tasks locally or remotely 3DM 2 can display information about 3ware RAID 7000 8000 and 9000 series RAID controllers However some version 2 features are only available for 9000 series controllers Two levels of access are provided user and administrator Users have view only access they can check the status of drives and units while Administrators can view and make changes using 3DM to configure RAID units and designate hot spares and to perform maintenance tasks on RAID units In this section information about 3DM is organized into the following topics Browser Requirements for 3DM on page 28 Installing 3DM on page 29 Starting 3DM and Logging In on page 35 Working with the 3DM Screens on page 37 Setting Up 3DM Preferences on page 41 Running Two Versions of 3DM on page 44 3DM 2 Reference on page 45 www 3ware com 27 3ware Disk Manager 2 3DM 2 Reference contains information about the fields and settings on each page in 3DM For additional information about doing particular tasks in 3D
92. oller which are not currently configured as part of a unit The Port number model capacity and status are all displayed as they are for drives in existing units Remove Drive The Remove Drive link removes a drive from the controller so that you can safely unplug it Any drive in the Available Drives list can be removed Warning Physically removing drives which are not in hotswap AN carriers can result in a system hang or may even damage the system and the drive Create Unit Use the Create Unit button to create a unit for use on the current controller Begin by selecting the drives you want to use in the list of Available Drives and then click Create Unit You will be prompted to select the unit Type Stripe size if applicable Write Cache and Auto Verify settings A window like the one in Figure 24 shows the drives you selected and lets you specify configuration settings 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3DM 2 Reference Selected drives to create Port 0 WDC WD1BDOBE DODAAD 149 05 GB Port 1 WDC 149 05 GB OK Port2 WDC WDI600BB 00DAA0 149 05 GB OK Port 3 WDC WD1BDOBE DODAAD 149 05 GB RAIDS Stripe 64KB bd Iv Write Cache Auto Verify Continue on Source error during Rebuild Figure 24 Configuring a Unit in 3DM For more detailed instructions see Creating a Unit through 3DM on page 82 Type The drop down
93. operable and highly available storage infrastructure Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Distributed File System DFS The Distributed File System enables the system administrator to create single hierarchical mapping of all systems and shares on the network By uniting files on different computers into a single namespace users do not have to sort through a network of dozens of servers each with their own separate directory structure but instead see the files as if they resided on a single computer With the latest version of the server operating system DFS has been enhanced to allow multiple DFS roots on a single server thus reducing administrative and hardware costs of managing multiple namespaces and multiple replicated namespaces In addition DFS now delivers more reliable load balancing better file replication between DFS sites and servers and closest site selection for users accessing the network Closest site selection ensures that in the event of server failure or scheduled maintenance users are automatically routed to another server on the network that has a replica of the data For best performance and lowest cost clients are rerouted to the site closest to them Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper NAS Deployment Scenarios The following are common NAS deployment scenarios e File Serving e Server Consolidation e Local and Remote Site Replication for Business Continuity NAS SA
94. orage Server 2003 White Paper S I NY Y 4 7777701 Clients Figure 4 File serving between network clients and Windows Storage Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Server Consolidation As companies add more and more servers to meet demands for increased storage capacity equipment licensing maintenance power space servicing and management costs all escalate Adding a Windows Storage Server 2003 based device to the network allows businesses to consolidate multiple file servers into a single more powerful NAS device Given the broad file serving capabilities of Windows Storage Server 2003 even file servers running on different platforms such as Unix or Novell can be consolidated onto a NAS device greatly simplifying management across systems Related equipment such as backup devices can also be consolidated System management is much simpler with fewer devices requiring space servicing such as applying patches or maintaining versioning and backup and restore services For every NAS device replacing multiple existing the associated licensing costs are eliminated Windows Storage Server 2003 Multiple File Servers onto Windows Storage Server 2003 IE Clients Figure 5 Consolidation of several multi platform servers onto a single Windows Storage Server 2003 NAS device This scenario enables the consolidation of tape drives i
95. orage servers Aberdeen LLC provides assistance to its vast customer base in the planning budgeting and implementation of complete network solutions including High Performance Computing and NAS SAN deployment within existing IT environments For product sales service or company information contact Aberdeen at 800 552 6868 by fax at 562 695 5570 or visit www aberdeeninc com GOALS To provide rack mounted server data storage and network solutions to the business government education and telecommunication sectors To continually offer a comprehensive selection of cutting edge computer hardware components and be the single source for the most reliable and the best valued backend server networking solutions in the market To exceed its clients expectations through dedicated one on one service unequalled attention to detail and custom solutions designed to overcome networking obstacles THE ABERDEEN ADVANTAGE Aberdeen s consummate professional and highly experienced sales management and technical teams are key elements in its ability to provide the finest complete network solutions and service available in the marketplace With unparalleled experience in the industry Aberdeen has accumulated the expertise to design and custom configure any network ranging from a couple of workstations to a complete SAN NAS network environment Aberdeen s ability to provide the best service and hardware availability is enhanced by its certif
96. ore than one controller in the system you select the one you want to see details about from the drop down list at the right of the menu bar This drop down is available on all pages that provide controller specific features Note Throughout these instructions current controller is used to refer to the controller which is currently selected in this drop down list Refreshing the Screen You can refresh the data on the screen at any time by clicking Refresh Page in the menu bar This causes 3DM to update the information shown with current information from the controller and associated drives Automatic refreshes can also be set For details see Setting the Frequency of Page Refreshes on page 43 Note If you click Refresh on the browser window you will be taken back to the Summary page 3DM Screens and What They re Used For Table 5 shows a list of the pages you work with in 3DM and describes what they are used for Details about each page and the fields and features on it are provided in the section 3DM 2 Reference on page 45 The page names in Table 5 provide links to details about that page Table 5 List of 3DM Pages 3DM Page Description Controller Summary Provides basic information about each 3ware RAID Page controller in your system To see this page click Summary in the menu bar Controller Details Provides detailed information about the current Page controller To see this page choose Inform
97. ou do not know your server name ask your system administrator or check the e mail preferences or setup options on your e mail client Inthe Recipients field enter the e mail address of the user who should receive the 3DM e mail status messages You may enter multiple e mail addresses separating each entry witha comma 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Installing 3DM Inthe Sender field enter the email address from which the email notifications will be sent This is typically the local host name You can change these settings later within 3DM SCSI 3ware 3DM 2 Setup 2 3ware Email Notification Preferences To enable email notification please enter the hostname of your SMTP mail server and email addresses To skip this step and configure email later press Next Server None Recipients None Sender None Figure 11 3DM E mail Notification Preferences 7 Continue with the installation as prompted clicking Next to move to the next screen and Finish when you reach the last screen 3DM Installation gives you the option of starting 3DM and opening the browser window 8 Ifyou elect to launch the web interface a Security Alert may appear as shown in Figure 12 Click Yes continue You may install the certificate 1f you do not want to see this alert in the future To do so click View Certificate and then click Install Certificate
98. ows you to enjoy the benefits of a feature A BER AS rich high performance network attached storage without the high cost of ownership The AberNAS by Aberdeen is the solution of choice to provide the power and features to support today s most dynamic and demanding network infrastructures Packed with server management security and mission critical features the AberNAS by Aberdeen provides the best priced entry NAS appliance with the AberNAS 106 As the ultimate reliable NAS server the AberNAS 106 stresses value speed ease of management and dependable storage Configured with four ultra fast SATA drives the cost efficient AberNAS 106 can provide the best valued small business NAS storage appliance solution Yielding the best storage capacity the a 1U AberNAS 106 storage appliance allows for a RAID 0 1 or 5 storage environment thus offering flexibility and speed without sacrificing on security 12 ABERNAS 106 For the system storage administrator managing an organization s growing wealth of information has become an increasingly complex high pressure undertaking Mi ft A m Powered Microsoft Storage Server 2003 The system administrator must take into account rapidly changing storage technologies While there are many storage solutions available today not all solutions scale well with organizational growth nor are all equally capable of delivering cost effective high performance solutions
99. perating system have all the performance and scalability benefits associated with Windows Server 2003 ANAS appliance built Windows Storage Server 2003 is designed to perform without requiring a monitor keyboard and mouse Instead this headless appliance is remotely managed through a Web based user interface for the minimal configuration tasks required for setup Unlike application servers which require proper planning to implement well NAS devices built with Windows Storage Server 2003 are designed to be deployed in under 15 minutes and can be attached directly to the company local area network LAN with no interruption to services Once plugged in these NAS devices require minimal maintenance Unlike proprietary solutions Windows Storage Server 2003 works with standard hardware from multiple original equipment manufacturers OEMs This gives businesses maximum flexibility in choosing among vendors with the hardware solution that best meets their needs Advantages of Windows Storage Server 2003 Windows Storage Server 2003 is designed for simplicity reliability and performance NAS appliances built on Windows Storage Server operating system integrate seamlessly into the IT network to provide one of the most economical file serving and network attached storage solutions available to departmental and enterprise sized businesses e Ease of Deployment Depending on the expertise of the system administrator and the complexity of the co
100. s the AberNAS 110 can provide a RAID 0 1 or 5 storage environment Yielding the best storage capacity the a 1U AberNAS 110 storage appliance offers flexibility and speed without sacrificing on security ABERNAS ABERNAS 16 For the system storage administrator managing an organization s growing wealth of information has become an increasingly complex high pressure undertaking Microsoft VI Windows 2 Powered Microsoft Storage Server 2003 The system administrator must take into account rapidly changing storage technologies While there are many storage solutions available today not all solutions scale well with organizational growth nor are all equally capable of delivering cost effective high performance solutions The new and enhanced data and storage management capabilities of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 are critical tools in helping system and storage administrators do more with less CAPACITY CAPACITY CAPACITY ARRAY SIZE PROCESSOR Intel Pentium 4 2 8GHz at 800MHz RAID ENVIRONMENT Integrated Marvell 4 port RAID controller ps oaraonwves x 250GB 400GB SATA 8MB Cache OS DATA DRIVES 8GB OS Partition per Drive 242GB 392GB Partition per Drive 2 x 10 100 1000 ports BALANCING POWER SUPPLY RAILS Included WARRANTY 5 Year Limited 17 5 110 116 DISK PLACEMENT CHART WARNING The di
101. s Corporation Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Adaptec is a registered trademark of Adaptec Inc For previous or updated manuals BIOS drivers or product release information contact ABERDEEN at http www Aberdeeninc com or through any of the means indicated on the following pages SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ABERDEEN ABERDEEN ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT Copyright 2004 ABERDEEN LLC All Rights Reserved INTRODUCTION Aberdeen LLC the Custom Server Solution Provider has provided an excellent selection of quality custom computing solutions to the IT professional for more than a decade As an innovator of storage solutions Aberdeen has become a one stop solution source for the IT Professional The computer industry is a continuously evolving marketplace With a clear vision of the future Aberdeen has become a trend setter via its vast technical experience and industry foresight Aberdeen is a pioneer in providing customizable rack mounted servers backup solutions and scalable NAS storage appliances Aberdeen Rac
102. settings to specify these things W Tochange the HTTP port that 3DM will use as a listening port check the first box If you do not know which port to use leave the box unchecked and use the default port W To allow remote administration uncheck the second checkbox www 3ware com 29 3ware Disk Manager 2 30 5 When the second checkbox is checked only localhost connections are allowed Internet and Intranet connections are not allowed You can change this setting later in 3DM 3ware 3DM 2 Setup x 2 Remote Monitoring and Security Configuration 2 3ware Check first box to update 3DM 2 HTTP listening port Uncheck second box to allow Intemet Intranet connections to 3DM 2 Restrict to localhost only connections lt Back Cancel Figure 10 3DM Remote Monitoring and Security Configuration Display If the 3DM HTTP listening port setup screen appears enter the HTTP port you want to use This screen only appears when you check the first box on the 3DM Remote Monitoring and Security Configuration screen You can change this setting later within 3DM On the E mail Notification Preferences screen see Figure 11 use the fields to specify initial email settings Note If you do not want email alerts to be sent to anyone leave None in these fields and click Next to go on to the next screen m Inthe Server field enter the name of your email server If y
103. sk drive trays must be properly seated completely back into their sockets and they must be in their proper positions in order to avoid software corruption and or hardware damage Please carefully read the following Your AberNAS by Aberdeen storage appliance has one row of four hard disk drives The columns are labeled alphabetically from left to right For safety during shipment to you the drives have been removed and shipped separately The positioning stickers on the hard drive packages correspond to their placement in the chassis Proper placement of the drives is critical in retaining the integrity of any software or operating system that has been loaded Retaining Handle Slide the hard drive into place with the retaining handle extended When the drive is fully inserted push the retaining handle back until it is fully seated and snapped into the latch Should you require technical assistance with this or any other aspect of your Aberdeen server contact us toll free at 800 552 6868 option 2 from 8 00am to 5 00pm PST 18 APPENDIX C ABERNAS 221 19 ABERDEEN ABERNAS 221 SPEC SHEET ABERNAS 221 2 3ware Featuring 3DM Disk Management Software eee eS SSS SSS MAXIMIZE Network Storage Capacity Hardware Redundancy and Reliability Network Performance Management Simplicity Scalability Cost GB Ratio Peace of Mind with a 5 Year Warranty Inevitably
104. sword changes Page Refresh Minutes Between Refresh Displays how frequently pages in 3DM will be refreshed with new data from the controller To change this setting select another option from the drop down If you prefer 3DM to only refresh when you click Refresh Page select Never The Login Help and Drive SMART data pages do not automatically refresh All other 3DM pages www 3ware com 69 3ware Disk Manager 2 Remote Access Allow Remote Connections This field enables or disables the ability for users and administrators to access 3DM from a remote computer Incoming Port Listening Port This field specifies the HTTP port to be used by 3DM when listening for communications The default port setting is 888 If you change this port make sure the port you specify is not being used Failure to do so will cause 3DM to stop responding and you will have to restart it by hand Change Port button Saves a new port number 70 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
105. t Maintenance from the menu bar Alarms Page Shows a list of alarms including the specific alarm message and the exact date and time it occurred To view this page click Alarms on the menu bar 3DM Settings Page Lets you set preferences including email notification for alarms passwords page refresh frequency whether remote access is permitted and the incoming port which 3DM will use for listening To view this page click 3DM Settings on the menu bar 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Setting Up 3DM Preferences Setting Up 3DM Preferences The 3DM Settings page lets you define preference settings that affect the overall operation of 3DM Most of these settings are specified initially during installation of 3DM On the 3DM Settings page you can perform the following tasks W Setting and Changing 3DM Passwords Managing E mail Event Notification Enabling and Disabling Remote Access Setting the Incoming Port Setting the Frequency of Page Refreshes Setting and Changing 3DM Passwords 3DM provides different access levels for users and administrators The Administrator access level allows the user to fully configure 3DM The User access level allows the user to view pages within 3DM These passwords work independently of each other The default password for both the User and Administrator is 3ware Passwords are case sensitive You can only change passwords if you are logged i
106. t Unconfigured Disk No Disable Write Cache on No Unit Degrade Last updated Fri Jan 16 2004 12 54 12PM 3DM version 2 00 00 031 Done Figure 21 Controller Settings Page The Controller Settings page appears when you choose Management gt Controller Settings from the menu bar The Controller Settings page lets you view and change settings that affect the units on the controller specified in the drop down list on the menu bar Background Task Rate The Background Task Rate fields let you change the balance of background tasks rebuild and verify and I O performed by the controller 9000 series controllers show separate settings for Rebuild Rate and Verify Rate as shown in Figure 21 7000 and 8000 series controllers show only one setting for Task Rate it applies to both rebuild and verify rates This rate 15 not persistent following a reboot for 7 8000 The 5 radio buttons let you set the ratio at which rebuilds and verifies are performed The furthest left buttons set the firmware to the fastest rebuild and verify settings This means maximum processing time will be given to rebuilds or verifies rather than I O The furthest right buttons set the firmware to the slowest rebuild and verify settings giving maximum processing time to Vo www 3ware com 53 3ware Disk Manager 2 54 For additional information see Setting Background Task Rate on page 113 Unit Write Cache You can enable or disabl
107. tialization see About Initialization on page 109 Rebuild Unit Replaces a degraded drive in a degraded unit with an available drive and begins rebuilding the RAID When you select a degraded unit and click Rebuild Unit a dialog box listing available drives appears so that you can select the drive you want to use If the degraded unit has more than one degraded drives for example a RAID 10 where both mirrored pairs each have a degraded drive you will repeat this process a second time If rebuild scheduling is enabled on the Scheduling page the unit will not start actively rebuilding until the scheduled time and the status will change to say Rebuild Paused The Unit Details page indicates whether a unit is actively rebuilding If rebuild scheduling is not enabled the rebuild process will begin right away Remove Unit Removes a selected unit and allows you to unplug the drives and move the unit to another controller the data on the unit remain intact 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3DM 2 Reference are removing is unmounted and no I Os are being issued For example make sure you are not copying files to the unit and make sure that there are no applications with open files on that unit i Caution Before you click Remove Unit make sure the unit you If a unit is not unmounted and you remove it it is the equivalent of physically yanking a hard drive out from under the operating sys tem
108. vided by Windows Server 2003 Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS the system administrator can use point in time shadow copy technologies to make up to 512 snapshots per volume using NTBACKUP of which 64 are reserved for Shadow Copies for Shared Folders These shadow copy backups are available for rapid restores should the need arise Unlike tape backups which can take hours to restore these shadow copy backups can be restored in minutes The end user can also benefit from point in time imaging technologies using the Shadow Copies for Shared Folders SCSF feature SCSF enables users to restore accidentally deleted or overwritten files or entire folders without the need for IT intervention A maximum of 64 SCSF per volume can be created ISV Utility Support NAS devices developed with Windows Storage Server 2003 include all of the benefits of application support available in Windows Server 2003 Critical ISV utilities such as antivirus backup replication and disk quota software are immediately available and supported in Windows Storage Server 2003 NAS devices not based on Windows Storage Server 2003 are not able to support these kinds of products without special versions or those operational procedures must be performed from application servers on the NAS files and file Robust Security Because it can be integrated seamlessly with Active Directory services Windows Storage Server 2003 can take advantage of the Windows security features such as
109. w many clients are served Microsoft tests have demonstrated that up to 25 Widows NT servers can be consolidated into a single NAS device Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Mp Servers Servers S dr Clients Figure 6 Replication of data between NAS Windows Storage Server 2003 devices deployed at different branch sites Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper NAS SAN Fusion NAS devices can be seamlessly integrated into a storage area network providing clients access to unlimited storage In this configuration NAS storage is separated from the NAS filing function and placed on the SAN The NAS head now acts as a gateway to the SAN controlling distribution of the data over the network and providing clients with maximum scalability and high performance storage solutions NAS SAN fusion also enables system administrators to move NAS backups off the LAN onto the storage network for highly efficient and extremely fast backups that do not impact LAN performance Corporate LAN Windows Storage Server 2003 Switch Corporate S AN with Shared Disk Windows Clients Unix Figure 7 Windows Storage Server 2003 NAS integrated into storage area network Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Summary Windows Storage Server 2003 provides scalable high performance storage solutions to businesses of all sizes Built on th
110. with permission to access data can do so An additional layer of protection is available through the data encryption capabilities of the Windows operating system see Table 2 The NAS Windows Storage Server is able to support security features for Unix and Macintosh environments as well as earlier Windows platforms Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 White Paper Table 2 Security and Authentication Support in Windows Storage Server 2003 Security and Authentication Kerberos SSL IPsec Active Directory Windows NT Domain NTLM NIS Apple UAM File Serving File Sharing Protocols Additional Information Network authentication protocol for client server configurations Secure Socket Layer protocol provides connection security for Web servers Internet Protocol Security provides encryption for network transmission Directory service for Windows OS acts as central authority for network security Administration including security and authentication of users groups servers etc in NT environments Windows NT LAN Manager provides security for connections between NT clients and servers Network Information System for Unix servers User Authentication Module File serving as discussed earlier is the process of opening closing reading and writing files In order for file serving to be enabled over the network file sharing protocols must be supported These protocols enable clients to make requests and
111. you will need to replace or increase the capacity of your network storage application server storage or back up storage The AberNAS by Aberdeen allows you to enjoy the benefits of a feature rich high performance network attached storage without the high cost of ownership The AberNAS by Aberdeen is the solution of choice to provide the power and features to support today s most dynamic and demanding network infrastructures Packed with server management security and mission critical features the AberNAS by Aberdeen can offer up to 2 terabytes in a 2U space with the most competitive value in the marketplace As the ultimate reliable NAS server the AberNAS 221 stresses speed ease of management and dependable storage Configured with separate mirrored OS drives to provide system failover the AberNAS 221 provides a RAID 5 hot spare storage environment Yielding the best storage capacity the a 2U AberNAS 221 storage appliance offers flexibility and speed without sacrificing on security 20 ABERNAS 221 For the system storage administrator managing an organization s growing wealth of information has become an increasingly complex high pressure undertaking Mi ft Br o AA m Powered Microsoft Storage Server 2003 The system administrator must take into account rapidly changing storage technologies While there are many storage solutions available today not all solutions scale well with organizational growth nor
112. zine 2003 We were impressed with the Stirling S17 s performance it generally led the pack in test results PC Magazine 2003 Astonishingly Low Price Inexpensive Hardworking Server the Aberdeen Stirling S21 is a good choice PC Magazine 2002 With an Unrivaled five year warranty the Stirling S21 offers comparable components and performance to IBM PC Magazine 2002 GAMI WORLD 4 your own system or buy off the shelf PCs or peripherals either way it s a bargain Excellent Web site too PREVIOUS COMMENTS FROM THE EXPERTS The Claymore D90G is the fastest PC we ve seen so far Maximum PC 2001 There s No Mystery Here This One s a Beast Aberdeen s Loch Ness machine is a tower of power Loch Ness D80G Maximum PC 2001 Aberdeen shows us what a real gaming system should be all about with its latest computer Loch Ness D45G PC Gamer Editors Choice 1999 10 APPENDIX A ABERNAS 106 11 ABERDEEN ABERNAS 106 SPEC SHEET Maximize MAXIMIZE Network Storage Capacity Hardware Redundancy and Reliability Network Performance Management Simplicity Scalability Cost GB Ratio Peace of Mind with a 5 Year Warranty Inevitably you will need to replace or increase the capacity of your network storage application server storage or back up storage The 106 AberNAS by Aberdeen all

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