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1. Round Robin EN Description The round robin policy attempts to evenly distribute incoming requests to all processing paths This session has the Following connections Source Portal Target Portal Status Type 192 168 1 112 Conne Active a l EZ Figure F 5 click 14 Add Source Portal for the iSCSI data port 2 192 168 1 113 Session Connections Ag Connections Load Balance Policy Description The round robin policy attempts to evenly distribute incoming requests to all processing paths This session has the following connections Connected Active Figure F 6 Add Connection ult target Figure F 7 15 Click on the Advance button Select Local adapter Source IP and Target Portal to iSCSI data port 2 192 168 1 113 Then select OK Click OK Advanced Settings General PSec Connect by using Local adapter ii SowcelP 192168 1 178 Target Portal CRC Checksum C Data digest C Header digest C CHAP logon information Figure F 8 16 The MC S setting is done Session Connections Connections Load Balance Policy Round Robin Description The round robin policy attempts to evenly distribute incoming requests to all processing paths This session has the Following connections Source Portal Target Portal Status Type 192 168 1 178 3194 192 168 1 11
2. Config import amp export function allows user to save system configurable values like export function and to apply all import function configuration For the volume config setting the values are available in export function but not available in import function to avoid conflict date deleting between two ISC8P2G mn Import Export Import file Import Logical unit only Export Confirm a Figure 3 8 4 1 1 Import Import all system configurations excluding volume config 2 Import Logical unit only No system and volume configurations import LUN configurations only 3 Export Export all configurations to a file Caution Import function will import all system configurations excluding volume config 3 8 5 Shutdown Shutdown function will display Reboot and Shutdown buttons Before powering off it s better to press Shutdown to flush the data from cache to the physical disks This step is recommended for the data protection Reboot n Shutdown e Figure 3 8 5 1 3 9 Logout For security reason Logout function will allow logout while no user is operating the ISC8P2G To log back in enter username and password again Chapter 4 Advanced operation 4 1 Rebuild If one of the physical disk on the VG which was set to a protected RAID level e g RAID 3 RAID 5 or RAID 6 has FAILED or has been unplugged removed then the VG status is changed to degraded mode T
3. Date Mail SNMP Messenger System log server and view Event log System name System name for identification IP address Internet Protocol IP address for remote administration Language Language preference for WebUI Login config Configuration for auto logout and login lock Password Administrator s password Date System time for event log Mail Alert by e mail SNMP Alert via Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP Messenger Transmits net send and Alerter service messages between clients and servers System log server Alert to remote system log server Eventlog System event log to record critical events Figure 3 4 1 3 4 1 System name Select System name to modify system name The default system name consists of the model name and serial number of this system e g ISC8P2G A00001 System config System name System name ISC8P2G A40F21 Figure 3 4 1 1 Click Confirm e after modifying 3 4 2 IP address Select IP address to change IP address for remote administration usage web GUI port IP There are 2 selections DHCP Get IP address from DHCP server or static IP The default setting is DHCP enabled User can change the HTTP and SSH port number when the default port number is not allowed on host server System config IP address DHCP Static Address Mask Gateway DNS MAC 00 13 78 00 00 DB HTTP port HTTPS port SSH port 29 Figure 3 4 2 1
4. GMT 08 00 Pacific Time US amp Canada xi Setup date and time manually Date 2009 a 6 Time 15 56 19 ONTP Server Figure 3 4 6 1 Click Confirm 7 after modifying 3 4 7 Mai Select Mail to enter at most 3 mail addresses for receiving the event notification Some mail servers would check Mail from address and need authentication Please fill the necessary fields and select Send test mail to check whether the email works fine User can also select which levels of event logs will be sent out by Mail Default setting is WARNING and ERROR event logs System config Mail Mail from address mailman controller Mail to address 1 Send events 1 INFOT WARNING M ERRORI Mail to address 2 Send events 2 INFOT WARNING M ERROR M Mail to address 3 Send events 3 INFOT WARNINGM ERRORM SMTP relay C SMTP server Authentication None zl Account Password Confirm Send test mail i Figure 3 4 7 1 Fill out the following parameters Mail from address Mail to address 1 Click on SMTP relay SMTP server Click on Send test mail to test and determine if it is forwarding mail alert to the email address Click Confirm e after modifying 3 4 8 SNMP Select SNMP to set up SNMP trap alert via SNMP It allows up to 3 SNMP trap addresses Default community setting is public User can choose the event log levels and the default value o
5. to set as dedicated spare for the selected VG Select gt Free disks e Global spares e Dedicated spares e Size G D Slot WWN GB Ger Status 1 2 Speed 1 Good D e 2007001378a40040 38 VG RS oa D pp 1 5Gb 2 Good 8 S 2017001378a202d9 38 VG R5S em A np 1 5Gb m a 2018001378a202d9 38 VG R5S Sood D rp 1 5Gb e been 8 a 2019001378a202d9 38 VG R5 Song D pp 1 Sch o 5 Good D e 201a001378a202d9 38 VG R5 mmm D ps 1 5Gb 8 S 20c4001378000108 38 Good Grr 1 5Gb d _ 8 t 201c001378a202d9 38 Sood O FR 1 5Gb e 8 Good 8 gt 201b001378a202d9 38 O FR 1 5Gb Figure 3 6 7 13 Figure 3 6 7 13 Slot 5 has been set as dedicated spare disk of VG named VG R5 Step 6 Done The PDs can be used as iSCSI disks To delete UDVs VG please follow the steps Step 7 Detach LUN from UDV Please refer to Step 6 of Example 1 to detach LUN Step 8 Delete UDV User Data Volume Please refer to Step 7 of Example 1 to delete UDV Step 9 Delete VG User Data Volume Please refer to Step 8 of Example 1 to delete VG Step 10 Free dedicated spare disk To free dedicated spare disks please follow the steps below 1 Select Volume config Physical disk 2 SES the dedicated spare disk by clicking the checkbox then click Free disks to free disk Step 11 Delete dedicated cache volume To delete the cache volume please follow the steps below 1 Select Volume config Cache volume 2 Select
6. 80 443 Click Confirm e after modifying 3 4 3 Language Select Language to set the language used in the Web GUI The option Auto Detect will used the browser s default language setting System config Language Language English Simplified Chinese Figure 3 4 3 1 Click Confirm e after modifying 3 4 4 Login config Select Login config to set only one admin and set the auto logout timing Setting only one admin can prevent multiple users accessing the same IS8P2G at the same time 1 Auto logout The options are 1 Disable 2 5 mins 3 30 mins 4 1 hour The system will log out automatically when there is no user response for a period of time 2 Login lock Disable Enable When the login lock is enabled the system allows only one user to login modify the system settings System config Login config Auto logout Login lock Eee Figure 3 4 4 1 Click Confirm e after modifying 3 4 5 Password Select Password for changing administrator password The maximum length of admin password is 12 characters System config Password Old password Password Confirm Figure 3 4 5 1 D Confirm o Et Click after modifying 3 4 6 Date Select Date to set up the current date time and time zone or synchronize time from NTP Network Time Protocol server System config Date Now 20 5 564 Time zone
7. D Attach es Cp H 255 1 A HI 2 In Volume config Logical unit press 7 The procedures are as follows UDV UDV RO 1 300GB M Host iSCSI node name LUN o SW Permission O Read only Read write lt lt Back a Confirm H Figure 3 6 7 5 1 Selecta UDV 2 Input Host which can be an initiator node name for access control or fill in wildcard which means every host can access this volume Choose LUN and permission then click ZC HE MM 3 Done Attach a Detach e O Host LUN Permission UDV name Session F 0 Read write UDV RO 1 1 F iqn 1991 05 com microsoft tech 1 Read write UDV RO 2 1 Attach o Detach a Figure 3 6 7 6 Figure 3 6 7 6 UDV R0 1 is attached to LUN 0 with any hosts can access UDV R0 2 is also attached to LUN 1 with only initiator named iqn 1991 05 com microsoft tech can access GER Tips aay The matching rules of access control are from top to bottom by _ sequence Please refer 3 6 6 for details Step 4 Set global spare disk To set global spare disks please follow the steps below 1 Select Volume config Physical disk 2 Select the free disk s by clicking the checkbox then click Global spares e t0 set as global spares 3 There is a GS icon shown up at status 1 column Select zi Free disks Global spares a Dedicated spares a Slot WWN Sine we Status 1 2 Speed 1 Oo R 2007001378a40040 38 VG R5 P RD 1 5Gb 2 Good O e
8. Disk 0 Basic Kei D Ra F 76 68 GB 19 53 GB FAT3S2 19 53 GB FAT32 19 53 GB 18 08 GB NTFS Online Healthy System Healthy Boot Healthy Healthy Bpisk 1 Basic New Yolume H 2792 87 GB 2792 87 GB NTFS Online Healthy Scp romo DVD EN_OS_2939 2 G 3 20 GB 3 20 GB UDF Online Healthy 7 The new disk is ready available size 2 72TB Figure H 21 sao ll a E E Geet O AEn Drs fa TE Name Lige Total Ste 1 Free Space Hard Disk Drives Se Local Disk C Local Disk 19 5 GB 17 0 GB Local Disk D Local Disk 19 5 GB 16 2 GB S Local Disk E Local Disk ep Local Disk F Local Disk 18 0 GB 16 4 GB Local Disk 2 72 TB 2 72 TB Devices with Rel roe space 2 72 TB Total Size 2 72 TB Hans Floppy a e Sec Hl TG JS EN_05_2939 2 G CD Drive 3 20 GB 0 bytes Figure H 22 Caution If the user has setup 512B as block size for UDV and the host server OS is 32bit in the last step of formatting disk user will find OS cannot format the area after 2048GB 2TB 8 Wrong setting result OS cannot format area after 2048GB 2TB Basic CH D E 3 76 68 GB 19 53 GB FAT32 19 53 GB FAT32 19 53 GB 18 08 GB NTFS Online Healthy System Healthy Boot Healthy Healthy 2Spisk 1 Basic New Yolume H 2792 99 GB 2048 00 GB NTFS 744 99 GB ps OS cannot format this area Online Healthy Unallocated cp Rom 0 DVD EN Oe 2939 2 G 3 20 GB 3 20 GB UDF Online Heal
9. For one ISC8P2G there are four copies of event logs This will guarantee access on the event logs even when there is are failed disk s 3 5 iSCSI config iSCSI config selection is for the setup of Entity Property NIC Node Session and CHAP account Entity property iSCSI entity property NIC iSCSI portal configuration Node iSCSI node configuration Session iSCSI session information CHAP account Add Remove account for iSCSI node Figure 3 5 1 3 5 1 Entity property Select Entity property to view the entity name of the ISC8P2G and setup ISNS IP for iSNS Internet Storage Name Service You can add an NS server IP address to the iSNS servers list which the iSCSI initiator service can send queries The entity name of the ISC8P2G cannot be changed iSCSI config Entity property Entity name iqn 1995 07 com addonics isc8p2g 000a40f21 iSNS IP Figure 3 5 1 1 3 5 2 NIC Select NIC to change IP addresses of iSCSI data ports The ISC8P2G have two ports Name DHCP IP address Netmask Gateway Jumbo frame MAC address Link Yes 192 168 1 1 Disabled Up LAN1 e 192 168 1 113 255 255 255 0 a ps 00 13 78 04 0f 70 Ge Yes 192 168 1 1 Disabled Up LAN2 a 192 168 1 112 255 255 255 0 A x 00 13 78 04 0f 71 Figure 3 5 2 1 Figure 3 5 2 1 ISC8P2G there are 2 iSCSI data ports MTU is 1500 User can change IP address by clicking the button in the DHCP column There a
10. There is a RAID 0 with 4 physical disks named VG RO total size is 297GB free size is 267GB related to 1 UDV Another is a RAID 6 with 4 physical disks named VG R6 Number of the volume group The active button next to the volume group More Information will provide more details on the volume group Volume group name The button next to the name is Rename function Total GB Total capacity of this volume group Free GB Free capacity of this volume group gt The number of physical disks of the volume group UDV The number of user data volumes related to the volume group The status of volume group Online volume group is online Fail volume group failed DG DeGraded mode This volume group is not complete The reason could be a missing disk or failure of disk R Rebuild This volume group is rebuilding M Migration This volume group is migrating The RAID level of the volume group The button next to the RAID level is Migrate function Click Migrate to add disk s to do expansion or change the RAID level of the Volume group e VG operations description Create a volume group Delete Delete a volume group 3 6 4 User Data Volume Enter User data volume function to view the status of each user data volume Attach a Create o Delete e Size R VG CN 0O No Name cB Status 1 2 3 RAID LUN Geer MB 1 UICK41473 519 B w
11. please refer to Appendix G QLogic QLA4010C setup instructions NIC Vendor Model D Link DGE 530T PCI Gigabit 1 port HP NG7170 PCI X Gigabit 2 ports HP NC360T PCI Express Gigabit 2 ports TCP IP offload IBM NetXtreme 1000 T 73P4201 PCI X Gigabit 2 ports TCP IP offload Intel PWLA8490MT PCI X Gigabit 1 port TCP IP offload Intel PWLA8492MT PCI X Gigabit 2 ports TCP IP offload Intel PWLA8494MT PCI X Gigabit 4 ports TCP IP offload GbE Switch Vendor Model Dell PowerConnect 5324 Dell PowerConnect 2724 Dell PowerConnect 2708 HP ProCurve 1800 24G D Link DGS 3024 Hard drive ISC8P2G support SATA II disks Vendor Model Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 HDS722580VLSA80 80GB 7200RPM SATA 8M Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 HDS728080PLA380 80GB 7200RPM SATA Il 8M Hitachi Deskstar E7K500 HDS725050KLA360 500G 7200RPM SATA Il 16M Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 HDS728040PLA320 40G 7200RPM SATA II 2M Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 HDT725032VLA360 320G 7200RPM SATA II 16M Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 6Y080M0 80G 7200RPM SATA 8M Maxtor DiamondMax 11 6H500F0 500G 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M Samsung SpinPoint P80 HDSASP0812C 80GB 7200RPM SATA 8M Seagate Barracuda 7200 7 ST380013AS 80G 7200RPM SATA 1 5Gb s 8M Seagate Barracuda 7200 7 ST380817AS 80G 7200R
12. 000a40f2 Connected OK Cancel Apply 19 After the MPIO feature has been enabled configure MPIO through the tool in Administrative Tools T Computer F Recyde Bin 20 The MPIO Properties window opens MPIO Properties Figure F 19 21 Click on the Discover Multi Paths tab MPIO Properties MP1O ed Devices Figure F 20 22 Check the option of Add support for iSCSI device and click on Add button MPIO Properties wl Figure F 21 23 The system will ask you to reboot to make the change take effect E Reboot Required Figure F 22 24 After reboot log on the iSCSI target again Under Disk Driver in Device Manager notice that the Addonics iSCSI is now a Multi Path Disk Device Disk drives va Addonics SCHO Multi Path Disk Device rn WDC WDB00BEVS OOVATO ATA Device H E Display adapters S Se SA DVD CD ROM drives D ai Floppy disk drives eld Floppy drive controllers DS Human Devices E Reliability and Performance IDE ATA ATAPI controllers 25 Connect to the iSCSI device iSCSI Initiator Properties Figure F 24 26 Click Details Target Properties Figure F 25 27 Click Device tab then click Advanced Target Properties S Addonics ISC8P2G SCSI Disk Device Addonics ISC8P2G SCSI Disk Device Figure F 26 28 The Device Details window opens Device Details Figure
13. F 26 29 Click MPIO tab select Fail Over Only to Round Robin Device Details Figure F 27 30 Click Apply Both connections Type now becomes Active Device Details Round Robin Connected 0x77040001 Connected Active nis Figure F 28 The MC S setup instructions are very similar to MPIO Detailed steps are presented below For the target side setting the steps are exactly the same as MPIO Please refer to Figure F 1 to Figure F 8 SS EZ Na SE Create a VG with RAID 5 using 3 HDDs Create a UDV by using RAID 5 VG Run Microsoft iSCSI initiator 2 07 and check the Initiator Node Name Attach LUN to R5 UDV Input the Initiator Node Name in Host field The volume config setting is done Check iSCSI settings The IP address of iSCSI data port 1 is 192 168 1 112 port 2 is 192 168 1 113 for example Add Target Portals on Microsoft iSCSI initiator 2 03 Input the IP address of iSCSI data port 1 192 168 1 112 as mentioned in previous pages For MC S there is only ONE Target Portal in the Discovery tab iSCSI Initiator Properties General Discovery Targets Persistent Targets Bound Volumes Devices Select a target and click Log On to access the storage devices for that target Click details to see information about the sessions connections and devices for that target Targets Name Status ign 1995 07 com addonics isc8p2g 000a40f21 Inactive Figure F
14. Level Type Description Info VG Created OK Info VG lt name gt has been created Warning VG Created Fail Warning Fail to create VG lt name gt Info VG Deleted Info VG lt name gt has been deleted Info UDV Created OK Info UDV lt name gt has been created Warning UDV Created Fail Warning Fail to create UDV lt name gt Info UDV Deleted Info UDV lt name gt has been deleted Info UDV Attached OK Info UDV lt name gt has been LUN attached Warning UDV Attached Fail Warning Fail to attach LUN to UDV lt name gt Info UDV Detached OK _ Info UDV lt name gt has been detached Warning UDV Detached Fail Warning Fail to detach LUN from Bus lt number gt SCSI_ID lt number gt LUN lt numbers Info UDV_OP Rebuild Info UDV lt name gt starts rebuilding Started Info UDV_OP Rebuild Info UDV lt name gt completes rebuilding Finished Warning UDV_OP Rebuild Warning Fail to complete UDV lt name gt Fail rebuilding Info UDV_OP Migrate Info UDV lt name gt starts migration Started Info UDV_OP Migrate Info UDV lt name gt completes migration Finished Warning UDV_OP Migrate Warning Fail to complete UDV lt name gt Failed migration Warning VG Degraded Warning VG lt name gt is under degraded mode Warning UDV Degraded Warning UDV lt name gt is under degraded mode Info UDV Init OK Info UDV lt name gt completes the initialization Warning UDV_OP Stop Warning Fail to complete UDV lt name gt Initialization initializa
15. MPIO or install MPIO driver on the server before doing this instruction On a Windows Server 2008 to install MPIO 1 Inthe Server Manager console tree click Features node 2 Inthe Features pane under Features Summary click Add Features 3 In the Add Features wizard select Multipath I O check box and click Next 4 Follow the steps on the Add Features wizard 1 Create a VG with RAID 5 using 3 HDDs Volume config Volume group Create e Delete e o No Name Total Free PD UDV Status 1 2 3 RAID GB GB 1 vane ep Di 3 a i Online pet Create e Delete D Figure F 2 2 Create a UDV by using RAID 5 VG Volume config User data volume Se e RH a Attach e Create H Delete e Size R VG cv EI No Name cB Status 1 2 3 aE RAID LUN Se mB 1 UDV RS 20 D ws AHI o o A 2 paiia is RAID 5 o VG R5 500 Background rate 4 New setting 4 Attach D Create e Delete e Figure F 3 3 Run Microsoft iSCSI initiator and check the Initiator Node Name fsCstIntiatorPropertes E Favorite Targets Volumes and Devices sans General Discovery Targets iSCSI devices are disk tapes CDs and other storage devices on another computer on your network that you can connect to Your computer is called an initiator because it initiates the connection to the iSCSI device which is called a target Initiator Name ign 1991 05 com microsoft win jau77jek5 13 To rename the initiator dick Change To use mutual CHAP auth
16. Non ECC from 64MB to 1GB 32 bit or 64 bit data bus width x8 or x16 devices 9 to 11 bits column address e iSCSI Initiator Software OS Software Release Number Microsoft Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator Release v2 05 Windows System Requirements 1 Windows XP Professional with SP2 2 Windows 2000 Server with SP4 3 Windows Server 2003 with SP1 4 Windows Server 2003 R2 Linux The iSCSI Initiators are different for different Linux Kernels 1 For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Kernel 2 4 install linux iscsi 3 6 3 tar 2 For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Kernel 2 6 use the build in iSCSI initiator iscsi initiator utils 4 0 3 0 4 in kernel 2 6 9 3 For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Kernel 2 6 use the build in iSCSI initiator iscsi initiator utils 6 2 0 695 0 7 e15 in kernel 2 6 18 Mac ATTO XTEND 2 0x SAN Mac iSCSI Initiator GlobalSAN iSCSI Initiator v3 0 System Requirements 1 Mac OS X v10 3 5 or later For ATTO initiator it is not free Please contact your local distributor for ATTO initiator iSCSI HBA card Vendor Model Adaptec ASC 7211C PCI X Gigabit 1 port TCP IP offload iSCSI offload HP NC380T PCI Express Gigabit 2 ports TCP IP offload iSCSI offload QLogic QLA4010C PCI X Gigabit 1 port TCP IP offload iSCSI offload QLogic QLA4052C PCI X Gigabit 2 ports TCP IP offload iSCSI offload For detailed setup steps of Qlogic QLA4010C
17. Quick install then choose the RAID level to set Please refer to Figure 1 2 After choosing the RAID level click exe gt which links to another page user can set up LUN here Quick install Step1 RAID Level f EZ RAID 0 609 GB RAID 1 76 GB RAID 3 571 GB RAID 5 571 GB RAID 6 533 GB Figure 3 3 1 Step 2 Please select a LUN number Access control of host would show as a wildcard which means every host can access this volume In this page the Volume size can be changed The maximum volume size is shown To re enter the size be sure it has to be less or equal to maximum volume size Then click Next gt gt 6 Step 3 Confirm page Click Confirm _ if all setups are correct Then a page with the User data volume just created will be shown as Figure 1 3 This would complete the iSCSI drive configuration Attach D Create Delete Size R NG CN No Name cB Status 1 2 3 AN RAID LUN Bee me pi QUICK10330 594 Online Gwe O Hi e e e o e RAID 0 1 QUICK62609 878 Attach D Create G Delete Figure 3 3 2 Figure 3 3 2 A RAID 0 user data volume with the UDV name QUICK10330 named by the system itself with the total available volume size 594GB 3 4 System Configuration System config is used for setting up System name IP address Language Login config Password
18. Remember my password C Figure 3 2 2 User name admin Password supervisor After login you can choose the Quick Install function block on the left side of the window to do configuration Quick install System config iSCSI config Volume config Enclosure management Maintenance Logout Figure 3 2 3 There are four indicators at the top right corner of the web GUI Ou Figure 3 2 4 1 B RAID light Green means the RAID array is correctly functioning Red represents RAID failure or degradation 2 Bf onan light Green is normal Red represents abnormal temperature 3 Voltage light Green is normal Red represents abnormal voltage status 4 D UPS light Green is normal Red represents abnormal UPS status 3 3 Quick Install The Quick install function is used to create a volume The ISC8P2G Quick Install function has a smart policy When the system is full meaning all 8 HDD are connected and all HDD have the same size ISC8P2G s Quick Install function lists all possible configurations and sizes among different RAID level options The ISC8P2G Quick Install will use all available HDD for the RAID level which the user decides But when the system is inserted with different sizes of HDD e g 6 200G HDD and 2 80G ISC8P2G also lists all possible combinations of different RAID Level and different sizes and you may observe there are some HDD not used Free Status Step 1 Select
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20. data in the disk the status changes to reserve It can be reused after setting it to FR manually 3 0G From SATA ATAPI standard the disk can support ATAPI IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE command and the speed can achieve Serial ATA Gen 2 signaling speed 3 0Gbps 1 5G From SATA ATAPI standard the disk can support ATAPI IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE command and the speed can achieve Serial ATA Gen 1 signaling speed 1 5Gbps Unknown The disk doesn t support above command so the speed is defined as unknown e PD operations description Make the selected hard drive to be free for use Global Set the selected hard drive s as a global spare for all spares VGs Dedicated Set hard drive s as a dedicated spare for a selected spares VGs In this page IS8P2G also provides HDD auto spindown down function to save power The default value is disabled Auto spindown Disabled Select sl Free disks e Global spares e Dedicated spares e Figure 3 6 2 2 Z Volume config Physical disk Auto spindown Auto spindown 1 min 5 min 30 min Figure 3 6 2 3 3 6 3 Volume Group Select Volume group to view the status of each volume group e VG column description Create a Delete a Total Free No Name GB cB PD UDYV Status 11213 RAID 1 VG RO Online RAID 0 D e e 297 267 4 1 LU 2 VG R6 e Online RAID 6 O s 148 128 4 1 ML S Create a Delete e Figure 3 6 3 1 Figure 3 6 3 1
21. disk for rebuilding and when the rebuilding is done the alarm will be muted automatically 2 4 3 LED The LED features are describe as follows 1 POWER LED Hardware activated LED when system is powered on 2 BUSY LED Hardware activated LED when the front end channel is busy 3 System STATUS LED Indicates system status When an error occurs or the RAID is degraded the LED lights up Chapter 3 Web GUI guideline 3 1 ISC8P2G Web GUI Hierarchy The table below shows the hierarchy of ISC8P2G Web GUI Quick Install System Config System name f IP address f Language f Login config Password f Date f Mail SNMP Messenger f System log server Event log iSCSI config Entity Property NIC Node Session CHAP account Volume config Physical disk Volume group f User data Volume Cache volume Logical unit Tt SES config Hardware monitor SMART UPS Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Confirm System name DHCP Static Address Mask Gateway DNS HTTP port HTTPS port SSH port Language Auto logout Login lock Old password Password Confirm Time zone Date Time NTP Server Mail from address Mail to address Sent events SMTP relay SMTP server Authentication Account Password Confirm Send test mail SNMP trap address Community Send events Messenger IP hostname Send events Server IP hostname Port Facility Event lev
22. password to default supervisor and set IP address to default as DHCP setting Example Default IP address 192 168 1 50 DHCP Default subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway 192 168 1 254 The following is LCM menu hierarchy Alarm Mute AYes No i Reset AYes No Reset Shutdown F iShutdown A Yes Noc RAID 0 Volume Size Adjust Volume RAID 1 RAID 3 XXxXxxx G Size Quick Install RAID 5 RAID 6 Apply The We SEH XXXXXX GB Config IP Config Static IP IP Address ADDONICS View IP Setting 1192 168 001 050 Technology IP Subnet Mask AC 255 255 255 0 IP Gateway 192 168 001 254 DHCP AYes No Adjust IP IP Address address Change IP IP Subnet Adjust Submask Config Static IP SES I IP Gateway ju IP y a AYes NoC Reset to Default AYes No Caution AN Before powering off it is recommended to execute Shutdown to flush the data from cache to physical disks 2 4 2 System buzzer The system buzzer features are describe in the following 1 The system buzzer alarms for 1 second when system boots up successfully 2 The system buzzer alarms continuously when an error event happens To stop the alarm use the alarm mute option 3 The alarm will be muted automatically when the error situation is resolved E g when a RAID 5 array is degraded and the alarm rings After a user changes adds one physical
23. sector size to 4K The maximun capacity is up to 16 TB This volume can not be Dynamic Disk ni Cancel Figure H 7 Figure H 7 choose OK for 64bit OS choose Cancel for 32bit OS this step will change block size to 4K automatically 7 A2 793TB UDV is created olume config User data volume Attach H Create D Delete e Size R VG CN E No Name cB Status 1 2 3 SS RAID LUN ne MB 1 UDVO1 2793 Online D we Du D D o o l Gr 1 RAID 6 0 VGO1 136 Attach H Create H Delete e Figure H 8 a 2793G UDV is created 8 Check the detail information Z Volume config User data volume More information UDY VG Name ID No Name S 2 status 1 2 3 R SP RAID LUN rae Type VGID cv ID E Config Rinck Create Time GB KB GB 1021826050 1 UDVO1 2793 Online WB HI I 1 64 eh O 0 00 NORMAL 345494528 VGO1 452869120 136 41 512 1173345654 lt lt Back D Figure H 9 Figure H 9 block size 512B for 64bit OS setting Volume config User data volume More information UDY VG Size R Strp Snap ID No Name GB Status 1 2 3 RAID LUN Type VG ID Ke CN o Block s KB GB cv ID mB Config Size Create Time 891804674 1 UDVO1 2793 Online WB HI I 1 64 Ce 0 0 00 NORMAL 345494528 VGO1 452869120 136 41 4096 1173347651 lt lt Back H Figure H 10 Figure H 10 block size 4K for 32bit OS setting 9 Attach LUN olume config User da
24. volume capacity Cache Volume ISC8P2G uses the on board memory as cache All RAM except for the part which is occupied by the controller can be used as cache User can divide the cache for one UDV or share among all UDVs Each UDV will be associated with one CV for data transaction Each CV could be assigned different cache memory sizes Logical Unit Number A logical unit number LUN is a unique identifier used on an iSCSI connection which enables it to differentiate among separate devices each of which is a logical unit RAID width copy and row are used to describe one VG E g One 4 disk RAID 0 volume RAID width 4 RAID copy 1 RAID row 1 One 3 way mirroring volume RAID width 1 RAID copy 3 RAID row 1 One RAID 10 volume over 3 4 disk RAID 1 volume RAID width 1 RAID copy 4 RAID row 3 WT Write Through cache write policy A caching technique in which the completion of a write request is not signaled until data is safely stored on non volatile media Each data is synchronized in both data cache and the accessed physical disks W Write Back cache write policy A caching technique in which the completion of a write request is signaled as soon as the data is in cache and actual writing to non volatile media occurs at a later time It soeeds up system write performance but bears the risk where data may be inconsistent between data cache and the physical disks in one short time interval fro Set the volume to be Rea
25. 1 9 Click Log On button 10 Then click Advanced iSCSI Initiator Properties Log On to Target Target name O7 com addonics 2g 000a40f21 default target C Automatically restore this connection when the system boots C Enable multi path A Only select this option if iSCSI multi path software is already installed on your computer Figure F 2 11 Select Local Adapter Source IP and Target Portal to iSCSI data port 1 192 168 1 112 Then click OK Advanced Settings General IPSec Connect by using Local adapter Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Source IP 192 168 1 178 Target Porta IESSE CRC Checksum C Data digest C CHAP logon information Username ign 1991 05 com microsoft tech Target secret Perform mutual authentication ret on the Initiator Settings Figure F 3 12 After connected click Details then in the Session tab Connections iSCSI Initiator Properties Select a target and click Log On to access the storage devices for that target Click details to see information about the sessions connections and devices for that target Targets Name Status ign 1995 07 com addonics isc8p2g 000a40f21 Connected Figure F 4 13 Choose Round Robin for Load Balance Policy Session Connections KiC Connections Load Balance Policy
26. 168 1 50 Please check your DHCP address for this field Login name admin Default password supervisor E g ssh admin 192 168 1 50 Tips ISC8P2G only support SSH for remote control When using SSH the IP address and the password is required for login 2 4 Enclosure 2 4 1 LCM There are four buttons to control ISC8P2G LCM LCD Control Module including A up down ESC Escape and ENT Enter After booting up the system the following screen shows web GUI port IP and model name 192 168 1 50 Addonics ISC8P2G gt Press ENT The following are LCM functions Alarm Mute Reset Shutdown Quick Install View IP Setting Change IP Config and Reset to Default To shift between the menus press A up or down buttons When a WARNING or ERROR is detected within the device the LCM displays the event log to provide users more details The following table shows each function s description To mute the alarm when an error occurs select this function Reset Shutdown To reset or shutdown the ISC8P2G Three Quick steps to create a volume Please refer to section 3 3 for procedure using the web GUI View IP Setting Display current IP address subnet mask and gateway Change IP Set IP address subnet mask and gateway There are 2 Config selections DHCP Get IP address from DHCP server or set static IP Reset to Default Reset to default sets
27. 2 3260 Connected Active 192 168 1 178 3197 192 168 1 113 3260 Connected Active gt E QLogic QLA4010C setup instructions The following is the step by step setup of Qlogic QLA4010C 1 Log on the iSCSI HBA Manager and the current state shows No Connection Active SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager File Host View Wizard Help O Connect Refresh l lSl x QLOGIC iSCSIHBA Target information LUN List lie Host qsan qa222 z e HBA 0 QLA4010 Re gt Port o egen J WARS Gagn iSCSI Port Alias Name qlogic 1 HBAISCSIName qsan qa222 Target iSCSI Name Not Available D gt Vendor Not Available Product Revision Product ID Not Available Target Alias Name State No Connection Active IP Address alogic 1 4192 Mes 1 Not Available Not Available 192 168 41 210 Send targets host 192 168 11 210 Figure G 1 2 Click Target settings Then select the target and click Config Parameters SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager File Host View Wizard Help O Connect Refresh 18 x xx LG Refresh Save Settings D r Fe OI Ge QLOGIC ISCSIHBA Port Options Port information Target Settings Target information Statistics Diagnostics US Host qsan qa222 7 ss H
28. 2017001378a202d9 38 VG RS eem Den 1 5Gb 3 Good cr e 2018001378a202d9 38 VG RS O ro 1 5Gb G Good D 3 2019001378a202d9 38 VG RS inns Den 1 5Gb 5 Good a 201a001378a202d9 38 aa cs 1 5Gb 6 Good E K 20 4001378000108 38 Grr 1 5Gb 7 P n 201c001378a202d9 38 GE O FR 1 5Gb 8 Good gt 201b001378a202d9 38 ame Grr 1 5Gb Figure 3 6 7 7 Figure 3 6 7 7 Slot 5 is set as global spare disk Step 5 Done They can be used as iSCSI disks To delete UDVs and VG please follow the steps Step 6 Detach LUN from UDV In Volume config Logical unit Attach a Detach oO Host LUN Permission UDV name Session F 0 Read write UDV RO 1 1 F iqn 1991 05 com microsoft tech 1 Read write UDV RO 2 1 Attach a Detach Figure 3 6 7 8 1 Select LUNs by clicking the checkbox then click u Detach 7 A confirmation page will open up 2 Choose OK 3 Done Step 7 Delete UDV User Data Volume To delete the user data volume please follow the steps below Select Volume config User data volume Select UDVs by clicking the checkbox Click Delete A confirmation page will open up Choose OK Done The UDVs are deleted oe See Tips When deleting UDV the attached LUN s related to this UDV will be detached automatically too Step 8 Delete VG Volume Group To delete the volume group please follow the steps below 1 2 gi e Sa Select Volume config Volume group Selec
29. 77001378a8a002 74 jaan Grr 3 0Gb D 1 20f5001378a8a002 74 pod 3 0Gb asa m Grr d Auto spindown Disabled Free disks H Global spares e Dedicated spares e Figure 3 6 2 1 Figure 3 6 2 1 Physical disks of slot 1 2 3 4 are created for a VG named VG RO Physical disks of slot 6 7 8 9 are created for a VG named VG R6 Slot 11 is set as dedicated spare disk of VG named VG R6 The others are free disks e PD column description The position of the hard drives The active button next to the slot number More Information will provide more details on the hard drive lwwn World Wide Name Size GB Capacity of hard drive vaName Related volume group name The status of hard drive GOOD the hard drive is good DEFECT the hard drive has bad blocks FAIL the hard drive has failed R Rebuild The hard drive is rebuilding MT Migration The hard drive is doing migration RD RAID Disk This hard drive has been set to RAID FR FRee disk This hard drive is free for use DS Dedicated Spare This hard drive has been set to be a dedicated spare of the VG GS Global Spare This hard drive has been set to be a global spare of all VGs RS ReServe The hard drive contains the VG information but cannot be used It may be caused by an uncompleted VG set or hot plugging the disk while there is drive activity In order to protect the
30. AID 0 volumes RAID 0 1 needs at least four hard drives RAID 10 Striping over the member RAID 1 volumes RAID 10 needs at least four hard drives RAID 30 Striping over the member RAID 3 volumes RAID 30 needs at least six hard drives RAID 50 Striping over the member RAID 5 volumes RAID 50 needs at least six hard drives RAID 60 Striping over the member RAID 6 volumes RAID 60 needs at least eight hard drives JBOD The abbreviation of Just a Bunch Of Disks JBOD needs at least one hard drive Chapter 2 Getting started 2 1 Before starting Before starting prepare the following items 1 Check the Certification list in Appendix A to confirm the hardware setting is fully supported A server or worksation with a NIC or iSCSI HBA CAT 5e or CAT 6 network cables for web GUI IP port and iSCSI data ports We recommend CAT 6 cables for best performance 4 Prepare storage system configuration plan 5 Management web GUI IP port and iSCSI data ports network information When using static IP please prepare static IP addresses subnet mask and default gateway Gigabit LAN switches Recommended CHAP security information including CHAP usernames and secrets Optional 8 Setup the hardware connection before powering up servers and ISC8P2G iSCSI subsystem Connect web GUI IP port cable and iSCSI data port cables first woh NOD 2 2 iSCSI introduction iSCSI Internet SCSI is a protocol whic
31. Addonics iSCSI Subsystem ISC8P2G User Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1 RAID introduction ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 4 1 1 e en eT TTEA 4 1 2 Run e ele e EG 5 1 3 Se 7 Chapter 2 Getting started ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 9 2 1 Before starting DE 9 2 2 iSCSI nie e ere EE 9 2 3 Management methods EN 11 2 3 1 We GW EE 11 2 3 2 CONSOIE SEMAN OO I E 12 2 3 3 Remote control Secure bell 12 2 4 Enclosure AEN 12 2 4 1 EC Metter Anan alah ai ee hain 12 2 4 2 DV SLONM BUZZER leger erter eege 14 2 4 3 LEDs ect aia ee er eel etn dee AS 15 Chapter3 Web GUI guideline ccceeeesseeeeeeeeeees 16 3 1 P series GUI hierarchy ssseosseesnsennnnneeneeserrrrrrrerereereene 16 3 2 LOQ N WEE 17 3 3 lfTle SE 19 3 4 System configuration EE 20 3 4 1 System NAME aa acre oo ae ce Sate hare aaa te i pce eae ASAREE CAE CASANA 21 3 4 2 See TE 21 3 4 3 Language E 22 3 4 4 LOG IMS CONTIG RE 22 3 4 5 PASS WOK DEE 23 3 4 6 Dale ise ka ciccttcctleces acid cgi asZcnnes cctd ces agtd cccicatd TT 23 3 4 7 EU 24 3 4 8 NMA of eech 25 3 4 9 En e EE 25 3 410 System OCS SI Mie Ee 26 3 4 11 EVN OG E 26 3 5 Lee tre tt Te Tr re 27 3 5 1 Entity DIODGMly stration aia ad ae atin en tee 28 3 5 2 Ke 28 3 5 3 Ke 29 3 5 4 SESSION EEN 29 3 5 5 e ECON tess acca a cece acta uae use vena EN Ta aa ATT 30 3 6 Volume configuration ee 31 3 6 1 Volume relationship dagram 31 3 6 2 ele IK 32 3 6 3 NV OMIT CPO Desc
32. BA 0 QLA4010 Re HBA Model OLA4010 iSCSI Port Alias Name qlogic 4 o amp Port 0 qlogic 1 HBAISCSIName gsan qa222 Greyed out entries are Potential Boot devices and cannot be modified Target Configuration a saved blank iSCSI Name will issue a SendTargets command Disable of Auto discover does not apply to SendTargets with CHAP entries Only 64 devices can be persisted bound Any changes made to devices not bound will not persist across card resets Note Right click on entry for additional features 7 Auto bind Discovered Targets Auto discover Re discover prior SendTargets on save Enable Bind Dynamic IP Address Port iSCSI Name Target ID Alias State Target Ch ooo e ONA Reserved for FastiUT CN 0 0 0 0 ONA 1NA Reserved for FastiUT Ee O 19216811 210 3260 2 No Connection Active Config Parameters Config Authentication Port 0 qlogic 1 Figure G 2 3 Disable Immediate Data and enable Initial R2T Immediate Execution Target i Initial R2T Data Throttle 192 168 11 210 3260 Ta d Figure G 3 4 Click OK 22 Target Parameters Immediate Execution Target i Initial R2T Data Throttle 192 168 11 210 3260 Ta Figure G 4 5 Click Save settings and click Yes on next page SANsarfer iSCSI HBA Manager File Host View Wizard Help O gt XX Connect Refresh QLOGIC ISCSIHBA Port Op
33. D 1 VG RO 3 Hilsa RAID 5 o o S 148 0 e 1 A Dn k Create e Delete D Figure 4 2 2 Figure 4 2 2 A RAID 0 with 2 physical disks migrates to RAID 5 with 3 physical disks Volume config User data volume S ZG R Attach D Create o Delete a Size R VG CN oO No Name cB Status 1 2 3 SE RAID LUN SE mB 1 UDV RO 148 e Gwe AHI Oo e j 1 RAIDS 0 VG RO 500 Background rate 4 New setting 4 Attach D Create D Delete D Figure 4 2 3 Figure 4 2 3 A RAID 0 migrates to RAID 5 complete percentage is 1 To do migration expansion the total size of VG must be larger or equal to the original VG It does not allow expanding the same RAID level with the same hard disks of original VG When setting migration parameters if a user does incorrect setup the ISC8P2G will pop up warning messages Below is the detail of messages 1 2 3 Invalid VG ID Source VG is invalid Degrade VG not allowed Source VG is degraded Initializing rebuilding operation s going Source VG is initializing or rebuilding Migration operation s going Source VG is already in migration mode Invalid VG raidcell parameter Invalid configuration E g New VG s capacity lt Old VG s capacity New VG s stripe size lt Old VG s stripe size Or New VG s configuration Old VG s configuration Invalid PD capacity New VG s minimum PD capacity lt Old VG s minimum PD capacity Caution VG Migration cannot be executed during rebu
34. P account function to create delete a CHAP account for authentication ISC8P2G can create a single CHAP account only iSCSI config CHAP account Create User chapi max 223 Secret ees min 12 max 16 Confirm ees min 12 max 16 Figure 3 5 5 1 Figure 3 5 5 1 ISC8P2G press Create to create a CHAP account Create e Delete D User hapi C cl api Create Delete D Figure 3 5 5 2 Figure 3 5 5 2 ISC8P2G create a CHAP account named chap1 3 6 Volume configuration Select Volume config to setup volume configurations including Physical disk Volume group User data volume Cache volume and Logical unit functions Physical disk Hard disks to store data Volume group Sets of physical disks with RAID functions User data volume Slices of volume groups Cache volume Dedicated or global cache space for user data volume Logical unit Target volumes for hosts access Figure 3 6 1 3 6 1 Volume relationship diagram Global CV Dedicated CV The above diagram describes the relationship of RAID components One VG Volume Group consists of a set of UDVs User Data Volume and owns one RAID level attribute Each VG can be divided into several UDVs The UDVs from one VG share the same RAID level but may have different volume capacity Each UDV will be associated with one specific CV Cache Volume to execute the data transaction Each CV could have differe
35. PM SATA 1 5Gb s 8M NCQ Seagate Barracuda 7200 8 ST3400832AS 400G 7200RPM SATA 1 5Gb s 8M NCQ Seagate Barracuda 7200 9 ST3500641AS 500G 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M NCQ Seagate NL35 ST3400633NS 400G 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M Seagate NL35 ST3500641NS 500G 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M Seagate Barracuda ES ST3500630NS 500G 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750640NS 750G 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M Seagate Barracuda ES 2 ST31000340NS 1000G 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 32M Westem Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 8M Westem Digital Caviar SE WD1600JD 160GB 7200RPM SATA 1 5G s 8M Westem Digital Raptor WD360GD 36 7GB 10000RPM SATA 1 5Gb s 8M Westem Digital Caviar RE2 WD4000YR 400GB 7200RPM SATA 1 5Gb s 16M NCQ Westem Digital RE2 WD4000YS 400GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M Westem Digital Caviar RE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M Westem Digital RE2 WD5000ABYS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M NCQ B Event notifications e PD S M A R T events Level Type Description Info Disk inserted Info Disk lt slot gt is inserted Info Disk removed Info Disk lt slot gt is removed Warning S M A R T Warning Disk lt slot gt S M A R T threshold threshold exceed exceed condition occurred for attribute of condition 1 read error rate 2 spin up time 3 reallocated sector count 4 seek error rate 5 spin u
36. PS detection failed Error AC Loss Error AC loss for the system is detected Error UPS power low Error UPS Power Low The system will do the auto shutdown immediately Info Mgmt Lan Port Info Management LAN Port is active Active Warning Mgmt Lan Port Warning Fail to manage the system via the Failed LAN Port Info RTC Device OK Info RTC device is active Warning RTC Access Failed Warning Fail to access RTC device Info Reset Password Info Reset Admin Password to default Info Reset IP Info Reset network settings set to default e System config events Level Type Description Info Sys Config Info Default system configurations restored Defaults Restored Info Sys NVRAM OK Info The system NVRAM is active Error Sys NVRAM IO Error Can t access the system NVRAM Failed Warning Sys NVRAM is full Warning The system NVRAM is full e System maintenance events Level Type Description Info Firmware Info System firmware has been upgraded Upgraded Error Firmware Error System firmware upgrade failed Upgraded Failed Info System reboot Info System has been rebooted Info System shutdown Info System has been shutdown Info System Init OK Info System has been initialized OK Error System Init Failed Error System cannot be initialized in the last boot up e LVM events
37. The initiator can be software or hardware HBA Please refer to the certification list of iSCSI HBA s in Appendix A OS native initiators or other software initiators use the standard TCP IP stack and Ethernet hardware while iSCSI HBA s use their own iSCSI and TCP IP stacks Hardware iSCSI HBA s would provide its initiator tool Please refer to the vendors HBA user manual Microsoft Linux and Mac provide software iSCSI initiator driver Below are the available links 1 Link to download the Microsoft iSCSI software initiator http www microsoft com downloads details aspx familyid 12cb3c1a 15d6 4585 b385 befd1319f825 amp displaylang en Please refer to Appendix D for Microsoft iSCSI initiator installation procedure 2 Linux iSCSI initiator is also available For different kernels there are different iSCSI drivers Please check Appendix A for software iSCSI initiator certification list If user needs the latest Linux iSCSI initiator please visit Open iSCSI project for most update information Linux iSCSI sfnet and Open iSCSI projects merged in April 11 2005 Open iSCSI website http www open iscsi org Open iSCSI README http www open iscsi org docs README Google groups http groups google com group open iscsi threads gvc 2 http groups google com group open iscsi topics 3 globalSAN iSCSI Initiator for OS X http www studionetworksolutions com products product_detail php t more amp pi 1 1 ATTO iSCSI initiat
38. V are created free size still remains 519GB Step 2 Create UDV User Data Volume To create a data user volume please follow the procedures Name UDV RO 1 VG name VG RO 1 CV No Global 878 MB sw Capacity GB 519 Stripe height KB Gd Block size pi 512 Ke Read Write O Write through cache write back cache Priority High priority O Middle priority O Low priority lt lt Back e Confirm e Figure 3 6 7 3 1 Select Volume config User data volume 2 Click D Create d 3 Input a UDV name choose a VG Name and input a size to the UDV Decide the stripe height block size read write mode and set priority Finally click SOT D 4 Done A UDV has been created 5 Create another UDV Attach o Create o Delete e O No Name pie Status 1 2 af rap un Vo GE 1 UDV RO 1 300 Online B ws A HI WI 8 e a paias S RAID 0 0 VG RO 1 878 2 UDV RO 2 219 R Gwe A HI EJ e a a Online RAID 0 0 VG RO 1 878 Background rate 4 New setting 4 Attach e Create a Delete e Figure 3 6 7 4 Figure 3 6 7 4 Create UDVs named UDV RO 1 and UDV R0 2 related to VG RO 1 the size of UDV RO 1 is 300 GB the size of UDV RO 2 is 219GB The status of these UDVs are online write back high priority with cache volume 878MB There is no LUN attached Step 3 Attach LUN to UDV There are 2 methods to attach LUN to UDV 1 In Volume config User data volume press
39. a CV by clicking the checkbox 3 Click Delete e A confirmation page will open up 4 Choose OK 5 Done The CV has been deleted Caution AN Global cache volume cannot be deleted Step 12 Done All volumes have been deleted 3 7 Enclosure management The Enclosure management function allows managing the enclosure information including SES config Hardware monitor S M A R T and UPS The enclosure management provides sensors for different purposes such as temperature sensors voltage sensors hard disks fan sensors power sensors and LED status And because the hardware characteristics are different among these sensors different sensors have different polling intervals Below are the details for the polling time intervals Temperature sensors 1 minute Voltage sensors 1 minute Hard disk sensors 10 minutes Fan sensors 10 seconds when there are continuous 3 times of error ISC8P2G sends ERROR event log Power sensors 10 seconds when there are continuous 3 times of error ISC8P2G sends ERROR event log 6 LED status 10 seconds ex Se fa gt vi SES config Access control for SES management Hardware monitor System monitored voltage temperature and battery backup module S M A R T Self monitoring analysis and reporting technology for physical disks UPS Uninterruptible power supply Figure 3 7 1 3 7 1 SES configuration SES represents SCSI Enclosure Services
40. ase refer to vendors specification for details S M A R T information is only supported on SATA drive SAS drive does not have S M A R T information It will show N A in this web page Enclosure management S M A R T Read error rate 200 51 200 51 200 51 200 51 200 51 100 16 200 51 Slot zl OO P WN ra Spin up time 187 21 167 21 159 21 167 21 163 21 103 24 161 21 Reallocated sector Seek error count 200 140 200 140 200 140 200 140 200 140 100 5 200 140 rate 200 51 200 51 200 51 200 51 200 51 100 67 200 0 Figure 3 7 3 1 Spin up retries 100 51 100 51 100 51 100 51 100 51 100 60 100 0 CH Calibration retries 100 51 100 51 100 51 100 51 100 51 N A 100 0 D D Temperature 27 29 30 34 30 34 31 3 7 4 UPS Select UPS function It will set UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply parameters UPS Type None sl Shutdown Battery Level 5 E Shutdown Delay ei o d Shutdown UPS OFF KS Status Battery Level Confirm Figure 3 7 4 1 Currently the system only supports and communicates with smart UPS function of APC American Power Conversion Corp UPS Please check detail from http www apc com First connect the system and APC UPS via RS 232 Then set up the shutdown value UPS Type Select UPS Type Choose Smart UPS for APC None for other vendors or no UPS Shutdown When value is be
41. ate GO1 RAID 6 RAID width 8 RAID copy 1 RAID row 1 RAID PD slot 9101112131415 16 lt lt Back a ty Confirm e Figure H 3 4 ARAID 6 VG is created olume config olume group Se e RH a Create D Delete a Total Free C No Name GB 6B PD UDY Status tt RAID F VGO1 i EN 2793 2793 8 o g RAIDS Create e Delete o Figure H 4 5 Goto Volume config User data volume create a UDV Volume config User data volume Attach o Create e Delete e Size R VG CN E No Name cB Status i 2 3 3 RAID LUN BAD mB Attach e Ay Create D Delete D Figure H 5 6 Setup capacity stripe height and block size for UDV Z Volume config User data volume Create Name UDO VG name veo sl CH No Global 136 MB Capacity GB 2793 I Stripe height KB 64 Block size B 512 IR Read Write C write through cache Write back cache Priority High priority Middle priority Low priority lt lt Back o Confirm G Figure H 6 Tips When the OS is 64bit user can set the block size to any available value If the OS is 32bit user must change the block size to values larger than 512B There will be a confirmation pop up when UDV size is over 2TB Microsoft Internet Explorer xj LBA 64 support 9 d Choose OK d using OS such as Windows 64 bits Windows Server 2003 SP1 Linux kemel 2 6 x FreeBSD 5 2 1 or latter Choose Cancel It will change the
42. d Only Dedicated Spare disks The spare disks are only used by one specific VG Others could not use these dedicated spare disks for any rebuilding purposes Global Spare disks GS is shared for rebuilding purpose If some VGs need to use the global spare disks for rebuilding they could get the spare disks out from the common spare disks pool for such requirement B DC Dedicated Cache e Global Cache ma DeGraded mode Not all of the array s member disks are functioning but the array is able to respond to application read and write requests to its virtual disks SES SCSI Enclosure Services Network Interface Card iSCSI Internet Small Computer Systems Interface MTU Maximum Transmission Unit CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol An optional security mechanism to control access to an iSCSI storage system over the iSCSI data ports Internet Storage Name Service 1 3 RAID levels RAID 0 Disk striping ISC8P2G RAID 0 needs at least two hard drives Disk mirroring over two disks RAID 1 needs at least two hard drives way Extension to RAID 1 level It has N copies of the disk mirror Striping with parity on the dedicated disk RAID 3 needs at least three hard drives Striping with interspersed parity over the member disks RAID 5 needs at least three hard drives RAID 6 2 dimensional parity protection over the member disks RAID 6 needs at least four hard drives RAID 0 1 Mirroring of the member R
43. dmin Logout OK Info Admin logout from lt IP or serial console gt via lt Web UI or Console Ul gt Info iSCSI data port Info iSCSI login from lt IQN gt lt IP Port login Number gt succeeds Warning iSCSI data port Warning iSCSI login from lt IQN gt lt IP Port login reject Number gt was rejected reason of 1 initiator error 2 authentication failure 3 authorization failure 4 target not found 5 unsupported version 6 too many connections 7 missing parameter 8 session does not exist 9 target error 10 out of resources 11 unknown Error Thermal critical Error System Overheated The system will do the auto shutdown immediately Warning Thermal warning Warning System temperature is a little bit higher Error Voltage critical Error System voltages failed The system will do the auto shutdown immediately Warning Voltage warning Warning System voltage is a little bit higher lower Info PSU restore Info Power lt number gt is restored to work Error PSU Fail Error Power lt number gt is out of work Info Fan restore Info Fan lt number gt is restore to work Error Fan Fail Error Fan lt number gt is out of work Error Fan non exist Error System cooling fan is not installed Error AC Loss Error AC loss for the system is detected Info UPS Detection OK_ Info UPS detection succeed Warning UPS Detection Fail Warning U
44. e HI oO e Q e e galine ia RAID 0 1 QUICK17810 878 Background rate 4 New setting 4 Attach H Create o Delete o Figure 3 6 4 1 Figure 3 6 4 1 Create a UDV named QUICK41473 related to QUICK17810 size is 519GB status is online write back high priority related to 1 LUN with cache volume 878MB e UDV column description Number of this user data volume The button below the UDV No is More Information It shows the details of the User Data Volume Name of this user data volume The button below the UDV Name is Rename function Size GB Total capacity of this user data volume The button below the size is Extend function The status of this user data volume Online user data volume is online Fail user data volume failed WT Write Through WB Write Back RO Read Only The button below the status1 is Set read write mode function HI High priority MD MID priority LO LOw priority The button below the status2 is Set Priority function Tt user data volume is initializing R user data volume is rebuilding M user data volume is migrating e UDV operations description Attach to a LUN Create Create a user data volume function Delete a user data volume function 3 6 5 Cache volume Select Cache volume function to view the status of cache volume The global cache vo
45. e a dedicated cache volume the first step is to decrease the global cache size for the dedicated cache volume Please follow the steps below Step 1 Create dedicated cache volume Create o Delete o Size vg fe UDV name BW 1 500 a Global 2 378 E e o Empty Free 0 MB Create e Delete e Figure 3 6 7 9 Select Volume config Cache volume 2 If there is no free space for creating a new dedicated cache volume decrease the global cache size first by clicking the button in the size column After modifying size click ES to return to cache volume page 3 Click ZE to enter the setup page 4 Fill in the size and click ECH Bi 5 Done A new dedicated cache volume has been set Vy Tips d The minimum size of global cache volume is 40MB The SS minimum size of dedicated cache volume is 20MB Step 2 Create VG Volume Group Please refer to Step 1 of Example 1 to create VG Step 3 Create UDV User Data Volume Please refer to Step 2 of Example 1 to create UDV To create a data user volume with dedicated cache volume please follow the steps below Name UDV RO 2 VG name VG RO 1 wl CV No Dedicated 378 MB Capacity GB 219 Stripe height KB 64 si Block size B 512 E Read Write O Write through cache Write back cache Priority High priority O Middle priority Low priority lt lt Back e Confirm e Figure 3 6 7 10 Selec
46. el Filter Download Mute Clear Entity name iSNS IP Aggregation IP settings for iSCSI ports Become default gateway Set MTU Change Authentication Delete Create Delete Free disks Global spares Dedicated spares More information Auto Spindown Create Delete More information Rename Migrate Attach Snapshot Create Delete More information Rename Extend Set read write mode Set priority Resize Snapshot space Auto Snapshot Create Delete More information Resize Attach Detach Enable Disable Auto shutdown Only for SATA disks UPS Type Shutdown Battery Level Shutdown Delay Shutdown UPS Maintenance Upgrade E Browse the firmware to upgrade Export config Info E System information Reset to default Sure to reset to factory default Config import Import Export Import file amp export Shutdown Reboot Shutdown Sure to logout 3 2 Login On the web browser type the IP address shown on the LCM display Figure 3 2 1 Place the cursor on any function block located on the left side of window then do a right click an authentication window opens up The server 192 168 1 4 at Authentication 67c7c469ac33e67684cf6349ce596a4b requires a username Warning This server is requesting that your username and password be sent in an insecure manner basic authentication without a secure connection User name SI Password
47. entication for verifying targets set up a CHAP secret Secret To set up IPsec tunnel mode addresses Set dick Set up p What is iSCSI OK Cancel Apply Figure F 4 4 Attached LUN to R5 UDV Input the Initiator Node Name in Host field Volume config User data volume Attach UDV UDV R5 20GB i Host iSCSI node name iqn 1991 05 com microsoft tech LUN o amp Permission ORead only Read write lt lt Back D Confirm H Figure F 5 5 The volume config setting is done Volume config Logical unit GR a Attach D Detach o go Host LUN Permission UDV name Session m iqn 1991 05 com microsoft tech 0 Read write UDV R5 0 Attach D Detach e Figure F 6 6 Check iSCSI settings The IP address of iSCSI data port 1 is 192 168 1 113 port 2 is 192 168 1 112 for example iSCSI config NIC CR WM Name DHCP IP address Netmask Gateway Jumbo frame MAC address Link Yes 192 168 1 1 Disabled Up LANI 192 168 1 113 255 255 255 0 mE 00 13 78 04 0f 70 Yes 192 168 1 1 Disabled Up LAN2 z 192 168 1 112 255 255 255 0 i m 00 13 78 04 0f 71 Figure F 7 7 Add Target Portals on Microsoft iSCSI initiator Kater Properties E Favorite Targets Volumes and Devices RADIUS General Discovery Targets Target portals Add Portal Remove Refresh CES servers Add Remove Refresh al owa aw Figure F 8 8 Input the IP address of iSCSI data p
48. f running MPIO Log On to Target Figure D 5 7 Click Advance if CHAP information is needed Please see Figure D 6 Advanced Settings Username qn Lipide larget secret E Perform mutu Figure D 6 8 Click OK The status would be Connected Please see Figure D 7 9 Done You can connect to the iSCSI disk iSCSI Initiator Properties tee TEEI Figure D 7 The following procedure shows how to log off iSCSI drive 1 Click Details Please see Figure D 8 Target Properties Figure D 8 2 Check the Identifier which will be deleted 3 Click Log off 4 Done The iSCSI drive was log off successfully E MPIO and MC S setup instructions Here is the step by step procedure to setup MPIO There are 2 kinds of scenarios for MPIO Please see Figure F 1 We suggest using scenario 2 for better performance Network diagram of MPIO See QSAN P senes 1 Dual ports with MPIO Direct connect host has 2 LAN ports read or write in one UDV Read or Write Read or Write oe OSAN P series 2 Dual ports with MPIO Via switches host has 2 LAN ports read or write in one UDV Figure F 1 Below are the setup instructions Microsoft MPIO is NOT supported on Windows XP or Windows 2000 Professional Workaround solution Using Windows Server 2003 2008 or Windows 2000 server to run MPIO You have to enable
49. f SNMP is INFO System config SNMP SNMP trap address 1 SNMP trap address 2 SNMP trap address 3 Community public Send events INFOM WARNING ERROR Figure 3 4 8 1 SL da Confirm P SR Click after modifying There are many SNMP tools The following web sites are for reference SNMPc http www snmpc com Net SNMP http net snmp sourceforge net 3 4 9 Messenger Select Messenger to set up pop up message alert via Windows messenger not MSN User must enable the service Messenger in Windows Start Control Panel 4 Administrative Tools Services Messenger and then event logs can be received It allows up to 3 messenger addresses User can choose the event log levels and the default values are WARNING and ERROR System config Messenger Messenger IP hostname 1 Messenger IP hostname 2 Messenger IP hostname 3 Send events INFO WARNINGM ERRORM Figure 3 4 9 1 3 4 10 System log server Select System log server to set up alert via syslog protocol The default port of syslog is 514 User can choose the facility and the event log level The default values of event level are INFO WARNING and ERROR System config System log server Server IP hostname Port 514 Facility Local4 sl Event level INFOM WARNINGM ERRORM Figure 3 4 10 1 Click Confirm 7 after modifying There are some syslog server tools The following web sites are for reference WinSyslog h
50. figuration by volume S M A R T enabled Support SES Disk roaming MPIO ready initiator driver support needed MC S ready initiator driver support needed Support iSCSI header and data digest Support CHAP authentication With proper configuration ISC8P2G iSCSI subsystem can provide non stop service with a high degree of fault tolerance using RAID technology and advanced array management features The ISC8P2G iSCSI subsystem connects to the host system via iSCSI interface It can be configured to any RAID level ISC8P2G provides reliable data protection for servers using RAID 6 RAID 6 allows two HDD failures without any impact on the existing data Data can be recovered from the remaining data and parity drives The ISC8P2G iSCSI subsystem is the most cost effective disk array controller with completely integrated high performance and data protection capabilities which meet or exceed the highest industry standards The best data solution for small medium business SMB users 1 2 Terminology The document uses the following terms RAID width RAID copy RAID row RAID cell in one row RAID is the abbreviation of Redundant Array of Independent Disks There are different RAID levels with different degree of data protection data availability and performance to the host environment User Data Volume Each VG could be divided into several UDVs The UDVs from one VG share the same RAID level but may have different
51. for the degraded array ISC8P2G starts Auto Rebuild immediately And in RAID 6 if there is another disk failure happening during the time of rebuilding ISC8P2G will start the above Auto Rebuild scenario as well And the Auto Rebuild feature only works at RUNTIME It will not work during downtime Thus it will not conflict with the Roaming function In degraded mode the status of VG is DG When rebuilding the status of PD VG UDV is R and R in UDV will display the ratio in percentage After complete rebuilding R and DG will disappear Tips The list box doesn t exist if there is no VG or only VG of RAID 0 JBOD This is because user cannot set dedicated spare disk for these RAID levels Sometimes rebuild is called recover These two have the same meaning The table below lists the relationship between RAID levels and rebuild RAID 0 Disk striping No protection of data VG fails if any hard drive fails or gets unplug Disk mirroring over 2 disks RAID 1 allows one hard drive failure or unplugging Need one new hard drive to insert to the system for rebuild to be completed N way Extension to RAID 1 level It has N copies of the disk N way mirror mirror allows N 1 hard drive failures or unplugging Striping with parity on the dedicated disk RAID 3 allows one hard drive failure or unplugging Striping with interspersed parity over the member disks RAID 5 allows one hard drive failure or unp
52. fragmenter Disk Management T Services and Applications 0 0 0 0 0 ICH Be Fy 76 68 GB 13 53 GB FAT32 oe 2 GB FAT32 19 53 GB 18 08 GB NTFS Healthy System Healthy Boot ei Healthy Sisk 1 2792 99 GB 2792 99 68 Me Disk Not Initialized Unallocated A 4 EN_05_2939 2 G 3 20 GB 3 20 GB UDF Healthy Figure H 17 3 Initialize disk S BE Ee IC D E F 19 53 GB FAT32 19 53 GB FAT32 19 53 GB 18 08 GB NTFS Healthy System Healthy Boot Healthy Healthy Disk 1 Unknown 2792 99 GB Not Initialized Figure H 18 4 Convert to GPT disk for over 2TB capacity For more detail information about GPT please visit http www microsoft com whdc device storage GPT _FAQ mspx ICH D E F 13 53 GB FAT32 19 53 GB FAT3S2 19 53 GB 18 08 GB NTFS Healthy System Healthy Boot Healthy Healthy Govert to Dynamic Disk 744 96 GB Unallocated amp co romo Properties DVD Hep Figure H 19 5 Format disk CH D F 19 53 GB FAT32 19 53 GB FAT32 18 08 GB NTFS Online Healthy System Healthy Boot Healthy BDisk 1 Basic 2792 88 GB 2792 88 GB Online Unallocated GE Properties 3cp Rom 0 DYD EN_05_2939 2 G 3 20 GB 3 20 GB UDF Onine Healthy Figure H 20 6 Format disk is done
53. gth lt gt lt read write gt error Error UDV recoverable Error UDV lt name gt stripe lt gt PD lt gt Iba lt gt read write error length lt gt lt read write gt recoverable Error UDV unrecoverable Error UDV lt gt stripe lt gt PD lt gt Iba lt gt read write error length lt gt lt read write gt unrecoverable Info UDV stripe rewrite Info UDV lt name gt stripe lt gt rewrite column start fail succeed bitmap lt BITMAP gt lt started failed finished gt C Known issues 1 Microsoft MPIO is not supported on Windows XP or Windows 2000 Professional Workaround solution Using Windows Server 2008 2003 or Windows 2000 server to run MPIO D Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Here is the step by step procedure to setup Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Please visit Microsoft website for latest iSCSI initiator 1 Run Microsoft iSCSI Initiator version 2 07 Please see Figure D 1 2 Click Discovery iSCSI Initiator Properties Figure D 1 3 Click Add Input IP address or DNS name of ISC8P2G Please see Figure D 2 Add Target Portal 192 168 11 229 ee SC Figure D 2 4 Click OK Please see Figure D 3 iSCSI Initiator Properties Figure D 3 5 Click Targets Please see Figure D 4 iSCSI Initiator Properties Figure D 4 6 Click Log On Please see Figure D 5 Check Enable multi path i
54. h encapsulates SCSI Small Computer System Interface commands and data in TCP IP packets for linking storage devices with servers over common IP infrastructures iSCSI provides high performance SANs over standard IP networks like LAN WAN or the Internet IP SANs are true SANs Storage Area Networks which allow servers to attach to an infinite number of storage volumes by using iSCSI over TCP IP networks IP SANs can scale the storage capacity with any type and brand of storage system IP SANs also include mechanisms for security data replication multi path and high availability Storage protocol such as iSCSI has two ends in the connection These ends are the initiator and the target In iSCSI we call them iSCSI initiator and iSCSI target The iSCSI initiator requests or initiates any iSCSI communication It requests all SCSI operations like read or write An initiator is usually located on the host server side either an iSCSI HBA or iSCSI Software initiator The iSCSI target is the storage device itself or an appliance which controls and serves volumes or virtual volumes The target is the device which performs SCSI commands or bridges it to an attached storage device iSCSI targets can be disks tapes RAID arrays tape libraries and etc iSCSI device 1 target iSCSI device 2 target Figure 2 2 1 The host side needs an iSCSI initiator The initiator is a driver which handles the SCSI traffic over iSCSI
55. he system will search detect for a spare disk to rebuild the degraded VG It will look for a dedicated spare disk first and if none is found it will check if a global spare disk has been set up and use this disk for rebuild ISC8P2G supports Auto Rebuild function If the RAID level set on the VG is protected such as RAID 3 RAID 5 RAID 6 and etc ISC8P2G starts Auto Rebuild as shown on the scenario below Take RAID 6 for example 1 When there is no global spare disk or dedicated spare disk on the system ISC8P2G will be in degraded mode and wait until A there is one disk assigned as spare disk or B the failed disk is removed and replaced with new clean disk then the Auto Rebuild starts The new disk will be a spare disk to the original VG automatically a If the new added disk is not clean with data on it it would be marked as RS reserved and the system will not start auto rebuild b If this disk does not belong to any existing VG it would be FR Free disk and the system will start Auto Rebuild function c If user only removes the failed disk and plugs the same failed disk in the same slot again the auto rebuild will start But rebuilding the array using the same failed disk may impact customer data later because of the unstable disk status We suggest all customers not to rebuild the array using the same failed disk for better data protection 2 When there is enough global spare disk s or dedicated spare disk s
56. ild or UDV extension 4 3 UDV Extension To extend UDV size please follow the steps below 1 Select Volume config User data volume 2 Decide which UDV to be extended Click the button in the Size column next the number 3 Change the size The size must be larger than the original and then click COS to start 4 Extension starts If UDV needs initialization it will display an P in Status 3 and complete percentage of initialization in R Volume config User data volume Extend Size 100 Free 128 GB lt lt Back H Confirm H Figure 4 3 1 Volume config User data volume Attach a Create e Delete D Size R VG CM d No Name cB Status H 2 3 RAID LUN SE mB 1 UDV R5 20 s Gwe OHI oO S Ze n puiu P B 7 RAIDS 0 VG R5 500 Background rate 4 New setting 4 Attach a Create o Delete e Figure 4 3 2 Figure 4 3 2 Extend UDV RO from 5GB to 10GB Vy Tips e f The size of UDV extension must be larger than original _ Caution AN UDV Extension cannot be executed during rebuild or migration 4 4 Disk roaming Physical disks can be re sequenced in the same system or move whole physical disks from system 1 to system 2 This is called disk roaming Disk roaming has some constraints as described in the following 1 Check the firmware of two systems first It is better that both have same firmware version or newer 2 Whole physical disks of rela
57. low are the details of when the Auto shutdown will be triggered 1 There are 3 sensors placed on the ISC8P2G for temperature checking of the core processor on the PCI X bridge and on the daughter board ISC8P2G will check each sensor every 30 seconds When one of the sensor senses high temperature value for 3 minutes the Auto shutdown will be triggered immediately i 2 The core processor temperature limit is 85Z The PCI X bridge temperature limit is 802 The daughter board temperature limit is 80Z 3 If the high temperature situation doesn t last for 3 minutes ISC8P2G will not do auto shutdown 3 7 3 Hard drive GM ART function support S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is a diagnostic tool for hard drives to give advanced warning of drive failures S M A R T provides users a chance to take actions before possible drive failure S M A R T measures many attributes of the hard drive all the time and determine if the hard drives which are close to failure The advanced notice of possible hard drive failure can allow users to back up hard drive or replace the hard drive This is much better than hard drive crash when it is writing data or rebuilding a failed hard drive The S M A R T function will display S M A R T information of hard drives The number value is the current value and the number in parenthesis is the threshold value The threshold values of hard drive vendors are different ple
58. low the setting level the system will Battery Level Shutdown Setting level to 0 will disable UPS function Shutdown If power failure has occurred and the system cannot Delay s return to the set value on the set period the system will shutdown Setting delay to 0 will disable the function Select ON When power on the UPS is almost depleted the UPS will shutdown by itself after the ISC8P2G shutdown successfully After power comes back on the UPS will start working and notify system to boot up Selecting OFF will not turn off the UPS automatically The status of UPS Detecting Running Unable to detect UPS Communication lost UPS reboot in progress UPS shutdown in progress Batteries failed Please change them NOW Battery Level Current percentage of battery level 3 8 System Maintenance Maintenance function allows operation of the system functions including Upgrade to the latest firmware Info to show the system version Reset to default to reset all ISC8P2G configuration values to origin settings Config import amp export to export and import all controller configuration except for VG UDV setting and LUN setting and Shutdown to either reboot or shutdown the system Upgrade Remote upload firmware Info System information Reset to default Reset to factory default Config import amp export Import export co
59. lugging RAID 6 2 dimensional parity protection over the member disks RAID 6 allows two hard drive failure or unplugging If it needs to rebuild two hard drives at the same time it will rebuild the first one then the other RAID 0 1 Mirroring of the members of the RAID 0 volumes RAID 0 1 allows two hard drives to fail or gets unplugged but they need to be part of the same array RAID 10 Striping over the members of the RAID 1 volumes RAID 10 allows two hard drives to fail or gets unplugged but they need to be part of different arrays RAID 30 Striping over the members of the RAID 3 volumes RAID 30 allows two hard drives to fail or gets unplugged but they need to be part of different arrays RAID 50 Striping over the member RAID 5 volumes RAID 50 allows two hard drives to fail or gets unplugged but they need to be part of different arrays RAID 60 Striping over the member RAID 6 volumes RAID 40 allows four hard drives to fail or gets unplugged but each two need to be part of different arrays JBOD The abbreviation of Just a Bunch Of Disks No protection of data VG fails if any hard drive fails or gets unplug 4 2 VG migration and expansion To migrate the RAID level follow the procedure below Note If the VG migrates to the same RAID level of the original VG it is expansion not migration 1 Select Volume config Volume group 2 Decide which VG to be migrated click the button S i
60. lume is the default cache volume which is created after turning the power on of the ISC8P2G and it cannot be deleted The size of global cache is based on the RAM size It is the total memory size minus the system usage Create a Delete o L No Size UDY name 8 ce Global Free 0 MB Create a Delete Figure 3 6 5 1 e CV column description Number of the Cache volume The button next to the CV No is More Information It shows the details of the cache volume Size MB Total capacity of the cache volume The button next to the CV size is Resize function The CV size can be adjusted UDV Name Name of the UDV e CN operations description Create Create a cache volume function Delete Delete a cache volume function If there is no free space for creating a new dedicated cache volume decrease the global cache size first After modifying the size the dedicated cache volume can be created Vy Tips SEN The minimum size of global cache volume is 40MB The minimum size of dedicated cache volume is 20MB 3 6 6 Logical unit number Select Logical unit function to view the status of the attached logical unit number of each UDV Attach User can attach LUN by clicking the Please refer to Figure 3 6 6 1 For the Host parameter you can input an initiator node name for access control or fill in wildcard which means every host can access the volume Choose LUN numbe
61. mes Example 1 shows how to create two UDVs sharing the same CV global cache volume and set a global spare disk Example 2 shows how to create two UDVs One shares global cache volume the other uses dedicated cache volume and set a dedicated spare disk e Example 1 Example 1 shows how to create two UDVs in one VG each UDV uses global cache volume Global cache volume is created automatically after the system boots up So no action is needed to set CV You can then set a global spare disk The example also shows a procedure on how to delete the UDV Step 1 Create VG Volume Group To create the volume group please follow the procedures below Name VG RO 1 RAID level RAID O v RAID PD slot Select PD a Write Cache Enabled Standby Disabled Command Queuing Enabled e lt lt Back a Next gt gt e Figure 3 6 7 1 Select Volume config Volume group 2 Click E D 3 Input a VG Name choose a RAID level from the picklist press SelectPP to choose the RAID PD slot s then press al Next gt gt 4 Check the results Press Confirm if all setups are correct 5 Done A VG has been created Create a Delete e Total Free o No Name GB cB PD UDV Status EI RAID 1 VG RO 1 y i RAID 0 Online O 519 519 o 0 peua ge Create o Delete e Figure 3 6 7 2 Figure 3 6 7 2 Creating a RAID 0 with 7 physical disks named VG RO 1 The total size is 519GB Because no UD
62. n the RAID column next the RAID level 3 Change the RAID level by clicking the down arrow Swe xl There will be a pop up which shows if the HDD capacity is not enough to support the new setting RAID level click Et to increase hard drives then click conim vo go back to setup page When doing migration to a lower RAID level such as the original RAID level is RAID 6 and user wants to migrate to RAID 0 the ISC8P2G will evaluate this operation if it is safe or not and will display Sure to migrate to a lower protection array to provide user warning 4 Double check the setting of RAID level and RAID PD slot If no issues are seen click AE MA 5 Finally a confirmation page shows the detailed RAID info If no problem arises click conim 7 to start migration The ISC8P2G also pops up a message of Warning power lost during migration may cause damage of data to provide user warning When the power is turned off during migration the data is in high risk 6 Migration starts and it can be seen from the status 3 of a VG with a running square and an M In Volume config User data volume it displays an M in Status 4 and complete percentage of migration in R Name VG RO RAID level RAID5 sl RAID PD slot i Select PD D lt lt Back e Next gt gt D Figure 4 2 1 Volume config Volume group Create H Delete e o No Name bmg ien epp UDV Status 12 3 RAI
63. nd Groups windows 2000 C Partition Basic Healthy System 19 53 GB Performance Logs and Alert S Device Manager Storage El Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter ie Disk Management a Services and Applications Windows A WINDOW QA TOOLS 19 53 GB N 19 53 GB F 15 90 GBF Healthy Sy A Healthy B Healthy Figure G 9 G Installation Steps for Large Volume TB Introduction The ISC8P2G is capable of supporting large volumes gt 2TB When connecting controllers to 64bit OS installed host server the host server is inherently capable for large volumes from the 64bit address On the other side if the host server is installed with 32bit OS user has to change the block size to 1KB 2KB or 4KB to support volumes up to 4TB 8TB or 16TB for the 32bit host server is not LBA Logical Block Addressing 64 bit supported For detailed installation steps check below Step A configure your target 1 Goto Volume config Volume group create a VG Volume config Volume group Create e Delete e Total Free E No Name GB GB PD UDY Status d s RAID ty Create e Delete e Figure Hi 2 Choose RAID level and disks Volume config Volume group Create Name YGO1 RAID Level RAID 6 z RAID PD slot 910111213141516 Select PD e lt lt Back D t Next gt gt e Figure H 2 3 Confirm VG settings olume config Volume group Create Confirm Cre
64. nfigurations Shutdown Reboot or shutdown system Figure 3 8 1 3 8 1 Upgrade Select Upgrade function to upgrade firmware Please prepare new firmware file named xxxx bin in local hard drive then press a to select the file Click Confirm _ it will open a message Upgrade system now If you plan to downgrade to the previous firmware later on please export your system config first click Cancel to export system config then click OK to start the upgrade Browse the firmware to upgrade Browse Export config Confirm e Figure 3 8 1 1 om Upgrade system now b oai If you want to downgrade to the previous FW later pleas export your system config first Cancel Figure 3 8 1 2 When upgrading a progress bar will be seen running After the upgrade the system must be manually rebooted 3 8 2 Info Info function will display system information including firmware version CPU type installed system memory and controller serial number 3 8 3 Reset to default Reset to default function allows user to reset ISC8P2G to the factory default setting Sure to reset to factory default Confirm e Figure 3 8 3 1 Reset to default sets password to default supervisor and set IP address to default as DHCP setting Default IP address 192 168 0 1 DHCP Default subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway 192 168 0 254 3 8 4 Config import amp export
65. nt cache memory size from User e modification setting LUN is the logical volume unit which the users could access through SCSI commands 3 6 2 Physical disk Enter Physical disk to view the status of hard drives inserted in the system Below are operation tips 1 Multiple select Select one or more checkboxes in front of the slot number or select the checkbox at the top left corner this will select all disk Uncheck this box this will deselect all 2 The list box will disappear if there is no VG or only VG of RAID 0 JBOD are listed because these RAID levels cannot be set as dedicated spare disks Free disks D Global spares e Dedicated spares e Size VG B Slot WWN SE fee Status 1 2 Speed 1 Good P 8 2071001378a8a002 74 VG RO emm Den 3 0Gb 2 Good P e 207c001378a8a002 74 VG RO wesen Den 3 0Gb 3 Good IR e 207b001378a8a002 74 VG RO Den 3 0Gb 4 Good D A 207a001378a8a002 74 VG RO om Don 3 0Gb 5 Good Oo 8 2079001378a8a002 74 Grr 3 0Gb 6 Good rc a 207d001378a8a002 74 VG R6 RD 3 0Gb 7 Good oO 8 206f001378a8a002 74 VG R6 en Den 3 0Gb 8 Good 2070001378a8a002 74 VG R6 oa Don 3 0Gb 9 Good D 8 2078001378a8a002 74 VG R6 ee RD 3 0Gb Go 2 00137848 4 Good 0Gb gt 2072001378a8a002 7 Grr 3 06 11 Good D 2073001378a8a002 74 VG R6 A ps 3 0Gb 12 G P 2074001378a8a002 74 ae A FR 3 0Gb 13 Good Oo o 2075001378a8a002 74 ims A FR 3 0Gb 14 Good rc Ge 2076001378a8a002 74 Pa Grr 3 0Gb 15 oO e 20
66. one of the enclosure management standards The SES config function allows you to enable or disable the management of SES Enable a Disable o C Host LUN Permission UDY name O D Read write SES Enable a Disable a Figure 3 7 1 1 Figure 3 7 1 1 Enable SES in LUN 0 and can be accessed from every host The SES client software is available at the following web site SANtools http Awww santools com 3 7 2 Hardware monitor Select Hardware monitor function to view information on current voltage and temperature Enclosure management Hardware monitor o a Item Information Onboard 1 35V 1 34 V min 1 22 V max 1 49 V Onboard 3 3V 3 39 V min 3 04 V max 3 56 V Onboard 5V 5 19 V min 4 60 V max 5 40 V Onboard 12V 12 27 V min 11 04 V max 12 96 V Onboard 2 5V 2 54 V min 2 25 V max 2 75 V Core Processor 55 0 C hyst 0 0 C high 65 0 C Location 1 44 5 C hyst 0 0 C high 60 0 C Location 2 45 5 C hyst 0 0 C high 60 0 C Auto shutdown Fi Confirm e Figure 3 7 2 1 If Auto shutdown has been checked the system will shutdown automatically when voltage or temperature is out of the normal range For better data protection please check Auto Shutdown For better protection and to avoid single short period of high temperature triggering Auto shutdown ISC8P2G use multiple condition judgments for Auto shutdown Be
67. or is available for Mac Website http www attotech com xtend html 2 3 Management methods There are three management methods to manage ISC8P2G iSCSI subsystem 2 3 1 Web GUI ISC8P2G supports graphical user interface GUI to manage the system The default setting of the web GUI port IP is DHCP and the DHCP IP address is displayed on the LCM A user can check the LCM for the IP addres first then open a web browser and type the DHCP address The DHCP address is dynamic and user may need to check every time after reboot again E g on LCM 192 168 1 50 Addonics ISC8P2G http 192 168 1 50 Move the cursor on any of the function block located on the left side of the web browser a dialog box opens to authenticate current user Login name admin Default password supervisor Or login with the read only account which only allows seeing the configuration and cannot change setting Login name user Default password 1234 2 3 2 Console serial port Optional Use NULL modem cable to connect console port The console setting is baud rate 115200 8 bits 1 stop bit and no parity Terminal type vt100 Login name admin Default password supervisor 2 3 3 Remote control secure shell SSH secure shell is required for ISC8P2G to remote login The SSH client software is available at the following web site SSHWinClient WWW http www ssh com Putty WWW http www chiark greenend org uk Host name 192
68. ort 1 192 168 1 112 as mentioned in previous page Add Target Portal Figure F 9 9 Add second Target Portals on Microsoft iSCSI initiator Figure F 10 10 Input the IP address of iSCSI data port 2 192 168 1 113 as mentioned in previous page Add Target Portal Iess IS ae a coe Figure F 11 11 The initiator setting is done 192 168 1 112 3260 192 168 1 113 3260 Figure F 12 12 Log on iSCSI Initiator Properties Figure F 13 13 Enable Enable multi path checkbox Then click Advanced E Figure F 14 14 Select Target Portal to iSCSI data port 1 192 168 1 112 Then click OK Advanced Settings Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 192 168 1 164 E 192 168 1 112 3260 Lei Figure F 15 15 Log on Enable multi path again ze JESS zs Figure F 16 16 Enable Enable multi path checkbox Then click Advanced a Log On to Target x 8 Figure F 17 17 Select Target Portal to iSCSI data port 2 192 168 1 113 Then select OK Advanced Settings Figure F 18 18 The iSCSI drive is connected x Favorite Targets Volumes and Devices RADIUS To access storage devices for a target select the target and then click Log on To see information about sessions connections and devices for a target dick Details l Targets ign 1995 07 com addonics isc8p29
69. p retries 6 calibration retries Warning S M A R T Warning Disk lt slot gt Failure to get S M A R T information information Physical HW events Level Type Description Warning ECC error Warning Single bit ECC error is detected Error ECC error Error Multi bit ECC error is detected Info ECC DIMM Info ECC Memory is installed Installed Info Non ECC installed Info Non ECC Memory is installed Error Host chip failure Error Host channel chip failed Error Drive chip failure Error Drive channel chip failed Warning Ethernet port failure Warning GUI Ethernet port failed HDD IO events Level Type Description Warning Disk error Error Disk lt slot gt read block error Warning Disk error Error Disk lt slot gt writes block error Warning HDD failure Error Disk lt slot gt is failed Warning Channel error Error Disk lt slot gt IO incomplete SES events Level Type Description Info SES load conf OK Info SES configuration has been loaded Warning SES Load Conf Error Failed to load SES configuration The Failure SES device is disabled Info SES is disabled Info The SES device is disabled Info SES is enabled Info The SES device is enabled Environmental events Level Type Description Info Admin Login OK Info Admin login from lt IP or serial console gt via lt Web UI or Console Ul gt Info A
70. r and permission then click Confirm Please refer to Figure 3 6 6 2 You can assign up to 256 LUNs per system ISC8P2G For the host connection the host number limitation is 32 per system ISC8P2G To access a single user data volume UDV simultaneously the host number limitation is 8 which means 8 hosts can access the same UDV at the same time UDV QUICK41473 519GB V Host iSCSI node name LUN 0 v Permission ORead only Read write lt lt Back o Confirm a Figure 3 6 6 1 Figure 3 6 6 1 Single node Attach a Detach e go Host LUN Permission UDV name Session F 0 Read write QUICK41473 1 iqn 1991 05 com microsoft tech 1 Read write QUICK41473 1 Attach e Detach e Figure 3 6 6 2 Figure 3 6 6 2 ISC8P2G QUICK41473 is attached to LUN 0 where every host can access QUICK41473 is attached to LUN 1 with only initiator named iqn 1991 05 com microsoft tech can access e LUN operations description Attach a logical unit number to a user data volume Detach a logical unit number from a user data volume The matching rules of access control are from top to bottom by sequence For example if there are 2 rules for the same UDV one is LUN 0 the other is iqn host1 LUN 1 The other host iqn host2 can login because it matches the rule 1 The access will be denied when there is no matching rule 3 6 7 Examples The following are examples for creating volu
71. re 2 selections DHCP Get IP address from DHCP server or static IP iSCSI config NIC IP address C DHCP P Static Address 192 168 1 1 Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 1 254 Figure 3 5 2 2 Default gateway can be changed by clicking the button in the Gateway column There is only one default gateway 3 5 3 Node Single node Select Node to view the target name for iSCSI initiator SC8P2G supports single node The node name of ISC8P2G exists by default and cannot be changed Node name Auth i ni None iqn 1995 07 com addonics isc8p2g 000a40f21 default target z Figure 3 5 3 1 3 5 4 Session Select Session function It will display iSCSI session and connection information including the following items 1 Host Initiator Name 2 Error Recovery Level 3 Error Recovery Count 4 Detail of Authentication status and Source IP port number Delete e L No Initiator name TPGT Error recovery level Error recovery count OJo igqn 1987 05 com cisco 01 c047c42de54 0x02 0 0 fiji igqn 1987 05 com cisco 01 c047c42de54 0x02 D 0 Dia Vd iqn 1987 05 com cisco 01 cO47c42de54 0x00 0 0 Delete e Figure 3 5 4 1 Figure 3 5 4 1 iSCSI Session Pressing the button will display connection s No Initiator IP Initiator name Authentication 0 192 168 12 212 iqn 1987 05 com cisco 01 c047c42de54 no Back e Figure 3 5 4 2 Figure 3 5 4 2 iSCSI Connection 3 5 5 CHAP account Select CHA
72. resh QLOGIC ISCSIHBA Port Options Port Information Target Settings Target information Statistics Diagnostics E Host qsan qa222 7 He QLA4010 Re HBA Model QLA4010 iSCSI Port Alias Name qlogic 1 EE Port 0 glogic 1 HBA iSCSI Name qsan qa222 Greyed out entries are Potential Boot devices and cannot be modified Target Configuration a saved blank iSCSI Name will issue a SendTargets command Disable of Auto discover does not apply to SendTargets with CHAP entries Only 64 devices can be persistedbound Any changes made to devices not bound will not persist across card resets Note Right click on entry for additional features Auto bind Discovered Targets Auto discover Re discover prior SendTargets on save i Enable Bing Target Dynamic IP Address Port iSCSI Name Target ID Alias State 0 0 0 0 DHA DNA Reserved for Fast 0 0 0 0 ONA 1NA Reserved for FastlUr rv rv 192 168 11 210 3260 2 No Connection Active EN D v 192 168 11 210 3260 iqn 2004 08 tw com 64 Session Active Config Parameters Config Authentication Refresh Save Settings 4 ii D gt Port 0 qlogic 1 Figure G 6 7 Check the parameters Initial R2T are must be enabled lt qsan qa222 Target Parame
73. t Volume config User data volume 2 Click Create a 3 Input a UDV name choose a VG Name select Dedicated cache which is created at Step 1 and input the size for the UDV Decide the stripe height block size read write mode and set priority finally click Confirm 4 Done A UDV using dedicated cache has been created Attach e Create e Delete e Size R VG CV go No Name cB Status 1 2 3 Ag RAID LUN SE mB 1 UDV RO 1 300 s B we BHI o e e pai i RAID 0 0 VG RO 1 500 2 UDV RO 2 219 R D we A HI O pe sf lee m re RAID 0 0 VG RO 1 378 Background rate 4 New setting 4 Attach o Create e Delete e Figure 3 6 7 11 Figure 3 6 7 11 UDV named UDV R0 1 uses global cache volume 500MB and UDV RO 2 uses dedicated cache volume 378MB oO No 1 o e 2 F 8 Free 0 MB Size MB 500 378 Figure 3 6 7 12 Create Create a Delete e UDV name Global UDV RO 2 e Delete e Figure 3 6 7 12 In Volume config Cache volume UDV named UDV R0 2 uses dedicated cache volume 378MB Step 4 Attach LUN to UDV Please refer to Step 3 of Example 1 to attach LUN Step 5 Set dedicated spare disk To set dedicated spare disks please follow the steps below 1 Select Volume config Physical disk 2 Select a VG from the list box then select the free disk s click Dedicated spares o 3 There is a DS icon shown up at status 1 column
74. t a VG by clicking the checkbox make sure that there is no UDV on this VG or the UDV s on this VG must be deleted first Click Delete A confirmation page will open up Choose OK Done The VG has been deleted Tips The action of deleting one VG will succeed only when all of the related UDV s are deleted in this VG Otherwise you will get an error when deleting this VG Step 9 Free global spare disk To free global spare disks please follow the procedures 1 2 Step 10 Select Volume config Physical disk Select the global spare disk by clicking the checkbox of the row then click Free disks to free disk Done all volumes have been deleted e Example 2 Example 2 shows how to create two UDVs in one VG One UDV shares global cache volume the other uses dedicated cache volume First the dedicated cache volume should be created It can be used in creating UDV A procedure also shows how to delete the UDV Each UDV is associated with one specific CV cache volume to execute the data transaction Each CV could have different cache memory size If there is no special request in the UDVs it uses global cache volume You can also create a dedicated cache for individual UDV manually Using dedicated cache volume the performance would not be affected by the other UDV s data access The total cache size depends on the RAM size and it is set automatically as the global cache To creat
75. ta volume amp Ma Attach D Create e Delete D Size R VG CN LJ No Name 6B Status 1 2 3 S RAID LUN Pe besi 1 UDVOL 2793 Online D we BHI o D Gr 1 RAID 6 0 VGO1 136 Attach o Create e Delete e Volume config User data volume Attach a Ga UDV01 2793G8 fa UDYV Host LUN Permission Figure H 11 Volume config User data volume Attach UDOT 2793GB sl Eav Bus SCSIID o z0 amp LUN 0 0 C Read only Read write Figure H 12 Figure H 12 Left P series Right S series attach LUN Step B configure your host server 1 You need to setup software iscsi initiator or iSCSI HBA first 2 Below is the configuration for Windows Server 2003 R2 with Microsoft iscsi initiator Please install the latest Microsoft iscsi initiator from the link below http www microsoft com downloads details aspx FamilyID 12cb3c1a 15d6 4585 b385 befd1319f825 amp DisplayLang en iSCSI Initiator Properties Add Target Portal ges CS zs Figure H 13 Figure H 13 Run MS iSCSI initiator go to Discovery tab add target portal iSCSI data iSCSI Initiator Properties Log On to Target Figure H 14 Figure H 14 go to Targets tab click Refresh and then Log On the target iSCSI Initiator Properties Figure H 15 Figure H 15 Status is Connected the initiator se
76. ted VG should be moved from system 1 to system 2 together The configuration of both VG and UDV will be kept but LUN configuration will be cleared to avoid conflict with system 2 4 5 Support Microsoft MPIO and MC S MPIO Multi Path Input Output and MC S Multiple Connections per Session both use multiple physical paths to create logical paths between the server and the ISC8P2G In the case where one or more of these components fail causing the path to fail multi path logic uses an alternate path for I O so that applications can still access their data Microsoft iSCSI initiator supports multi path function Please follow the procedures to use MPIO feature 1 A host with dual LAN ports will connect to the LAN ports on the ISC8P2G 2 Create a VG UDV attach this UDV to the host 3 When installing Microsoft iSCSI initiator please install MPIO driver at the same time 4 Logon to the target separately for each port When logging on to target check Enable multi path Please refer to Appendix D step 6 5 MPIO mode can be selected on Targets Details Devices Advanced 6 Rescan disk 7 There will be one disk running MPIO For detailed setup steps please refer to Appendix F MPIO and MC S setup instructions MC S setup steps are very similar to MPIO please also refer to Appendix F Appendix A Certification list e RAM ISC8P2G RAM Spec 184pins DDR333 PC2700 Reg register or UB Unbufferred ECC or
77. ters x Max First Immediate Execution Target TargetID Bind Enable Dynamic Initial R2T Data Throttle Burst Burst Len Len 192 168 11 210 3260 Ta 2 iv m v 64 512 192 168 11 210 3260 Ta 64 Iw vi v v 64 512 Figure G 7 8 Check Target Information again and the state changed to Session Active SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager S g l l x File Host View Wizard Help O XX QLOGIC Connect Refresh iSCSI HBA Target Information LUN List eee Host qsan qa222 r d SEH HBA Model oan iSCSI Port Alias Name glogic 1 o amp Port 0 glogic 1 o e Device Oon 3 HBA iSCSI Name qsan qa222 Vendor QSANTech Product Revision 0 9 Product ID P60C Target Alias Name Not Available Target iSCSI Name iqn 2004 08 tw com qsan p60c 0000000d4 default target L DS D Device iqn 2004 08 tw com qsan p60c 0000000d4 default target Figure G 8 9 Then run Computer Management in Windows Make sure the disk appears Lei Computer Management Fie Action View Window Help e gt Ep G Dxeeasg Computer Management Local E jf System Tools Partition Basic Healthy 10 Event Viewer Partition Basic Healthy 15 88 GB z Shared Folders EWINDOWS2003 D Partition Basic Healthy Boot 19 52 GB Local Users a
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79. tion Warning UDV IO Fault Error IO failure for stripe number lt number gt in UDV lt name gt Warning VG Failed Error Fail to access VG lt name gt Warning UDV Failed Error Fail to access UDV lt name gt Warning Global CV Error Fail to adjust the size of the global cache Adjustment Failed Info Global Cache Info The global cache is OK Error Global CV Creation Error Fail to create the global cache Failed Info UDV Rename Info UDV lt name gt has been renamed as lt name gt Info VG Rename Info VG lt name gt has been renamed as lt name gt Info Set VG Dedicated Info Assign Disk lt slot gt to be VG lt name gt Spare Disks dedicated spare disk Info Set Global Disks Info Assign Disk lt slot gt to the Global Spare Disks Info UDV Read Only Info UDV lt name gt is a read only volume Info WRBK Cache Info Use the write back cache policy for UDV Policy lt name gt Info WRTHRU Cache Info Use the write through cache policy for UDV Policy lt name gt Info High priority UDV Info UDV lt name gt is set to high priority Info Mid Priority UDV Info UDV lt name gt is set to mid priority Info Low Priority UDV Info UDV lt name gt is set to low priority Error PD configuration Error PD lt slot gt lba lt gt length lt gt config read write error lt read write gt failed Error PD read write error Error PD lt gt Iba lt gt len
80. tions Port information Target Settings Target information Statistics Diagnostics Host qsan qa222 r 2 w HBA 0 QLA4010 Rg HBA Model QLA4010 iSCSI Port Alias Name qlogic 1 o amp Port 0 qlogic 1 HBA iSCSI Name qsan qa222 Greyed out entries are Potential Boot devices and cannot be modified Target Configuration a saved blank iSCSI Name will issue a SendTargets command Disable of Auto discover does not apply to SendTargets with CHAP entries Only 64 devices can be persisted bound Any changes made to devices not bound will not persist across card resets Note Right click on entry for additional features v Auto bind Discovered Targets Auto discover Re discover prior SendTargets on save A Enable H z z Bind Target Dynamic IP Address Port iSCSI Name Target ID Alias State 0 0 0 0 ONA DNA Reserved for FastlUr 0 0 0 0 DHA 1NA Reserved for FastlUr v v 192 168 11 210 3260 2 No Connection Active EN Config Parameters Config Authentication Refresh Save Settings Port 0 qlogic 1 Figure G 5 Click Refresh and find a new target with iSCSI name SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager e l lSl File Host View Wizard Help O gt XX Connect Ref
81. tting is done Step C Initialize Format Mount the disk 1 Go to Start Control Panel Computer Management Device Manger Disk drives m Computer Management ei File Action View Window Help ef tis alae Computer Management Local iG System Tools bi ai Event Viewer Shared Folders E Local Users and Groups 2 Performance Logs and Alert Device Manager QA_CHRISCHOUZ 8 E E T S HDS 2S080PLA380 E S Display adapters Figure H 16 Figure H 16 Disk drive status of ISC8P2G 2 Go to Start Control Panel Computer Management Disk Management it displays a new disk Computer Management File Action View Window Help lt Qsan P120C SCSI Disk Device Qsan P12Z20C Multi Path Disk Device ez Am Gm es Computer Management Local By System Tools Sc Partition Basic FAT32 Healthy System 19 52GB 17 01GB 87 No 3 Il Event Viewer So Partition Basic FAT32 Healthy Boot 19 52GB 16 32GB 83 No Fa Shared Folders Se Partition Basic Healthy 19 53GB 19 53GB 100 No 8 884 Local Users and Groups BS Partition Basic NTFS Healthy 18 08GB 16 40GB 90 No S S Performance Logs and Alert OEN oe 2939 2 G Partition Basic UDF Healthy 3 2068 OMB 0 No Device Manager KI Storage Removable Storage Re Disk De
82. ttp Awww winsyslog com Kiwi Syslog Daemon http www kiwisyslog com Most UNIX systems build in syslog daemon 3 4 11 Event log Select Event log to view the event messages Press the Filter button to choose the display Press the Download button to save the whole event log as text file with file name log ModelName SerialNumber Date Time txt e g log ISC8P2G A00001 20070801 120000 txt Pressing the Clear button will clear event logs Pressing the Mute button will stop alarm if there are system alerts Filter e Download e Mute n Clear a INFO Wed 08 Aug 2007 18 04 25 CST UDY QUICK68809 has been created INFO Wed 08 Aug 2007 18 04 25 CST VG QUICK45427 has been created INFO Wed 08 Aug 2007 18 01 17 CST admin login from 192 168 10 121 via Web UI Figure 3 4 11 1 For customizing your own display of event logs there are a total of three display methods These are Web Ul Console event log page popup windows on Web GUI and on LCM The default setting of these three displays is WARNING and ERROR The popup is disabled by default Show events INFO WARNING M ERROR M Pop up events INFO WARNING ERROR I Show on LCM INFO IT WARNING M ERROR M lt lt Back a Confirm e Figure 3 4 11 2 The event log is displayed in reverse order which means the latest event log is on the first page The event logs are actually saved in the first four hard drives each hard drive has one copy of event log

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