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SAS to SAS/SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual

1. t metal F SaS Chip Information Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Surya vio es Hardware Monitor Device usage Slot 1 12 Raid Set 000 corey ___ WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 2 13 Raid Set 000 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 3 20 Raid Set 000 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 4 21 Free 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 5 14 Free 600 168 wD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 6 15 Free 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02429 Slot 7 1E Free 5i 600 168 WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 8 1F Free 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 _ t Slot 9 16 Free 600 165 WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 10 17 Free 600 1GB _ w WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 11 1B Free 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02429 Slot 12 1D Free 600 1GB wo WD6000BKHG 02A29 To view the Raid Set information click the Raid Set link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Raid Set Information screen appears jopen all close all R L 4 Raid Syetem Gonsele s Raid Set Information A Quick Function Raid Set Name Raid Set 000 Ao RAID Set Functions Member Disks 3 i Volume Set Functions Total Raw Capacity 1800 0GB ii Physical eek Free Raw Capacity 300 0GB System Control i r P ins gata yst Min Member Disk Size 600 0GB Information i nae Raid Set Power State Operating ia Di SAS Chip iafarniation Raid Set State _ _s Normal fy System Information L Hardware Monitor i
2. 0 Stop Volume Check H Physical Drives H System Controls J Information NOTE To verify the Volume Check schedule go to Information gt RAID Set Hierarchy gt select the Volume Set gt the Volume Set Information will be displayed a Volume Set Information Volume Set Name Volume VOL 000 Raid Set Name Raid Set 000 Volume Capacity 7001 468 545 Port Lun o o Raid Level Raid 5 Stripe Size o4kKBytes Block Size 512Bytes Member Disks B Cache Mode Write Back Tagged Queuing Enabled Volume State Normal Time To Volume Check 0 23 59 6 l 5 3 7 Stop Volume Check Use this option to stop current running Check Volume Set process open all close all 9 Raid System Console I Do You Want To Stop All Volume Consis HI Quick Function H RAID Set Functions l Seen ek es A ria nf r hea On i H Volume Set Functions T Confirm The Operation E RO TOF DE I Submit Reset Ld Create Raid30 50 60 _Reset L Check Volume Set v Schedule Volume Check H Physical Drives HI System Controls H Information a j i qT ANE r T Fai Met at el Tey 72 User Manual 5 4 Physical Drive SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Choose this option from the Main Menu to select a disk drive and to perform the functions listed below 5 4 1 Create Pass Through Disk A Pass Through Disk is a disk drive not controlled by the internal RAID subsys
3. Tray Hole A NOTE All the disk tray holes are labelled accordingly User Manual 31 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 Slide the tray into a slot 6 Press the lever in until you hear the latch click into place The HDD Fault LED will turn green when the subsystem is powered on and HDD is good 7 If necessary lock the Disk Tray by turning the Lock Groove 32 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 3 3 2 Installing a SATA Disk Drive Dual Controller Mode in a Disk Tray 1 Remove an empty disk tray from the subsystem Fixed Bracket Dongle Board 3 Attach the dongle board in the Fixed Bracket with a screw User Manual 33 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 4 Place the Fixed Bracket with the dongle board in the disk tray as shown 34 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 Turn the tray upside down Align the holes of the Fixed Bracket in the two Hole d of the disk tray Tighten two screws to secure the Fixed Bracket into the disk tray Tray Hole d BEB BBB BBB BRR Reese NOTE All the disk tray holes are labelled accordingly 6 Place the SATA disk drive into the disk tray Slide the disk drive towards the dongle board User Manual 35 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 7 Turn the disk tray upside down Align the four screw holes of the SATA disk drive in the four Hole B of the disk tray To secure the disk drive into the disk tray tighten four
4. Volume Cache Mode WriteBack Tagged Command Queuing Enabled fal Controller 1 SAS Port Mapping E M Porto T Porti Controller 2 SAS Port Mapping M Port2 Port3 LUN Base LUN o Mi a ee M Confirm The Operation Submit Reset LEE al User Manual 73 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 4 2 Modify a Pass Through Disk Use this option to modify the attribute of a Pass Through Disk User can modify the Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing and SAS Port LUN Base LUN on an existing Pass Through Disk To modify the Pass Through drive attribute from the Pass Through drive pool click on the Modify a Pass Through Disk link The Select The Pass Through Disk For Modification screen appears Tick on the Pass Through Disk from the Pass Through drive pool and click on the Submit button to select the drive The Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute screen appears Modify the drive attribute values as you want proRAID ohan gt open all close all 3 Raid System Console 9 Quick Function ide goin nel Ona slotzs ES WDC WD10EARS 00Y581 1 _ Volume Set Functions ce ec Sa ee A ae 2a Physical Drives _ L Create Pass Through Disk _ Submit Reset lt Q Modify a Pass Through Disk _ Delete Pass Through Disk _ Identify Enclosure L Identify Drive 1 System Controls H 0 Information 74 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 4 3 Delete Pass Through Disk To delete Pass Throug
5. 92 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem To view the disk drive information click the Slot link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Disk Information screen appears This screen shows various information such as timeout count media error count and SMART information jopen all close all Raid System Console Quick Function RAID Set Functions H Volume Set Functions Physical Drives H System Controls as Information 2 sas Chip Informatio L System Information O Hardware Monitor a Device Information Device Type SAS 500 14EE300060D82 C Device Location Enclosure 1 Slot i Model Name WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Serial Number WX71C70L1099 Firmware Rey VGO3 Disk Capacity __ 600 168 Current SAS Mode 6G E Supported SAS Mode 6G Device State Normal Timeout Count lo Media Error Count lo Rotation Speed 10000 RPM Device Temperature a ke O i Read Errors Recovered W O Delay 0x0000000000E48054 Read Errors Recovered W Delay Ox0000000000001CFA Read Errors Recovered W Retry 0x0000000000000000 Read Errors Recovered 0x0000000000E49D4E Read Total Bytes Ox00000000C93B0000 i Read Errors Unrecovered 0x0000000000000032 Write Errors Recovered W O Delay 0x0000000000004388 Write Er
6. 1 Plug in the power cords into the AC Power Input Socket located at the rear of the Subsystem AC Power Input Socket Power On Off Switch NOTE The subsystem is equipped with redundant full range power supplies with PFC power factor correction The system will automatically select voltage 2 Turn on each Power On Off Switch to power on the subsystem 3 The Power LED on the front Panel will turn green User Manual 29 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 3 3 Disk Drive Installation This section describes the physical locations of the hard drives supported by the subsystem and give instructions on installing a hard drive The subsystem supports hot swapping allowing you to install or replace a hard drive while the subsystem is running NOTE In this model it is recommended to use 6Gb hard drive disks 3 3 1 Installing Disk Drive in a Disk Tray 1 Unlock the Disk Trays using a flat head screw driver by rotating the Lock Groove Disk Tray is unlocked Tray Open Button 3 Pull out an empty disk tray 30 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 4 Place the hard drive in the disk tray Turn the disk tray upside down Align the four screw holes of the SAS disk drive in the four Hole A of the disk tray To secure the disk drive into the disk tray tighten four screws on these holes of the disk tray Note in the picture below where the screws should be placed in the disk tray holes
7. NOTE When the Down Arrow button W is pressed 3 times the LCD control will shift to the other RAID controller in redundant controller mode and the other RAID controller s IP address will be shown in LCD Select button Y This is used to enter the option you have selected Press this button to return to the previous menu NOTE This button can also be used to reset the alarm beeper Exit button EXIT User Manual 21 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Environment Status LEDs Power LED Power Fail LED Fan Fail LED Over Temperature LED Voltage Warning LED Activity LED Function Parts Power LED Green LED indicates power is ON If a redundant power supply unit fails this Power Fail LED LED will turn to RED and alarm will sound When a fan fails or the fan s rotational speed Fan Fail LED IS below 7OORPM this LED will turn red and an alarm will sound If temperature irregularities in the system occurs HDD slot temperature over 65 C Over Temperature LED Controller temperature over 70 C CPU Temperature over 90 C this LED will turn RED and alarm will sound 2 An alarm will sound warning of a voltage Voltage Warning LED abnormality and this LED will turn red This LED will blink blue when the RAID Activity LED subsystem is busy or active ues User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 2 1 1 3 LCD IP Address in Dual Controller Mode In dual controller mode the RAID
8. Configured AS JBOD Yes No L_ Are You Sure gt Yes No Background Task Priority gt UltraLow 5 Low 20 Medium 50 High 80 Raid System Function L Save The Settings gt Yes No SATA NCQ Support gt Enable Disable L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No HDD Read Ahead Cache gt Enable Disable Maxtor Disable L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No Volume Data Read Ahead gt Normal Aggressive Conservative Disabled L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No HDD Queue Depth Setting gt 1 2 4 8 16 32 L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No Controller Fan Detection gt Disabled Enabled L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No Disk Write Cache Mode gt Auto Enabled Disabled L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No Capacity Truncation gt To Multiples of 10G To Mulitples of 1G Disabled L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No Update Firmware Shutdown Controller Shutdown Controller gt Yes No L_ Are You Sure Yes No Restart Controller L Confirm Reset gt Yes No L Are You Sure Yes No User Manual 47 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Stagger Power On gt 0 4 0 7 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 5 3 0 3 5 4 0 4 5 5 0 5 5 6 0 L Save the settings gt Yes No Hdd Power Management Time to Low Power Idle gt Disabled 2 3 4 5 6 7 L_ Save the settings gt Yes No Time to Low RPM Mode gt Disabled 10 20 30 40 50 60 l_ Save the settings gt Yes No Time to Spin Down Hdd gt Disabled 1 3 5 10 15
9. O View Events Mute Beeper _ Generate Test Event AO Clear Event Buffer Modify Password pgrade Firmware H i H D Restart Controller H Information mroRAID anager XX XXXXXXXXX Jopen all close all a iad sy ctam Pansats E B12 Quick Function HD RAID Set Functions Pe alore Sab Fune nats leI 0 Physical Drives EMS System Controls 0 System Configuration L Hdd Power Management V EtherNet Configuration HO Alert By Mail Configuration SNMP Configuration NTP Configuration AO View Events Mute Beeper O Generate Test Event Q Clear Event Buffer P Modify Password Upgrade Firmware l 0 Restart Controller H Information After shutting down the controller and still want to use the RAID subsystem you must restart the controller either by Restart Controller function or by Power On Off switch 90 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 5 13 Restart Controller Use this function to restart the RAID Controller This is normally used after upgrading the RAID controller s firmware proRAID CM anager XX XXX XXX XXX open alliclose al If a Raid System Console H Quick Function J RAID Set Functions HQ Volume Set Functions H0 Physical Drives EMS System Controls PO System Configuration 0 Hdd Power Management 0 EtherNet Configuration O Alert By Mail Configuration O SNMP Configuration O NTP Co
10. Restart Controller APrOWKey Of 42 Move Cursor ENTerPISe lect ESCIESCape LILiIne Draw he Send 2modem receive command Telnet By 9 24Rows 80 Cols T100 Oo NUM 100 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 6 A message Update The Firmware will be displayed Select Yes it a li 192 168 10 173 CRT e File Edit wiew Options Transfer Script Tools Help Bh Mod sd NF S 132168 10 173 m ae RAT D cont r o T Ter E Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper setting Change Password JBOD RAID Function Background Task Priority SATA NCQ Support HDD Read Ahead Cache Yolume Data Read Ahead Hdd Gueue Depth Setting Controller Fah Detection Disk write Cache Mode Capacity Truncation SEE E Restart Controller APPOWKeY OF AR TPove Cursor Enter se Ct a he ee ee DEaw Ready Telnet 13 64 24 Rows 80 Cols T100 Oo NUM 7 Select Yes again le r p l lid 192 168 10 173 CRT AAZ File Edit view ptions Transfer Script Tools Help JAA EE ME Sis SA 132716810173 Ei MEM MEMES RAID controller l la Raid System Fungtion Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password JEOD RAID Function Background Task Priority HDD Read Ahead Cache Volume Data Read ahead ZE Hdd Queue Depth setting Controller Fan Detection Disk write Cache Mode Capacity Truncation E e Restart controller r APPOWRey OP AziMowe Cursor Enter 5e Ready T
11. pe s yyyyy Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive A fi f A ZA Data DATA PARITY PARITY Z SS f X P gt Pi In summary RAID O is the fastest and most efficient array type but offers no fault tolerance RAID O requires a minimum of one drive RAID 1 is the best choice for performance critical fault tolerant environments RAID 1 is the only choice for fault tolerance if no more than two drives are used RAID 3 can be used to speed up data transfer and provide fault tolerance in single user environments that access long sequential records However RAID 3 does not allow overlapping of multiple I O operations and requires synchronized spindle drives to avoid performance degradation with short records RAID 5 with a small stripe size offers similar performance RAID 5 combines efficient fault tolerant data storage with good performance characteristics However write performance and performance during drive failure is Slower than with RAID 1 Rebuild operations also require more time than with RAID 1 because parity information is also reconstructed At least three drives are required for RAID 5 arrays RAID 6 is essentially an extension of RAID level 5 which allows for additional fault tolerance by using a second independent distributed parity scheme two dimensional parity Data is striped on a block level across a set of drives just like in RAID 5 and a second set of parity is cal
12. H RAID Set Functions H volume Set Functions 9 Physical Drives 2 System Controls _ System Configuration O Hdd Power Management EtherNet Configuration Alert By Mail Configuration SNMP Configuration NTP Configuration View Events Mute Beeper Generate Test Event Clear Event Buffer ovidbensinpbsmvasetunstinnmnssansistnpscn steniunpsoety JOL a JOOGI Upgrade Firmware L Shutdown Controller _ Restart Controller Information Bini La NOTE The admin Password characters allowed are A Z a 2 and QO 9 The minimum number of Password characters Is null empty Password is disabled and maximum number of Password characters is 15 5 5 11 Upgrade Firmware Please refer to Section 6 2 for more information User Manual 89 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 5 12 Shutdown Controller Use this function to shutdown the RAID Controller This is normally used to make sure the data in the cache memory are flushed to the disk drives before turning off the RAID subsystem gt 7 proRAID CM anager XXX XXXXXXXXK open all close all 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function H RAID Set Functions H0 Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives EMS System Controls gt System Configuration e0 Hdd Power Management EtherNet Configuration 0 Alert By Mail Configuration O SNMP Configuration gt NTP Configuration
13. O Upgrade Firmware O Shutdown Controller 4 Restart Controller Hi Information System Beeper Setting Enabled Background Task Priority Hight ae w JBOD RAID Configuration RAD m SATA NCO Support Disabled HDD Read Ahead Cache Enabled w Volume Data Read Ahead Normal k HOD Queue Depth ae Disk Write Cache Mode Enabled Disk Capacity Truncation Mode Multiples fla w LI Confirm The Operation Subralt Reset System Beeper Setting This option is used to Disable or Enable the system s RAID controller alarm beeper Background Task Priority The Background Task Priority indicates how much time and system resource the RAID controller devotes to a background task such as a rebuild operation The RAID subsystem allows user to choose the background task priority High 80 Medium 50 Low 25 and Ultra Low 5 to balance between background task process and Volume Set access For high RAID subsystem performance specify a low value JBOD RAID Configuration The RAID subsystem supports JBOD and RAID configuration SATA NCQ Support NCQ is a command protocol in Serial ATA that can only be implemented on native Serial ATA hard drives It allows multiple commands to be outstanding within a drive at the same time Drives that support NCQ have an internal queue where outstanding commands can be dynamically rescheduled or re ordered along with the necessary tracking mechanisms for outstanding and completed portions of
14. Spare L_ Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L_ Selected Capacity L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init Raid 5 Spare L Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Selected Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init Raid 6 L_ Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Selected Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init Raid 6 Spare L_ Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Selected Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init User Manual 43 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Create Raid Set L_ Select IDE Drives for Raid Set gt Ch01 Ch12 L_ Create Raid Set gt Yes No L_ Edit The Raid Set Name Delete Raid Set L_ Select Raid Set to Delete L_ Delete Raid Set gt Yes No L_ Are You Sure gt Yes No Expand Raid Set L Select Raid Set to Expand L Select IDE Drives for Raid Set Expansion Select Drives IDE Channel gt Ch01 Ch12 L_ Expand Raid Set gt Yes No L Are You Sure gt Yes N
15. 0 A RAID Set Functions _ e AH Volume Set Functions SF AA i Submit Reset H Physical Drives a L Create Pass Through Disk 0 Modify a Pass Through Disk Delete Pass Through Disk 0 Identify Drive A System Controls H Information 76 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 4 5 Identify Selected Drive Use this option to physically locate a selected drive to prevent removing the wrong drive When a disk drive is selected using the Identify Drive function the Status LED of the selected disk drive will be blinking Red To identify a selected drive from the drives pool click on the Identify Drive link The Select The IDE Device For identification screen appears Tick on the IDE device from the drives list After completing the selection click on the Submit button to identify selected drive proRAID C anager lopen all close all Raid System Console H 0 Quick Function J RAID Set Functions HJ Volume Set Functions ES Physical Drives i Create Pass Through Disk L Modify a Pass Through Disk L Delete Pass Through Disk Identify Enclosure Identify Drive H 0 System Controls H Information User Manual F l XXXXXXXXXXXX 668 eae ks Slot 8 1000 2GB WDC WD10EARS 00Y5B1 Lae eee oe veer eee oe DIFF 5 PPD PDIEAD DDE PD EDAD PD ee es Op A ATA A a ee once nee once ete sees ee CI EE E ETD VALE TD ALS CE DALES LD ALL ALL I AL
16. 168 170 173 XXX RAID Controller Raid system Function Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password JBOD RAID Function Background Task Priority SATA NCQ Support HDD Read Ahead Cache Volume Data Read Ahead Restart Controller Is Required For New Firmware To Take Effect Capacity Truncation ee OS aan Restart Controller APPOWKeY AZ Move Cursor Enter CT 38 Liline Draw Telnet 16 72 24Rows 80 Cols Y T100 11 Select Restart Controller and then select Yes 192 168 10 173 CRT ced File Edit view Options Transfer Script Tools Help ESETI ENE E E F 1952 168 10 173 EKAA RAID Controller Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper setting Change Password IBODYRALG Function Background Task Priority SATA NCQ Support Restart Controller HDD Read Ahead Cache volume Data Read Ahead Hdd Queue Depth setting Controller Fan Detection Disk Write cache Mode Capacity Truncation Update Firmware shutdown Controller Restart Contra r Arrowkey Or AS Move Cursor SCIEscape LiLine Draw Telnet 13 64 24 Rows BO Cols T100 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 12 Select Yes again to confirm The RAID controller will restart E 192 169 10 173 CRT FEMME EEPE 152 7168 10 173 EKKA RAID Controller Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper setting Change Password IBODYRAID Function Background Task Priority HOG Read Ahea
17. 20 30 40 60 L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No DHCP Function Disabled Enabled Local IP Address Ethernet Configuration HTTP Port Number 80 Telnet Port Number 23 SMTP Port Number 25 Ethernet Address View System Events Show System Events Clear Event Buffers _ Clear Event Buffer gt Yes No Hardware Monitor The Hardware Monitor Information System Information _ The System Information 48 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 4 3 Configuration through web browser based proRAI D Manager The RAID subsystem can be remotely configured via R Link port with proRAID Manager a web browser based application The proRAID Manager can be used to manage all available functions of the RAID controller To configure the RAID subsystem from a remote machine you need to know its IP Address Launch your web browser from remote machine and enter in the address bar http IP Address IMPORTANT The default I P address of Controller R Link Port is 192 168 1 100 and subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 DHCP client function is also enabled by default You can reconfigure the IP Address or disable the DHCP client function through the LCD front panel or terminal Ethernet Configuration menu unavailable and the IP address is changed a Controller Restart is necessary If the DHCP client function is disabled and the IP address is changed Controller Restart is not needed NOTE If DHCP
18. 80 Cols T100 uE NOM User Manual 37 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 2 Enter the RAID subsystem s IP address Make sure the PC running the terminal emulation program can connect to the RAID subsystem s IP address Click Next What is the name or IP address of the remote hast Hostname 192 166 10 173 Port Firewall The wizard is now ready to create the new session Far you What name do you want to use to uniquely identify the new session Session name 192 168 10 173 Description Connect ey dt ci P A eeso Serial COM1 Al Serial cOMe2 Show dialog on startup Open ina tab 38 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 After successful connection the Main Menu will be displayed Select a menu and the Password box will be shown Enter password default is 00000000 to login ik sm PM E File Edit wiew Options Transfer Script Tools Help Per terre eee vette te ie 192168 10 173 x KEXAK RAID Control Raid Set Function volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Hdd Power Management Ethernet configuration Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor system Information ArrowkKey Or AZ thMove Cursor Enters CL SCi EsScape LiLiIne Draw si Telnet Th oe 24 Rows 80 Cols T100 Keyboard Function Key Definitions A key to move to the line above Z key to move to the next line Enter key Submit sele
19. Free 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 5 14 Free 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 6 15 Free 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 7 1E Free 600 1GB WD WD6OOOBKHG 02A29 Slot 8 1F Free 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 9 16 Free 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 10 17 Free 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 11 1B Free 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 12 1D Free 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 5 3 6 Schedule Volume Check To perform Check Volume Set by schedule follow these steps 1 Click on the Schedule Volume Check link 2 Select the desired schedule that you wish the Check Volume Set function to run Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Scheduler Disabled 1Day For Testing 1Week 2Weeks 3Weeks 4Weeks 8Weeks 12Weeks 16Weeks 20Weeks and 24Weeks Check After System Idle No 1 Minute 3 Minutes 5 Minutes 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 20 Minutes 30 Minutes 45Minutes and 60 Minutes User Manual 71 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console H O Quick Function Scheduler J RAID Set Functions i B Volume Set Functions Checking After System Idle Create Volume Set D Cr ate Raid30 50 60 M Re compute Parity If Parity Error Is Found Assume Data Is Good _ L Delete Volume Set _ L Modify Volume Set _ Check Volume Set l Confirm The Operation Ip Submit Reset M Scrub Bad Block If Bad Block Is Found Assume Parity Data Is Good
20. J RAID Set Functions H3 Volume Set Functions 3 Create Volume Set Volume Capacity Create Raid30 50 60 Delete Volume Set _ Modify Volume Set _ Check Volume Set C Schedule Volume Check Stop Volume Check H Physical Drives H System Controls Information 1 Volume Name Max Capacity Allowed Volume Initialization Mode Volume Raid Level Volume Stripe Size Volume Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing Controller 1 SAS Port Mapping Controller 2 SAS Port Mapping LUN Base LUN s Enter The Volume Attribute OS DO ote es Ste lik EAE Sata eas GAAS AR AL SEERA YT Volume VOL 000 1200 0 GB o Fe Raid5 64 w KBytes Write Back _ M Enabled m M PortO f Porti M Port2 T Port3 o Aha User Manual 69 Confirm The Operation Submit Reset NOTE The Volume Set capacity of Raid30 50 60 cannot be expanded SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 3 4 2 Volume Set Migration Migration occurs when a Volume Set migrates from one RAID level to another a Volume Set stripe size changes or when a disk is added to a Raid Set Migrating status is displayed in the Volume Set status area of the RaidSet Hierarchy screen during migration x 5 3 5 Check Volume Set NOTE The Stripe Size of a Raid30 50 60 Volume Set cannot be modified Use this function to perform Volume Set consistency check which verifies the correctness of redundant data data blocks an
21. PL Firmware Version Serial Number Unit Serial Main Processor CPU ICache Size CPU DCache Size System Memory Current IP Address SAS Address SAS Port0O Link Status SAS Porti Link Status Dual Controller State V1 49DC 20110623 V1 49 2011 06 23 9 0 2 0 A122EHCTPR600006 800MHz PPC440 32KBytes 32KBytes Write Back 2048MB 800MHz ECC 192 168 15 221 5001B4D01A2BC800 4x600MB Sec 4x600MB Sec Dual Operational a Controller 2 System Information Controller Name Firmware Version BOOT ROM Version PL Firmware Version Serial Number Unit Serial Main Processor CPU ICache Size CPU DCache Size System Memory Current IP Address gt SAS Address V1 49DC 20110623 V1 49 2011 06 23 9 0 2 0 A122EHCTPR600004 800MHz PPC440 32KBytes 32KBytes Write Back 2048MB 800MHz ECC 192 168 15 222 5001B4D01A2AD800 The Controller Name Firmware Version Boot ROM version PL Firmware Version Serial Number Unit Serial Main Processor CPU ICache Size CPU DCache Size System Memory Current IP Address SAS Address SAS Port0O Link Status SAS Portl Link Status and Dual Controller State appear in this screen The following are the states under Dual Controller State Other Controller Failed The other Controller is Failed The two Controllers are synchronizing their configuration or state Sync Controller Cache The two Controllers are synchronizing the data in their cache memory Sync Controller State Dual Ope
22. Subsystem 5 5 4 Alert By Mail Configuration To set the Event Notification function click on the Alert By Mail Configuration link under the System Controls menu The RAID subsystem Event Notification configuration screen will be shown Set up the desired function and option When an abnormal condition occurs an error message will be emailed to the email recipient s that a problem has occurred Events are classified into 4 levels Urgent Serious Warning and Message proRAID CM anager XXXXXXXXXXXX lopen alliciose alll 2 4 a SMTP Server Configuration Ha S it k Po coco ee Ba RAL s Mail Address Configurations ten T TT Sy Pateworrd bidet s Event Notification Configurations Bthecteer Confiauratior te a Mad addease Alert By Mail Configuration Jent batifest No Event Notifieat Ci i Y aa Eg ntr 45 In ent Motrhcatior m i F f Event er If No Event Occi thin 24 Mors To ci d IF No Event j 14 hour 7 eo z NOTE If Event Notification by email is enabled every 30 of event log will be sent to the email recipient s as one package log NOTE If different email recipients are setup the event notification levels for each email recipient can be configured differently For example first email recipient can be configured with Urgent Error Notification while second email recipient can be configured with Serious Error Notification User Ma
23. System Configuration iD Hdd Power Management EtherNet Configuration 0 Alert By Mail Configuration SNMP Configuration a NTP Configuration Lo Carate Test Event 0 Clear Event Buffer Modify Password C Upgrade Firmware 0 Shutdown Controller Restart Controller 2 Ta Information 2010 05 25 13 22 05 2010 05 25 13 14 28 2010 05 25 13 14 26 2010 05 25 12 00 30 Enc 1 Slot 8 Volume VOL 000 Volume VOL 000 Raid Set 001 Create RaidSet ab Ee eat e eG F E System Events Information Time Device Event Type Elapse Time Errors PassThrough Disk Created Start Initialize Create Volume 2010 05 25 12 00 24 2010 05 25 12 00 16 2010 05 25 11 58 04 Raid Set 000 Raid Set 000 Raid Set 000 Create RaidSet Delete RaidSet Create RaidSet 2010 05 25 11 57 50 2010 05 25 11 56 49 2010 05 25 11 56 42 Raid Set 000 Raid Set 000 000 Delete RaidSet Create RaidSet Delete RaidSet 2010 05 25 11 43 11 2010 05 T 11 42 40 2010 05 25 11 42 33 raid Set Raid Set 000 Raid Set 3 Raid Set Expand RaidSet Create RaidSet Delete RaidSet This function is also used to silence the beeper alarm 86 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 5 8 Generate Test Event If you want to generate test events
24. Transfer gt Send File gt Browse gt Open and select the fw file for example 8016 07 01 09 96 20110211 fw from firmware folder location Select Xmodem Protocol to send firmware file Only need about 60 seconds to finish sending firmware file If not please repeat steps D and E again Note If won t to transfer firmware data fw file Press Q or q to quit Download before starting data transfer f Use GUI or Telnet to Restart controller or power cycle g Re login to Expander CLI h Use sys command to verify Expander firmware version CLI gt sys Important Please do not use the reset command on this step User Manual 107 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 6 4 Replacing Subsystem Components 6 4 1 Replacing Controller Module 1 Make sure the subsystem is in power off state Loosen the thumbscrews on the sides of the Controller Module case 2 Use the Controller handle to pull out the defective Controller 3 Insert and slide the new Controller in Note that it may be necessary to remove the old defective Controller Module from the case and install the new one 4 Tighten the thumbscrews on the sides of the Controller Module case 6 4 1 1 Replacing Controller Module with Plate Cover When replacing a failed Controller Module with Plate Cover please follow these steps 1 Loosen thumbscrews of the failed Controller Module 2 Use the Controller Module handle to remove the failed C
25. Volume Set Function if you prefer to create customized Raid Sets and Volume Sets User can manually configure and take full control of the Raid Set settings but it will take alittle longer to setup than the Quick Create configuration Select the Raid Set Function to manually configure the Raid Set for the first time or to delete existing Raid Set and reconfigure a Raid Set 5 2 1 Create RAID Set lopen all close all Seg ee ee eee ES a Select The Drives For RAID Set Y Raid System Console 4 Quick Function a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem 1 0 RAID Set Functions Slot 1 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 O Delete RAID Set Slot 2 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA4330 L Expand RAID Set Slot 3 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 O Offline RAID Set L Rename RAID Set Activate Incomplete RAID S Slot 5S Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 Slot 4 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 O Create Hot Spare Slot 6 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 O Delete Hot Spare t Rescue Raid Set Slot 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA4330 O volume Set Functions Slot 8 Hitachi HDE721010SL4330 Physical Drives System Controls Raid Set Name Raid Set 000 9 Information Confirm The Operation Submit Reset To create a Raid Set click on the Create RAID Set link A Select The Drives For RAID Set screen is displayed showing the disk drives in the system Tick the box of each disk d
26. Volume Set Functions HJ Physical Drives Select Capacity 6000 GB HH System Controls H 0 Information Maximum Capacity Allowed 6000 GE Greater Two TB Volume No al Support P Volume Initialization Mode Foreground Initialization iz Select Stripe Size 64 KBytes Confirm The Operation Submit Reset z Greater Two TB Volume Support No Volume Set capacity is set to maximum 2TB 64bit LBA Use this option for UNIX Linux 2 6 and Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later versions The maximum Volume Set size is up to 512TB 4K Block Use this option for Windows OS such as Windows 2000 2003 or XP The maximum Volume Set size is 16TB Just use the Volume as Basic Disk Volume can t be used as Dynamic Disk also can t be used in 512Bytes block service program Tick on the Confirm The Operation option and click on the Submit button in the Quick Create screen The Raid Set and Volume Set will start to initialize User Manual 51 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem You can use RaidSet Hierarchy feature to view the Volume Set information Refer to Section 5 6 1 based on the number of disks in your system Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you prefer to customize the Raid Set and Volume Set X NOTE In Quick Create your Raid Set is automatically configured 52 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 2 RAID Set Functions Use the Raid Set Function and
27. change the hardware flash chip in order to upgrade the controller firmware User can simply re program the old firmware through the RS 232 port New releases of the firmware are available in the form of binary file at vendor s FTP The file available at the FTP site is usually a self extracting file that contains the following XXXXVVV BIN Firmware Binary where XXXX refers to the model name and VVV refers to the firmware version README TXT It contains the history information of the firmware change Read this file first before upgrading the firmware These files must be extracted from the compressed file and copied to one directory in the host computer Establishing the Connection The firmware can be downloaded to the RAID subsystem s controller using Telnet program with ZMODEM upload protocol or via web browser based RAID Manager remote management page With Telnet you must complete the appropriate installation and configuration procedure before proceeding with the firmware upgrade The Telnet program must Support the ZMODEM file transfer protocol Web browser based RAID Manager can be used to update the firmware A web browser must have been setup before proceeding with the firmware upgrade 98 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Upgrading Firmware Through Telnet NOTE This example uses CRT terminal emulation program For easier upgrade procedure it is recommended to use web browser based firmware u
28. gt Yes No L Are You Sure Yes No Modify Volume Set L Modify Volume From Raid Set L Select Volume To Modify L Volume Modification gt Greater Two TB Volume Support Volume Name Raid Level Capacity Stripe Size SAS Port LUN Base SAS LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing L Modify Volume gt Yes No L Are You Sure gt Yes No Check Volume Set L_ Check Volume From Raid Set L_ Select Volume Set to Check L Check The Volume gt Yes No Stop Volume Check L Stop All Volume Check gt Yes No L Are You Sure Yes No Display Volume Set Info L Display Volume Info in Raid L Select Volume To Display SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem View Drive Information L Select The Drives Create Pass Through Disk L_ Select Drive gt SAS Port LUN Base SAS LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing Modify Pass Through Disk Physical Drives L Select The Drives SAS Port LUN Base SAS LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing Delete Pass Through Disk L Select The Drives L_ Delete Pass Through gt Yes No L_ Are You Sure Yes No Identify Selected Drive L Select The Drives Identify Enclosure L_ Select The Enclosure arr User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Mute The Alert Beeper Yes No Alert Beeper Setting gt Disabled Enabled L_ Save The Settings Yes No Change Password L Enter New Password L_ Re Enter Password L_ Save The Password gt Yes No JBOD RAID Function L RAID JBOD
29. is seen by the host system as a single logical device It is organized in a RAID level with one or more physical disks RAID level refers to the level of data performance and protection of a Volume Set A Volume Set capacity can consume all or a portion of the raw capacity available in a Raid Set Multiple Volume Sets can exist on a group of disks in a Raid Set Additional Volume Sets created in a specified Raid Set will reside on all the physical disks in the Raid Set Thus each Volume Set on the Raid Set will have its data spread evenly across all the disks in the Raid Set Volume Sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same Raid Set In the illustration below Volume 1 can be assigned a RAID 5 level while Volume O might be assigned a RAID 10 level RAID Set 1 4 Individual Disks Free Space Volume 1 RAID 5 Volume 0 RAID 10 Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 User Manual ETA SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 1 4 High Availability 1 4 1 Creating Hot Spares A hot spare drive is an unused online available drive which is ready to replace a failed disk drive In a RAID level 1 10 3 5 6 30 50 or 60 Raid Set any unused online available drive installed but not belonging to a Raid Set can be defined as a hot spare drive Hot spares permit you to replace failed drives without powering down the system When the RAID subsystem detects a drive failure the system will do automatic and transparent rebuild using the hot spare dri
30. move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the Generate Test Event Link Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Then click on the View Events Mute Beeper to view the test event proRAID anager Jopen all close all AZZ 4 Raid System Console iQ Quick Function H RAID Set Functions J Volume Set Functions i H Physical Drives EH System Controls gt System Configuration 0 L Hdd Power Management _ EtherNet Configuration Alert By Mail Configuration O SNMP Configuration gt L NTP Configuration e View Events Mute Beeper _ Clear Event Buffer _ Modify Password D Upgrade Firmware P Shutdown Controller gt O Restart Controller H 0 Information User Manual a SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 5 9 Clear Event Buffer Use this feature to clear the RAID subsystem s System Events Information buffer oo 7 roRAID anager X XXXXXXXXXKX open alliclose all A 9 Raid System Console H Quick Function 9 RAID Set Functions 9 Volume Set Functions 9 Physical Drives EQ System Controls L System Configuration O Hdd Power Management O EtherNet Configuration D Alert By Mail Configuration _ O SNMP Configuration NTP Configuration D view Events Mute Beeper D Generate Test Event o 0 Modify Password L Upgrade Firmware HO Shutdown Controller D Restart Controller H Information E
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32. screws on these holes of the disk tray Note in the picture below where the screws should be placed in the disk tray holes Tray Hole B NOTE All the disk tray holes are labelled accordingly 8 Insert the disk tray into the subsystem 36 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Chapter 4 RAID Configuration Utility Options Configuration Methods There are three methods of configuring the RAID controller a Front panel touch control buttons b Web browser based remote RAID management via the R Link Ethernet port c Telnet connection via the R Link Ethernet port _ NOTE The RAID subsystem allows you to access using only one A method at a time You cannot use more than one method at the same time 4 1 Configuration through Telnet 9 NOTE This example uses CRT terminal emulation program You can also use Windows Hyper terminal as another option 1 To connect to RAID subsystem using Telnet open Terminal Emulation program example CRT 6 1 and start new session and select Telnet protocol Click Next ii noi connected CRT Jag Fie Edit view Gptions Transfer Script Tools Help ind Sd Ly New Session Wizard a PES L This wizard will help you create a new session For connecting to a remote server i what type of connection do you want to establish Protocol Telnet a Do not use this wizard when creating sessions ine Ready Ly aE 24 Rows
33. subsystem has 2 IP addresses which can be accessed separately By default the IP address of Controller 1 is shown To view the IP address of Controller 2 press the Down Arrow W button in the front panel three 3 times When the IP address of Controller 1 is shown there is no blinking rectangular character at the end of the IP address When the IP address of Controller 2 is shown there is a blinking rectangular character at the end of the IP address When the IP address has a link connected to network there is an at the end of the IP address When there is no link there is no Controller 1 I P Address No rectangular character RAID Model Name 197 168 1 100 1927 168 1 100 RAID Model Name Controller 1 has Link Controller 1 has no Link Controller 2 IP Address With rectangular character blinking RAID Model Name l RAID Model Name 192 168 1101 192 168 1 101 M Controller 2 has Link Controller 2 has no Link User Manual 23 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 2 1 2 Rear View Controller Module 1 Controller Module 2 con B eee o6 sa Power Supply Power Supply Fan Module 1 Fan Module 2 Controller Module The subsystem has dual controller modules Power Supply Fan Module 1 2 Two power supply fan modules are located at the rear of the subsystem If the power supply fails to function the Power Fail LED will turn red and an alarm will so
34. work concurrently on different I O operations and thus maximize the number of simultaneous I O operations that can be performed by the array 42 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Definition of RAI D Levels RAID 0O is typically defined as a group of striped disk drives without parity or data redundancy RAID O arrays can be configured with large stripes for multi user environments or small stripes for single user systems that access long sequential records RAID O arrays deliver the best data storage efficiency and performance of any array type The disadvantage is that if one drive in a RAID O array fails the entire array fails Writes can occur simultaneously on every drive yyyu yy DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA sehat Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive RAID 1 also known as disk mirroring is simply a pair of disk drives that store duplicate data but appear to the computer as a single drive Although striping is not used within a single mirrored drive pair multiple RAID 1 arrays can be striped together to create a single large array consisting of pairs of mirrored drives All writes must go to both drives of a mirrored pair so that the information on the drives is kept identical However each individual drive can perform simultaneous independent read operations Mirroring thus doubles the read performance of a single non mirrored drive and while the write performance is unchanged RAID 1
35. 400 0 GB ate D Delete TEP Set D Modify Volume Set Select Volume Capacity 2400 0 ra Check Volume Set Greater Two TB Volume Support D Schedule Volume Check 5 at SE Stop Volume Check Vohune miath Mode Foreground initialization v gl Physical Drives Volume Stripe Size 64 v KBytes ey J System Controls H Information Volume Cache Mode Write Back Tagged Command Queuing Enabled Controller 1 SAS Port Mapping Controller 2 SAS Port Mapping lw V Port2 T Port3 LUN Base LUN i Volumes To Be Created l Confirm The Operation Submit Reset 66 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 3 3 Delete Volume Set To delete a Volume Set select the Volume Set Functions in the main menu and click on the Delete Volume Set link The Select The Volume Set To Delete screen will show all available Raid Sets Tick on a Raid Set and check the Confirm The Operation option and then click on the Submit button to show all Volume Sets in the selected Raid Set Tick on a Volume Set and check the Confirm The Operation option Click on the Submit button to delete the Volume Set proRAID CManager xxxxxXXKKKK lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function H 0 RAID Set Functions EMS Volume Set Functions D Create Volume Set 1 Create Raid30 50 60 D Modify Volume Set D Check Volume Set L Schedule Volume Che
36. Controller s Firmware cccccccssssessssessssescssescssesescssssessssesecsesessesessssesessesesseaneseseeneaes 98 63 Upgrading the Expander Firmware ccccssscssssessssssessssessssssesssescssssesessesucsessssesessesessesesesseseeseseessseeesaeees 106 6 4 Replacing Subsystem COMPONE MMS ccccccesesesesessesessesesscsessssescssesessssesessessssesessesessesessseeceseseeneseeess 108 6 4 1 Replacing Controller MOdUle nu sccesssessssesssessesssssssesesesssesesessssessesssessecsssesesseseseseessseseeseseeeses 108 6 4 1 1 Replacing Controller Module with Plate COVED ccecesesssesecesessesesssssesessesseseesenees 108 6 4 2 Replacing Power Supply Fan Module wu csesssesesssesesessssesssessssescsessesssessseseeesssssseetsesseseseseees 109 6 4 2 2 Replacing Power Supply Fan Module with Plate COVES cccessesesesssseseeeeeseseeeeeens 110 a User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Preface About this manual This manual provides information regarding the hardware features installation and configuration of the SAS to SAS RAID subsystem This document also describes how to use the storage management software Information contained in the manual has been reviewed for accuracy but not for product warranty because of the various environment OS settings Information and specifications will be changed without further notice This manual uses section numbering for every topic being discussed for easy and convenient way of finding information i
37. Degraded mode x NOTE The Activate Incomplete RAID Set function is only used when Raid Set State is Incomplete It cannot be used when Raid Set configuration is lost In case Raid Set configuration is lost contact your vendor for support 60 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 2 7 Create Hot Spare When you choose the Create Hot Spare option in the Raid Set Function all unused non Raid Set member disk drives in the subsystem appear Select the target disk drive by clicking on the appropriate check box Select the Hot Spare Type Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to create hot spare drive s lopen all close alll Raid System Console s Select The Drives For Hot Spare H Quick Function s Enclosure 1 SAS E x28 05 89 1 39 000 a ype Set Functions M SLOT 08 500 1GB WDC WDSOOOBEYT O0403TO LJ Create RAID Set O Delete RAID Set IV SLOT 09 500 1GB ST95003254S 5 i E Select The Hot Spare Type Global Hot Spare l Offline RAID Se ree C Rename RAID Set AAAA eea i D Activate Incomplete RAID S E Confirm The Operation Dedicated To Enclosure _ Create Hot Spare Submit Reset C Delete Hot Spare L Rescue Raid Set ea H volume Set Functions Physical Drives J System Controls H Information The Hot Spare disk is a hot spare on all Global Hot Spare enclosures connected in daisy chain It can replace any failed disk in any enclosur
38. E RAID Set Functions H 0 Volume Set Functions J Physical Drives System Controls Ely Information He C RAID Set Hie rarchy SAS Addres 5 Component Vendor Component ID Enclosure Number Of Phys Hatin Expander PLL LLL LL PECL EL LL E ISAS Chip System Information Saar re LITE SAS Address Component vendor Component ID Enclosure m Number Of Phys Attached Expander S001B4D01A2BC000 LSI 0064 16 Expander 1 5001B4D5098F703F 8x6G a Expander 1 SAS2 E B0 00 b000 5001B4D5098F702F LSI 0221 ENC 1 30 Controller 5001640014280000 1 8x66 The SAS Address Component Vendor Component ID Enclosure number Number of Phys and Attached Expander information will be shown 94 User Manual 5 6 3 System Information SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem To view the RAID subsystem s controller information click the System Information link from the Information menu The Raid Subsystem Information screen appears lopen all close all 4 Raid System Console J Quick Function H RAID Set Functions H Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives H System Controls 8 Information C RAID Set Hierarchy O SAS Chip Information peasanesesecnneseseesrsneuensensasenseeceneesseesessssseneusees irri eta n A d __ Hardware Monitor a Controller 1 System Information Controller Name Firmware Version BOOT ROM Version
39. ID controller clock over the on board LAN port Max 128 LUNs volume set Transparent data protection for all popular operating systems Instant availability and background initialization Supports S M A R T NCQ and OOB Staggered Spin up capable drives Supports hot spare and automatic hot rebuild Local audible event notification alarm Redundant flash image for high availability Real time clock support User Manual og SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 1 1 Technical Specifications Controller Redundant RAID controller 6Gb SAS 6Gb SAS Host Interface Four 6Gb s SAS SFF 8088 Disk Interface 6Gb s SAS 6Gb s SATA SAS expansion Four 6Gb s SAS SFF 8088 Capacity Direct attached 12 Disks Expansion Up to 96 Disks Processor type 800MHz RAID On Chip storage processor Cache memory 2GB 8GB DDR2 800 ECC Registered SDRAM Battery backup Optional Management port support Yes RAID Features RAID level 0 1 10 1E 3 5 6 30 50 60 and JBOD Array group Up to 128 LUNs Up to 128 Hot Spare Yes Drive Roaming Yes Online rebuild Yes Variable Stripe Size Yes E mail Notification Yes Online capacity expansion RAID level stripe size Yes migration Online array roaming Yes Online consistency check Yes SMTP manager and SNMP Yes agent Redundant flash image Yes Instant availability and Yes ba
40. L AL AL AL ALL AEDS SALES AE ALES ALPE AE ALES AL EEE ALES AL EE EI ALES AL EE AI ALES AL AEA AL VS e Gon eere nera rna eaa nrs OOt EEEE a arrear EEEE EEE EEEE E EEEE ees 3 Orne rere ele E E eiar a Select The Device For Identification a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem V1 0 O Slot 1 1000 2GB WDC WD10EARS 00Y5B i slot 2 1000 2GB WDC WD10EARS O0Y5B1 l 1000 2GB lwoc WD10EARS 00Y 5B1 Slot 4 1000 2GB woe WD10EARS O00Y5B1 Slot 3 C Slot 5 1000 2GB WDC WD10EARS 00Y5B1 Slot 6 1000 2GB WDC WD10EARS O00Y5B1 iSlot 7 1000 2GB WDC WD10EARS O00YS5B1 Submit Reset a SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 5 System Controls 5 5 1 System Configuration To set the RAID subsystem system configuration options click the System Configuration link under the System Controls menu The System Configurations screen will be shown Set the desired system option as needed BIC a close all BEE iuaiaaiuauaaiaaianasacanaaaadaaedaaeduacaaaadaaaadaaaaaaadaaaaaaadaddaaadaaddnaadaaadaaadaaadaaadaa Raid System Console a System Configurations H Quick Function 9 RAID Set Functions AQ volume Set Functions fl Physical Drives Ay System Controls System Configuration C Hdd Power Management C EtherNet Configuration O Alert By Mail Configuration O SNMP Configuration O NTP Configuration C View Events Mute Beeper O Generate Test Event O Clear Event Buffer eO Modify Password
41. LED and alarm buzzer Item Warning Condition _ Power Supply 3 3V 96 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Chapter 6 System Maintenance 6 1 Upgrading the RAID Controller s Cache Memory The RAID controller is equipped with one DDRII SDRAM socket By default the RAID controller comes with at least 1GB of memory that is expandable to a maximum of 4GB The expansion memory module can be purchased from your dealer Memory Type 1 8V DDR2 800 Registered ECC SDRAM 240pin Memory Size Supports 240pin DDR2 of 2GB or 4GB 6 1 1 Installing Memory Module 1 User Manual 97 Shutdown first the RAID controller Turn off the switch of the power supplies and unplug all power cords Loosen the thumbscrews of the controller module then pull out the controller module Remove the memory module from the RAM socket of the RAID controller by pressing the ejector clips until the memory module pops out of the socket Align the new memory module into the socket Make sure the notch is aligned with the key on the socket itself With the ejector clips in open position press down the memory module into the socket until it sinks into place The ejector clips will automatically close to lock the memory module SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 6 2 Upgrading the RAID Controller s Firmware Upgrading Firmware Using Flash Programming Utility Since the RAID subsystem s controller features flash firmware it is not necessary to
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43. T Enter RESCUE To Try To Recover Missing RaidSet Enter SIGNAT To Regenerate RaidSet Signature If RaidSet Is Recovered Enter The Keyword lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function a RAID Set Functions Create RAID Set _ Delete RAID Set 0 Expand RAID Set L Offline RAID Set L Rename RAID Set Q Activate Incomplete RAID S L Create Hot Spare _ v Delete Hot Spare scue Raid Set volume Set Functions eo a Physical Drives H 0 System Controls H 0 Information 62 User Manual l Confirm The Operation Submit Reset SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 3 Volume Set Function Volume Set is seen by the host system as a single logical device It is organized in a RAID level with one or more physical disks RAID level refers to the level of data performance and protection of a Volume Set A Volume Set capacity can consume all or a portion of the raw capacity available in a Raid Set Multiple Volume Sets can exist on a group of disks in a Raid Set Additional Volume Sets created in a specified Raid Set will reside on all the physical disks in the Raid Set Thus each Volume Set on the Raid Set will have its data spread evenly across all the disks in the Raid Set 5 3 1 Create Volume Set The following are the Volume Set features 1 Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same Raid Set 2 Up to 128 Volume Sets in a Raid Set can be created by the RAID control
44. Use this option to expand a Raid Set when one or more disk drives is are added to the system This function is active when at least one drive is available lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console a Select The Raid Set For Raid Expansion H Quick Function Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid State Capacity 5 a RAID Set Functions Cc Raid Set 000 6 6 Normal 6000 0GB _ L Create RAID Set V Delete RAID Set C Raid Set 001 1 1 Normal 1000 0GB ra Offline RAID Set Submit Resat L Rename RAID Set B Activate Incomplete RAID S gt Create Hot Spare L Delete Hot Spare C Rescue Raid Set i 3 Volume Set Functions gj 3 Physical Drives H System Controls H Information To expand a Raid Set click on the Expand RAID Set link Select the Raid Set which you want to expand Tick on the available disk s and check Confirm The Operation Click on the Submit button to add the selected disk s to the Raid Set NOTE Once the Expand Raid Set process has started user cannot stop it The process must be completed NOTE If a disk drive fails during Raid Set expansion and a hot spare is available an auto rebuild operation will occur after the Raid Set expansion is completed NOTE A Raid Set cannot be expanded if it contains a Raid 30 50 60 Volume Set lopen all close alll Boone Controller Response 9 Quick Function Si S RAID Set Functions Cannot Expand RaidSet Contains Raid30 50 60 Volum
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46. aid Level and Stripe Size can be modified during setup Raid Set Functions Create customized Raid Sets Volume Set Create customized Volume Sets and allow Functions modification of parameters of existing Volume Sets parameter Physical Drive Create pass through disks and allow modification of parameters of existing pass through drives This also provides a function to identify a disk drive System Control For setting the RAID system configurations To view the controller and hardware monitor information The Raid Set hierarchy can also be viewed through the Raid Set Hierarchy item 50 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Chapter 5 RAID Management 5 1 Quick Function 5 1 1 Quick Create The number of physical drives in the RAID subsystem determines the RAID levels that can be implemented with the Raid Set This feature allows user to create a Raid Set associated with exactly one Volume Set User can change the Raid Level Capacity Volume Initialization Mode and Stripe Size A hot spare can also be created depending upon the existing configuration If the Volume Set size is over 2TB an option Greater Two TB Volume Support will be automatically provided in the screen as shown in the example below There are three options to select No 64bit LBA and 4K Block a Quick Create Raid Volume Set Total Number Of Disks 8 Select Raid Level Raid5 Spare H RAID Set Functions Ai
47. ation Send Urgent And Serious Event C Warning Error Notification Send Urgent Serious And Warning Event Information Notification Send All Event i P l Confirm The Operation SNMP Trap Configurations Type in the SNMP Trap IP Address box the IP address of the host system where SNMP traps will be sent The SNMP Port is set to 162 by default SNMP System Configuration Community Type the SNMP community The default is public 1 sysContact 0 2 sysLocation 0 and 3 sysName 0 SNMP parameter 31 bytes max If these 3 categories are configured and when an event occurs SNMP will send out a message that includes the 3 categories within the message This allows user to easily define which RAID unit is having problem SNMP Trap Notification Configurations Select the desired option After completing the settings tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to save the configuration SNMP also works in the same as Alert By Mail when sending event notifications 84 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 5 6 NTP Configuration NTP stands for Network Time Protocol It is an Internet protocol used to synchronize the clocks of computers to some time reference Type the NTP Server IP Address to enable the RAID subsystem to synchronize with it To set the NTP function move the cursor to the main menu and click on the NTP Configuration link The RAID subsystem s NTP Configuration screen will be displayed S
48. be visible and the failed or removed disk will be shown as Missing At the same time the Host system will not detect the Volume Set hence the volumes are not accessible User Manual 59 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem When can the Activate Incomplete RAID Set function be used In order to access the Volume Set and corresponding data use the Activate Incomplete RAID Set function to active the Raid Set After selecting this function the Raid State will change to Degraded state To activate the incomplete the Raid Set click on the Activate Incomplete RAID Set link A Select The Raid Set To Activate screen is displayed showing all existing Raid Sets in the subsystem Select the Raid Set with Incomplete state which you want to activate in the Select column lopen all close all W Raid System Console 4 Quick Function ES RAID Set Functions O Create RAID Set L Delete RAID Set L Expand RAID Set C Offline RAID Set LC Rename RAID Set L Create Hot Spare Delete Hot Spare L_ Rescue Raid Set H volume Set Functions Physical Drives O System Controls 9 Information fe fe a Select The Raid Set To Activate Select Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid State Capacity Raid Set 000 9 10 Incomplete 3200 0GB Submit Reset Click on the Submit button to activate the Raid Set The Volume Set s associated with the Raid Set will become accessible in
49. caling to a maximum storage capacity in the terabyte range The subsystem also supports dual controllers which provide better fault tolerance and higher reliability of system operation Exceptional Manageability The firmware embedded Web Browser based RAID manager allows local or remote management and configuration The firmware embedded SMTP manager monitors all system events and user notification automatically The firmware embedded SNMP agent allows remote to monitor events via LAN with no SNMP agent required Menu driven front panel display nnovative modular architecture 8 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 1 1 Key Features Supports RAID levels 0 1 10 1E 3 5 6 30 50 60 and JBOD Supports online array roaming Online RAID level stripe size migration Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously Support global and dedicated hot spare Online volume set expansion Support multiple array enclosures per host connection Greater than 2TB per volume set 64 bit LBA support Greater than 2TB per disk drive Supports 4K bytes sector for Windows up to 16TB per volume set Disk scrubbing array verify scheduling for automatic repair of all configured RAID sets Login record in the event log with IP address and service http telnet and serial Support intelligent power management to save energy and extend service life Support NTP protocol to synchronize RA
50. city 1000 0 GB Volume Initialization Mode Foreg ound Initalizati on Volume Raid Level Reid 5 T Volume Stripe Size 64 E kaytes Volume Cache Mode write Back mM 4 Tagged Command Queuing Controller 1 SAS Port Mapping Enabled m M Porto I Porti Controller 2 SAS Port Mapping NM Port2 T Port3 LUN Base LUN e aba T Confirm The Operation To modify Volume Set attribute values select an attribute item and click on the attribute value After completing the modification tick on the Confirm The Operation option and click on the Submit button to save the changes 68 User Manual 5 3 4 1 Volume Set Expansion SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Volume Capacity Logical Volume Concatenation Plus Re stripe Use the Expand Raid Set function to expand a Raid Set when a disk is added to your Subsystem Refer to Section 5 2 3 The expanded capacity can be used to enlarge the Volume Set size or create another Volume Set Use the Modify Volume Set function to expand the Volume Set capacity Select the Volume Set and move the cursor to the Volume Set Capacity item and enter the capacity size Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to complete the action The Volume Set starts to expand eroRAID C anager XXX XXXXXXKKK lopen all close all ee 3 Raid System Console H 0 Quick Function
51. ck Stop Volume Check i Physical Drives H A System Controls J Information User Manual 67 a Select The Volume Set To Delete Select Volume Set Name On Raid Set Capacity Volume VoL 000 Raid Set 000 2000 0GB l Confirm The Operation SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 3 4 Modify Volume Set Use this function to modify Volume Set configuration 1 Click on the Modify Volume Set link oper all close all I s Select The Volume Set For Modification HE Quick Function Bates Sefeins potas Sf oe aeet ba EaSI Volume voL 000 Raid Set 000 A oe Set Functions a SS See y Raid System Console Capacity 1000 0GB Submit Reset i D eg Vakie Set z O Schedule Volume Check is HC Stop Volume Check J Physical Drives Ao System Controls H Information 2 Tick from the list the Volume Set you want to modify Click on the Submit button The following screen appears pro RAID cata XXXXXXXXXXXX open all close all 3 Raid System Console 9 Quick Function J RAID Set Functions El 3 Volume Set Functions _ 9 Create Volume Set 0 Create Raid30 50 60 ae D tote srad Set D Check Volume Set _ Schedule Volume Check lt Stop Volume Check cl Physical Drives ai J System Controls 3 Information Volume VOL 000 Max Capacity Allowed 1200 0 GB Volume Capa
52. ckground initialization S M A R T Support Yes 10 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem MAID 2 0 Bad block auto remapping Enclosure Platform Form Factor Rackmount 2U of hot swap trays 12 Disk status indicator Access Fail LED Backplane SAS2 SATA3 Single BP of PS Fan modules 400W x 2 w PFC of fans 2 Power Requirements AC 90V 254V Full Range 7 5A 4A 47HZ 63Hz Environmental Relative Humidity Operating Temperature Physical Dimension Weight Without Disk 10 85 Non condensing 10 C 40 C 50 F 104 F 590 L x 482 W x 88 H mm 19 7 kg Note Specifications are subject to change without notice All company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners User Manual al SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 1 2 RAID Concepts RAI D Fundamentals The basic idea of RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks is to combine multiple inexpensive disk drives into an array of disk drives to obtain performance capacity and reliability that exceeds that of a single large drive The array of drives appears to the host computer as a single logical drive Five types of array architectures RAID 1 through RAID 5 were originally defined each provides disk fault tolerance with different compromises in features and performance In addition to these five redundant array architectures it has become popu
53. client function is enabled but a DHCP server is Note that you may need to be logged in as administrator with local admin rights on the remote machine to remotely configure the RAID subsystem The RAID subsystem controller default User Name is admin and the Password is 00000000 lopen all close all td Syalom Cinsin di g ick Function RAID Set Devices Volume Set Port Lin Volume Slale Capacity i RAID Set Functions Bong Set FOL rica dL a A Nes nL ILL Marine 132 Uta le Vol i Eral fief Physical Drive Tee er aSo E Inte i TEE j PAID Set Hierarchy TEE D System Information ee _ Harfa orala Rad gat UUI EF Lanter Yama FI L Normal 219 UGE EF Lalor Ewan EW1SIob 10 Er isle Er lagt Eni 1 RAR RAID Subsystem 10 Device Usage Capacity Modal Slote iia Ran 7 B00 1B OC WOeOOOFILH 0 Slot 13 Fad Set BOG 1GR JADCwWOGO OGHLI K HOt aL r DUU IGH i JUHLH ata qe i Sets 1G i jUHLH f Slate s i4 j gat 10 IGA OZ O A IHL He I mutis ae Flamed 158 eNNOHL HS p ciata TLIE Pad 12B HLH P aotsa li ad Set O01 Lai aMLHK Siptar igi aid Se L 166 ILs glote yori ET 1 GOW 18 UHL 01 iteig Had Set 4 O01 Gi UURLA A Jole iaia Maii 1 IGA LHe P User Manual 49 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Main Menu The main menu shows all available function that user can execute by clicking on the appropriate hyperlink Create a RAID configuration which consists of all physical disks installed The Volume Set Capacity R
54. cludes both parity and disk striping across multiple drives RAID 50 is best implemented on two RAID 5 disk arrays with data striped across both disk arrays RAID 60 combines both RAID 6 and RAID O features Data is striped across disks as in RAID 0 and it uses double distributed parity as in RAID 6 RAID 60 provides data reliability good overall performance and supports larger volume sizes RAID 60 also provides very high reliability because data is still available even if multiple disk drives fail two in each disk array IN N m w gt User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 1 3 Array Definition 1 3 1 Raid Set A Raid Set is a group of disk drives containing one or more logical volumes called Volume Sets It is not possible to have multiple Raid Sets on the same disk drives A Volume Set must be created either on an existing Raid Set or on a group of available individual disk drives disk drives that are not yet a part of a Raid Set If there are existing Raid Sets with available raw capacity new Volume Set can be created New Volume Set can also be created on an existing Raid Set without free raw capacity by expanding the Raid Set using available disk drive s which is are not yet Raid Set member If disk drives of different capacity are grouped together in a Raid Set then the capacity of the smallest disk will become the effective capacity of all the disks in the Raid Set 1 3 2 Volume Set A Volume Set
55. contin i i i 88 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 5 10 Modify Password To change or disable the RAID subsystem s admin password click on the Modify Password link under the System Controls menu The Modify System Password screen appears The factory default admin password is set to 00000000 Once the password has been set the user or administrator can only monitor and configure the RAID subsystem by providing the correct password The password is used to protect the RAID subsystem s configuration from unauthorized access The RAID controller will check the password only when entering the Main Menu from the initial screen The RAID subsystem will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command after sometime To disable the password enter only the original password in the Enter Original Password box leave both the Enter New Password and Re Enter New Password boxes blank After selecting the Confirm The Operation option and clicking the Submit button the system password checking will be disabled No password checking will occur when entering the main menu from the starting screen proRAID Canager xXXXXXXXXXXX lopen all close all a He a Modify System Password Enter Original Password b 7 Enter New Password T Re Enter New Password ppoe om On O Ey l Confirm The Operation Submit Reset 4 Raid System Console H Quick Function
56. correctly all the listed procedures in this manual for reliable performance Controller Configurations This RAID subsystem supports dual controller configuration Packaging Shipment and Delivery Before removing the subsystem from the shipping carton you should visually inspect the physical condition of the shipping carton Unpack and verify that the contents of the shipping carton are complete and in good condition Exterior damage to the shipping carton may indicate that the contents of the carton are damaged If any damage is found do not remove the components contact the dealer where you purchased the subsystem for further instructions 6 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Unpacking the Shipping Carton The shipping package contains the following RAID Subsystem Unit Two 2 power cords Two 2 external SAS cables Two 2 RJ 45 Ethernet cables Two 2 external serial cables RJ 11 to DB9 One 1 Controller Module Plate Cover One 1 PSFM Plate Cover User Manual NOTE If any damage is found contact the dealer or vendor for assistance User Manual aa SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Chapter 1 Product Introduction H iil dh The 12 bays RAID Subsystem The RAID subsystem features 6Gb SAS host performance to increase system efficiency and performance It features high capacity expansion with 12 hot swappable SAS2 SATA3 hard disk drive bays in a 19 inch 2U rackmount unit s
57. ction function ESC key Return to previous screen L key Line draw X key Redraw User Manual 39 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Main Menu The main menu shows all function that enables the customer to execute actions by clicking on the appropriate link EE 192 168 10 173 CRT Jag File Edit wiew Options Transfer Script Tools Help SE ee o Amama Oo _ Se a H xxx RAID Controller Raid Set Function volume Set Funetion Physical Drives Raid System Function Hdd Power Management Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System Information Arrowkey Or AzZiMove Cursor Enter ct ESCsEscape LaLine Draw X Telnet T100 NOTE The password option allows user to set or clear the RAID subsystem s password protection feature Once the password has been set the user can only monitor and configure the RAID subsystem by providing the correct password The password is used to protect the RAID subsystem from unauthorized access The controller will check the password only when entering the Main menu from the initial screen The RAID subsystem will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does notreceive any command in twenty seconds The RAID subsystem s factory default password is set to 00000000 40 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem VT100 terminal configuration Utility Main Menu Options Select an opt
58. culated and written across all the drives RAID 6 provides for an extremely high data fault tolerance and can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failures It is a perfect solution for mission critical applications User Manual a5 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem RAI D Management The subsystem can implement several different levels of RAID technology RAID levels Supported by the subsystem are shown below Block striping is provide which yields higher performance than with individual drives There is no redundancy Drives are paired and mirrored All data is 100 duplicated on an equivalent drive Fully redundant Data is striped across several physical drives 3 Parity protection is used for data redundancy Data is striped across several physical drives 3 Parity protection is used for data redundancy Data is striped across several physical drives Parity protection is used for data redundancy Requires N 2 drives to implement because of two dimensional parity scheme Combination of RAID levels 1 and 0 This level provides striping and redundancy through mirroring RAID 10 requires the use of an even number of disk drives to achieve data protection while RAID 1E Enhanced Mirroring uses an odd number of drives Combination of RAID levels 0 and 3 This level is best implemented on two RAID 3 disk arrays with data striped across both disk arrays RAID 50 provides the features of both RAID 0 and RAID 5 RAID 50 in
59. d Cache volume Data Read Ahead Yes Hdd Queue Depth setting Controller Fan Detection Disk write Cache Mode Capacity Truncation Update Firmware shutdown Controller Restart contro APPOWKeY OF AS Mowe CUPSOP Enters ET SC EsCape LiLine Oraw 13 ot 24Rows 80 Cols YTIO0 Telnet User Manual ETENE SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Upgrading Firmware Through Web Browser Get the new version of firmware for your RAID subsystem controller NOTE When there is new boot ROM firmware that needs to be upgraded upgrade first the boot ROM firmware Then repeat the process steps 1 to 3 to upgrade the firmware code after which a RAID controller restart will be necessary 1 To upgrade the RAID subsystem firmware click the Upgrade Firmware link under System Controls menu The Upgrade The Raid System Firmware Or Boot Rom screen appears 2 Click Browse Look in the location where the firmware file was saved Select the firmware file name XXXXXXXX BIN and click Open 3 Select the Confirm The Operation option Click the Submit button Se a mro roRAID j Ape Soa i lopen all close all S l Raid System Console e Quick Function lenter The BootRom Or Firmware File Name Browse H 0 Volume Set Functions i l J r 9 Physical Drives Confirm The Operation Seme S Ee QJ System Controls i Oo System Configuration _ EtherNet Configuration 0 Alert By Mail Configurati
60. d System Console a Enter The RaidSet Name H Quick Function Raid Set Name Raid Set 000 Ao RAID Set Functions member Dec 5 J Create RAID Set Min Member Disk Size 1000 0GB 0 Delete RAID Set _ Expand RAID Set a ca SSS VO Offline RAID Set Confirm The Operation O Submit Reset L Activate Incomplete RAID Si D Create Hot Spare L Delete Hot Spare Rescue Raid Set H 0 Volume Set Functions Q Physical Drives H System Controls 9 Information 58 O SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 2 6 Activate Incomplete RAID Set When Raid Set State is Normal this means there is no failed disk drive u Raid Set Information sRaid Set Information S SOS Raid Set Name Member Disks Total Raw Capacity Free Raw Capacity Min Member Disk Size Raid Set Power State Raid Set State eee Raid Set 000 10 3200 08 756 7GB 320 068 Operating Normal When does Incomplete Raid Set State Happens If the RAID subsystem is powered off and one disk drive is removed or has failed in power off state and when the subsystem is powered on the Raid Set State will change to Incomplete u Raid Set Information sRaidSetinformation S S O Raid Set Name Member Disks Total Raw Capacity Free Raw Capacity Min Member Disk Size Faid Set Power State Raid Set State Raid Set 000 10 3200 0GB 3200 0GB 320 06E Operating Incomplete E SSS SSS The Volume Set will not
61. d parity blocks in a Volume Set This basically means computing the parity from the data blocks and comparing the results to the contents of the parity blocks or computing the data from the parity blocks and comparing the results to the contents of the data blocks Check Volume Set Only RAID levels with parity redundant data NOTE The Volume Set state must be Normal in order to perform such as RAID Levels 3 5 6 30 50 and 60 support this function To perform Check Volume Set function 1 Click on the Check Volume Set link 2 Tick from the list the Volume Set you want to check Select the Check Volume Set options proRAID C anager XXXXXXXXXXXX lopen all close all Raid Sys a are s Select The Volume Set To Be Checked Raid System Console H Quick Function Select Volume Set Name On Raid Set Capacity ii jaa Foun ponE A Volume VOL 000 Raid Set 000 1000 0GB Elj Volume Set Functions O Create Volume Set Fe Oe a eH Create Raid30 50 60 V Scrub Bad Block If Bad Block Is Found Assume Parity Data Is Good Delete Volume Set V Re compute Parity If Parity Error Is Found Assume Data Is Good C Modify Volume Set i eit 6 ee a ne _ Check Volume Set O Schedule Volume Check __Confirm The Operation L Stop Volume Check Submit Reset H Physical Drives H System Controls H Information Check Volume Set Options e Scrub Bad Block If Bad Block Found Assume Parity Data is Good
62. de where drives heads are unloaded and slows down to around 4000 RPM and Level 3 Spin down idle drives where drives stops spinning and goes into sleep mode proRAID CManager XOXOOOOOOOOXKX lopen all close all s Hdd Power Management 4 Raid System Console iQ Quick Function Stagger Power On Control o7 gt H RAID Set Functions 5 J J y a Time To Hdd Low Power Idle Disabled Hi volume Set Functions H Physical Drives Time To Hdd Low RPM Mode Disabled a System Controls z get 4 Time To Spin Down Idle HDD Disabled O System Configuration L EtherNet Configuration L Alert By Mail Configuration O SNMP Configuration UL NTP Configuration Confirm The Operation Submit Reset L EEL O View Events Mute Beeper 1 Generate Test Event O Clear Event Buffer U Modify Password O Upgrade Firmware O Shutdown Controller O Restart Controller HI Information Pa Stagger Power On Control This option allows the RAID subsystem s power supply to power up in succession each HDD in the RAID subsystem In the past all the HDDs on the RAID subsystem are powered up altogether at the same time This function allows the power transfer time lag time from the last HDD to the next one be set within the range of 0 4 to 6 0 seconds Default is 0 7 seconds Time to HDD Low Power Idle MAID Level 1 This option enables the RAID subsystem to place idle HDDs of a Raid Set in Low Pow
63. delivers the best performance of any redundant array type In addition there is less performance degradation during drive failure than in RAID 5 arrays Duplicate data is written to pairs of drives DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA Aiii Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive User Manual a3 o SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem RAID 3 sector stripes data across groups of drives but one drive in the group is dedicated for storing parity information RAID 3 relies on the embedded ECC in each sector for error detection In the case of drive failure data recovery is accomplished by calculating the exclusive OR XOR of the information recorded on the remaining drives Records typically span all drives which optimizes the disk transfer rate Because each I O request accesses every drive in the array RAID 3 arrays can satisfy only one I O request at a time RAID 3 delivers the best performance for single user single tasking environments with long records Synchronized spindle drives are required for RAID 3 arrays in order to avoid performance degradation with short records RAID 5 arrays with Small stripes can yield similar performance to RAID 3 arrays Read and write operations span all drives Vv vvvyYyY DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA PARITY mae PT Paralled access decreases data transfer time for long sequential records Under RAID 5 parity information is distributed across all the drives Since th
64. e The Hot Spare disk is a hot spare dedicated only to the RaidSet where it is assigned It can replace any failed disk in the RaidSet where it is assigned Dedicated to RaidSet The Hot Spare disk is a hot spare dedicated only to the enclosure where it is located It can replace any failed disk on the enclosure Dedicated to Enclosure where it is located NOTE When the Raid Set status is in Degraded state this option will not work NOTE The Hot Spare Type can also be viewed by clicking on Raid Set Hierarchy in the Information menu x User Manual 6o SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 2 8 Delete Hot Spare Select the target Hot Spare disk s to delete by clicking on the appropriate check box Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen to delete the hot spare s lopen all close all a Select The Hot Spare Drive To Delete a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem 1 0 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA4330 Global V Confirm The Operation 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function a RAID Set Functions Q Activate Incomplete RAID S LJ Create Hot Spare Rescue Raid Set Volume Set Functions Physical Drives H 0 System Controls 9 Information 5 2 9 Rescue Raid Set If you need to recover missing Raid Set configuration using the Rescue Raid Set function please contact your vendor s support engineer for assistance a Try To Rescue Missing RAIDSE
65. e _ L Create RAID Set Oo Delete RAID Set La o Offline RAID Set _ L Rename RAID Set b Activate Incomplete RAID Si gt Create Hot Spare _ L Delete Hot Spare C Rescue Raid Set E 3 Yolume Set Functions gi 3 Physical Drives H System Controls 9 Information User Manual 55 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem lopen all close all a RAID Expansion on Raid Set 000 Member Disks 6 3 Raid System Console aS Quick Function a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem 1 0 a RAID Set Functions DT slotes 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 C Create RAID Set 0 Delete RAID Set xpand RAID Set l Confirm The Operation i O Offline RAID Set Submit Wl Reset L Rename RAID Set Activate Incomplete RAID Si L Create Hot Spare H 0 Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives System Controls H 0 Information lopen all close all a Raid Set 000 Total Disks 7 Disks Before Expansion 6 3 Raid System Console Quick Function Raid Level diy ct Sneed OnE Volume voL o00 Raid 5 64 keytes C Create RAID Set OQ Delete RAID Set Change The Yolume Attribute During Raid Expansion YES NO Reset L Offline RAID Set C Rename RAID Set 0 Activate Incomplete RAID Si Q Create Hot Spare L Delete Hot Spare L Rescue Raid Set H volume Set Functions H Physical Drives H System Controls H Information Migration occurs when a disk is added to a Raid Set Migrating statu
66. e Re compute Parity if Parity Error Assume Data is Good 70 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem NOTE When the 2 options are not selected it will only check for errors It is recommended to perform Check Volume Set with the 2 options unselected at first If the result shows error the two options can be selected and redo Check Volume Set to correct the errors 3 Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button The Checking process will be started The checking percentage can also be viewed by clicking on RaidSet Hierarchy in the Information menu proRAID LETT XXXXXXXXXXXX lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console l Stop Auto Refresh Quick Function a RaidSet Hierarchy ji eee COENA RAID Set D Vol Set Port L Vol Stat C HG Volume Set Functions e evices olume Set Po un olume State apacity Physical Drives Raid Set 000 E iSlot i Volume VOL 000 0 amp 2 0 Checking 0 0 1000 0GB System Controls E 1Slot 2 7 HS Information E 1slot 3 D RAID Set Hierarchy _ SAS Chip Information H System Information A a A A A E AE A A A A E AA A A A AA S E A EE A A A E A E A E A L Hardware Monitor a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem V1 0 Device Usage Capacity Model J Slot 1 12 Raid Set 000 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 2 13 Raid Set 000 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 3 20 Raid Set 000 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 Slot 4 21
67. e and the disk s before the write I O is acknowledged as complete Write Back when data is written to cache the 1 0 is acknowledged as complete and some time later the cached data is written or flushed to the disk s This provides better performance but requires a battery module support for the cache memory or a UPS for the subsystem Tagged Command Queuing When this option is enabled it enhances the overall system performance under multi tasking operating systems by reordering tasks or requests in the command queue of the RAID system This function should normally remain enabled Controller 1 SAS Port Mapping Controller 1 has two 6Gbps SAS Host Channels A and B Ports 0 and 1 Select the SAS Port where to map the LUN volume Set Controller 2 SAS Port Mapping Controller 2 has two 6Gbps SAS Host Channels A and B Ports 2 and 3 Select the SAS Port where to map the LUN volume Set NOTE The default Port mapping is Port 0 and 2 and provides dual path to LUN on both controllers MPIO must be setup in host server NOTE If LUN is mapped to a SAS Port on one controller only example Port 0 the cache mirror will be disabled NOTE If LUN is not mapped to any SAS Port then LUN is disabled LUN Base LUN LUN Base The base LUN number Each LUN Base supports 8 LUNs LUN Each Volume Set must be assigned a unique LUN ID number A SAS Port can connect up to 128 devices LUN ID O to 127 Select the LUN ID for the Vo
68. e truncation mode makes the 121 1 GB and 120 4 GB drives same capacity as 120 GB so that one could replace the other Multiples Of 1G If you have 120 GB drives from different vendors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 121 1 GB and the other 121 4 GB This drive truncation mode makes the 121 1 GB and 121 4 GB drives same capacity 121 GB so that one could replace the other No Truncation The capacity of the disk drive is not truncated User Manual 79 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 5 2 HDD Power Management MAID Massive Array of Idle Disks is a storage technology that employs a large group of disk drives in which only those drives in active use are spinning at any given time This reduces power consumption and prolongs the lives of the drives MAID is designed for Write Once Read Occasionally WORO applications such as Data Backup Document Mail server and so on MAID technology focuses on Green Storage Concept to save power consumption and enhance disk drives effective usage i e disk drives are spun down when there is no activity or O on the drives In the RAID subsystem MAID is implemented in the HDD Power Management menu Using the Advanced Power Management APM function of disk drives HDD Power Management has three options MAID Levels Level 1 Place idle drives in Lower Power Mode where the drives heads are unloaded Level 2 Place idle drives in Low RPM Mo
69. elect the desired function and configure the necessary option After completing the settings tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to save the configuration lopen all close all 9 Raid System Console 9 Quick Function NTP Server IP Address 1 H RAID Set Functions S Volume Set Functions NTP Server IP Address 2 0 Physical Drives ES System Controls W HO System Configuration ba Zone GMT 06 00 Taipei i pa a8 Power peik ei Automatic Daylight Saving Enabled z I EtherNet Configuration 1 F Alert By Mail Ae AR Reeder MULL e ee i NTP Server Not Set EF e Beeper Gonfirm The Operation I Generate Test Event i z 7 O Clear Event Buffer Submit Reset 0 Modify Password i 0 Upgrade Firmware PO Shutdown Controller gt O Restart Controller 9 Information User Manual 85 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 5 7 View Events Mute Beeper To view the RAID subsystem s event log information move the mouse cursor to the System Controls menu and click on the View Events Mute Beeper link The Raid Subsystem s System Events Information screen appears The System Events Information screen will show Time Device Event type Elapse Time and Errors oro RAID Manager open all close all H Raid System Console 9 Quick Function 2 RAID Set Functions 2 Volume Set Functions e Physical Drives A oe System Controls L
70. elnet 13 64 24Rows 80Cols T100 ALUM 8 Message will show Start Updating Firmware Please Wait E fal 192 168 10 173 CRT ole File Edit view Options Transfer Script Tools Help EE MBE sis Bies XXXX xX RAID Controller Raid system Function Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper setting Change Password JBOD RAID Function Background Task Priority SATA NCQ Support HDD Read Ahead cache Volume Data Read Ahead Hdd Queu control Enean aae a N Disk wri Capacity Truncation DTE CNET Restart controller Arrowkey Or AZiMowe Cursor R a eady Telnet 16 59 24Rows BOCols Y T100 NUM User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 9 Message will show Firmware has been updated successfully E 192 168 10 173 CRT TAX File Edit View Options Transfer Script Tools Help T dod F dad M EERE E F 192 168 10 173 xi X RAID Controller Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper setting Change Password JBOD RAID Function Background Task Priority SATA NCQ Support HDD Read Ahead Cache Volume Data Read Ahead geen Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully Disk wr Capacity Truncation ee CT ae Restart Controller LiLine Draw X ReCc 10 The RAID Controller must be restarted in order for the new firmware to take effect 192 168 10 173 CRT Jes Fite Edit View Options Transfer Script Tools Help JAAR 8 Gs ANE EO 192
71. eneaauiteaeineee 83 User Manual an SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem eee Ro SNMP Oe 9 191 0 e216 9 seci rer error enon ene nO rr EE 84 550 NIP C0 91116 8 21 4 6 eessen On te errs nee vere ere te eer 85 5 5 7 View Events Mute Be peru ccscssssssessssssesssscsssessesssesssesssesessesesessesssesssscssseseesescseesssesesseseseseessaeeess 86 5 5 8 Generate Test EVONL ccsccesscessssssecesscesesscnssesscsensvenssssonenesnsnsnsnssesssnensassonessesenssssensnesonessesesencasssnsceseansenes 87 i Clear Event PUNOI escena R E E E 88 sad Modin Pae WO era E E E A E 89 sol AGA SFG IV A E e a E ces caeeudecmtneeseesee cueeeeie 89 39342 SDUtdOWN oa 16 cessen es eNe see ee eee enter ne estar EEEa ae ever rere nner Teele 90 39d RETI CONTONE oeeie E e pues eset oE ORE EEEE E A E E EAN 91 30 omna NE N e E AE E E E EE 92 Oe PAD SSE HE I e E E E EE 92 562 SAS Chip Informat Oi essees n E 94 563 System Normat perreereeeeeee tester arettenere e A a REE E a SE 95 5 6 4 Hardware VON CON ssssessseesssessseesssressstessseesstessseossseossresseeosseessteossressseesseossseossresssseosstessteossteossressresssersss 96 Chapter 6 System Maintenance cccccssssscccessssseccsssssccccsssssccecessssccccssseeees 97 6 1 Upgrading the RAID Controller s Cache M MOSY cccccscssessssesessesesesescssesesessesesscsessesesssesesseseseeseeneees 97 oll Installing Memory Mod le serseri erae aa E ESEE EE i 97 6 2 Upgrading the RAID
72. er Mode where drives heads are unloaded The power consumption of the Idle HDD saving is around 15 to 20 Recovery time is under a second Options are Disabled 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 Minutes 80 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Time to HDD Low RPM Mode MAID Level 2 This option enables the RAID subsystem to place idle HDDs of a Raid Set in Low RPM Mode where drives heads are unloaded and drive platters speed is reduced to around 4000 RPM The power consumption of the Idle HDD saving is from 35 to 45 Recovery time is 15 seconds Options are Disabled 10 20 30 40 50 and 60 Minutes Time to Spin Down Idle HDD MAID Level 3 This option enables the Raid subsystem to spin down HDDs of a Raid Set after they become idle after a preset period of time In this level the drives stop spinning and go into sleep mode The power consumption of the Idle HDD saving is from 60 to 70 Recovery time is 30 to 45 seconds Options are Disabled 1 For Test 3 5 10 15 20 30 40 and 60 Minutes x NOTE To verify if the disk drive you use supports MAID or APM select RaidSet Hierarchy and click the disk drive E Slot link Check in the Device I nformation screen if the Disk APM Support shows Yes User Manual 81 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 5 3 EtherNet Configuration To set the Ethernet configuration click the EtherNet Configuration link under the System Controls menu T
73. ere is no dedicated parity drive all drives contain data and read operations can be overlapped on every drive in the array Write operations will typically access one data drive and one parity drive However because different records store their parity on different drives write operations can usually be overlapped Writes require parity to be updated DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA PARITY PARITY PARITY PARITY PARITY PARITY poorer Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive Dual level RAID achieves a balance between the increased data availability inherent in RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 5 or RAID 6 and the increased read performance inherent in disk striping RAID 0 These arrays are sometimes referred to as RAID 10 1E RAID 30 RAID 50 or RAID 60 re User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5 in that data protection is achieved by writing parity information to the physical drives in the array With RAID 6 however two sets of parity data are used These two sets are different and each set occupies a capacity equivalent to that of one of the constituent drives The main advantage of RAID 6 is High data availability any two drives can fail without loss of critical data Writes require parity to be updated i gt E Fk Pa Y Pais fie N Fgm N DATA DATA DATA DATA PARITY PARITY PARITY PARITY 3 A Ji s A XK A x 5 Z E aes
74. h Disk from the Pass Through drive pool click on Delete Pass Through link Select a Pass Through Disk tick on the Confirm The Operation and click the Submit button to complete the delete action proRAlD LETE open all close all ZZ Bee eee Al Raid System Console 4 Select The Pass Through Disk To Delete ao Quick Function a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem V1 0 Lae Pe SOSMA Sona slot 8 1000 2GB WDC WD10EARS 00Y581 H Volume Set Functions a a Physical Drives 0 Create Pass Through Disk l Confirm The Operation D wane a Pass Be Disk Submit Reset in D EEEO aranes 0 Identify Drive H System Controls H 0 Information User Manual 75 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 4 4 Identify Enclosure To identify an Enclosure move the mouse cursor and click on Identify Enclosure link The Select The Enclosure For Identification screen appears Tick on the enclosure from the list of enclosures then click on the Submit button to identify the selected enclosure All disk drives Status LEDs in an enclosure will be blinking when a particular enclosure is selected Ge on hn nn an nn a a ns Tee ee Re Ree Poe Pon he foe Roe Roe Pom ee oo Pom Rm Poon Re oe Bom Bow oom Pom Boe oe Pom ow Poo Pog Row om Bow doe Pom Bom fom Pom Pog ee doe Row Rom fond lopen all close all 9 Raid System Console severe aie Ee ai bes cB hs aati al El r l H Quick Function Enclosure i SAS RAID Subsystem V1
75. he RAID subsystem EtherNet Configuration screen will be shown Set the desired configuration Once done tick on the Confirm The Operation and click the Submit button to save the settings proRAID C anager open all close all 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function RAID Set Functions H Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives i a System Controls System Configuration D Hdd Power Hes lan D Alert By Mall Configuration 0 SNMP Configuration 0 NTP Configuration L View Events Mute Beeper Generate Test Event Clear Event Buffer L Modify Password L Upgrade Firmware O Shutdown Controller Restart Controller cl Ta Information NAAAARANANAA Ether Net Configurations DHCP Function Local IP Address Used If DHCP Disabled Enabled Enabled fisz fies fr foo ENa IP Address Used If DHCP Disabled Subnet Mask Used If DHCP Disabled HTTP Port Number 7168 8191 Is Reserved fo Telnet Port Miniter 7168 8191 Is Reserved SMTP Port Number 7168 8191 Is Reserved f Bs Current IP Address Current Gateway IP Address Current Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 192 168 1 100 aoe RED Ae Ether Net MAC Address i Confirm The Operation Submit Reset 00 18 4D 01 50 3F N gt NOTE If HTTP Telnet and SMTP Port Number is set to 0 the service is disabled 82 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID
76. ion Volume Name Volume Name Member Disks Volume Raid Level Max Capacity Allowed Select Volume Capacity Volume Initialization Mode lt folume Stripe Size folume Cache Mode lt Tagged Command Queuing Controller 1 SAS Port Mapping Controller 2 SAS Port Mapping LUN Base LUN Volumes To Be Created a Enter The Volume Attribute Volume VOL 000 3 Raid5 w 1200 GB 1000 GB No Init To Rescue Volume 64 KBytes Write Back Enabled M Porto Porti M Port2 Port3 oO mw 08 Confirm The Operation Submit Reset S The default Volume Set name will appear as Volume VOL XXX You can rename the Volume Set name provided it does not exceed the 16 characters limit Raid Level Set the RAID level for the Volume Set Click the down arrow in the drop down list The available RAID levels for the current Volume Set are displayed Select the preferred RAID level Capacity The maximum Volume Set size is displayed by default If necessary change the Volume Set size appropriate for your application Greater Two TB Volume Support If the Volume Set size is over 2TB an option Greater Two TB Volume Support will be automatically provided in the screen as shown in the example above There are three options to select No 64bit LBA and 4K Block No Volume Set size is set to maximum 2TB limitation 64bit LBA Use this option for UNIX Linux kerne
77. ion and the related information or submenu items display beneath it The submenus for each item are shown in Section 4 2 1 The configuration utility main menu options are N Quick Volume And Raid Create a RAID configuration which Set Setup consists of all physical disks installed Raid Set Functions Create a customized Raid Set Volume Set Functions Create a customized Volume Set Physical Drive Functions View individual disk information Raid System Functions Setting the Raid system configurations Ethernet Configuration Setting the Ethernet configurations ser nc SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 4 2 Configuration through the LCD Panel All configurations can be performed through the LCD Display front panel function keys except for the Firmware update The LCD provides a system of screens with areas for information status indication or menus The LCD screen displays menu items or other information up to two lines at a time The RAID controller s factory default password is set to 00000000 Function Key Definitions The four function keys at side of the front panel perform the following functions Up and Down 4 Arow buttons Y Use the Up or Down arrow keys to go through the information on the LCD screen This is also used to move between each menu when you configure the subsystem Select button W amp This is used to enter the option you have selected Press this button to return to the previous menu E
78. l Hdd ue Emulator By Zmodem Protocol Contra lt lt Five ctrl To Abort gt gt Disk wr Capacity Truncation Seer Sc Restart Controller APPOWKeY OF AF IMove Cursor iT SCTEscane LiLine Draw Si Redraw Display zmodem file upload list 13 54 24Rows 80 Cols T100 User Manual 99 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 4 Select the firmware BINARY file xxxx vvv yyyyyyyy bin and click Add Then click OK NOTE The BOOT firmware file xxxxBOOT vvv yyyyyyyy bin must be upgraded first Then repeat the steps to upgrade the firmware file xxxx vvv yyyyyyyy bin Select Files to Send using 7modem AF Look in e Famozno wod m E 20101210 bin i IE 20101210 BIN File name Files of type All Files F v Files to send IAS hare E Firmware 1 49 A C Upload files as ASCII OK Cancel 5 Select Update Firmware and click Transfer and then Start Zmodem Upload E 192 1 68 8 10 173 CRT SAX File Edit View Options Transfer Script 29 Co Send ASCII z Ba 1 19216810173 Receive ASCII ry Send 4modem Receive moderni Send Ymodem Receive modem MUTE TH Alert g zmodem Upload List Change JBOD R4 ne ao E SATA NCQ Support HOG Read Ahead Cache volume Data Read Ahead Hdd Queue Depth setting Controller Fan Detection Disk write Cache mode Capacity Truncation Sern ENEAN
79. l 2 6 or later and Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later versions The maximum Volume Set size is up to 512TB 4K Block Use this option for Windows OS such as Windows 2000 2003 or XP The maximum Volume Set size is 16TB Just use the Volume as Basic Disk Volume can t be used as Dynamic Disk also can t be used in 512Bytes block service program Initialization Mode Set the Initialization Mode forthe Volume Set Initialization in Foreground mode Is completed faster but must be completed before Volume Set becomes accessible Background mode makes the Volume Set instantly available but the initialization process takes longer No Init To Rescue Volume is used to create a Volume Set without initialization normally used to recreate Volume Set configuration to recover data 64 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Stripe Size This parameter sets the size of the stripe written to each disk in a RAID O 1 10 5 or 6 Volume Set You can set the stripe size to 4 KB 8 KB 16 KB 32 KB 64 KB or 128 KB A larger stripe size produces better read performance especially if your computer does mostly sequential reads However if you are sure that your computer does random reads more often select a small stripe size NOTE Stripe Size in RAID level 3 can t be modified Cache Mode The RAID subsystem supports two types of write caching Write Through and Write Back Write Through data are both written to the cach
80. lar to refer to a non redundant array of disk drives as a RAID O arrays Disk Striping Fundamental to RAID technology is striping This is a method of combining multiple drives into one logical storage unit Striping partitions the storage space of each drive into stripes which can be as small as one sector 512 bytes or as large as several megabytes These stripes are then interleaved in a rotating sequence so that the combined space is composed alternately of stripes from each drive The specific type of operating environment determines whether large or small stripes should be used Most operating systems today support concurrent disk I O operations across multiple drives However in order to maximize throughput for the disk subsystem the I O load must be balanced across all the drives so that each drive can be kept busy as much as possible In a multiple drive system without striping the disk I O load is never perfectly balanced Some drives will contain data files that are frequently accessed and some drives will rarely be accessed STRIPING DISK DRIVES Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Data stripes from each drive are interleaved to create one logical drive By striping the drives in the array with stripes large enough so that each record falls entirely within one stripe most records can be evenly distributed across all drives This keeps all drives in the array busy during heavy load situations This situation allows all drives to
81. ler To create Volume Set from a Raid Set expand the Volume Set Functions in the main menu and click on the Create Volume Set link The Select The Raid Set To Create On It screen will show all existing Raid Sets Tick on the Raid Set where you want to create the Volume Set and then click on the Submit button lopen all close alll N T see a Select The Raid Set To Create Yolume On It Y Raid System Console HC Quick Function Select Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid State Capacity H0 RAID Set Functions Raid Set 000 Normal 1800 0GB Ej volume Set Functions _ Create Volume Set J Create Raid3o0 50 60 Submit Reset _ Delete Volume Set F _ Modify Yolume Set i Check Yolume Set J Schedule Volume Check U Stop Yolume Check H Physical Drives 9 System Controls H Information The Volume Set setup screen allows user to configure the Volume Name Capacity RAID level Initialization Mode Stripe Size Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing SAS Port LUN Base LUN and Volume To Be Created User Manual 63 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem lopen all close all Raid System Console Quick Function pdecscnbsasuaceusicaddcnesdasasebivcsisesssubinasccsicesdanieeg Ej Volume Set Functions _ Create Volume Set i Create Raid30 50 60 L Delete Volume Set L Modify Volume Set _ Check Volume Set 1 Schedule Volume Check L Stop Volume Check H Physical Drives H System Controls H 0 Informat
82. lume Set Volumes To Be Created Use this option to create several Volume Sets with the same Volume Set attributes Up to 128 Volume Sets can be created User Manual 65 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 3 2 Create Raid 30 50 60 To create a Raid30 50 60 Volume Set move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the Create Raid30 50 60 link The Select Multiple RaidSet For Raid30 50 60 screen will show all Raid Sets Tick on the Raid Sets that you want to include in the creation and then click on the Submit button A NOTE Maximum of 8 Raid Sets is supported All Raid Sets must contain the same number of disk drives lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console J Quick Function Rai 1800 0GB 1800 0GB E H RAID Set Functions g as Volume Set Functions Oc Geata vokite Set ea Delete Tapae Set L Modify Volume Set Check Volume Set Schedule Volume Check C Stop Volume Check a Ta Physical Drives a System Controls H 0 Information Configure the Volume Set attributes refer to previous section for the Volume Set attributes When done tick Confirm The Operation and click on Submit button aro BALD anaser XXXXXXXXXXXX lopen all close all o Raid System Console Enter The Volume Attribute ag Quick Function Volume Name Volume VOL 000 El J RAID Set Functions Neeser Wales E aj 3 Volume Set Functions i l p a AE Set Volume Raid Level Max Capacity Allowed 2
83. n accordance with the user s needs The following icons are being used for some details and information to be considered in going through with this manual NOTES These are notes that contain useful information and tips that the user must give attention to in going through with the subsystem operation IMPORTANT These are the important information that the user must remember WARNING These are the warnings that the user must follow to avoid unnecessary errors and bodily injury during hardware and software operation of the subsystem CAUTION These are the cautions that user must be aware of to prevent damage to the subsystem and or its components Copyright No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written consent Trademarks All products and trade names used in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Changes The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice User Manual 5S SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Before You Begin Before going through with this manual you should read and focus on the following safety guidelines Notes about the subsystem s controller configuration and the product packaging and delivery are also included here Safety Guidelines T
84. nfiguration View Events Mute Beeper O Generate Test Event Clear Event Buffer L Modify Password Upgrade Firmware O Shutdown Controller H Information ns Sm meg is proRAlD C anager open all close all Raid System Console H Quick Function RAID Set Functions 0 Volume Set Functions HQ Physical Drives Ej System Controls O System Configuration Hdd Power Management LJ EtherNet Configuration D Alert By Mail Configuration LJ SNMP Configuration NTP Configuration View Events Mute Beeper Generate Test Event O Clear Event Buffer O Modify Password 0 Upgrade Firmware D Shutdown Controller cea Information User Manual 91 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 6 Information Menu 5 6 1 RAID Set Hierarchy Use this feature to view the RAID subsystem s existing Raid Set s Volume Set s and disk drive s configuration and information Select the RAID Set Hierarchy link from the Information menu to display the Raid Set Hierarchy screen pro RAID Manas xx XXXXXXXXXXXX Jopen all close all Raid System Console he RaidSet San H 0 Quick Function RAID Set Devices Volume Set Port Lun Volume State ETR H RAID Set Functions Raid Set 000 E 1Slot 1 Volume VOL 000 0 amp 2 0 Normal Volume Set Functions TE 1Slot 2 ie Physical Drives Fae H System Controls a ir aif i eS jeeereneees
85. nual 83 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 5 5 SNMP Configuration The SNMP gives users independence from the proprietary network management schemes of some manufacturers and SNMP is supported by many WAN and LAN manufacturers enabling true LAN WAN management integration To set the SNMP function move the cursor to the main menu and click on the SNMP Configuration link The RAID subsystem s SNMP Configurations screen will be shown Select the desired function and set the preferred option proRAID anager XXXXXXXXXKXX lopen all close all E E Raid System Console s SNMP Trap Configurations Hi Quick Function fo fo fo E i RAID Set Functions SNMP Trap IP Address 1 bs Port 162 H Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives m fo D f H5 System Controls SNMP Trap IP Address 2 a Port 162 O System Configuration LJ Hdd Power Management uaatiret he eS p lo fo Series GD O EtherNet Configuration SNMP Trap IP Address 3 ort Alert By Mail Configuration D SNMP Configuration a SNMP System Configurations u NTP Configuration pomini U View Events Mute Beeper L Generate Test Event sysContact O D Clear Event Buffer hea 5 i i O Modify Password E sind ha L Upgrade Firmware sysLocation o O Shutdown Controller C Restart Controller s SNMP Trap Notification Configurations HJ Information f Disable SNMP Trap No SNMP Trap Will Be Sent Urgent Error Notification Send Only Urgent Event C Serious Error Notific
86. o Raid Set Function Offline Raid Set L_ Select Raid Set to Offline L Offline Raid Set Yes No L Are You Sure gt Yes No Activate Raid Set L_ Select Raid Set to Active Activate Raid Set Yes No L_ Are You Sure gt Yes No Create Hot Spare Disk L_ Select Drives for Hot Spare gt Ch01 Ch12 L_ Create Hot Spare gt Yes No L Hot Spare Type gt Global Dedicated to Raid Set Dedicated to Enclosure Delete Hot Spare L_ Select The Hot Spare Device To Be Deleted L_ Delete Hot Spare gt Yes No Rescue Raid Set L Enter the Operation Key Raid Set Information L_ Select Raid Set To Display ry User Manual Volume Set Function User Manual 45 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Create Volume Set L Create Volume From Raid Set L Volume Creation gt Greater Two TB Volume Support Volume Name Raid Level Capacity Stripe Size SAS Port LUN Base SAS LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing L Create Volume Yes No L Initialization Mode Foreground Background No Init Create Raid 30 50 60 L Create Raid 30 50 60 Free capacity L Create Multiple Raid Set to Create L Volume Creation gt Greater Two TB Volume Support Volume Name Raid Level Capacity Stripe Size SAS Port LUN Base SAS LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing L Create Volume gt Yes No L Initialization Mode Foreground Background No Init Delete Volume Set L_ Delete Volume From Raid Set L Select Volume To Delete L Delete Volume Set
87. o provide reasonable protection against any harm on the part of the user and to obtain maximum performance user is advised to be aware of the following safety guidelines particularly in handling hardware components Upon receiving of the product Place the product in its proper location Do not try to lift it by yourself alone Two or more persons are needed to remove or lift the product to its packaging To avoid unnecessary dropping out make sure that somebody is around for immediate assistance It should be handled with care to avoid dropping that may cause damage to the product Always use the correct lifting procedures Upon installing of the product Ambient temperature is very important for the installation site It must not exceed 30 C Due to seasonal climate changes regulate the installation site temperature making it not to exceed the allowed ambient temperature Before plugging in any power cords cables and connectors make sure that the power switches are turned off Disconnect first any power connection if the power Supply module is being removed from the enclosure Outlets must be accessible to the equipment All external connections should be made using shielded cables and as much as possible should not be performed by bare hand Using anti static hand gloves is recommended In installing each component secure all the mounting screws and locks Make sure that all screws are fully tightened Follow
88. offline in the Select column Tick on the Confirm The Operation and then click on the Submit button lopen all close all a Select The Raid Set To Offline 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function Select Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid State Capacity L Create RAID Set L Delete RAID Set L Expand RAID Set Confirm The Operation VolumeSet In This RaidSet Will Also Be Offlined z Eem ATT Co i Rename RAID Set gt Q Activate Incomplete RAID S Create Hot Spare L Delete Hot Spare L Rescue Raid Set H Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives H System Controls H 0 Information User Manual 57 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 2 5 Rename RAID Set Use this function to rename a RAID Set Select the Rename RAID Set under the RAID Set Functions and then select the Select the RAID Set to rename and click Submit lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console E Quick Function aa Normal 6000 068 SS O Create RAID Set Raid Set 000 6 6 Normal 6000 0GB Delete RAID Set _ Expand RAID Set Submit Reset gt O Offline RAID Set gt Q Activate Incomplete RAID S L Create Hot Spare L Delete Hot Spare L Rescue Raid Set H Volume Set Functions H Q Physical Drives System Controls H 0 Information Enter the new name for the RAID Set Tick the Confirm The Operation and click Submit lopen all close alll 3 Rai
89. on L SNMP Configuration NTP Configuration _ L View Events Mute Beeper _ Generate Test Event Q Clear Event Buffer cP ey ae Password ESE Stxstdow Controlek Restart Controller E a Information ia RAID Set Hierarchy 7 GP System Information i 0 Hardware Monitor 4 The Web Browser begins to download the firmware binary to the controller and start to update the flash ROM 104 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 After the firmware upgrade is complete a message will show Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully Restarting the RAID controller is required for the new firmware to take effect apes ai close a 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function J RAID Set Functions H 0 Volume Set Functions H 0 Physical Drives eo System Controls D System Configuration D EtherNet Configuration 0 Alert By Mail Configuration O SNMP Configuration D NTP Configuration _ L View Events Mute Beeper _ 0 Generate Test Event gt D Clear Event Buffer l Modify Password l Restart Controller Information User Manual ETENE SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 6 3 Upgrading the Expander Firmware Upgrading Firmware Through Terminal NOTE It is important to stop I O access to RAID subsystem during a firmware upgrade 1 Please use the null modem cable RJ 11 to DB9 and to connect COM2 CLI and PC serial port COM1 Port or change to other COM Port as nece
90. on 6 3 Upgrading the Expander Firmware COM1 Use to check controller debug messages R Link Port Use to manage the RAID subsystem via network and web browser Indicates Host Channel has connected or linked Link LED Blue Indicates the Host Channel is busy and being accessed Green Indicates Indicates expander has connected or linked has connected or linked Activity LED Blue Indicates the expander is busy and being accessed Blink Fault LED RED Indicates that controller has failed Blink Indicates that controller is working fine CTRL Green Heartbeat LED solid l Indicates that controller is hung Green 26 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 2 1 4 Power Supply Fan Module PSFM The RAID subsystem contains two 400W Power Supply Fan Modules All the Power Supply Fan Modules PSFMs are inserted into the rear of the chassis 2 1 4 1 PSFM Panel Q vanne Sezai Power On Fail Indicator Power On Off Switch AC Power Inlet Plug Male The panel of the Power Supply Fan Module contains the Power On Off Switch the AC Inlet Plug and a Power On Fail Indicator showing the Power Status LED indicating ready or fail Each fan within a PSFM is powered independently of the power supply within the same PSFM So if the power supply of a PSFM fails the fan associated with that PSFM will continue to operate and cool the enclosure When the power cord connected from main power
91. ontroller Module from the subsystem Insert the Controller Plate Cover 4 Tighten the thumbscrews of the Controller Plate Cover When replacing a failed component online it is not recommended to remove the failed component for a long period of time proper air flow within the enclosure might fail causing high controller disk drive temperature 108 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 6 4 2 Replacing Power Supply Fan Module When replacing a failed power supply fan module PSFM please follow these steps Turn off the Power On Off Switch of the failed PSFM Disconnect the power cord from the AC Inlet Plug of PSFM Loosen thumbscrews of the PSFM Use the handle to pull out the defective PSFM Before inserting the new PSFM make sure the Power On Off Switch is on Off state S 2s YS Insert and slide the new PSFM in until it clicks into place IMPORTANT When the subsystem ts online and a Power Supply fails and the replacement Power Supply module is not yet available the failed Power Supply Module can be replaced with the Plate Cover This is to maintain proper airflow within the enclosure Refer to next section When replacing a failed component online it is not recommended to remove the failed component for a long period of time proper air flow within the enclosure might fail causing high controller disk drive temperature 7 Connect the power cord to the AC Inlet Plug of PSFM 8 Tighten
92. pgrade 1 To connect to RAID subsystem using Telnet open Terminal Emulation program example CRT 6 1 Refer to Section 4 1 for sample step to enable Telnet connection via CRT program 2 After successful connection select Raid System Function menu The Password box will be shown Enter the password default is 00000000 to login li 192 168 10 173 CRT Jes File Edit view Options Transfer Script Tools Help Ese E 8S eg mt og 192 168 10 173 KKK RAID Controller Main Menu z volumer RaTc Raig Set Function Yolume Set Funetion Physical Drives Raid system Function Hdd Power Management Ethernet Configuration Clear Event Buffer Hardware monitor system Information AZ Move Cursor Enter select EStCibscane LilLine Draw W Rear aw Ready Telnet 14 57 24 Rows 80 Cols Ti00 3 After login to Raid System Function menu select Update Firmware Then choose Transfer menu and select Zmodem Upload List i 192 168 10 173 CRT Jee File Edit view Options Transfer Script Tools Help x z Co FN pal A Send ASciq k p Tiie Receive ASCI po Send modem Receive modem paid sy Send modem l Receive Ymodem Mute TH Alert Zmodem Upload List Change JBOD SRA j att imagen Uy jos Back yr ir SATA NC Update The Raid Firmware HOD Rea Yolume Transfer File From Termina
93. rational The boot up state when Dual Controller starts up User Manual 95 The Controller is running SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 6 4 Hardware Monitor To view the RAID subsystem s hardware information click the Hardware Monitor link from the Information menu The Hardware Monitor Information screen appears lopen all close all Stop Auto Refresh Raid System Console a Controller 1 H W Monitor H Quick Function CPU Temperature 54 0C H m pee Set Functions Controller Temp 47 C H Volume Set Functions 77 co ead ieee a ca ore ae H System Controls a 3093 V EJ Information 3 3V 3 312 V _ RAID Set Hierarchy DDR II 1 8V 1 792 V i SAS Chip Information CPU 1 8V 1 808 V L System Information CPU 1 2V 1 248 V _ Hardware Monitor CPU 1 0V 1 024 V DDR II 0 9V 0 896 V RTC 3 0V 3 264 V Battery Status Not Installed a Controller 2 H W Monitor CPU Temperature 51 C Controller Temp 50 C 12V 12 099 V 5V 5 107 V 3 3V 3 344 V DDR II 1 8V 1 808 V CPU 1 8V 1 824 V CPU 1 2V 1 264 V CPU 1 0V 1 056 V DDR II 0 9V 0 912 V RTC 3 0V 3 312 V Battery Status Not Installed s Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem V1 0 Voltage 1 3 280 V gt Voltage 2 4 920 V The Hardware Monitor Information provides the temperature fan speed chassis fan and voltage levels of the RAID subsystem All items are also unchangeable When the threshold values are surpassed warning messages will be indicated through the LCD
94. rive that will be included in Raid Set to be created Enter the preferred Raid Set Name 1 to 16 alphanumeric characters to define a unique identifier for the Raid Set The default Raid Set name will always appear as Raid Set XXX Tick on the Confirm The Operation option and click on the Submit button in the screen User Manual 53 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 2 2 Delete RAID Set To delete a Raid Set click on the Delete RAID Set link A Select The RAID SET To Delete screen is displayed showing all Raid Sets existing in the system Select the Raid Set you want to delete in the Select column Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to process with deletion lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console a Select The Raid Set To Delete E Quick Function Select Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid State Capacity sid 0 Create RAID Set O Delete RAID Set D Expand RAID Set M Confirm The Operation YolumeSet In This RaidSet Will Also Be Deleted _ L Offline RAID Set _ Rename RAID Set VQ Activate Incomplete RAID S L Create Hot Spare L Delete Hot Spare L Rescue Raid Set e Volume Set Functions G Physical Drives e System Controls Information NOTE You cannot delete a Raid Set containing a Raid 30 50 60 Volume Set You must delete the Raid 30 50 60 Volume Set first 54 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 2 3 Expand RAID Set
95. rors Recovered W Delay 0x000000000000004C Write Errors Recovered W Retry ox0000000000000000 Write Errors Recovered 0x00000000000043D4 Write Total Bytes 0x000000000087A800 Write Errors Unrecovered 0x0000000000000000 nem Verify Errors Recovered W O Delay 0x000000000000228D Verify Errors Recovered W Delay __ 0x0000000000000000 Verify Errors Recovered W Retry 0x0000000000000000 Verify Frrars Recnvered Axynnnnnnannannannnnnn To view the Volume Set information click the Volume VOL link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Volume Set Information screen appears Jopen all close all 4 Raid System Console Bl Quick Function H RAID Set Functions A Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives HS System Controls Ej Information LJ SAS Chip In formation LJ System Information 0 Hardware Monitor User Manual 93 s Volume Set Information Volume Set Name l Raid Set Name Volume Capacity SAS Port Lun Raid Level Stripe Size Block Size Member Disks Cache Mode Tagged Queuing volume State Volume VOL 000 Raid Set 000 1000 0GB 02 0 Raid 5 b4K Bytes 51 2Bytes z ia Write Back Enabled Normal SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 6 2 SAS Chip Information To view the SAS Chip Information of the RAID Controller click the link SAS Chip Information lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function H
96. s is displayed in the Raid Set status area of the Raid Set information Migrating status is also displayed in the Volume Set status area of the Volume Set Information for all Volume Sets under the Raid Set which is migrating lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console H 0 Quick Function Taik u H A RAID Set Functi c oz FiA E paan a RADSet Ps a a Volume Set Functions sri Devices H Physical Drives Raid Set 000 E islot 1 iSlot 1 Volume VOL 000 0 0 Migrating 0 1 9 System Controls es RE 4 ee TD Information esea O o y SSS ri RAID Set Hierarchy E 1Slot 4 SAS Chip Information ee 0 System Information Hardware Monitor i i pom d Raid Set 000 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 iSlot 7 Di o 2 Raid Set 000 1000 2GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 Slot 3 paid set 000 ree Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 0 3 Slot 4 ce BX SS derna Roe 56 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 5 2 4 Offline RAID Set If user wants to offline and move a Raid Set while the system is powered on use the Offline Raid Set function After completing the function the HDD state of RAID Set member drives will change to Offlined Mode and the HDD Status LEDs will be blinking RED To offline a Raid Set click on the Offline RAID Set link A Select The RAID SET To Offline screen is displayed showing all existing Raid Sets in the subsystem Select the Raid Set which you want to
97. shut down or powered off abnormally during a reconstruction process rs User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Chapter 2 Identifying Parts of the RAI D Subsystem 2 1 Main Components 2 1 1 Front View Disk Trays LCD Front Panel Slot4 lt Slot3 Slot2 Slot Slot8 Slot7 lt Slot6 Slot5 Slot 12 Slot 11 Slot 10 Slot 9 User Manual 19 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 2 1 1 1 Disk Trays HDD Status I ndicator Activity LED Fault LED Green LED indicates power is on and hard drive status is good for this slot If there is no hard drive the LED is red If hard HDD Fault LED drive defected in this slot or the hard drive is failure the LED is blinking red Lock I ndicator Every Disk Tray is lockable and is fitted with a lock indicator to indicate whether or not the tray is locked into the chassis or not Each tray is also fitted with an ergonomic handle for easy tray removal When the Lock Groove is horizontal this indicates that the Disk Tray is locked When the Lock Groove is vertical then the Disk Tray is unlocked Disk Tray is unlocked Disk Tray is locked 20 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 2 1 1 2 Smart Panel Smart Function Keys Use the Up or Down arrow keys to go through the Up and Down amp YV information on the LCD screen This is also used to Arrow buttons move between each menu when you configure the subsystem
98. source is inserted to the AC Power Inlet the power status LED becomes RED When the switch of the PSFM is turned on the LED will turn GREEN When the Power On Fail LED is GREEN the PSFM is functioning normally User Manual E SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem X NOTE Each PSFM has one Power Supply and one Fan PSFM 1 has Power 1 and Fan 1 and PSFM 2 has Power 2 and Fan 2 When the Power Supply of a PSFM fails the PSFM need not be removed from the slot if replacement is not yet available The fan will still work and provide necessary airflow inside the enclosure In replacing the failed PSFM refer to Appendix section of this manual NOTE After replacing the Power Supply Fan Module and turning on the Power On Off Switch of the PSFM the Power Supply will not power on immediately The Fan in the PSFM will spin up until the RPM becomes stable When Fan RPM is already stable the RAID controller will then power on the Power Supply This process takes more or less 30 seconds This safety measure helps prevent possible Power Supply overheating when the Fan cannot work er User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Chapter 3 Getting Started with the Subsystem 3 1 Preparing the RAI D Subsystem and Powering On 1 Place the RAID subsystem in its proper place 2 Connect the SAS cable s to the SAS Host Channel s Attach network cable to the R Link port Connect the other end to your network hub or switch 3 2 Powering On
99. ssary 2 Open Windows HyperTerminal Program Connect using COM1 COM Port used in Step1 Baud Rate 115200 n 8 1 Flow Control None 3 Press the Enter key and the password prompt will be displayed 4 Key in the password Default password 00000000 to login to CLI 5 At CLI prompt input the command to update firmware a CLI gt fdi code O NOTE fdl code 0 is the command to update flash firmware code fw file fdl mfgb 0 is the command to update CFG data code rom file Make sure you have both files before updating b CLI gt fdl mfgb O Please Use XModem Protocol for File Transmission Use Q or q to quit Download before starting XModem Offset 0x0 cC Select Function menu to transfer CFG data rom file Function gt Transfer gt Send File gt Browse gt Open and select the rom file for example 8016 mfgdat6 20110131 rom firmware folder location Select Xmodem Protocol to send firmware file Only need about 60 seconds to finish sending firmware file If not please repeat steps B and D again Note If won t to transfer CFG data rom file Press Q or q to quit Download before starting data transfer d CLI gt fdl code O Please Use XModem Protocol for File Transmission Use Q or g to quit Download before starting XModem Offset 0x0 106 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem e Select Function menu to transfer firmware file Function gt
100. tem firmware and thus cannot be a part of a Volume Set A Pass Through disk is a separate and individual Raid Set The disk is available to the host as an individual disk It is typically used on a system where the operating system is on a disk not controlled by the RAID firmware To create pass through disk click on the Create Pass Through link under the Physical Drives main menu The setting function screen appears Select the disk drive to be made as Pass Through Disk and configure the Pass Through Disk attributes such as the Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing and SAS Port LUN Base LUN for this volume proRAID C anager lopen all close all Raid System Console H Quick Function H RAID Set Functions H Volume Set Functions A Physical Drives 0 Create Pass Through Disk 0 Modify a Pass Through Disk 0 Delete Pass Through Disk Identify Enclosure Identify Drive 3 System Controls H Information XXXXXXXXXXXX a Select the IDE drive For Pass Through a Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem V1 0 Slot 4 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 el Slot 5 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 C Slot 6 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 C Slot 7 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 ic Slot 8 600 1G8 WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 C Slot 9 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 ral Slot 10 a 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 C Slot 11 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 e i Slot 12 600 1GB WD WD6000BKHG 02A29 a Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute
101. the thumbscrews of the PSFM 9 Turn on the Power On Off Switch of the PSFM NOTE After replacing the Power Supply Fan Module and turning on the Power On Off Switch of the PSFM the Power Supply will not power on immediately The Fan in the PSFM will spin up until the RPM becomes stable When Fan RPM is already stable the RAID controller will then power on the Power Supply This process takes more or less 30 seconds This safety measure helps prevent possible Power Supply overheating when the Fan cannot work User Manual 109 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 6 4 2 2 Replacing Power Supply Fan Module with Plate Cover When replacing a failed power supply fan module PSFM with Plate Cover please follow these steps Turn off the Power On Off Switch of the failed PSFM Disconnect the power cord from the AC Inlet Plug of PSFM Loosen thumbscrews of the failed PSFM Pull out the defective PSFM Insert the PSFM Plate Cover carefully Se A a 110 User Manual
102. the workload Disabled or Enable the SATA NCQ function 78 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem HDD Read Ahead Cache This option allows the users to disable the cache of the HDDs on the RAID subsystem In some HDD models disabling the cache in the HDD is necessary to prove the RAID subsystem functions correctly Volume Data Read Ahead This option allows the users to set the Volume Data Read Ahead function Options are Normal Aggressive Conservative and Disabled HDD Queue Depth The queue depth is the number of I O operations that can be run in parallel on a disk drive HDD Queue Depth options are 1 2 4 8 16 and 32 Disk Write Cache Mode The RAID subsystem supports Disk Write Cache Mode options Auto Enabled and Disabled If the RAID subsystem has BBM battery backup module selecting the Auto option will automatically enable Disk Write Cache On the other hand if there is no BBM the Auto option will disable Disk Write Cache Disk Capacity Truncation Mode The RAID subsystem use drive truncation so that drives from different vendors are more likely to be able to be used as spares for each other Drive truncation slightly decreases the usable capacity of a drive that is used in redundant units Options are Multiples Of 10G If you have several 120GB drives from different vendors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 121 1 GB and the other 120 4 GB This driv
103. und An error message will also appear on the LCD screen warning of power failure The fan in a power supply fan module is powered independently When a power supply fails the fan will still be working and provides airflow inside the enclosure 24 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 2 1 3 Controller Module e AV a n e i 4 Bi Bac ji TEL Meee L w ACT al js y a pw ial RAID Controller Module 2 1 3 1 Controller Module Panel Host Channel B Host Channel A Link LED COM1 Reserved CTRL Heartbeat LED R Link Port CH 5 7 a s pee an Hoste ine AON ie Tet 9 Hi T d t E Ni S i act zai i CTEL Heortbop gt epa ITE u p rol SI iH Fault LED Activity LED SAS Expansion Port 2 SAS Expansion Port 1 AT COM2 Note Only one host cable is included in the package Additional host cables are optional and can be purchased separately for upgrade User Manual 25 SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem Part Description Two host channels A and B are available and Host Channel A B can be use to connect to SAS HBA on the Host system or to connect to SAS switch Use for expansion connect to the SAS In Port SAS Expansion Ports 1 2 of a JBOD subsystem Use to connect to CLI command line interface for example to upgrade expander firmware See secti
104. ves The Raid Set will be reconfigured and rebuilt in the background while the RAID subsystem continues to handle system request During the automatic rebuild process system activity will continue as normal however the system performance and fault tolerance will be affected IMPORTANT The hot spare must have at least the same or more y capacity as the drive it replaces 1 4 2 Hot Swap Disk Drive Support The RAID subsystem has built in protection circuit to support the replacement of SATA II hard disk drives without having to shut down or reboot the system The removable hard drive tray can deliver hot swappable fault tolerant RAID solution at a price much less than the cost of conventional SCSI hard disk RAID subsystems This feature is provided in the RAID subsystem for advance fault tolerant RAID protection and online drive replacement 1 4 3 Hot Swap Disk Rebuild The Hot Swap feature can be used to rebuild Raid Sets with data redundancy such as RAID level 1 10 3 5 6 30 50 and 60 If a hot spare is not available the failed disk drive must be replaced with a new disk drive so that the data on the failed drive can be rebuilt If a hot spare is available the rebuild starts automatically when a drive fails The RAID subsystem automatically and transparently rebuilds failed drives in the background with user definable rebuild rates The RAID subsystem will automatically continue the rebuild process if the subsystem is
105. xit button EXIT NOTE This button can also be used to reset the alarm beeper 42 User Manual SAS to SAS SATA RAID Subsystem 4 2 1 Menu Diagram The following menu diagram is a Summary of the various configurations and setting functions that can be accessed through telnet Raid 0 L Greater Two TB Volume Support No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Selected Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No Raid 1 or0 1 L Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Selected Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No L Initialization Mode Foreground No Init Raid 0 1 Spare L_ Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Selected Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No L Initialization Mode Foreground No Init Raid 3 L_ Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L_ Selected Capacity L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No L Initialization Mode Foreground Background No Init Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid 5 L Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L_ Selected Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init Raid 3
106. zccdeecibatadeastvascauetescatedeandoasedastestectatiad cednedesaiacdsdsanededeteccctanlecacge 37 4 2 Configuration through the LCD Panel ccc cccccsesscssssesessssesessssessssssessssesessssesscsessesesesseseeseeesseseeeseeeess 42 ALL Mew Da aN eea E nese ca E T E E 43 4 3 Configuration through web browser based proRAID Manager ssssessssessssssesssisssersssessersseens 49 Chapter 5 RAID Manageme ntt cscsscccssssssscccsssssccssssssccsssssssesssssssccsesssseeees 51 S JUCE F OAC UO hres esctave cece cecacase acsecessccacednscacsiiestassevecanstaxiessssseuecutstar otc edessiecetutnd atest sneane 51 aL OIG A EEE E EEE EER EEES 51 52 RAID Set FUNCIONS seseo aE O ESE E EEEE EESE 53 32 Credle RAID SGi E A ES EE 53 Ia Pere RAID eeri E E E 54 ao Pa RAI S A E EN 55 Ie ONS RAID S E eeann E TE A T 57 DZ Rename RAID Salrer nei ESERE E RESE ERr ERSE NEE EESE 58 5 2 6 Activate Incomplete RAID Set sennssoesssesseessesssesssessseessesssenssrnsernseenseenseesseenseonsrossronsseossenssenssenssensses 59 Ssa Crete OU SA iee EEEE 61 320 Delete 0 is 6 ensegre E 62 329 ROSE ANC SS eeaeee A ENE ERE 62 593 Volume Set FUNCOM sssrin nE EREE EEEa ERa NESES Eaa 63 Sal Credte Volume SOU areire Ren Sa eE EEEa aN SEERE eend 63 5a2 Credite Raid 30 30 00 ceases cs ccceccdctecateseacescncecdecestnssetcetecdesectuesntien cine doanc auesiatencunedecnesxistienesaueenesdeiescecstenatd 66 Io IS Ts Volume Set essees eonia SSE E EEN Ee EEE

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