ExaRAID JBOD Quick Installation Guide
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1. JBOD System Quick Start Guide Disk Tray Front View No ltem Description e Green Disk is online Disk LED l l l e Red No disk or disk fail 2 Tray button Press to release the tray handle 3 ACC Lights blue when the disk is being accessed 4 Tray handle Use to pull out or lock the disk tray into place2. 13 7 Close the front panel door then lock it ks have been installed IS 06 il all The require 6 Repeat steps 4 to 5 unt into place 5 Push down the tray handle to secure the hard disk tray 4 Insert the hard disk tray into the empty slot JBOD System quick Start Guide JBOD System Quick Start Guide SATA hard disks SATA hard drive installation requires an AA MUX adapter to be installed on the hard disk tray first before installing the SATA hard disk NOTE x AA MUX is an optional accessory and is sold separately Contact your Supplier to purchase one Follow the procedures below to install SATA hard disks 1 Place the AA MUX adapter on the hard disk tray and attach the four screws as shown 2 Place the hard disk into the hard disk tray with the drive connectors facing the AA MUX adapter 14 JBOD Sy
3. JBOD System Quick Start Guide Rear View A12R SJ 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 11 12 13 14 No Item Description Connects to the power source AC power port 2 Power supply handle Use to pull out the power supply 3 Power supply switch Use to switch the power on or off 4 Cooling fan 1 System cooling fan 5 Chassis ID Use for JBOD enclosure only See Switch ID on page 9 b UPS port Data port for uninterruptable power supply AC power port Connects to the power source Power supply handle Use to pull out the power supply Power supply switch Use to switch the power on or off 10 Cooling fan 2 System cooling fan 11 JBOD Controller A JBOD controller 12 Expansion port Controller A Use for JBOD expansion Connects to EXP port on RAID system or 13 Host channel 1 Controller A SS ade Connects to EXP port on RAID system or 14 Host channel 2 Controller A SAS HBA card of host 5 JBOD Controller B JBOD controller 16 Expansion port Controller B Use for JBOD expansion Connects to EXP port on RAID system or 17 Host channel 1 Controller B SAID 18 Host channel 2 Controller B Connects to EXP port on RAID system or SA
4. 14 Power supply 1 Removable power supply Is Power supply handle Use to pull out the power supply 16 Power supply switch Use to switch the power on or off 17 AC power port Connects to the power source 18 Power supply 3 Removable power supply 19 Power supply handle Use to pull out the power supply 20 UPS port Spir qd for uninterruptable power 21 AC power port Connects to the power source 500 System Quick Start Guide No Item Description 22 Power supply 2 Removable power supply 23 Power supply handle Use to pull out the power supply Switch ID See table below on how to set the Chassis ID 2U 12R U Chassis ID ID1 A3 ID4 A0 Chassis ID FC HDD Speed Remark EO E NENNEN O O O O O O O O ON 1 OFF 0 JBOD System Quick Start Guide Step 2 Mounting the JBOD System in a Rack The JBOD system can be installed in a standard 19 inch rack Follow the procedures below Attack eight rack nuts into the rack making sure that they correspond with the mounting points on the rails 2 Adjust the length of the rails as needed 3 Secure the rails using two nuts and bolts on b
5. ExaRAID JBOD SYSTEM 5 GUIDE Os i m NS SS NS Ie T USER Accus The RAID Architects US A12 16 24R U SJ Quick Start Guide 42 33000 5030 ExaRAID JBOD SYSTEM Version 1 1 BaRAID JBOD System Quick Start Guide A16R S JBOD Task List Step 1 Unpacking the JBOD System below Step 2 Mounting the JBOD System in a Rack on page 10 Step 3 Installing Disk Drives on page 12 Step 4 Making Connections on page 16 Step 5 Powering on the System on page 19 Step 6 Configuring the JBOD system on page 20 Step 7 Host Configuration on page 26 Step 8 Powering Off the System on page 27 Step 1 Unpacking the JBOD System The following items come with the JBOD system package If any of them is missing or damaged please contact your supplier 1 Hard disk tray Al2R U SJ x 12 A16R U SJ x 16 A24R U SJ x 24 2 SAS cable A12 A16 A24U SJ x 1 A12 A16 A24R SJ x 2 Front panel key x 2 Power cable Al2 A16R U SJ x 2 A24R U SJ x 3 Quick Start Guide M5 fix screw x 2 packs 5 6 7 M6 fix screw x 2 packs 8 UNC 10 32 fix screw x 2 packs 9 HDD screw x 3 packs 10 Rail x 1 set 11 Rail extender x 1 set 12 JBOD system Red The JBOD system has a faulty power supply ly e Green Power suppl working proper Power LED talled and Ies Are INS iption Descr Item No 0 0 0 0 0 e N o
6. Host Sever 2 0 NW WIT Swath A SAS Card J ool 2 E F Fan2 ip BEBO S JBE Ja 8 J eal Controller A sr Controller B Controller A Controller B Figure 1 2 Host server connection with JBOD expansion NOTE The same procedures apply to A12R SJ and A24R SJ RAID systems when using SAS connectors 20 500 System Quick Start Guide To configure the connection using Windows follow the procedures below NOTE The following procedures are based on Windows server 2003 R2 Make sure you are installing in Windows 32 bit or 64 bit l Open the folder with the installation files tor Windows 32 bit or 64 bit 2 10 check the configuration open Computer Management Device Manager e Check if all the hard disk installed in the JBOD are detected 21 JBOD System Quick Start Guide Configuring the RAID System Figure 1 3 shows an example of a RAID system A16R FS connected to three JBODs NOTE The same procedures apply to 8161 55 RAID system using SAS connectors The same procedures apply when using SAS A12R SS A24R SS connectors to A12R FS A24R FS RAID systems LAN Switch Fibre Card 1 Fibre Card 2 A16R FS SS 00 A16R SJ ID 1 A16R SJ ID 2 A16R SJ 03 Figure 1 3 RAID system with JBOD expa
7. connect the succeeding JBOD enclosures 4 To make a loop connect the EXP port of JBOD3 to the CHI port of JBOD2 5 Connect the EXP port of JBOD2 to the CHI port of JBODI 6 Connect the EXP port of the RAID system to the CHI port of JBOD3 7 Set the chassis ID e AI R FS RAID O e AIG R SJ JBOD1 1 e AI16R SJ JBOD2 2 e AI R SJ JBOD3 3 and so forth for more JBOD enclosures NOTE J For more information see 2 3 SAS JBOD Enclosure Display on the Accusys RAID GUI user s manual To configure see Step 6 Configuring the JBOD system 18 JBOD System quick Start Guide Step 5 Powering on the System Connecting the Power 1 Plug one power cable into the AC power port A12R U SJ A16R U SJ A24R U SJ 2 Plug the second power cable into the other AC power port Once all the components have been connected the system can now be powered on using the power switch Power on the system in the following order JBOD system s RAID system e Host server 19 JBOD System Quick Start Guide NOTE Before turning the system on make sure the chassis ID switch has been set properly When the JBOD system is successfully installed and powered on Power Fan TEMP and HDD will turn green and 101 and 102 RDY LEDs will flash green Step 6 Configuring the JBOD system Configuring Host Server Connection Figure 1 2 shows an example of two Al6R SJ connected to the host Server
8. PE 0 0 0 0 0000 0 0 90 ECC o gad e ENG 900 2 9 dai EE O6965959595965959595959959 m pete ped n pedi er pica iod ve ped m aei co 260 22296800 9595959595959595959595959 D aj e e 0 Oy Oa 12 3 4 5 6 8 A24R U SJ o o o o o o o o 12345678 SJ A16R U O50 9595060505 00 020009009060 0200000000000900 0 06060 0 200000000000000 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 o o o9 000000 0 EA 0 959595095959 2200 0202020 02020 o9 12345678 A12R U SJ Front Panel View Closed e T sS E x g ES pd A E A pem 2 JBOD System Quick Start Guide Description Green Fan modules are installed and working properly Red The JBOD system has a faulty fan module Green The JBOD system temperature Is below 55 C Red The JBOD system temperature exceeds 55 C Green All installed disks are working properly Red Ihe JBOD system has a faulty hard disk Indicates JBOD controller A is working properly Indicates JBOD controller B is working properly Indicates data activity in progress between host and JBOD controller A Indicates data activity in progress between host and JBOD controll
9. S HBA card of host JBOD System Quick Start Guide A16R SJ 12 13 14 1516 17 1516 17 18 No Item Description I Cooling fan 1 System cooling fan JBOD Controller A JBOD controller Expansion port Controller A Use for JBOD expansion Connects to EXP port on RAID system or 4 Host channel 1 Controller A SAS HBA card of host Connects to EXP port on RAID system or 5 Host channel 2 Controller A SAM ney Cooling fan 3 System cooling fan JBOD Controller B JBOD controller Expansion port Controller B Use for JBOD expansion 9 Host channel 1 Controller B Connects to EXP port on RAID system or SAS HBA card of host Connects to EXP port on RAID system or 10 Host channel 2 Controller B A pA carior St 11 Cooling fan 2 System cooling fan 12 AC power port Connects to the power source 13 Power supply Removable power supply 14 Power supply handle Use to pull out the power supply 15 Power supply switch Use to switch the power on or off 16 Chasis ID switch Use for JBOD enclosure only 17 UPS port onal for uninterruptable power 18 IO tray Holds the IO board and BBMs 19 AC power port Connects to the power source 20 Power supply 2 Removable p
10. diately s hddz hdda local spare disks t capacity capacity to truncate Parameters For example to create disk group 0 DGO with hard disks 1 to 8 in the group type the following in the command line CLI dgcreate dgO hdd1 hdd2 hdd3 hdd4 hdd5 hdd hdd7 hdd8 4 Create logical disks using the Idcreate command MM Ea o Idcreate dgxldy capacity raidlevel s stripesize i initopt f x o offset h name c ctlx Synopsis Description Create a logical disk capacity logical disk capacity raidlevel raidO raid5 raid3 raid1 raid raid10 or nraid s stripesize stripe size i initopt initialization method f x free chunk o sector alignment offset n name the name of a logical disk c ctix for redundant controller only the preferred controller of a logical disk Parameters For example to create logical disk O DGOLDO with 1 0008 capacity using RAID level 5 type the following in the command line CLI Idcreate dgOldO 1000gb raid5 s 128kb i bkg c ctla 5 Create LUN mapping using the htpaddlun command htpaddlun fcpx sasx jody dgyldz voly vvoly l lunz s 512b 1kb 2kb Akb g cylinder head sector w wt wb htpaddlun scpx jody dgyldz voly vvoly i scsi id lunz s 512b Ikb 2kb Akb g cylinder head sector w wt wb Description Add a LUN in a FC port with a virtual disk 25 JBOD System Quick Start Guide i
11. er B Locks the front cover Item Fan LED Temp LED HDD LED lO 1 RDY lO 2 RDY IO st ACT IO 2 ACT Lock No JBOD System Quick Start Guide Front Panel View Open A12R U SJ 123 456 789 10112 n ET Sat Tia T Mji 0 Ji P a i m 00 J 13 No Item Description 1 12 Disk trays 12 Removal disk trays 13 Front panel door Protects the disks A16R U SJ LLLI 50678 9101112 13 14 15 16 NELLE 17 No Item Description 1 16 Disk trays 16 Removal disk trays 17 Front panel door Protects the disks A24R U SJ 1 3 5 79 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 21416 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 No Item Description 1 24 Disk trays 24 Removal disk trays 25 Front panel door Protects the disks
12. low 1 Insert the SAS cable into the CH1 port of A16R SJ 2 10 connect to a RAID system insert the other end of the SAS cable to the EXP port of the RAID system B Or to connect to a host server insert the other end of the SAS cable to the HBA connector of the host server C RAID system connection A16R FS HBA card of host server Fibre RAID system 15 shown above To configure see Step 6 Configuring the JBOD system 16 15010 System Quick start Guide Expanding JBOD Enclosures You can expand a maximum of seven JBOD enclosures to a RAID system Figure 1 1 shows a RAID system with three JBOD enclosures in a loop The loop connection works to ensure the system can continue with Its operation without interruption even if any of the JBOD fails Once a JBOD fails the other two can still continue to transmit data around the loop via the redundant path A16R FS 6 55 RAID Chassis ID 0 A16R SJ JBOD1 Chassis ID 1 A16R SJ JBOD2 Chassis ID 2 A16R SJ JBOD3 Chassis ID 3 Figure 1 1 RAID system with JBOD enclosure in a loop 17 JBOD System Quick Start Guide To establish the connection 1 Connect the RAID system EXP port to the CHI port of the JBOD using a SAS cable 2 10 connect to the next JBOD connect the EXP port of JBODI to the CHI port of JBOD2 3 Follow the same procedures to
13. nsion To establish the connection follow the procedures below 1 Connect the RAID system and the JBOD enclusures following the procedures inExpanding JBOD Enclosures on page 17 2 Connect the RAID system to the host server using fibre cables as shown 22 JBOD System Quick Start Guide 3 Connect controller A and controller B of the RAID system to the LAN switch 4 Connect the host server to the LAN switch This connection can be configured using GUI Graphical User Interface or CLI Command Line Interface To configure using GUI The JBOD system can be detected automatically by the GUI when connected The chassis ID corresponds to the enclosure tab number shown in the GUI The number of enclosure tabs may vary according to the number of connected JBOD systems The connection in Figure 1 3 will show three JBOD enclosure tabs The enclosure display may show empty slots depending on the number of drives installed The following table shows the supported number of JBOD systems and hard disks A12R SJ Number of JBOD A24R S J Number of JBOD 24 bay When there are 3 JBOD enclosures the last JBOD can only contain 16 disks 1 Connect and login to the GUI webpage Login name admin e Password 0000 2 Check if the status of all the hard disks are unused 3 Create disk groups 4 Create logical disks 5 Create LUN mapping 23 JBOD System Quick Start Guide NOTE For more de
14. oth the front and back posts of the rack Q o 4 Tighten the locking screws 5 Slide the JBOD system into the rack and secure it into place using the fixing screws 10 JBOD System Quick start Guide Using the Rail Extenders Follow the procedures below fo install the rail extenders 2 Slide the RAID system into the rack and secure it into place using the fixing screws 11 JBOD System Quick Start Guide Step 3 Installing Disk Drives The JBOD system supports SAS or SATA interface hard drives SAS hard disks Follow the procedures below fo install SAS hard drives 1 Insert the SAS hard drive into the hard disk tray Screw the sides to secure the hard disk Repeat this procedure to install more hard disks 2 Insert the key to the key slot and turn to unlock the front panel door A16R SJ 3 Pull open the front panel door 12
15. ower supply 21 Power supply handle Use to pull out the power supply JBOD System Quick Start Guide A24R SJ 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2 23 No ltem Description Cooling fan 1 System cooling fan JBOD Controller A JBOD controller Expansion port Controller A Use for JBOD expansion 4 Host channel 1 Controller A m 5 Host channel 2 Controller A BAID 6 Cooling fan 3 System cooling fan Cooling fan 4 System cooling fan 8 JBOD Controller B JBOD controller 9 Expansion port Controller B Use for JBOD expansion Connects to EXP port on RAID system or SAS HBA card of host Connects to EXP port on RAID system or SAS HBA card of host 10 Host channel 1 Controller B 11 Host channel 2 Controller B 12 Cooling fan 2 System cooling fan 13 AC power port Connects to the power source
16. scsi id SCSI ID Parameters Refer to sgaddlun for other parameters For example to add LUN of fcpal in the logical disk DGOLDO type the following in the command line CLI gt htpaddlun fcpal dgOldO NOTE Make sure that all logical disk have LUN mapping 6 Check if all logical disks have LUN mapping type htplistlun all in the command line NOTE For more details on CLI configuration please see Chapter 4 Using the CLI Commands in the Accusys RAID GUI user s manual Step 7 Host Configuration Windows Multi Path Solution Pathguard Pathguard is the bundled multi path IO solution for Windows platforms It consists of MPIO drivers and a web based path manager GUI that allows you to manage MPIO configurations for multiple host computers Windows MPIO framework requires rebooting the host computer when enabling the MPIO driver on the host computer so that the regular disk device drivers will be replaced by the MPIO disk drivers Windows can properly detect multi path disks only during MPIO driver installation so reconfiguration like adding removing paths or LUNs requires you to reinstall the Pathguard MPIO driver and reboot the host computer To install Pathguard 1 Double click the installation files on a host computer choose Windows 32 bit or 64 bit installation file according to your host system Installing Pathguard will automatically install the MPIO driver 2 Follow the installation wizard to start in
17. stallation 3 After installing Pathguard utility click Next to continue installing the MPIO driver 4 Reboot the computer to complete installation 26 500 System Quick Start Guide To check disk configuration 1 Go to Computer Management gt Device Manager e Click Disk Drivers and check for Multi Path Disc Device Click SCSI and RAID controller and check for Multi Path Support NOTE If the two items are not found you need to re install Pathguard utility 2 Go to Disk Management and check for the two installed disk devices to indicate the system is successfully connected For more information about Pathguard utility and MPIO Solutions please refer to the Accusys RAID GUI user s manual Step 8 Powering Off the System Follow the procedures below to power off the system 1 Stop all applications running in the host server 2 Turn off the host server 3 Close any GUI or CLI applications 4 Power off the RAID system using the power switch 5 Power off the JBOD system using the power switch CAUTION Disconnect all AC power cords from the MAINS to completely power off the devices 27 JBOD System Quick Start Guide Technical Support For access information and updates contact our technical support team or visit our website Accusys Inc 5F No 38 Taiyuan St Jhubei City Hsinchu County 30265 Taiwan R O C Tel 886 3 560 0288 Fax 886 3 560 0299 http www accu
18. stem quick Start Guide 3 Slide the hard disk towards the AA MUX adapter and connect the power and data connectors 4 Aitach the screws to secure the hard disk a 5 Insert the hard disk tray into an empty slot 6 Push down the tray handle to secure the hard disk tray into place 7 Repeat steps to 6 until all the required disks have been installed 8 Close the front panel door then lock it JBOD System Quick Start Guide Step 4 Making Connections The JBOD system has two controllers each controller has three x4 SAS ports that enables you to connect to a host computer a RAID system or expand the JBOD enclosure Use a x4 SAS cable to connect the JBOD system to a host computer or to a RAID system Follow the procedures be
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20. tails on GUI configuration please see Chapter 2 Using the RAID GUI in the Accusys RAID GUI user s manual To configure using CLI The Command Line Interface CLI is a set of Commands which allows users to configure or monitor the system by entering lines of text through a variety of terminal consoles For more information about the CLI commands please refer to the software manual To perform basic configurations follow the steps below Login to the CLI utility 2 Check the hard disk condition type hddlist all in the command line CLI gt BE teoml HyperTerminal Unlicensed P 2 9 File Edit View Call Transfer Help E GE 9A a ESI Version 1 00 PLD 0x02 CPU 120 MHz C 1 Memory 2048MB with ECC Memory ECC scrubbing done Memory testing done Load system from primary flash lease input user name admin Please input passwd Login successfully CLI gt hddlist all Connected 05 14 05 ANSI 1152008 N 1 SCROLL CAPS NUM Capture Printecho 3 Create disk groups using the dgcreate command ee gt 07 e dgcreate dgi hddx hddy n name i par seq z Synopsis s hddz hdda t capacity Description Create a disk group with member disks 24 JBOD System quick Start Guide name the name of a disk group i par seaq logical disk initialization mode parallel or sequential z write zero imme
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