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57XX-Series SteelVine Manager User's Guide

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6. Figure 11 Basic C ontigurati n s tee eet E EHE E RR E Figure 12 Advanced Configuration 9 9 lt 9 9 Figure 13 LEDs on the Steel Vine Reference 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page viii Version 1 1 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 About This Guide This guide explains how to use the SteelVine Manager software to configure and monitor SteelVine Storage Reference Design hardware platforms The SteelVine Manager provides utilities to create and customize basic configurations these can also be created by manipulating the rotary switch and push button on the back of the appliance The SteelVine Manager also provides monitoring utilities to supplement information gathered by observing the light emitting diodes LEDs on the front of the SteelVine Storage Reference Design Note The SteelVine Manager User s Guide presents screens that were captured using Microsoft Windows XP If a dialog appears differently on the Macintosh and Windows operating systems OS X images are presented in addition to the Windows images Linux images are not presented Audience The primary audience for this guide consists of system integrators SIs and value added resellers VARs who offer products that are based on SteelVine Storage Processor and sell them to end users as ready to use storage devic
7. 4 Striping across disks Figure 4 FAST storage policy sample configuration SAFE The SAFE storage policy stores all data duplicate on separate drives to protect against data loss due to drive failure One drive mirrors the other at all times equivalent to RAID 1 Every write operation goes to both drives SAFE provides the highest level of data protection for critical data that you cannot afford to lose if a hard drive fails but halves the amount of storage capacity because all data must be stored twice The resulting storage capacity of the virtual SAFE volume will be equivalent to the size of one hard drive 1f both drives are the same or the smaller of the two drives if they are different If one drive fails the SAFE volume 15 still usable but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible When the offline drive comes back online the appliance begins a rebuild process immediately to restore data redundancy A message box appears in the GUI to notify you that a rebuild is in progress Although the volume remains available during the rebuild process the volume is susceptible to data loss through damage to the remaining drive until redundancy is restored at the end of the rebuild and verification process Host access takes precedence over the rebuild process If you continue to use the SAFE volume during the rebuild the rebuild process will take a longer time to complete and the host data t
8. Topology Abort verify 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 57 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Abort Verify To abort a verify process select Action gt Abort Verify The verify process will be terminated This selection 1s only available when a verify process 15 active 1 8 fxx SteelVine Manager Fle Edi Topology Action Help Start Rebuild start Abort Rebuild Schedule Drive Verify Create a New Schedule The Steel Vine Manager software is set up to automatically verify the rebuild of a hard disk drive However you can also create a verification schedule at your discretion The schedule can be set for daily weekly or monthly The default setting is weekly It can be customized to run during the off hours so as to not interfere with your normal back up routine A schedule can be run for each individual hard drive TES SteelVine Manager Schedule Drive Verify Add Modit Delete Create a new schedule Modify an existing schedule Delete an existing schedule Schedule Activity C Daily Weekly Monthly Mew Schedule Date Time 12 11 2006 04 55 24 Physical Drive Drive 0 t Cace Ok 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 58 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Modify Delete Verification Schedule You can modify or delete an existing schedule by selecting the desired radio button
9. Identify maximum SATA disk drive capacity supported by the operating system and ensure the volume size meets the limits Verify Port Multiplier PM support in the HBA Review SteelVine Manager Software Release Notes available at www steelvine com for additional troubleshooting information 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 92 Document Number 0057 000 Version 1 1 Appendix A File System Expansion for Windows Overview This appendix describes the procedures needed with Microsoft Windows for expanding file systems that have been created on volumes that have increased in size while preserving all of your existing data After you have added more hard disk drives to increase the storage capacity of a BIG volume you must use the supplemental procedure described below to allow the expanded capacity to be recognized by the Windows file system A command line utility named Diskpart exe Disk Partition enables you to manage hard disk partitions and volumes This utility is included as part of Windows XP Professional Edition Windows 2003 Server and Windows Vista For Windows 2000 or Windows XP Home Edition you must download the diskpart utility from Microsoft s website Additional third party products such as Norton Partition Magic are available to perform similar volume management activities but those products are very sophisticated and are not included in this manual Procedure Before you can u
10. Refresh 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 86 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Table 15 Color Codes and Labels for Drive Status Color Label Definition Resolution Green Normal Drive is active No action is needed Drive is offline The color is initially gray Gray or Red Unplugged and may turn red after writing to a SAFE volume Secure drive in its bay Replace drive if needed Drive is in a failed state Data was written to a SAFES0 SAFE33 or SAFE volume while Replace the failed drive the drive was offline Needs Rebuild Drive was replaced with a smaller drive The appliance is configured with the SAFES0 SAFE33 SAFE FAST or BIG storage policy and these policies cannot accommodate the smaller drive Insert a drive that 15 the same size as or bigger than the original hard disk drive Use Bigger Drive A drive with an unexpected Serial Number Red Mismatch was inserted for a SAFE FAST or BIG volume A bad sector was found on a SAFE volume s None the mirror copy Not Readable bon source drive while rebuilding cannot be completed A drive that has been locked by a different Locked system has been connected to the SteelVine Storage Process and cannot be used Drive is connected to the second port of the None the drive cannot be Unavailable SteelVine Storage Processor but the host accessed from a non PM system is not Port Multiplier aware aware host
11. To unlock your hard drives enter the same password that was entered when you locked the hard drives and click the Unlock Drives button You can also use the check box to indicate whether security can be disabled and then re enabled with a new password To preserve the integrity of your original password this check box should remain unchecked 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 68 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 A confirmation dialog will appear indicating that your hard drives have been successfully unlocked Secure Erase and Unlock Drives This option 1s only available when the security feature 1s enabled and the hard drives have been locked and it should only be used when you have forgotten the password that you used to lock the drives When you select the Secure Erase and Unlock Drive s radio button and click on the Apply button in the primary Drive Locking screen the following dialog appears 1 97xx SteelVine Manager Erase Drives for 5 SteelVine Manager This will Erase the contents of the disks and Unlock them Since this operation will erase any data that had been stored on your hard drives and it cannot be reversed you must click the I understand check box before the Apply button is enabled To proceed with securely erasing your hard drives click the Apply button Another confirmation 1s required to verify that you really want to proceed with erasing your data Note
12. a Linux system 1 Change to the directory which the Steel Vine Manager GUI and daemon software was installed such as usr local SiliconImage 2 Start the daemon by entering the command SiI57XX e 3 Open a new terminal window and start the GUI by entering the command Sil57XXUI 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 21 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Introducing the SteelVine Manager The SteelVine Manager starts with the Status window visible so you can monitor the SteelVine Storage Reference Designs The Status only mode is entered when the rotary switch is in the JBOD BIG FAST SAFE SAFE33 or SAFE50 mode In Status only mode you are not permitted to change the configuration from the GUI The only possible way to change the configuration 15 to change the rotary switch setting Schedule Disk Configure View Configure Event Specify Backup Drive Verify Popups Policies Email Notification Log Firmware Button Locking Configure d 1 B7xx Stee Vine Manager 1 S s OO Tree View S N 112345578 Selected Box 4 UM m LE MED 0 Drive Serial Number WD Ww CANEA35 WD WCANK440 Drive Information Capacity WD WwCANHEA3b5 Ww D ww CAHNEAAL BN BEEN Volume 232 885 GB 232 886 GE SAFE 232 886 GB 232 886 568 232 886 GB Information B Silicon uit Note appea
13. tion VVizard igura 7 pud e z B zx o Bs Im E tm D en ea en e e en ane o In D 25 Ti 0 D T E D 5 D E 3 n gt gt C 5 LI 2 m 5 zm 5 c anfig File 3 Delete all volumes Save to C Storage Policy SAFE RAID 1 SAFER FAST RAID 0 Total GB s Left 0 co LO e cili m uU gt Dl 7 r LO e 57xx 5teelVine Manager File Edit Help Volume Bl Basic Confi F gt Read Config File system to a file toolbar button to save the configuration click Yes to accept the configuration 5 Select Save to Config File from the File menu or click the Write configuration for 4 When prompted to acknowledge that the configuration change may result in data loss 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 31 Version 1 1 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 6 Click Apply to create the selected configuration close the Wizard and display the volumes in the Status Window may take up to one minute to display SteelVine Manager File Edit Hel To Advanced Mode co CJ q T um C w E LO m e
14. 6 Music Sherlock 19 2004 2 26 PM 3 SteelVine Installer Modified Thursday January y pictures Stickies 3 Java 22 27 2005 6 29 System Preferences ade e Netinfo Manager 1999 2004 Apple ab Computer ODBC Administrator 2 Zinio A 9 14 1 of 26 selected 142 04 GB available 7 2 Select a configured disk and click the Partition tab This procedure illustrates the BIG Storage Policy configuration which concatenates the capacity of all hard drives connected to the SteelVine Storage Reference Design External Disk 0 Media RAD Restore B 148 1 GB WOC 1600 Macintosh HD 4 Volume Scheme Volume Informatian 121 455 8 GB Extemal Disk 8 Lintitlad I Fartitiun B wame BIG Disk Format Mac 05 Extended journaled Sime 455 77 GB Ej Locked fur LS 4 Install Mac OS 9 Disk Drivers 6 My BIG Disk oati Far tere 25 a Mar C5 3 Mart up disk salacr Mac C5 9 Drivers irigcallad Select the disk you want to parthion and choose a volume schen Click each volume represented in the scheme and specify a volume format and size Click Partition 7 S Disk Description External Desk Q Media Total Capacity 455 8 GB 060 118 700 037 Bytes Con
15. Contest sensitive Message Codes B gt Box serial number T gt Current Temperature IE spree 5F gt System Fan DK Flag dV gt Current volume PSF gt Power Supply Fan OF Flag ee plc Accep Cancel e The message information can be customized to suit your needs Daemon can extract the following data from the SteelVine hardware B Box serial number T Current Temperature DS Drive serial number SF gt System Fan OK Flag DN gt Drive id slot PSF gt Power Supply fan OK Flag V gt Current volume e If there is information that you would like included in the error message you can enter it by typing in a selected message code listed above For example to include the Box Serial Number type in the descriptive text followed by the message code as demonstrated below 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 62 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 1 Email Message for Drive Unplugged Steelvine Manager B Drive Slot EDN Temperature T System Fan Speed 5F Power Supply Fan Speed PSF Box Serial Number 6 The drive was unplugged Contest sensitive Message Codes es serial T gt Curent Temperature gt Drive seral number SDN gt Drive id slot 5F gt System Fan Flag dV gt Current volume PSF gt Power Supply Fan Flag Gil icon Accept Ca e Click on the Accept button to compl
16. Host Connections Other Features Drive Locking Manual Manual Automatic Manual Features Not implemented yet 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 2 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Throughout the remainder of this manual all descriptions and screen images reflect the 5115744 which supports all product features references to rotary switch refer to the settings of the CONFIG 2 0 pins which can be hard strapped to a specific configuration or dynamically selected using a rotary switch selection SteelVine Storage Processors are powered by Silicon Image s industry leading SteelVine M architecture see Figure 1 which provides SATA or USB host connectivity eSATA capable on all SATA ports e Enhanced data protection e High performance storage e Plug and play functionality e Virtualization capabilities to map the physical hard drives to virtual volumes e Cascading e Automatic disk rebuild when or more SAFE volumes are configured e Drive Locking Data Security e Backup Button The SteelVine Manager software includes a graphical user interface GUI for Windows Macintosh and Linux operating systems that allows you to configure manage and monitor the SteelVine Storage Reference Design hard disk drives and virtual volumes The SteelVine Storage Reference Designs can also be configured managed and monitored without using the Steel Vine Manager softw
17. 1 1 Table 11 Sections of the Advanced Configuration Wizard Section Description Storage Shows the available Steel Vine Storage Policies that you can assign to volumes The Policy options are enabled after you create a new volume or select an existing volume to edit Displays disk space for each hard drive All space allocated to the same volume Drive Graph appears in a matching color A hatch pattern indicates a proposed configuration and a solid block indicates an existing volume Shows Volume Mode storage policy and Size details for currently configured Volume List volumes Select a volume to edit or delete The Total GB s Left field below the volume list shows the remaining capacity gigabytes for all the hard drives Permit volume creation and modification on each hard drive Use check box indicates drive membership within a volume Advanced Slider specifies capacity allocated to a volume Controls Text field shows the capacity specified by manipulating the slider Cap field shows maximum capacity for the hard drive Vol shows the hard drive capacity allocated to the noted volume Table 12 Toolbar Buttons on the Advanced Configuration Wizard Button Tooltip Description Reads a saved configuration into the Advanced Read a configuration from Configuration Wizard so you can apply the configuration to the SteelVine Storage Reference Design Available in Basic and Advanced modes Write configuration f
18. Configure Box Ctrl C 8 Schedule Drive Verify E Ctrl S A Configure Pop Ups Specify Policy Ctrl P 3 Specify Email Notification 4 Event Log Ctrl F Specify Firmware Bu zi Backup Button Ctrl T Lock Drive To change the configuration requires password Please input your password now p M Cancel 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 29 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 3 Select a storage policy in the Storage Policy frame wxx SteelVine Manager File Edit Help Basic Configuration Wizard for 5 SteelVine Manager 12345678 nines Storage Policy Drive 0 Drive 1 JBOD C SAFE RAID 1 BIG 3 C SAFE33 C SAFE5D FAST RAID 0 Volume 0 Volume 232 09b GB 232 006 GB Total GB s Left 0 232 885 RB 232 885 GB 1 Cancel o pb 7 Table 10 Basic Mode Policies Policy Description Creates a logical volume for each physical hard drive Available only for JBOD bypass SATA host controllers that provide Port Multiplier support and only available for the top level node of a cascaded configuration Creates one volume One hard drive mirrors the other The system SAFE RAID 1 automatically restores data redundancy to a SAFE volume when an offline drive comes back online Concatenates all hard drives into a single volume Creates one SAFE v
19. Insert the correct hard disk drive Unlock the drive or use a different drive Drive is being rebuilt or the rebuild is being No action is needed wait verified The percentage complete also for the rebuild or verify appears operation to complete Light Blue New drive was installed Purple Wrone slot Mismatched Serial and Expected Serial Install the correct drive p E because a drive 15 installed in the wrong bay into the bay Monitor Temperature Rebuilding or Orange Verifying The Steel Vine Storage Reference Design uses the following colors to indicate temperature status inside the appliance Table 16 Color Codes for Temperature Status Color Definition Resolution Yello Temperature is greater than Remove objects that interfere with airflow around the W 40 Celsius 104 Fahrenheit Steel Vine Storage Reference Design Ensure constant airflow around the Steel Vine Storage Temperature is greater than Reference Design If there is no airflow replace the fan 45 Celsius 113 Fahrenheit Identify the drive causing the temperature increase and replace it Note If no temperature sensor is installed a value of n a will appear 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 87 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Monitor Fan Status The SteelVine Storage Reference Design uses the following colors and values to indicate fan status Table 17 Color Codes for Fan Status Color Valu
20. Mass Storage Device item 5 The following message then appears Safe to Remove Hardware You can now safely disconnect the device from your computer Note If your host USB adapter does not support this feature the device should be disabled using the Device Manager or your system should be shut down cleanly and powered off before disconnecting the USB device Macintosh Systems You must un mount the hard drive system by dragging the hard drive icon to the trash before disconnecting it or powering it down Linux Systems You must manually un mount the volume using the appropriate Linux command for your specific system type before disconnecting it Hard Disk Drive Hot Plug and Unplug When using a SATA host connection the hard disk drives can be hot plugged or hot unplugged while the system is running However to avoid data corruption or loss care should be taken to ensure that the host system 1s not currently using any drive that 1s about to be hot unplugged When using a USB host connection the hard disk drives should not be hot plugged or hot unplugged while the system is running Instead you should eject the drives or shut down your host system before connecting or disconnecting any hard disk drives 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 17 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 ATAPI Device Limitations The following limitations apply when connecting an ATAPI device to a SATA port of the SteelVine stora
21. a hierarchical structure that combines the storage capacities from all units By combining multiple SteelVine Storage Processors in a cascaded configuration multiple device drive configurations can be presented as virtual volumes which results in a larger storage capacity than upgrading to larger physical hard disk drives You can cascade SteelVine Storage Processors up to 3 levels deep with one top level node up to two second level nodes and up to four third level nodes Any combination of hard drives and or SteelVine Storage Reference Designs can be connected in a cascaded configuration You can connect any of the following combinations of devices to a SteelVine processor two hard drives one hard drive and one SteelVine Storage Processor or two SteelVine Storage Processors Note The Sil5733 SteelVine Storage Processor can only be used as a top level node it cannot be a subordinate node within a cascaded configuration Figure 9 shows various SteelVine device configurations that can be assembled using multiple SteelVine Storage Processors and multiple hard disk drives 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 12 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Level 1 Level 2 3 drives Figure 9 Cascading drive configuration options Note The SATA link between cascaded nodes in a cascaded configuration is not Port Multiplier aware Therefore although it is possible to configure lower level nodes subordinate
22. and turn on the power In this mode no virtual volume s will be created until the storage policy and volume selections are made through the GUI To change from GUI mode to some other fixed storage policy thereafter set the rotary switch to the desired position and press the push button to create the new virtual volume s SteelVine Storage Policies You can configure the Steel Vine Storage Reference Design to use any of the following Storage Policies to map the appliance s physical hard drives to virtual drives that are visible to the host computer The virtual drives are called volumes in the GUI The host operating system treats each volume as if it were a single physical drive This virtualization allows you to overcome restrictions that are imposed by physical hard drives such as speed storage capacity or data storage reliability BIG The BIG storage policy concatenates a series of physical hard drives as a single large volume resulting in a seamless expansion of virtual volumes beyond the physical limitations of singularly connected hard drives SteelVine BIG storage policy delivers maximum storage space without a single large capacity and costly hard drive Any node within a cascaded configuration can be set to BIG For more information about Cascading refer to Page 12 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 6 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Hard drive A and B are concatenated into a single virtual volum
23. location 2 Drag the Applications Utilities SteelVine folder to the trash to remove the GUI modules and supporting files 3 Drag the Library gt StartupItems gt SteelVineDaemon folder to the trash to remove the daemon startup scripts Install New Software For Windows or Linux follow the instructions in the SteelVine Quick Installation Guide for your operating system to install a new version of the SteelVine Manager software 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 81 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 13 Customizing the SteelVine Manager Editing the UserConfig xml File The UserConfig xml file is used to define the Status Screen Title Bar and allow configuration of the Policy Change as well as the Advanced Configuration features The UserConfig xml file can be found in the following location C Program Files Silicon Image 57xx SteelVine SilI Config To edit this file right click on the file name move the mouse to Open With and select Notepad Size Type 52 vm 1KB XML Document Open Edit Edit with XmlPad Open With d E XML Editor ca winzip ak Notepad lw Microsoft Office Word Send To e Internet Explorer m a Microsoft Office InfoPath Copy Choose Program Create Shortcut Delete Rename Properties When this file 16 open you will see the following P UserConfig Notepad File Edit Format wiew Help 5 g
24. volumes not yet saved Light solid colors identify unallocated disk space Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 7 Select the FAST radio button in the Storage Policy section Note Only the Storage Policies that are supported by your specific SteelVine Storage Processor chip type will appear in the list 8 Select the Use check box below both Drive and Drive 1 because FAST volumes striped across two hard drives 9 Verify the sliders below both drives automatically moved all the way to the right to allocate the remaining capacity on the two drives to the FAST volume Note You can allocate less than the total remaining capacity to the second volume If you do that however the capacity is unavailable and unused 10 Click Update Volume 1 97xx SteelVine Manager File Edit Help 5 LE 0S0 00 090 OO Advanced Configuration Wizard for 5 xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 Drive 0 Storage Policy SAFE RAID 11 BIG T f FAST RAID 0 Volume 0 BIG EE Volume 1 Made U 117 885 Use KEX To Basic Mode 117 885 GB v Use 10 117 89 117 89 Visi eere 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 43 Document Number 0057 000 Configuration File SteelVine Manager File Edit Help for 5 xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 Storage Policy SAFE RAID 1 BIG f FAST RAID D Drive Total GB
25. 057XX 000 Version 1 1 dev disk1s3 G5 Panther Apple HFS 152 55 GB 4 Now move the slider all the way to the right within the Resize dialog box Maximum resize Select a new size for this volume by using the controls above then click on the Start button ro begin Once you click on Start it will execute the volume resize request The new storage capacity will be added to the existing drive while maintaining the data on the volume 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 98 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Appendix CFile System Expansion for Linux Overview This appendix describes the procedures needed with Linux for expanding file systems that have been created on volumes that have increased in size while preserving all of your existing data After you have added more hard disk drives to increase the storage capacity of a BIG volume you must use the supplemental procedure described below to allow the expanded capacity to be recognized by Linux The following example illustrates a hard disk growing from a JBOD to a BIG Storage Policy A software tool named GNU Parted available from http www gnu org software parted parted html can be used to grow the partition that was created in JBOD Storage Policy to a BIG Storage Policy disk GNU Parted easily organizes your hard drive by creating resizing copying your partitions on a Linux system There are other third party products are a
26. 3 9 Pop Up Eiro NOUfICat ON b 65 OVEIVIEW AE CET 65 Accessing the Pop Up Error Notification 4 2 nennen nnn 65 1 0 Drive Bore ENTRE T 66 Overview not implemented 66 Accessing the Drive Locking Dialogissa nanaonan aa aa UE aa Cpu 66 Enable Security and Lock Drives iioi v ce oe dure Eo code cosa uso eU edges e russi DOSE 67 DFIVES RC S 68 secure Erase and Unlock Drive niin ian eoa dee Pone 69 DiISADIe rcs 69 1 1 Ern 71 OVeLVIG Wo xii ee ae ete ee eee 71 Accessing the Backup Button Dialog 5 eese eco vade ke eee ra Deer avena cre 71 PIMC MP 72 Other Third Party Applications Eon s Eee eve 72 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page v Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 1 2 Administering the SteelVine
27. 3288868 Cap 232 886 GB Storage Policy C SAFE RAID 1 f FAST RAID 0 m co Lf C y w 9 E LO p e PERS ES SteelVine Manager File Edit Hel Volume Q BIG 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 45 Partitioning Volumes for details 13 Partition the configured volumes to complete the implementation See Chapter 5 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 5 Partitioning Volumes This section explains how to partition volumes after configuring them in the SteelVine Manager GUI You must partition volumes for the host computer s operating system before you can store data on the volumes Refer to the operating system s documentation for further guidance Partition a Volume MS Windows Important Before reconfiguring a volume back up your data and delete previously defined SteelVine Storage Reference Design partitions If no hard disk drives are connected to the SteelVine Storage Processor the SteelVine Processor device the Not Initialized disk with no capacity allocated to it will appear Do not initialize or modify that device 1 Right click the My Computer icon on your desktop and select Manage from the pop up window Open My Co Explore Search Network Drive Disconnect Wetwork Drive Create Shortcut Delete Rename Properties 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 46 D
28. 6 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Configure Multiple Volumes The Advanced Configuration Wizard allows many combinations of storage policies and capacities This procedure illustrates modifying a basic BIG configuration so that it contains two volumes one BIG and one FAST that use capacity on two drives The same sequence of steps applies to any combination you choose to implement only the storage policy and capacity allocation vary for different configuration options Note Before reconfiguring an existing SteelVine Storage Reference Design with a new configuration back up your data and use the Disk Management utility for your operating system to delete all partitions on SteelVine drives After you configure and partition the new volumes restore the backed up data to the new configuration 1 Select Configure Box from the Edit menu or click the Configure Box toolbar button to open the Basic Configuration Wizard 2 SteelVine Manager Configure File Edit Action Help 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 37 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 2 From the Basic Configuration Wizard click Advanced Mode to open the Advanced Configuration Wizard 5 xx SteelVine Manager File Edit Help Basic Configuration Wizard Advanced Mode for 5 xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 Storage Policy JBOD SAFE RAID 1 BIG SAFE33 lt FAST RAID 0
29. Basic Configuration Wizard Storage Policy SAFE RAID 1 BIG SAFE33 SAFEB C FAST RAID 0 Volume BIG Total GB s Left 0 232 006 GB Cap 232 006 Cap Cancel 7 Partition the configured volumes to complete the implementation Refer to Chapter 5 Apply Partitioning Volumes for details 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 32 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 4 Advanced Configuration This section describes how to use the Advanced Configuration Wizard to apply more than one storage policy to volumes on the SteelVine Storage Reference Design This mode 15 entered by selecting the GUI only position on the rotary switch if the Advanced Configuration feature is enabled for your system refer to Customizing the Steel Vine Manager on page 82 In addition if you are using a SATA host connection your SATA controller must be Port Multiplier aware Why Advanced Configuration The Basic Configuration Wizard provides predefined storage policies to quickly configure the SteelVine Storage Reference Design Each predefined storage policy allocates the total system capacity to the selected JBOD SAFE FAST or BIG storage policy The SAFE33 and SAFESO storage policies are not available in the Advanced Configuration Wizard although the equivalent SAFE and BIG volumes can be configured manually Using the Advanced Configuration Wizard you can configure up to two vol
30. Button push button the Steel Vine Storage Reference Design platform which will launch the Retrospect Express application extension that was installed as part of that package The first time you launch that application extension you will be prompted to configure the backup job parameters such as source and destination directories Thereafter whenever you press the Backup Button push button on the Steel Vine Storage Reference Design the specified backup job will automatically begin While the backup job 15 running the Backup LED on the Steel Vine Storage Reference Design will blink and additional button presses will be ignored until the backup job has completed When the backup job is completed the Backup LED will return to its normal State Other Third Party Applications If you do not have the EMC Retrospect Express application installed on your computer you can browse for any other application program 1 Backup Button Select a Backup Application from the list below ar use the Browse button ta add another Backup Application to the list Browse Select the Select Other Backup application item from the drop down list then use the Browse button to navigate to the folder that contains the application program On a Windows system you can select an executable file with a filename extension of exe or you can create a text file with an extension of cmd that contains one or more commands
31. Configure Email File Edit Action Help Notification To change the policy requires a password Please input your password now 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 60 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 3 Email Notification setup screen show below will appear Email Notification SMTP Server Name mai Y curCompany com Use DNS lookup if blank SMTP Server Port H 25 Use 25 if blank You ameti our Company com r aurM ameti our Company com sE our Company com When to send Edit Edit Message Partition Rebuild Start Never Every time Once Every Mise aM Never Every time C Once Every Minute 21 Never Every time Once Every Minute 1 Never Every time C Once Every Minute 21 Never Every time C Once Every Minute 21 Never Every time Once Every Minute Never Every time Once Every Never Every time Once Every Hor Never Ever time C Once Every Minute 21 Never Every time C Once Every Mise Never Every time C Once Every Minute 21 Silicon Accept Cancel mage Setting up Email Notification Enter the hostname or IP address of the SMTP server If you leave this blank the Steel Vine Manager will perform a DNS lookup and will attempt to find the address of the SMTP server automatically Server Name Use DNS lookup if blank 2 Enter the SMTP Server Port number or use the default
32. FE volume of 150 GB 1 2 of 300 GB and a BIG volume of 300 GB the remaining capacity after allocating 150 GB from each of the hard drives SteelVine Port 0 Port 1 ry Figure 7 SAFE50 storage policy sample configuration When using a SATA host connection you must have a PM Port Multiplier aware host adapter when using SAFESO on the top level node of a cascaded configuration so that ALL volumes be detected by the host If your SATA host adaptor is not PM aware then ONLY the SAFE volume will be detected and the BIG volume will not be accessible No such limitation exists when using a USB host connection For subordinate nodes in a cascaded configuration it 1s possible to configure the SAFESO storage policy although you will only see the SAFE volume from that node Therefore the SAFESO storage policy should only be used at the top level node of a cascaded configuration Refer to the Capacity Expansion for SAFE33 5 50 section below for additional information about expanding the storage capacity for the SAFESO Storage Policy Capacity Expansion for SAFE33 amp SAFE50 When using the SAFE33 and SAFES0 storage policies it is possible to begin with a single hard disk drive and then add a second hard disk drive to increase the size of the BIG virtual volume and to provide the data protection of the SAFE volume using mirroring when additional hard disk storage capacity 1s added 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s
33. Guide Page 11 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 SteelVine SAFE50 Steel Vine SAFE50 Port 0 Port 1 Port 0 Port 1 _ Not 99 GE Figure 8 Example of SAFE33 or SAFE50 Capacity Expansion Figure 8 shows an example of a single drive SAFE33 or SAFES50 Storage Policy configuration consisting of a 100GB hard drive Drive A connected to Port 0 Assuming that a SAFE50 Storage Policy is used 50GB SAFE volume and a 50GB BIG volume will be created although the SAFE volume will be in a degraded non mirrored state When Drive B 15 connected to Port 1 to increase the storage capacity the SAFE volume will be able to complete the mirror by using 50GB from the Drive B and the remaining capacity will be added to the existing BIG volume increasing it from 50GB to 100GB Important Some additional steps will be needed on your host computer system to allow it to recognize a volume that has been dynamically expanded refer to Appendix A through C for more information Cascading The cascading feature allows you to configure as much storage capacity as you need as few as two drives or as many as eight Refer to Figure 9 for some examples of cascaded configurations Cascading allows you to customize the amount of storage capacity without the financial technical and logistical downsides of traditional backup and restore methods Multiple SteelVine Storage Processors can be daisy chained together in
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35. Slot Use Bigger Drive Mismatch Not Readable Locked or Unavailable Drive S N Shows the unique serial number assigned by the disk manufacturer Shows the expected serial number The SteelVine Storage Reference Design Exp S N compares the expected and actual drive serial numbers to detect when a drive s status changes TNI Shows the status of the Drive Locking security feature refer to Chapter 10 Drive y Locking on page 66 not implemented yet Capacity amp Volume Information Section Shows the storage policy configured for each volume If the volume is in any state other than Normal the additional status information will also appear in this item Total Shows the combined capacity of the volume Shows the amount of storage space GB available on each hard drive Shows the total volume capacity and the drive capacities assigned to each volume Table 3 File Menu on the Status Window Policy File Menu Item Description Change Password Opens a dialog to establish a new password Refreshes the status details presented on the Status window Change Connections Opens a dialog to establish remote connections Exits the Steel Vine Manager GUI Windows systems only 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 23 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Table 4 Edit Menu on the Status Window Edit Menu Item Description Opens the Basic Configuration Wizard This selection is only available when usi
36. The password feature 1s only available with the 5115744 5115734 and 5115723 SteelVine Storage Processors The 5115733 SteelVine Storage Processor is pre programmed with a unique internal password that 15 used to automatically enable security and lock the hard drives so no user interaction 1s required To use this feature with any of the 57X X Series Steel Vine Storage Processors all of your hard disk drives must be capable of supporting the ATA Security Commands Refer to the list of qualified hard disk drives at http www steelvine com 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 14 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Backup Button This feature allows you to launch a pre configured backup software application by simply pressing a push button on the SteelVine Storage Reference Design The backup button supports the EMC Retrospect Express version 6 5 or later backup application if that application software is installed on your system you can associate that backup application to the Backup Button through the SteelVine Manager GUI When you press the Backup Button on any SteelVine Storage Reference Design the specified application software will be started and the LED s on the SteelVine Storage Reference Design will give a visual indication of the progress of the specified backup job and let you know when the backup 15 completed Alternatively you specify the full pathname for another third party application program alth
37. This action should only be used as a last resort when all other attempts to remember your password have failed Disable Security This option 1s only available when the security feature 1s enabled but the hard drives have been unlocked and it should only be used when you no longer need to protect your data from access by unauthorized users When you select the Disable Security radio button and click on the Apply button in the primary Drive Locking screen the following dialog appears 1 87xx SteelVine Manager Disable Security for 5 xx SteelVine Manage This will allow the data stored on your disks to be accessed without a password M MH T Cancel E 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 69 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 To disable security click on the Disable Security button Another confirmation is required to verify that you really want to disable security 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 70 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 11 Backup Button Overview The Backup Button feature allows you to launch a pre selected third party software application by pressing a special purpose push button on the SteelVine Storage Reference Design different from the mode change push button used to create a new Storage Policy Direct support is available for the Retrospect Express backup application from EMC Corporation version 6 5 or later although you configure thi
38. Version 1 1 Table 6 Toolbar Buttons on the Status Window Button Tooltip Description Opens the Basic Configuration Wizard This selection only Configure Box appears when the Config 2 0 pins are set to the GUI Configuration mode Schedule a disk Verify activity This selection only appears a ay A Contiene Uns Configure the Pop Up messages This selection is only 5 PP available for the top level node of a cascaded configuration Shows the Rebuild Policy settings that are defined by the GPI pins appears when one more SAFE volumes exist Show Event Log View the Event Log View the current version or download an updated version of the SteelVine Storage Processor firmware This selection is only available for the top level node of a cascaded configuration Specify Firmware Configure the operation of email message notification This Email Notification selection 15 only available for the top level node of a cascaded configuration Configure the third party backup application that should be Backup Button launched when the Backup Button is pressed on the SteelVine Storage Reference Design Enable disable the hard drive data security mechanism not Drive Locking implemented yet 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 25 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 3 Basic Configuration This section describes the Basic Configuration Wizard and explains how to conf
39. Volume BIG 455 7r Total GB s Left 0 232 886 GB 232 886 GB r m Cancel 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 38 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 3 Select the BIG Volume 0 in the volume list and click the Edit Selected Volume toolbar button 2 7xx SteelVine Manager Fle Edt Help 104 Advanced Configuration Edt selected volume for 5 xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 Storage Policy SAFE RAID 1 BIG FAST RAID 0 Select Volume BIG 465 773 Volume 0 Use Click Edit after selecting To Basic Mode t aime 2 0 Total GB s Left 0 232 596 GE Vol 0 232 885 RB Vol 0 232 885 GB 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 39 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 4 Move the slider below Drive to the left to change the BIG volume s capacity allocation from the entire hard drive to a portion of the drive This frees capacity for the second volume 2 xx SteelVine Manager fx Eile Edit Help WR MANH Advanced Configuration Wizard To Basic Mode for 5 xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 _ To Basic Mode 7 Drive Drive 1 Storage Policy is ais SAFE RAID 1 BIG FAST RAID 0 Volume O BIG 465 772 Move slider Use Use 115 00 115 00 Total GB s Left o eE Cap 232 886 GB Vol 0 232 886 GE Vol 0 232 856 GE il ic
40. XX 000 Version 1 1 2 Getting Started ema 19 Starting the SteelVine Manager issin e a e E Ea a E 19 MSN DION se a 19 MaC OS A iaa mr 20 EE t O PESEE EEE EE EE ET EE ENTE PEEN EIE AT E EE ETHER ETE EA 21 Introducing the SteelVine Manager iicccccievecccisesscecessvcewssvevcesesdevecseseceverseecssseresceterssedevanwssserersesusvaceunedecees 22 3 Basic Configuratio N EER RREA 26 A Look at the Basic Configuration Wizard 26 Configure a E 29 4 Advanced Copfiguratloh nsien TA T N 33 Why Advanced Configuration sroine iaai a aa aaraa 33 A Look at the Advanced Configuration 34 Configure Multiple VolUlfiBS ios nei Ee iota na ue tee en sue ca ao gre E 37 5 Partitioninig Volumes xou accuses EI MEME I 46 Parton 3 VOIUITIG aei qoaa a E EEUU 46 IV US WW TING OW te oc Cru Peu Eo s ent 46 S un po 22 IE iP 53 6 VIEW
41. age 26 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 1 Sixx SteelVine Manager File Edit Help Basic Configuration Wizard for 5 xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 To Advan ced M ode Storage Policy Drive D Drive 1 SAFE RAID 1 BIG Storage SAFE33 Policy SAFE50 M alume 0 Volume FAST RAID 0 232 886 GB 232 886 GB Bu Graph Total GB s Left 0 Volume Cap 232 886 GB 232 886 GB List C Y Figure 11 Basic Configuration Wizard Table 7 Sections of the Basic Configuration Wizard Wizard Section Description Identifies available Steel Vine Storage Policies to assign to the Steel Vine Storage Policy Storage Reference Design configuration Shows Volume Mode storage policy and Size details for logical volumes Volume List The Total GB s Left field below the volume list shows the remaining capacity in gigabytes for all hard drives Displays disk space for each hard drive Storage capacity that is allocated to the same volume appears in a matching color A hatch pattern indicates a Drive Graph proposed configuration and a solid block indicates an existing volume The field below each drive in the drive graph shows the maximum capacity in gigabytes for that hard drive Table 8 Toolbar Buttons on the Basic Configuration Wizard Button Tooltip Description Reads a saved configuration into the Basic Configuration Wizard so you can
42. al procedure described below to allow the expanded capacity to be recognized by Mac OS X The following example illustrates a hard disk growing from a JBOD to a BIG Storage Policy A software tool named VolumeWorks from SubrosaSoft available from http www subrosasoft com OSXSoftware index php main page product info amp products id 6 be used to grow the partition that was created in JBOD Storage Policy to a BIG Storage Policy disk SubrosaSoft VolumeWorks easily organizes your hard drive by creating resizing copying your partitions on a Mac OS X 10 3 or higher system There are other third party products are available to perform similar volume management activities but those products are very sophisticated and are not described in this manual Procedure Growing partition volume with VolumeWorks Limitations of Resize Move e VolumeWorks can only resize HFS partitions e The second drive when growing from JBOD to BIG must not have any partition information on it It must be a raw disk with no data of any kind To extend a volume follow these steps 1 Start VolumeWorks 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 96 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Maxtor 6 160 0 152 67 GB SanDisk Cruzer Mini 977 5 MB 2 Click on the volume that you want to extend then click on Repartition button on the bottom LLL SERES 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 97 Document Number MAN 0
43. apply the configuration to the SteelVine Storage Reference Design Read a configuration from a file Write configuration from system to a file Restore configuration to Cancels proposed changes last commit 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 27 Save a Configuration File to a file on the host computer Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Table 9 Command Buttons on the Basic Configuration Wizard Button Label Description Opens the Advanced Configuration Wizard This option is only available if the Advanced Configuration mode is enabled for you system If you are To Advanced Mode using a SATA host connection this option is only available if your SATA controller is PM aware For more information refer to Customizing the Steel Vine Manager on page 82 Submits configuration changes to the SteelVine Storage Reference Design Apply closes the Wizard and displays the updated configuration on the Status Window Aborts the changes and closes the Wizard 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 28 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Configure Volumes Note Before reconfiguring the SteelVine Storage Reference Design you must delete any previously defined partitions See Partition a Volume for details 1 Select Configure Box from the Edit menu or click the Configure Box toolbar button to open the Basic Configuration Wizard B xx 5teelVine Manager Edit Acton Help
44. are 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 3 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 LBA concatenation SERIAL striping mirroring Any combination of Physical Drives or Virtual Volumes Virtual Volumes Figure 1 SteelVine Architecture Populated with two external Serial ATA eSATA hard disk drives HDDs each Steel Vine Storage Processor can manage as much as 2 000 gigabytes 1 2 terabytes of data depending on the capacity of the hard disk drives that are installed By combining multiple Steel Vine Storage Reference Designs in a daisy chained hierarchy structure you can increase the total storage capacity of your system For more information refer to Steel Vine Storage Policies on page 6 and Cascading on page 12 Note The 5115733 can only be used as a top level node it cannot be a subordinate node 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 4 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 SATA Features The SteelVine Storage Reference Design provides the following Serial Advanced Technology Attachment SATA features e Automatic negotiation between SATA I 1 5Gbps and SATA II 3 0 Gbps e Serial ATA 2 5 specification compliance Gen2m Serial Port Multiplier 1 1 specification compliance For detailed information about SATA technology refer to the following specifications online Serial ATA High Speed Serialized AT Attachment Revision 1 0a e Serial ATA II E
45. arty application or command file the Backup LED on the SteelVine Storage Reference Design platform will not give any indication of the program s status 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 73 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 12 Administering the SteelVine Manager This section explains how to perform administrative functions in the Steel Vine Manager Changing the Administrative Password The SteelVine Manager restricts configuration access with a password prompt The password information 1s stored locally on the host running the daemon The default password is admin See to the Manage the Client Connection Daemon section for a description of the daemon 1 Select Change Password from the File menu SteelVine Manager File Edit Acton Help Change Password BULL Scan Drives Change Connection Cries Quit Ctrl 2 Enter the current password or use admin if you have not changed the default password and click OK 1 97 xx SteelVine Manager Password To change the password requires inputting the original password Please input your password now 3 Enter a new password of five or more characters in both password fields 1 9fxx SteelVine Manager les Change Password for 5 Steelvine Manager Mew password Retype password ee Cancel E 4 Click OK to save the new password 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Pag
46. ched the SteelVine Storage Reference Design to a host computer that has been installed with the SV HBA3124 or SV HBA3132 host controller or another third party SATA host controller with Port Multiplier PM support To install and attach the SteelVine Storage Reference Design see steps described in the Quick Installation Guide for your host computer s operating system If you use a host controller that does not provide Port Multiplier support e The JBOD storage policy 15 unavailable when configuring the Steel Vine Storage Reference Design Only one disk is available on the host computer e Virtual volumes that you create in the Advanced Configuration Wizard must use at least 8 gigabytes GB of available system capacity USB Host Connections If you are connecting your Steel Vine Storage Reference Design using a USB connection to your host the USB port should be compliant with USB 1 0 2 0 or connected to a USB hub Changing Host Connections 5115744 and 5115734 support both USB and SATA host connections although only one connection can be attached at any given time For the best data transfer performance you should always use the SATA host connection If it becomes necessary to change the host connection between SATA and USB the host computer system and the Steel Vine Storage Reference Design should both be powered down prior to making the host connection change to avoid any potential data loss or corruption After changing the h
47. consisting of program names and command line parameters and ends with an exit command similar to a DOS batch file bat 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 72 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Specify the program directory and command filename Look in Bras Steely ine icons 8 GEXmla dii 23151 Config 8 svHelper dll Translations Logo T3 SteelvineMmanagerHelp C SquareLoga Steelvine Logo rg SteelvineManager SplashLaqo O Stop SquareLaga ES mswvcp1 dii C Steelyine ET mesvcr 1 dll SquareLoga 5 at3Support4 dl 2 GtCore4 dii AppFile 5 otGuid dll Steelvine 55 OtNetworkd dil S QtSgl4 dll Places Files of type Command files L ancel Click on the application program or command file that you want to associate with the Backup Button and then click on the Open button The full pathname of that application program will be added to the drop down list in the previous dialog Click on the Apply button to save that association It is possible to add any number of application programs to the drop down list although only one application program can be the active selection Once the application program has been 15 selected you can then press the Backup Button push button on the SteelVine Storage Reference Design platform to launch the application that you specified When launching a third p
48. d the resulting virtual volumes will include SAFE volume of 100 GB 1 3 of 300 GB and a BIG volume of 400 GB the remaining capacity after allocating 100 GB from each of the hard drives SteelVine Port 0 Port 1 S ds Figure 6 SAFE33 storage policy sample configuration When using a SATA host connection you must have a PM Port Multiplier aware host adapter when using SAFE33 on the top level node of a cascaded configuration so that ALL volumes can be detected by the host If your SATA host adaptor 1s not PM aware then ONLY the SAFE volume will be detected and the BIG volume will not be accessible No such limitation exists when using a USB host connection For subordinate nodes in a cascaded configuration it 1s possible to configure a SAFE33 storage policy although you will only see the SAFE volume from that node Therefore the SAFE33 storage policy should only be used at the top level node of a cascaded configuration Refer to the Capacity Expansion for SAFE33 amp 5 50 section below for additional information about expanding the storage capacity for the SAFE33 Storage Policy SAFE50 The 5 50 storage policy creates two virtual volumes one SAFE volume and one BIG volume and should be used when you need the high reliability for some of your data with the added overhead of mirroring but you don t need high reliability for the remainder of your data SAFESO reduces the cost of additional hard drives in operations wh
49. dc Disk label type msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0 063 800000 000 primary ext2 0 000 800000 000 megabytes 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 100
50. dvanced Mode not displayed ju uu AllowAdvancedConfig truec AllowAdvancedConfig AllowAdvancedConfig falsec AllowAdvancedConfig The AllowTemperature item is used to enable or disable the display of the System Temperature field on the Steel Vine Manager Status Window When the value is set to true the Temperature field will be displayed When the value 15 set to false the Temperature field will not be displayed lt AllowTemperature gt true lt AllowTemperature gt lt AllowTemperature gt false lt AllowTemperature gt The AllowFanSpeed item is used to enable or disable the display of the Fan Speed field on the Steel Vine Manager Status Window When the value is set to true the Temperature field will be displayed When the value is set to false the Temperature field will not be displayed ud not displayed AllowFanSpeed truec AllowFanSpeed lt AllowFanSpeed gt false lt AllowFanSpeed The DriveOTitle Drivel Title and SNTitle items allow you change the headings for the Drive and Enclosure Serial Number fields on the SteelVine Manager Status Window Wu Wu DriveOTitle Drive lt DriveOTitle gt DriveOTitle Slot lt DriveOTitle 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 83 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 The SysFanSpeedLo SysFanSpeedHi PwSupFanSpeedLo and PwSupFanSpeedHi keywords allow you define the high and low threshold valu
51. e the Figure below with a storage capacity that 15 equal to the sum of each of the physical hard drives A and B Virtual BIG 5 Capacity is Drive volume Steel Vine Port 0 Port 1 Figure 2 BIG storage policy sample configuration It is also possible to create a BIG volume using only a single hard disk drive connected to Port and then increase the storage capacity of the volume later by adding another hard disk drive or another Steel Vine Storage Processor with at least one hard disk drive to Port 1 and pressing the Mode Change push button The new disk blocks of Port will be concatenated to the end of the disk blocks of Port 0 and any data that is stored on the existing BIG volume will be preserved However it is not possible to expand an existing BIG volume by adding another hard disk drive to Port and still preserve any existing data on that volume JBOD The JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks storage policy enables each hard drive to be seen separately as one drive When using a SATA host controller JBOD should only be used if the SATA host controller provides Port Multiplier PM support If a host is not PM aware only a single drive is presented drive 0 No such limitation if using a USB host connection JBOD storage policy is available in the Steel Vine Manager for a standalone non cascaded Storage Processor or the top level node of a cascaded configuration but not for subordinate nodes Even though you can u
52. e 74 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Manage Configuration Files The Configuration Wizard provides menus and toolbar buttons to manage configuration files The Read Config File command in the File menu imports a configuration file so that the user can restore a previously saved configuration storage policy This feature will only be available the GUI Only mode on the rotary switch The Save to Config File command in the File menu exports the SteelVine Storage Reference Design configuration to a file Each of the procedures in the Basic Configuration section prompts you to save a configuration file Import Read a Configuration File Note You must have previously saved a configuration file so that one is available to import 1 Select Configure Box from the Edit menu or click the Configure Box toolbar button to open the Basic Configuration Wizard Select Read Config File from the File menu DTP 0 SteelVine Manager File Edit Help FS Read Contig File EE Save to Contig File 5 Navigate to the required file and click Open to import it The Wizard provides notice of a successful import and graphically displays the imported volumes Click Apply to implement the imported configuration 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 75 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Save a Configuration File 1 Select Configure Box from the Edit menu or click the Configure Box toolbar button to op
53. e 79 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Install New SteelVine Manager Software Before you install new software uninstall the current version The un installation process stops the daemon so it can be removed along with the user interface The new version of the daemon starts automatically when you install new software Uninstall Current Software MS Windows 1 Exit the Steel Vine Manager GUI 2 From the Windows taskbar select Start Control Panel Add or Remove Programs Select the SteelVine SteelVine Storage Reference Design Manager program and click Remove f Add or Remove Programs Seles Currently installed programs Change ar 7 B Remove xx Steel ine Programs Click here For support information Optionally move or delete the xml configuration files that the InstallShield Wizard left in the installation directory by default C Program Files Silicon Image 57xx Steel Vine Note When updating the software you must manually delete the database files named SV_SQL3_Config db and SV_SQL3_Events db from the C WINDOWS system32 directory Be sure to remove these files BEFORE installing the new software 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 80 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Mac OS X 1 Optionally move saved xml configuration files from the Applications gt Utilities gt SteelVine SteelVine Manager folder to another
54. e Definition Resolution Both system and power supply fans are functionin None required Green Normal MER 8 q within limits The system fan is not spinning or is spinning slower System y E p 5 than expected PS The power supply fan 15 not spinning or is spinning Contact point of sale slower than expected for repair System PS Both system and power supply fans are not spinning or are spinning slower than expected Note If no fan speed sensor is installed a value of n a will appear Review Event Logs Event logs are helpful for troubleshooting and locating a system malfunction 1 Select Event Log from the Edit menu in the Status Window 1 97xx SteelVine Manager Edit Acton Help Configure Box Ctrl C Schedule Drive Ctrl S A Configure Pop Ups Specify Policy Ctrl P Specify Email Notification Ctrl E Specify Firmware Bu Backup Button Ctrl T Lock Drive 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 88 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 STE SteelVine Manager Kex Event Log Type Message Discovered 2 drives Bos Status Normal Temperature 35 System Fan Power Supply Fan Firm Successtully installed the new map table Discovered 2 drives Bos Status Normal Temperature 35 System Fan OF Power Supply Fan Firm Successfully installed the new map table Discovered 2 drives Bos Status Normal T
55. e HBA to an alternate PCI X slot e Try the HBA in a PCI slot Verify the System LED status to confirm power Verify HBA BIOS recognizes empty SteelVine Storage Reference Design SteelVine Storage Reference Turn off PCI bus power save mode in the host BIOS Design USB connection is not Verify the USB connection and try a different USB cable recognized Connect to a different USB port Refer to Microsoft s Knowledge Base article 310575 http support microsoft com kbid 3 10575 for additional technical information about problems with USB device connections 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 91 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Verify HBA BIOS recognizes the empty SteelVine Storage Reference Design enclosure Before editing SteelVine virtual volumes in the Configuration Wizard use the operating system s Disk Manager to delete partitions on the volume Ensure that the SATA HBA driver is current The SV HBA3124 and SV HBA3132 host drivers are available at www steelvine com Operating system does not Troubleshoot driver recognize SteelVine virtual e Verify driver active status For Windows the Device Manager volumes should show the SCSI icon next to the HBA For Mac OS X the Disk Utility should show a SCSI Connection ID for the virtual disks on the physical hard drives Error messages during the driver installation would have indicated issues e Resolve resource conflicts IRQ DMA or I O
56. e of the following Drive Locking dialogs will appear depending on whether you have configured any volumes as JBOD The various radio buttons and pre selected items will vary depending on the current Drive Locking state of the hard drive s SteelVine Manager Lock Drives for 5 xx SteelVine Manager Select Action JAXX SteelVine Manager Lock Drives for 5 xx SteelVine Manager Select Action for Port 0 Enable Security and Lock Drives Unlock Drives f Secure Erase and UnLock Drives f Disable Security Apply J Select Action for Port 1 f Enable Security and Lock Drives Unlock Drives f Secure Erase and UnLock Drives Disable Security Enable Security and Lock Drives Unlock Drives Secure Erase and UnLock Drives Disable Security 0 Apply r 7 Apps Cancel 4 Select the radio button for the operation you wish to perform and then click the Apply button Refer to the following sections for a description of each operation Enable Security and Lock Drives This option 1s only available when the security feature 15 disabled When you select the Enable Security and Lock Drive s radio button and click on the Apply button in the primary Drive Locking screen the following dialog appears 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 67 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Axx SteelVine Manager Lock Drives for 5 xx SteelVine Ma
57. ed Configuration Dialogs Main Dialog MainDiaog O WriteConfigFile xpm Write Configuration File Basic amp Advanced Configuration Dialogs 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 84 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Creating a Splash Screen You can further customize the SteelVine Manager by creating your own splash screen 1 Create the logo for your splash screen there are no 1mage size limitations 2 Savethe logo as userlogo xpm e The xpm file type is UNIX based X PixMap format 3 Putthe userlogo xpm file in the following location C Program Files Silicon Image 57XX SteelVine SilI Config The splash screen will be displayed for two seconds each time you starts the Steel Vine Manager 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 85 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 14 Monitor and Troubleshooting This section describes options you can use to monitor and troubleshoot the SteelVine Storage Reference Design Monitor the SteelVine Storage Reference Design Monitor Drive Status The color of the drives and the labels in the Status Window indicate the state of the drive 1 B7xx 5teelVine Manager File Edit Action Help amp BAK f Topology G N 112345678 7 INE 12345678 3 goo 4 WD WCANK440 WD WwCANK436 WD WCANK440 232 886 GB 1232 886 GB 232 886 GB
58. ed Configuration Wizard Table 14 Toolbar Button Graphic Table 15 Color Codes and Labels for Drive Table 16 Color Codes for Temperature Status sse Tables C olor Codes Tor Pan ceu t ats Tablets SED Stale C Table 19 Troubleshooting ti von rents Figures Feur Laste Nine Aree CUTE ooo ppt ooi Eden eo tet be Hooded seo Hooded sent Figure 2 BIG storage policy sample configuration Figure 3 JBOD storage policy sample configuration Figure 4 FAST storage policy sample Figure 5 SAFE storage policy sample 11111001 Figure 6 SAFE33 storage policy sample Figure 7 SAFE50 storage policy sample Figure 8 Example of SAFE33 or SAFESO Capacity 1 Figure 9 Cascading drive configuration OPtiONS cccccccccccccccccccccececececceceeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Figure 10 Using Cascading to create a RAID 10
59. ed state If you ever forget the password that was used to lock the hard drives there is no way to recover your data In that case the only way to continue using the hard drives 1s to erase all of the data that was stored and protected using the Secure Erase and Unlock Drives action If you no longer wish to use the security feature you can disable it Once the security feature has been disabled you can only re enable it by entering and re entering a password although the drives must be unlocked before you can disable security The configuration and management of the Drive Locking feature 1s performed through the Drive Locking dialog Note This chapter pertains to the Sil5744 5115734 5115723 5115733 performs Automatic arive locking using a random and unique password that is pre programmed inside the chip so none of the dialogs described will appear when the Sil5733 is present Accessing the Drive Locking Dialog Use the following procedure to enable the security feature and lock all of the hard drives 1 Click on the Drive Locking icon along the top of the SteelVine Manager Status Window or select the Drive Locking item from the Edit menu pull down list 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 66 Document Number 0057 000 SEE SteelVine Manager File Edit Action Help Version 1 1 Drive Locking Icon Enter the Administrative password for your system the default password is admin On
60. elVine Manager File Edit Acton Help Bs fx Configure Box Ctrl C Schedule Drive Verify 5 i Configure Pop Ups Ctrl L E i N Specify Policy Ctrl F S Specify Email Notification Ctrl E Ps Event Log Ctrl F Specify EE Ctrl T Lock Drive 4 Backup Button 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 78 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 2 Enter the current password or use admin if you have not changed the default password and click OK 1 B7 xx SteelVine Manager Password To change the firmware requires a password Please input your password now The Firmware Selection dialog shows the Steel Vine Storage Processors that are attached to your host system the integrated circuit IC revision and the current firmware installed on each chip type 4 24 SteelVine Manager Ed 5 xx SteelVine Manager Firmware Steelvine Manager ID IC Revision localhost mec es teeline Manager 1 2345678 Capella 1 1018 Copyright 200 Silicon Image Inc i 57 SteelVine Manager 22222220 Altair 1 1018 Copyright 2007 Silicon Image Inc 3 Update firmware image Far 511544 ar 51 5734 fram file 4 Brwse 4 Update firmware image for 515733 or 515723 from file 5 e icon f Install M Close Image Firmware A Window 3 Select the Steel Vine Storage Reference Design that requires a firmware upgrade Ifa mixture of di
61. emperature 35 System Fan Power Supply Fan Firm E 12345678 12 4 2006 12 26 02 PM Successfully installed the new map table Info Discovered 2 dives Bos Status Normal Temperature 35 System Fan Power Supply Fan 4 k Silicon Image The Event Log screen displays a list of events in a table format of columns and rows Date displays the date and time of the event Box SN and Drive SN display the respective serial numbers for the event Drive Manufacturer displays vendor information Message gives an event description 2 Click Refresh to update the log or click Close to close the log 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 89 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Front Panel LEDs Both disk drives and the system to host connection have LEDs that reflect the drive and system states Figure 13 LEDs on the SteelVine Reference Designs Vega 5 shown in an enclosure Vega 4 System LED Expansion Port Status LED Alarm LED System LED Drive Status LEDs Vega 3 00 Vega 1 Alarm LED System LED System LED Alarm LED Table 18 LED States On Solid Blinking Flashing Drive 15 Drive is not being Bad drive or disconnected Normal read write Drive 1 rebuilding accessed from host activity Drive is Drive is not being Bad drive or disconnected Normal read write Drive 2 NE 2 rebuilding accessed from host activity a firmware Note The easie
62. en the Basic Configuration Wizard 2 Select Save to Config File from the File menu UOTA S SteelVine Manager File Edit Help 5 Read Contig File Chri Save to Config File Chrl 5 3 Navigate to the appropriate directory enter a file name in the File Name text box and click Save specify a Configuration File Save in 3 57s Steelvine icons 51 Config Translations My N File name gt Places Save as type Configuration files Cancel 2 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 76 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Manage the Client Connection to the Daemon The Steel Vine Manager software consists of two modules e Daemon a background process that establishes communication with the Steel Vine Storage Processors implemented as a Service on Windows platforms SteelVine Manager GUI an application that provides the graphical user interface The daemon monitors the status of the SteelVine Storage Reference Design By default the user interface attaches to a daemon running on the same host to display the information gathered by the daemon You can configure the user interface to display information tracked by a daemon running on a remote host Having the user interface remote to the daemon allows remote monitoring for system fan and hard drive failures Identification of a failed part may then allow the service provider to replace failed component
63. er 2 Ifthe launch sequence does not find the daemon a warning message appears Click OK The daemon is not running To launch the daemon you will be prompted for the administrator s password 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 20 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 3 Enter the system administrator root password and click OK Authentication Required 2 n Please enter your password el Sa K Cancel eee 4 A notice appears as the launch sequence attempts to start the daemon Click OK Starting daemon Launching GUI This will take a moment C Ok 3 If the daemon fails to start an error appears Follow the recommendations in the error message to correct the problem 5 Monitor the status of SteelVine Storage Reference Designs on the Status window SteelVineManager File Edit Action Help 57xx SteelVine Manager C3 Temperature an Speed Drives ew VDK91GTE14L1 Exp S N YABSVNFE VDK91GTE14L1 152 67 GB 153 386 GB 152 67 GB 152 67 GB 152 67 GB Refresh 6 Select menu options and follow the instructions in the remainder of this guide to configure SteelVine Storage Reference Designs When prompted enter the administrative password default password is admin Linux Use the following procedure to launch the Steel Vine Manager
64. ere non critical data could be lost without severe consequences SAFES0 uses a SAFE volume that is mirrored across two hard drives to protect your critical data in the event a hard drive failure If one drive fails the SAFE volume is retrievable although the BIG volume is not When you replace the failed drive the SAFE volume is automatically rebuilt on to the replacement drive For example if you are using a video editing application that stores the primary source data and also uses some temporary storage for editing you need protected storage that is offered by SAFE for the primary source data but you do not need protected storage for the temporary data 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 10 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Therefore the combination of SAFE and BIG would be the most efficient utilization of your available storage capacity If either hard drive fails the primary data stored on the SAFE volume would still be available whereas the temporary data stored on the BIG volume would be lost The size of the SAFE volume of a SAFESO policy will be one half of the size of one hard drive if they are equal or one half of the size of the smaller if they are not equal The size of the BIG volume will be the combination of all remaining capacities Example In Figure 7 below assume that Drives and B are 300 GB each When the SAFE50 Storage Policy is selected the resulting virtual volumes will include SA
65. erts 18 Device Manager ZPDisk 0 Basic C 37 25 GB 37 25 GB NTFS Online Healthy System agg Disk Defragmenter B Disk Management pick 1 ervices and Applications Basic 466 00 GE 466 00 GB ee ee Online Unallocated da 28 0 0 2 Properties DVD D Help No Media gi Unallocated gi Primary partition 4 Click Next to start the Partition Wizard New Partition Wizard Welcome to the New Partition Wizard This wizard helps vou create a partition an a basic disk A basic disk is a physical disk that contains primary partitions extended partitions and logical drives You can use any version of Windows or MS D05 to gain access to partitions on basic disks To continue click Nest Cancel 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 48 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 5 Select the Primary or Extended option and click Next How Partition Wizard Select Partition Type There thiee types of partitions primary extended and logical Select the partition you want to create Prmary partition C3 Estended partition Description 4 primary parition volume you create using free space a basic dsk Windows and other operating systems can start from a primary partition au can create up ta four primary parbtiars or three pimay partitions and an extended partition lt Back Mestan Ca
66. es A secondary audience consists of OEMs that purchase Steel Vine Storage Processors and use the Steel Vine Manager to configure their appliances This manual provides an initial starting point for OEMs to prepare their own end user documentation Note The information is this manual pertains to the initial release of the 57XX Series SteelVine Manager software Some product features may not be available or fully implemented at this time even though they are described here Those items are identified as Not Implemented Yet Those items will be included in future release of the product 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 1 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 1 Introducing the SteelVine Storage Reference Design This chapter introduces the family of 57X X Series SteelVine Storage Processors through a product overview and definitions of SteelVine storage policies Product Overview The SteelVine Storage Processors are available from leading storage partners in pre configured set ups with eSATA host connections some also include USB host connections Simply open the box and connect the appliance with an appropriate host cable it s that simple The Steel Vine Storage Processors are available in four different configurations each offering a different subset of features and capabilities as shown in the following table Table 1 Available Product Features by Chip Type Feature Sil5744 5115734 5115733 5115723
67. es for the system and power supply fans measured in tachometer clicks per revolution Any values that are detected outside of these ranges will cause the SteelVine Manager Status Window to indicate those values as warning conditions SysFanSpeedLo SysFanSpeedHi lt PwSupFanSpeedLo gt lt PwSupFanSpeedHi gt lt SysFanSpeedLo gt SysFanSpeedHi lt PwSupFanSpeedLo gt lt PwSupFanSpeedHi gt If an invalid value is detected in the XML tag value a pop up window will appear notifying you of the error and the tag where it can be found 1 57 xx 5teelVine Manager 1 Error discovered Sil Config UserConfig ml file at the tag Allow emperature reverting back to Silicon Image defaults L BKk 3J Note If the UserConfig xml file is missing the SteelVine Manager GUI will revert to Silicon Image default values Customizing the Toolbar Buttons You can customize the Steel Vine Manager by replacing the toolbar buttons with your own graphic 1mages in X Pixmap XPM format The following table shows the file names descriptions and pixel resolution of the toolbar buttons that can be customized In a Windows system these files are located in C Program Files Silicon Image 57xx SteelVine icons Table 14 Toolbar Button Graphic Files Filename Description Width Height Where Used PopupMsg xpm Configure Pop Ups 32 32 MainDiaog pesca xpm Restore Configuration Basic amp Advanc
68. ete the change Receiving an Email Notification When one of the conditions situations occurs a pop up dialog appears on the host computer stating that an email message has been sent 1 97xx SteelVine Manager d Message successfully sent to ournameiivourcompanvy caorm via mail yourcompany corm t 7 Note You must click Ok to remove the pop up from the screen The email message received from the Steel Vine Manager will appear similar to the illustration shown below 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 63 Document Number 0057 000 Version 1 1 E 57XX SteelVine Manager Event Notification Message Plain Text Sime File Edit View Insert Format Tools Actions Help Reply 8 Reply to All 3 Forward 4 Ex ww From y urnameginourcampany com Sent Tue 10 03 2006 11 08 AM To Your Subject 578 Steelvine Manager Event Notification E7XX oteelVine Manager 12345676 Drive Slot 1 Temperature 27 degrees C aystem Fan Speed Good Speed Power Supply Fan Speed Good Speed Box Serial Number 12245578 The drive was unplugged Note The actual appearance of this message will vary depending on the type of e mail client software that you are using on your computer system 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 64 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 9 Pop Up Error Notification Overview You can enable or disable the E
69. f that disk had previously been identified as non usable When this policy is Disabled the system will not rebuild a disk that had previously been identified as non usable Verify Rebuild Defines whether to automatically perform a verification of the data after a rebuild operation 15 completed When this policy 15 set to Enabled a verification of the copied data is automatically performed When this policy is Disabled an automatic verification of the copied data is not performed and any verification would need to be launched manually through the SteelVine Manager GUI These settings are based on the hard strapping of GPI pins 5 6 and 8 and cannot be modified through the SteelVine Manager GUI Accessing the Policy Settings Dialog Use the following procedure to open the Policy Settings Dialog 1 Click on the Policy Settings icon along the top of the SteelVine Manager Status window ya Bxx SteelVine Manager File Edit Acton Help View Policy Settings icon Note This selection is only available when at least one SAFE volume exists 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 54 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 2 When prompted enter the administrator password The default password is admin 1 SteelVine Manager Password To change rebuild policy requires a password Please input your password now Gil icon Cancel Image 3 The Policy Settings dialog s
70. fferent chip types 5115744 5734 vs 5115733 5723 exists this dialog will allow you specify the firmware image file for each type of Steel Vine chip 4 Click the Browse button next to the Update firmware from file text box navigate to the new firmware file you wish to load from a CD or hard disk and select the desired firmware image file with a bin filename extension for your specific Steel Vine chip 5 Click Install Firmware to begin the upgrade process A progress bar along the bottom of the dialog box will show the progress of the upgrade process Important Do not access or power off the SteelVine Storage Processor while installing the firmware image The firmware installation process takes less than two minutes to complete for a standalone system If subordinate nodes exist within a cascaded configuration the new firmware image will be propagated automatically to all subordinate nodes The firmware download time will vary depending on the number of nodes in your configuration 6 After the firmware download is completed a confirmation dialog appears directing you to restart your system If the Steel Vine Storage Processor is part of your system motherboard select the Shutdown Now option to shutdown your system so that the new firmware will be used upon startup Otherwise if the Steel Vine Storage Processor is used in an external enclosure you should cycle the power on that device 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Pag
71. g the old drive to the trash to un mount previously defined SteelVine Storage Reference Design partition If no hard drives are connected to the Storage Appliance the SteelVine Processor disk 8 0 GB Config Disk Media will appear Do not remove or modify that partition After you configure and partition the new volumes restore the backed up data to the new configuration 1 Launch Disk Utility from the Application gt Utilities folder eoo 2 Utilities 9 Internet Connect A Appli ffl Activity Monitor a ications Network io OCo AirPort Admin Utility 8 Internet Explorer E G5 HD Developer iPhoto d 21 AirPort Setup Assistant Library 2 Asia Text Extras iSync MAU 1 1 2 Update Log Audio MIDI Setup TEE Desktop System gt Mail lt gt Bluetooth File Exchange 2 System Folder a Bluetooth Serial Utility storage 3 User Guide formation 4 P Bluetooth p Assistant A 7 Office 200 Test Drive 22 Users P e ColorSync Utility A Applications OmniGraffle Console OmniOutliner Sf DiditalCol Documents Preview m Color Meter Name Disk Utility J 2 Directory Access Kind Application us Size 7 6 MB on disk Movies QuickTime Player M rrt 6 360 222 bytes Safari x Grab Created Thursday August
72. ge processor e ATAPI devices only supported in the JBOD mode they are not supported in virtual drive configurations e The GUI communication requires that the SteelVine storage processor be configured as JBOD with a hard disk drive connected to SATA port and an device connected to SATA port 1 e The GUI will not communicate with the SteelVine storage processor when in JBOD configuration and only ATAPI devices are connect to one or both of the SATA ports on the SteelVine processor 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 18 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 2 Getting Started Starting the SteelVine Manager Before you begin be sure that the SteelVine Manager software has been installed according to the instructions in the Quick Installation Guide for your host computer type MS Windows Click Start Program Files Silicon Image 57XX SteelVine SteelVineManager Once started the SteelVine Manager Application icon can be found in the Notification Tray located at the bottom right hand corner of the screen Double click the notification tray icon to open the SteelVine Manager GUI status window The Steel Vine Manager icon remains active in the notification tray even if you close the SteelVine Manager window It can be closed by right clicking on the icon and selecting Exit 5 13PM The Steel Vine Manager starts with the Status Window visible so you can monitor the Steel Vine S
73. he file system settings and click Finish to create the logical partition New Partition Wizard Completing the New Partition Wizard ou have successtully completed the Mew Partition Wizard Disk selected Disk 1 Partition size 475153 MB Drive letter or path E File system NTFS Allocation unit size Default Volume label My BIG Disk farmat To clase this wizard click Finish 10 Repeat steps 1 through 9 to partition any remaining disks you configured in the SteelVine Manager GUI L Computer Management Sele File Action View Window Help Computer Management Local Volume Layout Type File System Status Capacity Free Space 9 Free EL System Tools E C Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 37 25 GB 25 79 58 69 Event Viewer EM Partition Basic NTFS Healthy 464 9 464 02 GB 99 Shared Folders 1 88 Storage Removable Storage be Disk Defragmenter NE Disk Management DEL Services and Applications i ZPBDisk 0 Basic 37 25 37 25 NTFS Online Healthy System 1 Basic My BIG Disk E 464 99 GB 464 99 GB NTFS Online Healthy Sicp ROoM 0 DVD D Media 2 BE Primary partition 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 51 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Mac OS X Important Before reconfiguring a volume back up your data and dra
74. hown below will appear Policy Specification for 57xx SteelVine Manager System 5 xx SteelVine Manager Policy Specifications Init Rebuild Dio NOT Copy the Contents of one disk to the other on creation Auto Rebuild Do Auto Rebuild Verity Very the Rebuild For more information about how manually rebuild and verify a SAFE volume refer to Chapter 7 Rebuild amp Schedule Disk Verify 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 55 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 7 Rebuild amp Schedule Drive Verify This chapter describes the procedures for the following procedures e Manually start or abort a Rebuild operation e Manually start or abort a Verify operation e Schedule or modify an automatic Rebuild operation Note This set of features is only enabled when exactly one SAFE volume exists Start Rebuild If the hard drive should fail in any way the Steel Vine Manager 15 set up by default to automatically begin the rebuild process Once the Rebuild and Verify operation has been completed the disk will be available for optimal use When exactly one SAFE volume exists you can request a drive rebuild if the disk was marked bad or a previous rebuild operation was aborted To start the rebuild select Action Start Rebuild Select Drive n Once a rebuild process has been started it can also be aborted ya 8 xx 5teelVine Manager File Edit Action Help Start Rebuild gt Drive 0 Start Verif
75. icon and select Revert to Basic Disk Within a few seconds the disk should be marked as a Basic disk If a disk is marked Not Initialized right click the disk icon and select Initialize Disk An additional dialog box appears allowing you to select which disks to initialize Uncheck the Steel Vine Processor Disk item and click OK Within a few seconds the selected disk s should be marked as a Basic disk Note The disk numbers in the Windows Disk Manager may be different from the Volume numbers shown in the SteelVine Manager Status Window Basic Configuration Wizard or Advanced Configuration Wizard Be sure that you select the correct disk based on the expected disk capacity to create a partition 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 47 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 3 Right click the configured disk s unallocated space and select New Partition If the New Partition option is not available select the disk and initialize it first To do this right click on the disk item and select Initialize Disk Computer Management EIB File Action wiew Window Help eo J m Computer Management Local volume Layout Type File System Status Capacity Free Space So Fre EI m system Tools E cs Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 37 25 GB 26 39 GB 70 o Event Viewer Shared Folders E amp 1j Local Users and Groups Performance Logs and Al
76. igure volumes virtual drives A Look at the Basic Configuration Wizard The SteelVine Storage Processors provide several methods for defining the configuration When the rotary switch found on the back of the device is set outside the visible presets SAFE SAFE33 SAFE50 FAST BIG or JBOD the Basic Configuration Wizard 15 accessible from the Status Window When the rotary switch 1s set to one of the default settings the configuration screen and options are not accessible and the volumes are defined based upon a selected storage policy You cannot modify the volume counts or the capacities To access the Basic Configuration Wizard click on the Configure Box icon along the top of the Steel Vine Manager Status Window Configure Of xx SteelVine Manager Box icon File Edi Action Help To protect against unintended changes the SteelVine Manager prompts for a password the first time you access the Wizard Enter the administrator password The default password 15 admin See Change the Password on page 74 for additional information on password management SteelVine Manager To change the configuration requires a password Please input your password now The Basic Configuration Wizard dialog will appear see Figure 11 below Note Some of the Storage Policy selections may not be available if you are configuring a subordinate node within a cascaded configuration 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide P
77. ion 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page ii Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Contents 1 PRU 1 1 Introducing the SteelVine Storage Reference 2 e 2 SATA Wu riiglceee n cH 5 AINE Cr 5 Using the SteelVine Storage Reference 5 Apphance Only NIOQGe 22554 22 2 50 1222 95 0150 228 2 220 oA ESSO S 5 otatussOnls IQ 6 IBI Boro 6 SteelVine Storage Policies i n ei to nace 6 BI nolla oderunt ate eda c essi 6 IBOD ce ce 7 ig tod M 8 ey Udo MK I TU 8 DOSES nod ato 9 ostendens dtt tn 10 Capacity Expansion 3 amp 5 5
78. ll of the existing data that is stored on the volume The result of extending the hard disk partition volume is illustrated below Before extend ZP Disk 1 rrr Basic BIG Disk E 305 34 GB 152 66 GB NTFS 152 67 GB Online Healthy Unallocated After extend P Disk 1 eS Sa aa aa O Basic BIG Disk E 305 33 GB 305 33 GB NTFS Online Healthy 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 94 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Note Before the hard drive partition volume has been extended the 152 67GB Unallocated was not accessible for data usage After using the diskpart utility to extend the hard drive partition volume capacity the Windows host side matches the virtual hard drive partition volume created in the SteelVine Manager For more information about the diskpart utility please see the documentation on Microsoft s website at http www microsoft com resources documentation windows xp all proddocs en us diskpart mspx mfr true 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 95 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Appendix BFile System Expansion for Macintosh Overview This appendix describes the procedures needed with Apple Mac OS X for expanding file systems that have been created on volumes that have increased in size while preserving all of your existing data After you have added more hard disk drives to increase the storage capacity of a BIG volume you must use the supplement
79. lows you to protect the contents of all of the hard drives that are connected to your SteelVine Storage Reference Design By entering a password that you define you can prevent any unauthorized users from accessing your data The Drive Locking features uses industry standard ATA Security commands that are supported by most hard disk drive manufacturers so you should be able to use this feature with most commercially available drives If any of your hard disk drives do not support those industry standard ATA security commands the Drive Locking feature cannot be used and your drives will remain unlocked The hard disk drive security is initially disabled so all of your hard disk drives are unlocked until you enter a password to enable security and lock the drives When you enter your password to enable this security feature all of the hard drives that are attached to your SteelVine Storage Reference Design become locked including any hard drives that are connected to subordinate nodes within a cascaded configuration Once the hard drives are locked all of the data stored on those hard drives will become inaccessible until you re enter the same password to unlock the drives To unlock the hard drives you must enter the same password that was used to lock them and all data will be accessible while the drives are powered on If you unplug the hard drives or power off your SteelVine Storage Reference Design all of the hard drives will revert to a lock
80. nager Enter password Re type password freeze freeze the state Choose and enter password up to 32 characters in the first edit box and re enter that same password in the second edit box For privacy purposes a series of asterisk characters will appear in place of your password You can also use the check box to indicate whether security can be disabled and then re enabled with a new password To preserve the integrity of your original password this check box should remain unchecked After entering the same password in both edit boxes and checking or clearing the checkbox click the OK button to proceed with enabling security and locking the hard drives A confirmation dialog will appear indicating that your hard drives have been successfully locked Important Be sure to record the password that you entered in a safe place since you will need to re enter that password to unlock the hard drives and access your data Once the drives are locked there is no way to recover your data if you forget your password Unlock Drives This option 1s only available when the security feature 1s enabled and the hard drives have been locked When you select the Unlock Drive s radio button and click on the Apply button in the primary Drive Locking screen the following dialog appears 1 9fxx SteelVine Manager UnLock Drives for 5 xx SteelVine Manager Enter password Pa Cancel F
81. ncel 6 Specify the partition size By default the partition occupies the entire volume Click Next New Partition Wizard Specify Partition Size Choose partition size that i between the masimum and minimum sizes Y Maxium disk space in megabytes 476153 Minimum disk space in MB Partition size in MB 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 49 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 7 Assign a drive letter or mount path and click Next New Partition Wizard Assign Drive Letter or Path For easier access You can assign a drive letter or drive path to your partition Mount in the following empty NTFS folder Do not assign a drive letter or drive path 9 Name and format the partition and click Next New Partition Wizard Format Partition To store data on this partition you must format it First Choose whether you want to format this partition and if to what settings you want to use C2 Do not format this partition gt Format this partition with the following settings File systenn NTFS v Allocation unit size Default v Volume label My BIG Disk Perform a quick format Enable file and folder compression 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 50 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 9 Review t
82. nection Bus 5CU Write Status gt Read Write Connection Type External 5 M AR T Status gt Nor Supported Connexion ID SCSI Target I 16 Logical Unit 0 3 Select 1 Partition from the Volume Scheme drop down list 4 Enter a name for the volume in the Name field such as My BIG disk 5 Select Mac OS Extended journaled from the Format drop down list 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 52 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 6 Specify the size of the partition in the Size field 7 Click the Partition button 8 Click Partition to acknowledge the warning 566 External Disk 0 Media ee Partition Disk pore d mie a LL LJ 149 1 WOC WD Bf d Partitioning a disk will desg all information cn the Bj Macintosh 447 ume of the disk as 265 8 GB External Dis This disk has 1 volume Umed Umirled Tee EM wi sure wish ro partition rhe disk Exrermad Pyournaled Disk 0 Media i ing Partition 1 To create a volume that can serve m a Mac 05 3 start up dek select Mac 05 9 Oriwers installed Selecr vise disk you wari 10 parition amd choose Hume scheme Click each volume regeesenged an Iba scheme and amp necity a velime name Tornar and size CIEE Partition 4 pet telet pitons Revert LB 4 Partrtian F Disk Deserigtian External Disk Media Capacity 465 3 GB 500 118 200 032 Byes 2 Conmection B
83. ng the Config 2 0 pins are set to GUI Configuration Mode Schedule a disk Verify activity a enabled only in SAFE mode Configure the Pop Up messages This selection is only available for the top level node of a cascaded configuration Configure Box Configure Pop Ups Display the Rebuild policy settings This selection is only enabled when using SAFE SAFE33 or SAFE50 modes Opens the Setting up Email Notification dialog This selection is only available for the top level node of a cascaded configuration Event Log Opens the Event Log viewer Opens the Firmware Selection dialog This selection is only available for the top level node of a cascaded configuration View Policy Settings Setup Email Notification Specify Firmware Backup Button Open the Accessing the Backup Button Dialog dialog Opens the Accessing the Drive Locking Dialog dialog Drive Locking not implemented yet Table 5 Action Menu on the Status Window These selections are only available when one SAFE volume has been configured on the system Edit Menu Item Description Start Rebuild Initiates a Rebuild to the target drive Start Verify Initiates a Verify activity on the selected drive Abou Rebuild Abort the rebuild process only selectable when a Rebuild operation 15 active Abort Verify Verify process only selectable when a Verify operation is 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 24 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000
84. ocument Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 2 Select Disk Management under Storage to open the Windows Disk Manager This example illustrates the BIG storage policy which concatenates the capacity of all hard drives connected to the SteelVine Storage Reference Design Computer Management PE File Action View Window Help mmg Computer Management Local s Free it System Tools EJ Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 37 25 GB 25 78 GB 69 Event viewer Shared Folders P Local Users and Groups E Performance Logs and Alerts g a Device Manager Storage Removable Storage i Disk Defragmenter Disk Management Services and Applications de EB pisk 0 Basic C 37 25 GB 37 25 GB NTFS Online Healthy System ZPDisk 1 E Basic 464 99 GB 464 99 GB Online Unallocated c SJIED ROM 0 DVD D Media B Unallocated gl Primary partition Every disk should appear with the word Basic a size value that shows the available storage capacity and a status of Online Instead of Basic a disk could appear Unknown Dynamic or Not Initialized If the disk appears as Unknown right click the disk icon and select Write Signature A window opens with the selected disk all Unknown disks may appear in this window Make sure the box next to each disk is checked and click OK The disk should now be marked as a Basic disk If a disk appears as Dynamic right click the disk
85. olume that has one third of the available storage SAFE33 capacity of the smaller hard drive and one BIG volume that has the remaining capacity Creates one SAFE volume that has one half of the available storage capacity 5 50 of the smaller hard drive and BIG volume that has the remaining capacity Creates one volume that is striped across two hard drives to expose double PAST RAIDO the capacity of the smaller drive Note Only the Storage Policies that are supported by your specific SteelVine Storage Processor chip type will appear in the list If you are using a SATA host connection the SAFE33 5 50 selections will only be available when the host SATA controller is Port Multiplier Aware In addition some Storage Policies may not be available if you are configuring a subordinate node within a cascaded configuration 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 30 Version 1 1 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 SEE Cancel To Advanced Mode ESICEIESI EESTEE EESIES E a EST ES Ere ESTE ES EST ETE EET ESI EST ESTE E ES E st E ES ES EE ET ET EST E EST EE ESEJEIETESEJETEJES DIESES E E ETE ETEETES EAE ETEES Ese ESTE ESTEE E E ESTE EE ESSE E 232 885 GB C Appl 232 885 GB trl 5
86. on Update Volume Glicon Tip Click to the right or left of the slider within the slider s channel to half GB changes 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 40 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 5 Click Update Volume 3 xx SteelVine Manager Advanced Configuration Wizard for 5 xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 Drive 0 Storage Policy SAFE RAID 1 BIG FAST RAID 0 Volume O BIG 465 772 Use Version 1 1 Drive 1 Bright solid colors identify saved volumes 115 00 115 00 Total GB s Left 0 252 596 GE 232 596 Vol 0 232 885 GB Vol 0 232 885 GB Update Volume alume i Cancel 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 41 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 6 Click the Create a New Volume toolbar button FESTE SteelVine Manager File Edt Help SR L POL Advanced ConfigulCreste new volume for 5 xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 Storage Policy SAFE RAID 1 f BIG FAST RAID 0 ae 4 HEE Total GE s Left Gi icon Image Drive 0 117 885 GE Use To Basic Mode E 117 885 Use i i 0 00 0 00 285 772 _ 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 42 Version 1 1 Cross hatches identify allocated space for updated
87. on Windows Macintosh and Linux systems Cascading also allows you to combine multiple SteelVine Storage Processors to create more advanced RAID configurations for high availability such as RAID 10 striping and mirroring as shown in Figure 10 The top level node should be set to FAST RAID 0 mode for striping and the subordinate nodes should be set to SAFE RAID 1 In this configuration the subordinate nodes provide the protection of mirroring and the top level node provides the performance benefits of striping If one of the hard disk drives ever fails the SAFE volumes from the subordinate nodes will still be valid and the RAID 10 set will still be available When the failed hard disk drive 1s replaced the subordinate node will automatically rebuild the mirrored volume 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 13 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 FAST RAID 0 SAF SAFE RAID RAID 1 18 1 mpm Figure 10 Using Cascading to create a RAID 10 configuration Drive Locking The Drive Locking feature allows you to protect the contents of the hard disk drives that are connected to your SteelVine Storage Reference Design so that the contents cannot be accessed by any other user For the 5115744 5115734 and 5115723 SteelVine Storage Processors you specify your own private password up to 32 characters to enable security and lock all of the hard drives on your system or each drive separately if yo
88. or Save a Configuration File to a file on the host computer system to a file Available in Basic and Advanced modes Restore configuration to Cancels proposed changes Available in Basic and last Commit Advanced modes Creates a new volume on which to set the SteelVine Storage Create a new volume Policies and capacity You can create 2 volumes on each hard drive Permits the storage policy and capacity of an existing volume to be modified us the volume that is currently selected in the volume Delete all volumes Deletes all configured volumes 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 35 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Table 13 Command Buttons on the Advanced Configuration Wizard Button Description To Basic Mode Opens the Basic Configuration Wizard When configuring a volume create a new volume or edit a selected volume Applies the selected storage policy to the selected portion of a hard drive as a Update Volume proposed configuration Cancel Aborts the in progress changes and returns the Wizard to the point where you can perform different advanced configuration functions After configuring a volume Submits configuration changes to the SteelVine Storage Reference Design closes ADD the Wizard and displays the updated configuration on the Status Window Cancel Aborts the in progress changes and closes the Wizard 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 3
89. or the volume and a second drive for its mirror twin You also cannot combine the JBOD and FAST storage policies JBOD consumes an entire drive and a FAST volume requires two arives for striping If multiple volumes are created for a subordinate node in a cascaded configuration only the first volume will be visible to the node above it Similarly if multiple volumes are created on a standalone Storage Processor or the top level node of a cascaded configuration with a SATA host connection that is not PM aware only the first volume will be visible to the host A Look at the Advanced Configuration Wizard The Advanced Configuration Wizard 1s an extension of Basic mode that allows you to create up to two volumes virtual drives on each physical hard drive Figure 12 Advanced Configuration Wizard 1 97xx SteelVine Manager Ele Edit Help 5 00 0 Advanced Configuration Wizard To Basic for 57xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 COMMENT Drive Storage Policy C SAFE RAID 1 Storage BIG Volume D Policy FAST RAID 0 msee Drive Graph Volume ne Mode ade il Volume v CAFE List Volume 1 Mode 117 886 GB 117 886 GB Advanced Controls Use v Use Kf Vi 117 88 117 88 Total GBs Lett 299 f f2 2 14 Cu pdate Volume 1 Cancel 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 34 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version
90. ost connection all items can be powered up to resume operation with the new host connection Disconnecting a USB Device USB 2 0 external devices provide support for plug amp play connection so that your USB storage device can be connected and disconnected while the computer is running To prevent data loss or other failures you must follow these steps when disconnecting your USB 2 0 storage device from your host computer system Once the physical USB device is disconnected any volumes that are associated with that device will become unavailable On Windows systems the Steel Vine Manager GUI and daemon software must be stopped before any devices can be disconnected 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 16 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Windows Systems 1 Close the SteelVine Manager GUI and exit the icon in the Notification Tray 2 Stop the SteelVine daemon by selecting Start Program Files Silicon Image 57XX SteelVine Control Stop SteelVineService Note Before using this procedure in Windows Vista you must disable the User Access Control feature in Vista refer to your Vista documentation for details 3 Click on the Eject icon a small green arrow over a hardware image in the System Tray located in the lower right hand side of your screen Safely Remove Hardware 2 49 PM 4 message will appear listing all of the devices that the Eject icon controls Click on the Safely remove USB
91. ough any parameters of that application must be specified outside of the SteelVine Manager GUI Host System Requirements PC Systems e Intel Pentium III 500MHz equivalent or faster e Windows 2003 Server or Windows Vista with the latest Service Packs CD ROM drive 64 MB of RAM minimum 250 of free disk space Super 800 x 600 or higher resolution display with at least 256 colors e Mouse or compatible pointing device e SATA connection SteelVine Host Bus Adapter card part number SV HBA3124 or SV HBA3132 and associated software drivers or any other third party SATA host controller with Port Multiplier support e USB connection USB 1 0 or 2 0 direct host connection or USB hub Macintosh Systems e PowerMac G5 MacBook Pro or Mac Pro e MacOS X 10 4 8 or later CD ROM drive e Mouse or compatible pointing device e SATA connection SteelVine Host Bus Adapter card part number SV HBA3124 or SV HBA3132 and associated software drivers or any other third party SATA host controller with Port Multiplier support e USB connection USB 1 0 or 2 0 direct host connection or USB hub Note For the latest list of supported third party hard disk drives and host bus adapters refer to http www steelvine com 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 15 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Configuration Prerequisites SATA Host Connections This guide assumes that you have already atta
92. rance of this screen will vary depending on the current Storage Policy and the relative position within a cascaded configuration Hefer to the tables below for a description of which items appear 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 22 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Table 2 Sections of the Status Window Status Cells Description Topology Section Displays the hierarchical structure of multiple Steel Vine Storage Processors when using Cascading You can collapse or expand the Tree View to hide or display any subordinate nodes in a cascaded configuration by clicking on the or boxes Tree View to the left of each node You can also click on a specific node the Tree View to display the detailed information for that node The detailed information for the highlighted item then appears in the area to the right of the Tree View Note Subordinate nodes will not appear below any node that is set to JBOD mode System Status Section Indicates the current temperature of the Steel Vine Storage Reference Design The Temperature field displays N A if there is no temperature sensor installed in your storage enclosure Indicates the system fan state The field displays N A if there is no fan speed Fan Speed P sensor installed in your storage enclosure Drive Status Section Shows the drive state Normal Rebuilding Verifying Unplugged Needs Rebuild Box Status New Drive Wrong
93. ransfer performance will also be affected 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 8 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Any node within a cascaded configuration can be set to SAFE but it is more efficient to use the SAFE policy at the lowest possible level within the hierarchy In this mode the Schedule Verify option is enabled It is also possible to create a SAFE volume using one hard disk drive connected to Port of the SteelVine Storage Reference Design although no mirroring will occur until a second hard disk drive is connected to Port 1 With only one hard disk drive connected the SAFE volume will be available although no data protection will be provided until a second hard disk drive 1s connected 2 442 Virtual SAFE 773 Capacity is the same Virtual SAFE 3 Capacity is the smaller 120 GB 120 volume as one hard drive volume of unequal hard drives 0 SteelVine Port Port 1 SteelVine Port 0 Port 1 2 120 250 hard drives Equal hard drives Figure 5 SAFE storage policy sample configuration SAFE33 The SAFE33 storage policy creates two virtual volumes one SAFE volume and one BIG volume and should be used when you need the high reliability for some of your data with the added overhead of mirroring but you don t need high reliability for the remainder of your data SAFE33 reduce
94. rror Popup Notification The default setting 1s that this feature 15 enabled and set to display for 30 seconds Popup messages can appear for up to 60 seconds To set the option for manual closure of the pop up window set the seconds to 0 This will keep the pop up window from closing until you click OK to dismiss the pop up message Accessing the Pop Up Error Notification Dialog Use the following procedure to enable the security feature and lock all of the hard drives 1 Click on the Pop Up Error Notification icon along the top of the SteelVine Manager Status Window or select the Configure Pop Ups item from the Edit menu pull down list 9f xx SteelVine Manager File Edit Acton Help Configure Popups 2 Enter the Administrative password for your system the default password is admin 3 The Pop Up Error Notification setup screen show below will appear You can Enable or Disable the popup message by selecting the appropriate radio button You can also specify the duration of the display time for the popup messages 1 9fxx SteelVine Manager EJE3 Configure Pop Ups Popup Messages Enabled Display time for the Pop up message a0 seconds C Disabled 4 Cancel 7 3 EE 4 Click OK to save your settings 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 65 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 10 Drive Locking Overview not implemented yet The Drive Locking feature al
95. s Left 0 Gi icon Image Volume 1 117 885 GB Use Seles Basic Mode Drive 1 aa ES Pt TTT 8022 s ea ES RE p pages REAR ERASER ER D EET E HET S LE EDI P0 DEN Volume 1 117 885 GB use _ 232 596 GB 232 885 GE Mm 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 44 Version 1 1 11 Click the Write Configuration for System to a File toolbar button to Save a Version 1 1 12 Click Apply to create the multi volume configuration close Wizard and display the volumes in the Status Window within approximately one minute Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 To Basic Mode fes hE es on ees ies ese d E E es DS GE E DET RE TER ER Volume 1 117 885 GB be A a E 8 EE BT HET es pepe pre gen ES e ene eges po s Volume 1 117 885 GB z 27 a 3 79 mr uU o O 70 o uU 79 et Total GB s Left 01 22
96. s before further complications arise Prerequisites Ensure you have the following before you establish the remote connection e daemon software is installed and running on a host computer connected to the SteelVine Storage Reference Design e The SteelVine Manager GUI software is installed and running on a remote host computer e TCP IP connection can be established between the daemon and the user interface The daemon listens for connections on TCP port 51116 Do not change this port number 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 77 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Set Up a Remote Connection 1 In the Status Window select Change Connection from the File menu 1 SteelVine Manager File Edit Action Help Change Password Ctrl M Scan Drives Ctrl D Change Connection Ctrl 2 Enter the host name or address of the host computer on which the daemon 15 installed and enter the default port number of 51116 3 Click OK 97xx SteelVine Manager Specify New Connection Information New HostM ame localhost 4 Cancel 3 The user interface establishes the requested connection and displays information gathered by the remote daemon in the Status Window Note The host name or IP address is not saved across sessions Install New Firmware 1 Select Specify Firmware from the Edit menu of the Status Window or click the Specify Firmware toolbar button 1 9fxx Ste
97. s feature to launch any other application program by specifying its command line syntax Accessing the Backup Button Dialog The Backup Button dialog allows you to select the application that should be associated with the Backup Button on the SteelVine Storage Reference Design Use the following procedure to access the Backup Button dialog 1 Click on the Backup Button icon along the top of the Steel Vine Manager Status Window 1 5teelVine Manager Backup File Edit Action Help Button icon 1 9fxx SteelVine Manager Password To change the policy requires a password Please input your password now Cancel t 3 TE 3 The Backup Button dialog will appear Refer to the following sections depending on which backup application software you want to use with the Backup Button 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 71 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 EMC Retrospect Express If you have already installed the EMC Retrospect Express application on your computer that backup application package will appear in the drop down list in the Backup Button dialog You can then select the EMC Retrospect Express item from that list Backup Button Select a Backup Application fram the list below ar use the Browse button ta add another Backup Application to the list E Apply Cancel Click on the Apply button to apply your selection You can then press the Backup
98. s the cost of additional hard drives in operations where non critical data could be lost without severe consequences SAFE33 uses a SAFE volume that is mirrored across two hard drives to protect your critical data in the event a hard drive failure If one drive fails the SAFE volume is retrievable although the BIG volume is not When you replace the failed drive the SAFE volume is automatically rebuilt on to the replacement drive For example if you are using a video editing application that stores the primary source data and also uses some temporary storage for editing you need protected storage that 1s offered by SAFE for the primary source data but you do not need protected storage for the temporary data Therefore the combination of SAFE and BIG would be the most efficient utilization of your available storage capacity If either hard drive fails the primary data stored on the SAFE volume would still be available whereas the temporary data stored on the BIG volume would be lost 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 9 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 The size of the SAFE volume of a SAFE33 policy will be one third of the size of one hard drive f they are equal or one third of the size of the smaller if they are not equal The size of the BIG volume will be the combination of all remaining capacities Example In Figure 6 below assume that Drives A and B are 300 GB each When the SAFE33 Storage Policy is selecte
99. se DiskPart exe commands on a hard drive disk partition volume you must first list and then select the partition volume to extend their capacity to match the virtual hard drives created in the SteelVine Manager GUI 1 Open command prompt window by clicking Start gt Run then entering C WINDOWS Nsystem32Vcmd exe o x Microsoft Windows XP Version 5 1 2600 lt C gt Copyright 1985 2661 Microsoft Corp EBS 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 93 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 2 At a command prompt type diskpart ERG B ES IT dr Microsoft BDiskPart version 5 1 3565 Copyright gt 1999 2003 Microsoft Corporation On computer CYPRES amp SGC DISKPART Type list volume to display the existing volumes on the computer DISKPART gt list volume Volume HHH Ltr Label Uo lume DUD ROM Uo lume C Partition 37 GB Healthy Uo lume E My BIG Disk WIFS Partition 153 GB Healthy Type select volume volume number where lt volume_number gt 15 number of the volume that you want to extend In this case that will be 2 DISKPART gt select volume 2 1 2 is the selected volume Type extend DISKPART gt extend DiskPart successfully extended the volume Type exit to quit Diskpart exe DISKPART gt exit Leaving DiskPart The volume size will be updated to reflect the expanded physical storage capacity while maintaining a
100. se the rotary switch to select JBOD mode for any node in a cascaded configuration only the first JBOD volume of any subordinate node is detected by your host Therefore selecting JBOD mode for any subordinate node is not recommended In a JBOD configuration the SteelVine Storage Reference Design directly exposes each physical drive SteelVine Port 0 Port 1 Figure 3 JBOD storage policy sample configuration 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 7 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 FAST The FAST storage policy distributes access across all hard disks also called striping equivalent to RAID 0 FAST presents the best data speed but no data redundancy FAST storage policy accelerates hard disk operating speed by using many disks in parallel Hard drive data segments are written to different disks simultaneously which increases performance while sacrificing data redundancy To implement the FAST storage policy the SteelVine Storage Processor creates a single virtual volume that 1s striped across both hard drives with a storage capacity that 1s equal to the sum of both hard disk drives It is possible to set any node within a cascaded configuration to FAST although there is no performance benefit when using multiple layers of striping ecccose ooo EXLLLD LLL Virtual FAST E Capacity 1 Drive A volume i plus Drive ee SteelVine
101. st way to tell the difference between a blinking LED and a flashing LED 15 that flashing stops when the read write activity is finished and blinking does not stop The blink rate is slower but the difference in speed is more difficult to detect visually 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 90 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Troubleshooting Table 19 Troubleshooting Suggestions Problem Resolution LEDs Confirm power at the outlet verify power connection and try an System LED is off alternate power cable Install new firmware Drive 1 or Drive 2 LED is Evaluate the drive for failure and replace 1f needed blinking See HBA connection below Drive 1 or Drive 2 LED is on A SAFE volume is rebuilding on the drive continuously System fan is not running Confirm the outlet is powered verify power connections and try an Power supply fan is not spinning alternate power cable SATA and USB Host connections Verify the System LED status to confirm power Verify the SATA connection and try an alternate eSATA cable Verify HBA BIOS recognizes empty SteelVine Storage Reference Design SteelVine Storage Reference Turn off PCI bus power save mode in the host BIOS Design SATA connection is not Troubleshoot the HBA recognized by HBA BIOS e Connect to an alternate SATA port e Connect an alternate device to the HBA e Remove all other PCI peripherals to rule out interference e Move th
102. t zstatusscreenTitleBar 57xx steelvine Managerz statusscreenTitleBar lt lowAdvancedconfigstruez A lewAdvancedcaont d lt lowTemperaturestrue lt 4 owTemperature gt lt lowFansSpeed gt true lt 41 lowFanspeed gt zprive Title prive lt Drived Tit zprivelTitle prive lt DrivelTit le gt zSNTTItle 5 M lt SNTIt e lt SysFanspeedLo gt Lod lt sysFanspeedcLo gt lt SysPFanspeedHi gt 255 lt sysFanspeedHi gt lt PwSupFanspeedlo gt Lod lt PwsupFanspeedcla gt zPwsupFanspesdHis 255z PwsupFanspeaedHi z SIIBTXX 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 82 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 The StatusScreenTitleBar item is used to change the Product Name that appears at the top of the GUI To change this field replace the string that says S7XX Steel Vine Manager with your desired product name ya 8 fxx SteelVine Manager Your Company Name File Edit Acton Help File Edit Action Help lt StatusScreenTitleBar gt lt StatusScreenTitleBar gt lt StatusScreenTitleBar gt Your Company Name lt StatusScreenTitleBar gt The AllowAdvancedConfig item is used to enable or disable the Advanced Configuration Wizard for more information refer to Chapter 4 Advanced Configuration on page 33 When the value is set to true the Advanced Configuration Wizard will be available When the value is set to false the Advanced Configuration Wizard will not be available A
103. then changing the parameters and clicking the OK button TES SteelVine Manager Schedule Drive Verify Add Modit Delete Create new schedule Curent Schedule Modify an existing schedule Date Time Delete an existing schedule 12711 2006 5 56 46 PM Schedule Activity C Daily Mew Schedule Date Time 12 11 2006 4 87 02 PM C Monthly Physical Drive Drive 8 Cancel 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 59 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 8 Email Notification Overview The Email Notification feature allows you to have the SteelVine Manager automatically send an email message if any of the following conditions or situations occur Partition Rebuild Start Partition Rebuild Complete Partition Verify Start Partition Verify Complete Partition Rebuild Resume Temperature Too High system Fan Too Slow Power supply Fan Too Slow No Boxes Found Box Removed Drive Unplugged Drive Inserted Each of the above conditions can be customized for sending options as well as the message that is sent Accessing the Email Notification Dialog Use the following procedure to enable the security feature and lock all of the hard drives 1 Click on the Configure Email Notification icon along the top of the Steel Vine Manager Status Window or select the Setup Email Notification item from the Edit menu pull down list SteelVine Manager
104. to the top level mode to use JBOD SAFE33 SAFE50 Storage Policies only the first volume for that node will be visible to any upper level node When creating virtual volumes with a cascaded configuration ensure that all hard disk drives are properly installed and that all SATA connections between the cascaded nodes are secure You must then configure the desired storage policy on the bottom most nodes in the cascaded configuration before configuring any of the upper level nodes After the bottom most nodes have been configured and become ready you can configure the middle nodes Finally the top level node must be configured after all subordinate nodes are ready You can specify the storage policy for each node through the SteelVine Manager GUI or by setting the rotary switch and pressing the Mode Change push button If you wish to change the storage policy for any node or expand the storage capacity of any node by adding more hard disks or SteelVine Storage Processors you must reconfigure each node that has changed in the same bottom up manner and you must press the mode change push button to place the new storage policy into effect The top level node must be the last item that is changed in a cascaded configuration In addition you may need to perform some supplemental steps on your host system so the expanded volumes can be recognized at the file system and OS level Refer to Appendix A B or C for information about to perform those steps
105. torage Reference Designs connected to the host computer Up to four SteelVine Storage Reference Designs can be managed through a single session When the SteelVine Storage Reference Design is set to GUI mode you can access the Basic Configuration Wizard from the Status window From there you can optionally use the Advanced Configuration Wizard to create multi volume configurations 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 19 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 27xx 5teelVine Manager File Edit Action Help S N 12345678 E 4 12345578 d Temperature Im Speed Drive 0 Drive 1 62222222 Box Status SSS UO WwD WCANK436 WD WCANK40 Policy Total Drive HI Drive 1 Capacity 8999 886 GB 232 886 GB olume 0 SAFE 232 886 GB 32 88b Select menu options and follow the instructions in the remainder of this guide to configure SteelVine Storage Reference Designs When prompted enter the administrative password default password is admin Mac OS X The SteelVine Manager software 15 installed in the Applications gt Utilities gt SteelVine folder Before the SteelVine Manager starts the launch sequence searches for an active daemon and launches it if the daemon 15 not active 1 Launch the Finder and navigate to the Applications gt Utilities gt Steel Vine folder Double click the SteelVine icon to start the SteelVine Manag
106. umes with the same or different storage policies on the two hard drives The following configuration options are possible where each of the two volumes is allocated some portion of the total system capacity e Two SAFE volumes that are mirrored from the first hard drive to the second drive e Two FAST volumes that are striped across the two hard drives e Two BIG volumes that are spread across the two hard drives part of each drive is concatenated or added to a portion of the second drive One FAST volume that is striped across the two hard drives and one BIG volume that 1s allocated the remaining capacity on both drives The reversed configuration one BIG volume and one FAST volume is also possible One FAST volume that is striped across the two hard drives and one SAFE volume that 1s allocated the remaining capacity split between the volume and its mirror twin The reverse configuration one SAFE volume and one FAST volume is also possible e One BIG volume that is spread across the two hard drives part of each drive is concatenated or added to a portion of the second drive and one SAFE volume that 1s allocated the remaining capacity split between the volume and its mirror twin 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 33 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Note You cannot combine the JBOD and SAFE storage policies A JBOD volume consumes one entire drive and a SAFE volume requires one drive f
107. ur SteelVine Storage Reference Design is set to JBOD mode Once security is enabled and the hard drives are locked any attempt to access that data will be rejected until you have un locked the drives by specifying the same password that was entered to lock the drives If you have a cascaded configuration consisting of multiple SteelVine Storage Processor based products you apply the Drive Locking password to the top level node and it will be propagated to all subordinate nodes Similarly to unlock all of the drives in a cascaded configuration you must re enter the password through the top level node After the drives are unlocked they will remain unlocked for the duration of your current session and you can access the data stored on those hard drives However if you turn the power off or disconnect one or more drives the drives will revert to a locked state If you are no longer concerned about data security you can disable the Security feature entirely and the password will no longer be needed to access your data Note that you must remember the password that you specified to initially lock the drives since you must re enter that same password to un lock those drives If you forget your password there is no way to recover the data from the locked drives and the drives will be unusable If that happens the only way to continue using those drives is to securely erase and unlock those drives but any protected data will be permanently lost
108. us 5251 Wrime Status amp eddl Wrin Connerrian Type FExTernal S M ART Status for Supported Connection ID 5251 Targer ID 16 Logical Unir 0 il Disk Utility mounts the created partition and represents it with an icon on the desktop The icon 15 labeled with the partition name 9 Repeat steps through 8 to partition any remaining disks you configured 1 the Steel Vine Manager GUI Remember do not partition the disk that represents the SteelVine processor Linux Note For a more detailed instruction to install the SteelVine Manager please refer to the Quick Installation Guide for Linux 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 53 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 6 View Policy Settings Overview The Policy Settings dialog allows you to view the current settings for Rebuild and Verify operations for SAFE volumes including Init Rebuild Defines whether to automatically copy mirror the contents of Disk O to Disk 1 whenever a new SAFE volume configuration is created When this policy is Enabled the data from Disk will be automatically copied mirrored to Disk 1 When this policy is Disabled no automatic copy is performed Auto Rebuild Defines whether to remember the non usable state of a hard drive if it is disconnected and then re connected to the SteelVine Storage Processor When this policy 15 Enabled the system will always attempt to rebuild a disk that has been inserted even i
109. vailable to perform similar volume management activities but those products are very sophisticated and are not included in this manual Procedure Growing partition volume with GNU Parted To extend a volume follow these steps 1 Start parted by typing parted dev hdc where dev hdc is the device path of the hard disk for the system This will bring up the parted console indicated by the parted prompt parted dev hdc parted 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 99 Version 1 1 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 2i Type print within the parted console to bring up the volume and disk information parted print Disk geometry for dev hdc Disk label type msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0 063 400000 000 primary ext2 0 000 800000 000 megabytes Use the resize command extend the size of volume 1 listed above parted resize 1 0 063 400000 Type print to verify the resize of volume 1 parted print Disk geometry for dev hdc Disk label type msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0 063 800000 000 primary ext2 0 000 800000 000 megabytes The new space should be added to the existing drive while maintaining the data on the volume Before resize parted print Disk geometry for dev hdc 0 000 800000 000 megabytes Disk label type msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0 063 400000 000 primary ext2 After resize parted print Disk geometry for dev h
110. value of Port 25 Server Part H Use 25 if blank 3 Enter your full email address into the From box and enter the full email address es of the intended recipient s of the condition notifications into the To and CC boxes From 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 61 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 4 Click on the Test Email button at the bottom of the screen to verify that you have correctly set up the email portions of this feature You may need some assistance from your network administrators if you have any problems 5 Foreach error condition or event item you can use the When to send radio button items to specify the frequency of sending an e mail notification message to prevent a flood of email messages especially when the same error condition or event occurs multiple times 6 The Email Notification feature also you to customize a message for each of the error condition or event items of which each has its own default message already built in For example use the following procedure to edit the message for Drive Unplugged e Click on the Message button Drive Unplugged f Hever C Ever time Every Minute Message e The following dialog will appear 1 Email Message for Drive Unplugged Steelvine Manager B Drive Slot EDN Temperature T System Fan Speed 5F Power Supply Fan Speed PSF The drive was unplugged
111. volume will not destroy any existing data 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 5 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Status Only Mode This mode allows you to use the SteelVine Storage Reference Design with the SteelVine Manager GUI to monitor the status of the appliance 1 e temperature fan speeds storage capacity and RAID mode of the desired hard drive but not make Storage Policy configuration changes through the GUI To select a storage policy in this mode the first time that the product is used ensure that the hard disk drives are installed set the rotary switch on the back of the SteelVine Storage Reference Design to the desired Storage Policy not the GUI selection and turn on the power To change the storage policy thereafter set the rotary switch to the desired position and press the recessed Mode Change push button to create the new virtual volume s Note that creating new virtual volumes will destroy any existing data that existed on the previous volume GUI Mode This mode allows you to use the SteelVine Manager GUI to configure the Storage Policy and other settings as well as monitor the status of the appliance 1 temperature fan speeds storage capacity and RAID mode of the desired hard drive To select this mode the first time that the product is used ensure that the hard disk drives are installed set the rotary switch on the back of the SteelVine Storage Reference Design to the GUI position
112. xtensions to Serial ATA 1 0a Revision 1 1 e Serial ATA II Port Multiplier Revision 1 1 The Serial ATA web site 1s http www serialata org USB Features The SteelVine Storage Reference Design provides the following Universal Serial Bus USB features e USB 1 0 and USB 2 0 specification compliance For detailed information about USB technology refer to the following specifications online e Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 1 1 e Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2 0 e The USB Organization web site is http www usb org Using the SteelVine Storage Reference Design You can use the SteelVine Storage Reference Design in any of the followings ways Appliance Only Mode This mode allows you to use the SteelVine Storage Reference Design with the device s LEDs to indicate status without using the Steel Vine Manager GUI software To select a storage policy in this mode the first time that a new factory shipped product is used ensure that the hard disk drives are installed set the rotary switch on the back of the SteelVine Storage Reference Design to the desired Storage Policy not the GUI selection and turn on the power To change the storage policy thereafter set the rotary switch to the desired position and press the recessed Mode Change push button to create the new virtual volume s Creating new virtual volumes will destroy any existing data that existed on the previous volume but expanding an existing BIG
113. y Topology Abort Rebuild Abort verify Once the rebuild has taken place the Verify process will begin automatically if your system is configured to do so If the rebuild process is ever interrupted the rebuild process will resume from the last 10 GB segment that was completed before the interruption occurred 57XX Series SteelVine Manager User s Guide Page 56 Document Number MAN 0057XX 000 Version 1 1 Verify Rebuild To confirm that the two hard disks that comprise a single SAFE volume are exact copies you can also execute a Verify Disk task manually SteelVine Manager File Edi Action Help Start Rebuild Topology Abort Rebuild Abort Verify When the Steel Vine Storage Reference Design is powered on and you select Start Verify there is a 60 second delay The Start Verify selection will be disabled during this time Otherwise if the drive is in normal or verify abort mode you can manually start the verify operation A pop up will inform you of the action taking place Sixx SteelVine Manager Abort Rebuild To abort a rebuild process that is already active select Action gt Abort Rebuild The rebuild process will be terminated and the SAFE volume will remain in a degraded vulnerable state until the rebuild 15 restarted and allowed to complete 12 JAXX SteelVine Manager File Edit Action Help i Start Rebuild Start

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