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1. 7 Assign a drive letter or mount path and click Next Mew Partition Wizard Assign Drive Letter or Path For easier access 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 Eg Format Partition To stare data this partition must format it First Choose whether you want to format this partition and itso what settings you want to use C3 Do not format this partition gt Format this partition with the following settings File system Allocation unit size Default Volume label BIG Disk _ Perform a quick format Enable file and folder compression 9 Review the file system settings and click Finish to create the logical partition New Partition Wizard Completing the New Partition Wizard Tou have successtully completed the Mew Partition Wizard Ou selected the following settings Disk dius Disk 1 Partition size 475153 MB Drive letter path E File system NTFS Allocation unit size Default Volume label My BIG Disk Alick Forrnat To close this wizard click Finish 10 Repeat steps 1 through 9 to partition any remaining disks you configured in the Steel Vine Manager GUI Computer Management
2. Developer d iPhoto AirPort Setup Assistant Library E ISvnc J Asia Text Extras 3 MAU 1 1 2 Update Log H iod 4 Audio MIDI Setup Desktop Ls System lt gt Bluetooth File Exchange eU 11 System Folder uetooth Serial Utility 5 Microsoft AutoUpdate storage 3 User Guide formation 1 p Bluetooth p Assistant 3 Office 200 Test Drive i Users 5 ColorSync Utility A Applications Gs OmniGraffie EH Console Omnioutliner DigitalColor Meter Documents Preview 4 9 Name Disk Utility e Directory Access Kind Application QuickBooks Sene Ye kl oce Size 7 6 MB on disk ss Movies QuickTime Player 6 360 222 bytes Safari Created Thursday August 6 Music Sherlock 19 2004 2 26 PM Installer Modified Thursday January p 2 SteelVine 3 27 2005 6 29 AM pictures icki L5 Java oec 5 Stickies 2 Version Disk Utility 10 4 2 ye Keychain Access E igh cem preferences 9 Netinfo Manager 1999 2004 Apple i i mense f ODBC Administrator Zinio 2 i 1 1 of 26 selected 142 04 GB available 2 Select a configured disk and click the Partition tab This procedure illustrates BIG Storage Policy configuration which concatenates the capacity of all hard drives
3. Services and Applications Basic 466 00 GB Online Properties DVD Di Help No Media Unallocated Primary partition 4 Click Next to start the Partition Wizard New Partition Wizard Welcome to the New Partition Wizard This wizard helps you create a partition on basic disk basic disk is a physical disk that contains primary partitions extended partitions and logical dives You use any version of Windows or MS DOS to gain access to partitions on basic disks To continue click Next Cancel 5 Select the Primary or Extended option and click Next How Partition Wizard Select Parttion Type There thiee toes of partitions primary extended logical Select the partition you want to create 2 Primary partition C3 Extended partition Logical dre L escrptian primary partition volume You create using space on a basic disk Windows and other operating systems can start From primary partition create up to four primary or three pimay partitions and an extended partition z Back Next Cancel 6 Specify the partition size By default the partition occupies the entire volume Click Next New Partition Wizard Specify Partition Size Choose a partition size that is between the maximum and minimum sizes Y Masum disk space in megabytes 1 5153 Minimum disk space in MB Partition size in
4. or 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
5. lt lt ilicon TesEmal Accept Cane Image Setting up Email Notification 1 Enter the hostname or IP address of the SMTP server If you leave this blank the SteelVine Manager will perform a DNS lookup and will attempt to find the address of the SMTP server automatically Server Name DNS lookup if blank 2 Enter the SMTP Server Port number or use the default value of Port 25 Server Port 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 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 For each 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 Click on the Message button n a
6. Figure 10 Using Cascading to create RAID 10 configuration Backup Button This feature allows you to launch a pre configured backup software application by simply pressing a push button on the CoolMax CD 320 The backup button supports the DriveClone backup application that you can download at http www coolmaxusa com download OneTouch CD 320 if that application software is installed on your system you can associate that backup application to the Backup Button through the Steel Vine Manager GUL http www coolmaxusa com download NetTool CD 320 Steelvine Management Tool ZIP When you press the Backup Button on any CoolMax CD 320 the specified application software will be started and the LED s on the CoolMax CD 320 will give a visual indication of the progress of the specified backup job and let you know when the backup 15 completed Alternatively you can specify the full pathname for another third party application program although any parameters of that application must be specified outside of the Steel Vine Manager GUI Host System Requirements PC Systems Intel Pentium III SOOMHz equivalent or faster Windows 2003 Server or Windows Vista with the latest Service Packs e CD ROM drive GB of RAM minimum 250 MB of free disk space Super VGA 800 x 600 or higher resolution display with at least 256 colors Mouse or compatible pointing device SATA connection or any other third party
7. Drive Unplugged Never Every time Every Minute Message dialog will appear 1 Email Message for Drive Unplugged The following Manager B Drive Slot H DM Temperature T System Fan Speed 5F Powe Supply Fan Speed The drive was unplugged L ontex senzitive Message Codes B gt serial number gt Current Temperature 2 5F gt System Fan Flag dv Curent Volume PSF gt Power Supply Fan Flag E Cancel jJ Accept 3 The message information can be customized to suit your needs The Daemon can extract the following data from the CD 320 hardware B Box serial number T Current Temperature DS Drive serial number SF System Fan OK Flag DN Drive id slot PSF Power Supply fan OK Flag V Current volume f 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 Serial Number type in the descriptive text followed by the message code as demonstrated below 1 Email Message for Drive Unplugged Steeline Manager B Drive Slot H DM Temperature T System Fan Speed Powe Supply Fan Speed Box Serial Number B The drive was unplugged Contes sensitive Message Codes B gt serial number Current Temperature SN z Mc t
8. Mela File Action Window Computer Management Local volume Layout File System status Capacity Free Space System Tools E C Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 37 25 GB 25 7968 69 Event Viewer Partition Basic NTFS Healthy 454 9 464 92 GB 99 Shared Felders Fl toes Users and Groups Removable Storage Disk Defregmenter Disk Management SRA Services and Applications Abisko Basic C 37 25 GB 137 25 GB NTFS Online Heakhy System EP Disk 1 Basic BIG Disk E 464 99 GB 1454 99 GB NTFS Online leakhy zSED ROM 0 DVD D Media gt gl Primary partition OS X Important Before reconfiguring a volume back up your data and drag the old drive to the trash to un mount previously defined CoolMax CD 320 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 TT Utilities C Qr lo dii a 1 3 Internet Connect I HH AirPort Admin Utility f Internet Explorer 3 E GS HD
9. Revision 1 0a Serial ATA II Extensions to Serial ATA 1 0a Revision 1 1 Serial ATA Port Multiplier Revision 1 1 The Serial ATA web site is http www serialata org USB Features The CoolMax CD 320 provides the following Universal Serial Bus USB features USB 1 0 and USB 2 0 specification compliance For detailed information about USB technology refer to the following specifications online Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 1 1 Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2 0 The USB Organization web site 1 http www usb org Using the CoolMax CD 320 Note Unit is in Virtual Drive default configuration that will show only 8gb storage Unit will need to be reset to clear the default configuration Reset Power on the unit and wait till the flash of red led turns to light green You will need to reset the unit to clear the default Virtual Configuration Press and hold the reset button located at the bottom and beside the storage policy switch Wait till the led light flashed 2 solid red turn off and on the unit to take effect You can use CoolMax CD 320 in of the followings ways Appliance Only Mode This mode allows you to use the CoolMax CD 320 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 1 used ensure that the hard disk drives are inst
10. SAFE volume that has one half of the available storage capacity of the smaller hard drive and one BIG volume that has the remaining capacity FAST Creates one volume that 1 striped across two hard drives to expose double the RAID 0 capacity of the smaller drive Note Only the Storage Policies that are supported by your specific CoolMax CD 320 chip type will appear in the list If you are using a SATA host connection the SAFE33 and 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 4 When prompted to acknowledge that the configuration change may result in data loss click Yes to accept the configuration 4 Delete all volumes i Bos 5M 12345578 Specifying a basic configuratan will result in all previous volumes being deleted Thus some dala could lost Continue 5 Select Save to Config File from the File menu or click the Write configuration for system to a file toolbar button to save the configuration 57 xx SteelVine Manager File Edi Help A Read Config File ChC Save to enfig File UE Basic cem Wizard for 57xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 Storage Policy JBOD SAFE RAID 1 i BIG SAFE33 SAFE50 FAST RAID 0 Total GB s Left o Gi licon Image Advanced Mode Drive 1 Dri
11. SATA host controller with Port Multiplier support USB connection USB 1 0 or 2 0 RECOMMENDED direct host connection or USB hub Macintosh Systems PowerMac G5 MacBook Pro or Mac Pro MacOS X 10 4 8 or later e CD ROM drive Mouse or compatible pointing device e SATA connection or any other third party SATA host controller with Port Multiplier support USB connection USB 1 0 or 2 0 direct host connection or USB hub Configuration Prerequisites Changing Storage Policy Connections If you change your storage policy turn off the unit and switch to your storage policy code located at the bottom of the unit switches 1 2 or any combination Power on the unit and wait till the flash of red led turns to light green You will need to reset the unit to clear the old Storage Policy Press and hold the reset button located at the bottom and beside the storage policy switch Wait till the led light flashed 2 solid red turn off and on the unit to take effect SATA Host Connections If you use a host controller that does not provide Port Multiplier support The JBOD storage policy 1s unavailable when configuring the CoolMax CD 320 Only one disk is available on the host computer 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 CoolMax CD 320 using a USB connection to your host
12. display the volumes in the Status Window within approximately one minute 1 87xx Steel Vine Manager File Edit Help F5 R LO ORO LORD Advanced Configuration Wizard for 5 xx SteelVine Manager 123456 7 8 Drive 0 Storage Policy SAFE RAID 1 f PAST 0 Volume 1 Volurre 1 117 885 GB 117 835 GB Use 117 89 1176 Total GB s Lett o Cap 232 886 GB Cap 232 886 GB q 2 Cancel 13 Partition the configured volumes to complete the implementation See Chapter 5 Partitioning Volumes for details 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 Volume MS Windows Important Before reconfiguring a volume back up your data and delete previously defined CoolMax CD 320 partitions If no hard disk drives are connected to the CoolMax CD 320 the unit 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 5 Open My Co Explore Search T Network Drive Disconnect Network Drive Create Shortcut Delete Re
13. 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 1 set to JBOD mode System Status Section Indicates the current temperature of the CoolMax CD 320 The field displays N A if there 15 no temperature sensor installed in your storage enclosure Temperature Indicates the system fan state The field displays if there is no fan speed sensor installed in your storage enclosure Fan Speed Drive Status Section Shows the drive state Normal Rebuilding Verifying Unplugged Needs Rebuild New Drive Wrong 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 CoolMax CD 320 compares the expected and actual drive serial numbers to detect when a drive s status changes Box Status Exp S N Shows the status of the Drive Locking security feature refer to Chapter 10 Drive 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 Shows the combined capacity of the volume Shows the amount of storage space in GB available on each
14. 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 Table 4 Edit Menu on the Status Window Edit Menu Item Description Opens the Basic Configuration Wizard This selection is only available when using the Config 2 0 pins are set to GUI Configuration Mode gt e Schedule a disk Verify activity enabled only in SAFE mode Configure Pop Configure the Pop Up messages This selection is only available for the top level Ups node of a cascaded configuration Configure Box View Policy Display the Rebuild policy settings This selection is only enabled when using Settings SAFE SAFE33 or SAFE50 modes Setup Email Opens the Setting up Email Notification dialog This selection is only available for Notification 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 Backup Button Open the Accessing the Backup Button Dialog dialog Specify Firmware Drive Locking Opens the Accessing the Drive Locking Dialog dialog 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 Rebuild Initiates a Rebuild to the target
15. logs are helpful for troubleshooting and locating a system malfunction 1 Select Event Log from the Edit menu in the Status Window 27xx 5teelVine Manager configure Ctrl C Schedule Drive Verity tres anfigure Specify Policy Ctrl P apecify Email Notification specify Firmware Jackup Dutton Chil T ock Drive 1 97 SteelVine Manager Event Log Dae ue Hess 1234567071 24 2006 12 30 35 PM 3b PM Info Discovered 2 drives status Normal Temperature 35 System Fan Power Supply Fan Firm 12345678 12 4 2006 12 30 21 21 PM installed the map table 12345678 12 4 2006 12 25 48 PM info Discovered 2 drives statue Normal Temperature 35 Sustem Fan Power Supply Fan Firm 12345678 12 4 2006 12 26 33 PM o incesi installed the map table 12345678 12 4 2006 12 25 18 PM Discovered 2 drives Bos status Normal Temperature 35 System Fan Power Supply Fan Firm 12345678 12 4 2006 12 25 02 lino Succsssluly installed the map table 1234 5578 12 25 31 Gilic 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 d
16. now be marked as a Basic disk If a disk appears as Dynamic right click the disk 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 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 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 File Action View Window Help e es 8 Computer Management Local EL system Tools Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 37 2508 26 3968 70 Event Viewer 5 Shared Folders B Local Users and Groups Performance Logs and Alerts E m Device Manager Storage Basic C E Removable Storage Med RR aB NTFS Disk Defragmenter Disk Management ZPDisk 1 EI
17. only available when at least one SAFE volume exists 2 When prompted enter the administrator password The default password is admin 1 97xx SteelVine Manager Password To change rebuild policy requires password Please input your password now m Cancel d 7 3 Policy Settings dialog shown below will appear 1 Policy Specification for 5 xx SteelVine Manager System 5 xx SteelVine Manager Policy Specifications Init Rebuild Do NOT Copy the Contents of ane disk ta the other on creation Auto Rebuild Diu Aulo Rebuild Verity Rebuild For more information about how manually rebuild and verify a SAFE volume refer to Chapter 7 Rebuild amp Schedule Disk Verify 7 Rebuild amp Schedule Drive Verify This chapter describes the procedures for the following procedures Manually start or abort a Rebuild operation e Manually start or abort a Verify operation 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 is 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 w
18. remove these files BEFORE installing the new software Mac OS X 1 Optionally move saved xml configuration files from the Applications gt Utilities gt Steel Vine gt Steel Vine Manager folder to another location 2 Drag the Applications gt Utilities gt Steel Vine folder to the trash to remove the GUI modules and supporting files 3 Drag the Library gt StartupItems gt Steel VineDaemon folder to the trash to remove the daemon startup scripts Install New Software For Windows or Linux follow the instructions the SteelVine Quick Installation Guide for your operating system to install a new version of the SteelVine Manager software Monitor and Troubleshooting This section describes options you can use to monitor and troubleshoot the CoolMax CD 320 Monitor the CoolMax CD 320 Monitor Drive Status The color of the drives and the labels in the Status Window indicate the state of the drive 1 87xx 5teelVine Manager Sime File Edit Action Help b BAK PASTE S N 412345678 p 12345678 Es GD 22222222 0 36 wD wCANK440 WD WCANK436 WD WCANK440 232 886 GB 232 886 GB 232886 232886 GB 23288668 Silicon Retesh ae Table 15 Color Codes and Labels for Drive Status Color Label Definition Resolution Normal Drive 15 active No action 15 needed Gray or Drive is of
19. the USB port should be compliant with USB 1 0 2 0 or connected to a USB hub Changing Host Connections The CD 320 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 1t becomes necessary to change the host connection between SATA and USB the host computer system and the CoolMax CD 320 should both be powered down prior to making the host connection change to avoid any potential data loss or corruption After changing the host 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 1s disconnected any volumes that are associated with that device will become unavailable On Windows systems the SteelVine Manager GUI and daemon software must be stopped before any devices can be disconnected Windows Systems 1 Close the Steel Vine Manager GUI and exit the icon in the Notification Tray 2 Stop the Steel Vine daemon by selecting Start Program Files Silicon Image 57XX SteelVine Control Stop St
20. 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 ATAPI Device Limitations The following limitations apply when connecting an ATAPI device to a SATA port of the CoolMax CD 320 ATAPI devices are only supported in the JBOD mode they are not supported in virtual drive configurations The GUI communication requires that the CoolMax CD 320 be configured as JBOD with a hard disk drive connected to SATA port 0 and an ATAPI device connected to SATA port 1 The GUI will not communicate with the CoolMax CD 320 when in JBOD configuration and only ATAPI devices are connect to one or both of the SATA ports on the CD 320 processor 2 Getting Started Starting the SteelVine Manager Before you begin be sure that the SteelVine Manager software has been installed according to the instructions the Quick Installation Guide for your host computer type MS Windows Click Start Program Files Silicon Image 57XX SteelVine SteelVineManager Once started 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 Steel Vine Manager GUI status window The SteelVine Manager icon remains active in the notificatio
21. you are configuring a subordinate node within a cascaded configuration Configure Box icon Manager c je 1 File Edt Help E ES Basic Configuration Wizard for 5 SteelVine Manager 1 2345678 Se Storage Policy JBOD SAFE 1 Ce FG storage Policy SAFEEU i ETT Oe C FAST RAIL Drive Graph Total GB s Lett 0 Volume List Appi Cancel ol eee mmm ilk emer Figure 11 Basic Configuration Wizard Table 7 Sections of the Basic Configuration Wizard Wizard Description Section Storage Identifies available Steel Vine Storage Policies to assign to the CoolMax CD 320 Policy configuration Volume Shows Volume Mode storage policy and Size details for logical volumes 3st 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 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 the Basic Conf
22. 1 Introducing the CoolMax CD 320 Product Overview The CoolMax CD 320 1 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 CoolMax CD 320are 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 15744 Drive Locking Others Features 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 CoolMax CD 320 is powered by Silicon Image s industry leading Steel Vine architecture see Figure 1 which provides e SATA or USB host connectivity eSATA capable on all SATA ports Enhanced data protection High performance storage Plug and play functionality Virtualization capabilities to map physical hard drives to virtual volumes Cascading Automatic disk rebuild when one or more SAFE volumes are configured Drive Locking Data Security e Backup Button DOWNLOAD LINK http www coolmaxusa com download Net
23. 320 Turn off PCI bus power save mode in the host BIOS Troubleshoot the Connect to an alternate SATA port Connect an alternate device to the HBA Remove all other PCI peripherals to rule out interference Move the HBA to an alternate PCI X slot Try in a PCI slot Verify the System LED status to confirm power Coola Usb Verify HBA BIOS recognizes empty CoolMax CD 320 connection 1s not recognized Turn off PCI bus power save mode in the host BIOS Verify the USB connection and try a different USB cable Connect to a different USB port Refer to Microsoft s Knowledge Base article 310575 http support microsoft com kbid 310575 for additional technical information about problems with USB device connections Verify HBA BIOS recognizes the empty CoolMax CD 320 enclosure Before editing SteelVine virtual volumes in the Configuration Wizard use the operating system s Disk Manager to delete partitions on the volume Operating system does not recognize SteelVine virtual volumes Ensure that the SATA HBA driver is current Troubleshoot driver Verify driver active status For Windows the Device Manager should show the SCSI e 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 Resolve resource conflicts IRQ
24. Advanced Configuration Wizard ToBascMode for 57 xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 OMNEM Ive 1 Storage Pali C SAFE RAID 1 KEE EEE EEE EEE Storage BIG Policy amp FAST RAID 0 abe EE im Hirer Graph volume Mode sie Volume dun SAFE 115 List Volume 1 AO Modded 117 885 117 896 GE Advanced Controls Use 7 Use 1788 Total GB s Left 285 2 233886 GB 232 886 GB Update Volume 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 appears Drive Graph in a matching color 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 volumes Volume List Select a volume to edit or delete The Total GB s Left field below the volume list shows the remaining capacity in 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 specif
25. P Jackup Dutton ack Drive Ctrl L 2 When prompted enter administrator password The default password is admin 1 97xx SteelVine Manager EJE3 To change the configuration requires password Please input your password now Gilicon C Cancel jJ C P Image 3 Select a storage policy in the Storage Policy frame 1 SteelVine Manager Seles File Edit Help ES Gad Basic Configuration Wizard To Advanced Mode for 57xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 Storage Policy Drive 0 Drive 1 JBOD C mem o BIG C SAFE33 FAST RAID 0 Volume 0 232 GB Total GB s Left 0 232 886 GB Lap 232 885 GB Gi icon Apply 4 Cancel E Image Table 10 Basic Mode Policies Policy Description Creates a logical volume for each physical hard drive Available only for SATA host controllers that provide Port Multiplier support and only available for the top level node of a cascaded configuration JBOD bypass SAFE Creates one volume One hard drive mirrors the other The system automatically RAID 1 restores data redundancy to a SAFE volume when an offline drive comes back online BIG Concatenates all hard drives into a single volume SAEE33 Creates one SAFE volume that has one third of the available storage capacity of the smaller hard drive and one BIG volume that has the remaining capacity SAFES0 Creates one
26. Tool CD_320_Steelvine_Management_Tool ZIP The Steel Vine Manager software includes a graphical user interface GUI for Windows Macintosh and Linux operating systems that allows you to configure manage and monitor the CoolMax CD 320 hard disk drives and virtual volumes The CoolMax CD 320s can also be configured managed and monitored without using the Steel Vine Manager software LBA concatenation striping mirroring Any combination of Physical Drives or Virtual Volumes Virtual Volumes Figure 1 CoolMax CD 320 Architecture Populated with two external Serial ATA eSATA hard disk drives HDDs each CoolMax CD 320 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 CoolMax CD 320s in a daisy chained hierarchy structure you can increase the total storage capacity of your system For more information refer to CoolMax Storage Policies on page 6 and Cascading on page 12 SATA Features The CoolMax CD 320 provides the following Serial Advanced Technology Attachment SATA features Automatic negotiation between SATA I 1 5Gbps and SATA II 3 0 Gbps Serial 2 5 specification compliance Gen2m Serial ATA 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
27. ails 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 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 selected 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 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 th
28. alled set the rotary switch on the back of the CoolMax CD 320 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 volume will not destroy any existing data Status Only Mode This mode allows you to use the CoolMax CD 320 with the Steel Vine Manager GUI to monitor the status of the appliance 1 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 15 used ensure that the hard disk drives are installed set the rotary switch on the back of the CoolMax CD 320 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 Steel Vine Manager GUI to configure the Storage Policy and other settings as well as monitor the status of the applia
29. an only be used as a top level node it cannot be a subordinate node within a cascaded configuration Figure 9 shows various CD 320 device configurations that can be assembled using multiple CoolMax CD 320and multiple hard disk drives Level 1 CD 320 CD 320 Level 2 CD 320 CD 320 CD 320 Drive Drive D CD 320 CD 320 CD 320 Y Drv ADrv B Drv C Drv D Drv EDrv F Drv GDrv H 4 drives 8 drives Level 3 CD 320 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 to the top level mode to use JBOD SAFE33 or 5 50 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 Steel Vine Manager GUI or by setti
30. as aborted To start the rebuild select Action Start Rebuild Select Drive n Once a rebuild process has been started it can also be aborted DOT E SteelVine Manager Edit Action Help Start Rebuild Drive O Start Verify TUN Topology AbotHebuld ms 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 1 ever interrupted the rebuild process will resume from the last 10 GB segment that was completed before the interruption occurred 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 4 JAXX SteelVine Manager File Edi Action Help start Rebuild Topology Rebuild Abort V enfu When the CoolMax CD 320 is powered on and you select Start Verify there 15 60 second delay The Start Verify selection will be disabled during this time Otherwise if the drive 1s 1n normal or verify abort mode you can manually start the verify operation A pop up will inform you of the action taking place 1 57xx SleelVine Manager A Box 5M 12345578 started an target Drive 1 started Dive SN WD WOANK 4407587 Drive Model WOC WD2500 5 55NCB1 n e K Abort Rebuild To abort a rebuild process that is already active select Action Abort Rebuild The rebuild process will be terminated and the SAFE volume wi
31. ascaded configuration can be set to BIG For more information about Cascading refer to Page 12 Hard drive A and B are concatenated into a single virtual volume the Figure below with a storage capacity that is equal to the sum of each of the physical hard drives and ibis LLL Virtual BIG 3 Capacity is Drive volume 1 plus Drive B i 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 0 and then increase the storage capacity of the volume later by adding another hard disk drive or another CoolMax CD 320 with at least one hard disk drive to Port 1 and pressing the Mode Change push button The new disk blocks of Port 1 will be concatenated to the end of the disk blocks of Port 0 and any data that 1s 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 0 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 pol
32. below both Drive 0 and Drive 1 because FAST volumes are 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 7 51 Manager ile Cdt Jes amp R Advanced Configuration Wizard for 5 xx SteelVine Manager 1 2345678 Chorage C SAFE RAID T BIG 7 FAST RAID 0 n volume L Bla NO Mode 0 117 896 GB 117 885 GE 117 89 117 28 10 Tula GB s Lefl 290 772 Cap 23208GB Cap 23260660 um Ss C Cancel 11 Click the Write Configuration for System to a File toolbar button to Save Configuration File SteelVine Manager T File Edit Help AO CR write configuration for system to file for 5 Xx SteelVine Manager 123456 78 Drive 0 Storage Policy C SAFE RAID 1 C f 0 E Lii Volume 1 Volurre 1 117 885 GB 117 835 GB Use Use 117 88 1176 Total GB s Left 0 ji 12 Click Apply to create the multi volume configuration close the Wizard and
33. bled the data from Disk 0 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 CoolMax 320 When this policy is Enabled the system will always attempt to rebuild a disk that has been inserted even if 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 is completed When this policy is set to Enabled a verification of the copied data is automatically performed When this policy is Disabled an automatic verification of the copied data 1s 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 Steel Vine Manager Status window SteelVine Manager L p Edit Acton Help View Policy Settings icon Note This selection is
34. ch D Media TEL in v ver BIG Disk rume that can serve 25 a O5 9 start op del select Mar 05 3 Drivers installed Select vise disk vou war TO partitions and choose scheme Click each voluimerepeesemeu in Ihe scheme and specify volume nume Tormar and size Click Parririan a eT ase US sess Ir el Revert Parthian a Disk Description External Diss Media Total 465 8 GB 500 118 200 037 ByTesl us Laonmerion 515 Write Status gt Kead Wrire Connection Type Estarei SM ART Srarus Supporten Connection ID gt SCS Target 16 Logical Unir g Disk Utility mounts the created partition and represents it with an icon the desktop The icon 15 labeled with the partition name 9 Repeat steps 1 through 8 to partition any remaining disks you configured in the SteelVine Manager GUI Remember do not partition the disk that represents the CD 320 processor Linux Note For a more detailed instruction to install the SteelVine Manager please refer to the Quick Installation Guide for Linux 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 0 to Disk 1 whenever a new SAFE volume configuration is created When this policy 15 Ena
35. 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 CoolMax CD 320 closes the Wizard and displays PP the updated configuration on the Status Window Aborts the in progress changes and closes the Wizard 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 CoolMax CD 320 with a new configuration back up your data and use the Disk Management utility for your operating system to delete all partitions on CD 320 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 Configure Box icon 2 From the Basic Configuration Wizard click Advanced Mode to open the Advanced Configuration Wizard SteelVine Manager File Edit Help Basic Config
36. connected to the CoolMax CD 320 Volume information Formar Mac 05 Extended Journaled sue 46577 B install 9 Desk Drivers To create velume thar tarva as a amp rart wp disk Mar O Select the disk you want to partion and choose a welume scheme Click each volume repratemed in the scheme and speriy a volume namo Tonmat ard size Click teen rion Disk Description Fi remal Desk 0 Medii Capacity gt 465 8 CB 500 118 700 032 Bytes Connection SC Write Status Read Write Connection Type External 5 Samia Nor Suoporred Connection IO ID T6 unir n 3 Select 1 Partition from the Volume Scheme drop down list 4 Enter a name for the volume in the Name field such as BIG disk 5 Select Mac OS Extended journaled from the Format drop down list 6 Specify the size of the partition in the Size field 7 Click the Partition button 8 Click Partition to acknowledge the warning R 8 Extarnal Disk 0 Media R Partition Disk E z Tope 143 1 WOC 016 es Farrinaninmg wall dal infarmas on cn rhe Macintosh HE of the disk LM 455 5 GB External Dig Thx igh hz 1 D Bj United LUnitirleid m wig wish partigon rhe dish Mournaled Di
37. drive Start Stat Verify Initiates a Verify activity on the selected drive Abort Rebuild Abort the rebuild process only selectable when a Rebuild operation 15 active Abort Verify Abort the Verify process only selectable when a Verify operation is active Table 6 Toolbar Buttons on the Status Window Button Tooltip Description Confieure Box Opens the Basic Configuration Wizard This selection only appears when S the Config 2 0 pins are set to the GUI Configuration mode Schedule Disk Schedule a disk Verify activity This selection only appears when one Verify SAFE volume exists Configure Pop Configure the Pop Up messages This selection is only available for the top level node of a cascaded configuration View Policy Shows the Rebuild Policy settings that are defined by the GPI pins appears Settings only when one or more SAFE volumes exist View the Event Log Log View the current version or download an updated version of the CoolMax CD 320 firmware This selection 15 only available for the top level node of a cascaded configuration Specify Firmware Email Configure the operation of email message notification This selection is Notification only available for the top level node of a cascaded configuration Configure the third party backup application that should be launched when Backup Button the Backup Button is pressed on the CoolMax CD 320 Drive Locking the hard drive data security mechan
38. ducing the SteelVine Manager The SteelVine Manager starts with the Status window visible so you can monitor the CoolMax CD 320s 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 is 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 57 Stee Vine Manager TIB System Status Tree View Drive EDU Status Selected Box Serial Number Drive Information Capacity Information Silicon f Dui J A Image Volume Information Note The appearance of this screen will vary depending on the current Storage Policy and the relative position within a cascaded configuration Refer to the tables below for a description of which items appear Table 2 Sections of the Status Window Status Description Cells Topology Section Displays the hierarchical structure of multiple CoolMax CD 320when 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 to the left of each node You Tree View can also click on a specific node in the Tree View to
39. e 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 1 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 SAFESO section below for additional information about expanding the storage capacity for the SAFE33 Storage Policy 5 50 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 5 50 reduces the cost of additional hard drives in operations where 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 exa
40. e 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 Schedule Verify option 1 enabled It is also possible to create a SAFE volume using one hard disk drive connected to Port 0 of the CoolMax CD 320 although no mirroring will occur until a second hard disk drive 1 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 1 connected Virtual SAFE 27773 Capacity is the same Virtual SAFE 3 Capacity is the smaller volume 120 GB 1 as one hard drive velum j 120 GB i of unequal hard drives bide Pt TT ett Lt he Equal hard drives Unequal 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 reduces the cost of additional hard drives operations where non critical data could be lost without severe consequences SAFE33 uses a SAFE volume that 1 mirrored across two hard drives to protect your critical data in the event a hard drive failure If one drive f
41. ed 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 amp 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 SAFE33 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 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 15 used a 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 1 connected to Port 1 to increase the storage capacity the SAFE volume will be able to complete the mirror by using SOGB from the Drive B and the remai
42. ed radio button then changing the parameters and clicking the OK button SteelVine Manager Drive verify Add Madity D elete Create new schedule Current Schedule Modify an existing schedule Date Time C Delete an existing schedule 12 11 2006 5 56 46 Schedule Activity Daily Hew Schedule Date Time 1271172006 EX 04 52 02 PM ES Monthly Physical Drive Drive 0 NM Gand 7 T J 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 4 Temperature Too High System Fan Too Slow Power supply Fan Too Slow No Boxes Found 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 SteelVine Manager Status Window or select the Setup Email Notification item from the Edit menu pull down list 5 SteelVine Manager File Edit Acti
43. eelVineService 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 A message will appear listing all of the devices that the Eject icon controls Click on the Safely remove USB 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 1 not currently using any drive that 1s about to be hot
44. escription 2 Click Refresh to update the log or click Close to close the log Table 18 LED States Drive Drive is Drive is not being Bad drive or disconnected Normal read write 1 rebuilding accessed from host activity Drive Drive is Drive is not being Bad drive or disconnected Normal read write 2 rebuilding accessed from host activity firmware Note The easiest way to tell the difference between a blinking LED and a flashing LED is 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 Troubleshooting Table 19 Troubleshooting Suggestions Problem Resolution Confirm power at the outlet verify power connection and try an alternate System LED is off power cable Install new firmware Drive 1 or Drive 2 LED is Evaluate the drive for failure and replace if needed blinking See HBA connection below Drive or Drive 2 LED is A SAFE volume is rebuilding on the drive on continuously System fan is not running Confirm the outlet is powered verify power connections and try an alternate Power supply fan is not power cable spinning SATA and USB Host connections Verify the System LED status to confirm power CoolMax CD 320 SATA connection is not recognized by HBA BIOS Verify the SATA connection and try an alternate eSATA cable Verify HBA BIOS recognizes empty CoolMax CD
45. fline The color is initially gray and may Secure drive in its bay Red PIMBE turn red after writing to a SAFE volume Replace drive if needed Needs Drive is in a failed state Data was written to a B SAFES0 SAFE33 or SAFE volume while the drive Replace the failed drive Rebuild was offline A drive that has been locked by a different system Unlock the drive or use a Locked has been connected to the SteelVine Storage Process 1 different drive and cannot be used Drive is connected to the second port of the None the drive cannot be Unavailable CoolMax CD 320 but the host system is not Port accessed from a non PM Multiplier aware aware host Drive was replaced with a smaller drive The Insert a drive that 1 the Use Bigger appliance 15 configured with the SAFES0 SAFE33 same size as or bigger Drive SAFE FAST or BIG storage policy and these than the original hard policies cannot accommodate the smaller drive disk drive Mismatch A drive with an unexpected Serial Number was Insert the correct hard inserted for a SAFE FAST or BIG volume disk drive bad sector was found on a SAFE volume s source None the mirror copy Not Readable pa drive while rebuilding cannot be completed Rebuilding Drive is being rebuilt or the rebuild 1 being ui needed bi Orange M for the rebuild or verify Verifying verified The percentage complete also appears operation to complete Purple M
46. ft of the slider within the slider s channel to make half GB changes 5 Click Update Volume SteelVine Manager Edit Help 179 090 ESO Advanced Configuration Wizard for 57xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 To Basic Mode Drive 0 Drive 1 Storage Policy ida iid SAFE 1 FAST RAID 0 YolumeO BIG 455 772 Bright solid colors identify saved volumes Use v Uz 115 00 Total GB s Left o Cap 232 885 232 886 GB Vol 0 232 885 GB Vol 0 232 886 GB Usdate Volume sf nu 6 Click the Create a New Volume toolbar button l See Steel ine Manager File Edt Help ES 1001090104 ii Advanced Configuteate anew for 57xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 Storage P alicy Cross hatches C RAID 1 identify allocated BIG H space for updated FAST RAID 0 volumes not vet saved dumme BIG Light solid colors identify unallocated 117 886 GB 117 886 GE disk space Use use 12 Total GB s Left 235 772 232 806 GB 232 886 GB 7 Select the FAST radio button in the Storage Policy section Note Only the Storage Policies that are supported by your specific CoolMax CD 320 chip type will appear in the list 8 Select the Use check box
47. ge push button used to create a new Storage Policy Direct support 1 available for the Retrospect Express backup application from EMC Corporation version 6 5 or later although you configure this 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 CoolMax CD 320 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 SteelVine Manager File Edit Action Help Backup M UN alii Button icon 2 When prompted enter the administrator password The default password is admin SteelVine Manager Password To change the requires password Please input your password now a e iy a F emer Si licon Cancel m DK j Li Image 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 Retrospect Express optional 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 1 Bac
48. icy 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 use the rotary switch to select JBOD mode any node in 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 CoolMax CD 320 directly exposes each physical drive Figure 3 JBOD storage policy sample configuration 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 CoolMax CD 320 creates a single virtual volume that is striped across both hard drives with a storage capacity that 15 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 Virtual FAST Capacity is Drive volume i plus Drive B d Striping across disks Figure 4 FAST
49. ies 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 Configuration Wizard so you can apply the configuration to the CoolMax CD 320 Available in Basic and Advanced modes LJ Write configuration Save a Configuration File to a file on the host computer Available in for system to a file Basic and Advanced modes Cancels proposed changes Available Basic and Advanced modes to last Commit Creates a new volume on which to set the Steel Vine Storage 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 Deletes the volume that is currently selected in the volume list volume Delete all volumes Deletes all configured volumes Table 13 Command Buttons on the Advanced Configuration Wizard Read a configuration from a file Create a new volume Button Description To Basic Mode Opens the Basic Configuration Wizard When configuring a volume create a new volume or edit a selected volume Update Applies the selected storage policy to the selected portion of a hard drive as a proposed Volume
50. iguration Wizard Button Tooltip Description Reads a saved configuration into the Basic Configuration Wizard Read nfiguration from so you can apply the configuration to the CoolMax CD 320 a file Write configuration from Save a Configuration File to a on the host computer TT system to a file Restore configuration to j ncel hanges last commit Cancels proposed changes Table 9 Command Buttons on the Basic Configuration Wizard Description Opens the Advanced Configuration Wizard This option is only available if the Advanced Configuration mode is enabled for you system If you are using a SATA host connection this option is only available 1f your SATA controller is PM aware For more information refer to Customizing the SteelVine Manager on page 82 To Advanced Mode Submits configuration changes to the CoolMax CD 320 closes the Wizard and displays the updated configuration on the Status Window Configure Volumes Note Before reconfiguring the CoolMax CD 320 you must delete any previously defined partitions See Partition a Volume for details Apply 1 Select Configure Box from the Edit menu or click the Configure Box toolbar button to open the Basic Configuration Wizard 1 JAXX Stee Vine Manager Ctr C Schedule Drive Verify 5 anfigure lel specity Policy Ctrl F specify Email Motificaton Ctri E vent Lag Ctrl F Speci Firmware S
51. ism not implemented 3 Basic Configuration This section describes the Basic Configuration Wizard and explains how to configure volumes virtual drives A Look at the Basic Configuration Wizard The CoolMax CD 320 provide several methods for defining the configuration When the rotary switch found on the back of the device 1s set outside the visible presets SAFE SAFE33 5 50 FAST BIG or JBOD the Basic Configuration Wizard is accessible from the Status Window When the rotary switch 1 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 Box icon Edit Action Help To protect against unintended changes the Steel Vine 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 1 97xx SteelVine Manager 23 To change the configuration requires 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
52. ismatched Serial and Expected Serial Install the correct drive 5 because drive is installed in the wrong bay into the bay Monitor Temperature The CoolMax CD 320 uses the following colors to indicate temperature status inside the appliance Table 16 Color Codes for Temperature Status lee oli Definition Green Temperature is normal h airfl h Temperature is greater than 40 Remove that interfere with airflow around the Celsius 104 Fahrenheit CoolMax CD 320 Ensure constant airflow around the CoolMax CD 320 If Temperature is greater than 45 there is no airflow replace the fan Celsius 113 Fahrenheit Identify the drive causing the temperature increase and replace it Note If no temperature sensor is installed a value of will appear Monitor Fan Status The CoolMax CD 320 uses the following colors and values to indicate fan status Table 17 Color Codes for Fan Status Value Definition Resolution and power supply fans are functioning within The system fan is not spinning or is spinning slower than expected Contact point of sale ps The power supply fan is not spinning or is spinning slower for repair The expected Both system and power supply fans not spinning or are PS spinning slower than expected Note no fan speed sensor is installed a value of n a will appear Heview Event Logs Event
53. kup Button Select a Backup Application from the list below or use the Browse button to add another Bazkup Application to the list Click on the Apply button to apply your selection You can then press the Backup Button push button on CoolMax CD 320 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 CoolMax CD 320 the specified backup job will automatically begin While the backup job is running the Backup LED on the CoolMax CD 320 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 or use the Browse button to add another Bazkup Application to the list Cancel Apply us E 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 syste
54. ll remain in a degraded vulnerable state until the rebuild 15 restarted and allowed to complete 1 B7 xx SteelVine Manager File Edit Action Help i Start Rebuild start Vert Topology Abort verfu Abort Verify To abort a verify process select Action Abort Verify The verify process will be terminated This selection is only available when a verify process 1s active 1 5teelVine Manager Edit Action Help start Rebuild start Verify Sbart Rebuild Topology 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 1 B7xx SteelVine Manager Drive verify Add Madity D elete Create anew schedule C Modify an existing schedule C Delete an existing schedule Schedule Activity C Daily Weekly C Monthly Mew Schedule Date Time 12 11 2006 04 55 24 ES Physical Drive Drive 8 AA Gilicon Image Modify Delete Verification Schedule You can modify or delete an existing schedule by selecting the desir
55. m 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 consisting of program names and command line parameters and ends with an exit command similar to a DOS batch file bat Specify the program directory and command filename Look in 23 gt il i5 aexml4 dii sil Config svHelper dl Translations 4 Logo es SteelvineManagerHelp N 2 SquareLogo Steelvine Lago Desktop Em SteclvineManagcr SplashLoqo Stopol SquareLago E i5 mswvcpz1 dll Steelvine msver 1 dli SquareLogo Qt3support4 dl S QtCored dll AppFile 9 S dl Steelvine EN 4 dii 1 GtSal4 dii Documents Computer My Network File Places Files of type Command files Cancel 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
56. mple 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 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 300 GB each When the SAFE50 Storage Policy is selected the resulting virtual volumes will include SAFE 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 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 1s not PM aware then ONLY the SAFE volume will be detect
57. n tray even if you close the SteelVine Manager window It can be closed by right clicking on the icon and selecting Exit 2 GR 6 13PM The Steel Vine Manager starts with the Status Window visible so you can monitor the CoolMax CD 320s connected to the host computer Up to four CoolMax CD 320s can be managed through a single session When the CoolMax CD 320 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 27xx 5teelVine Manager File Edit Action Help amp BAK 53 73 d 3L 09 S N 1112345678 12345678 E 22222222 232 885 GB 232 885 ih 3937 mmm 1232 886 GB Silicon CENNE Image Select menu options and follow the instructions the remainder of this guide to configure CoolMax CD 320s When prompted enter the administrative password default password 15 admin Mac OS X The SteelVine Manager software 15 installed in the Applications gt Utilities gt SteelVine folder Before the Steel Vine 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 SteelVine folder Double click the SteelVine icon to start the SteelVine Manager 2 If the launch sequence does not find the daemon a warning me
58. name Properties 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 CoolMax CD 320 L Computer Management PEE File Action wiew Window Help _ B x jm e ae Computer Management Local Layout File System Status Capacity Free Space Free System Tools C Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 37 25 GB 25 79 GB 69 a Event viewer 9 Shared Felders Local Users and Groups Performance Logs and Alerts i Device Menager Sto Removable Storage i Disk Defregmenter Disk nagement Services and Applications imus Basic 61 37 25 GB 37 25 GB 5 Online Heakhy System lt lt SP Disk 1 aes Basic 464 99 GB 464 99 Online Unallocated cSIED ROM DVD D Media gt gb Unallocated Primar 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 15 checked and click OK The disk should
59. nce 1 e 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 CoolMax CD 320 to the GUI position 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 CoolMax Storage Policies You can configure the CoolMax CD 320 to use any of the following Storage Policies to map the appliance s physical hard drives to virtual drives that are visible to 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 CoolMax CD 320 BIG storage policy delivers maximum storage space without a single large capacity and costly hard drive Any node within a c
60. ne 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 One BIG volume that is spread across the two hard drives part of each drive 1 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 Note You cannot combine the JBOD SAFE storage policies JBOD volume consumes one entire drive and a SAFE volume requires one drive for 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 a FAST volume requires two drives 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 1 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 Steel Vine Manager File Edt Help ES 00 09 09D
61. ng 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 CoolMax CD 320 s 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 on Windows Macintosh and Linux systems Cascading also allows you to combine multiple CoolMax CD 320 to create more advanced RAID configurations for high availability such as 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 is replaced the subordinate node will automatically rebuild the mirrored volume
62. ning 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 CoolMax CD 320 can be daisy chained together a hierarchical structure that combines the storage capacities from all units By combining multiple CoolMax CD 320 in a cascaded configuration multiple device drive configurations can be presented as virtual volumes which results a larger storage capacity than upgrading to larger physical hard disk drives You can cascade CoolMax CD 320 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 CoolMax CD 320s 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 CoolMax CD 320 or two CoolMax CD 320s Note The Sil5733 CoolMax CD 320 c
63. o 5F gt System Fan Flag dv Curent Valume PSF gt Power Supply Fan OF Flag eee ee 7 Acce Cancel j Click on the Accept button to complete 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 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 E 57XX SteelVine Manager Event Notification Message Plain Text BEES File Edt View Insert Forma Tools Actions Help 1 Reply to All i Forward 3 5 Y 3 03 From corn Sent Tue 1010312006 11 08 AM Ta Your CG Subject Steelvine Manager Event Notification SteelVine Manager 12395678 Drive Slot 1 Temperature 27 degrees Jystem Fan Speed Good Speed Power Supply Fan Speed Speed Box Serial Humber 12345678 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 9 Pop Up Error Notification Overview You can enable or disable the Error Popup Notification The default setting 1s that this feature 1 enabled and set to di
64. on Help a Notification 1 97xx SteelVine Manager Password To change the requires password Please input your password now m lt lt icon Cancel 3 Image t I 3 The Email Notification setup screen show below will appear 4 Email Notification SMTP Server Mame mai Y ourCompany com Use DNS lookup if blank SMTP Server Port 25 Use 25 if blank YourNamei eurCompany com YourName eurCompany com xxx r aurCompary When to send Partition Hebuild Start C Never Every time Once Every Minute Message Partition Rebuild Complete Never Every time C Once Ever Minute Message Partition Verify Start Never Ever time C Once Every Minute Message _ Never 4 Every time Once Every Minute Message Never Every time Every gt Message _ Never time Once Every Minute Message Never Even time 4 Once Every How Message P Power Supply Fan Too Slow Never C Every time Once Every Hou Ce Message boxes found Never Every time Every Minute am Message h Never Ever time C Once Every Minute k Message Drive Unplugged Never C Every time C Once Every Minute mea Drive Inserted Never C Ever time C Once Every Minute Message a
65. selection Once the application program has been 15 selected you can then press the Backup Button push button on the CoolMax CD 320 platform to launch the application that you specified When launching a third party application or command file the Backup LED on the CoolMax CD 320 platform will not give any indication of the program s status Administering the SteelVine Manager 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 SteelVine Manager GUI 2 From the Windows taskbar select Start Control Panel Add or Remove Programs 3 Select the Steel Vine Manager program and click Remove 6 Add or Remove Programs Currently installed programs Show updates Sork by Change or Remove Steel ine Programs ze Used 5 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
66. splay 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 Steel Vine Manager Status Window or select the Configure Pop Ups item from the Edit menu pull down list 4 SteelVine Manager File Edit Action 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 87xx SteelVine Manager Configure Pop Ups Popup Messages Enabled Display time for the Pop up message 30 seconds Dsabled Gil icon Cancel Image ee 4 Click OK to save your settings Drive Locking Overview not implemented yet 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 CoolMax CD 320 different from the mode chan
67. ssage appears Click OK The daemon is not running To launch the daemon you will be prompted for the administrator s password 7 3 Enter the system administrator root password and click Authentication Required p Please enter your password Cae 2028 4 A notice appears as the launch sequence attempts to start the daemon Click OK Starting daemon Launching GUI This T will take a moment 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 CoolMax CD 320s on the Status window SteelVineManager File Edit Action Help eo 57xx SteelVine Manager s BAK ED S amp F YABSVNFE VDK91GTE14L1 YABSVNFE 152 67 GB 153 386 GB 1525708 1525708 15267058 e Villicon Refresh Mave 6 Select menu options and follow the instructions in the remainder of this guide to configure CoolMax CD 320s When prompted enter the administrative password default password is admin Linux Use the following procedure to launch the Steel Vine Manager on a Linux system 1 Change to the directory in which the Steel Vine Manager GUI and daemon software was installed such as usr local SiliconImage 2 Start the daemon by entering the command 51157 e 3 Open a new terminal window and start the GUI by entering the command Sil57XXUI Intro
68. 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 af both drives the same or the smaller of the two drives 1f they are different If one drive fails the SAFE volume 1 still usable but it 1s 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 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 1 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 transfer performance will also be affected Any nod
69. 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 CoolMax CD 320 Each predefined storage policy allocates the total system capacity to the selected JBOD SAFE FAST or BIG storage policy The SAFE33 and 5 50 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 volumes with the same or different storage policies on the two hard drives The following configuration options are possible where each of the two volumes 1 allocated some portion of the total system capacity Two SAFE volumes that are mirrored from the first hard drive to the second drive Two FAST volumes that are striped across the two hard drives Two BIG volumes that are spread across the two hard drives part of each drive 1 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 o
70. uration Wizard for 57xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 Starage Policy Drive 0 Drive 1 C JBOD RAID 1 BIG SAFE33 FAST RAIN fi Molumel BIG 465 772 Total GB s Left 232 006 GB 232 885 GB n 24 3 Select the BIG Volume O in the volume list and click the Edit Selected Volume toolbar button SER Steel ine Manager SARINAH Advanced Configuratio Ei 9 valine for 57 SteelVine Manager 12345678 Storage Policy SAFE RAID 1 BIG FAST RID 0 select Volume 0 D Use Click Edit after selecting Volume 0 Use Total GB s Left 0 Cap 232 882 GE 0 232 006 GB Vol HO 232 886 GB 4 Move the slider below Drive 0 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 SteelVine Manager Edit Help ES a R 1100 LO O80 Dd Advanced Configuration Wizard for 57xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 Drive 0 Drive 1 Storage Policy iis iia SAFE 1 Bl3 C FAST RAID 0 YolumeO BIG 45b 772 Us 115 00 Total GB s Left 0 Cap 232886 GB Cap 232 906 BE Vol HD 232 886 GB Vol 0 232 886 GB Lladate Volume UR Tip Click to the right or le
71. ve 0 aes rupe EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE 232 986 GB 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 5 xx SteelVine Manager File Edit Help 177 Ged Basic Configuration Wizard for 57xx SteelVine Manager 12345678 Storage Policy JBOD SAFE RAID 1 BIG SAFE33 FAST RAID 0 olime 0 BIG 465 7 72 Total GB s Left o VERSER Mode nu 0 SERES ES ES HH volume 1 HHH IB Fri HERE TE 2 ee H FHHEH A el a J ae tbt m eRe eee eee eee EN HERR 232 885 GB T Cancel 7 Partition the configured volumes to complete the implementation Refer to Chapter 5 Partitioning Volumes for details 4 Advanced Configuration This section describes how to use the Advanced Configuration Wizard to apply more than one storage policy to volumes on the CoolMax CD 320 This mode is entered by selecting the GUI only position on the rotary switch if the Advanced Configuration feature is enabled for your

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