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APC G35T10KF1B2S Power Supply User Manual

1. Battery backup feature is lt item gt e JBOD events N a a into system Paes Pe a from system ERROR HDD failure JBOD lt number gt disk lt slot gt is disabled INFO _ JBOD inserted JBOD lt number gt is inserted into system WARNING JBOD removed JBOD lt number gt is removed from system SMART T E C JBOD lt number gt disk lt slot gt SMART Threshold Exceed Condition occurred for attribute s aaa Ne get S M A R T information Dedicated JBOD lt number gt PD lt slot gt has been wf Spare configured to RG lt name gt as a dedicated configured Spare disk ni Global spare BOD lt number gt PD lt slot gt d has been configured configured as a global spare disk Read error occurred at LBA lt address gt 83 jee lt address gt of JBOD lt number gt PD lt slot gt PD write error Write error occurred at LBA lt address gt occurred lt address gt of JBOD lt number gt PD lt slot gt INFO PD freed JBOD lt number gt PD lt slot gt has been removed from RG lt name gt e System maintenance events ted mo System System a lt lt shutdown INFO System reboot System reboot nee a a start na a JEE success kasih a failure C Known Issues 1 Microsoft MPIO is not supported on Windows XP or Windows 2000 Professional Workaround solution Using Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server to run MPIO 84 D Microsoft iSCSI Initia
2. Support Kernels http www open iscsi org cgi bin wiki pl Supported Kernels Google groups http groups google com group open iscsi threads gvc http groups google com group open iscsi topics Open iSCSI Wiki iscsi i bi iki 3 ATTO iSCSI initiator is available for Mac Website http www attotech com xtend html 2 8 Management Methods There are three management methods to manage the iSCSI RAID subsystem describe in the following 2 8 1 Web GUI The iSCSI RAID subsystem supports graphical user interface to manage the system Be sure to connect LAN cable to your R Link port The default setting of management port IP is DHCP and the DHCP address displays on LCM user can check LCM for the IP first then open the browser and type the DHCP address The DHCP address is dynamic and user may need to check every time after reboot again When DHCP service is not available the subsystem uses zero config Zeroconf to get an IP address Example on LCM the subsystem gets a DHCP address 192 168 10 50 from DHCP server 192 168 10 50 ISCSI Model Name Sg 22 http 192 168 10 50 or https 192 168 10 50 https connection with encrypted Secure Sockets Layer SSL Please be aware of the https function is slower than http Click any function at the first time it will pop up a dialog to authenticate current user Login name admin Default password 00000000 Or login with the read only account
3. 4 Check the outcome Click if all setups are correct 5 Done A RG has been created Volume configuration RAID group No Name Total Free PD VD Status Health RAID GB GB a RG1 R5 1862 1862 3 0 Online Good RAID 5 Create a 56 Step 2 Create VD Virtual disk To create a volume please follow these steps 1 Select Volume configuration Virtual disk 2 Click SCE ella 3 Input a VD name choose a RG Name and enter a size of VD decide the Stripe high block size read write mode and set priority finally click i Confirm e Volume configuration Virtual disk Create Name VDI RG name RG1 R5 v Capacity GB 1000 Stripe height KB 64 v Block size B 512 Read Write Write through cache Write back cache Priority High priority Middle priority Low priority Bg rate Jv lt lt Back a Confirm A 4 Done A VD has been created Volume configuration Virtual disk No Name Size Right Priority Bg rate Status Health R RAID LUN RG GB Vio name VD1 1000 WB HI 4 Initiating Optimal 0 RAID 5 0 RG1 R5 Create D 5 Do one more time to create another VD Volume configuration Virtual disk Create Name Yo 1 RG name RGI R5 e Capacity GB 862 Stripe height KB SA e Block size pi 512 e Read Write Write through cache Write back cache Priority High priority Middle priority Low priority Bg ra
4. 91 7 Wrong setting result OS can not format disk sector after 2048GB 2TB PDisk 0 Basic C D E F 76 68 GB 19 53 GB FAT32 19 53 GB FAT32 19 53 GB 18 08 GB NTFS Online Healthy System Healthy Boot Healthy Healthy amp PDisk 1 Basic New Yolume H 2792 99 GB 2048 00 GB NTFS 744 99 GB A OS cannot format this area Online Healthy Unallocated 9CD ROM 0 DND EN_OS_2939 2 G 3 20 GB UDF Healthy 3 20 GB Online F MPIO and MC S Setup Instructions Here is the instruction to setup MPIO The following network diagrams are the examples Please follow them to setup the environment Remind that host must have multi NICs which are set up with different IPs gt Network diagram of MPIO Read or Write Read or Write Sigabr tc 5B 1404 G143 5B 1404 G143 1 Dual ports with MPIO 2 Dual ports with MPIO Direct connection host Via switches host has has 2 LAN ports read or 2 LAN ports read or write in one VD write in one VD 92 The MPIO setup instructions are the following DAN The MC S Biao oe 10 Create RG VD and then attach LUN Add the first Target Portal on Microsoft iSCSI initiator Add the second Target Portal on Microsoft iSCSI initiator Logon Enable Enable multi path checkbox Then click Advanced Select the first Source IP and Target Portal to iSCSI data port 1 Then cli
5. Volume configuration Logical unit Host LUN Permission VD name Session iqn 1991 05 com microsoft test1 0 Read write VD1 0 Attach a 2 Choose OK 3 Done 59 Step 7 Delete VD Virtual disk To delete the Virtual disk please follow the steps 1 Select Volume configuration Virtual disk 2 Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the VD number click Delete There will pop up a confirmation page click OK 3 Done The VDs are deleted x NOTE When deleting VD the attached LUN s related to this VD will be detached automatically Step 8 Delete RG RAID group To delete a RAID group please follow the steps 1 Select Volume configuration RAID group 2 Select a RG which is no VD related on this RG otherwise the VD s on this RG must be deleted first 3 Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the RG number click Delete 4 There will pop up a confirmation page click OK 5 Done The RG has been deleted the related VD s have been deleted in this RG Otherwise it will have an error when deleting this RG X NOTE The action of deleting one RG will succeed only when all Step 9 Free global spare disk To free global spare disks please follow the steps 1 Select Volume configuration Physical disk 2 Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the PD slot click Set Free disk Step 10 Done
6. Login setting Mail setting and Notification setting System configuration System name for identification System setting System time for event log IP address Internet Protocol IP address for remote administration Configuration for auto logout and login lock Login setting Administrator s password Mail setting Alert by e mail Alert via Simple Network Management Protocal SNMP Notification setting Transmits net send and alerter service messages between clients and servers Alert to remote system log server 31 3 4 1 System Setting Select System setting to change system name and date Default system name Is the model name e g SB 1404 G1A3 System configuration System setting System name System name SB 1404 G1A3 Date and time Change date and time GMT 08 00 Taipei 2008 Check Change date and time option to set up the current date time and time zone before using or synchronize time from NTP Network Time Protocol server 32 3 4 2 IP Address Select IP address to change IP address for remote administration usage There are 2 options DHCP Get IP address from DHCP server or Static static IP The default setting is DHCP enabled User can change the HTTP HTTPS and SSH port number when the default port number is not allowed on host server System configuration IP address MAC address MAC address 00 13 78 AE 00 02 Address DHCP
7. PDisk 1 Basic 2792 92 GB Cover to Dynamic Disk 744 96 GB Online Convert ko GPT Disk Unallocated icp romo Properties DVD 3 20 GB Hep Online Healthy 90 4 Format the disk C D 3 F 19 53 GB FAT3Z 19 53 GB FAT 32 18 08 GE NTFS Healthy System Healthy Boot Healthy EN_05_2939 2 G Help 3 20 68 3 20 GB UDF Onine Healthy 5 Done Ee Disk 0 H IR L Basic LC D E F 76 60 GB 19 55 GB FATS2 19 53 GB FATS2 19 535 GB 18 08 GB NTFS Online Healthy System Healthy Boot Healthy Healthy PDisk Basic New volume H 2792 87 GB 2792 87 GB NTFS Online C9CD RO0M O DD EN 05 7939 7 G2 3 20 GB 13 20 GB UDF Online Healthy 6 The new disk is ready to use the available size 2 72TB P My Computer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help OH Back O pack O P Psearh DrFodes 5BRYO el My Compster O 3 My Computer Hard Disk Drives Se Local Disk C Local Disk 19 5 GB 17 0 GB Local Disk Di Local Disk 19 5 GB 16 2 GB Local Disk E Local Disk a Local Disk F Local Disk 18 0 GB 16 4 GB GDE Local Disk 2 72 TB 2 72 TB Devices withR H ze Floppy A ae SbEN 05 7939 2 G CD Drive 3 20 GB O bytes WARNI NG If user setups 512B block size for VD and the host server OS is 32bit in the last step of formatting disk user will find OS cannot format the disk sector after 2048GB 2TB
8. All volumes have been deleted 60 3 7 Enclosure Management Enclosure management function allows managing enclosure information including SES config Hardware monitor S M A R T and UPS functions For the enclosure management there are many sensors for different purposes such as temperature sensors voltage sensors hard disks fan sensors power sensors and LED status And due to the hardware characteristics are different among these sensors for different sensors they have different polling intervals Below is the detail about polling time intervals Temperature sensors 1 minute Voltage sensors 1 minute Hard disk sensors 10 minutes Fan sensor 10 seconds when there are continuous 3 times of error controller sends ERROR event log 5 Power sensor 10 seconds when there are continuous 3 times of error controller sends ERROR event log 6 LED status 10 seconds PA AN Enclosure management SES configuration Access control for SES management Hardware monitor System monitored voltage temperature and battery backup module S M A R T Self monitoring analysis and reporting technology for physical disks UPS Uninterruptible power supply 61 3 7 1 SES Configuration SES represents SCSI Enclosure Services one of the enclosure management standards Use SES config function to enable or disable the management of SES To enable SES 1 Click Enable Enclosure m
9. For one controller there are four copies of event logs to make sure users can check event log any time when there is are failed disk s 69 3 8 6 Reboot and Shutdown Reboot and shutdown displays Reboot and Shutdown buttons Before power off it is better to execute Shutdown to flush the data from cache to physical disks The step is necessary for data protection Maintenance Reboot and shutdown Reboot a Shutdown e 3 9 Logout For security reason Logout function will allow user to logout when it is not necessary to operate the system To re login the system enter username and password again Sure to logout Confirm a 70 Chapter 4 Advanced Operation 4 1 Rebuild If one physical disk of a Raid Group which is set to a protected RAID level e g RAID 3 RAID 5 or RAID 6 is FAILED or has been unplugged removed the RG status is changed to degraded mode The system will search detect spare disk to rebuild the degraded RG to a complete one It will try to detect dedicated spare disk first then global spare disk to rebuild The iSCSI RAID subsystem supports Auto Rebuild function The following is the scenario Take RAID 6 for example 1 When there is no global spare disk or dedicated spare disk on the system the Subsystem will be in degraded mode and wait until A there is one disk assigned as spare disk or B the failed disk is removed and replaced with new clean dis
10. PD VD Status Health RAID 1862 1862 3 0 Online Good RAID 5 Migrate Create a Deactivate Scrub Delete Set disk property More information The example above shows RAID 5 with 3 physical disks and RG is named RG1 The total size is 1862GB 49 RG column description Number of RAID group The button next to the No shows the functions which can be executed CO UN The health of RAID group Good gt the RAID group is good Failed gt the hard drive is failed Degraded gt the RAID group is not completed The reason could be lack of one disk or disk failure The status of RAID group Online gt the RAID group is online Offline 3 the RAID group is offline Rebuild gt the RAID group is being rebuilt Migrate gt the RAID group is being migrated Scrub gt the RAID group is being scrubbed nu O The RAID level of the RAID group 50 RG operations description Create a RAID group Migrate Migrate a RAID group Please refer to succeeding chapter for more detail Activate a RAID group it can be executed when RG Status is offline This is for online roaming purpose Deactivate Deactivate a RAID group it can be executed when RG status is online This is for online roaming purpose Scrub a RAID group It s a parity regeneration function It Supports RAID 3 5 6 only Delete a RAID group Set disk Change the disk status of write cache
11. lt address gt of VD lt name gt occurred ERROR Unrecoverable Unrecoverable write error occurred at LBA write error lt address gt lt address gt of VD lt name gt occurred Dedicated PD lt slot gt has been configured to RG Spare lt name gt as a dedicated spare disk configured oe oa Ree configured global spare disk ae e e a occurred lt address gt of PD lt slot gt occurred lt address gt of PD lt slot gt TT ee it ee a when when scrubbing lt address gt lt address gt when scrubbing VD lt name gt Hm bn dan NI when scrubbing been recovered when scrubbing VD lt name gt PD freed PD lt slot gt has been removed from RG INFO lt name gt RG imported Configuration of RG lt name gt has been 82 imported S RG restored Configuration of RG lt name gt has been restored aa VD restored Configuration of VD lt name gt has been restored e iSCSI events pe Ca Sana succeeds ee a rejected reason lt string gt a babasa iSCSI logout from lt IP gt was received reason lt string gt e Battery backup events pe ___Peseription _ BBM sync data Abnormal shutdown detected start pali el 2 22 flushing battery backuped data lt number gt KB ee ee a maa data finishes ANFO 7 BEM detected Battery backup module s detected _ mud Battery backup module is charging charging WARNING BBM is failed Battery backup module ts failed INFO BBM
12. 52 G6 16 57GB 83 No 036 EI E Shared Folders GIE Partition Basic Healthy 19 536B 19 53GB 100 Na Oe Local Users and Groups GI Partition Basic NTFS Healthy 15 08 G6 1640GB 90 No Oe C 4 Performance Logs and Alert eu 0s 2999 2 G Partition Basic UDF Healthy 32066 OMB 0 No Oe Si Device Manager Disk Defragmenter 3 Disk Management e e Ss Services and Applications Disk 0 Basic LC D E F 76 60 GB 13 53 GB FAT32 19 53 GB FAT3Z 19 53 GB 18 08 GB NTFS Online Healthy System Healthy Book Healthy Healthy Disk 1 NAG Unknown E AAAA ere 99 G6 2792 99 GE Meare Diski Mot Initialized D nallacated 424474444477 2ZICD ROM o DvD EN 05 7939 7 G 3 20 GB 3 20 GB UDF Online Healthy 2 Initialize the disk Disk 0 Basic C D E F 76 619 GB 19 53 GB FAT3Z 19 53 GB FAT32 19 53 GB 18 08 GB NTFS Online Healthy System Healthy Boot Healthy Healthy Disk 1 Unknown 5797 99 GB Initialize Disk Mot Initialized Properties 9CD ROM 0 Help DVD SOS PI 3 20 GB 3 20 GB UDF Online Healthy 3 Convert to GPT disk for over 2TB capacity For more detail information about GPT please visit http www microsoft com whdc device storage GPT FAQ mspx P Disk 0 eT SS Basic CH D E F 70 00 3B 13 53 GB FATS2 19 53 GB FAT3Z 19 53 GB 18 065 GE NTFS Online Healthy System Healthy Boot Healthy Healthy
13. INFO VD deleted VD lt name gt has been deleted VD renamed Name of VD lt name gt has been renamed to lt name gt Read only Cache policy of VD lt name gt has been set enabled Writeback Cache policy of VD lt name gt has been set enabled Write through Cache policy of VD lt name gt has been set enabled INFO VD extended__ Size of VD lt name gt extends nto e aa Yam sarsma started eo al oae re finished ada a failed lt name gt Im hi O started N o finished RAE ai RS ee SEE me failed INFO VD migration VD lt name gt starts migration 81 started NR ore r ee finished failed lt name gt re zez ere seers started mo bi finished ree ca Ka O started mo a d finished INFO RG activated RG lt name gt has been manually activated we sews ni deactivated Rewrite at LBA lt address gt of VD s started starts VD rewrite Rewrite at LBA lt address gt of VD s finished completes VD rewrite Rewrite at LBA lt address gt of ND Hs failed failed WARNING RG degraded RG lt name gt is under degraded mode WARNING VD degraded VD lt name gt is under degraded mode Recoverable Recoverable read error occurred at LBA read error lt address gt lt address gt of VD lt name gt occurred Recoverable Recoverable write error occurred at LBA occurred ERROR Unrecoverable Unrecoverable read error occurred at LBA read error lt address gt
14. Power lt number gt is installed INFO Power work Power lt number gt is restored to work WARNING Power detect PSU signal detection lt number gt INFO____ Fanwork Fan lt number gt is restored to work INFO present ane a warning bit higher ERROR Thermal critical System Overheated lt location gt The TT wo system will do the auto shutdown immediately panne ee i value lt location gt ane ea ai warning higher lower ERROR Voltage critical System voltages lt location gt failed The TT oa system will do the auto shutdown immediately INFO UPS info UPS detection succeeded UQZ2 ERROR AC loss for the system is detected ERROR UPS Power Low The system will do the 80 auto shutdown immediately SMART T E C Disk lt slot gt SMART Threshold Exceed Condition occurred for attribute lt item gt SMART failure Disk lt slot gt Failure to get S M A R T information RMS events pe olor ae console gt via Console Ul aaa aa console gt via Console Ul INFO Web Login lt username gt login from lt IP gt via Web UI _ Web Logout lt username gt logout from lt IP gt via Web Ul LVM3 events mo RG created RG lt name gt has been created RG creation Failed to create RG lt name gt failed INFO RG deleted RG lt name gt has been deleted VD created VD lt name gt has been created VD creation Failed to create VD lt name gt failed
15. System information Upgrade Reset to default Import and export Event log Step 1 Step 2 Confirm System name Date and time MAC address Address DNS port Login configuration Admin password User password Mail SNMP Messenger System log server Event log filter Entity name ISNS IP IP settings for iSCSI ports Become default gateway Enable jumbo frame Create Authenticate Rename User Delete Session information Delete Create Delete Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Confirm Set Free disk Set Global spare Set Dedicated spare Set property More information Create Migrate Activate Deactivate Scrub Delete Set disk property More information Create Extend Scrub Delete Set property Attach LUN Detach LUN List LUN More information Attach Detach Enable Disable Auto shutdown S M A R T information UPS Type Shutdown battery level Shutdown delay Shutdown UPS System information Browse the firmware to upgrade Export configuration Sure to reset to factory default Import Export Import file Download Mute Clear 27 Reboot and 7 Reboot Shutdown shutdown Sure to logout 3 2 Login The iSCSI RAID subsystem supports graphical user interface GUI to operate the system Be sure to connect the LAN cable The default IP setting is DHCP open web browser and enter http 192 168 10 50 Please check the DHCP address first
16. There are many SNMP tools The following web sites are for your reference SNMPc http www snmpc com Net SNMP http net snmp sourceforge net 36 Using Messenger user must enable the service Messenger in Windows Start gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Services gt Messenger and then event logs can be received It allows up to 3 messenger addresses User can choose the event log levels Note that in default settings only the WARNING and ERROR event logs are enabled Using System log server user can choose the facility and the event log level The default port of syslog is 514 The default setting enables event level INFO WARNING and ERROR event logs There are some syslog server tools The refer to the following web sites WinSyslog http www winsyslog com Kiwi Syslog Daemon http www kiwisyslog com Most UNIX systems build in syslog daemon Event log filter setting can enable event level on Pop up events and LCM 37 3 5 iSCSI Config iSCSI config selection is for the setup of Entity Property NIC Node Session and CHAP account iSCSI configuration Enti ropert iSCSI entity property NIC ISCSI portal configuration Node ISCSI node configuration Session ISCSI session information CHAP account Add Remove account for iSCSI node 3 5 1 Entity Property Select Entity property to view the entity name
17. UPS Port Power Supply RS232 Port AC Power Input Socket R Link Port Power Switch LANZ Gigabit Port LAN1 Gigabit Port ran 1 Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS Port APC Smart UPS only The subsystem may come with an optional UPS port allowing you to connect a APC Smart UPS device Connect the cable from the UPS device to the UPS port located at the rear of the subsystem This will automatically allow the subsystem to use the functions and features of the UPS 2 RS232 Port The subsystem is equipped with an RS232 serial port allowing you to connect a PC or terminal Use the null modem cable to 3 R Link Port Remote Link through RJ 45 Ethernet for remote management The subsystem is equipped with one 10 100 Ethernet RJ 45 LAN port Use web browser to manage the RAID subsystem through Ethernet for remote configuration and monitoring 4 LAN1 LANZ Gigabit Ports The subsystem is equipped with two Gigabit data ports for connecting to the network 5 Cooling Fan One blower fan is located at the rear of the subsystem It provides sufficient airflow and heat dispersion inside the chassis In case a fan fails to function the Fan fail LED will turn red and an alarm will sound 6 Power Switch Use this to power on the system 18 2 4 Connecting the iSCSI RAID Subsystem to Your Network To connect the iSCSI unit to the network insert the cable that came with the unit into the Gigabit network port LAN1
18. When the power is abnormally off during the migration the data is in high risk RG name RG1 RO gt R5 Migrate to RG1 RO gt R5 RAID level RAID 0 RAID 5 RAID cell 1 1 RAID PD slot 123 123 lt lt Back a Confirm 73 Sure to migrate E Warning power lost during migration may cause damage of data 6 Migration starts and it can be seen from the status of a RG with Migrating In Volume configuration Virtual disk it displays a Migrating in Status and complete percentage of migration in R Volume configuration RAID group No Name Total Free PD VD Status Health RAID GB GB RG1 RO gt R5 2793 o 4 1 Migrating Good RAID 5 Size e SS cB Right Priority Bg rate Status Health ng Pob VD1 2793 WB HI lt Migrating Optimal 0 RAID 5 0 RG1 RO gt R5 To do migration the total size of RG must be larger or equal to the original RG It does not allow expanding the same RAID level with the same hard disks of original RG The operation is not allowed when RG is being migrated System would reject the following operations Perform yet another migration operation Scrub entire RG 1 Add dedicated spare 2 Remove a dedicated spare 3 Create a new VD 4 Delete a VD 5 Extend a VD 6 Scruba VD i 8 WARNI NG RG Migration cannot be executed during rebuild or VD extension 74 4 3 VD Extension To extend VD size please follow the procedu
19. and 1 80G it lists all possibilities and combination in different RAID level and different sizes After user chooses RAID level user may find that some HDDs are available free status The result is using smarter policy It gives user 1 Biggest capacity of RAID level for user to choose and 2 The fewest disk number for RAID level volume size E g user chooses RAID 5 and the controller has 3 200G and 1 120G HDDs inserted If we use all 4 HDDs for a RAID 5 the maximum size of volume is 360G 120G 3 By the wizard it does a smart check and finds out the most efficient way of using HDDs The wizard only uses 200G HDDs RAID5 Volume size is 200G 2 400G the volume size is bigger and fully uses HDD capacity Step 1 Select Volume create wizard and then choose the RAID level After the Mest gt a RAID level is chosen click Then it will link to next page Volume configuration Volume create wizard Step 1 RAID level RAID 0 3725 GB RAID O 3725 GB RAID 1 931 GB RAID 3 2793 GB RAID 5 2793 GB RAID 6 1862 GB RAID 0 1 1862 GB Step 2 Please select the combination of the RG capacity or Use default algorithm for maximum RG capacity After RG size is chosen click u Next gt gt MG Volume configuration Volume create wizard Step 2 Use default algorithm 9 Customization new 3 disk 1862 GB new 3 disk 1862 GB
20. array type The disadvantage is that if one drive in a RAID 0 array fails the entire array fails Writes can occur simultaneously on every drive yoru DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA PISIL Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive RAID 1 also known as disk mirroring is simply a pair of disk drives that store duplicate data but appear to the computer as a single drive Although striping is not used within a single mirrored drive pair multiple RAID 1 arrays can be striped together to create a single large array consisting of pairs of mirrored drives All writes must go to both drives of a mirrored pair so that the information on the drives is kept identical However each individual drive can perform simultaneous independent read operations Mirroring thus doubles the read performance of a single non mirrored drive and while the write performance is unchanged RAID 1 delivers the best performance of any redundant array type In addition there is less performance degradation during drive failure than in RAID 5 arrays Duplicate data is written to pairs of drives DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA VILL Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive 10 RAID 3 sector stripes data across groups of drives but one drive in the group is dedicated to storing parity information RAID 3 relies on the embedded ECC in each sector for error detection In the case of drive failure data recovery is accomplished by c
21. new 4 disk 2793 GB RAID group 44 Step 3 Decide VD size User can enter a number less or equal to the default number Then click u Mest gt 6 ei Volume configuration Volume create wizard Step 3 Volume size GB 1862 Confirm Step 4 Confirm page Click nit all setups are correct Then a VD will be created Volume configuration Volume create wizard Step 4 RAID level RAID 5 RAID group new rg Volume size GB 1862 lt lt Back a Confirm a It s done You can start to use the system now No Name por pabang PD VD Status Health RAID QUICK37598 1862 o 3 1 Online Good RAID 5 45 3 6 2 Physical Disk Enter Physical disk to view the status of hard drives inserted in the system The following are operation tips 1 Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the number of slot it will show the functions which can be executed 2 Active function s can be selected but inactive function s will show in gray color For example set PD slot number 4 to dedicated spare disk Step 1 Move the mouse pointer to the gray button of PD Slot 4 then select Set Dedicated spare It will link to the next page Volume configuration Physical disk Slot naig o Status Health Usage Vendor Serial Type Write cache Standby 931 QUICK37598 Online Good RD WDC WD WCASIJ0293107 WD SATA2 Enabled Disabled 2 e 931 QUICK37598 Online Good RD WDC WD WCASIJ0494131 WD SAT
22. of hard drive Online gt the hard drive is online Rebuilding gt the hard drive is being rebuilt Transition gt the hard drive is being migrated or is replaced by another disk when rebuilding occurs Missing gt the hard drive has already joined a RG but not plugged into the disk tray of current system RD gt RAID Disk This hard drive has been set to RAID FR gt FRee disk This hard drive is free for use DS gt Dedicated Spare This hard drive has been set to the dedicated spare of the RG GS gt Global Spare This hard drive has been set to The health of hard drive Good gt the hard drive is good Failed gt the hard drive is failed Error Alert gt S M A R T error alert Read Errors gt the hard drive has unrecoverable read errors 47 a global spare of all RGs RS gt ReServe The hard drive contains the RG information but cannot be used It may be caused by an uncompleted RG set or hot plug of this disk in the running time In order to protect the data in the disk the status changes to reserve It can be reused after setting it to FR manually vendor Hard drive vendor Hard drive serial number Hard drive type SATA gt SATA disk SATA2 gt SATA II disk Hard drive write cache is enabled or disabled Standby HDD auto spin down to save power The default value is disabled PD opera
23. of the iSCSI RAID subsystem and setup iSNS IP for iSNS Internet Storage Name Service service ISNS protocol allows automated discovery management and configuration of iSCSI devices on a TCP IP network Using ISNS it needs to install a ISNS server in SAN Add an ISNS server IP address to the iSNS servers list which the iSCSI initiator service can send queries iSCSI configuration Entity property Entity name iqn 1997 05 tw com proware sb 1404 g1a3 000ae0002 ISNS IP N NOTE The entity name of the iSCSI RAID subsystem cannot be changed 38 3 5 2 NIC Select NIC to change IP addresses of iSCSI data ports There are two gigabit LAN ports to transmit data Each of them must be assigned one IP address in multi homed mode iSCSI configuration NIC Name DHCP IP address Netmask Gateway Jumbo frame MAC address Link Zi No 192 168 1 10 255 255 255 0 192 168 1 254 Enabled 9000 00 13 78 00 0c 04 Up LAN2 No 192 168 2 20 255 255 255 0 192 168 2 254 Disabled 1500 00 13 78 00 0c 05 Up IP settings for iSCSI ports Become default gateway Enable jumbo frame The screenshot above shows the 2 iSCSI data ports Each of them is set to static IP LAN1 has Jumbo Frame enabled I P settings User can change IP address by moving mouse to the gray button of LAN port click IP settings for iSCSI ports There are 2 selections DHCP Get IP address from DHCP server or Stat
24. on LCM Click any function at the first time it will pop up a dialog for authentication Login name admin Default password 00000000 Welcome to B 1404 G143 User name admin Password o En glish After login you can choose the function blocks on the left side of window to do configuration Quick installation System configuration P iSCSI configuration E Volume configuration E Enclosure Management E Maintenance Logout 28 3 2 1 Language Before clicking the Login button you can change the GUI language if needed There are 4 options to select English Simplified Chinese German and French English English Simplified Chinese German French 3 2 2 Status I ndicators There are six indicators at the top right corner 1 RAID light Green means RAID works well Red represents RAID failure happening 2 Temperature light Green is normal Red represents abnormal temperature 3 D Voltage light Green is normal Red represents abnormal voltage Status 4 D UPS light Green is normal Red represents abnormal UPS status ar Fan light Green is normal Red represents abnormal fan status 6 lo Power light Green is normal Red represents abnormal power status 29 3 3 Quick Install It is easy to use Quick install to create a volume It uses whole physical disks to create a RG The system will calculate maximum spaces on RAID levels 0 1 3 5 6 0 1 Quick install wi
25. on the back of iSCSI unit Insert the other end into a Gigabit BASE T Ethernet connection on your network hub or switch You may connect the other network port LAN2 if needed For remote management of the iSCSI RAID subsystem connect the R Link port to your network 2 5 Powering On 1 Plug in the power cord into the AC Power Input Socket located at the rear of the subsystem 2 Turn on the Power Switch 3 The Power LED on the front Panel will turn green 19 2 6 Installing Hard Drives The expansion chassis supports hot swapping allowing you to install or replace a hard drive while the subsystem is running Each Drive Carrier has a locking mechanism When the Lock Groove is horizontal this indicates that the Drive Carrier is locked When the Lock Groove is vertical the Drive Carrier is unlocked Lock and unlock the Drive Carriers by using a flat head screw driver The Lock Grooves are located on the carrier open button a Press the Carrier Open button and the Drive Carrier handle will flip open Carrier Open Button b Pull out an empty disk tray Pull the lever handle outwards to remove the carrier from the enclosure c Place the hard drive in the disk tray Make sure the holes of the disk tray align with the holes of the hard drive d Install the mounting screws on the bottom part to secure the drive in the disk tray e Slide the tray into a slot f Close the lever handle until you hear the la
26. register or UB Unbufferred ECC or Non ECC from 64MB to 1GB 32 bit or 64 bit data bus width x8 or x16 devices 9 to 11 bits column address Vendor Model AG64L72T8SQC4S 512MB DDR 400 ECC with Samsung AG28L64T8SHC4S 1GB DDR 400 with Samsung AG28L72T8SHC4S 1GB DDR 400 ECC with Samsung AB28L72Q8SHC4S 1GB DDR 400 ECC Reg with Samsung UG732D6688KN DH 256MB DDR 333 Unbufferred with Hynix UG732D7588KZ DH 256MB DDR 333 ECC Reg with Elpida UG764D7588KZ DH 512MB DDR 333 ECC Reg with UG7128D7588LZ DH 1GB DDR 333 ECC Reg with Hynix UG7128D7488LN GJF 1GB DDR 400 ECC with Hynix UG7128D7588LZ GJF 1GB DDR 400 ECC Reg with UG7128D7 588LZ GJF 1GB DDR 400 ECC Reg with UG732D6688KS DH 256MB DDR 333 Unbufferred Low profile with Hynix UG764D6688LS DH 512MB DDR 333 Unbufferred Low profile with Hynix iSCSI Initiator Software os Software Release Number Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator Release v2 07 System Requirements 1 Windows 2000 Server with SP4 2 Windows Server 2003 with SP2 3 Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2 4 Windows Server 2008 The iSCSI Initiators are different for different Linux Kernels 1 For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Kernel 2 4 install linux iscsi 3 6 3 tar 2 For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Kernel 2 6 use the 77 build in iSCSI initiator iscsi initiator utils 4 0 3 0 4 in kernel 2 6 9 For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Kernel 2 6 u
27. the increased read performance inherent in disk striping RAID 0 These arrays are sometimes referred to as RAID 0 1 or RAID 10 and RAID 0 5 or RAID 50 RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5 in that data protection is achieved by writing parity information to the physical drives in the array With RAID 6 however two sets of parity data are used These two sets are different and each set occupies a capacity equivalent to that of one of the constituent drives The main advantage of RAID 6 is High data availability any two drives can fail without loss of critical data Writes require parity to be updated gt LG A AS a gt DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA PARITY ey PARITY PARITY PARITY NY ILILLL Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive In summary RAID O is the fastest and most efficient array type but offers no fault tolerance RAID O requires a minimum of two drives RAID 1 is the best choice for performance critical fault tolerant environments RAID 1 is the only choice for fault tolerance if no more than two drives are used RAID 3 can be used to speed up data transfer and provide fault tolerance in single user environments that access long sequential records However RAID 3 does not allow overlapping of multiple I O operations and requires synchronized spindle drives to avoid performance degradation with short records RAID 5 with a small stripe size offers similar
28. which only allows seeing the configuration and cannot change setting Login name user Default password 1234 2 8 2 Console Serial Port Use NULL modem cable to connect console port The console setting is baud rate 115200 8 bits 1 stop bit and no parity Terminal type vt100 Login name admin Default password 00000000 2 8 3 Remote Control Secure Shell SSH secure shell is required for the i5CSI RAID subsystem to remote login The SSH client software is available at the following web site SSHWinClient WWW http www ssh com Putty WWW http www chiark greenend org uk Host name 192 168 10 50 Please check your DHCP address for this field Login name admin Default password 00000000 NOTE The iSCSI RAID series only support SSH for remote control For using SSH the IP address and the password is required for login 23 2 9 Enclosure 2 9 1 LCD Control Module LCM There are four buttons to control the subsystem LCM LCD Control Module These are A Up v Down Enter EXIT Escape After booting up the system the following screen shows management port IP and model name 192 168 10 50 ISCSI Model Name lt Press W the LCM functions System Info Alarm Mute Reset Shutdown Quick Install Volume Wizard View IP Setting Change IP Config and Reset to Default will rotate by pressing 4 up and w down When there is WARNING or ERROR
29. 255 0 a 168 010 254 A mom oi Address address stomac Change IP Pasay ur sune suine Submask Config IP Static IP EA p Galen EA Galen Setting Ai Reset to Default 4Yes Nov WARNING Before power off it is better to execute Shutdown to flush the data from cache to physical disks Volume Size XXX GB Volume Wizard prol PS Ay 25 2 9 2 System Buzzer The system buzzer features are described as follows 1 The system buzzer alarms 1 second when system boots up successfully 2 The system buzzer alarms continuously when there is error level event happened The alarm will be stopped after mute 3 The alarm will be muted automatically when the error situation is resolved E g when RAID 5 is degraded and alarm sounds immediately after user changes adds one physical disk for rebuilding and when the rebuilding is done the alarm will be muted automatically 26 Chapter 3 Web GUI Guideline 3 1 iSCSI RAID Subsystem GUI Hierarchy The below table is the hierarchy of the subsystem GUI Quick installation System configuration System setting IP address Login setting Mail setting Notification setting iSCSI configuration Entity property NIC Node Session CHAP account Volume configuration Volume create wizard Physical disk N7 RAID group gt Virtual disk Logical unit Enclosure management SES configuration Hardware monitor S M A R T UPS
30. 3 0Gb s 16M Seagate INL35 ST3500641NS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M Seagate Barracuda ES ST3500630NS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M Seagate Barracuda 7200 8 ST3400832AS 400GB 7200RPM SATA 1 5Gb s 8M NCQ i e ES ST3750640NS 750GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M 3 0Gb s 16M NCQ 3 0Gb s 32M NCQ Seagate Barracuda ES 2 ST31000340NS 1000GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 32M Westem Digital Caviar SE WD800 D 80GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 8M Westem Digital Caviar SE WD1600J D 160GB 7200RPM SATA 1 5G s 8M Westem Digital Raptor WD360GD 36 7GB 10000RPM SATA 1 5Gb s 8M Westem Digital Caviar RE2 WD4000YR 400GB 7200RPM SATA 1 5Gb s 16M NCQ Westem Digital RE2 WD4000YS 400GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M 16M Westem Digital Caviar RE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s Westem Digital RE2 WD5000ABYS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M NCQ 79 B Event Notifications e PD events INFO Disk inserted Disk lt slot gt is inserted into system WARNING Disk removed Disk lt slot gt is removed from system ERROR HDD failure Disk lt slot gt is disabled e HW events WARNING ECC error Single bit ECC error is detected ERROR Multi bit ECC error is detected INFO ECC info ECC memory is installed INFO ECC info Non ECC memory is installed INFO SCSI info Received SCSI Bus Reset event at the SCSI Bus lt number gt e EMS events Type INFO___ Power installed
31. 92 Vtem NA o RER RI RR RO IONII NEI RIN RI RO RR RR RI PR RR A PRI PRI RE PRE E PRIN SRR 26 Chapter 3 Web GUI Guideline 111111 11H 27 3 1 iSCSI RAID Subsystem GUI Hierarchie 27 Sit De Lu E 28 Sal Lef 0 pene ao AA AA ee ner a ae een er ada ae 29 322 akatu ICE E DO AA 29 Meo E UE 30 34 System COMMU AA 31 IAL SUE SEDII O actuala a AA AA at noa iei Da 32 54 2 IR AO ses aievea AA iuti da titi ere nee eee often 33 IAS ke E e e ceea oana ocs aia aa aleasa doi aia nou lead Ela 34 IM eg T coastei asocia E ens se tf ei aaa ol tie i A ai 35 So e UC atl o A IS ua 1 a AA AGA AAO 36 WS D de saseasca eee iasa AABANG iei a it aaa 38 2 Se Een m ge jo pe AERIENE IEEE IN RR ORI RI AA ea CI RN RR N A INI RR nee ae 38 ECH eee aiva ema oleaca statie ae da tigaia at ae dl tata 39 SF gt NOE AA PNI N ERIE RN E MR N CI N N RI RI INN N MI RI MORE e IE ICE 40 Se ao iat eee eee eee ee en ta ete eee eee 41 basa CEI E ee En EE 42 oo Voume ee E Ee 43 BOM Volume Create VVIZAN Elis caine zane aan mat EE iad mn eat bad ete 44 SO PINA D ERP ERROR IRI RR RE OR RR PRR PRO SO AA NAA 46 SO KAO etnie tea E AA UA a a d Sanie ae au B Bt tei 49 Oe IME TD AA lat ia tea aa 52 Doe Log a EE 55 30O ECE LE rennet casetei AA aaa daca aa a caseta aa 56 3 7 Enclosure Management ENEE 61 Iah SECOND peur saca ANA nvr erate aaa are a aie aa ner enter arrays 62 3 7 2 Haraya EE 63 3 7 3 Hard Drive S M A R T EE eege 64 RT 65 3 8 System Ma
32. A Enabled Disabled 3 931 QUICK37598 Online Good RD Seagate 5QJ0DHIR SATA2 Enabled Disabled Online Good FR Hitachi GTA000PAG065ZA SATA2 Enabled Disabled Set Global spare Set Dedicated spare Set property More information Step 2 It will show available RGs which can be assigned dedicated spare disk To assign the spare disk select the RG enable the radio button then click a Confirm a Volume configuration Physical disk Available RG for slot 4 on Local No Name Total Free PD VD Status Health RAID GB GB e 1 QUICK37598 1862 0 3 1 Online Good RAID 5 lt lt Back a Confirm a 46 It s done View the Physical disk page Volume configuration Physical disk Slot een boil Status Health Usage Vendor Serial Type Write cache Standby a 931 QUICK37598 Online Good RD WDC WD WCAS 0293107 WD SATA2 Enabled Disabled 7 931 QUICK37598 Online Good RD WDC WD WCAS 0494131 WD SATA Enabled Disabled m 931 QUICK37598 Online Good RD Seagate 5QJODH iR SATA2 Enabled Disabled 3 i 931 QUICK37598 Online Good DS Hitachi GTAOOOPAGO6SZA SATA2 Enabled Disabled Physical disks of slots 1 2 and 3 are used for RG named QUICK37598 Slot 4 is set as dedicated spare disk for RG QUICK37598 PD column description The position of hard drives The button next to the number of slot shows the functions which can be executed size cB Capacity of hard drive pe Name Related RAID Group name The status
33. CCECCECEC a best E HEE EEEE ed LUNG PU a 7 E Log off Refresh Session Properties Target Portal Group o Status Connected Connection Coun 1 Session Connections To configure how the connections within this session are load balanced click Connections Connections mea b Check the Identifier which will be deleted c Click Log off d Done the iSCSI device log off successfully 88 E Installation Steps for Large Volume Over 2TB Introduction The iSCSI RAID subsystem is capable of supporting large volumes gt 2TB When connecting controllers to 64bit OS installed host server the host server is inherently capable for large volumes from the 64bit address On the other side if the host server is installed with 32bit OS user has to change the block size to 1KB 2KB or 4KB to support volumes up to 4TB 8TB or 16TB for the 32bit host server is not LBA Logical Block Addressing 64bit supported For detail installation steps please refer to following steps below Step 1 Configure target 1 Prepare large capacity hard drivers where the RG VD capacity will be over 2TB Follow the steps in Chapter 3 to create a RG VD Then attach LUN NOTE If the OS is 64bit user can set the block size to any available value If the OS is 32bit user must change the block size to larger values than 512B There will be a confirmation pop up message when VD size is over 2TB Microsoft Internet Expl
34. EC Static Address 192 168 110 178 Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 110 254 DNS DNS 127 0 0 1 Port HTTP port GU HTTPS port A43 SSH port 22 33 3 4 3 Login Setting Select Login setting to set single admin login set the auto logout timing and change admin or user password The single admin login can prevent multiple users to access the same iSCSI RAID system at the same time 1 Auto logout The options are 1 Disable 2 5 minutes 3 30 minutes 4 1 hour The system will log out automatically when user is inactive for a period of time 2 Login lock Disable Enable When the login lock is enabled the system allows only one user to login modify system settings System configuration Login setting Login configuration Auto logout Disable Login lock Disabla Admin password Change admin password User password Change user password Check Change admin password or Change user password to change admin or user password The maximum length of password is 12 characters NOTE The default user account is a read only account which is allowed only to view the system configurations 34 3 4 4 Mail Setting Select Mail setting to enter at most 3 mail addresses for receiving event notifications Some mail servers would check Mail from address and need authentication for anti spam Please fill the necessary fields and select Send te
35. ISCSI SATAII RAI D SUBSYSTEM Installation and Configuration Manual P N PW0020000000328 Table of Contents Chapter 1 at e e ei Le TE 4 Le RC A APA 5 12 aleet ee eect ce mat eat eman led cane et dat neatentie pdl ea 6 US AG eene OG AA 7 LA PAD Ce a eece rece ei aaa dea cena mada ie asa cas adn Sina atita ta as te mat a i det aa 9 1 5 Volume Relationship DIAG UI saseasca asasina i li dai ta i ei ii ol 14 Chapter 2 Getting Started cccsssscccccccccccssssssssscccccccesessssscceeeseeeesses 15 2 1 Packaging Shipment and Delivery ssssssssssssssssssessssssssissssssssssssrenssionssenssresssinnnressnrnssnensssresssrnsssnnss 15 2 Unpacking the SUBS Na teen a la ada pat all apei 15 2 3 Identifying Parts of the iSCSI RAID Subsystem ecsessesesssesessesesscsesessesessesesnssesceseseeeseseeneenees 16 2 zii NUM AN 16 Pe VI ROAF VION src PROPRII RONI RR AA PP N 18 2 4 Connecting the iSCSI RAID Subsystem to Your Network 19 Di GE E 19 26 Installing Hard EE 20 E SELINA AA AA E ceea eten ema 2l 2 8 Management E one e asa en ao dal eo dial dea 22 28 e ET ET RER RR RIS RR RTR EI RE IE RIDE NR INCI II ARE IE Tee eee see ees 22 2842 KONO Serial PO ezite cazati ea ia til d al Ca emer eee iu 23 2 8 3 Remote Control Secure Shell uc ssssssessssesssessssessssssssssssssssssessssssssessesssessessssesssassessssessees 23 DS EPICE O EE 24 291 LCD C nitrol Moaule dE e se cette ann aa ii Ga tatii sia aaa lada 24 2
36. age device iSCSI targets can be disks tapes RAID arrays tape libraries and etc iSCSI device 1 iSCSI device 2 target target The host side needs an iSCSI initiator The initiator is a driver which handles the SCSI traffic over iSCSI The initiator can be software or hardware HBA Please refer to the certification list of iSCSI HBA s in Appendix A OS native initiators or other software initiators use the standard TCP IP stack and Ethernet hardware while iSCSI HBA s use their own iSCSI and TCP IP stacks on board Hardware iSCSI HBA s would provide its initiator tool Please refer to the vendors HBA user manual Microsoft Linux and Mac provide software iSCSI initiator driver Below are the available links 21 1 Link to download the Microsoft iSCSI software initiator http www microsoft com downloads details aspx Familyl D 12cb3cla 15d6 4585 b385 befd1319f825 amp DisplayLang en Please refer to Appendix D for Microsoft iSCSI initiator installation procedure 2 Linux iSCSI initiator is also available For different kernels there are different ISCSI drivers If you need the latest Linux iSCSI initiator please visit Open iSCSI project for most update information Linux iSCSI sfnet and Open ISCSI projects merged in April 11 2005 Open iSCSI website http www open iscsi org Open iSCSI README http www open iscsi org docs README Features http www open iscsi ord cqi bin wiki p Roadma
37. al unit RAID width copy and row are used to describe one RG E g One 4 disk RAID O volume RAID width 4 RAID copy 1 RAID row 1 One 3 way mirroring volume RAID width 1 RAID copy 3 RAID row 1 One RAID 10 volume over 3 4 disk RAID 1 volume RAID width 1 RAID copy 4 RAID row 3 RAID cell in one row Write Through cache write policy A caching technique in which the completion of a write request is not signaled until data is safely stored in non volatile media Each data is synchronized in both data cache and accessed physical disks Write Back cache write policy A caching technique in which the completion of a write request is signaled as soon as the data is in cache and actual writing to non volatile media occurs at a later time It soeeds up system write performance but needs to bear the risk where data may be inconsistent between data cache and the physical disks in one short time interval CET 7 Dedicated Spare disks The spare disks are only used by one specific RG Others could not use these dedicated spare disks for any rebuilding purpose Global Spare disks GS is shared for rebuilding purpose If some RGs need to use the global spare disks for rebuilding they could get the Spare disks out from the common Spare disks pool for such requirement Dedicated Cache Global Cache DeGraded mode Not all of the array s member disks are functioning but the array is able to respond to ap
38. alculating the exclusive OR XOR of the information recorded on the remaining drives Records typically span all drives which optimizes the disk transfer rate Because each I O request accesses every drive in the array RAID 3 arrays can satisfy only one I O request at a time RAID 3 delivers the best performance for single user single tasking environments with long records Synchronized spindle drives are required for RAID 3 arrays in order to avoid performance degradation with short records RAID 5 arrays with small stripes can yield similar performance to RAID 3 arrays Read and write operations span all drives y DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA PARITY Paralled access decreases data transfer time for long sequential records Under RAID 5 parity information is distributed across all the drives Since there is no dedicated parity drive all drives contain data and read operations can be overlapped on every drive in the array Write operations will typically access one data drive and one parity drive However because different records store their parity on different drives write operations can usually be overlapped Writes require parity to be updated DATA Ge f DATA DATA A DATA DA PARITY PARITY PARITY PARITY PARITY P Tiida Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive 11 Dual level RAID achieves a balance between the increased data availability inherent in RAID 1 and RAID 5 and
39. anagement SES configuration Host LUN Enable a 2 Enter Host name iSCSI node name Click Confirm Enclosure management SES configuration Enable Host iSCSI node name lt lt Back a Confirm 3 Done Enclosure management SES configuration Disable a The SES client software is available at the following web site SANtools http www santools com 62 3 7 2 Hardware Monitor Enter Hardware monitor function to view the information of current voltage temperature power supply and fan status Enclosure management Hardware monitor Item Information 1 35V 1 36 V min 1 28 V max 1 47 V 3 3V 3 44 V min 3 00 V max 3 60 V 5V 5 24 V min 4 50 V max 5 50 V 12V 12 57 V min 10 80 V max 13 20 V 2 5V 2 61 V min 2 30 V max 2 70 V Core Processor 56 0 C hyst 0 0 C high 65 0 C Location 1 42 0 C hyst 0 0 C high 60 0 C Location 2 45 0 C hyst 0 0 C high 60 0 C PSU1 Q60 good FAN1 Q60 good 2295 RPM Auto shutdown EA Confirm If Auto shutdown has been checked the system will shutdown automatically when voltage or temperature is out of the normal range For better data protection please check Auto Shutdown For better protection and to avoid single short period of high temperature triggering Auto shutdown the iSCSI RAID subsystem use multiple condit
40. and standby property Write cache options Enabled gt Enable disk write cache Disabled gt Disable disk write cache Standby options Disabled gt Disable spin down 30 sec 1 min 5 min 30 min gt Enable hard drive auto spin down to save power in the period of time More Show RAID group detail information information 51 3 6 4 Virtual Disk Enter Virtual disk function to view the status of each user data volume The following is an example of how to create a VD Step 1 Click create enter Name choose RG name Stripe height KB Block size B Read Write mode Priority Bg rate Background task priority change Capacity GB if necessary Then click confirm NM Volume configuration Virtual disk Create Name NDI RG name RG1 v Capacity GB 1862 Stripe height KB 64 e Block size B 512 e Read Write Write through cache Write back cache Priority High priority Middle priority Low priority Bg rate A e lt lt Back a Confirm a Confirm a Step 2 Confirm page Click if all setups are correct Volume configuration Virtual disk No Name Size Right Priority Bg rate Status Health R RAID LUN RG GB fo name in VD1 1862 WB HI 4 Initiating Optimal 0 RAID 5 0 RG1 Create a It s done View the Virtual disk page VD column description Number of
41. bsystem and verify that the contents of the shipping carton are all there and in good condition Exterior damage to the shipping carton may indicate that the contents of the carton are damaged If any damage is found do not remove the components contact the dealer where you purchased the subsystem for further instructions 2 2 Unpacking the Subsystem The package contains the following items e iSCSI RAID subsystem unit e One power cord e Three Ethernet LAN cables e One RS232 null modem cable phone jack to DB9 e One UPS cable phone jack to DB9 e Installation Reference Guide e Spare screws etc If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance 15 2 3 Identifying Parts of the iSCSI RAID Subsystem The illustrations below identify the various parts of the subsystem 2 3 1 Front View o Deane 9 gt Slot4 vi Slot3 LL wm EE lot2 o i sie a 0 1 Carrier Open Button Use this to open the disk tray Press the button to open This button also shows the Lock Indicator When the Lock Groove is horizontal this indicates that the Drive Tray is locked When the Lock Groove is vertical the Drive Tray is unlocked Lock and unlock the Drive Trays by using a flat head screw driver 2 Tray Lever Use this to pull out the disk tray 3 HDD Status Indicator Every Drive Tray contains two LEDs for disp
42. ck OK Logon again Enable Enable multi path checkbox Then click Advanced Select the second Source IP and Target Portal to iSCSI data port 2 Then click OK ISCSI device is connected Click Details Click Device tab then click Advanced Click MPI O tab select Load Balance Policy to Round Robin Click Apply Run Device Manage in Windows Make sure MPIO device is available Done setup instructions are in the following Create RG VD and then attach LUN Add the first Target Portal on Microsoft iSCSI initiator For MC S there is only ONE Target Portals in the Discovery tab Logon Then click Advanced Select the first Source IP and Target Portal to iSCSI data port 1 Then click OK After connected click Details then in the Session tab click Connections Choose Round Robin in Load Balance Policy Add Source Portal for the iSCSI data port 2 Select the second Source IP and Target Portal to iSCSI data port 2 Then select OK Done System information iSCSI RAID Subsystem 1 0 0 Build 200807161100 93
43. down Reboot or shutdown system 3 8 1 System Information System information can display system information including firmware version CPU type installed system memory and controller serial number Maintenance System information System information SB 1404 G1A3 1 0 0 build 200807161100 CPU type XScale IOP80331 rev 10 v51 Installed system memory DDR 517MB Controller serial no 0013 8AE0002 66 3 8 2 Upgrade Upgrade can upgrade firmware Please prepare new firmware file named xxxx bin in local hard drive then click Browse to select the file Click i Confirm it will pop up a message Upgrade system now If you want to downgrade to the previous FW later not recommended please export your system configuration first Click Cancel to export system configuration in advance or click OK to start to upgrade firmware Maintenance Upgrade Browse the firmware to upgrade Browse Export confiquration K Upgrade system now Tf you want to downgrade to the previous FW later please export your system configuration first Cancel When upgrading there is a progress bar running After finished upgrading the system must reboot manually to make the new firmware take effect 3 8 3 Reset to Default Enter Reset to default function it allows user to reset the controller to the factory default setting Maintenance Reset to factor
44. ed spare is not available if there is no RG or RAID level is O or J BOD because dedicated spare disk can not be set to RAID 0 amp J BOD 71 Sometimes rebuild is called recover these two have the same meaning The following table is the relationship between RAID levels and rebuild Disk striping No protection for data RG fails if any hard drive fails or unplugs Disk mirroring over 2 disks RAID 1 allows one hard drive fails or unplugging Need one new hard drive to insert to the system and rebuild to be completed N way Extension to RAID 1 level It has N copies of the disk N way mirror mirror allows N 1 hard drives failure or unplugging Striping with parity on the dedicated disk RAID 3 allows one hard drive failure or unplugging Striping with interspersed parity over the member disks RAID 5 allows one hard drive failure or unplugging RAID 6 2 dimensional parity protection over the member disks RAID 6 allows two hard drives failure or unplugging If it needs to rebuild two hard drives at the same time it will rebuild the first one then the other in sequence RAID 0 1 Mirroring of RAID O volumes RAID 0 1 allows two hard drive failures or unplugging but at the same array RAID 10 Striping over the member of RAID 1 volumes RAID 10 allows two hard drive failure or unplugging but in different arrays JBOD The abbreviation of Just a Bunch Of Disks No data protection RG fails if any hard drive failures or u
45. ic Static IP address iSCSI configuration NIC IP address DHCP Static Address 192 168 1 10 Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 1 254 Default gateway Default gateway can be changed by moving mouse to the gray button of LAN port then click Become default gateway There is only one default gateway MTU Jumbo frame MTU Maximum Transmission Unit size can be enabled by moving mouse to the gray button of LAN port click Enable jumbo frame WARNI NG The MTU size of network switch hub and HBA on host must be enabled Otherwise the LAN connection can not work properly 39 3 5 3 Node Select Node to view the target name for iSCSI node Press Authenticate to enable CHAP authentication CHAP is the abbreviation of Challenge Handshake Authorization Protocol CHAP is a strong authentication method used in point to point for user login It s a type of authentication in which the authentication server sends the client a key to be used for encrypting the username and password CHAP enables the username and password to transmitting in an encrypted form for protection iSCSI configuration Node Auth Name None iqn 1997 05 tw com proware sb 1404 g1a3 000ae0002 default target Authenticate a To use CHAP authentication please follow the steps 1 Click Authenticate en 2 Select CHAP iSCSI configuration Node Authenticate Authentication e Conf
46. ific type of operating environment determines whether large or small stripes should be used Most operating systems today support concurrent disk I O operations across multiple drives However in order to maximize throughput for the disk subsystem the I O load must be balanced across all the drives so that each drive can be kept busy as much as possible In a multiple drive system without striping the disk I O load is never perfectly balanced Some drives will contain data files that are frequently accessed and some drives will rarely be accessed STRIPING DISK DRIVES Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Data stripes from each drive are interleaved to create one logical drive By striping the drives in the array with stripes large enough so that each record falls entirely within one stripe most records can be evenly distributed across all drives This keeps all drives in the array busy during heavy load situations This situation allows all drives to work concurrently on different I O operations and thus maximize the number of simultaneous I O operations that can be performed by the array 9 Definition of RAI D Levels RAID O is typically defined as a group of striped disk drives without parity or data redundancy RAID O arrays can be configured with large stripes for multi user environments or small stripes for single user systems that access long sequential records RAID O arrays deliver the best data storage efficiency and performance of any
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48. ion judgments for Auto shutdown below is the detail of when the Auto shutdown will be triggered 1 There are 3 sensors placed on the controller for temperature checking on core processor on PCI X bridge and on daughter board The iSCSI RAID subsystem will check each sensor every 30 seconds When one of these sensors is over the high temperature value for continuous 3 minutes the Auto shutdown will be triggered immediately 2 The core processor temperature limit is 85 C The PCI X bridge temperature limit is 80 C The daughter board temperature limit is 80 C 3 If the high temperature situation doesn t last for 3 minutes the subsystem will not do auto shutdown 63 3 7 3 Hard Drive S M A R T Function S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is a diagnostic tool for hard drives to deliver warning of drive failures in advance S M A R T provides users chances to take actions before possible drive failure S M A R T measures many attributes of the hard drive all the time and inspects the properties of hard drives which are close to be out of tolerance The advanced notice of possible hard drive failure can allow users to back up hard drive or replace the hard drive This is much better than hard drive crash when it is writing data or rebuilding a failed hard drive S M A R T function can display S M A R T information of hard drives There are two values the number on the left is the current val
49. irm eo 3 Click CHAP authentication has been enabled iSCSI configuration Node Auth Name CHAP iIqn 1997 05 tw com proware sb 1404 9143 000ae0002 default target 4 Goto iSCSI configuration CHAP account page to create CHAP account Please refer to CHAP Account section for more detail 5 To disable CHAP select None in Authenticate page iSCSI configuration Node Authenticate Authentication None e NOTE After setting CHAP the initiator in host server should be set the same Account Password Otherwise user cannot login 40 3 5 4 Session Session function can display iSCSI session and connection information including the following items 1 Host Initiator Name 2 Error Recovery Level 3 Error Recovery Count 4 Detail of Authentication status and Source IP port number iSCSI configuration Session No Initiator name TPGT Error recovery level Error recovery count 0 d iqn 1991 05 com microsoft gerry1 Ox00 0 0 List connection Delete Move the mouse pointer to the gray button of session number and click List connection It will list all connection s of the session iSCSI configuration Session Connection No Initiator IP Initiator name Authentication 1 192 168 1 98 iqn 1991 05 com microsoft gerry1 No 41 3 5 5 CHAP Account Enter CHAP account function to create a CHAP account for authentication To setu
50. k To set a global spare disk please follow the step 1 Select Volume configuration Physical disk 2 Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the PD slot click Set Global spare Volume configuration Physical disk Slot Size RG GB Nina Status Health Usage Vendor Serial Type Write cache Standby 931 RG1 R5 Online Good RD WDC WD WCASIJ0293107 WD SATA2 Enabled Disabled z A 931 RG1 R5 Online Good RD WDC WD WCASI0494131 WD SATA Enabled Disabled 931 RG1 R5 Online Good RD Seagate 5QJ0DHI1R SATA2 Enabled Disabled Online Good FR Hitachi GTAOOOPAGO6SZA SATA2 Enabled Disabled b Set Global spare Set Dedicated spare Set property More information 3 GS icon is shown in Usage column Size RG Slot CB RRE Status Health Usage Vendor Serial Type Write cache Standby 2 931 RG1 R5 Online Good RD WDC WD WCAS 0293107 WD SATA2 Enabled Disabled 2 a 931 RG1 R5 Online Good RD WDC WD WCAS 0494131 WD SATA Enabled Disabled 931 RG1 R5 Online Good RD Seagate 5QJ0DHIR SATA2 Enabled Disabled Ka ka 931 Online Good GS Hitachi GTAQOOPAGO6SZA SATA2 Enabled Disabled Step 5 Done Host initiator can connect to the LUNs and use as disks To delete VD and RG please follow the steps listed below Step 6 Detach LUN from VD In Volume configuration Logical unit 1 Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the LUN click Detach There will pop up a confirmation page
51. k then the Auto Rebuild starts The new disk will be a spare disk to the original RG automatically a If the new added disk is not clean with other RG information it would be marked as RS reserved and the system will not start auto rebuild b If this disk is not belonging to any existing RG it would be FR Free disk and the system will start Auto Rebuild function c If user only removes the failed disk and plugs the same failed disk in the same slot again the auto rebuild will start by this case But rebuilding in the same failed disk may impact customer data later if the disk status Is unstable It is not recommended to rebuild on the same failed disk for better data protection 2 When there is enough global spare disk s or dedicated spare disk s for the degraded array the subsystem starts Auto Rebuild immediately And in RAID 6 if there is another disk failure happening during the time of rebuilding the Subsystem will start the above Auto Rebuild scenario as well Auto Rebuild feature only works when the status of RG is Online It will not work at Offline status Thus it will not conflict with the Roaming function 3 In degraded mode the status of RG is Degraded When rebuilding the status of RG VD will be Rebuild the column R in VD will display the ratio in percentage After complete rebuilding the status will become Online RG will become complete x NOTE Set dedicat
52. l to 0 will disable UPS i Shutdown If power failure occurred and system can not return to Delay s value setting status the system will shutdown Setting delay to O will disable the function Select ON when power is gone UPS will shutdown by itself after the system shutdown successfully After power comes back UPS will start working and notify system to boot up OFF will not The status of UPS Detecting Running Unable to detect UPS Communication lost UPS reboot in progress UPS shutdown in progress Batteries failed Please change them NOW Battery Level Current percentage of battery level Yo 65 3 8 System Maintenance Maintenance allows the operation of system functions which include System information to show the system version Upgrade to update firmware to latest version Reset to factory default to reset all controller configuration values to factory settings Import and export to import and export all controller configuration Event log to view system event log to record critical events and Reboot and shutdown to either reboot or shutdown the system System information System information Upgrade Remote upload firmware Reset to factory default Reset to factory default Import and export Import export configurations Event log System event log to record critical events Reboot and shut
53. laying the HDD status HDD Status Green LED indicates power is on and hard drive status LED is good for this slot Red LED indicates no hard drive HDD Access LED will blink blue when the hard drive is being LED accessed 4 Activity LED This LED will be blinking Blue when the controller is busy or data is being accessed 16 LCD Display Panel LCD Control Module LCM Use the function keys to navigate through the menu options available in the LCM Up and Down A Use the Up or Down arrow keys to go Arrow buttons WV through the information on the LCD screen This is also used to move between each menu when you configure the subsystem Select button This is used to enter the option you have selected Press this button to return to the Exit button EXIT bre vide meni Environment Status LEDs Power LED Green LED indicates power is ON If a redundant power supply unit fails this LED Powe EI ALICE will turn to RED and alarm will sound gt When a fan fails this LED will turn red and an Fan Fail LED alarm will sound If temperature irregularities in the system Over Temperature LED E occurs HDD slot temperature over 45 C this LED will turn RED and alarm will sound a An alarm will sound warning of a voltage Voltage Warning LED abnormality and this LED will turn red Mr This LED will blink blue when the RAID Access LED controller is busy active 17 2 3 2 Rear View
54. led on your computer Advanced Cancel 7 Click Advance if CHAP information is needed Advanced Settings yy EZ General ID er Connect by using Local adapter Source F Target Portal Default w CAC Checksum Data digest Header digest 1 CHAP logon information CHAP helps ensure data secunty by providing authentication between a target and an initiator ting to establish a connection To use tt epecity the same target CHAP secret that was configured on the target for this initiator User name Jo 991 05 com microsoft gerry Target secret E Perform mutual authentication To use mutual CHAP specity an initiator secret on the Initiator Settings page and configure that secret on the target cod 8 Click OK The status would be Connected 9 Done it can connect to an iSCSI disk 87 iSCSI Initiator Properties wy x General Discovery Targets Persistent Targets Bound Volumes Devices Select a target and click Log On to access the storage devices for that target Click details to see information about the sessions connections and devices for that target Targets ign 1997 05 bat com proware sb 1404 g1 43 00 Connected The following procedure is to log off iSCSI device a Click Details Target Properties E x Sessions Devices Properties This target has the Following sessions Identifier EC
55. level of event LCM default filter the LCM shows the event log to give users more detail from front panel too The following table is function description System Info View System information of Firmware Version amp RAM Size Alarm Mute Mute alarm when error occurs Reset Shutdown Reset or shutdown controller Quick three steps to create a volume Please refer to section 3 3 for operation in web Ul Volume Wizard Smart steps to create a volume Please refer to next chapter for operation in web Ul View IP Setting Display current IP address subnet mask and gateway Change IP Set IP address subnet mask and gateway There are 2 Config selections DHCP Get IP address from DHCP server or set Static IP Reset to Default Reset to default sets password to default 00000000 and set IP address to default as DHCP setting Default IP address 192 168 10 50 DHCP Default subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway 192 168 10 254 24 The following is the LCM menu hierarchy Firmware System Info Version RAM Size Alarm Mute 4Yes Now SS Now Reset Shutdown AYes Suomi mo Nov RAID O RAID 1 RAID 3 Quick Install RAID 5 Apply 4 Yes RAID 6 The Nov RAID 0 1 Contig XXX GB Local RAID 0 RAID 1 Use RAID 3 default RAID 5 algorithm RAID 6 RAID 0 1 JBOD x RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 1 IP Config Static IP 192 168 010 050 255 255
56. ll occupy all residual RG space for one VD and it has no space for Spare disk If spare disk is needed please create RG and VD manually If some physical disks are already used in another RG Quick install can not be used because the function is valid only when all physical disks in the system are free Step 1 Select Quick install then choose the RAID level After choosing the RAID confirm button It will link to another page level click the Quick installation Step 1 RAID level RAID 0 3725 GB X RAID 0 3725 GB BO RAID 1 931 GB RAID 3 2793 GB RAID 5 2793 GB Confirm o RAID 6 1862 GB E RAID 0 1 1862 GB l l Confirm m Step 2 Confirm page If all setups are correct click Then a newly created VD will be shown Quick installation Step 2 RAID level RAID 0 Volume size GB 3725 lt lt Back a Confirm You can start to use the system now Volume configuration Virtual disk R RG K No Name Size Right Priority Bg rate Status Health RAID LUN bg GB QUICK86938 3725 WB HI Online Optimal RAID 0 1 QUICK53542 Create a In the screenshot above a RAID 0 RG named QUICK53542 and a VD named QUICK86938 both of which are named by the system itself has total available size of 3725GB 30 3 4 System Configuration System configuration is designed for setting up the System setting IP address
57. nplugs 72 4 2 RG Migration To migrate the RAID level please follow below procedures 1 Select Volume configuration RAID group 2 Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the RG number click Migrate No Name Total Free PD VD Status Health RAID cB GB 8 RG1 RO gt R5 2793 0 3 i Online Good RAID 0 b Migrate Create Deactivate Scrub Delete Set disk property More information 3 Change the RAID level by clicking the down arrow to RAID 5 There will be a pup up which indicates that HDD is not enough to support the new setting of RAID level click select PO rv to increase hard drives then click Ser mi to go back to setup page When doing migration to lower RAID level such as the original RAID level is RAID 6 and user wants to migrate to RAID O system will evaluate whether this operation is safe or not and appear a message of Sure to migrate to a lower protection array to give user warning Name RG1 RO gt R5 RAID level RAID 5 v RAID PD slot Select PD n lt lt Back a Next gt gt 4 Double check the setting of RAID level and RAID PD slot If there is no problem click Next gt gt WM 5 Finally a confirmation page shows the detail of RAID information If there is no problem click Ser to start migration System also pops up a message of Warning power lost during migration may cause damage of data to give user warning
58. on will save the whole event log as a text file with file name log ModelName Date Time txt e g log SB 1404 G1A3 20080723 150659 txt Click Clear e Mute Bb button will clear event log Click button will stop alarm if system alerts Maintenance Event log Show events INFO F WARNING ERROR Type Time Content INFO 2008 07 22 14 14 11 admin login from 192 168 100 127 via Web UI INFO 2008 07 22 13 30 46 VD VD2 starts initialization INFO 2008 07 22 13 30 46 VD VD1 completes the initialization INFO 2008 07 22 11 40 12 PD 4 has been configured as a global spare disk INFO 2008 07 22 11 27 56 VD vD2 has been created INFO 2008 07 22 11 26 08 WVD VDI starts initialization INFO 2008 07 22 11 26 08 VD VD1 has been created INFO 2008 07 22 11 22 30 RG RG1 R5 has been created INFO 2008 07 22 11 20 49 RG RG1 R5 has been deleted INFO 2008 07 22 11 20 19 RG RG1 R5 has been created INFO 2008 07 22 11 17 37 RG RG1 has been deleted INFO 2008 07 22 11 15 57 VD VD1 has been deleted INFO 2008 07 22 11 06 16 VD VD1 starts initialization INFO 2008 07 22 11 06 16 VD VD1 has been created INFO 2008 07 22 11 03 01 RGRG1 has been created INFO 2008 07 22 10 57 47 RG QUICK37598 has been deleted INFO 2008 07 22 10 57 37 VD QUICK78945 has been deleted INFO 2008 07 22 10 54 50 PD 4 has been configured to RG QUICK37598 as a dedicated spare disk INFO 2008 07 21 15 23 24 iSCSI login from iqn 1991 05 com mic
59. operations description Extend a Virtual disk capacity Scrub Scrub a Virtual disk It s a parity regeneration function It Supports RAID 3 5 6 only Delete Delete a Virtual disk Set property Change the VD name right priority and bg rate Right options WT gt Write Through WB gt Write Back RO gt Read Only Priority options HI gt HIgh priority MD gt MiD priority LO gt LOw priority Bg rate options A 3 2 1 O gt Default value is 4 The higher number the background priority of a VD has the more background I O will be scheduled to execute Attach LUN Attach to a LUN Detach LUN Detach to a LUN List LUN List attached LUN s More Show Virtual disk detail information information H Ji 54 3 6 5 Logical Unit Enter Logical unit function to view the status of attached logical unit number of each VD User can attach LUN by clicking the DEIER 7 Select the VD to attach in the VD field In the Host filed enter the iSCSI node name for access control or use the default wildcard which means every host can access the volume Choose Confirm e LUN number and permission then click Volume configuration Logical unit Attach VD VD1 1862GB e Host iSCSI node name LUN 0 v Permission Read only Read write lt lt Back a Confirm n LUN operations description Attach a logical
60. orer X LBA 64 support 7 Choose OK if using OS such as Windows 64 bits Windows Server 2003 SP Linux kernel 2 6 x FreeBSD 5 2 1 or latter Choose Cancel Tt will change the sector size to 4E The maximun capacity is up to 16 TE This volume can not be Dynamit Disk Choose OK for 64bit OS or choose Cancel for 32bit OS This step will change block size to 4K automatically 2 Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the VD number then click More information Look at block size 512B for 64bit OS setting while 4K for 32bit OS setting Step 2 Configure host server 1 Follow the installation guild provided by HBA vendor install HBA driver properly For iSCSI models please install the latest Microsoft iSCSI initiator from the link below http www microsoft com downloads details aspx Familyl D 12cb3cla 15d6 4585 b385 befd1319f825 amp DisplayLang en 89 Step 3 Initialize Format Mount the disk 1 Goto Start gt Control Panel gt Computer Management gt Disk Management it displays a new disk EI Computer Management m File Action View Window Help e Ame DE A ee Ed E Computer Management Local Volume Layout Type File System Status Capacity Free Space Free Fault Tolerance Overhead E 2 System Tools GC Partition Basic FAT3Z Healthy System 19 5265 17 01GB 67 Mo 095 Eg Event Viewer o Do Partition Basic FATZ Healthy Boot 19
61. otection is used for data redundancy Data is striped across several physical drives Parity protection is used for data redundancy Requires N 2 drives to implement because of two dimensional parity scheme Mirroring of the two RAID O disk arrays This level provides striping and redundancy through mirroring Striping over the two RAID 1 disk arrays This level provides mirroring and redundancy through Striping JBOD The abbreviation of Just a Bunch Of Disks 1 BOD needs at least one hard drive 1 3 5 O 1 10 13 1 5 Volume Relationship Diagram Re Global CV CI E a RAM This diagram shows how the volume structure of the iSCSI RAID subsystem is designed It describes the relationship of RAID components One RG RAID group consists of a set of VDs Virtual disk and owns one RAID level attribute Each RG can be divided into several VDs The VDs in one RG share the same RAID level but may have different volume capacity Each VD will be associated with one specific CV Cache Volume to execute the data transaction Each CV can have different cache memory size by user s modification setting LUN Logical Unit Number is a unique identifier in which users can access through SCSI commands 14 Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 1 Packaging Shipment and Delivery Before removing the subsystem from the shipping carton you should visually inspect the physical condition of the shipping carton Unpack the su
62. p CHAP account please follow these steps 1 Click Create Oo on 2 Enter account name in User box and type the secret in Secret and Confirm boxes User chapi max 223 Secret TTTTTTTTTTT min a 12 max 16 3 Click St a NG User chapi H Modify user information Delete Create 4 To delete the CHAP account select Delete NOTE Only one CHAP account can be created in the iSCSI RAID subsystem 42 La 3 6 Volume Configuration Volume configuration is designed for setting up the volume configuration which includes Volume create wizard Physical disk RAID group Virtual disk Snapshot and Logical unit Volume configuration Volume create wizard Easy and quick step by step volume configuration Physical disk Hard disks to store data RAID group Sets of physical disks with RAID functions Virtual disk Slices of RAID groups Snapshot Point in time copies of the data Logical unit Target volumes for hosts access A NOTE Snapshot function is not available in the iSCSI RAID subsystem 43 3 6 1 Volume Create Wizard Volume create wizard has a smarter policy When the system is inserted with some HDDs Volume create wizard lists all possibilities and sizes in different RAID levels it will use all available HDDs for RAID level depends on which user chooses When system has different sizes of HDDs e g 3 200G
63. performance RAID 5 combines efficient fault tolerant data storage with good performance characteristics However write performance and performance during drive failure is Slower than with RAID 1 Rebuild operations also require more time than with RAID 1 because parity information is also reconstructed At least three drives are required for RAID 5 arrays RAID 6 is essentially an extension of RAID level 5 which allows for additional fault tolerance by using a second independent distributed parity scheme two dimensional parity Data is striped on a block level across a set of drives just like in RAID 5 and a second set of parity is calculated and written across all the drives RAID 6 provides for an extremely high data fault tolerance and can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failures It is a perfect solution for mission critical applications 12 RAI D Management The subsystem can implement several different levels of RAID technology RAID levels Supported by the subsystem are shown below Block striping is provide which yields higher performance than with individual drives There is no redundancy Drives are paired and mirrored All data is 100 duplicated on an equivalent drive Fully 2 redundant N way Extension of RAID 1 level It has N copies of the N mirror disk Data is striped across several physical drives 3 Parity protection is used for data redundancy Data is striped across several physical drives 3 Parity pr
64. plication read and write requests to its virtual disks S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology CB CO a CISTT IRI CT CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol An optional security mechanism to control access to an iSCSI storage system over the ISCSI data ports isng Internet Storage Name Service 8 1 4 RAID Concepts RAI D Fundamentals The basic idea of RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks is to combine multiple inexpensive disk drives into an array of disk drives to obtain performance capacity and reliability that exceeds that of a single large drive The array of drives appears to the host computer as a single logical drive Five types of array architectures RAID 1 through RAID 5 were originally defined each provides disk fault tolerance with different compromises in features and performance In addition to these five redundant array architectures it has become popular to refer to a non redundant array of disk drives as a RAID 0 arrays Disk Striping Fundamental to RAID technology is striping This is a method of combining multiple drives into one logical storage unit Striping partitions the storage space of each drive into stripes which can be as small as one sector 512 bytes or as large as several megabytes These stripes are then interleaved in a rotating sequence so that the combined space is composed alternately of stripes from each drive The spec
65. res 1 Select Volume configuration Virtual disk 2 Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the VD number click Extend Volume configuration Virtual disk Extend Size 1862 Free 931 GB 3 Change the size The size must be larger than the original and then click S Confirm a to start extension Volume configuration Virtual disk Extend Size 2793 Free 931 GB 4 Extension starts If VD needs initialization it will display Initiating in Status and the completed percentage of initialization in R Size Right Priority Bg rate Status Health R RAID LUN RG No Name GB name e VD1 2793 WB HI A Initiating Optimal 6 RAID 5 0 RG1 RO gt R5 NOTE The size of to be extended VD must be larger than the original WARNING VD Extension cannot be executed during rebuild or migration 75 4 5 Disk Roaming Physical disks can be re sequenced in the same system or move all physical disks from system 1 to system 2 This is called disk roaming System can execute disk roaming online Please follow the procedures 1 Select Volume configuration RAID group 2 Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the RG number then click Deactivate 3 Move all PDs related to the RG to another system 4 Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the RG number then click Activate 5 Done The RG has roamed to another sys
66. rive trays Four 4 1 inch trays Auto volume rebuild Host access control Aa VAR Read Write amp Read Only y 9 Supports CHAP authentication Audible alarm Jumbo frame support Password protection Global hot spare disks UPS connection Maximum logical volume up to 255 Power supplies 220W power supply w PFC Maximum host connection up to 32 Cooling fans 1 Maximum host clustering ROMEI TENUN AMENTS AC 90V 264V full range up to 8 for one logical volume GA 3A 50Hz 60Hz Environmental Bad block auto remapping Online Volume migration Relative Humidity 10 85 Non condensing Operating Temp Online Volume expansion 10 C 40 C 50 F 104 F Configurable stripe size E tee caret one 9 p 44 H x 446 4 W x 506 D mm 1 3 Terminology The document uses the following terms RAID is the abbreviation of Redundant Array of Independent Disks There are different RAID levels with different degree of the data protection data availability and performance to host environment Virtual Disk Each RD could be divided into several VDs The VDs from one RG have the same RAID level but may have different volume capacity Cache Volume Controller uses onboard memory as cache All RAM except for the part which is occupied by the controller can be used as cache Logical Unit Number A logical unit number LUN is a unique identifier which enables it to differentiate among separate devices each one is a logic
67. rosoft vgls 192 168 1 40 3572 succeeds INFO 2008 07 21 15 21 44 iSCSI logout from iqn 1991 05 com microsoft vgls 192 168 1 40 3525 was received reason close the session INFO 2008 07 21 15 21 44 iSCSI login from iqn 1991 05 com microsoft vgls 192 168 1 40 3525 succeeds INFO 2008 07 21 15 21 42 iSCSI logout from iqn 1991 05 com microsoft vgls 192 168 1 40 3522 was received reason close the session INFO 2008 07 21 15 21 42 iSCSI login from iqn 1991 05 com microsoft vgls 192 168 1 40 3522 succeeds INFO 2008 07 21 15 21 26 iSCSI logout from iqn 1991 05 com microsoft vgls 192 168 1 40 3507 was received reason close the session INFO 2008 07 21 15 21 26 iSCSI login from iqn 1991 05 com microsoft vgls 192 168 1 40 3507 succeeds INFO 2008 07 21 15 20 58 iSCSI logout from iqn 1991 05 com microsoft vgls 192 168 1 40 3489 was received reason close the session INFO 2008 07 21 15 20 58 iSCSI login from iqn 1991 05 com microsoft vgls 192 168 1 40 3489 succeeds INFO 2008 07 21 15 20 25 iSCSI logout from iqn 1991 05 com microsoft vgls 192 168 1 40 3467 was received reason close the session INFO 2008 07 21 15 20 25 iSCSI login from iqn 1991 05 com microsoft vgls 192 168 1 40 3467 succeeds 1 v gt gt Download a Mute a Clear The event log is displayed in reverse order which means the latest event log is on the first page The event logs are actually saved in the first four hard drives each hard drive has one copy of event log
68. se the build in iSCSI initiator iscsi initiator utils 6 2 0 742 0 5 el5 in kernel 2 6 18 ATTO Xtend SAN iSCSI initiator v3 10 System Requirements 1 Mac OS X v10 5 or later For ATTO Xtend SAN iSCSI initiator it is not free Please contact your local distributor iSCSI HBA card Ca ISCSI offload man Ena PCI X Gigabit 1 port TCP IP offload iSCSI offload prom ee PCI X Gigabit 2 ports TCP IP offload iSCSI offload NIC Vendor Model Hp NC7170 PCI X Gigabit 2 ports HP INC360T PCI Express Gigabit 2 ports TCP IP offload IBM NetXtreme 1000 T 73P4201 PCI X Gigabit 2 ports TCP IP offload Intel PWLA8492MT PCI X Gigabit 2 ports TCP IP offload GbE Switch Vendor Model Dell PowerConnect 5324 Dell PowerConnect 2724 Dell lPowerConnect2708 HP ProCurve 1800 24G 78 Hard drive Vendor Model ee 7K250 HDS722580VLSA80 80GB 7200RPM SATA 3M a E7K500 HDS725050KLA360 500GB 7200RPM SATA Il 16M sau 7K80 HDS728040PLA320 40GB 7200RPM SATA II 2M oe T7K500 HDT725032VLA360 320GB 7200RPM SATA Il 16M ROME ery P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 500GB 7200RPM SATA 16M Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 6Y080M0 80GB 7200RPM SATA 8M II e 11 6H500F0 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M Samsung SpinPoint P80 HDSASP0812C 80GB 7200RPM SATA SM 1 5Gb s 8M 1 5Gb s 8M NCQ Seagate INL35 ST3400633NS 400GB 7200RPM SATA
69. st mail to check whether the email works fine User can also select which levels of event logs are needed to be sent out via Mail In default settings only ERROR and WARNING event logs are enabled System configuration Mail setting Mail Mail from address mailman SB 1404 G1A3 Mail to address 1 Send events 1 INFO Ai WARNING ERROR Mail to address 2 Send events 2 INFO F WARNING W ERROR Mail to address 3 Send events 3 INFO Idi WARNING ERROR SMTP relay None Send test mail e 35 3 4 5 Notification Setting You can use Notification setting to set up SNMP trap for sending alerts via SNMP pop up messages via Windows Messenger not MSN and alerts via syslog protocol and set event log filter SNMP SNMP trap address 1 SNMP trap address 2 SNMP trap address 3 Community public Send events WIINFO C WARNING ERROR Messenger Messenger IP Computer name 1 Messenger IP Computer name 2 Messenger IP Computer name 3 Send events E INFO W WARNING IV ERROR System log server Server IP hostname UDP Port 514 Facility User Event level INFO F WARNING ERROR Event log filter Pop up events MINFO MI WARNING TERROR Show on LCM INFO W WARNING ERROR SNMP allows up to 3 SNMP trap addresses Default community is set to public User can choose the event log levels the default setting only enables INFO event log in SNMP
70. tch click into place 20 2 7 ISCSI Introduction ISCSI Internet SCSI is a protocol which encapsulates SCSI Small Computer System Interface commands and data in TCP IP packets for linking storage devices with servers over common IP infrastructures iSCSI provides high performance SANs over standard IP networks like LAN WAN or the Internet IP SANs are true SANs Storage Area Networks which allow few of servers to attach to an infinite number of storage volumes by using iSCSI over TCP IP networks IP SANs can scale the storage capacity with any type and brand of storage system In addition using any type of network Ethernet Fast Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet and combining operating systems Microsoft Windows Linux Solaris etc within the SAN network IP SANs also include mechanisms for security data replication multi path and high availability Storage protocol such as iSCSI has two ends in the connection These ends are the initiator and the target In iSCSI we call them iSCSI initiator and iSCSI target The iSCSI initiator requests or initiates any iSCSI communication It requests all SCSI operations like read or write An initiator is usually located on the host server side either an iSCSI HBA or iSCSI SW initiator The iSCSI target is the storage device itself or an appliance which controls and serves volumes or virtual volumes The target is the device which performs SCSI commands or bridges it to an attached stor
71. te d e lt lt Back a Confirm a No Name size Right Priority Bg rate Status Health R RAID LUN RG GB Dia name 1 KG VD1 1000 WB HI 4 Initiating Optimal 2 RAID 5 0 RG1 R5 2 VD2 862 WB HI 4 Initiating Optimal 0 RAID 5 0 RG1 R5 57 Step 3 Attach LUN to VD There are 2 methods to attach LUN to VD 1 In Volume configuration Virtual disk move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the VD number click Attach LUN Volume configuration Virtual disk No Name pea Right Priority Bg rate Status Health R RAID LUN oe WB HI 4 Initiating Optimal 3 RAID 5 0 RG1 R5 Extend WB HI 4 Initiating Optimal 0 RAID 5 0 RG1 R5 Delete Set property Create o gt Attach LUN More information 2 In Volume configuration Logical unit click i Attach a The procedures are as follows 1 Select a VD 2 Input Host name which is a FC node name for access control or fill in wildcard which means every host can access to this volume Choose Confirm e LUN and permission then click Volume configuration Logical unit Attach VD VD1 1000GB e Host iSCSI node name iqn 1991 05 com microsoft test1 LUN 0 v Permission Read only Read write lt lt Back a Confirm a 3 Done Host LUN Permission VD name Session a ia 0 nae pee VD1 o Gy NOTE The matching rules of access control are from top to bottom in sequence 58 Step 4 Set global spare dis
72. tem Disk roaming has some constraints as described in the following 1 Check the firmware of two systems first It is better that both systems have the same firmware version or newer 2 All physical disks of related RG should be moved from system 1 to system 2 together The configuration of both RG and VD will be kept but LUN configuration will be cleared in order to avoid conflict with system 2 4 6 Support Microsoft MPI O and MC S MPIO Multi Path Input Output and MC S Multiple Connections per Session use multiple physical paths to create logical paths between the server and the storage device In the case one or more of these components fails causing the path to fail multi path logic uses an alternate path for I O So applications can still access their data Microsoft iSCSI initiator supports multi path function Please follow the procedures to use MPIO feature 1 A host with dual LAN ports connects cables to the subsystem Create a RG VD and attach this VD to the host 3 When installing Microsoft iSCSI initiator please install MPIO driver at the same time 4 Logon to target separately on each port When logon to target check Enable multi path 5 MPIO mode can be selected on Targets gt Details gt Devices gt Advanced in Microsoft iSCSI initiator 6 Rescan disk 7 There will be one disk running MPIO N 76 Appendix A Certification List RAM RAM Spec 184pins DDR333 PC2700 Reg
73. this Virtual disk The button next to the VD No shows the functions which can be executed Virtual disk name size cs Total capacity of the Virtual disk 52 WT 3 Write Through WB 3 Write Back RO 3 Read Only Priority HI gt HI gh priority MD gt MID priority LO 3 LOw priority Bg rate Background task priority A 3 2 1 0 gt Default value is 4 The higher number the background priority of a VD has the more background I O will be scheduled to execute The status of Virtual disk Online gt the Virtual disk is online Offline gt the Virtual disk is offline Initiating gt the Virtual disk is being initialized Rebuild gt the Virtual disk is being rebuilt Migrate gt the Virtual disk is being migrated Scrub gt the Virtual disk is being scrubbed The health of Virtual disk Optimal gt the Virtual disk is operating and has experienced no failures of the disks that comprise the RG Degraded gt At least one disk which comprises space of the Virtual disk has been marked as failed or has been plugged Missing gt the Virtual disk has been marked as missing by the system Failed gt the Virtual disk has experienced enough failures of the disks that comprise the VD for unrecoverable data loss to occur Part optimal gt the Virtual disk has experienced disk failures 53 UDV
74. tions description Set Free disk Make the selected hard drive to be free for use Set Global Set the selected hard drive as global spare of all RGs Spare Set Dedicated Set the hard drive as dedicated spare of selected RG spares Set property Change the status of write cache and standby Write cache options Enabled gt Enable disk write cache Disabled gt Disable disk write cache Standby options Disabled gt Disable spin down 30 sec 1min 5 min 30 min gt Enable hard drive auto spin down to save power in the period of time More Show hard drive detail information information 48 3 6 3 RAID Group Enter Volume group to view the status of each volume group The following is an example of how to create a RG Step 1 Click create enter Name choose RAID level click Select PO B to select PD Then click u Mest gt gt 2 i Volume configuration RAID group Create Name RAID level RAID 5 v RAID PD slot PIK Select PD a Write Cache Standby lt lt Back a Next gt gt o aai Confirm e Step 2 Confirm page Click if all setups are correct Volume configuration RAID group Create Confirm Create RG1 RAID 5 RAID cell 1 RAID PD slot 123 lt lt Back n Confirm a It s done View the RAID group page Volume configuration RAID group Total Free No Name GB GB
75. tor Here are the steps to setup Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Please visit Microsoft website for latest iSCSI initiator The following setup may not use the latest Microsoft iSCSI initiator 1 Run Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 2 Click Discovery iSCSI Initiator Properties a xi General Discovery Targets Persistent Targets Bound Volumes Devices Target Portals Address Pot Adapter IP Address Remove Refresh DND Servers Name Remove Refresh LE Cancel Apply 3 Click Add Input IP address or DNS name of iSCSI storage device Add Target Portal a OES Type the IP address or DNS name and socket number of the portal you want bo add Click Advanced to select specific settings For the discovery session to the portal IP address or DNS name Port 192 166 1 10 3260 Advanced ama 85 4 Click OK iSCSI Initiator Properties 3 ETS mae ee T ee WA BEER We Persistent Targets AA 132168110 3260 Default Default EPpy 5 Click Targets iSCSI Initiator Properties ign 1997 05 bat com oroware sb 1404 q1a3 00 Inactive 86 6 Click Log On Check Enable multi path if running MPIO Log On to Target E x Target name Automatically restore this connection when the system boots T Enable multi path A Only select this option if CST multi path software is already instal
76. ue and the number in parenthesis is the threshold value If the current value becomes lower than the threshold value the hard drive is in unstable state The threshold values of hard drive vendors are different Please refer to vendors specification for details Enclosure management S M A R T Slot Read error Spin up Reallocated sector Seek error Spin up Calibration Temperature rate time count rate retries retries C 1 200 51 184 21 200 140 200 51 100 51 100 51 35 2 200 51 181 21 200 140 200 51 100 51 100 51 36 3 66 44 99 0 100 36 76 30 100 97 N A 37 4 100 16 102 24 100 5 100 67 100 60 N A 37 64 3 7 4 UPS Enter UPS function to set up UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply Enclosure management UPS UPS type None T Shutdown battery level on 5 Shutdown delay 5 180 Shutdown UPS OFF Status Battery level II Currently the system only support and communicate with smart UPS function of APC American Power Conversion Corp UPS Please check detail from http www apc com First connect the RAID system UPS port and the APC UPS via RS 232 for communication Then set up the shutdown values when the power is gone UPS of other vendors can work fine but they have no such function of communication UPS Type Select UPS Type Choose Smart UPS for APC None for other vendors or no UPS Shutdown When below the setting level system will shutdown Battery Level Setting leve
77. unit number to a Virtual disk Detach Detach a logical unit number from a Virtual disk Volume configuration Logical unit Permission VD name Session Host LUN 0 Read write VD1 0 Attach a The matching rules of access control are inspected from top to bottom in sequence For example there are 2 rules for the same VD one is 4 LUN O and the other is iqn host1 LUN 1 Another host iqn host2 can login successfully because it matches the rule 1 The access will be denied when there is no matching rule 55 3 6 6 Example The following is an example for creating volumes Example 1 is to create two VDs and set a global spare disk gt Example 1 Example 1 is to create two VDs in one RG each VD uses global cache volume Global cache volume is created after system boots up automatically So no action is needed to set CV Then set a global spare disk Eventually delete all of them Step 1 Create RG RAID group To create the RAID group please follow the procedures 1 Select Volume configuration RAID group 2 Click Cr NG 3 Input a RG Name choose a RAID level from the list click 7 select PO 7 a to choose the RAID PD slot s then click tt Next gt gt Volume configuration RAID group Create Name RGI R5 RAID level RAID 5 v RAID PD slot teks Select PD a Write Cache Enabled e Standby Disabled v lt lt Back a Next gt gt a Confirm a
78. vered from the remaining data and parity drives The iSCSI RAID subsystem is the most cost effective disk array subsystem with completely integrated high performance and data protection capabilities which meet or exceed the highest industry standards and the best data solution for small or medium business users 4 E kal Y Y VV VV WV VV VV VV Y Key Features Front end 2 x 1Gigabit port full iSCSI offload Supports iSCSI jumbo frame Supports RAID levels 0 1 0 1 3 5 6 10 and JBOD Global hot spare disks Write through or write back cache policy for different application usage Supports greater than 2TB per volume set 64 bit LBA support RAID level migration Online volume expansion Configurable RAID stripe size Instant RAID volume availability and background initialization Supports S M A R T NCQ and Staggered Spin up capable drives Volume rebuilding priority adjustment Auto volume rebuilding Array roaming 5 1 2 Technical Specifications Form Factor 1U 19 inch rackmount chassis RAID processor Instant RAID volume availability and Intel XScale OP331 background initialization Support RAID Level 0 1 0 1 3 5 6 10 and JBOD Supports over 2TB per volume Cache memory Online consistency check 512MB 1GB DDR333 DIMM supported y No of channels host and drives 2 and 4 Host bus interface 1Gb s Ethernet S M A R T support PENG DUS JEE SONS SATA 1 New disk insertion removal detection Hot swap d
79. y default Sure to reset to factory default Confirm Reset to default value the password is 00000000 and IP address to default DHCP Default IP address 192 168 10 50 DHCP Default subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway 192 168 10 254 67 3 8 4 Config Import amp Export Use Import and export function to import or export configuration Export allows user to save system configuration values and Import to apply saved configuration For the volume configuration setting the values are available in export and not available in import which can avoid conflict or data deletion between two controllers For example if one controller already has existing valuable data in the disks and user may forget to overwrite it Use import could return to original configuration If the volume setting was also imported user s current data will be overwritten Maintenance Import and export Import Export Import Import file Export Browse 1 Import Import all system configurations excluding volume configuration 2 Export Export all configurations to a file WARNI NG Import will import all system configurations excluding volume configuration the existing configurations will be replaced 68 3 8 5 Event Log Use Event log to view the system event messages Check the INFO WARNING and ERROR checkboxes to choose the level of event log to display Clicking n Download butt

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