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1. 109 JBOD RAID Configuration 109 6 9 2 Ethernet Configuration 12 16 24 ports 110 6 9 3 Alert by Mail Configuration 12 16 24 ports 111 6 9 4 SNMP 112 6 9 5 View Events Mute 113 6 9 6 Generate Test Event 2 113 6 9 7 Clear Events 113 6 9 8 Modify Password 114 6 9 9 Update Firmware 115 6 10 InfOrmatiOl 2 115 6 10 1 RaidSet Hierarchy 115 6 10 2 System Information 115 6 10 3 Hardware Monitor esses nmn nn 116 Appendix e EE ARANEAE reap Edw E ERR ERE CERE 117 Upgrading Firmware Through McRAID Storage Manager 117 Appendix 22220202505 T aER ERR RR ERRARE VES ES 119 Battery Backup Module BBM 119 BBM Components ee RIEXDeR x REX RE DE 119 BBM Specifications eroi ettet rere eger ete Seg teens 119 Installation recie E ERE Ta TERR ET n 120 Battery Backup Capaci
2. 39 3 3 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume 40 3 4 Designating Drives as Hot 40 3 5 Using Quick Volume Raid Setup Configuration 41 3 6 Using Raid Set Volume Set Function Method 42 3 7 Malin Soave ERI PIRA P EC ym yere EET teen di 44 3 7 1 Quick Volume RAID Setup 45 3 7 2 Raid Set Function 47 3 752 1 Greate Raid Seti osi e e eL Ee D T 48 3 7 2 2 Delete Raid Set 49 3 7 2 3 Expand Raid 49 Jule eT 50 3 7 2 4 Activate Incomplete Raid 51 3 7 2 5 Create HOt Spare seve i eoe ete EY wes evade cs 52 3 7 2 6 Delete Hot Spare sese nen 52 3 7 2 7 Raid Set nnns 53 7 3 Volume Set 53 3 7 3 1 Create Volume 54 Volume Fem 56 Raid 56 Capacity DE E 57 Strip SIZE es 57 e SCSI Channel ui eec 58 p mm 58 SCSI LUN p 59 uu Samum 59 QUEUING EE 59 3 7 3 2 Delete Volume
3. 65 BIOS CONFIGURATION 66 3 7 4 2 Create Pass Through Disk Controller I O Port F3000000h F2 Select Controller F10 Reboot System ppp Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Physical Drive Information SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI LUN 3 Cache Mode Write Back Tag Queuing Enabled ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw Disk is no controlled by the SATA RAID controller firmware and thus cannot be a part of a Volume Set The disk is available to the operating system as an individual disk It is typically used on a system where the operating system is on a disk not controlled by the SATA RAID controller firmware The SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI LUN Cache Mode and Tag Queuing 3 7 4 3 Modify Pass Through Disk Use this option to modify the Pass Through Disk Attribute To modify Pass Through Disk parameters values from Pass Through Disk pool move the cursor bar to the Physical Drive Function menu and select the Modify Pass Through Drive option and then press Enter key The Physical Drive Function menu will show all Raid Pass Through Drive number option Move the cursor bar to a desired item then press Enter key to show all Pass Through Disk Attribute Select the parameter from the list you which to change press Enter key to modify it BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 7 4 4 Delete Pass Through Disk Main Menu Hardware Monitor Sy
4. nn 72 3 7 5 9 Controller Fan Detection 73 3 7 5 10 HDD SMART Status Polling 74 3 7 6 Ethernet Configuration 12 16 24 ports 74 3 7 6 1 DHCP Function cece cece nnnm 75 3 7 6 2 Local IP 75 3 7 6 3 Ethernet 76 3 7 7 Miew System Events awe vae Eie ex 77 3 7 8 Clear Events 77 3 7 9 Hardware 77 3 7 10 System Information 78 4 Driver Installation esee ener rene 79 4 1 Creating the Driver 79 4 2 Driver Installation for Windows cen nnn 80 4 2 1 New Storage Device Drivers in Windows Server 2003 80 4 2 2 Install Windows 2000 XP 2003 on a SATA RAID Volume 81 4 2 2 1 Installation procedures seen 81 4 2 2 2 Making Volume Sets Available to Windows System 82 4 2 3 Install controller into an existing Windows 2000 XP 2003 83 4 2 3 1 Making Volume Sets Available to Windows System 84 4 2 4 Uninstall controller from Windows 2000 XP 2003 85 4 3 Driver Installation for Linux nmm 8
5. 101 6 7 Volume Set Functions esssssss meme nnn 101 6 7 1 Create Volume Set 102 e Volume Name 102 Capacity vos eie eor E REX dex E Se EX ER es 102 Raid bevel TEE 102 a lE SS a EE 103 Cache Mode ex debba E Eee ERE 103 e SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI 103 Tag QUEUING aa 103 6 7 2 Delete Volume 103 6 7 3 Modify Volume 104 6 7 3 1 Volume Set Migration 105 6 7 4 Check Volume Set 105 6 7 5 Stop VolumeSet 106 6 8 Physical Drives ui ides exse ees ree Fu x ee pa vae RR 106 6 8 1 Create Pass Through Disk eese 106 6 8 2 Modify Pass Through Disk esses 107 6 8 3 Delete Pass Through 108 6 8 4 Identify Selected 108 6 9 System Controls nennen nennen nnn nnn 109 6 0 1 System Config ie etit resa etude due rci Te Pena 109 e System Beeper Setting 109 e Background Task Priority
6. 60 3 7 3 3 Modify Volume 61 e Volume Growth 62 e Volume Set mme 62 3 7 3 4 Check Volume 63 3 7 3 5 Stop Volume Set Check 63 3 7 3 6 Display Volume Set Info 64 7 4 Physical 65 3 7 4 1 View Drive Information eese nnn 65 3 7 4 2 Create Pass Through 66 3 7 4 3 Modify Pass Through 66 3 7 4 4 Delete Pass Through Disk 67 3 7 4 5 Identify Selected Drive cesses nnne 67 7 5 Raid System Function nemen 68 3 7 5 1 Mute The Alert Beeper 68 3 7 5 2 Alert Beeper 69 3 7 5 3 Change Password 69 3 7 5 4 JBOD RAID Function 70 3 7 5 5 Background Task Priority 71 3 7 5 6 Maximum SATA 71 3 7 5 7 Disk Write Cache 72 3 7 5 8 Capacity Truncation
7. This section describes the procedures for installing ARC 11xx 12xx se ries 2 1 Before Your begin Installation Thanks for purchase SATA RAID Controller as your RAID data storage and management system This user guide gives simple and step by step instructions for installing and configuring your SATA RAID Con troller To ensure your personal safety and protect your equipment and data carefully read the information that follows the package content list before you begin installing Package Contents If your package is missing any of the items listed below contact your local dealer before proceeding with installation disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not included ARC 11xx Series SATA RAID Controller 1 x PCI X SATA RAID Controller in an ESD protective bag 4 8 12 16 24 x SATA interface cables one per port 1xCD 1 x User Manual ARC 11xxML Series SATA RAID Controller e 1 x PCI X SATA RAID Controller in an ESD protective bag e 1 xCD e 1 x User Manual ARC 12xx Series SATA RAID Controller 1 x PCI Express SATA RAID Controller in an ESD protective bag 4 8 12 16 24 x SATA interface cables one per port 1 x Installation CD 1 x User Manual 22 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 2 Board Layout Follow the instruction below to install a PCI RAID Card into your PC Server 4 8 SATA ports LCD I2C Module Connector E 4 in HDD LED connector Fault LED connector gt Backup Battery Conn
8. 118 Quick Function 3 Areca Technology Corporation RaldSet Functions Qr VolumeSet Functions OD Physical Drives Upgrade The Raid System Or Boot Rom System Control Ester The Or Feunare F e Name ufa The Information 5 After the firmware upgrade is complete a bar indicator will show Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully 6 After the new firmware completes download user should find a chance to restart the controller for the new firmware to take effect APPENDIX Appendix B Battery Backup Module BBM The SATA RAID controller operates using cache memory The battery Backup Module is an add on module that provides power to the PCI SATA RAID controller cache memory in the event of a power failure The Battery Backup Module monitors the write back cache on the SATA RAID controller and provides power to the cache memory if it contains data not yet written to the hard drives when power failure occurs BBM Components IEEE SATA RAID Adapter BBM s Connector Battery Connector E m m BBM Specifications TAJA 199 0219 JEAN 1998 01994 Mechanical e Module Dimension W x H x D 40x22x 85 mm e BBM Connector 2 6 box header Environmental e Operating Temperature Temperature 459 C to 40 C e Humidity 45 8596 non condensing e Storage Temperature Temperature 40 C to 60 C tt 119 APPENDIX 120 e Humidity 45 8596 non con
9. Areca Technology Corporation Fanctions D VolumeSet Functions Physical Drives System Controls Information The number of physical drives in the SATA Raid controller deter mines the RAID levels that can be implemented with the raid set You can create a raid set associated with exactly one volume set The user can change the raid level stripe size and capacity A hot spare option is also created depending upon the existing configura tion Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button in the Quick Create screen the raid set and volume set will start to initialize Note In Quick Create your volume set is automatically configured based on the number of disks in your system Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you prefer to customize your system LL SH e c S Sae 97 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 6 6 RaidSet Functions Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you prefer to customize your system User manual configuration can full control of the raid set setting but it will take longer to complete than the Quick Volume Raid Setup configuration Select the Raid Set Func tion to manually configure the raid set for the first time or deletes existing raid set and reconfigures the raid set A raid set is a group of disks containing one or more volum
10. Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets R idi Technology Corporation Set 6 10 2 System Information To view the SATA RAID controller s information move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the System Information E A A H U M n n 115 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 116 link The SATA RAID controller Information screen appears Use this feature to view the SATA RAID controller s informa tion The controller name firmware version serial number main processor CPU data Instruction cache size and system memory size speed appear in this screen Dack ORAE Nudus il Areca Technology Corporation Fonctions Rud Sehrrstem 6 10 3 Hardware Monitor To view the RAID controller s hardware monitor information move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click the Hardware Moni tor link The Hardware Information screen appears The Hardware Monitor Information provides the temperature and fan speed I O Processor fan of the PCI SATA RAID controller Facto gt ii Technology Corporation Ser Hurde mo Monaten nfeeisstssn APPENDIX Appendix A Since the SATA RAID controller features flash firmware it is not necessary to change
11. D VolumeSet Functions Physical Drives Coufem The Operaton VoluneSet In Tias EaviSet System Controls J Loon Information 6 6 3 Expand Raid Set Use this option to expand a raid set when a disk is added to your system This function is active when at least one drive is avail able Quick Function gd Areca Technology Corporation RaidSet Functions 1 RAID Expansion en Raid Set 5 09 Member Disks 1 Select Channel Capacity Model D VolumeSet Functions IDE Chos w 0GB STSB0013A5 D Physical Drives p System Controls Mi Cento Cpention Information 298 To expand a raid set click the Expand Raid Set link Select the target raid set which you want to expand it Tick on the available disk and Confirm The Operation and then click on the Submit button in the screen to add disks to the raid set 6 6 4 Activate Incomplete Raid Set When one of the disk drive is removed in power off state the raid set state will change to Incomplete State If user wants to contin 99 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION ue to work when the SATA RAID controller is power on User can use the Activate Raid Set option to active the raid set After user complete the function the Raid State will change to Degraded Mode To activate the incomplete the raid set click on the Activate Raid Set link A Select The RAID SET To Activate screen is displayed showing al
12. Main Menu Raid Level Capacity Stripe Size Volume Set_ 00 5 160 1GB 64K SCSI Channel T SCSI ID System informa SCSI LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing Write Back Enabled Each SCSI device attached to the SCSI card as well as the card itself must be assigned a unique SCSI ID number A SCSI channel can connect up to 15 devices The SATA RAID controller is as a lots of large SCSI device We should assign an ID from a list of SCSI IDs BIOS CONFIGURATION e SCSI LUN Volume Set Function Volume Set_ 00 Stripe Size SCSI Channel SCSI ID m informa SCSI LUN Cache Mode Write Back Tag Queuing Enabled ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw Each SCSI ID can support up to 8 LUNs Most SCSI controller treats each LUN like a SCSI disk e Cache Mode olume Name Raid Level SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI LUN Cache Mode Write Back Tag Queuing Enabled ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw User can set the cache mode to Write Through Cache or Write Back Cache e Tag Queuing 59 BIOS CONFIGURATION Volume Volume Set_ 00 Raid Level Capacity 160 1GB Stripe Size 64K d SCSI Channel 0 Hardware Moni SCSI ID System informa SCSI LUN 20 Cache Mode Write Back Tag Queuing Enabled The Enabled option is useful for enhancing overall system performance under mult
13. SCSI channel SCSI ID SCSI LUN for this volume WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION p Quick Function pt idi Areca Technology Corporation Functions D Volumeset Functions Select the IDE drive For Pass Through Select Chammel Capacity Model IDE CW 0 0GE IDE ST3MONAS IDE CoS T3001 Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute 6 8 2 Modify Pass Through Disk Use this option to modify the Pass Through Disk Attribute User can modify the cache mode Tagged Command Queuing and SCSI channel ID LUN on an existed pass through disk To modify the pass through drive attribute from the pass through drive pool move the mouse cursor bar to click on Modify Pass Through link The Select The Pass Through Disk For Modification screen appears tick on the Pass Through Disk from the pass through drive pool and click on the Submit button to select drive The Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute screen appears modify the drive attribute values as you want BQuick Function ppt idi Areca Technology Corporation Functions D VolumeSet Functions Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute After you complete the selection tick on the Confirm The Opera tion and click on the Submit button to complete the selection action 107 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 6 8 3 Delete Pass Through Disk To delete pass through drive from the pass through drive pool move the mo
14. also displayed in the associated volume status area of the Vol ume Set Information when a disk is added to a raid set 3 7 2 4 Activate Incomplete Raid Set The following screen is the Raid Set Information after one of its disk drive has removed in the power off state Raid Set Name Raid Set 00 Member Disks 4 Raid State Migrating Total Capacity 160 1GB Free Capacity 144 1GB QUE Min Member Disk Size 40 0GB System infol Member Disk Channels 1234 When one of the disk drive is removed in power off state the raid set state will change to Incomplete State If user wants to continue to work when the SATA RAID controller is power on User can use the Activate Raid Set option to active the raid set After user complete the function the Raid State will change to Degraded Mode 51 BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 7 2 5 Create Hot Spare cec NN No System information When you choose the Create Hot Spare option in the Raid Set Function all unused physical devices connected to the current controller appear Select the target disk by clicking on the appropriate check box Press the Enter key to select a disk drive and press Yes in the Create Hot Spare to designate it as a hot spare The create Hot Spare option gives you the ability to define a global hot spare 3 7 2 6 Delete Hot Spare Select the target Hot Spare disk to delete by clicking on the ap propriate check box Press the Enter keys to select a di
15. comprehensive product line for the Gaming Enthusiast to the IT Professional Fully Customizable Rackmounts Servers Chassis and Systems Full Network Solutions and Rackmount Server Cabinet Models NAS SAN Mass Storage Solutions Units and Appliances RAID protected Disaster Recovery and Backup Servers Governmental Educational and Corporate Workstations Complete Server Solutions for Microsoft Unix and Linux platforms Industrial PC Components Data Acquisition SBCs and Backplanes Hand Held amp Modular Hard Drive Duplication Comprehensive line of PC Hardware REFERENCES Over the years Aberdeen LLC has been privileged to work with companies that share similar expectations and professional goals to its own such as unmatched customer service personal and professional integrity honest communication and the commitment to forming long term partnerships The innovative Stirling Backup Monster storage server impressed Tawfik Daoud senior system engineer of Maximus Inc enough to praise Aberdeen in a recent letter Mr Daoud mentioned that he chose Aberdeen since the Backup Monster costs considerably less than the closest competitor and was amazed with the ease of implementation and performance Mr Daoud goes on to write in his testimonial The Backup Monster is one step ahead in the backup industry and what I like most is that Aberdeen is backing it up The Stirling S21 Server appealed to David Featherstone a network administrator
16. or data loss However RAID 5 only allows one drive to fail RAID 6 thus provides a much higher level of fault tolerance than RAID 5 It is a perfect solution when data is mission critical Due to this higher level of protection users can set up larger RAID volumes spanning up to 56 physical drives With ARECA RAID 6 engine RAID 6 and RAID 5 have similar performance in the SATA RAID controller Question 6 What products support RAID 6 Answer RAID 6 is available with controller model with RAID 6 engine in stalled Question 7 What operating systems are supported Answer The SATA RAID controllers support Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Windows XP Windows 2000 Red Hat Linux SuSE Linux and FreeBSD For specific OS versions see www areca com tw for more information 126 APPENDIX Question 8 Will ARECA submit the Linux code to kernel org Answer Yes Shortly after we ship products we will submit our code Question 9 What is the warranty period Answer Like all ARECA External RAID controllers the PCI X or PCI Express SATA RAID controller is backed by a 3 year warranty Question 10 Which O S Operating System will support X86 64 bit pro cessors Answer The following O S vendors have announced product support for AMD64 and Intel EM64T Contact each vendor for more details The following is our currently supported OS and version for 64 bit pro cessor We will support others shortly after other v
17. 00 Raid Level 5 Capacity 160 1GB Stripe Size SCSI Channel SCSI ID 3 SCSI LUN i Cache Mode Write Back Tag Queuing Enabled The maximum volume size is default in the first setting Enter the appropriate volume size to fit your application The capacity can also increase or decrease by the UP and DOWN arrow key Each volume set has a selected capacity which is less than or equal to the total capacity of the raid set on which it resides e Strip Size Main Menu Qi Volume Set Function Display Hardware Monil System informal Volume Nar d 00 Raid Level Capacity Stripe Size SCSI Channel SCSI ID d SCSI LUN 0 Cache Mode Write Back Tag Queuing Enabled This parameter sets the size of the segment written to each disk in a RAID 1 3 or 5 logical drive You can set the stripe size to 4 KB 8 KB 16 KB 32 KB 64 KB or 128 KB 57 BIOS CONFIGURATION 58 e SCSI Channel Volume Set Function Volume Name Raid Level Capacity Stripe Size d SCSI Channel Hardware Moni SCSI ID System informaj SCSI LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing Volume Set_ 00 pa 160 1GB 64K 0 10 ro Write Back Enabled The SATA RAID controller function is simulated to the SCSI RAID controller The host bus is represented to the SCSI chan nel Choose the SCSI Channel A Select SCSI Channel dialog box appears select the channel number and press Enter key to confirm it e SCSI ID
18. 5 After completing the modification of the volume set press Esc key to confirm it A Fast Initialization screen is presented e Select Foreground Fast Completion for Fast Initialization of the selected volume set e Select Background Instant Available for Normal Initialization of the selected volume set SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI LUN 2 Write Back Queuing Enabled ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw 6 Repeat steps 3 to 5 to create additional volume sets 7 The initialization percentage of volume set will be displayed at the button line 55 BIOS CONFIGURATION e Volume Name 5 160 1GB 64K 0 vO Edit Volume Name m Yolume Set 00 Wri Enabled StopVol Display ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw The default volume name will always appear as Volume Set i You can rename the volume set name providing it does not exceed the 15 characters limit e Raid Level Channel SCSI ID SCSI LUN ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw Set the RAID level for the Volume Set Highlight Raid Level and press lt Enter gt The available RAID levels for the current Volume Set are dis played Select a RAID level and press Enter key to confirm BIOS CONFIGURATION e Capacity Volume Set Function Create System informa Volume Name Volume
19. After you complete the modification tick on the Confirm The Operation Quick Fusco id Areca Technology Corporation Pannen Enter Volume On Raid Set 901 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION and click on the Submit button to complete the action User can modify all values except the capacity 6 7 3 1 Volume Set Migration Migrating occurs when a volume set is migrating from one RAID level to another a volume set strip size changes or when a disk is added to a raid set Migration status is displayed in the vol ume status area of the RaidSet Hierarchy screen when one RAID level to another a Volume set strip size changes or when a disk is added to a raid set Quick Function yt nm 3 id Areca Technology Corporation D VolusmeSet Functions Physical Drives System Controls Raid Set IDE Channels Volume Seti Ch 14 Lun Volume State Capacity D Information Ead Set 2 00 les Set 0 0 0 Migratien 10 555 Channel Usage Capacity Model 6 7 4 Check Volume Set To check a volume set from a raid set 1 Click on the Check Volume Set link 2 Tick on the volume set from the list that you wish to check Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Use this option to verify the correctness of the redundant data in a volume set For example in a system with dedicated parity vol ume set check means computing the parity of the data disk driv
20. EtherNet Config item then press Enter key to select the desired function id Technology Corporation bes Net Configurations inferis mon 6 9 3 Alert by Mail Configuration 12 16 24 ports To configure the raid controller email function move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the System Controls link The System Controls menu will show all items Move the cursor bar to the Alert By Mail Config item then press Enter key to select the desired function This function can only set by the web based configuration The firmware contains SMTP manager monitors all system events i _ 111 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION and user can select either single or multiple user notifications to be sent via Plain English e mails with no software required Quick Function Raise 7 Technology Corporation ov ieas s 6 9 4 SNMP Configuration To configure the raid controller SNMP function move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the System Controls link The System Controls menu will show all items Move the cursor bar to the SNMP Configuration item then press Enter key to select the desired function This function can only set by the web based configuration The firmware contains SNMP Agent manager monitors all system events and user can use the SNMP fu
21. Function screen and click on the Change Password link The Modify System Password screen ap pears The password option allows user to set or clear the SATA RAID controller s password protection feature Once the password has been set the user can only monitor and configure the SATA RAID controller by providing the correct password Famen pm id Technology Corporation Penctons Dese d Drives The password is used to protect the SATA RAID controller from unauthorized entry The controller will check the password only when entering the Main menu from the initial screen The SATA RAID controller will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command in ten seconds To disable the password press Enter key only in both the Enter New Password and Re Enter New Password column Once the user confirms the operation and clicks the Submit button The existing password will be cleared No password checking will occur when entering the main menu from the starting screen WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 6 9 9 Update Firmware Please reference the appendix A firmware utility Quek Fursa SEEMS Technology Corporation Famen 6 10 Information 6 10 1 RaidSet Hierarchy Use this feature to view the SATA RAID controller current raid set current volume set and physical disk configuration Please reference the this chapter
22. SCSI com mand tag queuing support for each drive channel This func tion should normally remain enabled Disable this function only when using older SCSI drives that do not support command tag queuing 6 7 2 Delete Volume Set To delete Volume from raid set system function move the cursor 103 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 104 bar to the main menu and click on the Delete Volume Set link The Select The Raid Set To Delete screen will show all raid set number Tick on a raid set number and the Confirm The Opera tion and then click on the Submit button to show all volume set item in the selected raid set Tick on a volume set number and the Confirm The Operation and then click on the Submit button to delete the volume set D Quick Function P 3 id Areca Technology Corporation VolumeSet Functions D Physical Drives System Controls Information Umm 6 7 3 Modify Volume Set To modify a volume set from a raid set 1 Click on the Modify Volume Set link 2 Tick on the volume set from the list that you wish to modify Click on the Submit button The following screen appears Use this option to modify volume set configuration To modify vol ume set attribute values from raid set system function move the cursor bar to the volume set attribute menu and click on it The modify value screen appears Move the cursor bar to an attribute item and then click on the attribute to modify the value
23. TeraBuster backup server includes 16 hot swap hot spare drive bays dual gigabit NICs an internal wall of cooling fans and support for RAID 0 1 5 amp 10 Options include a tape drive two internal OS hard drives CD RW a triple redundant 650W power supply and Dantz Development s Retrospect backup software to provide data security disaster recovery and file storage capabilities Call for AMD Opteron approved models 25 X417 SPEC SHEET MANUFACTURER BBX417 PART BLACK RACK ABERDEEN PARTZKITX417 PROCESSOR Dual Socket 604 Supports Dual Intel Xeon processors Front Side Bus support for 533MHz or 400MHz Onboard 3 phase switching power regulator CHIPSET Intel E7501 Server chipset SYSTEM MEMORY 8 x 184 Pin DIMM Sockets Up to 16GB ECC Registered DDR266 SDRAM Compatible with PC2100 and PC1600 ECC Registerd DDR SDRAM ONLY Two way interleaved memory banks provide outstanding memory performance ON BOARD I O 1 x Floppy Connector 2 x Serial 16550 compatible ports 2 x USB 1 1 Ports PS 2 keyboard and mouse ports ON BOARD IDE Dual EIDE ports support Ultra DMA 100MB s of Burst data transfer rate supports UDMA Mode 5 PIO Mode 4 and ATAPI VIDEO ATI Rage XL 8MB PCI graphic controller ON BOARD LAN Dual Gigabit with Intel 82546EB Controller 2 x 10 100 1000 ports SATA RAID 16 Port SATA II 3Gb s RAID SATA backplane provides power bus termination 16 Hot Swap Hot Spare SATA300 drive bays scalable and high performance hardware RAID is
24. Wisesez i Stop leg 1 devices found VLASCSI2 begin to accept connection 9 User may execute the ArcHttp proxy server by entering http IP Address in your web browser 93 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 6 1 2 For Linux Execute the ArcHttp proxy server by entering http IP Address in the Netscape browser provided with Linux Note that Linux prompts you to login to the machine with an ID of root The SATA RAID controller default User Name ID is admin and the Pass word is 0000 6 2 Start up McRAID Manager for Remote Administration You can manage a system remotely from a system that does not contain a SATA RAID controller A remotely managed system requires all of the following compo nents e The remote system must contain a web browser e The managed system must contain a McRAID storage manager e Installing an ArcHttp proxy server on the managed system e Remote and managed systems must have a TCP IP connection 6 2 1 Microsoft Windows System To configure internal SATA RAID controller on a remote machine you need to know its IP Address You must first start up your lo cal ArcHttp Proxy Server Please reference this chapter section 6 1 1 1 Launch your ArcHttp Proxy Server by entering http IP Ad dress in the remote web browser 2 When connection to the remote system is established the System Login screen appears The SATA RAID controller default User Name is admin and the Passwo
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26. configuration Customer doesn t need to create a reserved space on the arrays before the Ethernet port and HTTP service working The firmware embedded Web Browser based RAID manager can access it from any standard internet browser or from any host computer either X X X U Uu 110 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION directly connected or via a LAN or WAN with no software or patch es required DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of IP Internet Protocol configurations on a computer network When using the Internet s set of protocols TCP IP in order for a computer system to communicate to another com puter system it needs a unique IP address Without DHCP the IP address must be entered manually at each computer system DHCP lets a network administrator supervise and distribute IP addresses from a central point The purpose of DHCP is to provide the automatic dynamic allocation of IP client configurations for a specific time period called a lease period and to eliminate the work necessary to administer a large IP network To configure the raid controller EtherNet port move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the System Controls link The System Controls menu will show all items Move the cursor bar to the
27. consider 64 bit versions Array An array is a logical disk comprised of multiple physical hard disks The number of hard disks in an array is dictated by the type of the array and the number of spares that may be assigned to it Arrays are also sometimes referred to as containers Furthermore whether an array can be built using part of the space on a disk as opposed to being forced to use the whole disk depends upon the implementation Arrays are typically used to provide data redundancy and or enhanced I O performance ATA Acronym for AT Bus Attachment a standard interface to IDE hard disks Western Digital s IDE disk interface was standardized by ANSI to form the ATA specification using a 16 bit ISA bus Auto Reassign Sector SATA drives perform automatic defect re assignment for both read and write errors Writes are always completed if a location to be writ ten is found to be defective the drive will automatically relocate that write command to a new location and map out the defective location If there is a recoverable read error the correct data will be transferred to the host and that location will be tested by the drive to be certain the location is not defective if it is found to have a defect it will be automatically relocated to a new location and the defective location mapped out In the event of an unrecoverable read error the er ror will be reported to the host and the location flagged as potentially defec
28. controllers to provide the advanced fault tolerant RAID protection and online drive replace ment 1 4 3 Hot Swap Disk Rebuild A Hot Swap function can be used to rebuild disk drives in arrays with data redundancy such as RAID level 1 10 3 and 5 If a hot spare is not available the failed disk drive must be replaced with a new disk drive so that the data on the failed drive can be rebuilt If a hot spare is available the rebuild starts automatically when a drive fails The SATA RAID controller automatically and transpar ently rebuilds failed drives in the background with user definable rebuild rates The SATA RAID controller will automatically restart the system and the rebuild if the system is shut down or powered off abnormally during a reconstruction procedure condition When a disk is Hot Swap although the system is functionally operational the system may no longer be fault tolerant Fault tolerance will be lost until the removed drive is replaced and the rebuild operation is completed 1 5 Understanding RAID RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks It is an array of multiple independent hard disk drives that provide high performance and fault tolerance The SATA RAID controller imple ments several levels of the Berkeley RAID technology An appropri ate RAID level is selected when the volume sets are defined or cre ated This decision is based on disk capacity data availability fault tolerance or redund
29. data availability and protection derives from the following capabilities Online RAID Capacity Expansion Array Roaming Online RAID Level Stripe Size Migration Dynamic Volume Set Expansion Global Online Spare Au tomatic Drive Failure Detection Automatic Failed Drive Rebuilding Disk Hot Swap Online Background Rebuilding and Instant Availabil ity Background Initialization During the controller firmware upgrade flash process it is possible for a problem to occur resulting in corruption of the controller firm ware With our Redundant Flash image feature the controller will revert back to the last known version of firmware and continue oper ating This reduces the risk of system failure due to firmware crash Easy RAID Management SATA RAID controller build in firmware with an embedded terminal emulation that can access via hot key at BIOS boot up screen This pre boot manager utility can use to simplify the setup and manage ment of RAID controller The controller firmware also contains HTTP browser based program that can access through the drive ArcHttp Proxy Server function in Windows Linux and FreeBSD environment The Web browser based RAID management allows local and remote to create and modify RAID set volume set and monitor RAID status from standard web browser INTRODUCTION 1 2 Features Adapter Architecture e Intel 80331 I O processor ARC 11xx series e Intel 80332 IOP80333 I O processor ARC 12xx se
30. for all vendors to create products in compli ance with these MIBs so that inter vendor interoperability can be achieved If a vendor wishes to include additional device informa tion that is not specified in a standard MIB then that is usually done through MIB extensions 122 APPENDIX Event Configuration Performance 5 SNMP Agent SNMP Installation The installation of the SNMP manager is accomplished in several phases e Installing the Manager software on the client e Placing a copy of the management information base MIB in a directory which is accessible to the management application e Compiling the MIB description file with the management appli cation Starting the SNMP function setting Quick Function pm idi Areca Technology Corporation D VolumeSet Functions Physical Drives SNMP Community Configuration Controls epe Z Confem The Operation 123 APPENDIX e Community Name Community name act as password of screen accesses to the SNMP agent of a particular network device Type in the community names of the SNMP agent Before access is granted to a request station this station must incorporate a valid community names to its request otherwise the SNMP agent will deny access to the system Most network devices use public as default of their community names This value is case sensitive MIB Compilation and Definition File creation Before the manager application ac
31. fully configured rackmount solutions are warranted to be free of defects in materials for a period of five years from date of shipment or the lifetime of the product to be free of workmanship defects A fully configured rackmount system is defined as a system which in a single purchase includes the rackmount chassis motherboard processor s with appropriate cooling equipment memory and hard disk drive s all assembled This warranty does not cover any abuse misuse or modification of products We reserve the right to repair or replace the defective product under warranty as we see appropriate We do not warrant uninterrupted or error free operation of a product We do not warrant that any product that you acquire will meet your individual requirements Aberdeen s warranty is REAL and their response is immediate Customer testimonial Mr Tawfik Daoud Maximus Inc MI SSI ON STATEMENT The Straight Talk People The primary business focus for Aberdeen is to be the IT professional s preeminent resource for complete network solutions while remaining dedicated to building and maintaining excellent service and support relationships with its clientele COMPANY BACKGROUND Founded in 1991 Aberdeen LLC is a leading direct marketer of rackmount servers storage solutions computers and computer hardware Voted among The Direct 100 vendors by PC Computing magazine Aberdeen designs manufactures and customizes award winning Aberdeen b
32. is associated with exactly one volume set and you can modify the default RAID level stripe size and capacity of the volume set Des ignating Drives as Hot Spares will also show in the raid level selec tion option The volume set default settings will be SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI LUN 0 0 0 Cache Mode Write Back The default setting values can be changed after configuration is complete Follow the steps below to create arrays using Quick Vol ume Raid Setup Configuration Choose Quick Volume Raid Setup from the main menu The available RAID levels with hot spare for the current volume set drive are displayed Recommend use drives have same capacity in a specific array If you use drives with different capacities in an array all drives in the raid set will select the lowest capacity of the drive in the raid set The numbers of physical drives in a specific array determine the RAID levels that can be implemented with the array RAID 0 requires 1 or more physical drives RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives RAID 1 Spare requires at least 3 physical drives RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives RAID 3 Spare requires at least 4 physical drives RAID 5 Spare requires at least 4 physical drives RAID 6 requires at least 4 physical drives RAID 6 Spare requires at least 5 physical drives Highlight RAID level for the volume set and press Enter key to confirm Set the ca
33. must be the equal to the smallest disk capacity in the array Parity information normally Stored on a dedicated parity disk Lower Reads are Reads are similar twice than RAID similar to faster than a single 1 10 RAID 0 disk 6 Also known Bit Interleaved Parity Data and parity information is subdivided and distributed across all disk Parity must be the equal to the smallest disk capacity in the array Parity information normally Stored on a dedicated parity disk Writes are Writes are similar to a Higher slower single disk than a than a single single disk drive Also known Block Interleaved Distributed Parity Data and parity information is subdivided and distributed across all disk Parity must be the equal to the smallest disk capacity in the array Parity information normally stored on a dedicated parity disk Lower Reads are Reads are similar to than RAID similar to RAID 0 1 10 RAID 0 6 Writes are slower than Writes are a single disk Higher slower than a than a single single disk drive RAID 6 provides highest reliability but not widely used Similar to RAID 5 but does two different parity computations or the same computation on overlapping subsets of the data The RAID 6 can offer fault tol erance greater that RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only consumes the capacity of 2 disk drives for distributed parity data highest reliability HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 Hardware Installation
34. of physical disk installed BIOS CONFIGURATION This password option allows user to set or clear the raid controller s password protection feature Once the password has been set the user can only monitor and configure the raid controller by providing the correct password The password is used to protect the internal RAID controller from unauthorized entry The controller will check the password only when entering the Main menu from the initial screen The RAID controller will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command in twenty seconds 3 7 1 Quick Volume RAID Setup Quick Volume RAID Setup is the fastest way to prepare a raid set and volume set It only needs a few keystrokes to complete it Although disk drives of different capacity may be used in the raid set it will use the smallest capacity of disk drive as the capacity of all disk drives in the raid set The Quick Volume RAID Setup option creates a raid set with the following properties 1 All of the physical drives are contained in a raid set 2 The raid levels associated with hot spare capacity and stripe size are selected during the configuration process 3 A single volume set is created and consumed all or a portion of the disk capacity available in this raid set 4 If you need to add additional volume set using main menu Create Volume set function The total physical drives in a specific raid set determine the RAID levels
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37. separates the management architecture from the architecture of the hardware devices which broadens the base of multi vendor support Volume Set A volume set is a concatenation of storage elements that may be RAID arrays JBODs or simply areas of disks that are not part of RAID ar rays Write back When a cache is operating in write back mode data written into the cache is not immediately written out to its destination in second ary storage unless the heuristics governing the flushing of dirty data demands otherwise This methodology can improve the efficiency of write operations under favorable circumstances However its use can potentially lead to incoherencies in a system that is not protected from power fluctuations or failures Write through When a cache is operating in write through mode data written into the cache is also written to the destination secondary storage devices Essentially write completion does not occur until the data is written to secondary storage Thus the contents of the cache and the secondary storage are always consistent The advantage is that the possibility of data corruption is greatly reduced The disadvantage is that write 134 GLOSSARY through operations are more time consuming XOR Engine All RAID arrays with the exception of RAID 0 RAID 1 and RAID 10 require parity to be calculated and written to the array in conjunction with data Typically the parity is a simple XOR on the b
38. system 1 Insert the SATA RAID controller CD in the CD ROM drive 89 INSTALLATION ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER 90 2 Run the ArcHttpPci file that resides at lt CD ROM gt linux http on the CD ROM Usage ArcHttpPci TCP PORT Parameters TCP PORT value 1 65535 For Example Start the ArcHttp Proxy Server for TCP PORT 6666 user can type ArcHttpPci 6666 on command line and enter to execute it 3 See next chapter in the McRAID storage manager to customize your RAID volume set Note For RedHat Users upgrade Mozilla Browser to ersion 1 6 or later WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 6 Web Browser based Configuration Before using the McRAID firmware based browser utility do the initial setup and installation of this product If you need to boot up the op erating system from a RAID volume set you must first create a RAID volume by using McBIOS RAID Manager Please refer to section 3 3 Using Quick Volume Raid Setup Configuration for information on creating this initial volume set The McRAID manager is firmware based utility which utilizes the browser installed on your operating system The McRAID Manager program is an HTML based application which utilizes the browser IE Netscape and Mozilla etc installed on your monitor station It allows user through web browser to create and modify RAID set volume set and monitor SATA RAID Controller status Use this utility to e Create raid set e Expand rai
39. the desired function e System Beeper Setting The Alert Beeper function item is used to Disabled or Enable the SATA RAID controller alarm tone generator e Background Task Priority The Raid Rebuild Priority is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes to a rebuild operation The SATA RAID controller allows user to choose the rebuild priority ul traLow Low Normal High to balance volume set access and rebuild tasks appropriately For high array performance specify a Low value e JBOD RAID Configuration JBOD is an acronym for just a Bunch Of Disk It represents a volume set that is created by the concatenation of partitions on the disk It can see all 8 disks when you selected the JBOD option User needs to deleted the RAID set when you want to change the option from the RAID to the JBOD function e Maximum SATA Mode Supported The Controller can support up to SATA II which runs up to 300MB s NCQ is a command protocol in Serial ATA that can only be implemented on native Serial ATA hard drives It al lows multiple commands to be outstanding within a drive at the same time Drives that support NCQ have an internal queue where outstanding commands can be dynamically rescheduled or re ordered along with the necessary tracking mechanisms for outstanding and completed portions of the workload The RAID subsystem allows user to choose the SATA Mode SATA150 SAT150 NCQ SAT300 SATA300 NCQ e Write Disk Cache
40. to calculate parity which is stored on the drives along with the data In a system with three drives the data is written to two drives and the calculated parity is stored on a third drive If one drive fails data on the failed drive is reconstructed from other data and parity PCI Express An advanced version of the PCI bus introduced in 2002 Rather than the shared parallel bus structure of PCI PCI Express provides a high be 132 GLOSSARY speed switched architecture Each PCI Express link is a serial commu nications channel made up of two differential wire pairs that provide 2 5 Gbits sec in each direction Up to 32 channels may be combined creating a parallel interface of independently controlled serial links PCI X PCI eXtended an enhanced PCI bus technology is backward com patible with existing PCI cards PCI and PCI X slots are physically the same PCI cards run in PCI X slots and PCI X cards run in PCI slots at the slower PCI rates First introduced in 1999 PCI X offered increased speed over PCI and has steadily increased to more than 30 times that of the original PCI bus For a comparison of all PCI technologies RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks a disk subsystem that is used to increase performance or provide fault tolerance RAID can also be set up to provide both functions at the same time RAID is a set of two or more ordinary hard disks and a specialized disk controller that contains the RAID fu
41. to kick out disks meeting marginal spec before the RAID unit is actually put on line for real business For additional information see the Utility manual in the package CD ROM or download from the web site http www areca com tw 37 BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 McBIOS RAID Manager The mainboard BIOS automatically configures the SATA RAID controller parameter at power up I O Port Address Interrupt channel IRQ Adapter ROM Base Address Use McBIOS to further configure the SATA RAID adapter to suit your operating system 38 3 1 Starting the McBIOS RAID Manager This section explains how to use the McBIOS Setup Utility to con figure your RAID system The BIOS Setup Utility is designed to be user friendly It is a menu driven program residing in the firm ware which allows you to scroll through its various sub menus and select among the predetermined choices When starting the system with an SATA RAID controller installed the start up sequence displays the following message appears on your monitor ARC Ixxx RAID Ctlr DRAM 128 MB Channels 8 BIOS V1 00 Date 2004 5 13 F W V1 31 Date 2004 5 31 b 1 O Port F3000000h IRQ 11 BIOS ROM mapped at D000 0h gt gt gt No BIOS disk Found RAID Controller BIOS not installed gt gt gt Press lt Tab F6 gt to enter SETUP menu 9 second s left lt ESC to Skip gt The McBIOS configuration manager message remains on your screen for about nine seconds giving
42. you time to start the config ure menu by pressing Tab or F6 If you do not wish to enter con figuration menu press lt ESC gt to skip configuration When acti vated the McBIOS window appears showing a selection dialog box listing the SATA RAID controller that are installed in the system The legend at the bottom of the screen shows you what keys are enabled for the windows BIOS CONFIGURATION Use Up and Down arrow keys to select the adapter you want to configure While a desired adapter is highlighted press the En ter gt key to enter the Main Menu of the McBIOS Configuration Util ity Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function View System Events Clear Event Buffer System information 3 2 McBIOS Configuration manager The McBIOS configuration utility is firmware based and uses to con figure raid sets and volume sets Because the utility resides in the SATA RAID controller firmware its operation is independent of the operating systems on your computer Use this utility to e Create raid set e Expand raid set a Ml 39 BIOS CONFIGURATION 40 Define volume set Add physical drive Modify volume set Modify RAID level stripe size Define pass through disk drives Modify system function and Designate drives as hot spares 3 3 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets You can configure raid sets and volume sets with McBIOS RAID manager u
43. 00 MHz FSB 8 x 240 Pin DIMM Sockets Up to 16GB DDR2 400 registered ECC Dual channel memory bus ECC Registerd DDR2 SDRAM ONLY 2 way interleave provides outstanding memory performance memory must be used in pairs 1 x Floppy Connector 2 x Serial 16550 compatible ports 2 x USB 2 0 Ports PS 2 keyboard and mouse ports Dual EIDE ports support Ultra DMA 100MB s of Burst data transfer rate supports UDMA Mode 5 PIO Mode 4 amp ATAPI ATI Rage XL 8MB PCI graphic controller Intel 82546GB Dual Gigabit controller 2 x 10 100 1000 ports 16 Port SATA 11 3Gb s RAID SATA backplane provides power bus termination 16 Hot Swap Hot Spare SATA300 drive bays scalable and high performance hardware RAID isolation RAID O 1 10 5 6 and JBOD support SCSI performance feature set LSI Logic 21320 Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI card External Wide SCSI connector available connectors for internal or external SCSI tape drives Connects to Aberdeen XDAS Direct Attached Storage Device Connect up to 3 devices with SCSI port Onboard voltage monitors for CPU Fan status Environmental temperature monitor and control Chassis and CPU overheat alarm LED indication and control System resource alert Supermicro System Management utility Phoenix 4Mb Flash ROM RTC Real Time Clock wakeup External modem remote ring on if system is in Soft Off state BIOS rescue hot keys rescuing BIOS chip from flash failure Hardware BIOS virus protection Chipkill suppo
44. 3 3 Easy of Use Features 13 1 3 3 1 Instant Availability Background Initialization 13 1 3 3 2 Array Roamlhg eere etr ER x E E IR x EIL 13 1 3 3 3 Online Capacity Expansion 14 1 3 4 Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration 15 1 4 High availability 5 Red 15 1 4 1 Creating Hot Spares iue ee eer e TIER OUR bees 15 1 4 2 Hot Swap Disk Drive 16 1 4 3 Hot Swap Disk Rebuild eee 16 1 5 Understanding RAID 16 1 5 T RAID O eiie p pp Ea ven eli are Ee EE 17 1 5 2 RAID UC FEE Hexe La rd ue nna 17 1 5 3 RAID lO et Rake Pe rey cgay boaters aeye week cots 18 LM PEE 18 15 5 RAI DY wet e E RECTE ER LE REY Puts 19 1 5 6 RAID 19 Hardware Installation 22 2 1 Before Your begin Installation 22 2 2 Board MEER 23 2 3 Installation tre ene de ne rd Ela e 27 McBIOS RAID Manager eee rennen nnne nnns 38 3 1 Starting the McBIOS RAID 38 3 2 McBIOS Configuration
45. 6 4 4 Driver Installation for 86 5 Installation ArcHttp Proxy Server 88 5L For WIndOWS nne RE serere E ka ke v re PEE Re enia ees 88 5 2 FOR LINUX co eer ota eee ba p Xv aen 89 6 Web Browser based Configuration 91 6 1 Start up McRAID Manager for Local Administration 91 WIDndOWS ree c e eere e ied eal e n LR Re EQ eve 92 6G T 2 FOr EIDUX iiie ret xxr ERE AE EREE RS RaeRgirrxa ened wanes 94 6 2 Start up McRAID Manager for Remote Administration 94 6 2 1 Microsoft Windows System 94 6 2 2 Linux SYSTEM iie aie Cel wea he ew uae ani ea E es E Rn RH 95 6 3 SATA RAID controller McRAID storage manager 95 6 4 Maln Menu ex e ende E bee bv DE De A 96 6 5 Quick FUhctionr s os ieu ee debe dex e RR MR EIER 97 6 6 RaidSet F nctions code e ee rt exer eee e arredi a 98 6 6 1 Create Raid Set 98 6 6 2 Delete Raid Set oa e 98 6 6 3 Expand Raid Set csse nennen 99 6 6 4 Activate Incomplete Raid Set 99 6 6 5 Create Hot Spare esie 100 6 6 6 Delete Hot 101 6 6 7 Rescue Raid
46. BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 7 3 6 Display Volume Set Info Main Menu Volume Set Function Create Volume Set Delete Volume Set Modify Volume Set Check Volume Set StopVolume Check Display Volume Info System information To display Volume Set information move the cursor bar to the desired Volume Set number then press Enter key The Volume Set Information will show as following You can only view the information of this Volume Set E IT The Volume Set Information Volume Set Name Volume Set 00 Raid Set Name Raid Set 00 Volume Capacity 160 1GB Volume State Normal SCSI CH Id Lun 0 0 0 RAID Level SUE Stripe Size 64K Member Disk 14 Cache Attribute Write Back Tag Queuing Enabled 64 BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 7 4 Physical Drives Modify Pass Through Disk Delete Pass Through Disk Identify Selected Drive System information Choose this option from the Main Menu to select a physical disk and to perform the operations listed above 3 7 4 1 View Drive Information Main Menu Model Name ST380013AS Serial Number 5 9447 Firmware Rev Disk Capacity da PIO Mode System info Current UDMA 150 6 Supported UDMA 150 6 Device State RaidSet Member When you choose this option the physical disks in the SATA RAID controller are listed Move the cursor to the desired drive and press Enter The following appears Dee
47. EB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 6 6 6 Delete Hot Spare Select the target Hot Spare disk to delete by clicking on the ap propriate check box Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit but ton in the screen to delete the hot spares 6 6 7 Rescue Raid Set When the system is power off in the Raidset update period it may be disappeared in this abnormal condition The RESCUE func tion can recover the missing RaidSet information The RAID controller uses the time as the RaidSet signature The RaidSet may have different time after the RaidSet is recovered The SIGANT function can regenerate the signature for the RaidSet Quick Function Areca Technology Corporation Crete R s m 1 Try Te Rescue Missing RAIDSET RESCUE To Try To Recover D VoluseSet Functions Enter The Keyword Physical Drives System Controls Information 6 7 Volume Set Functions A volume set is seen by the host system as a single logical device It is organized in a RAID level with one or more physical disks RAID level refers to the level of data performance and protection of a volume set A volume set capacity can consume all or a portion of the disk capacity available in a raid set Multiple volume sets can exist on a group of disks in a raid set Additional volume sets created in a specified raid set will reside on all the physical disks in the raid set Thus each volume set on the raid s
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49. MOUNT BACKUP SERVER SRVX313 BLACK RACK KITX313 Dual Socket 604 Dual Intel Xeon Processors EM64T Support Intel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset 800 MHz FSB 8 x 240 Pin DIMM Sockets Up to 16GB DDR2 400 registered ECC Dual channel memory bus ECC Registerd DDR2 SDRAM ONLY 2 way interleave provides outstanding memory performance memory must be used in pairs 1 x Floppy Connector 2 x Serial 16550 compatible ports 2 x USB 2 0 Ports PS 2 keyboard and mouse ports Dual EIDE ports support Ultra DMA 100MB s of Burst data transfer rate supports UDMA Mode 5 PIO Mode 4 and ATAPI ATI Rage XL 8MB PCI graphic controller Intel 82546GB Dual Gigabit controller 2 x 10 100 1000 ports 12 Port SATA 11 3Gb s RAID SATA backplane provides power bus termination 12 Hot Swap Hot Spare SATA300 drive bays scalable and high performance hardware RAID isolation RAID O 1 10 5 6 and JBOD support SCSI performance feature set LSI Logic 21320 Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI card External Wide SCSI connector available connectors for internal or external SCSI tape drives Connects to Aberdeen XDAS Direct Attached Storage Device Connect up to 3 devices with SCSI port Onboard voltage monitors for CPU Fan status Environmental temperature monitor and control Chassis and CPU overheat alarm LED indication and control System resource alert Supermicro System Management utility Phoenix 4Mb Flash ROM RTC Real Time Clock wake
50. Mode 109 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION User can set the Disk Write Cache Mode to Auto Enabled or Disabled e Disk Capacity Truncation Mode ARECA RAID controllers use drive truncation so that drives from differing vendors are more likely to be able to be used as spares for each other Drive truncation slightly decreases the usable capacity of a drive that is used in redundant units The controller provides three truncation modes in the system configuration Multiples Of 10G Multiples Of 1G and No Truncation Multiples Of 10G If you have 120 GB drives from different vendors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For exam ple one drive might be 123 5 GB and the other 120 GB Areca drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 10G uses the same capac ity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other Multiples Of 1G If you have 123 GB drives from different ven dors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 123 5 GB and the other 123 4 GB Areca drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 1G uses the same capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other No Truncation It does not truncate the capacity Quek Function E RaidSet Pensions Areca Technology Corporation Functions ish z System Configu wrens 6 9 2 Ethernet Configuration 12 16 24 ports Use this feature to set the controller Ethernet port
51. N SATA RAID SCSI CONTROLLER X39SA SPEC SHEET ABERDEEN STIRLI NG X39 RACKMOUNT BACKUP MONSTER SERVER SRVX39 BLACK RACK SRVX39 Dual Socket 604 Supports Dual Intel Xeon processors Front Side Bus support for 533MHz or 400MHz Onboard 3 phase switching power regulator ServerWorks Grand Champion SL chipset 8 x 240 Pin DIMM Sockets Up to 16GB DDR2 400 registered ECC Dual channel memory bus ECC Registerd DDR2 SDRAM ONLY 2 way interleave provides outstanding performance memory must be used in pairs 1 x Floppy Connector 2 x Serial 16550 compatible ports 2 x USB 2 0 Ports PS 2 keyboard and mouse ports Dual EIDE ports support Ultra DMA 100MB s of Burst data transfer rate supports UDMA Mode 5 PIO Mode 4 and ATAPI ATI Rage XL 8MB PCI graphic controller Intel 82546GB Dual Gigabit controller 2 x 10 100 1000 ports 8 Port SATA 11 3Gb s RAID SATA backplane provides power bus termination 8 Hot Swap Hot Spare SATA300 drive bays scalable and high performance hardware RAID isolation RAID 0 1 10 5 6 and JBOD support SCSI performance feature set LSI Logic 21320 Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI card External Wide SCSI connector available connectors for internal or external SCSI tape drives SCALABLE SOLUTION Connects to Aberdeen XDAS Direct Attached Storage PC HEALTH MONITORING BIOS EXPANSION SLOTS BOARD SIZE EXPANSION BAYS CHASSIS FEATURES Device Connect up to 3 devices with SCSI p
52. OABERDEEN COMPLETE NETWORK SOLUTIONS USER S MANUAL Stirling X39 Stirling X313 Stirling X317 Stirling X417 Stirling X525 CONTENTS User s Manual Contents Notice Introduction Aberdeen Contact Information 5 Year Warranty Terms and Conditions Mission Statement Company Background Goals The Aberdeen Advantage Aberdeen Leads Industry with 5 Year Warranty Custom Server Solutions Provider References Reviews and Awards Previous Comments from the Experts APPENDIX A Backup Monster X39 Aberdeen Stirling X39sa X39sa Spec Sheet X39sa Disk Placement Chart APPENDIX B Backup Monster X313 Aberdeen Stirling X313 X313 Spec Sheet X313 Disk Placement Chart APPENDIX C Backup Monster X317 Aberdeen Stirling X317 X317 Spec Sheet X317 Disk Placement Chart APPENDIX D TeraBuster Aberdeen Stirling X417 X417 Spec Sheet X417 Disk Placement Chart APPENDIX E TeraStorus Aberdeen Stirling X525 X525 Spec Sheet X525 Disk Placement Chart APPENDIX F RAID Web Management Utility 1 3 4 5 6 6 Te 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 227 28 29 30 31 32 NOTICE No part of this manual including the products and software described in it may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in
53. RE INSTALLATION Figure 2 18 Activity LED I2C connector con nected between SATA RAID Con troller amp 2 SATA HDD Cages back plane Step 8 Power up the System Safety checks the installation reinstall the computer cover and reconnect the power cord cables Turn on the AC power switch at the rear of the computer then press the power button at the front of the host computer Step 9 Configure volume set The adapter configures the RAID function through the McBIOS RAID manager Please reference the Chapter 3 McBIOS RAID Manager for the detail configuration The RAID configuration can also be configured by McRAID storage manager After ArcHttp proxy server be installed Please refernce the Chapter 6 Web Browser Based Configuration Step 10 Install the controller driver In a new system e Driver installation usually takes places as part of operating sys tem installation Please reference the Chapter 4 Diver Installation 34 HARDWARE INSTALLATION for the detail installation procedure In an existing system e Install the controller driver to the existing operating system Please reference the Chapter 4 Driver Installation for the detail installation procedure Note Look for further release version driver of Linux and Free BSD e See the Driver Library at http www areca com tw Step 11 Install ArcHttp proxy Server The SATA RAID controller firmware has embedded the web browser RAID
54. TION RAID Management e Field upgradeable firmware in flash ROM e Ethernet port support on 12 16 24 port In Band Manager e Hot key boot up McBIOS RAID manager via BIOS e Support controller s API library for customer to write its own AP e Support Command Line Interface CLI e Browser based management utility via ArcHttp Proxy Server e Single Admin Portal SAP monitor utility e Disk Stress Test DST utility for production in Windows Out of Band Manager e Firmware embedded Browser based RAID manager SMTP manager SNMP agent and Telnet function via Ethernet port for 12 16 24 port Adapter e Support controller s API library for customer to write its own AP for 12 16 24 port Adapter e Push Button and LCD display panel Operating System e Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 e Red Hat Linux e SuSE Linux e FreeBSD For latest supported OS listing visit http www areca com tw Internal PCI X RAID Card Comparison ARC XXXX 1110 1120 1130 1160 1170 Host Bus Type PCI X 133MHz RAID 6 support Cache Memory 128MB 128MB One SO One SO One SO DIMM DIMM DIMM Drive Support 4 SATAII 8 SATA Il 12 SATA II 16 SATA II 24 SATA II SATA SATA SATA SATA SATA 11 INTRODUCTION 1110ML 1120ML 1130ML 1160ML 1210 1220 1230 1260 1 3 RAID Concept 1 3 1 RAID Set A Raid Set is a group of disk containing one or more volume sets It has the following features in the SATA RAID controller A volume Set must be create
55. WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION The available RAID levels for the current Volume Set are dis played Select a RAID level and press Enter to confirm e Strip Size This parameter sets the size of the stripe written to each disk in a RAID 0 1 10 5 or 6 logical drive You can set the stripe size to 4 KB 8 KB 16 KB 32 KB 64 KB or 128 KB A larger stripe size produces better read performance espe cially if your computer does mostly sequential reads However if you are sure that your computer does random reads more often select a small stripe size Note RAID level 3 can t modify strip size e Cache Mode The SATA RAID controller supports Write Through Cache and Write Back Cache e SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI Lun SCSI Channel The SATA RAID controller function is simulated to the SCSI RAID controller The host bus is represented to the SCSI channel Choose the SCSI Channel SCSI ID Each SCSI device attached to the SCSI card as well as the card itself must be assigned a unique SCSI ID number A SCSI channel can connect up to 15 devices The SATA RAID controller is as a lots of large SCSI device We should assign an ID from a list of SCSI IDs SCSI LUN Each SCSI ID can support up to 8 LUNs Most SCSI controller treats each LUN like a SCSI disk e Tag Queuing The Enabled option is useful for enhancing overall system performance under multi tasking operating systems The Com mand Tag Drive Channel function controls the
56. ancy and disk performance The following is the RAID level which support in the SATA RAID controller The SATA RAID controller makes the RAID implementation and the disks physical configuration transparent to the host operating sys tem This means that the host operating system drivers and software 16 INTRODUCTION utilities are not affected regardless of the RAID level selected Cor rect installation of the disk array and the controller requires a proper understanding of RAID technology and the concepts 1 5 1 RAID O RAID 0 also referred to as striping writes stripping of data across multiple disk drives instead of just one disk drive RAID 0 does not provide any data redundancy but does offer the best high speed data throughput RAID 0 breaks up data into smaller blocks and then writes a block to each drive in the array Disk striping en hances performance because multiple drives are accessed simul taneously but the reliability of RAID Level is less than any of its member disk drives due to its lack of redundancy T a4 Physical Disk Disk Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 0 1 1 5 2 RAID 1 RAID 1 also known as disk mirroring data written to one disk drive is simultaneously written to another disk drive Read performance may be enhanced if the array controller can parallel accesses both members of a mirrored pair During writes there will be a minor performance penalty when compared to writing to a single disk If o
57. and migrating from RAID level 1 to 5 The result would be parity fault tolerance and double the available capacity without taking the system off 1 4 High availability 1 4 1 Creating Hot Spares A hot spare drive is an unused online available drive which is ready for replacing the failure disk drive In a RAID level 1 10 3 or 5 raid set any unused online available drive installed but not belong ing to a raid set can define as a hot spare drive Hot spares permit you to replace failed drives without powering down the system When SATA RAID controller detects a SATA drive failure the system will automatic and transparent rebuilds using hot spare drives The raid set will be reconfigured and rebuilt in the background while the SATA RAID controller continues to handle system request Dur ing the automatic rebuild process system activity will continue as normal however the system performance and fault tolerance will be affected Important he hot spare must have at least the same capacity as the drive it replaces INTRODUCTION 1 4 2 Hot Swap Disk Drive Support The SATA RAID controller has built the protection circuit to sup port the replacement of SATA hard disk drives without having to shut down or reboot the system The removable hard drive tray can deliver hot swappable fault tolerant RAID solutions at prices much less than the cost of conventional SCSI hard disk SATA RAID controllers We provide this feature for
58. ase 10 The Found New Hardware Wizard summary screen ap pears Click on the Finish button 11 The System Settings Change dialog box appears Re move the diskette from the drive and click on Yes to restart the computer to load the new drivers 12 See Chapter 5 in this manual to customize your RAID vol umes using Storage manager 4 2 3 1 Making Volume Sets Available to Windows System When you reboot the system log in as system administrator Continue with the following steps to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000 XP 2003 This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID controller hardware driver and Windows are installed and operational in your sys tem 84 DRIVER INSTALLATION 1 Partition and format the new arrays or disks using Disk Ad ministrator a Choose Administrative Tools from the Start menu b Choose Computer Management from the Administrative Tools menu c Select Storage d Select Disk Management 2 Follow the on screen prompts to write a signature to the drive 3 Right click on the drive and select Create Volume from the menu 4 Follow the on screen prompts to create a volume set and to give a disk drive letter 4 2 4 Uninstall controller from Windows 2000 XP 2003 To remove the SATA RAID controller driver from the Windows sys tem follow the instructions below 1 Ensure that you have closed all applications and are l
59. ation move the cursor bar to System Information item then press Enter key All major controller system informa tion will be displayed EIER NEM 78 DRIVER INSTALLATION 4 Driver Installation This chapter describes how to install the SATA RAID controller drive to your operating system The installation procedures depend on the fol lowing terminology Installing operating system on the SATA Volume If you have a new drive configuration without an operating system and want to install operating system on a disk drive managed by the SATA RAID Controller The driver installation is a part of the operat ing system installation Installing SATA RAID controller into an existing operating system The computer has an existing operating system installed and the SATA RAID controller is being installed as a secondary controller Have all required system hardware and software component on hand before proceeding with the setup and installation Materials required e Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 2003 or Linux and or FreeBSD instal lation CD ROM e SATA RAID Controller Diver CD ROM e SATA RAID controller 4 1 Creating the Driver Diskettes The SATA RAID controller shipped with CD ROM disc is a self boot ing CD In order to created driver diskettes for Windows Linux and FreeBSD installation drivers Your system required to supports bootable from CD ROM If you do not have the CD ROM disc with the package contact your local dealer
60. cesses the RAID controller user needs to integrate the MIB into the management application s da tabase of events and status indicator codes This process is known as compiling the MIB into the application This process is highly vendor specific and should be well covered in the User s Guide of your SNMP application Ensure the compilation process successfully integrates the contents of the ARECARAID MIB file into the traps database Location for MIB Depending upon the SNMP management application used the MIB must be placed in a specific directory on the network management station running the management application The MIB file must be manually copied to this directory For example SNMP Management Application MIB Location HP OpenView NOVMMIBS Netware NMS NMS SNMPMIBS CURRENT Your management application may have a different target direc tory Consult the management application s user manual for the correct location 124 APPENDIX Appendix D General Troubleshooting Tips Most of controller errors are traceable to external factors such as conflicts with other installed cards bad or incorrectly configured drives loose cables improper controller installation or other in stallation errors To troubleshoot SATA RAID controller problems try simplifying your hardware configuration by removing some other devices from the system and then adding them back one at a time Look for the latest information on SATA RAID C
61. completed before the volume set ready for system accesses Initialize the volume set you have just configured If you need to add additional volume set using main menu Create Vol ume Set function 3 6 Using Raid Set Volume Set Function Method In Raid Set Function you can use the Create Raid Set function to generate the new raid set In Volume Set Function you can use the Create Volume Set function to generate its associated volume set and parameters If the current controller has unused physical devices connected you can choose the Create Hot Spare option in the Raid Set Func tion to define a global hot spare Select this method to configure new raid sets and volume sets The Raid Set Volume Set Function configuration option allows you to associate volume set with partial and full raid set BIOS CONFIGURATION To setup the Hot Spare option choose Raid Set Function from the main menu Select the Create Hot Spare and press Enter key to set the Hot Spare 2 Choose Raid Set Function from the main menu Select the Create Raid Set and press Enter key Select a Drive For Raid Set window is displayed showing the IDE drive connected to the current controller Press UP and DOWN arrow keys to select specific physical drives Press the Enter key to associate the selected physical drive with the current raid set Recommend use drives has same capacity in a specific raid set If you use drives with different capacities in an array al
62. d XR ee OX E a s YER REG 133 SATA Seria ATA CO OD TET TER Qe PEE d 133 juhVvqmee 134 cd EN 134 Volume cox 134 Write back ER 134 Write throuGh 134 XOR Engine esses enr Ee eo xe na xa npa re Rx aa ge dea 135 INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction This section briefly describes general overview of SATA RAID Series controller card ARC 1110 1120 1130 1160 1170 4 8 12 16 24 port PCI X SATA RAID Controller and ARC 1210 1220 1230 1260 1270 4 8 12 16 24 port PCI Express SATA RAID Controller 1 1 Overview ARC 11xx 12xx Series high performance PCI bus Card Serial ATA RAID controller supported 4 8 12 16 24 SATA II peripheral de vice on a single controller With properly configured SATA controller can provided non stop services with a high degree of fault tolerance through the use of RAID technology and advanced array manage ment features The 4 8 port SATA RAID controller is a low profile PCI cards Ideal for 1U or 2U rack mount system It has the same RAID kernel of its field proven external RAID controller Lets bring quickly to stable and reliable RAID controller to the market Unparalleled Performance The array controllers provide reliable data protection for desktops workstations and servers They raise the standard higher perfor mance levels with several enhancements including Intel h
63. d 32 bit applications Legacy Mode No software changes are required however the user gets no benefit from Intel EM64T or AMD64 2 64 bit O S and 32 bit applications Compatibility Mode This usage requires all 64 bit device drivers In this mode the O S will see the 64 bit extensions but the 32 bit application will not Existing 32 bit applications do not need to be recompiled and may or may not benefit from the 64 bit extensions The application will likely need to be recertified by the vendor to run on the new 64 bit extended O S 3 64 bit O S and 64 bit applications 64 bit Mode This usage requires 64 bit device drivers It also requires applications to be modified for 64 bit operation and then recompiled and vali dated PER A 128 APPENDIX Appendix E Technical Support Areca Technical Support provides several options for Areca users to access information and updates We encourage you to use one of our electric services which provide product information updates for the most efficient service and support If you decide to contact us please have the information such as Product model and serial num ber BIOS and driver version and a description of the problem 129 GLOSSARY Glossary 2TB The 32 bit versions operating systems have a maximum limitation of 2 TB per volume set 64 bit versions remove this limitation so if you are building large warehouses you should
64. d Errors The RAID system does not built the real time clock The Time information is the relative time from the SATA RAID controller power on 3 7 8 Clear Events Buffer Use this feature to clear the entire events buffer information 3 7 9 Hardware Monitor 77 DRIVER INSTALLATION Main Menu Quick Volumel yare Monitor Fan Speed RPM 2178 Battery Status Not Installed HDD 1 Temp HDD 2 Temp HDD 3 Temp HDD 4 Temp HDD 5 Temp HDD 6 Temp HDD 7 Temp HDD 8 Temp To view the RAID controller s hardware monitor information move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click the Hardware Moni tor link The Hardware Information screen appears The Hardware Monitor Information provides the temperature and fan speed I O Processor fan of the PCI SATA RAID controller 3 7 10 System Information uick Volume e id Set Funel The System Information Volume Set Fd Main Processor 500MHz IOP331 Physical Drive CPUICacheSize 32KB Raid System F CPU DCache Size 2KB Write Back System Inform System Memory 28MB 333MHz View System Firmware Version V1 31 2004 5 31 Clear Event BJ BOOT ROM Version V1 34 2004 9 29 Serial Number 1100 2116 6633 System inform Controller Name ARC 1120 Choose this option to display Main processor CPU Instruction cache and data cache size firmware version serial number controller model name and the cache memory size To check the system inform
65. d a listing on the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List HCL WARRANTY The information in this document is subject to change without notice We make no warranty of any kind regarding this material including but not limited to the implied warranties or merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Furthermore we shall not be liable for errors con tained herein or for incidental or consequential damage in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against interfer ence in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in ac cordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation 1 2 3 Contents Introd ctioh oc scene eo ro ones exu E Ras UEDNRA RIEN AKA A ERAN ARES 8 DL OVERVIEW PERI Cg ERUNT epus E YE 8 1 2 Features dx aoe Wea EYE EIE eda 10 13 RAID Concept iicet rp trit duis eoe Y cux e HER ERO 12 1 3 1 nr tee tere Dg olen ti aer Et ER E REY Ea uta 12 173 2 Volum6e S6t oc ec ertt retire Fa exa tienes a 12 1
66. d either on an existing raid set or on a group of available individual disks disks that are not yet a part of an raid set If there are pre existing raid sets with available capacity and enough disks for specified RAID level desired then the volume set will be created in the existing raid set of the user s choice If physical disk of different capacity are grouped together in a raid set then the capacity of the smallest disk will become the effective capacity of all the disks in the raid set 1 3 2 Volume Set A Volume Set is seen by the host system as a single logical device It is organized in a RAID level with one or more physical disks RAID level refers to the level of data performance and protection of a Volume Set A Volume Set capacity can consume all or a portion eee 12 INTRODUCTION of disk capacity available in a RAID Set Multiple Volume Sets can exist on a group of disks in a Raid Set In the illustration below Volume 1 can be assigned a RAID 5 level of operation while Volume 0 might be assigned a RAID 10 level of operation RAID Set 1 3 Individual Disks Free Space E Volume 1 RAID 5 Volume 0 RAID 0 1 Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 1 3 3 Easy of Use Features 1 3 3 1 Instant Availability Background Initializa tion RAID 0 and RAID 1 volume set can be used immediately after the creation But the RAID 3 and 5 volume sets must be initialized to generate the parity In the Normal Initialization the i
67. d set e Define volume set e Add physical drive e Modify volume set Modify RAID level stripe size e Define pass through disk drives Modify system function e Update firmware e Designate drives as hot spares 6 1 Start up McRAID Manager for Local Ad ministration With McRAID Storage Manager you can Local manage a system containing a SATA RAID controller that has Windows or Linux and a supported browser A locally managed system requires all of the following compo nents e A supported Web browser which should already be installed on the system e Installing an ArcHttp proxy server on the SATA RAID system i 91 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 6 1 1 For Windows Screen in this section are taken from a Windows XP installation If you are running other Windows your installing screen may look different but the ArcHttp proxy server installation is essentially the same 1 Click on the Start Button in the Windows 2000 XP task bar and then click Program select the ArcHttp Proxy Server and run ArcHttp Proxy Server The ArcHttp dialog box appears If user doesn t want to launch the web browser goes to step 4 S Host 192 168 11 3 user nkSvrbzi47 Doutle Ckck on device to bring up the defaut web browser Double Ckck on device to bring up the defaut web browser Device HipPots Device prota 5 DC CHEN CS Wises 1 stop mat 0 Cone VLASCSZ running 2004407711 17 23 14 TLASCSI2 b
68. d set for the first time or deletes exist ing raid set and reconfigures the raid set 47 BIOS CONFIGURATION Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information 3 7 2 1 Create Raid Set To define raid set follow the procedure below 1 Select Raid Set Function from the main menu 2 Select Create Raid Set option from the Raid Set Function dialog box 3 A Select IDE Drive For Raid Set window is displayed showing the IDE drive connected to the current controller Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to select specific physical drives Press the Enter key to associate the selected physical drive with the current raid set Repeat this step as many disk drives as user want to add in a single raid set To finish selecting IDE drives For Raid Set press Esc key A Create Raid Set confirmation screen appears Press Yes key to confirm it System information BIOS CONFIGURATION 4 An Edit The Raid Set Name dialog box appears Enter 1 to 15 alphanumeric characters to define a unique identifier for a raid set The default raid set name will always appear as Raid Set Raid Set Function System information 3 7 2 2 Delete Raid Set To change a raid set you should first delete it and re create the raid set To delete a raid set select the raid set number that user wan
69. damaged contact your local dealer Step 2 Power PC Server Off Turn off computer and remove the AC power cord Remove the system s cover See the computer system documentation for in struction Step 3 Install the PCI RAID Cards To install the SATA RAID adapter remove the mounting screw and existing bracket from the rear panel behind the selected PCI slot Align the gold fingered edge on the card with the selected PCI ex pansion slot Press down gently but firmly to ensure that the card is properly seated in the slot as shown in Figure 2 4 Then screw the bracket into the computer chassis The card can fit in both PCT and PCI X slots It can get the best performance while the SATA RAID controller runs in the 64 bit 133MHz PCI X slot rt SATA Ports 4 32 bit PCI Stots 64 bit PCI Slots Figure 2 7 Insert PCI RAID Card into a PCI slot 28 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Step 5 Mount the Cages or Drives Remove the front bezel from the computer chassis and install the Cages or SATA Drives in the computer chassis Loading drives to the drive tray if cages are installed Be sure that the power is con nected to either the Cage backplane or the individual drives Figure 2 8 Mount Cages amp Drives Step 6 Connect the SATA cable Model ARC 11XX and ARC 12XX have dual layer SATA internal con nector If you have not already connected your SATA cables use the cables included with your kit to con
70. densing Electrical e Input Voltage 3 6VDC On Board Battery Capacity 1000mAH 1 1000mAH Installation 1 Make sure all power to the system is disconnected 2 Connector 12 is available for the optional battery backup module Connect the BBM cable to the 12 pin battery connector on the controller 3 Integrators may provide pre drilled holes in their cabinet for securing the BBM using its three mounting positions Battery Backup Capacity Battery backup capacity is defined as the maximum duration of a power failure for which data in the cache memory can be maintained by the battery The BBM s backup capacity varied with the memory chips that installed on the SATA RAID control ler Memory Type Battery Backup duration Hours 128MB DDR Low Power 18mA Operation 1 Battery conditioning is automatic There are no manual pro cedures for battery conditioning or preconditioning to be per formed by the user 2 Battery bad a tendency to remember its capacity In order to make sure of all the capacity of your battery cells allow the battery cell to be fully charged when installed for the first time The first time charge of battery cells takes about 24 hours to complete APPENDIX Changing the Battery Backup Module The LI ION battery will no longer accept a charge properly LI ION battery life expectancy is approximately 1 to 5 years 1 Shutdown the operating system properly Make sure that cache memory has been
71. e sets 6 6 1 Create Raid Set Areca Technology Corporation Select The IDE Drives For RAID Set Select Chamnel Capacity Model IDE 0098 sT ST DVohaneset Functions 3 IDE Chos Q Physical Drives 30 ST E 0GB IT320013AS System Controls Information To create a raid set click on the Delete Raid Set link A Select The IDE Drive For RAID Set screen is displayed showing the IDE drive connected to the current controller Click on the selected physical drives with the current raid set Enter 1 to 15 alphanu meric characters to define a unique identifier for a raid set The default raid set name will always appear as Raid Set Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen the raid set will start to initialize 6 6 2 Delete Raid Set To delete a raid set click on the Create Raid Set link A Select The RAID SET To Delete screen is displayed showing all raid set existing in the current controller Click the raid set number Ceo 4 a een 98 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION you which to delete in the select column to delete screen Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen to delete it a id Areca Technology Corporation Select The Raid Set To Delete Select Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid Set 00 Xm 1GB
72. ector Figure 2 1 ARC 1110 1120 4 8 port PCI X SATA RAID Controller 4 8 SATA ports LCD I2C Module Connector i d eral connector t Fault LED connector i Backup Battery Connector Figure 2 2 ARC 1210 1220 4 8 port PCI Express SATA RAID Con troller pmE ss t 23 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 4 SATA ports Multi Lance Connector Fault LED connector HDD LED Connector connector oat rre Figure 2 3 ARC 1100ML 1120ML 4 8 port PCI X SATA RAID Con troller LCD I2C 2 6 SATA ports Fault LED HDDLED Module Connector Connector X Connector Connector e 10 SATA ports Backup Battery Connector Connector Ethernet LAN Port Figure 2 4 ARC 1130 1160 12 16 port PCI X SATA RAID Control ler 24 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Backup tep izc 4 SATA ports Module Multi Lance Battery Fault LED HDDLED Connector Connector Connector connector X connector Ethernet LAN Port Figure 2 5 ARC 1130ML 1160ML 12 16 port PCI X SATA RAID Controller LCD I2C Fault LED HDDLED Module 2 6 SATA ports Connector Connector Connector Connector Mi a 10 SATA ports Backup Battery Connector Connector Ethernet LAN Port Figure 2 6 ARC 1230 1260 12 16 port PCI EXpress SATA RAID Controller 25 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 14 SATA ports Connector HDD LED Connector I I I I I l 3 Fau
73. egin to accept connection 2 To start the ArcHttp Proxy Server web browser management click the Start Button The Enter Network Password dialog screen appears type the User Name and Password The RAID subsystem controller de fault User Name is admin and the Password is OOOO After completing entering user name and password press Enter to start up the ArcHttp Proxy Server 92 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 3 The Storage Console current configuration screen displays the current configuration of your RAID subsystem Quick Function 3 E Areca Technology Corporation D VolumeSet Functions Physical Drives Raid Set Hierarchy System Cu CUM Raid Set IDE Channels Volume SetiCh 14 Lun Volume State Information Raul Set 2 es TT lt bun Set 00 0 0 0 Normat 1000 Oe aes IDE Channels Channel Usage N N N N Model ap Rant Set 00 les Raid Set 00 on Raid Set 00 20 Set 00 4 If you don t default start up the web browser clear The Launch Web Browser when server started setting To start the ArcHttp Proxy Server web browser management click the Start button S Host 192 168 11 3 user nk5vrbz147 Y Host 192 168 11 3 user nk5vrbzi47 Doubie Cick on device to bring up the defaut web browser Double Ckck on device to bring up the def aut web browser Deve H pPots State
74. ent manner Hot Spare An extra physical disk drive in a RAID configuration that controller can use to automatically rebuild a system drive when another drive fails The hot spare drive must have at least as mush capacity as the largest disk drive in the array or the rebuild may not start 131 GLOSSARY Hot Spare An extra physical disk drive in a RAID configuration that controller can use to automatically rebuild a system drive when another drive fails The hot spare drive must have at least as mush capacity as the largest disk drive in the array or the rebuild may not start Hardware RAID versus Software RAID Beyond the different types of RAID there are two implementation forms hardware based and software based Hardware based RAID is obviously implemented at a physical level whereas software based RAID is done after you start using the operating system It is always optimal to have RAID done at a physical level Hot Swap To pull out a component from a system and plug in a new one while the power is still on and the unit is still operating NVRAM Non Volatile Random Access Memory A memory unit is equipped with a battery so that the data remain even after the main power had been switched off Actually an EEPROM used to store configuration informa tion Parity A technique used to protect a system from data loss due to faults When parity is implemented RAID3 and RAID5 data written is logi cally XOR d together
75. eper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password JBOD RAID Function Background Task Priority Maximum SATA Mode Disk Write Cache Mode Capacity Truncation Controller Fan Detection HDD SMART Status Polling The Mute The Alert Beeper function item is used to control the SATA RAID controller Beeper Select the No and press Enter key in the dialog box to turn the beeper off temporarily The beeper will still activate on the next event 68 BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 7 5 2 Alert Beeper Setting Background Task Priority Maximum SATA Mode Disk Write Cache Mode Capacity Truncation Controller Fan Detection HDD SMART Status Polling The Alert Beeper function item is used to Disabled or Enable the SATA RAID controller alarm tone generator Select the Disabled and press Enter key in the dialog box to turn the beeper off 3 7 5 3 Change Password Main Menu Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password JBOD RAID Function Background Task Priority Maximum SATA Mode Disk Write Cache Mode Capacity Truncation Controller Fan Detection HDD SMART Status Polling The password option allows user to set or clear the password protection feature Once the password has been set the user can only monitor and configure the controller by providing the correct password This feature is used to protect the internal EEE es 69 BIOS CONFIGURATION 70 RAID system from unauthorized entry The controller will check the passw
76. ersions release Microsoft Production support will be available in e Windows XP Professional x64 Edition e Windows Server 2003 64 Bit Edition Red Hat Production support will be available in e Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 update 2 SuSE Production support will be available in e SLES9 FreeBSD Production support will be available in e FreeBSD 5 3 127 APPENDIX Question 11 Is it possible to write software that will run on Intel s pro cessors with Intel EM64T and AMD s 64 bit capable pro cessors Answer Yes in most cases Even though the hardware microarchitecture for each company s processor is different the operating system and software ported to one processor will likely run on the other processor due to the close similarity of the instruction set architec tures However Intel processors support additional features like the SSE3 instructions and Hyper Threading Technology which are not supported on non Intel platforms As such we believe devel opers will achieve maximum performance and stability by design ing specifically for Intel architectures and by taking advantage of Intel s breadth of software tools and enabling services Question 12 How will Intel EM64T work and what software is there to take advantage of 64 bit extensions Answer Platforms with Intel EM64T AMD64 can be run in three basic ways note a 64 bit capable BIOS is required for all three scenari OS 1 32 bit O S an
77. es and comparing the results to the contents of the dedicated parity disk drive The checking percentage can also be viewed by click ing on RaidSet Hierarchy in the main menu 105 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION Quick Function pt SICH NES Areca Technology Corporation VolumeSet Functions Qe Select The Volume Set Te Be Checked Volusne Set et 00 Vaud Set 0 160 0Gb D Physical Drives System Controls Information eae 6 7 5 Stop VolumeSet Check Use this option to stop the Check Volume Set function Quick Function pm Areca Technology Corporation VolumeSet Functions Do You Wast To Stop Voluse Constency Checking The Operate Physical Drives System Controls Information 6 8 Physical Drive Choose this option from the Main Menu to select a physical disk and to perform the operations listed below 106 6 8 1 Create Pass Through Disk To create pass through disk move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the Create Pass Through link The relative set ting function screen appears Disk is no controlled by the SATA RAID controller firmware and thus cannot be a part of a volume set The disk is available to the operating system as an individual disk It is typically used on a system where the operating system is on a disk not controlled by the RAID firmware User can also select the cache mode Tagged Command Queuing
78. ess Tab F6 to enable the McBIOS RAID manager Use the McBIOS manager to create the RAID set and volume set to which you will install Windows system For details see Chapter 3 McBIOS RAID manager a volume set is created and configured continue with next step to install the operating system 3 Insert Windows setup CD and restart the system to begin the Windows installation he computer system BIOS must support bootable from CD ROM DRIVER INSTALLATION 4 Press F6 when the screen shows Setup is inspecting your Computer s hardware Configuration This must be done or else the new driver installed from the SATA RAID driver diskette will not be recognized 5 The next screen will show Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage device installed in your system Selected specify additional SCSI adapter by pressing S 6 Window will prompt for the Manufacturer supplied hard ware support disk into floppy drive A Insert the SATA RAID series driver diskette in drive A and press Enter 7 Window will check the floppy and select the correct drive and CPU type in the listing that you want to install and press Enter to install it 8 After Windows scans the hardware and finds the controller it will display Setup will load support for the following Mass Storage devices Windows 2K XP 2K3 ARC1XXO0 SATA PCI X or PCI Ex press RAID Controller Press Enter to continue and copy the d
79. et from the list you which to change press Enter key to modify it Volume Set Functif Select Volume To Modify ze Volume Name Volume Set 00 Raid Level Capacity Stripe Size SCSI Channel Hardware Mon SCSI ID System informa SCSI LUN Cache Mode Write Back Tag Queuing Enabled As shown in the following can be modified at this screen Choose this option to display the properties of the selected Volume Set you can modify all values except the capacity 61 BIOS CONFIGURATION 62 e Volume Growth Use this raid set expands to expand a raid set when a disk is added to your system The expand capacity can use to enlarge the volume set size or create another volume set The modify volume set function can support the volume set expansion function To expand volume set capacity value from raid set system function move the cursor bar to the volume set volume capacity item and entry the capacity size Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to complete the action The volume set start to expand e Volume Set Migration voy The Volume Set Information Volume Set Name Volume Set 00 Raid Set Name Raid Set 00 Volume Capacity 160 1GB Volume State Migration SCSI CH Id Lun 0 0 0 RAID Level 26 Stripe Size 64K Member Disk 14 8 ibute Write Back Enabled ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw Migrating occurs when a vol
80. et will have its data spread evenly across all the disks in the raid set PE e 08008080808 met 101 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 6 7 1 Create Volume Set 1 Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same raid set 2 Up to 16 volume sets in a raid set can be created by the SATA RAID controller 3 The maximum addressable size of a single volume set is 2 TB 32 bit mode To create volume set from raid set system move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the Create Volume Set link The Select The Raid Set To Create On It screen will show all raid set number Tick on a raid set number that you want to create and then click on the Submit button The new create volume set allows user to select the Volume name capacity RAID level strip size SCSI ID LUN Cache mode and tag queuing Quick Function pt id Areca Technology Corporation Functions tions Attribute Ow Set 00 Physical Drives System Controls Information e Volume Name The default volume name will always appear as Volume Set You can rename the volume set name providing it does not exceed the 15 characters limit e Capacity The maximum volume size is default in the first setting Enter the appropriate volume size to fit your application e Raid Level Set the RAID level for the Volume Set Highlight Raid Level and press Enter 102
81. flushed 2 Disconnect the battery backup module cable from J2 on the SATA RAID card 3 Disconnect the battery pack cable from JP2 on the Battery Backup Module 4 Install a new battery pack and connect the new battery pack to JP2 5 Connect the Battery Backup Module to J2 on the SATA card 6 Disable the write back function from the BIOS or Utility ote he BBM can not work in the mainboard which turn off the PCI x pci exprss clock in the begin ing stage of power failure 121 APPENDIX Appendix C SNMP Operation amp Definition Overview The McRAID manager includes a firmware embedded Simple Net work Management Protocol SNMP agent for the connect SATA RAID controller An SNMP based management application also known as an SNMP manager can monitor the SATA RAID control le An example of a SNMP management application is Hewlett Packard s Open View The firmware embedded SNMP agent can be used to augment the SATA RAID controller if you are already run ning SNMP management application at your site SNMP Definition SNMP an IP based protocol has a set of commands for getting the status of target devices The SNMP management platform is called the SNMP manager and the managed devices have the SNMP agent loaded Management data is organized in a hierarchical data structure called the management Information Base MIB These MIBs are defined and sanctioned by various industry associa tions The objective is
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83. have been removed and shipped separately The number stickers on the hard drive packages correspond to their placement in the chassis Proper placement of the drives is critical in retaining the integrity of any software or operating system that has been loaded Retaining Handle Slide the hard drive into place with the retaining handle extended When the drive is fully inserted push the retaining handle back until it is fully seated and snapped into the latch Should you require technical assistance with this or any other aspect of your Aberdeen server contact us toll free at 800 552 6868 option 3 from 8 00am to 5 00pm PST 15 APPENDIX B BACKUP MONSTER X313 16 Diverse Hybrid Solu dantz Dantz Retrospect Backup Software AVAI AS DLE ABERDEEN STIRLING X313 The Super B INCOMPARABLE Aberdeen is proud to announce the improved capacity all inclusive storage and backup hybrid solution The Stirling X313 is a condensed version of the original revolutionary Backup Monster model By sacrificing one of the two available 5 25 bays the X313 can pack up to 4 8TB amp continue to have room for a tape backup device As with our world famous line of Stirling Servers this hot swap 3U rackmount server that can store data disk to disk and provide the ability for additional tape backup This Super Backup Monster is suited to be the perfect hybrid solution for the IT Manager looking for a storage sol
84. i tasking operating systems The Com mand Tag Drive Channel function controls the SCSI com mand tag queuing support for each drive channel This func tion should normally remain enabled Disable this function only when using older SCSI drives that do not support command tag queuing 3 7 3 2 Delete Volume Set To delete Volume set from raid set system function move the cursor bar to the Volume Set Functions menu and select the Delete Volume Set item then press Enter key The Volume Set Functions menu will show all Raid Set item Move the cursor bar to an RAID Set number then press Enter key to show all Volume Set in the raid set Move cursor to the deleted Volume Set number press Enter key to delete it Raid Set 00 Display Volume Info No System information BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 7 3 3 Modify Volume Set Main Menu Volume Set Function Create Volume Set Delete Volume Set Modify Volume Set Check Volume Set StopVolume Check Display Volume Info Hardware Monitor System information Use this option to modify volume set configuration To modify Volume Set values from Raid Set system function move the cur sor bar to the Volume Set Functions menu and select the Modify Volume Set item then press Enter key The Volume Set Func tions menu will show all Raid Set number items Move the cursor bar to an Raid Set number item then press Enter key to show all Volume Set item Select the Volume S
85. if your computer does mostly sequential reads However if you are sure that your computer does random reads more often se lect a small stripe size Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Functi Physical Drives Ethernet Configure Raid 1 0 View System Eve Raid 1 0 Spare Clear Event Buffe Raid 3 Hardware Monitor Raid 5 System informatio Raid 3 Spare Raid 5 Spare Raid 6 BIOS CONFIGURATION Press the Yes key in the Create Vol Raid Set dialog box the raid set and volume set will start to initialize it 44 Controller I O Port F3000000h F2 Select Controller F10 Reboot System ppp Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Ri E V H System informatio A 160 1GB Selected C ty 160 1GB Create Vol Raid Set Raid 1 0 Raid 104 Raid 3 NS Raid Raid 3 Spare Raid 5 Spare ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw Select Foreground Faster Completion or Background Instant Available for initialization System informatio Raid 0 Raid 1 0 Raid 1 0 Raid 3 Spare Raid 5 Spare ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw 3 7 2 Raid Set Function User manual configuration can complete control of the raid set setting but it will take longer to complete than the Quick Vol ume Raid Setup configuration Select the Raid Set Function to manually configure the rai
86. igh perfor mance I O Processor a new DDR memory architecture DDR333 and high performance PCI bus interconnection SATA RAID 8 12 16 24 port controller with Areca RAID 6 engine buid in can offer extreme performance RAID 6 function It can concurrently compute two par ity blocks and performance very similar to RAID 5 The controllers default support 128MB ECC DDR333 SDRAM memory The 12 16 24 ports controllers support one SODIMM socket for upgrading up to 1GB The controllers use the Marvell 4 8 channels SATA PCI X con troller chip which can simultaneously communicate with the host system and read or write data on several drives Unsurpassed Data Availability As storage capacities continue to rapidly increase user needs greater level of disk drive fault tolerance which can be implemented without INTRODUCTION doubling the investment in disk drives RAID 1 can provide greater fault tolerance but needs double disk drives and is too costly for most users to implement on large volume sets User wants protec tion of RAID 1 or better with an implementation cost comparable to RAID 5 The RAID 6 can offer fault tolerance greater that RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only consumes capacity of 2 disk drives for distributed parity data The 8 12 16 24 port RAID controllers provide the high est RAID 6 feature to meet above requirements The 4 8 12 16 24 port controllers also provide RAID levels O 1 10 3 5 and JBOD RAID configurations Its high
87. in Q2 2005 5 1 For Windows You must have administrative level permission to install SATA RAID software This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID hardware and windows are installed and operational in your system Screen in this section are taken from a Windows XP installation If you are running other Windows your installing screen may look different but the ArcHttp proxy server installation is essentially the same 1 Insert the RAID subsystem CD in the CD ROM drive 2 Run the setup exe file that resides at CD ROM WindowsN http setup exe on the CD ROM 88 INSTALLATION ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER 3 Click on the Setup file then the Welcome screen appears Follow the on screen prompts to complete ArcHttp Proxy Server software installation A program bar appears that measures the progress of the ArcHttp setup When this screen complete you have completed the ArcHttp Proxy Server software setup 4 After a successful installation the Setup Complete dialog box of the installation program is displayed Click the Finish button to complete the installation 5 See next chapter in the McRAID storage manager to customize your RAID volume set 5 2 For Linux You must have administrative level permission to install SATA RAID software This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID hardware and Linux are installed and operational in your system The following is the Linux installation procedure in the SATA RAID controller
88. ion The SATA RAID controller allows user to choose the rebuild priority ultralow low normal high to balance volume set access and rebuild tasks appropriately 3 7 5 6 Maximum SATA Mode 150 SATA150 NCQ SATA300 SATA300 NCQ Maximum SALA Disk Write Cache Mode Capacity Truncation Controller Fan Detection HDD SMART Status Polling The Controller can support up to SATA II which runs up to 300MB s NCQ is a command protocol in Serial ATA that can only be implemented on native Serial ATA hard drives It al lows multiple commands to be outstanding within a drive at the same time Drives that support NCQ have an internal queue where outstanding commands can be dynamically rescheduled or re ordered along with the necessary tracking mechanisms 71 BIOS CONFIGURATION for outstanding and completed portions of the workload The RAID Controller allows user to choose the SATA Mode SATA150 SAT150 NCQ SAT300 SATA300 NCQ 3 7 5 7 Disk Write Cache Mode Main Menu Controller Fan Detection HDD SMART Status Polling User can set the Disk Write Cache Mode to Auto Enabled or Disabled 3 7 5 8 Capacity Truncation Main Menu Qui To Multiples of 10G cha 7 To Multiples of 1G Disabled ad gute 9 Maximum SATA Mode Disk Write Cache Mode ontroller Fan Detection HDD SMART Status Polling ARECA RAID controllers use drive truncation so that drives from differing vendors are more likely t
89. ion can work This function is default disabled You can follow the following procedure in the BIOS setting to enable the Polling function This function is not available in the Web Browser setting 3 7 6 Ethernet Configuration 12 16 24 ports Main Menu Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information BIOS CONFIGURATION Use this feature to set the controller Ethernet port configuration Customer doesn t need to create a reserved space on the arrays before the Ethernet port and HTTP service working 3 7 6 1 DHCP Function DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of IP Internet Protocol configurations on a com puter network When using the Internet s set of protocols TCP IP in order for a computer system to communicate to another computer system it needs a unique IP address Without DHCP the IP address must be entered manually at each computer sys tem DHCP lets a network administrator supervise and distribute IP addresses from a central point The purpose of DHCP is to provide the automatic dynamic allocation of IP client configu rations for a specific time period called a lease period and to eliminate the work necessary to administer a large IP network To manually configure the IP address of the controller move the cursor bar t
90. ith storage capacity up to 12TB with Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 500GB SATA II 3Gb s Hard Drives dual gigabit NICs SATA II controllers supporting RAID 0 1 5 6 amp 10 a remote RAID management port an internal wall of cooling fans and the TeraStorus can be supersized via an external SCSI port for expansion up to 40TB through the addition of up to five 8TB XDAS storage expansion boxes per SCSI channel thus creating a scalable NAS server Configured with dual Intel Xeon processors a triple redundant 950W power supply and up to 16GB of DDR2 400 memory The Stirling X525 performs with multiple OS platforms for full interoperability in heterogeneous environments Options include the flexibility for two internal OS hard drives a tape drive DVD R or CD RW and upgrades such as iSCSI NAS and backup software The complete Aberdeen line of Stirling storage servers satisfies the need for high volume speed and builds upon the greatest flexibility scalability and efficient storage to provide a better faster and more cost effective storage solution Call for AMD Opteron approved models 29 MANUFACTURER BBX525 PART ABERDEEN PART PROCESSOR CHIPSET SYSTEM MEMORY ON BOARD I O ON BOARD IDE VIDEO ON BOARD LAN ON BOARD SCSI OS DRIVE MIRROR SATA RAID PC HEALTH MONITORING BIOS EXPANSION SLOTS BOARD SIZE EXPANSION BAYS CHASSIS FEATURES X525 SPEC SHEET BLACK RACK KITX525 Dual Socket 604 S
91. ks in the Raid Set 3 7 3 1 Create Volume Set 1 Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same raid set 2 Up to 16 volume sets in a raid set can be created by the SATA RAID controller 3 The maximum addressable size of a single volume set is 2 TB 32 bit mode To create a volume set follow the following steps 1 Select the Volume Set Function from the Main menu 2 Choose the Create Volume Set from Volume Set Functions dialog box screen 3 The Create Volume From Raid Set dialog box appears This screen displays the existing arranged raid sets Select the raid set number and press Enter key The Volume Creation is dis played in the screen 444 Controller I O Port F3000000h F2 Select Controller F10 Reboot System pppp Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Create Volume From Raid Set th Raid Set 00 Raid Set 01 SK Hardware Monitor System information ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw 4 A window with a summary of the current volume set s set tings The Volume Creation option allows user to select the Volume name capacity RAID level strip size SCSI ID LUN Cache mode and tag queuing User can modify the default val ues in this screen the modification procedures are at 3 5 3 3 section BIOS CONFIGURATION Main Menu Volume Set Function ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw
92. l drives in the raid set will select the lowest capacity of the drive in the raid set The numbers of physical drives in a specific raid set determine the RAID levels that can be implemented with the raid set RAID 0 requires 1 or more physical drives per raid set RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives per raid set RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives per raid set RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives per raid set RAID 6 requires at least 4 physical drives per raid set After adding physical drives to the current raid set as desired press Yes to confirm the Create Raid Set function An Edit The Raid Set Name dialog box appears Enter 1 to 15 alphanu meric characters to define a unique identifier for a raid set The default raid set name will always appear as Raid Set Press Enter to finish the name editing Press Enter key when you are finished creating the current raid set To continue defining another raid set repeat step 3 To begin volume set configuration go to step 8 Choose Volume Set Function from the Main menu Select the Create Volume Set and press Enter key Choose one raid set from the Create Volume From Raid Set window Press Enter key to confirm it Foreground Fast Completion Press Enter key to define fast initialization or Selected the Background Instant Available In the background Ini tialization the initialization proceeds as a background task the volume set is fully accessible for s
93. l raid set existing in the current controller Click the raid set number you which to activate in the select column D Quick Function Areca Technology Corporation Functions Create Rand Set Ra f eet Select The Raid Set To Activate Select Raid Set Name Mesnber Disks Capacity Rad Set 00 2 190198 Q Volumeset Functions Rad Set 01 2 160 1GB D Physical Drives pSystem Controls O information Click on the Submit button in the screen to activate the raid set that has removed one of disk drive in the power off state The SATA RAID controller will continue to work in degraded mode 6 6 5 Create Hot Spare Quick Function pt Areca Technology Corporation JRaMdSet Functions Create Rad Set Diet m ad set aed Set Select The IDE Drives For Hot Spare Seket Channel Capacity Model D VolumeSet Functions 2 10 00b STMDOI3AS IDE Chos 2 008 139001348 D Physical Drives The Operstion _ system Contrels Information EIL When you choose the Create Hot Spare option in the Raid Set Function all unused physical devices connected to the current controller appear Select the target disk by clicking on the appropriate check box Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit but ton in the screen to create the hot spares The create Hot Spare option gives you the ability to define a global hot spare ERIT uu a U 100 W
94. lluminated there is no disk blinking 2 times sec that disk present drive has failed and should be hot swaed immediately When the Blue LED is illuminated adn Red LED is fast blinking 10 times sec there is rebuilding acitivity on that disk drive Cathode Side Anode Side LCD I2C Module Connector Figure 2 14 ARC 1110 1120 1210 1220 1 Bias Individual LED indica tors connector for each HDDLED 8 connector channel drive Fault LED i connector ij Anode Side Figure 2 15 ARC mm RRS BAR 1130 1160 1230 1260 Cathode Side Individual LED indica Du tors connector for each of each of LED pair p channel drive TEREEESHREREER EE ORBE RTT x s FaultLED HDDLED ge Connector Connector Eie Connector 32 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Anode Side Figure 2 16 ARC 1170 1270 Individual LED indicators connector for each channel drive Fault LED Connector LCD I2C _ Connector Y C I2C Connector You can also connect the I2C interface to the SATA proprietary backplane enclosure This can reduce the number of activity LED or fault LED cable The I2C interface can also cascade to another SATA backplane enclosure for the additional channel status dis play a ILL Figure 2 17 Activity LED I2C connector connected between SATA RAID Controller amp SATA HDD Cage backplane 33 HARDWA
95. lt LED Connector LCD I2C g p Mig Module BB BB s l DENS gt e 10 SATA ports Backup Battery Connector Connector Ethernet LAN Port Figure 2 5 ARC 1170 24 port PCI X SATA RAID Controller Tools Required An ESD grounding strap or mat Standard hand tools to open your system s case and install the SATA RAID Controller into an available PCI expansion slot System Requirement The controller can be installed in a universal PCI slot and requires a motherboard that ARC 11xx series e Complies with the PCI Revision 2 3 32 64 bit 33 66MHz 3 3V Complies with the PCI X 32 64 bit 66 100 133 MHz 3 3V ARC 12xx series e Complies with the PCI Express X8 e The SATA RAID controller may be connected to up to 4 8 12 16 and 24 SATA Il hard drives by the supplied cables e An optional cables to connect the drive activity LED and fault LED on the enclosure to the PCI SATA RAID controller Installation Tools The following items may be needed to assist with installing the 26 HARDWARE INSTALLATION SATA RAID adapter into an available PCI expansion slot Small screwdriver e Host system hardware manuals and manuals for disk or enclo sure being installed Personal Safety Information To ensure you personal safety as well as the safety of your equip ment e Always wear a grounded strap or work on an ESD pr
96. m is in Soft Off state BIOS rescue hot keys for rescuing BIOS chip from flash failure Hardware BIOS virus protection Chipkill support Total of 6 PCI X 3 x 64 bit PCI slots populated w SATA II controllers 3 x Empty 64 bit PCI X Slots 1 x VXB Virtual Extended Bus Full ATX 12 x 13 in W x H 1 x 3 5 external drive bay 2 x 3 5 internal drive bay 1 x 5 25 external drive bay 1 x 5 25 slim drive bay 24 x 3 5 x 1 drive bays 19 rackmount ATX 5U height RMC5E 25 4 Depth Accepts Full Size Motherboard 12x13 950W 3 1 Triple Redundant Hot Swap 2 x 12cm Hot Swap Blowers 2 x 60X39mm Fans Exhaust Fans Optimized HDD interspace to maximize inlet air flow Buzzer alarm for fan failure and overheat warning Includes 1 x 3 5 floppy drive Slim CD ROM Drive Rackmount Rails 30 X525 DI SK PLACEMENT CHART WARNI NG The disk drive trays must be properly seated completely back into their Sockets and they must be in their proper positions in order to avoid software corruption and or hardware damage Please carefully read the following Your TeraStorus has four columns of six hard disk drives The columns are labeled alphabetically from left to right and the rows are numbered from top to bottom For safety during shipment to you the drives have been removed and shipped separately The number stickers on the hard drive packages correspond to their placement in the chassis Proper placement of the drive
97. manager and SNMP agent function ArcHttp Proxy driver will enable it The Browser based RAID manager provides all of the creation management and monitor SATA RAID controller status Please reference the Chapter 5 for the detail ArcHtt proxy server installation The SNM agent function please reference appendix C Step 12 Determining the Boot sequences SATA RAID is a bootable controller If your system already con tains a bootable device with an installed operating system you can set up your system to boot a second operating system from the new controller To add a second bootable controller you may need to enter Setup and change the device boot sequence so that the SATA RAID controller heads the list If system BIOS Setup does not allow this change your system may not be configurable to allow the SATA RAID controller to act as a second boot device Summary Of the installation The flow chart below describes the installation procedures for SATA RAID controller These procedures included hardware installa tion the creation and configuration of a RAID volume through the McBIOS OS installation and installation of SATA RAID controller software 35 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 36 Configuration Utility Operating System supported McBIOS RAID Manager OS Independent McRAID Storage Manager Windows 2000 XP 2003 Linux and Via Archttp proxy server FreeBSD SAP Monitor Windows 2000 XP 2003 Single Admin portal to scan for mul Java based fo
98. ment in the chassis Proper placement of the drives is critical in retaining the integrity of any software or operating system that has been loaded Retaining Hanc Slide the hard drive into place with the retaining handle extended When the drive is fully inserted push the retaining handle back until it is fully seated and snapped into the latch Should you require technical assistance with this or any other aspect of your Aberdeen server contact us toll free at 800 552 6868 option 3 from 8 00am to 5 00pm PST 19 APPENDIX C BACKUP MONSTER X317 20 Absolute Best Storage Capac Dantz Retrospect Backup Software AS AVAIMABLI ABERDEEN STIRLING X317 AA ou ELLET TET D 20222222225 4 V p P wA CUM 7 FIF g goojoy 2277 p y f r 4 I NCOMPARABLE Aberdeen is proud to announce the improved capacity all inclusive With the release of the newest extension to the 3U SATA Backup Monster storage servers the Stirling X317 provides the absolute largest storage capacity in a 3U format As an addition to our world famous line of Stirling Servers this hot swap 3U rackmount server that can store up to over 6 Terabytes of data This Backup Monster is suited to be the perfect solution for the IT Manager looking to find a beefy storage solution at the most affordable price Our Ultra Dense Backup Monster costs as little as 1 10th the cost of a backup solution by any other com
99. n press Enter key to show the default address setting in the RAID controller You can reassign the IP address of the controller 444 Controller I O Port F3000000h F2 Select Controller F10 Reboot System pppp Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Vol Cl D Hardware Monitor System information ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw 3 7 6 3 Ethernet Address A MAC address stands for Media Access Control address and is your computer s unique hardware number On an Ethernet LAN it s the same as your Ethernet address When you re connected to the Internet from the RAID controller Ethernet port a corre spondence table relates your IP address to the RAID controller s physical MAC address on the LAN DRIVER INSTALLATION Main Menu Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Ethernet Configuration System information 3 7 7 View System Events To view the SATA RAID controller s information move the cursor bar to the main menu and select the View Events link then press the Enter key The SATA RAID controller s events screen appear Quick Volume Raid Setup Device Event Type ElapseTime Errors 2004 1 1 H W Monitor Raid Powered On 2004 1 1 H W Monitor Raid Powered On 2004 1 1 00 H W Monitor Raid Powered On Choose this option to view the system events information Timer Device Event type Elapse Time an
100. nclud ed on the ship CD You can download the updated version compiled and tested driver for Red Hat or SuSE Linux from the ARECA web site at http www areca com tw Included in these downloads is the Linux driver source which you can use to compile the updated version driver for RedHat SuSE and other versions of Linux Please refer to the readme txt file on the ARECA ship CD ROM or website to make driver diskette and to install driver to the sys tem 4 4 Driver Installation for FreeBSD This chapter describes how to install the SATA RAID controller drive to your FreeBSD Before installing the SATA RAID driver to the FreeBSD you must do the following action 1 Install and configure the controller and hard disk drives accord ing to the instructions in Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 Start the system and then press Tab F6 to enter the McBIOS RAID Manager configuration utility Use the BIOS configuration utility to create the raid set and volume set For details see Chap EEE 86 DRIVER INSTALLATION ter 3 McBIOS RAID Manager The ship CD ROM that came with the SATA RAID controller includes compiled and tested drivers for FreeBSD 4 x 4 2 and onwards and 5 x 5 2 and onwards To check if a more updated version driver is available please see the ARECA web site http www areca com tw Please refer to the readme txt file on the SATA RAID controller software CD ROM or website to make driver diskette and t
101. nction from the web setting with no Agent software required gm id Technology Corporation Fem eons Dies SNMP Trap Configurations System Controls Inferno 112 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 6 9 5 View Events Mute Beeper To view the SATA RAID controller s information move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the System Information link The SATA Raid controller events Information screen appears Choose this option to view the system events information Timer Device Event type Elapse Time and Errors The RAID system does not built the real time clock The Time information is the relative time from the SATA RAID controller power on Factum zm Technology Corporation Volume Srt Partes Pee d Dives iv stem Fronts Infermamon Tene Devre Event Type Elaper Time Ener s 6 9 6 Generate Test Event Use this feature is to view test events dial Areca Technology Corporation p 6 9 7 Clear Events Buffer Use this feature to clear the entire events buffer information mM mreent 113 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 114 Duck gm ORUM Nudes id Technology Corporation Set Far toms Pee d Dives 6 9 8 Modify Password To set or change the SATA RAID controller password move the mouse cursor to Raid System
102. nctionality RAID has been developed initially for servers and stand alone disk storage systems RAID is important espe cially when rebuilding data after a disk failure Rebuild When a RAID array enters into a degraded mode it is advisable to rebuild the array and return it to its original configuration in terms of the number and state of working disks to ensure against operation in degraded mode SATA Serial ATA The evolution of the ATA IDE interface that changes the physical architecture from parallel to serial and from master slave to point to point Unlike parallel ATA interfaces that connect two drives one configured as master the other as slave each Serial ATA drive is con nected to its own interface At initial introduction Serial ATA SATA increases the transfer rate to 150 MB sec 1 5Gb s 133 GLOSSARY SMART This technology provides users with advanced warning of Disk Drive failures thus enabling the Operating System to warn Users of potential failure S M A R T was included in EIDE drives with the ATA 3 specifi cation SNMP Since it was developed in 1988 the Simple Network Management Protocol has become the de facto standard for inter network manage ment Because it is a simple solution requiring little code to imple ment vendors can easily build SNMP agents to their products SNMP is extensible allowing vendors to easily add network management func tions to their existing products SNMP also
103. ne drive fails all data and software applications are preserved on the other drive RAID 1 offers extremely high data reliability but at the cost of doubling the required data storage capacity 17 INTRODUCTION e Physical Disk i Disk 1 Disk 2 1 5 3 RAID 10 RAID 10 is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1 combing stripping with disk mirroring RAID Level 10 combines the fast performance of Level 0 with the data redundancy of Level 1 In this configura tion data is distributed across several disk drives similar to Level 0 which are a stripe across a number of mirrored sets for data protection RAID 10 provides the highest read write performance of any of the Hybrid RAID levels but at the cost of doubling the required data storage capacity JAO A1 80 81 CO C1 DO D Ios A X Logical Disk Array Management Block 0 Block 0 Block 1 Block 1 g H 3 d Physical Disk RAID 10 Mirroring st 1 5 4 RAID 3 RAID 3 provides disk striping and complete data redundancy though a dedicated parity drive RAID 3 breaks up data into smaller blocks calculates parity by performing an exclusive or on the blocks and then writes the blocks to all but one drive in the array The parity data created during the exclusive or is then written to the last drive in the array If a single drive fails data is still available by com 18 INTRODUCTION puting the exclusi
104. nect your controller to the SATA hard drives The cable connectors are all identical so it does not matter which end you connect to your controller or SATA hard drive or cage backplane SATA connector Figure 2 9 SATA Cable 29 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 30 Step 6 2 Connect the Multi lance cable Model ARC 11XX ML have multi lance internal connector each of which can support up to four SATA drives These adapters can be installed in a server RAID enclosure with InfiniBand 4X connectors SFF 8470 backplane If you have not already connected your Multi lance cables use the cables included with your kit to connect your controller to the Multi lance connector backplane The cable connectors are all identical so it does not matter which end you connect to your controller or Multi lance backplane connector The following diagram shows the picture of Multi lane cable Unpack and remove the PCI RAID cards Inspect it carefully If any thing is missing or damaged contact your local dealer Figure 2 10 Multi Lance Cable Step 7 Install the LED cable optional SATA RAID controller provides three kinds of LED status connector A Global indicator connector which lights when any drive is active B Individual LED indicators connector for each channel drive C I2C connector for SATA proprietary backplane enclosure The following diagram and discription will show each type of con nector A cable for the global indicato
105. nitialization proceeds as a background task the volume set is fully accessible for system reads and writes The operating system can instantly access to the newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and waiting the initialization complete Furthermore the RAID volume set is also protected against a single disk failure while initialing In Fast Initialization the initialization proceeds must be complet ed before the volume set ready for system accesses 1 3 3 2 Array Roaming The SATA RAID controller stores configuration information both in NVRAM and on the disk drives It can protect the configuration set tings in the case of a disk drive or controller failure Array roam ing allows the administrators the ability to move a completely raid set to another system without losing RAID configuration and data on that raid set If a server fails to work the raid set disk drives can be moved to another server and inserted in any order T1 13 INTRODUCTION 1 3 3 3 Online Capacity Expansion Online Capacity Expansion makes it possible to add one or more physical drive to a volume set while the server is in operation eliminating the need to store and restore after reconfigured the raid set When disks are added to a raid set unused capacity is added to the end of the raid set Data on the existing volume sets residing on that raid set is redistributed evenly across all the disk
106. o be able to be used as spares for each other Drive truncation slightly decreases the usable capacity of a drive that is used in redundant units The controller provides three truncation modes in the system configuration Multiples Of 10G Multiples Of 1G and No Truncation Ln eco c t0 Qu 72 BIOS CONFIGURATION Multiples Of 10G If you have 120 GB drives from differ ent vendors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 123 5 GB and the other 120 GB Areca drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 10G uses the same capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other Multiples Of 1G If you have 123 GB drives from different ven dors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 123 5 GB and the other 123 4 GB Areca drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 1G uses the same capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other No Truncation It does not truncate the capacity Within the subsystem the SCSI chip acts as a target and 5 SATA II bus are connected to the drive 3 7 5 9 Controller Fan Detection Controller I O Port F3000000h F2 Select Controller F10 Reboot System ppp Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Raid System Function Mute The Alert Beeper Alert i Contr
107. o install driver to the system 87 INSTALLATION ARCHTTP PROXY SERVER 5 Installation ArcHttp Proxy Server Overview After the hardware installation the SATA disk drives connected to the SATA RAID controller must be configured and the volume set units ini tialized before they are ready to use Those user interfaces can access the built in configuration and admin istration utility that resides in the controller s firmware They provide complete control and management of the controller and disk arrays eliminating the need for additional hardware or software The software utility refers to SATA RAID controller software on the CD ROM delivered with your system This CD ROM contains the software utility that is required for the monitor test and support of SATA RAID controller The software utility and McRAID storage manager can con figure and monitor the SATA RAID controller via ArcHttp Proxy Server The following table outlines their functions Configuration Utility Operating System supported McBIOS RAID Manager OS Independent McRAID Storage Manager Windows 2000 XP 2003 Linux and Via Archttp proxy server FreeBSD SAP Monitor Windows 2000 XP 2003 Single Admin portal to scan for mul Java based for Windows tiple RAID units the network Via Linux and FreeBSD available in Q2 ArcHttp Proxy Server 2005 SNMP Manager Console Integration Windows 2000 XP 2003 Linux Via ArcHttp Proxy Server FreeBSD available
108. o the Main menu Ethernet Configuration Function item and then press the Enter key The Ethernet Configura tion menu appears on the screen Move the cursor bar to DHCP Function item then press Enter key to show the DHCP setting Select the Disabled or Enabled option to enable or disable the DHCP function 4 Controller I O Port F3000000h F2 Select Controller F10 Reboot System ppp Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume Raid Setup 8 001 100 ID9 7F FF FF ae Disabled Enabled ystem informat ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw 3 7 6 2 Local IP address If you intend to set up your client computers manually make 75 BIOS CONFIGURATION 76 sure that the assigned IP address is in the same range of your default router address and that it is unique to your private network However we would highly recommend that if you have a network of computers and the option to assign your TCP IP client configurations automatically please do An IP address allocation scheme will reduce the time it takes to set up cli ent computers and eliminate the possibilities of administrative errors To manually configure the IP address of the controller move the cursor bar to the Main menu Ethernet Configuration Function item and then press the Enter key The Ethernet Con figuration menu appears on the screen Move the cursor bar to Local IP Address item the
109. ogged in with administrative rights 2 Open Control Panel and start the Add Remove Program icon 3 Select the SATA RAID controller driver and click on OK 4 Click on Yes to confirm removing the SATA RAID driver The Uninstall shield program will start removing files and display a progress bar After the programs have been completely re moved from your system the uninstall shield program will show a summary of files removed and updates completed while re moving files from the system It will also recommend that the user restart the system 85 DRIVER INSTALLATION 4 3 Driver Installation for Linux This chapter describes how to install the SATA RAID controller drive to your Red Hat Linux and SuSE Linux Before installing the SATA RAID driver to the Linux you must have done the following action 1 Install and configure the controller and hard disk drives accord ing to the instructions in Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 Start the system and then press Tab F6 to enter the McBIOS RAID manager configuration utility Use the BIOS configuration utility to create the raid set and volume set For details see Chap ter 3 McBIOS RAID Manager If you are using a Linux distribution for which there is not a com piled driver available from ARECA you can copy the source from the SATA software CD or download the source from the ARECA website and compile a new driver Compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat and SuSE Linux are i
110. olation RAID O 1 10 5 6 and JBOD support SCSI performance feature set PC HEALTH Onboard voltage monitors for CPU Fan status MONI TORI NG Environmental temperature monitor and control Chassis and CPU overheat alarm LED indication and control System resource alert Supermicro System Management utility BIOS Phoenix 4Mb Flash ROM RTC Real Time Clock wakeup External modem remote ring on when system is in Soft Off state BIOS rescue hot keys for rescuing BIOS chip from flash failure Hardware BIOS virus protection Chipkill support EXPANSI ON 3 x 64 bit 100MHz PCI X SLOTS 1 x 64 bit 66MHz PCI 2 x 64 bit PCI slots populated w SATA 11 controllers 1 x VXB Virtual Extended Bus BOARD SIZE Full ATX 12 x 13 in W x H EXPANSION BAYS1 x 3 5 external drive bay 1 x 3 5 internal drive bay 1 x 5 25 external drive bay 1 x 5 25 slim drive bay new feature 16 x 3 5 x 1 drive bays CHASSIS 19 rackmount ATX 4U height RM414 FEATURES 24 Depth Accepts Full Size Motherboard 12x13 650W Triple Redundant Hot Swap 5 x 8cm easy swap cooling fans Optimized HDD interspace to maximize inlet air flow Buzzer alarm for fan failure and overheat warning ABERDEEN Includes 1 x 3 5 floppy drive Slim CD Rom Drive Rackmount Rails 26 X417 DI SK PLACEMENT CHART WARNI NG The disk drive trays must be properly seated completely back into their Sockets and they must be in their proper positions in order to avoid software corrupti
111. oller Fan Detection Disabled ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw We have added in the product box a field replaceable passive heatsink to be used if there is enough airflow to carry out the heat in the passive heat sink The Controller Fan Detection function is available in the ver sion 1 36 date 2005 05 19 for preventing the Buzzer warning Please disable the Controller Fan Detection function through the BIOS setting You can follow the following procedure to disable the Polling function This function is not available in the Web Brows er setting OO OOOO 73 BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 7 5 10 HDD SMART Status Polling Raid System Function Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Settip Change Password HDD SMART Status Polling JBOD RAID Fund Background Task IBS Maximum SATA Enabled Disk Write Cache Mode Capacity Truncation Controller Fan Detection HDD SMART Status Polling The external RAID has the hardware monitor in the dedicated backplane It can report the HDD temperature status to the controller But PCI card uses the general enclosure The general enclosure can not report the HDD temperature to the control ler That is the reason why we add this function for customer to enable the repeat to scan the HDD temperature function in the version 1 36 date 2005 05 19 You need to enable the HDD SMART Status Polling function before the funct
112. on and or hardware damage Please carefully read the following Your TeraBuster has four columns of four hard disk drives The columns are labeled alphabetically from left to right and the rows are numbered from top to bottom For safety during shipment to you the drives have been removed and shipped separately The number stickers on the hard drive packages correspond to their placement in the chassis Proper placement of the drives is critical in retaining the integrity of any software or operating system that has been loaded Slide the hard drive into place with the retaining handle extended When the drive is fully inserted push the retaining handle back until it is fully seated and snapped into the latch Should you require technical assistance with this or any other aspect of your Aberdeen server contact us toll free at 800 552 6868 option 3 from 8 00am to 5 00pm PST 27 APPENDIX E TERASTORUS 28 ABERDEEN STIRLING X525 Stirling X595 a Available with Dantz Retrospect Backup Software Incomparable The all inclusive Aberdeen Stirling X525 storage backup server dubbed the TeraStorus can provide up to 12TB of true SATA II 3Gb s pure single array storage starting under 17 000 The custom configurable TeraStorus rackmount server is configured with dual Intel Xeon processors for those that require the most computing power possible Also included are 24 hot swap hot spare drive bays w
113. ontrollers as well as the newest drivers on the ARECA web site at http www areca com tw The following general guidelines are for some specific er ror conditions Question 1 The BIOS Message of the SATA RAID controller never ap pears on the screen Answer 1 Ensure the controller is inserted correctly into the PCI slot 2 Ensure 3 3 volts are being supplied to the PCI slot 3 Check the cabling between the SATA drives or enclosure the SATA RAID controller Question 2 How many SATA RAID controllers can be installed into a computer system Answer Up to 4 RAID controllers in a system are supported Question 3 The boot device cannot found Answer Enter the system BIOS setup utility Per manufacture directions and configure it so that the volume set is once again selected as the rmm Pr S H 125 APPENDIX primary boot device or first in the boot device list Question 4 What PCI slots are supported by the SATA RAID controllers Answer For all PCI X SATA RAID controllers install card in a 64 bit 133MHz PCI X for the best performance It can also be used in 64 bit 66 MHz slots 32 bit 66MHz PCI slots as well as 32 bit 33MHz slots All PCI X SATA RAID controllers can not work with 5V PCI slot Question 5 What is the difference between RAID 6 and RAID 5 Answer RAID 6 allows two drives to fail simultaneously without downtime
114. or you can also download the latest version drivers for Windows 2000 XP 2003 Linux and freeBSD from the ARECA web site at http www areca com tw The following steps is creating the Driver diskettes mn 79 DRIVER INSTALLATION 1 The computer system BIOS must set to boot up from CD ROM 2 Insert the SATA Controller Driver CD disc into the CD ROM drive 3 System will boot up from CD ROM Drive to create the driver diskettes selected the SATA RAID controller Driver Diskette Make Utility and provides several screens with choices 4 Move the highlight bar to the Create Driver Disk entry and press Enter 5 The screen queries the SATA RAID controller support driver da tabase and a list of supported driver is displayed Move the high light bar to the driver entry and press Enter for moving forward 6 The next screen will show Please insert a formatted dis kette into drive A Press any key to continue Insert the formatted diskette in drive A and press any key to continue 7 The window will displays the driver building message Now is writing to Cylinder and copy the image file from the CD ROM to Driver Diskette 8 The Write Complete message will show at the screen when the driver is build ready The driver diskette is now made Proceed to the following instruc tion for installation procedures 4 2 Driver Ins
115. ord only when entering the Main menu from the ini tial screen The system will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not received any command in 20 seconds To set or change the password move the cursor to Raid System Function screen press the Change Password item The Enter New Password screen appears To disable the password press Enter only in both the Enter New Password and Re Enter New Password column The existing password will be cleared No password checking will occur when entering the main menu from the starting screen 3 7 5 4 JBOD RAID Function d Oh F2 Select Controller F10 Reboot System Pppp Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu ache Mode ncation Controller Fan Detection HDD SMART Status Polling ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw JBOD is an acronym for just a Bunch Of Disk It represents a volume set that is created by the concatenation of partitions on the disk It can see all disks when you selected the JBOD option User needs to deleted the RAID set when you want to change the option from the RAID to the JBOD function BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 7 5 5 Background Task Priority Main Menu Maximum SATA Mode Disk Write Cache Mode Capacity Truncation Controller Fan Detection HDD SMART Status Polling The Background Task Priority is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes to a rebuild operat
116. ort Onboard voltage monitors for CPU Fan status Environmental temperature monitor and control Chassis and CPU overheat alarm LED indication and control System resource alert Supermicro System Management utility AMI BIOS on 4Mbit Flash ROM User settings for hardware monitoring Auto configuration of IDE hard drive types Multiple boot options 1 x x8 PCI Express Slot Total of 5 PCI X 1 x 64 bit PCI slot populated w SATA II controller 1 x 64 bit PCI slot populated w LSI SCSI controller 3 x Empty 64 bit PCI X Slots Full ATX 12 x 9 6 in W x H 1 x 3 5 drive bay 1 x Slim 5 25 drive bay 2 x 5 25 drive bays 8x 3 5 x 1 drive bays 19 rackmount ATX 3U height 25 4 Depth 550W Power Supply or 760W Triple Redundant Hot Plug Auto switching 100 240V AC power 4 x 5000 RPM Hot swappable Cooling Fans 2 x 5000 RPM Rear Exhaust Fan LED indicators for power on network activity IDE HDD activity Power ON OFF and system reset switches Rackmount Rails Includes 1 x 3 5 floppy drive Slim CD Rom Drive 14 X39SA DI SK PLACEMENT CHART WARNI NG The disk drive trays must be properly seated completely back into their Sockets and they must be in their proper positions in order to avoid software corruption and or hardware damage Please carefully read the following Your server has a row of eight hard disk drives The row is numbered from left to right For safety during shipment to you the drives
117. osoft Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Adaptec is a registered trademark of Adaptec Inc For previous or updated manuals BIOS drivers or product release information contact ABERDEEN at http www Aberdeeninc com or through any of the means indicated on the following pages SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ABERDEEN ABERDEEN ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT Copyright 2004 ABERDEEN LLC All Rights Reserved INTRODUCTION Aberdeen LLC the Custom Server Solution Provider has provided an excellent selection of quality custom computing solutions to the IT professional for more than a decade As an innovator of storage solutions Aberdeen has become a one stop solution source for the IT Professional The computer industry is a continuously evolving marketplace With a clear vision of the future Aberdeen has become a trend setter via its vast technical experience and industry foresight Aberdeen is a pioneer in providing customizable rack mounted servers backup solutions and scalable NAS storage appliances Aberdeen Rackmount Storage Serve
118. otective mat e Before opening the system cabinet turn off power switches and unplug the power cords Do no reconnect the power cords until you have replaced the covers Warning High voltages may be found inside computer equipment Before install ing any of the hardware in this package or removing the protective cov lers of any computer equipment turn off power switches and disconnect power cords Do not reconnect the power cords until you have replaced the covers Electrostatic Discharge Static electricity can be a serious danger to the electronic com ponents on this SATA RAID adapter To avoid damage caused by electrostatic discharge observe the following precautions e Don t remove the SATA RAID controller from its anti static pack aging until you are ready to install it into a computer case e Handle the SATA RAID Controller by its edges or by the mounting metal bracket at its two ends e Before you handle the SATA RAID controller in any way touch a grounded anti static surface such as an unpainted portion of the system chassis for a few seconds to discharge any built up static electricity 2 3 Installation Follow the instruction below to install a PCI RAID Card into your PC Server ere 27 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Step 1 Unpack Unpack and remove the PCI RAID card from the package Inspect it carefully if anything is missing or
119. pacity size for the current volume set After Highlight RAID level and press Enter key The selected capacity for the current volume set is displayed Using the UP and DOWN arrow key to create the current volume set capacity size and press Enter key to confirm The available stripe sizes for the current volume set are displayed BIOS CONFIGURATION 42 Using UP and DOWN arrow key to select the current volume set stripe size and press Enter key to confirm it This parameter specifies the size of the stripes written to each disk in a RAID 0 1 5 or 6 Volume Set You can set the stripe size to 4 KB 8 KB 16 KB 32 KB 64 KB or 128 KB A larger stripe size provides better read performance especially if your computer does mostly sequential reads However if you are sure that your computer does random read requests more often choose a small stripe size 5 When you are finished defining the volume set press Enter key to con firm the Quick Volume And Raid Set Setup function Foreground Fast Completion Press Enter key to define fast initialization or Selected the Background Instant Available In the background Ini tialization the initialization proceeds as a background task the volume set is fully accessible for system reads and writes The operating system can instantly access to the newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and waiting the initialization complete In Fast Initialization the initialization proceeds must be
120. pany This storage beast is capable of storing up to 6 4TB This beast can be featured with SATA disk drives for those that require the most computing power possible The Aberdeen Stirling X317 now features the newly released Intel E7520 chipset Lindenhurst featuring PCI Express and DDR2 capability Extended Memory 64 Technology EM64T and an 800MHz processor system bus to support the latest Intel Xeon Nocona dual processors with 1MB L2 cache and 800 MHz system bus for servers and workstations The SATA Aberdeen Stirling X317 comes with 16 hot swap drive bays dual Gigabit LAN 64 bit Raid controller and has a slim CD ROM and floppy drive Housed in an ultra dense 3U chassis and utilizing the Intel E7520 chipset it guarantees the absolute best storage capacity available in any 3U platform and by design the Stirling X317 provides scalability for any enterprise looking for the ultimate storage and backup solution with the XDAS scalable arrays 21 MANUFACTURER PART ABERDEEN PART PROCESSOR CHIPSET SYSTEM MEMORY ON BOARD I O ON BOARD IDE VIDEO ON BOARD LAN SATA RAID SCSI CONTROLLER SCALABLE SOLUTION PC HEALTH MONITORING BIOS EXPANSION SLOTS BOARD SIZE EXPANSION BAYS CHASSIS FEATURES WARRANTY X317 SPEC SHEET ABERDEEN STIRLING X317 3U RACKMOUNT BACKUP SERVER SRVX317 BLACK RACK KITX317 Dual Socket 604 Dual Intel Xeon Processors EM64T Support Intel E7520 Lindenhurst chipset 8
121. pter to install the controller and connect the disk drives or enclosure 2 Start the system and then press Tab F6 to enter the McBIOS based configuration utility Use the configuration utility to create the raid set and volume set For details see Chapter 3 McBIOS RAID Manager Once a volume set is created and configured continue with install the driver 3 Re Boot Windows and OS will recognizes the SATA RAID Controller and launches the Found New Hardware Wizard which guides you in installing the SATA RAID driver R 83 DRIVER INSTALLATION 4 The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard popup and provides a choice for the wizard to select Choose Display a list of known drivers for this device so that you can choose a specific driver and click on Next 5 When the next screen queries the user about utilizing the cur rently installed driver click on Have Disk button 6 When the Install From Disk dialog appears insert the SATA RAID controller driver diskette or the ship CD ROM and type the correct path name in the Copy manufacturer s files from 7 The previous dialog box appears with the selected driver dis played as of the driver to install Then click on Next 8 The Digital Signature Not Found screen appears Click on Yes to continue the installation 9 Windows automatically copies the appropriate driver files and rebuilds its driver datab
122. r Windows tiple RAID units in the network Via Linux and FreeBSD available in Q2 ArcHttp Proxy Server 2005 SNMP Manager Console Integration Windows 2000 XP 2003 Linux Via ArcHttp Proxy Server FreeBSD available in Q2 2005 Storage Manager See Chapter 6 Create Bootable heer OR i Install RAID Volume Install SAP Controllers gt using McBIOS gt 0 2 RAID ArcHttp Proxy Monitor RAID Manager Volume Set Server See Chapter 2 See Chapter 3 See Chapter 4 See Chapter 5 See Utility SNMP Management Console Integration See Appendix C The software components configure and monitor the SATA RAID controller via ArcHttp Proxy Server McRAID Storage Manager Launching the Firmware embedded web browser McRAID Storage manager you need first to install the ArcHttp Proxy Server in your server system If you need additional information about installation and start up the function see the McRAID Storage Manager section in the chapter 6 SNMP Manager Console Integration Launching the Firmware embedded SNMP agent you need first to install the ArcHttp Proxy Server in your server system If you need additional information about installation and start up the function see the SNMP operation amp Installation section in the Appendix C HARDWARE INSTALLATION Single Admin Portal SAP Monitor Scan for multiple RAID units in the network and monitor the con troller set status It also includes disks stress test utility
123. r applicable models e Aberdeen Stirling X39i Backup Monster e Aberdeen Stirling X39iR Backup Monster e Aberdeen Stirling X39sa Backup Monster e Aberdeen Stirling X39saR Backup Monster e Aberdeen Stirling X417 TeraBuster e Aberdeen Stirling X525 TeraStorus As an industry leader Aberdeen not only reduces cost of ownership by offering the longest warranty in the industry but also has demonstrated better performance and has proven to provide a better ROI than the competition in head to head comparisons ABERDEEN CONTACT I NFORMATI ON Aberdeen understands that service does not stop once a product ships We sincerely hope there will never be a situation in which a problem arises however should there be a need for service Aberdeen will be there to provide the prompt courteous and efficient service expected Headquarters Address 9130 Norwalk Blvd Santa Fe Springs California 90670 Telephone 562 699 6998 Fax 562 695 5570 Email GenSales aberdeeninc com WWW www Aberdeeninc com Customer Support Hours Monday Friday 8am 5pm PST Telephone 562 699 6998 ext 152 Email CustomerService aberdeeninc com Technical Support RMA Hours Monday Friday 8am 5pm PST Telephone 562 699 6998 ext 326 Email RMATech aberdeeninc com 5 YEAR WARRANTY TERMS AND CONDITIONS Aberdeen provides an industry leading 5 Year Warranty on any of its fully configured rackmount servers All Aberdeen
124. r comes with your computer system Cables for the individual drive LEDs may come with a drive cage or you may need to purchase them HARDWARE INSTALLATION A Global Indicator Connector If your system wants to show the global LED in a two pin LED drive activity connector use the fist two pin of the activity LED connector The following diagram shows the connector and setting LCD I2C Module Connector Overall Activity LED Indicator Figure 2 11 ARC DI B 1110 1120 1210 1220 global LED connection HDD LED for Computer Case connector E Fault LED connector E Overall Activity LED Indicator LCD I2C HDD LED Module Connector Connector Fault LED Connector Figure 2 12 ARC 1130 1160 1230 1260 global LED connection for Computer Case Overall Activity LED Indicator Figure 2 13 ARC 1170 1270 global LED connection for Com puter Case 31 HARDWARE INSTALLATION B Individual LED indicators connector Insert the cable from drive activity LED or fault LED connector on backplane of cage to the respective connector on the SATA RAID controller The following table illustrate the fault activity LED Normal Status Problem Indication Disk Activity When the activity LED is illu minated there is I O activity on that disk drive When the LED is dark there is no activ ity on that disk drive Fault LED When the fault LED is solid When the Red LED is slow i
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126. rd is 0000 Note hat you must be logged in as administrator with local admin rights on the remote machine to remotely configure it WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 6 2 2 Linux System To configure SATA RAID controller on a remote machine you need to know its IP Address You must first start up your local ArcHttp proxy server Please reference this chapter section 6 1 1 1 Launch your ArcHttp proxy server by entering http IP Ad dress in the remote web browser 2 When connection to the remote system is established the System Login screen appears The SATA RAID controller default User Name is admin and the Password is 0000 Note hat you must be logged in as administrator with local admin rights on the remote machine to remotely configure it 6 3 SATA RAID controller McRAID storage manager The McRAID storage manager current configuration screen displays the current configuration of your SATA RAID controller It displays the Raid Set List Volume Set List and Physical Disk List The raid set information volume set information and drive information can also be viewed by clicking on the RaidSet Hierarchy screen The current configuration can also be viewed by clicking on RaidSet Hierarchy in the menu 95 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION Quick Function 3 dial Areca Technology Corporation RadaSet Functions D VoluneSet Panctions Physical Drives Raid Set Hierarchy Sy
127. ries e 64 bit 133MHz PCI X Bus compatible e PCI Express X8 compatible e 128MB DDR333 SDRAM with ECC protection e One SO DIMM Socket support DDR333 SDRAM with ECC protection upgrade to 1GB e An ECC or non ECC SDRAM module using X8 or X16 devices e Support to 4 8 12 16 24 SATA drives Write through or write back cache support e Multi adapter support for large storage requirements e BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance e BIOS PnP plug and play and BBS BIOS boot specification support e Areca or Intel R6 supports extreme performance RAID 6 function NVRAM for RAID event amp transaction log e Battery backup module BBM ready Depend on M B RAID Features e RAID level 0 1 10 3 5 6 R6 engine inside and JBOD e Multiple RAID selection e Online Array roaming e Online RAID level stripe size migration e Online capacity expansion volume growth and RAID level migration simultaneously e Instant availability and background initialization e Automatic drive insertion removal detection and rebuilding e Greater than 2TB per volume set for 64 bit LBA e Redundant flash image for adapter availability e Support S M A R T NCQ and OOB Staggered Spin up Capable drives Monitors Notification e System status indication through LED LCD connector HDD activity fault connector and alarm buzzer e SMTP support for email notification e SNMP support for remote notification e I2C Enclosure Management Ready 10 INTRODUC
128. river files At this point simply follow the Microsoft Windows installation procedure Follow the on screen instructions responding as needed to com plete the installation 9 After the installation is completed reboot the system to load the new drivers 10 See Chapter 5 in this manual to customize your RAID vol ume sets using Storage manager 4 2 2 2 Making Volume Sets Available to Windows System When you reboot the system log in as system administrator Continue with the following steps to make any new volume sets 82 DRIVER INSTALLATION or pass through disks accessible to Windows This procedure assumes that the SATA RAID controller hardware driver and Windows are installed and operational in your system 1 Partition and format the new volume set or disks using Disk Administrator a Choose Administrative Tools from the Start menu b Choose Computer Management from the Administrative Tools menu c Select Storage d Select Disk Management 2 Follow the on screen prompts to write a signature to the drive 3 Right click on the disk drive and select Create Volume from the menu 4 Follow the on screen prompts to create a volume set and to give a disk drive letter 4 2 3 Install controller into an existing Windows 2000 XP 2003 In this scenario you are installing the controller in a new Win dows system To install the driver 1 Follow the instructions in Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Cha
129. rt 1 x x8 PCI Express Slot Total of 5 PCI X 2 x 64 bit PCI slots populated with SATA II controllers 1 x 64 bit PCI slot populated with LSI SCSI controller 2 x Empty 64 bit PCI X Slots Full ATX 12 x 13 in W x H 1 x 2 5 internal drive bay 1 x 5 25 slim external bay cd rom 1 x 3 5 slim external floppy 16 x 3 5 x 1 drive bays 19 rackmount ATX 3U height 26 5 Depth Heavy duty cold rolled steel with Zinc plated interior Accepts Full Size Motherboard 12x13 650W 2 1 Redundant Hot Swap 3 x 40MM Expansion Card Cooling Fans 3 x 80MM Hot Swap System Cooling Fans 2 x 60MM Rear Exhaust Fans Optimized HDD tray spacing to maximize air flow Buzzer alarm for fan failure and overheat warning 1 year parts 2 year labor warranty 22 X317 DI SK PLACEMENT CHART WARNI NG The disk drive trays must be properly seated completely back into their Sockets and they must be in their proper positions in order to avoid software corruption and or hardware damage Please carefully read the following Your server has four rows of four hard disk drives Each row is numbered from left to right For safety during shipment to you the drives have been removed and shipped separately The number stickers on the hard drive packages correspond to their placement in the chassis Proper placement of the drives is critical in retaining the integrity of any software or operating system that has been loaded Retaining
130. s A contiguous block of unused capacity is made available on the raid set The unused capacity can create additional volume set The expansion process is illustrated as following figure Before Array Expansion Free Space 40 Volume 1 40GB D Volume 0 40GB C Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 40 GB 40 GB 40 GB Array A 120GB The SATA RAID controller redistributes the original volume set over the original and newly added disks using the same fault tolerance configuration The unused capacity on the expand raid set can then be used to create an additional volume sets with a different fault tolerance setting if user need to change After Array Expansion Adding One Disk Free Space 80GB Volume 1 40GB D Volume 0 40GB C Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 40GB 40GB 40GB 40GB Array A 160GB 14 INTRODUCTION 1 3 4 Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migra tion User can migrate both the RAID level and stripe size of an existing volume set while the server is online and the volume set is in use Online RAID level stripe size migration can prove helpful during performance tuning activities as well as in the event that additional physical disks are added to the SATA RAID controller For example in a system using two drives in RAID level 1 you could add capac ity and retain fault tolerance by adding one drive With the addi tion of third disk you have the option of adding this disk to your existing RAID logical drive
131. s is critical in retaining the integrity of any software or operating system that has been loaded Slide the hard drive into place with the retaining handle extended When the drive is fully inserted push the retaining handle back until it is fully seated and snapped into the latch Should you require technical assistance with this or any other aspect of your Aberdeen server contact us toll free at 800 552 6868 option 3 from 8 00am to 5 00pm PST 31 APPENDIX F RAI D WEB MANAGEMENT UTILITY 32 SATA RAID Cards ARC 1110 1120 1130 1160 1170 4 8 12 16 24 port PCI X SATA RAID Controllers ARC 1110ML 1120ML 1130ML 1160ML 4 8 12 16 port PCI X SATA RAID Controllers ARC 1210 1220 1230 1260 4 8 12 16 port PCI Express SATA RAID Controllers USER Manual Version 2 10 Issue Date May 2005 Copyright Statement Areca Technology Corporation COPYRIGHT 2005 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED First Edition trademarks are the properties of their respective owners No por tion of this document may be reproduced altered adapted or trans lated without the prior written approval Microsoft WHQL Windows Hardware Compatibility Test ARECA is committed to submit to Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs WHQL for participation in the Windows Logo Program Successful passage of the WHQL tests results in both the Designed for Windows logo for qualifying ARECA PCI X or PCI Express SATA RAID controllers an
132. sing Quick Volume Raid Setup automatically or Raid Set Volume Set Function manually configuration method Each configuration method requires a different level of user input The general flow of operations for raid set and volume set configuration is m Designate hot spares pass through optional Choose a configuration method Create raid sets using the available physical drives Define volume sets using the space in the raid set 5 Initialize the volume sets logical drives and use volume sets in the host OS 3 4 Designating Drives as Hot Spares All unused disk drive that is not part of a raid set can be created as a Hot Spare The Quick Volume Raid Setup configuration will automatically add the spare disk drive with the raid level for user to select For the Raid Set Function configuration user can use the Create Hot Spare option to define the hot spare disk drive A Hot Spare disk drive can be created when you choose the Cre ate Hot Spare option in the Raid Set Function all unused physical devices connected to the current controller appear Select the target disk by clicking on the appropriate check box Press the Enter key to select a disk drive and press Yes in the Create Hot Spare to designate it as a hot spare BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 5 Using Quick Volume Raid Setup Con figuration In Quick Volume Raid Setup Configuration it collects all drives in the tray and include them in a raid set The raid set you create
133. sk drive and press Yes in the Delete Hot Spare to delete the hot spare Raid Set Function Create Raid Set System information BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 7 2 7 Raid Set Information To display Raid Set information move the cursor bar to the desired Raid Set number then press Enter key The Raid Set Information will show as above You can only view the information of this Raid Set ET Raid Set Function 1 The Raid Set Information Raid Set Name Raid Set 00 Member Disks 4 Raid State Normal Total Capacity 320 1GB Free Capacity 320 1GB Min Member Disk Size 80 0GB Member Disk Channels 1458 3 7 3 Volume Set Function ic Volume Set Function Create Volume Set Delete Volume Set Modify Volume Set Check Volume Set StopVolume Check Display Volume Info Hardware Monitor System information A Volume Set is seen by the host system as a single logical de vice It is organized in a RAID level with one or more physical disks RAID level refers to the level of data performance and protection of a Volume Set A Volume Set capacity can consume all or a portion of the disk capacity available in a Raid Set Mul tiple Volume Sets can exist on a group of disks in a Raid Set Additional Volume Sets created in a specified Raid Set will reside ee 53 BIOS CONFIGURATION 54 on all the physical disks in the Raid Set Thus each Volume Set on the Raid Set will have its data spread evenly across all the dis
134. stem Controls Raid Set IDE Channels Information Raul Set 00 T Model To display raid set information move the mouse cursor to the desired raid set number then click it The raid set Information will show in the screen To display volume set information move the mouse cursor to the desired Volume Set number then click it The volume set Informa tion will show in the screen To display drive information move the mouse cursor to the desired physical drive number then click it The drive Information will show in the screen 6 4 Main Menu The Main Menu shows all function that enables the customer to execute actions by clicking on the appropriate link Individual Category Quick Function Create a default configuration which is based on the number of physical disk installed it can modify the volume set Capacity Raid Level and Stripe Size RaidSet Functions Create a customized raid set VolumeSet Functions Create customized volume sets and modify the existed volume sets param eter WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION Physical Drives Create pass through disks and modify the existed pass through drives param eter It also provides the function to identify the respect disk drive System Controls Setting the raid system configurations Information View the controller information The Raid Set Hierarchy can also view through the RaidSet Hierarchy item 6 5 Quick Function Quick Function pt
135. stem information To delete Pass through drive from the Pass through drive pool move the cursor bar to the Physical Drive Function menu and select the Delete pass through drive item then press Enter key The Delete Pass Through confirmation screen will appear and press Yes key to delete it 3 7 4 5 Identify Selected Drive Main Menu Physical Drive Information Select The Drive Ch011 80 0GBlRaidSet MemberlST380013AS Ch041 80 0GB Set MemberlST380013AS Ch051 80 0GBIRaidSet MemberlST380013AS Ch08l 80 0GBI Pass Throught IST380013AS System information To prevent removing the wrong drive the selected disk HDD LED Indicator will light for physically locating the selected disk when the Identify Selected Device is selected BE O n eel 67 BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 7 5 Raid System Function To set the raid system function move the cursor bar to the main menu and select the Raid System Function item and then press Enter key The Raid System Function menu will show all items Move the cursor bar to an item then press Enter key to select the desired function Main Menu Quick Volume Raid Setup Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System information 3 7 5 1 Mute The Alert Beeper Raid System Function Mute The Alert Be
136. t ten across all of the drives ao D0 A1 B1 1 Fi C2 D2 Logical Disk ANE 8 L M39 07 Array Management RAID 6 P Q Redundancy A Blocks B Blocks C Blocks D Blocks E Blocks Fi Blocks gt i a d E A amp 20 INTRODUCTION Summary of RAID Levels SATA RAID controller supports RAID Levels 0 1 10 3 5 and 6 Table below provides a summary of RAID levels Features and Performance RAID Description Min Data Data I O Request Level Drives Reliability Transfer Rates Rate Also known as stripping Data distributed across multiple drives in the array There is no data protection No data Very High Very High for Protection Both Reads and Writes Lower Reads are Reads are twice faster than RAID higher than a single disk 6 Than a Higher single disk f Write are similar to a than single disk RAID 3 5 Writes similar to a single disk Also known as mirroring All data replicated on Separated disks N is almost always 2 This is a high availability Solution but due to the 100 duplication it is also a costly solution Lower Transfer Reads are twice faster than RAID rates more than a single disk 6 similar Higher to RAID Writes are similar to a than 1 than single disk RAID 3 5 RAID 0 Also known Block Interleaved Parity Data and parity information is subdivided and distributed across all disk Parity
137. t to delete in the Select Raid Set to Delete screen The Delete Raid Set dialog box appears then press Yes key to de lete it Raid Set Function Qu No System information 3 7 2 3 Expand Raid Set Instead of deleting a raid set and recreating it with additional disk drives the Expand Raid Set function allows the users to add disk drive to the raid set that was created 49 BIOS CONFIGURATION Controller F10 Reboot Sy ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw To expand a raid set Click on Expand Raid Set option If there is an available disk then the Select IDE Drives For Raid Set Expansion screen ap pears Select the target Raid Set by clicking on the appropriate radial button Select the target disk by clicking on the appropriate check box Presses Yes key to start expand the raid set The new add capacity will be define one or more volume sets Follow the instruction presented in the Volume Set Function to create the volume set s e Migrating BIOS CONFIGURATION Raid Set Function Raid Set Name Raid Set 00 Member Disks 4 Raid State Migrating Total Capacity 160 1GB Free Capacity 144 1GB E Min Member Disk Size 40 0GB System infol Member Disk Channels 1234 Migrating occurs when a disk is added to a Raid Set Migration status is displayed in the raid status area of the Raid Set infor mation when a disk is added to a raid set Migrating status is
138. tallation for Windows SATA RAID controller can be used with Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Windows 2003 64 bit for AMD Opteron is also supported SATA RAID controllers supports SCSI Miniport and StorPort Drivers for Windows Server 2003 4 2 1 New Storage Device Drivers in Windows Server 2003 The Storport driver is new to Windows Server 2003 Storport im plements a new architecture designed for better performance for LS ss 80 DRIVER INSTALLATION RAID systems and in Storage Area Network SAN environments Storport delivers higher I O throughput enhanced manageability and an improved miniport interface Storport better utilizes faster adapters through the use of reduced Delay Procedure Call DPC and improved queue management 4 2 2 Install Windows 2000 XP 2003 on a SATA RAID Volume The following instructions explain how to install the SATA RAID controller Driver For completed details on installing Windows see the Windows User s Manual 4 2 2 1 Installation procedures The following is the procedures for installing the SATA RAID con troller driver while installing Windows 2000 XP 2003 Boot up Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 2003 from CD ROM and follow the required procedure below to install SATA RAID con troller 1 Make sure you follow the instructions in Chapter 2 Hard ware Installation to install the controller and connect the disk drives or enclosure 2 Start the system and then pr
139. ter is suited to be the perfect solution for the IT Manager looking to find a beefy backup storage solution at the most affordable price available Our Backup Monster costs as little as 1 10th the cost of a backup solution by any other company This magnificent machine clearly Surpasses any server on the market This beast can be featured with either 8 SATA disk drives for the cost conscious IT Manager or provide increased storage capacity with additional XDAS scalable arrays The Aberdeen Stirling X39 features the newly released Intel E7520 chipset Lindenhurst featuring PCI Express and DDR2 Stirling X38 capability Extended Memory 64 Technology EM64T and an 800MHz processor system bus to support the latest Intel Xeon Nocona dual processors with 1MB L2 cache and 800 MHz system bus for servers and workstations The SATA Aberdeen Stirling X39 comes with 8 hot swap drive bays dual Gigabit LAN 64 bit Raid controller and has space for an internal tape backup drive and a CD L RW drive Housed in an ultra dense 3U chassis and utilizing the Available with Dantz Intel E7520 chipset it guarantees the most computing power in any Retrospect Backup Software 3U platform and by design the Stirling X39 provides scalability for any enterprise looking for the ultimate storage and backup solution AS AVAIMABLI 13 MANUFACTURER PART ABERDEEN PART PROCESSOR CHIPSET SYSTEM MEMORY ON BOARD I O ON BOARD IDE VIDEO ON BOARD LA
140. that can be implemented with the raid set Press the Quick Volume RAID Setup from the main menu all possible RAID levels screen will be displayed 44 Controller I O Port F3000000h F2 Select Controller F10 Reboot System ppp Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu Quick Volume Raid Setup id Set F unction Total 4 Drives Raid 0 Raid 1 0 Raid 1 0 Spare Raid 3 Raid 5 ystem informatio Raid 3 Spare Raid 5 Spare ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw BIOS CONFIGURATION A single volume set is created and consumed all or a portion of the disk capacity available in this raid set Define the capacity of volume set in the Available Capacity popup The default value for the volume set is displayed in the selected capacity To enter a value less than the available capacity type the value and press the Enter key to accept this value If it only use part of the raid set capacity you can use the Create Volume Set option to de fine another volume sets Main Menu Raid Set Function Volume Set Functij Physical Drives Raid 1 0 Spare Raid 3 Raid 5 System informatio Raid 3 Spare Raid 5 Spare Stripe size This parameter sets the size of the stripe written to each disk in a RAID 1 3 or 5 logical drive You can set the stripe size to 4 KB 8 KB 16 KB 32 KB 64 KB or 128 KB A larger stripe size produces better read performance especially
141. the hardware flash chip in order to upgrade the RAID firmware The user can simply re program the old firm ware and BIOS through the McRAID storage manager New releas es of the Firmware and BIOS are available in the form of a DOS file at web site The file available at the web site is usually a self ex tracting file that contains the following 1XXXFIRMVVV BIN Firmware Binary where 1XXX refers to the model name and VVV refers to the firmware version 1XXXBIOSVVV BIN BIOS Binary where 1XXX refers to the model name and VVV refers to the firmware version README TXT It contains the history information of the firmware change Read this file first before upgrading the firmware These files must be extracted from the compressed file and copied to one directory in drive A or C Upgrading Firmware Through McRAID Storage Manager Get the new version firmware for your SATA RAID controller For Example download the bin file from your OEM s web site onto the C 1 To upgrade the SATA RAID controller firmware move the mouse cursor to Upgrade Firmware link The Upgrade The Raid System Firmware screen appears 2 Click Browse Look in the location where the Firmware upgrade software is located Select the File name click Open 3 Click the Confirm The Operation and press the Submit button 4 The Web Browser begins to download the firmware binary to the controller and start to update the flash ROM 117 APPENDIX
142. tive A subsequent write to that location will initiate a sector test and relocation should that location have a defect 130 GLOSSARY Battery Backup Module Many modern RAID controllers are armed with a battery backup Mod ule BBM While an UPS protects most servers from power fluctua tions or failures a BBM provides an additional level of protection In the event of a power failure a BBM supplies power to retain data in the RAID controller s cache thereby permitting any potentially dirty data in the cache to be flushed out to secondary storage when power is restored BIOS Basic Input Output System software is stored on a chip and provides an interface between the operating system and the hardware Usually the BIOS is built into a ROM chip installed on the motherboard so that the BIOS will always available and not affected by disk failure Cache Controller memory used to speed up data transfer to and from a disk Consistency Check In RAID check consistency verifies the correctness of redundant data in an array For example in a system with dedicated parity checking consistency means computing the parity of the data drives and com paring the results to the contents of the dedicated parity drive Driver It is a piece of software that is often executed in kernel mode that controls a hardware device Typically drivers provide an interface by which applications can use the device in a uniform and hardware inde pend
143. ty sssseeeeeeneen nennen 120 Operatioune T 120 Changing the Battery Backup 121 Appendix DE 122 SNMP Operation amp Definition 122 Appendix REA RE 125 General Troubleshooting Tips 125 Appendix E io dissssassaa Rusa du 129 Technical SUuppoft ccc eade eee ex rex ERE RE ARE N Re ERA RERNA 129 GIOSSANY ea ed 2siEVRURSRRRESERPHERERERRANESSARSNTEE ENMESSNS 130 DAB SEE 130 RU 130 ATA EET 130 Auto REASSIGM Sector et er op TERR Save cannes 130 Battery Backup 131 BIOS eade eye e RR YN X EDO Ee boy aequa s 131 GaChe ER 131 Consistency Check sese cene ed yao Yee pda 131 DIVER iit estu een E XVI SX FUTT 131 Hot Spare vence e E EXER eX EXER EXE YT oars ex YA Y OR NU 132 Hardware RAID versus Software RAID 132 EE 132 NYRA M RT FREUEN Ea Dk a 132 Party ec er da dis 132 PCIUEXpreSS EE 132 ecco rr ety ie alee Cus EK EE VR 133 RAID suot suus Sut saos euet but v eot rea n Eu Ee RU v Lcd eaae 133 Rebuil
144. ume set is migrating from one RAID level to another a Volume set strip size changes or when a disk is added to a Raid Set Migration status is displayed in the vol ume status area of the Volume Set Information when one RAID level to another a Volume set strip size changes or when a disk is added to a raid set BIOS CONFIGURATION 3 7 3 4 Check Volume Set Main Menu Q Volume Set Func Select Volume To Check Raid Set 00 ele if CUR Hardware Monitor System information ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw Use this option to verify the correctness of the redundant data in a volume set For example in a system with dedicated parity volume set check means computing the parity of the data disk drives and comparing the results to the contents of the dedicat ed parity disk drive To check Volume Set from Raid Set system function move the cursor bar to the Volume Set Functions menu and select the Check Volume Set item then press Enter key The Volume Set Functions menu will show all Raid Set number items Move the cursor bar to an Raid Set number item then press Enter key to show all Volume Set item Select the Volume Set from the list you which to check press Enter key to select it After completing the selection the confirmation screen ap pears presses Yes to start check 3 7 3 5 Stop Volume Set Check Use this option to stop all the Check Volume Set function 63
145. up External modem remote ring on IF system is in Soft Off state BIOS rescue hot keys rescue BIOS chip from flash failure Hardware BIOS virus protection Chipkill support 1 x x8 PCI Express Slot Total of 5 PCI X 1 x 64 bit PCI slot populated with SATA II controller 1 x 64 bit PCI slot populated with LSI SCSI controller 3 x Empty 64 bit PCI X Slots Full ATX 12 x 13 in W x H 1 x 2 5 internal drive bay 1 x 5 25 slim external bay cd rom 1 x 3 5 slim external floppy 16 x 3 5 x 1 drive bays 19 rackmount ATX 3U height 27 Depth Heavy duty cold rolled steel with Zinc plated interior Accepts Full Size Motherboard 12x13 650W 2 1 Redundant Hot Swap 2 x 40MM Expansion Card Cooling Fans 3 x 80MM Hot Swap System Cooling Fans 2 x 60MM Rear Exhaust Fans Optimized HDD tray spacing to maximize air flow Buzzer alarm for fan failure and overheat warning 1 year parts 2 year labor warranty 18 X313 DI SK PLACEMENT CHART WARNI NG The disk drive trays must be properly seated completely back into their Sockets and they must be in their proper positions in order to avoid software corruption and or hardware damage Please carefully read the following Your server has three rows of four hard disk drives Each row is numbered from left to right For safety during shipment to you the drives have been removed and shipped separately The number stickers on the hard drive packages correspond to their place
146. upports Dual I ntel Xeon processors Front Side Bus support for 533MHz or 400MHz Onboard 3 phase switching power regulator Intel E7501 Server chipset 8 x 184 Pin DIMM Sockets Up to 16GB ECC Registered DDR266 SDRAM Compatible with PC2100 and PC1600 ECC Registerd DDR SDRAM ONLY Two way interleaved memory banks provide outstanding memory performance 1 x Floppy Connector 2 x Serial 16550 compatible ports 2 x USB 1 1 Ports PS 2 keyboard and mouse ports Dual EIDE ports support Ultra DMA 100MB s of Burst data transfer rate supports UDMA Mode 5 PIO Mode 4 and ATAPI ATI Rage XL 8MB PCI graphic controller Intel 82546EB Dual Gigabit controller 2 x 10 100 1000 ports Dual channel Adaptec AI C 7902 controller Ultra320 SCSI External Bracket w Wide SCSI connector available connectors for internal or external SCSI tape drives For added system safety and system failover Fixed internal IDE drives 24 Port SATA 11 3Gb s RAID SATA backplane provides power bus termination 24 Hot Swap Hot Spare SATA300 drive bays scalable and high performance hardware RAID isolation RAI D 1 10 5 6 and JBOD support SCSI performance feature set Onboard voltage monitors for CPU Fan status Environmental temp monitor and control Chassis and CPU overheat alarm LED indication and control System resource alert Supermicro System Management utility Phoenix 4Mb Flash ROM RTC Real Time Clock wakeup External modem remote ring on when syste
147. use cursor bar to the main menus and click on De lete Pass Through link Quick Function id Areca Technology Corporation Functions Tis ji Select The Pass Through Disk To Delete Information After you complete the selection tick on the Confirm The Opera tion and click on the Submit button to complete the delete action 6 8 4 Identify Selected Drive To prevent removing the wrong drive the selected disk LED will light for physically locating the selected disk when the Identify Selected Drive is selected To identify the selected drive from the drives pool move the mouse cursor bar to click on Identify Selected Drive link The Se lect The IDE Device For identification screen appears tick on the IDE device from the drives pool and Flash method After complet ing the selection click on the Submit button to identify selected drive Quick Function pm n did Areca Technology Corporation QRadSet Functions D VolumeSet Functions Select The IDE Device For Identification Select Channel Capacity Modet IDE Cbo GE 97 IDE Clas 0098 ST380013AS sr ST3 00 IDE Chi 0098 IDE Clos 300GB 108 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 6 9 System Controls 6 9 1 System Config To set the raid system function move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on he Raid System Function link The Raid Sys tem Function menu will show all items Move the cursor bar to an item then press Enter key to select
148. ution at the best cost per TB ratio Our Super Backup Monster costs as little as 1 10th the cost of a backup solution by any other company This magnificent machine clearly surpasses any server on the market This beast can be featured with SATA disk drives for those that require the most computing power possible The Aberdeen Stirling X313 features the newest Intel E7520 chipset Lindenhurst featuring PCI Express and DDR2 capability Extended Memory 64 Technology EM64T and an 800MHz processor system bus to support the latest Intel Xeon Nocona dual processors with 1MB L2 cache and 800 MHz system bus for servers and workstations The SATA Aberdeen Stirling X313 comes with 12 hot swap drive bays dual Gigabit LAN 64 bit Raid controller and has space for an internal tape backup drive and a CD RW drive Housed in an ultra dense 3U chassis and utilizing the Intel E7520 chipset it guarantees the most diverse storage capacity in any 3U platform and by design the Stirling X313 provides scalability for any enterprise looking for the ultimate storage and backup solution with the XDAS scalable arrays 17 MANUFACTURER PART ABERDEEN PART PROCESSOR CHIPSET SYSTEM MEMORY ON BOARD I O ON BOARD IDE VIDEO ON BOARD LAN SATA RAID SCSI CONTROLLER SCALABLE SOLUTION PC HEALTH MONITORING BIOS EXPANSION SLOTS BOARD SIZE EXPANSION BAYS CHASSIS FEATURES WARRANTY X313 SPEC SHEET ABERDEEN STIRLING X313 3U RACK
149. ve or of the contents corresponding strips of the surviving member disk RAID 3 is best for applications that require very fast data transfer rates or long data blocks AO AL 2 2 83 C 1 5 5 RAID 5 RAID 5 is sometimes called striping with parity at byte level RAID 5 the parity information is written to all of the drives in the controllers rather than concentrated on a dedicated parity disk If one drive in the system fails the parity information can be used to reconstruct the data from that drive All drives in the array system can be used to seek operation at the same time greatly increasing the performance of the RAID system This relieves the write bottle neck that characterizes RAID 4 and is the primary reason that RAID 5 is more often implemented in RAID arrays 00 00 1 81 1 1 2 2 2 2 Logical Disk 1 5 6 RAID 6 RAID 6 provides highest reliability but not widely used Similar to RAID 5 but does two different parity computations or the same 19 INTRODUCTION computation on overlapping subsets of the data The RAID 6 can offer fault tolerance greater that RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only con sumes the capacity of 2 disk drives for distributed parity data RAID 6 is an extension of RAID 5 that uses a second independent distributed parity scheme Data is striped on a block level across a set of drives and then a second set of parity is calculated and wri
150. ystem reads and writes The operating system can instantly access to the newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and waiting the initialization complete In Fast Initialization the initialization proceeds must be completed before the volume set ready for system accesses 11 If space remains in the raid set the next volume set can be configured Repeat steps 8 to 10 to configure another volume set BIOS CONFIGURATION User can use this method to examine the existing con iguration Modify volume set configuration method provides the same functions as create volume set con iguration method In volume set function you can use he modify volume set function to modify the volume set parameters except the capacity size 3 7 Main Menu The main menu shows all function that enables the customer to execute actions by clicking on the appropriate link Controller I O Port F3000000h F2 Select Controller F10 Reboot System ppp Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller Main Menu The manufacture de fault password is set Raid Set Func Volume Set Fu at 0000 this pass Physical Drive Raid System Function word can be m od Dv Ethernet Configuration n ify by selected th e View System Events Clear Event Buffer Cha ng e Passwo rd Hardware Monitor System information in the section of Raid System Function ArrowKey Or AZ Move Cursor Enter Select ESC Escape L Line Draw X Redraw Option Description bers
151. ytes compris ing a stripe This is a computationally intensive operation that many modern RAID controllers perform using a dedicated ASIC instead of calculating them in firmware the main embedded processor s This dedicated ASIC is often referred to as a XOR engine 135
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