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Fibre to SAS/SATA RAID Subsystem User Manual

1. D Create RAID Set Raid Set 000 IEA Wolume VOL O00 081 0 Rebuilding 0 2 18000 0GB 1 Delete RAID Set E islot 4 L Expand RAID Set E iSlot 6 O Offline RAID Set e 1Slot 7 L Activate Incomplete RAID S Ev1slotwa O Create Hot Spare evista Delete Hot Spare Ee iSiotrs i gt LJ Rescue Raid Set E 1Slot 13 5 volume Set Functions E 1Slot 1 L Create Volume Set E isloti 1s O Create Raid30 50 60 E 1Slote 16 L Delete Volume Set OD Modify Volume Set O Check Volume Set O Schedule Volume Check D Stop Volume Check L Volume Set Host Filters B TA Physical Drives o B Create Pass Through Disk L Modify a Pass Through Disk L Delete Pass Through Disk O Identify Enclosure 0 Identify Drive v TT ST TC I Ie ne E LR TT TT ee EO LEEA E LRE te Hot Spare 2000 4GB WDC WD2002F PS 01U1B0 4 Raid Set O00 2000 4GB WDC WD2002F PS 01U1B0 Nt Ty i i Raid Set 000 2000 4GB fabio WD2002F PS O1U1B0 in jan o AIS 3 fs 11 The System Event Information will show Device Inserted for Enc 1 Slot 1 after executing the PowerOnDisk command and the Disk is still good re LD volume Set Host Filters primini RE i eS Physical Drives l LJ Create Pass Through Disk oD Modify a Pass Through Disk a System Events Informatio
2. L Send modem Receive modem paid 5y send modem Receive Ymaodem Mute T Alert amp zmodem Upload List change J BoD RA abart Emggdearm Uilos Back gro SATA NC Update The Raid Firmware HOD Rea Volume Transfer File From Terminal Hdd ue Emulator By zmodem Protocol Control lt lt Five ctrl To Abort gt Disk wr Capacity Truncation S E es Restart Controller ArProwkey Or A24 Move CUPSOP EL SO EsScCape LilLine Draw x Reoraw 24 Rows 60 Cols VTi00 Display zmodem File upload list Telnet 13 54 User Manual 127 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 4 Select the firmware BINARY file xxxx vvv yyyyyyyy bin and click Add Then click OK NOTE The BOOT firmware file xxxxBOOT vvv yyyyyyyy bin must be upgraded first Then repeat the steps to upgrade the firmware file xxxx vvv yyyyyyyy bin Select Files to Send using Zmodem Look in El 20101210 s ia it tom fale 20101210 bin i 1 20101210 BIN File name Files of type All Files Files to send Share M Firmware_1 AM C Upload files as ASCII Cancel 5 Select Update Firmware and click Transfer and then Start Zmodem Upload E 192 168 10 173 CRT AAS File Edit view Options Transfer Script Tools Help i ie 192 1
3. Z a 2 and QO 9 The minimum number of Password characters Is null empty Password is disabled and maximum number of Password characters is 15 5 5 12 Upgrade Firmware Please refer to Section 6 2 for more information User Manual 117 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 5 13 Shutdown Controller Use this function to shutdown the RAID Controller This is used to flush the data from the cache memory and is normally done before powering off the system power switch Jopen all close all 4 Raid System Console H 0 Quick Function M Confirm To Shutdown Controller 9 RAID Set Functions 0 Volume Set Functions H 0 Physical Drives Ej System Controls gt D System Configuration o 0 Hdd Power Management gt Fibre Channel Config EtherNet Configuration PO Alert By Mail Configuration SNMP Configuration NTP Configuration 0 p0 View Events Mute Beeper P0 Generate Test Event gt Q Clear Event Buffer L Modify Password Upgrade Firmware 2 Restart Controller 3 Information Jopen all close all Raid system console A ma MEEI E Ho Quick Function I Make Sure To Shutdown Controller 222222 Make Sure To Shutdown Controller H 0 RAID Set Functions Submit Reset Taa volame Set Punetcrs a HJ Physical Drives EMS System Controls Q System Configuration lt J Hdd Power Management VU Fibre Channel Config P E
4. lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console a Enter The RaidSet Name a Quick Function Raid Set Name Raid Set 000 Ao RAID Set Functions TEE EERE 7 C Create RAID Set 320 0GB Min Member Disk Size l Confirm The Operation Submit Reset 0 Activate Incomplete RAID Si L Rescue Raid Set H Volume Set Functions H Q Physical Drives H System Controls H 0 Information User Manual 83 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 2 6 Activate Incomplete RAID Set When Raid Set State is Normal this means there is no failed disk drive u Raid Set Information i Raid Set Name Member Disks Total Raw Capacity Free Raw Capacity Min Member Disk Size Raid Set Power State Raid Set State eee Raid Set 000 10 3200 08 756 7GB 320 068 Operating Normal When does a Raid Set State becomes I ncomplete If the Disk Array is powered off and one disk drive is removed or has failed in power off state and when the subsystem is powered on the Raid Set State will change to Incomplete u Raid Set Information 3 3 i Raid Set Name Member Disks Total Raw Capacity Free Raw Capacity Min Member Disk Size Faid Set Power State Raid Set State Raid Set 000 10 3200 0GB 3200 0GB 320 0GE Operating Incomplete E SSS SSS The Volume Set s associated with the Raid Set will not be visible and the failed or removed disk will be shown as Missing
5. 255 255 255 0 Wether Net MAC Address o0 18 4D 01 04 76 110 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 5 5 Alert By Mail Configuration To set the Event Notification function click on the Alert By Mail Configuration link under the System Controls menu The Disk Array Event Notification configuration screen will be shown Set up the desired function and option When an abnormal condition occurs an error message will be emailed to the email recipient s that a problem has occurred Events are classified into 4 levels Urgent Serious Warning and Information lopen all close all Y Raid System Console Quick Function RAID Set Functions volume Set Functions Physical Drives J System Controls System Configuration Hdd Power Management Fibre Channel Config EtherNet Configuration SNMP Configuration NTP Configuration View Events Mute Beeper _ Generate Test Event Clear Event Buffer Modify Password Upgrade Firmware Shutdown Controller Restart Controller 9 Information SMTP Server IP Address bo b b pP a Mail Address Configurations Sender Name Mail Address Account Password a Event Notification Configurations MailTo Namel Mail Address Disable Event Notification No Event Notification Will Be Sent Urgent Error Notification Send Only Urgent Event Serious Error Notification Send Urgent And Serious Event c Warning Error Notification
6. E a a Quick Create Raid Volume Set H 3 Quick Function Total Number Of Disks g O Quick Create Select Raid Level Raid 5 Spare gt H RAID Set Functions l z l F H Volume Set Functions Maximum Capacity Allowed 2240 GB H Physical Drives Select Ca pacity 240 GB H System Controls fe Information Greater Two TB Yolume Support No v volume Initialization Mode Foreground Initialization Select Stripe Size 64 gt KBytes l Confirm The Operation Submit Reset a Greater Two TB Volume Support No Volume Set capacity is set to maximum 2TB 64bit LBA Use this option for UNIX Linux Kernel 2 6 or later Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later versions Windows x64 and other supported operating systems The maximum Volume Set size is up to 512TB 4K Block Use this option for Windows OS such as Windows 2000 2003 or XP The maximum Volume Set size is 16TB Just use the Volume as Basic Disk Volume can t be used as Dynamic Disk also can t be used in 512Bytes block service program Tick on the Confirm The Operation option and click on the Submit button in the Quick Create screen The Raid Set and Volume Set will start to initialize You can use RaidSet Hierarchy feature to view the Volume Set information Refer to Section 5 6 1 User Manual 75 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array NOTE In Quick Create your Raid Set is automatically configured based on the number of disks in your syst
7. 94 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 3 4 2 Volume Set Migration Migration occurs when a Volume Set migrates from one RAID level to another a Volume Set stripe size changes or when a disk is added to a Raid Set Migrating status is displayed in the Volume Set status area of the RaidSet Hierarchy screen during migration lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console 9 Quick Function guesvenesusecunevognnecessasvecsvorecscessencegcsasabeoessestons H 0 Volume Set Functions C Physical Drives C System Controls EJ Information SAS Chip Information Q System Information 5 D Hardware Monitor User Manual 95 Si Ali _ F l Stop Auto Refresh i Eed SS se ee ee SS ees Se all i i RAID Set Devices _ Volume Set Ch Lun Raid Set 000 ES1SLOTO1 Volume VOL000 084 0 N0 0 Migrating 0 0 2199 068 ae E isLoTO2 x Baie sata E 1SLOT 03 i E 1SLOT 04 E 1SLOT 05 E 1SLOT 0 __ e istoro7 af E 1SLOT 08 __ z __ E 1SLOT 09 d j j elia E 1SLOT 10 a Enclosure 1 SAS2 E B0 00 b000 26 5001B4D50957303F Device Usage Capacity Model SLOT 01 1D Raid Set 000 600 168 ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 SLOT 02 1 Raid Set 000 600 1GB ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 SLOT 03 24 Raid Set 000 600 1GB ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 SLOT 04 1C Raid Set 000
8. Be Scheduler Disabled x fe 0 RAID Set Functions r k s 4 Tr z F m volume Set Functions E PERNA After System Idie aa E J ae Create Volume Set E Scrub Bad Block If Bad Block Is Found Assume Parity 1 Data Is Good _ oe p ct i L Create Raid30 50 60 M Re compute Parity If Parity Error Is Found Assume Data Is Good iL Delete Volume Set O Modify Volume Set LD Check Volume Set 5 Confirm The Operation eee SS LJ Stop Volume Check Volume Set Host Filters Bu a a ra ba ca Drives NOTE To verify the Volume Check schedule go to Information gt RAID Set Hierarchy gt select the Volume Set gt the Volume Set Information will be displayed 5 3 7 Stop Volume Check Use this option to stop all Volume Set consistency checking process processes lopen all close alll Raid System Console a Do You Want To Stop All Yolume Consistency Checking Quick Function RAID Set Functions volume Set Functions u Create Yolume Set Reset Create Raid30 50 60 Delete Yolume Set Modify Yolume Set Check Volume Set Schedule Volume Check Stop Yolume Check Physical Drives System Controls H Information 98 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 4 Physical Drive Choose this option from the Main Menu to select a disk drive and to perform the
9. 5 5 2 HDD Power Management MAID Massive Array of Idle Disks is a storage technology that employs a large group of disk drives in which only those drives in active use are spinning at any given time This reduces power consumption and prolongs the lives of the drives MAID is designed for Write Once Read Occasionally WORO applications such as Data Backup Document Mail server and so on MAID technology focuses on Green Storage Concept to save power consumption and enhance disk drives effective usage i e disk drives are spun down when there is no activity or O on the drives In the Disk Array MAID is implemented in the HDD Power Management menu Using the Advanced Power Management APM function of disk drives HDD Power Management has three options MAID Levels Level 1 Place idle drives in Lower Power Mode where the drives heads are unloaded Level 2 Place idle drives in Low RPM Mode where drives heads are unloaded and slows down to around 4000 RPM and Level 3 Spin down idle drives where drives stops spinning and goes into sleep mode lopen all close all Pos E s Hdd Power Management Raid System Console 44 Quick Function Stagger Power On Control 0 7 gt El RAID Set Functions i ta ES pate Time To Hdd Low Power Idle Disabled gt H Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives Time To Hdd Low RPM Mode Disabled a3 System Controls a n con Time To Spin Down Idle HDD Disabl
10. Raid Set 001 a Enclosure 1 SAS2 E B0 02 b002 2A 5001B4D50AC3803F l Stop Auto Refresh a RaidSet Hierarchy JOU ee a ee a a aM RAID Set Devices Volume Set Ch Lun Volume State Capacity E 1SLOT 01 E 1SLOT 02 E 1SLOT 03 E 1SLOT 04 E i1SLOT 05 E 1SLOT 06 E 1SLOT 07 E 1SLOT 08 E 1SLOT 09 E 1SLOT 10 E 1SLOT 15 Volume VOL 000 0 0 N0 0 Checking 0 0 2199 0GB E 1SLOT 11 E 1SLOT 12 E 1SLOT 13 E 1SLOT 14 E 1SLOT 16 E 1SLOT 17 E 1SLOT 18 Device Usage Capacity Model NOTE The result of Check Volume Set function is shown in System Events I nformation and Volume Set I nformation In System Events Information it is shown in the Errors column In Volume Set Information it is shown in Errors Found field User Manual 97 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 3 6 Schedule Volume Check To perform Check Volume Set by schedule follow these steps 1 Click on the Schedule Volume Check link 2 Select the desired schedule that you wish the Check Volume Set function to run Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Scheduler Disabled 1Day For Testing 1Week 2Weeks 3Weeks 4Weeks 8Weeks 12Weeks 16Weeks 20Weeks and 24Weeks Check After System Idle No 1 Minute 3 Minutes 5 Minutes 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 20 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes and 60 Minutes open all close all 3 Raid System Console i Scheduled cee oe a
11. At the same time the subsystem will not detect the Volume Set s hence the volume s is are not accessible s RaidSet Hierarchy RAID Set Devices Yolume Set Ch Lun Yolume State Capacity Raid Set 000 Eri Slo E 1SLOT 05 E 1S5SLOT 06 E 1SLOT OF E iSLOT 0S E 1S5SLOT 09 E 15LOT 10 EE aE 84 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array When can the Activate Incomplete Raid Set function be used In order to access the Volume Set s and corresponding data use the Activate Incomplete RAID Set function to active the Raid Set After selecting this function the Raid State will change to Degraded state To activate the incomplete the Raid Set click on the Activate Incomplete RAID Set link A Select The Raid Set To Activate screen is displayed showing all existing Raid Sets in the subsystem Select the Raid Set with Incomplete state which you want to activate in the Select column lopen all close alll Raid System Console a Select The Raid Set To Activate Ai Quick Function Select Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid State Capacity ES RAID Set Functions o Raid Set 000 9 10 Incomplete LJ Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set a EEE Eee Expand RAID Set Submit Reset Offline RAID Set Rename RAID Set Create Hot Spare L Delete Hot Spare U Rescue Raid Set volume Set Functions H Physical Drives H System Controls J Information Click on the Su
12. Combination of RAID levels 0 and 3 This level is best implemented on two RAID 3 disk arrays with data striped across both disk arrays RAID 50 provides the features of both RAID 0 and RAID 5 RAID 50 includes both parity and disk striping across multiple drives RAID 50 is best implemented on two RAID 5 disk arrays with data striped across both disk arrays RAID 60 combines both RAID 6 and RAID O features Data is striped across disks as in RAID 0 and it uses double distributed parity as in RAID 6 RAID 60 provides data reliability good overall performance and supports larger volume sizes RAID 60 also provides very high reliability because data is still available even if multiple disk drives fail two in each disk array Bas A N m w D User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 1 3 Fibre Functions 1 3 1 Overview Fibre Channel is a set of standards under the auspices of ANSI American National Standards Institute Fibre Channel combines the best features from SCSI bus and IP protocols into a single standard interface including high performance data transfer up to 800 MB per second low error rates multiple connection topologies scalability and more It retains the SCSI command set functionality but uses a Fibre Channel controller instead of a SCSI controller to provide the interface for data transmission In today s fast moving computer environments Fibre Channel is the serial data transfer protocol choi
13. D Port3 Fibre Channel LUN_Base MNID LUN fo fo WV Confirm The Operation Reset o gt User Manual 99 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 4 2 Modify a Pass Through Disk Use this option to modify the attribute of a Pass Through Disk User can modify the Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing Fibre Port Mapping and Fibre Channel LUN Base LUN on an existing Pass Through Disk To modify the Pass Through drive attribute from the Pass Through drive pool click on the Modify a Pass Through Disk 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 the drive lopen all close all raid System Console a Select The Pass Through Disk For Modification a Quick Function a Enclosure 1 SAS E x28 05 89 1 39 000 H I RAID Set Functions SLOT 07 500 1GB ST9500325aS a volume Set Functions EM Physical Drives a E Create Pass Through Disk Submit Reset O Identify Drive H 0 System Controls H Information The Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute screen appears Modify the drive attribute values as you want lopen all close all f a Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute 3 Raid System Console 9 Quick Function Enclosure 1 SLOT 07 500 1GB ST9500325AS J RAID Set Functions volume Cache Mode Write Back gt H Volume Set Functions Ely Physical Drives Tagged Command
14. Enc 1 SLOT 21 PassThrough Disk Created wO NTP fi ti ie EF 7 NTP Configuration Weno9 n4 20 lt Ha Miew Events Mute Beeper 19 16 05 Yolume VOL 000 Abort Checking 000 01 44 10007 0 Generate Test Event i ior 2009 04 i Q Clear Event Buffer FERRNA Ni eu Yolume YOL 000 Start Checking O Modify Password Sean iar i 2009 04 20 lt H0 Upgrade Firmware 19 11 42 Volume YOL 000 Create Volume 0 Shutdown Controller ed AEE ae 1 i 2 ros m es gt _ L Restart Controller ROU eave Raid Set 001 Create RaidSet D Information sree it a E rA en Raid Set D00 Create RaidSet Goin Raid Set 000 Delete RaidSet _ 4 1 9 04 E RY Volume VOL 000 Delete Volume zii oon9 n4 ra 12 te i d j a ft Grates ae FC Channel 1 FC Link Down B This function is also used to silence the beeper alarm User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 5 9 Generate Test Event If you want to generate test events move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the Generate Test Event Link Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button Then click on the View Events Mute Beeper to view the test event lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function i 3 RAID Set Functions R e Sn ee ae 9 Volume Set Functions M i bi ated iaia J Physical Drives Reset H System Controls D system Configurat
15. KBytes H System Controls 4 9 Information volume Cache Mode Write Back Tagged Command Queuing Enabled Fibre Port Mapping M porto C Porti D Port2 D Port3 Fibre Channel LUN_Base MNID LUN fo gt lo volumes To Be Created fi Confirm The Operation Submit Reset E Volume Name The default Volume Set name will appear as Volume VOL XXX You can rename the Volume Set name provided it does not exceed the 16 characters limit Volume Raid Level Set the RAID level for the Volume Set Click the down arrow in the drop down list The available RAID levels for the current Volume Set are displayed Select the preferred RAID level Select Volume Capacity The maximum Volume Set size is displayed by default If necessary change the Volume Set size appropriate for your application Greater Two TB Volume Support If the Volume Set size is over 2TB an option Greater Two TB Volume Support will be automatically provided in the screen as shown in the example above There are three options to select No 64bit LBA and 4K Block No Volume Set size is set to maximum 2TB limitation 64bit LBA Use this option for UNIX Linux Kernel 2 6 or later Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later versions Windows x64 and other supported operating systems The maximum Volume Set size is up to 512TB 4K Block Use this option for Windows OS such as Windows 2000 2003 or XP The ma
16. Yolume YVOL 000 Device Removed Start Rebuilding Device Failed 7 In Device List of Enclosure 1 Disk in Slot 1 will no longer appear lopen all close all a Raid System Console ES Quick Function 0 Quick Create ES RAID Set Functions Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set _ Expand RAID Set po rD Offline RAID Set S Activate Incomplete RAID S Fas O Create Hot Spare 0 Delete Hot Spare 1 Rescue Raid Set EMS Volume Set Functions Create Volume Set Create Raid30 50 60 pr 0 Delete Volume Set be Modify Volume Set HO Check Volume Set 0 Schedule Volume Check po a Stop Volume Check Volume Set Host Filters 2 Stop Auto Refresh a t ROINE slican Raid Set 000 E islot 4 E iSlot 6 E iSlot 2 E 1Slot 7 ES iSlot 9 E 1Slot 12 TE E isSlot 13 iE 1Slot 14 E 1Slot 15 E 1Slot 16 Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Sasi V1 o sese _ Sopaciey a Physical Drives E dated rn N A D E E E iF Sota Raid Set 000 2000 46GB WDC 1B0 jer 0 Delete Pass Through Disk Sotes WN ob Moe E 3 aie otk sl allaz a WDC WD2002F YPS 01U1B0 E A Nsives lw Na WA 142 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 8 To verify if Disk is really failed or still usable you can try to power on the Disk To power on Disk in Slot 1 of Enclosure 1 select Rescue Raid Set In the Enter The Keyword box
17. functions listed below 5 4 1 Create Pass Through Disk A Pass Through Disk is a disk drive not controlled by the internal Disk Array firmware and thus cannot be a part of a Volume Set A Pass Through disk is a separate and individual Raid Set The disk is available to the host 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 To create pass through disk click on the Create Pass Through link under the Physical Drives main menu The setting function screen appears Select the disk drive to be made as Pass Through Disk and configure the Pass Through Disk attributes such as the Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing Fibre Port Mapping and Fibre Channel LUN Base MNID LUN for this volume lopen all close all E ee ees re a Select the IDE drive For Pass Through 3 Raid System Console 4 Quick Function a Enclosure 1 SAS E x28 05 89 1 39 000 RAID Set Functions SLOT 07 500 1GB ST9s003254S volume Set Functions 343 Physical Drives a Enclosure 2 SAS E x28 05 89 1 39 000 O Create Pass Through Disk SLOT 27 500 1GB ST9500325A4S O Modify a Pass Through Disk L Delete Pass Through Disk s Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute L Identify Enclosure H eee eda Write Back L Identify Drive 3 System Controls Tagged Command Queuing Enabled gt Information Fibre Port Mapping M Porto D Porti D Port2
18. 1GB ST9320423 A 320 1GB ST93204234S 500 1GB WDC WDOSOOOBEYT O0403TO 500 1GB ST950032S54S 500 1GB ST950032S54S 500 1GB WDC WDOSODOBEYT OO0403TO 500 1GB ST95003254S LJ System Controls J Information Raid Set Name Raid Set 000 l Confirm The Operation Submit Reset To create a Raid Set click on the Create RAID Set link A Select The Drives For RAID Set screen is displayed showing the disk drives in the system Tick the box of each disk drive that will be included in Raid Set to be created Enter the preferred Raid Set Name 1 to 16 alphanumeric characters to define a unique identifier for the Raid Set Default Raid Set name always appear as Raid Set xxx Tick on the Confirm The Operation option and click on the Submit button in the screen User Manual l Raid Set Name Raid Set 000 acd Confirm The Operation Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 2 2 Delete RAID Set To delete a Raid Set click on the Delete RAID Set link A Select The Raid Set To Delete screen is displayed showing all Raid Sets existing in the system Select the Raid Set you want to delete in the Select column Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to process with deletion lopen all close all a Select The Raid Set To Delete 3 Raid System Console gi Quick Function Select Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid State Capacity HB Create RAID Set D ETN RAID Set M Confirm T
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20. 7 Channel 1 Speed Auto Current Speed Unknown Hdd Power Management E hk ee Channel 1 Topology Auto Current Topology None eee anal Channel 1 Hard Loop ID m Disabled C23 Alert By Mail Configuration SNMP Configuration Channel 2 WWPN 21 00 00 1b 4d 01 8a 53 NTP Configuration Channel 2 Speed Auto gt Current Speed Unknown View Events Mute Beeper Generate Test Event Channel 2 Topology Auto Current Topology None Clear Event Buffer Channel 2 Hard Loop ID fo Disabled Modify Password Upgrade Firmware Channel 3 WWPN 21 00 00 1b 4d 01 8a 54 Shutdown Controller Channel 3 Speed Auto gt Current Speed Unknown Restart Controller H Information Channel 3 Topology Auto Current Topology None Channel 3 Hard Loop ID m Disabled iew Error Statistics l Confirm The Operation Submit Reset D D D D D D D D D D D D ik WWNN World Wide Node Name The WWNN of the FC RAID system is shown at top of the configuration screen This is an eight byte unique address factory assigned to the FC RAID common to both FC ports WWPN World Wide Port Name Each FC port has its unique WWPN which is also factory assigned Usually the WWNN WWPN tuple is used to uniquely identify a port in the Fabric Channel Speed Each FC port speed can be configured either as 2Gbps 4Gbps or 8Gbps channel Another option is to use Auto for auto speed negotiation betwe
21. Console a Select The Enclosure For Identification sd 9 Quick Function J RAID Set Functions O volume Set Functions g Physical Drives L Create Pass Through Disk L Modify a Pass Through Disk L Delete Pass Through Disk Identify Drive O System Controls J Information 5 4 5 Identify Selected Drive Use this option to physically locate a selected drive to prevent removing the wrong drive When a disk drive is selected using the Identify Drive function the Status LED of the selected disk drive will be blinking To identify a selected drive from the drives pool click on the Identify Drive link The Select The IDE Device For identification screen appears Tick on the IDE device from the drives list After completing the selection click on the Submit button to identify selected drive lopen all close all Raid System Console a Select The Device For Identification H Quick Function a Enclosure 1 SAS E x28 05 89 1 39 000 RAID Set Functions ISLOT 01 500 1GB ST95003254 O volume Set Functions amp Physical Drives SLOT 02 500 1GB ST95003254 Create Pass Through Disk SLOT 03 320 1GB ST9320423A O Modify a Pass Through Disk L Delete Pass Through Disk O Identify Enclosure SLOT 05 500 1GB WDC WDSOOOBEVT O0403TO C SLOT 04 320 1GB ST9320423A SLOT 06 500 1GB ST950032S54S System Controls J Information SLOT 07 5
22. Hardware Monitor link from the Information menu The Hardware Monitor Information screen appears jopen all close all Raid System Console Stop Auto Refresh H Quick Function Controller H W Monitor i o RAD set puncogs CPU Temperature 53 C _ Volume Set Functions 1 Physical Drives Controller Temp 46 C H System Controls 12V 2 038 V El Information 5V 4 919 V _ RAID Set Hierarchy 3 3V 3 328 V L SAS Chip Information DDR II 1 8V 1 824 V J System Information CPU 1 8V IIAV C Hardware Monitor Hardware Mont CPU L 1 264 V CPU 1 0V 1 040 V DDR II 0 9V 0 912 V RTC 3 0 3 248 V Battery Status Not Installed s Enclosure 1 SAS2 E B0 02 b002 16 1V 1 1 000 V 5V 1 4 990 V 12V 1 12 120 V Fani i 4960 RPM Fan2 1 5110 RPM Fan3 1 7670 RPM Fan4 1 7330 RPM Fan5 1 7330 RPM Fan6 1 3400 RPM Fan7 5190 RPM Fang 1 5530 RPM Moower 01 1 OK NOTE To disable auto refresh of GUI tick the Stop Auto Refresh option The Hardware Monitor Information provides information about controller enclosure 1 and enclosure 2 such as the temperature fan speed power supply status and voltage levels All items are also unchangeable When the threshold values are surpassed warning messages will be indicated through the LCD LED and alarm buzzer em Warning Condition 124 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Chapter 6 Maintenance 6 1 Upgrading the RAI D Controller s Cache Memor
23. Host Filters Sj Physical Drives _ Create Pass Through Disk _ Modify a Pass Through Disk _ Delete Pass Through Disk O Identify Enclosure Identify Drive H System Controls System Canfiguration Hdd Power Management Fibre Channel Config EtherNet Configuration Alert By Mail Configuration SNMP Configuration NTP Configuration Generate Test Event Clear Event Buffer Modify Password Upgrade Firmware Shutdown Controller _ Restart Controller LORE CLEL ees LJ HH Information L RAID Set Hierarchy L System Information _ Hardware Monitor s System Events Information Time Device Event Type Elapse Time Errors l 2010 03 24 LISSE 2010 03 24 1137523 VYolume VOL 000 Enc 1 Slot 1 Raid Set 000 Raid Set 000 Yolume YOL 000 Start Rebuilding Device Failed Rebuild RaidSet RaidSet Degraded Volume Degraded Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 3 In Raid Set Hierarchy the Volume Set state will be shown as Rebuilding Note that Disk in Slot 1 is shown as Failed 8 Raid System Console EI Quick Function 0 Quick Create E a RAID Set Functions ol Create RAID Set a 0 Delete RAID Set B Expand RAID Set O Offline RAID Set O Activate Incomplete RAID S HO Create Hot Spare Delete Hot Spare bi 0 Rescue Raid Set 5i lt Volume Set Functions D Create Volume Set H Create Raid30 50 60 y Pa Delete Volume Set ae Modify Volume
24. L Volume Creation gt Volume Name Raid Level Capacity Stripe Size Fibre Host LUN Base Fibre LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing L Create Volume _ Yes No L Initialization Mode Foreground Background No Init Create Raid 30 50 60 L Create Raid 30 50 60 Free capacity L Select Multiple Raid Set _ Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4k Block L Volume Creation gt Volume Name Raid Level Capacity Stripe Size Fibre Host LUN Base Fibre LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing L Create Volume gt Yes No L_Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init Delete Volume Set L_ Select Volume To Delete L Delete Volume Set gt Yes No Are You Sure gt Yes No Modify Volume Set L Select Volume To Modify L_ Volume Modification gt Greater Two TB Volume Support Volume Name Raid Level Capacity Stripe Size Fibre Host LUN Base Fibre LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing L Modify Volume gt Yes No L Are You Sure Yes No Check Volume Set L_ Check Volume From Raid Set L Select Volume Set to Check L Check The Volume gt Yes No Stop Volume Check L Stop All Volume Check gt Yes No L Are You Sure gt Yes No Display Volume Set Info L Display Volume Info in Raid L Select Volume To Display Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Raid System Function Mute The Alert Beeper Yes No Alert Beeper Setting gt Disabled Enabled L_ Save The Settings
25. Set 2 D er aes bat E ESA Se 0 Schedule Volume Check TOPE Aa E E e ee a e ieee eee q O Stop volume Check 0 volume Set Host Filters Slotad oc Failed 2000 4GB WDC WD2002FYPS 01U180 Da i a Physical Drives Create Pass Through Disk E p ar Modify a Pass Through Disk Slot e Raid Set O00 2000 4GB H 0 Delete Pass Through Disk T AD Identify Enclosure 0 Identify Drive a RaidSet Hierarchy RAID Set Devices _ Volume Set ch Lun Volume State Raid Set 000 E 1Slot 2e Volume VOL 000 081 0 Rebuilding 0 0 E 15lote4 E 1Slot 6 E islot 7 E 1Slot o pe E iSlot 12 18000 068 ae 4 lE 1slot 15 E 15lot 16 WDC WD2002FYPS 01U1B0 Mi A N Mj by Raid Set 000 2000 46 woe WD2002F PS O1U1B0 a 4 To power off the Disk in Slot 1 of Enclosure 1 select Rescue Raid Set under RAID Set Functions In the Enter The Keyword box type PowerOffDisk press space bar and then type Enclosure 1 Slot 1 The contents of Enter The Keyword box will become PowerOffDisk Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Tick Confirm The Operation and click Submit open all close all Erdan Try To Rescue Missing RAIDSET a a Quick Function Enter RESCUE To Try To Recover Missing RaidSet _ L Quick Create Enter SIGNAT To T To Regenerat
26. Set _ D Delete RAID Set _ Expand RAID Set _ 0 Offline RAID Set SO Activate Incomplete RAID S gP Create Hot Spare D Delete Hot Spare tS valme Set Functions O Create Volume Set Create Raid30 50 60 _ Q Delete Volume Set B Modify volume Set i i 0 Schedule volume Check 0 Stop Volume Check 0 Volume Set Host Filters a Physical Drives Create Pass Through Disk a Modify a Pass Through Disk Delete Pass Through Disk Identify Enclosure phentity Drive D Volume Set Host Filters a Physical Drives i 0 Create Pass Through Disk a L Modify a Pass Through Disk O Delete Pass Through Disk Raid Set 000 Failed Volum e VOL 000 081 0 Degraded 13000 0GB Identify Enclosure E 15lot 2 Volume VOL 001 081 1 Degraded 7000 068 Identify Drive E islot 4 E a System Controls E is O System Configuration lot 6 D Hdd Power Management we O o es a 3 Fibre Channel Config ee EtherNet Configuration m O Alert By Mail Configuration D SNMP Configuration ii D NTP Configuration i D view Events Mute Beeper ie 0 Generate Test Event E 1Slot 16_ D Clear Event Buffer an 0 Modify Password i D Upgrade Firmware i O Shutdown Controller gt O Restart Controller E a Syriae 2 B Easter information L O Hardware Monitor E sae t i5 ry j 136 CA Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 4 To verify if Disk is really failed or still usable you
27. a disk is added to a Raid Set Migrating status is displayed in the Raid Set status area of the Raid Set information Migrating status is also displayed in the Volume Set status area of the Volume Set Information for all Volume Sets under the Raid Set which is migrating lopen all close all Raid System Console HY Qui 1 Volume Se H Physical Drives H System Controls aS Information 2199 0GB E iSLOT 02 _ lt _ a oO G E mann OS ee an ad a e stor 08 i esistor s0 Volume VOL 000 0 amp 4 0 N0 0 Migrating 0 0 a Q RAID Set Hierarchy LJ SAS Chip Information 0 System Information H i Hardware Monitor Device Usage Capacity Model o O SLOT 01 1D Raid Set 000 600 1GB ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 SLOT 02 1E Raid Set 000 600 1GB ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 SLOT 03 24 Raid Set 000 600 1GB ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 SLOT 04 1C Raid Set 000 600 1GB ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 SLOT 05 25 e Set 000 600 1GB ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 User Manual 600 1GB ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 GINAT infia Raid Gat Ann SLOT 06 22 Raid Set 000 SLOT 07 23 Raid Set 000 600 1G8 ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 SLOT 08 1B Raid Set 000 600 1GB ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 I SLOT 09 20 Raid Set 000 600 268 ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 ANN IAR ATA ANNA ANDANNNHI HY A Fibre
28. are inserted in the 4 and 6 holes from bottom M5 nut 9 Repeat step 7 to install the other end of rail assembly to the rack post of rear right side View from Rear Side of Rear Right Rack Post User Manual 49 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Latches View from Rear Side of Rear Right Rack Post 50 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 10 Pull the 2 middle rail members out from the rail assembly Front Left Side z coa s pen i x n Rear Left Side Front Side Right Front aq B a fs amp A u S Sa View from Rear Side User Manual 51 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 11 With at least 4 persons carrying the enclosure insert the 2 inner rails attached to the sides of the enclosure into the middle rails Slide the enclosure until it stops or about half way through NOTE Be careful when inserting the 2 inner rails into the middle rails The 2 inner rails must be parallel with the 2 middle rails so that 2 inner rails will insert and slide easily Use hands to guide the inner rails when inserted into the middle rails Inner Rail Inner Rail Aligned with and Inserted into the Middle Rail Important Make sure to hold the enclosure firmly in level position while inserting the enclosure in the rail Keep holding the enclosure moved inside the rack When the half rear side is inside the rack you can put down the two rear handles but support in the bot
29. changed a Controller Restart is necessary If the DHCP client function is disabled and the IP address is changed Controller Restart is not needed x Note that you may need to be logged in as administrator with local admin rights on the remote machine to remotely configure the Disk Array The Disk Array controller default User Name is admin and the Password is 00000000 lopen all close all a Raid Snaskeke s RaidSet Hierarchy A Quic H Function RAID Set Devices Volume Set Ch Lun Volume State Is ope J RAID Set Functions Raid Set 000 E 1SLOT 01 Volume VOL 000 0 0 NO0 0 Normal s Volume Set Functions E 1SLOT 06 H Physical Drives 3 System Controls E 1SLOT 03 ES Information E ISLOT 04 O RAID Set Hierarchy E 1SLOT 05 _ SAS Chip Information E 1SLOT 10 L System Information E 1SLOT 0 O Hardware Monitor TAE E 1SLOT 09 Raid Set 001 E 1SLOT 02 E 1SLOT 11 E iSLOT 1 E 1SLOT 1 E iSLOT 14 E 1SLOT 1 E 1SLOT 1 E 1SLOT 17 E 1SLOT 18 iy s Enclosure 1 SAS2 E B0 02 b002 16 5001B4D50AC3803F Device Usage Capacity Model SLOT 01 17 Raid Set 000 1000 2GB ST31000524AS SLOT 02 1F Raid Set 001 1000 2GB ST31000524AS lt gt CIAT M1 mid Ca AN 10N DE CTIJ11NNNCIAAC E User Manual 73 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Main Menu The main menu shows all available function that user can execute by clicking on the appropriate hyp
30. depth is the number of I O operations that can be run in parallel on a disk drive HDD Queue Depth options are 1 2 4 8 16 and 32 Disk Write Cache Mode The Disk Array supports Disk Write Cache Mode options Auto Enabled and Disabled If the Disk Array has BBM battery backup module selecting the Auto option will automatically enable Disk Write Cache On the other hand if there is no BBM the Auto option will disable Disk Write Cache Disk Capacity Truncation Mode The Disk Array use drive truncation so that drives from different 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 the subsystem Options are Multiples Of 10G If you have several 120GB drives from different vendors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 121 1 GB and the other 120 4 GB This drive truncation mode makes the 121 1 GB and 120 4 GB drives same capacity as 120 GB so that one could replace the other Multiples Of 1G If you have 120 GB drives from different vendors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 121 1 GB and the other 121 4 GB This drive truncation mode makes the 121 1 GB and 121 4 GB drives same capacity 121 GB so that one could replace the other No Truncation The capacity of the disk drive is not truncated 104 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array
31. firmware upgrade 126 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Upgrading Firmware Through Telnet NOTE This example uses CRT terminal emulation program For easier upgrade procedure it is recommended to use web browser based firmware upgrade 1 To connect to Disk Array using Telnet open Terminal Emulation program example CRT 6 1 Refer to Section 4 1 for sample step to enable Telnet connection via CRT program 2 After successful connection select Raid System Function menu The Password box will be shown Enter the password default is 00000000 to login E 192 168 10 173 CRT Jeg File Edit wiew Options Transfer Script Tools Help od Bd bod 2 FA e 19216810173 xi SOOCOCOOCOOS RAID Controller Main Menu z volumer Rac Raid Set Function volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Hdd Power Management Fibre Channel Config Ethernet Configuration Ei aay View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System Information Arrowkey Or Az iblove Cursor EnteriSelect ESCiescape LiLine Draw Redraw Ready Telnet 14 57 24Rows 80 Cols YTLOO 3 After login to Raid System Function menu select Update Firmware Then choose Transfer menu and select Zmodem Upload List E 192 168 10 173 CRT leg File Edit wiew pions Transfer Script Tools Help dd x Send ASCII E T M 192168 0173 Receive ASCII Fs Eai
32. follows the FC HBA speed User Manual 109 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 5 4 EtherNet Configuration To set the Ethernet configuration click the EtherNet Configuration link under the System Controls menu The Disk Array EtherNet Configuration screen will be shown Set the desired configuration Once done tick on the Confirm The Operation and click the Submit button to save the settings lopen all close all 4 Raid System Console HE Quick Function J RAID Set Functions H 0 Volume Set Functions H 0 Physical Drives Ej System Controls V System Configuration 0 Hdd Power Management Fibre Channel Config O Ethertiet Configuration P Alert By Mail Configuration _ L SNMP Configuration v NTP Configuration J View Events Mute Beeper L Generate Test Event Clear Event Buffer D Modify Password D Upgrade Firmware P Shutdown Controller _ 0 Restart Controller 9 Information s Ether Net Configurations DHCP Function Enabled gt fj Local IP Address Used If DHCP Disabled e e e Gateway IP Address Used If DHCP Disabled Subnet Mask Used If DHCP Disabled 255 ps fs fo HTTP Port Number 7168 8191 Is Reserved l Telnet Port Number 7168 8191 Is Reserved p i SMTP Port Number 7168 8191 Is Reserved Current IP Address 192 168 1 111 Current Gateway IP Address 192 168 1 1 J current Subnet Mask
33. kept identical However each individual drive can perform simultaneous independent read operations Mirroring thus doubles the read performance of a single non mirrored drive and while the write performance is unchanged RAID 1 delivers the best performance of any redundant array type In addition there is less performance degradation during drive failure than in RAID 5 arrays Duplicate data is written to pairs of drives DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA Aiii Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive ry User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array RAID 3 sector stripes data across groups of drives but one drive in the group is dedicated for storing parity information RAID 3 relies on the embedded ECC in each sector for error detection In the case of drive failure data recovery is accomplished by calculating the exclusive OR XOR of the information recorded on the remaining drives Records typically span all drives which optimizes the disk transfer rate Because each I O request accesses every drive in the array RAID 3 arrays can satisfy only one I O request at a time RAID 3 delivers the best performance for single user single tasking environments with long records Synchronized spindle drives are required for RAID 3 arrays in order to avoid performance degradation with short records RAID 5 arrays with Small stripes can yield similar performance to RAID 3 arrays Read and write operations span all drives V
34. of masking multiple LUNs behind a single port By using World Wide Port Names WWPNs of server HBAs LUN masking is configured at the volume level LUN masking also allows sharing disk storage resource across multiple independent servers A single large RAID device can be sub divided to serve a number of different hosts that are attached to the RAID through the SAN fabric with LUN masking So that only one or a limited number of servers can see that LUN each LUN inside the RAID device can be limited LUN masking can be done either at the RAID device behind the RAID port or at the server HBA It is more secure to mask LUNs at the RAID device but not all RAID devices have LUN masking capability Therefore in order to mask LUNs some HBA vendors allow persistent binding at the driver level 20 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 1 4 Array Definition 1 4 1 Raid Set A Raid Set is a group of disk drives containing one or more logical volumes called Volume Sets It is not possible to have multiple Raid Sets on the same disk drives A Volume Set must be created either on an existing Raid Set or on a group of available individual disk drives disk drives that are not yet a part of a Raid Set If there are existing Raid Sets with available raw capacity new Volume Set can be created New Volume Set can also be created on an existing Raid Set without free raw capacity by expanding the Raid Set using available disk drive s which is are n
35. process has started user cannot stop it The process must be completed Spare is available an auto rebuild operation will occur after X NOTE If a disk drive fails during Raid Set expansion and a hot the Raid Set expansion is completed NOTE A Raid Set cannot be expanded if it contains a Raid 30 50 60 Volume Set User Manual 79 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array lopen all close all a RAID Expansion on Raid Set 000 Member Disks 9 Enclosure 1 SAS E x28 05 89 1 39 000 SLOT 10 320 1GB ST9320423AS f Confirm The Operation Sa 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function a RAID Set Functions Q Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set L Offline RAID Set L Rename RAID Set O Activate Incomplete RAID Si Q Create Hot Spare L Delete Hot Spare _ Rescue Raid Set H Volume Set Functions H Q Physical Drives H System Controls 9 Information lopen all close alll 3 Raid System Console 9 Quick Function EMS RAID Set Functions _ L Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set s Raid Set 000 Total Disks 10 Disks Before Expansion 9 Volume Name _ Raidtevel Stripesize S O Change The Yolume Attribute During Raid Expansion YES NO Reset 0 Offline RAID Set Rename RAID Set Q Activate Incomplete RAID S 0 Create Hot Spare L Delete Hot Spare L Rescue Raid Set H volume Set Functions Physical Drives System Controls 9 Information Migration occurs when
36. the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to create hot spare drive s lopen all close alll W Raid System Console H Quick Function ES RAID Set Functions O Create RAID Set C Delete RAID Set C Expand RAID Set O Offline RAID Set Rename RAID Set O Activate Incomplete RAID S _ Create Hot Spare C Delete Hot Spare L Rescue Raid Set H volume Set Functions Physical Drives H System Controls H Information s Select The Drives For Hot Spare a Enclosure 1 SAS E x28 05 89 1 39 000 M SLOT 08 500 1GB WDC WDSOOOBEYT OO403TO M SLOT 09 500 1GB S5ST950032545 Select The Hot Spare Type Global Hot Spare a l Confirm The Operation Dedicated To Enclosure Reset Global Hot Spare Dedicated to RaidSet The Hot Spare disk is a hot spare on all enclosures connected in daisy chain It can replace any failed disk in any enclosure The Hot Spare disk is a hot spare dedicated only to the RaidSet where it is assigned It can replace any failed disk in the RaidSet where it is assigned The Hot Spare disk is a hot spare dedicated only to the enclosure where it is located It can replace any failed disk on the enclosure Dedicated to Enclosure where it is located x NOTE When the Raid Set status is in Degraded state this option will not work NOTE The capacity of the hot spare disk s must be equal to or greater than the smallest hard disk size in the subsy
37. the front panel and allow at least 3 minutes for the subsystem to shutdown properly During this time each disk slot starting from slot 1 until slot 64 will be powered down The main switch button in the front panel will flash blue When Disk Array has totally powered down turn off the switches of the 2 Power Supply Fan Modules at the rear The main switch button in the front panel will still flash blue until the power cords are pulled out from the sockets 60 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Chapter 4 RAID Configuration Utility Options Configuration Methods There are three methods of configuring the RAID controller a Front panel touch control buttons b Web browser based remote RAID management via the R Link Ethernet port c Telnet connection via the R Link Ethernet port NOTE The Disk Array allows you to access using only one method at a time You cannot use more than one method at the same time 4 1 Configuration through Telnet as NOTE This example uses CRT terminal emulation program You can also use Windows Hyper terminal as another option 1 To connect to Disk Array using Telnet open Terminal Emulation program example CRT 6 1 and start new session and select Telnet protocol Click Next tal not Loe tei i R j F ces File Edit wiew Options Transfer Script Tools Help and J Ly New Session Wizard FE a This wizard will
38. type PowerOnDisk press space bar and then type Enclosure 1 Slot 1 The contents of Enter The Keyword box will become PowerOnDisk Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Tick Confirm The Operation and click Submit open all close all 4 Raid System Console Try To Rescue Missing RAIDSET 5i 3 Quick Function Enter RESCUE To Try To Recover Missing RaidSet _ L Quick Create Enter SIGNAT To Regenerate RaidSet Signature Tf RaidSet Is Recovered 3 RAID Set Functions B p Create RAID Set PowerOnDiskEn Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Enter The Keyword je 0 Delete RAID Set be g Expand RAID Set ia V Confirm The Operation O Offline RAID Set be D Activate Incomplete RAID S PD Create Hot Spare D palate seid E ae B a sere eat nea je D Delete Yolume Set i C Modify Volume Set 1 Check Volume Set Schedule Volume Check fn D Stop Volume Check 0 Volume Set Host Filters E 3 Physical Drives E Create PDN Disk D Identify Drive a a lle all gt NOTE Sometimes the PowerOnDisk command will need to wait for several seconds before command execution is completed web GUI is updated specially when the Disk Array is active or busy User Manual 143 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 9 If the Disk in Eclosure 1 Slot 1 is still good the Disk will be turned on 9 Raid System Console a Quick Function i EE Quick Create Disk Power Is Turned On ES RAID Set Functions _ Creat
39. 00 1GB ST950032545 SLOT 08 500 1GB WDC WDSOOOBEYT O0403TO SLOT 10 320 1GB ST93204234S s Enclosure 2 SAS E x28 05 89 1 39 000 SLOT 27 500 1GB ST95003254S Submit Reset 102 User Manual 5 5 System Controls 5 5 1 System Configuration Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array To set the Disk Array system configuration options click the System Configuration link under the System Controls menu The System Configurations screen will be shown Set the desired system option as needed lopen all close all s System Configurations Y Raid System Console H Quick Function System Beeper Setting Enabled gt 4 RAID Set Functions ew r 9 Volume Set Functions Background Task Priority High 80 H Physical Drives JBOD RAID Configuration RAD Ej System C S Enabled gt O Hdd Power Management HDD Read Ahead Cache Enabled Fibre Channel Confi s EEIN ae GOSTER Yolume Data Read Ahead Normal oa bi LI ES el gt uig _ Alert By Mail Configuration HDD Queue Depth 32 hd O SNMP Configuration l an Peete Disk Write Cache Mode Enabled gt L ONG migi _ view Events Mute Beeper Disk Capacity Truncation Mode No Truncation _ Generate Test Event O Clear Event Buffer gt 1 Modify Password Confirm The Operation O Upgrade Firmware Submit Reset O Shutdown Controller E ee _ Restart Controller H Information a System Beeper Setting This option is used to Disable or Enable
40. 1 of Enclosure 1 will be turned on The Raid Set and Volume Set will be rebuilt automatically The Volume Set state will show Rebuilding lopen all close all 9 Raid System Console i a Quick Function lt 1 Quick Create El 3 RAID Set Functions O Create RAID Set E Delete RAID Set E Expand RAID Set f O Offline RAID Set PL Activate Incomplete RAID S He 0 Create Hot Spare D helsta Hot Spare ia volume Set punctis gE Create Volume Set i 1 Create Raid30 50 60 i a Delete volume Set D Schedule Volume Check f 0 Stop Volume Check L Volume Set Host Filters 23 Physical Drives L Create Pass Through Disk uo Modify a Pass Through Disk L Delete Pass Through Disk ie D Identify Enclosure 0 Identify Drive F 2 _ al S i H f i t H H H t H f f t A LJ Volume Set Host Filters si Sis Si J Physical Drives gE Create Pass Through Disk D Modify a Pass Through Disk O Delete Pass Through Disk E O Identify Enclosure i LD Identify Drive Ej System Controls 0 System Configuration 0 Hdd Power Management D Fibre Channel Config L EtherNet Configuration O Alert By Mail Configuration HO SNMP Configuration NTP Configuration D View Events Mute Beeper L Generate Test Event D Clear Event Buffer DD Modify Password D Upgrade Firmware O Shutdown Controller LO Restart Controller i a syed SE Saten Information L L Hardware Monitor E
41. 120 Io DAS CPI Oma Oee E E A E 122 I0 Seem OVA ON eee E e E e E ENE 123 oA TAC RS MONTO eere eaan E E E EAE EAS 124 Chapter Mainten antE ssssssssrssciessosssssssssssiasastoracesenonasasernaoereinaent a adninaian aiiis orana 125 6 1 Upgrading the RAID Controller s Cache Memory uu ccccessssssesesessssesssesssesssesscsesesseseseseessseseeeseseanens 125 6 1 1 Replacing the Memory Module wu eesesesessesesesssesesesssesessscsesessssesesesessesesesssesssesesseensseseeeeess 125 6 2 Upgrading the RAID Controller s Firmware wu cccccsessssssssescsesesescssssesssessssesceesseseseessseseseessseseeseseeeeeess 126 Appendix 1 Disk Power Off On Function in Web GUl eessoeessoeesoeess000 134 a User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Preface About this manual This manual provides information regarding the hardware features installation and configuration of the Disk Array This document also describes how to use the storage management software Information contained in the manual has been reviewed for accuracy but not for product warranty because of the various environment OS settings Information and specifications will be changed without further notice This manual uses section numbering for every topic being discussed for easy and convenient way of finding information in accordance with the user s needs The following icons are being used for some details and information to be considered in going through with this manual N
42. 192 a S ioe con Firmware Rev 5GO4 Bi et Hierarch Disk Capacity 600 1GB ie ce SAS Chip informa oa Current SAS Mode _a 6G ee 0 System Information Supported SAS Mode leg ii C Hardware Monitor Device State Normal Timeout Count lo Media Error Count Rotation Speed 0 RPM Device Temperature 39 9C Read Errors Recovered W O Delay ox0000000000000000 Read Errors Recovered W Delay oxo000000000000000 Read Errors Recovered W Retry 0x0000000000000000 Read Errors Recovered 0x0000000000000000 Er Read Total Bytes 0x0000000000000000 Read Errors Unrecovered _ oxo000000000000000 Write Errors Recovered w o Delay 0x0000000000000000 Write Errors Recovered W Delay oxooo0000000000000 Write Errors Recovered W Retry Ox0000000000000000 Write Errors Recovered Ox0000000000000000 Write Total Bytes O0x0000000000000000 Write Errors Unrecovered 0x0000000000000000 Venfy Errors Recovered W O Delay oxdo000000000000000 i a Verify Errors Recovered W Delay Ox0000000000000000 Foi E E ioes 7 I i rA ee EAA A ee ee ee a To view the Volume Set information click the Volume VOL link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Volume Set Information screen appears lopen all close all a5 a Volume Set Information 4 Raid System Console Ss gt a Quick Function Volume Set Na ame a Volume VOL 000 AS RAID Set Functions Raid Set Name Raid Set 000 Hi Volume Set Functions Volume Capacity 1000 0GB EY Physical Dr
43. 1Slot 6 Fibre Channel Config E 1Slot 7 EtherNet Configuration EERE Alert By Mail Configuration SNMP Configuration E iSlot i2 NTP Configuration E 1Slot 13 View Events Mute Beeper E 1Slot 14 Generate Test Event E iSlot is5 Clear Event Buffer E iSlot 16 Modify Password Upgrade Firmware Shutdown Controller Restart Controller Enclosure 1 SAS RAID Subsystem 1 0 i Hy Information N EG SSO GERE Capacity Model D em See aea Device Usage apacity odel L System Information Slat 4 Failed 2000 46B WDC WD2002FYPS 01U1B0 _ Hardware Monitor DOLORE WOU Dov Raid Set 000 200 468 WDC WD2002F PS 01U1B0 A NOTE The Disk used in this example is from Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Make sure to verify which Enclosure and Slot the failed disk is located 134 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 2 To power off the Disk in Slot 1 of Enclosure 1 select Rescue Raid Set under RAID Set Functions In the Enter The Keyword box type PowerOffDisk press space bar and then type Enclosure 1 Slot 1 The contents of Enter The Keyword box will become PowerOffDisk Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Tick Confirm The Operation and click Submit lopen all close all E EN TAEA a Try To Rescue Missing RAIDSET A 5 Quick Function men RESCUE Te To Try To Recover Missing RaidSet l a a Quick Ergat Enter SIGNAT To To Regenerate RaidSet Signature If RaidSet Is Recovered ES
44. 600 1GB ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 SLOT 05 25 Raid Set 000 600 168 ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 SLOT 06 22 Raid Set 000 600 1GB ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 i SLOT 07 23 Raid Set 000 600 1GB _ ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 SLOT 08 1B Raid Set 000 600 1GB ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 i SLOT 09 20 Raid Set 000 600 1GB ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 GINT 1 RES Raid Gat nnn ANN 1fR LATA Whe WNANANNAHI HY A 7 T Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 3 5 Check Volume Set Use this function to perform Volume Set consistency check which verifies the correctness of redundant data data blocks and parity blocks in a Volume Set This basically means computing the parity from the data blocks and comparing the results to the contents of the parity blocks or computing the data from the parity blocks and comparing the results to the contents of the data blocks Check Volume Set Only RAID levels with parity redundant data aX NOTE The Volume Set state must be Normal in order to perform such as RAID Levels 3 5 6 30 50 and 60 support this function To perform Check Volume Set function 1 Click on the Check Volume Set link 2 Tick from the list the Volume Set you want to check Select the Check Volume Set options lopen all close all a Select The Volume Set To Be Checked Y Raid System Console Eee Quick Function Select Volume Set Name On Raid Set Capacity Bi RAID Set Functions le Volume VOL 000 Raid Set 000 300 0GB a volume Set Func
45. 68 10 173 Receive ASCII gt Send Xmodem Receive modem Send modem Receive modem Mute TH Alert E Zmodem Upload List Change J500 RA Start Zmodem Upload Backgroura Task Prior Toy SATA NCQ Support HDD Read Ahead Cache Volume Data Read Ahead Hdd Queue Depth Setting Controller Fan Detection Disk write Cache Mode Capacity Truncation Ts SEE AMET Restart Controller j LeLine Draw 24 Rows 80 Cols VT100 Send Zmodem receive command Telnet 128 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 6 A message Update The Firmware will be displayed Select Yes ie 192 168 10 173 CRT Jag File Edit view Options Transfer B ON Tools Help aod d dad 29 S oe 192 168 10 173 A lt x RAID Controller a Raid system Function Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password JBOD RAID Function Background Task Priority SATA NCQ Support HDD Read Ahead Cache Volume Data Read Ahead Hdd Queue Depth Setting Controller Fan Detection Disk write Cache Mode Capacity Truncation sonar eT Restart Controller APPOWKey Or AZiMove Cursor Enters Ready Telnet 13 64 24Rows BOCols YT100 Oo AUM 7 Select Yes again 192 168 10 173 CRT JaA File Edit view ptions Transfer Script Tools Help 1 18216810173 l p PI RAID Contr oller i ay Raid System Function Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting C
46. AID S L Create Hot Spare L Delete Hot Spare L Rescue Raid Set H Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives H System Controls H 0 Information lopen all close all 4 Raid System Console a RaidSet Hierarchy H Quick Function RAID Set Volume Set Ch Lun Volume State Capacity H RAID Set Functions H Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives H System Controls Ej Information Offlined 500 1GB ST950032545 Offlined 500 1GB ST950032545 Offlined 320 1GB ST932042345 Offlined 320 1GB 51932042345 Offlined 500 1GB WDC WDSOOOBEYT OOA03TO 4 Offlined 500 1GB ST9S500325A45 Offlined 500 1GB ST950032545 4 Offlined 500 1GB WDC WDSOOOBEYT OOA03TO Offlined 500 1GB 51950032545 gt aT L Offlined 320 1GB ST932042345 82 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 2 5 Rename RAID Set Use this function to rename a RAID Set Select the Rename RAID Set under the RAID Set Functions and then select the Select the RAID Set to rename and click Submit lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console a Select The Raid Set To Rename Select_ Raid Set Name _ Member Disks _ Raid State Capacity ss H Quick Function Submit Reset Delete Hot Spare L Rescue Raid Set H Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives H System Controls H Information Enter the new name for the RAID Set Tick the Confirm The Operation and click Submit
47. Block L Edit the Capacity L_ Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init User Manual 67 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Create Raid Set L_ Select IDE Drives for Raid Set gt E1SLOT 01 E1SLOT 32 E2SLOT 33 E2SLOT 64 L_ Create Raid Set gt Yes No L_ Edit The Raid Set Name Delete Raid Set L_ Select Raid Set to Delete L_ Delete Raid Set gt Yes No L_ Are You Sure gt Yes No Expand Raid Set L_ Select IDE Drives for Raid Set Expansion L Select Drives IDE Channel gt E1SLOT 01 E1SLOT 32 E2SLOT 33 E2SLOT 64 L_ Expand Raid Set gt Yes No L Are You Sure gt Yes No Offline Raid Set L_ Select Raid Set to Offline L_ Offline Raid Set gt Yes No Raid Set Function Activate Raid Set L_ Select Raid Set to Active L Activate Raid Set gt Yes No L_ Are You Sure gt Yes No Create Hot Spare Disk L_ Select Drives for Hot Spare E1SLOT 01 E1SLOT 32 E2SLOT 33 E2SLOT 64 L_ Create Hot Spare gt Yes No Delete Hot Spare L_ Select The Hot Spare Device To Be Deleted L_ Delete Hot Spare gt Yes No Rescue Raid Set L_ Enter the Operation Key Raid Set Information L Select Raid Set To Display 68 User Manual Volume Set Function User Manual 69 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Create Volume Set L Create Volume From Raid Set L Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4k Block
48. ETONE EE AESA E 83 5 2 6 Activate Incomplete RAID Set cssesssssssssesssesesssesessssessssesessssessesessssessesesesssscseeseceesesesesseseeseees 84 347 Cleate HOS 0 emt eee ee eee ener reer R re rene era eee 86 Ss DeL POC See nr eee enn entre erie eee ee ee 8 529 NSS CUS Rad SOT spenr ieie e Ee EE R asada en Ea Ea eae 87 59 Vol me Set FUNCIO essien enesis rnin iaie eoi a e ie ree tery meen E er aerre ne 88 591 Create Volume een een neem neo eer ele aA ee EE E O EN er anaE 88 332 Create Raid 30 50 60 essicaiisse ees e aE E ea EE SE 91 5 33 Delete Vol me er Gene nerenre enteric ence enter te naea aaaea eaaa aeaee Eaei caer eater eee 92 334 Modify NSS Sc ccc essen caer sce pas a e cence dan o Ea cere ee 93 S341 VolumeSet yO ioscan ccaccccsctexs oozes essaceuescescucosceticgaseszcdccense tar atbeueccanncaeeveseeeaweqasncatatenee 94 Shee Volume Set Migrator E ea onnncee tices 95 e to mm p 1 Ga E E A AEE E neve er erent oe eee eee eee eee 96 5960 Schedule Volume Gl gl cc ssnipe aaen terre eri S E eee ea aa tenet eraser ents 98 sor S16 Va Ume e E errs te eerina tera ters Sener nye wer ieneneerrErrers 98 Be PNA MO E cpeccetc ea scees as ctyeceeeceneseeeca tec esede E E E E S 99 541l Create Pass TNOUN DISK sesira AS EE a R eR 99 User Manual an Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 4 2 Modify a Pass Through DiSk ssnsnsssessssessssssssessssrsnssenssressesnssrosssrnstenssrosnrenssrssnrenssrensnrenssrenssrensseess 100 5 4
49. Fibre to SAS SATA RAI D Subsystem User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Table of Contents Preta CO seisce eror E E E O EE E ES 5 Before You Begin sooeosooeesoooeessoeessooesssooeesoosessoeessoeessooeessoesssoeeessooeessoesssseesssoeessseeeses 6 SASAE E S E E ne ETO EE E E TA E AE E AE E eve eT 6 FE SIC CMT CN ANS senesnes E 6 Packaging Shipment and DST VORY siira aeara e EE Ee E aea EAEE EES EROE TEESE EEOSE 6 Unpacking the SAipping Cartolerie uaea ea a e EREE OREA EEr E 7 Chapter 1 Product Introduction eosoooeessooeesssooeeesssoesesssocesssoocesssooeeseoesessseesesssoee 9 LE WES MENG 3s OECC AON ea E S A E sce ces rene ene ces 11 Le RAID COM ODIS serseri ee nee ee E E T 13 LS FOE FUNCIONS perennes enn EE 18 To SSNS N r E EE EA E E A E EE E 18 1 3 2 Four ways to connect FC TopologieS ssss ssssesssssssssssssesssessssesssrssssssssresssrnssinsnrenssrnnsenrssnrenssenss 18 o Bae EOE E ea a E E A A le ecates 20 KoA CONME K acces e E ateactsesesccetasteestontes 20 LA Anay Denn ON a E E A 21 A RIG E E E E E E E E E E E E 21 TA VOUE SC Me eae E E E T 21 L ANGIE Py ANNO IME er E 22 Doe Gl gr 2 01912 I 1S olen ener Ne mn en Cn eC een ne ee ee eee nee 22 L52 HOt Swap Disk Drive SUD OLE siccescscsceec cerned ccacsesiessctslacedeleesdsccsdeealanstetven E E 22 1 5 3 Hot Swap DISK REDUING sssxcescseecennsasereehesestea cess iaieineea erena ea aE daien eiiiai iarasi 22 Chapter 2 Identi
50. OO g 4 Liim em imna ae an Pe oe R n a O a a a a aa a a a E IMPORTANT If the disk is really failed and cannot power on replace the failed disk with a new one If the failed disk is still good observe this particular disk If this disk fails again replace it with a new one Use the disk manufacturer s utility disk tool to verify the health status of the failed disk 138 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 2 When Disk Fails How to Use Disk Power Function Command in Web GUI With Hot Spare Configured A User Manual FETIS Ta aai NOTE When a disk fails and the Volume Set use RAID Level with redundancy such as RAID Level 5 the Volume Set state will become Degraded If there is a Hot Spare configured the Hot Spare will automatically rebuild the Raid Set Volume Set 1 Check which Disk has failed In this example Disk in Enclosure 1 Slot 1 has failed The disk failure event can also be verified in the System Event Information event log when you use View Events Mute Beeper under System Controls In this example Disk in Enclosure 1 Slot 2 is configured as Hot Spare located NOTE The Disk used in this example is from Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Make sure to verify which Enclosure and Slot the failed disk is 2 The Volume Set will be rebuilt automatically using the Hot Spare Disk in Slot 2 The System Event Information will show the Rebuilding event Volume Set
51. OTES These are notes that contain useful information and tips that the user must give attention to in going through with the subsystem operation IMPORTANT These are the important information that the user must remember WARNING These are the warnings that the user must follow to avoid unnecessary errors and bodily injury during hardware and software operation of the subsystem CAUTION These are the cautions that user must be aware of to prevent damage to the subsystem and or its components Copyright No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written consent Trademarks All products and trade names used in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Changes The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice User Manual 5S Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Before You Begin Before going through with this manual you should read and focus on the following safety guidelines Notes about the subsystem s controller configuration and the product packaging and delivery are also included here Safety Guidelines To provide reasonable protection against any harm on the part of the user and to obtain maximum performance user is advised to be aware of the following safety guid
52. Queuing Enabled O Create Pass Through Disk Fibre Port Mapping M porto D Porti I Port2 I port3 Fibre Channel LUN_Base MNID LUN fo gt fo gt 0 Identify Enclosure S Identify Drive l Confirm The Operation H System Controls H Information Submit Reset 100 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 4 3 Delete Pass Through Disk To delete Pass Through Disk from the Pass Through drive pool click on Delete Pass Through link Select a Pass Through Disk tick on the Confirm The Operation and click the Submit button to complete the delete action lopen all clase alll s Select The Pass Through Disk To Delete 4 Raid System Console AD Quick Function se Enclosure 1 5485 E 8 05 89 1 39 000 RAID Set Functions SLOT 07 500 1GB STasoo32sas oo volume Set Functions EMS Physical Drives 0 Create Pass Through Disk l Confirm The Operation submit Reset LJ Identify Enclosure u Identify Drive A System Controls HD Information User Manual 101 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 4 4 Identify Enclosure To identify an Enclosure move the mouse cursor and click on Identify Enclosure link The Select The Enclosure For Identification screen appears Tick on the enclosure from the list of enclosures then click on the Submit button to identify the selected enclosure All disk drives LEDs in an enclosure will flash when a particular enclosure is selected lopen all close all 4 Raid System
53. RAID Set Functions Tatare raea Wai e a a i0 Create RAID Set PowerOfDisk Er Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Enter The Keyword _ Delete RAID Set Se eee eee z Expand RAID Set 7 T Confirm The Operation V Offline RAID Set G Activate Incomplete RAID 5 Sere Reset 2 E S l L Create Hot Spare D Delete Bot acei 5 value Set rE Create volume Set H Create Raid30 50 60 Delete Volume Set 0 Modify Yolume Set gt Check volume Set HO Schedule Volume Check A Stop Volume Check _ 0 Volume Set Host Filters 5 3 Physical Drives Create Pass Through Disk 0 Modify a Pass Through Disk i D Delete Pass Through Disk Identify Enclosure 0 Identify Drive NOTE Sometimes the PowerOffDisk command will need to wait for several seconds before command execution is completed web GUI is updated specially when the Disk Array is active or busy NOTE If you try to power off a Disk for example Disk in Slot 3 of Enclosure 1 but the Disk is not failed the Disk will not be powered off The screen will show Device Not In Failed State Controller Response Device Wot In Failed State User Manual 135 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 3 The Disk Power will be turned off In Device List of Enclosure 1 Disk in Slot 1 will no longer appear lopen all close all Raid System Console al Quick Function 1 Quick Create Disk Power Is Turned Off EFS RAID Set Functions _ 0 Create RAID
54. Send Urgent Serious nd Warning Event C Information Notification Send All Event Notification For No Event Notify User If No Event Occurs Within 24 Hours MailTo Name2 Mail Address Disable Event Notification No Event Notification Will Be Sent Urgent Error Notification Send Only Urgent Event Serious Error Notification Send Urgent And Serious Event Warning Error Notification Information Notification Notification For No Event Notify User If No Event Occurs Within 24 Hours MailTo Names Mail Address Disable Event Notification No Event Notification Will Be Sent NOTE If Event Notification by email is enabled every 30 of event log will be sent to the email recipient s as one package log NOTE If different email recipients are setup the event notification levels for each email recipient can be configured differently For example first email recipient can be configured with Urgent Error Notification while second email recipient can be configured with Serious Error Notification User Manual ano Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 5 6 SNMP Configuration The SNMP gives users independence from the proprietary network management schemes of some manufacturers and SNMP is supported by many WAN and LAN manufacturers enabling true LAN WAN management integration To set the SNMP function move the cursor to the main menu and click on the SNMP Configuration link The Disk Array s SNMP Configurations s
55. Side Power Supply 2 _ Power Supply 1 Fan 03 2 Fan 05 1 Fan 04 2 j Fan 04 1 Fan 05 2 Fan 03 1 Fan Fault LED Fan 07 2 Fan 07 1 Fan 06 2 Fan 08 1 Front Side No night Indicates the fan is normal Fan Fault LED Rea I ndicates the turbo fan is faulty User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 2 4 1 Turbo Fan The turbo fan Fan 06 1 provides additional airflow inside the enclosure Turbo Fan LED A NOTE The status of Turbo Fan Fan 06 1 is monitored by Expander Module 1 User Manual 35 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 2 5 Expander Module The Expander Module contains the SAS expander It can be used to upgrade the SAS expander firmware It also contains the SES module SCSI Enclosure Services SES is the protocol used for enclosure environmental control The SES module monitors the following enclosure conditions temperature power Supply voltage and fan speed 2 5 1 Expander Module Panel Activity LED el un LED Use to upgrade the firmware of the expander module Connect the serial cable RJ 11 to DB9 to your system s serial port Activity LED Blinking Indicates the expander module is busy or Green active Fault LED Binking Indicates the expander module is faulty or Red has failed 36 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 2 6 Disk Drive Installation into the Disk Slot This section describes the physical locations of the hard drives supported b
56. Volume Set and then click on the Submit button lopen all close alll Raid System Console a Select The Raid Set To Create Yolume On It 9 Quick Function Select Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid State Capacit p y J RAID Set Functions G Raid Set 000 10 10 Normal 3200 0GB Fj Volume Set Functions _ Create Raid30 50 60 Submit Reset Delete volume Set O Modify Volume Set _ Check Yolume Set _ Schedule Volume Check L Stop Volume Check H Physical Drives H System Controls H Information The Volume Set setup screen allows user to configure the Volume Name Capacity RAID level Max Capacity Allowed Select Volume Capacity Volume Initialization Mode Stripe Size Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing Fibre Port Mapping Fibre Channel LUN Base LUN and Volume To Be Created 88 8 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array lopen all close all Raid System Console a Enter The Yolume Attribute H Quick Function volume Name ARC 8666 VOL 000 H RAID Set Functions Membor Dicks 10 A 3 volume Set Functions SO T C Create volume Set volume Raid Level Raid 6 gt C Create Raid30 50 60 Max Capacity Allowed 2560 GP L Delete volume Set O Modify volume Set Select Volume Capacity 2560 GB O Check Volume Set Greater Two TB Yolume Support No X _ Schedule Volume Check C Stop Volume Check volume Initialization Mode Foreground Initialization 1 Physical Drives volume Stripe Size es gt
57. Yes No Change Password L Enter New Password L_ Re Enter Password L_ Save The Password gt Yes No JBOD RAID Function L RAID JBOD Configured AS JBOD Yes No L_ Are You Sure gt Yes No Background Task Priority gt UltraLow 5 Low 20 Medium 50 High 80 L Save The Settings Yes No SATA NCQ Support gt Enable Disable L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No HDD Read Ahead Cache gt Enable Disable Maxtor Disable L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No Volume Data Read Ahead gt Normal Aggressive Conservative Disabled L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No HDD Queue Depth Setting gt 1 2 4 8 16 32 L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No Controller Fan Detection gt Disabled Enabled L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No Disk Write Cache Mode gt Auto Enabled Disabled L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No Capacity Truncation gt To Multiples of 10G To Mulitples of 1G Disabled L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No Update Firmware Shutdown Controller Shutdown Controller gt Yes No L_ Are You Sure Yes No Restart Controller L Confirm Reset gt Yes No L Are You Sure Yes No 70 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array View Drive Information L Select The Drives Create Pass Through Disk L_ Select Drive Fibre Host LUN Base Fibre LUN Cache Mode Tag Queuing Modify Pass Through Disk Physical Drives L_ Select The Drives gt Fibre Host LUN Base Fibre LUN C
58. _ NOTE Sometimes the PowerOffDisk command will need to wait for several seconds before command execution is completed web GUI is updated specially when the Disk Array is active or busy _NOTE If you try to power off a Disk for example Disk in Slot 3 of Enclosure 1 but the Disk is not failed the Disk will not be powered off The screen will show Device Not In Failed State Device Hot In Failed State Controller Response Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 6 The System Event Information will show Device Removed for Device Enc 1 Slot 1 A bd volume Set Host Filters EMS Physical Drives _ L Create Pass Through Disk 0 Modify a Pass Through Disk D Delete Pass Through Disk O Identify Enclosure 0 Identify Drive Si E System Controls gt L System Configuration y gt C Hdd Power Management D Fibre Channel Config O Clear Event Buffer 0 Modify Password O Upgrade Firmware a D Shutdown Controller EHS Information RAID Set Hierarchy ae a System Information 0 Hardware Monitor a System Events Information d Time __ device__ ___ Event Type Elepsavine 2010 03 24 11 38 33 2010 03 24 11 37 25 2010 03 24 11an 23 Enc 1 Slot 1 Enc i Slot 1 2010 03 24 n D EtherNet Configuration 11 37 23 Ral SEERE UHR Rebuild RaidSet iat si 24 Raid Set 000 RaidSet Degraded f 2010 03 heres VYolume VOL 000 volume Degraded
59. ache Mode Tag Queuing L Modify Pass Through Yes No L_ Are You Sure gt Yes No Delete Pass Through Disk L Select The Drives L_ Delete Pass Through Yes No L Are You Sure gt Yes No Identify Selected Drive L_ Select The Drives Identify Enclosure L_ Select The Enclosure Stagger Power On 0 4 0 7 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 5 3 0 3 5 4 0 4 5 5 0 5 5 6 0 L Save the settings gt Yes No Hdd Power Management Time to Low Power Idle Disabled 2 3 4 5 6 7 L_ Save the settings gt Yes No Time to Low RPM Mode gt Disabled 10 20 30 40 50 60 L Save the settings gt Yes No Time to Spin Down Hdd gt Disabled 1 3 5 10 15 20 30 40 60 z Save the Settings gt Yes No User Manual 71 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Channel 0 Speed Auto 2Gb 4Gb 8Gb Channel 0 Topology gt Auto Loop Point Point Fabric Loop MNID Channel 0 Loop ID gt Auto 0 125 Channel 1 Speed gt Auto 2Gb 4Gb 8Gb Channel 1 Topology Auto Loop Point Point Fabric Loop MNID Channel 1 Loop ID gt Auto 0 125 Fibre Channel Config Channel 2 Speed gt Auto 2Gb 4Gb 8Gb Channel 2 Topology gt Auto Loop Point Point Fabric Loop MNID Channel 2 Loop ID gt Auto 0 125 Channel 3 Speed gt Auto 2Gb 4Gb 8Gb Channel 3 Topology Auto Loop Point Point Fabric Loop MNID Channel 3 Loop ID gt Auto 0 125 DHCP Function Disabled Enabled L_ Sav
60. acity Truncation aE Oa an Restart Controller APrPOWwKey Or AZ iMove Cursor ESC TESCape LiLine Draw X Redraw Telnet 16 60 24Rows B0Cols YT100 10 The RAID Controller must be restarted in order for the new firmware to take effect l D ES 192 168 10 173 CRT Jag File Edit wiew Options Transfer Script Tools Help 19216810173 RAID Controller Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper setting Change Password IBOD RAID Function Background Task Priority SATA NCQ Support HOG Read Ahead Cache volume Data Read Ahead Controller Is Required For New Firmware To Take Effect TER Truncation SALUT COWwN controller Restart Controller LiLine Draw Redraw Telnet 16 72 24 Rows 80 Cols T100 Oo NUM Ready 11 Select Restart Controller and then select Yes 192 168 10 173 CRT a ag File Edit View Options Transfer Script Tools Help dod SJ dd 0 41S fs 3 Sh oe 1 192 168 10 173 MOK MK KKM control ler Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password JBOD RAID Function Background Task Priority SATA NCQ Support Restart Controller HDD Read Ahead Cache Volume Data Read Ahead Hdd Queue Depth Setting Controller Fan Detection Disk Write Cache Mode Capacity Truncation Update Firmware Shutdown Controller Restart contro APPOWKey Or AZiMove Cursor Enter 3 LiLine Draw Telnet 13 64 24Rows B0Cols Y T100 User Manual Fibr
61. at LED ffs Fault LED R Link Port Reserved COM1 SAS Expansion 2 SAS Expander Activity LED SAS Expansion 1 h S Note Only one host cable and one SFP module are included in the package Additional host cables and SFP modules are optional and can be purchased separately for upgrade er User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array poe foenn OOOO There are four Fibre host channels A B C and D which can be use to connect to Fibre HBA on the Host system or to connect to FC switch Use for expansion connect to the SAS In gt a Expansion Fon 2 Port of a J BOD subsystem Host Channel A B C D RJ 11 port Use to connect to CLI COM2 command line interface for example to upgrade expander firmware COM1 RJ 11 port Use to check controller debug messages 10 100 Ethernet RJ 45 port Use to R Link Port manage the Disk Array via network and web browser Indicator LED Color Description Link LED Indicates Host Channel has linked if the Fibre HBA Card is SGB Link LED Indicates Host Channel Host Ch I ae C n Orange has linked if the Fibre HBA Card is Status LEDs 4GB Link LED and i i Activity LED Link LED Indicates Host Channel Blink Orange has linked if the Fibre HBA Card is 2GB Blink Blue Activity LED Indicates the Host Channel is busy and being accessed SAS Expander Link LED screen Indicates expander has linked SAS Expander Indicates the expander is busy and Activity LED being acces
62. ate Volume Set L Create Raid30 50 60 LD Delete Volume Set eD Modify Volume Se D Check Volume Set L Schedule Volume Check L Stop Volume Check H Physical Drives H System Controls J Information 92 User Manual a Select The Volume Set To Delete Select _ Volume Set Name On Raid Set Im Volume voL 000 Raid Set 000 1000 0GB l Confirm The Operation Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 3 4 Modify Volume Set Use this function to modify Volume Set configuration To modify the attributes of a Volume Set 1 Click on the Modify Volume Set link 2 Tick from the list the Volume Set you want to modify Click on the Submit button lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function J RAID Set Functions Ej Volume Set Functions L Create Volume Set Create Raid30 50 60 L Delete Volume Set H PERT ASE aS Tae 0 Check Volume Set _ L Schedule Volume Check _ L Stop Volume Check H 0 Physical Drives 2 System Controls J Information The following screen appears lopen all close all a Raid System Console 9 Quick Function RAID Set Functions Ej Volume Set Functions Create Volume Set Create Raid30 50 60 jie Stop Volume Check J Physical Drives H 0 System Controls J Information Volume VOL 000 1000 0GB gt Select The Vohime Set For Modification Select _ Volume Set Name On Raid Set capa
63. ay 5 Prepare the 2 rail assemblies er Front Side of Rail Assembly Rear Side of Rail Assembly 6 Hold one rail assembly and install in the front left side of rack To install align and insert the 2 latches of the rail into the 2 holes on the rack post Use the Lock Lever to lock the rail assembly in the left rack post View from Front Side of Front Left Rack Post Lock Lever is Not Locked User Manual 45 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array View from Front Side of Front Left Rack Post Lock Lever is Locked gt 2 Latches ik View from Rear Side of Front Left Rack Post 2 Latches are inserted in the 4 and 6 holes from bottom M5 nut 46 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 7 Install the other end of rail assembly to the left rear side Align and insert the 2 latches on the 2 holes on the rear rack post and then push the rail a little towards the rear side and lock the lock lever on the rack post Latches Latches View from Rear Side of Rear Left Rack Post User Manual 47 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 8 Repeat step 6 to install the other rail assembly into the right front side Lower What View from Front Side of Front Right Rack Post Lock Lever is Not Locked View from Front Side of Front Right Rack Post Lock Lever is Locked 48 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 2 Latches View from Rear Side of Front Right Rack Post 2 Latches
64. be used to reset the alarm beeper For example if one disk drive fails pressing this button will mute the beeper Indicates that the power cords are inserted and or indicates the 2 power supply switches are turn on Light Blue Indicates that the sytem is on No Light Indicates that the whole system is power off Flashing Blue 24 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Environmental Status Parts Function OO O O oOo O If one of the redundant power supply unit fails When a fan s rotation speed is lower than Fan Fail LED 1500rpm this LED will turn red and an alarm will sound If temperature irregularities in the system occur HDD slot temperature over 60 C Controller temperature over 70 C CPU Temperature over 90 C this LED will turn RED and alarm will sound If the output DC voltage is above or below the allowed range an alarm will sound warning of a l voltage abnormality and this LED will turn red Voltage Warning 12V over 12 8V under 11 12V LED 5V over 5 35V under 4 63V 3 3V over 3 53V under 3 05V 1 2V over 1 28V under 1 12V Activity LED This LED will blink blue when the Disk Array is busy or active 2 1 1 2 HDD Status LEDs Over Temperature LED The Front Panel shows the disk drives status Activity LED Power On Fail LED indicator Color oeseri Activity LED Blue l I ndicates the disk drive is busy or being Blinking accessed I ndicates the disk drive in this slot
65. bmit button to activate the Raid Set The Volume Set s associated with the Raid Set will become accessible in Degraded mode lopen all close alll Raid System Console a RaidSet Hierarchy 9 Quick Function RAID Set Devices Yolume Set Ch Lun Yolume State Capacity ee a alee Raid Set 000 E 1SLOTO1 ARC 8666 VOL 000 0 0 N0 0 Degraded TENTT H volume Set Functions ET 3 Physical Drives Sees se 3 System Controls Failed a Information E 1SLOT 04 D System Information E 1SLOT 06 O Hardware Monitor EWISLOT 07 E 1SLOT 08 E 1SLOT 09 E 1SLOT 10 re ee ee eee E a Enclosure 1 SAS E x28 05 89 1 39 000 1F 5001B4D5026B203F Device Usage Capacity Model SLOT 01 CITI Raid Set 000 500 1GB ST950032545 Raid Set 000 500 1GB ST9250032545 16 NOTE The Activate Incomplete Raid Set function is only used when Raid Set State is Incomplete It cannot be used when Raid Set configuration is lost If in case the RAID Set configuration is lost please contact your vendor s support engineer User Manual 85 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 2 7 Create Hot Spare The Create Hot Spare option gives you the ability to define a global hot spare When you choose the Create Hot Spare option in the Raid Set Function all unused non Raid Set member disk drives in the subsystem appear Select the target disk drive by clicking on the appropriate check box Tick on
66. build starts automatically when a drive fails The Disk Array automatically and transparently rebuilds failed drives in the background with user definable rebuild rates The Disk Array will automatically continue the rebuild process if the subsystem is shut down or powered off abnormally during a reconstruction process ves User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Chapter 2 Identifying Parts of the Disk Array The illustrations below identify the various parts of the system Familiarize yourself with the parts and terms as you may encounter them later in the later chapters and sections 2 1 Main Components 2 1 1 Front View Main Switch Display Panel HDD Status Indicator IMPORTANT When powering off the Disk Array turn off first the Main Switch and allow at least 3 minutes during which each disk slot starting from slot 1 until slot 64 will be powered down for the subsystem to shutdown properly Then turn off the switches of the 2 Power Supply Fan Modules User Manual 23 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 2 1 1 1 LCD Display Panel LEDs Use the Up or Down arrow keys to go through the Up and Down information on the LCD screen This is also used to Arrow buttons V move between each menu when you configure or view information in the subsystem Select button amp This is used to enter the option you have selected Press this button to return to the previous menu Exit button EXIT NOTE This button can also
67. can try to power on the Disk To power on Disk in Slot 1 of Enclosure 1 select Rescue Raid Set In the Enter The Keyword box type PowerOnDisk press space bar and then type Enclosure 1 Slot 1 The contents of Enter The Keyword box will become PowerOnDisk Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Tick Confirm The Operation and click Submit open all close all W Raid System Console aT To Rescue Missing RAIDSET 3 Quick Function Enter RESCUE To Try To Recover Missing RaidSet D Quick Create Enter SIGNAT To Regenerate RaidSet Signature If RaidSet Is Recovered Ej RAID Set Functions l r if Create RAID Set PowerOnDisk Enclosure 1 Slot 1 Enter The Keyword _ Delete RAID Set s Expand RAID Set IM Confirm The Operation lj 0 Delete Hot Spare 4 fescue Raid Set BS volume Set Functions D Create Volume Set es p Doce i Check Volume Set H Schedule Volume Check O Stop Volume Check Yolume Set Host Filters El Physical Drives o Create Pass Through Disk O Modify a Pass Through Disk Delete Pass Through Disk D Identify Enclosure Identify Drive Ga el al NOTE Sometimes the PowerOnDisk command will need to wait for several seconds before command execution is completed web GUI is updated specially when the Disk Array is active or busy ser tru EA Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 If the Disk in Eclosure 1 Slot 1 is still good the Disk in Slot
68. ce for high speed transportation of large volume of information between workstation server mass storage subsystems and peripherals Physically the Fibre Channel can be an interconnection of multiple communication points called N_ Ports The port itself only manages the connection between itself and another such end port which which could either be part of a switched network referred to as a Fabric in FC terminology or a point to point link The fundamental elements of a Fibre Channel Network are Port and Node So a Node can be a computer system storage device or Hub Switch This chapter describes the Fibre specific functions available in the Fibre Channel RAID controller Optional functions have been implemented for Fibre Channel operation which is only available in the Web browser based RAID manager The LCD and VT 100 can t be used to configure some of the options available for Fibre Channel RAID controller 1 3 2 Four ways to connect FC Topologies A topology defines the interconnection scheme It defines the number of devices that can be connected Fibre Channel supports three different logical or physical arrangements topologies for connecting the devices into a network Point to Point Arbitrated Loop AL Switched Fabric Loop MNID The physical connection between devices varies from one topology to another In all of these topologies a transmitter node in one device sends information to a receiver node in anothe
69. channel technology Cables and connectors There are different types of cables of varies lengths for use in a Fibre Channel configuration Two types of cables are supported Copper and Optical fiber Copper cables are used for short distances and transfer data up to 30 meters per link Fiber cables come in two distinct types Multi Mode fiber MMF for short distances up to 2km and Single Mode Fiber SMF for longer distances up to 10 kilometers By default the Disk Array supports two short wave multi mode fibre optic SFP connectors Fibre Channel Adapter Fibre Channel Adapter is a device that is connected to a workstation server or host system and control the protocol for communications Hubs Fibre Channel hubs are used to connect up to 126 nodes into a logical loop All connected nodes share the bandwidth of this one logical loop Each port on a hub contains a Port Bypass Circuit PBC to automatically open and close the loop to support hot pluggability Switched Fabric Switched fabric is the highest performing device available for interconnecting large number of devices increasing bandwidth reducing congestion and providing aggregate throughput Each device is connected to a port on the switch enabling an on demand connection to every connected device Each node on a Switched fabric uses an aggregate throughput data path to send or receive data 1 3 4 LUN Masking LUN masking is a RAID system centric enforced method
70. city O O C O OCO O Raid Set 000 a Enter The Volume Attribute Volume Name Volume VOL Max Capacity Allowed 324 0 GB Volume Capacity 300 0 GB Volume Initialization Mode Foreground Initialization Volume Raid Level Raid Volume Cache Mode O Schedule Volume Check MORES SPEARS 64 iy KBytes Write Back Tagged Command Queuing Fibre Port Mapping Fibre Channel LUN_Base MNID LUN in Confirm The Operation Submit Reset 1 NM PortO T Porti l Port2 T Port3 lo S o A To modify Volume Set attribute values select an attribute item and click on the attribute value After completing the modification tick on the Confirm The Operation option and click on the Submit button to save the changes User Manual 93 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 3 4 1 Volume Set Expansion Volume Capacity Logical Volume Concatenation Plus Re stripe Use the Expand Raid Set function to expand a Raid Set when a disk is added to your Subsystem Refer to Section 5 2 3 The expanded capacity can be used to enlarge the Volume Set size or create another Volume Set Use the Modify Volume Set function to expand the Volume Set capacity Select the Volume Set and move the cursor to the Volume Set Capacity item and enter the capacity size Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to complet
71. creen will be Shown Select the desired function and set the preferred option lopen all close all ee Raid System Console s SNMP Trap Configurations H 0 Quick Function m T RAID Set Functions SNMP Trap IP Address 1 Port 162 H Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives Bg Eosta Controls SNMP Trap IP Address 2 Port 162 O System Configuration LJ Hdd Power Management A vy z Ie O Fibre Channel Config SNMP Trap IP Address 3 Port 1162 L EtherNet Configuration Q Alert By Mail Configuration a SNMP System Configurations O SNMP Configuration Community pa O NTP Configuration Q view Events Mute Beeper sysContact 0 a _ Generate Test Event sysName O _ Clear Event Buffer sled ln L Modify Password sysLocation O O Upgrade Firmware O Shutdown Controller a SNMP Trap Notification Configurations L Restart Controller Disable SNMP Trap No SNMP Trap Will Be Sent H Information s wir Urgent Error Notification Send Only Urgent Event Serious Error Notification Send Urgent And Serious Event C Warning Error Notification Send Urgent Serious 4nd Warning Event Information Notification Send All Event I C Confirm The Operation b re I Confirm The Operation 0 SNMP Trap Configurations Type in the SNMP Trap IP Address box the IP address of the host system where SNMP traps will be sent The SNMP Port is set to 162 by default SNMP System Configuration Community Type the SNMP community The d
72. critical data Writes require parity to be updated i gt E Fk Pa Y Pais fie N Fgm N DATA DATA DATA DATA PARITY PARITY PARITY PARITY 3 A Ji s A XK A x 5 Z E aes pe s yyyyy Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive A fi f A ZA Data DATA PARITY PARITY Z SS f X P gt Pi In summary RAID O is the fastest and most efficient array type but offers no fault tolerance RAID O requires a minimum of one drive RAID 1 is the best choice for performance critical fault tolerant environments RAID 1 is the only choice for fault tolerance if no more than two drives are used RAID 3 can be used to speed up data transfer and provide fault tolerance in single user environments that access long sequential records However RAID 3 does not allow overlapping of multiple I O operations and requires synchronized spindle drives to avoid performance degradation with short records RAID 5 with a small stripe size offers similar performance RAID 5 combines efficient fault tolerant data storage with good performance characteristics However write performance and performance during drive failure is Slower than with RAID 1 Rebuild operations also require more time than with RAID 1 because parity information is also reconstructed At least three drives are required for RAID 5 arrays RAID 6 is essentially an extension of RAID level 5 which allows for addit
73. d is used to protect the Disk Array from unauthorized access The controller will check the password only when entering the Main menu from the initial screen The Disk Array will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does notreceive any command in twenty seconds The Disk Array s factory default password is set to 00000000 64 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Configuration Utility Main Menu Options Select an option and the related information or submenu items under it will be displayed The submenus for each item are shown in Section 4 2 1 The configuration utility main menu options are N Quick Volume And Raid Create a RAID configuration which Set Setup consists of all physical disks installed Raid Set Functions Create a customized Raid Set Volume Set Functions Create a customized Volume Set Physical Drive Functions View individual disk information Raid System Functions Setting the Raid system configurations Hdd Power Management Setting the HDD power management configurations Fibre Channel Config Setting the Fibre Channel configurations Ethernet Configuration Setting the Ethernet configurations ser tru Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 4 2 Configuration through the LCD Panel All configurations can be performed through the LCD Display front panel function keys except for the Firmware update The LCD provides a system of screens with areas for information status indication or men
74. e 2 Rescue Raid Set a volume Se t Functions H 0 Physical Drives 3 System Controls 9 Information User Manual 87 a Try To Rescue Missing RAIDSET Enter RESCUE To Try To Recover Missing RaidSet Enter SIGNAT To Regenerate RaidSet Signature If RaidSet Is Recovered Enter The Keyword l Confirm The Operation Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 3 Volume Set Function 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 raw 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 Set will have its data spread evenly across all the disks in the Raid Set 5 3 1 Create Volume Set The following are the Volume Set features 1 Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same Raid Set 2 Up to 128 Volume Sets in a Raid Set can be created in the Disk Array To create Volume Set from a Raid Set expand the Volume Set Functions in the main menu and click on the Create Volume Set link The Select The Raid Set To Create On It screen will show all existing Raid Sets Tick on the Raid Set where you want to create the
75. e RAID Set gt J Delete RAID Set HL Expand RAID Set Lj Offline RAID Set _ Activate Incomplete RAID S gt Create Hot Spare Delete Hot Spare Bg Volume Set Functions o D Create Volume Set U Create Raid30 50 60 _ L Delete Volume Set 0 Modify Volume Set gt Check volume Set A0 Schedule Volume Check gt L Stop Volume Check 0 0 Volume Set Host Filters a Physical Drives gt Create Pass Through Disk H Modify a Pass Through Disk _ Delete Pass Through Disk Identify Enclosure Ae O Identify Drive KA T IMPORTANT If the disk is really failed and cannot power on f replace the failed disk with a new one If the failed disk is still good observe this particular disk If this disk fails again replace it with a new one Use the disk manufacturer s utility disk tool to verify the health status of the failed disk 144 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 10 If the Disk in Enclosure 1 Slot 1 is still good the Disk will automatically become Hot Spare Note that this function new disk will automatically become hot spare will only work if there is a previously configured hot spare that has replaced a failed disk lopen all close all y ee a liga f Stop Auto Refresh s RaidSet Hierarchy RAID Set Volume Set Ch Lun 3 Raid System Console a 3 Quick Function O Quick Create ci lt RAID Set Functions Yolume State
76. e RaidSet Signature If RaidSet Is Recovered ea RAID Set Functions Create RAID Set PowerOiDiek Enclosure Slot 1 Enter The Keyword 0 Delete RAID Set l O Expand RAID Set Offline RAID Set O Activate Incomplete RAID 5 Q Create Hot Spare HD Delete Hot eein B 3 Volume Set Function O Create Volume Set D Create Raid30 50 60 0 Delete Volume Set O Modify volume Set Check Volume Set D Schedule Volume Check a Stop Volume Check H0 Yolume Set Host Filters a re Physical Drives _ 0 Create Pass Through Disk D Modify a Pass Through Disk B Delete Pass Through Disk O Identify Enclosure O Identify Drive ea D E 140 User Manual 5 The Disk Power will be turned off jopen all close all 3 Raid System Console a a Quick Function 0 Quick Create eo RAID Set Functions v Create RAID Set _ 0 Delete RAID Set _ Expand RAID Set H Offline RAID Set D Activate Incomplete RAID S 0 Create Hot Spare i Do Delate asa PASE g 5 volumes Set Funct L Create Volume Set 0 e0 Create Raid30 50 60 gt Delete Volume Set O Modify Volume Set P Check Volume Set 0 Schedule Volume Check HO Stop Volume Check 0 Volume Set Host Filters 3 3 Physical Drives L Create Pass Through Disk D Modify a Pass Through Disk L Delete Pass Through Disk o O Identify Enclosure 0 Identify Drive User Manual 141 Controller Response Kil Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array
77. e installed but not belonging to a Raid Set can be defined as a hot spare drive Hot spares permit you to replace failed drives without powering down the system When the Disk Array detects a drive failure the system will do automatic and transparent rebuild using the hot spare drives The Raid Set will be reconfigured and rebuilt in the background while the Disk Array continues to handle system request During the automatic rebuild process system activity will continue as normal however the system performance and fault tolerance will be affected IMPORTANT The hot spare must have at least the same or more capacity as the drive it replaces 1 5 2 Hot Swap Disk Drive Support The Disk Array has built in protection circuit to support the replacement of SATA II hard disk drives without having to shut down or reboot the system The removable hard drive tray can deliver hot swappable fault tolerant RAID solution at a price much less than the cost of conventional SCSI hard disk Disk Arrays This feature is provided in the Disk Array for advance fault tolerant RAID protection and online drive replacement 1 5 3 Hot Swap Disk Rebuild The Hot Swap feature can be used to rebuild Raid Sets with data redundancy such as RAID level 1 10 3 5 6 30 50 and 60 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 re
78. e the action The Volume Set starts to expand open all close all 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function H RAID Set Functions Ej Volume Set Functions L Create Volume Set i Create Raid30 50 60 EE Delete Volume Set i Mo ity Volume st 0 Check Volume Set Stop Volume Check J Physical Drives 0 System Controls 9 Information Schedule Volume Check a Enter The Volume Attribute Volume Name Volume VOL 000 h Max Capacity Allowed 324 0 GB Volume Capacity Booo GB Volume Initialization Mode Foreground Initialization Volume Raid Level Raid 6 okini Stripe Size KBytes Volume Cache Mode WriteBack Tagged Command Queuing Enabled _ Enabled Fibre Port Mapping NM Porto T Porti l Port2 T Port3 Fibre Channel LUN_Base MNID LUN I Confirm The Operation Submit Reset o aea NOTE The Volume Set capacity of Raid30 50 60 cannot be expanded NOTE The Stripe Size of a Raid30 50 60 Volume Set cannot be modified lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function EM RAID Set Functions _ L Create RAID Set a RAID Set RAID Set DO Activate Incomplete RAID Si O Create Hot Spare Delete Hot Spare gt Rescue Raid Set H volume Set Functions H Physical Drives System Controls 9 Information Controller Response Cannot Expand RaidSet Contains Raid30 50 60 Volume
79. e the Settings gt Yes No Local IP Address L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No Ethernet Configuration HTTP Port Number 80 L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No Telnet Port Number 23 L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No SMTP Port Number 25 L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No Ethernet Address L_ Save the Settings gt Yes No View System Events Show System Events Clear Event Buffers _ Clear Event Buffer gt Yes No Hardware Monitor The Hardware Monitor Information System Information __ The System Information 72 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 4 3 Configuration through web browser based proRAI D Manager The Disk Array can be remotely configured via R Link port with proRAID Manager a web browser based application The proRAID Manager can be used to manage all available functions of the RAID controller To configure the Disk Array from a remote machine you need to know its IP Address Launch your web browser from remote machine and enter in the address bar http 1 P Address IMPORTANT The default I P address of the Controller R Link Portis 192 168 1 100 and subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 DHCP client function is also enabled by default You can reconfigure the IP Address or disable the DHCP client function through the LCD front panel or terminal Ethernet Configuration menu NOTE If DHCP client function is enabled but a DHCP server is unavailable and the IP address is
80. e to SAS SATA Disk Array 12 Select Yes again to confirm The RAID controller will restart li i 192 168 10 173 CRT ex File Edit view Options Transfer Script Tools Help mEnE T es a 19216810173 SOOOOOGOOGR RAID Controller Raid system Function Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper setting Change Password JBODYRAID Function Background Task Priority HOD Read Ahead Cache volume Data Read Ahead YES Hdd Queue Depth setting Controller Fah Detection Disk write Cache Mode Capacity Truncation Update Firmware Shutdown Controller Restart contra APPOWKey Or AZiMowe CuUrPSOr SL LiLine Draw Telnet 15 64 24Rows S0 Cos T100 User Manual Ee Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Upgrading Firmware Through Web Browser Get the new version of firmware for your Disk Array controller NOTE When there is new boot ROM firmware that needs to be upgraded upgrade first the boot ROM firmware Then repeat the process steps 1 to 3 to upgrade the firmware code after which a RAID controller restart will be necessary 1 To upgrade the Disk Array firmware click the Upgrade Firmware link under System Controls menu The Upgrade The Raid System Firmware Or Boot Rom screen appears 2 Click Browse Look in the location where the firmware file was saved Select the firmware file name XXXXXXXX BIN and click Open 3 Select the Confirm The Operation option Click the Submit but
81. ed System Configuration Hdd Power Management n Fibre Channel Config C Confirm The Operation BERARNES Connguration Submit mesai Alert By Mail Configuration SNMP Configuration A G ee NTP Configuration View Events Mute Beeper Generate Test Event Clear Event Buffer Modify Password Upgrade Firmware Shutdown Controller OUOOVOURLOOLUOLBE Restart Controller 4 Information Stagger Power On Control This option allows the Disk Array s power supply to power up in succession each HDD in the Disk Array In the past all the HDDs on the Disk Array are powered up altogether at the same time This function allows the power transfer time lag time from the last HDD to the next one be set within the range of 0 4 to 6 0 seconds Default is 0 7 seconds User Manual ETENE Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Time to HDD Low Power Idle MAID Level 1 This option enables the Disk Array to place idle HDDs of a Raid Set in Low Power Mode where drives heads are unloaded The power consumption of the Idle HDD Saving is around 15 to 20 Recovery time is under a second Options are Disabled 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 Minutes Time to HDD Low RPM Mode MAID Level 2 This option enables the Disk Array to place idle HDDs of a Raid Set in Low RPM Mode where drives heads are unloaded and drive platters speed is reduced to around 4000 RPM The power consumption of the Idle HDD saving is from 35 to 45 Recover
82. efault is public 1 sysContact 0 2 sysLocation 0 and 3 sysName 0 SNMP parameter 31 bytes max If these 3 categories are configured and when an event occurs SNMP will send out a message that includes the 3 categories within the message This allows user to easily define which RAID unit is having problem SNMP Trap Notification Configurations Select the desired option After completing the settings tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to save the configuration SNMP also works in the same way as Alert By Mail when sending event notifications mie User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 5 7 NTP Configuration NTP stands for Network Time Protocol It is an Internet protocol used to synchronize the clocks of computers to some time reference Type the NTP Server IP Address to enable the Disk Array to synchronize with it To set the NTP function move the cursor to the main menu and click on the NTP Configuration link The Disk Array s NTP Configuration screen will be displayed Select the desired function and configure the necessary option After completing the settings tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button to save the configuration lopen all close all Raid System Consale NTP Server Configurations HM Quick Function NTP Server IP Address 1 H RAID Set Functions 9 Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives EMS System Controls gt D System Configurat
83. elines particularly in handling hardware components Upon receiving of the product Place the product in its proper location Do not try to lift it by yourself alone Two or more persons are needed to remove or lift the product to its packaging To avoid unnecessary dropping out make sure that somebody is around for immediate assistance It should be handled with care to avoid dropping that may cause damage to the product Always use the correct lifting procedures Upon installing of the product Ambient temperature is very important for the installation site It must not exceed 30 C Due to seasonal climate changes regulate the installation site temperature making it not to exceed the allowed ambient temperature Before plugging in any power cords cables and connectors make sure that the power switches are turned off Disconnect first any power connection if the power Supply module is being removed from the enclosure Outlets must be accessible to the equipment All external connections should be made using shielded cables and as much as possible should not be performed by bare hand Using anti static hand gloves is recommended In installing each component secure all the mounting screws and locks Make sure that all screws are fully tightened Follow correctly all the listed procedures in this manual for reliable performance Controller Configurations This Disk Array supports single controller configuration
84. em maximum 32 disks per Raid Set Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you prefer to create customized Raid Set and Volume Set NOTE In Quick Create the Raid Level options 30 50 and 60 are not available If you need to create Volume Set with Raid Level 30 50 or 60 use the Create Raid Set function and Create Volume Set function x 76 User Manual 5 2 RAI D Set Functions Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you prefer to create customized Raid Sets and Volume Sets User can manually configure and take full control of the Raid Set settings but it will take a little longer to setup than the Quick Create configuration Select the Raid Set Function to manually configure the Raid Set for the first time or to delete existing Raid Set and reconfigure a Raid Set 5 2 1 Create RAID Set lopen all close all Y Raid System Console ae t s Select The Drives For RAID Set oa Quick Function a Enclosure 1 SAS E x28 05 89 1 39 000 J RAID Set Functions F _ Create RAID Set C Delete RAID Set M SLOT 02 L Expand RAID Set Ww sLoT 03 D Offline RAID Set L Rename RAID Set O Activate Incomplete RAID Si SLOT 05 O Create Hot Spare a L Delete Hot Spare O Rescue Raid Set SLOT 07 Volume Set Functions SLOT 08 Physical Drives f SLOT 01 M SLOT 04 SLOT 09 500 1GB ST950032545S 500 1GB ST95003254 320
85. en 2Gbps 4Gbps 8Gbps The RAID system s default setting is Auto which should be adequate under most conditions The Channel Speed setting takes effect during the next connection That means a link down link up should be applied for the change to take effect The current connection speed is shown at end of the row You have to click the Fibre Channel Config link again from the menu frame to refresh the current speed information User Manual 107 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Channel Topology Each Fibre Channel can be configured to the following Topology options Fabric Point to Point Loop Auto or Loop MNID The default Topology is set to Auto which takes precedence of Loop Topology Restarting the RAID controller is needed for any topology change to take effect The current connection topology is shown at end of the row You have to click the Fibre Channel Config link again from the menu frame to refresh the current topology information Note that current topology is shown as None when no successful connection is made for the channel Hard Loop ID This setting is effective only under Loop topology When enabled you can manually set the Loop ID in the range from 0 to 125 Make sure this hard assigned ID does not conflict with other devices on the same loop otherwise the channel will be disabled It is a good practice to disable the hard loop ID and let the loop itself auto arrange the Loop ID View E
86. enerate Test Event 0 Clear Event Buffer uo voaa Password ay Eag ase j Shutdown Controls L Restart Controller E 1 Information a User Manual 133 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Appendix 1 Disk Power Off On Function in Web GUI NOTE This document is intended to help Support Engineers to remotely verify disk problem in the Disk Array In order to use the Disk Power Cycle Off On Function in Web GUI the Disk Array must use Firmware version 1 48 1 When Disk Fails How to Use Disk Power Function Command in Web GUI Hot Spare is Not Configured 1 Check which Disk has failed In this example Disk in Enclosure 1 Slot 1 has failed The disk failure event can also be verified in the System Event Information event log when you use View Events Mute Beeper under System Controls NOTE When a disk fails and the Volume Set use RAID Level with redundancy such as RAID Level 5 the Volume Set state will become Degraded ee Bn a _ Volume Set Host Filters 9 Create Pass Through Disk etsy cure Kamn U Modify a Pass Through Disk a RaidSet Hierarchy C Delete Pass Through Disk c RAID Set Devices Lv Yolume Set Ch Lun Yolume State Capacit J Identify Enclosure Rone Septet 0 Identify Drive Raid Set 000 Failed ne VOL 000 081 0 Degraded 79 System Controls E iSlot 2 VYolume VOL 001 081 1 Initializing 23 8 System Canfiguration E iSlot 4 Hdd Power Management E
87. ents Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System Information ES 24 Rows 80 Cols APPOWKeY Of AS Move CuUrPSOr SCaApe Telnet 14 57 Keyboard Function Key Definitions A key to move to the line above Z key to move to the next line Enter key Submit selection function ESC key Return to previous screen L key Line draw X key Redraw User Manual 63 mexi L LIAE Draw IRegr aw T100 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Main Menu The main menu shows all function that enables the customer to selecting the appropriate menu option Is lite 192 168 100 173 CRT File Edit view Options Transfer Script Tools ADGA AB i 5 oo 192 168 10 173 Main Merny e volume RaTc Raid Set Function Volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Hdd Power Management Fibre Channel confi Ethernet Configuration View System Events Clear Event Buffer Hardware Monitor System Information APPOWReyY Of Ae Move Cursor Ready Telnet execute actions by Help a AI D 5 Co nt r o T Ter wee ee a verify Password a REO ain LiLine Draw s NOM T100 14 57 24Rows 80 Cols NOTE The password option allows user to set or clear the Disk Array s password protection feature Once the password has been set the user can only monitor and configure the Disk Array by providing the correct password The passwor
88. erlink Create a RAID configuration which consists of all physical disks installed The Volume Set Capacity Raid Level and Stripe Size can be modified during setup Raid Set Functions Create customized Raid Sets Volume Set Create customized Volume Sets and allow Functions modification of parameters of existing Volume Sets parameter Physical Drives Create pass through disks and allow modification of parameters of existing pass through drives This also provides a function to identify a disk drive System Controls For setting the RAID system configurations To view the controller and hardware monitor information The Raid Set hierarchy can also be viewed through the Raid Set Hierarchy item 74 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Chapter 5 RAID Management 5 1 Quick Function 5 1 1 Quick Create The number of physical drives in the Disk Array determines the RAID levels that can be implemented with the Raid Set This feature allows user to create a Raid Set associated with exactly one Volume Set User can change the Raid Level Capacity Volume Initialization Mode and Stripe Size A hot spare can also be created depending upon the existing configuration If the Volume Set size is over 2TB an option Greater Two TB Volume Support will be automatically provided in the screen as shown in the example below There are three options to select No 64bit LBA and 4K Block open all close all
89. es Up to 128 Volume Sets can be created 90 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 3 2 Create Raid 30 50 60 To create a Raid30 50 60 Volume Set move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the Create Raid30 50 60 link The Select Multiple RaidSet For Raid30 50 60 screen will show all Raid Sets Tick on the Raid Sets that you want to include in the creation and then click on the Submit button NOTE When creating Raid 30 50 60 Volume set you need to create first the Raid Sets Up to 8 Raid Sets maximum is supported in Raid 30 50 60 All Raid Sets must contain the same number of disk drives lopen all close all Raid System Console a Select Multiple RaidSet For Raid30 50 60 Max 8 RaidSet Supported 9 Quick Function Raid Set 000 5 1600 0GB 1600 0GB RAID Set Functions Ww Raid Set 001 5 3 Volume Set Functions Senna Create Volume Set Create Raid30 50 60 Reset Delete Yolume Set Modify Volume Set Check Volume Set Schedule Yolume Check Stop Yolume Check O Physical Drives System Controls Information Configure the Volume Set attributes refer to previous section for the Volume Set attributes When done tick Confirm The Operation and click on Submit button lopen all close alll 4 Raid System Console a Enter The Volume Attribute sss a Quick Function volume Name ARC 8666 YOL 000 RAID Set Functions 3 Volume Set Functions Create Volu
90. f Phys and Attached Expander information will be shown 122 User Manual 5 6 3 System Information Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array To view the Disk Array s controller information click the System Information link from the Information menu The Disk Array Information screen appears open all close alll 4 Raid System Console HJ Quick Function J RAID Set Functions Ao Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives J System Controls AS Information RAID Set Hierarchy aneva ome sneseeeeeeenmer venue snwesnteaeenenesnaanneesnenss re L Controller Name Raid Subsystem Information Firmware Version BOOT ROM Version Agilent TSDK IPL Firmware Version Serial Number Upit Senal v1 49 2011 06 23 1 49 2011 06 23 Veo 9 0 2 0 7 A16EHOGeROO008 Main Processor CPU ICache Size CPU DCache Size B00MHz PPC440 32KBytes 22KBytes Write Back System Memory Current IP Address 192 168 15 172 The Controller Name Firmware Version BOOT ROM Version Agilent TSDK PL Firmware Version Serial Number Unit Serial Main Processor CPU ICache Size CPU DCache Size System Memory and Current IP Address appear in this screen User Manual 123 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 6 4 Hardware Monitor To view the Disk Array s hardware information click the
91. fying Parts of the Disk Array csssccsssssccsssseecesssseeeesees 23 Dede WVU SOROS r A E A eects tserapsecesteceeteeteentas an aasast 23 DMM COUN VI essence steered cece ce seca stinn E E E E EEE E E aeeeeseereeeoe 23 dt ECD Display t a tw Dc peer mn ree E ferme ever me 24 Dedede ADD SUMS LED S orre E E AEAEE ecetta rats 25 MR VC css ceca E ecco cg enc testes veces E TE E cane E pea one ee 26 22 Controler Moduleres E eter ery ort revved oe Perel ov ee Yer metre ey ere 27 22 1 Controler Module Panelisteina a e aeeie 28 2 3 Power Supply Fan Module PSFM sns sssesssessensoenssenssensesnsssnsssnsessnessnessneessernseenseesseesseesseesneossenssrnssrnsses 30 LE PPM PINO EE E E E E A E E 32 2A FAm 918 E E 33 LAL TODO Fa eer E E A eeaeatenet tata 35 25 Bpander 9 0 pecan rene meer mre nn eer cece a ee Oe renner ee ene nee eens 36 O a User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 25 1 Expander Module Panels sssrinin enen ieaiaia rrr re Tee rr Se 36 2 6 Disk Drive Installation into the Disk Slot ccsesssessesesessssssescsessesssessssescsesessessesseseessseseeseeeseseees 37 Chapter 3 Getting Started with the Disk Array cccssssssccessssseccesssseeees 43 3 1 Installing the Rails and Mounting into RACK uu ceccesssessssessssesessesesessesesssseseesessscsesnsscsesseseeseeceseseeneees 43 3 2 Removing the Disk Array from the Rack cccecccsssesessesesscsessssescssesesessesesseseseesecesseses
92. g Started with the Disk Array 3 1 Installing the Rails and Mounting into Rack NOTE At least two persons are needed to lift the Disk Array To reduce the weight of the Disk Array remove the power supply modules from the rear of Disk Array If disk drives are already installed in the disk trays remove also the disk trays Refer to appropriate sections on how to remove the power supply modules and how to remove the disk trays disk drives NOTE The sample model used in the following installation might not be the actual model for this manual NOTE The Disk Array must be installed near the Disk Array or host system where it will be connected A Phillips screwdriver is needed in installation 64 bay Disk Array because the total weight will not be supported by the rails N WARNI NG It is prohibited to put other enclosures on top of the Steps 1 Open the rail box 2 Remove the 2 rail assemblies and the screws accessories from the box Check its contents User Manual 43 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 3 Insert three 3 M5 nuts on the 2 holes of the front left side of the rack post Position of M5 nuts on the 3 holes of left rack post Rack Post Front Left Side 4 Insert three 3 M5 nuts on the 2 holes of the front right side of the rack post Position of M5 nuts on the 3 AU holes of right rack post Rack Post Front Right Side ry User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Arr
93. hange Password IBOD RALD Function Background Task Priority HED Read Ahead cache vwolume Data Read Ahead Yes Hdd Queue Depth setting Controller Fan Detection Disk write Cache Mode Capacity Truncation aie D Restart controller APPOWKeY Or AzZiMowe Cursor Enteris Ready Telnet 13 64 24Rows 80 Cols T100 Oo NUM 8 Message will show Start Updating Firmware Please Wait 192 169 10 173 CRT oe File Edit wiew Options Transfer Script Tools Help ao YJ Lol K Aleis ilI we XX RAID Controller Raid system Function Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password JBOD RAID Function Background Task Priority SATA NCQ Support HDD Read Ahead Cache Volume Data Read Ahead Hdd Queu control Rail ste ee ae a Disk wri TEAG Truncation shutdown Controller Restart controller APPOWKey Or AZiMove Cursor Enter se CC SCTEscape LiLine Draw Telnet 16 59 24Rows BOCols YT100 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 9 Message will show Firmware has been updated successfully 192 168 10 173 CRT oe File Edit view Options Transfer Script Tools Help io 3 oad ie BEREE S 192 168 10 173 XXXXXXXXXXXX RAID Controller Mute The Alert Beeper Alert Beeper Setting Change Password JBOD RAID Function Background Task Priority SATA NCQ Support HDD Read Ahead Cache Volume Data Read Ahead Control Aaa a a Has Been Updated Successfully Disk wr Cap
94. he AC Power Input Socket after 1 second all Activity LEDs will flash once When the power cord s is are disconnected from AC Power Input Socket after 3 seconds all Activity LEDs will flash twice 2 Turn on each Power On Off Switch of the PSFM The main switch button in the front panel will still flashing blue NOTE When the power cord connected from main power source Is DS inserted to the AC Power Input Socket the Power Status LED becomes RED When the switch of the PSFM is turned on the LED still shows RED After the main switch in front panel is turned on the LED turns GREEN which means it is functioning normally O 58 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Power Supply 01 1 Power Supply 01 2 zal d if BEB BEE EB EE aai c B A H S S e CUCU eel SEBRESEEREEE OB BSSEReBBan _ 3 Push the main switch button in the front panel to power on Main Switch 4 Allow the machine a few moments to initialize before using it The main switch button will continue flashing blue until the system is finished checking each disk Slot NOTE The system will initialize after turning on the Main Switch Each disk slot will be checked during subsystem initialization 5 Configure RAID using the utility options described in the next chapter User Manual 59 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 3 4 Powering Off IMPORTANT When powering off the Disk Array turn off first the Main Switch in
95. he Operation YolumeSet In This RaidSet Will Also Be Deleted e0 Offline RAID Set Rename RAID Set P Activate Incomplete RAID Si _ L Create Hot Spare _ L Delete Hot Spare Rescue Raid Set ee J volume Set Functions aj 9 Physical Drives System Controls H Information NOTE You cannot delete a Raid Set containing a Raid 30 50 60 Volume Set You must delete the Raid 30 50 60 Volume Set first 78 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 2 3 Expand RAID Set Use this option to expand a Raid Set when one or more disk drives is are added to the system This function is active when at least one drive is available lopen all close all Raid System Console a Select The Raid Set For Raid Expansion ce Quick Function Select Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid State Capacity FY a RAID Set Functions e Raid Set 000 9 9 Normal 2880 0GB Create RAID Set C Delete RAID Set SSS ng Submit Reset O Offline RAID Set L Rename RAID Set O Activate Incomplete RAID S Create Hot Spare L Delete Hot Spare L Rescue Raid Set H volume Set Functions H Physical Drives H System Controls H Information To expand a Raid Set click on the Expand RAID Set link Select the Raid Set which you want to expand Tick on the available disk s and check Confirm The Operation Click on the Submit button to add the selected disk s to the Raid Set NOTE Once the Expand Raid Set
96. he Power Supply Fan Modules Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 6 2 Upgrading the RAID Controller s Firmware Upgrading Firmware Using Flash Programming Utility Since the Disk Array s controller features flash firmware it is not necessary to change the hardware flash chip in order to upgrade the controller firmware User can simply re program the old firmware through the RS 232 port New releases of the firmware are available in the form of binary file at vendor s FTP The file available at the FTP site Is usually a self extracting file that contains the following XXXXVVV BIN Firmware Binary where XXXX 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 the host computer Establishing the Connection The firmware can be downloaded to the Disk Array s controller using Telnet program with ZMODEM upload protocol or via web browser based RAID Manager remote management page With Telnet you must complete the appropriate installation and configuration procedure before proceeding with the firmware upgrade The Telnet program must Support the ZMODEM file transfer protocol Web browser based RAID Manager can be used to update the firmware A web browser must have been setup before proceeding with the
97. help you create a new session for connecting to a Kal remote server ra eke What type of connection do you want to establish Protocol Telnet kA Do not use this wizard when creating sessions ory Maill Ready E 24 Rows B0 Cols T100 SE NUM User Manual 6o Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 2 Enter the Disk Array s IP address Make sure the PC running the terminal emulation program can connect to the Disk Array s IP address Click Next What is the name or IP address of the remote hast Hostname 192 166 10 173 Port Firewall The wizard is now ready to create the new session Far you What name do you want to use to uniquely identify the new session Session name 192 168 10 173 Description Connect ey dt ci P A eeso Serial COM1 Al Serial cOMe2 Show dialog on startup Open ina tab 62 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 After successful connection the Main Menu will be displayed Select a menu and the Password box will be shown Enter password default is 00000000 to login p S 192 169 10 173 CRT File Edit view Gptions Transfer Script Tools Help id Bd Gl 20 e Fe oH a 192168 10173 SOR KERR EEE RAID Controller Main Plenu e Wolume Raid Raid Set Function volume Set Function Physical Drives Raid System Function Hdd Power Management Fibre Channel confi Ethernet configuration View System Ev
98. ic A switched fabric a term is used in a Fibre channel to describe the generic switching or routing structure that delivers a frame to a destination based on the destination address in the frame header It can be used to connect up to 16 million nodes each of which is identified by a unique world wide name WWN In a switched fabric each data frame is transferred over a virtual point to point connection There can be any number of full bandwidth transfers occurring through the switch Devices do not have to arbitrate for control of the network each device can use the full available bandwidth A fabric topology contains one or more switches connecting the ports in the FC network The benefit of this topology is that many devices approximately 2 24 can be connected A port on a Fabric switch is called an F Port Fabric Port Fabric Switches can function as an alias server multi cast server broadcast server quality of service facilitator and directory server as well Loop MNI D Controller supports Multiple Node ID MNID mode A possible application is for zoning within the arbitrated loop The different zones can be represented by the controller s source Embodiments of the present invention described above can be implemented within a Switch for FC Arbitrated Loop User Manual ETE Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 1 3 3 Basic Elements The following elements are the connectivity of storages and Server components using the Fibre
99. ing the correct password The password is used to protect the Disk Array s configuration from unauthorized access The RAID controller will check the password only when entering the Main Menu from the initial screen The Disk Array will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command after sometime To disable the password enter only the original password in the Enter Original Password box and leave both the Enter New Password and Re Enter New Password boxes blank After selecting the Confirm The Operation option and clicking the Submit button the system password checking will be disabled No password checking will occur when entering the main menu from the starting screen lopen all close all E Ei z Y Raid System Console a Modify System Password O o H Quick Function Enter Original Password w H RAID Set Functions H volume Set Functions Enter New Password Physical Drives Re Enter New Password e a OJ System Controls System Configuration Hdd Power Management Fibre Channel Config EtherNet Configuration SSS a a l Confirm The Operation l Submit Reset Alert By Mail Configuration i a E SNMP Configuration NTP Configuration View Events Mute Beeper Generate Test Event Clear Event Buffer Upgrade Firmware Shutdown Controller Restart Controller 4 Information UWORWOUOOUUU 4 gt NOTE The admin Password characters allowed are A
100. ion V0 Hdd Power Management VU Fibre Channel Config _ EtherNet Configuration i 5 D Alert By Mail Configuration l Fy SNMP Confi iguration By View Events Mute Beeper O Generate Test Event HO Clear Event Buffer p Modify Password L Upgrade Firmware gt D Shutdown Controller Restart Controller H Ta Information User Manual 113 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 5 8 View Events Mute Beeper To view the Disk Array s event log information move the mouse cursor to the System Controls menu and click on the View Events Mute Beeper link The Disk Array s System Events Information screen appears The System Events Information screen will show Time Device Event type Elapse Time and Errors lopen all close all a Raid System Console a System Events Information i H Quick Function Time Device Event Type Elapse Time Errors iW H RAID Set Functions 5009 04 20 l gt volume Set Functions Todoe Fc Channel 1 IFC Link Dawn H Physical Drives 2009 04 20 l j a E System Controls 19 29 07 FC Channel 0 FC Link Down 0 System Configuration enasna F Fa 2 2009 04 20 Ws 0 Hdd Power Management 19 99 99 FC Channel 1 IFC Link Down 0 Fibre Channel Config sar bie 2009 04 20 7 rae 0 EtherNet Configuration 19 27 55 FC Channel 0 FC Link Down 0 Alert By Mail Configuration i f j SNMP Configuration PARA eH
101. ion eiii 0 Hdd Power Management _ Fibre Channel Config 3 EtherNet Configuration L Alert By Mail Configuration SNMP Configuration 0 NTP Configuration a View Events Mute Beeper gt D Clear Event Buffer e Modify Password Upgrade Firmware Shutdown Controller D Restart Controller 4 Information User Manual 115 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 5 10 Clear Event Buffer Use this feature to clear the Disk Array s System Events Information buffer Jopen all close all Do You Want To Clear The Event Buffer Raid System Console H 0 Quick Function E cti Da b P m RAID Set Functions r co snfirm The Oper ation cia Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives Submit Reset Ey System Controls System Configuration rn OOOOH O Hdd Power Management Fibre Channel Config L EtherNet Configuration View Events Mute Beeper O Ge st Event Modify Upgarde Firmware AO Shutdown Controller Restart Controller 4 Information 6 severa Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 5 11 Modify Password To change or disable the Disk Array s admin password click on the Modify Password link under the System Controls menu The Modify System Password screen appears The factory default admin password is set to 00000000 Once the password has been set the user or administrator can only monitor and configure the Disk Array by provid
102. ional fault tolerance by using a second independent distributed parity scheme two dimensional parity Data is striped on a block level across a set of drives just like in RAID 5 and a second set of parity is calculated and written across all the drives RAID 6 provides for an extremely high data fault tolerance and can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failures It is a perfect solution for mission critical applications 16 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array RAI D Management The subsystem can implement several different levels of RAID technology RAID levels Supported by the subsystem are shown below Block striping is provide which yields higher performance than with individual drives There is no redundancy Drives are paired and mirrored All data is 100 duplicated on an equivalent drive Fully redundant Data is striped across several physical drives 3 Parity protection is used for data redundancy Data is striped across several physical drives 3 Parity protection is used for data redundancy Data is striped across several physical drives Parity protection is used for data redundancy Requires N 2 drives to implement because of two dimensional parity scheme Combination of RAID levels 1 and 0 This level provides striping and redundancy through mirroring RAID 10 requires the use of an even number of disk drives to achieve data protection while RAID 1E Enhanced Mirroring uses an odd number of drives
103. is good Power Ro I ndicates the disk drive in this slot is On Fail LED defective or failed LED is off User Manual 25 I ndicates there is no disk drive in this slot Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 2 1 2 Rear View Power Supply 01 1 Fan 06 1 Controller Module Power Supply 01 2 Expander 1 1 Expander 1 2 a a NOTE Each Power Supply Module has 1 Power Supply and 5 Fans For purpose of hardware monitoring the RAID enclosure is logically divided into two enclosures ESE o The functions of the Expander Modules are as follows Monitors Enclosure 1 Disk slots 1 to 32 Power Supply 01 1 Fans 01 1 02 1 03 1 04 1 and 05 1 07 1 08 1 and Turbo Fan 06 1 Note 1 means enclosure 1 Monitors Enclosure 2 Disk slots 33 to 64 Power Supply 01 2 Fans 01 2 02 2 03 2 04 2 05 2 06 2 and 07 2 Note 2 means enclosure 2 Expander Module 1 1 Expander Module 1 2 26 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 2 2 Controller Module The Disk Array includes 8Gb Fibre to SAS SATA RAID Controller Module on Lv TE Wo3 Iwg ling 1 m i 5 e pas wT lt a RAID Controller Module User Manual az Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 2 2 1 Controller Module Panel Host B Status LEDs Host C Status LEDs Host A Status LEDs Host D Status LEDs Host Channel A Host Channel D Host Channel B Host Channel C SAS Expander Link LED COM2 CTRL Heartbe
104. ives Fibre Ch Lun 0 amp 4 0 NO 0 H System Controls i information Raid Level RI E i Stripe Size D DI TEA Block Size 512Bytes i System Information Member Disks 3 i 0 Hardware Monitor Cache Mode Write Back Tagga Queuing Enabled Volume State Normal User Manual 121 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 6 2 SAS Chip Information To view the SAS Chip Information of the RAID Controller click the link SAS Chip Information lopen all close alll Raid System Console BI Quick Function HM RAID Set Functions HJ Volume Set Functions 9 Physical Drives H System Controls A Information 4 H0O RAID Set Hierarchy O SAS Chip Information HL System Information ke O Hardware Monitor a a Controller EP 46438 1 49 SAS Address 5001840014430000 T Attached Expander Expander 1 500184D50A9E303F 8x6G Expander 1 5452 E 5A52J 64 B0 01 b001 5001B4D50A9E303F Number OF Phys a meal Attached Expander Expander 2 SO01B405092E503F 466 Attached Expander Expander 3 SO01B4050944403F 4x66 Attached Expander Controller SOO1B40014430000 856G p Expander 2 5452 E B0 02 b002 SAS Address 50018405092E503F umber OF Phys 30 Expander 1 5001B4D5049E303F 4 6G Expander 3 5452 E B0 01 b001 SAS Address SOO1B4D50944403F The SAS Address Component Vendor Component ID Enclosure number Number o
105. k Slot NOTE Sometimes the PowerOffDisk and PowerOnDisk command will need to wait for several seconds before command execution is completed web GUI is updated specially when the Disk Array is active or busy b When a disk has failed in Enclosure 1 Slot 1 and you try to power off Enclosure 1 Slot 1 using the command PowerOffDisk Enclosure 1 Slot 1 remove the failed disk and then power cycle the Disk Array the Disk Slot will be powered on If you insert a new Disk in Enclosure 1 Slot 1 the Disk will be detected Take note that using Restart Controller function instead of power cycle still will not power on the Disk Slot N ei NOTE Sometimes the PowerOffDisk command will need to wait for several seconds before command execution is completed web GUI is updated specially when the Disk Array is active or busy 146 User Manual
106. large enough so that each record falls entirely within one stripe most records can be evenly distributed across all drives This keeps all drives in the array busy during heavy load situations This situation allows all drives to work concurrently on different I O operations and thus maximize the number of simultaneous I O operations that can be performed by the array User Manual a3 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Definition of RAI D Levels RAID 0O is typically defined as a group of striped disk drives without parity or data redundancy RAID O arrays can be configured with large stripes for multi user environments or small stripes for single user systems that access long sequential records RAID O arrays deliver the best data storage efficiency and performance of any array type The disadvantage is that if one drive in a RAID O array fails the entire array fails Writes can occur simultaneously on every drive yyyu yy DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA sehat Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive RAID 1 also known as disk mirroring is simply a pair of disk drives that store duplicate data but appear to the computer as a single drive Although striping is not used within a single mirrored drive pair multiple RAID 1 arrays can be striped together to create a single large array consisting of pairs of mirrored drives All writes must go to both drives of a mirrored pair so that the information on the drives is
107. me Set L Create Raid30 50 60 Max Capacity Allowed 2560 0 GB L Delete Volume Set Modify Volume Set Select Yolume Capacity 2560 0 GB Check Volume Set Greater Two TB Yolume Support No v Schedule Yolume Check Stop Volume Check volume Initialization Mode Foreground Initialization Physical Drives volume Stripe Size 64 KBytes O System Controls J Information volume Cache Mode Write Back gt Tagged Command Queuing Enabled gt Fibre Port Mapping M Porto C Porti C Port2 C Port3 Fibre Channel LUN_Base MNID LUN fo fo gt volumes To Be Created li Confirm The Operation Submit Reset Member Disks volume Raid Level NOTE Refer to Section 5 3 1 Create Volume Set for detailed information about the Volume Set settings User Manual 91 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 3 3 Delete Volume Set To delete a Volume Set select the Volume Set Functions in the main menu and click on the Delete Volume Set link The Select The Volume Set To Delete screen will show all available Raid Sets Tick on a Raid Set and check the Confirm The Operation option and then click on the Submit button to show all Volume Sets in the selected Raid Set Tick on a Volume Set and check the Confirm The Operation option Click on the Submit button to delete the Volume Set lopen all close all 8 Raid System Console H Quick Function H 0 RAID Set Functions ES Volume Set Functions I Cre
108. n Time __ device Event Type lapse time Errors l Senne s e S Ree paces ee ail Slot 1 Device Inserted i Ld 0 Identify Drive 2010 03 24 g S System Controls 11138332 Enc i Slot 1 Device Removed E System Configuration 03 j 7 i a Pawar oranie Frese aii Yolume VOL 000 Start Rebuilding 7 0 Fibre Channel Config 2010 03 24 1 F r x i i 0 EtherNet Configuration 11 37 23 JEER Slot 1 Device Failed J Alert By Mail Configuration 2010 03 24 O SNMP Canfapratian 11 37 23 Raid Set 000 Rebuild RaidSet l View E ao Mute Beebe EAF Raid Set 000 RaidSet Degraded Le ntsi beens 11 37 2 l pret Volume VOL 000 Volume Degraded L Modify Password es ee Upgrade Firmware iy 0 Shutdown Controller te O Restart Controller EMS Information D RAID Set Hierarchy gt O System Information Hardware Monitor T f z Si ees SB iE User Manual 145 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 3 Additional Information a When a disk has failed in Enclosure 1 Slot 1 and you try to power off Enclosure 1 Slot 1 using the command PowerOffDisk Enclosure 1 Slot 1 and then remove the Disk from the slot and insert a new Disk the Disk will not power on because the Disk Slot is still in power off state You need to use the command PowerOnDisk Enclosure 1 Slot 1 to power on the Dis
109. n a 19 inch 4U rackmount unit scaling to a maximum storage Capacity in the terabyte range Exceptional Manageability The firmware embedded Web Browser based RAID manager allows local or remote management and configuration The firmware embedded SMTP manager monitors all system events and user notification automatically The firmware embedded SNMP agent allows remote to monitor events via LAN with no SNMP agent required Menu driven front panel display nnovative Modular architecture User Manual og o Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Feature Supports RAID levels 0 1 10 1E 3 5 6 30 50 60 and JBOD Supports online Array roaming Online RAID level stripe size migration Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously Support global and dedicated hot spare Online Volume Set Expansion Support multiple array enclosures per host connection Greater than 2TB per volume set 64 bit LBA support Greater than 2TB per disk drive Supports 4K bytes sector for Windows up to 16TB per volume set Disk scrubbing array verify scheduling for automatic repair of all configured RAID sets Login record in the event log with IP address and service http telnet and serial Support intelligent power management to save energy and extend service life Support NTP protocol to synchronize RAID controller clock over the on board LAN port Max 128 LUNs volume set Transparent data pr
110. n or flushed to the disk s This provides better performance but requires a battery module support for the cache memory or a UPS for the subsystem Tagged Command Queuing When this option is enabled it enhances the overall system performance under multi tasking operating systems by reordering tasks or requests in the command queue of the RAID system This function should normally remain enabled Fibre Port Mapping Each RAID controller has four 8Gbps Fibre Host Channels ports Select the Fibre port where to map the LUN Volume Set Options are PortO Port1 Port2 Port3 The Volume Set can be mapped to one or more Ports In case the Volume Set is mapped to more than one Port the LUN will be visible in those Ports Paths If no port is selected the LUN will not be visible on any port LUN Base The base LUN number Each LUN Base supports 8 LUNs LUN Each Volume Set must be assigned a unique LUN ID number A Fibre Port can connect up to 128 devices LUN ID O to 127 Select the LUN ID for the Volume Set Fibre Channel LUN Base MNID LUN Controller supports Multiple Node ID MNID mode A possible application is for zoning within the arbitrated loop The different zones can be represented by the controller s source Embodiments of the present invention described above can be implemented within a Switch for FC Arbitrated Loop Volumes To Be Created Use this option to create several Volume Sets with the same Volume Set attribut
111. n oro EEPE ac To view the Raid Set information click the Raid Set link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Raid Set Information screen appears lopen all close all Raid Set Information Raid System Console H E Quick Function Raid Set Name Raid Set 000 my RAID Set Functions limsa Disks 10 H 0 Volume Set Functions Total Raw Capacity 6000 0GB ii Physical Drives Free Raw Capacity 3251 2GB f informa con Min Member Disk Size 600 068 a O RAID Set Hierarchy Raid Set Power State Operating et SE SAS Chip ronnie i Raid Set State Normal Wy System Information a Hardware Monitor 120 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array To view the disk drive information click the E Slot link from the Raid Set Hierarchy screen The Device Information screen appears This screen shows various information such as disk drive model name serial number firmware revision disk capacity timeout count media error count and SMART information lopen all close all a Device Information 3 Raid System Console A Quick Function Device Type SAS 500605BA000DFAB9 HJ RAID Set Functions Device Location Enclosure i SLOT 01 H Volume Set Functions f Model Name ATA WDC WD6000HLHX 0 e Physical Drives Serial Number WD WXM1E6071
112. n the front corner Front Left Side Front Right Side 2 Remove the power supplies in the rear and the disk drives from the disk slots La ar FS TIERIORILOELIEElLant User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 3 Carefully pull the subsystem p i i l r 4 Push the white lock to release the subsystem from the rail User Manual 57 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 3 3 Preparing the Disk Array 1 Install the disk drives if not yet installed Refer to Section 2 6 Disk Drive Installation for detailed information 2 Attach network cable to the R Link port Connect the other end to your network hub or switch 3 Connect one end of Fibre optic cable to the Host Channel port of the subsystem and the other end to the Fibre HBA on the Host system or to the FC switch NOTE If a J BOD subsystem will be connected to the Disk Array connect the SAS cable from the SAS Expansion Port of Disk Array to the SAS In Port of J BOD subsystem 3 3 Powering On 1 Plug in all the power cords into the AC Power Input Socket located at the PSFM The main switch button in the front panel will flash blue indicating that the power cords are inserted NOTE The subsystem is equipped with redundant full range power supplies with PFC power factor correction The system will automatically select voltage NOTE The PSFM has a 5V standby DC voltage When the power cord s is are connected to t
113. ot yet Raid Set member If disk drives 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 4 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 of the raw 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 Set will have its data spread evenly across all the disks in the Raid Set Volume Sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same Raid Set In the illustration below Volume 1 can be assigned a RAID 5 level while Volume O might be assigned a RAID 10 level RAID Set 1 4 Individual Disks Free Space Apt Volume 1 RAID 5 _ A 4 Volume 0 RAID10 i j n Se hs D p Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 User Manual 21 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 1 5 High Availability 1 5 1 Creating Hot Spares A hot spare drive is an unused online available drive which is ready to replace a failed disk drive In a RAID level 1 10 3 5 6 30 50 or 60 Raid Set any unused online available driv
114. otection for all popular operating systems Instant availability and background initialization Supports S M A R T NCQ and OOB Staggered Spin up capable drives Supports hot spare and automatic hot rebuild Local audible event notification alarm Redundant flash image for high availability Real time clock support 10 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 1 1 Technical Specifications Processor Processor Type 800MHz RAID On Chip Gi processor w D RAM onere ite meem E mail Notification level ameme size migration Online Online Array roaming roaming Redundant Flash image Flash image Instant availability and N e tate S M A R T SMART support User Manual ql Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Form Factor Disk Status Indicator of PS Fan Modules 15 Sauer redurenmens AC 90V 254V Full Range q 50Hz 60Hz Relative Humidity 10 85 Non condensing Operating Temperature 10 C 40 C 50 F 104 F Physical Dimension 900 L x 482 6 W x 177 H mm Weight Without Disk 43 5 Kg 42 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 1 2 RAID Concepts RAI D Fundamentals The basic idea of RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks is to combine multiple inexpensive disk drives into an array of disk drives to obtain performance capacity and reliability that exceeds that of a single large drive The array of drives appears to the host computer as a single logical drive Five types of arra
115. per Generate Test Event O Clear Event Buffer O Upgrade Firmware 0 Shutdown Controller ik 9 Information Alert By Mail Configuration l Make Sure To Restart Controller EE S User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 6 Information Menu 5 6 1 RAID Set Hierarchy Use this feature to view the Disk Array s existing Raid Set s Volume Set s and disk drive s configuration and information Select the RAID Set Hierarchy link from the Information menu to display the Raid Set Hierarchy screen lopen all close all Raid System Console SRMASEC Hierarchy J Quick Function Volume Set Ch Lun Volume State he RAID Set Functions Raid Set 000 Volume VOL 000 0 0 NO 0 2199 0GB HI Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives 4 a 5 System Controls 5 ka pogano RAID Set Hierarchy E 1SLOT 05 LD SAS Chip evoe E 1SLOT 10 0 System Information E 1SLOT 07 1 0 Hardware Monitor lE 1SLOT 08 pee 09 Raid Set 001 E 1SLOT 02 E 1SLOT 11 E 1SLOT 12 E 1SLOT 13 E 1SLOT 14 E 1SLOT 15 E 1SLOT 16 _ ESISLOT 17 E 1SLOT 18 a Enclosure 1 SAS2 E B0 02 b002 16 5001B4D50AC3803F pedes _ Usage icedi _J Mog a SLOT 01 17 Raid Set 000 1000 2GB ST31000524s p a SLOT 02 1F Raid Set 001 1000 2GB 5T31000524A5 S il I AT nata losaid Cat ANA Linna
116. r device Fibre Channel networks can use any combination of point to point arbitrated loop FC_AL and switched fabric topologies to provide a variety of device Sharing options Point to point A point to point topology consists of two and only two devices connected by N ports of which are connected directly In this topology the transmit Fibre of one device connects to the receiver Fibre of the other device and vice versa The connection is not shared with any other devices Simplicity and use of the full data transfer rate make this Point to point topology an ideal extension to the standard SCSI bus rs User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array interface The point to point topology extends SCSI connectivity from a server to a peripheral device over longer distances Arbitrated Loop The arbitrated loop FC AL topology provides a relatively simple method of connecting and sharing resources This topology allows up to 126 devices or nodes in a single continuous loop or ring The loop is constructed by daisy chaining the transmit and receive cables from one device to the next or by using a hub or Switch to create a virtual loop The loop can be self contained or incorporated as an element in a larger network Increasing the number of devices on the loop can reduce the overall performance of the loop because the amount of time each device can use the loop is reduced The ports in an arbitrated loop are referred as L Ports Switched Fabr
117. rror Statistics In this screen appears the Fibre channel error statistics like Channel Loss of Signal Loss of Sync Link Fail and Bad CRC lopen all close all Raid System Console a Fibre Channel Error Statistics i seals Loss of Signa Link Fail H RAID Set Functions m I 9 volume Set Functions H J Physical Drives a System Controls P System Configuration Hdd Power Management Fibre Channel Config Refresh Clear Counters EtherNet Configuration Alert By Mail Configuration SNMP Configuration NTP Configuration O D O D D D O view Events Mute Beeper D O O D D D 0 0 0 Generate Test Event Clear Event Buffer Modify Password Upgrade Firmware Shutdown Controller Restart Controller H Information x NOTE Itis not recommended to insert the SFP modules in the FC host channels ports which are not in used 108 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array NOTE For reliable operation of the Disk Array and depending on how the subsystem is connected it is recommended to setup Channel Speed and Channel Topology as follows 8Gb FC switch 4Gb FC switch 2Gb FC switch 8Gb FC HBA no switch 4Gb FC HBA no switch 2Gb FC HBA no switch Fabric topology is used when there is switch Loop topology is used when there is no switch The Speed setting follows the FC switch speed if there is switch If there is no FC switch the Speed setting
118. s The single controller can be configured depending on the user s requirements This manual will discuss single controller configuration Packaging Shipment and Delivery Before removing the subsystem from the shipping carton you should visually inspect the physical condition of the shipping carton Unpack and verify that the contents of the shipping carton are complete and in good condition Exterior damage to the shipping carton may indicate that the contents of the carton are damaged If any damage is found do not remove the components contact the dealer where you purchased the subsystem for further instructions 6 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Unpacking the Shipping Carton The shipping package contains the following Disk Array Unit 64 pairs of HDD side brackets Two 2 power cords One 1 Fibre optic cable One 1 RJ 45 Ethernet cable Three 3 external serial cables RJ 11 to DB9 One 1 Disk Tool Key of Top Cover User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Screws User Manual NOTE If any damage is found contact the dealer or vendor for assistance O B User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Chapter 1 Product I ntroduction The 64 bays Disk Array Subsystem The Disk Array features 8Gb FC AL host performance to increase system efficiency and performance It features high capacity expansion with 64 hot swappable SAS2 SATA3 hard disk drive bays i
119. sed Fault LED Blink RED Indicates that controller has failed f I ndicates that controller is working Blink Green CTRL Heartbeat fine LED i i i Solid Green I ndicates that controller is hung User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 2 3 Power Supply Fan Module PSFM The 64bay Disk Array contains two 1100W Power Supply Fan Modules All PSFM are inserted at the rear of the chassis AL bi Front Panel Rear Side NOTE Each PSFM delivers Full Range 100V 240V 10 voltage AC electricity Each PSFM consists of 1 power supply and 5 fans Two Fans are located at the panel side and three fans are located in rear side of the PSFM 30 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Power Supply 01 1 Power Supply 01 2 Tite Fa EE r L F SESS EESEE8R SEE BEEESESER TEPC Tay s a Fan 01 1 Fan02 1 Fan 01 2 Fan 02 2 Fan 04 1 Fan 03 1 Fan 05 1 s Rear Side Fan 01 1 4g Front Panel Fan 02 1 fans Fan 01 1 and Fan 02 1 on the front panel and Fan 03 1 Fan gt NOTE The first PSFM 01 1 on the left side of enclosure has five 04 1 and Fan 05 1 on the rear side The second PSFM 01 2 on the right side has five fans also Fan 01 2 and Fan 02 2 on the front panel and Fan 03 2 Fan 04 2 and Fan 05 2 on the rear side NOTE 1 means enclosure 1 and 2 means enclosure 2 User Manual 31 Fibre to SAS SATA Di
120. sk Array 2 3 1 PSFM Panel Power On Off Switch AC Power Input Socket Power Status LED Fan Fail LED Part Description O AC Power Input Socket Use to connect the power cord from power source Power On Off Switch Use to power on or power off the PSFM indicator Color Description Power Status Green Indicates the power supply module is good LED Red I ndicates the power supply module is faulty Fan Fail LED Rea Pen one or more fans in the PSFM has When the power cord connected from main power source is inserted to the AC Power Input Socket the Power Status LED becomes RED When the switch of the PSFM is turned on the LED still shows RED After the main switch in front panel is turned on the LED turns GREEN which means it is functioning normally The PSFM has a 5V standby DC voltage When the power cord s is are connected to the AC Power Input Socket after 1 second all Activity LEDs will flash once When the power cord s is are disconnected from AC Power Input Socket after 3 seconds all Activity LEDs will flash twice 32 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 2 4 Fan Module The 64bay Disk Array contains 15 fans Power Supply 01 1 Power Supply 01 2 Turbo Fan 06 1 Fan 01 1 Fan0O2 1 Fan 01 2 Fan 02 2 Fan 04 1 Fan 03 1 Ss Fan 05 1 a4 Fan 01 1 t Fan 02 1 h S NOTE 1 means enclosure 1 and 2 means enclosure 2 User Manual 33 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Rear
121. ssseeessesneseeesseseeneees 56 239 Prepanino Me Dik ANa Vereen eT ne ee ne ene ne ree ere re ee ener 58 io Mm PONCO ee a tree eran re reer nk the ee een nr een Cree eee Sennen 58 SA FOVEO O ee a tetera ne ery ne ne OC nerve Pe ee ee nner One re ere 60 Chapter 4 RAID Configuration Utility Options 0000000000000so00essooeesooeessooeessoess 61 4 1 Configuration through TEINS sc ccicctesecececcssecettaxeosaccecdeoxsatasdicsatsavccdnastatendasddd ngsdnisbaseniaabdeluetearatenttnentemeasens 61 4 2 Configuration through the LCD Panel ccc ccccccsessssessssessssesesssessssssessssesessesessesesessesesscseesesesseseeseseeeess 66 A2 Mena AC Mehra ccaesep E E EE AE EE 67 4 3 Configuration through web browser based proRAID Managel cccessssescssesesecsesesscsesseseetsseeeeseees 73 Chapter 5 RAID Manageme ntt ccssscccssssssssccsssssscccssssscccssssssecsssssecesssssecees 75 SE E F ON e E E E E E ES 75 SLL Quick Credle sos unensa sete so eaea eTA ic secesasetasanacaaseaescoesoesecestanseseasoueospece cesapsassverauntaeneesacusnsoeaeeets 75 32 RAID Sot FUNCIONS acest tece ecco testes cnecas ccs oss coc ece zeae egtceete nse nc asos et eecebcecepcec ec atsisteeoeeerancottneeceseonstenn 77 eL EO RA O a N E EA E SEE ENEE E E EN O ENE E 71 S DeLee RAD Eien E OEE EOE 78 IL E Pana RAID S lt 1 eer ene ee AAE E eee TEN T E AE 79 S2 A OMNE RAID SETin errn see ce EEES S gee EEEE EERENS 82 529 Rename RAID SOli n nene sete TIO aS EEE E AE A Ea ES A
122. stem so that it they can replace any failed disk drive x 86 User Manual NOTE The Hot Spare Type can also be viewed by clicking on Raid Set Hierarchy in the Information menu Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 2 8 Delete Hot Spare Select the target Hot Spare disk s to delete by clicking on the appropriate check box Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen to delete the hot spare s lopen all close all HE a Select The Hot Spare Drive To Delete a Enclosure 1 SAS E x28 05 89 1 39 000 M SLOT 08 500 1GB WDC WDSOOOBEYT 00403TO Global I SLOT 09 500 1GB ST9500325A5 Global 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function a RAID Set Functions _ L Create RAID Set _ L Delete RAID Set _ L Expand RAID Set _ PO Offline RAID Set V Confirm The Operation L Rename RAID Set P Activate Incomplete RAID S r Create 0 Rescue Raid Set Volume Set Functions 9 Physical Drives H System Controls J Information 5 2 9 Rescue Raid Set If you need to recover a missing Raid Set using the Rescue Raid Set function please contact your vendor s support engineer for assistance lopen all close all 3 Raid System Console H Quick Function Ej RAID Set Functions H Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set _ L Expand RAID Set HO Offline RAID Set _ L Rename RAID Set gt Q Activate Incomplete RAID Si gt Q Create Hot Spare 0 Delete Hot Spar
123. t No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Edit the Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set Yes No L Initialization Mode Foreground No Init Raid 3 L Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L_ Edit the Capacity L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init Quick Volume Raid Set Raid 5 L Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Edit the Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init Raid 3 Spare L Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L_ Edit the Capacity L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init Raid 5 Spare L Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Edit the Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init Raid 6 L_ Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Edit the Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set Yes No L Initialization Mode gt Foreground Background No Init Raid 6 Spare L Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K
124. the system s RAID controller alarm beeper Background Task Priority The Background Task Priority indicates how much time and system resource the RAID controller devotes to a background task such as a rebuild operation The Disk Array allows user to choose the background task priority High 80 Medium 50 Low 25 and Ultra Low 5 to balance between background task process and Volume Set access For high Disk Array performance specify a low value J BOD RAID Configuration The Disk Array supports JBOD and RAID configuration SATA NCQ Support NCQ is a command protocol in Serial ATA that can only be implemented on native Serial ATA hard drives It allows 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 Disabled or Enable the SATA NCQ function User Manual ETENE Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array HDD Read Ahead Cache This option allows the users to disable the cache of the HDDs on the Disk Array In some HDD models disabling the cache in the HDD is necessary to prove the Disk Array functions correctly Volume Data Read Ahead This option allows the users to set the Volume Data Read Ahead function Options are Normal Aggressive Conservative and Disabled HDD Queue Depth The queue
125. therNet Configuration VQ Alert By Mail Configuration H0 SNMP Configuration P NTP Configuration P View Events Mute Beeper gt L Generate Test Event Q Clear Event Buffer P Modify Password a Restart Controller H Information Array you must restart the controller either by Restart Controller function or by Power Supply On Off switch 11s User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 5 14 Restart Controller Use this function to restart the RAID Controller This is normally done after upgrading the controller s firmware Jopen alllclose all 9 Raid System Console 9 Quick Function ao RAID Set Functions 3 Volume Set Functions 9 Physical Drives Ej System Controls i VO System Configuration L Hdd Power Management re Fibre Channel Config L EtherNet Configuration i i i _ SNMP Configuration 0 NTP Configuration i D view Events Mute Beeper O Generate Test Event D Clear Event Buffer D Modify Password gt O Upgrade Firmware O Shutdown Controller H Information open ali cose all 3 Raid System Console Hi Quick Function H0 RAID Set Functions 0 Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives a System Controls gt System Configuration Hdd Power Management 0 Fibre Channel Config EtherNet Configuration Q Alert By Mail Configuration D SNMP Configuration 0 NTP Configuration View Events Mute Bee
126. tions Beseuned J Create Volume Set l i 0 Create Raid30 50 60 M Scrub Bad Block If Bad Block Is Found Assume Parity Data Is Good TEs L Delete Volume Set M Re compute Parity If Parity Error Is Found Assume Data Is Good 2 Modify Volume Set i e a a e Check Volume Set T Eee el bL Schedule Volume Check _ Confirm The Operation Stop Volume Check H Physical Drives i H System Controls Hl Information Check Volume Set Options e Scrub Bad Block If Bad Block Found Assume Parity Data is Good e Re compute Parity if Parity Error Assume Data is Good NOTE When the 2 options are not selected it will only check for errors It is recommended to perform Check Volume Set with the 2 options unselected at first If the result shows errors the data must be backed up to a safe storage Then the two options can be selected and redo Check Volume Set to correct the errors 96 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 3 Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button The Checking process will be started The checking percentage can also be viewed by clicking on RaidSet Hierarchy in the Information menu open all close all P Raid System Console 9 Quick Function H RAID Set Functions H 0 Physical Drives System Controls a23 Information RAID Set Hierarchy L SAS Chip Information System Information 2 Hardware Monitor ie e Raid Set 000
127. to SAS SATA Disk Array NOTE Cannot expand Raid Set when contains Raid30 50 60 volume Controller Response 3 Raid System Console 9 Quick Function ag RAID Set Functions Cannot Expand RaidSet Contains Raid30 50 60 Volume 0 Delete Hot Spare gt Rescue Raid Set H Volume Set Functions H Physical Drives H System Controls H 0 Information User Manual 81 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 2 4 Offline RAID Set If user wants to offline and move a Raid Set while the system is powered on use the Offline Raid Set function After completing the function the HDD state will change to Offlined Mode and the HDD Status LEDs will be blinking RED To offline a Raid Set click on the Offline RAID Set link A Select The RAID SET To Offline screen is displayed showing all existing Raid Sets in the subsystem Select the Raid Set which you want to offline in the Select column Tick on the Confirm The Operation and then click on the Submit button to offline the selected Raid Set lopen all close alll Raid System Console a Select The Raid Set To Offline a Quick Function Select Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid State Capacity 3200 0GB ES RAID Set Functions Raid Set 000 10 10 Normal EE ienen PS ee ee eee ee L Delete RAID Set Expand RAID Set M Confirm The Operation YVolumeSet In This RaidSet Will Also Be Offlined Offline RAID Set gt Rename RAID Set VQ Activate Incomplete R
128. tom part of the enclosure is still needed so that the enclosure will not drop down 52 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array JA b EL i i i E d i i I J r View from Rear Side 12 Press outwards the blue locks on both sides of the inner rail members at the Same time Then push the enclosure inwards or backwards until it goes inside the rack Blue Lock of Inner Rail View from Right Side of Enclosure Blue Lock of Inner Rail is Pushed a Little Outwards and Enclosure is Pushed I nwards User Manual 53 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 4 ve o p View from Rear Side of Rack Cabinet Enclosure is Pushed I nwards 13 Insert the power supply modules SER ERE EERE BEBEBE BEEBE ERE SE EER BERR SERRE SESS ae RRR Re lle a ano8 jmannnnnnannnannnan AASa85 TTT 9 6 mT 54 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 14 Use six 6 M5 screws to lock the enclosure into the rack post one screw in each corner Note that the screw driver will need to pass through the corner hole of front panel for the two upper corner holes on both sides Front Left Side Front Right Side 15 Open the top cover and re insert the disk drives disk trays if disk drives disk trays were previously removed Then close the top cover User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 3 2 Removing the Disk Array from the Rack 1 Remove the six screws i
129. ton open all close all L es Pe SSS SIS Uparade The Raid system Firmware OrBoot Rom a Upgrade The Raid System Firmware Or Boot Rom 3 Raid system Console i H4 Quick Function Enter The BootRom Or Firmware File Name arowss ii Nea de EE Hi volume Set Functions e Physical Drives l Confirm The Operation Gj System Controls Submit Reset Eee E L PO System Configuration HO Hdd Power Management O Fibre Channel Config L EtherNet Configuration O Alert By Mail Configuration D SNMP Configuration 0 NTP Configuration pO View Events Mute Beeper 0 Generate Test Event 0 Clear Event Buffer Modify Password O Shutdown Controller _ 0 Restart Controller H 0 Information 4 The Web Browser begins to download the firmware binary to the controller and start to update the flash ROM 132 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 After the firmware upgrade is complete a message will show Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully Restarting the RAID controller is required for the new firmware to take effect 4 Raid System Console J Quick Function J RAID Set Functions Volume Set Functions Physical Drives ia System Controls 0 System Configuration 0 Hdd Power Management o Fibre Channel Config C EtherNet Configuration LD Alert By Mail Configuration i D SNMP Configuration 0 NTP Configuration 0 view Events Mute Beeper O G
130. us The LCD screen displays menu items or other information up to two lines at a time The RAID controller s factory default password is set to 00000000 Function Key Definitions If you are going to configure the subsystem using the LCD panel please press first the select button Use the Up or Down arrow keys to go through the Up and Down information on the LCD screen This is also used to Arrow buttons move between each menu when you configure the RAID Select button W amp This is used to enter the option you have selected Press this button to return to the previous menu NOTE This button can also be used to reset the alarm beeper For example if one disk drive fails pressing this button will mute the beeper Exit button EXIT 66 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 4 2 1 Menu Diagram The following menu diagram is a Summary of the various configurations and setting functions that can be accessed through telnet Raid 0 L_ Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Edit the Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No Raid 1 or 1 0 L Greater Two TB Volume Support gt No Use 64bit LBA Use 4K Block L Edit the Capacity L Select Stripe Size gt 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 128K L Create Vol Raid Set gt Yes No L Initialization Mode Foreground No Init Raid 1 0 Spare L_ Greater Two TB Volume Support g
131. v vvvyYyY DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA PARITY Paralled access decreases data transfer time for long sequential records Under RAID 5 parity information is distributed across all the drives Since there is no dedicated parity drive all drives contain data and read operations can be overlapped on every drive in the array Write operations will typically access one data drive and one parity drive However because different records store their parity on different drives write operations can usually be overlapped Writes require parity to be updated DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA PARITY PARITY PARITY PARITY PARITY PARITY poorer Reads can occur simultaneously on every drive Dual level RAID achieves a balance between the increased data availability inherent in RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 5 or RAID 6 and the increased read performance inherent in disk striping RAID 0 These arrays are sometimes referred to as RAID 10 1E RAID 30 RAID 50 or RAID 60 User Manual 15 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5 in that data protection is achieved by writing parity information to the physical drives in the array With RAID 6 however two sets of parity data are used These two sets are different and each set occupies a capacity equivalent to that of one of the constituent drives The main advantage of RAID 6 is High data availability any two drives can fail without loss of
132. ximum Volume Set size is 16TB Just use the Volume as Basic Disk Volume can t be used as Dynamic Disk also can t be used in 512Bytes block service program Initialization Mode Set the Initialization Mode forthe Volume Set Initialization in Foreground mode Is completed faster but must be completed before Volume Set becomes accessible Background mode makes the Volume Set instantly available but the initialization process takes longer No Init To Rescue Volume is used to create a Volume Set without initialization normally used to recreate Volume Set configuration to recover data User Manual 39 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Stripe Size This parameter sets the size of the stripe written to each disk in a RAID O 1 10 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 produces better read performance especially 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 Stripe Size in RAID level 3 can t be modified Cache Mode The Disk Array supports two types of write caching Write Through and Write Back Write Through data are both written to the cache and the disk s before the write I O is acknowledged as complete Write Back when data is written to cache the O is acknowledged as complete and some time later the cached data is writte
133. y The RAID controller is equipped with one DDRII SDRAM socket By default the RAID controller comes with at least 1GB of memory that is expandable to a maximum of 4GB The expansion memory module can be purchased from your dealer Memory Type 1 8V DDR2 800 Registered ECC SDRAM 240pin Memory Size Supports 240pin DDR2 of 2GB or 4GB 6 1 1 Replacing the Memory Module di User Manual 125 Shutdown the RAID controller using the Shutdown Controller function in proRAID Manager GUI After RAID controller is shutdown power off the switches of the 2 Power Supply Fan Modules Then disconnect the power cables Disconnect any Fibre cable from the controller module and then remove the Controller Module from the slot Remove the memory module from the RAM socket of the RAID controller by pressing the ejector clips until the memory module pops out of the socket Align the new memory module into the socket Make sure the notch is aligned with the key on the socket itself With the ejector clips in open position press down the memory module into the socket until it sinks into place The ejector clips will automatically close to lock the memory module Reinsert the Controller Module If the Disk Array has dual redundant RAID controllers repeat Steps 3 to 6 to replace upgrade the memory of the other Controller Module Reconnect the Fibre cable s to the Controller Module s Reconnect the power cables and power on the 2 switches of t
134. y time is 15 seconds Options are Disabled 10 20 30 40 50 and 60 Minutes Time to Spin Down Idle HDD MAID Level 3 This option enables the Disk Array to spin down HDDs of a Raid Set after they become idle after a preset period of time In this level the drives stop spinning and go into Sleep mode The power consumption of the Idle HDD saving is from 60 to 70 Recovery time is 30 to 45 seconds Options are Disabled 1 For Test 3 5 10 15 20 30 40 and 60 Minutes x NOTE To verify if the disk drive you use supports MAID or APM select RaidSet Hierarchy and click the disk drive E Slot link Check in the Device Information screen if the Disk APM Support shows Yes 106 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 5 3 Fibre Channel Config To set the Fibre Channel Configuration function move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the Fibre Channel Config The Fibre Channel Configuration screen will be shown Configure the desired function lopen all close all 0 WWPN 21 00 00 1b 4d 01 8a 51 Y Raid System Console ee ee Auto z Ta J H Q Quick Function Channel 0 Speed uto Current Speed Unknown RAID Set Functions Channel 0 Topology Auto gt Current Topology i None H volume Set Functions E Channel 0 Hard Loop ID H 0 Physical Drives annel O Hard Loop ID m Disabled As System Controls Channel 1 WYWVPN 21 00 00 1b 4d 01 8a 52 System Configuration Te eee 3
135. y architectures RAID 1 through RAID 5 were originally defined each provides disk fault tolerance with different compromises in features and performance In addition to these five redundant array architectures it has become popular to refer to a non redundant array of disk drives as a RAID O arrays Disk Striping Fundamental to RAID technology is striping This is a method of combining multiple drives into one logical storage unit Striping partitions the storage space of each drive into stripes which can be as small as one sector 512 bytes or as large as several megabytes These stripes are then interleaved in a rotating sequence so that the combined space is composed alternately of stripes from each drive The specific type of operating environment determines whether large or small stripes should be used Most operating systems today support concurrent disk I O operations across multiple drives However in order to maximize throughput for the disk subsystem the I O load must be balanced across all the drives so that each drive can be kept busy as much as possible In a multiple drive system without striping the disk I O load is never perfectly balanced Some drives will contain data files that are frequently accessed and some drives will rarely be accessed STRIPING DISK DRIVES Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Data stripes from each drive are interleaved to create one logical drive By striping the drives in the array with stripes
136. y the Subsystem and give instructions on installing a hard drive NOTE When the Disk Array is shipped the disk trays are not placed in the disk slots If all disk trays will be used to install all 64 disk drives for quicker and easier installation of disk drives in the Disk Array it is recommended to attach first each disk drive with HDD side brackets DISK SLOT NUMBERS Rear side ale Front Side User Manual 37 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array To install a SAS disk drive or SATA disk drive 1 Prepare the HDD side brackets Remove them from the dummy disk by pushing the upper sides of the dummy disk as shown below 38 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 2 Place the brackets on both sides of the disk drive and secure them with screws 3 Place the slotted flat head screw User Manual 39 Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 4 Place the drive carefully in the disk slot 40 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array 5 Fix the disk drive using the disk tool that is included in the package _ A i T D 7 2 n A amp a A k Pi ae y N tiai r i k i i bay e 6 Repeat the same steps for the rest of the disks m C i Q A D Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Note You can use also the disk tool to remove the disk drive in the disk slot o 42 User Manual Fibre to SAS SATA Disk Array Chapter 3 Gettin

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