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1. Areca Thunderbolt Series Storage Figure 2 7 Thunderbolt computer daisy chain Step 3 Connecting Monitor Port ARC 8050 RAID storage is normally delivered with LCD pre installed You can connect LAN port to the manager clinet system if you want to configure and manage the RAID storage from the clinet system through out of band manager e LAN Port Connection ARC 8050 RAID storage has embedded the TCP IP amp web browser based RAID manager in the firmware method 1 User can remote manage the RAID enclosure without adding any user specific software platform independent via standard web browsers directly connected to the 10 100Mbit RJ45 LAN port Connect LAN port of the ARC 8050 using the included Ethernet cable and then to a LAN port or LAN switch Step 4 Connecting RAID Storage Power To power the RAID storage 1 Using the included power cord connect this power cord to a grounded electronical outlet and to the ARC 8050 RAID storage 2 ARC 8050 RAID storage will turn on automatically when host computer with the power on is received by the ARC 8050 It takes about 30 seconds to fully start up the RAID storage 23 INSTALLATION Figure 2 8 Connect the power cord to a grounded electrical outlet and to the ARC 8050 RAID storage 3 ARC 8050 RAID storage automatically turns off when host computer power off is detected by the ARC 8050 When you
2. 4 8 11 Modify Password To set or change the RAID storage password select System Con trols from the menu and click on the Modify Password link The Modify System Password screen appears The password option allows user to set or clear the RAID stor age s password protection feature Once the password has been set the user can only monitor and configure the RAID storage by providing the correct password The password is used to protect the RAID storage from unauthorized entry The controller will check the password only when entering the main menu from the initial screen The RAID storage will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command in 5 minutes Do not use spaces when you enter the password If spaces are used it will lock out the user To disable the password leave the fields blank Once the user confirms the operation and clicks the Submit button the exist OMMI 75 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION ing password will be cleared Then no password checking will occur when entering the main menu from the starting screen 1 Fi I at Areca Technology Corporation ee lopen all close all D NTP Configuration View Events Mute Beeper D Gener Event D Clear Event Buffer D Modify Password D Upgrade Firmware Information sa 4 8 12 Update Firmware Please refer to the appendix A Upgrading Flash ROM Update Pro cess
3. Capacity The maximum volume size is the default initial setting Enter the appropriate volume size to fit your application e Greater Two TB Volume Support If volume capacity will exceed 2TB controller will show the Greater Two TB Volume Support sub menu Greater Two TB Volume Support option No 64bit LBA and 4K Block No It keeps the volume size with max 2TB limitation 64bit LBA This option uses 16 bytes CDB instead of 10 bytes The maximum volume capacity is up to 512TB This option works on different OS which supports 16 bytes CDB 4K Block It changes the sector size from default 512 bytes to 4k bytes The maximum volume capacity is up to 16TB This option works 48 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION under Windows platform only And it can not be converted to Dynamic Disk because 4k sector size is not a standard format For more details please download PDF file from ftp ftp areca com tw RaidCards Documents Manual Spec Over2TB 050721 zip e Initialization Mode This option is used to define Background Initialization Fore ground Initialization or No Init To Rescue Volume When Background Initialization the initialization proceeds as a background task the volume set is fully accessible for system reads and writes The operating system can instantly access to the newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and waiting the initialization complete When Foreground Initialization the
4. Enter Volume Encryption Key File an T Confirm The Operation Suomi Reset 4 7 Physical Drive Choose this option to select a physical disk from the main menu and then perform the operations listed below 4 7 1 Create Pass Through Disk To create pass through disk move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the Create Pass Through link The rela tive setting function screen appears A pass through disk is not controlled by the RAID storage firmware it can t be a part of a volume set The disk is available to the operating system as an individual disk It is typically used on a system where the operat ing system is on a disk not controlled by the RAID firmware The user can also select the Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing and SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI LUN for this pass through disk WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION T 1 ARECA SAS RAID ow s00 168 seacare sT3600057s5 O Slot 4 500 168 SEAGATE 51360005755 Oo Blass 500 168 SEAGATE 51360005755 O o to00 26e SeAGATE ST3100042455 1o00 26e SEAGATE sT3100042455 to00 26e SeacaTe stainonezass ss Through Disk Attribute Elicentinea tive Speratien Shen nen 4 7 2 Modify Pass Through Disk Use this option to modify the pass through disk attribute The user can modify the Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing and SCSI Channel ID LUN on an existing pas
5. 1 A I iat Areca Technology Corporation m lopen all close all Upgrade The Raid System Firmware Or Boot Rom Enter The BootRom Or Firmware File Name 4 9 Information 4 9 1 Raid Set Hierarchy Use this feature to view the RAID storage current RAID set cur rent volume set and physical disk information The volume state and capacity are also shown in this screen 76 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 1 A T Ue f Areca Technology Corporation Faidiet Hierarchy 4 9 2 SAS Chip Information To view the RAID storage s 6Gb s SAS ROC chip information move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the SAS Chip Information link The RAID storage SAS Chip Information screen appears User can click on controller Areca ARC 8050 item on the SAS Chip Information screen It will show statistic page for ports on the ROC controller Click on the Clear Error Log to refresh the fully statistic page ki tet Areca Technology Corporation lopen all ciose all Raid System Console Controller Areca ARC 8050 1 51 Quick Func Gj RAID Set Furctions a 150004D939977E000 EXCH E 4 9 3 System Information To view the RAID storage s system information move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the System Information link The RAID storage RAID Subsystem Information screen ap pears Use this feature to view the RAID storage s system information The
6. cese nnn 63 e Hot Plugged Disk For Rebuilding seeseeseeeeeees 63 e Disk Capacity Truncation Mode ssesseeen nnn 64 Smart Option For FIDD uror ives Evene rn ker EU Ra zcv 64 e Smart Polling Interval essem 65 4 8 2 Advanced Configuration cceeseeeee cesta teat ee eee eaeeeeees 65 TLER SEMINO iuis eR niacin LEER ETE CHEER E T E RREECE 65 e TIMEOUT Settlfig ooreis ederet reci ce reserare RE ARTES eR weeds 66 e Number of Retries ssssssesseeesees aa meme nnn 66 Buffer Threshold oett eee ey Ra ER Getta iani 66 e Amount of Read Ahead sessssseseeeeenen nemen 66 e Number of AV Stream csessessseesee nennen nennen nnn 67 Optimize AV Recording i ertt nr eee hn en E a 67 e Read Performance Margin eesssssssseeee 68 e Write Performance Margin ssssssssem m 68 e Read And Discard Parity Data sess 68 4 8 3 HDD Power Management sssseseeenm men 68 e Stagger Power On Control ssssssssseem 69 e Time to Hdd Low Power Idle eeeeenm mnn 69 e Time To Hdd Low RPM Mode eem 69 e SATA Power Up In Standby eeeeeeeen menn 70 4 8 4 Ethernet Configuration sse 70 e DHCP FUNCH Onecie so Reed ex I Max EE pr Ere 71 amp Local IP addFresss ceto ree cu ea Pate aeree 71 e Gateway IP address esesseeseeseeeneen nennen menn nnn 71
7. Greater Two TB Volume Support Initialization Mode Strip Size Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing and SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI Lun HEEREEN Y 47 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION Ga lopen all close all 9 Raid System Console SO Quick Function B RAID Set Functions B S Volume Set Functions 1 Create Volume Set OQ Create Raid30 50 60 L Delete Volume Set D Modify Volume Set O Check Volume Set L Schedule Volume Check Stop Volume Check CJ Physical Drives EG System Controls 5 0 Information 4 l T Areca Technology Corporation Volume Name ARC 8050 VOL 002 Member Disks Volume Raid Level Max Capacity Allowed 16 Raid6 285 GB Select Volume Capacity Volume Initialization Mode 285 GB Foreground Initialization v Volume Stripe Size Volume Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI Lun amp V KBytes Write Back wj Enabled v ow o iw 21 Volumes To Be Created 1 L Confirm The Operation Submit Reset e Volume Name The default volume name will always appear as ARC 8050 VOL You can rename the volume set providing it does not exceed the 15 characters limit e Volume Raid Level Set the Raid Level for the volume set Highlight the desired RAID level and from the available levels option
8. HDD Power Management link The HDD Power Management menu will show all items and then select the desired function WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION x M T ut D Areca Technology Corporation open all close all isa L Confirm The Operation Enabled Submit Reset a e Stagger Power On Control In a PC system with only one or two drives the power can sup ply enough power to spin up both drives simultaneously But in systems with more than two drives the startup current from spinning up the drives all at once can overload the power supply causing damage to the power supply disk drives and other sys tem components This damage can be avoided by allowing the host to stagger the spin up of the drives The SAS SATA drives have supported the staggered spin up capabilities to boost reli ability The staggered drive spin up is a very useful feature for managing multiple disk drives in a storage It gives the host the ability to spin up the disk drives sequentially or in groups allowing the drives to come ready at the optimum time without straining the system power supply The staggered drive spin up in a multiple drive environment also avoids the extra cost of a power supply designed to meet short term startup power de mand as well as steady state conditions With this option it gives the RAID storage the ability to spin up the disk drives sequentially stag
9. Reset W Confirm The Operation Rescue Raid Set S O Volume Set Functions C3 Physical Drives amp System Controls C Information 4 5 9 Rescue Raid Set When the system is powered off in the RAID set update creation period the configuration possibly could disappear due to this abnormal condition The RESCUE function can recover the miss ing RAID set information The RAID storage uses the time as the RAID set signature The RAID set may have different time after the RAID set is recovered The SIGANT function can regenerate the signature for the RAID set F x i ea Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close all 9 Raid system Console EC Quick Function Enter RESCUE To Try To Recover Missing RaidSet S RAID Set Functions Enter SIGNAT To Regenerate RaidSet Signature If RaidSet Is Recovered Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set D Expand RAID Set D Offiine RAID Set L Confirm The Operation Activate Incomplete RAID D Create Hot Spare Submit Reset 0O Delete Hot Spare a Enter The Keyword 0 Volume Set Functions C3 Physical Drives C3 System Controls Information WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION Please contact us to make sure if you need to use rescue function Improperly usage may cause configuration corruption 4 6 Volume Set Functions A volume set is seen by the host system as a single logical device It is organized in a RAID level with one or more physical di
10. initialization proceeds must be completed before the volume set ready for system accesses There is no initialization happened when you select No Init option No Init is for customer to rescue volume without losing data in the disk e Stripe Size This parameter sets the size of the stripe written to each disk in a RAID O 1 10 5 6 50 or 60 logical drive You can set the stripe size to 4 KB 8 KB 16 KB 32 KB 64 KB 128 KB 256 KB 512KB or 1M A larger stripe size produces better read per formance especially if your computer does mostly sequential reads However if you are sure that your computer does random reads more often select a smaller stripe size Note RAID level 3 can t modify the cache stripe size Cache Mode The RAID storage supports Write Through and Write Back cache e Full Volume Encryption ARC 8050 have featured with controller based hardware encryp tion function Controller based hardware encryption describes the encryption of data occurring at the disk array controller HENEEEREEE A A en t 49 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION before being sent to the disk drives Since RAID controller is a natural central point of all data therefore encryption at this level is inherent and also reduces deployment complexity ARC 8050 RAID controller has dedicated electronic circuitry for the cryp tographic engine embedded
11. 1GB DDR3 1333 SDRAM memory on board to deliver true high performance hardware RAID for the demands of serious HD media creators needs For example the benefit for video editor by using ARC 8050 to unleash their profes sional creativity work in real time with the high bandwidth allow large amount of audio and video capture mixing devices trans ferred faster with low latency and high accurate synchronization at 10Gbps Data can be backed up and restored more quickly so there s less waiting for achieved content to transfer or copy INTRODUCTION Unsurpassed Data Availability Designed and leveraged with Areca s existing high performance solution the RAID storage delivers high capacity at the best of cost performance value It supports the hardware RAID 6 engine to al low two HDDs failures without impact the existing data and perfor mance Its high data availability and protection derives from the many advance RAID features ARC 8050 Thunderbolt RAID storage allows easy scalability from JBOD to RAID It can be configured to RAID levels 0 1 1E 3 5 6 10 30 50 60 Single Disk for JBOD With innovative new ROC 6Gb s SAS feature and support for SATA SAS and SSDs the ARC 8050 provides powerful small workgroup server power users and consumers with superior levels perfor mance and enterprise level data protection for external storage The world today large amounts of arrays data needs by the Profes sional content creation application
12. BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION e A supported web browser which should already be installed on the Thunderbolt capable computer e Install ArcHTTP proxy server on the Thunderbolt capable computer Refer to section 2 4 1 Software Installation e Remote and managed systems must have a TCP IP connection e Start up McRAID Storage Manager from Local Administration In of Band Once ArcHTTP and CLI have been installed the archttp back ground task automatically starts each time when you start your thunderbolt capable computer There is one MARID icon showing on your Desktop or Start menu This icon is for you to start up the McRAID storage manager by ArcHTTP and CLI utility When you click the ArcHTTP from MRAID icon it shows all RAID stor ages available on the host system and create an individual RAID storage icon located on left column of the Archttp Configurations screen This RAID storage icon is for user to launch the selected RAID storage web browser McRAID storage manager eoe ARCHTTP Configuration 7 fa Google halo 7 ale hetp locahost 81 2 M HH Apple Yahoo GoogleMaps YouTube Wikipedia News 55S Popular Y T A Yat ArcHTTP Configurations lopen all close all di S BEI SAS RAID C ARC 8050 wel ESATA RAID Controllers The Enter Network Password dialog screen appears type the User Name and Password Thunderbolt RAID storage default
13. SNMP Tarp IP Address option e Out of Band Using Onboard LAN Port Interface Out of band interface refers to transport SNMP data of ARC 8050 RAID storage from a remote station connected to the controller through a network cable Before launching the SNMP manager on clinet you first need to enable the firmware embedded SNMP agent function and no additional agent software inquired on your server system If you need additional information about installation and start up this function see the section 4 8 4 SNMP Configuration on ARC 8050 user manual In Band Using Thunderbolt Port Interface In band interface refers to management of the SNMP data of ARC 8050 RAID storage from a Thunderbolt port In band in terface is simpler than out of band interface for it requires less hardware in its configuration To enable the RAID storage to send the SNMP traps to client SNMP manager using the IP address assigned to the operating system such as Net SNMP manager you can simply use the SNMP function on the ArcHttp proxy server utility The Archttp proxy server only provides one direction to send the trap to the SNMP manager without needing to install the SNMP extension agent on the host If SNMP manager requests to query the SNMP information from RAID pex LL L LUN Nx 30 INSTALLATION controller please refer to Appendix C C 3 2 section Using Onboard NIC Installation on ARC 8050 user manual If you need additional information about instal
14. Select the right file for the upgrade Normally user upgrades ARC8050FIRM BIN for RAID function All these files in the firmware package are a part of the firmware You should update all files in the package no special update order needed New firmware works after a system restart not instant available so you can update all files before restart the system The controller firmware is independent of the array up date firmware does not touch anything you stored in the array Note Please update all binary code UEFI BOOT FIRM and MBRO before you reboot system Otherwise a mixed firmware package may hang the controller APPENDIX 80 A 2 Upgrading Firmware Through McRAID Storage Manager Get the new version firmware for your RAID storage For example download the bin file from your OEM s web site onto the C drive ka A y Ue pays Technology Corporation open all close alll 1 To upgrade the RAID storage firmware move the mouse cursor to Upgrade Firmware link The Upgrade The Raid System Firmware or Boot Rom screen appears 2 Click Browse Look in the location to which the Firmware upgrade software was downloaded Select the file name and click Open 3 Click Confirm The Operation and press the Submit button 4 The web browser begins to download the firmware binary to the controller and start to update the flash
15. The firmware has added the Empty HDD Slot LED option to setup the fault LED light ON or OFF when there is no HDD installed When each slot has a power LED for the HDD installed identify user can set this option to OFF Choose option ON the RAID storage will light the fault LED if no HDD installed e Max Command Length Max Command Length is used to set a best IO size for the RAID storage e Auto Activate Incomplete Raid When some of the disk drives are removed in power off state or boot up stage the RAID set state will change to Incom plete State But if a user wants to automatically continue to work while the RAID storage is powered on the user can set the Auto Activate Incomplete Raid option to enable The RAID state will change to Degraded Mode while it powers on e Disk Write Cache Mode User can set the Disk Write Cache Mode to Auto Enabled or Disabled Enabled increases speed Disabled increases reli ability e Write Same For Initialization Drives that support the Write Same feature SCT can write to multiple drive sectors at once improving initialization time To take advantage of this feature all the drives in the unit must support Write Same command User can set the SAS And SATA SAS Only SATA Only or Disabled for the controller initialization e Hot Plugged Disk For Rebuilding It defines if the RAID array volume should start rebuilding or not when detects a disk is inserted re ins
16. To verify RAID 3 5 6 30 50 or 60 redundan Cy a consistency check reads all associated data blocks com putes parity reads parity and verifies that the computed parity matches the read parity Consistency checks are very important because they detect and correct parity errors or bad disk blocks in the drive A consis tency check forces every block on a volume to be read and any bad blocks are marked those blocks are not used again This is critical and important because a bad disk block can prevent a disk rebuild from completing We strongly recommend that you run consistency checks on a regular basis at least once per week Note that consistency checks degrade performance so you should run them when the system load can tolerate it Data Protection e Battery Backup The RAID controllers are armed with a Battery Backup Module BBM While a Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS protects most servers from power fluctuations or failures a BBM provides an additional level of protection In the event of a power failure a BBM supplies power to retain data in the RAID controller s paE X tuf 103 APPENDIX 104 cache thereby permitting any potentially dirty data in the cache to be flushed out to secondary storage when power is restored The batteries in the BBM are recharged continuously through a trickle charging process whenever the system po
17. Via Archttp proxy server Windows 7 8 The flow chart below describes the installation procedures for ARC 8050 Thunderbolt RAID storage Chapter 4 Launch McRAID Storage Manager to Create RAID Volume Ethernet Port Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Install Device Driver Hardware And ArcHttp Utility On Existing OS Installation These procedures include hardware installation the creation and configuration of a RAID volume through the McRAID manager OS installation and installation of storage software 29 INSTALLATION McRAID Storage Manager Before launching the firmware embedded web server McRAID storage manager through the Thunderbolt port you first need to install the ArcHttp proxy server on your server system The RAID storage can also be configured through the McRAID storage man ager through on board LAN port If you need additional information about installation and start up of this function see Chapter 4 Web Browser Based Configuration on ARC 8050 user manual SNMP Manager Console Integration There are two ways to transport SNMP data on the ARC 8050 RAID storage Out of Band built in LAN interface or In Band Thunderbolt interface Enter the SNMP Tarp IP Address option on the firm ware embedded SNMP configuration function for user to select the SNMP data agent side communication from the Out of Band built in LAN interface To use In Band Thunderbolt interface keep blank on the
18. action The last volume set starts to expand its capacity To expand an existing volume noticed e Only the last volume can expand capacity e When expand volume capacity you can t modify stripe size or modify RAID level simultaneously e You can expand volume capacity but can t reduce volume capacity size e After volume expansion the volume capacity can t be decreased For greater 2TB expansion e If your system installed in the volume don t expand the volume capacity greater 2TB except your OS and controller can support boot up from a greater 2TB capacity device e Expand over 2TB used LBA64 mode Please make sure your OS supports LBA64 before expand it 53 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 6 4 2 Volume Set Migration Migrating occurs when a volume set is migrating from one RAID level to another when a volume set strip size changes or when a disk is added to a RAID set Migration state is displayed in the volume state area of the RAID Set Hierachy screen Areca Technology Corporation 4 6 5 Check Volume Set To check a volume set from a RAID set 1 Click on the Check Volume Set link 2 Click on the volume set from the list that you wish to check Click on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit but ton Use this option to verify the correctness of the redundant data in a volume set Fo
19. are finished installing the ARC 8050 RAID storage you can set up the RAID volume using McRAID storage manager or LCD to set up RAID volumes 2 4 3 Volume Setup After hardware installation the SAS SATA disk drives connected to the ARC 8050 must be configured and the volume set units initialized by the controller before they are ready to use by the system With MRAID software installed on your host computer and cables connected you are ready to turn on your ARC 8050 storage unit and use the McRAID Storage Manager to setup RAID volumes 24 INSTALLATION 2 4 3 1 Configure Volume Set ARC 8050 RAID storage is normally delivered with LCD pre in stalled Your ARC 8050 RAID storage can be configured by using McRAID storage manager launched by ArcHttp proxy server and LAN port or LCD with keypad refer to ARC 8050 LCD manual Thunderbolt RAID storage default User Name is admin and the Password is 0000 e Method 1 Thunderbolt Connection McRAID Storage Manager ARC 8050 RAID storage has embedded the TCP IP amp web brows er based RAID manager in the firmware User can remote man age the RAID storage using Archttp proxy server installed via standard web browsers eoo ARCHTTP Configuration anes a e beep localhost 81 Ka Coogle ws O ao i Apple vahow Google Maps YouTube Wikipedia News SS Popular v E ar 1 p AE T ArcHTTP Configurations E4 lopen all close alll YesONo
20. based McRAID storage man ager SMTP manager SNMP agent and Telnet function via ArcHttp proxy server for all operating systems e Support Command Line Interface CLI e API library for customer to write monitor utility Out of Band Manager e Firmware embedded web browser based McRAID storage man ager SMTP manager SNMP agent and Telnet function via on board LAN port e API library for customer to write monitor utility e Support push button and LCD display panel Operating System e Mac OS X 10 6 x 10 7 x 10 8 x e Windows 7 8 For latest supported driver version visit http www areca com tw Mechanical Specifications e Form Factor Compact 8 Disk Compact Tower e Operation temperature 0 40 C e Operation humidity 5 95 Non condensing e Cooling Fan 2 x 2700rpm 0 135A Brushless Fan e Power Supply In out 270W 90 256V AC 12V 26A 5V 18A 3 3V 16A e Dimension W x Hx D 146 x 302 x 290 mm 5 7 x11 8 x 11 4 in e Weight Without Disk 14 9 Ibs 6 8Kg 11 INSTALLATION 2 Installation This section describes how to install the ARC 8050 Thunderbolt RAID storage with host computer and disks 12 2 1 Before You First Installing Thanks for purchasing the ARC 8050 as your RAID data storage The following manual gives simple step by step instructions for installing and configuring the ARC 8050 RAID storage Unpack Unpack and install the hardware in a static free environment ARC 8050 RAID
21. for video editing capturing or transferring video managing 3D graphics design producing video presentations and regularly data backup ARC 8050 Thunderbolt RAID storage is the best solution Easy RAID Management Configuration and monitoring can be managed either through the LCD control panel Archttp utility or Ethernet port Firmware em bedded web browser based RAID manager allows local or remote to access it from any standard internet browser via a out of band 10 100Mbits LAN port or in band Archttp utility ARC 8050 Thun derbolt RAID storage also provides API library for customer to combine with its own monitor utility The intelligent cooling con tinuously adapts to environmental conditions by automatically controlling the speed of the cooling fans This super silent design optimizing balance between noise reduction and necessary cooling makes ARC 8050 well suited for audio video application especially the rapidly growing demand from the video editing markets INTRODUCTION 1 2 Features Controller Architecture e 800MHz Dual Core ROC processor e 1GB on board DDR3 1333 SDRAM with ECC protection e Write through or write back cache support e Support 8 internal 6Gb s SAS ports e Multi RAID storage support for large storage requirements e Support EFI BIOS for bootable from RAID storage volume e NVRAM for RAID event amp transaction log e Redundant flash image for controller availability e Battery Backup Module BBM rea
22. if any hot spare disk was used to rebuild and without new installed drive replaced it In this condition the Auto Declare Hot Spare status will be disap peared if the RAID storage has since powered off on The Hot Swap function can be used to rebuild disk drives in arrays with data redundancy such as RAID level 1 1E 3 5 6 10 30 50 and 60 e Auto Rebuilding If a hot spare is available the rebuild starts automatically when a drive fails The RAID controllers automatically and transpar ently rebuild failed drives in the background at user definable rebuild rates 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 automatically rebuilt and so that fault toler ance can be maintained RAID controllers will automatically restart the system and rebuilding process if the system is shut down or powered off abnormally during a reconstruction procedure condition When a disk is hot swapped although the system is functionally operational the system may no longer be fault tolerant Fault tolerance will be lost until the removed drive is replaced and the rebuild operation is completed During the automatic rebuild process system activity will con tinue as normal however the system performance and fault tolerance will be affected e Adjustable Rebuild Priority Rebuilding a degraded volume incurs a load on the RAID stor age The RAID controllers a
23. in the ROC and operating at full channel speeds The hardware encryption does not impact the performance of ARC 8050 RAID controller and can implement on any kinds of HDD that is transparent to the user the OS and applications Encrypting your volume can give your data an extra layer of protection beyond setting up a controller password Encryption will conceal your volume s data and make accessing the files almost impossible for anyone who does not know your encryp tion key Data saved in the volume will be hidden by Algorithm developed by Areca Technology With this scramble process no one can see and access into the hidden volume data without access key ARC 8050 support 128 and 256 bit encryption keys using AES a key size of 128 or 256 bits or password a vari able key size Each encryption key size causes the algorithm to behave slightly differently so the increasing key sizes not only offer a larger number of bits with which you can scramble the data but also increase the complexity of the cipher algorithm ARC 1882 adapters provide five new key options in the Full Vol ume Encryption Disable 256Bit key Password 256Bit key AES 128Bit key Password 128Bit key AES You can gener ate the new key by CLI utility or API code function This volume encryption function can only work with ARC 1882 series with any kinds of HDD You can follow below steps to en able the function 1 Create volume set with Full Volume
24. is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem It provides accuracies typically within a millisecond on LANs and up to a few tens of milliseconds on WANs relative to Coordinated Universal Time UTC via a Global Positioning Service GPS receiver for example T A Viet Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close all 9 Raid System Console Quick Func e NTP Sever Address The most important factor in providing accurate reliable time is the selection of NTP servers to be used in the configuration file Typical NTP configurations utilize multiple redundant servers and diverse network paths in order to achieve high accuracy and re liability Our NTP configuration supports two existing public NTP synchronization subnets 73 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 74 e Time Zone Time Zone conveniently runs in the system tray and allows you to easily view the date and time in various locations around the world You can also quickly and easily add your own personal locations to customize time zone the way you want e Automatic Daylight Saving Automatic Daylight Saving will normally attempt to automati cally adjust the system clock for daylight saving changes based on the computer time zone This tweak allows you to disable t
25. manager requests to query the SNMP information from RAID controller please refer the C 3 2 section Using Onboard NIC C 3 2 Using Onboard NIC Installation With the built in LAN port you can add SNMP function onto your the RAID storage You can use the browser based manager to setup the firmware based SNMP configuration To launch the browser based RAID controller SNMP function click on the Sys tem Controls link The System Controls menu will show avail able items Select the SNMP Configuration item The follow ing screen is the firmware embedded SNMP configuration setup screen using browser based manager H2 ar we M i T Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close alll SNMP Trap configu SNMP Trap IP Address 1 T E m i Porte ez cp J gj Porte ez SNMP Trap IP Address a a y gj Porte ez SNMP System Configurations T Confirm Tho Operation Sem nes 89 APPENDIX 90 The firmware embedded SNMP agent manager monitors all system events and the SNMP function becomes functional with no agent software required When you open the SNMP Configuration link you will see the following settings 1 SNMP Trap Configurations Enter the SNMP Trap IP Address 2 SNMP System Configurations Community name acts as a pass
26. protocol on the firmware for user to up date the controller firmware package UEFI BOOT FIRM and MBRO through the CLI utility To update the controller firmware follow the procedure below Parameter path PATH OF FIRMWARE FILE gt Fn Firmware Updating Ex Update Firmware And File Path Is In C FW ARC8050FIRM BIN Command sys updatefw path c fw arc8050firm bin Enter 81 APPENDIX Appendix B 82 Battery Backup Module ARC 6120BATO21 ARC 8050 RAID storage operates using cache memory The Battery Backup Module is an add on module that provides power to the RAID storage cache memory in the event of a power failure The BBM monitors the write back cache on the RAID storage and pro vides power to the cache memory if it contains data not yet written to the hard drives when power failure occurs B 1 BBM Connector and Components This section provides the board layout and connector jumper for the BBM e D13 Green light when BBM activated e D14 Red light when BBM charging e D15 Green light when BBM normal ARC 8040 BBM s Connector m0 rm Battery Connector jJ B 1 m E O 54 Status of BBM o WS Y Y E OSA us pe DOO0000 WS T um n nana LIDOTICHLI B 2 Status of BBM The BBM status will be shown on the web browser of Hardware Monitor Information screen Lir E rece APPENDIX B 3 Instal
27. s SAS RAID storage ARC 8050 Thunderbolt to 6Gb s SAS RAID storage 1 1 Overview Thunderbolt technology is a revolutionary high speed dual proto col I O technology designed for performance simplicity and flex ibility Thunderbolt I O technology lets you move data between high resolution displays and high performance data devices on a single compact port Both data and display signals can be sent and received at the same time through dual 10Gbps channels A single cable attached to one of the ports provides 2 channels able to achieve the 10Gbps speeds flowing both ways simultaneously A single Thunderbolt port supports hubs as well as a daisy chain of up to seven Thunderbolt devices To improve bandwidth transmis sion Thunderbolt has implemented two duplex PCIe and Display Port channels into the controller and each channel can provide full bi directional performance Unparalleled Performance ARC 8050 is 8 bay 6Gb s SAS Thunderbolt box with RAID control capabilities solution for both PC and Mac Thunderbolt host inter face make ARC 8050 RAID box well suited for SOHO group profes sional who work at home and or in the office Thunderbolt technol ogy developed for high speed data transfer at the speed of 10Gbps per channel Thunderbolt port is shared by multiple devices and can transfer data equally distribute to all connected devices ARC 8050 incorporated on board high performance dual core 800Mhz ROC storage processor and with
28. s Subnet Mask 5 iiit ir pectet TE Rh che Ead ada E ELDER RUPES 71 HTTP Port Number iiie etica e ER 71 s Telnet Port NUMBER tis incerto rne diese are wes shee 72 SMTP Port Number eeesseeseeneen enema nenne nnn 72 4 8 5 Alert By Mail Configuration ce cceecee eee eee teense ee eee 72 4 8 6 SNMP Configuration ccceeeee eee ee eee eee teeta nemen 73 4 8 7 NTP Configuration i e cei eter ee caesar ANA 73 e NTP Sever Address eesseeseeseeen enne nen nnn 73 DEN ZPAZ nM PET 74 e Automatic Daylight Saving esses 74 4 8 8 View Events Mute Beeper ceesssseeeene menn 74 4 8 9 Generate Test Event 2 5 ence hee EXER corii XR ege e 74 4 8 10 Clear Events Buffer cessesseeeseeeeee nennen nennen 75 4 8 11 Modify Password icit tre ek aaa 75 4 8 12 Update Firmware ssssssseeee nmm emen 76 4 9 Informatio Nessin cepa E ERR ER eet we RE RR FERRE KR dae 76 4 9 1 Raid Set Hierarchy reiecit ceret ede nr ax eani 76 4 9 2 SAS Chip Information eseeenn mmm 77 4 9 3 System Information sess 77 4 9 4 Hardware Monitor esssssssseeen meme mne nnn 78 Appendix A uis acnk ansa E EE 79 Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process eeeeeen n nnn 79 Appendix B 2isnsassa skuaEsaankRRnRhRaS RRERERERRRRERERSRRANENR RR RE KREREER KE RE 82 Battery Backup Module ARC 6120BATO021 eese 82 B 1 BBM Connector
29. set Manual configuration can provide full control of the RAID set settings but it will take longer to com plete than the Quick Volume Raid Setup configuration Select the Raid Set Function to manually configure the RAID set for the first time or delete and reconfigure existing RAID sets A RAID set is a group of disks containing one or more volume sets 4 5 1 Create Raid Set To create a RAID set click on the Create Raid Set link A Select The Drive For Raid Set screen is displayed showing the drive s connected to the current controller and enclosures Click on the selected physical drives within the current RAID set Enter 1 to 15 alphanumeric characters to define a unique identifier for a RAID set The default RAID set name will always appear as Raid Set z Click the Confirm The Operation check box and click on the Submit button on the screen the RAID set will start to initialize If you have available disk member you can repeat above proce dures to define another RAID sets The Max 128 volumes is the default mode for SAS RAID storage The Max 16 volumes mode is used for support roaming this raidset to Areca SATA RAID con trollers The SATA RAID controller is designed to support up to 16 volumes only You have to use Max 16 volumes on the raidset ACA a 41 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION mode if you plan to roam this raidset between SAS RAID con
30. state relating to the EMC Directive2004 108 EC For the evaluation regarding to the electromagnetic compatibility the fol lowing standards where applied EN 55022 2006 Class B EN 55024 1998 A1 2001 A2 2003 EN 61000 3 2 2006 IEC61000 4 2 2001 EN 61000 3 3 1995 A1 2001 A2 2005 IEC61000 4 3 2006 IEC61000 4 4 2004 IEC61000 4 5 2005 IEC61000 4 6 2006 IEC61000 4 8 2001 IEC61000 4 11 2004 Contents 1 MEP OGUCUION e 8 11 OVERVIEW reeter virit ENNEA TEN EUEN EARN DENEA TEUENT ARNET EEEE trE C qe 8 2 InstallatiOn iissnsusua auus na na Eua ERR REEREEREEEFFNERRSERERREREENERR ERE 12 2 1 Before You First Installing ccceceeeee eects eee eee eee ee teeta 12 2 2 RAID Storage VIEW vs esssc cscesesvicsune RARRRRREUDNRE RESQUE ENUMER E EA 13 2 3 Locations of the Storage Component ssssseeseess 14 2 3 1 Drive Tray LED Indicators eee 14 2 3 2 LCD Panel LED Indicators seseeseee 15 2 3 3 Thunderbolt Port LED Indicators eeeseseeese 15 2 4 Setting Up RAID StOrdge uc oer EH itd dex eua 16 2 4 1 Software Installation eese 16 2 4 2 Hardware Installatie i aa 20 2 4 3 Vol me Set p ed exses id hh aXRXF ERE AEEA ERA EK Ar AAA 24 2 4 3 1 Configure Volume Set cssssssseeee 25 2 4 3 2 Making Volume Sets Available to System 26 2 4 4 Unmounting the Storage Volume e
31. storage is packed inside an anti static bag be tween two sponge sheets Remove it and inspect it for damage If the ARC 8050 RAID storage appears damaged or if any items of the contents listed below are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or distributor immediately Checklist e 1 x ARC 8050 8 bays RAID storage unit e 1 x Installation CD containing driver relative software an electronic version of this manual and other related manual 1 x RJ 45 LAN cable 1 x Power cord 32 x Drive mounting screws 4 per drive tray 1 x Quick start guide System Requirements e Computer with Thunderbolt connector e Mac OS X 10 6 8 or higher e Windows 7 amp 8 For Windows PC the Thunderbolt certified device driver must be installed before plugging in the device for it to function prop erly e Thunderbolt cable included INSTALLATION 2 2 RAID Storage View The following diagram is the RAID storage front view and rear view Rear View 1 Disk Activity LED Thunderbolt Porti 2 Disk Fault Link LED Thunderbolt Port2 3 LCD Panel with Keypad Thunderbolt Porti Link LED Thunderbolt Port2 Link LED System Fani LAN Port For McRAID Web Manager 10 Reset Button 11 System Fan2 12 Power Connector 13 Power Supply Fan 13 INSTALLATION 2 3 Locations of the Storage Component The following componen
32. the web browser installed on your operating system The web browser based McRAID storage manager is a HTML based application which utilizes the browser Safari IE and Mozilla etc installed on your monitor station It can be accessed through the in band Thunderbolt bus or out of band onboard LAN port The in band Thunderbolt bus method can launch the web browser based McRAID storage manager via archttp proxy server The firmware embedded web browser based McRAID storage manager allows local or remote to access it from any standard internet browser The firmware embedded SMTP manager monitors all system events and user can select either single or multiple user notifications to be sent with Plain English e mails The firmware embedded SNMP agent allows remote to monitor events with no SNMP agent required e Create RAID set e Expand RAID set e Define volume set e Add physical drive e Modify volume set e Modify RAID level stripe size e Define pass through disk drives e Modify system function e Update firmware e Designate drives as hot spares 4 1 Start up McRAID Storage Manager With the McRAID storage manager you can locally manage a system containing a Thunderbolt RAID storage that has Mac OS X or Windows and a supported browser A locally managed system requires all of the following components nm mQ i 37 WEB
33. tw support e ArcHttp supports sending traps only do not support the get command 2 Service Method 2 Using onboard LAN port Pay attention to these e Do not check mark the option SNMP Through PCI e Do need to fill out the SNMP Trap Config C 3 1 Using ArcHttp The HTTP management software Archttp runs as a service or daemon and has it automatically start the proxy for all control lers found This way the controller can be managed remotely without having to sign in the server The Archttp has also inte grated the ability of sending SNMP trap Please reference the manual Chapter 3 ArcHttp Proxy Server Installation section to install and setup its configuration To enable the controller to send the SNMP traps to client SNMP pem LS A c c o a 88 APPENDIX manager using the IP address assigned to the operating system such as Net SNMP manager you can simply use the SNMP function on the ArcHttp proxy server utility To enable the RAID controller SNMP traps sending function configure the SNMP Traps Configuration options on the ArcHTTP Configurations The Archttp proxy only provides one direction to send the trap to the SNMP manager without needing to install the SNMP extension agent on the host For detailed information on using Archttp proxy server utility to send the SNMP traps please see SNMP Traps Configuration section on 3 2 Archttp Configuration If SNMP
34. 00 0GB D Expand RAID Set LJ Raid Set 002 5 5 Normal 150 0GB D Offline RAID Set T c Md Acne incomplete RD S Raid Set 003 6 6 Normal 480 068 D Create Hot Spare Delete Hot Spare Iv Confirm The Operation VolumeSet In This RaidSet Will Also Be Deleted Rescue Raid Set Submit Reset CJ Volume Set Functions CJ Physical Drives System Controls Information 42 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 5 3 Expand Raid Set Instead of deleting a RAID set and recreating it with additional disk drives the Expand Raid Set function allows the users to add disk drives to the RAID set that have already been created To expand a RAID set Select the Expand Raid Set option If there is an available disk then the Select SAS SATA Drives For Raid Set Expansion screen appears Select the target RAID set by clicking on the appropriate radio button Select the target disk by clicking on the appropriate check box t Areca Technology Corporation open all close all 8 Raid System Console Raid Set 000 1 1 Rebuilding 11000 06B Raid Set 002 5 5 Normat 150 068 Raid Set 003 6 6 Normal 480 068 E c Raid Set 001 4 4 Rebuilding 20000 068 Click on the Submit button to start the expansion on the RAID set The new additional capacity can be utilized by one or more volume sets The volume sets associated with this RAID set appear for you to have
35. 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Disk 5 APPENDIX RAID 6 RAID 6 provides the highest reliability It is similar to RAID 5 but it performs two different parity computations or the same compu tation on overlapping subsets of the data RAID 6 can offer fault tolerance greater than RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only consumes the capacity of 2 disk drives for distributed parity data RAID 6 is an extension of RAID 5 but uses a second independent distributed parity scheme Data is striped on a block level across a set of drives and then a second set of parity is calculated and written across all of the drives Logical Disk RAID 6 P Q Redundancy A Blocks B Blocks C Blocks D Blocks E Blocks F Blocks GU d d cx Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Disk 5 Disk 6 RAID xO RAID level x0 refers to RAID level 00 100 30 50 and 60 RAID x0 is a combination multiple RAID x volume sets with RAID O striping Striping helps to increase capacity and performance without adding disks to each RAID x array The operating system uses the spanned volume in the same way as a regular volume Up to one drive in each sub volume RAID 3 or 5 may fail with out loss of data Up to two drives in each sub volume RAID 6 may fail without loss of data RAID level x0 allows more physi cal drives in an array The benefits of doing so are larger volume sets increased performance and increased reliability The following illustration is an example of a RAID level x0 log
36. 100 268 SEAGATE 573100042455 hmi Ree 4 8 System Controls 4 8 1 System Config To set the RAID system function move the cursor to the main menu and click the System Controls link The Raid System Function menu will show all items and then select the desired function A A Wo f Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close alll T Confirm The Operation Sum rese e System Beeper Setting The System Beeper Setting function is used to Disabled or Enabled the RAID storage alarm tone generator e Background Task Priority The Background Task Priority is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes to a rebuild operation The RAID storage allows the user to choose the rebuild priority UI traLow Low Medium and High to balance volume set access and rebuild tasks appropriately For high array performance specify a Low value 61 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 62 e JBOD RAID Configuration JBOD is an acronym for Just a Bunch Of Disk A group of hard disks in a RAID box are not set up as any type of RAID configuration All drives are available to the operating system as an individual disk JBOD does not provide data redundancy User needs to delete the RAID set when you want to change the option from the RAID to the JBOD function e SATA NCQ Support The controller supports both SAS and SATA d
37. Auto 4 Set the volume set Cache Mode Write Back Cache B 6 Battery Functionality Test Procedure 1 Write amount of data into controller volume about 5GB or bigger 2 Waiting for few seconds power failed system by remove the power cable 3 Check the battery status battery beeps every few seconds 4 Power on system and login in the RAID storage 5 Check the controller event log make sure the event shows controller boot up with power recovered B 7 Changing the Battery Backup Module At some point the LI ION battery will no longer accept a charge properly LI ION battery life expectancy is anywhere from ap proximately 1 to 5 years 1 Power down the RAID storage properly Make sure that cache memory has been flushed 2 Remove all Round head screws from the cabinet 3 Disconnect the BBM cable from J5 on the RAID storage con troller rr lC MM RN MN MN GN MN NNNM wma 84 APPENDIX 4 Disconnect the battery pack cable from JP2 on the BBM 5 Install a new battery pack and connect the new battery pack to JP2 6 Connect the BBM to J6 on the RAID storage controller 7 Secure the Round head screws into the BBM 8 Disable the write back function from the LCD or McRAID stor age manager B 8 BBM Specifications Mechanical e Module Dimension W x H x D 37 3 x 13 x 81 6 mm Environmental e Operating Temperature Temperature 0 C to 40 C Humidity 45 8596 non condensing e Storage Temperatu
38. Create pass through disks and modify the existing pass through drives parameters Also provides the function to identify disk drives blinking fault LED System Controls Setting the RAID system configuration Information Viewing the controller information The Raid Set Hierarchy can be viewed through the Raid Set Hierarchy item 4 4 Quick Function The number of physical drives in the RAID storage determines the Raid Levels that can be implemented with the RAID set You can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set The user T Select Raid Level Capacity Allowed NW Confirm The Operation Submit Reset 40 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION can change the Raid Level Capacity Initialization Mode and Stripe Size A hot spare option is also created depending on the exist configuration Click the Confirm The Operation check box and click on the Submit button in the Quick Create screen the RAID set and volume set will start to initialize Note In Quick Create your volume set is automatically configured based on the number of disks in your system Use the Raid Set Functions and Volume Set Functions if you prefer to customize your volume set or RAID 30 50 60 volume set 4 5 Raid Set Functions Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you pre fer to customize your volume
39. DOCS directory Select the program features you want installed lick on an icon in the list below to change how a feature is installed Bl acs Feature Description amp ArcHTTP amp a This feature requires 92KB on your hard drive InstallShield Hd se Bk J Wet Install to C Program Files MRAID 5 When you reach the installation page click the Install button A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation When this screen completes you have completed the driver installation The program features you selected are being installed 3 a Please wait while the InstallShield Wizard installs MRAID This may take minutes Status InstallShield 6 Normally ArcHTTP and CLI are installed at the same time on ARC 8050 Once ArcHTTP and CLI have been installed the archttp background task automatically starts each time when you start your computer There is one MRAID icon showing on your Pro grams folder This icon is for you to start up the McRAID storage manager by ArcHTTP and CLI utility INSTALLATION For Mac Thunderbol l m This section describes detailed instructions for installing the Areca Mac driver amp utility for the ARC 8050 on your Apple Thunderbolt capable machine You must have administrative level permissions to install Areca Mac driver amp utility You can use the installer to install Areca Mac dr
40. Encryption capability in the web management 2 Use CLI vsf genkey command or API code to generate key file 3 Use Download Volume Key File in the web management or use CLI vsf dlkey command to download volume key file into firmware and unlock the volume 4 Follow step 4 to unlock volume if volume locked e Tagged Command Queuing The Enabled option is useful for enhancing overall system 50 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION performance under multi tasking operating systems The Command Tag Drive Channel function controls the SAS command tag queuing support for each drive channel This function should normally remain Enabled Disabled this function only when using SAS drives that do not support command tag queuing e SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI Lun SCSI Channel The RAID storage function is simulated as an external SCSI RAID controller The host bus is represented as a SCSI channel Choose the SCSI Channel SCSI ID Each SCSI device attached to the SCSI card as well as the card itself must be assigned a unique SCSI ID number A SCSI channel can connect up to 15 devices The RAID storage is a large SCSI device Assign an ID from a list of SCSI IDs SCSI LUN Each SCSI ID can support up to 8 LUNs Most 6Gb s SAS controllers treat each LUN like a SAS disk 4 6 2 Create Raid30 50 60 Volume Set 30 50 60 To create 30 50 60 volume set from RAID set
41. Event Send All Event Notify User If No Event Occurs within 24 Hours Mail Address 1 SMTP Server Configuration SMTP Server IP Address Enter the SMTP server IP address which is not McRAID storage manager IP Ex 192 168 0 2 A X E 33 ArcHTTP Configuration 2 Mail Address Configurations Sender Name Enter the sender name that will be shown in the outgoing mail Ex RaidController 1 Mail address Enter the sender email that will be shown in the outgoing mail but don t type IP to replace domain name Ex RaidController_1 areca com tw Account Enter the valid account if your SMTP mail server requires authentication Password Enter the valid password if your SMTP mail server requires authentication 3 Event Notification Configurations MailTo Name Enter the alert receiver name that will be shown in the outgoing mail Mail Address Enter the alert receiver mail address Ex admin areca com tw According to your requirement set the corresponding event level Disable Event Notification No event notification will be sent Urgent Error Notification Send only urgent events Serious Error Notification Send urgent and serious events Warning Error Notification Send urgent serious and warning events Information Notification Send all events Notification For No Event Notify user if no event occurs w
42. FIGURATION 6 7 4 1 Clone And Replace You can enlarge your logical drives by copying and replacing all member drives with drives of higher capacity The existing data in the logical drives is copied onto the new drives and then the original members are marked as Offlined 6 7 4 2 Clone Only The stand by disk will clone the logical drives without substitut ing it The status of the stand by drive will be marked as Of flined after the cloning process The source drive will remain a member of the logical drive U tet Areca Technology Corporation open all close all DIDI icloct Clone Typo cse Axis m Confirm the sams es 6 7 5 Abort Cloning Use this function to stop the ongoing clone disk action T A A t i f Areca Technology Corporation LX open alllclose alll SEAGATE 57330065755 4 7 6 Set Disk To Be Failed It sets a normal working disk as failed so that users can test some of the features and functions 59 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 7 A L Aet Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close all seaGaTe stseou0s7es JoFaGaTe sTaenms7es ce SEE TES 1000 268 SEAGATE ST3100042488 1000 268 SeaGaTe 573100042455 1000 268 SEAGATE 573100042455 C confirm The Operation 4 7 7 Activate Failed Disk It forces the current failed disk in the system to be back online Activa
43. ROM 5 After the firmware upgrade is complete a bar indicator will show Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully 6 After the new firmware completes downloading find a chance to restart the controller computer for the new firmware to take effect The web browser based McRAID storage manager can be accessed through the in band Thunderbolt port or out of band LAN port The in band method uses the ArcHttp proxy server to launch the McRAID storage manager The out of band method allows local or remote to access the McRAID storage manager from any standard internet browser via a LAN or WAN with no software or patches required APPENDIX Controller with onboard LAN port you can directly plug an Ethernet cable to the controller LAN port After network connected you can find the current IP address in the LCD panel From a remote pc you can directly open a web browser and enter the IP address Then enter user name and password to login and start your management You can find the firmware update feature from the Upgrade Firmware option on the System Controls A 3 Upgrading Firmware Through CLI This Command Line Interface CLI provides you to configure and manage the RAID storage components in Mac environment The CLI is useful in environments where a graphical user interface GUI is not available Through the CLI you perform firmware up grade that you can perform with the McRAID storage manager GUI The controller has added
44. Serious Controller Temp temperature back Recovered tonormal level Hdd Temp Serious Hdd temperature Recovered back tonormal level On Power On With Warning RAID power on with Battery Backup battery backuped Incomplete Serious Some RAID set Check disk information to find out RAID member disks which channel missing Discovered missing before power on APPENDIX Telnet Log Serious a Telnet login detected InVT100 Log In Serious a VT100 login detected API Log In a API login detected Lost Rebuilding Urgent Some rebuilding Reinserted the missing member MigrationLBA migration raidset disk back controller will member disks continued the incompleted missing before power rebuilding migration on 94 APPENDIX Appendix E RAID Concept RAID Set A RAID set is a group of disks connected to a RAID controller A RAID set contains one or more volume sets The RAID set itself does not define the RAID level 0 1 1E 3 5 6 10 30 50 60 etc the RAID level is defined within each volume set Therefore volume sets are contained within RAID sets and RAID Level is de fined within the volume set If physical disks of different capaci ties 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 Volume Set Each volume set is seen by the host system as a single logical device in other words a single large virtua
45. Set D Offline RAID Set D Activate Incomplete RAID i Create Hot Spare Tr stor2 FT stoT3 73 4GB HITACHI HUS151473VLS300 73 4GB SEAGATE ST373455SS Select The Hot Spare Type Global Hot Spare Dedicated To RaidSet Confirm The Operation Dedicated To Enclosure D Delete Hot Spare Rescue Raid Set G Volume Set Functions CJ Physical Drives CJ System Controls Information The Create Hot Spare gives you the ability to define a global or dedicated hot spare Unlike Global Hot Spare which can be used with any RAID sets Dedicated Hot Spare can only be used with 45 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 46 a specific RAID set or Enclosure When a disk drive fails in the RAID set or enclosure with a dedicated hot spare is pre set data on the disk drive is rebuild automatically on the dedicated hot spare disk 4 5 8 Delete Hot Spare Select the target hot spare disk to delete by clicking on the ap propriate check box Click the Confirm The Operation check box and click the Submit button on the screen to delete the hot spares Fi a tet Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close all Raid System Console s Select The Hot Spare Drive To Delete B Quick Function Enclosure 5 Areca x28 05 75 1 37 000 T io aad 73 4GB SEAGATE ST373455SS Delete RAID Set 73 4GB SEAGATE ST373455SS LJ Expand RAID Set D Offline RAID Set D Activate Incomplete RAID D Create Hot Spare Submit
46. Start McRAID Storage Manager Browser Edition 1 In Windows right click on Start menu and choose Pro grams Clicking MRAID program icon starts the Archttp utility From the Start menu choose Programs MRAID ArcHTTP 2 On a Mac there is one MARID icon showing on your desk top This icon is for you to start up the McRAID storage manager by ArcHTTP and CLI utility When you click the archttp it shows all RAID storages available on the system and create an individual RAID storage icon lo cated on left column of the Archttp Configurations screen This RAID storage icon is for user to launch the selected RAID stor age web browser McRAID RAID Storage Manager u X AX MQ mepemeu l 25 INSTALLATION If there is any RAID storage missed on the system start up or plug in on Ine you can use the Rescan Device function See chapter 4 on ARC 8050 user manual for information on cus tomizing your RAID volumes using McRAID storage manager Thunderbolt RAID storage default User Name is admin and the Password is 0000 e Method 2 LAN Port Connection McRAID Storage Manager ARC 8050 RAID storage has embedded the TCP IP amp web browser based RAID manager in the firmware User can remote manage the RAID storage directly connected to the 10 100Mbits RJ45 LAN port via standard web browsers For additional infor mati
47. TP The ArcHTTP proxy utility runs as a service or daemon and has it automatically start the proxy for all RAID storages found This way the RAID storage can be managed remotely without having to sign in the server Start ArcHTTP Browser Edition 1 In Windows right click on Start menu and choose Programs Clicking MRAID program icon starts the ArcHTTP utility From the Start menu choose Programs gt MRAID gt ArcHTTP 2 On a Mac there is one MARID icon showing on your desktop This icon is for you to start up the ArcHTTP utility When you click the ArcHTTP it shows all RAID storages available on the system and System Function on left column of the Archttp Configurations screen The ArcHTTP has also integrated the email notification and SNMP function for user to send SNMP traps and e mail notifications ArcHTTP configuration setting will store on a file name ArcHttpSrv conf e General Configuration Binding IP Restrict ArcHttp proxy server to bind only single interface If more than one physical network in the server HTTP Port Value 1765535 Display HTTP Connection Information To Console Select Yes to show Http send bytes and receive bytes information in the console Scanning PCI Device Select Yes for ARC 8050 RAID storage unit Scanning RS 232 Device No Scanning Inband Device No 32 ArcHTTP Configuration eoo n ARCHTTP Configuration EJ lopen all close all a Gener
48. Thunderbolt Product User Manual Version 1 1 Issue Date April 2013 Copyright and Trademarks The information of the products in this manual is subject to change without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual All brands and trademarks are the properties of their respective owners This manual contains materials protected under International Copyright Conventions All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying without the written permission of the manufacturer and the author FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the lim its for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against in terference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interfer ence will not occur in a particular installation Manufacturer s Declaration for CE Certification We confirm ARC 8050 has been tested and found comply with the re quirements set up in the council directive on the approximation of the low of member
49. Up RAID Storage Follow the instructions below to install ARC 8050 Thunderbolt to 6Gb s SAS RAID storage 2 4 1 Software Installation To install the ARC 8050 driver and software into the existing operating system Driver is required for the operating system to be able to interact with the ARC 8050 RAID storage Windows users must firstly install drivers on their computer in order to use the Thunderbolt connection You can click the For Windows Install Driver First on the http www areca com tw proucts thunderbolt htm web link to driver and set up instruc tions for Windows ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console McRAID stor age manager to run ArcHttp proxy server is used to launch the web browser McRAID storage manager McRAID storage manager provides all of the creation management and monitor ARC 8050 RAID storage status This chapter describes how to install the ARC 8050 RAID stor age software to your operating system The software installation includes device driver ArcHTTP and CLI 16 INSTALLATION For PC Thunderbol m ibl m In this scenario you are installing the RAID storage in an existing Windows system This section describes detailed instructions for installing the Windows driver amp utility for the ARC 8050 You can use the installer to install driver amp Archttp at once or Custom to install special components To follow the following process to install driver amp utility on Windows
50. User Name is admin and the Password is 0000 e Start up McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN Port Out of Band ARC 8050 RAID storage now offers an alternative means of com munication for the Thunderbolt RAID storage web browser based McRAID storage manager program User can access the CET LEE NL X M M MC MN MEE MN NN ei 38 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION built in configuration without needing system starting up running the ArcHttp proxy server The web browser based McRAID stor age manager program is a HTML based application which utilizes the browser installed on your remote system To ensure proper communications between the Thunderbolt RAID storage and web browser based McRAID storage manager please connect the Thunderbolt RAID storage LAN port to any LAN switch port The RAID storage has embedded the TCP IP amp web browser based McRAID storage manager in the firmware User can remote manage the Thunderbolt RAID storage without adding any user specific software platform independent via standard web brows ers directly connected to the 10 100Mbit RJ45 LAN port To configure Thunderbolt RAID storage on a remote machine you need to know its IP address The IP address will default show in the LCD initial screen Launch your firmware embedded TCP IP amp web browser based McRAID storage manager by entering http IP Address in the web browser 4 2 RAID storage McRAID Storage Manager McRAID storage manager i
51. able capacity without taking the system down A forth disk could be added to migrate to RAID level 6 It is only possible to migrate to a higher RAID level by adding a disk disks in an existing array can t be reconfigured for a higher RAID level without adding a disk Online migration is only permitted to begin if all volumes to be migrated are in the normal mode During the migration pro cess the volume sets being migrated are accessed by the host system In addition the volume sets with RAID level 1 1E 10 3 5 or 6 are protected against data loss in the event of disk failure s In the case of disk failure the volume set transitions from migrating state to migrating degraded state When the e O M 98 APPENDIX migration is completed the volume set transitions to degraded mode If a global hot spare is present then it further transitions to rebuilding state e Online Volume Expansion Performing a volume expansion on the controller is the process of growing only the size of the latest volume A more flexible op tion is for the array to concatenate an additional drive into the RAID set and then expand the volumes on the fly This happens transparently while the volumes are online but at the end of the process the operating system will detect free space at after the existing volume Windows NetWare and other advanced operating systems sup port volume expansion which ena
52. al Configurations M ArcHTTP v2 2 3 qj System Functions Binding IP General Configuration Mail Configuration SNMP Trap Configuration SMTP Port Rescan Device Collect Support Data E gt BEBE SAS RAID Controllers HTTP Port Display HTTP Connection Information To Console Scanning PCI Device QvesCONo Scanning RS 232 Device Yes No D ARC 8050 Web Management L Scanning Inband Device ESATA RAID Controllers Event Log File Name CO Confirm The Operation Submit Reset e Mail alert by Mail Configuration To enable the controller to send the email function you need to configure the SMTP function on the ArcHttp software To enable the RAID storage email sending function click on the Mail Con figuration link The SMTP Server Configurations menu will show as following When you open the mail configuration page you will see the following settings T Fi a ef Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close alil a SMIP Server Configuration SMTP Server IP Address bp op bp ff Mail Address Configurations Mail Address Pasw O O OO O Mail Address C Warning Error Notification C information Notification T Notification For Ne Event Nail Address No Event Notification Will 32 Sant Send Only Urgent Event Send Urgent And Serious Event Send Urgent Serious And Warming
53. and Components eene 82 B 2 Status of BBM iiit edocti overs vea ERR RP ERE TRE aS OPTICS 82 B 3 Installation 5 iet en i ree Re exe acere a 83 Appendix C ussusannxunkn uon ede EE REREFEAMKAEEERFENR RRENEENE ERA ERRRERER EE RAE EE 86 SNMP Operation amp Installation esseeeseeenne 86 Appendix D eesssusonkzah sERRREFRRRERE SN ERN ERRREREEEREERNP ERR RR MEME 91 Event Notification Configurations sssseseseeeee 91 A Device EVentes esee eto ve eERExE MR AEN ERR SUM SERO EMIT tats 91 B Volume EV6rnt iscritte Leere er adv vedees e 4ER dy RR IE 92 C RAID Set EVENE esee oen Reixx Note Xo NE ee Re PENA VENUE 93 D Hardware Monitor Event ccceccesceseeeeeeeeeeee eee nme 93 Appendix E 5 25 525223 aki x ra RRRX ERR REO RR OR ROUX E RERO ETC RE TERT RU RR RR 95 RAID CONCEDE cci eerte senatu E EE E E Ru eadera ita ts 95 RAIDS Cb ww 95 Volume Set err Ike deter E A EAA 95 Ease of Use Features oinensis enne nennen anne nnn 96 e Foreground Availability Background Initialization 96 e Online Array Roaming essssssssm emen 96 e Online Capacity EXpanSiONusses ia mm 96 e Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration 98 e Online Volume Expansion arsaa 99 High Availability 5 itte bnt ERRRKRRKY ERE SEE RR AA EREINS AE 99 e Global Local Hot Spares esesseeeeeenen mmm 99 e Hot Swap Disk Drive Support ssess
54. as below 1 Insert the ARC 8050 software CD in the CD ROM drive or download installer from http www areca com tw support s thunderbolt thunderbolt htm and unzip the file 2 Run the setup exe file that resides at lt CD ROM gt PACKAGES Windows on CD ROM or from the website to launch the installer Preparing to Install MRAID Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard which wil guide you through the program setup process Please wait Extracting MRAID msi 0 0 0 0 5 3 The screen shows Preparing to Install 4 Follow the installer on screen steps responding as needed to complete the driver ArcHTTP and CLI utility installation e Driver is required for the operating system to be able to inter act with the Areca RAID controller e ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console MRAID storage manager to run It also runs as a service or daemon in the background that allows capturing of events for mail and SNMP traps notification Refer to the chapter 3 Archttp Configu ration on ARC 8050 user manual for details about the mail and SNMP traps configuration pa WX sea 17 INSTALLATION 18 e CLI Command Line Interface lets you set up and manage RAID controller through a command line interface Arc cli per forms many tasks at the command line You can download arc cli manual from Areca website or software CD lt CDROM gt
55. ature ss oc controller Temp jan oc E fzzur v Ey 5 080 v 2 360 v 1 808 v 1040 v S2 V o 736 v DDR3 40 75V Not Installed Battery Status Enclosures ARECA SAS RAID AdapterV1 0 Fani Fans APPENDIX Appendix A Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process A 1 Overview Since the ARC 8050 Thunderbolt RAID storage features flash ROM firmware it is not necessary to change the hardware flash chip in order to upgrade the RAID firmware The user can simply re program the old firmware through the In Band Thunderbolt port or Out of Band Ethernet port McRAID Storage manager ARC 8050 Thunderbolt RAID storage uses the same firmware package of ARC 1882 series RAID adapters New releases of the firmware are avail able in the form of a DOS file on the shipped CD or Areca website The files available at the FTP site for each model contain the follow ing files in each version ARC8050NNNN BIN Software binary code NNNN refers to the software code type ARC8050UEFI BIN PCIe 2 0 UEFI BIOS for system board using ARC8050BOOT BIN RAID controller hardware initialization ARC8050FIRM BIN RAID kernel program ARC8050MBRO BIN Master Boot Record for supporting Dual Flash Image in the ARC 8050 6Gb s SAS RAID storage README TXT contains the history information of the software code change in the main directory Read this file first to make sure you are upgrading to the proper binary file
56. bles you to incorporate the additional free space within the volume into the operating sys tem partition The operating system partition is extended to incorporate the free space so it can be used by the operating system without creating a new operating system partition You can use the Diskpart exe command line utility included with Windows Server 2003 or the Windows 2000 Resource Kit to ex tend an existing partition into free space in the dynamic disk Third party software vendors have created utilities that can be used to repartition disks without data loss Most of these utilities work offline Partition Magic is one such utility High Availability e Global Local Hot Spares A hot spare is an unused online available drive which is ready for replacing the failure disk The hot spare is one of the most important features that RAID controllers provide to deliver a high degree of fault tolerance A hot spare is a spare physical drive that has been marked as a hot spare and therefore is not a member of any RAID set If a disk drive used in a volume set fails then the hot spare will automatically take its place and he Em X En 99 APPENDIX data previously located on the failed drive is reconstructed on the hot spare Dedicated hot spare is assigned to serve one specified RAID set Global hot spare is assigned to serve all RAID set on the RAID controller Dedicated hot spare has higher priority than
57. ce the bus cycle used in RAID controller was designed to transfer the computer data exactly it was unsuitable for the transfer of AV stream needing great band widths They are required to do some setting for the handshaking during the processing of stream data This setting is an object of transferring stream data efficiently on an existing RAID controller Normally you should not need to modify this value Default value is 6 You can select between 67256 To decide how to set AV stream play out parameter you need to check the Number of Stream Amount of Read Ahead and Total Cache Memory during runtime You can try to adjust the three numbers to get the best performance as your require ment Number of Stream shows the number of stream added to the system Amount of Read Ahead shows the amount of Read Ahead data taken from the cache without real disk execution and Total Cache Memory shows the total available memory be ing installed in the RAID controller e Optimize AV Recording AV recording option is for video recording no time limit but if used in normal operation performance may be degraded This new feature there are 4 options Disabled Modei Mode2 and Mode 3 Default value is Disabled Our controller cache uses LRU method there have no special memory capacity reserved a 67 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 68 for read or write The Mode 1 2 and 3 are used to define the command sorting method The default s
58. chance to modify RAID level or stripe size Follow the instruction presented in the Modify Volume Set to modify the volume sets operation system specific utilities may be required to expand operating system partitions WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 5 4 Offline Raid Set This function is for customer being able to unmount and remount a multi disk volume All Hdds of the selected RAID set will be put into offline state spun down and fault LED in fast blinking mode User can remove those Hdds and insert new Hdds on those empty slots without needing power down the controller A _ X 4 D Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close all 9 Raid system Console CJ Quick Function Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid state capacity Ei RAID Set Functions G L Create RAID Set Q Delete RAID Set c Raid Set 001 Aja Rebuilding 20000 0GB L Expand RAID Set c Raid Set 002 5 5 Normal 150 0GB F mmu RAID Raid Set 003 6 6 Normal 36 7GB D Create Hot Spare c Raid Set 003 8 8 Normal 480 0GB D Delete Hot Spare L Rescue Raid Set unction Raid Set 000 iA Rebuilding 11000 068 T Confirm The Operation VolumeSet In This RaidSet Will Also Be Offlined Submit Reset S Information 4 5 5 Rename Raid Set The default RAID set name will always appear as Raid Set when it is first created by the controller The Rename Raid Set function is for customer to rename the de
59. com puter network When using the internet s set of protocols TCP IP in order for a computer system to communicate to another computer system it needs a unique IP address Without DHCP the IP address must be entered manually at each computer sys tem DHCP lets a network administrator supervise and distribute IP addresses from a central point The purpose of DHCP is to provide the automatic dynamic allocation of IP client configu rations for a specific time period called a lease period and to eliminate the work necessary to administer a large IP network e Local IP address If you intend to set up your client computers manually no DHCP make sure that the assigned IP address is in the same range as the default router address and that it is unique to your private network However it is highly recommend to use DHCP if that option is available on your network An IP address alloca tion scheme will reduce the time it takes to set up client com puters and eliminate the possibilities of administrative errors and duplicate addresses To manually configure the IP address of the controller move the cursor bar to Local IP address item then reassign the static IP address of the controller e Gateway IP address A gateway is a node a router on a TCP IP network that serves as an access point to another network A default gateway is the node on the computer network that the network software uses when an IP address does not match any other r
60. controller name controller firmware version Boot ROM ver sion SAS firmware version serial number main processor CPU instruction data cache size system memory size speed and cur rent IP address appear in this screen 77 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION open all ciose all J Raid System Console li Quick Function a RAID Set Functions volume Set Functions Physical prives EO System Controls Information RAID Set Hierarchy D SAS Chip Information D System Information D Hardware Monitor Raid Subsystem Information Controller Name 44 i Areca Technology Corporation ARC 8050 V151 2012 07 27 V1 51 2012 07 27 130580 Serial Number 1100 2116 6633 Unit Serisi Maia Processor EO0MIIs PECA40 RevD1 CPU ICache Size 32K Bytes CPU DCache Size 22K Bytes Write Back CPU SCache Size 1024K Bytes Wate Through System Memory 1024MB 1333MEzECC POLE Link Status SG 192 168 0 183 4 9 4 Hardware Monitor The hardware monitor information of the enclosure attached in this controller is also shown on this screen ka A i de Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close all Faid system Console Quick Function C RAID Set Functions eC Volume Set Functions 1 Physical Drives System Controls ey Information 3 RAID Set Hierarchy D SAS Chip Information D System information D Hardware Moniter Clstop Auto Refresh Controller H W Monitor CPU Temper
61. d by data read from wither one disk or both disks Also known Bit Interleaved Parity Up to one disk Data and parity information is failure subdivided and distributed across all data disks Parity information normally stored on a dedicated parity disk Also known Block Interleaved Up to one disk Distributed Parity failure Data and parity information is subdivided and distributed across all disk Parity information normally is interspersed with user data RAID 6 provides highest reliability Up to two disk but not widely used Similar to failure RAID 5 but does two different parity computations or the same computation on overlapping subsets of the data The RAID 6 can offer fault tolerance greater that RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only consumes the capacity of 2 disk drives for distributed parity data 111 APPENDIX 112 RAID 30 is a combination multiple RAID 3 volume sets with RAID 0 striping RAID 50 is a combination multiple RAID 5 volume sets with RAID 0 striping RAID 60 is a combination multiple RAID 6 volume sets with RAID 0 striping Up to one disk failure in each sub volume Up to one disk failure in each sub volume Up to two disk failure in each sub volume
62. dy Option RAID Features e RAID level 0 1 10 1E 3 5 6 30 50 60 Single Disk or JBOD e Multiple RAID selection e Online array roaming e Offline RAID set e Online RAID level stripe size migration e Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultane ously e Online volume set growth e Instant availability and background initialization e Support global and dedicated hot spare e Automatic drive insertion removal detection and rebuilding e Greater than 2TB capacity per disk drive support e Greater than 2TB per volume set 64 bit LBA support e Support intelligent power management to save energy and extend service life e Support NTP protocol synchronize RAID controller clock over the onboard LAN port Monitors Notification e System status indication through individual activity fault LED LCD panel and alarm buzzer e SMTP support for email notification e SNMP support for remote manager e Enclosure management ready Drive Support e Up to 8 x 6Gb s SAS SATA SSD er OPs s 10 INTRODUCTION Host Connection e Two Thunderbolt technology ports e Simultaneous bi directional 10Gbps transfers over a single cable e Dual protocol support PCI Express and DisplayPort e Compatible with existing DisplayPort devices e Daisy chaining devices RAID Management e Field upgradeable firmware in flash ROM In Band Manager e Firmware embedded web browser
63. e bit density and rotational speed of disks is increasing every year and so are the potential of problems Usually a drive can in ternally remap bad sectors without external help using cyclic redundancy check CRC checksums stored at the end of each sector The RAID controller drives perform automatic defect re assign ment for both read and write errors Writes are always com pleted if a location to be written is found to be defective the drive will automatically relocate that write command to a new location and map out the defective location If there is a recov erable read error the correct data will be transferred to the host Ey 102 APPENDIX and that location will be tested by the drive to be certain the location is not defective If it is found to have a defect data will be automatically relocated and the defective location is mapped out to prevent future write attempts In the event of an unrecoverable read error the error will be reported to the host and the location will be flagged as being potentially defective A subsequent write to that location will initiate a sector test and relocation should that location prove to have a defect Auto Reassign Sector does not affect disk storage performance because it runs as a background task Auto Reas sign Sector discontinues when the operating system makes a request e Consistency Check A consistency check is a process that verifies the integrity of redundant data
64. e larger disk drives to the RAID set that have already been created Click the Clone Disk option on the Physical Drives link to enable the clone function If there is an available disk then the Select The Drives For Cloning screen appears There are two Clone Disk function options Clone And Replace and Clone Only Clone Disk Procedure a Select one of the members as the Clone Source status indi cated as Raid Set by clicking on the appropriate check box b Select a Clone Target status indicated as Free or Hot Spare by clicking on the appropriate check box c If you have available disk member you can repeat above pro cedures to define another clone pair d Select Clone Type The pair number for both the Clone Source and the Clone Target will be indicated in the screen Click the Confirm The Operation check box and click on the Submit button on the screen the controller will automatically start the cloning process using the existing stand by Free or Hot Spare drive to clone the source drive the Raid Set member drive The cloning pro cess percentage will be indicated in the Volume State area of the Volume Set Information screen Completion of the Clone function process will be indicated by a notification message on the event log Foe eo oov oo ooo o oo o o NN a E ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLZEXELAELES 58 WEB BROWSER BASED CON
65. ed Volume Urgent Failed volume revived Revived Abort Warning Initialization been abort Initialization abort Reburaine Wwernng nebuiina stores abort Migration Warning ration aborted abort Checking mammo Party check abonea 3 stop intatzation warning irisan stopped stop Rebutaing Warning nebuiina stopped Stop Migration mamno gration stooped __ stop checking warning Party checicstoeee APPENDIX C RAID Set Event Create RaidSet New RAID set created Delete RaidSet Raidset deleted Expand RaidSet Raidset expanded Rebuild RaidSet Raidset rebuilding RaidSet Urgent Raidset degraded Replace HDD Degraded D Hardware Monitor Event DRAM 1 Bit ECC DRAM 1 Bit ECC error Check DRAM DRAM Fatal Urgent DRAM fatal error Check the DRAM module and Error encountered replace with new one if required Controller Over Abnormally high Check air flow and cooling fan of Temperature temperature detected the enclosure and contact us on controller over 60 degree Hdd Over Abnormally high Check air flow and cooling fan of Temperature temperature detected theenclosure on Hdd over 55 degree Fan Failed Urgent Cooling Fan failure Check cooling fan of the or speed below enclosure and replace with a new 1700RPM one if required Controller
66. eeeeeeee 100 e Auto Declare Hot Spare seeeeeneen mmm 100 e Auto Rebulilding 5 nani eh rn RRRREREK ARRA ER RE ARERERIEKRA 101 e Adjustable Rebuild Priority ccecceeeeeeeeee teste eee ee tees 101 High REMADINCY mirasdan AE 102 e Hard Drive Failure Prediction eene 102 A to Reassign SectOFl secet enni a ELSES MUR Rr UE 102 Consistency Check see acti cian eR NERA SETS ETE DK ES 103 Data Protection eie oi ueri uda pei A Ka tec Pra Dias 103 Battery BackUp 1 ier RR RR DER ER tenes 103 e Recovery ROM 2 estesa vr eser EI ETENIM E EIAN EE TR LE ETENDON 104 Appendix F 5552s52x usas ia RR RERRERRREERREREEFREEFERREERGRNSEREERRRK RR 105 Understanding RAID 5 np rk e RR ERR ERE KREREK EE RR Rd Ras 105 RAID 0 ceceiien ciate ceases enceis ERRRREREEKNNREETOERURAR KERNEL ER ay RRI ERFEEEENME 105 RAID 1 eee ee ex etr E EORERRRR ER WERRA ERR RUDERRRRTR KCRREOXR AR LERRA 106 RAID TOCTE ice extekasiuetie x Arx ER ha kuE EXE ERRKE ARE XER M EREIIREnAMER EE 107 o VpEcH EMT 107 RAID 5 fonsctiactes eek er REY cotsadetan KNEW ER UXYOLIE AIR NE EAR MEER ENIM E NER MEE 108 RAID O44 eck e XERURKERM EE AE QR EXRX DECR NND OH ERRARE ERR MAE 109 AUPHU PM EEA E EN 109 Single Disk Pass Through Disk ssssssssssssssrsrssrrrrrsrrrrresrrnrs 110 Summary of RAID Levels ssssssssssrssssensrnnnnrnrrsnnasssenssrrernas 111 INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction This section presents a brief overview of the 6Gb
67. erted during online The options are Blank Disk Only Always and Disable The default is Blank Disk Only Blank Disk Only it will trigger the rebuilding if and only if the inserted disk has not been in the RAID array before which has no RAID signature on it So when a previously removed disk is HENEER M I m 63 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION self re inserted it won t trigger the degraded RAID array to re build and so that the administrator has a chance to identify this miss behaving disk and replace it Always it is what it was before Whenever a disk is inserted re inserted whether new or previously existed it always triggers a rebuilding for the Degraded RAID set Volume Disable it will not trigger rebuilding regardless what sort of disk plugging in When Disable and or Blank Disk Only is se lected the re inserted previously removed disk will be identified as a disk in a separate RAID set with duplicated RAIDset and with all the rest of RAID members missing e Disk Capacity Truncation Mode RAID storage uses drive truncation so that drives from differing vendors are more likely to be able to be used as spares for each other Drive truncation slightly decreases the usable capacity of a drive that is used in redundant units The controller provides three truncation modes in the system configuration Multipl
68. es Of 10G Multiples Of 1G and Disabled Multiples Of 10G If you have 120 GB drives from different vendors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For ex ample one drive might be 123 5 GB and the other 120 GB Multiples Of 10G truncates the number under tens This makes same capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other Multiples Of 1G If you have 123 GB drives from different ven dors chances are that the capacity varies slightly For example one drive might be 123 5 GB and the other 123 4 GB Multiples Of 1G truncates the fractional part This makes capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other Disabled It does not truncate the capacity e Smart Option For HDD This option is used to increase the reliability of SSDs HDDs by automatically copying data from a drive with potential to fail to a designated hot spare or newly inserted drive The options are Failed The Drive Failed The Drive If Hot Sapre Exist and M LLXXT 64 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION Alert Only The default is Alert Only Failed The Drive controllers kill off the SMART fail drive imme diately Failed The Drive If Hot Sapre Exist controllers kill off the SMART fail disk if hot sapre dive is existed Alert it will trigger alert when there happens a SMART fail drive e Smart Polling Interval Besides the scheduled volume check use
69. fault RAID set name To rename a RAID set from a group of RAID sets 1 Click on the Rename Raid Set link 2 Click the RAID set check box from the list that you wish to rename Click the Submit button The following screen appears Use this option to rename the RAID set name m M 3 44 Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close all Enter The RaidSet Name Raid Set 000 2 30 068 QQ Create RAID Set D Delete RAID Set D Expand RAID Set D Offline RAID Set L Rename RAID Set T Confirm The Operation Submit Reset Q Activate Incomplete RAID D Create Hot Spare D Delete Hot Spare D Rescue Raid Set Volume Set Functions Physical Drives EO Sy ntrols BQ Inf 4 5 6 Activate Incomplete Raid Set If one of the disk drives is removed in power off state the RAID set state will change to Incomplete State If the user wants to continue to operate the controller without power off the RAID storage the user can use the Activate Incomplete Raid Set op t 44 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION tion to active the RAID set After the user completes this function the Raid State will change to Degraded Mode and start to work To activate the incomplete the RAID set click on the Activate Raid Set link A Select The Raid Set To Activate screen is dis played showin
70. g all RAID sets existing on the current controller Click the RAID set number to activate in the select column 4 Areca Technology Corporation open all close all B faid System Console Select The Raid Set To Activate Quick Function RAID Set Functions D Create RAID Set Raid Set 000 Rebuilding 11000 06B Raid Set 001 4 4 Rebuilding 20000 0GB Raid Set 002 5 5 Normal 150 06B Raid Set 003 6 6 Normal 480 0GB D Delete RAID Set Expand RAID Set D Offline RAID Set D ctiain Nets RANA D Create Hot Spare D Delete Hot Spare D Rescue Raid Set 3 Volume Set Functions Physical Drives S System Controls S Information Click on the Submit button on the screen to activate the RAID set that had a disk removed or failed in the power off state The RAID storage will continue to work in degraded mode 4 5 7 Create Hot Spare When you choose the Create Hot Spare option in the Raid Set Function all unused physical devices connected to the current controller appear Select the target disk by clicking on the ap propriate check box Click the Confirm The Operation check box and click the Submit button in the screen to create the hot Spares A x fef Areca Technology Corporation open all close all Raid System Console Se eee ee Quick Function s Enclosure 4 Areca x28 05 75 1 37 000 3 RAID Set Functions D Create RAID Set D Delete RAID Set Expand RAID
71. g volume sets residing on the newly expanded RAID set is redistributed evenly across all the disks A contigu ous block of unused capacity is made available on the RAID set The unused capacity can be used to create additional volume sets A disk to be added to a RAID set must be in normal mode not failed free not spare in a RAID set or passed through to host and must have at least the same capacity as the smallest disk capacity already in the RAID set Capacity expansion is only permitted to proceed if all volumes on the RAID set are in the normal status During the expansion process the volume sets being expanded can be accessed by the host system In addition the volume sets with RAID level 1 10 3 5 or 6 are protected against data loss in the event of disk failure s In the case of disk failure the volume set changes from migrating state to migrating degraded state When the expansion is completed the volume set would then transition to degraded mode If a global hot spare is present then it further changes to the rebuilding state The expansion process is illustrated as following figure Before Array Expansion i Eo E E Free Space 40GB E EE Volume 1 40GB D E Volume 0 40GB C Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 40 GB 40 GB 40 GB Array A 120GB RAID controller redistributes the original volume set over the original and newly added disks using the same fault
72. gered power up value The val ues can be selected from 0 4 to 6 seconds per step which pow ers up one drive e Time to Hdd Low Power Idle This option delivers lower power consumption by automatically unloading recording heads during the setting idle time The val ues can be selected Disabled or within the range 2 to 7 min utes e Time To Hdd Low RPM Mode This function can automatically spin disks at lower RPM if there have not been used during the setting idle time The values can be selected Disabled or within the range 10 to 60 minutes G tl 69 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 70 e Time To Spin Down Idle HDD This function can automatically spin down the drive if it hasn t been accessed for a certain amount of time This value is used by the drive to determine how long to wait with no disk activity before turning off the spindle motor to save power The values can be selected Disabled or within the range 1 to 60 minutes e SATA Power Up In Standby SATA Power Up In Standby power management 2 mode PM2 is a SATA disk drive configuration which prevents the drive from automatic spinup when power is applied Enabled option allows the drive to be powered up into the Standby power manage ment state to minimize inrush current at power up and to allow the controller to sequence the spinup of devices It is mainly for server workstation e
73. group move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the Create Ra id30 50 60 link The Select The Raid Set To Create Volume On It screen will show all RAID set number Tick on the RAID set numbers same disk numbers per RAID set that you want to cre ate and then click on the Submit button Gm PM E o M ut TS Technology Corporation open all close all AU VS TELL ARC 8050 VOL 002 51 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION The new create volume set attribute allows user to select the Vol ume Name Raid Level Capacity Greater Two TB Volume Support Initialization Mode Stripe Size Cache Mode Tagged Command Queuing and SCSI Channel SCSI ID SCSI Lun Please refer to above section for details description of each item Note RAID level 30 50 and 60 can support up to two RAID set two pairs but it can not support expansion and migration 4 6 3 Delete Volume Set To delete a volume from RAID set move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the Delete Volume Set link The Select The Raid Set To Delete screen will show all RAID set numbers Click a RAID set number and the Confirm The Operation check box and then click the Submit button to show all volume set items in the selected RAID set T SP UE a i Areca Technology Corporation Click a volume set number and the Confirm The Operation check box a
74. hat s sent by a device the SNMP manager needs to have access to the MIB that describes the format and content of the possible traps that the device can send The objective is for all vendors to create products in compli ance with these MIBs so that inter vendor interoperability can be achieved To be available for the SNMP manager a command adds the MIB file for each of devices to the MIB database This enables the devices to be managed via the SNMP manager The following figure illustrates the various components of an SNMP based management architecture APPENDIX Manager Application Event Configuration Performance Managed Resource Definition Service Layer and Protocols SNMP Agent Physical Managed Object Network resources C 3 SNMP Installation Perform the following steps to install the Areca RAID control ler SNMP function into the SNMP manager The installation of the SNMP manager is accomplished in several phases Step 1 Installing the SNMP manager software on the client Installing the SNMP manager software on the client This instal lation process is well covered in the User s Guide of your SNMP manager application Step 2 Compiling the MIB description file with the manage ment Placing a copy of the RAID controller s MIBs file in a directory which is accessible to the management application and compile the MIB description file with the SNMP management application database Before the manager application acce
75. he automatic adjustment 4 8 8 View Events Mute Beeper To view the RAID storage s event information click on the View Event Mute Beeper link The RAID storage System events Infor mation screen appears The mute beeper function automatically enable by clicking on View Events Mute Beeper T A i at Areca Technology Corporation Event Type pony Or Inband HTTP Log In ARC 1680 VoL 0u3 Complete Rebuid 00 07 32 192 168 000 145 HTTP Log In anc 1860 vot 003 Start Rebuilding i t I I I arc 1880 vo 000 Start Rebuilding Start Rebuilding Device Event Type Elapse Time and Errors The RAID storage does not have a built in real time clock The time information is the relative time from the system time setting The maximum event no is 256 per controller 4 8 9 Generate Test Event Use this feature to generate events for testing purposes WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 3 t Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close all Do You Want To Generate Test Event IV Confirm The Operation d D Upgrade Firmware B Information 4 8 10 Clear Events Buffer Use this feature to clear the entire events buffer information A Areca Technology Corporation lopen alljclose all Brecicyen coco Do You Want To Clear The Event Buffer F Confirm The Operation
76. ical drive 109 APPENDIX Logical Disk RAID X0 Striping 6 RAID X Volume X 0 10 1E 3 5 6 o RAID X Volume X 0 10 1E 3 JBOD Just a Bunch Of Disks A group of hard disks in a RAID box are not set up as any type of RAID configuration All drives are avail able to the operating system as an individual disk JBOD does not provide data redundancy Single Disk Pass Through Disk Pass through disk refers to a drive that is not controlled by the RAID firmware and thus can not be a part of a RAID volume The drive is available to the operating system as an individual disk 110 APPENDIX Summary of RAID Levels ARC 8050 Thunderbolt RAID storage supports RAID Level 0 1 10 1E 3 5 6 30 50 and 60 The following table provides a summary of RAID levels RAID Level Comparision RAID Description Disks Data Level Requirement Availability Minimum Also known as striping No data Data distributed across multiple Protection drives in the array There is no data protection Also known as mirroring Up to one disk All data replicated on 2 separated failure disks N is almost always 2 Due to this is a 100 9o duplication so is a high costly solution 10 1E Also known as mirroring and striping Up to one disk Data is written to two disks failure in each simultaneously and allows an odd sub volume number or disk Read request can be satisfie
77. implementation and the disks physical configuration transparent to the host operating system This means that the host operating system drivers and software utilities are not affected regardless of the RAID level selected Correct installation of the disk array and the control ler requires a proper understanding of RAID technology and the concepts RAID O RAID O also referred to as striping writes stripes of data across multiple disk drives instead of just one disk drive RAID 0 does not provide any data redundancy but does offer the best High speed data throughput RAID 0 breaks up data into smaller blocks and then writes a block to each drive in the array Disk strip ing enhances performance because multiple drives are accessed simultaneously the reliability of RAID level 0 is less because the entire array will fail if any one disk drive fails 105 APPENDIX T Logical Disk RAID 0 Striping Block 0 Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Hd d i i i i Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 RAID 1 RAID 1 is also known as disk mirroring data written on one disk drive is simultaneously written to another disk drive Read performance will be enhanced if the array controller can in paral lel access both members of a mirrored pair During writes there will be a minor performance penalty when compared to writing to a single disk If one drive fails all data and software applica tions are preserved on the other dri
78. ing the exclusive or is then written to the last drive in the array If a single drive fails data is still available by computing the exclusive or of the contents cor responding strips of the surviving member disk RAID 3 is best for applications that require very fast data transfer rates or long data blocks SSS SNNNUNNIIIIIILILIILLLIITIIIIIEIIEEEEIIIEIE n nnI ET 107 APPENDIX ni n BO B1 B2 B3 CO C1 C2 C3 Be Logical Disk Array Management RAID3 Bit Interleaved Parity StripesO 1 Stripe 0 tripe 1 Stripe 2 Stripe 3 2 3 Parity gt gt gt H Physical d F g g E yale D D D D p r i Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Disk 5 RAID 5 RAID 5 is sometimes called striping with parity at byte level In RAID 5 the parity information is written to all of the drives in the controllers rather than being concentrated on a dedicated parity disk If one drive in the system fails the parity information can be used to reconstruct the data from that drive All drives in the array system can be used for seek operations at the same time greatly increasing the performance of the RAID system This relieves the write bottleneck that characterizes RAID 4 and is the primary reason that RAID 5 is more often implemented in RAID arrays eM Logical Disk Array Management RAID 5 Block Interleaved Ditributed Parity A Blocks B Blocks C Blocks D Blocks Ej Blocks e E Physical E y Disk gt H H H E i Disk
79. installed and operational in your system 1 Partition and format the new arrays or disks using Disk Ad ministrator a Choose Administrative Tools from the Start menu b Choose Computer Management from the Administrative Tools menu c Select Storage d Select Disk Management 2 Follow the on screen prompts to write a signature to the drive 3 Right click on the drive and select Create Volume from the menu 4 Follow the on screen prompts to create a volume set and to assign a disk drive letter For Mac Thunderbolt bl tem When you create a volume through McRAID storage manager the Mac OS X recognizes that a new disk is avail and displays a message asking what you next want to do If the message does not show up start the Macintosh Disk Utility manually from the Finder use the Go menu and open the Utilities folder Double click on the Macintosh Disk Utility program Follow the on screen prompts to create a volume set and to assign a disk drive letter 2 4 4 Unmounting the Storage Volume For PC Thunderbolt compatibl tem Thunderbolt technology devices are plug and play allowing you to connect and disconnect them while the host computer is running In some cases disconnect the volume without properly 27 INSTALLATION 28 unmounting the volume results in data corruption To prevent the potential data corruption problems it is important to properly Safely Remove the Thunderbolt s
80. ion LED O O O O Figure 2 2 LCD Panel LED for ARC 8050 RAID Storage The following table provides a summary of the front panel LED Panel LED NormalStatus Problem Indication 1 Power LED Solid green when power on Unlit when power on Green 2 Busy LED Blinking amber during host ac Unlit or never flicker Amber cesses RAID storage 3 Caution LED Unlit indicates that the RAID Solid indicates that one or Red storage and all its components more component failure Ur are operating correctly gent events have occurred 2 3 3 Thunderbolt Port LED Indicators Link LED for Thunderbolt Figure 2 3 Thunderbolt ports LED for ARC 8050 RAID storage LSE SS MmHs i 15 INSTALLATION The following table describes the ARC 8050 SAS RAID storage Thunderbolt port link LED behavior Thunderbolt Ports Link LED Link LED 1 Solid illuminated that indicates RAID storage pow Green light ered up and maintained the daisy chain with other Thunderbolt devices 2 Fast blinking 5 times sec that indicates RAID stor age in sleep mode 3 Slow blinking 1 times sec that indicates RAID storage powered down and maintained the daisy chain with other Thunderbolt devices Link LED There is a proper DisplayPort connection on that Thun Amber light derbolt port Link LED There is a proper DisplayPort to DVI connection on that Red light Thunderbolt port 2 4 Setting
81. isk drives The SATA NCQ 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 dynami cally rescheduled or re ordered along with the necessary tracking mechanisms for outstanding and completed portions of the workload The RAID storage allows the user to select the SATA NCQ support Enabled or Disabled e HDD Read Ahead Cache Allow Read Ahead Default Enabled When Enabled the drive s read ahead cache algorithm is used providing maximum performance under most circumstances e Volume Data Read Ahead The volume read data ahead parameter specifies the controller firmware algorithms which process the Read Ahead data blocks from the disk The read ahead parameter is normal by default To modify the value you must set it from the command line using the Read Ahead option The normal option satisfies the performance requirements for a typical volume The disabled value implies no read ahead The most efficient value for the controllers depends on your application Aggressive read ahead is optimal for sequential access but it degrades random access e HDD Queue Depth This parameter is adjusted the queue depth capacity of NCQ SATA HDD or Tagged Command Queuing SAS HDD which transmits multiple commands to a single target without waiting for the initial command to complete WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION e Empty HDD Slot LED
82. ithin 24 hours e SNMP Traps Configuration To enable the RAID storage to send the SNMP traps to client SNMP manager using the IP address assigned to the operating system such as Net SNMP manager you can simply use the SNMP function on the ArcHttp proxy server software To enable the RAID storage SNMP traps sending function click on the SNMP Configuration link The Archttp proxy only provide one direction to send the trap to the SNMP manager without needing to install the SNMP extension agent on the host If SNMP manager requests to query the SNMP information from RAID storage please refer the Appendix C SNMP Operation amp Installation The SNMP traps Configuration menu will show as following 34 ArcHTTP Configuration When you open the SNMP traps configuration page you will see the following settings a SNMP Trap HTTP Confi SNMP Trap IP Address 1 SNMP Trap IP Address 2 SNMP Trap IP Address 3 ice SNMP System Configurations 8 SAS RAID Controllers T ESAS RAID Controllers communi public D ARC 8050 Web Management BAERESATA RAID Controllers C Confirm The Operation Submit Reset 1 SNMP Trap Configurations Enter the SNMP trap IP address 2 SNMP System Configurations Community name acts as a password to screen accesses to the SNMP agent of a particular network device Type the community names of the SNMP agent in this field Before access is granted t
83. iting error Keep Watching HDD status may be it caused by noise or HDD unstable Warning HDD ECC error Keep Watching HDD status may be it caused by noise or HDD unstable Warning HDD change ATA Check HDD connection mode Warning HDD time out Keep Watching HDD status may be it caused by noise or HDD unstable Device Failed HDD failure Replace HDD PCI Parity Error Serious PCI parity error If only happen once it may be caused by noise If always happen please check power supply or contact to us Device Urgent HDD SMART failure Replace HDD Failed SMART ATA Ecc Error Change ATA Mode Time Out Error APPENDIX PassThrough Disk Inform Pass Through Disk Created created PassThrough Disk Inform Pass Through Disk Modified modified PassThrough Disk Inform Pass Through Disk Deleted deleted B Volume Event event uever Meaning Action Start Initialize Volume initialization has started P Start Rebuilding Volume rebuilding has started P Start Migrating Volume migration has started P Start Checking Volume parity checking has started Sa Complete Init Volume initialization completed P Complete Rebuild Volume rebuilding completed FP Complete Migrate Volume migration completed P Complete Check Volume parity checking completed P Create Volume New volume created Po Delete Volume Volume deleted P Modify Volume Volume modified Volume Degraded Volume degraded Replace HDD Volume Failed Volume failure Ps Fail
84. iver amp utility MRAID at once or Custom to install special components To follow the following process to install driver amp utility on Apple Mac Pro as below 1 Insert the Areca Mac Driver amp Software CD that came with your ARC 8050 storage unit 2 Double click on the install mraid zip file that resides at CD ROM gt packages MacOS to add the installer on the Finder 3 Launch the installer by double clicking the install mraid on the Finder 4 Follow the installer on screen steps responding as needed to complete the Areca driver and MRAID ArcHTTP and CLI utility installation IV ArcHTTP For Snow Leopard 10 6 IV CLI For Snow Leopard 10 6 19 INSTALLATION 20 e Driver is required for the operating system to be able to inter act with the Areca RAID controller e ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console MRAID storage manager to run It also runs as a service or daemon in the background that allows capturing of events for mail and SNMP traps notification Refer to the Chapter 5 Archttp Configu ration on ARC 8050 user manual for details about the mail and SNMP traps configuration e CLI Command Line Interface lets you set up and manage RAID controller through a command line interface Arc cli per forms many tasks at the command line You can download arc cli manual from Areca website or software CD lt CDROM gt DOCS directory 5 When you reach the installation page click the I
85. l hard disk A volume set will use a specific RAID level which will require one or more physical disks depending on the RAID level used RAID level refers to the level of performance and data protection of a volume set The capacity of a volume set can consume all or a portion of the available disk capacity in a RAID set Multiple volume sets can exist in a RAID set For the RAID controller a volume set must be created either on an existing RAID set or on a group of available individual disks disks that are about to become part of a RAID set If there are pre existing RAID sets with available capacity and enough disks for the desired RAID level then the volume set can be created in the existing RAID set of the user s choice RAID set 1 3 Individual Disks aW E Free Space S E Volume 1 RAID 5 ge E L Volume 0 1E Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 95 APPENDIX In the illustration volume 1 can be assigned a RAID level 5 of operation while volume 0 might be assigned a RAID level 1E of operation Alternatively the free space can be used to create vol ume 2 which could then be set to use RAID level 5 Ease of Use Features e Foreground Availability Background Initialization RAID 0 and RAID 1 volume sets can be used immediately after creation because they do not create parity data However RAID 3 5 6 30 50 or 60 volume sets must be initialized to generate parity information In Background Initializati
86. lation 1 Make sure all power to the RAID storage is disconnected 2 Install the six eaves copper pillars on the three mounting position NH1 NH2 and NH3 and secures it using round head SCrews Six eaves copper pillars 3 M3x23mm co Round head screws 3 M3 NUT included split washer 3 Connector J2 is available for the optional battery backup module Connect the BBM cable to the 12 pin J6 battery con nector on the controller 4 Integrators provide pre drilled holes in their cabinet for secur ing the three six eaves copper pillars on the BBM using round head screws ound head screws 3 M3x6mm included split washer 83 APPENDIX B 4 Battery Backup Capacity Battery backup capacity is defined as the maximum duration of a power failure for which data in the cache memory can be maintained by the battery The BBM s backup capacity varied with the memory chips that installed on the RAID storage B 5 Operation 1 Battery conditioning is automatic There are no manual pro cedures for battery conditioning or preconditioning to be per formed by the user 2 In order to make sure of all the capacity is available for your battery cells allow the battery cell to be fully charged when installed for the first time The first time charge of a battery cell takes about 24 hours to complete 3 Set the Disk Write Cache Mode Auto if Disk Write Cache option does not set on the
87. lation and start up the function see section chapter 3 ArcHttp Configuration of SNMP Traps Configuration on ARC 8050 user manual 2 6 Hot plug Drive Replacement ARC 8050 RAID storage supports the ability of performing a hot swap drive replacement without powering down the system A disk can be disconnected removed or replaced with a different disk without taking the system off line ARC 8050 RAID storage rebuild ing will be processed automatically in the background When a disk is hot swapped ARC 8050 RAID storage may no longer be fault tolerant Fault tolerance will be lost until the hot swap drive is sub sequently replaced and the rebuild operation is completed 2 6 1 Recognizing a Drive Failure A drive failure can be identified in one of the following ways 1 An error status message lists failed drives in the event log 2 Fault LED illuminates on the front of driver tray if failed drives are inside 2 6 2 Replacing a Failed Drive With our ARC 8050 RAID storage drive tray you can replace a defective physical drive while your computer is still operating When a new drive has been installed data reconstruction will be automatically started to rebuild the contents of the disk drive The capacity of the replacement drives must be at least as large as the capacity of the other drives in the RAID set 31 ArcHTTP Configuration 3 ArcHTTP Configuration This chapter describes how to configure the System Function of ArcHT
88. lease refer to sec tion 3 2 ArcHttp Configuration of SMTP Sever Configuration Mail Address Configuration and Event Notification Configuration E M p T Areca Technology Corporation Jopen all close all W Raid System Console G Quick Function CJ RAID Set Functions S Volume Set Functions Physical Drives E System Controls D System Configuration LJ Advancd Configuration L Hdd Power Management EtherNet Configuration J Alert By Mail Configuration L SNMP Configuration D NTP Configuration L View Events Mute Beeper D Generate Test Event D Clear Event Buffer L Modify Password SMTP Server IP Addre b b b s Mail Address Configurations Mail Address Password Event Notification Configurations MailTo Name1 Mail Address No Event Notification Will Be Sent Send only u ent Send Urgent And Serious Event Notification Sena Urgent Serious And Warning Event i C Information Notification Send All Event D Upgrade Firmware S Information I Notification For No Event MailTo Name2 Disable Event Notification Notify User If No Event Occurs Within 24 Hours Mail Address No Event Notification Will Be Sent WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 8 6 SNMP Configuration Please refer to Appendix C of SNMP Operation amp Installation 4 8 7 NTP Configuration The Network Time Protocol NTP
89. llow the user to select the rebuild priority to balance volume access and rebuild tasks appropriate ly The Background Task Priority is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes to a background operation such as rebuilding or migrating 101 APPENDIX RAID controller allows user to choose the task priority Ultra Low 5 Low 20 Medium 50 High 80 to balance volume set access and background tasks appropriately For high array performance specify an Ultra Low value Like volume ini tialization after a volume rebuilds it does not require a system reboot High Reliability e Hard Drive Failure Prediction In an effort to help users avoid data loss disk manufacturers are now incorporating logic into their drives that acts as an early warning system for pending drive problems This system is called SMART The disk integrated controller works with multiple sensors to monitor various aspects of the drive s performance determines from this information if the drive is behaving normally or not and makes available status information to RAID storage firmware that probes the drive and look at it The SMART can often predict a problem before failure occurs The controllers will recognize a SMART error code and notify the administer of an impending hard drive failure e Auto Reassign Sector Under normal operation even initially defect free drive media can develop defects This is a common phenomenon Th
90. manufacture setting You can select between 5 6 and 7 second This feature is used to setup the HDD internal timeout value e Timeout Setting Disk time out is a registry setting that defines the time that RAID controller will wait for a hard disk to respond to a com mand You can modify the retry value by entering a new value in the edit box beside this button and then selecting the button Normally you should not need to modify this value Default value is 8 seconds You can select between 3 8 second e Number of Retries This setting determines the number of access that will be at tempted before the current command from the RAID controller to the disk drive is aborted You can modify the retry value by entering a new value in the edit box beside this button and then selecting the button Normally you should not need to modify this value There are two selections either 2 retry or 3 retry e Buffer Threshold This new feature there are 3 options 25 50 75 The percentage represents how much data should be kept in resi dent cache memory how full cache should get before controller starts to flush data onto the hard drives If the buffer is set for 25 then all 25 will be cached and is used for writing data The remaining cache memory will be used for reading and other system overhead Write buffer threshold for 5 is added for video recording This option will push data to disk early This feature gives controller extra buffer
91. nd then click the Submit button to delete the volume set 4 6 4 Modify Volume Set To modify a volume set from a RAID set 1 Click on the Modify Volume Set link 2 Click the volume set check box from the list that you wish to modify Click the Submit button The following screen appears Use this option to modify the volume set configuration To modify volume set attributes move the cursor bar to the volume set at tribute menu and click it The Enter The Volume Attribute screen appears Move the cursor to an attribute item and then click the attribute to modify the value After you complete the modification Em M MN 52 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION click the Confirm The Operation check box and click the Sub mit button to complete the action The user can only modify the last volume set capacity C continm the operati lig gen 4 6 4 1 Volume Growth Use Expand Raid Set function to add disk to a RAID set The additional capacity can be used to enlarge the last volume set size or to create another volume set The Modify Volume Set function can support the Volume Modification function To expand the last volume set capacity move the cursor bar to the Capacity item and entry the capacity size When finished the above action click on the Submit button to complete the
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93. nitial start up screen displays the cur rent configuration of your RAID storage m Ary reca Technology Corporation Voumestta pacity It displays the Raid Set List Volume Set List and Physical Disk List The RAID set information volume set information and drive information can also be viewed by clicking on the RAID Set Hierar chy screen The current configuration can also be viewed by click ing on RAID Set Hierarchy in the main menu To display RAID set information move the mouse cursor to the de sired RAID set number then click it The RAID set information will SSS a a ee Pul 39 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION be displayed To display volume set information move the mouse cursor to the desired volume set number then click it The vol ume set information will be displayed To display drive information move the mouse cursor to the desired physical drive number then click it The drive information will be displayed 4 3 Main Menu The main menu shows all available functions accessible by clicking on the appropriate link Individual Category Quick Function Create a default configuration which is based on the number of physical disks installed it can modify the volume set Capacity Raid Level and Stripe Size Raid Set Functions Create a customized RAID set Volume Set Functions Create customized volume sets and modify the existed volume sets parameter Physical Drives
94. nstall button A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation When this screen completes you have com pleted the driver installation 6 A reboot is required to complete the installation This will start the ArcHTTP so RAID Console can be used 7 Normally archttp64 and arc cli are installed at the same time on ARC 8050 Once archttp and arc cli have been installed the archttp background task automatically starts each time when you start your computer There is one MRAID icon showing on your desktop This icon is for you to start up the McRAID storage manager by archttp and arc cli utility 2 4 2 Hardware Installation Please follow the steps below in order they are given to sesure that your ARC 8050 conndected on your Thunderbolt computer Step 1 Install the Drives in the ARC 8050 RAID Storage 1 Gently slide the drive tray out from the ARC 8050 RAID storage INSTALLATION 2 Install the drive into the drive tray and secure the drive to the drive tray by four of the mounting screws a E EE Figure 2 4 Secure the drive to the drive tray 3 After all drives are in the drive tray slide all of them back into the ARC 8050 RAID storage and make sure you latch the drive trays Figure 2 5 Slide drive tray back into the ARC 8050 RAID storage Step 2 Connecting RAID Storage to Thunderbolt Ports Thunderbolt connectors are provided on the back of the ARC 8050 RAID storage for c
95. nvironments operating in multiple drive configurations 4 8 4 Ethernet Configuration Use this feature to set the controller Ethernet port configuration A customer doesn t need to create a reserved space on the arrays before the Ethernet port and HTTP service are working The firm ware embedded web browser based RAID manager can access it from any standard internet browser or from any host computer either directly connected or via a LAN or WAN with no software or patches required To configure the RAID controller Ethernet port move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the System Controls link The System Controls menu will show all items Move the cursor bar to the Ethernet Configuration item and then select the desired function T A r Tet Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close all Local IP Address Used If DHCP Disabled pa res ft fo Gateway IP Address Used IF DHCP Disabled n pe f n sed If DHCP Disabled pss pss pss Jo po ps ps 192 168 0 103 192 168 0 1 255 255 255 0 Ether Net MAC Address 00 18 40 40 00 51 T Confirm The Operation Submit Reset WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION e DHCP Function DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of IP Internet Protocol configurations on a
96. o a request station this station must incorporate a valid community name into its request otherwise the SNMP agent will deny access to the system Most network devices use public as default of their community names This value is case sensitive 3 SNMP Trap Notification Configurations Before the client side SNMP manager application accepts the RAID storage traps it is necessary to integrate the MIB into the management application s database of events and status indicator codes This process is known as compiling the MIB into the application This process is highly vendor specific and should be well covered in the User s Guide of your SNMP application Ensure the compilation process successfully integrates the contents of the areca_sas mib file into the traps database Please refer to Appen dix C of SNMP Operation amp Installation The MIBs file resides at lt CD ROM gt packages SNMP_MIBs on the software CD 35 ArcHTTP Configuration Note Event Notification Table refer to Appendix D After you confirm and submit configurations you can use Generate Test Event feature to make sure these settings are correct e Rescan Device Configuration Let s assume you ve put all Areca RAID storages to a system The Archttp scans the RAID storages on the system and create an individual RAID storage icon located on left column of the Archttp Configurations screen This adapter icon is for user to launch web br
97. on the initializa tion proceeds as a background task and the volume set is fully accessible for system reads and writes The operating system can instantly access the newly created arrays without requir ing a reboot and without waiting for initialization to complete Furthermore the volume set is protected against disk failures while initialing If using Foreground Initialization the initializa tion process must be completed before the volume set is ready for system accesses e Online Array Roaming RAID controllers store RAID configuration information on the disk drives The controller therefore protects the configuration settings in the event of controller failure Online array roaming allows the administrators the ability to move a complete RAID set to another system without losing RAID configuration infor mation or data on that RAID set Therefore if a server fails the RAID set disk drives can be moved to another server with an Areca RAID controllers and the disks can be inserted in any order e Online Capacity Expansion Online Capacity Expansion makes it possible to add one or more physical drives to a volume set without interrupting server op eration eliminating the need to backup and restore after recon figuration of the RAID set When disks are added to a RAID set unused capacity is added to the end of the RAID set Then data RII 96 APPENDIX on the existin
98. on on using the McRAID storage manager to configure the RAID storage see the Chapter 4 Web Browser Based Configura tion on ARC 8050 user manual e Method 3 LCD Panel with Keypad You can use LCD front panel and keypad function to simply cre ate the RAID volume The LCD status panel also informs you of the disk array s current operating status at a glance For addi tional information on using the LCD to configure the RAID stor age see the ARC 8050 LCD manual on the shipping CD The LCD provides a system of screens with areas for information status indication or menus The LCD screen displays up to two lines at a time of menu items or other information The LCD initial screen is shown as the following 1 Display Company Name Qo Da ga IP Address Areca Technology 192 169 1 100 ESC AN NA ENT Keypad 2 4 3 2 Making Volume Sets Available to System After the volume set is ready for system accesses it needs to be partitioned formatted and mounted by the operating system There are various steps depending on what operating system you are using Detailed steps for each operating system are provided on their disk utility 26 INSTALLATION For PC Thunderbolt compatibl tem The following steps show how to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows system This procedure assumes that the ARC 8050 RAID storage hardware driver and Windows are
99. onnecting the array to Thunderbolt host and next Thunderbolt devices There are two Thunderbolt connectors on the rear of ARC 8050 RAID storage You can plug in two host ports 1 Direct connection to a Thunderbolt technology capable computer 2 Daisy chaining Thunderbolt capable devices and displays e Thunderbolt Computer Port Connection By installing Thunderbolt technology capable computer and ARC 8050 Thunderbolt port using the Thunderbolt cable which is EM R c c c Ji 21 INSTALLATION 22 included in your Thunderbolt capable computer Then connect ARC 8050 RAID storage and Thunderbolt technology capable computer port as shown below gt Thunderbolt Port IK Thunderbolt Cable Thunderbolt Port Figure 2 6 Connect ARC 8050 RAID storage and Thunderbolt computer e Daisy Chain Topologies A single Thunderbolt technology daisy chain can have seven devices including the computer Connect the cable to one of the interface ports on the back of your ARC 8050 RAID storage and to your Thunderbolt capable computer The additional port may be used to daisy chain compatible computer peripherals such as hard drives monitors and much more A single Thunderbolt port supports hubs as well as a daisy chain of up to seven Thunderbolt devices on including the Thunderbolt capable computer INSTALLATION
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101. orting method is helpful for normal applications but not useful for AV applications so we have defined three different sorting methods for these special applications To decide how to optimize AV stream recording parameter you need to adjust the Optimize AV Recording and Write Buffer Threshold during runtime e Read Performance Margin The Read Performance Margin is for controller to reserve n9o read margin during AV stream recording It is designed to eliminate the frame drop and ensure to provide the smooth and stable performance on the application e Write Performance Margin The Write Performance Margin is for controller to reserve n write margin AV stream recording It is designed to eliminate the frame drop and ensure to provide the smooth and stable performance on the application e Read And Discard Parity Data This function is used to determine if parity data is to be read and discarded It is designed to eliminate the frame drop and ensure to provide the smooth and stable performance on the ap plication 4 8 3 HDD Power Management Areca has automated the ability to manage HDD power based on usage patterns The HDD Power Management allows you to choose a Stagger Power On Control Low Power Idle Low RPM and completely Spins Down Idle HDD It is designed to reduce power consumption and heat generation on idle drives To set the HDD power management function move the cursor to the main menu and click the
102. outes in the routing table e Subnet Mask A Subnet mask is a 32 bit number that masks an IP address and divides the IP address into network address and host ad dress e HTTP Port Number To manually configure the HTTP Port Number of the controller move the cursor bar to HTTP Port Number item then reassign Ee O O a E A 71 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 72 the default HTTP Port Number of the controller e Telnet Port Number To manually configure the Telnet Port Number of the controller move the cursor bar to Telnet Port Number item then reassign the default Telnet Port Number of the controller e SMTP Port Number To manually configure the SMTP Port Number of the controller Move the cursor bar to SMTP Port Number item then reassign the default SMTP Port Number of the controller If you configure the HTTP Port Number to 0 the HTTP console will be closed 4 8 5 Alert By Mail Configuration To configure the RAID storage e mail function move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the System Controls link The System Controls menu will show all items Move the cur sor bar to the Alert By Mail Configuration item and then select the desired function This function can only be set via web based configuration The firmware contains a SMTP manager monitoring all system events Single or multiple user notifications can be sent via Plain English e mails with no software required P
103. owser RAID manager If there is any RAID storage missed on the System start up you can use the Rescan Device function The Rescan Device function is a procedure which forces the archttp to rescan the targets to allow a missed RAID storage to be added T XU Ye i i ArcHTTP Configurations open all close all Do You Want To Rescan Device C Confirm The Operation Submit Reset E E SAS RAID Controlle O ARC 8050 Web Management BERE S T RAID Controlle e Collect Support Data Areca has added the Collect Support Data option on the Archttp utility to download a support file file name ctlrxx xxxxx log with all necessary information system information configuration disk information eventlog The Collect Support Data function will be automatically started when ERROR or SERIOUS event occurred ArcHTTP Configurations Do You Want To Collect Support Data E Confirm The Operation Submit Reset WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 4 Web Browser based Configuration If you need to use a RAID volume from ARC 8050 RAID storage unit you must first create a RAID volume by using LCD or McRAID storage manager This chapter shows you how to set up RAID volumes using the McRAID storage manager application on a computer with an ARC 8050 RAID storage The McRAID storage manager is firmware based utility which is acces sible via
104. r can define the Smart Pulling Interval to pull the SMART status of each disk The de fault is on demand User can schedule every certain period of time interval to pull the SMART status of each disk When SMART pulling is executed disk activity will be temporally halted until the SMART parameter reading is finished That is why you don t want to set the Smart Polling Interval too frequent What to use is up to the users to decide based on their applica tions and experimental results 4 8 2 Advanced Configuration To set the RAID storage advanced system function move the cur sor to the main menu and click the Advanced Configuration link The Advanced Configuration menu will show all items and then select the desired function tA Ua 33 amp Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close all e TLER Setting TLER time limited error recovery functions provide support for WD Caviar RE RAID series disks This is a new option from WD to support RAID features that were traditionally missing from standard desktop drives TLER is a method of signaling the sys tem RAID controller in the event that an error recovery process 65 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION is taking longer than time out specifications allow This prevents the RAID controller from dropping the drive from the array dur ing this period Default value is
105. r example in a system with dedicated parity volume set check means computing the parity of the data disk drives and comparing the results to the contents of the dedicated parity disk drive The checking percentage can also be viewed by clicking on RAID Set Hierarchy in the main menu 54 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION TA ARP Areca Technology Corporation lopen alljclose all r Select The Volume Set To Be Checked Select Volume Set Name On Raid Set Capacity o Jarc saso voL ooa Raid Set 000 50 068 o Anc eoso vouroos Raid Set 000 100 068 Raid System Console M scrub Bad Block If Bad Block Is Found Assume Parity Data Is Good Mre compute Parity If Parity Error Is Found Assume Data Is Good L confirm The Operation Submit Ree Is 4 6 6 Schedule Volume Check A volume check is a process that verifies the integrity of redun dant data To verify RAID 3 5 6 30 50 or 60 redundancy a volume check reads all associated data blocks computes parity reads parity and verifies that the computed parity matches the read parity Volume checks are very important because they detect and cor rect parity errors or bad disk blocks in the drive A consistency check forces every block on a volume to be read and any bad blocks are marked those blocks are not used again This is criti cal and important because a bad disk block can prevent a disk rebuild from completing We strongly
106. re Temperature 40 C to 60 C Humidity 45 85 non condensing e Electrical Input Voltage 3 6VDC e On Board Battery Capacity 1880mAH 1 1880mAH for ARC 8050 RAID storage 85 APPENDIX Appendix C 86 SNMP Operation amp Installation C 1 Overview McRAID storage manager includes a firmware embedded Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP agent and SNMP Extension Agent for the Areca RAID controller An SNMP based management application also known as an SNMP manager can monitor the disk array An example of a SNMP management application is Hewlett Packard s Open View Net SNMP or SNMPc The SNMP extension agent can be used to augment the Areca RAID controller if you are already running an SNMP management application at your site C 2 SNMP Definition SNMP an IP based protocol has a set of commands for getting the status of target devices The SNMP management platform is called the SNMP manager and the managed devices have the SNMP agent loaded Management data is organized in a hierarchical data structure called the Management Information Base MIB These MIBs are defined and sanctioned by various industry associations Each type of device on your network has its own specific MIB file The MIB file defines the device as a set of managed objects val ues that can be read or changed by the SNMP manager The MIB file enables the SNMP manager to interpret trap messages from devices To make sense out of a trap t
107. recommend that you run consistency checks on a regular basis at least once per week set on Scheduler Volume checks degrade performance so you can also run them when the system is idle set on Checking After System Idle T Areca Technology Corporation open all close all Please make sure of the inconsistency source generated by parity error or bad data block before you click the recovery method Otherwise you will lose the recovery data 4 6 7 Stop Volume Set Check Use this option to stop the Check Volume Set function E a 55 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION 56 6 6 8 Download Volume Key File Get the key file which was generated by CLI vsf genkey com mand or API code for your ARC 8050 You can follow below steps to download volume key file 1 To download volume key file into the firmware move the mouse cursor to Download Volume Key file link and click it The Download Volume Encryption Key File screen appears 2 Click Browse Look in the location to which the key file was generated Select the file name and click Open 3 Click Confirm The Operation and press the Submit button 4 After the key file download is completed a bar indicator will show Key File Has Been Downloaded Successfully 3 d 43 Areca Technology Corporation D E4 lopen all close all nload Volume Encryption Key File
108. s through disk To modify the pass through drive attribute from the pass through drive pool move the mouse cursor bar and click on the Modify Pass Through link The Select The Pass Through Disk For Modi fication screen appears mark the check box for the pass through disk from the pass through drive pool and click on the Submit button to select drive x lopen all close all When the Enter Pass Through Disk Attribute screen appears modify the drive attribute values as you want After you com plete the selection mark the check box for Confirm The Opera tion and click on the Submit button to complete the selection action 4 7 3 Delete Pass Through Disk To delete a pass through drive from the pass through drive pool move the mouse cursor bar to the main menus and click the De lete Pass Through link After you complete the selection mark 57 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION the check box for Confirm The Operation and click the Submit button to complete the delete action ERE i T Areca Technolo open all close all Corporation Enclosures 5 Areca x28 05 75 1 37 000 storo1 36 768 HITACHI HUS151435VLS300 IV Confirm The Operation i gh Dis Submit Reset 6 7 4 Clone Disk Instead of deleting a RAID set and recreating it with larger disk drives the Clone Disk function allows the users to replac
109. see 27 2 5 Summary of the Installation ceceeceee eee ee eee ee eee eeeeeeneees 29 2 6 Hot plug Drive Replacement ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee esse nn 31 2 6 1 Recognizing a Drive Failure ceeceee cece eee eee ee teeta 31 2 6 2 Replacing a Failed Drive cececeeeeee eee ee eee eee n 31 3 ArcHTTP Configuration s sssssssssunsnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 32 4 Web Browser based Configuration 37 4 1 Start up McRAID Storage Manager eene 37 e Start up McRAID Storage Manager from Local Administration Inzof Band iuter rette ret RR EXER MACHEN C REERR ER TAN ER RR 38 4 2 RAID storage McRAID Storage Manager sssse 39 oscar TEE tmtanneunn le 40 4 4 Quick FUNCTION cc scelus sm exeun A A ky KO ER Ge EXER 40 4 5 Raid Set Functions xiii ehe ER ERR EXE XEREKTANEKR ERR ants 41 4 5 1 Create Raid Set ice EO GRERERU ERRARE TR E ER Rie 41 4 5 2 Delete Raid Set te E Eo ek OR ER a RR RR 42 4 5 3 Expand Raid Set senina ere r AR Rr ERR RE XIYER KNEE 43 4 5 4 Offline Raid Set dox regen a e AR RR RR REAR UR ERA R EEXY EORR 44 4 5 5 Rename Raid Set cc ioe ii t kl REX HERRERA EEA 44 4 5 6 Activate Incomplete Raid Set ce ceeeeeeeeeee eee eeeeeeeeees 44 4 5 7 Create Hot Spare seii erexit REI X Er RPiRG A REX APEX 45 4 5 8 Delete Hot Spare cheers ede evs n RESTER REY 46 4 5 9 Rescue Raid Set sssssssssssese eee eene nnn 46 4 6 Volume Set Functi
110. sks RAID level refers to the level of data performance and protection of a volume set A volume set capacity can consume all or a portion of the disk capacity available in a RAID set Multiple volume sets can exist on a group of disks in a RAID set Additional volume sets created in a specified RAID set will reside on all the physical disks in the RAID set Thus each volume set on the RAID set will have its data spread evenly across all the disks in the RAID set The following is the volume set features for the RAID storage 1 Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same RAID set and up to 128 volume sets per controller 2 Up to 128 volume sets can be created in a RAID set 3 The maximum addressable size of a single volume set is not lim ited to 2TB because the controller is capable of 64 bit LBA mode However the operating system itself may not be capable of ad dressing more than 2TB See Areca website ftp ftp areca com tw RaidCards Docu ments Manual Spec Over2TB 050721 ZIP file for details 4 6 1 Create Volume Set 0 1 10 3 5 6 To create volume set from RAID set storage move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the Create Volume Set link The Select The Raid Set To Create On It screen will show all RAID set number Tick on a RAID set number that you want to create and then click on the Submit button The new create volume set attribute allows user to select the Volume Name RAID Level Capacity
111. sses the Areca RAID controller it is necessary to integrate the MIB into the management applica tion s database of events and status indicator codes This process is known as compiling the MIB into the application This process is highly vendor specific and should be well covered in the User s Guide of your SNMP manager application Ensure the compilation process successfully integrates the contents of the areca_sas mib file into the traps database The MIBs file resides at lt CD ROM gt packages SNMP_MIBs on the software CD or download from http WWW areca com tw pm TY 87 APPENDIX Each RAID storage needs to have its own MIBs file Areca provides 4 RAID storage MIBs file for users User can request it if more con trollers install on one system 1 The MIB compiler may be not installed by default with SNMP manager 2 Some SNMP managers have unique rule on the format of MIB files you may need to refer the error message to modify the mib file to be able to met the software requirement Step 3 SNMP Service Method With Areca series RAID controllers there are 2 service methods to get SNMP in band Thunderbolt port and onboard NIC 1 Service Method 1 Using in band Thunderbolt port ArcHttp proxy server Pay attention to these e Do not check mark the option SNMP Through PCI e Make sure you have the latest driver and ArcHttp from this URL http www areca com
112. te Failed Disk function has no effect on the removed disks because a removed disk does not give the controller a chance to mark it as failure Followings are considered as Removed Disk 1 Manually removed by user 2 Losing PHY connection due to bad connector cable back plane 3 Losing PHY connection due to disk fail Basically in the eyes of the controller the disk suddenly disap pears due to whatever reason 4 7 8 Identify Enclosure To prevent removing the wrong enclosure the selected Areca ex pander enclosure all disks fault LED indicator will light for physi cally locating the selected enclosure when the Identify Enclo sure is selected This function will also light the enclosure LED indicator if it is existed 1 A 7 T Ae Areca Technology Corporation open all close all HO Volume S SODODOOOOC Er Pzo E 4 7 9 Identify Drive To prevent removing the wrong drive the selected disk fault LED indicator will light for physically locating the selected disk when the Identify Selected Device is selected 60 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION Fi z ait amp Areca Technology C hii lopen all close ell ARECA SAS RAID Adapter 1 0 slotw2 600 168 SEAGATE 57350005755 Jitwa 00 165 seacaTe 57350005755 states ann 16B SEAGATE ST350005755 Slots 100 268 SEAGATE 573100042455 stota7 1000 268 SEAGATE 573100042455 oooo o s s slate
113. the global hot spare For this feature to work properly the hot spare must have at least the same capacity as the drive it replaces The host spare function only works with RAID level 1 1E 3 5 6 10 30 50 or 60 volume set The Create Hot Spare option gives you the ability to define a global dedicated hot spare disk drive To effectively use the hot spare feature you must always maintain at least one drive that is marked as a global hot spare The hot spare must have at least the same capacity as the drive it replaces e Hot Swap Disk Drive Support The RAID controller chip includes a protection circuit that sup ports the replacement of SAS SATA hard disk drives without having to shut down or reboot the system A removable hard drive tray can deliver hot swappable fault tolerant RAID solu tions This feature provides advanced fault tolerant RAID protec tion and online drive replacement e Auto Declare Hot Spare If a disk drive is brought online into a system operating in de graded mode the RAID controllers will automatically declare the new disk as a spare and begin rebuilding the degraded volume The Auto Declare Hot Spare function requires that the smallest drive contained within the volume set in which the failure oc curred In the normal status the newly installed drive will be reconfig ured an online free disk But the newly installed drive is au 100 APPENDIX tomatically assigned as a hot spare
114. time in case of slow re sponse from the hard drives within a given time Consequently this can prevent a pause in data flow and there will be continued data access and stream This feature is very useful for the video streaming applications where there is high demand for constant non stop data flow with no interruption due to lower perfor mance of specific hardware e Amount of Read Ahead Read Ahead data is buffered in the RAID controller cache v p t 66 WEB BROWSER BASED CONFIGURATION however thereby cutting down on the amount of I O traffic to the disk The Amount of Read Ahead defines how many data of reading at a time making more efficient use of the RAID stor age This makes it possible to locate and re issue the data with out repetitive hard parsing activities The Amount of Read Ahead parameter is used to allocate an amount of memory in the cache memory the frequently ex ecuted queries and return the result set back to the host with out real disk read execution Default value is Auto Controller will base on the HDD number to set the amount of Read Ahead value You can select between 512KB 16MB e Number of AV Stream RAID controllers are required to have not only the function of processing ordinary data but also the function of dealing with AV audio video stream data needing real time processing Sin
115. tolerance configuration The unused capacity on the expand RAID set can then be used to create an additional volume set with a different fault tolerance setting if required by the user 97 APPENDIX After Array Expansion Adding One Disk E a a i Free Space 80GB p E E volume 1 40GB D E I BELL Il Volume 0 40GB C Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 40 GB 40 GB 40GB 40 GB Array A 160GB e Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration For those who wish to later upgrade to any RAID capabilities a system with online RAID level stripe size migration allows a simplified upgrade to any supported RAID level without having to reinstall the operating system The RAID controllers can migrate both the RAID level and stripe size of an existing volume set while the server is online and the volume set is in use Online RAID level stripe size migration can prove helpful during performance tuning activities as well as when additional physical disks are added to the RAID control ler For example in a system using two drives in RAID level 1 it is possible to add a single drive and add capacity and retain fault tolerance Normally expanding a RAID level 1 array would require the addition of two disks A third disk can be added to the existing RAID logical drive and the volume set can then be migrated from RAID level 1 to 5 The result would be parity fault tolerance and double the avail
116. torage volume s This will show you how to use Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media in Windows to safely shutdown and eject a storage device before just unplugging or disconnecting it to help prevent accidental data loss if data were still being copied or saved to or from the device Windows provides a way to help you safely remove such devices If you see the Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon in the notification area at the far right of the taskbar you can use this as an indication that your devices have finished all operations in progress and are ready to be removed If you don t see the Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon click the Show hidden icons button to display all icons in the notification area The notification area at the far right of the taskbar to safely remove a certain device click the Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon and then in the list of devices click the Thunderbolt storage volume that you want to remove Windows will display a notification telling you it s safe to remove the Thunderbolt storage volume Now you can unplug the Thunderbolt cable or press and hold Reset button 3 seconds to save energy The RAID storage will maintain the daisy chain with other Thun derbolt devices even when the RAID storages have been powered down ote You can also safely remove devices from the computer folder Click the Start button click Computer right click the device you
117. trol ler and SATA RAID controller k A A Viet Areca Technology Corporation lopen all close all a Select The Drives For RAID Set Enclosure 1 ARECA SAS RAID AdapterV1 0 n O etes amp nn 1ce SEAGATE ST36000E755 E C3 RAID Set Fun ny D see 600 168 SEAGATE 57360005755 Delete RAID Set al Slot s 600 16B SEAGATE ST360005758 O see 1000 28 SEAGATE STa100042466 o Slot 100 268 SEAGATE ST310004248S D see 1000 28 SEAGATE ST3100042456 fs si Ti das es Wr S C contirm The Operation 6 Information pe EE 4 5 2 Delete Raid Set To delete a RAID set click on the Deleted Raid Set link A Select The Raid Set To Delete screen is displayed showing all exist RAID sets in the current controller Click the RAID set num ber which you want to delete in the select column on the delete screen Then click the Confirm The Operation check box and click on the Submit button in the screen to delete it The volume sets included in the Delete RAID Set It will be deleted by this action But for the Raid 30 50 60 you need to delete the volumes belonging to those RAID sets Areca Technology Corporation m open all close all Raid System Console z amp elacETba Bad Seto Delete B Quick Function Select Raid Set Name Member Disks Raid State Capacity FG RAID Set Functions c Raid Set 000 in Rebuilding 11000 06B D Create RAID Set c Raid Set 001 4 4 Rebuilding 200
118. ts come with LEDs that inform ARC 8050 RAID storage managers about the operational status 2 3 1 Drive Tray LED Indicators Figure 2 1 Activity Fault LED for ARC 8050 RAID Storage The following table describes the RAID storage disk drive tray LED behavior Tray LED NormalStatus Problem Indication 1 Activity When the activity LED is illumi N A LED Blue nated there is I O activity on that disk drive When the LED is dark there is no activity on that disk drive 2 Fault Link When the fault LED is solid When the fault LED is off LED Red illuminated there is no disk that disk is present and sta Green present tus is normal When the link LED is solid When the fault LED is slow illuminated there is a disk blinking 2 times sec that present disk drive has failed and should be hot swapped im mediately When the activ ity LED is illuminated and fault LED is fast blinking 10 times sec there is rebuild ing activity on that disk drive INSTALLATION 2 3 2 LCD Panel LED Indicators There are a variety of status conditions that cause the RAID stor age panel monitoring LED to light The front panel LCD comes with three 3 status indicating LEDs The LEDs on the front panel are defined from top to bottom Power Busy and Caution as shown in Figure 2 2 Busy LED ia Power LED Do J Areca Technology fi 192 169 1 100 ga ESC v ENT Caut
119. ve RAID 1 offers extremely high data reliability but at the cost of doubling the required data storage capacity A0Q A1 B0 B1 CO C1 DO D1 RE Logical disk Array Management RAID1 Mirroring Block 0 Block 0 d d Physical Disk 0 0 D D i i Disk 1 Disk 2 106 APPENDIX RAID 10 1E RAID 10 1E is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1 combining stripping with disk mirroring RAID Level 10 combines the fast performance of Level 0 with the data redundancy of level 1 In this configuration data is distributed across several disk drives similar to Level 0 which are then duplicated to another set of drive for data protection RAID 10 has been traditionally imple mented using an even number of disks some hybrids can use an odd number of disks as well Illustration is an example of a hybrid RAID 10 1E array comprised of five disks A B C D and E In this configuration each strip is mirrored on an adjacent disk with wrap around Areca RAID 10 offers a little more flexibility in choosing the number of disks that can be used to constitute an array The number can be even or odd qu e oe o RR m Eg RAID 3 RAID 3 provides disk striping and complete data redundancy though a dedicated parity drive RAID 3 breaks up data into smaller blocks calculates parity by performing an exclusive or on the blocks and then writes the blocks to all but one drive in the array The parity data created dur
120. want to remove and then click Eject For Mac Thunderbolt bl tem To avoid possible data corruption Areca recommends that ARC 8050 RAID storages volume s be properly unmounted from the Mac OS X prior to turning off the RAID storage or safely removing the Thunderbolt interface cable INSTALLATION Thunderbolt technology devices are plug and play allowing you to connect and disconnect them while the host computer is running In some cases disconnect the volume without properly unmounting the volume results in data corruption To prevent the potential data corruption problems it is important to properly eject the Thunderbolt storage volume s 1 Drag RAID storage volume s icon to the trash The Trash will turn into an Eject arrow This will assure that all data is properly cleared from the system memory before the volume is removed 2 When the volume icon disappears from the desktop RAID storage can be disconnected from the computer or you can press and hold Reset button 3 seconds to save energy The RAID stor age will maintain the daisy chain with other Thunderbolt devices even when the RAID storages have been powered down 2 5 Summary of the Installation The software components configure and monitor the ARC 8050 RAID storage as following table Configuration Utility Operating System Supported McRAID Storage Manager OS Independent Via Ethernet port McRAID Storage Manager Mac OS X 10 6 x 10 7 x 10 8 x
121. wer is on The batteries protect data in a failed server for up to three or four days depending on the size of the memory module Under normal operating conditions the batteries last for three years before replacement is necessary e Recovery ROM RAID controller firmware is stored on the flash ROM and is ex ecuted by the I O processor The firmware can also be updated through the RAID controllers Thunderbolt port or Ethernet port without the need to replace any hardware chips During the controller firmware upgrade flash process it is possible for a problem to occur resulting in corruption of the controller firm ware With our Redundant Flash Image feature the controller will revert back to the last known version of firmware and con tinue operating This reduces the risk of system failure due to firmware crash APPENDIX Appendix F Understanding RAID RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks It is an array of multiple independent hard disk drives that provides high performance and fault tolerance The RAID controller imple ments several levels of the Berkeley RAID technology An appro priate RAID level is selected when the volume sets are defined or created This decision should be based on the desired disk capacity data availability fault tolerance or redundancy and disk performance The following section discusses the RAID levels supported by the RAID controllers The RAID controllers makes the RAID
122. word to screen accesses to the SNMP agent of a particular network device Type in the com munity names of the SNMP agent Before access is granted to a request station this station must incorporate a valid community name into its request otherwise the SNMP agent will deny ac cess to the system Most network devices use public as de fault of their community names This value is case sensitive The system Contact Name and Location that will be shown in the outgoing SNMP trap 3 SNMP Trap Notification Configurations Please refer to Appendix D of Event Notification Configurations APPENDIX Appendix D Event Notification Configurations The controller classifies disk array events into four levels depend ing on their severity These include level 1 Urgent level 2 Serious level 3 Warning and level 4 Information The level 4 covers notifica tion events such as initialization of the controller and initiation of the rebuilding process Level 2 covers notification events which once have happen Level 3 includes events which require the issuance of warning messages Level 1 is the highest level and covers events that need immediate attention and action from the administrator The following lists sample events for each level A Device Event Device Inserted Warning HDD reading error Keep Watching HDD status may be it caused by noise or HDD unstable Device Removed Reading Error Writing Error Warning HDD wr

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