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1. Create Rebuild QReplica Options Shaping Setting Configuration 11 At this time if the source virtual disk has no snapshot space it will be allocated snapshot space for replication usage automatically The size will depend on the parameter of QReplica Options Start and Stop QReplica Task To start replication task please follow the procedures 1 In QReplicas tab of the source side select the source virtual disk and then click W gt Start 2 Click OK button The source and target virtual disks will take snapshots and then start replication MPIO Show snapshots for virtual disk SourceVD sl Show disk size in GB Y Name Used GB Status Health Exposure QREP309461 0 N A Good No ei Set Snapshot Space Scheduled Snapshots Take a Snapshot Cleanup Snapshots Show snapshots for virtual disk TargetVD Show disk size in GB Y No Name Used GB Status Health v 1 QREP309461 0 Set Snapshot Space Scheduled Snapshots Take a Snapshot Cleanup Snapshots Exposure N A Good No Figure 5 Source side Figure 6 Target side To stop replication task please follow the procedures 1 In QReplicas tab of the source side select the source virtual disk and then click W gt Stop 2 Click OK button to stop replication To setup MPIO Multi Path Input Ouput of the replication task please follow the procedures 1 Select the task in
2. Lem emm e ee 5 CC am Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 32 a Qsan Document User Manual Nsan AegisSAN Q500 P20 X424 Q500 P20 X316 2 x 10GbE iSCSI 2 x GbE iSCSI controller Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 33 ap Qsan Document User Manual Nsan AegisSAN LX F630Q X424 F630Q X316 2 x 16Gb FC 2 x GbE iSCSI controller 3 2 6 5 9 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 34 ap Qsan Document User Manual Qsan AegisSAN LXP600Q X424 SFP P600Q X316 SFP 2 x 10GbE iSCSI 2 x GbE iSCSI controller AegisSAN LX P600Q X212 SFP 2 x 10GbE iSCSI 2 x GbE iSCSI controller 3 2 6 5 9 AegisSAN LX P600Q X424 10GBASE T P600Q X316 10GBASE T 2 x 10GbE iSCSI 2 x GbE iSCSI controller AegisSAN LX P600Q X212 10GBASE T 2 x 10GbE iSCSI 2 x GbE iSCSI controller 3 2 6 5 9 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 35 Qsan Document User Manual Q a san JBOD J300Q X424 J300Q X316 6G SAS JBOD controller RAID Concepts RAID is the abbreviation of Redundant Array of Independent Disks The basic idea of RAID is to combine multiple drives together to form one large logical drive This RAID drive obtains performance capacity and reliability than a single drive The operating system detects the RAID drive as a single storage device RAID Levels
3. User Manual Q EE san MANAGEMENT INTERRACEG cr trruaiascsiauueteipaendeyaas tres E E a E T ieee nlan 54 Eae EE e EE 54 Secure Shell beten ee 54 Fe 55 a a LEE 57 HOWTO CONNECT TO WEB UIFOR THE FIRST TIME xcscitustniarcecalsaahsdacantentvawehduntoiureaswabehsdnnaentantdacuhtaehatnncnndammncaasawie 60 HOWTO USE THE GUIDED CONFIGURATIONS TE 61 Quick installation FOO NEE 62 Volume Creation Wizard aaaitcac dy fevetssantarecandsaesateedvecielevesataudanasaedesagataddaassaecamososaudanccanisucnstaudaandandovetaat 66 BASIC CONFIGURATION siropini esan EERE 70 INTERRA CETERA ROIN oriai E E E EE E 70 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION EE 71 SEENEN 71 VE ele TE d 72 LOE HST IES TE 73 Email Notification Setting 74 Loc an Re ge EE 75 HOST PORT 7 SCSI CONFIGURATION isco andinhcwsnsanavaccheatecessundtenncaahaivansiandooadante aga soliteuntnedevosmbauaeaptaniaiecsaiaddaamdeebeweann 77 NetWOTK SETUD a sites sencseccaecnstemecansicssecasaucene sation sanmeacsaasnedusentonces squnateass EREEREER ANER AEREE 77 FEENEY and PSS in 80 ISCH Tee E 81 ege EE 84 CAAP RCO Ree 85 PVC EMG E 86 ee een e CH 89 B n Ee RE 89 AUD eege le eee enn te eee er eee ee ee en ee ee ee ee ee re 92 legt ar 97 aen Le 101 FO ICAI NS A aacerecostatonnoasaneoacahasuatueesi antonbalieeusabsionsate E usa ianoeseontaneoneaseaeon 104 ENCLOSURE EE TC AE 106 Hardwire MONTON E 106 DI 108 Ee 109 E e VE 110 SYSTEM IVI AINE NANCE arstin E E E E E E E E 110 EREM OLED ee 110 Copyright
4. Red A power supply has failed or is no longer connected Dual controller indicator Green Dual controllers are active and working well Orange One of the dual controllers has failed Return to home page Logout of the management web Ul Mute alarm beeper This table describes the indicators and icons S TIP SEN If the status indicators in Internet Explorer IE are displayed in gray but not in blinking red please enable Tools gt Internet Options gt Advanced gt Play animations in webpages options in IE The default value is enabled but some applications disable it Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 59 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan How to Connect to Web UI for the First Time The default packing for AegisSAN Q500 series doesn t include USB LCM It is an optional item for purchase For first time user it may not be easy to find the management port IP address when there is no LCM display The following flow chart shows what to do to set up management port IP address with different environments Preparati on amp Start No Yes Use LCM to set static IP Zero configuration kicks in 1 Connect management port directly to notebook NIC port Use QCentral or QFinder to connect Get IP from LCM Put in browser to connect Change notebook NIC IP address as 169 254 x y x y 1 254 Subnet mask as Use QCentral 255 255 0 0 or QFin
5. CAUTION Before executing rollback it is better that the disk is unmounted on the host computer for flushing data from cache Snapshot Constraint Snapshot function applies Copy on Write technique on virtual disk and provides a quick and efficient backup methodology When taking a snapshot it does not copy any data at first time until a request of data modification comes in The snapshot copies the original data to snapshot space Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 139 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan and then overwrites the original data with new changes With this technique snapshot only copies the changed data instead of copying whole data It will save a lot of disk space Create a data consistent snapshot Before using snapshot user has to know why sometimes the data corrupts after rollback of snapshot Please refer to the following diagram When user modifies the data from host the data will pass through file system and memory of the host write caching Then the host will flush the data from memory to physical disks no matter the disk is local disk IDE or SATA DAS SCSI or SAS or SAN fibre or iSCSI From the viewpoint of storage device it cannot control the behavior of host side This case maybe happens If a snapshot is taken some data is still in memory and not flush to disk Then the snapshot may have an incomplete image of original data The problem does not belong to th
6. Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 64 Qsan Document User Manual Ed Nsan Quick Installation Step 4 Volume Settings Enclosure Local RAID Level RAID 0 5588 GB RAID 1 1862 GB RAID 3 3725 GB RAID 5 3725 GB 6 Verify all items and then click Finish button to complete the quick installation Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 65 Qsan Document User Manual Quick Installation Asan Confirm lt lt Back General System Name Date and Time Time zone Date Time Network Settings Address HTTP Port HTTPS Port SSH Port DNS Server Address iSCSI IP Address Settings Address Mask Gateway Volume Settings RAID Level RAID Size i Osan GMT 08 00 Taipei 2014 1 17 10 39 50 Using DHCP 80 443 22 10 0 0 1 299 299 299 0 10 0 0 254 RAID 0 on Local enclosure 5588 Finish Cancel The iSCSI information is only displayed when iSCSI controllers are used Use Back button to return to a previous page to change any setting Volume Creation Wizard The Volume Creation Wizard provides a smarter policy to determine all possibilities and volume sizes in the different RAID levels that can be created using the existing free drives It provides Largest capacity for each RAID level from which to choose The fewest number of drives for each RAID level volume size This way after ch
7. Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 77 a Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Show information for Controller i Reset Port iSCSI IP Address Settings Make Default Gateway Enable Jumbo Frames 255 255 255 0 10 0 0 254 00 13 78 bb 38 87 Name LAG LAGNo VLANID UseDHCP IP Address Netmask Gateway Jumbo Frames MAC Address Link FE LAN1 No N A N A No 10 0 0 1 255 255 255 0 10 0 0 254 Disabled 00 13 78 bb 38 82 1 Gbps ma LAN2 No N A N A No 10 0 0 2 255 255 255 0 10 0 0 254 Disabled 00 13 78 bb 38 83 Down a LAN3 No N A N A No 10 0 0 3 255 255 255 0 10 0 0 254 Disabled 00 13 78 bb 38 84 Down Ee LAN4 No N A N A No 10 0 0 4 255 255 255 0 10 0 0 254 Disabled 00 13 78 bb 38 85 Down el LAN5 No N A N A No 10 0 0 5 255 255 255 0 10 0 0 254 Disabled 00 13 78 bb 38 86 Down This figure shows six iSCSI data ports These data ports are set up with a static IP address For the other controllers that can be set up the same way The options are available on this tab VW gt iSCSI Bonding Settings The default mode of each iSCSI data port is individually connected without any bonding Trunking and LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol settings can be setup here At least two iSCSI data ports must be checked for iSCSI bonding Network Bonding settings Network Bonding Settings Select the network interfaces that Bonding Method IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Netw
8. Description Virtual disk name Total capacity of the virtual disk The unit can be displayed in GB or MB The right of virtual disk WT Write Through WB Write Back RO Read Only The priority of virtual disk HI High priority MD Middle priority LO Low priority Background task priority e 4 3 2 1 0 Default value is 4 The higher number the background priority of a VD is the more background I O will be scheduled to execute The type of the virtual disk RAID the virtual disk is normal BACKUP the virtual disk is for backup usage The clone target name of the virtual disk The clone schedule of the virtual disk The status of the virtual disk Online The virtual disk is online Offline The virtual disk is offline Initiating The virtual disk is being initialized Rebuilding The virtual disk is being rebuilt Migrating The virtual disk is being migrated Rollback The virtual disk is being rolled back Parity checking The virtual disk is being parity check The health of virtual disk Optimal the virtual disk is working well and there is no failed disk in the RG Degraded At least one disk from the RG of the Virtual disk is failed or plugged out Failed the RAID group disk of the VD has single or multiple failed disks than its RAID level can recover from data loss Partially optimal the virtual disk has experienced recoverable read
9. Installation Qsan Document User Manual Q TE SSS FF sam Installation Overview Before starting prepare the following items A management computer with a Gigabit Ethernet NIC recommend on the same network as the Qsan storage system Connection cables o All Use CAT 5e or CAT 6 recommend network cables for the management port AegisSAN Q500 o Q500 F20 F21 F30 P20 Fibre Channel cables o Q500 P10 CAT 5e or CAT 6 recommend network cables AegisSAN LX o F600Q F630Q P600Q SFP Fibre Channel cables o P400Q P600Q CAT 5e or CAT 6 recommend network cables o P600Q 10GBASE T CAT 6 network cables JBOD o J300Q SAS cables Prepare a storage system configuration plan by the network administrator The plan should include network information for the management port and iSCSI data ports If using static IP addresses please prepare a list of the static IP addresses the subnet mask and the default gateway Switches o All Gigabit switches optional for connecting management port AegisSAN Q500 o Q500 F20 F21 F30 Fibre Channel switches optional o Q500 F20 F21 F30 P10 P20 Gigabit switches recommended Or Gigabit switches with VLAN LCAP Trunking optional o Q500 P20 10 Gigabit switches with VLAN LCAP Trunking optional AegisSAN LX o F600Q F630Q Fibre Channel switches optional Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 41 Qsan Do
10. RG lt name gt has been manually activated RG lt name gt has been manually deactivated Rewrite at LBA lt address gt of VD lt name gt starts Rewrite at LBA lt address gt of VD lt name gt completes Rewrite at LBA lt address gt of VD lt name gt failed RG lt name gt is in degraded mode VD lt name gt is in degraded mode RG lt name gt is failed VD lt name gt is failed I O failure for stripe number lt address gt in VD lt name gt Recoverable read error occurred at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of VD lt name gt Recoverable write error occurred at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of VD lt name gt Unrecoverable read error occurred at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of VD lt name gt Unrecoverable write error occurred at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of VD lt name gt Config read failed at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of PD lt slot gt Config write failed at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of PD lt slot gt Failed to change size of the global cache The global cache is ok Failed to create the global cache Assign PD lt slot gt to be the dedicated spare disk of RG lt name gt Assign PD lt slot gt to Global Spare Disks 160 Qsan Document User Manual WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO WARNING INFO WARNING ERROR ERROR ERROR PD read
11. Restart the task an hour later if it failed W Enabled Snapshot Space This setting is the ratio of the source virtual disk and snapshot space If the ratio sets to 2 it means when the clone process is starting the system will book the free RAID group space to set as the snapshot space which capacity is double the source virtual disk automatically The options are 0 5 3 Threshold The setting will be effective after enabling schedule clone The threshold will monitor the usage amount of the snapshot space When the used snapshot space achieves the threshold system will take a snapshot and start clone process automatically The Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 144 a Qsan Document User Manual Nsan purpose of threshold could prevent the incremental copy failure immediately when running out of the snapshot space For example the default threshold is 50 The system will check the snapshot space every hour When the snapshot space is used over 50 the system will start clone job automatically And then continue monitoring the snapshot space When the rest snapshot space has been used 50 in other words the total snapshot space has been used 75 the system will start clone job again Restart the task an hour later if failed The setting will be effective after enabling schedule clone When running out of the snapshot space the virtual disk clone process will be stopped because there is no m
12. All Rights Reserved Voltage level 2 shutdown Voltage level 2 CTR shutdown UPS OK UPS fail UPS AC loss UPS power low SMART T E C SMART fail RedBoot failover Watchdog shutdown Watchdog reset Type Console Login Console Logout Web Login Web Logout Log clear Send mail fail Type RG create OK RG create fail RG delete RG rename VD create OK VD create fail VD delete VD rename VD read only VD write back VD write through VD extend VD attach LUN OK VD attach LUN fail VD detach LUN OK VD detach LUN fail VD init started VD init finished VD init failed Nsan System voltages lt string gt failed The system will auto shutdown immediately The controller will auto shutdown immediately reason Voltage abnormal lt string gt Successfully detect UPS Failed to detect UPS AC loss for system is detected UPS Power Low The system will auto shutdown immediately Disk lt slot gt S M A R T Threshold Exceed Condition occurred for attribute lt string gt Disk lt slot gt Failure to get S M A R T information RedBoot failover event occurred Watchdog timeout shutdown occurred Watchdog timeout reset occurred Description lt username gt login from lt IP or serial console gt via Console UI lt username gt logout from lt IP or serial console gt via Console UI lt username gt login from lt IP gt via Web UI lt username gt logout from lt IP gt via Web UI All event logs are c
13. Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 97 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan errors After passing parity check the health will become Optimal R Ratio of initializing or rebuilding RAID RAID level LUN Number of LUN s that virtual disk is attached Snapshot space The virtual disk size that is used for snapshot The number means Used GB or MB snapshot space Total snapshot space The unit can be displayed in GB or MB Snapshot Number of snapshot s that have been taken RAID Group The RAID group name of the virtual disk The options are available on this tab Create Create a virtual disk Cloning Options Set the clone options Detail will be described in chapter 5 The options are available after creating a virtual disk WY gt Extend Extend the virtual disk capacity WV gt Verify Parity Execute parity check for the virtual disk It supports RAID 3 5 6 30 50 60 The options are o Verify and repair data inconsistencies o Only verify for data inconsistencies Stop verifying when 1 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 inconsistencies have been found Y gt Delete Delete the virtual disk V gt Set Properties Change the virtual disk name Cache mode priority bg rate and read ahead o Cache Mode v Write through Cache A caching technique in which the completion of a write request is not signaled until data is safely stored in non volatile media Each data is
14. If a fan fails this LED will turn red and an alarm will sound Off Fan OK Over Temperature LED Red If temperature irregularities in the system occur this LED will turn RED and alarm will sound Off Temperature OK Voltage Warning LED Red If the output DC voltage is above or below the allowed range an alarm will sound warning of a voltage abnormality and this LED will turn red Off Voltage OK Activity LED Blinking blue When the disk array is busy or active Off Idle AegisSAN Q500 and AegisSAN LX Q212 Q316 Q424 Chassis Remove a drive tray Then install a HDD To install SAS drives align the edge of the drive to the back end of tray the backplane can directly connect to the drives To install SATA drives with 3G 6G MUX boards align the board edge to the back end of tray the backplane can connect the drives through the boards Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 20 Je Qsan Document User Manual SAS Drive SATA Drive The front of each disk tray has four components This table provides details about the front components of a disk tray Number 1 Description Power LED Green Drive is inserted and good Red Drive fails Off No drive in the tray Access LED Blue blinking The drive is being accessed Off The drive is not being accessed or no drive in the tray Tray removal handle Latch to release the tray and
15. Node 28 W Node 29 N Node 30 k Node 31 W Node 32 W Node 33 M Node 34 W Node 35 W Node 36 W Node 37 M Node 38 W Node 39 M Node 40 W Node 41 N Node 42 W Node 43 M Node 44 W Node 45 N Node 46 W Node 47 W Node 48 W Node 49 N Node 50 Node 51 W Node 52 W Node 53 M Node 54 N Node 55 W Node 56 W Node 57 M Node 58 kl Node 59 M Node 60 W Node 61 N Node 62 W Node 63 M Node 64 W Node 65 M Node 66 M Node 67 M Node 68 W Node 69 N Node 70 W Node 71 W Node 72 W Node 73 N Node 74 W Node 75 W Node 76 W Node 77 M Node 78 M Node 79 M Node 80 W Node 81 M Node 82 M Node 83 M Node 84 W Node 85 M Node 86 M Node 87 M Node 88 W Node 89 M Node 90 kl Node 91 M Node 92 W Node 93 N Node 94 W Node 95 W Node 96 W Node 97 N Node 98 W Node 99 k Node 100 W Node 101 kl Node 102 M Node 103 W Node 104 W Node 105 M Node 106 M Node 107 W Node 108 W Node 109 4 Node 110 M Node 111 W Node 112 W Node 113 Node 114 M Node 115 W Node 116 lw Node 117 vi Node 118 M Node 119 W Node 120 W Node 121 Node 122 M Node 123 W Node 124 e VW gt Clear Counters Clear the counters of the selected fibre channel CAUTION The connection mode Point to Point does not support multi node Volume Configuration The Volume configuration menu option is for accessing the Physical Disks RAID Groups Virtual Disks Snapshots Logical Units and QReplicas option tabs UR Cl RAID Group
16. The remaining 1862GB can be used to create other virtual disks This is storage efficiency Total GB Free Capacity GB Available Size GB Thin Provisioning 1662 062 062 Disabled 1862 1862 1862 Enabled Figure 3 Write on demand Expand capacity on demand without downtime Extra RAID set can be added to the thin RAID group to increase the size of free storage pool A thin RAID group can have up to 32 RAID sets with each RAID set containing up to 64 physical hard drives The maximum size of each RAID set is 64TB Figure 4 shows that Thin RG consists of two RAID sets Show RAID size in G5 Name Total GB Free Capacity GB Available Size GB Thin Provisioning Disks Used Fat RG 1662 ob2 062 Disabled 1 M Thin RG 3 24 3724 J24 Enabled 2 No Total Size GB Free Size GB Disks Used RAID Cell status a E E 1862 1862 A 1 Online 1862 1862 1 Online amp wm Toe em emm am as emm Figure 4 Scalable RAID group size Allocation unit granularity is 1GB This is a number that demands careful balance between efficiency and performance The smaller it is the better the efficiency and the worse the performance becomes and vice versa Thin provisioned snapshot space and it is writeable Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 125 Qsan Document User Manual a Nsan Snapshot space sits at the same RAID group of the volume that the snapshot is taken aga
17. Volume Relationship EE 37 Volume Restoration isceccsssecnscasetaceGictandeasetacdesensedsasetacetess 116 EE 117 VSS Volume Shadow copy Service 172 EAST e EE 172 I UI ea sate esse acc E E T E seen O acess 176 W Web UI Web User Interface 57 WWNN World Wide Node Namen 86 WWPN World Wide Port Name 86 182 Qsan User Manual Copyright 2004 2012 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 183
18. finished RG move started RG move finished VD move started VD move finished VD move failed VD attach LUN VD detach LUN RG activated RG deactivated VD rewrite started VD rewrite finished VD rewrite failed RG degraded VD degraded RG failed VD failed VD IO fault Recoverable error read Recoverable write error Unrecoverable read error Unrecoverable write error Config read fail Config write fail CN boot adjust global CV boot global CV boot create global error error PD dedicated spare PD global spare Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Nsan VD lt name gt starts rebuilding VD lt name gt completes rebuilding Failed to complete rebuild of VD lt name gt VD lt name gt starts migration VD lt name gt completes migration Failed to complete migration of VD lt name gt Parity checking on VD lt name gt starts Parity checking on VD lt name gt completes with lt address gt parity data inconsistency found Parity checking on VD lt name gt stops with lt address gt parity data inconsistency found RG lt name gt starts migration RG lt name gt completes migration RG lt name gt starts move RG lt name gt completes move VD lt name gt starts move VD lt name gt completes move Failed to complete move of VD lt name gt LUN lt number gt is attached to VD lt name gt LUN lt number gt is detached from VD lt name gt
19. lt Controller 1 Controller 2 gt Options iSCSI Bonding Settings Delete iSCSI Bonding Set VLAN ID iSCSI IP Address Settings Make Default Gateway Enable Disable Jumbo Frames Ping Host Reset Port Entity Name iSNS IP Address Show information for lt Controller 1 Controller 2 gt Options Authentication Method Change Portal Rename Alias Users Show information for lt Controller 1 Controller 2 gt Connection Details Disconnect Create User Options Modify User Information Delete User Show information for lt Controller 1 Controller 2 gt Options Change Link speed Change Connection Mode Node Configuration Clear Counters Show disk for lt Local JBODn gt Show disk size in lt GB MB gt Disk Health Check Disk Check Report Options Set Free Disk Set Global Spare Set Local Spare Set Dedicated Spare Upgrade Disk Scrub Read Error Cleared Turn on off the Indication LED More information Show RAID size in lt GB MB gt Create Options Migrate RAID Level Move RAID Level Activate Deactivate Verify Parity Delete Change Preferred Controller Change RAID Options Add RAID Set Add Policy More information RAID Set options Remove Move RAID Level List Disks RAID Group Policy options Delete Modify Create Cloning Options Options Extend Verify Parity Delete Set Properties Space Reclamation Attach LUN De
20. min 4 60 V max 5 40 V OK Voltage PSU 12V 12 08 V min 11 04 V max 12 96 V OK Voltage PSU 3 3V 3 38 V min 3 04 V max 3 56 V OK Temperature Location 1 26 0 C hyst 0 0 C high 55 0 C OK Temperature Location2 29 0 C hyst 0 0 C high 55 0 C OK Temperature Location 3 26 0 C hyst 0 0 C high 55 0 C OK Temperature Location 4 25 0 C hyst 0 0 C high 55 0 C OK Temperature Location 5 26 0 C hyst 0 0 C high 55 0 C OK Temperature Location 6 25 0 C hyst 0 0 C high 55 0 C OK Temperature Location 25 0 C hyst 0 0 C high 55 0 C OK Temperature Location8 25 0 C hyst 0 0 C high 55 0 C OK Power Supply PSU1 N A OK Power Supply PSU2 N A OK Cooling FAN1 3375 RPM OK Cooling FAN2 3590 RPM OK Cooling FAN3 3515 RPM OK Cooling FAN4 3515 RPM OK Auto Shutdown M If auto shutdown is enabled the system will shut down automatically when the internal power Apply If Auto Shutdown is checked the system will shutdown automatically when the voltage or temperature is out of the normal range For better data protection it is recommended to check Auto Shutdown For better protection and avoiding single short period of high temperature that could trigger an automatic shutdown the system uses to gauge if a shutdown is needed This is done using several sensors placed on key systems that the system
21. o Select one of nodes from one controller o Chick W gt Change Portal o Select the network ports that you would like to be available for this iSCSI node Change Network Portal Assign or Change LAN Portal Select the network ports that you would like to be available for this iSCSI node SE Run 8 8 3 2260 LAN 1 Use DHCP No Jumbo Frames Disabled 110 0 0 2 3260 LAN 2 Use DHCP No Jumbo Frames Disabled 110 0 0 3 3260 LAN 3 Use DHCP No Jumbo Frames Disabled 110 0 0 4 3260 LAN 4 Use DHCP No Jumbo Frames Disabled l110 0 0 5 3260 LAN 5 Use DHCP No Jumbo Frames Disabled 10 0 0 6 3260 LAN 6 Use DHCP No Jumbo Frames Disabled i Cancel o Click OK button VW gt Rename Alias Use this option to add or change iSCSI alias o Select one of nodes from one controller o Chick W gt Rename Alias o Enter the Alias Name Leave it empty to remove the alias o Click OK button Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 83 Qsan Document User Manual iSCSI Alias Add or change iSCSI alias san To add or change the alias name enter the name below and press OK To remove an alias clear out the current name and press OK Alias Name devO ctri OK Cancel After creating an alias it is displayed at the end of the portal information ID Auth Node Name Portal Alias 0 CHAP ign 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev0 ctr1
22. which is the traditional way IT administrators allocate storage space to each logical volume that is used by an application or a group of users When it comes to the point to decide how much space a logical volume requires for three years or for the lifetime of an application it s really hard to make the prediction correctly and precisely To avoid the complexity of adding more space to the volumes frequently IT administrators might as well allocate more storage space to each logical volume than it needs in the beginning This is why it s called fat provisioning Usually it turns out that a lot of free space is sitting around idle This stranded Capacity is wasted which equals to waste of investment and inefficiency Various studies indicate that as much as 75 of the storage capacity in small and medium enterprises or large data centers is allocated but unused And this is where thin provisioning kicks in Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 122 a Qsan Document User Manual 5 C EN SES Actual data Volume A a iz Physical space olume Whole System Traditional Fat Provisioning Thin provisioning sometimes is known as just in time capacity or over allocation As the term explains itself it provides storage space by requests dynamically Thin provisioning presents more storage space to the hosts or servers connecting to the storage system than is actually available on the storage system Put it in another wa
23. 0 1 gt nnn GB Local lt RAID O RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 1 gt JBOD lt n gt Ae lt RAID O RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 1 gt IP Config lt Static IP DHCP BOOTP gt IP Address lt 192 168 010 050 gt IP Subnet Mask lt 255 255 255 0 gt IP Gateway lt 192 168 010 254 gt DHCP BOOTP Static IP Phy Disk Temp Cooling Power Supply AYes Nov L3 A Yes A Yes Nov Nov Apply The Config Use default algorithm New n disk Ae lt nnn gt GB A Yes A Yes Nov Nov IP Address IP Subnet Mask IP Gateway Apply IP Setting Local Slot lt n gt lt nn gt C Local FAN lt n gt lt nnnnn gt RPM Local PSU lt n gt lt status gt Nsan L4 L5 AYes Nov Volume Size ney me lt nnn gt GB SE AYes Nov Adjust Volume SE WA Size Config AYes Nov Adjust IP address Adjust Submask IP Adjust Gateway IP AYes Nov USB LCM is developed because of security concern and adding more mobility and flexibility Only AegisSAN Q500 series support USB LCM Several AegisSAN Q500 systems can share one USB LCM It can further save your costs All the functions provided by USB LCM are the same as the original Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 56 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan LCM introduced in previous section Please be aware to remove the USB LCM before adding the front bezel A v ENT ESC MUTE ef Sj ET l mee CAUTION To preve
24. 2 HDD ADD HDD HO HDD HDD HDD HDD 100GB 100GB 100GB 10066 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB Raid 5 200GB 2 1 At least add one free Raid 6 200GB 2 2 disk become raid 6 HDD HDD HDD HDD HDD HDD HDD 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB There are some limitations when a RAID group is being migrated or moved System would reject these operations Add dedicated spare Remove a dedicated spare Create a new virtual disk Delete a virtual disk Extend a virtual disk Scrub a virtual disk Perform another migration operation Scrub entire RAID group Dop MK pe SOS E Take a snapshot LA Delete a snapshot kA Expose a snapshot 12 Rollback to a snapshot BE TIP RY Migrate function will migrate the member disks of RAID group to the same physical disks but it should increase the number of disks or it should be different RAID level Move function will move the member disks of RAID group to totally different physical disks CAUTION RAID group migration or moving cannot be executed during rebuilding or virtual disk extension Take an example of migrate the RAID group 1 Select Volume Configuration gt RAID Groups 2 Select a RAID group and then click W gt Migrate RAID Level 3 Select a RAID Level from the drop down list Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 120 Je Qsan Document User Manual san 4 Click the
25. 2 None ign 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev2 ctr1 ES el 1 CHAP iqn 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev1 ctr1 DS DS 3 None iqn 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev3 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 dev0 ctr1 AY TIP La After setting CHAP the host initiator should be set with the same CHAP account Otherwise the host cannot connect to the volume Active Sessions The Active Session tab is used to display all currently active iSCSI sessions and their connection information The various controllers support different number of sessions list on the following AegisSAN Q500 Q500 F20 Up to 32 sessions per controller Q500 F21 Up to 32 sessions per controller Q500 F30 Up to 32 sessions per controller Q500 P10 Up to 64 sessions per controller Q500 P20 Up to 64 sessions per controller AegisSAN LX F600Q Up to 128 sessions per controller F630Q Up to 128 sessions per controller P400Q Up to 1024 sessions per controller P600Q Up to 1024 sessions per controller Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 84 a Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Show informat
26. 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 8 _ Qsan Document User Manual i O Nsan EVENTOS E 112 leiere 113 Firmware Synchronization Only available in Dual controller models 114 Reset to ege e 115 CONTI SUF ATION BackUPS EEA AER EOE EEE OASE 115 e Ee Eed e EE 116 Reboot and Shutdown ccccccsssssseecccceccaaesseeccceeesaeesseececeessaeeseeeceeeesseeeseeeeeeessauauseseeeeessaaaaeeseesenas 117 Chapter 5 ADVANCED OPERATIONS sctsccssectacacaustaccesurdccscsantauceauctauasaustauccaussaususabeuceawdsauadaussaucoaursaususesbeuesaetauaetes 118 OLIVE Ir EE 118 MIGRATE eg ee 119 EE IR TAL IS 15 aiana EE eterna E E no aetamanunuaua en mamnane ane 121 SR RI 122 WS DCIS TIES Ol CI ill E E sane catieondtvcodaicnnbonsaustuaitsauidssetatanthanqusened samen emia E 123 Features E LE 124 ANODU ONE coan a EA E E E EE 126 TAN Provisioning Case niuiereerinn ine eni E ER E 127 RI ie E 128 Ee PAYS ME 128 sine le 1B OD ET 128 Bet elle E a T A AA AA AEA E E A E E E A 129 DPD MC E 130 MPIO iera evan R onion es E E A E ead edna TaunuaiN 130 Ve EE 131 Biere EE 131 TOIT IL E 132 Be GE 132 ENEE 133 K IS ele 133 PTO O EEN 134 ONS E 134 Beigl TC 135 Change Controller le TE 135 Recommend IONS SCF VEL E 135 SNAPSHOT KC 136 EH SE 136 CIE AMUD EE De EC 138 Kieler Een Le rasane ene ee ee ener Ener E nt enna ener ann tere ener rere eee eee free 138 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 9 Qsan Documen
27. Document User Manual i O Osan feature will improve performance when the data being retrieved is sequential Default v Disabled Disable disk read ahead o Command Queuing v Enabled Sends multiple commands at once to a disk to improve performance Default v Disabled Disable disk command queuing V gt Add RAID Set Add RAID sets for the thin provisioning RAID group YV gt Add Policy Add policy for the thin provisioning RAID group V gt More information Dispkay RAID group detail information Select the thin provisioning RAID group it displays on the following There are two more tables to describe the properties of the thin provisioning RAID group RAID Set and RAID Group Policy Show RAID size in G8 Name Total GB Free Capacity GB Available Size GB Thin Provisioning Disks Used Number of Virtual Disk Status Health RAID Current Controller Preferred Controller v RO 1862 1862 1862 Disabled 1 0 Online Good RAIDO Controller 1 Controller 1 e WR 1862 1862 1862 Enabled 2 0 RAID 1 Controller 1 Controller 1 RAID Set No Total Size GB Free Size GB Disks Used RAID Cell Status Health v 1 1862 1862 2 1 Online Good RAID Group Policy 1 No Threshold Level Action y 1 60 Information Take no Action el 2 70 Information Take no Action Es 3 80 Information Take no Action A 4 85 Warning Reclaim Space BA 5 90 Warning Delete Snapshots 6 9
28. FC cable AegisSAN LX F630Q Management PC APC Smart UPS Optional To J300Q Dxxx Net cable To 3300Q Dxxx RS 232 cable SAS cable FC cable Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 47 Je Qsan Document User Manual AegisSAN LX P400Q iSNS server Recom mended Gigabit switch Hr Net cable RS 232 cable een SAS cable AegisSAN LX P600Q iSNS server Recom mended i ee 10 GbE switch EI Net cable RS 232 cable SAS cable FC cable Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Management PC APC Smart UPS Optional i L Switch EI BR To J300Q Dxxx To J300Q Dxxx Management PC APC Smart UPS Optional To J300Q Dxxx To J300Q Dxxx 48 ap Qsan Document User Manual Nsan JBOD J300Q Host Server a Switch Hr FC iSCSI SAS _ Net cable RS 232 cable SAS cable ges Cable To Next JBOD To Next JBOD For a better data service availability all the connections among hosts switches and the dual controllers are recommended as redundant as below The following example shows the AegisSAN LX P400Q series Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 49 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan controller 1 controller 2 Connect the console cable and UPS as the following Management PC RS 232 cable for UPS phone jack to DB9 mal
29. Failed to replace JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt with JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt ERROR PD VD read write Read error at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of JBOD lt name gt PD Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 163 Qsan Document User Manual ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR fault PD IO retry fault PD substitute L2F PD substitute F2L PD substitute F2F System Maintenance Events Level INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO WARNING ERROR INFO HAC Events Level INFO INFO INFO INFO Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Type System shutdown System reboot System console shutdown System web shutdown System button shutdown System LCM shutdown System console reboot System web reboot System LCM reboot FW upgrade start FW success upgrade FW upgrade failure IPC FW upgrade timeout Config imported Type RG owner changed Force CTR write through Restore CTR cache mode Failover complete Nsan lt slot gt and rewrite failed at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of VD lt name gt Over I O retry limit in last 10 minutes on JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt replacing the disk is highly recommended Over I O retry limit in last 10 minutes on PD lt slot gt the disk is disabled for automatic rebuilding with JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt Over I O retry
30. Inc All Rights Reserved 178 Je Qsan Document User Manual SCSI SAS S M A R T WWN HBA SES NIC BBM Nsan the array is able to respond to application read and write requests to its virtual disks Small Computer Systems Interface Serial Attached SCSI Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology World Wide Name Host Bus Adapter SCSI Enclosure Services Network Interface Card Battery Backup Module FC iSCSI SAS Terminology Item FC FC P2P FC AL FC SW iSCSI LACP MPIO MC S MTU CHAP ISNS SAS Description Fibre Channel Point to Point Arbitrated Loop Switched Fabric Internet Small Computer Systems Interface Link Aggregation Control Protocol Multi Path Input Output Multiple Connections per Session Maximum Transmission Unit Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol An optional security mechanism to control access to an iSCSI storage system over the iSCSI data ports Internet Storage Name Service Serial Attached SCSI Dual Controller Terminology Item SBB 6G MUX Description Storage Bridge Bay The objective of the Storage Bridge Bay Working Group SBB is to create a specification that defines mechanical electrical and low level enclosure management requirements for an enclosure controller slot that will support a variety of storage controllers from a variety of independent hardware vendors IHVs and system vendors Qsan bridge board is for SATA II disk to support
31. NIA N A Migrating Optimal 0 RAID5 0 0 0 0 R0 gt R5 1 Create Cloning Options Move RAID Level usage is the same as Migrate RAID Level except it cannot change the RAID level Extend Virtual Disks Extend function extend the size of the virtual disk if there is enough free space Take an example of extending the virtual disk 1 Select Volume Configuration gt Virtual Disks 2 Select a virtual disk and then click W gt Extend Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 121 QThin Qsan Document User Manual EE Osan Se Change the virtual disk size The size must be larger than the current and then click OK button to start extension Extend Enter the size that you would like to extend this virtual disk to and press OK The size must be larger than the current size of the virtual disk Virtual Disk Size 10 GB Free Space 3 20 GB OK Cancel 4 Extension starts If the virtual disk needs initialization it will display the status Initiating and the complete percentage of initialization in R m P TIP Se The extension size must be larger than the current size of the virtual disk CAUTION Extension cannot be executed during rebuilding or migration Nowadays thin provisioning is a hot topic people talk about in IT management and storage industry To make contrast to thin provisioning it naturally brings to our minds with the opposite term fat provisioning
32. SATA 6Gb s SATA 1 5Gb s Without MUX Board 3TB 2794 GB SAS SAS 6Gb s SAS 6Gb s SAS 3Gb s SAS 3Gb s Rear View There are several various chassis available The following examples show the AegisSAN Q500 P10 and AegisSAN LX P400Q series AegisSAN Q500 2U12 chassis Q212B uw Tase n oo PG e d ELLELE This table describes the rear modules Number Description 1 Controller 1 CTRL 1 2 Controller 2 CTRL 2 only for dual controller 3 Power Switch ON O OFF 4 Fan Module FAN1 FAN2 5 Fan Module FAN3 FAN4 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 25 a Qsan Document User Manual Nsan 6 Power Supply Unit PSU1 7 Power Supply Unit PSU2 8 Power Supply Unit PSU3 AegisSAN Q500 3U16 chassis Q316B AegisSAN Q500 4U24 chassis Q424B wt eme GH vg pe WE Zoe 0 Cc m m ah i hoah Wega e fel hts t 15 Li 4 E gege W Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 26 ap Qsan Document User Manual Nsan AegisSAN LX Q316 chassis Q316 eet TER w O T dirtmens AegisSAN LX Q460 chassis Q460 This table describes the rear modules Number Description Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 27 Qsan Document User Manual WO FOOIN FOUTS 11 12 13 14 san Controller 1 CTRL 1 Controller 2 CTRL 2 only for dual controller Power
33. Select Disks button to select disks from either local or expansion JBOD systems and click OK to complete the selection The selected disks are displayed at Disks Used Migrate RAID Level RAID Name RO gt R5 RAID Level RAID 5 Disks Used Local 123 Select Disks OK Cancel 5 At the confirmation dialog click OK button to execute migration 6 Migration starts and the status of Physical Disks RAID Groups and Virtual Disks are changing The complete percentage of migration is displayed in R Show disk for Local Show disk size in GB Y Slot Size GB RAID Group RAID Set Status Health Usage Vendor Serial Number Rate Write Cache Standby Read Ahead Command Queuing al 1 1862 RO gt R5 NIA Transitioning Good RAID WDC WD WCAVY4158095 SATA 6 0Gb s Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled 2 1862 R0 gt R5 N A Transitioning Good RAID WDC WD WCAVY3924333 SATA 6 0Gb s Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled IS a 3 1862 RO gt R5 NIA Online Good RAID WDC WD WCAVY 4118479 SATA 6 0Gb s Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Name Total GB Free Capacity GB Available Size GB Thin Provisioning Disks Used Number of Virtual Disk Status Health RAID Current Controller Preferred Controller v RO gt R5 3725 3625 3625 Disabled 3 1 Migrating Good RAID 5 Controller 1 Controller 1 Show disk size in GB 1 Name Size GB Write Priority Bg Rate Type Clone Schedule Clone Status Health R RAID LUN Snapshot Space GB Snapshot RAID Group v VD 01 5 WB HI 4 RAID
34. There are Automatic 2 Gb s 4 Gb s 8 Gb s for Q500 F20 Q500 F21 F600Q Automatic 4 Gb s 8 Gb s 16 Gb s for Q500 F30 F630Q options The default and recommended setting is to automatically detect the data rate Data Rate Select the data rate for Port 4 on Controller 1 below The default and recommended setting is for the array to automatically detect the data rate Data Rate Automatic sl Automatic Data Rate Select the data rate for Port 1 on Controller 1 below The default and recommended setting is for the array to automatically detect the data rate Automatic 4 Gb s 8 Gb s 16 Gb s TIP ee e La Please be aware that there is no Automatic in Q500 F20 model And Q500 F21 doesn t support automatic link speed negotiation VW gt Change Connection Mode There are Loop Point to Point Fabric options For Q500 F30 F630Q model 16Gb link speed supports Point to Point mode only Connection Mode Change Connection Mode Point to Point Connection Mode Loop Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 87 _ Qsan Document User Manual i O Nsan o Point to Point FC P2P Two devices are connected directly to each other This is the simplest topology with limited connectivity o Loop Arbitrated Loop FC AL In this design all devices are in a loop or ring similar to token ring networking Adding or removing a device from the loop causes all ac
35. USB LCM Both the USB port on the front left handle and the USB port on the controller itself support LCM function However the USB port doesn t support external USB storage function 192 16 175 010 Q568 P16 D A v ENT ESC MUTE Number Description 1 LCD display Up button Down button ENT Enter button ESC Escape button MUTE button USB connector NTO PUT FW Th AegisSAN LX Q212 Q316 Q424 Chassis There are five buttons to control LCM LCD Control Module including A up Y down ENT Enter ESC Escape and MUTE v ENT ESC MUTE This table shows the items located on the LCD Control Module Number Description Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 17 op Qsan Document User Manual Nsan LCD display Up button Down button ENT Enter button ESC Escape button MUTE button Power LED Green Power ON Off Power OFF 8 Status LED Red System failure Off System OK 9 Access LED Blue Host is accessing storage system Off No host access attempts NIAI AeIYWINJ e AegisSAN LX Q460 Chassis ga anon ag en pap ag Sg Main Switch HDD Status Indicator Display Panel CAUTION When powering off the subsystem press the Main Switch for 4 seconds and allow at least 3 minutes during which each disk slot starting from slot 1 until slot 60 will be powered down for the subsystem to shutdown properly Then turn of
36. are several types of chassis available now AegisSAN Q500 2U12bays AegisSAN Q500 3U16bays AegisSAN Q500 4U24bays AegisSAN LX Q424 4U24bays AegisSAN LX Q460 4U60bays The storage array available in different configurations of Fibre Channel GbE iSCSI 10GbE iSCSI and SAS interfaces provides a flexible intelligent storage area network SAN solution for Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 12 a Qsan Document User Manual Osan virtualized server environments and the glowing demand for data storage Qsan storage systems can provide non stop service with a high degree of fault tolerance by using Qsan RAID technology and advanced array management features Model Comparison Qsan storage system Q500 XXX Xxxx and XXXXQ Xxxx stands for the following models AegisSAN Q500 XXX stands for front end interfaces Q500 F20 2 x 8Gb Fibre Channel ports 2 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller Q500 F21 4 x 8Gb Fibre Channel ports 2 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller Q500 F30 2 x 16Gb Fibre Channel ports 2 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller Q500 P10 6 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller Q500 P20 2 x 10GbE iSCSI ports 2 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller AegisSAN LX XXXXQ stands for front end interfaces F600Q 4 x 8Gb Fibre Channel ports 2 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller F630Q 2 x 16Gb Fibre Channel ports 2 x GbE iSCSI ports per
37. change the drive size units MB or GB Show snapshots for virtual disk VD 01 Show disk size in GB Set Quota ollback schedule Snapshots Take a Snapshot Cleanup Snapshots Delete Status Health Exposure Cache Mode LUN 1 snapVD 01 0 No NIA N A No Name Used GB This table shows the column descriptions Column Name Description No Name Number Snapshot name Used GB or MB The amount of the snapshot space that has been used The unit can be displayed in GB or MB Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 101 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Status The status of the snapshot N A The snapshot is normal Replicated The snapshot is for clone or QReplica usage Abort The snapshot is over space and abort Health The health of the snapshot Good The snapshot is good Failed The snapshot fails Exposure The snapshot is exposed or not Cache Mode The cache mode of the snapshot N A Unknown when the snapshot is unexposed Read write The snapshot can be read write Read only The snapshot is read only LUN Number of LUN s that snapshot is attached Time Created The created time of the snapshot The options are available on this tab Set Snapshot Space Set snapshot space for preparing to take snapshots Schedule Snapshots Set the snapshots by schedule Take a Snapshot Take a snapshot on th
38. checks every 30 seconds for present temperatures The core processor temperature limit is 80C The interface temperature limit is 65 C The SAS Controller and SAS Expandor temperature limits are 65C When one of these sensors reports a temperature above the threshold for three contifuous minutes the system shuts down automatically Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 107 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan UPS The UPS tab is used to set up a UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply The system supports Smart UPS made by APC and Megatec series UPS Choose Smart UPS for APC products Megatec UFS for Megatec series products or none if you are using a UPE UPS Type Smart UPS SNMP Shutdown Battery Level 20 Shutdown Delay Seconds 0 Shutdown UPS OFF IP address Community UPS Status UPS Battery Level Apply Currently the system only supports and communicates with Smart UPS series by APC American Power Conversion Corp http www apc com and Magatec UPS TIP e La Connection with other vendors of UPS can work well but they have no such communication features with the system Now we support the traditional UPS via serial port and network UPS via SNMP If using the UPS with serial port connect the system to UPS via the included cable for communication The cable plugs into the serial cable that comes with the UPS Then
39. controller or JBOD fails or has been plugged out Lockdown The firmware of two controllers is different or the size of memory of two controllers is different Single Single controller mode The options are available on this tab Download System Information Download the system information for debug Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 111 Qsan Document User Manual se aa Osan CAUTION If you try to increase the system memory and running in dual controller mode please make sure both controllers have the same DIMM on each corresponding memory slot Failing to do so will result in controller malfunction which will not be covered by warranty Event log The Event Log tab provides a log or event messages Choose the buttons of INFO WARNING or ERROR levels to display those particular events The options are available on this tab Download Save the event log as a text file with file name log ModelName SerialNumber Date Time txt It will pop up a filter dialog as the following The default it Download all event logs Download Event Logs Download all event logs 10 of the latest event logs 220 of the latest event logs The latest 24 hours event logs OThe latest 7 days event logs The latest 31 days event logs Mute Buzzer Stop alarm if the system alerts Clear Clear all event logs ya TIP Nr aay Please plug in any of the first four hard drives then
40. discover and log on to a target using a basic connection type the IP address or DNS name of the target and then click Quick Connect Quick Gonnect Target Discovered targets Refresh ign 2004 08 tw com qsan dev0 ctr1 Connected ign 2004 08 tw com gsan dev0 ctr2 Connected To connect using advanced options select a target and then Connect click Connect Disconnect To completely disconnect a target select the target and then click Disconnect For target properties including configuration of sessions select the target and click Properties For configuration of devices associated with a target select the target and then click Devices More about basic iSCSI connections and targets 4 Click Add button 5 Click Advanced button Multiple Connected Session MCS xi MCS policy Round Robin DI Description The round robin policy attempts to evenly distribute incoming requests to all processing paths This session has the Following connections Source Portal Target Portal Status Type Weight_ 192 168 21 123 192 168 21 1 3 Connected Active nja 0 To add a connection click Add To remove a connection select the connection above and then Remove click Remove Si To edit the path settings for the MCS policy select a Edit connection above and then click Edit _ OK Cancel Apply Properties xi Sessions Portal Groups Re
41. disk That is the best value of our suggestion If user sets snapshot space by manually and lower than the default value user should take the risk if the snapshot space is not enough and the replication task will fail Delete QReplica Task To delele the replication task please follow the procedures 1 Select the task in QReplicas tab and then click W gt Delete 2 Click OK button to delete the replication task Clone Transfers to QReplica It is always being a problem that to do full copy over LAN or WAN when the replication task is executed at the first time It may take days or weeks to replicate data from source to target within limited network bandwidth We provide two methods to help user shorten the time of executing full copy 1 One is to skip full copy on a new clean virtual disk The term clean means that the virtual disk has never been written data since created For a new created virtual disk which has not been accessed the system will recognized it and skip full copy automatically when the replication job is created on this virtual disk at the first time gt N TIP La Any IO access to the new created virtual disk will make it as not clean even Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 154 Qsan Document User Manual eee a Nsan though executing Erase function when a virtual disk is created The full copy will take place in such a case 2 The other way is to use vi
42. dual controller mode Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 179 a Qsan Document User Manual Index A Een E 84 Connection Details 85 IR Ee ee 85 B BBM Battery Backup Module 43 EE 157 C CE State me Wl eee eiispurteuneeivervied 4 CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol 82 CHAP AC COUN ses toedirccdowioatesseswenisiieanuied sted iausicybinuiedinewabsnueepiuicedees 85 Create EE 85 Delete USOT E 86 Modify User Information esooeeeoeooeeneesssssssssssseeeereeees 86 Kee 142 Change QReplica Options ssssssssseeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 99 Clear NEE 99 145 Cloning Options cosa savessesvereoreanaceescasesegiastateiaateteotonen 144 COSINE eege 145 Schedule Clone vcs iccdnncavenossiusnesoesessedeversonbossauveavvedens 99 143 BEL E 99 142 SAT C a EE 99 143 SE 6 1 ce eney ete nee nare ener erany Citerter ot ert ater 99 143 Clone Options Restart the task an hour later if it failed 0 145 Snapshot E 144 et 016 EE 144 Configuration Backup 115 ES pO Gi CT E NT NTT eee Te eee tr we Conn eee 116 ee EE 116 D Drive Slot ING MDGS E 42 Dual We et nl 133 E Email Notification Settings ccccccecccccceceeesssseeseeeeeeeeees 74 Send Test Enn E A MN 74 Enclosure Management ssscssccccccccccceeesssssseseees 106 Entity and iSCSI Settings ssicicccscsscs sevscaaieereadacsivendatasoneaceaioes 80 EE eegener 112 157 E E 112 Rer e EE 11
43. error PD write error Scrub wrong parity Scrub data recovered Scrub recovered data Scrub parity recovered PD freed RG imported RG restored VD restored PD scrub started Disk scrub finished Large RG created Weak RG created RG size shrunk VD erase finished VD erase failed VD erase started RG disk missing PD VD read write fault PD IO retry fault PD substitute L2L Snapshot Events Level WARNING WARNING WARNING INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO WARNING Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Type Snap mem Snap Space overflow Snap threshold Snap delete Snap auto delete Snap take Snap set space Snap rollback started Snap rollback finished Snap quota reached Nsan Read error occurred at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of PD lt slot gt Write error occurred at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of PD lt slot gt The parity data inconsistency is found at LBA lt address gt lt address gt when checking parity on VD lt name gt The data at LBA lt address gt lt address gt is recovered when checking parity on VD lt name gt A recoverable read error occurred at LBA lt address gt lt address gt when checking parity on VD lt name gt The parity at LBA lt address gt lt address gt is regenerated when checking parity on VD lt name gt PD lt slot gt has been freed from RG lt name gt Configuration of RG lt name gt has
44. error is resolved E g when RAID 5 is degraded and alarm rings immediately user changes adds one physical disk for rebuilding When the rebuilding is done the alarm will be muted automatically Event Notifications Physical Disk Events Level Type INFO PD inserted WARNING PD removed ERROR HDD read error ERROR HDD write error ERROR HDD error ERROR HDD IO timeout INFO PD upgrade started INFO PD upgrade finished WARNING PD upgrade failed INFO PD RPS started L2L INFO PD RPS finished L2L ERROR PD RPS failed L2L Hardware Events Level Type WARNING ECC single ERROR ECC multiple INFO ECC dimm Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Description Disk lt slot gt is inserted into system Disk lt slot gt is removed from system Disk lt slot gt read block error Disk lt slot gt write block error Disk lt slot gt is disabled Disk lt slot gt gets no response PD lt string gt starts upgrading firmware process PD lt string gt finished upgrading firmware process PD lt string gt upgrade firmware failed Assign PD lt slot gt to replace PD lt slot gt PD lt slot gt is replaced by PD lt slot gt Failed to replace PD lt slot gt with PD lt slot gt Description Single bit ECC error is detected at lt address gt Multi bit ECC error is detected at lt address gt ECC memory is installed 157 INFO INFO ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ER
45. errors consecutively system sends ERROR event log Power sensors 10 seconds when there are 3 errors consecutively system sends ERROR event log LED status 10 seconds Hardware Monitor The Hardware Monitor tab displays the information of current voltages and temperatures provide an Auto shutdown option The following example shows the P400Q series Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 106 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Show information for Local Jl Temperature Internal Case oN Controller 1 Monitors Type Item Value Status Voltage On Board Vcore 0 99 V min 0 75 V max 1 35 V OK Voltage Onboard 3 3V 3 34 V min 3 10 V max 3 50 V OK Voltage Onboard 5V 5 00 V min 4 60 V max 5 40 V OK Voltage Onboard 12V 12 04 V min 11 04 V max 12 96 V OK Voltage On Board Vddr 1 50 V min 1 39 V max 1 60 V OK Temperature CPU Core 0 48 0 C hyst 5 0 C high 79 0 C OK Temperature CPU Core 1 46 0 C hyst 5 0 C high 79 0 C OK Temperature iSCSI NIC 1 36 0 C hyst 0 0 C high 65 0 C OK Temperature iSCSI NIC 2 36 0 C hyst 0 0 C high 65 0 C OK Temperature System Board 40 0 C hyst 5 0 C high 65 0 C OK Temperature SAS Expander 63 0 C hyst 5 0 C high 90 0 C OK Temperature Location BBM N A Not installed Backplane Type ltem Value Status Voltage PSU 5V 5 07 V
46. following Baud rate 115200 8 data bit no parity 1 stop bit and no flow control Terminal type vt100 The initial defaults for administrator login are User name admin Password 1234 Secure Shell Remote Access SSH secure shell software is required for remote login The SSH client software is available at the following web site SSH Tectia Client http www ssh com PuTTY http www chiark greenend org uk The default IP setting is DHCP check the LCM to find the IP address If your network does not have DHCP server you will need to configure a static IP address The remote control settings are on the following Host IP lt IP Address gt e g 192 168 10 50 User name admin Password 1234 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 54 LCM Qsan Document User Manual Q san ae TIP ge e La Qsan system supports SSH for remote access only When using SSH the IP address and password are required for login After booting up the system the following screen shows management port IP and model name Take an example of AegisSAN LX P400Q D424 IES VAE PEE 0 Osan P4000 D424 To access the LCM options use the ENT Enter button ESC Escape button A up and e down to scroll through the functions This table describes the function of each item Function Description System Info Display system information incl
47. is switching or one of the dual controllers fails For example of Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 135 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan without iSNS server when the controller 1 fails the running I O from host to controller 1 may fail because the host switches to new portal is slower at the moment and it may cause I O time out With iSNS server this case would not happen d SAY TIP La iSNS server is recommended for dual controller system of iSCSI interfaces Snapshots Snapshot on the box captures the instant state of data in the target volume in a logical sense The underlying logic is Copy on Write moving out the data which would be written to certain location where a write action occurs since the time of data capture The certain location named as Snapshot virtual disk is essentially a new virtual disk which can be attached to a LUN provisioned to a host as a disk like other ordinary virtual disks in the system Rollback restores the data back to the state of any time which was previously captured in case for any unfortunate reason it might be e g virus attack data corruption human errors and so on Snapshot virtual disk is allocated within the same RAID group in which the snapshot is taken we suggest to reserve 20 of the RAID group size or more for snapshot space Please refer to the following figure for snapshot concept Osan 5 or P series Qsan or P senes Qsan S or P se
48. larger bandwidth and provides the fault tolerance ability Beside the advantage of wide bandwidth the I O traffic remains operating until all physical links fail If any link is restored it will be added to the link group automatically The Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP is a part of IEEE specification 802 3ad It allows bundling several physical ports together to form a single logical channel A network switch negotiates an automatic bundle by sending LACP packets to the peer Theoretically LACP port can be defined as active or passive Qsan controller implements it as active mode which means that LACP port sends LACP protocol packets automatically Please notice that using the same configurations between Qsan controller and gigabit switch The usage occasion of LACP It s necessary to use LACP in a network environment of multiple switches When adding new devices LACP will separate the traffic to each path dynamically aw LW RRP PP Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 132 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan Trunking Trunking is not a standard protocol It defines the usage of multiple iSCSI data ports in parallel to increase the link speed beyond the limits of any single port The usage occasion of Trunking This is a simple SAN environment There is only one switch to connect the server and storage And there is no extra server to be added in the future There
49. limit in last 10 minutes on JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt the disk is disabled for automatic rebuilding with PD lt slot gt Over I O retry limit in last 10 minutes on JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt the disk is disabled for automatic rebuilding with JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt Description System shutdown System reboot System shutdown from lt string gt via Console UI System shutdown from lt string gt via Web UI System shutdown via power button System shutdown via LCM System reboot from lt string gt via Console UI System reboot from lt string gt via Web UI System reboot via LCM System firmware upgrade starts System firmware upgrade succeeds System firmware upgrade is failed System firmware upgrade timeout on another controller lt string gt config imported Description The preferred owner of RG lt name gt has been changed to controller lt number gt Controller lt number gt forced to adopt write through mode on failover Controller lt number gt restored to previous caching mode on failback All volumes in controller lt number gt completed failover process 164 Qsan Document User Manual INFO INFO ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR INFO Clone Events Level INFO INFO WARNING INFO INFO INFO WARNING WARNING Failback complete CTR inserted CTR removed CTR timeout CTR lockdown CTR memory NG CTR firmware NG CTR lowspeed NG CT
50. max 20 MB s each task Traffic shaping scheduling Peak and off peak to apply N A Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 146 3 6 Snapshot Qsan Document User Manual Create QReplica Task different traffic shaping Auto rollback to latest image if any accident during replication Take an example of creating the QReplica task san Manually 1 Before replication it must prepare backup target virtual disk In Virtual Disks tab of the target side click Create button And then select Disk Type to Backup Target Create a Virtual Disk Data Storage Size Stripe Size KB Cache Mode Priority Bg Rate Read Ahead AV Media Mode Erase Disk Type Virtual Disk Name Block Size Bytes SourceVD R5 10 64 512 O Write through Cache write back Cache D High Priority O 4 Enabled Disabled Do Not Erase RAID M cB N iv iv Medium Priority O N D N DI M M Backup Target Figure 1 Source Side Low Priority OK Cancel Create a Virtual Disk Virtual Disk Name Data Storage Size Stripe Size KB Block Size Bytes Cache Mode Priority Bg Rate Read Ahead AV Media Mode Erase Disk Type TargetVD R5 M cB N M M O write through Cache write back Cache DI ei High Priority O Do No ase RAID Medium Priority O Low Priority M 8 Mm DS v Ba
51. next chapter for details YV gt Move RAID Level Move the member disks of RAID group to totally different physical disks V gt Activate Deactivate Activate or deactivate the RAID group after disk roaming Activate can be executed when the RAID group status is offline Conversely Deactivate can be executed when the status is online These are for online disk roaming purpose YV gt Verify Parity Regenerate parity for the RAID group It supports the RAID level 3 5 6 30 50 60 YV gt Delete Delete the RAID group VW gt Change Preferred Controller Set the RAID group ownership to the other controller WV gt Change RAID Options Change the RAID property options o Write Cache v Enabled When the write cache is enabled data transfer operations are written to fast cache memory instead of being written directly to disk This may improve performance but may take the data lost risk when losing power if there is no BBM protection v Disabled Disable disk write cache Default o Standby v Disabled Disable auto spin down Default v 30 sec 1 min 5 min 30 min The hard drives will be spun down for power saving when the disk is idle for the period of time specified o Read Ahead v Enabled The system will discern what data will be needed next based on what was just retrieved form disk and then preload this data into the disks buffer This Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 93 _ Qsan
52. set up the shutdown values for when the power goes out This table shows the available options and their descriptions Options Description UPS Type Select UPS Type None No UPS or other vendors Smart UPS Serial port APC UPS with serial port Smart UPS SNMP APC UPS with network function Megatec UPS Megatec UPS Shutdown Battery When below the setting level the system will shutdown Setting level to Level O will disable UPS Shutdown Delay If power failure occurs and system power cannot recover after the time Seconds setting the system will shutdown Setting delay to O will disable the function Shutdown UPS Select ON when power is gone UPS will shut down by itself after the system shutdown successfully After power comes back UPS will start Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 108 SES _ Qsan Document User Manual M Nsan working and notify system to boot up OFF will not IP Address The IP address of the network UPS This option is only visible when the UPS type is Smart UPS SNMP Community The SNMP community of the network UPS This option is only visible when the UPS type is Smart UPS SNMP Status The status of UPS Detecting Running Unable to detect UPS Communication lost UPS reboot in progress UPS shutdown in progress Batteries failed Please change them NOW Battery level Current power
53. spare cannot be set if there is no RAID group or only RAID groups with RAID O or JBOD level Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 118 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Sometimes rebuild is called recover they are the same meaning This table describes the relationship between RAID levels and recovery Operation Description RAID O Disk striping No protection for data RAID group fails if any hard drive fails or unplugs RAID 1 Disk mirroring over 2 disks RAID 1 allows one hard drive fails or unplugging Need one new hard drive to insert to the system and rebuild to be completed N way mirror Extension to RAID 1 level It has N copies of the disk N way mirror allows N 1 hard drives failure or unplugging RAID 3 Striping with parity on the dedicated disk RAID 3 allows one hard drive failure or unplugging RAID 5 Striping with interspersed parity over the member disks RAID 5 allows one hard drive failure or unplugging RAID 6 2 dimensional parity protection over the member disks RAID 6 allows two hard drives failure or unplugging If it needs to rebuild two hard drives at the same time it will rebuild the first one then the other in sequence RAID 0 1 Mirroring of RAID O volumes RAID 0 1 allows two hard drive failures or unplugging but at the same array RAID 10 Striping over the member of RAID 1 volumes RAID 10 allows two hard drive failure or unplugging but in different arrays RAID 30 Stri
54. synchronized in both data cache and accessed physical disks v Write back Cache A caching technique in which the completion of a write request is signaled as soon as the data is in cache and actual writing to non volatile media occurs at a later time It sopeds up system write performance but needs to bear the risk where data may be in consistent between data cache and the physical disks in one short time interval Default v Read Only Set the volume to be read only any write request is forbidden o Priority v High Priority Default v Medium Priority v Low Priority o Bg Rate Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 98 _ Qsan Document User Manual i O Nsan Y 4 3 2 1 0 Default value is 4 The higher number the background priority of a virtual disk has the more background I O will be scheduled to execute o Read Ahead v Enabled The system will discern what data will be needed next based on what was just retrieved form disk and then preload this data into the disks buffer This feature will improve performance when the data being retrieved is sequential Default v Disabled Disable disk read ahead o AV Media Mode v Enabled Enable AV media mode for optimizing video editing v Disabled Disable AV media mode Default o Type v RAID The virtual disk is normal Default v Backup Target The virtual disk is used for clone or QReplica usage WV gt Space Reclamation Reclaim space
55. the PDU Protocol Data Units are transferred in continuously non decreasing sequence offsets The default value is Yes DataPDU InOrder Data PDU in Order determines if the data PDUs within sequences are to be in order and overlays forbidden The default value is Yes The options are available on this tab YV gt Connection Details It can list all connection s of the selected session Connection No Initiator IP Initiator name MaxRecvDataSegLen MaxTransDataSegLen Authentication 1 192 168 10 121 iqn 1991 05 com microsoft qsan 16384 65536 No OK V gt Disconnect Disconnect the selected session click OK button to confirm CHAP Accounts The CHAP Account tab is used to manage the CHAP accounts on the system The options are available on this tab Create User Create a CHAP user Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 85 Qsan Document User Manual Eeer Nsan Create Create a CHAP User Enter the required information below to create a new CHAF user If you would like this CHAF user to have access to more than one node then you can use the control key Windows and Linux or the command ke to select multiple nodes User Name chapi Max 223 Secret eeeeeeeeeese Min 12 Max 16 Re type Secret LETTET ETET Min 12 Max 16 Nodes gy o Enter the required information for User Name Secret and Re type Secret o If you would like this CHAP use
56. the System Name highlight the old name and type in a new one Date and Time Change the current date time and time zone settings check Change Date and Time The changes can be done manually or synchronized from an NTP Network Time Protocol server System Identification Flash the status light on the front display for locating this system in the racks click OK button To Stop flashing the status light on the front display click OK button again When it is done click Apply button Network Settings The Network Settings tab is used to view the MAC address and change basic network settings Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 72 Qsan Document User Manual Ee Nsan Change Network Settings On this screen change the network settings for the administration port MAC Address MAC Address 00 13 78 BB 38 80 IF Address Use DHCP Use BOOTP Specify a Static IP Address IP Address 192 168 0 1 Subnet Mask 299 299 299 0 Gateway 1927 168 0 254 DNS Server Address Address HTTP Port HTTPS Port SSH Port Apply The options are available on this tab MAC Address Display the MAC address of the management port in the system IP Address The option can change IP address for remote administration usage There are three options DHCP BOOTP and Specify a Static IP Address The default setting is DHOP DNS Server Address If necessary the IP address of DNS serv
57. threshold Action Take action of the system when the thin provision RAID group usage reaches the threshold Take no Action Reclaim Space Delete Snapshots De activate RAID Group The options are available on this tab WV gt Delete Delete the selected policy WV gt Modify Modify the level and the action of the policy Take an example of creating a RAID group 1 Click the Create button Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 95 6 Qsan Document User Manual Q sam Create a RAID Group RAID Name R5 RAID Level RAID 5 DI RAID Disks Local 123 Select Disks Preferred Controller Auto Thin Provisioning Disabled Write Cache Disabled Standby Disabled Read Ahead Enabled Command Queuing Enabled OK Cancel Enter a RAID Name for the RAID group Select a RAID Level from the drop down list Click the Select Disks button to select disks from either local or expansion JBOD systems and click OK to complete the selection The selected disks are displayed at RAID Disks Optionally configure the following O Preferred Controller This option is only visible when dual controllers are installed The default value is Auto Thin Provisioning This option is only visible when thin provisioning feature is enabled The default value is Disabled Write Cache It s to enable or disable the write cache option of hard drives The default value is
58. tray handle AegisSAN LX Q460 Chassis 1 Prepare the HDD side brackets Remove them from the dummy disk by pushing the upper sides of the dummy disk as shown below Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 21 a Qsan Document User Manual 2 Place the brackets on both sides of the disk drive and secure them with screws Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 22 Qsan Document User Manual 3 Place the slotted flat head screw 4 5 Fix the disk drive using the disk tool that is included in the package Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 23 Qsan Document User Manual 6 Repeat the same steps for the rest of the disks gt N TIP La You can use also the disk tool to remove the disk drive in the disk slot 3TB 6G MUX Board Limitation AegisSAN Q500 AegisSAN LX Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 24 Qsan Document User Manual Osan System JBOD Single upgradable Dual Single Dual Q500 XXX Sxxx Q500 XXX Dxxx F600Q Sxxx F600Q Dxxx P400Q Sxxx P400Q Dxxx P600Q Sxxx P600Q Dxxx J300Q Cxxx J300Q Dxxx lt 2TB SATA No 6G MUX board No 6G MUX board gt 2TB SATA No 6G MUX board No 6G MUX board lt 2TB SAS No No No No gt 2TB SAS No No No No HDD Type 6G MUX Board 3G MUX Board 3TB 2794 GB 2794 GB SATA 6Gb s SATA 6Gb s SATA 3Gb s SATA SATA 3Gb s SATA 6Gb s SATA 3Gb s SATA 1 5Gb s
59. unit can be displayed in GB or MB Free capacity of the RAID group The unit can be displayed in GB or MB Available capacity of the RAID group The unit can be displayed in GB or MB The status of Thin provisioning Disabled Enabled The number of physical disks in the RAID group The number of virtual disks in the RAID group The status of the RAID group Online the RAID group is online Offline the RAID group is offline Rebuilding the RAID group is being rebuilt Migrating the RAID group is being migrated Scrubbing the RAID group is being scrubbed The health of the RAID group Good the RAID group is good Failed the RAID group fails Degraded the RAID group is not healthy and not completed The reason could be lack of disk s or have failed disk The RAID level of the RAID group The controller of the RAID group The default is controller 1 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 92 _ Qsan Document User Manual M Nsan only visible when dual controllers are installed Preferred The preferred controller of the RAID group The default is controller 1 Controller This option is only visible when dual controllers are installed The options are available on this tab Create Create a RAID group The options are available after creating a RAID group V gt Migrate RAID Level Change the RAID level of a RAID group Please refer to
60. x 8Gb FC F600Q D212 F600Q D316 F600Q D424 F600Q D460 2 x GbE iSCSI F600Q S212 F600Q S 316 F600Q S424 F600Q S460 2 x 16Gb FC F630Q D212 F630Q D316 F630Q D424 N A 2 x GbE iSCSI F630Q S212 F630Q S 316 F630Q S424 6 x GbE iSCSI P400Q D212 P400Q D316 P400Q D424 P400Q D460 P400Q S212 P400Q S316 P400Q S424 P400Q S460 2 x 10GbE iSCSI P600Q D212 P600Q D316 P600Q D424 P600Q D460 2 x GbE iSCSI P600Q S212 P600Q S316 P600Q S424 P600Q S460 JBOD Host Interface 2U12 2U24 3U16 4U24 4U60 6G SAS JBOD J300Q D212 J300Q D224 J300Q D316 J300Q D424 J300Q D460 J300Q C212 J300Q C224 J300Q C316 J300Q C424 J300Q C460 The dual controller specific functions such as dual active cache mirroring flexible RG ownership management management port seamless take over no system down time and etc are not available in Q500 XXX Sxxx and XXXXQ Sxxx series Package Contents The package contains the following items Qsan storage system x1 e HDD trays x12 Q212 HDD trays x16 Q316 HDD trays x24 Q424 Q224 HDD trays x60 Q460 Power cords x2 Q316 Q224 Q212 Power cords x3 Q424 Q460 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 14 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan RS 232 cables x2 one is for console black color phone jack to DB9 female and the other is for UPS gray color phone jack to DB9 male LCM with USB x1 Q500 Rail kit x1 set Keys screws for drives and rail kit x1 pac
61. 2 Mute E Ke EN 112 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Nsan F FC Fibre Channel 37 86 Arbitrated Loop EC AL 88 Change Connection Mode 87 Chance Link Zaart Eeer dee d r 87 Cleat All COUNtETS cece qacecoecasesncavtintendexsitecdevanddadensntecaeeees 87 Cleat EE 89 Node Omit U1 AGO eernriessne 88 Point to Point ECRIPi 88 Switched Fabric ERC SAMWi 88 KEE 4 Fibre Channel Concept 37 Firmware Synchronization cccccccccccccssssssesesseeeeceeeeeeees 114 G GUI Graphic User Interface 57 H Hardware Montor 106 Auto ShutdoWn cccccccccssecceceeseccecaeeececeaeeeeeeeaaeeeeees 107 Host Port Configuration ccccccccccccccceeessseeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 71 Indicators and Icons x 2csscsssdarcsversensasandatoasinsdocavsadandaviadanacdians 59 iSCSI Internet SCS L rerit eener ronen A EE 38 SCSI E 38 DCSL COMPO e eseis ionieni ioirik ra pioni eins 77 iSCSI Initator OS OC R E aspsseneaiaees 167 DISCOMME E 171 NE acetate ecu stance down Saint nated E EEE 170 IVA L D E 168 ISCSI Innator ecccccccccesseecccccceeeeseecccceeseeeeeecceeesaunenees 167 SCSI Eege 81 Authentication Method KR C kanoe De E 83 Rename deeg KE ISNS Internet Storage Name Service 80 J IBOD Te EE E 128 Connecting SECH 128 Upgrade WE eu 129 PUM Frane E 80 180 a Qsan Document User Manual L LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol 78 132 LCM L
62. 5 Warning De activate RAID Group This table shows the column descriptions of RAID Set Column Name Description No The number of the RAID set Total Size GB Total capacity of the RAID set Free Size GB Free capacity of the RAID set Disks Used The number of physical disks in the RAID set RAID Cell The number of RAID cell in the RAID set Status The status of the RAID group Online the RAID group is online Offline the RAID group is offline Rebuilding the RAID group is being rebuilt Migrate the RAID group is being migrated Scrubbing the RAID group is being scrubbed Health The health of the RAID group Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 94 _ Qsan Document User Manual EE Nsan Good the RAID group is good Failed the RAID group fails Degraded the RAID group is not healthy and not completed The reason could be lack of disk s or have failed disk The options are available on this tab VW gt Remove Remove the selected RAID set YV gt Move RAID Level Move the member disks of RAID set to other physical disks Y gt List Disks List the member of physical disks This table shows the column descriptions of RAID Group Policy Column Name Description No The number of the RAID group policy Threshold The threshold of the thin provision RAID group Level Define the event log level when the thin provision RAID group usage reaches the
63. CD Control Module 17 19 55 Log and Alert Settings MVC E EE 71 NNEN Se EE 75 Admin Interface and Front Display Alerte 77 SNMP KEE EE 76 System Server Settngg 76 Windows Messenger siniesnsscaceinesuwedsiaradPeaseninsedvanssaeassyincedees 76 TOOT AN Er 104 Atach LAIN sess cscnceascuisesaneivacewnseiocerscdseenetinsotamee 99 102 104 Detach LUIN Sisirin 99 102 104 MSS ON EE 99 102 LOCIE E 73 Awto LOSOUL E 74 Change Admin Password 74 Change User Password 74 Lo E 74 LUN Logical Unit Number 104 M MC S Multiple Connections per Session 131 151 MPIO Multi Path Input Output eee 130 150 MTU Maximum Transmission Un 80 N eg WE 72 DNS Server Address vacrasiantirneiieace ssn catinncaedsunnercdsinwa seas 73 TP AG e 73 MAC Address a paasrrcccina ye ea pettectetee tia tbsravnestbentit aneteecioneene 73 EN PONG ao eee eee eee eee 73 Network E TI Disable Jumbo Frames csccsscirsciriserssikeireicsseiiscrpenrisinnt 80 Enable Jumbo Fraime esssveccoccsveccoscaveceasessoncoacsbecessancedooees 80 ISCSI Bonding Settngs ceeeseseseeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeees 78 ISCSI IP Address Settngsg 79 Make Default Gateway Eege d e Eelere 80 PT TAGS E EEE E AE 80 Remove Default Gateway ccccccccececeeeeeeaeesseeeeeeeees 80 Veoh E 80 BE VIAN EE 78 NTP Network Time Protocolt 12 P PCP Prionty Code EEN gegeiegueegeteegeetee eege e uet 79 Piy sical Dis ES orenen a S 89 Disk Check Te 91 Disk Health E 91
64. DESK SOU a E tonnsnsnctwmauieeat 91 More In orma E 91 Read Error TE E 91 Set Dedicated Spare siasii es noas i ai 91 Set Free GK aa rtedsis Sires adies gens ontara 91 Set Global E srievwsscectswasviasneissncvigascseauibincvanasvedvansd este 91 Ser Locala PAE ereer 91 Turn on off the Indication LEI 91 8 ee l o AR OE E IE erent ttaNerte nee 91 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Q QReplica Options Restart the task an hour later if Taled 154 Snapshot SPICE eege 153 Tore Nolden n a 153 BI 146 Add Connect Olsi e E tere tadiehans 151 PRL A AU sa a 150 Change QReplica Options cccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 154 OT MN elie E E E cet ene cneeundee 147 IR 154 Delete CONNEC E E 151 Pelete Pali eee 150 OReplica e E 153 Eege 152 Set Task SDaping vuucscvossnGaceatncasuyseiusadeasedenseavessamendtatyes 151 Shaping Setting Configuration ccccccccccesesseeeeeeees 151 EL a 150 O E 150 EE eegen 122 Space eu 99 Quick Installation cicsescrseasaverersinteerveretievsaierieersiabeiwrararaerwars 62 R EE 36 RAID Group Policy TEE 95 IN VOUS E E E E 95 RAID COU eege 92 POM E 93 PROT TE 94 EE 94 Change Preferred Controller 93 Change RAID Options iere eene 93 EE 93 WCAC E 93 EE 93 Migrate RAID Level wisicesscsieetresaiesetieriavndesnnaees 93 119 More Information EE 94 Move RAID Level cccccesccsssoessossscosessccesccesces 93 119 AE a EE 93 RAID EE 36 RAID Set IER 95 Move E
65. Disabled Standby It s to enable or disable the auto spin down function of hard drives when this option is enabled and hard drives have no I O access after certain period of time they will spin down automatically The default value is Disabled Read Ahead It s to enable or disable the read ahead function The default value is Enabled Command Queuing It s to enable or disable the hard drives command queue function The default value is Enabled At the confirmation dialog click OK button to create the RAID group In AegisSAN Q500 and AegisSAN LX the maximum number of physical drives in a RAID group is 64 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 96 Qsan Document User Manual Virtual Disks Nsan The Virtual Disks tab provides to create modify delete or view the status of the virtual disk Use the drop down list at the top to change the drive size units MB or GB Show disk size in GB Y 1 Name Size GB VD 01 10 VD 02 20 EZ BS Write WT WT Priority Bg Rate Type Clone Schedule Clone Status Health R RAID LUN Snapshot Space GB Snapshot RAID Group HI 4 RAID NIA NIA Online Optimal RAIDO 0 0 0 0 RO HI 4 RAID N A N A Online Optimal RAID1 0 0 0 0 R1 1 Create Cloning Options This table shows the column descriptions Column Name Name Size GB or MB Write Priority Bg Rate Type Clone Schedule Clone Status Health
66. I ports AegisSAN LX F600Q 4 x 8Gb Fibre Channel ports 2 x GbE iSCSI ports Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 29 WOTONToO OTS LED Je Qsan Document User Manual Nsan F630Q 2 x 16Gb Fibre Channel ports 2 x GbE iSCSI ports P400Q 6 x GbE iSCSI ports P600Q 2 x 10GbE iSCSI ports 2 x GbE iSCSI ports LED from left to right for Q424 Q316 chassis from right to left for Q212 chassis Controller health LED Green Controller status normal Red System booting or controller failure Master slave LED only for dual controllers Green This is the Master controller Off This is the Slave controller Dirty cache LED Orange Data on the cache waiting for flush to disks Off No data on the cache BBM LED when status button pressed Green BBM installed and powered Off No BBM installed BBM status button used to check the battery when the power is off If the BBM LED shows Green then the BBM still has power to keep data on the cache If the BBM LED stays Off then the BBM power has run out and it cannot provide power for the cache anymore It needs to be recharged or replaced Management port Console port RS 232 port for UPS SAS JBOD expansion port BBM slot USB No function Reserved for the future design purpose 1GbE Link LED All Orange Asserted when a 1G link is established and maintained Gre
67. ID 1 subgroup In the 4 cells the 4 subgroups are physical disk 0 1 physical disk 2 3 physical disk 4 5 and physical disk 6 7 WT Write Through cache write policy A caching technique in which the completion of a write request is not signaled until data is safely stored in non volatile media Each data is synchronized in both data cache and accessed physical disks WB Write Back cache write policy A caching technique in which the completion of a write request is signaled as soon as the data is in cache and actual writing to non volatile media occurs at a later time It soeeds up system write performance but needs to bear the risk where data may be inconsistent between data cache and the physical disks in one short time interval RO Set the volume to be Read Only DS Dedicated Spare disks The spare disks are only used by one specific RAID group Others could not use these dedicated spare disks for any rebuilding purpose LS Local Spare disks The spare disks are only used by the RAID groups of the local enclosure Other enclosure could not use these local spare disks for any rebuilding purpose GS Global Spare disks It is shared for rebuilding purpose If some RAID groups need to use the global spare disks for rebuilding they could get the spare disks out from the common spare disks pool for such requirement DG DeGraded mode Not all of the array s member disks are functioning but Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology
68. ID Auth Node Name Portal Alias 0 CHAP iqn 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev0 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 2 None ign 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev2 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 y y 1 CHAP iqn 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev1 or 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 Be E 3 None ign 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev3 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 o Chick W gt User o Select CHAP user s which will be used It can be more than one but it must be at least one CHAP to enable on the node Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 82 Qsan Document User Manual a a Nsan CHAP User Selection Select the CHAP user s that you would like to have access to this node If you do not select a user then CHAP protection will not be enabled on this node Setting for Node ign 2004 03 com qsantechnology dev0 ctri Enable Users chapi chap o Click OK button To disable CHAP authentication please follow the procedures o Select the node which wants to disable CHAP o Chick W gt Authentication Method o Change it to None from the drop down list o Click OK button Y gt Change Portal Use this iSCSI node option to change the network ports available
69. NTREE 95 ste 95 Reboot and abeng 2eteeugtee e gg deeegh Age Add 117 RG PN CAR ONS sccseasecteaxatvvinnseatelnatentadeatatiiilnesearesondeadeeanaciadodent 146 Reset to Factory Defaults 115 EE 128 S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology loess E E 110 SAS Serial Attached SCS si ccivscsssctnacscuctcacssnccteseaustveazencdee 39 SAS C OM TEE 39 EE 54 SES SCSI Enclosure Services 109 RE 109 BA eege 109 EEN 101 136 Attach LUN WEE 99 102 104 181 a Qsan Document User Manual Cleanup Snapshots oooeoeoenoenoeenoneeenensnssseseo 99 102 138 KEREN 139 Boal oe ee eee ere E E ree enter 102 Deret LUN E 99 102 104 NAS CIN EE 99 102 List SOAPS NOLS E 99 Ee 102 139 Schedule Snapshots cccccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeees 99 102 138 SEENEN 102 Set Snapshot EE gece 99 102 Take a Snapshot snccessassctvsssdnatvssscactesiacncsiscaeberees 99 102 136 EEE ee o E A EE ny even te ranean Peter eT 102 SSH Secure EEN 54 Systemi EE RER e EE 71 System INMOPMAUON wines cers xccavandveivasas wwernaciwemamaincorwviwestins 110 Download System Information ccccceeeeeeeeeeeees 111 System Maintenance cccccccccssssssssssseeeecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeesees 110 POY SEC TN SENE I coatir os uttedinnindiv dea regeiert 71 Be e 12 System Identification ooooooeeeeeeeesssssseseoeeereessssssssssseeee 12 EE 72 T Techical SUP POU EE 3 Thin Provisioning ssi ssesaceniacsdsogs wysstionewaceai
70. Osan MAKING DATA SMART Qsan Document User Manual AegisSAN and AegisSAN LX AegisSAN Q500 F20 F21 F30 P10 P20 Series AegisSAN LX F600Q F630Q P400Q P600Q Series JBOD J300Q Series Version 8 40 March 2014 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan Copyright Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted without written permission from Qsan Technology Inc Trademarks All products and trade names used in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies FW versions AegisSAN Q500 F20 F21 F30 P10 P20 Series FW 1 1 0 AegisSAN LX F600Q F630Q P400Q P600Q Series FW 3 2 0 Storage Service Provider V2 0 5 Login information User name admin Password 1234 Qsan Technology Inc 4F No 103 Ruihu St Neihu Dist Taipei City 114 Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 7720 2118 Fax 886 2 7720 0295 Email Sales QsanTechnology com Website www QsanTechnology com Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 2 op Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Preface About this manual This manual is the introduction of Qsan storage system and it aims to help users know the operations of the disk array system easily Information contained in this manual has been reviewed for accuracy but not for product warranty because of the various environments OS settings Information and specif
71. PIO is implemented on the higher level Hence all MPIO infrastructures are shared among all SCSI transports including Fiber Channel SAS etc MPIO is the most common usage across all OS vendors The primary difference between these two is which level the redundancy is maintained MPIO creates multiple iSCSI sessions with the target storage Load balance and failover occurs between the multiple sessions MC S creates multiple connections within a single iSCSI session to manage load balance and failover Notice that iSCSI connections and sessions are different than TCP IP connections and sessions The above figures describe the difference between MPIO and MC S There are some considerations when user chooses MC S or MPIO for multi path 1 If user uses hardware iSCSI off load HBA then MPIO is the only one choice 2 If user needs to specify different load balance policies for different LUNs then MPIO should be used 3 If user installs anyone of Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 MC S is the only option since Microsoft MPIO is supported Windows Server editions only Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 131 Qsan Document User Manual Q Po san 4 MC S can provide higher throughput than MPIO in Windows system but it consumes more CPU resources than MPIO Trunking and LACP LACP Link aggregation is the technique of taking several distinct Ethernet links to let them appear as a single link It has a
72. QReplicas tab and then click W gt Add Path 2 Next steps are the same as the procedure of creating a new replication task To delete multi path of the replication task please follow the procedures de Select the task in QReplicas tab and then click W gt Delete Path 2 Select the path s which want to be deleted and then click OK button Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 150 RB Qsan Document User Manual EEE Osan 3 The multi path s are deleted MC S To setup MC S Multiple Connections per Session of the replication task path please follow the procedures 1 Select the task path in QReplicas tab and then click W gt Add Connection QReplica Add Path Connection Source Port LANI Target IP 10 0 0 2 OK Cancel 2 Select the Source Port and input the Target IP and then click OK button 3 The connection is added To delete multi connections per session of the replication task path please follow the procedures 1 Select the task path in QReplicas tab and then click W gt Delete Connection 2 Select the connection s which want to be deleted and then click OK button 3 The multi connection s are deleted Task Shaping It the replication traffic affects the normal usage we provide a method to limit it There are eight shaping groups which can be set In each shaping group we also provide peak and off peak time slot for different bandwidth The following take an exam
73. R highspeed NG CTR backend NG CTR frontend NG CTR FW sync reboot Type VD clone started VD clone finished VD clone failed VD clone aborted VD clone set VD clone reset Auto clone error Auto clone no snap QReplica Events Level INFO INFO INFO INFO WARNING INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO WARNING WARNING WARNING Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Type Qrep portal enabled Qrep portal disabled VD replicate started VD replicate finished VD replicate failed VD aborted VD set as replica VD set as RAID VD replica set replicate VD replica reset Auto qrep enable not Auto qrep error Auto qrep no snap Nsan All volumes in controller lt number gt completed failback process Controller lt number gt is inserted into system Controller lt number gt is removed from system Controller lt number gt gets no response Controller lt number gt is locked down Memory size mismatch Firmware version mismatch Low speed inter link is down High speed inter link is down SAS expander is down FC IO controller is down Controller reboot completed reason Firmware synchronization Description VD lt name gt starts cloning process VD lt name gt finished cloning process The cloning in VD lt name gt failed The cloning in VD lt name gt was aborted The clone of VD lt name gt has been designated The clone of VD lt name gt is no longer designa
74. ROR ERROR ERROR ERROR INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO EMS Events Level INFO ERROR INFO ERROR WARNING INFO ERROR INFO ERROR ERROR WARNING ERROR ERROR ERROR WARNING WARNING ERROR Qsan Document User Manual ECC none SCSI bus reset SCSI host error SATA enable device fail SATA EDMA mem fail SATA remap mem fail SATA PRD mem fail SATA revision id fail SATA set reg fail SATA init fail SATA diag fail Mode ID fail SATA chip count error SAS port reply error SAS unknown port reply error FC port reply error FC unknown port reply error Port linkup Port linkdown Type Power install Power absent Power restore Power fail Power detect Fan restore Fan fail Fan install Fan not present Fan over speed Thermal level 1 Thermal level 2 Thermal level 2 shutdown Thermal level 2 CTR shutdown Thermal ignore value Voltage level 1 Voltage level 2 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved san Non ECC memory is installed Received SCSI Bus Reset event at the SCSI Bus lt number gt SCSI Host allocation failed Failed to enable the SATA pci device Failed to allocate memory for SATA EDMA Failed to remap SATA memory io space Failed to init SATA PRD memory manager Failed to get SATA revision id Failed to set SATA register Core failed to initialize the SATA adapter SATA Adapter diagnostics failed SATA Mode ID failed SATA Chip count error
75. SAS HBA port lt number gt reply terminated abnormally SAS frontend reply terminated abnormally FC HBA port lt number gt reply terminated abnormally FC frontend reply terminated abnormally The Port lt number gt link status is changed to Up The Port lt number gt link status is changed to Down Description Power lt string gt is installed Power lt string gt is absent Power lt string gt is restored to work Power lt string gt is not functioning PSU signal detection lt string gt Fan lt string gt is restored to work Fan lt string gt is not functioning Fan lt string gt is installed Fan lt string gt is not present Fan lt string gt is over speed System temperature lt string gt is higher System Overheated lt string gt System Overheated lt string gt The system will auto shutdown immediately The controller will auto shutdown immediately reason Overheated lt string gt Unable to update thermal value on lt string gt System voltage lt string gt is higher lower System voltages lt string gt failed 158 Qsan Document User Manual ERROR ERROR INFO WARNING ERROR ERROR WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING RMS Events Level INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO WARNING LVM Events Level INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO WARNING Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc
76. Services l x SE Completed the Qsan Storage Services CA sqa N Setup Wizard MAKING DATA SMART Click the Finish button to exit the Setup Wizard www QsanTechnology com Please reboot the system to ensure the DSM driver take effect fe Osan Storage Services Setup x You must restart your system for the configuration changes made to Qsan Storage Services to take effect Click Yes to restart now or No if you plan to manually restart later After reboot use Windows CLI command vssadmin list providers to check whether the Qsan VSS hardware provider is installed successfully c Administrator Command Prompt Delete Shadows Delete volume shadow copies Delete ShadowStorage Delete volume shadow copy storage associations List Providers List registered volume shadow copy providers List Shadows List existing volume shadow copies List ShadowStorage List volume shadow copy storage associations List Volumes List volumes eligible for shadow copies List Writers List subscribed volume shadow copy writers Resize ShadowStorage Resize a volume shadow copy storage association Revert Shadow Revert a volume to a shadow copy Query Reverts Query the progress of in progress revert operations C Users Administrator gt vssadmin list providers vssadmin 1 1 Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command line tool lt C gt Copyright 2661 2005 Microsoft Corp Provider name Qsan USS Hardware Provider Provide
77. Switch ON O OFF Power Supply Unit PSU1 and Fan Module FAN1 Power Supply Unit PSU2 and Fan Module FAN2 Power Supply Unit PSU3 and Fan Module FAN3 Fan Module FAN4 FAN5 Fan Module FAN6 FAN7 Expander Module A1 single controller Expander Module B1 only for dual controller Expander Module A2 single controller Expander Module B2 only for dual controller Fan Module FAN8 Fan Module FAN9 Fan Module FAN10 Fan Module FAN11 x y 10 A2 B2 ae 9 A1 B1 er rer rech r m prett a e i j es gt 2 eeh 3 aad Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 28 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Late D EI Ze OS f sch e me Te Aas TAREE SE ERC KA There are many various controllers available With the exception of the host SAN ports the connections are the same on all modules AegisSAN Q500 F20 X424 Q500 F20 X316 2 x 8G FC 2 x GbE iSCSI controller AegisSAN Q500 F30 X424 Q500 F30 X316 2 x 16G FC 2 x GbE iSCSI controller This table describes the rear components Number Description 1 SAN ports depending on model AegisSAN Q500 Q500 F20 2 x 8Gb Fibre Channel ports 2 x GbE iSCSI ports Q500 F21 4 x 8Gb Fibre Channel ports 2 x GbE iSCSI ports Q500 F30 2 x 16Gb Fibre Channel ports 2 x GbE iSCSI ports Q500 P10 6 x GbE iSCSI ports Q500 P20 2 x 10GbE iSCSI ports 2 x GbE iSCS
78. Technology com To Email Address 1 Alert Levels To Sendi Ll Information M warning Error To Email Address 2 Alert Levels To Send LJ Information W warning Error To Email Address 3 Alert Levels To Send3 LJ information M warning Error LI Specify a SMTP Server Send Test Email Apply When it is done click Apply button Log and Alert Settings The Log and Alert Settings tab is used to setup SNMP traps for alerting via SNMP pop up messages via Windows messenger not MSN or Skype alerts via the syslog protocol the pop up alerts and alerts on the front display The device buzzer is also managed here Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 75 Qsan Document User Manual Ee Nsan SNMP Trap Settings Host Address 1 Host Address 2 Host Address 3 Community public SNMP MIB File Download Alert Levels To Send W Information W Warning Error Windows Messenger Host Address 1 Host Address 2 Host Address 3 Alert Levels To Send LJ information w Warming lw Error Syslog Server Settings Host Address or Name UDP Port 514 Facility User Alert Levels To Log LJ Information W Warning W Error Admin Interface and Front Display Alerts Admin Interface Popup Alerts LJ information I warning LJ Error Alerts to Show on Front Display LJ information w Waring lw Error The options are available on this tab SNMP Trap Settings It allows up to thr
79. The RAID group is the number of RAID set of thin provisioning The status of the hard drive Online the hard drive is online Rebuilding the hard drive is being rebuilt Transitioning the hard drive is being migrated or is replaced by another disk when rebuilding occurs Scrubbing the hard drive is being scrubbed The health of the hard drive Good the hard drive is good Failed the hard drive is failed Error Alert S M A R T error alert Read Errors the hard drive has unrecoverable read errors The usage of the hard drive RAID This hard drive has been set to a RAID group Free This hard drive is free for use Dedicated Spare This hard drive has been set as dedicated spare of a RAID group Local Spare This hard drive has been set as local spare of the enclosure Global Spare This hard drive has been set as global spare of whole system Hard drive vendor Hard drive serial number Hard drive rate SAS 6 0Gb s SAS 3 0Gb s SATA 6 0Gb s SATA 3 0Gb s SATA 1 5Gb s Hard drive write cache is enabled or disabled The default value is Enabled HDD auto spindown to save power The default value is Disabled This feature makes data be loaded to disk s buffer in advance for further use The default value is Enabled Newer SATA and most SCSI disks can queue multiple commands and Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 90 op Qsan Docu
80. There are various RAID levels with different degrees of data protection data availability and performance A description of supported RAID levels follow Type Description Min No of Drives RAID O Disk striping 1 RAID 1 Disk mirroring over two disks 2 N way Extension to RAID 1 level It has N copies of the disk N mirror RAID 3 Striping with parity on the dedicated disk 3 RAID 5 Striping with interspersed parity over the member disks 3 RAID 6 2 dimensional parity protection over the member disks 4 RAID 0 1 Mirroring of the member RAID O volumes 4 RAID 10 Striping over the member RAID 1 volumes 4 RAID 30 Striping over the member RAID 3 volumes 6 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 36 RB Qsan Document User Manual Kee Nsan RAID 50 Striping over the member RAID 5 volumes 6 RAID 60 Striping over the member RAID 6 volumes 8 JBOD The abbreviation of Just a Bunch Of Disks Independently 1 address a drive Volume Relationship The following graphic is the volume structure which Qsan has designed It describes the relationship of RAID components LUNA 1 LUN2 2 oo Cache Volume ey ee ER ees W ee One RG RAID group consists of a set of VDs Virtual Disk and owns one RAID level attribute Each RG can be divided into several VDs The VDs in one RG share the same RAID level but may have different volume capacity All VDs share the CV Cache Volume to execute the data transacti
81. Threshold The setting will be effective after enabling schedule replication The threshold will monitor the usage amount of the snapshot space When the used snapshot space Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 153 Qsan Document User Manual i O Nsan achieves the threshold system will take a snapshot and start replication process automatically The purpose of threshold could prevent the incremental copy failure immediately when running out of the snapshot space For example the default threshold is 50 The system will check the snapshot space every hour When the snapshot space is used over 50 the system will start replication job automatically And then continue monitoring the snapshot space When the rest snapshot space has been used 50 in other words the total snapshot space has been used 75 the system will start replication task again Restart the task an hour later if failed The setting will be effective after enabling schedule replication When running out of the snapshot space the virtual disk replication process will be stopped because there is no more available snapshot space If this option is checked the system will clear the snapshots of replication in order to release snapshot space automatically and the replication task will be restarted after an hour This task will start a full copy CAUTION The default snapshot space allocated by the system is two times the size of source virtual
82. Volt recovery Voltage of lt string gt in JBOD lt string gt is NORMAL WARNING Therm warn OT Temperature of lt string gt read as lt string gt in JBOD lt name gt is OT WARNING WARNING Therm warn UT Temperature of lt string gt read as lt string gt in JBOD lt name gt is UT WARNING WARNING Therm fail OT Temperature of lt string gt read as lt string gt in JBOD lt name gt is OT FAILURE WARNING Therm fail UT Temperature of lt string gt read as lt string gt in JBOD lt name gt is UT FAILURE INFO Therm recovery Temperature of lt string gt in JBOD lt name gt is NORMAL INFO JBOD HDD path NG Path redundancy to JBOD lt name gt PD lt number gt is lost INFO PD RPS started L2F Assign JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt to replace PD lt slot gt INFO PD RPS started F2L Assign PD lt slot gt to replace JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt INFO PD RPS started F2F Assign JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt to replace JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt INFO PD RPS finished PD lt slot gt is replaced by JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt L2F INFO PD RPS finished JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt is replaced by PD lt slot gt F2L INFO PD RPS finished JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt is replaced by JBOD lt name gt PD F2F lt slot gt ERROR PD RPS failed L2F Failed to replace PD lt slot gt with JBOD 4d PD lt slot gt ERROR PD RPS failed F2L Failed to replace JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt with PD lt slot gt ERROR PD RPS failed F2F
83. and Time Current Time UA 10 41 5 Time Zone GMT 08 00 Taipei Setup Date and Time Manually Date 20140 1 Ms 178 Time 10 4 39 4 500 NTP Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 62 a Qsan Document User Manual iesen 3 Confirm or change the management port IP address and DNS server If you don t want to use the default DHCP setting choose either BOOTP or specify a Static IP address If the default HTTP HTTPS and SSH port numbers are not allowed on your network they can be changed here as well Quick Installation Step 2 Network Settings MAC Address MAC Address 00 13 78 BB 38 80 8 Use DHCP Use BOOTP Specify a Static IP Address DNS Server Address 4 For iSCSI Configurations use this step to set up the data port iSCSI IP address and then click Next button Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 63 op Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Quick Installation Step 3 iSCSI IP Address Settings 7 Use DHCP Specify a Static IP Address Address 10 0 0 1 Mask 255 755 259 0 Gateway 10 0 0 254 S Choose a RAID Level The number in the brackets is the maximum capacity at the RAID level This step utilizes all drives in the storage system as well as any JBOD expansion arrays present This option allows the selection of the RAID type and the number of drives in each array
84. arget and click Properties For configuration of devices associated with a target select Devices the target and then click Devices More about basic iSCSI connections and targets Select the target name and then click Done button Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Nsan 167 Qsan Document User Manual eee eS Nsan Quick Connect x iSCSI Initiator Properties EN Targets Discovery Favorite Targets Volumes and Devices RADIUS Configuration Targets that are available for connection at the IP address or DNS name that you provided are listed below If multiple targets are available you need to connect Quick Connect to each target individually To discover and log on to a target using a basic connection type the IP address or DNS name of the target and then click Quick Connect Connections made here will be added to the list of Favorite Targets and an attempt to restore them will be made every time this computer restarts ical Quick Connect Discovered targes e SN Discovered targets Refresh iqn 2004 08 tw com gsan devO ctr1 Connected ign 2004 08 tw com gsan devO ctr1 Connected Immediate Login Succeeded Persistent Login Failed target will not be available after system reboot To connect using advanced options select a target and then Connect click Connect To completely disconnect a target select the target and Disconnect t
85. as hourly or daily Please follow the procedures 1 There are two methods to set schedule snapshots In Virtual Disks tab selects a virtual disk And then click W gt Schedule Snapshots or in Snapshots tab click Schedule Snapshots button 2 Check the schedules which you want They can be set by monthly weekly daily or hourly Check Auto Mapping to attach LUN automatically when the snapshot is taken And the LUN is allowed to access by Allowed Hosts 3 Click OK to apply Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 138 Qsan Document User Manual Rollback Schedule Snapshots VD i Months to Take Snapshots Weeks to Take Snapshots Days to Take Snapshots Hours to Take Snapshots Minutes to Take Snapshots Auto Mapping TIP Sa am los U os U o7 U 08 loo O 10O 11 O 12 C all iilatlalla Ls C all C Sun U Mon L Tue LJ Wed LJ Thu U Fri U sat LJ all loo U 01 U 02 O 03 U o4 O o5 U o6 U 07 los o9 10 ii 12 O13 baal Las 16 O17 18 U 19 C20 O21 O 22 O 23 CI all Oloo O 15O 30 las E Allowed Hosts Qsan Daily snapshot will be taken at every 00 00 Weekly snapshot will be taken every Sunday 00 00 Monthly snapshot will be taken every first day of month 00 00 The data in snapshot can rollback to the original virtual disk Please follow the procedures 1 In Snapshots tab selects a snapshot And then click W gt Schedule Rollback 2 Click OK to apply
86. assword is 12 alphanumeric characters Change User Password Check it to change user password The maximum length of password is 12 alphanumeric characters When it is done click Apply button Email Notification Settings The Email Notification Settings tab is used to enter up to three email addresses for receiving the event notifications Fill in the necessary fields and click Send Test Email button to test whether it is available Some email servers will check the mail from address and need the SMTP relay settings for authentication yV TIP Be e La Please make sure the DNS server IP is well setup in System Configuration gt Network Settings So the event notification emails can be sent successfully Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 74 Qsan Document User Manual Ee Osan You can also select which levels of event logs which you would like to receive The default setting only includes Warning and Error event logs Configure Email Notification Settings You can specify up to three email addresses for email notifications You should use the SMTP server option to specify a specific email server that you would like to use for sending email notifications required if your network will not allow this device to send the email directly After the information is set you can click Send test mail to test whether email functions are available Email Settings From Email Address mailman Qsan
87. ata across the entire volume will obviate the advantages of thin provisioning Some applications that expect the data to be contiguous at block level are not good candidates for thin provisioning as well Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 127 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan QThin works well with email system web based archive or regular file archive system When the number of supported volumes grows larger the benefits of QThin will become more apparent Disk Roaming Physical disks can be re sequenced in the same system or move all physical disks in the same RAID group from system 1 to system 2 This is called disk roaming System can execute disk roaming online Please follow the procedures 1 In Volume Configuration gt RAID Group tab selects a RAID group And then click W gt Deactivate 2 Click OK to apply The Status changes to Offline 3 Move all physical disks of the RAID group to another system 4 In Volume Configuration gt RAID Group tab selects the snapshot And then click W gt Activate g Click OK to apply The Status changes to Online Disk roaming has some constraints as described in the followings 1 Check the firmware version of two systems first It is better that either systems have the same firmware version or the firmware version of the system 2 is newer Zi All physical disks of the RAID group should be moved from system 1 to system 2 together The confi
88. been imported Configuration of RG lt name gt has been restored Configuration of VD lt name gt has been restored PD lt slot gt starts disk scrubbing process PD lt slot gt completed disk scrubbing process A large RG lt name gt with lt number gt disks included is created A RG lt name gt made up disks across lt number gt chassis is created The total size of RG lt name gt shrunk VD lt name gt finished erasing process The erasing process of VD lt name gt failed VD lt name gt starts erasing process RG lt name gt can not be activated because of missing disks Read error at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of PD lt slot gt and rewrite failed at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of VD lt name gt Over I O retry limit in last 10 minutes on PD lt slot gt replacing the disk is highly recommended Over I O retry limit in last 10 minutes on PD lt slot gt the disk is disabled for automatic rebuilding with PD lt slot gt Description Failed to allocate snapshot memory for VD lt name gt Failed to allocate snapshot space for VD lt name gt The snapshot space threshold of VD lt name gt has been reached The snapshot VD lt name gt has been deleted The oldest snapshot VD lt name gt has been deleted to obtain extra snapshot space A snapshot on VD lt name gt has been taken Set the snapshot space of VD lt name gt to lt number gt MB Snapshot rollback of VD lt name gt has bee
89. ber xXxxxxxxx E Technical Standard EMC DIRECTIVE 2004 108 EC Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 4 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan EN55022 EN55024 UL Statement Rack Mount Instructions The following or similar rack mount instructions are included with the installation instructions 1 Elevated Operating Ambient If installed in a closed or multi unit rack assembly the operating ambient temperature of the rack environment may be greater than room ambient Therefore consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the maximum ambient temperature Tma specified by the manufacturer 2 Reduced Air Flow Installation of the equipment in a rack should be such that the amount of air flow required for safe operation of the equipment is not compromised 3 Mechanical Loading Mounting of the equipment in the rack should be such that a hazardous condition is not achieved due to uneven mechanical loading 4 Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the supply circuit and the effect that overloading of the circuits might have on overcurrent protection and supply wiring Appropriate consideration of equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this concern 5 Reliable Earthing Reliable earthing of rack mounted equipment should be maintained Particular attention should be given to supply connectio
90. cal 1 2014 02 17 18 35 34 CST Physical disk is removed from the system ma R5 RAID5 VD 01 30 1 Local 1 2014 02 17 18 35 34 CST Physical disk is removed from the system v R5 RAID5 VD 02 50 2 Local 1 2 2014 02 17 18 35 26 CST Physical disk is removed from the system ma R5 RAID5 VD 01 30 2 Local 1 2 2014 02 17 18 35 26 CST Physical disk is removed from the system a R5 RAID5 VD 02 50 3 Local 1 2 3 2014 02 11 17 03 30 CST The snapshot space has initialized ER R5 RAID5 VD 02 50 3 Local 1 2 3 2014 02 11 17 03 08 CST The virtual disk is created EA R5 RAID5 VD 01 30 3 Local 1 2 3 2014 02 11 17 02 45 CST The snapshot space has initialized el R5 RAID5 VD 01 30 3 Local 1 2 3 2014 02 11 17 00 04 CST The virtual disk is created Esc QUICK13645 RAID5 QUICK21222 3725 3 Local 3 2 1 2014 02 11 14 46 51 CST The virtual disk is created 162 3 4 5 6 7 8 next gt last gt gt This table shows the column descriptions Column Name Description RAID Group Name The original RAID group name RAID The original RAID level Virtual Disk The original virtual disk name Volume Size GB The original capacity of the virtual disk Disks Used The original physical disk number of the RAID group Disk slot The original physical disk locations Time The last action time of the virtual disk Event Log The last event of the virtual disk Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 116 Qsan Document User Manual eee Nsan Th
91. capacity After a period of working snapshot what if the snapshot size over the snapshot space of user defined There are two different situations 1 If there are two or more snapshots existed the system will try to remove the oldest snapshots to release more space for the latest snapshot until enough space is released 2 If there is only one snapshot existed the snapshot will fail Because the snapshot space is run out For example there are two or more snapshots existed on a virtual disk and the latest snapshot keeps growing When it comes to the moment that the snapshot space is run out the system will try to remove the oldest snapshot to release more space for the latest snapshot usage As the latest snapshot is growing the system keeps removing the old snapshots When it comes that the latest snapshot is the only one in system there is no more snapshot space which can be released for incoming changes then snapshot will fail How many snapshots can be created on a virtual disk There are up to 64 snapshots can be created per virtual disk What if the 65th snapshot has been taken There are two different situations 1 If the snapshot is configured as schedule snapshot the latest one the 65th snapshot will replace the oldest one the first snapshot and so on 2 If the snapshot is taken manually when taking the 65th snapshot will fail and a warning message will be showed on Web UI Rollback and delete snapshot Whe
92. chanisms for security data replication multi path and high availability Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 38 SAS Concepts Qsan Document User Manual iSCSI device 1 target iSCSI device 2 target Storage protocol such as iSCSI has two ends in the connection These ends are initiator and target In iSCSI we call them iSCSI initiator and iSCSI target The iSCSI initiator requests or initiates any iSCSI communication It requests all SCSI operations like read or write An initiator is usually located on the host side either an iSCSI HBA or iSCSI SW initiator The target is the storage device itself or an appliance which controls and serves volumes or virtual volumes The target is the device which performs SCSI command or bridge to an attached storage device Serial attached SCSI offers advantages over older parallel technologies The cables are thinner and the connectors are less bulky Serial data transfer allows the use of longer cables than parallel data transfer The target is the storage device itself or an appliance which controls and serves volumes or virtual volumes The target is the device which performs SCSI command or bridge to an attached storage device Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 39 Qsan Document User Manual SAS HBA SAS device 1 target Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved san 40
93. ck OK button The snapshot is taken Show snapshots for virtual disk VD 01 Show disk size in GB No Name Used GB Status Health Exposure Cache Mode LUN e DA SnapVD 01 0 No N A N A Set Quota Schedule Snapshots Take a Snapshot Cleanup Snapshots Delete S Set quota to expose the snapshot Click W gt Set Quota option Set Quota Size 26 Available Space 26 GB 6 Enter a size which is reserved for the snapshot If the size is zero the exposed snapshot will be read only Otherwise the exposed snapshot can be read written and the size will be the maximum capacity for writing 7 Attach LUN to the snapshot Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 137 RB Qsan Document User Manual Ee Nsan Attach LUN Attach a logical unit number LUM to a virtual disk Virtual Disk SnapVD 01 30 GB Allowed Hosts a Target 0 LUN LUN 1 Permission Read only Read write OK Cancel 8 Done The Snapshot can be used Cleanup Snapshots To cleanup all the snapshots please follow the procedures 1 There are two methods to cleanup snapshots In Virtual Disks tab selects a virtual disk And then click W gt Cleanup Snapshots or in Snapshots tab click Cleanup Snapshots button 2 Click OK to apply It will delete all snapshots of the virtual disk and release the snapshot space Schedule Snapshots The snapshots can be taken by schedule such
94. ckup Target OK Cancel Figure 2 Target Side After creating the target virtual disk please also setup snapshot space The snapshot of the source virtual disk can replicate to the target virtual disk In Virtual Disks tab selects the backup virtual disk And then click W gt Set Snapshot Space Name Size GB Write Priority Bg Rate Type v SourceVD 10 WB HI 4 Figure 3 Source Side Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved RAID Attach LUN of the source and target virtual disk separately Enter a Size which is reserved for the snapshot space and then click OK button Name Size GB Write Priority Bg Rate Type In QReplicas tab of the source side click Create Select a target virtual disk and then click Next button v TargetVD 10 WB HI 4 BACKUP Figure 4 Target Side 147 ap Qsan Document User Manual Nsan QReplica Select a Source Virtual Disk 1 Name Size GB Status RAID LUN Snapshot RAID Group SourceVD 10 Online RAID5 1 0 R5 d next Next gt gt Cancel 7 Select the Source Port and input the Target IP and then click Next button QReplica Select Target IP Address Source Port LAN1 4 Target IP 10 0 0 2 x Next gt gt Cancel 8 Choose Authentication Method and input the CHAP user if needed Select a Target Node and then click Next button Copyrigh
95. controller P400Q 6 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller P600Q 2 x 10GbE iSCSI ports 2 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller JBOD JXXXQ stands for front end interfaces J300Q 6G SAS JBOD IN 6G SAS JBOD OUT ports per controller X stands for D S C D Dual controller S Single controller but can be upgradable to dual C Single controller only xxx stands for chassis height and HDD bays It can be 212 224 316 424 460 212 2U 12 bays with 3 5 HDD trays 224 2U 24 bays with 2 5 HDD trays 316 3U 16 bays with 3 5 HDD trays 424 4U 24 bays with 3 5 HDD trays 460 4U 60 bays with 3 5 HDD trays AegisSAN Q500 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 13 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Host Interface 2U12 3U16 4U24 2 x 8Gb FC Q500 F20 D212 Q500 F20 D316 Q500 F20 D424 2 x GbE iSCSI Q500 F20 S212 Q500 F20 S316 Q500 F20 S424 4 x 8Gb FC Q500 F21 D212 Q500 F21 D316 Q500 F21 D424 2 x GbE iSCSI Q500 F21 S212 Q500 F21 S316 Q500 F21 S424 2 x 16Gb FC Q500 F30 D212 Q500 F30 D316 Q500 F30 D424 2 x GbE iSCSI Q500 F30 S212 Q500 F30 S316 Q500 F30 S424 6 x GbE iSCSI Q500 P10 D212 Q500 P10 D316 Q500 P10 D424 Q500 P10 S212 Q500 P20 D212 Q500 P20 S212 Q500 P10 S316 Q500 P20 D316 Q500 P20 S316 Q500 P10 S424 Q500 P20 D424 Q500 P20 S424 2 x 10GbE iSCSI 2 x GbE iSCSI AegisSAN LX Host Interface 2U12 3U16 4U24 4U60 4
96. cument User Manual Nsan o P400Q P600Q Gigabit switches recommended Or Gigabit switches with VLAN LCAP Trunking optional o P600Q 10 Gigabit switches with VLAN LCAP Trunking optional CHAP security information including CHAP username and secret optional For dual controller systems it is recommended that the host logon to the target twice both Controller 1 and Controller 2 and then the MPIO should setup automatically For an iSCSI dual controller system install an iSNS server on the same storage area network recommended Drive Slot Numbering The drives can be installed into any slot in the enclosure Slot numbering is reflected in Web UI Q212 Slot 10 Slot 11 Slot 12 Q316 Q424 sot Slot 1 slot 19 es Slot slot 20 da Slot 15 ees Slot 10 slot 16 sot 22 Slot Slot 17 sot 23 slot 12 Slot 18 Slot 24 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 4 op Qsan Document User Manual Nsan y d p Install at least one drive in Slot 1 to 4 marked gray slots System event logs are saved in these drives Otherwise event logs no longer exist after a reboot System Installation and Deployment Q212 Q316 Q424 Q460 Chassis Using the following instructions to install and deploy the storage system Install the BBM Battery Backup Module in their appropriate controllers if needed The following examples show the F600Q o BBM supports hot plu
97. cument User Manual Osan Controller Module Firmware Update Select the firmware file for the upgrade JBOD Firmware Update Choose an JBOD Select the firmware file for the upgrade Operation Mode The options are available on this tab Controller Module Firmware Update Please prepare new controller firmware file named xxxx bin in local hard drive then click Browse to select the firmware file Click Apply button it will pop up a warning message click OK button to start upgrading the firmware When upgrading there is a progress bar running After finished upgrading the system must reboot manually to make the new firmware take effect JBOD Firmware Update To upgrade JBOD firmware choose an JBOD first the other steps are the same as controller firmware update Controller mode This option can be modified to dual or single here If the system installs only one controller switch this mode to Single and then click Apply button Firmware Synchronization Only available in Dual controller models The Firmware Synchronization tab is used on dual controller systems to synchronize the controller firmware versions when the firmware of the master controller and the slave controller are different The firmware of slave controller is always changed to match the firmware of the master controller It doesn t matter if the firmware version of slave controller is newer or older than that of the master Normally the fi
98. der to connect Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 60 Qsan Document User Manual Q a eee san If an LCM display is available If a DHCP server is available Summary the actions of different user scenarios When there is an LCM display and a DCHP server o Get IP address from LCM and put it in web browser to connect o Use either QCentral or QFinder to search the device and connect When there is an LCM display but no DHCP server o Use LCM to set a static IP And then use either web browser QCentral or QFinder to connect When there is no LCM display but has a DHCP server o Use either QCentral or QFinder to connect o Get the IP address from QCentral and put it in web browser to connect When there is neither LCM display nor DHOP server o Management port is equipped with zero configuration function It will kick in automatically when spotting there is no DHCP server in the network Management port IP address will be automatically assigned to 169 254 X Y with subnet mask 255 255 0 0 o Connect management port directly to your notebook network port o Change the notebook network port IP setting to the same segment as IP address 169 254 X Y X Y 1 254 Subnet mask 255 255 0 0 o Use either QCentral or QFinder to connect o Get the IP address from QCentral and put it in web browser to connect How to Use the Guided Configurations To help users get started quickly two guided configuratio
99. e APC Smart UPS Optional mmm R5 232 cable for console phone jack to DB9 female RS 232 cable for UPS phone jack to DB9 male Rozm APC Smart UPS serial cable DB9 female to N A Q Series controller OO Console UPS o Using RS 232 cable for console back color phone jack to DB9 female to connect from controller to management PC directly o Using RS 232 cable for UPS gray color phone jack to DB9 male to connect from controller to APC Smart UPS serial cable DB9 female side and then connect the serial cable to APC Smart UPS CAUTION It may not work when connecting the RS 232 cable for UPS gray color phone jack to DB9 male to APC Smart UPS directly Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 50 op Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Attach the power cords and power on the system and then power on the hosts and the iSNS server optional for iSCSI environment Start the configuration Power ON OFF Power on the System AegisSAN Q500 Chassis The power button is located at the right front handle To turn on the system you may press power button once After you turn the power ON the system performs a booting process which takes a few minutes AegisSAN LX Q212 Q316 Q424 Chassis The power switch is located at the rear of the panel To turn on the system you may press power switch to After you turn the power ON the system performs a booting process w
100. e degraded RAID group into complete one There are three types of spare disks which can be set in Physical Disks Dedicated Spare The hard drive has been set as dedicated spare of a RAID group Local Spare The hard drive has been set as local spare of the enclosure Global Spare The hard drive has been set as global spare of whole system The detection sequence is the dedicated spare disk as the rebuild disk first then local spare disk and global spare disk The following examples are scenarios for a RAID 6 1 When there is no global spare disk or dedicated spare disk in the system The RAID group will be in degraded mode and wait until there is one disk assigned as spare disk or the failed disk is removed and replaced with new clean disk and then the Auto Rebuild starts 2 When there are spare disks for the degraded array system starts Auto Rebuild immediately In RAID 6 if there is another disk failure occurs during rebuilding system will start the above Auto Rebuild process as well Auto Rebuild feature only works at that the status of RAID group is Online Thus it will not conflict with the online roaming feature 3 In degraded mode the health of the RAID group is Degraded When rebuilding the status of RAID group and virtual disk will display Rebuilding the column R in virtual disk will display the ratio in percentage After complete rebuilding the status will become Online yN TIP e D La The dedicated
101. e left side of the window to make any configuration changes System Configuration System Configuration E Host Port Configuration E iSCSI Configuration ZG Volume Configuration TE Volume Configuration Enclosure Management i Enclosure Management C System Maintenance C System Maintenance Se Quick Installation S Quick Installation dr Volume Creation Wizard gme Creation Wizard TIP gt e La The Host Port Configuration menu bar option is only visible when the controller has multiple interfaces The iSCSI Configuration menu bar option is only visible Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 58 op Qsan Document User Manual Nsan when the controller has iSCSI ports There are up to seven indicators and three icons at the top right corner The last indicator Dual controller is only visible when two controllers are installed Description RAID indicator Green All RAID groups are functioning Red A RAID group is degraded or has failed Temperature indicator Green Temperature is normal Red Temperature is too high Voltage indicator Green Voltage values are normal Red Voltage values are out of range UPS indicator Green UPS is functioning or no UPS is connected Red UPS connection has failed Fan indicator Green Fan is working well Red Fan failed Power indicator Green Power supplies are connected and working well
102. e options are available on this tab Restore Restore the virtual disk of the RAID group AC TIP p When trying to do data recovery the same volume configurations as original must be set and all member disks must be installed by the same sequence as original Otherwise data recovery will fail CAUTION The data recovery does not guarantee that the lost data can be restored 100 It depends on the real operation and the degree of physical damages on disks Users will take their own risk to do these procedures Reboot and Shutdown The Reboot and Shutdown function is used to reboot or shutdown the system Before powering off the system it is highly recommended to execute Shutdown function to flush the data from cache onto the physical disks The step is important for data protection Reboot Shutdown The Reboot function has three options reboot both controllers controller 1 only or controller 2 only Reboot Both Controller 1 and Controller 2 s Controller 1 Controller 2 OK Cancel Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 117 op Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Advanced Operations Volume Rebuild If one physical disk of the RAID group which is set as protected RAID level e g RAID 5 or RAID 6 fails or has been removed then the status of RAID group will be changed to degraded mode At the same time the system will search the spare disk to execute volume rebuild th
103. e storage device To avoid this data inconsistent issue between snapshot and original data user has to make the operating system flush the data from memory of host write caching into disk before taking snapshot Host data UO route User modified data File System Li Physical Physical disk disk Fibre On Linux and UNIX platform a command named sync can be used to make the operating system flush data from write caching into disk For Windows platform Microsoft also provides a tool sync which can do exactly the same thing as the sync command in Linux UNIX It will tell the OS to flush the data on demand For more detail about sync tool please refer to http technet microsoft com en us sysinternals bb897438 aspx Besides the sync tool Microsoft develops VSS volume shadow copy service to prevent this issue VSS is a mechanism for creating consistent point in time copies of data known as Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 140 Qsan Document User Manual EEE Nsan shadow copies It is a coordinator between backup software application SQL or Exchange and storages to make sure the snapshot without the problem of data inconsistent For more detail about the VSS please refer to http technet microsoft com en us library cc785914 aspx Qsan storage system can support Microsoft VSS What if the snapshot space is over Before using snapshot a snapshot space is needed from RAID group
104. e virtual disk Cleanup Snapshots Clean all snapshots of the virtual disk and release the snapshot space The options are available after taking a snapshot VY gt Set Quota Set the snapshot quota VY gt Rollback Rollback the snapshot VY gt Delete Delete the snapshot The options are available after setting the quota of the snapshot V gt Unexpose Unexpose the snapshot VD 5 Y gt Attach LUN Attach a logical unit number to the snapshot Y gt Detach LUNs Detach a logical unit number from the virtual disk Y gt List LUNs List all of the attached logical unit numbers Take an example of taking a snapshot de Before taking a snapshot it must reserve some storage space for saving variant data Click Set Snapshot Space button Set Snapshot Space Virtual Disk VD 01 EE Available 3595GB Ss o ce Minimum 4GB Free Capacity 356568 OK Cancel Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 102 os Ss eS YS EE 10 11 12 Qsan Document User Manual Select a Virtual Disk from the drop down list Enter a Size which is reserved for the snapshot space Click OK The snapshot space is created Click Take a Snapshot button Use the drop down list to select a Virtual Disk Enter a Snapshot Name Click OK The snapshot is taken Qsan Show snapshots for virtual disk VD 01 v Show disk size in GB Used GB Status Health Expos
105. ecom mended RS 232 APC Smart UPS Optional RS 232 Gigabit switch rd To J300Q Dxxx Net cable To 3300Q Dxxx RS 232 cable ee SAS cable Ownership When creating a RAID group it will be assigned with a prefered owner the default owner is controller 1 To change the ownership of the RAID group please follow the procedures 1 In Volume Configuration gt RAID Group tab selects a RAID group And then click W gt Change Preferred Controller Show RAID size in ls Name Total GB Free Capacity GB Available Size GB Thin Provisioning Disks Used Number of Virtual Disk Status Health RAID Current Controller Preferred Controller Disabled RAID 5 Controller 1 Controller 1 Deactivate Verify Parity Delete Change Preferred Controller Change RAID Options More Information Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 134 RB Qsan Document User Manual Kee Osan 2 Click OK to apply The ownership of the RG will be switched to the other controller Controller Status There are four statuses in dual controller It is displayed at Status column in System Maintenance gt System Information Describe on the following 1 2 Normal Dual controller mode Both of controllers are functional Degraded Dual controller mode When one controller fails or has been plugged out the system will turn to degraded In this stage I O will force to
106. ed from RG lt name gt INFO VD reclaim started VD lt name gt starts space reclamation process INFO VD reclaim VD lt name gt finished space reclamation process completed WARNING VD reclaim The space reclamation in VD lt name gt was aborted aborted DEBUG level events are displayed in download event log file only Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 166 Software Application Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Here is the step by step to setup Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Please visit Microsoft website for latest iSCSI initiator This example is based on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Connect to iSCSI Target 1 2 3 Je Qsan Document User Manual Run Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Input IP address or DNS name of the target And then click Quick Connect button iSCSI Initiator Properties xi Targets Discovery Favorite Targets volumes and Devices RADIUS Configuration Quick Connect To discover and log on to a target using a basic connection type the IP address or DNS name of the target and then click Quick Connect Target 192 168 21 1 Discovered targets 7 Refresh Name o o o y ods O To connect using advanced options select a target and then Connect click Connect To completely disconnect a target select the target and Bieconnect then click Disconnect For target properties including configuration of sessions Properties select the t
107. ee SNMP trap addresses The default community setting is public You can check the alert levels which you would like to receive The default setting only includes Warning and Error event logs If necessary click Download to get the MIB file for importing to the SNMP client tool There are many SNMP tools available on the internet o SNMPc http www snmpc com o Net SNMP http net snmp sourceforge net Windows Messenger You must enable the Messenger service in Windows Start gt Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Services gt Messenger It allows up to three host addresses The same you can check the alert levels which you would like to receive System Server Settings Fill in the host address and the facility for syslog service The default UDP port is 514 You can also check the alert levels here There are some syslog server tools available on the internet for Windows o WinSyslog http www winsyslog com o Kiwi Syslog Daemon http www kiwisyslog com Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 76 Qsan Document User Manual Kee Nsan Most UNIX systems build in syslog daemon Admin Interface and Front Display Alerts You can check the alert levels which you would like to have pop up message in the Web UI and show on front display The default setting for admin interface is none while the default setting for shown on the front display includes Warning and Error event logs Device B
108. een finished This change is irreversible 5 Deactivate the RAID group which the target virtual disk resides in and move all physical disks of the RAID group to the target system Then activate the RAID group in the target system Remember to set snapshot space for the target virtual disk And then attach the target virtual disk to a LUN ID 6 In Volume Configuration gt QReplicas tab at the source side click Rebuild button to rebuild the replication task which is changed from a cloning job formerly 7 Rebuild the clone relationship select a source virtual disk Rebuild the Clone Relationship Select a Source Virtual Disk 1 Name Size GB Status RAID LUN Snapshot RAID Group SourcevD 10 Online RAIDS 1 1 R5 1 Next gt gt Cancel 8 Next steps are the same as the procedure of creating a new replication task 9 If a wrong target virtual disk is selected when rebuilding the replication task there will be an alert and the system stops the creation Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 156 Qsan Document User Manual Troubleshooting System Buzzer Nsan The system buzzer features are listed below The system buzzer alarms 1 second when system boots up successfully The system buzzer alarms continuously when there is error occurred The alarm will be stopped after error resolved or be muted The alarm will be muted automatically when the
109. en Asserted when a 100M link is establish and maintained 1GbE Access LED All Blinking green Asserted when the link is established and packets are being transmitted along with any receive activity 8G FC Link LED AegisSAN Q500 F20 Blue Asserted when an 8G link is established and maintained Amber Asserted when a 4G and below link is established and maintained 8G FC Access fail LED AegisSAN Q500 F20 Green Asserted when the link is establish Blinking green Asserted when the link is established and packets are being transmitted along with any receive activity Red Asserted when the link can t establish 8G FC Link LED AegisSAN Q500 F21 AegisSAN LX F600Q Blue Asserted when an 8G link is established and maintained Yellow Asserted when a 4G link is established and maintained Blinking yellow Asserted when a 2G link is established and maintained Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 30 a Qsan Document User Manual Osan 8G FC Access fail LED AegisSAN Q500 F21 AegisSAN LX F600Q Green Asserted when the link is establish Blinking green Asserted when the link is established and packets are being transmitted along with any receive activity Red Asserted when the link can t establish 16G FC Link LED AegisSAN Q500 F30 AegisSAN LX F630Q Blue Asserted when a 16G link is established and maintained Amber Asserted wh
110. en an 8G link is established and maintained White Asserted when a 4G and below link is established and maintained 16G FC Access fail LED AegisSAN Q500 F30 AegisSAN LX F630Q Green Asserted when the link is establish Blinking green Asserted when the link is established and packets are being transmitted along with any receive activity Red Asserted when the link can t establish 10GbE Link LED AegisSAN Q500 P20 AegisSAN LX P600Q Orange Asserted when a 1G link is established and maintained Blue Asserted when a 10G link is establish and maintained 10GbE Access LED AegisSAN Q500 P20 AegisSAN LX P6000 Yellow Asserted when the link is established and packets are being transmitted along with any receive activity CAUTION Be aware that when Controller Health LED is in RED please DO NOT unplug the controller from the system or turn off the power suddenly This may cause unrecoverable damage which will not be covered by warranty AegisSAN Q500 F20 X212 2 x 8G FC 2 x GbE iSCSI controller AegisSAN Q500 F30 X212 2 x 8G FC 2 x GbE iSCSI controller 3 2 6 5 9 Console Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 31 a Qsan Document User Manual Nsan AegisSAN Q500 F21 X424 Q500 F21 X316 4 x 8G FC 2 x GbE iSCSI controller 8 3 2 6 5 9 8 AegisSAN Q500 P10 X424 Q500 P10 X316 6 x GbE iSCSI controller 1 WO WO a e eee 8
111. en deleted ETR1 LUN 1 is attached to virtual disk VII CTR1 Disk 2 has been freed from RAID group R5 CTR1 Virtual disk VD 02 has failed CTR1 Virtual disk VD 01 has failed CTR1 RAID group H has failed CTR1 Disk 3 has been freed from RAID group Hi CTR1 RAID group RS is in degraded mode CTR1 admin login from 192 166 6 231 via web Ul CTR1 admin login from 92 242 203 131 via web UI CTR1 admin login from 59 125 120 109 via web UI CTR1 admin login from 203 117 200 777 via web Ul CTR1 admin login from 192 168 135 1 via web Ul CTR1 Virtual disk VD 02 has completed rebuilding CTR1 Virtual disk VD 02 has started rebuilding CTR1 Virtual disk WD 01 has completed rebuilding next gt last gt gt The event logs are displayed in reverse order which means the latest event log is on the first top page They are actually saved in the first four hard drives each hard drive has one copy of event log For one system there are four copies of event logs to make sure users can check event log any time when there are failed disks Upgrade The Upgrade tab is used to upgrade controller firmware JBOD firmware and change operation mode Before upgrade it recommends to use Configuration Backup tab to export all configurations to a file Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 113 op Qsan Do
112. ennedseiuartsedioinadieds 122 d Kar EE 78 133 U EE 5 Ea T a e E A AA P E 113 Controller Mode wicccccccsccceccsscoscsssossrssscnsvsesscssesossowes 114 135 Controller Module Firmware Update 114 JBOD Firmware Update 114 129 UPS Uninterruptible Power Supp 108 V N 001 Bl Bik een pret mene entree een one Ene OT Atr oF nea mts eve 97 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Qsan Atach LUN os ectealieseeoooseanecteaceviaaaevinncecaaviueat eeinas 99 102 104 Change QReplica Options ccccccccccccceeeeessseeseeeeeees 99 Cleanup Snapsabhots 99 102 ET e 99 C lonina OP MONS ege Eege dee 98 EE 98 RE 98 Detach LUN S swcicsstiscceatcencssarscpasehrepurcensttwssensoces 99 102 104 PT BEE 98 121 LUN e pac ashe ccislnwe eaeekteecsesenuindecsaticceies 99 102 List Etgen 99 lie tee e EE 99 Sched le TEE 99 Schedule Snapshots cccccccccssceeececeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeees 99 102 No 8 1 n E On eae E eee eT ee 99 ei 98 Set Snapshot Space ccccccccccccccccccescceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 99 102 Space REC AMAMOM geeiert eege eege 99 SLE A EE 99 SOP CMON sent tuvncsntsesaodunsicntaan ig stone S EA EEEE 99 Take a STAD SHO E 99 102 KE RE E 98 VEAN UN E 79 Volume Configuration cccccccccccccceeessseeseeeeeceeeeeeeeeeaas 89 Volume Creation Wizard cccccccccsssecceceesecceeeeeecceeaeeeees 66 Volume Rebuild on cecccccccccsesseececececeeeeeecceeseaaeeeeess 118 Volume e EE 118
113. er can be entered or changed here Service Ports If the default port numbers of HTTP HTTPS and SSH are not allowed on the network they can be changed here When it is done click Apply button Login Settings The Login Settings tab is used to control access to the storage system For the security reason set the auto logout option or set the limit access of one administrator at a time The other options can change the Admin and User passwords Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 73 Qsan Document User Manual a li Nsan Change Login Options and Passwords When the auto logout option is enabled you will be logged out of the admin interface after the time specified The login lock option prevents multiple people from administering the storage server at the same time Login Options Auto Logout Disable Login Lock Disable Admin Password Change Admin Password C Change User Password Apply The options are available on this tab Auto Logout When the auto logout option is enabled you will be logged out of the admin interface after the time specified There are Disable default 5 minutes 30 minutes and 1 hour options Login Lock When the login lock is enabled the system allows only one user to login to the web Ul at a time There are Disable default and Enable options Change Admin Password Check it to change administrator password The maximum length of p
114. event logs can be saved and displayed in next system boot up Otherwise the event logs cannot be saved and would be disappeared Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 112 a Qsan Document User Manual Event Log Level to Sh 1 2 3 4 5 6 Z 8 3 10 lt lt first lt prev Information Information Information Information Information Information Information Error Error Error Information Warning Information Information Information Information Information Information Information Information lt lt first lt prev Time Mon 17 Feb 2014 16 35 56 Mon 17 Feb 2014 18 35 56 Mon 17 Feb 2014 16 35 56 Mon 17 Feb 2014 16 35 56 Mon 17 Feb 2014 16 35 56 Mon 17 Feb 2014 16 35 42 Mon 17 Feb 2014 16 35 34 Mon 17 Feb 2014 16 35 34 Mon 17 Feb 2014 16 35 34 Mon 17 Feb 2014 16 35 34 Mon 17 Feb 2014 16 35 26 Mon 17 Feb 2014 18 35 26 Mon 17 Feb 2014 16 23 47 Sat 15 Feb 2014 20 54 24 Fri 14 Feb 2014 15 42 28 Fri 14 Feb 2014 15 01 17 Thu 13 Feb 2014 11 46 00 Wed 12 Feb 2014 21 57 00 Wed 12 Feb 2014 21 42 25 Wed 12 Feb 2014 21 42 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 718 9 10 Download Mute Buzzer Clear san next gt last gt gt CTR1 Disk 1 has been freed from RAID group H CTR1 Virtual disk VD 02 has been deleted CTR1 Virtual disk SnapVD 01 has been deleted CTR Virtual disk WD 01 has been deleted CTR1 RAID group Rp has be
115. expected Pc Uncorrectable Temperatur Read Error Spin Up Time Seek Error4R Spin Up Ret Calibration Re 1 SATA 6 0Gb s N A 200 140 N A N A N A N A 200 51 177 21 200 0 100 0 100 0 2 SATA6 0Gb s N A 200 140 NIA NIA NIA NIA 200 51 161 21 200 0 100 0 100 0 3 SATA6 0Gb s N A 200 140 NIA NIA NIA N A 200 51 166 21 200 0 100 0 100 0 SMART measures many attributes of the hard drive all the time and inspects the properties of hard drives which are close to be out of tolerance The advanced notice of possible hard drive failure can allow users to back up hard drive or replace the hard drive This is much better than hard drive crash when it is writing data or rebuilding a failed hard drive This tool displays SMART information of hard drives The number is the current value the number in parenthesis is the threshold value The threshold values from different hard drive vendors are different please refer to hard drive vendors specification for details S M A R T only supports SATA drives SAS drives do not have this function and will show N A in the web page System Maintenance The System Maintenance menu option is accessing the System Information Event Log Upgrade Firmware Synchronization This option is only visible when dual controllers is installed Reset to Factory Defaults Configuration Backup Volume Restoration and Reboot and Shutdown option tabs Susur tl EventLog Upgrade Firmware Synchroniza
116. f the switches of the 2 Power Supply Fan Modules Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 18 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan 1 Activity LED 2 Power On Fail LED This table shows the items located on the LCD Control Module Indicator Description 1 Activity LED Blinking blue Indicates the disk drive is busy or being accessed 2 Power On Fail LED Green Indicates the disk drive in this slot is good Red Indicates the disk drive in this slot is faulty Blinking Red Indicates the disk drive in this slot is rebuilding Off Indicates there is no disk drive in this slot 3 Expander module Fault LED Red Indicates the Expander module is faulty Off Indicates the Expander module is normal There are four buttons to control LCM LCD Control Module including A up down V Select and EXIT Escape This table shows the items located on the LCD Control Module Number Description Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 19 Qsan Document User Manual NIAI AIIN e 10 11 12 Disk Drive Assembly Nsan LCD display EXIT Escape button V Select button Up button Down button Power button Power LED Green Power ON Off Power OFF Power Fail LED Red If one of the redundant power supply unit fails this LED will turn to RED and alarm will sound Off System OK Fan Fail LED Red
117. fgSem Austausch der Batterie Entsorgung gebrauchter Batterien nach Anleitung ADVERTENCIA Spanish Las baterias pueden explotar si no se manipulan de forma apropiada No desmonte ni tire las baterias al fuego Siga las normativas locales al desechar las baterias agotadas Fa Simplified Chinese AS FL SR EMA TE BR EN fe e He KI es Coll ees Fea ok SA A g SZ Traditional Chinese EE SEPA TE Te A ee EE ce Bee POR SE es an H pa A ts BUS Gi Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 6 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan Contents Chapter 0 PREG ACE EEN 3 ABOUT TIS ET EE 3 TEC CAL SUPPORT SEET nein A A S 3 TIRSAND CAUTION E 3 eich de dE 4 EECHELEN 4 Chapter 1 BA ATI 12 PRODUCTI VERVIEW erie En A rune eitags E E ea peR tay A eee 12 Model COND AUIS O EE 13 Beet COMO E 14 FRO ARE ann E E E E O E E E E E E TE E 15 PONEN W a a E A E E E E ES 15 B AR E S eases ct EA E A E A E T T ear A A A T 20 3TB 6G MUX Board Umttatton 24 ROP EE 25 ENEE 36 RAIE COVEI E 36 Volume Rela Nons D ME 37 SES EE ei Lei EE 37 Kee eidel E 38 SEENEN 39 Chapter 2 INSTALLA TION coirce p SN E EE EE E S 41 NEE 41 Drive Slot N mbBeriNg EE 42 System Installation and Deployment E 43 POWER ONT OFE oe a A E E T E E S E E T 51 PONET On NE y E 51 PONTO lV y E EE 51 Chapter 3 EIERE Eege 54 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 7 Chapter 4 Qsan Document
118. for the virtual disk VY gt Attach LUN Attach a logical unit number to the virtual disk Y gt Detach LUNs Detach a logical unit number from the virtual disk Y gt List LUNs List all of the attached logical unit numbers Y gt Set Clone Set the target virtual disk for clone WV gt Clear Clone Clear the clone function V gt Start Clone Start the clone function V gt Stop Clone Stop the clone function V gt Change QReplica Options Change the clone to QReplica relationship WV gt Schedule Clone Set the clone function by schedule V gt Set Snapshot Space Set snapshot space for preparing to take snapshots V gt Cleanup Snapshots Clean all snapshots of the virtual disk and release the snapshot space VY gt Take a Snapshot Take a snapshot on the virtual disk WV gt Schedule Snapshots Set the snapshots by schedule Y gt List Snapshots List all snapshots of the virtual disk e VW gt More Information Show the detail information of the virtual disk Take an example of creating a virtual disk 1 Click Create button Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 99 St SE oS Qsan Document User Manual Q san Create a Virtual Disk Virtual Disk Name VD 01 Data Storage R5 Size 30 GB Stripe Size KB 64 Block Size Bytes 512 Cache Mode write through Cache Write back Cache DI Pri
119. fresh O fffffas006b7a018 4000013700000016 4dd session To disconnect one or more sessions select each Disconnect session and then click Disconnect To view devices associated with a session select Devices a session and then click Devices Session Information Target portal group tag 0 To add a session click Add session Status Connected Connection count 1 Maximum Allowed Connections 2 Authentication None Specified Header Digest None Specified Data Digest None Specified Configure Multiple Connected Session MCS To add additional connections to a session or configure the MCS policy For a selected session click MCS More Information on iSCSI Sessions OK Cancel Add Connection xi Target name fign 2004 08 tw com qsan dev0 ctr1 Connect Cancel 6 Select Initiator IP and Target portal IP and then click OK button Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 170 Qsan Document User Manual d Click Connect button 8 Click OK button Advanced Settings Microsoft iscstintiator 192 168 22 123 E 192 168 22 1 3260 ha GHAR helps ensure connection security by providing authentication between a target and an imitator Mames Target secret T Perform mutual authentication Tio Use mutual CHAP either specify an initiator secret on the Configuration page or use RADIUS Use RADIUS to generate user authentication crede
120. ggable Regardless of the system is turned on or off Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 43 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan o Remove the cover of BBM o Insert the BBM o Tighten the BBM and use screws to lock the both sides Q500 Chassis Install BBM for AegisSAN Q500 series models In all Q500 models BBM module is not attached to the controller cage o For 3U16 and 4U24 models BBM module is located between two controller cages BBM module is inserted into the system chassis and connected to the backplane RHA are R See Segoe OROG K o For 2U12 model BBM module is located inside the right fan cage fan3 4 module o BBM will ONLY support controller 1 At the rear check that the Master Controller is in its slot CTRL 1 If desired install the optional Slave Controller in its slot CTRL 2 only for dual controller CAUTION When running on dual controller mode please make sure both controllers have the same DIMM on each corresponding memory slot Failing to do so will result in controller malfunction which will not be covered by warranty Install the Rail Kit onto the unit and insert it into the rack CAUTION The system is very heavy It s recommend that a mechanical lifter or at least two persons be used to raise and align the system to prevent injury during installation Use care when inserting or removing a system into or out of a rack to pre
121. global spare Assign JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt to Global Spare Disks ERROR Config read fail Config read error occurred at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt ERROR Config write fail Config write error occurred at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt DEBUG PD read error Read error occurred at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt WARNING PD write error Write error occurred at LBA lt address gt lt address gt of JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt INFO PD scrub started JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt starts disk scrubbing process INFO PD scrub JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt completed disk scrubbing process completed WARNING PS fail Power Supply of lt string gt in JBOD lt name gt is FAIL INFO PS normal Power Supply of lt string gt in JBOD lt name gt is NORMAL WARNING FAN fail Cooling fan of lt string gt in JBOD lt name gt is FAIL INFO FAN normal Cooling fan of lt string gt in JBOD lt name gt is NORMAL WARNING Volt warn OV Voltage of lt string gt read as lt string gt in JBOD lt name gt is WARN OVER WARNING Volt warn UV Voltage of lt string gt read as lt string gt in JBOD lt name gt is WARN UNDER WARNING Volt crit OV Voltage of lt string gt read as lt string gt in JBOD lt name gt is CRIT ve WARNING Volt crit UV Voltage of lt item gt read as lt string gt in JBOD lt name gt is CRIT UNDER INFO
122. guration of both RAID group and virtual disk will be kept but LUN configuration will be cleared in order to avoid conflict with the current setting of the system 2 JBOD Expansion Qsan storage space can be expanded by adding JBOD expansion system Connecting JBOD Qsan storage systems suport expansion systems with SAS connections When connecting to an expansion system it will be displayed at the Show disk for drop down list in Volume Configuration gt Physical Disks tab For example Local JBOD 1 QSAN J300Q JBOD 2 QSAN J300Q etc Local means disks in local controller JOBD 1 means disks in JBOD 1 controller and SO on In Enclosure Management gt Hardware monitor tab select the enclosure at the Show information for drop down list it can display the hardware status of SAS JBODs Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 128 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan In Enclosure Management gt S M A R T tab select the enclosure at the Show information for drop down list it can display the SMART information of the disks in JBODs SAS JBOD expansion has some constraints as described in the followings 1 User could create RAID group among multiple chassis max number of disks in a single RAID group Is 32 2 Local spare disk can support the RAID groups which located in the local chassis 3 Global spare disk can support all RAID groups which located in the different chassis 4 When suppor
123. h Priority Medium Priority O Low Prio 4 bel 2 Enabled N D Disabled ba Do Not Erase RAID Backup Target Figure 1 Source side Select a Virtual Disk Target Name size GB e TargetVD 10 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved rity Cok cons Status Online Health Optimal Create a Virtual Disk Virtual Disk Name Data Storage Size Stripe Size KB Block Size Bytes Cache Mode Priority Bg Rate Read Ahead AV Media Mode Erase Disk Type Select a target virtual disk and then click OK button RAID RAID 5 TargetVD R5 M O Write through Cache write back Cache DI High Priority Medium Priority O Low Priority 4 Disabled Disabled Do No ase v D B 2 M Ka Backup Target EE Figure 2 Target side Select the source virtual disk and then click W gt Set Clone R5 RAID Group 142 Qsan Document User Manual Ee Nsan d At this time if the source virtual disk has no snapshot space it will be allocated snapshot space for clone usage automatically The size will depend on the parameter of Cloning Options Start and Stop Clone To start clone please follow the procedures 1 Select the source virtual disk and then click W gt Start Clone 2 Click OK button The source virtual disk will take a snapshot and then start cloning Show snapshots for virtual disk SourceVD Show disk
124. hen click Disconnect For target properties including configuration of sessions Properties Gonnect Done select the target and click Properties E For configuration of devices associated with a target select Devices the target and then click Devices Si 4 It can connect to an iSCSI disk now Setup MPIO 1 If running MPIO please continue 2 Click Discovery tab to connect the second path 3 Click Discover Portal button Enter the IP address or DNS name of the target Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 168 a Qsan Document User Manual Discover Target Portal iSCSI Initiator Properties 192 168 21 1 3260 Default 4 Click OK button iSCSI Initiator Properties Connect To Target ign 2004 08 tw com qgsan dev0 ctri Connected 5 Click Targets tab select the second path and then click Connect button 6 Enable Enable multi path checkbox Then click OK button 7 Done it can connect to an iSCSI disk with MPIO Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 169 Je Qsan Document User Manual Setup MC S 1 If running MC S please continue 2 Select one target name click Properties button 3 Click MCS button to add additional connections iSCSI Initiator Properties xi Targets Discovery Favorite Targets Volumes and Devices RADIUS Configuration Quick Connect To
125. hich takes a few minutes CAUTION Be aware that when Controller Health LED is in RED please DO NOT plug out the controller from the system or turn off the power suddenly This may cause unrecoverable damage which will not be covered by warranty Power off the System If it becomes necessary to power down the system it is recommended using a normal controlled shutdown form through either the LCM or Web Ul to ensure all data is flushed from the cache first AegisSAN Q500 Chassis Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 51 _ Qsan Document User Manual i O Osan 1 Shutdown using LCM At the LCM Power off the system using a normal shutdown o Press ENT button o Press W down twice to show Reboot Shutdown and press ENT button o Press W down once to show Shutdown and press ENT button o Press A up once to highlight Yes and press ENT button System shutdown begins When shutdown process completes the power LED will turn off 2 Shutdown using Web UI Using the Web UI Select System Maintenance gt Reboot and Shutdown Click the Shutdown icon System shutdown begins When shutdown process completes the power LED will turn off 3 Shutdown using Power button The power button is located at the right front handle Forced shutdown press and hold for more than 4 seconds The power will be cut off immediately Graceful shutdown press one to initial
126. hnology Inc All Rights Reserved 123 Qsan Document User Manual i O Osan services with less hard drives purchased upfront which can significantly reduce your total cost of ownership Scalability storage pool can grow on demand When the storage pool RAID group has reached the threshold you set before Up to 32 RAID sets can be added to the RAID group to increase the capacity on demand without interrupting I O Each RAID set can have up to 64 physical disks Automatic space reclamation mechanism to recycle unused blocks The technology used here is called zero reclamation When a thin RG is created the initialization process will try to fill out all the storage pool space with zero This process will run in background with low priority in order not to impact the I O performance This is the reason why when there is no I O traffic from the hosts the hard drive LED will keep blinking as if there are I O activities The purpose of zero reclamation is that when the actual user data happens to have all zero in a basic allocation unit granularity the storage system will treat it as free space and recycle it Until the next time there is data update to this reclaimed all zero basic unit the storage system can swiftly return a basic unit from the free storage pool because it s already filled with zero An eco friendly green feature that helps to reduce energy consumption Hard drive is the top power consumer in a storage system Becau
127. ication will be changed without further notice For any update information please visit www QsanTechnology com and your contact windows Before reading this manual it assumes that you are familiar with computer skills such as hardware storage concepts and network technology It also assumes you have basic knowledge of Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID Storage Area Network SAN Fibre Channel FC Internet SCSI iSCSI Serial attached SCSI SAS Serial ATA SATA technology CAUTION Do not attempt to service change disassemble or upgrade the equipment s components by yourself Doing so may violate your warranty and expose you to electric shock Refer all servicing to authorized service personnel Please always follow the instructions in this user s manual Technical Support Thank you for using Qsan Technology Inc products if you have any question please e mail to Support QsanTechnology com We will answer your question as soon as possible Tips and Cautions This manual uses the following symbols to draw attention to important safety and operational information Symbol Meaning Description Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 3 Qsan Document User Manual Conventions Nsan TIP Tips provide helpful information guidelines or suggestions for performing tasks more effectively CAUTION Cautions indicate that failure to take a specified action could result in damage t
128. inst Therefore when you expose the snapshot into a virtual disk it becomes a thin provisioned virtual disk It will only take up the just the right amount of space to store the data not the full size of the virtual disk Convert traditional virtual disk to QThin and vice versa You can enjoy the benefits of QThin right now and right this moment Move all your existing fat provisioned virtual disks to thin provisioned ones Virtual disk clone function can be performed on both directions fat to thin and thin to fat depending on your application needs Figure 5 shows cloning a fat virtual disk to a thin one Clone Schedule Cone Statu v Giza WB H 4 RAID N A N A Fy mew m mn aO ren mz zen Select a Virtual Disk Target lt lt first lt prev 1 next gt 1 Name Size GB Status Health RAID RAID Group Thin VD 1000 Online Optimal RAIDO Thin RG 1 Figure 5 Clone between thin virtual disk and fat one QThin Options The following describes the thin provisioning options Threshold settings and capacity policies These are designed to simplify the management and better monitoring the storage usage You can set as many as 16 policies for each RAID group When space usage ratio grows over the threshold set in the policy the action will be taken and event log will be generated Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Re
129. ion for ntroller 3 el No TSIH Initiator Name Target Name InitialR2T Immed Data MaxOutR2T MaxDataBurstLen DataSeqginOrder DataPDUInOrder e BE 0x0001 ign 1991 05 com microsoft win 2tho0fj4mo km 2004 08 com qsantechnology p400q d316 000902cc0 dev0 ctr1 Yes Yes 1 262144 Yes Connection Details Disconnect This table shows the column descriptions Most of the options are standard parameters used in the negotiation between the initiator and target when an iSCSI connection is created Column Name TSIH Initiator Name Target Name InitialR2T Immed data MaxDataOutR2T MaxDataBurstLen DataSeginOrder DataPDU InOrder Description TSIH Target Session Identifying Handle is used for this active session It displays the host computer name It displays the controller name InitialR2T Initial Ready to Transfer is used to turn off either the use of a unidirectional R2ZT command or the output part of a bidirectional command The default value is Yes Immed data Immediate Data sets the support for immediate data between the initiator and the target Both must be set to the same setting The default value is Yes MaxDataOutR2T Maximum Data Outstanding Ready to Transfer determines the maximum number of outstanding ready to transfer per task The default value is 1 MaxDataBurstLen Maximum Data Burst Length determines the maximum SCSI data payload The default value is 256kb DataSeginOrder Data Sequence in Order determines if
130. is no idea of using LACP or Trunking uses Trunking first There is a request of monitoring the traffic on a trunk in switch S WEISS MPIO K H CAUTION Before using trunking or LACP the gigabit switch must support either trunking or LACP Otherwise host cannot connect the link with storage device Dual Controllers The Qsan storage system supports dual controllers of the same type for redundancy Controller 1 CTRL 1 is the master controller and controller 2 CTRL 2 is the slave by default CAUTION If you try to increase the system memory and running in dual controller mode please make sure both controllers have the same DIMM on each corresponding memory slot Failing to do so will result in controller malfunction which will not be covered by warranty Be aware that when the LED of the Controller Health is in RED please DO NOT unplug the controller from the system or turn off the power suddenly This may cause unrecoverable damage which will not be Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 133 a Qsan Document User Manual Nsan covered by warranty Perform I O Please refer to the following topology and have all the connections ready To perform I O on dual controllers server host should setup MPIO MPIO policy will keep I O running and prevent fail connection with single controller failure The following example shows the P400Q Dxxx series ISNS server Management R
131. ission level Read write Read only Virtual Disk The name of the virtual disk assigned to this LUN Number of The number of the active connection linked to the logical unit Session This option is only visible when the controller has iSCSI ports The options are available on this tab Attach LUN Attach a logical unit number to the virtual disk The options are available after attaching LUN WV gt Detach LUNs Detach a logical unit number from the virtual disk Take an example of attaching a LUN on P400Q series 1 Click the Attach LUN button Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 104 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan Attach LUN Attach a logical unit number LUM to a virtual disk Virtual Disk VD 01 30 GB Allowed Hosts S Add Host Target A LUN LUN 1 Permission Read only Read write OK Cancel 2 Select the Protocol FC models only 3 Select a Virtual Disk from the drop down list 4 Enter the Allowed Hosts with semicolons or click Add Host button to add one by one Fill in wildcard for access by all hosts Select a Target number from the drop down list Select a LUN from the drop down list Check the Permission level oS a ST i Click OK button The matching rules of access control are followed from created time of the LUNs The earlier created LUN is prior to the matching rules For example there are 2 LUN rules for
132. ity settings to enable VLAN Set VLAN ID LAN1 VLAN ID VLAN ID range 2 4094 Priority Priority range 0 7 OK Cancel o VLAN ID VLAN ID is a 12 bit number Its range is from 2 to 4094 while 0 1 and 4095 are reserved for special purposes o Priority The PCP Priority Code Point is a 3 bit number and reserved for QoS The definition complies with IEEE 802 1p protocol ranging from O to 7 with O as the default value In normal cases you don t need to set this value Using the default will do just fine ay TIP a NG La If iSCSI ports are assigned with VLAN ID before creating aggregation takes place aggregation will remove VLAN ID You need to repeat the steps to set VLAN ID for the aggregation group YV gt iSCSI IP Address Settings It can assign an iSCSI IP address of the iSCSI data port There are two options Use DHCP to acquire an IP address automatically or Specify a Static IP Address to set the IP address manually iSCSIIP Address Settings You can select DHCP to acquire an IP address automatically or select Static to specify an IP address manually Use DHCP Specify a Static IP Address IP Address 10 0 0 1 Subnet Mask 259 299 299 0 Gateway 10 0 0 254 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 79 Qsan Document User Manual EEE Osan s WV gt Make Default Gateway Set the gateway of the IP address as default gateway There can be only one defau
133. ize graceful shutdown Press 2nd time within 4 seconds to confirm and start graceful shutdown If there is no 2nd press within 4 seconds disable graceful shutdown and return to normal operating mode AegisSAN LX Q212 Q316 Q424 Chassis 1 Shutdown using LCM At the LCM Power off the system using a normal shutdown o Press ENT button o Press W down twice to show Reboot Shutdown and press ENT button o Press W down once to show Shutdown and press ENT button o Press A up once to highlight Yes and press ENT button System shutdown begins When the System Shutdown message is displayed turn the power switch to OFF O 2 Shutdown using Web UI Using the Web UI Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 52 op Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Select System Maintenance gt Reboot and Shutdown Click the Shutdown icon System shutdown begins When the System Shutdown message is displayed turn the power switch to OFF O Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 53 op Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Quick Setup Management Interfaces There are several management methods to manage the storage system described on the following Serial Console Use console cable NULL modem cable to connect from console port of the storage system to RS 232 port of the management PC The console settings are on the
134. ket Disk tool x1 Q460 Hardware This section provides basic information about the hardware components AegisSAN Q500 2U12bays AegisSAN Q500 3U16bays AegisSAN Q500 4U24bays KLEI ETETEN AegisSAN LX Q212 2U12bays AegisSAN LX Q424 4U24bays AegisSAN LX Q460 4U60bays Front View AegisSAN Q500 Chassis Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 15 _ Qsan Document User Manual eee Osan There is a power switch button at the right front handle a LCM with the USB interface at the left front handle Number Description 1 USB port This is designed specifically for USB LCM usage It DOES NOT offer external USB storage function 2 Access LED This indicates the host interface frontend connectivity not the hard drive activity Please be aware Blink There is host interface activity data O or management OFF There is no host interface activity 3 Status LED Red System failure Off System OK 1 2 Number Description 1 Power button Power LED Blue Power ON Off Power OFF 2 Reset button press within 2 seconds to reset the system to default settings The default resets include Admin password 1234 IP address DHCP Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 16 _ Qsan Document User Manual EEE Osan USB LCM comes as an optional device to Q500 series The standard SKU doesn t include
135. leared Failed to send event to lt email gt Description RG lt name gt has been created Failed to create RG lt name gt RG lt name gt has been deleted RG lt name gt has been renamed as lt name gt VD lt name gt has been created Failed to create VD lt name gt VD lt name gt has been deleted Name of VD lt name gt has been renamed to lt name gt Cache policy of VD lt name gt has been set as read only Cache policy of VD lt name gt has been set as write back Cache policy of VD lt name gt has been set as write through Size of VD lt name gt extends VD lt name gt has been LUN attached Failed to attach LUN to VD lt name gt VD lt name gt has been detached Failed to attach LUN from bus lt number gt SCSI ID lt number gt lun lt number gt VD lt name gt starts initialization VD lt name gt completes initialization Failed to complete initialization of VD lt name gt 159 INFO INFO WARNING INFO INFO ERROR INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO INFO ERROR INFO INFO INFO INFO DEBUG DEBUG DEBUG WARNING WARNING ERROR ERROR ERROR DEBUG WARNING DEBUG ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR INFO ERROR INFO INFO Qsan Document User Manual VD rebuild started VD rebuild finished VD rebuild failed VD migrate started VD migrate finished VD migrate failed VD scrub started VD scrub finished VD scrub aborted RG migrate started RG migrate
136. logy Inc All Rights Reserved 145 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan lt q VD Clone D Schedule clone Check threshold Manually start every hour clone by user Run out of Run out of snapshot space snapshot space Auto delete old Manually release clone snapshot snapshot space Auto restart an Restart clone hour later by user Start clone process with fully copy Done QReplicas QReplicas function can replicate data easily through LAN or WAN from one system to another Here is the replication operation At the beginning copy all data from the source virtual disk to target It is also called full copy Afterwards use snapshot technology to perform the incremental copy Please be fully aware that the incremental copy needs to use snapshot to compare the data difference Therefore the enough snapshot space for the virtual disk is very important Of course replication task can also be set as schedule The following table is the comparison with QReplica 1 0 and 2 0 QReplica 2 0 starts from AegisSAN LX FW 3 2 0 and AegisSAN Q500 FW 1 1 0 V2 0 V1 0 Replication port Any iSCSI data port Specified iSCSI port only Tasks per controller AegisSAN LX 32 tasks 8 tasks AegisSAN Q500 16 tasks MPIO 2 paths per task 2 paths per task MC S 4 connections per session N A Traffic shaping 8 traffic shapers can apply to N A
137. lt gateway To remove the default gateway click W gt Remove Default Gateway WV gt Enable jumbo frames It can enable the MTU Maximum Transmission Unit size The maximum jumbo frame size is 3900 bytes To disable jumbo frames click W gt Disable Jumbo Frames CAUTION VLAN ID jumbo frames for both the switching hub and HBA on host must be enabled Otherwise the LAN connection cannot work properly YV gt Ping host It can verify the port connection from a target to the corresponding host data port Input the host s IP address and click Start button The system will display the ping result Or click Stop button to stop the test Please input the host s IP address 192 168 55 2 Start Reply from 192 168 55 2 time lt ims Reply from 192 168 55 2 time lt lms Reply from 192 168 55 2 time lt ims Reply from 192 168 55 2 time lt ims Reply from 192 168 55 2 time lt lms Reply from 192 168 55 2 time lt ims Reply from 192 168 55 2 time lt lms Reply from 192 168 55 2 time lt ims YV gt Reset Port If the behavior of the port is abnormal try to reset port to make it normal Entity and iSCSI Settings The Entity and iSCSI Settings tab is used to view the entity name of the system and setup iSNS IP for the iSNS Internet Storage Name Service protocol It allows automated discovery management and configuration of iSCSI devices on a TCP IP network To use iSNS an iSNS server needs to be added to the SAN When thi
138. ment User Manual Nsan Queuing handle one by one The default value is Enabled The options are available on this tab Disk Health Check Check the health of the selected disks It cannot check the disks which are in used Disk Health Check Disk slot Select PD Stop disk health check when the bad block Hex number is greater than Cancel Disk Check Report Download the disk check report It s available after executing Disk Health Check Y gt Set Free Disk Make the selected hard drive be free for use V gt Set Global Spare Set the selected hard drive to global spare of all RIAD groups YV gt Set Local Spare Set the selected hard drive to local spare of the RIAD groups which locates in the same enclosure V gt Set Dedicated Spare Set a hard drive to dedicated spare of the selected RAID group V gt Upgrade Upgrade the firmware of the hard drive Y gt Disk Scrub Scrub the hard drive It s not available when the hard drive is in used Y gt Read Error Cleared Clean the read error of the hard drive VW gt Turn on off the indication LED Turn on the indication LED of the hard drive Click again to turn off V gt More information Display hard drive detail information Take an example to set the physical disk to dedicated spare disk 1 Check W gt Set Dedicated Spare at one physical disk Set Dedicated Spare No Name To
139. n a snapshot has been rollbacked the related snapshots which are earlier than it will also be removed But the rest snapshots will be kept after rollback If a snapshot has been deleted the other snapshots which are earlier than it will also be deleted The space occupied by these snapshots will be released after deleting Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 141 Clone a Qsan Document User Manual Osan Clone function can backup data from the source virtual disk to target Here is the clone operation At the beginning copy all data from the source virtual disk to target It is also called full copy Afterwards use snapshot technology to perform the incremental copy Please be fully aware that the incremental copy needs to use snapshot to compare the data difference Therefore the enough snapshot space for the virtual disk is very important Of course clone job can also be set as schedule Setup Clone Take an example of clone the virtual disk 1 Before cloning it must prepare backup target virtual disk In Virtual Disks tab click Create button Create a Virtual Disk Virtual Disk Name Data Storage Size Stripe Size KB Block Size Bytes Cache Mode Priority Bg Rate Read Ahead AV Media Mode Erase Disk Type And then select Disk Type to Backup Target SourceVD R5 y 10 cB N 64 iv 512 Ku O Write through Cache write back Cache DI Hig
140. n started Snapshot rollback of VD lt name gt has been finished The quota assigned to snapshot lt name gt is reached 161 Qsan Document User Manual INFO Snap clear space iSCSI Events Level Type INFO iSCSI login accepted INFO iSCSI login rejected INFO iSCSI logout recvd Battery Backup Events Level Type INFO BBM start syncing INFO BBM stop syncing INFO BBM installed INFO BBM status good INFO BBM status charging WARNING BBM status fail INFO BBM enabled INFO BBM inserted INFO BBM removed JBOD Events Level Type INFO PD upgrade started INFO PD upgrade finished WARNING PD upgrade failed INFO PD freed INFO PD inserted Warning PD removed ERROR HDD read error ERROR HDD write error ERROR HDD error ERROR HDD IO timeout INFO JBOD inserted WARNING JBOD removed WARNING JBOD SMART T E C WARNING JBOD SMART fail INFO JBOD CTR inserted WARNING JBOD CTR iremoved WARNING JBOD degraded Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Osan The snapshot space of VD lt name gt is cleared Description iSCSI login from lt IP gt succeeds iSCSI login from lt IP gt was rejected reason lt string gt iSCSI logout from lt IP gt was received reason lt string gt Description Abnormal shutdown detected start flushing battery backed data lt number gt KB Abnormal shutdown detected flushing battery backed data finished Battery backup module is detected Battery back
141. n tools are available in the Web UI and LCM Quick Installation guides you a easy way to create a volume Volume Creation Wizard provides a smarter policy to help users to create a volume If you are an advanced user you can skip these steps Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 61 a Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Quick Installation Tool This tool guides you through the process of setting up basic array information configuring network settings and the creation of a volume on the storage system Please make sure that it has some free hard drives installed in the system SAS drivers are recommended Physical 3 RAID Groups Virtual Disks Snapshots Logical Units QReplicas Show disk for Local sl Show disk size in G5 Y Slot Size GB RAID Group RAID Set Status Health Usage Vendor Serial Number Rate Write Cache Standby Read Ahead Command Queuing v 1 1862 N A Online Good Free WDC WD WCAVY4158095 SATA 6 0Gb s Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled v 2 1862 NIA Online Good Free WDC WD WCAVY3924333 SATA 6 0Gb s Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled y 3 1862 NIA Online Good Free WDC WD WCAVY4118479 SATA 6 0Gb s Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Disk Health Check 1 Click Quick Installation from the menu bar 2 Enter a System Name and set up the Date and Time Click Next button to proceed Quick Installation Step 1 System Settings Date and Time kl Change Date
142. napshot will expose to a directory as a disk image format ovssclient 7 Click Delete button to delete the snapshot Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 177 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Glossary and Acronym List Common Terminology Item Description RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks There are different RAID levels with different degree of data protection data availability and performance to host environment PD The Physical Disk belongs to the member disk of one specific RAID group RG Raid Group A collection of removable media One RAID group consists of a set of virtual disks and owns one RAID level attribute VD Virtual Disk Each RAID group could be divided into several virtual disks The virtual disks from one RAID group have the same RAID level but may have different volume capacity LUN Logical Unit Number A logical unit number LUN is a unique identifier which enables it to differentiate among separate devices each one is a logical unit GUI Graphic User Interface RAID cell When creating a RAID group with a compound RAID level such as 10 30 50 and 60 this field indicates the number of subgroups in the RAID group For example 8 disks can be grouped into a RAID group of RAID 10 with 2 cells 4 cells In the 2 cell case PD 0 1 2 3 forms one RAID 1 subgroup and PD 4 5 6 7 forms another RA
143. ns other than direct connections to the branch circuit e g use of power strips CAUTION The main purpose of the handles is for rack mount use only Do not use the handles to carry or transport the systems The ITE is not intended to be installed and used in a home school or public area accessible to the general population and the thumbscrews should be tightened with a tool after both initial installation and subsequent access to the panel Warning Remove all power supply cords before service This equipment intended for installation in restricted access location Access can only be gained by SERVICE PERSONS or by USERS who have been instructed about the reasons for the restrictions applied to the location and about any precautions that shall be taken Access is through the use of a TOOL or lock and key or other means of security and is controlled by the authority responsible for the location Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 5 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan CAUTION English Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by incorrect type Please replace the same or equivalent type battery use and dispose of used batteries according to the instructions ATTENTION French IL Y A RISQUE D EXPLOSION SI LA BATTERIE EST REMPLAC E PAR UNE BATTERIE DE TYPE INCORRECT METTRE AU REBUT LES BATTERIES USAGEES CONFORMEMENT AUX INSTRUCTIONS VORSICHT German Explosionsgefahr bei unsachgema
144. nt data loss when powering down the storage system it is recommended to execute Reset Shutdown gt Shutdown gt Yes to flush the data from the cache to the physical disks Web UI For remote management Qsan storage system uses a web graphic user interface to operate It supports most common web browsers Be sure to connect the LAN cable to the management port of the Qsan storage system The default IP setting is DHCP check the LCM to find the IP address If your network does not have DHCP server you will need to configure a static IP address Enter the IP address into your browser to display the authentication screen http lt P Address gt e g http 192 168 10 50 Welcome to QSAN admin ee English To access the Web UI you have to enter a user name and password The initial defaults for administrator login are User name admin Password 1234 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 57 Qsan Document User Manual Ee Nsan When the password has been verified the home page is displayed The following examples show the AegisSAN LX P400Q D316 Qsan MAKING DATA SMART P4000 D316 Lei System Configuration Indicators D iSCSI Configuration and Icons Ke Volume Configuration w Enclosure Management LY System Maintenance E Quick Installation g Volume Creation Wizard Menu Bar Options Operation Area Choose the functions from the Menu Bar on th
145. ntials El Use RADIUS to authenticate target credentials 9 Done Disconnect Multiple Connected Session MCS E 192 168 21 123 192 168 21 1 3 Connected Active 192 168 22 123 192 168 22 1 3 Connected Active 1 Select the target name click Disconnect button and then click Yes button iSCSI Initiator Properties ign 2004 08 tw com qsan dev0O ctr1 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 171 Qsan Document User Manual Q TE ae san 2 Done the iSCSI device disconnect successfully Microsoft VSS Introduction This document introduces how to perform VSS Volume Shadow copy Service function on Qsan systems It includes Qsan VSS installation and Qsan VSS client usage Software Contents Before start using VSS it is necessary to install the Qsan Storage Service software The software includes the following items 1 Multipath I O Driver MPIO 2 Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS optional 3 QVolume Shadow Copy Application optional this is an application for demo VSS function The software has two versions One is for 32 bits OS x86 the other is for 64 bit OS x64 It can be installed in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 2003 R2 2008 2008 R2 only Install MPIO VSS Software 1 Depend on your 32 bits or 64 bits operating system run Qsan_Storage_Service_Setup x x x x86 en msi or Qsan_Storage_Service_Setup x x x x64 en msi 2 Click Ne
146. o the software or hardware The following table describes the typographic conventions used in this manual Conventions Bold lt ltalic gt square brackets braces vertical bar Slash underline FCC and CE statements FCC Statement Description Indicates text on a window other than the window title including menus menu options buttons fields and labels Example Click OK button Indicates a variable which is a placeholder for actual text provided by the user or system Example copy lt source file gt lt target file gt Indicates optional values Example a b indicates that you can choose a b or nothing Indicates required or expected values Example a b indicates that you must choose either a or b Indicates that you have a choice between two or more options or arguments Indicates all options or arguments Indicates the default value Example a b This device has been shown to be in compliance with and was tested in accordance with the measurement procedures specified in the Standards and Specifications listed below and as indicated in the measurement report number xxxxxxxx F Technical Standard CE Statement FCC Part 15 Class A Verification IC ICES 003 This device has been shown to be in compliance with and was tested in accordance with the measurement procedures specified in the Standards and Specifications listed below and as indicated in the measurement report num
147. on LUN Logical Unit Number is a unique identifier in which users can access through SCSI commands Fibre Channel Concepts Fibre channel started use primarily in the supercomputer field but has become the standard connection type for storage area networks SAN in enterprise storage Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 37 Qsan Document User Manual FC device 1 target FC device 2 target The target is the storage device itself or an appliance which controls and serves volumes or virtual volumes The target is the device which performs SCSI commands or bridges to an attached storage device iSCSI Concepts iSCSI Internet SCSI is a protocol which encapsulates SCSI Small Computer System Interface commands and data in TCP IP packets for linking storage devices with servers over common IP infrastructures iSCSI provides high performance SANs over standard IP networks like LAN WAN or the Internet IP SANs are true SANs Storage Area Networks which allow several servers to attach to an infinite number of storage volumes by using iSCSI over TCP IP networks IP SANs can scale the storage Capacity with any type and brand of storage system In addition it can be used by any type of network Ethernet Fast Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet and combination of operating systems Microsoft Windows Linux Solaris Mac etc within the SAN network IP SANs also include me
148. on Warning Error gt Download Mute Buzzer Clear Controller Module Firmware Update JBOD Firmware Update Controller Mode Apply Reset Import or Export Import File Options Restore Reboot Shutdown Reboot options Both Controller 1 and Controller 2 Controller 1 Controller 2 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Confirm Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Confirm The System Configuration menu option is for accessing the System Settings Network Settings Login Settings Email Notification Settings and Log and Alert Settings option tabs System Settings System Settings Network Settings Login Settings Email Notification Settings Log and Alert Settings The System Settings tab is used to setup the system name and date The default system name is composed of the model name and the serial number of this system Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 71 Qsan Document User Manual al Nsan Change General System Settings On this screen you can change the name of the device set the current date and time manually or automatically using an NTP Network Time Protocol server and identify the device by flashing an indicator Date and Time C Change Date and Time GMT 08 00 Taipei 20140 1 Ms 2M iM 3220 5sH System Identification Flash the status light on the front display OK Apply The options are available on this tab System Name Change
149. onfirm the settings for your new volume below and click Finish RAID Level RAID 0 RAID Group Name QUICK12169 Volume Size GB 5586 The volume is created and named by the system automatically It is now available to use Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 69 Qsan Document User Manual Basic Configuration Interface Hierarchy Nsan This table describes the hierarchy of the web GUI Menu Bar System Configuration iSCSI Configuration This option is only visible when the controller has iSCSI ports Host Configuration This option is only visible when the controller has multiple interfaces Volume Configuration L1 System Settings Network Settings Login Settings Email Notification Settings Log and Alert Settings Network Setup Entity and ISNS Settings iSCSI Node Active Sessions CHAP Accounts Fibre Channel This option is only visible when the controller has FC ports Physical Disks RAID Groups Virtual Disks Snapshots Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved L2 Button or Menu System Name Date and Time System Indication MAC Address IP Address DNS Server Address Service Ports Login Options Admin Password User Password Email Settings Send Test Mail SNMP Trap Settings Windows Messenger Syslog Server Settings Admin Interface and Front Display Alerts Device Buzzer Show information for
150. oosing RAID level you may find that some drives are still available free status This phenomenon is the result of using smart design Take an example user chooses the RAID 5 level and the system has 12 200GB 4 80GB free drives inserted Generally if using all 16 drives for a RAID 5 group the maximum size of volume is 16 1 80GB 1200GB This wizard provides a Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 66 Qsan Document User Manual Ee Osan smarter check and searches the most efficient way of using free drives It uses 200GB drives only to provide 12 1 200GB 2200GB capacity the volume size is larger and less drives 1 Click Volume Creation Wizard from the menu bar 2 Choose a RAID Level The number in the brackets is the maximum capacity at the RAID level Volume Creation Wizard Step 1 The dropdown list below contains the levels and the amount of storage that will be available using that RAID method Please select the option that best suits your storage needs RAID 0 5588 GB RAID 1 186 GB RAID 3 3725 GB RAID 5 3725 GB Next gt Cancel 3 Select the default option Maximize the size of the RAID group or manual option Select the number of disks to use From the drop down list select either the RAID Group capacity combination desired Click Next button to proceed Volume Creation Wizard Step 2 You can either have the enclosure automa
151. ore available snapshot space If this option is checked the system will clear the snapshots of clone in order to release snapshot space automatically and the clone task will be restarted after an hour This task will start a full copy CAUTION The default snapshot space allocated by the system is two times the size of source virtual disk That is the best value of our suggestion If user sets snapshot space by manually and lower than the default value user should take the risk if the snapshot space is not enough and the clone job will fail Clear Clone To clear the clone job please follow the procedures 1 Select the source virtual disk and then click W gt Clear Clone 2 Click OK button to clear clone job Clone Constraint While the clone is processing manually the increment data of the virtual disk is over the snapshot space The clone will complete the task but the clone snapshot will fail At the next time when trying to start clone it will get a warning message This is not enough of snapshot space for the operation The user needs to clean up the snapshot space in order to operate the clone process Each time the clone snapshot failed it means that the system loses the reference value of incremental data So it will start a full copy at the next clone process When running out of the snapshot space the flow diagram of the virtual disk clone procedure will be like the following Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Techno
152. ority High Priority Medium Priority Low Priority Bg Rate 4 B Read Ahead Enabled D AV Media Mode Disabled Space Reclaim Enabled Disk Type RAID Backup Target Enter a Virtual Disk Name for the virtual disk Select a Data Storage from the drop down list Enter required Size Optionally configure the following O Stripe Size KB The options are 4KB 8KB 16KB 32KB 64KB The default value is 64KB Block Size Bytes The options are 512 to 65536 The default value is 512 bytes Cache Mode The options are Write through Cache and Write back Cache The default value is Write back Cache Priority The options are High Medium and Low Priority The default value is High priority Bg Rate Background task priority The higher number the background priority of a virtual disk has the more background I O will be scheduled to execute The options are 0 to 4 The default value is 4 Read Ahead The system will discern what data will be needed next based on what was just retrieved form disk and then preload this data into the disks buffer This feature will improve performance when the data being retrieved is sequential The default value is Enabled AV Media Mode Optimize for video editing The default value is Disabled Erase This option is available when the RAID group is not thin provisioning This option will wipe out old data in virtual disk to prevent that OS recognizes the old partition The options are Do No
153. ork Setup ou would like to bond tog Trunking LACH 10 0 0 1 200 200 299 0 10 0 0 254 MILANI MILAN Lanas Oana Lans LANG o Trunking Configures multiple iSCSI ports to be grouped together into one in order to increase the connection speed beyond the limit of a single iSCSI port o LACP The Link Aggregation Control Protocol is part of IEEE specification 802 3ad that allows bonding several physical ports together to form a single logical channel LACP allows a network switch to negotiate an automatic bundle by sending LACP packets to the peer The advantages of LACP are that it increases bandwidth usage and it automatically performs a failover when the link status fails on a port YV gt Set VLAN ID VLAN is a logical grouping mechanism implemented on switch device VLANs are collections of switching ports that comprise a single broadcast domain It allows network traffic to flow more efficiently within these logical subgroups Please consult your Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 78 _ Qsan Document User Manual EEE Nsan network switch user manual for VLAN setting instructions Most of the work is done at the switch part All you need to do is to make sure that your iSCSI port s VLAN ID matches that of switch port If your network environment supports VLAN you can use this function to change the configurations Fill in VLAN ID and Prior
154. percentage of battery level The system will shutdown either Shutdown Gattery level or Shutdown Delay Seconds reaches the condition User should set these values carefully The SES SCSI Enclosure Services one of the enclosure management standards tab is used to enable or disable the management of SES SCSI Enclosure Services SES SES is an enclosure management standard Use this screen to enable or disable SES Allowed Hosts Target LUN 0 0 Disable The options are available on this tab Enable Click the Enable button to enable SES Disable Click the Disable button to disable SES The SES client software is available at the following web site SANtools http www santools com Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 109 op Qsan Document User Manual Nsan S M A R T S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is a diagnostic tool for hard drives to deliver warning of drive failures in advance It provides users a chance to take actions before a possible drive failure Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology S M A R T Below is the current S M A R T information for the drives attached to this device S M A R T provides users with an opportunity to take action before possible drive failure Show information for Loca M Temperature Internal Case Y Slot HDD Rate Media Wea Reallocated Sec Erase Fail Un
155. ping over the member of RAID 3 volumes RAID 30 allows two hard drive failure or unplugging but in different arrays RAID 50 Striping over the member of RAID 5 volumes RAID 50 allows two hard drive failures or unplugging but in different arrays RAID 60 Striping over the member of RAID 6 volumes RAID 60 allows four hard drive failures or unplugging every two in different arrays JBOD The abbreviation of Just a Bunch Of Disks No data protection RG fails if any hard drive failures or unplugs Migrate and Move RAID Groups Migrate RAID Level function changes the RAID group to different RAID level or adds the member disks of the RAID group for larger capacity Usually the RAID group migrates to higher RAID level for better protection To do migration the total size of RAID group must be larger than or equal to the original RAID group The limitation is that it s not allowed expanding the same RAID level with the same physical disks of the original RAID group There is a similar function Move RAID Level which will move the member disks of the RAID group to totally different physical disks In addition thin provision RAID group cannot execute migrate or move it uses Add RAID Set to enlarge capacity Describe more detail in the Thin Provision section Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 119 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan Raid 0 300GB At least add two free EN e disk become raid 6 Raid 6 300GB 3
156. ple of setting shaping group de In QReplicas tab click Shaping Setting Configuration button Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 151 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 152 RB Qsan Document User Manual Ail Nsan Replica Shaping Setting Configuration Shaping Group Shaping Groupi Peak 100MB Off peak 200MB Peak 100 MB W Enable Off Peak ele ele os o7 os oa po e e ape slalelaiaisalelaialsi ales asi sa MARAA a a Tue Je li gi il sie IC OO DIEN DO wed IS il ai li gll OO O O 0 O 0 0 0 0 Thu i m ma a OOOO el el elei el gl Fri Ill MOO OOOO DI Sat BA fi BA B B EA A ot Ba B A ed Siekleleeier III HISISISISISI SIS EIS SIISlS 8 8 HEITE 2 Select a Shaping Group to setup 3 Input the bandwidth MB at the Peak time 4 If needed check Enable Off Peak and then input the bandwidth MB at Off Peak time And define the off peak hour 5 Click OK button 6 In QReplicas tab select the task and then click W gt Set Task Shaping QReplica Set Task Shaping BER Group 100MB Shaping Group3 100MB Shaping Group4 100MB Shaping Groupp 100MB Shaping Groupp 100MB Shaping Group 100MB Shaping Groups 100MB 7 Select a Shaping Group from the drop down list And then click OK button 8 The shaping group is applied to the replication task Schedule QReplica Task The replication ta
157. qsantechnology dev10 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 Sa 11 None ign 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev11 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 1 62 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 next gt last gt gt Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 81 _ Qsan Document User Manual eee Osan The options are available on this tab V gt Authentication Method CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol is a strong authentication method used in point to point for user login It s a type of authentication in which the authentication server sends the client a key to be used for encrypting the username and password CHAP enables the username and password to transmit in an encrypted form for protection AY TIF La A CHAP account must be added before you can use this authentication method Please refer to CHAP Accounts session to create an account if none exists To use CHAP authentication please follow the procedures o Select one of nodes from one controller o Chick W gt Authentication Method o Select CHAP from the drop down list Authentication Method Choose Authentication Method Select the authentication method that you would like to use for this node Authentication Method None OK Cancel o Click OK button
158. r to have access select one or multiple nodes If selecting none you can add it later by iSCSI Configuration gt iSCSI Nodes gt Users o Click OK button Challenge Handshake Authorization Protocol CHAP You can create CHAP users to protect your iSCSI targets from unauthorized access To create a user click on the Create User button below Users Access to Nodes YV gt Modify User Information Modify the selected CHAP user information W gt Delete User Delete the selected CHAP user Fibre Channel The Fibre Channel tab is used view the fibre channel information and change the link speed of FC It displays the Port ID Connection Mode Data Rate WWNN World Wide Node Name WWPN World Wide Port Name error count and the link status Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 86 Qsan Document User Manual Ee Nsan Show information for Controller 1 Name Port ID Connection Mode Data Rate WWNN WWPN Loss of Signal Loss of Sync Link Failure Invalid CRC Link y Poti 1 Arbitrated Loop 8 Gb s wo ae ee La 0 0 0 Up vy Pot2 1 Arbitrated Loop 8 Gb s ide mehta 0 0 0 0 Up vy Pot3 1 Arbitrated Loop 8 Gbis pial pated ediadl eee 0 0 0 0 Up sel Pots 1 Arbitrated Loop 8 Gb s oe mpfr tpt 0 0 0 0 Up ES The options are available on this tab Clear All Counters Clear all counters of all fibre channels VW gt Change Link Speed
159. r type Hardwar e Provider Id 4156a7d3 ebd5 4f51 8585 6495 7d6c9338 gt Version 1 6 Provider name Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1 0 Provider type System Provider Id b5946137 7hb9f 4925 af 86 Siabd66b26d5 gt Version 1 6 0 7 C Users Administrator gt Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 175 Qsan Document User Manual san Using QVSSClient 1 Format the disk and assign a drive letter S This volume is a Virtual disk which comes from Qsan storage system Click Start gt All Programs gt QSAN gt QVSSClient to run the application 2 Click Create button It will take a snapshot via VSS 3 During Qsan VSS Hardware Provider is in operation the volume icon will be displayed in yellow Sl OvSSClient EZ d Observe the event log on the Qsan storage system there is an associated snapshot through VSS INFO Fri 12 Nov 2010 16 34 55 LUN 61 is attached to VD INFO Fri 12 Nov 2010 16 34 54 VD has been created INFO Fri 12 Nov 2010 16 34 51 A snapshot on VD VSS_2 has been taken INFO Fri 12 Nov 2010 16 34 43 Set the snapshot space of VD VSS_2 to 204806 MB Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 176 Qsan Document User Manual san 5 Select the No 1 column and click Expose button then select a folder The s
160. ries 4 123 sep E Snapshot Working Volume Snapshot Volume 2pm Volume 2pm y Trarresactional Consistency MS Exchange A Rollback MS Exchange Server MS Exchange Server wo Vertue x Snapshot Copy We Vimy Snapshot Copy Snapshot Copy Services Services Services RPO 15 mins RTO 25 Bee 2 00 PM rege 7 15 PM E ld e PM Take a Snapshot Take an example of taking a snapshot Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 136 Qsan Document User Manual Ee Nsan 1 Before taking a snapshot it must reserve some storage space for saving variant data There are two methods to set snapshot space In Virtual Disks tab selects a virtual disk And then click W gt Set Snapshot Space or in Snapshots tab click Set Snapshot Space button Set Snapshot Space virtual Disk ce Available 3595GB Size 30 Minimum 4GB Free Capacity 35656B 2 Enter a Size which is reserved for the snapshot space and then click OK button The minimum size is suggested to be 20 of the virtual disk size Now there are two numbers in Snapshot Space GB column in Virtual Disks tab They mean used snapshot space and total snapshot space 3 There are two methods to take snapshot In Virtual Disks tab selects a virtual disk And then click W gt Take a Snapshot or in Snapshots tab click Take a Snapshot button 4 Enter a Snapshot Name and then cli
161. rmware versions in both controllers are the same The firmware versions are the same between the two controllers Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 114 Qsan Document User Manual Ee Nsan If the firmware versions between two controllers are different it will display the following message Click Apply button to synchronize The firmware versions are different between the two controllers To copy controller one s firmware to controller Two click the Apply button below TIP e La This tab is only visible when the dual controllers are installed A single controller system does not have this option Reset to Factory Defaults The Reset to factory defaults tab allows users to reset the system configurations back to the factory default settings Click the Reset button below to reset the system to the factory defaults The default values are Admin password 1234 IP address DHCP Configuration Backup The Configuration Backup is used to either save system configuration export or apply a saved configuration import Import or Export Import File Apply While the volume configuration settings are available for exporting to prevent conflicts and overwriting existing data they cannot be imported The options are available on this tab Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 115 RB Qsan Document User Manual Ee Nsan Impo
162. rt Import all system configurations excluding volume configuration Export Export all configurations to a file CAUTION Import option will import all system configurations excluding volume configuration and the current system configurations will be replaced Volume Restoration The Volume Restoration can restore the volume configuration from the volume creation history It is used for RAID group corrupt and tries to recreate the volume When trying to do data recovery the same volume configurations as original must be set and all member disks must be installed by the same sequence as original Otherwise data recovery will fail The volume restoration does not guarantee that the lost data can be restored Please get help from the expert before executing the function Restore the Volume Configuration The volume restoration can restore your previous volume configurations when a RAID group corruption or a mis delete occurs Before restoration please make sure that all the member disks are in guarantee all the lost data will be recovered Please contact for support before using this function 1 2 3456 ii next gt last gt gt RAID Group Name RAID Virtual Disk Volume Size GB Disks Used Disk Slot Time Event Log so et 23 er st anced Restore _ RAID 5 Local 1 2 3 2014 02 17 18 52 35 CST The virtual disk is created Ka 1 RAID5 1 100 3 Local 1 2 3 2014 02 17 18 52 29CST The virtual disk is created SS R5 RAID5 VD 02 50 1 Lo
163. rtual disk clone function which is a local data copy function between virtual disks to execute full copy at the first time Then move all the physical drives of the target virtual disk to the target system and then turn the cloning job into replication task with differential copy afterward Source Target To do that virtual disk clone transfers to QReplica please follow the procedures 1 Create a cloning job on an existing virtual disk with data stored already 2 It is better that there is no host connected to the source virtual disk Then run Set Clone Start Clone to synchronize the data between source and target virtual disks 3 After the data is synchronized change the cloning job to a QReplica task Select the source virtual disk and then click W gt Change QReplica Options Show disk size in GB Write Priority Bg Rate WE HI 4 Size GB Extend Verify Parity Clear Clone Start Clone Schedule Clone 4 The Clone status of the source virtual disk will be changed from the name of the target virtual disk into QRep Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 155 Qsan Document User Manual al Nsan Show disk size in GB 1 Name size GB Write Priority Bg Rate Type Clone Y sourceVD 10 WB HI 4 RAID QRep HM TargetVD 10 WB HI 4 BACKUP NIA CAUTION Changing a cloning job to a replication task is only available when the cloning job has b
164. s VirtualDisks Snapshots Logical Units QReplicas Physical Disks The Physical Disks tab provides the status of the hard drives in the system The two drop down lists at the top enable you to switch between the local system and any expansion JBOD systems attached The other is to change the drive size units MB or GB Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 89 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Show disk for Local V Show disk size in GB Y Slot Size GB RAID Group RAID Set Status Health Usage Vendor Serial Number Rate Write Cache Standby Read Ahead Command Queuing ez 1 1862 N A Online Good Free WDC WD WCAVY4158095 SATA6 0Gb s__ Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Ra 2 1862 N A Online Good Free WDC WD WCAVY3924333 SATA6 0Gb s Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled a 3 1862 N A Online Good Free WDC WD WCAVY4118479 SATA 6 0Gb s Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Disk Health Check This table shows the column descriptions Column Name Slot Size GB or MB RAID Group RAID Set Status Health Usage Vendor Serial Number Rate Write Cache Standby Read Ahead Command Description The position of a hard drive The button next to the number of slot shows the functions which can be executed Capacity of hard drive The unit can be displayed in GB or MB RAID group name The number of RAID Set N A The RAID group is traditional provisioning Number
165. s is done the iSNS server IP address must be added to the storage system for iSCSI initiator service to send queries to it Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 80 Qsan Document User Manual Osan The entity name is for a device or gateway that is accessible from the network The iSNS protocol allows automated discovery management and Entity Name and iSNS Configuration Information Entity Name iqn 2004 08 com qsantechnology iSNS IP Address 10 0 0 100 Apply To make changes enter the Entity Name and the iSNS IP Address and then click Apply iSCSI Nodes The iSCSI Nodes tab is used to view the target name for iSCSI initiator The various controllers support different number of multiple nodes list on the following AegisSAN Q500 Q500 F20 Up to 32 multiple nodes per controller Q500 F21 Up to 32 multiple nodes per controller Q500 F30 Up to 32 multiple nodes per controller Q500 P10 Up to 64 multiple nodes per controller Q500 P20 Up to 64 multiple nodes per controller AegisSAN LX F600Q Up to 32 multiple nodes per controller F630Q Up to 32 multiple nodes per controller P400Q Up to 128 multiple nodes per controller P600Q Up to 128 multiple nodes per controller The following example shows the P400Q series up to 128 multiple nodes Show information for Controller 1N 1 234 5 6 Z7 8 9 10 next g
166. se you can use less hard drives to achieve the same amount of work this translates directly to a huge reduction of power consumption and more green in your pocket Features Highlight The following describes the comparison with Fat and Thin provisioning Write on demand or allocate on demand This is the most distinctive function in thin provisioning You can see from the screenshots below Figure 1 shows there are two RAID groups created Fat RG is using traditional provisioning without QThin enabled and its size is 1862GB Thin RG is QThin enabled and its size is the same Name Total GB Free Capacity GB Available Size GB Thin Provisioning Fat RG 1662 1662 1662 Disabled M Thin RG 1862 1662 1662 Enabled Figure 1 No virtual disk is created Let s create a Virtual Disk on each RAID group with the same size of 1000GB respectively in Figure 2 and see what happen Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 124 Qsan Document User Manual eee a Osan size GB Write Priority Bg Rate Type Clone 1000 WE Hl 4 RAID NIA 1000 WE Hl 4 RAID NIA Figure 2 Virtual disks are created In Figure 3 the free space of Fat RG immediately reduces to 862GB 1000GB is taken away by the virtual disk However the free space of Thin RG is still 1862GB even though the same size of virtual disk is created from the RAID group Nothing is written to the virtual disk yet so no space is allocated
167. served 126 Qsan Document User Manual O i lf O Nsan Name Total GB Free Capacity GB Available Size GB Thin Provisioning Disks Used Disabled Enabled RAID Set Free Size GB Disks Used RAID Cell status Online Online Acton 60 Information Take no Action gt T0 Information Take no Action 50 Information Take no Action 65 Warning Reclaim Space d Waming Delete Snapshotsy 7 Waming De activate RAID Group e Figure 6 Capacity policy settings Automatic space reclamation to recycle unused space and increase utilization rate Automatic space reclamation will be automatically activated in RAID group initialization process or it can be set manually through capacity policy You can set as many as 16 policies When space usage ratio grows over the threshold set in the policy space reclamation will be enabled automatically at the background with the lowest priority or when the I O is low The resource impact is reduced to minimum Modify RAID Group Policy Level Information Action Take no Action Reclaim Space Delete Snapshots De activate RAID Group Figure 7 Space reclamation Thin Provisioning Case We suggest that you apply QThin to non critical production applications first Thin provisioning works well when the data written is thin friendly which means that the data written is not completely spread across the whole volume Applications that spread metad
168. size in GEB Name Used GB Status Health Exposure CLONEF5641 U N A Good No Set Snapshot Space Schedule Snapshots Take a Snapshot Cleanup Snapshots To stop clone please follow the procedures 1 Select the source virtual disk and then click W gt Stop Clone 2 Click OK button to stop cloning Schedule Clone The clone job can be set by schedule such as hourly or daily Please follow the procedures 1 Select the source virtual disk and then click W gt Schedule Clone 2 Check the schedules which you want They can be set by monthly weekly daily or hourly Click OK to apply Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 143 op Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Clone Set Clone Schedule Set Clone Schedule SourcevD LJ all Months in the Year L o1 O 02 OU 03 OU 04 los U os U o7 U 08 oo O 10O 11O 12 Weeks in the Month nfin 50304 5 eee LI Al Days of the Week LI Sun L Mon LI Tue L Wed L Thu U fri L sat C Al LI oo Co O 02 L 03 wunnen Hes HoHo Ho 112 013 1415 i16 U17 O i8 19 20 LJ 21 LJ 22 23 Minutes in the Hour C all C oo O 15 O 30 U 45 OK Cancel TIP iz e La Daily clone will be taken at every 00 00 Weekly clone will be taken every Sunday 00 00 Monthly clone will be taken every first day of month 00 00 Cloning Options There are three clone options described on the following Cloning Options Snapshot Space 2 Threshold 50
169. sk can be set by schedule such as hourly or daily Please follow the procedures 1 In QReplicas tab select the task and then click W gt Schedule 2 Check the schedules which you want They can be set by monthly weekly daily or hourly Click OK to apply Qsan Document User Manual Ee Nsan QReplica Set a QReplica Schedule Set a OReplica Schedule SourceVD Il Months in the Year C o1 O 02 O 03 O 04 los U o6 U o7 U 08 oo O10 11O 12 Weeks in the Month See 50304 Ls LI all Days of the Week CI sun L Mon LI Tue L Wed L Thu fri L sat LI Al Coo 01 C o2 O 03 Hours in the Day wi zoe de de 112 O13 O 14 15 16 O17 O 18 U 19 LJ 20 LJ 21 O 22 O 23 Minutes in the Hour C Al C oo O 15 O 30 O 45 gt N TIP e EE Daily replication will be taken at every 00 00 Weekly replication will be taken every Sunday 00 00 Monthly replication will be taken every first day of month 00 00 QReplica Options There are three QReplica options described on the following QReplica Options Snapshot Space 2 Threshold 50 Restart the task an hour later if it failed W Enabled Snapshot Space This setting is the ratio of the source virtual disk and snapshot space If the ratio sets to 2 it means when the replication process is starting the system will book the free RAID group space to set as the snapshot space which capacity is double the source virtual disk automatically The options are 0 5 3
170. t User Manual Q EE san RO IDG E 139 Kiel Elei t CONSE EH EE 139 Reeg 142 SI te ee E 142 Start and Stop Cl EE 143 eoe E CONE E 143 EE 144 Cear en e sete san anayine seme neangaraatacis sdesa E merida tan oncay E 145 Gone CONS Ce E 145 SEENEN 146 Create e TC NK 147 Kul Eeer e e Ta Gere et he Oe ne ne en ee en ee ee eee 150 PV co EE shan cau E ni es arecacies sing EEA E E E ET R i eoadeeqdue O E 150 Ve a EE A EET seagate N E E EE E E E E E E 151 E ET e EE 151 Kielen CR 152 BI alte e 153 Dere OREI TE ee 154 Clone Transfers deele EE 154 Chapter 6 e e leien UE 157 SV STEM BUZZER ege eut EELER EE Eege 157 EVENT en len EC 157 Chapter 7 SOFTWARE RECHNEN 167 Vulle eer Wee ug rei 167 eieiei e WEEN E E 167 STT RAP E 168 Ee EE 170 SMS E 171 Vulle eet 172 MOGUCOM sessios i A E E 172 Software CONTENTS cccccccsssssseeccccccaeeeseecccceesaaesseeeeeeeesaeesseeeeeeesseeesseeeeeessseeusseseeesssauasseeeeeessuaagaeeeees 172 It et Te e WW a esse ssc tee eats ccete ence nat eects saeco sans awe seo Saab iets csee boone 172 SEENEN 176 GLOSSARY AND ACRONYM LIST E 178 Jl 3 SE 180 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 10 Qsan Document User Manual Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Gear 11 op Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Overview Product Overview This user manual describes how to set up and use the Qsan storage systems There
171. t last gt gt ID Auth Node Name Portal Alias el 0 None ign 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev0 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 RS a 1 None iqn 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev1 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 Sa 2 None iqn 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev2 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 Sa 3 None iqn 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev3 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 v 4 None iqn 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev4 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 ee 5 None iqn 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev5 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 el 6 None ign 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev6 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 EE T None iqn 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev7 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 A 8 None iqn 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev8 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 el 9 None ign 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev9 ctr1 10 0 0 1 3260 10 0 0 2 3260 10 0 0 3 3260 10 0 0 4 3260 10 0 0 5 3260 10 0 0 6 3260 ED 10 None iqn 2004 08 com
172. t 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 148 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan QReplica Set iSCSI Authentication Information Choose Authentication Method No Authentication Method O Max 223 Min 12 Max 16 Select a Target Node No Name 1 iqn 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev0 ctr1 Next gt gt Cancel 9 Select a Target LUN When a replication job completes it will take a snapshot on its target virtual disk Please make sure the snapshot space of the backup virtual disk on the target side is properly configured Finally click Finish button QReplica Select a Target LUN When a replication job completes it will take a snapshot on its target virtual disk Please make sure the snapshot space of the backup virtual disk on the target side is properly configured No LUN Virtual Disk Size GB Vendor Model Serial Number 1 1 TargetVD 10 Qsan P400Q D212 20f3001378900640 lt lt Back Finish Cancel 10 The replication task is created Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 149 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Size MB Task No EZ Status Source Virtual Disk Shaping Speed MB N A 0 Target Virtual Disk TargetVD SourceVD Task SourceVD Path No Source NIC Target IP Target Name iqn 2004 08 com qsantechnology dev0 ctr1
173. t Erase erase First 1GB or Full Disk The default value is Don Not Erase Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 100 Qsan Document User Manual Q EE sam Space Reclaim This option is available when the RAID group is thin provisioning There are Enabled or Disabled The default value is Enabled Disk Type Select type for normal or backup usage The options are RAID for general usage and Backup Target for Clone or QReplica The default value is RAID 6 Click OK button to create the virtual disk 7 At the confirmation message click OK button Snapshots In AegisSAN Q500 the maximum number of virtual disks in a RAID group is 96 The maximum host number per virtual disk is 16 The maximum host number per controller is 64 The maximum virtual disk number in a system is 2048 The max virtual disk number for snapshot is 32 e In AegisSAN LX F600Q F630Q P400Q P600Q the maximum number of virtual disks in a RAID group is 96 The maximum host number per virtual disk is 16 The maximum host number per controller is 128 The maximum virtual disk number in a system is 4096 The max virtual disk number for snapshot is 64 CAUTION If shutdown or reboot the system when creating a virtual disk the erase process will stop The Snapshots tab provides to create modify delete or view the status of snapshot The two drop down lists at the top enable you to switch the virtual disks The other is to
174. t SATA drives for the redundant JBOD model the 6G MUX board is required The 3G MUX board does not apply to this model 5 The following table is the maximum JBOD numbers and maximum HDD numbers with different chassis can be cascaded AegisSAN Q500 Q500 F20 Q500 F21 Q500 F30 Q500 P10 Q500 P20 series RAID Storage System O a D212 D316 D424 J300Q D212 no 20 20 19 i ee ne a J300Q D316 no 15 15 14 i OO J300Q D424 no 10 10 9 i oo EE AegisSAN LX F600Q P400Q P600Q series RAID Storage System h CO Osa D212 D316 D424 D460 J300Q D212 no 20 20 19 J300Q D316 no 15 15 14 ee ee J300Q D424 no 10 10 9 i ee eg J300Q D460 no 3 EC e Upgrade Firmware Before upgrade it recommends to use System maintenance gt Configuration Backup tab to export all configurations to a file To upgrade the firmware of JBOD please follow the procedures 1 In System Maintenance gt Upgrade tab choose an JBOD first and then click Browse to select the firmware file Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 129 Qsan Document User Manual Ee Nsan JBOD Firmware Update Choose an JBOD Select the firmware file for the upgrade Browse Apply 2 Click Apply button it will pop up a warning message click OK button to start upgrading the JBOD firmware 3 After finished upgrading the JBOD system must reboot manually to make the new firm
175. tach LUNs List LUNs Set Clone Set Snapshot Space Cleanup Snapshots Take a Snapshot Scheduled Snapshots List Snapshots More information Set Snapshot Space Scheduled Snapshots Take a Snapshot 70 Qsan Document User Manual Enclosure Management System Maintenance Quick Installation Volume Creation Wizard System Configuration Logical Units QReplicas Hardware Monitor UPS SES S M A R T System information Event log Upgrade Firmware Synchronization This option is only visible when dual controllers are inserted Reset to Factory Default Configuration Backup Volume Restoration Reboot and Shutdown Nsan Cleanup Snapshots Options Set Quota Rollback Delete Attach LUN Options Detach LUN Create Rebuild QReplica Options Shaping Setting Configuration Options Start Stop Set Task Shaping Add Path Delete Path Schedule Delete Add Connection Delete Connection Show information for lt Local JBODn gt Temperature Internal Case lt C F gt Controller 1 Monitors Controller 2 Monitors Backplane Options Auto Shutdown UPS Type Shutdown Battery Level Shutdown Delay Seconds Shutdown UPS UPS Status UPS Battery Level Enable Disable Show information for lt Local JBODn gt Temperature Internal Case lt C F gt Download System Information Event Log Level to Show lt Informati
176. tal GB Free Capacity GB Disks Used Number of Virtual Disk Status Health RAID eo R1 1862 1862 2 0 Online Good RAID 1 OK Cancel 2 If there is any RAID group which is in protected RAID level and can be set with dedicate spare disk select one RAID group and then click OK button Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 91 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan In AegisSAN Q500 and AegisSAN LX the maximum number of physical drives in a system is 256 RAID Groups The RAID Groups tab provides to create modify delete or view the status of the RAID groups Use the drop down list at the top to change the drive size units MB or GB Select the traditional RAID group it displays on the following Show RAID size in is Name Total GB Free Capacity GB Available Size GB Thin Provisioning Disks Used Number of Virtual Disk Status Health RAID Current Controller Preferred Controller v RO 1862 1862 1862 Disabled 1 0 Online Good RAID 0 Controller 1 Controller 1 R1 1862 1862 1862 Enabled 2 0 Online Good RAID 1 Controller 1 Controller 1 This table shows the column descriptions Column Name Name Total GB or MB Free Capacity GB or MB Available Size GB or MB Thin Provisioning Disks Uses Number of Virtual Disk Status Health RAID Current Controller This option is Description RAID group name Total capacity of the RAID group The
177. ted Auto clone task lt string gt Auto clone task Snapshot lt name gt is not found for VD lt name gt Description Replication portal is enabled Replication portal is disabled VD lt name gt starts replication process VD lt name gt finished replication process The replication in VD lt name gt failed The replication in VD lt name gt was aborted VD lt name gt has been configured as a replica VD lt name gt has been configured as a RAID volume The replica of VD lt name gt has been designated The replica of VD lt name gt is no longer designated Auto QReplica task QReplica is not enabled for VD lt name gt Auto QReplica task lt string gt Auto QReplica task Snapshot lt name gt is not found for VD lt name gt 165 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan INFO Source replicate Remote VD lt name gt starts replicating to VD lt name gt started INFO Source replicate Remote VD lt name gt finished replication to VD lt name gt finished INFO Source replicate Remote VD lt name gt failed replication to VD lt name gt failed INFO Source replicate Remote VD lt name gt aborted replication to VD lt name gt aborted QThin Events Level Type Description WARNING RG threshold hit The used capacity of RG lt name gt exceeds lt number gt percent INFO RAID set created RAID set lt number gt has been added into RG lt name gt INFO RAID set deleted RAID set lt number gt was delet
178. the same VD one is LUN 0 and the other is iqn host1 LUN 1 The host iqn host2 can login successfully because it matches the rule 1 Wildcard and are allowed in this field can replace any word can replace only one character For example iqn host gt iqn host1 and iqn host2 are accepted iqn host gt iqn host1 and iqn host12345 are accepted This field cannot accept comma so iqn host1 iqn host2 stands a long string not 2 ons N TIP La In AegisSAN Q500 the maximum LUN number is 2048 In AegisSAN LX F600Q F630Q P400Q P600Q the maximum LUN number is 4096 Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 105 Qsan Document User Manual a a Osan Enclosure Management The Enclosure Management menu option is for accessing the Hardware Monitor UPS SES and S M A R T option tabs See oe UPS ses SMART For the enclosure management there are many sensors for different purposes such as temperature sensors voltage sensors hard disk status fan sensors power sensors and LED status Due to the different hardware characteristics among these sensors they have different polling intervals Below are the details of the polling time intervals Temperature sensors 1 minute Voltage sensors 1 minute Hard disk sensors 10 minutes Fan sensors 10 seconds When there are 3
179. tically maximize the size of your RAID group based on the available disks or you can select the number of disks that you would like to include Note The maximum number of disks in a RAID group is 64 Maximize the size of the RAID group Select the number of disks to use New 1 Disk 1862 GB New Disk 3725 GB Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 67 a Qsan Document User Manual Nsan 4 Enter the Volume Size GB desired that is less than or equal to the default available size shown Then click Next button Volume Creation Wizard Step 3 Enter the size you would like the volume to be on your new RAID The maximum size is the size of your RAID group 5568 Volume Size GB 5588 5 Use LBA 64 support It depends on the operation system Message from webpage d Ej Use LBA 64 support SI Choose OK if using operating system such as a 64bit version of Windows Windows Server 2003 SP 1 or later Linux with at least a 2 6 x kernel or FreeBSD 5 2 1 or later If you choose Cancel then the sector size will change to 4K and the maximum capacity will be limited to 16 TB The volume can also not be used as a dynamic disk L 2 ee 6 Finally verify the selections and click Finish button if they are correct Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 68 Qsan Document User Manual Volume Creation Wizard Confirm Please c
180. tion Reset to Factory Defaults Configuration Backup Volume Restoration Reboot and Shutdown System Information The System Information provides to display system information It includes CPU Type installed System Memory Firmware Version SAS IOC Firmware No SAS Expander Firmware No MAC SAS Address Controller Hardware No Master Controller Backplane ID JBOD MAC SAS Address Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 110 a Qsan Document User Manual Nsan Status Error Message This item is only visible when the system status is Degraded or Lockdown QReplica and QThin status CPU Type System Memory Firmware Version SAS IOC Firmware No SAS Expander Firmware No MAC SAS Address Controller HW No Master Controller Serial Number S N Backplane ID and HW No JBOD MAC SAS Address Status QReplica QThin Information Intel R Xeon R CPU C3528 1 73GHz Slot 1 ECC Unbuffered DDR II 4096MB Slot 2 ECC Unbuffered DDR II 4096MB P6000 D316 3XX 11 00 00 00 Local Controller 1 1120 Controller 2 1120 001378674C00 Controller 1 5001373005909780 Controller 2 50013780059093C0 Controller 1 1 14 Controller 2 1 14 Controller 1 Q5316 0x316 1 0 No JBOD is connected Normal Activated Activated Download System Information This table shows the status descriptions Status Description Normal Dual controllers and JBODs are in normal stage Degraded One
181. tivity on the loop to be interrupted The failure of one device causes a break in the ring Fibre Channel hubs exist to connect multiple devices together and may bypass failed ports A loop may also be made by cabling each port to the next in a ring o Fabric Switched Fabric FC SW All devices or loops of devices are connected to Fibre Channel switches similar conceptually to modern Ethernet implementations Advantages of this topology over FC P2P or FC AL include Attribute Point to Point Arbitrated Loop Switched Fabric Max ports 2 127 16777216 2 24 Address size N A 8 bit ALPA 24 bit port ID Side effect of port Link fails Loop fails until port N A failure bypassed Mixing different link No No Yes rates Frame delivery In order In order Not guaranteed Access to medium Dedicated Arbitrated Dedicated Reference from http en wikipedia org wiki Fibre Channel YV gt Node Configuration Set the selected fibre channel for multi nodes configuration Check the nodes which can be accessed by the host Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 88 op Qsan Document User Manual Osan Node Configuration Node List W Node 1M Node 2 M Node 3 M Node A kl Node 5 W Node 6 W Node 7 W Node 8 kl Node 9 W Node 10M Node 11 W Node 12 W Node 13 M Node 14 M Node 15 W Node 16 W Node 17 M Node 18 M Node 19 M Node 20 W Node 21 M Node 22 M Node 23 M Node 24 W Node 25 N Node 26 W Node 27 W
182. uding firmware version and amount of RAM Alarm Mute Mutes an alarm after an error occurs Reset Shutdown Reset or shutdown the system Quick Install Provide quick steps to create a volume Volume Wizard Provide smart steps to create a volume View IP Setting Display current IP address subnet mask and gateway Change IP config Set IP address subnet mask and gateway There are 2 options DHCP Get IP address from DHCP server or static IP Enc Management Shows the enclosure data for physical disk temperatures fan status and power supply status Reset to Default Reset the system to default settings The default resets include Admin password 1234 IP address DHCP WARNING or ERROR events displayed on the LCM are automatically filtered by the LCM default filter The filter setting can be changed in the Web UI under System Configuration gt Log and Alert Settings Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 55 Qsan Document User Manual This table displays the LCM menu hierarchy Main L1 System Info Alarm Mute Reset Shutdown Quick Install only available if not already set Volume Wizard only available if not already set lt IP Addr gt Qsan lt Model gt AY View IP Setting Change IP Config Enc Management Reset to Default L2 Firmware Version lt n n n gt RAM Size lt nnnn gt MB AYes Nov Reset Shutdown lt RAID O RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID
183. up module is good Battery backup module is charging Battery backup module is failed Battery backup feature is lt string gt Battery backup module is inserted Battery backup module is removed Description JBOD lt name gt PD lt string gt starts upgrading firmware process JBOD lt name gt PD lt string gt finished upgrading firmware process JBOD lt name gt PD lt string gt upgrade firmware failed JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt has been freed from RG lt name gt JBOD lt name gt disk lt slot gt is inserted into system JBOD lt name gt disk lt slot gt is removed from system JBOD lt name gt disk lt slot gt read block error JBOD lt name gt disk lt slot gt write block error JBOD lt name gt disk lt slot gt is disabled JBOD lt name gt disk lt slot gt gets no response JBOD lt name gt is inserted into system JBOD lt name gt is removed from system JBOD lt name gt disk lt slot gt S M A R T Threshold Exceed Condition occurred for attribute lt string gt JBOD lt name gt disk lt slot gt Failure to get S M A R T information Controller lt number gt of JBOD lt name gt is inserted into system Controller lt number gt of JBOD lt name gt is removed from system JBOD lt name gt is in degraded mode 162 Qsan Document User Manual Nsan INFO PD dedicated spare Assign JBOD lt name gt PD lt slot gt to be the dedicated spare disk of RG lt name gt INFO PD
184. ure Set quota to expose the snapshot Click W gt Set Quota option Time Created Tue Feb 11 17 32 24 2014 Set Quota Size 26 Available Space 26 GB maximum capacity for writing Attach LUN to the snapshot Attach LUN Attach a logical unit number LUN to a virtual disk Virtual Disk SnapVD 01 30 GB Allowed Hosts Target 0 LUN LUN 1 Permission Read only Read write Done The Snapshot can be used Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Enter a size which is reserved for the snapshot If the size is zero the exposed snapshot will be read only Otherwise the exposed snapshot can be read written and the size will be the 103 a Qsan Document User Manual Osan TIP CS e La In AegisSAN Q500 and AegisSAN LX the maximum snapshot number per virtual disk is 64 Logical Units The Logical Units tab provides to attach detach or view the status of logical unit numbers for each virtual disk The following example shows the P400Q series Allowed Hosts an Virtual Disk Number of Session z Read write v ign 1991 05 com microsot 0 Read only Attach LUN This table shows the column descriptions Column Name Description Allowed Hosts The FC node name iSCSI node name for access control or a wildcard for access by all hosts Target The number of the target LUN The number of the LUN assigned Permission The perm
185. uzzer Check it to disable the device buzzer Uncheck it to activate the device buzzer When it is done click Apply button Host Port iSCSI Configuration The Host port iSCSI Configuration menu option is for accessing the Network Setup Entity and ISNS Settings iSCSI Nodes Active Sessions CHAP Account and Fibre Channel This option is only visible when the controller has Fibre Channel ports option tabs Weme Entity and ISNS Settings iSCSI Nodes Active Sessions CHAP Accounts Fibre Channel Network Setup The Network Setup tab is used to change IP addresses of iSCSI data ports The various controllers have different iSCSI ports list on the following AegisSAN Q500 Q500 F20 2 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller Q500 F21 2 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller Q500 F30 2 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller Q500 P10 6 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller Q500 P20 2 x 10GbE iSCSI ports 2 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller AegisSAN LX F600Q 2 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller F630Q 2 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller P400Q 6 x GbE iSCSI ports per controller P600Q 2 x 10GbE iSCSI ports 2 x GbE iSCSI port per controller These network ports must be assigned IP addresses then they can be used For better performance or fault tolerance reason they can be bonding as Trunking or LACP These bonding network ports share a single IP address The following example shows the P400Q series 6 x GbE iSCSI ports
186. vent the accidental tipping or the rack causing damage or personal injury Install the Disk Drives Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 44 Qsan Document User Manual eee eS Nsan Connect the management port cable and data port cables on the network plan the topology examples are on the following AegisSAN Q500 F20 F30 Management PC APC Smart UPS Optional i UI FC switch EI To J300Q Dxxx Net cable To 3300Q Dxxx RS 232 cable SAS cable FC cable AegisSAN Q500 F21 Management APC Smart UPS Optional To J300Q Dxxx Net cable To 3300Q Dxxx RS 232 cable SAS cable FC cable Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 45 3 Qsan Document User Manual e sam AegisSAN Q500 P10 iSNS server Management Recom PC mended APC Smart UPS Optional Gigabit switch Hr swith HO To J300Q Dxxx Net cable To J300Q Dxxx keng RS 232 cable lt SAS cable AegisSAN Q500 P20 iSNS server Management Recom PC mended APC Smart UPS Optional 10 GbE switch To J300Q Dxxx Net cable To 3300Q Dxxx RS 232 cable SAS cable FC cable Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 46 ap Qsan Document User Manual Nsan AegisSAN LX F600Q Management APC Smart UPS Optional To J300Q Dxxx Net cable To 3300Q Dxxx RS 232 cable SAS cable
187. ware took effect MPIO and MC S These features come from iSCSi initiator They can be setup from iSCSI initiator to establish redundant paths for sending I O from the initiator to the target MPIO In Microsoft Windows server base system Microsoft MPIO driver allows initiators to login multiple sessions to the same target and aggregate the duplicate devices into a single device Each session to the target can be established using different NICs network infrastructure and target ports If one session fails then another session can continue processing I O without interruption to the application MPIO Multiple sessions between initiator and target Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 130 Qsan Document User Manual ee SO Osan Mc s MC S Multiple Connections per Session is a feature of iSCSI protocol which allows combining several connections inside a single session for performance and failover purposes In this way I O can be sent on any TCP IP connection to the target If one connection fails another connection can continue processing I O without interruption to the application MC S Multiple Connections per Session SCSi layer SCSiM layer i l iSCSI layer iSCSI layer i i t i iSCSI iSCSI iSCSI iSCSI iSCSI layer layer layer layer layer TCP IP TCPAP TCPAP i t l E mne Wf W Rue ee messen Es ee Difference MC S is implemented on iSCSI level while M
188. write through for protecting data and the ownership of RAID group will switch to good one For example if controller 1 which owns the RAID group 1 fails accidently the ownership of RAID group 1 will be switched to controller 2 automatically And the system and data can keep working well After controller 1 is fixed or replaced The current owner of all RAID groups will be asigned back to their prefered owner Lockdown Dual controller mode The firmware of two controllers is different or the size of memory of two controllers is different In this stage only master controller can work and I O will force to write through for protecting data Single Single controller mode In the stage the controller must stay in slot A and MUX boards for SATA drives are not necessary The differences between single and degraded are described on the following There is no error message for inserted one controller only I O will not force to write through And there is no ownership of RAID group Change Controller Mode The operation mode can be changed from Single to Dual or vice versa Here is the procedures 1 2 In System Maintenance gt Upgrade tab choose Single or Dual in the drop down list Operation Mode Click Apply button it will pop up a warning message click OK button to confirm Recommend iSNS Server In addition iSNS server is recommended It s important for keeping I O running smoothly when the ownership of the RAID group
189. xt button Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 172 Qsan Document User Manual Services Setup Welcome to the Qsan Storage Services Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard will install Qsan Storage Services on your computer Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit the Setup Wizard 3 Check I accept the terms in the License Agreement and then click Next button i Qsan Storage Services Setup End User License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully amp Qsan Common Public License Version 1 0 THE ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS COMMON PUBLIC LICENSE AGREEMENT ANY USE REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM CONSTITUTES RECIPIENT S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT 1 DEFINITIONS Contribution means M_I accept the terms in the License Agreement em zs Us ze 4 Click Browse button to change the installation directory Default is C Program Files Qsan Then click Next button Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 173 a Qsan Document User Manual LL __ E i Qsan Storage Services Setup Custom Setup Select the way you want features to be installed 5 Click Install button re Qsan Storage Services Setup 6 Click Finish button the installation completes Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Technology Inc All Rights Reserved 174 _ Qsan Document User Manual EE Nsan Storage
190. y Thin provisioning allocates storage space that may or may not exist The whole idea is actually another way of virtualization Virtualization is always about a logical pool of physical assets and provides better utilization over those assets Here the virtualization mechanism behind thin provisioning is storage pool The capacity of the storage pool is shared by all volumes When write requests come in the space will be drawn dynamically from this storage pool to meet the needs Physical space Actual data Thun provisioning space Wen zm zm pm mmm E Available space Disks not purchased Qsan Thin Provisioning The Benefits of QThin The benefits of QThin are described on the following Less disk purchase is needed initially when setting up a new storage system You don t need to buy more capacity to meet your future data growth at present time Usually hard drive price declines as time progresses You can buy the same hard drives with cheaper price at a later time Why not save money upfront while you can No stranded storage capacity better utilization efficiency and lower total cost of ownership QThin can make full use of the stranded capacity that traditional provisioning can t All free capacity can be made available to other hosts A single storage system can serve more hosts and servers to achieve high consolidation ratio QThin can help you achieve the same level of Copyright 2004 2014 Qsan Tec

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