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Manual is about: iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA RAID Subsystem

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual revision 1.0

  • Page 2: Table of Contents

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 2 user manual table of contents preface ............................................................................................................................. 6 before you begin .................................................................................

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 3 3.4 connecting the iscsi raid subsystem to the network ......................................................... 56 3.5 powering on ........................................................................................................................

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 4 user manual 5.4.5 logical unit ............................................................................................................................................... 104 5.4.6 example .......................................................................

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 5 6.10.2 ownership ............................................................................................................................................... 144 6.10.3 controller status ..............................................................

  • Page 6: Preface

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 6 user manual preface about this manual this manual provides information regarding the quick installation and hardware features of the raid subsystem. This document also describes how to use the storage management software. Information contained in the manual has...

  • Page 7: Before You Begin

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 7 before you begin before going through with this manual, you should read and focus to the following safety guidelines. Notes about the subsystem’s controller configuration and the product packaging and delivery are also included. Safety guidelines to...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 8 user manual the shipping package contains the following: iscsi raid subsystem unit 60 pairs of hdd side brackets three (3) power cords ten (10) ethernet lan cables two (2) external null modem cables one (1) disk tool key of top cover.

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 9 note: if any damage is found, contact the dealer or vendor for assistance. Screws user manual.

  • Page 10: Chapter 1   Introduction

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 10 user manual chapter 1 introduction the iscsi raid subsystem the iscsi raid subsystem features high density disks capacity with 10gigabit ports to increase system efficiency and performance. It features high capability of expansion, with 60 hot-swappable sas/sa...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 11 features  60 hot-swappable disk drive bays which support sas/sata disks  supports iscsi jumbo frame  supports microsoft multipath i/o (mpio)  supports raid levels 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60 and jbod  local n-way mirror: extension to ra...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 12 user manual 1.1 technical specifications raid controller iscsi-sas controller redundant host interface eight 1gb/s ethernet disk interface 3gb sas or sata ii processor type intel iop342 64-bit (chevelon dual core) cache memory 4gb ~ 8gb ddr-ii ecc sdram batter...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 13 platform rackmount form factor 4u # of hot swap trays 60 tray lock yes disk status indicator access / fail led backplane sas / sata ii single bp # of ps/fan modules 700w x 3 w/pfc # of fans 11 power requirements ac 90v ~ 264v full range, 12a ~ 6a, ...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 14 user manual 1.2 terminology the document uses the following terms: 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...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 15 dg degraded mode. Not all of the array’s member disks are functioning, but the array is able to respond to application read and write requests to its virtual disks. Scsi small computer systems interface. Sas serial attached scsi. S.M.A.R.T. Self-mo...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 16 user manual 1.3 raid levels the subsystem can implement several different levels of raid technology. Raid levels supported by the subsystem are shown below. Raid level description min. Drives 0 block striping is provide, which yields higher performance than wi...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 17 1.4 volume relationship diagram this is the design of volume structure of the iscsi raid subsystem. It describes the relationship of raid components. One rg (raid group) is composed of several pds (physical disks). One rg owns one raid level attrib...

  • Page 18: Subsystem

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 18 user manual chapter 2 identifying parts of the raid subsystem the illustrations below identify the various parts of the subsystem. 2.1 main components 2.1.1 front view important: when powering off the subsystem, press the main switch for 4 seconds and allow at...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 19 hdd status leds indicator color description activity led blue blinking indicates the disk drive is busy or being accessed. Power on/fail led green indicates the disk drive in this slot is good. Red indicates the disk drive in this slot is faulty. L...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 20 user manual parts function up and down arrow buttons use the up or down arrow keys to go through the information on the lcd screen. This is also used to move between each menu when you configure or view information in the subsystem. Select button this is used ...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 21 2.1.2 rear view 1. Controller module the subsystem has dual controller module. 2. Power supply unit 1 ~ 3 three power supplies are located at the rear of the subsystem. Turn on the power of these power supplies to power-on the subsystem. The “power...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 22 user manual 2.2 controller module raid controller module 2.2.1 controller module panel.

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 23 1. Uninterrupted power supply (ups) port (apc smart ups only) the subsystem may come with an optional ups port allowing you to connect an apc smart ups device. Connect the cable from the ups device to the ups port located at the rear of the subsyst...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 24 user manual 2.3 power supply / fan module (psfm) the raid subsystem contains three 700w power supply / fan modules. All the power supply / fan modules (psfms) are inserted into the rear of the chassis. 2.3.1 psfm panel the panel of the power supply/fan module ...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 25 2.3.2 fan module the 60bays disk array contains 11 fans. Fan4 and fan5 fan6 and fan7 fan 1 fan 2 fan 3 fan10 fan11 fan8 fan9.

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 26 user manual indicator color description fan fault led no light indicates the fan is normal. Red indicates the fan is faulty. 2.4 expander module the 60bays disk array contains four expander modules. Fan fail indicator expander module a2 (for controller 1) expa...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 27 status leds if an expander module fails to function, the “exm!” fail led on the front panel will turn red and an alarm will sound. Indicator color description expander module fault led no light indicates the expander module is normal. Red indicates...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 28 user manual 2.5 checklist before starting before starting, check or prepare the following items.  check “certification list” in appendix a to confirm the hardware setting is fully supported.  read the latest release note before upgrading. Release note accomp...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 29 for better data service availability, all the connections among host servers, gbe switches, and the dual controllers are recommended as redundant as below..

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 30 user manual chapter 3 getting started with the subsystem 3.1 installing the rails and mounting into rack note: at least two persons are needed to lift the disk array. To reduce the weight of the disk array, remove the power supply modules from the rear of disk...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 31 3. Insert three (3) m5 nuts on the 2 holes of the front left side of the rack post. Rack post – front left side 4. Insert three (3) m5 nuts on the 2 holes of the front right side of the rack post. Rack post – front right side position of m5 nuts on...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 32 user manual 5. Prepare the 2 rail assemblies. Front side of rail assembly rear side of rail assembly 6. Hold one rail assembly and install in the front left side of rack. To install, align and insert the 2 latches of the rail into the 2 holes on the rack post....

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 33 view from front side of front left rack post lock lever is locked view from rear side of front left rack post 2 latches are inserted in the 4 th and 6 th holes from bottom (m5 nut) lower m5 nut lock 2 latches 6 th 5 th 4 th 3 rd 2 nd 1 st lock leve...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 34 user manual 7. Install the other end of rail assembly to the left rear side. Align and insert the 2 latches on the 2 holes on the rear rack post, and then push the rail a little towards the rear side and lock the lock lever on the rack post. View from rear sid...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 35 8. Repeat step 6 to install the other rail assembly into the right front side. View from front side of front right rack post lock lever is not locked view from front side of front right rack post lock lever is locked lock lever lower m5 nut lock le...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 36 user manual view from rear side of front right rack post 2 latches are inserted in the 4 th and 6 th holes from bottom (m5 nut) 9. Repeat step 7 to install the other end of rail assembly to the rack post of rear right side. View from rear side of rear right ra...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 37 view from rear side of rear right rack post view from rear side of rear right rack post lock latches lock lever latches.

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 38 user manual 10. Pull the 2 middle rail members out from the rail assembly. Middle rail member of rail assembly on left side of rack view from rear side rear left side front left side front side right front side left front side.

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 39 11. With at least 4 persons carrying the enclosure, insert the 2 inner rails (attached to the sides of the enclosure) into the middle rails. Slide the enclosure until it stops or about half way through. Note: be careful when inserting the 2 inner r...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 40 user manual view from rear side 12. Press outwards the blue locks on both sides of the inner rail members at the same time. Then push the enclosure inwards (or backwards) until it goes inside the rack. View from right side of enclosure blue lock of inner rail ...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 41 view from rear side of rack cabinet enclosure is pushed inwards 13. Insert the power supply modules..

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 42 user manual 14. Use six (6) m5 screws to lock the enclosure into the rack post, one screw in each corner. Note that the screw driver will need to pass through the corner hole of front panel for the two upper corner holes on both sides. Front left side front ri...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 43 3.2 removing the disk array from the rack 1. Remove the six screws in the front corner. Front left side front right side 2. Remove the power supplies in the rear and the disk drives from the disk slots..

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 44 user manual 3. Carefully pull the subsystem. 4. Push the white lock to release the subsystem from the rail..

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 45 3.3 disk drive installation this section describes the physical locations of the hard drives supported by the subsystem and give instructions on installing a hard drive. Note: when the disk array is shipped, the disk trays are not placed in the dis...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 46 user manual important: in dual controller mode, the installation of sata disk drive in a disk tray is done differently. In single controller mode, the installation of sata disk in a disk tray is the same with sas disk. Hdd single controller dual controller sat...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 47 2. Prepare the dongle board with metal bracket. 3. Connect the dongle board into the sata disk drive..

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 48 user manual 4. Place the brackets on both sides of the disk drive and secure them with screws. 3 screws #6-32 unc l=5.0mm #6-32 l=4.0mm for dongle board metal bracket #6-32 l=4.0mm for dongle board metal bracket 2 screws #6-32 unc l=5.0mm 5. Place the slotted ...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 49 b. Dongle boards included in shipment. 1. Prepare the hdd side brackets. Remove them from the dummy disk by pushing the upper sides of the dummy disk as shown below: 1 2 3 4.

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 50 user manual 2. Place the brackets on both sides of the disk drive and secure them with screws. 3 screws #6-32 unc l=5.0mm 2 screws #6-32 unc l=5.0mm 3. Place the slotted flat head screw..

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 51 3.3.2 to install a sas disk drive (single or dual controller mode) or sata disk drive (single controller mode) in a disk tray: 1. Prepare the hdd side brackets. Remove them from the dummy disk by pushing the upper sides of the dummy disk as shown b...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 52 user manual 2. Place the brackets on both sides of the disk drive and secure them with screws. 3 screws #6-32 unc l=5.0mm 2 screws #6-32 unc l=5.0mm 3. Place the slotted flat head screw..

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 53 4. Place the drive carefully in the disk slot..

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 54 user manual 5. Fix the disk drive using the disk tool that is included in the package..

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 55 6. Repeat the same steps for the rest of the disks. Note: you can use also the disk tool to remove the disk drive in the disk slot..

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 56 user manual 3.4 connecting the iscsi raid subsystem to the network to connect the iscsi unit to the network, insert the network cable that came with the unit into the network port (lan1) at the back of iscsi unit. Insert the other end into a gigabit base-t eth...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 57 3.6 iscsi introduction iscsi (internet scsi) is a protocol which encapsulates scsi (small computer system interface) commands and data in tcp/ip packets for linking storage devices with servers over common ip infrastructures. Iscsi provides high pe...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 58 user manual the host side needs an iscsi initiator. The initiator is a driver which handles the scsi traffic over iscsi. The initiator can be software or hardware (hba). Please refer to the certification list of iscsi hba(s) in appendix a. Os native initiators...

  • Page 59: Chapter 4   Quick Setup

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 59 chapter 4 quick setup 4.1 management interfaces there are three management methods to manage the iscsi raid subsystem described as follows: 4.1.1 serial console port use null modem cable to connect console port. The console settings are on the foll...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 60 user manual 4.1.3 lcd control module (lcm) after booting up the system, the following screen shows management port ip and model name: 192.168.10.50 iscsi-model press “ ”, the lcm functions “alarm mute”, “reset/shutdown”, “quick install”, “view ip setting”, “ch...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 61 the following is lcm menu hierarchy. Proips [system info.] [firmware version x.X.X] [ram size xxx mb] [alarm mute] [yes no] [reset/shutdown] [reset] [yes no] [shutdown] [yes no] [quick install] raid 0 raid 1 raid 3 raid 5 raid 6 raid 0+1 xxx ...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 62 user manual caution! Before power off, it is better to execute “shutdown” to flush the data from cache to physical disks. 4.1.4 web gui the iscsi raid subsystem supports graphical user interface (gui) to operate the system. Be sure to connect the lan cable. Th...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 63 there are seven indicators at the top-right corner. Raid light: green  raid works well. Red  raid fails. Temperature light: green  temperature is normal. Red  temperature is abnormal. Voltage light: green  voltage is normal. Red  voltage is a...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 64 user manual 4.2 how to use the system quickly 4.2.1 quick installation please make sure that there are some free drives installed in this system. Sas drivers are recommended. Please check the hard drive details in “/ volume configuration / physical disk”. Step...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 65 step2: confirm the management port ip address and dns, and then click “next”. Step 3: set up the data port ip and click “next”..

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 66 user manual step 4: set up the raid level and volume size and click “next”. Step 5: check all items, and click “finish”. Step 6: done..

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 67 4.2.2 volume creation wizard “volume create wizard” has a smarter policy. When the system is inserted with some hdds. “volume create wizard” lists all possibilities and sizes in different raid levels, it will use all available hdds for raid level d...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 68 user manual step 2: please select the combination of the rg capacity, or “use default algorithm” for maximum rg capacity. After rg size is chosen, click “next”. Step 3: decide vd size. User can enter a number less or equal to the default number. Then click “ne...

  • Page 69: Chapter 5   Configuration

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 69 chapter 5 configuration 5.1 web gui management interface hierarchy the below table is the hierarchy of the management gui. System configuration system setting system name / date and time / system indication network settin g mac address / address ...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 70 user manual maintenance system information  system information event log download / mute / clear upgrade browse the firmware to upgrade firmware sync hronization synchronize the slave controller’s firmware version with the master’s reset to factor y defaul...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 71 5.2 system configuration “system configuration” is designed for setting up the “system setting”, “network setting”, “login setting”, “mail setting”, and “notification setting”, ”active directory setting”, “user setting”. 5.2.1 system setting “syste...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 72 user manual 5.2.2 network setting “network setting” is for changing ip address for remote administration usage. There are 2 options, dhcp (get ip address from dhcp server) and static ip. The default setting is dhcp. User can change the http, https, and ssh por...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 73 5.2.3 login setting “login setting” can set single admin, auto logout time and admin/user password. The single admin can prevent multiple users access the same controller at the same time. 1. Auto logout: the options are (1) disable; (2) 5 minutes;...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 74 user manual 5.2.4 mail setting “mail setting” can accept at most 3 mail-to address entries for receiving the event notification. Some mail servers would check “mail-from address” and need authentication for anti-spam. Please fill the necessary fields and click...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 75 5.2.5 notification setting “notification setting” can be used to set up snmp trap for alerting via snmp, pop-up message via windows messenger (not msn), alert via syslog protocol, and event log filter. “snmp” allows up to 3 snmp trap addresses. Def...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 76 user manual using “system log server”, user can choose the facility and the event log level. The default port of syslog is 514. The default setting enables event level: info, warning and error event logs. Configuration the following configuration is a sample f...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 77 5.2.6 active directory setting rbac (role-based access control) is an approach to restricting system access to authorized users. The storage systems add this feature. The account administrator can create a new account with assigning a role to grant...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 78 user manual after the above settings are entered, the login authentication supports windows active directory service. First, you should create an account with an ad group in windows. And then try to use the account to login the storage system. The syntax of th...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 79 5.2.7 user setting the user setting tab is used to manage the local accounts. The username which belongs to the role admin or account has the permission to create a new account, modify the password or delete the account. This table shows the role n...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 80 user manual op. -> change password: change the user’s password. Op. -> change user role: change the user’s role. Op. -> delete: delete the user. Users can log on the storage system with the new accounts and operate the functions which are according to the perm...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 81 5.3 iscsi configuration “iscsi configuration” is designed for setting up the “entity property”, “nic”, “node”, “session”, and “chap account”. 5.3.1 nic the nic tab is used to change ip addresses of iscsi data ports. Each port must be assigned its o...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 82 user manual trunking: configures multiple iscsi data ports in parallel to increase the link speed beyond the limits of any single port. Lacp: it is part of ieee specification 802.3ad that allows several physical ports to be bundled together to form a single lo...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 83 tip: 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. Op. -> ip settings for iscsi ports: to change an iscsi ip...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 84 user manual op. -> enable qreplica (visible at the last iscsi port): click it to use the iscsi port to enable the qreplica function. The replication data is transferred on this port. Click disable qreplica to change the port back to the normal iscsi port..

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 85 5.3.2 entity property “entity property” can view the entity name of the system, and setup “isns ip” for isns (internet storage name service). Isns protocol allows automated discovery, management and configuration of iscsi devices on a tcp/ip networ...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 86 user manual 5.3.3 node “node” can be used to view the target name for iscsi initiator. There are 32 default nodes created for each controller. Chap: chap is the abbreviation of challenge handshake authorization protocol. Chap is a strong authentication method ...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 87 4. Click “ok”. 5. Go to “/ iscsi configuration / chap account” page to create chap account. Please refer to next section for more detail. 6. Check the gray button of “op.” column, click “user”. 7. Select chap user(s) which will be used. It’s a mult...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 88 user manual change portal: users can change the portals belonging to the device node of each controller. 1. Check the gray button of “op.” column next to one device node. 2. Select “change portal”. 3. Choose the portals for the controller. 4. Click “ok” to con...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 89 5.3.4 session “session” can display iscsi session and connection information, including the following items: 1. Tsih (target session identifying handle) 2. Host (initiator name) 3. Controller (target name) 4. Initialr2t(initial ready to transfer) 5...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 90 user manual 5.3.5 chap account “chap account” is used to manage chap accounts for authentication. This iscsi raid subsystem allows creation of many chap accounts. To setup chap account, please follow these steps: 1. Click “create”. 2. Enter “user”, “secret”, a...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 91 5.4 volume configuration “volume configuration” is designed for setting up the volume configuration which includes “physical disk”, “raid group”, “virtual disk”, “snapshot”, and “logical unit”. 5.4.1 physical disk “physical disk” can be used to vie...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 92 user manual physical disk: physical disks in slot 1, 2, 3 are created for a rg named “rg-r5”. Slot 4 is set as dedicated spare disk of the rg named “rg-r5”. The others are free disks.) step 4: the unit of size can be changed from (gb) to (mb). It will display ...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 93 “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. Usage the usage of hard drive: “raid disk”  this hard drive has been set to...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 94 user manual 5.4.2 raid group “raid group” can view the status of each raid group, create, and modify raid groups. The following is an example to create a rg. Step 1: click “create”, enter “name”, choose “raid level”, click “select pd” to select pd, assign the ...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 95 step 2: confirm page. Click “ok” if all setups are correct. There is a raid 0 with 4 physical disks, named “rg-r0”. The second raid group is a raid 5 with 3 physical disks, named “rg-r5” step 3: done. View “raid group” page. Rg column description: ...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 96 user manual raid the raid level of the raid group. Current owner the owner of the raid group. Please refer to next chapter for details. Preferred owner the preferred owner of the raid group. The default owner is controller 1. Rg operations description: create ...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 97 5.4.3 virtual disk “virtual disk” can view the status of each virtual disk, create, and modify virtual disks. The following is an example to create a vd. Step 1: click “create”, enter “name”, select raid group from “rg name”, enter required “capaci...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 98 user manual step 3: done. View “virtual disk” page. Vd column description: the button includes the functions which can be executed. Name virtual disk name. Size (gb) (mb) total capacity of the virtual disk. The unit can be displayed in gb or mb. Right the righ...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 99 health 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...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 100 user manual “hi”  high priority. (default) “md”  middle priority. “lo”  low priority. Bg rate: “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. Read ahead: ...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 101 5.4.4 snapshot “snapshot” can view the status of snapshot, create and modify snapshots. Please refer to next chapter for more detail about snapshot concept. The following is an example to take a snapshot. Step 1: create snapshot space. In “/ volum...

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    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 102 user manual step 4: expose the snapshot vd. Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the snapshot vd number; click “expose”. Enter a capacity for snapshot vd. If size is zero, the exported snapshot vd will be read only. Otherwise, the exported snapsh...

  • Page 103

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 103 usage. “abort”  the snapshot is over space and abort. Health the health of snapshot: “good”  the snapshot is good. “failed”  the snapshot fails. Exposure snapshot vd is exposed or not. Right the right of snapshot: “rw”  read / write. The snaps...

  • Page 104

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 104 user manual 5.4.5 logical unit “logical unit” can view, create, and modify the status of attached logical unit number(s) of each vd. User can attach lun by clicking the “attach”. “host” must enter with an iscsi node name for access control, or fill-in wildcar...

  • Page 105

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 105 5.4.6 example the following is an example for creating volumes. Example 1 is to create two vds and set a global spare disk.  example 1 example 1 is to create two vds in one rg, each vd uses global cache volume. Global cache volume is created afte...

  • Page 106

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 106 user manual 5. Done. Rg has been created. A raid 5 rg named “rg-r5” with 3 physical disks is created. Step 2: create vd (virtual disk). To create a data user volume, please follow these steps. 1. Select “/ volume configuration / virtual disk”. 2. Click “creat...

  • Page 107

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 107 two vds, “vd-r5-1” and “vd-r5-2”, were created from rg “rg-r5”. The size of “vd- r5-1” is 50gb, and the size of “vd-r5-2” is 64gb. There is no lun attached. Step 3: attach lun to vd. There are 2 methods to attach lun to vd. 1. In “/ volume configu...

  • Page 108

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 108 user manual step 4: set global spare disk. To set global spare disks, please follow the procedures. 1. Select “/ volume configuration / physical disk”. 2. Check the gray button next to the pd slot; click “set global space”. 3. “global spare” status is shown i...

  • Page 109

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 109 step 7: delete vd (virtual disk). To delete the virtual disk, please follow the procedures: 1. Select “/ volume configuration / virtual disk”. 2. Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the vd number; click “delete”. There will pop up a ...

  • Page 110

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 110 user manual 5.5 enclosure management “enclosure management” allows managing enclosure information including “ses configuration”, “hardware monitor”, “s.M.A.R.T.” and “ups”. For the enclosure management, there are many sensors for different purposes, such as t...

  • Page 111

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 111 5.5.1 hardware monitor “hardware monitor” can be used to view the information of current voltage, temperature levels, and fan speed..

  • Page 112

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 112 user manual if “auto shutdown” has been checked, the system will shutdown automatically when voltage or temperature is out of the normal range. For better data protection, please check “auto shutdown”. For better protection and avoiding single short period of...

  • Page 113

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 113 ups type select ups type. Choose smart-ups for apc, none for other vendors or no ups. Shutdown battery level (%) when below the setting level, system will shutdown. Setting level to “0” will disable ups. Shutdown delay (s) if power failure occurre...

  • Page 114

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 114 user manual 5.5.3 ses ses represents scsi enclosure services, one of the enclosure management standards. “ses configuration” can enable or disable the management of ses. Enable ses in lun 0, and can be accessed from every host the ses client software is avail...

  • Page 115

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 115.

  • Page 116

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 116 user manual 5.6 system maintenance “maintenance” allows the operations of system functions which include “system information” to show the system version and details, “event log” to view system event logs to record critical events, “upgrade” to the latest firm...

  • Page 117

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 117 5.6.2 event log “event log” can view the event messages. Check the checkbox of info, warning, and error to choose the level of event log display. Click “download” button to save the whole event log as a text file with file name “log-modelname-seri...

  • Page 118

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 118 user manual the options are available on this tab: controller firmware upgrade: please prepare new controller firmware file named “xxxx.Bin” in local hard drive, then click browse to select the file. Click confirm button, it will pop up a warning message, cli...

  • Page 119

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 119 5.6.4 firmware synchronization “firmware synchronization” can synchronize the firmware version when controller 1 and controller 2’s firmware are different. In normal status, the firmware versions in controller 1 and 2 are the same as below figure....

  • Page 120

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 120 user manual 5.6.6 import and export “import and export” allows user to save system configuration values: export, and apply all configuration: import. For the volume configuration setting, the values are available in export and not available in import which ca...

  • Page 121

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 121 5.7 home/logout/mute in the right-upper corner of web ui, there are 3 individual icons, “home”, “logout”, and “mute”. 5.7.1 home click “home” to return to home page 5.7.2 logout for security reason, please use “logout” to exit the web ui. To re-lo...

  • Page 122

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 122 user manual chapter 6 advanced operations 6.1 volume rebuild if one physical disk from a rg, which is set to a protected raid level (e.G. Raid 3, raid 5, or raid 6), failed or has been unplugged/removed, the status of rg is changed to degraded mode. The syste...

  • Page 123

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 123 note: “set dedicated spare” is not available if there is no rg, or if rg is set to raid 0 or jbod, because user can not set dedicated spare disk to raid 0 & jbod. Sometimes, rebuild is called recover; they are the same meaning. The following table...

  • Page 124

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 124 user manual 6.2 rg migration to migrate the raid level, please follow the steps below. 1. Select “/ volume configuration / raid group”. 2. Check the gray button next to the rg number; click “migrate”. 3. Change the raid level by clicking the down arrow to “ra...

  • Page 125

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 125 to do migration, the total size of rg must be larger or equal to the original rg. It does not allow expanding the same raid level with the same hard disks of original rg. The operation is not allowed when rg is being migrated. System would reject ...

  • Page 126

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 126 user manual 6.3 vd extension to extend vd size, please follow the procedures. 1. Select “/ volume configuration / virtual disk”. 2. Check the gray button next to the vd number; click “extend”. 3. Change the size. The size must be larger than the original, and...

  • Page 127

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 127 6.4 snapshot / rollback 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 oc...

  • Page 128

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 128 user manual 6.4.1 create snapshot volume to take a snapshot of the data, please follow the procedures. 1. Select “/ volume configuration / virtual disk”. 2. Check the gray button next to the vd number; click “set snapshot space”. 3. Set up the size for snapsh...

  • Page 129

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 129 1. There are two methods to clean all snapshots. In “/ volume configuration / virtual disk”, move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the vd number; click “cleanup snapshot”. Or in “/ volume configuration / snapshot”, click “cleanup”. 2. ...

  • Page 130

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 130 user manual 6.4.2 auto snapshot the snapshot copies can be taken manually or by schedule such as hourly or daily. Please follow the procedures. 1. There are two methods to set auto snapshot. In “/ volume configuration / virtual disk”, move the mouse pointer t...

  • Page 131

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 131 6.4.3 rollback the data in snapshot vd can rollback to original vd. Please follow the steps. 1. Select “/ volume configuration / snapshot”. 2. Check the gray button next to the snap vd number which user wants to rollback the data; click “rollback”...

  • Page 132

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 132 user manual 6.5 disk roaming physical disks can be re-sequenced in the same system or move all physical disks from system-1 to system-2. This is called disk roaming. System can execute disk roaming online. Please follow these steps: 1. Select “/ volume config...

  • Page 133

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 133 2. Create two virtual disks (vd) “sourcevd_r5” and “targetvd_r6”. The raid type of backup target needs to be set as “backup”. 3. Here are the objects, a source vd and a target vd. Before starting clone process, it needs to deploy the vd clone rule...

  • Page 134

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 134 user manual snapshot space: this setting is the ratio of source vd and snapshot space. The default ratio is 2 to 1. It means when the clone process is starting, the system will automatically use the free rg space to create a snapshot space which capacity is d...

  • Page 135

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 135 when running out of snapshot space, the vd clone process will be stopped because there is no more available snapshot space. If this option has been checked, system will clear the snapshots of clone in order to release snapshot space automatically,...

  • Page 136

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 136 user manual 8. Click “start clone”, the clone process will start. 9. The default setting will create a snapshot space automatically which the capacity is double size of the vd space. Before starting clone, system will initiate the snapshot space. 10. After in...

  • Page 137

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 137 11. Click “schedule clone” to set up the clone by schedule. 12. There are “set clone schedule” and “clear clone schedule” in this page. Please remember that “threshold” and “restart the task an hour later if failed” options in vd configuration wil...

  • Page 138

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 138 user manual  run out of snapshot space while vd clone while the clone is processing, the increment data of this vd is over the snapshot space. The clone will complete, but the clone snapshot will fail. Next time, when trying to start clone, it will get a war...

  • Page 139

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 139 6.8 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. 1. Mpio: in microsoft windows server base system, microsoft mpio driv...

  • Page 140

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 140 user manual difference: mc/s is implemented on iscsi level, while mpio 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 ven...

  • Page 141

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 141 6.9 trunking and lacp link aggregation is the technique of taking several distinct ethernet links to let them appear as a single link. It has a larger bandwidth and provides the fault tolerance ability. Beside the advantage of wide bandwidth, the ...

  • Page 142

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 142 user manual important! Before using trunking or lacp, he gigabit switch must support trunking or lacp and enabled. Otherwise, host cannot connect the link with storage device..

  • Page 143

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 143 6.10 dual controllers 6.10.1 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 wi...

  • Page 144

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 144 user manual 6.10.2 ownership when creating rg, it will be assigned with a prefered owner, the default owner is controller 1. To change the rg ownership, please follow the procedures. 1. Select “/ volume configuration / raid group”. 2. Check the gray button ne...

  • Page 145

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 145 4. Single: single controller mode. In the stage, the controller must stay in slot a. 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 c...

  • Page 146

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 146 user manual 6.11 qreplica (optional) qreplica function will help users to replicate data easily through lan or wan from one subsystem to another. The procedures of qreplica are on the following: 1. Copy all data from source vd to target vd at the beginning (f...

  • Page 147

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 147 2. The setting can be reverted by select “disable qreplica” in the operation menu.  create backup vd on the target subsystem 1. Before creating the replication job on the source subsystem, user has to create a virtual disk on the target subsystem...

  • Page 148

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 148 user manual 2. The backup vd needs to be attached to a lun id first before creating replication job.  create replication job on the source subsystem 1. If the license key is activated on the subsystem correctly, a new qreplica tab will be added on the web ui...

  • Page 149

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 149 2. Select the source vd which will be replicated to the target subsystem and click “next”. Note: if the message displays that there is not enough space for creation, please refer to the section of configure the snapshot space below for solution. 3...

  • Page 150

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 150 user manual 4. The qreplica uses standard iscsi protocol for data replication. User has to log on the iscsi node to create the iscsi connection for the data transmission. Enter the chap information if necessary and select the target node to log no. Click “nex...

  • Page 151

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 151 6. A new replication job is created and listed on the qreplica page.  run the replication job 1. Click the “op” button on the replication job to open operation menu. Click “start” to run the replication job. 2. Click “start” again to confirm the ...

  • Page 152

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 152 user manual 3. User can monitor the replication job from the “status” information and the progress is expressed by percentage.  create multi-path on the replication job 1. Click the “create multi-path” in the operation menu of the replication job. 2. Enter t...

  • Page 153

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 153 3. Select the iscsi node to log on and click “next”. 4. Choose the same target vd and click “next”. 5. A new target will be added in this replication job as a redundancy path..

  • Page 154

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 154 user manual  configure the replication job to run by schedule 1. Click “schedule” in the operation menu of the replication job. 2. The replication job can be scheduled to run by day, by week or by month. The execution time can be configurable per user’s need...

  • Page 155

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 155 automatically when the replication job is created. The default snapshot space allocated by the subsystem is double size of the source vd. If the free space of the rg which the source vd resides in is less than double size of the source vd, the rep...

  • Page 156

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 156 user manual snapshots to release snapshot space, and the replication job will restart the task after an hour. Important! These two settings, threshold and restart the task an hour later if failed, will take effect only when the replication job is configured t...

  • Page 157: Chapter 7   Troubleshooting

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 157 chapter 7 troubleshooting 7.1 system buzzer the system buzzer features are listed below: 1. The system buzzer alarms 1 second when system boots up successfully. 2. The system buzzer alarms continuously when there is error occurred. The alarm will ...

  • Page 158

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 158 user manual error sata edma mem fail failed to allocate memory for sata edma error sata remap mem fail failed to remap sata memory io spcae error sata prd mem fail failed to init sata prd memory manager error sata revision id fail failed to get sata revision ...

  • Page 159

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 159 error voltage level 2 shutdown system voltages() failed!!! The system will auto-shutdown immediately. Error voltage level 2 ctr shutdown the controller will auto shutdown immediately, reason [ voltage abnormal() ]. Info ups ok successfully detect ...

  • Page 160

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 160 user manual ok info vd attach lun fail failed to attach lun to vd . Info vd detach lun ok vd has been detached. Info vd detach lun fail failed to attach lun from bus , scsi id , lun . Info vd init started vd starts initialization. Info vd init finished vd com...

  • Page 161

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 161 error vd io fault i/o failure for stripe number . Warning recoverable read error recoverable read error occurred at lba warning recoverable write error recoverable write error occurred at lba error unrecoverable read error unrecoverable read error...

  • Page 162

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 162 user manual info vd erase finished vd finished erasing process. Warning vd erase failed the erasing process of vd failed. Info vd erase started vd starts erasing process. Snapshot events level type description warning snap mem failed to allocate snapshot memo...

  • Page 163

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 163 info bbm status charging battery backup module is charging warning bbm status fail battery backup module is failed info bbm enabled battery backup feature is . Info bbm inserted battery backup module is inserted info bbm removed battery backup mod...

  • Page 164

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 164 user manual fail info ps normal power supply of in jbod is normal warning fan fail cooling fan of in jbod is fail info fan normal cooling fan of in jbod is normal warning volt warn ov voltage of read as in jbod is warn over warning volt warn uv voltage of rea...

  • Page 165

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 165 failure error ipc fw upgrade timeout system firmware upgrade timeout on another controller info config imported config imported hac events level type description info rg owner changed the preferred owner of rg has been changed to controller . Info...

  • Page 166

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 166 user manual warning auto clone error auto clone task: . Warning auto clone no snap auto clone task: snapshot is not found for vd . Qreplica events level type description info qrep portal enabled lan is enabled for qreplica portal info qrep portal disabled qre...

  • Page 167: Appendix

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 167 appendix a. Certification list ram ram spec: 240-pin, ddr2-533(pc4300), reg.(register) or ub(unbufferred), ecc, up to 4gb, 64-bit data bus width (and also 32-bit memory), x8 or x16 devices, 36-bit addressable, up to 14-bit row address and 10-bit c...

  • Page 168

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 168 user manual gbe iscsi hba card vendor model hp nc380t (pci-express, gigabit, 2 ports, tcp/ip offload, iscsi offload) qlogic qla4010c (pci-x, gigabit, 1 port, tcp/ip offload, iscsi offload) qlogic qla4052c (pci-x, gigabit, 2 ports, tcp/ip offload, iscsi offloa...

  • Page 169

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 169 16m (f/w: 003) seagate cheetah ns, st3400755ss, 400gb, 10000rpm, sas 3.0gb/s, 16m seagate barracuda es.2, st31000640ss, 1tb, 7200rpm, sas 3.0gb/s, 16m (f/w: 0002) seagate cheetah ns.2, st3600002ss, 600gb, 10000rpm, sas 2.0, 6.0gb/s, 16m (f/w: 0004...

  • Page 170

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 170 user manual seagate barracuda 7200.11, st3500320as, 500gb, 7200rpm, sata 3.0gb/s, 32m, ncq seagate barracuda 7200.11, st31000340as, 1tb, 7200rpm, sata 3.0gb/s, 32m, ncq seagate barracuda 7200.11, st31500341as, 1.5tb, 7200rpm, sata 3.0gb/s, 32m, ncq (f/w: sd17...

  • Page 171

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 171 b. 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 1. Run microsoft iscsi initia...

  • Page 172

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 172 user manual 3. Click “done”. 4. It can connect to an iscsi disk now..

  • Page 173

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 173  mpio service 5. Please run “server manager” with below path: control panel\system and security\administrative tools 6. Click “feature” and select add features. 7. Please choose the checkbox of multipath i/o.

  • Page 174

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 174 user manual 8. Install: 9. Installation succeeded..

  • Page 175

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 175  starting iscsi initiator 10. Please run “iscsi initiator” with below path: control panel\system and security\administrative tools 11. Click  discovery tab  discover portal 12. Input the ip address of controller1.

  • Page 176

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 176 user manual 13. Click discover portal 14. Input ip address of controller2.

  • Page 177

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 177 15. Please connect ctrl1 16. Choose checkbox of “enable multipath-path”.

  • Page 178

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 178 user manual 17. Please select the ip address for initiator & target of controller1 18. Please connect ctrl2..

  • Page 179

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 179 19. Choose checkbox of “enable multipath-path”. 20. Please select the ip address for initiator & target of controller2..

  • Page 180

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 180 user manual 21. Iscsi initiator install finish.  setup mpio 22. Please run “mpio” with below path: control panel\system and security\administrative tools.

  • Page 181

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 181 23. Click tab of “discover multi-paths” 24. Choose checkbox of “add support for iscsi devices 25. Reboot.

  • Page 182

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 182 user manual  mc/s 26. If running mc/s, please continue. 27. Select one target name, click “properties…”. 28. Click “mcs…” to add additional connections..

  • Page 183

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 183 29. Click “add…”. 30. Click “advanced…”. 31. Select initiator ip and target portal ip, and then click “ok”. 32. Click “connect”. 33. Click “ok”..

  • Page 184

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem 184 user manual 34. Done..

  • Page 185

    Iscsi gbe to sas/sata raid subsystem user manual 185  disconnect 35. Select the target name, click “disconnect”, and then click “yes”. 36. Done, the iscsi device disconnect successfully..