NewerTech MAXPower mini-SAS 6G-1e1i, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual mini SAS 6G 2e mini SAS 6G 1e1i RAID ...

Page 2: ...ents Installation Pages 4 6 a System Requirements Page 4 b Hardware Installation Page 4 c Driver Software Installation Page 5 6 Part 3 Management Page 7 a NewerTech Web Manager Access Page 7 b Device Management Page 8 c Array Management Page 9 10 d Spare Pool Management Page 11 e Events Page 11 f Tasks Page 11 g Settings Page 12 h SHI Storage Health Inspector Page 13 Part 4 Troubleshooting FAQ Pag...

Page 3: ...r any combination of the three The MAXPower RAID mini SAS 6G Controller Card supports the following RAID types MAXPower RAID mini SAS 6G Controller Card Utilizing the latest SAS SATA 6Gb s technology the MAXPower RAID mini SAS 6G card is the ideal choice for high speed efficient low cost RAID capable connectivity for the Mac and PC MAXPower RAID mini SAS 6G Features Device hot plug hot swap suppor...

Page 4: ... www newertech com static Hardware Installation Before Installing the MAXPower RAID mini SAS 6G card Make sure computer is turned off and unplugged from its power source Take appropriate electrostatic discharge precautions Any PC with an available PCIe 2 0 or 1 0 slot PCIe 2 0 x8 slot recommended PCs with a Thunderbolt port and a PCIe expansion chassis may also be compatible with this card when ru...

Page 5: ... RAID Management application 1 Download the latest installer file from www newertech com support The correct zip file is named with the prefix MAXPower_RAID_miniSAS6G Win_drivers 2 Right click the downloaded file and choose Extract All 3 Click the Start menu Right click on Control Panel then double click System to open the System screen 4 From the System screen click the Device Manager link on the...

Page 6: ... on Hardware tab then click the Device Manager button 5 Under the Other Devices category the MAXPower RAID Card will appear with a yellow warning symbol 6 Right click on the MAXPower RAID Card and select Update Driver Software to start the driver installation 7 Click on Browse my computer for driver software 8 Browse to the maxpowerraidminisas6gwindrivers folder open it and then open the subfolder...

Page 7: ...sed by entering the following address into the address bar PC https localhost 7402 Mac https localhost 8402 When prompted for a username and password enter the following Username admin Password admin The password can be changed at any time from within the Settings section of the Web Manager BrowsermustsupportXML e g Safari Firefox Chrome InternetExplorer etc NewerTech MAXPower RAID mini SAS 6G Pag...

Page 8: ...onnecting the array or drive within the array See the Unplugging an Array on page 10 for more information Rescanning for Devices If a drive is connected to the controller while in the Device Management screen click Rescan Devices to have the Web Manager recognize the connected drive Initializing a drive will destroy existing data IMPORTANT Drives will be initialized automatically as part of the RA...

Page 9: ... as the array will not be fully protected from failure until a full initialization or verify task is completed Foreground The RAID will fully initialize before a volume can be created and the array utilized This may take hours depending on array size Background Allows a volume to be created and utilized while the RAID initialization is conducted in the background This may take hours depending on a...

Page 10: ...e it will need to be rebuilt If a spare drive has already been reserved via the Spare Pool Management section it will automatically replace a failed drive and begin the rebuild process If there are no drives in the Spare Pool follow these steps to replace a failed drive and begin the rebuild process Expanding Migrating an Array By utilizing Online Capacity Expansion OCE and Online RAID Level Migra...

Page 11: ...ical levels If any problems are found a warning event will be created and logged If you have set SMTP settings for email notification of warnings in the Settings section of the Web Manager you will receive an email notification New Verify Task Scheduler The New Task Scheduler is only visible when redundant RAID arrays are present and is used to schedule times to run background verifications and re...

Page 12: ...ent Enter SMTP outgoing mail server setting here to allow notifications and warnings to be sent to email recipients You can add multiple recipients and choose level of events that are sent to each email recipient Listening Port The controller card s listening port for access to the Web Manager can be changed here The listening port is specified at the end of the URL https localhost used to access ...

Page 13: ...ech MAXPower RAID mini SAS 6G Page 13 Within the SHI section of the Web Manager you can also set the temperature warning threshold for attached drives Certain drives have different maximum operating temperatures so always check your drive s specifications before changing the threshold setting If a temperature exceeds the threshold it will turn from green to red NOTE as shown at right some host dev...

Page 14: ...d Even though you ejected the drive from the desktop you must still unplug it from the Web Manager interface Log into the Web Manager and click on the Maintenance link for the array you wish to disconnect and click on the Unplug button Now the drives are ready to be physically unplugged from the RAID card I installed another card that uses the same localhost 7402 address and now I can t access eit...

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Page 21: ...ency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to...