background image

 

iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 

 

82 

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 in “Usage” column. 

 

 

Slot 4 is set as global spare disk (GS). 

 
 

Step 5: Done. LUNs can be used as disks. 
 

 
To delete VDs, RG, please follow the steps listed below. 

Step 6: Detach LUN from VD. 

 
In “/ Volume configuration / Logical unit”,  

 

 

 

 

1.

 

Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the LUN; click “Detach”
There will pop up a confirmation page. 

2.

 

Choose “OK”. 

3.

 

Done. 

 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for 3164S1/D1-G1S3

Page 1: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual Revision 1 0...

Page 2: ...ponents 17 2 1 2 Front View 17 2 1 2 1 Disk Trays 18 2 1 2 2 LCD Front Panel 19 2 1 2 Rear View 21 2 2 Controller Module 22 2 2 1 Controller Module Panel 23 2 3 Power Supply Fan Module PSFM 24 2 3 1 P...

Page 3: ...Management Interface Hierarchy 47 5 2 System Configuration 49 5 2 1 System Setting 49 5 2 2 Network Setting 50 5 2 3 Login Setting 51 5 2 4 Mail Setting 52 5 2 5 Notification Setting 53 5 3 iSCSI Conf...

Page 4: ...out Mute 95 5 7 1 Home 95 5 7 2 Logout 95 5 7 3 Mute 95 Chapter 6 Advanced Operations 96 6 1 Volume Rebuild 96 6 2 RG Migration 98 6 3 VD Extension 100 6 4 Snapshot Rollback 101 6 4 1 Create Snapshot...

Page 5: ...CSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 5 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 134 7 1 System Buzzer 134 7 2 Event Notifications 134 Appendix 144 A Certification list 144 B Microsoft iSCSI initiator 14...

Page 6: ...nual Copyright No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without t...

Page 7: ...allowed ambient temperature Before plugging in any power cords cables and connectors make sure that the power switches are turned off Disconnect first any power connection if the power supply module i...

Page 8: ...y damage is found contact the dealer or vendor for assistance iSCSI RAID Subsystem Unit Two 2 power cords Five 5 Ethernet LAN cables for single controller Note Ten 10 Ethernet LAN cables for dual cont...

Page 9: ...ce and higher reliability of system operation Unparalleled Performance Reliability Supports Dual active controllers Front end 4 8 x 1Gb iSCSI Supports 802 3ad port trunking Link Aggregation Control Pr...

Page 10: ...r Extension to RAID 1 level N copies of the disk Global and dedicated hot spare disks Write through or write back cache policy for different application usage Supports greater than 2TB per volume set...

Page 11: ...t Yes UPS connection Yes RAID level 0 1 0 1 3 5 6 10 30 50 60 and JBOD Logical volume Up to 1024 iSCSI Jumbo frame support Yes Supports Microsoft Multipath I O MPIO Yes 802 3ad Port Trunking LACP Supp...

Page 12: ...atus Indicator Access Fail LED Backplane SAS2 SATA3 Single BP of PS Fan Modules 460W x 2 w PFC of Fans 2 Power requirements AC 90V 264V Full Range 10A 5A 47Hz 63Hz Relative Humidity 10 85 Non condensi...

Page 13: ...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 RAID 1 subgroup In the 4 cells the 4 subgroups are PD 0 1 PD 2 3 PD 4 5 and PD 6 7 WT...

Page 14: ...egation Control Protocol MPIO Multi Path Input Output MC S Multiple Connections per Session MTU Maximum Transmission Unit CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol An optional security mechanis...

Page 15: ...r data redundancy Requires N 2 drives to implement because of two dimensional parity scheme 4 0 1 Mirroring of the two RAID 0 disk arrays This level provides striping and redundancy through mirroring...

Page 16: ...RAID Group is composed of several PDs Physical Disks One RG owns one RAID level attribute Each RG can be divided into several VDs Virtual Disks The VDs in one RG share the same RAID level but may have...

Page 17: ...GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 17 Chapter 2 Identifying Parts of the RAID Subsystem The illustrations below identify the various parts of the subsystem 2 1 Main Components 2 1 2 Front...

Page 18: ...r this slot If hard drive is defective or failed the LED is Red LED is off when there is no hard drive Lock Indicator Every Disk Tray is lockable and is fitted with a lock indicator to indicate whethe...

Page 19: ...ing the LCD panel press the Select button to login and configure the RAID subsystem Parts Function Up and Down Arrow buttons Use the Up or Down arrow keys to go through the information on the LCD scre...

Page 20: ...fails or the fan s rotational speed is below 1500RPM this LED will turn red and an alarm will sound Over Temperature LED If temperature irregularities in the system occurs HDD slot temperature over 6...

Page 21: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 21 2 1 2 Rear View Single Controller Dual Controller...

Page 22: ...wer Supply and one Fan The PSFM 1 has Power 1 Fan 1 The PSFM 2 has Power 2 Fan 2 Turn on the power of these power supplies to power on the subsystem The power LED at the front panel will turn green If...

Page 23: ...s of the UPS 2 R Link Port Remote Link through RJ 45 Ethernet for remote management The subsystem is equipped with one 10 100 Ethernet RJ45 LAN port for remote configuration and monitoring You use web...

Page 24: ...ress the BBM status button if the BBM LED is Green then the BBM still has power to keep data on the cache If not then the BBM power is ran out and cannot keep the data on the cache anymore 2 3 Power S...

Page 25: ...ED becomes RED When the switch of the PSFM is turned on the LED will turn GREEN When the Power On Fail LED is GREEN the PSFM is functioning normally NOTE Each PSFM has one Power Supply and one Fan The...

Page 26: ...ork information When using static IP please prepare static IP addresses subnet mask and default gateway Gigabit LAN switches recommended Or Gigabit LAN switches with VLAN LCAP Trunking optional CHAP s...

Page 27: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 27...

Page 28: ...your network hub or switch You may connect the other network ports if needed For remote management of iSCSI RAID subsystem use another network cable to connect the R Link port to your network 3 2 Powe...

Page 29: ...ons on installing a hard drive The subsystem supports hot swapping allowing you to install or replace a hard drive while the subsystem is running 3 3 1 Installing a SAS Disk Drive in a Disk Tray 1 Unl...

Page 30: ...ign the four screw holes of the SAS disk drive in the four Hole A of the disk tray To secure the disk drive into the disk tray tighten four screws on these holes of the disk tray Note in the picture b...

Page 31: ...Manual 31 5 Slide the tray into a slot 6 Press the lever in until you hear the latch click into place The HDD Fault LED will turn green when the subsystem is powered on and HDD is good 7 If necessary...

Page 32: ...a Disk Tray 1 Remove an empty disk tray from the subsystem 2 Prepare the dongle board and two screws 3 Place the dongle board in the disk tray Turn the tray upside down Align the two screw hole of the...

Page 33: ...bE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 33 NOTE All the disk tray holes are labelled accordingly 4 Place the SATA disk drive into the disk tray Slide the disk drive towards the dongle board Tray...

Page 34: ...k drive in the four Hole C of the disk tray To secure the disk drive into the disk tray tighten four screws on these holes of the disk tray Note in the picture below where the screws should be placed...

Page 35: ...ems Microsoft Windows Linux Solaris etc within the SAN network IP SANs also include mechanisms for security data replication multi path and high availability Storage protocol such as iSCSI has two end...

Page 36: ...lyID 12cb3c1a 15d6 4585 b385 befd1319f825 DisplayLang en Please refer to Appendix D for Microsoft iSCSI initiator installation procedure 2 Linux iSCSI initiator is also available For different kernels...

Page 37: ...and no parity Terminal type vt100 Login name admin Default password 00000000 4 1 2 Remote Control Secure Shell SSH secure shell is required for remote login The SSH client software is available at th...

Page 38: ...ollowing table is the function description of LCM menus System Info Displays System information Alarm Mute Mute alarm when error occurs Reset Shutdown Reset or shutdown controller Quick Install Quick...

Page 39: ...RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 1 Use default algorithm Volume Size xxx GB Apply The Config Yes No JBOD x RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 1 new x disk xxx BG Adjust Volume Size Ap...

Page 40: ...user interface GUI to operate the system Be sure to connect the LAN cable The default IP setting is DHCP open the browser and enter http 192 168 10 50 Please check the DHCP address first on LCM Click...

Page 41: ...Voltage light Green voltage is normal Red voltage is abnormal UPS light Green UPS works well Red UPS fails Fan light Green Fan works well Red Fan fails Power light Green Power works well Red Power fai...

Page 42: ...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 St...

Page 43: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 43 Step2 Confirm the management port IP address and DNS and then click Next Step 3 Set up the data port IP and click Next...

Page 44: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 44 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...

Page 45: ...fter user chooses RAID level user may find that some HDDs are available free status It gives user 1 Biggest capacity of RAID level for user to choose and 2 The fewest disk number for RAID level volume...

Page 46: ...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 Next Step 4 Confirmation page Click Finish if all setups ar...

Page 47: ...or Controller 1 Controller 2 List connection Delete CHAP account Create Modify user information Delete Volume configuration Physical disk Set Free disk Set Global spare Set Dedicated spare Upgrade Dis...

Page 48: ...ware to upgrade Firmware sync hronization Synchronize the slave controller s firmware version with the master s Reset to factor y default Sure to reset to factory default Import and export Import Expo...

Page 49: ...n setting 5 2 1 System Setting System setting can be used to set system name and date Default System name is composed of model name and serial number of this system Check Change date and time to set u...

Page 50: ...work 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 HTTP...

Page 51: ...he same time 1 Auto logout The options are 1 Disable 2 5 minutes 3 30 minutes 4 1 hour The system will log out automatically when user is inactive for a period of time 2 Login lock Disable Enable When...

Page 52: ...address and need authentication for anti spam Please fill the necessary fields and click Send test mail to test whether email functions are available or working User can also select which levels of ev...

Page 53: ...There are many SNMP tools The following web sites are for your reference SNMPc http www snmpc com Net SNMP http net snmp sourceforge net Using Messenger user must enable the service Messenger in Wind...

Page 54: ...tivate the system log daemon and restart Note sysklogd has a parameter r which will enable sysklogd to receive message from the network using the internet domain socket with the syslog service this op...

Page 55: ...es of iSCSI data ports The iSCSI RAID subsystem has four gigabit LAN ports to transmit data Each of them must be assigned to one IP address in multi homed mode unless the link aggregation or trunking...

Page 56: ...e is only one default gateway MTU Jumbo frame MTU Maximum Transmission Unit size can be enabled by moving mouse to the gray button of LAN port click Enable jumbo frame WARNING The MTU size of network...

Page 57: ...lows a network switch to negotiate an automatic bundle by sending LACP packets to the peer The advantages of LACP are 1 increase in bandwidth and 2 failover when link status fails on a port Trunking L...

Page 58: ...SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 58 User Manual Ping host User can ping the corresponding host data port from the target click Ping host A user can ping host from the target to make sure the data port conne...

Page 59: ...NS IP for iSNS Internet Storage Name Service iSNS protocol allows automated discovery management and configuration of iSCSI devices on a TCP IP network Using iSNS it needs to install an iSNS server in...

Page 60: ...ong 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 passw...

Page 61: ...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 multi option it can be one or m...

Page 62: ...3 Choose the portals for the controller 4 Click OK to confirm Rename alias User can create an alias to one device node 1 Check the gray button of OP column next to one device node 2 Select Rename alia...

Page 63: ...et Name 4 InitialR2T Initial Ready to Transfer 5 Immed data Immediate data 6 MaxDataOutR2T Maximum Data Outstanding Ready to Transfer 7 MaxDataBurstLen Maximum Data Burst Length 8 DataSeginOrder Data...

Page 64: ...ion 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 and Confirm secret again Node can be selected her...

Page 65: ...re operational tips 1 Check the gray button next to the number of slot it will show the functions which can be executed 2 Active function can be selected and inactive functions show up in gray color a...

Page 66: ...of hard drive in MB PD column description Slot The position of hard drives The button next to the number of slot shows the functions which can be executed Size GB Capacity of hard drive RG Name Relat...

Page 67: ...drive type SATA SATA disk SATA2 SATA II disk SAS SAS disk Write cache Hard drive write cache is enabled or disabled Standby HDD auto spindown function to save power The default value is disabled Reada...

Page 68: ...G s Preferred owner Then click OK The Write Cache option is to enable or disable the hard drives write cache option The Standby option is to enable or disable the hard drives auto spindown function wh...

Page 69: ...it can be displayed in GB or MB Free GB MB Free capacity of this RAID group The unit can be displayed in GB or MB PD The number of physical disks in RAID group VD The number of virtual disks in RAID g...

Page 70: ...atus is online This is for online roaming purpose Parity Check Regenerate parity for the RAID group It supports RAID 3 5 6 30 50 60 Delete Delete a RAID group Set preferred owner Set the RG ownership...

Page 71: ...oup from RG name enter required Capacity GB MB change Stripe height KB change Block size B change Read Write mode set virtual disk Priority select Bg rate Background task priority and change Readahead...

Page 72: ...isk The unit can be displayed in GB or MB Right The right of virtual disk WT Write Through WB Write Back RO Read Only Priority The priority of virtual disk HI HIgh priority MD MiDdle priority LO LOw p...

Page 73: ...han its RAID level can recover from data loss Partially optimal the virtual disk has experienced recoverable read errors R Ratio of initializing or rebuilding RAID RAID level LUN Number of LUN s that...

Page 74: ...Enable disk read ahead Default Disabled Disable disk read ahead AV media mode Enabled Enable AV media mode for optimizing video editing Disabled Disable AV media mode Default Type RAID the virtual dis...

Page 75: ...sk detail information 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 exampl...

Page 76: ...xpose Enter a capacity for snapshot VD If size is zero the exported snapshot VD will be read only Otherwise the exported snapshot VD can be read written and the size will be the maximum capacity to re...

Page 77: ...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...

Page 78: ...ched to LUN 0 and every host can access VD 02 is attached to LUN 1 and only initiator node which is named iqn 1991 05 com microsoft win r6qrvqjd5m7 can access LUN operations description Attach Attach...

Page 79: ...Global cache volume is created after system boots up automatically So no action is needed to set CV Then set a global spare disk Eventually delete all of them Step 1 Create RG RAID group To create the...

Page 80: ...reate a data user volume please follow these steps 1 Select Volume configuration Virtual disk 2 Click Create 3 Input a VD name choose the RG when VD will be created enter the VD capacity select the st...

Page 81: ...ter to the gray button next to the VD number click Attach LUN 2 In Volume configuration Logical unit click Attach The steps are as follows 1 Select a VD 2 Input Host name which is a FC node name for a...

Page 82: ...t to the PD slot click Set global space 3 Global spare status is shown in Usage column Slot 4 is set as global spare disk GS Step 5 Done LUNs can be used as disks To delete VDs RG please follow the st...

Page 83: ...lease follow the procedures 1 Select Volume configuration RAID group 2 Select a RG which all its VD are deleted otherwise the this RG cannot be deleted 3 Check the gray button next to the RG number cl...

Page 84: ...sors hard disks 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 polling time i...

Page 85: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 85 5 5 1 Hardware Monitor Hardware monitor can be used to view the information of current voltage temperature levels and fan speed...

Page 86: ...every 30 seconds When one of these sensors is over high temperature value continuously for 3 minutes auto shutdown will be triggered immediately 2 The core processor temperature limit is 85 C The PCI...

Page 87: ...n to value setting status the system will shutdown Setting delay to 0 will disable the function Shutdown UPS Select ON when power is gone UPS will shutdown by itself after the system shutdown successf...

Page 88: ...rs chances to take actions before possible drive failure S M A R T measures many attributes of the hard drive all the time and inspects the properties of hard drives which are close to be out of toler...

Page 89: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 89...

Page 90: ...figuration values to factory settings Import and export to import and export all controller configuration to a file and Reboot and shutdown to reboot or shutdown the system 5 6 1 System Information Sy...

Page 91: ...logs Click Mute button to stop alarm if system alerts The event log is displayed in reverse order which means the latest event log is on the first page The event logs are actually saved in the first f...

Page 92: ...essage Upgrade system now If you want to downgrade to the previous FW later not recommend please export your system configuration in advance click Cancel to export system configuration in advance then...

Page 93: ...n 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 5 6 5 Reset to Factory Default Reset to factory...

Page 94: ...overwrite it Use import could return to original configuration If the volume setting was also imported user s current volumes will be overwritten with different configuration 1 Import Import all syst...

Page 95: ...er 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 login the system...

Page 96: ...d be marked as RS reserved and the system will not start auto rebuild If this disk is not belonging to any existing RG it would be FR Free disk and the system will start Auto Rebuild If user only remo...

Page 97: ...d 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...

Page 98: ...l evaluate whether this operation is safe or not and appear a message of Sure to migrate to a lower protection array to give user warning 4 Double check the setting of RAID level and RAID PD slot If t...

Page 99: ...ration is not allowed when RG is being migrated System would reject following operations 1 Add dedicated spare 2 Remove a dedicated spare 3 Create a new VD 4 Delete a VD 5 Extend a VD 6 Scrub a VD 7 P...

Page 100: ...the VD number click Extend 3 Change the size The size must be larger than the original and then click OK to start extension 4 Extension starts If VD needs initialization it will display Initiating in...

Page 101: ...e attached to a LUN provisioned to a host as a disk like other ordinary VDs in the system Rollback restores the data back to the state of any time which was previously captured in case for any unfortu...

Page 102: ...take snapshot In Volume configuration Virtual disk move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the VD number click Take snapshot Or in Volume configuration Snapshot click Take snapshot 5 Enter a...

Page 103: ...B 2 For performance and future rollback system saves snapshot with names in sequences For example three snapshots has been taken and named SnapVD 01 first SnapVD 02 and SnapVD 03 last When deleting Sn...

Page 104: ...e the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the VD number click Auto snapshot Or in Volume configuration Snapshot click Auto snapshot 2 The auto snapshot can be set monthly weekly daily or hourly 3...

Page 105: ...s 1GB 2 When making a rollback the original VD cannot be accessed for a while At the same time the system connects to original VD and snapshot VD and then starts rollback 3 During rollback data from s...

Page 106: ...or newer 2 All physical disks of related RG should be moved from system 1 to system 2 together The configuration of both RG and VD will be kept but LUN configuration will be cleared in order to avoid...

Page 107: ...ceVD_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 f...

Page 108: ...achieves its threshold system will automatically take a clone snapshot and start VD clone process The purpose of threshold could prevent the incremental copy fail immediately when running out of snaps...

Page 109: ...stem will clear the snapshots of clone in order to release snapshot space automatically and the VD clone will restart the task after an hour This task will start a full copy 5 After deploying the VD c...

Page 110: ...lone 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 snap...

Page 111: ...edule 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...

Page 112: ...ing to start clone it will get a warning message This is not enough of snapshot space for the operation At this time the user needs to clean up the snapshot space in order to operate the clone process...

Page 113: ...ntroller When connecting a dual JBOD controller which can be detected in RAID Subsystem management GUI it will be displayed in Show PD for under Volume configuration Physical disk menu For example Loc...

Page 114: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 114 User Manual Enclosure management Hardware monitor can display the hardware status of SAS JBODs...

Page 115: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 115...

Page 116: ...ts as described in the followings 1 User can create RAID group among multiple chassis enclosures the maximum number of disks in a single RAID group is 32 2 Global spare disk can support all RAID group...

Page 117: ...s 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...

Page 118: ...ithin 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...

Page 119: ...ending LACP packets to the peer Theoretically LACP port can be defined as active or passive iSCSI controller implements it as active mode which means that LACP port sends LACP protocol packets automat...

Page 120: ...bE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 120 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...

Page 121: ...l 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 ru...

Page 122: ...troller mode Both of controllers are functional 2 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 write...

Page 123: ...no ownership of RG Single controller mode can be upgraded to dual controller mode please contact the distributor for upgradable In addition iSNS server is recommended It s important for keeping I O r...

Page 124: ...ey and download it to the RAID subsystem to activate the QReplica function Each license key is unique and dedicated to a specific subsystem It means that the license key for subsystem A cannot be used...

Page 125: ...ing 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...

Page 126: ...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 w...

Page 127: ...icated 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 128: ...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 n...

Page 129: ...ew 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...

Page 130: ...he 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 replicati...

Page 131: ...o SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 131 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 redun...

Page 132: ...If the snapshot space is not configured on the source VD in advance the subsystem will allocate snapshot space for the source VD automatically when the replication job is created The default snapshot...

Page 133: ...prevent the incremental copy fail immediately when running out of snapshot space For example the default threshold is 50 and the system will check the snapshot space every hour When the snapshot space...

Page 134: ...d into system WARNING PD removed Disk slot is removed from system ERROR HDD read error Disk slot read block error ERROR HDD write error Disk slot write block error ERROR HDD error Disk slot is disable...

Page 135: ...end reply terminated abnormally EMS events Level Type Description INFO Power install Power string is installed ERROR Power absent Power string is absent INFO Power restore Power string is restored to...

Page 136: ...NFO Console Login username login from IP or serial console via Console UI INFO Console Logout username logout from IP or serial console via Console UI INFO Web Login username login from IP via Web UI...

Page 137: ...INFO VD scrub finished Parity checking on VD name completes with address parity data inconsistency found INFO VD scrub aborted Parity checking on VD name stops with address parity data inconsistency...

Page 138: ...Spare Disks WARNING PD read error Read error occurred at LBA address address of PD slot WARNING PD write error Write error occurred at LBA address address of PD slot WARNING Scrub wrong parity The pa...

Page 139: ...pace Set the snapshot space of VD name to number MB INFO Snap rollback started Snapshot rollback of VD name has been started INFO Snap rollback finished Snapshot rollback of VD name has been finished...

Page 140: ...JBOD name disk slot is disabled ERROR HDD IO timeout JBOD name disk slot gets no response INFO JBOD inserted JBOD name is inserted into system WARNING JBOD removed JBOD name is removed from system WA...

Page 141: ...ng in JBOD name is UT WARNING WARNING Therm fail OT Temperature of string read as string in JBOD name is OT FAILURE WARNING Therm fail UT Temperature of string read as string in JBOD name is UT FAILUR...

Page 142: ...o system ERROR CTR removed Controller number is removed from system ERROR CTR timeout Controller number gets no response ERROR CTR lockdown Controller number is locked down ERROR CTR memory NG Memory...

Page 143: ...aborted INFO VD set as replica VD name has been configured as a replica INFO VD set as RAID VD name has been configured as a RAID volume INFO VD replica set The replica of VD name has been designated...

Page 144: ...DDR2 667 Unbuffered ECC Low profile with Hynix Unigen UG51T7200N8DU 8CM 4GB DDR2 800 Unbuffered ECC with Hynix iSCSI Initiator Software OS Software Release Number Microsoft Windows Microsoft iSCSI So...

Page 145: ...Intel PWLA8492MT PCI X Gigabit 2 ports TCP IP offload GbE Switch Vendor Model Dell PowerConnect 5324 Dell PowerConnect 2724 Dell PowerConnect 2708 HP ProCurve 1800 24G Netgear GS724T ZyXEL GS2200 Har...

Page 146: ...A 3 5 Vendor Model Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 HDS722580VLSA80 80GB 7200RPM SATA 8M Hitachi Deskstar E7K500 HDS725050KLA360 500GB 7200RPM SATA II 16M Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 HDS728040PLA320 40GB 7200RPM SATA...

Page 147: ...RPM SATA 1 5G s 8M Westem Digital Caviar RE2 WD4000YR 400GB 7200RPM SATA 1 5Gb s 16M NCQ Westem Digital Caviar RE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3 0Gb s 16M Westem Digital RE2 WD4000YS 400GB 7200RPM...

Page 148: ...e 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 iSC...

Page 149: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 149 3 Click Done 4 It can connect to an iSCSI disk now...

Page 150: ...ID Subsystem 150 User Manual 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...

Page 151: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 151 8 Install 9 Installation succeeded...

Page 152: ...Subsystem 152 User Manual 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...

Page 153: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 153 13 Click Discover Portal 14 Input IP address of controller2...

Page 154: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 154 User Manual 15 Please connect ctrl1 16 Choose checkbox of Enable multipath path...

Page 155: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 155 17 Please select the IP address for Initiator Target of controller1 18 Please connect ctrl2...

Page 156: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 156 User Manual 19 Choose checkbox of Enable multipath path 20 Please select the IP address for Initiator Target of controller2...

Page 157: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 157 21 iSCSI initiator install finish Setup MPIO 22 Please run MPIO with below path Control Panel System and Security Administrative Tools...

Page 158: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 158 User Manual 23 Click tab of Discover Multi Paths 24 Choose checkbox of Add support for iSCSI devices 25 Reboot...

Page 159: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 159 MC S 26 If running MC S please continue 27 Select one target name click Properties 28 Click MCS to add additional connections...

Page 160: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 160 User Manual 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 161: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 161 34 Done...

Page 162: ...iSCSI GbE to SAS SATA II RAID Subsystem 162 User Manual Disconnect 35 Select the target name click Disconnect and then click Yes 36 Done the iSCSI device disconnect successfully...

Reviews: