Qsan XCubeDAS XD5312D, User Manual

Page 1: ...XCubeDAS CubeView User s Manual Applicable Models XD5324D XD5324S XD5316D XD5316S XD5312D XD5312S XD5326D XD5326S QSAN Technology Inc www QSAN com ...

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Page 3: ...er SFF 26 disk 2U Chassis XD5326S Single Controller SFF 26 disk 2U Chassis Information contained in this manual has been reviewed for accuracy But it could include typographical errors or technical inaccuracies Changes are made to the document periodically These changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication QSAN may make improvements or changes in the products All features functi...

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Page 5: ...ubeView 4 2 2 1 Device Finder 6 2 2 2 Device List 6 2 2 3 Event Log 8 2 2 4 Dashboard 10 2 2 5 Agent Mode 10 2 2 6 About CubeView 12 3 Management and Monitoring 14 3 1 System Information 14 3 1 1 Firmware Upgrade 15 3 2 SAS Zoning 16 3 2 1 SAS Zoning Cabling 24 3 3 Device Slot 25 3 4 Power Supply 26 3 5 Cooling Device 27 3 6 Temperature Sensor 28 3 7 Voltage Sensor 30 3 8 SAS Expander 31 3 9 SAS P...

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Page 7: ...n 15 Figure 3 3 SAS Zoning Configuration 17 Figure 3 4 All SAS Ports Access All Disk Drives Diagram 18 Figure 3 5 All SAS Ports Access All Drives Configuration 19 Figure 3 6 SAS Ports and Disk Drives Divided into Two Groups Diagram 20 Figure 3 7 SAS Ports and Disk Drives Divided into Two Groups Configuration 21 Figure 3 8 SAS Ports and Disk Drives Divided into Five Groups Diagram 22 Figure 3 9 SAS...

Page 8: ...vi Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology Inc All Right Reserved Tables Table 1 1 Operation System Compatibility 2 Table 2 1 CubeView Panel Layout 5 ...

Page 9: ...disassemble or upgrade the equipment s components by yourself Doing so may violate your warranty and expose you to electric shock Refer all servicing to authorized service personnel Please always follow the instructions in this owner s manual Related Documents There are related documents which can be downloaded from the website All XCubeDAS Documents XCubeDAS QIG Quick Installation Guide XCubeDAS ...

Page 10: ... draw attention to important safety and operational information INFORMATION INFORMATION provides useful knowledge definition or terminology for reference TIP TIP provides helpful suggestions for performing tasks more effectively CAUTION CAUTION indicates that failure to take a specified action could result in damage to the system Conventions The following table describes the typographic convention...

Page 11: ... Indicates optional values Example a b indicates that you can choose a b or nothing braces Indicates required or expected values Example a b indicates that you must choose either a or b vertical bar Indicates that you have a choice between two or more options or arguments Slash Indicates all options or arguments underline Indicates the default value Example a b ...

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Page 13: ...s enclosure zoning function firmware update and history record of system temperature voltage and fan speed And designate certain disk drives for a dedicated SAS port for security SAS zoning Users can also turn on the UID Unique Identifier LED of system or the status LED to identify disk drives The CubeView CMS is an easy management utility for XCubeDAS system users 1 1 Introduction to CubeView The...

Page 14: ...ves the SES command from the CubeView client and communicates with the XCubeDAS series systems via SES protocol and then replies to the CubeView client CAUTION The SAS HBAs or SAS RAID cards must support SES protocol Otherwise the CubeView will not work properly INFORMATION The CubeView software is running in the client mode by default Please refer to the chapter 2 2 5 Agent Mode section in the ch...

Page 15: ...Languages Support Here are the CubeView supported languages it is auto switched by the language setting of operation system English French German Italian Japanese Korean Russian Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese ...

Page 16: ... included CubeView exe CubeView main file includes CubeView client and CubeView agent Windows version LZMA dll It is Windows dynamic link libraries please put it at the same directory as the CubeView exe file The CubeView software can be run directly without installation Please browse to the location of the CubeView exe file You will see the icon as below Figure 2 1 CubeView Icon TIP CubeView exe ...

Page 17: ...sible by CubeView Section 2 2 2 3 Event Log Display the latest events of the selected XCubeDAS system Section 2 2 3 4 Dashboard Click to show the status summary of the selected XCubeDAS system Section 2 2 4 5 Agent Mode Click to change the CubeView from client to agent mode Section 2 2 5 6 About CubeView Click to show the current CubeView version Section 2 2 6 7 Main Working Area Here user can man...

Page 18: ... 2 3 Device Finder 2 2 2 Device List All QSAN XCubeDAS systems that connect to the CubeView will be shown in the device list Users can click the device on the list for detail information or start to manage the system Clicking the icon can edit delete the device from the list Click the icon again to exit the edit mode Figure 2 4 Edit the Device List Click one of the devices in the list and then the...

Page 19: ...Unique Identifier LED Upgrade Firmware Restart the system Shutdown the system Figure 2 5 System Information Managing and monitoring is under the system information in the main working area SAS Zoning Device Slot Power Supply Unit Status Indicator Cooling devices Temperature sensors Voltage sensor SAS Expander SAS Port ...

Page 20: ...options Or click the icon to expand the option area For more information about the operations please refer to the chapter 3 Management and Monitoring 2 2 3 Event Log Event log of the CubeView will show the latest events of the XCubeDAS systems that connect to the CubeView The event log will record important events and critical error status of the system ...

Page 21: ...Getting Started 9 Figure 2 7 Event Log of Firmware Upgrade Figure 2 8 Event Log of Error on Power Supply and Fan ...

Page 22: ...udes the following items Storage ID Device Slots Power Supply Cooling Device Temperature Sensor Voltage Sensor Status Figure 2 9 Dashboard Information The status shows OK if the items are fine If the items have problem it will show fault indicator _Fault_ The numbers in brackets are the total quantity of the items 2 2 5 Agent Mode When users click the Agent Mode button on the top right corner the ...

Page 23: ...utton will confirm switching to the agent mode The CubeView program will shrink to the Window taskbar Figure 2 11 CubeView Agent Icon on Taskbar Click the CubeView Agent icon will pop up a window to add authorized clients Figure 2 12 CubeView Agent to Add Authorized Clients ...

Page 24: ... client to inquire the status Figure 2 13 Authorized Client Assignment INFORMATION For more information about the CubeView client mode and agent mode please refer to the chapter 1 1 Introduction to CubeView section in the chapter Overview The CubeView software is running in the client mode by default 2 2 6 About CubeView Click the About button on the top right corner will pop up a window and show ...

Page 25: ...Getting Started 13 Figure 2 14 About CubeView ...

Page 26: ...ing tabs Figure 3 1 System Information Options of System Information The options available in this tab System Name Change the system name highlight the old name and type in a new one and then click the Change button Maximum length of the system name is 32 characters Valid characters are A Z a z 0 9 _ Vendor Name The vendor name of the device Product Name The model name of the device FW Version The...

Page 27: ...oot the controller 1 first and then controller 2 after 30 seconds Shutdown Storage Click the Shutdown button to shutdown the system 3 1 1 Firmware Upgrade The basic information in the CubeView shows current firmware version and supports firmware update as well Please prepare new controller firmware file named xxxx lzma in local hard drive Click the icon to browse and select the firmware file to up...

Page 28: ...ing 1 Easy disk drive management Users can designate certain disk drive to be accessed by single SAS port For example users can designate disk drive slot 1 2 3 4 and 5 for the SAS port 1 the server can only detect and access disk drive slot 1 5 via the SAS port 1 2 Data access control Due to SAS zoning feature can segregate and isolate disk drives from different SAS ports one SAS port can only det...

Page 29: ...guration TIP Please note that after applying new SAS zoning configuration you must reboot the XCubeDAS system to make new zoning configurations take effect After restart the XCubeDAS system server that connected to the SAS port can only detect and access designated the disk drives according to new SAS zoning configuration We take some SAS zoning examples for your reference All SAS Ports Access All...

Page 30: ...18 Copyright 2020 QSAN Technology Inc All Right Reserved Figure 3 4 All SAS Ports Access All Disk Drives Diagram The SAS zoning configuration is on the following ...

Page 31: ...Management and Monitoring 19 Figure 3 5 All SAS Ports Access All Drives Configuration ...

Page 32: ...etting for each port according to requirement Here is an example of two zones of SAS ports and disk drives SAS port 1 and 2 can access to the disk drive slot 1 12 and SAS port 3 4 5 can access to the disk drive slot 13 24 Figure 3 6 SAS Ports and Disk Drives Divided into Two Groups Diagram The SAS zoning configuration is on the following ...

Page 33: ...Management and Monitoring 21 Figure 3 7 SAS Ports and Disk Drives Divided into Two Groups Configuration ...

Page 34: ...AS port 1 can access to the disk drive slot 1 5 SAS port 2 can access to the disk drive slot 6 10 SAS port 3 can access to the disk drive slot 11 15 SAS port 4 can access to the disk drive slot 16 20 and SAS port 5 can access to the disk drive slot 21 24 Figure 3 8 SAS Ports and Disk Drives Divided into Five Groups Diagram The SAS zoning configuration is on the following ...

Page 35: ...nt and Monitoring 23 Figure 3 9 SAS Ports and Disk Drives Divided into Five Groups Configuration Make sure to click the Apply button to apply the SAS zoning settings and click the Restart button to take effect ...

Page 36: ...host connectivity Port 2 is disconnected Zone 2 Port 3 and Port 4 Port 3 is for host connectivity Port 4 is disconnected Figure 3 10 Two Servers to One XCubeDAS Two Zones Two Servers to Three XCubeDAS Two SAS Zones In this case XCubeDAS is configured to two SAS zones for access right control There are two XCubeDAS systems deployment for storage expansion follows one XCubeDAS system Only the XCubeD...

Page 37: ... information and indicator control for the disk drives installed in slots Disk Drive information Show each disk drive s vendor model name and serial number Besides if the disk drive is healthy the device slot status will be blank if the disk drive has any problem the device slot status will show fault indicator _Fault_ under the disk device slot ID LED Users can turn on the disk drive ID LED for m...

Page 38: ...efer to chapter 2 System Components Overview in the XCubeDAS Hardware Owner s Manual 3 4 Power Supply The Power Supply tab provides to monitor the status of power supply unit and indicate error conditions The error indicators are on the following DC Over Voltage If the DC voltage is over default upper limit DC OVER VOLTAGE indicator will be on and show orange color ...

Page 39: ...nput AC is abnormal too high low voltage AC FAIL indicator will be on and show dark red color Figure 3 13 Power Supply Status Indicators 3 5 Cooling Device The Cooling Device tab provides to monitor the status of the cooling devices The cooling device indicators will show the following information Cooling Device Number There are four cooling devices numbering 1 to 4 Cooling Device Fan Speed and RP...

Page 40: ... sensors There are some thermal sensors in the system Thermal sensor indicators will show the following information Temperature Sensor Name It indicates the location of the thermal sensor Current Temperature Degree by Celsius Temperature Status If the temperature detected by the thermal sensor is normal the indicator will show blank if the temperature is out of range the indicator will show _Faile...

Page 41: ...Management and Monitoring 29 Figure 3 15 Temperature Sensor Status Indicators INFORMATION Temperature statistic charts will be updated by every minute ...

Page 42: ...n the system Voltage sensor indicators will show the following information Voltage Sensor It indicates the voltage sensor Current Voltage Number by volt Voltage Status If the voltage detected by the voltage sensor is normal the indicator will show blank if the voltage is out of range the indicator will show _Failed_ INFORMATION Voltage statistic charts will be updated by every minute ...

Page 43: ...Management and Monitoring 31 Figure 3 16 Voltage Sensor Status Indicators 3 8 SAS Expander The SAS Expander tab provides the SAS expander information including the SAS addresses ...

Page 44: ...ure 3 17 SAS Expander Information 3 9 SAS Port The SAS Port tab provides to monitor the status of the SAS ports There are five SAS ports on each controller The connectivity status and speed for each SAS port will be shown Figure 3 18 SAS Port Connectivity Status ...

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