AIC J4076-01, User Manual

Page 1: ...J4076 01 SAS SATA JBOD User s Manual UM_J4076 01_v6 1_082417...

Page 2: ...al Expander Module 18 2 6 Removing and Installing the HDD backplane Module 19 2 7 Installing Slide Rail 20 Chapter 3 Sub System Configuration Setup 21 3 1 Supported Configuration and Unsupported featu...

Page 3: ...contents 4 9 Firmware safety mode 99 Chapter 5 Technical Support 104...

Page 4: ...Copyright 2016 AIC Inc All Rights Reserved This document contains proprietary information about AIC products and is not to be disclosed or used except in accordance with applicable agreements...

Page 5: ...eption It is essential that only the supplied power cord be used 2 Use only shielded cables to connect I O devices to this equipment 3 You are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly app...

Page 6: ...unit chassis for a few seconds This will help to discharge any static electricity on your body Place this equipment on a stable surface when install A drop or fall could cause injury Please keep this...

Page 7: ...ipment 3 The equipment has been exposed to moisture 4 The equipment does not work well or will not work according to its user manual 5 The equipment has been dropped and or damaged 6 The equipment has...

Page 8: ...ound do not remove the components contact the dealer where the subsystem was purchased for further instructions Before continuing first unpack the subsystem and verify that the contents of the shippin...

Page 9: ...ply 1400W 1 1 hot swap redundant 80 Platinum Power Entry Dual AC inlet Expander Modules Dual expanders Optional Electrical and Environmental Universal A C Input 200 240V AC full range Operating Enviro...

Page 10: ...ount chassis with 60 x 3 5 HDDs hot swap bay 16 x 2 5 HDDs hot swap bay and dual expander module JBOD which is a high performance high density scalable storage product Front Panel Fault LED red Interp...

Page 11: ...4 J4076 01 User s Manual Chapter 1 Product Introduction Rear Expander Panel Identify LED Console port Debug port SFF 8644 wide port BMC console port BMC LAN port...

Page 12: ...5 J4076 01 User s Manual Chapter 1 Product Introduction Rear Panel 2 x 8038 hot swap fans Mini SAS HD 16 x 2 5 rear drives 1400W 1 1 hot swap redundant power supply SECONDARY PRIMARY...

Page 13: ...lemented by Command Line interface operation see Chapter 3 for reference By using the zoning option four of the 8644 ports will have a variety of zone group settings Before you begin your JBOD must be...

Page 14: ...63 62 61 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Left Edge Expander Center Edge Expander Right Edge Expander 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2...

Page 15: ...2 61 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Left Edge Expander Center Edge Expander Right Edge Expander 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30...

Page 16: ...65 64 63 62 61 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Left Edge Expander Center Edge Expander Right Edge Expander 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2...

Page 17: ...r 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Left Edge Expander Center Edge Expander Right Edge Expander 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45...

Page 18: ...are Installation 11 2 1 Removing and Installing Top Cover Pushing release button on both side and slide forward the top cover to open cover Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter provides detail...

Page 19: ...ng a Disk Drive Grasp and open the ejector lever and then pull the drive tray out of the slot 2 2 2 Installing a Hard Disk Drive Tray Insert the drive carrier into its bay Push the tray lever until it...

Page 20: ...tallation 2 2 3 Installing a 3 5 Disk Drive Directly place HDD into tool less HDD tray until it snaps Please check if the screw holes on HDD match the dimples on HDD tray HDD can also be screwed on HD...

Page 21: ...Chapter 2 Hardware Installation J4076 01 User s Manual 14 2 2 4 Drive Slot Map The drive slot map follows Right Edge Center Edge Left Edge...

Page 22: ...J4076 01 User s Manual 15 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation The drive slot map follows MegaRaid HBA Card 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78...

Page 23: ...dule Remove power cables connected to the PSU module Allow a minute for fan to spin down Pushing the latch then hold the tray handle tab Then pull the PSU module gently until it slides out of the JBOD...

Page 24: ...oving a Fan module Loosen the thumb screws on each sides in front of fan module Hold the fan module from both sides Pull the fan module gently and firmly until it clears the enclosure chassis 2 4 2 In...

Page 25: ...e expander tray lever Hold the lever to pull the expander out of JBOD 2 5 2 Installing an expander module Align the expander module with the opening in front of the enclosure and insert it into the en...

Page 26: ...s of the front panel to release LED board Hold the backplane module to pull the backplane module out of JBOD 2 6 2 Installing a HDD backplane module Slide the HDD backplane module into JBOD and close...

Page 27: ...Manual 20 User s Manual Screw Sack Slide Rail User s Manual Screw Sack Slide Rail 2 7 Installing Slide Rail 2 7 1 Installing slide rail To install the slide rail please refer to the manual in the sli...

Page 28: ...BA utility Users should send standard SES command to locate a drive C The management software MegaRAID Storage Manager with LSI 6G RAID Card is not supported AIC 12G Expander Controller Host 1 Host n...

Page 29: ...iguration Setup J4076 01 User s Manual 22 3 2 Connect Host to JBOD via RS232 Use a RS 232 DB9 cable to connect the console port of JBOD with host s PC COM port see figures below for DB9 RS 232 cable a...

Page 30: ...3 3 Utility Set up on Host Step 1 Set up host RS232 connection Set up RS232 connection application into your host as shown in the example process below For example OS Microsoft Windows Server 2008 RS2...

Page 31: ...Setup J4076 01 User s Manual 24 Step 3 Enter a new name for the icon in the field below and click OK Step 4 Connect by using selecting an option in the drop down menu circled in red below we selected...

Page 32: ...screen and then please press Enter key the screen will appear the cmd line Step 5 For Bits per second select 38400 For Flow control select None Click OK when you have finished your selections Properti...

Page 33: ...tion Setup J4076 01 User s Manual 26 3 4 Updating Firmware and MFG through Console Port Step1 Please input fdl 0 0 in command line to update the firmware Step2 Select the tool bar Transfer Send File w...

Page 34: ...apter 3 Sub System configuration Setup Step3 Select the Firmware file and set the Protocol type is Xmodem and then press the Send button Step4 After finished the FW updated the screen will show Buffer...

Page 35: ...mmond line to update the MFG Step6 Go to the Transfer menu and then select Send file within 10 seconds Step7 Select the MFG file and set the Protocol type is Xmodem and then press the Send button Step...

Page 36: ...A Check the current zoning state cmd phyzone state Zoning is OFF B Enable zoning cmd phyzone on C Disable zoning cmd phyzone off cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd phyzone state Zoning is...

Page 37: ...the second port The configuration for the example is A PHY8 PHY11 for the first wide port of HUB B PHY4 PHY7 for the second wide port of HUB C PHY20 PHY21 for drives on EDGE Step 1 Read the current gr...

Page 38: ...group for the phy cmd phyzone 7 9 Succeeded to set zone group for the phy cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd _ cmd phyzone 8 8 Succeeded to set zone group for the phy cmd phyzone 9 8 Succeeded to set zone group for...

Page 39: ...Image Address 0x10000000 cmd showmfg Manufacturing Image Version Information Mfg Revision 1 1 0 4 Product Name SAS3_HOTSWAP Platform Name AIC 12G cmd _ cmd sensor ENCLOSURE STATUS Total fan number 2...

Page 40: ...C warning threshold 48 C and alarm threshold 54 C The new setting will take effect after reset cmd temperature 18 52 48 54 cmd reset C We also take expander temperature into consideration and the tem...

Page 41: ...x500605B0000272BF B Set the enclosure address with 0x500605B0000272BF The new setting will take effect after reset cmd enclosure_addr 500605B0000272BF cmd reset cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd...

Page 42: ...igure standby timer for all disk drives EDGE only This feature is applicable for SAS SATA drives Standby timer is in units of minutes Setting standby timer with 0 minute disables this feature A Get cu...

Page 43: ...ve power consumption of SAS drives Otherwise AIC Expander Controller starts all attached SAS drives to provide drive access service to any active SAS initiator The same setting should be applied to HU...

Page 44: ...md cmd cmd cmd check_wide_port on Succeeded to configure checking wide port cmd reset_ cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd check_wide_port Checking wide port is OFF cmd _ cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd c...

Page 45: ...421 12021704510010 Enclosure number 526 12071100500088 B Only set Expander serial number with 421 12021704510010 cmd serial_number 421 12021704510010 C Set both of Expander serial number 421 12021704...

Page 46: ...der Controller powers off all attached SAS SATA drives to save power consumption Otherwise AIC Expander Controller powers on all attached SAS SATA drives to provide drive access service to any active...

Page 47: ...e current configuration cmd edfb EDFB is OFF B Enable the edfb cmd edfb on C Disable the edfb cmd edfb off cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd edfb EDFB is OFF cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd...

Page 48: ...estoring on AC power loss Three supported options are keep off keep on and keep last state The default setting is keep off A Get the current power setting cmd power_setting Power setting keep off B Se...

Page 49: ...cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd power_setting Power setting keep off cmd _ cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd power_setting keep_off cmd cmd _ cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd cmd power_setting keep_on cmd cmd cm...

Page 50: ...configuration is one zone of which T10 zoning configuration is disabled T10 zoning configuration of the other configurations two zones and four zones is enabled All COM ports for HUB and EDGE should b...

Page 51: ...1 2 Wideport 1 2 3 4 5 6 EDGE Zone 1 2 Slot 1 30 61 68 31 60 71 78 C 3 When Zone Count 3 T10 zoning is enabled HUB Zone 1 2 3 4 other Wideport 1 2 3 4 5 6 EDGE Zone 1 2 3 4 Slot 4U76only 1 15 61 64 1...

Page 52: ...sit http www t10 org If you are a member of the T10 working group the Standard which controlled by T10 technical committee could be found at http www t10 org cgi bin ac pl t f f ses2r19a pdf 3 6 1 SES...

Page 53: ...PSU Module2 STATUS_WORD Byte 5 14 Reserved 0xFF 3 6 3 2 SES Threshold Out In It includes only Temperature Sensor and Voltage Sensor elements Threshold control element format BYTE BIT 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0...

Page 54: ...o 30 bytes If no chassis number is entered N 0 then chassis number is cleared Chassis Number control format BYTE BIT 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 N Chassis Number If no chassis number is found return Status 1 fa...

Page 55: ...red N 0 then canister number is restored to default 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 8 spaces in ASCII Canister Number control format BYTE BIT 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 N Canister Number If no canister...

Page 56: ...Functions for details B Power Supply Status Element BYTE BIT 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 COMMON STATUS Reserved PRDFAIL DISABLE SWAP ELEMENT STATUS CODE 1 IDENT Reserved 2 Reserved DC OVER VOLTAGE DC UNDER VOLT...

Page 57: ...ment Control Functions for details B Cooling Status Element BYTE BIT 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 COMMON STATUS Reserved PRDFAIL DISABLE SWAP ELEMENT STATUS CODE 1 IDENT Reserved ACTUAL FAN SPEED MSB 2 ACTUAL FA...

Page 58: ...ATUS CODE 1 IDENT FAIL Reserved 2 TEMPERATURE 3 Reserved OT FAILURE OT WARNING UT FAILURE UT WARNING Field Value ELEMENT STATUS CODE OK Everything is Ok NON CRITICAL If either warning limit is exceede...

Page 59: ...tion SES Element Control Functions for details REQUEST WARNING Please refer to section SES Element Control Functions for details B Enclosure Status Element BYTE BIT 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 COMMON STATUS Res...

Page 60: ...2 Reserved 3 Reserved B Voltage Status Element BYTE BIT 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 COMMON STATUS Reserved PRDFAIL DISABLE SWAP ELEMENT STATUS CODE 1 IDENT FAIL Reserved WARN OVER WARN UNDER CRIT OVER CRIT UNDE...

Page 61: ...S CHECK Please refer to section SES Element Control Functions for details RQST IN CRIT ARRAY Please refer to section SES Element Control Functions for details RQST IN FAILED ARRAY Please refer to sect...

Page 62: ...ce Control Element RSVD DEVICE Set by the RQST RSVD DEVICE on Array Device Control Element HOT SPARE Set by the RQST HOT SPARE on Array Device Control Element CONS CHK Set by the RQST CONS CHECK on Ar...

Page 63: ...mand When the RQST IDENT bit is set the blue LED overwrites its default behavior with a slow blink while the red LED is off The blue LED is set Activity for not overwriting its default behavior The be...

Page 64: ...element in the SES specification Set the bit to turn off a slot power and vice versa We use the software package sg3_utils on Linux for example and have a SAS HBA and a cable to connect your host wit...

Page 65: ...er Supply is defined in the bit5 byte3 of the Power Supply control element in the SES specification Clear the bit on Power Supply Element PowerSupply01 or PowerSupply02 to power off the entire enclosu...

Page 66: ...on the identity is enabled The RQST IDENT for Enclosure is defined in the bit7 byte1 of the Enclosure control element in the SES specification Set the bit to enable the identity Clear the bit to disa...

Page 67: ...bit1 byte3 and bit0 byte3 of the Enclosure control element in the SES specification Setting either bit can enable the enclosure alarm Clearing both bits disables the enclosure alarm We use the softwa...

Page 68: ...Cooling elements by setting the REQUESTED SPEED CODE bits Clear RQST IDENT bit to enable the smart fan function again Please disable the smart fan function before changing PWM or fan speed Only Cooli...

Page 69: ...Chapter 3 Sub System configuration Setup J4076 01 User s Manual 62 REQUESTED SPEED CODE PWM 7 100 6 90 5 80 4 70 3 60 2 50 1 40 0 Leave at current speed...

Page 70: ...onfiguration and Settings 4 1 Login the web page Open a web browser enter default IP http 192 168 11 11 and press Enter When the login window appears set the user name and password to admin Click Log...

Page 71: ...Chapter 4 BMC Configuration and Setting J4076 01 User s Manual 64 4 2 Sensor s location for Fan Temperature EXP expander chip...

Page 72: ...st Please refer to Section 3 2 4 4 Connect Host to BMC by RS232 1 Type the it will show the IPMI serial interface Type command for login the interface sys pwd u admin admin It will response OK Type co...

Page 73: ...HCP 30 00 02 01 04 00 00 Get LAN IP 30 00 02 01 03 00 00 Get submask 30 00 02 01 06 00 00 Get gateway 30 00 02 01 0C 00 00 Get LAN static IP DHCP 01 is static IP 02 is DHCP The red box is hexadecimal...

Page 74: ...A8 00 0A Set submask 30 00 01 01 06 FF FF FF 00 Set gateway 30 00 01 01 0C C0 A8 00 01 The Green returns text that in red box is completion code 00 means OK The blue text can change the value what you...

Page 75: ...MC Configuration and Setting J4076 01 User s Manual 68 4 5 BMC LED signal There are have two LEDs under the BMC console Blue LED Light Identify LED Red LED Light When the light keep blinking means BMC...

Page 76: ...to reload the console preview Sensor Monitoring It lists all available sensors on the device with information such as status name reading and status icon as well as a link to that sensor s page There...

Page 77: ...ng Chassis information fields Area Format Version Chassis Type Chassis Part Number Chassis Serial Number Chassis Extra Board Information It displays the following Board information fields Area Format...

Page 78: ...e Power On and Power Off button to control HDD status ACTIONS Power On Select a HDD to turn it power on Power off Select a HDD to turn it power off Icon status Green This slot inserted HDD and power o...

Page 79: ...al representation of all associated events Double click on a record to toggle ON OFF the live widget for that particular sensor You can filter the list to view particular sensors only using the drop d...

Page 80: ...n the device BMC Timezone Check this option to display the event log entries logged with the BMC Timezone value Client Timezone Check this option to display the event log entries logged with the Clien...

Page 81: ...the device Register BMC Choose the BMC s network port to register with the DNS settings Check the option Register BMC to register with the DNS settings Choose the option Direct Dynamic DNS to register...

Page 82: ...server DNS Server 1 2 3 Specify the DNS Domain Name System server address to be configured for the BMC An IPv4 Address is made of 4 numbers separated by dots as in xxx xxx xxx xxx Each number ranges...

Page 83: ...only IPv4 Configuration It lists the IPv4 configuration settings Obtain an IP address automatically Enable Use DHCP to dynamically configure the IPv4 address using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol...

Page 84: ...iguration Protocol DHCP IPv6 Address Specify a static IPv6 address to be configured for the selected interface Subnet Prefix length Specify the subnet prefix length for the IPv6 settings Value ranges...

Page 85: ...e are to be configured Auto Negotiation This option is enabled to allow the device to perform automatic configuration to achieve the best possible mode of operation speed and duplex over a link Link S...

Page 86: ...he device Date Specify the current Date for the device Time Specify the current Time for the device NTP Server Specify the NTP Server for the device Check the Automatically synchronize option to confi...

Page 87: ...e used to display the exact local time Check this option to automatically synchronize Date and Time with the NTP Server Refresh Click Refresh to reload the current date time settings Save Click Save t...

Page 88: ...lter configurations Alert Policy Click the Alert policy tab to show configured Alert policies and available slots You can modify or add new alert policy entries here A maximum of 60 slots are availabl...

Page 89: ...double click on a free slot Modify Select a configured slot and click Modify to modify that entry Alternatively double click on the configured slot Delete Select the desired configured slot to be del...

Page 90: ...Machine Name is a string of maximum 15 alpha numeric characters Space special characters are not allowed Primary SMTP Server It lists the Primary SMTP Server configuration SMTP Support Check this opt...

Page 91: ...least 4 characters long Space is not allowed Secondary SMTP Server It lists the Secondary SMTP Server configuration It is an optional field If the Primary SMTP server is not working then it tries the...

Page 92: ...ation and Setting 4 6 5 7 Schedule This page displays the device s current date time It can be used to configure dates within a week or specific a date to power on off the device If you want to change...

Page 93: ...Enable schedule Check this option for enable disable the schedule Action Check a action to do power on off for the device Set days for action Setting dates within a week to do power on off for the dev...

Page 94: ...modified as a security measure To view the page you must have Operator privileges To modify or add a user You must have Administrator privileges Add User Select a free slot and click Add User to add a...

Page 95: ...wer cycle operations Reset Expander Select an expander to do cold reset Power Off Storage Select this option to immediately power off the storage Power On Storage Select this option to power on the st...

Page 96: ...t have Administrator privileges Choose an expander that can use smart console in Java SOL Volatile Bit Rate Please set 38 4K Non Volatile Bit Rate Please set 38 4K This function can connect to expande...

Page 97: ...7 0 or later version Linux Redhat 6 4 4 7 2 Web update 1 Check the BMC IP is valid 2 Open a browser type in the BMC IP it will show the BMC web UI type the default account or have administrator privi...

Page 98: ...J4076 01 User s Manual 91 Chapter 4 BMC Configuration and Setting 3 This is login main page 4 Click the Firmware Update it will pop a drop down menu click the Firmware Update...

Page 99: ...01 User s Manual 92 5 This page will show the update warning if you really want to update BMC firmware click the Enter Update Mode button 6 Wait few minutes it will pop a window click the Select file...

Page 100: ...Chapter 4 BMC Configuration and Setting 7 Wait a minutes it will pop a window for check update section just check the Check this option to do all full firmware flash option 8 Click OK the firmware wil...

Page 101: ...s Manual 94 9 In the update processes it will take 3 5 minutes 10 When show the Device has been reset window it means firmware update successful wait 90 seconds for BMC restarted Caution Please do not...

Page 102: ...Manual 95 Chapter 4 BMC Configuration and Setting 4 8 Expander firmware update 1 Click the Firmware Update it will pop a drop down menu click the Expand Update 2 Chose the expander firmware file that...

Page 103: ...Chapter 4 BMC Configuration and Setting J4076 01 User s Manual 96 3 Chose the expander firmware file then click the upload button 4 Click the Proceed button...

Page 104: ...J4076 01 User s Manual 97 Chapter 4 BMC Configuration and Setting 5 Processing 6 Update successful...

Page 105: ...Chapter 4 BMC Configuration and Setting J4076 01 User s Manual 98 7 If the update processes not success please check the expander firmware is currently version or the system is already power off...

Page 106: ...safety mode If you update process fail or primary firmware suffers some error it will boot in safety mode 1 If you saw the sensor name status LED and ID LED are abnormal the LEDs are cross blinking it...

Page 107: ...Chapter 4 BMC Configuration and Setting J4076 01 User s Manual 100...

Page 108: ...J4076 01 User s Manual 101 Chapter 4 BMC Configuration and Setting 2 Please clear browser cookies and re start browser BMC web UI will refresh web page object...

Page 109: ...Chapter 4 BMC Configuration and Setting J4076 01 User s Manual 102 3 Click the BMC Reset button into the reset page 4 Select the BMC reset and Click the Perform Action button...

Page 110: ...nd Setting 5 The page will show Requesting status because reset BMC this web page will be invalid wait 90 seconds and clear browser cookies re login web UI again 6 If still see the safety mode page pl...

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