Accusys ExaSAN B08S2-PS Bedienungsanleitung

ExaSAN B08S2-PS User Guide Includes hardware setup information for: PCIe RAID System Models: B08S2-PS QSFP HBA Mod

1. Introduction User Guide 1. Introducing ExaSAN PCIe 2.0 Storage System

Appendices User Guide Page 6-3 6. Q: If “Find no RAID card” appears in a Windows host server, how can this be resolved? A: Please make sure th

Appendices User Guide Page 6-4 11. Q: I have connected the cable to the Host server, but I can't see "new disk drive" on the hos

Appendices User Guide Page 6-5 Appendix B: Icons ICON Description Main Menu Icons RAIDGuard X Server icon – The icon that is on the deskto

Appendices User Guide Page 6-6 A drive being selected for expansion / migration / rebuilding A transition drive state during the array 1, 2,

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-1 1. Introducing ExaSAN PCIe2.0 Storage Systems 1.1 System Overview Your new ExaSAN (pronounced “X-sa-S

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-2 Figure 2 below depicts a typical ExaSAN system solution architecture in a SAN environment. Figure 2: B0

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-3 1.1.3.2 Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or Solid State Disk (SSD) for the RAID System Hard disk drives or solid s

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-4 Figure 4: QSFP optical cable 1.1.3.5 Power Cord An AC Power Cord (Figure

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-5 • Selective initialization method with background initialization • Online RAID set expansion and level

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-6 • Certification: RoHS, UL, CE, FCC, C-Tick, BSMI 9. QSFP HBA • 20Gb/s PCIe2.0 x4 HBA • Short, low p

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-7 Figure 6: B08S2-PS packing list 1.2.1 What Is In Your Order Your ExaSAN System Integrator/Value Added

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-8 1.3.3 B08S2-PS Disk Tray package The Disk Tray package is divided into two layers. Each layer holds 4 di

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-9 1.4 Your B08S2-PS at a Glance This section helps you get familiar with the physical appearance of your

Revision Sheet User Guide Page i Revision Sheet Release No. Date Revision Description V1.0 11/10/2012 Initial release on CD. V1.1 12/19/2012

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-10 failed. No Light indicates the LED failed or power off 4 Heartbeat LED Blue Indicates the controlle

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-11 1.4.1.4 Disk Tray and LED Indicators Figure 8: B08S2-PS tray front view Disk Status LED #1 (Access

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-12 Center Action Note: • If access LED has no light, it means no access or the LED has a problem. • T

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-13 1.4.1.5 B08S2-PS Rear Panel Figure 9: B08S2-PS back view No. Name Description 1 Cooling fan Mai

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-14 cord. 1.4.2 ExaSAN QSFP Host Bus Adapter (HBA) and LED Indicators Figure 10: HBA LED indicators No.

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-15 • Off (no light) when there is no link or indicates a link with trouble. 4 Access LED Indicator Flashi

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-16 3. Other Interface Converters：ExaSAN HBAs generally work with all PCIexpress buss slots with 4 lanes or

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-17 1.5.2.1 Hardware 1. 2.5”SAS/SATA HDD (hard drive) or 2.5”SSD(flash dive)：B08S2-PS supports both SAS an

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-18 switch ports in one switch called SWF16. Accusys SAN software is called SANit. . For more information

2. Preparation User Guide 2. Preparing to Install ExaSAN B08S2-PS

User Guide Page ii PREFACE Notice The product features and specifications described in this guide are subject to change without notice. The

2. Preparation User Guide Page 2-1 2. Preparing to Install ExaSAN B08S2-PS To ensure safe and smooth operation of your ExaSAN B08S2-PS, it i

2. Preparation User Guide Page 2-2 4. Make sure that the power outlets for all hardware components are grounded according to local and natio

3. Installation User Guide 3. Installing the ExaSAN B08S2-PS

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-1 3. Installing the ExaSAN B08S2-PS Follow the steps in this chapter to prepare your ExaSAN B08S2-PS syste

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-2 6. Repeat for all drives to be installed into the B08S2-PS. Note The hard drives in a RAID system shoul

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-3 Figure 16: Install HBA card 5. Position the connector of the card over the slot, insert the connector

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-4 Figure 18: Connecting PCIe cable to B08S2-PS 2. Insert the other end of the cable into the QSFP

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-5 Figure 20: Connecting the power cord to B08S2-PS Caution Once powered on, Do NOT remove the QSFP PCIe

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-6 Figure 21: power on sequence Caution It is important to follow the correct Power On sequence. Fai

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-7 Figure 22: power off sequence 3.3 ExaSAN GUI RAIDGuard X Overview RAIDGuard X is a powerful tool wh

User Guide Page iii Trademarks Accusys and the names of Accusys products and logos referenced herein are trademarks and/or service marks or r

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-8 RAIDGuard X Client GUI The RAIDGuard X GUI enables easy monitoring of the status of a RAID. Event Notif

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-9 3.3.4 Installing the driver and RAIDGuard X The RAIDGuard X GUI can be downloaded from the Accusys websi

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-10 Figure 24: GUI license page 5. Select the Destination volume to install RAIDGuard X. Figure 25: GUI

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-11 6. Click Install to continue with the Standard installation, which will automatically install the Drive

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-12 Figure 27: GUI installation successful page Note Storport and miniport are new storage drivers created

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-13 The driver should be now loaded in Linux. RAIDGuardX Installation Before installing RAIDGuard X, mak

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-14 # cd /root/ # unzip RAIDGuard X Server x.x.zip # cd /Linux/AP # chmod 777 DTR GuiSrv # ./DTRGuiSrv

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-15 # cd /root/ # unzip RAIDGuard X Client x.x.zip # cd /Client/x.x # chmod 777 RAIDGuardX.jar # java –

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-16 3.3.5 Confirm the ExaSAN RAID system driver on OS 3.3.5.1 Confirming the ExaSAN RAID system driver on

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-17 Figure 30: more info About this MAC Under the Hardware category, click on PCI Cards to bring up inform

User Guide Page iv ExaSAN B08S2-PS User Guide Table of content Page # Notice ...

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-18 Go to Control Panel -> System Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager (depending on the versi

4. How to Use User Guide 4. Using RAIDGuard X

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-1 4. Using RAIDGuardX GUI After you have connected all your ExaSAN components, powered the system on, and

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-2 Mode 5 Option Slicing Divide an existing array into multiple slices. LUN Map Map volumes of slices to

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-3 Figure 35: GUI “SAN environment” RAIDGuard X Server runs constantly in the background on the host syste

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-4 Manual Add Controller – Manually search and add the controller. Refer to Section 4.1.2.1 Adding and Re

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-5 4.1.2.1 Adding and Removing Controllers In order to administer a controller, it first needs to be added

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-6 Figure 37: GUI “RAID controller info” Manual Add Controller In the event that a firewall is used or sp

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-7 Figure 39: GUI “Manual add RAID controller 2/2” 3. Click Search and wait for the Serial Number to popu

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-8 4.1.2.2 Planning your RAID Before using RAIDGuard X to set up your RAID storage, it is a good idea to be

User Guide Page v 2.2 Choosing the Location for the System ...

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-9 SAN Example 1: Figure 43: Create array with 8 HDDs in one RAID 5 and one RAID 1 SAN Example 2: Figure

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-10 4.1.2.3 Creating and Deleting an Array Administrators can choose how best to distribute the available h

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-11 2. Select the stripe size from the drop down menu. Available stripe sizes are: 8-256KB. The greater th

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-12 Figure 48: GUI “Select hard drives” Optional: From the drop down menu, select either On-the-fly initia

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-13 You will be able to use and configure the array immediately if it is created using On-the-fly initializ

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-14 arrays have been created, the Summary section indicates all arrays numbers are in use and you will not b

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-15 4.1.2.4 Controller Info Figure 52: GUI “Controller info” The system information section provides det

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-16 Figure 53: GUI “Controller info for four sections” Array The Array & Drives tab provides detail

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-17 Figure 55: GUI “Array tab” Clicking the Drives radio button displays information about individual driv

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-18 1. Restart the host system. In some instances, restarting the host system may not be necessary, but if

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4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-19 Figure 57: GUI “e-mail setting”

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-20 4.1.2.7 Preference Setting This menu allows administrators to set the conditions of the controller, suc

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-21 Note Although slow responds of some hard disks can be tolerated in DLP mode, you may use S.M.A.R.T. fun

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-22 When running S.M.A.R.T., the performance of the system will be slightly affected. The higher the check f

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-23 4.1.2.7.2 Cache Figure 62: GUI “Cache” Cache memory in the controller enhances read and write perform

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-24 All Drives Cache On/All Drives Cache Off – Click this button to enable/disable the caching on for all av

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-25 Figure 64: GUI “Slicing”

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-26 4.1.2.8.1 Slicing You can subdivide a RAID array into segments, or slices. These slices are effective ha

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-27 Figure 66: GUI “Slicing 1/3” 3. Click on the slice to create, and use the slider bar or buttons to ad

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-28 Figure 68: GUI “Slicing 3/3” Note Slices must be adjusted in order; for example - Slice 0, Slice 1, Sl

User Guide Page vii Table of Figures Page # Figure 1: B08S2-PS DAS environment ...

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-29 4.1.2.8.2 LUN Map LUN, which stands for Logical Unit Number, is used to identify a logical unit in compu

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-30 Figure 70: GUI “Lun mapping 2/3” 4. If you attempt to assign a LUN to a slice that has already been a

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-31 4.1.2.8.3 Expansion Expansion adds spare disks or new hard drives to an existing array. This is no need

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-32 Figure 73: GUI “expansion 1/2” 3. The Main array information screen will indicate that the array is c

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-33 4.1.2.8.4 Migrations Different from Expansion, which enlarges an array by adding hard drives to a fixed

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-34 1. Select the array to migrate. From the drop down menu, select the RAID level to migrate to, and then

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-35 4.1.2.8.5 Snapshot A snapshot is initialized with a data sync task running in the background to duplicat

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-36 Figure 80: Two types of snapshot function Create Shot Creates a snapshot of the selected slice. A max

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-37 Figure 81: GUI “Snapshot setting 1/2” Delete Shot Deletes the selected shot. 1. Select the Delete S

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-38 1. Select the Split Shot function from the drop down menu. 2. Select the Cancel Scheduling radio butto

User Guide Page viii Figure 57: GUI “e-mail setting” ...

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-39 4.1.2.8.6 Health Center To ensure the accuracy of the RAID parity data, ExaSAN RAID controller offers Ba

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-40 4.1.2.8.7 Unlock Drives The RAID controller may lock abnormal drives in an array. You may unlock these d

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-41 locked drives are preserved for online/offline recovery. If users don’t need the data or the locked driv

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-42 4.1.3 Updating the ExaSAN RAID system Firmware Follow the steps in this section to update the firmware

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-43 Figure 87: GUI “Update system code (firmware)” 2. Update System Code, Boot Code, BIOS/EFI individuall

5. RAID User Guide 5. RAID Overview

RAID User Guide 5-1 5. RAID Overview This chapter gives an overview of RAID storage system within the context of recommended setting of ExaSA

RAID User Guide 5-2 5.3 RAID Levels The ExaSAN RAID system supports several RAID levels and configurations. Each level has a different archit

Appendices User Guide Page 6-1 6. Appendices

Appendices User Guide Page 6-2 Appendix A: FAQs 1. Q: Why is my disk LED status RED? A: This is likely caused by a faulty hard drive. Replace