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Page 1 - Operation Manual

SCSI to SATA RAID Subsystems Operation Manual Version 1.2 (03, 2006)Firmware Revision: 3.47x

Page 2 - Contact Information

x About This Manual This manual provides all of the necessary information that a system administrator needs to configure and maintain EonStor SCSI to

Page 3 - Copyright 2006

Infortrend 4-30 Figure 4 - 48: Media Scan Screen There are two options with performing the Media Scan: 1. Media Scan Priority: determines how mu

Page 4 - Table of Contents

Terminal Operation 4-31 4.11 Viewing and Editing Host LUNs 4.11.1 Viewing or Deleting LUN Mappings Choose the host channel and host ID combination

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Infortrend 4-32 Press [ENTER] on a selected drive to view a sub-menu featuring functions related to the individual hard drive. Figure 4 - 52: View

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Terminal Operation 4-33 Figure 4 - 53: Delete Global/Local Spare Drive Page NOTE: The spare drive you deleted or any drive you replaced from a logi

Page 7 - Chapter 7 Data Integrity

Infortrend 4-34 4.12.3 Identifying Drives Figure 4 - 56: Identify Drive Page Whenever there is a failed drive in a logical drive, make it a point t

Page 8 - Chapter 8 Array Expansion

Terminal Operation 4-35 4.12.3.2 Flash All Drives The Read/Write LEDs of all connected drives will light for a configurable period of time. If the LE

Page 9 - Appendix C. Event Message

Infortrend 4-36 The drive-identifying function can be selected from “Main Menu”/”View and Edit Drives”/”Identify Drives.” 4.12.4 Media Error Reassi

Page 10 - About This Manual

Terminal Operation 4-37 Figure 4 - 61: View and Edit Channels Page Choose View and Edit Channels in the Main Menu to display channel status. Fig

Page 11 - Related Documentations

Infortrend 4-38 4.13.2 Adding an ID Figure 4 - 64: Add ID Screen Press [ENTER] on one of the existing IDs. Choose Add Channel ID, and then choose

Page 12 - WARNING!

Terminal Operation 4-39 • At least one controller’s ID has to be present on each channel bus. 4.13.4 Data Rate (Channel Bus) Figure 4 - 66: Data R

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xi Chapter 7 Details various methods, either manual or automatic, for maintaining array data integrity. Chapter 8 Shows how to expand a configured

Page 14 - LCD Screen Messages

Infortrend 4-40 4.13.5 View Chip Information Figure 7 - 67: View Chip Information This is a view only option showing basic information about the S

Page 15 - 1.3 Logical Drive Status

Terminal Operation 4-414.14.1 Mute Beeper Figure 4 - 69: Mute Beeper Screen When the subsystem’s beeper (onboard alarm) has been activated, choose

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Infortrend 4-42 character space. The maximum numbers of characters for the controller password is 32. If the controller name occupies 32 characters, t

Page 17 - 1.5 Drive Status

Terminal Operation 4-434.14.6 Reset Controller Figure 4 - 72: Reset Controller Screen To reset the controller without powering off the system, mov

Page 18 - CH0=Host =

Infortrend 4-44 4.14.8 Adjust LCD Contrast Figure 4 - 74: Adjust LCD Contrast Page The controller LCD contrast is set at the factory to a level tha

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Terminal Operation 4-454.15.2 LCD Title Display - Controller Name Figure 4 - 76: Controller Parameters Screen Choose View and Edit Configuration Pa

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Infortrend 4-46 A prompt will inform you that NVRAM information was successfully saved. 4.15.4 Restore NVRAM from Disks Use this function to restore

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Terminal Operation 4-474.15.6 Controller Unique Identifier Figure 4 - 80: View and Edit Configuration Parameters Enter any hex number between “0” a

Page 22 - LCD Keypad Operation

Infortrend 4-48 Time Zone Figure 4 - 81: Set Controller Date and Time Page The controller uses GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), a 24-hour clock. To cha

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Terminal Operation 4-494.16 View Drive Information Figure 4 - 83: View Drive Information Page From the “View and Edit Drives” menu, select the dri

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xii Conventions Naming From this point on and throughout the rest of this manual, the EonStor series is referred to as simply the “subsystem” or the

Page 25 - 2.2.5 Periodic Cache Flush

Infortrend 4-50 When finished with the configuration, select Execute Drive Testing and press [ENTER] to proceed. The Read/Write test progress will

Page 26 - 2.3 View Connected Drives:

Terminal Operation 4-51 4...

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Infortrend 4-52 4.12.3 Identifying Drives ...34

Page 28 - 2.4.7 Write Policy

Host-side and Drive-side Parameters 8-1 Host-side and Drive-side Parameters This chapter discusses the advanced options for configur

Page 29 - 2.4.9 Stripe Size

Infortrend 8-2 Figure 5 - 1: SCSI ID/LUNs Figure 8-1 illustrates this idea. If you file a document into a cabinet, you must put the documen

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Host-Side and Drive-Side Parameters 8-3From the Main Menu, select “View and Edit Configuration Parameters,” “Host-side Parameters,” then press [EN

Page 31 - 2.5.2 Write Policy

Infortrend 8-4 Figure 5 - 4: Maximum Queued I/O Count Choose “Host-side Parameters,” then press [ENTER]. Choose “Maximum Queued I/O Count,” then pr

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Host-Side and Drive-Side Parameters 8-55.1.5 LUN Applicability If no logical drive has been created and mapped to a host LUN, and the RAID control

Page 33 - Drive to Host LUN

Infortrend 8-6 monitoring and administration. In addition to the regular RS-232C or Ethernet connection, in-band SCSI can serve as an alternative mean

Page 34 - Settings

Host-Side and Drive-Side Parameters 8-7 Figure 5 - 7: Peripheral Device Type Parameters Operating System Peripheral Device Type Peripheral Devi

Page 35 - 2.8.3 Rebuild Settings

xiii Software and Firmware Updates Please contact your system vendor or visit Infortrend’s FTP site (ftp.infortrend.com.tw) for the latest software

Page 36 - Drive Members

Infortrend 8-8 5.1.9 Cylinder/Head/Sector Mapping Drive capacity is decided by the number of blocks. For some operating systems (Sun Solaris, for exa

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Host-Side and Drive-Side Parameters 8-9Configuring Sector Ranges/Head Ranges/Cylinder Ranges: Selecting Sector Ranges Figure 5 - 8: Selecting Se

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Infortrend 8-10 Figure 5 - 10: Selecting Cylinder Ranges 5.2 Drive-side Parameters: Figure 5 - 11: Drive Side Parameters Screen Choose “D

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Host-Side and Drive-Side Parameters 8-115.2.1 Disk Access Delay Time This feature sets the delay time before the subsystem tries to access the har

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Infortrend 8-12 receive an I/O timeout when devices of higher priority keep utilizing the bus. The default setting for “Drive I/O Timeout” is 7 secon

Page 41 - 2.9.7 Write Policy

Host-Side and Drive-Side Parameters 8-13 Figure 5 - 14: Selecting Maximum Tag Count This sub-menu facilitates the support for both Tagged Command

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Infortrend 8-14 5.2.4 Drive Spindown Idle Delay Period Figure 5 - 15: Selecting Drive Spindown Idle Delay Period This is power saving feature

Page 43 - 2.12.3 Deleting a Channel ID

Host-Side and Drive-Side Parameters 8-15 Figure 5 - 16: Enabling/Disabling Delayed Write This option allows to utilize the cache buffer embedde

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Infortrend 8-16 5.1 HOST-SIDE PARAMETERS... 1 Foreword: SCSI Channel,

Page 45 - 2.12.4 Data Rate

Enclosure Management 9-1 Enclosure Management This chapter discusses the configuration options related to enclosure monitoring. Each

Page 46 - 2.13 System Functions

LCD Screen Messages 1-1 LCD Screen Messages 1.1 The Initial Screen Figure 1 - 1: LCD Initial Screen Status/Data Transfer Indicator: Ready The

Page 47 - 2.13.4 Shutdown Controller

Infortrend 9-2 Select “View and Edit Peripheral Devices” on the Main Menu and press [ENTER]. Choose “Set Peripheral Device Entry”, press [ENTER],

Page 48 - 2.13.6 Saving NVRAM to Disks

Enclosure Management 9-3level I/O board or the daughter card. If any of the threshold values set for any sensor is exceeded, the trigger automati

Page 49 - 2.14.1 Controller Name

Infortrend 9-4 6.1.1.2 Dynamic Caching Mode Switch Controller Auto-Shutdown - Event Triggered Operations Figure 6- 4: Change Controller Shutdown P

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Enclosure Management 9-5 Figure 6 - 5: View Peripheral Device Status The controller operation status displays. The enclosure fan status is sho

Page 51 - 2.15 Drive Utilities

Infortrend 9-6 Figure 6 - 6: Set Trigger Thresholds Scroll down and select an item to configure. Figure 6 - 7: Change Threshold for CPU Temperat

Page 52 - 2.15.1 Drive Read/Write Test

Enclosure Management 9-7Figure 6 - 9: Warning Message for Out of Range Follow the same method to modify other threshold parameters. 6.2 UPS

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Infortrend 9-8 Figure 6 - 10: Set SAF-TE and SES Check Time If there are remote components in your RAID enclosure being controlled via SAF-TE/S.E.S

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Enclosure Management 9-9 1. Device type 2. Enclosure descriptor 3. Power supply 4. Cooling element 5. Temperature Sensors 6. Audible alarm 7. E

Page 55 - Limitations on optimization

Infortrend 9-10 This page is intentionally left blank

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Enclosure Management 9-11 6.1 ENCLOSURE MONITORING... 1 6.1

Page 57 - Terminal Screen Messages

Infortrend 1-2 Press [ENT] to create a logical drive. The subsystem/controller will start initialization of one logical drive to include all connecte

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Data Integrity 7-1 Data Integrity This chapter discusses various firmware mechanisms that help to secure the integrity of array data

Page 59 - 3.3 Quick Installation

Infortrend 7-2 7.1 Failed Drive Detection 7.1.1 Periodic Drive Check Time The “Periodic Drive Check Time” is the time interval for the controll

Page 60 - 3.4 Logical Drive Status

Data Integrity 7-37.1. 2 Periodic Auto-Detect Failure Drive Swap Check Time The “Drive-Swap Check Time” is the interval at which the controller c

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Infortrend 7-4 IMPORTANT! • The "Periodic Drive Check Time” is enabled by choosing a time value. The RAID controller will poll all connected

Page 62 - 3.6 Drive Status

Data Integrity 7-5 A member of another logical drive fails.  The subsystem has no spare left. Performance decreases for a considerable portio

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Infortrend 7-6 The scheduler is accessed through the “View and Edit Logical Drives” menu by selecting a configured array to display the list of array-

Page 64 - 3.7 Channel’s Status

Data Integrity 7-7Execute on Controller Initialization Figure 7 - 8: Set for Task Scheduler Function This option determines whether Media Scan

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Infortrend 7-8 • If the action is intended to be executed for one time only, select “Execution Once.” • In the case of a periodic action, the act

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Data Integrity 7-9Select Logical Drives Figure 7 - 13: Set for Logical Drive Press [ENTER] on “Select Logical Drives” to bring out a sub-menu.

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Infortrend 7-10 7.3 Regenerating Logical Drive Parity Figure 7 - 15: Regenerate Logical Drive Parity Parity regeneration is a function manually

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LCD Screen Messages 1-3 Logical Drive status: XxxxMB The capacity of this logical drive. SB=x Standby drives available to this logical drive. Except

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Data Integrity 7-11 Figure 7 - 16: Set for Disk Array Parameters Select “View and Edit Configuration Parameters” on the Main Menu and press [ENT

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Infortrend 7-12  Verification on LD Initialization Writes Performs Verify-after-Write when initializing a logical drive  Verification on LD Rebuil

Page 71 - Terminal Operation

Data Integrity 7-13 7.1 FAILED DRIVE DETECTION ... 2 7.1.1 Pe

Page 72 - 4.2 Caching Parameters

Array Expansion 8-1 Array Expansion The array expansion functions allow you to expand storage capacity without the cost of buying new

Page 73 - Opt. for Random I/O

Infortrend 8-2 added, the capacity will be increased to 144GB in two separate partitions (one is 108GB and the other 36GB). 2. Size of the New D

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Array Expansion 8-3RAID levels supported: RAID 0, 1, 3, 5 and 6 Expansion can be performed on logical drives or logical volumes under the followin

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Infortrend 8-4 RAID levels supported: RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, and 6. The new partition must be made available through a host ID/LUN. Add Drive Procedure

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Array Expansion 8-5Available drives will be listed. Select one or more drive(s) to add to the target logical drive by pressing [ENTER]. The selec

Page 77 - 4.4.1 Choosing a RAID Level

Infortrend 8-6 Figure 8 – 8: Completion of Add Drive Function The added capacity will be automatically included, meaning that you do not have to &

Page 78 - 4.4.2 Choosing Member Drives

Array Expansion 8-7When all the member drives have been replaced, execute the “Expand Logical Drives” function to make use of the added capacity.

Page 79 - 4.4.3.5 Initialization Mode

Infortrend 1-4 1.4 Logical Volume Status Figure 1 - 4: Logical Volume Status Screen Logical Volume: The Logical Volume number. DRV=x: Th

Page 80 - 4.4.3.6 Stripe Size

Infortrend 8-8 The array members will be listed. Select the member drive (the source drive) you want to replace with a larger one. Figure 8 – 11:

Page 81 - 4.5 RAID Migration

Array Expansion 8-9 Figure 8 – 14: View Copy and Replace Progress Completion of the Copy and Replace process will be indicated by a notification

Page 82 - 4.5.2 Migration Methods

Infortrend 8-10 Figure 8 – 16: Expand Logical Drive Choose Yes to confirm and proceed. Figure 8 – 17: Choose Expand Logical Drive Upon co

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Array Expansion 8-118.6 Expand Logical Volume To expand a logical volume, expand its logical drive member(s) and then perform “expand logical vo

Page 84 - Figure 4 - 19: Confirm Box

Infortrend 8-12 Example The following example demonstrates the expansion of a 16988MB RAID 5 logical drive. The HyperTerminal emulation software tha

Page 85 - Figure 4 - 23: Confirm Box

Array Expansion 8-13 Figure 8 – 23: View Disk Information Follow the steps described in the previous section to "add" or "copy &a

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Infortrend 8-14 Figure 8 – 25: Choose Logical Drive From the menu, select "Partition Logical Drive." You will see that the 25GB logical

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Array Expansion 8-15 Figure 8 – 27: View Disk information on Windows Select an existing volume (Disk1) and then right-click on the disk column.

Page 88 - Figure 4 - 27: Confirm Box

Infortrend 8-16 The Extend Volume Wizard will guide you through the rest of the process. Figure 8 – 29: Configure Disk Volume The screen will di

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Array Expansion 8-17 Figure 8 – 31: View Disk Information

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LCD Screen Messages 1-5Drive Status: LG=x IN Initializing LG=x LN On-line (already a member of a logical configuration) LG=x RB Rebuilding LG=x SB Lo

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Array Expansion 8-19 8.1 Overview ...

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S.M.A.R.T. Configuration 9-1 S.M.A.R.T. Configuration 9.1 Overview S.M.A.R.T. With the maturity of technologies like S.M.A.R.T., drive fail

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Infortrend 9-2 9.1.2 Replace after Clone Data on the source drive, the drive with predicted errors (or any selected member drive), will be cloned t

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S.M.A.R.T. Configuration 9-3The cloning process will be indicated by a status bar. You may quit the status bar by pressing [ESC] to return to the

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Infortrend 9-4 Figure 9 – 6: Select Perpetual Clone Drive The controller will automatically start the cloning process using the existing “stand-b

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S.M.A.R.T. Configuration 9-5 Figure 9 – 9: Identify The Source Drive The cloning progress will be completed by a notification message as displaye

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Infortrend 9-6 for disk drives. When S.M.A.R.T. is enabled, the drive monitors predetermined disk drive attributes that are susceptible to degradati

Page 99 - 4.10.9 Media Scan

S.M.A.R.T. Configuration 9-7Detect and Perpetual Clone When the S.M.A.R.T. function is enabled, the controller will send a command to enable all

Page 100 - 4.10.10 Write Policy

Infortrend 9-8 Figure 9 – 12: Select Drive Check Time Step 2. In \View and Edit Configuration Parameters\Drive-side Parameters\Drive Predictable

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Infortrend 1-6 Channel Mode: Host Host channel mode Drive Drive channel mode Default SCSI Bus Sync Clock: 160M The default setting of

Page 102 - Function Availability

S.M.A.R.T. Configuration 9-9Examining Whether Your Drives Support S.M.A.R.T. To see if your drive supports S.M.A.R.T., follow the steps below:

Page 103 - 4.12.2 Disk Reserved Space

Infortrend 9-10 message appears, it means your drive supports S.M.A.R.T. features. Step 6. If the error message does not appear, you may simply

Page 104 - 4.12.3 Identifying Drives

S.M.A.R.T. Configuration 9-114a. In \View and Edit Configuration Parameters\Drive-side Parameters\Drive Predictable Failure Mode <SMART>, c

Page 105 - 4.12.3.2 Flash All Drives

Infortrend 9-12 5c. When a drive (a logical drive member) detects the predictable drive failure, the controller will “clone” the drive with a spare

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Implementations for AV Applications 13-1 Implementations for AV Applications This chapter introduces some new firmware functions for

Page 107 - IMPORTANT!

Infortrend 13-2 Figure 10 - 1: Selecting Maximum Drive Response Timeout Value To prepare the array for read-intensive applications, the followin

Page 108 - 4.13.3 Deleting an ID

Implementations for AV Applications 13-3 Figure 10 - 2: Selecting An AV Optimization Mode The applicable number of streaming for fewer/multiple st

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Infortrend 13-4 10.1 MAXIMUM DRIVE RESPONSE TIME ...1 10.2 AV OPTIM

Page 110 - 4.14 System Functions

Firmware Functionality Specifications A-1 Firmware Functionality Specifications A.1 Basic RAID Management: Specification Feature RAID levels 0

Page 111 - 4.14.2 Change Password

Infortrend A-2 Maximum number of partitions for each logical drive 16 as default, up to 64 with a 1GB memory size Maximum number of logical volumes 8

Page 112 - 4.14.3 Changing the Password

ii Contact Information Asia Pacific (International Headquarters) Infortrend Technology, Inc. 8F, No. 102 Chung-Shan Rd., Sec. 3 Chung-Ho City, Tai

Page 113 - 4.14.7 Shutdown Controller

LCD Screen Messages 1-7 1.8 View and Edit Event Logs Press ENT for two seconds to enter the Main Menu. Press the up or down arrow keys to select

Page 114 - 4.15 Controller Parameters

Firmware Functionality Specifications A-3NOTE: Regenerate Parity and Rebuild cannot take place on a logical drive at the same time. Create, Expand,

Page 115 - 4.15.3 Saving NVRAM to Disks

Infortrend A-4 Bad Block Handling in degraded mode A method for handling low quality drives. The operation is performed on both the logical drive in

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Firmware Functionality Specifications A-5Host LUN geometry: user configurable default geometry (Solaris OSes) 1. Capacity <64GB: Head=63, Sector=3

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Infortrend A-6 Supported memory type SDRAM or DDR memory for enhanced performance Fast Page Memory with Parity for enhanced data security Read-ahead

Page 118 - Date and Time

Firmware Functionality Specifications A-7A.4 RAID Expansion: On-line RAID expansion Supported. Capacity brought by array expansion is immediately rea

Page 119 - 4.17 Drive Utilities

Infortrend A-8 Synchronized cache Supported. Through one or multiple, dedicated synchronizing channels on a common backplane or external cabling. S

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Firmware Functionality Specifications A-9Load sharing Supported. Workload can be flexibly divided between different controllers by assigning logical

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Infortrend A-10 drives. Verification on LD initialization writes Supported. Performs read-after-write during logical drive initialization to ensure

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Firmware Functionality Specifications A-11A.9 Environment Management: SAF-TE/S.E.S. support Supported. The SAF-TE/S.E.S. modules can be connected to

Page 123 - Parameters

Infortrend A-12 user configurable. On-board controller temperature sensors Supported. Monitors the CPU and board temperature status. Event trigger

Page 124 - Figure 5 - 1: SCSI ID/LUNs

Infortrend 1-8 LCD Screen Messages... 1-1 1.1 The Initial Screen ...

Page 125 - Connection

Firmware Functionality Specifications A-13 Firmware Functionality...1 Specifications...

Page 126 - 5.1.4 LUNs per Host ID

System Functions: Upgrading Firmware B-1 System Functions: Upgrading Firmware B.1 Upgrading Firmware The RAID controller’s firmware resides

Page 127 - 5.1.7 In-band (SCSI channel)

Infortrend B-2B.1.2 Note for Redundant Controller Firmware Upgrade: A controller used to replace a failed unit in a dual-controller system is often

Page 128 - Operating Systems

System Functions: Upgrading Firmware B-3B.2.2 Upgrade Both Boot Record and Firmware Binaries Figure B - 1: Upgrading Boot Record and Firmware Binar

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Infortrend B-4B.2.3 Upgrade the Firmware Binary Only Figure B - 2: Upgrading Firmware Binaries Using RAIDWatch Program 1. Connect to the RAID sy

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System Functions: Upgrading Firmware B-5B.3 Upgrading Firmware Using RS-232C Terminal Emulation The firmware can be downloaded to the RAID controller/

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Infortrend B-66. Send the Boot Record Binary to the controller. In HyperTerminal, go to the "Transfer" menu and choose "Send file.&qu

Page 132 - 5.2 Drive-side Parameters:

System Functions: Upgrading Firmware B-7 Figure B - 5: Sending Files 6. When the Firmware completes downloading, the controller will automatically

Page 133 - 5.2.2 Drive I/O Timeout

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System Functions: Upgrading Firmware B-9 System Functions: Upgrading Firmware...

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LCD Keypad Operation 2-1 LCD Keypad Operation A navigation roadmap for the configuration menu options of LCD keypad is separately available a

Page 136 - 5.2.5 Drive Delayed Write

Event Messages C-1 Event Messages The controller events can be categorized as follows according to the severity levels: Critical Errors that n

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Infortrend C-2 Event Index C.1 Logical Drive Events C.1.1 Critical: LG:0 Logical Drive ALERT: CHL:0 ID:132 Drive Missing LG:0 Logical Drive ALERT

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Event Messages C-3LG:0 Logical Drive NOTICE: On-Line Expansion of Logical Drive Completed LG:0 Logical Drive NOTICE: Starting Off-Line Expansion LG:0

Page 139 - Enclosure Management

Infortrend C-4 C.2 Channel and Individual Drive Events C.2.1 Critical: CHL:0 ID:132 ALERT:Media Error Unrecoverable-0xD8001C7C CHL:0 FATAL ERROR(0)

Page 140 - The Trigger

Event Messages C-5CHL:0 Host Channel ALERT: Channel Failure SMART-Slot:-1 Predictable Failure Detected-Clone Failed SMART-Slot:-1 Predictable Failure

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Infortrend C-6 C.3 General Target Events C.3.1 Critical: SAF-TE Device(0)ALERT: Power Supply Failure Detected(Idx:132) Peripheral Set 0 Device ALERT

Page 142 - Operations

Event Messages C-7Peripheral Set 2 Device NOTICE: PSU0 +12V Back On-Line(5.0V) SES(C0 I0)Power Supply 2:Power Supply Back On-Line UPS Connection Detec

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Infortrend C-8 C.4 Controller Events C.4.1 Critical: ALERT: +3.3V Low Voltage Detected(205.9V) ALERT: Controller FAN 0 Low Speed Detected(0 RPM) Co

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Event Messages C-9Event Description C.5 Logical Drive Events C.5.1 Critical: Message LG:0 Logical Drive ALERT: CHL:0 ID:132 Drive Missing What Hap

Page 145 - 6.2 UPS Support

Infortrend C-10 Message LG:0 Logical Drive ALERT: Rebuild Failed What Happens? Logical drive rebuild failed. It could result from the one of the foll

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Infortrend 2-2 2. You can select the stripe size of each array (logical drive) during the initial configuration. However, changing stripe size is on

Page 147 - C Device Information

Event Messages C-11Message LG:0 Logical Drive ALERT: Initialization Failed What Happens? Logical drive initialization failed. It could result from on

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Infortrend C-12 Message LG:0 Logical Drive ALERT: CHL:0 ID:132 Clone Failed What Happens? Drive cloning failed. It could result from one of the follo

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Event Messages C-13Message LG:0 Logical Drive ALERT: Bad Data Block Marked 000000084 What Happens? Media errors caused data inconsistency; e.g., concu

Page 150 - Data Integrity

Infortrend C-14 Message LG:0 Logical Drive NOTICE: Starting Rebuild What Happens? The rebuild process has begun. What to Do? This is the message displ

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Event Messages C-15Message LG:0 Logical Drive NOTICE: Starting Off-Line Initialization What Happens? Creation process is completed, initialization pr

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Infortrend C-16 Message LG:0 Logical Drive NOTICE: Continue Add Drive Operation What Happens? The target logical drive has been restored to its previ

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Event Messages C-17Message LG:0 Logical Drive NOTICE: CHL:0 ID:132 Continue Clone Operation What Happens? The target logical drive has been restored t

Page 154 - 7.2.1 Task Scheduler

Infortrend C-18 C.6 Channel and Individual Drive Events C.6.1 Critical: Message CHL:0 ID:132 Target ALERT: Media Error Unrecoverable-0xD8001C7C Wha

Page 155 - 7.2.2 Task Scheduler Options

Event Messages C-19Message CHL:_ Drive Channel ALERT: Gross Phase/Signal Error Detected What Happens? Phase/signal abnormality detected on the specifi

Page 156 - Execution Period

Infortrend C-20 Message CHL:_ ID:_ Host Channel ALERT: Parity/CRC Error Detected What Happens? Parity or CRC errors detected through host ID, CHL_ ID_

Page 157 - Media Scan Priority

LCD Keypad Operation 2-32.2.2 Optimization Mode and Stripe Size Each controller optimization mode has preset values for the stripe size of arrays cre

Page 158 - Select Logical Drives

Event Messages C-21Message CHL:_ Drive Channel ALERT: Unit Attention Received (10B) What Happens? Drive-side target unit attention receive on a drive

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Infortrend C-22 Message CHL:_ RCC Channel ALERT: Negotiation Error Detected What Happens? Negotiation errors occurred on the RCC channel CHL:_. What

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Event Messages C-23Message CHL:_ Host Channel ALERT: Channel Failure What Happens? Host channel CHL:_ link failure or disconnection occurred. What t

Page 161

Infortrend C-24 Message CHL:_ ALERT: Redundant Path for CHL:_ ID:_ Expected but Not Found What Happens? One of the dual loop members may have failed

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Event Messages C-25 Message CHL:_ ID:_ Drive NOTICE: Drive Recovered Error Reported What Happens? Hard drive unrecoverable media error reported. A ba

Page 163 - Array Expansion

Infortrend C-26 C.7 General Target Events C.7.1 Critical: Message SAF-TE Device(0) ALERT: Power Supply Failure Detected(Idx:132) What Happens? Power

Page 164 - 3. Applicable Arrays:

Event Messages C-27Message Peripheral Set 0 Device ALERT: Cooling Fan 2 Note Present What Happens? No cooling fan module is installed in the expected

Page 165 - 8.3 Mode 1 Expansion:

Infortrend C-28 Message Peripheral Set 0 Device ALERT: Temperature Sensor 0 Not Present What Happens? Temperature sensor failed or serial bus configur

Page 166 - Add Drive Procedure

Event Messages C-29Message Warning: UPS AC Power-Loss Detected What Happens? UPS AC power loss reported through the COM2 serial port connection.

Page 167 - Figure 8 – 5: Select Drives

Infortrend C-30 Message Peripheral Set 0 Device NOTICE: FAN 1 Back On-Line(_RPM) What Happens? An individual cooling fan once missing or failed is res

Page 168 - Larger Capacity

Infortrend 2-4 2.2.4 Write-back/Write-through Cache Enable/Disable As one of the submenus in "Caching Parameters," this option controls the

Page 169 - Copy and Replace Procedure

Event Messages C-31 Message Power Supply 0 Back-Online What Happens? Power supply module 0 is back online What to Do? Press ESC to clear this message

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Infortrend C-32 Message SES(C0 I0)UPS 2: UPS Power Back On-Line What Happens? UPS 2 connected through SES interface reports power back online. What to

Page 171 - Expand Logical Drive

Event Messages C-33C.8 Controller Events C.8.1 Critical: Message ALERT: +3.3V Low Voltage Detected(_._V) What Happens? The detected +3.3V voltage so

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Infortrend C-34 Message Controller PCI Bus Parity Errors Detected What Happens? Serious system faults have occurred. What to Do? Stop host I/Os i

Page 173 - Extension in Windows 2000

Event Messages C-35 Message Controller BBU Thermal Shutdown/Enter Sleep-Mode! What Happens? The following conditions will cause the charger circuits t

Page 174 - Example

Infortrend C-36 Message +12V Lower Voltage Back within Acceptable Limits (_._V) What Happens? +12V voltage dropped back within preset thresholds. What

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Event Messages C-37Message Force Controller Write-Through on Trigger Cause What Happens? Preset conditions, e.g., elevated temperature or component fa

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Event Messages C-39 Event Messages...

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LCD Keypad Operation 2-5 IMPORTANT! • Every time you change the caching parameters, you must reset the controller for the changes to take effect.

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Infortrend 2-6 IMPORTANT! • Drives of the same brand/model/capacity might not feature the same block number. • The basic read/write unit of a har

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LCD Keypad Operation 2-7available drives. Press ENT again to select/deselect the drives. An asterisk (*) mark will appear on the selected drive(s). To

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Infortrend 2-8 coordinated with the subsystem’s caching mode setting. Other choices are “Write-back” and “Write-through.” 2.4.8 Initialization Mode

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LCD Keypad Operation 2-9for two seconds to start initializing the logical drive. The Online Mode: If the online initialization method is applied,

Page 184 - 9.1.3 Perpetual Clone:

Infortrend 2-10 Proceed to select one or more logical drives. Press ENT to proceed. “LD” is short for Logical Drive. Use the up or down arrow keys

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LCD Keypad Operation 2-11 2.6 Partitioning a Logical Drive/Logical Volume Partitioning a

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Infortrend 2-12 IMPORTANT! If operated with a Unix-based system, reset the subsystem for the configuration to take effect if any changes have been ma

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LCD Keypad Operation 2-13you can map the whole capacity to a host LUN. Press ENT for two seconds when prompted by “Map Host LUN” to proceed. Mapp

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Infortrend 2-14 spare drive or failed drive, then press ENT to select it. Press the up or down arrow keys to select “Add Local Spare Drive,” then pre

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LCD Keypad Operation 2-15press ENT. “Low” refers to the temporary default setting. Press ENT again and the abbreviation mark “..” will change to a

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Infortrend 2-16 Deleting a logical drive erases all data stored in it. Press ENT for two seconds to enter the Main Menu. Press the up or down arro

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LCD Keypad Operation 2-17 Figure 2 - 1 Drive Space Allocated to the Previous Partition WARNING! Whenever there is a partition change, data will be

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Infortrend 2-18 2.9.4 Rebuilding a Logical Drive (Manual Rebuild) If you want the controller to auto-detect a replacement drive, make sure you have th

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iv Table of Contents Chapter 1 LCD Screen Messages 1.1 The Initial Screen...

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LCD Keypad Operation 2-192.9.5 Regenerating Logical Drive Parity If no verifying method is applied to data writes, this function can be manually perfo

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Infortrend 2-20 Press ENT again to display the first configuration option, “Priority.” Press ENT on it and use arrow keys to select an option. Pre

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LCD Keypad Operation 2-212.10 Viewing and Editing Host LUNs Press ENT for two seconds to enter the Main Menu. Press the up or down arrow keys to s

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Infortrend 2-22 2.12 Viewing and Editing Channels 2.12.1 Viewing IDs Press ENT for two seconds to enter the Main Menu. Press the up or down arrow

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LCD Keypad Operation 2-23 A list of host channel and host ID combinations will appear. Use the up or down arrow keys to select an ID you wish to remo

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Infortrend 2-24 2.12.4 Data Rate This option is available in the configuration menu of SCSI host channel and the drive channel configuration menus of

Page 200 - A.2 Advanced Features:

LCD Keypad Operation 2-25To AUTO?”, where “X” stands for the channel number. Use your arrow keys to display a data rate value which ranges from 33

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Infortrend 2-26 2.13.2.1 Change Password To set or change the controller password, press the up or down arrow keys to select “Change Password,” then p

Page 202 - A.3 Caching Operation:

LCD Keypad Operation 2-272.13.5 Controller Maintenance For Controller Maintenance functions, please refer to Appendix C. 2.13.6 Saving NVRAM to Disks

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Infortrend 2-28 2.13.8 Adjust LCD Contrast The controller LCD contrast is set at the factory to a level that should be generally acceptable. The contr

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v 2.10 Viewing and Editing Host LUNs ... 2-21 2.11 Viewing and Editing Drives...

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LCD Keypad Operation 2-292.14.3 Password Validation Timeout Choose “View and Edit Configuration Parameters,” “Controller Parameters,” then press ENT.

Page 206 - A.7 Data Safety:

Infortrend 2-30 The controller uses GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), a 24-hours clock. To change the clock to your local time zone, enter the hours later

Page 207 - A.8 System Security:

LCD Keypad Operation 2-312.15.1 Drive Read/Write Test From the “View and Edit Drives” menu, select a new or used drive that the utility is to be perfo

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LCD Keypad Operation 2-33 2.1 Power On the RAID Enclosure 2-1 2.2 Caching Parameters 2-1 2.2.1 Optimization Modes 2-1 2.2.2 Optimization Mode a

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Infortrend 2-34 2.13.8 Adjust LCD Contrast 2-28 2.14 Controller Parameters 2-28 2.14.1 Controller Name 2-28 2.14.2 LCD Title Display Controller N

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LCD Keypad Operation 2-35Off-Line Mode Initialization, 9 On-Line Mode Initialization, 9 Optimization Mode, 1 Optimization Mode LCD, 1 parameters cache

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Terminal Screen Messages 3-1 Terminal Screen Messages 3.1 The Initial Screen Figure 3 - 1: The RC-232C Initial Screen Chapter 3

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Infortrend 3-2 Cursor Bar: Move the cursor bar to a desired item, then press [ENTER] to select Subsystem Name: Identifies the type of controller/subs

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Terminal Screen Messages 3-33.2 Main Menu Figure 3 - 2: The RC-232C Main Menu Use the arrow keys to move the cursor bar through the menu items, t

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vi 4.4.3.2 Assign Spare Drives...4-9 4.4.3.3 Disk Reserved Space...

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Infortrend 3-4 Type Q or use the ↑ ↓ keys to select "Quick installation", then press [ENTER]. Choose Yes to create a logical drive. All po

Page 217 - Figure B - 5: Sending Files

Terminal Screen Messages 3-5 INVALID The logical drive was created but has not been fully initialized when another version of firmware is being loade

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Infortrend 3-6 3.5 Logical Volume Status Figure 3 - 5: Logical Volume Status Screen NOTE: • A logical volume in a single-controller subsystem i

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Terminal Screen Messages 3-7 Slot Slot number of the disk drive Size (MB) Drive capacity Speed XXMB Maximum transfer rate of the drive channel inte

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Infortrend 3-8 3.7 Channel’s Status Figure 3 - 7: Channel Status Screen Chl Channel number Mode Channel mode Host Host Channel mode Drive Driv

Page 221 - C.1 Logical Drive Events

Terminal Screen Messages 3-9 Diff The channel is a Differential channel. The terminator can only be installed/removed physically. N/A Non-SCSI bus

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Infortrend 3-10 Figure 3 - 9: Controller Voltage and Temperature Status Screen The current status of voltage and temperature detected by the control

Page 223 - C.2.2 Warning:

Terminal Screen Messages 3-11To clear the saved event logs, scroll the cursor down to select an event and press [ENTER] to delete the event and the e

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Terminal Screen Messages 3-13 Terminal Screen Messages...3-1 3.1 The Initial Screen...

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vii Chapter 5 Host Side and Drive Side Parameter 5.1 HOST-SIDE PARAMETERS ...

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Infortrend 3-2 V VT-100 Mode ...3-2 W Write Policy ...

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Terminal Operation 4-1Chapter 4 Terminal Operation 4.1 Power on RAID Enclosure Hardware installation should be completed before powering on yo

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Infortrend 4-2 4.2 Caching Parameters 4.2.1 Optimization Modes Mass storage applications can be roughly divided into two categories—database and vi

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Terminal Operation 4-3The controller optimization modes have read-ahead buffer and other Read/Write characteristics tuned to obtain the best performan

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Infortrend 4-4 Page Choose “Optimization for Random I/O” or “Optimization for Sequential I/O,” then press [ENTER]. The “Random” or “Sequential” dialo

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Terminal Operation 4-54.2.5 Periodic Cache Flush Figure 4 - 4: Periodic Cache Flush Page If Write-back caching is preferred for better performance

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Infortrend 4-6 4.3 Viewing the Connected Drives Prior to configuring disk drives into a logical drive, it is necessary to understand the status of t

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Terminal Operation 4-74.4 Creating a Logical Drive Browse through the Main Menu and select View and Edit Logical Drive. Figure 4 - 6: View and E

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Infortrend 4-8 4.4.2 Choosing Member Drives Choose your member drive(s) from the list of available physical drives. Tag the drives for inclusion by p

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Terminal Operation 4-94.4.3.2 Assign Spare Drives Figure 4 - 9: Assign Spare Drives Page You can add a spare drive from the list of the unused drive

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viii 7.2.3 Confirming the Creation of a Task Schedule ...7-9 7.3 REGENERATING LOGICAL DRIVE PARITY...

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Infortrend 4-10 including the array into a logical volume, before the array’s initialization process is completed. 4.4.3.6 Stripe Size Figure 4 -

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Terminal Operation 4-11 A controller event will then prompt to indicate that the logical drive initialization has begun. Press [ESC] to cancel the “N

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Infortrend 4-12 Before proceeding with RAID migration, make sure you have sufficient free capacity or unused drives in your RAID array. RAID6 arrays

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Terminal Operation 4-13 1. Fault condition: The usable capacity of the RAID6 array is smaller than the usable capacity of the original RAID5 array.

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Infortrend 4-14 Figure 4 - 17: Migration Condition Met by Using Larger Drives 4.5.3 Migration: Exemplary Procedure To migrate a RAID5 array to RAI

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Terminal Operation 4-15A selection box should prompt allowing you to choose a RAID level to migrate to. Press [ENTER] on RAID6. Figure 4 - 20: RA

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Infortrend 4-16 Press [ESC] to clear the message. The initialization progress is shown below. Since the migration includes adding a new membe

Page 245 - C.7 General Target Events

Terminal Operation 4-174.6 Creating a Logical Volume Figure 4 - 24: View and Edit Logical Volumes Screen A logical volume consists of one or severa

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Infortrend 4-18 Figure 4 - 26: Selection Sub-menu Use the arrow keys to select a sub-menu and change the initialization mode, write policy, or the m

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Terminal Operation 4-19 4.7 Partitioning a Logical Drive/Logical Volume The process of partitioning a logical drive is the same as that of partiti

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ix Appendix B. System Functions: Upgrading Firmware B.1 Upgrading Firmware ...

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Infortrend 4-20 Figure 4 - 31: Confirm Box When a partition of a logical drive/logical volume is deleted, the capacity of the deleted partition will

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Terminal Operation 4-21Multiple IDs on host channels are necessary for redundant controller configuration. Details on creating multiple IDs and chang

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Infortrend 4-22 5. When prompted to "Map Logical Volume?,” select Yes to continue. A prompt will display the mapping you wish to create. Cho

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Terminal Operation 4-23Choose View and Edit Drives on the Main Menu, then press [ENTER]. Move the cursor bar to a drive that is not assigned to a log

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Infortrend 4-24 4.10 Viewing and Editing Logical Drives and Drive Members Choose View and Edit Logical Drives in the Main Menu to display the

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Terminal Operation 4-25and task schedules 12. Write Policy Choose an appropriate write policy 4.10.1 Deleting a Logical Drive Choose the logical

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Infortrend 4-26 Figure 4-42: Drive Space Allocated to the Previous Partition As illustrated above, the capacity of the deleted partition will be a

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Terminal Operation 4-27If you want the controller to auto-detect a replacement drive, make sure you have the following items set to “enabled”: 1. Per

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Infortrend 4-28 the available RAID levels according to the number of physical drives you selected will be shown on the screen. Use the Up and Down arr

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Terminal Operation 4-29 Figure 4 - 46: Add Drive Screen 4.10.8 Regenerating Logical Drive Parity (Applies to RAID Levels 1, 3, 5, and 6) If no veri

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