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
User Guide Page vi 5.1 How RAID Works ...
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
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