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Voyager 3000 SCSI RAID Storage Array User’s Manual MAN-VRA3000UG-1 Revision A4_1 10-November-1997[...]

ii Contents Chapter One ........................................................................................................................... 1-1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 1-1 Voyager 3000 Family .........................................[...]

iii EMU Features ......................................................................................................... 3-1 System Configurations ................................................................................................. 3-2 Setting up the EMU ................................................................................[...]

iv Figures Figure 1-1 VRA-3001T-XX-Y Single Tower ......................................................................... 1-2 Figure 1-2 Internal bus configuration of VRA-3001T-XX-Y ................................................. 1-3 Figure 1-3 VRA-3002T-XX-Y Twin Tower .......................................................................... [...]

v Figure 4-21 Selecting two drives to form a RAID 1 set ....................................................... 4-11 Figure 4-22 Viewing all Logical Drives .............................................................................. 4-12 Figure 4-23 Adding Global Spare drive ........................................................................[...]

vi Tables Table 1-1 Voyager 3000 Tower configurations ...................................................................... 1-1 Table 1-2 Voyager 3000 Rackmountable configurations ....................................................... 1-1 Table 1-3 Voyager 3000 Fault Tolerant configurations ........................................................[...]

vii Scope This manual details the installation and configuration of Eurologic’s Voyager 3000 RAID storage arrays.[...]

viii Disclaimer EUROLOGIC reserves the right to make changes to this manual and the equipment described herein without notice. EUROLOGIC has made all reasonable efforts to insure that the information in this manual is accurate and complete. However, EUROLOGIC shall not be liable for any technical or editorial errors or omissions made herein or for [...]

ix Warranty BASIC WARRANTY —In the absence of any optional warranty or continuing provisions by formal agreement, EUROLOGIC warrants its products in accordance with the schedules listed below. Purchaser hereafter mentioned refers at all times to the customer who purchased EUROLOGIC product(s). VOYAGER WARRANTY —EUROLOGIC warrants Voyager produc[...]

x THE EXPRESSED WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ALL SUCH OTHER WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED AND EXCLUDED BY EUROLOGIC. THESE STANDARD EXPRESS WARRANTIES ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OBL[...]

Chapter One Introduction Voyager 3000 Family The Voyager 3000 is a cost effective open architecture RAID solution. All Voyager 3000 systems include 8MB EDO cache memory, redundant power supplies ( PSUs) and dual advanced cooling modules (ACM’s) per shelf as standard. The Voyager 3000 series is available in tower, rackmount and fault tolerant solu[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 1-2 Table 1 - 4 Host Connection Codes FW Fast Wide single ended FWD Fast wide differential UW Ultra SCSI wide UD Ultra SCSI wide differential VRA-3001T-XX-Y The VRA-3001T-XX-Y is typically used as an entry level RAID system where a large data capacity is not required. The RAID controller is separate to the host system and is[...]

Introduction 1-3 VRA-3002T-XX-Y This is a twin tower RAID configuration made up of a single controller and 13 drives as shown in Figure 1-3 . Figure 1 - 2 Internal bus configuration of VRA-3001T-XX-Y Figure 1 - 3 VRA-3002T-XX-Y Twin Tower[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 1-4 This system will typically be used in similar situations to that described within the VRA- 3001T-XX-Y section on page 1-2 but with larger capacity requirements. The VRA-3002T-XX-Y is configured as two SCSI buses. The first SCSI channel is connected to the top three drives in the first shelf (left hand side) which are set[...]

Introduction 1-5 VRA-3001R-XX-Y This system will be used in a rackmount configuration and will normally be part of an expandable system. Customers can add rackmount systems subject to cabinet limitations. Figure 1-5 shows three systems mounted in a standard 19” cabinet. Each shelf is similar in configuration to the VRA-3001T-XX-Y described earlie[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 1-6 VRA-3002R-XX-Y This system is similar to the VRA-3002T-XX-Y and is used for expandable storage. Each shelf has a measurement of 3 U and may easily be integrated into a standard 19” rackmount system. The system is made up of twin shelves, 13 storage bays, a single host connection and one RAID controller. Figure 1-6 show[...]

Introduction 1-7 Options RCM-RC1-CD Vision Software - Availability to be announced VSA-401TE-Y Single tower expansion kit for VRA-3001T - 1 shelf, 7 storage bays VSA-401RE-Y Single rackmountable expansion kit for VRA-3001R - 1 shelf, 7 storage bays MEM-72P016MEDO-60 16 MB EDO SIMM module for Voyager 3000 series MEM-72P032MEDO-60 32 MB EDO SIMM modu[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 1-8 • Comprehensive failure management including: Automatic bad sector reassignment Hot-swapping Global and Local Spare drive operation Background rebuilding • Works with any operating system without additional software drivers. • Four types of daughter board: --ELRC-9021WS: Wide, single-ended, 1 SCSI channel --ELRC-90[...]

Introduction 1-9 The industry standard SCA2 connector is used to interface between the device and the backplane. SCA features staggered contact pins and insertion guidance. All signals such as SCSI, Ids, Power etc. are carried through the SCA. This lowers cost, enhances reliability and fully conforms to the Ultra SCSI specification. RAID Basics RAI[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 1-10 RAID 3 Block Striping with Dedicated Parity - Data is broken into logical blocks, the size of a SCSI disk block, and striped across several drives. One drive is dedicated to parity. In the event of failure, original data is re-generated from the parity information. Table 1 - 7 RAID 3 layout Drive 0 Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive[...]

Chapter Two Installation and Setup Unpacking and Initial Setup On receipt of the system visually inspect the exterior of the packaging for any signs of damage. If any damage is found the carrier and Eurologic must be notified immediately who will advise you of the appropriate action. The cartons are sealed via packaging tape which should be cut ope[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 2-2 Electrical Considerations Circuit Overloading Care should be taken to ensure that the current does not exceed the rating of the power source circuitry. This includes cabling, power distribution units, filters and any other components through which the main A/C flows. The power requirements of the Voyager 3000 shelf is 1A[...]

Installation and Setup 2-3 A ground point for securing the braid is provided at the rear of the rack and is shown in Figure 2-2 . Setting the host SCSI Ids For information relating to setting up the host ID refer to page 4-18 . Setting the target SCSI Ids This section refers to configuration of the SCSI target bus IDs on the backplane. These are fa[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 2-4 2. Refer to Figure 2-4 and remove the ACMs by unscrewing the large single screw, swinging back and unclipping the snap on wiring connector. 3. Remove the shield by unscrewing the large flathead screw from the cowl. Figure 2 - 3 Rear view of single tower showing host connections Figure 2 - 4 Rear view showing ACMs, cowl a[...]

Installation and Setup 2-5 The switches are now accessible at the middle of the backplane on the right hand side when looking at the rear of the system as shown in Figure 2-5 . The SCSI Ids may be set to have a base address of either 0 or 3. Setting the switch to the left (when viewed from the rear) will cause the drives associated with that switch[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 2-6 Switch positions 1-4 are used to set the starting ID for the first device (bay 0) on the bus. Devices in bays 1,2 and 3 will automatically increment this ID by one in turn 5 . For example if the device in bay 0 is set to be at SCSI ID 3 then the device in bay 1 will automatically appear as ID 4, the device in bay 2 will [...]

Installation and Setup 2-7 SW-1 of DPS1 corresponds to the L.S.B. of the ID of the device in bay 0, whilst SW- 4 corresponds to the MSB of the ID of the device in bay 3. SW- 5 of DPS1 corresponds to the L.S.B. of the device in bay 4, whilst SW- 8 corresponds to the MSB of the ID of the device in bay five. Table 2-1 shows the switch settings along w[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 2-8 Table 2 - 1 SCSI ID switch settings for the second backplane in a VRA-3002 configuration. DPS1 Sw1 (ID Bit0) DPS1 Sw2 (ID Bit1) DPS1 Sw3 (ID Bit2) DPS1 Sw4 (ID Bit3) Bay 0 Device SCSI ID Off Off Off Off 0 On Off Off Off 1 Off On Off Off 2 On On Off Off 3 Off Off On Off 4 On Off On Off 5 Off On On Off 6 On On On Off 7 Off[...]

Installation and Setup 2-9 Note Ultra SCSI has very stringent requirements regarding cable length. Any cables connected to Ultra devices must conform to Ultra SCSI specifications. When there are excess of 4 devices cable length should be no greater than 1.8 metres for single ended Ultra SCSI. The implication of this is that for any Ultra SCSI syste[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 2-10 SCA attachment To connect an SCA device to a device carrier simply insert the SCA device and connect it via the 4 screw holes provided on the underside of the device carrier. There are also device carriers for other devices. Table 2-3 shows the carrier part numbers. Table 2 - 3 Device carrier Device Part Numbers Descrip[...]

Installation and Setup 2-11 Access to the controller is obtained by removing the four screws at the side of the top panel. This will allow access to the main board. Removing the piggy-backed channel cards reveals the topography of the main board as shown in Figure 2-12 . SIMM Installation Note the following guidelines with regards to DRAM: • Mini[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 2-12 • Use 72-pin 60 Ns DRAM or EDO SIMM. • Maximum DRAM size is 32 MBytes in one 32 MByte SIMM. Installation of SIMMs is accomplished by the following steps: 1. Power off the system and disconnect the power connector. 2. Refer to Figure 2-13 Insert the DRAM SIMM vertically with the key to the left (1). Then, push toward[...]

Installation and Setup 2-13 Refer to Figure 2-15 and remove the ACMs by unscrewing the large single screw, swinging back and unclipping the snap-on wiring connector. Installation of an ACM is simply a reversal of the above procedure. Component Insertion and removal Drive Insertion Push the device firmly into the device bay slot. Do not attempt to s[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 2-14 PSU Insertion and Removal The VOYAGER 3000’s power supply is designed for hot pluggable operation. To achieve this temperature sensitive current limiting is used. As the temperature to the devices increase the current limiting function decreases. This will prevent undesirable surges. If removing and replacing the same[...]

Environmental Monitoring Unit 3-1 Chapter Three EMU Environmental Monitoring Unit Configurations Introduction The Environmental Monitoring Unit ( EMU ) is a multifunction plug-in daughter card that allows a user to monitor the operational status of a Voyager 3000 system. There is one EMU per storage shelf. The module provides visual and audible fee[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 3-2 System Configurations Single Shelf configuration Figure 3-1 shows how a single shelf Voyager 3000 system is configured with an EMU. The system is set up with a device ID of 0 ensuring that it functions as a master device. Dual shelf configuration In a dual shelf configuration the Host connects to the I 2 C Master via RS2[...]

Environmental Monitoring Unit 3-3 Setting up the EMU The EMU is physically located at the rear of the device shelf. A magnified view of the EMU is shown in Figure 3-3 . A view of the PCB layout is shown in Figure 3-4 . The switch settings for the Dip. Switches shown in Figure 3-4 above are given in Table 3-1 Figure 3 - 3 Location of EMU within the [...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 3-4 Switch Signal Name Description Default Setting SW1 ID2 Address Bit 2 Setting is SW2 ID1 Address Bit 1 position SW3 ID0 Address Bit 0 dependent SW4 Sync Spindle Sync Off SW5 DLYSEN Drive Spinup Enable On SW6 DLYSON Drive Spinup Delay Off SW7 Term Pwr 1 Termination Power Enable Bus One On SW8 Term Pwr 1 Termination Power E[...]

Environmental Monitoring Unit 3-5 SW5 SW6 Action Off Off No delayed power sequencing On Off Power sequencing if only 1 PSU is available X On Delayed power sequencing X = Don’t Care SW7 enables SCSI Termination power for bus one and SW8 enables SCSI Termination power for bus two. Available EMU information More comprehensive information is provided[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 3-6 Each slave EMU will have the same data available to the Master and Host as is shown in Table 3-4 and Table 3-5 . Table 3-6 shows a summary of the status that is monitored by the EMU. Connection Status monitored Method used FANS Connected Loopback circuit. Speed OK Squarewave proportional to speed. PSU Connected Loopback [...]

Environmental Monitoring Unit 3-7 Connecting the EMU This section describes the procedure for connecting the EMU to the host system. It is possible to have up to eight EMUs connected together in a daisy chain configuration. The first EMU on the chain must be connected to the host system using the serial RS232 cable provided. The EMU ID for the firs[...]

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Chapter Four RAID controller configuration Controller Description The VOYAGER 3000 is a SCSI to SCSI RAID controller specifically designed to provide RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 3 or 5 capability to any host system equipped with a SCSI interface. It is totally independent of the host system's operating system with all the RAID functions performed by the c[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 4-2 Accessing the VOYAGER 3000 Menus Connecting a Monitor The VOYAGER 3000 is shipped with a serial cable for making the connection from the options board at the rear of the system to an external monitor. To use the monitor utility, run the cable from the VOYAGER 3000 to your monitor. The terminal should be configured as sho[...]

RAID Controller Configuration 4-3 First connect the VOYAGER 3000 to the serial port of your PC with the cable supplied. Then load Windows, open the Accessories window and double-click on the Terminal icon. Before you can view the monitor utility, you will have to configure the software to emulate a monitor. Start by clicking on Settings/Terminal Em[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 4-4 The next step is to set up the terminal preferences De-select Use Function, Arrow and Ctrl Keys for Windows check box as shown in Figure 4- 7 . Figure 4 - 5 Setting Windows Terminal Emulation Figure 4 - 6 Setting Windows Terminal Preferences[...]

RAID Controller Configuration 4-5 and then click on Settings, Communications Select the appropriate COM port. In our example we have connected to the second serial port so we use COM2. Set the baud rate to 9600, data bits to 8, stop bits to 1, parity to none and flow control to Xon/Xoff. The VOYAGER 3000 monitor utility provides complete control ov[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 4-6 menus and press the v key to back up to previous levels. Entries are selected via the e key. Creating a logical volume A " Logical Drive" is a set of drives grouped together to operate under a given RAID level and appears as a single contiguous drive. The VOYAGER 3000 is capable of grouping connected drives int[...]

RAID Controller Configuration 4-7 Select Terminal (VT100) mode if following the instructions above and press e . This will display the screen shown in Figure 4-11 . In the example shown the physical configuration consists of a single tower with 6 disk drives. The first task is to create a RAID set which is a logical drive as far as the host is conc[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 4-8 matches the actual configuration. This is done by selecting view and edit SCSI drives from the main menu as shown in Figure 4-12 . The controller displays six drives. Use the arrow keys to scroll down if necessary. The information reported by the VOYAGER 3000 includes the Vendor and Product ID of the drives as well as th[...]

RAID Controller Configuration 4-9 Pressing the e key will commence the operation of building a new logical drive. A dialogue will appear asking to Create Logical Drive, answering YES to this prompt brings up the screen shown in Figure 4-14 prompting the user to select the desired RAID level. Select the RAID 5 option and press the e key. A list of d[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 4-10 After the drives are selected we back up through the menus by pressing the v key. The next dialogue to appear prompts the user to assign the maximum capacity of the RAID set. In our example we will use all of the available drive capacity which is 4095MB. To alter the capacity press the e key and type in the desired valu[...]

RAID Controller Configuration 4-11 Creating a Second Logical Volume There are three drives left unassigned and we will use two of them to create a 2 drive RAID 1 set. This will become the second logical drive. To do this we take the View and Edit Logical Drives option again from the Main Menu and highlight logical drive one position. As with creati[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 4-12 The status of the SCSI drives are shown by selecting the View and Edit SCSI Drives option from the Main Menu ( Figure 4-11 ). A list of the SCSI drives and their status is shown, as in Figure 4-22 . The status table shows the first three drives as part of logical volume 0. These have a status of ON-LINE. In this case th[...]

RAID Controller Configuration 4-13 Partitioning a Logical Volume Now that we have created two RAID sets we will partition them into logical volumes for the host CPU’s use. This is done by selecting View and Edit Logical Drives, selecting the logical volume to partition and press e . Select the Partition Logical Drive option from the menu shown in[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 4-14 When all the available volume capacity has been divided up press the ESC key to exit. Mapping Host LUNs The next stage is to map these partitions to Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) so that they will be visible from the host system. This is done by selecting View and Edit Host LUNs from the Main Menu. Answer YES to the promp[...]

RAID Controller Configuration 4-15 We are now presented with the choice of logical volumes to map. In this example we will map our first logical volume by pressing e with the logical volume 0 highlighted as shown in Figure 4-29 . A choice of logical volumes to map is given. Pressing e with a logical volume highlighted will bring up the partition ta[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 4-16 De-assigning LUN Mapping To de-assign a LUN mapping scheme, enter the host LUN mapping screen and select the partition to de-assign. Answer YES to the dialog that appears. This will cause the LUN to become available for assignment to another partition. Scan New SCSI Drives This option is used to cause the system to scan[...]

RAID Controller Configuration 4-17 Select the Scan SCSI Drive from this menu. Answer YES to the prompt. Select the channel you require and select the ID for the drive. Once the scan is completed successfully a conformation will be displayed stating that Scan SCSI Drive Successful ! View and Edit logical drives From the Main Menu select the View and[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 4-18 1. View Drive Information: this option gives information relating to the drive selected. Information about the drive Revision No., Serial No., and Disk Capacity is shown. 2. Scan SCSI Drive: this option is covered in detail on page 4-16 . 3. Set Slot Number: this option allows you to assign a slot number for each of the[...]

RAID Controller Configuration 4-19 4. Sync Transfer Clock: this option allows the user to adjust the transfer rate of synchronous data transfers along the bus or to select the asynchronous mode of operation. 5. Wide Transfer: this option allows the user to enable or disable wide transfer mode. 6. View and Edit SCSI Target: when this option is selec[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 4-20 View and Edit Configuration Parameters From the Main Menu select the View and Edit Configuration Parameters option. A screen similar to that in Figure 4-38 will appear. Selecting the Communication Parameters option will present the following options: 1. Communication Status 2. RS-232 Port Configuration 3. PPP Configurat[...]

RAID Controller Configuration 4-21 View and Edit Peripheral Devices From the Main Menu select the View and Edit Peripheral Devices option. Two options will be presented as follows: 1. View Peripheral Device Status 2. Set Peripheral Device Entry 1. View Peripheral Device Status: this option lists the peripheral devices attached to the system along w[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 4-22 If an EMU is installed in the system it is necessary, before firmware download, to set the EMU in passive mode by holding down the reset button on the EMU while you power up the system. After the firmware download re-power the system to reset the EMU. View System Information From the Main Menu select View System Informa[...]

Chapter Five Front Panel Operation The VOYAGER 3000 includes default configurations that it proposes based on the number and location of the drives installed. During first time installation, we advise that you use these default configurations provided by the Quick Installation function. This will allow you to immediately verify if the system is wor[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 5-2 2 Press t or s to select View and Edit Logical Drives . and press ENT . View and Edit Logical Drives.. 3 Press t or s to select logical drive and press ENT for two seconds. LG=0 Not defined ? 4 Press t or s to select the RAID level and press ENT for two seconds. TDRV=4 Create LG Level=RAID5 ? 5 The LCD will display the f[...]

Front Panel Operation 5-3 3 Press t or s to select logical drive and press ENT . LG=0 RAID5 DRV=5 4008M FL=0 SB=0 Example showing: LG=0 Logical drive 0 RAID5 RAID 5 operation DRV=5 Five physical drives F L=0 No failed drives SB=0 No spare drive 4 Press t or s to select View LG=x SCSI drives and press ENT . View LG=0 SCSI drives .. Press t or s to s[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 5-4 Deleting a Logical Drive 1 Press ENT for two seconds for the Main Menu. 2 Press t or s to select View and Edit Logical Drives and press ENT . View and Edit Logical Drives.. 3 Press t or s to select logical drive and press ENT . LG=0 RAID5 DRV=5 4008M FL=0 SB=0 4 Press t or s to select Delete? LG=x and press ENT for two s[...]

Front Panel Operation 5-5 5 To set the transfer mode, press t or s to select Set Transfer Mode and press ENT Set Transfer Rate Mode .. for 2 seconds Press t or s to select the Sync or Async and press ENT . CHL=0 TransferMode=Sync Change to=Async? The controller must be reset (e.g., by powering-off then on again, by executing "Reset This Contro[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 5-6 SCSI Reset at Power-Up Setting 1 Press ENT for two seconds for the Main Menu. 2 Press t or s to select Edit SCSI Reset at Power-up and press ENT . Edit SCSI Reset at Power-up .. 3 Press ENT for two seconds to change from enable to disable or vice versa. Disable SCSI Reset at Power up? The controller must be reset (e.g., [...]

Front Panel Operation 5-7 3 Press t or s to scroll through the available SCSI drives. Adding New Drives into Current List 1 Press ENT for two seconds for the Main Menu. 2 Press t or s to select Scan new SCSI Drive and press ENT . Scan new SCSI Drive .. 3 Press t or s to select channel and press ENT . Scan Channel=1 .. 4 Press t or s to select the I[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide 5-8 Have the host communication program "send" the file containing the data to be downloaded using ZMODEM protocol. When downloading is complete, the controller will automatically reset and engage the new firmware.[...]

Appendix A Voyager 3000 Specifications RAID level 0, 1, 3, 5 (or non-RAID disk spanning) Failure management Bad sector reassignment, hot swapping, spare drive operation, background rebuilding Host OS compatibility OS independent Cache size Up to 32 MBytes Host interface Single interface Ultra SCSI Hard disk interface Fast Wide SCSI2/Ultra Hard disk[...]

Voyager 3000 User Guide ii Power consumption Single tower 130 Watts Twin tower 260 Watts Rack 130 Watts Internal host cable length 1 Metre Power Supply Rating 180W continuous. MTBF for Controller 500,000 hours[...]