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  • Page 1

    VT RAK E-Class E310f and E310 s Q UICK S TAR T G UIDE Ve r s i o n 1 . 0 © 2007 Pro mise T echnol ogy , Inc. Al l Right s Reserved .[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 2 VT rak E-Clas s T ask List S tep 1: Unpa cking the VT rak (below ) S tep 2: Mount ing VT rak in a Rack (page 5) S tep 3: Inst alling D isk Driv es (pa ge 7) S tep 4: Maki ng Manage ment and Dat a Conn ections • Fibre Chan nel (p age 1 1) • Serial Att ached SCSI (page 16) S tep 5: Maki ng Serial C able Con[...]

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    Step 1: Unpacking the VTrak 3 Figure 1. VTr ak E310 f/s fro nt view Figure 2. VTr ak E310 f rear view Import ant Use the following c ategories of netw ork cable s with VT rak: • C at 6, p refe rred • C at 5E, mi nim um Drive Ca rrier LEDs Drive Carriers Power an d S tatus LEDs Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 FC 1 FC 2 4 2 1 Gb/s 4 2 1 Gb/s Mgmt UPS 11520[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 4 Figure 3. VTr ak E310 s rear view Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 O I O I Coolin g Unit 1 with Battery Power Supply 1 RAID Controller 1 Power Suppl y 2 Coolin g Unit 2 with Ba tter y RAID Controller 2[...]

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    Step 2: Mounting VTrak in a Rac k 5 S tep 2: Mounting VTr ak in a Rack The E-Cl ass subs ytems inst all s to the rack using the supplied mounting rails. Y ou can als o use yo ur existi ng rails. Figure 4. VTrak E310 f/s moun ted in a rack with the supplied rail s T o inst all the VT rak enclos ure into a rack wi th the su pplied mo unting rai ls: 1[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 6 6. Attac h a two-hole flange to the rail, wi th the flan ge toward the back (connec tor end ) of the enclo su re. Inst all fou r rail adju stment s crews (includ ed) thro ugh the fla nge into the rail. 7. Repea t steps 4 through 6 to att ach t he other rai l and flan ges to the enclos ure. 8. Place th e enclo[...]

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    Step 3: Installi ng Disk Drives 7 S tep 3: Install ing Disk Dri ves Y ou can popula te the VT r ak with SAS or SA T A hard disk driv es. For op timal perfor mance, i nst all phys ical driv es of the same model an d cap acity . The drives ’ matche d perf orm anc e al lows the l ogi ca l drive to functio n better as a single dr ive. The t able b el[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 8 AAMUX Adapter If your VT rak has dua l controllers—Fibre Chann el or SAS—and you plan to inst all SA T A drives, y ou must insta ll an AAM UX ad apter w ith ea ch SA T A drive. AAMUX adapters are avai lable from Promise T echn ology . Inst alling Di sk Drives 1. Remov e a disk drive carrier . 2. S A T A d[...]

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    Step 3: Installi ng Disk Drives 9 Figure 7. Disk driv e mounting h oles in the d rive carrie r Figure 8. SA T A drive mounted in a driv e carrier w ith the requir ed AAMUX adap ter W ARNING: Counter-sink screws only . AAMUX a dapter mounti ng hol es Drive m ounting h oles without AAMUX Disk drive mou nti ng hol es with AAMUX SA T A disk drive AAMUX[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 10 Figure 9. SAS drive mounted in a drive carrier SAS disk drive[...]

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    Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 11 S tep 4: Making Management and Data Connections For Serial Attach ed SCSI setup, go to p age 16. Fibre Channel VT rak mod els can have one or two RAID controll ers. Each controlle r has an Ethernet (R J45) Ma nagement Port conne ctor tha t enables you to m onitor the VT rak o ver your n etwork u sin[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 12 2. Conne ct each Ho st PC’ s or Serv er ’s stand ard NIC to y our netw ork switc h. Figure 1 1. VT rak E310f SAN da ta and mana gement conne ctions Configuring Direct Att ached Storage Direct attac hed storag e (DAS) requ ires: • T wo Fibre Chan nel HBA cards in the Hos t PC or Server • A ne twork sw[...]

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    Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 13 Figure 12. VTrak E31 0f DAS data and mana gement conn ections Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 FC 1 FC 2 4 2 1 Gb/s 4 2 1 Gb/s Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 FC 1 FC 2 4 2 1 Gb/s 4 2 1 Gb/s O I O I Host PC or Serv er VT rak Network Switch[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 14 Configuring JBOD Ex pa ns ion T o exp and the number o f disk dri ves: 1. On the E310f contr oller , connec t the S AS connecto r (a subtra ctive-rout ed port) to C N1 (a ta ble-rou ted port) on the I/O m odule of t he first J 300s unit . See Figur e 13. 2. Connect CN3 (a subtractiv e-routed p ort) on the f [...]

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    Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 15 Figure 14. JBOD expansio n with no single point of fa ilure O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 FC 1 FC 2 4 2 1 Gb/s 4 2 1 Gb/s Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 FC 1 FC 2 4 2 1 Gb/s 4 2 1 Gb/s O I O I E310f Host PCs or Servers J300s J300s Fibre Chan nel Switche s J300s J300s[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 16 This co mpletes managem ent an d data connecti ons for VT rak E310f. Go to “ S tep 5 : Mak in g Se rial Cabl e Con nect ions ” on page 22. Serial At t ached SCSI VT rak mod els can have one or two RAID controll ers. Each controlle r has an Ethernet (R J45) Ma nagement Port conne ctor tha t enables you to[...]

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    Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 17 Configuring Direct Att ached Storage Direct attac hed storag e (DAS) requ ires: • T wo SAS HBA cards in the Host PC or Server • A ne twork swit ch • A network i nterface card (NIC) in the Host PC o r Server T o esta blish the dat a path : On the VT rak controlle r , connect a SAS dat a port or[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 18 Configuring Cascade d Storage Casc aded stora ge require s: • One SAS HBA card in the Host PC o r Server • A ne twork swit ch • A network i nterface card (NIC) in the Host PC o r Server T o esta blish the dat a path : 1. On the VT rak controller , connec t a SAS dat a port or a SAS data/c ascade port t[...]

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    Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 19 Figure 18. VTrak E31 0s cascade d managem ent and data connections Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 O I O I O I O I O I O I Host PC or Server VT rak Network Switch VT rak VTrak[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 20 Configuring JBOD Ex pa ns ion T o exp and the number o f disk dri ves: 1. On the E310 s controller , c onnect the SAS exp ansion po rt (a subtra ctive- routed p ort) to the C N1 (a t abl e-routed port) o n one of the I/O modul es of the first J3 00s un it. See Fig ure 19. 2. Connect CN3 (a subtractiv e-route[...]

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    Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 21 Figure 20. JBOD expansi on with no s ingle point of failure This co mpletes Network a nd Data connecti ons for VT rak E310s. G o to “S tep 5: Making Serial Cabl e Conne ctions” o n page 22. O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 O I O I E310s Host P Cs or Ser[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 22 S tep 5: Making Serial Cable Connections RS232 s erial co mmunica tion e nables th e Command Line Inte rface (CL I) and Command Line Utility (CLU ) on your PC to monito r and cont rol the VT rak. On VT rak, RS232 co mmunic ation goes through t he RJ1 1 serial co nnector on each controll er . Figure 21. Seria[...]

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    Step 6: Connect ing the Power 23 S tep 6: Connecting the Power Plug the power co rds and s witch o n both powe r suppl ies on. W hen the power is switche d on, the L EDs on the fro nt of th e VT rak will light up. Figure 22. VTrak E310f/s front panel LED displa y When boo t-up is finishe d and the V T rak is functioni ng normal ly: • Control le r[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 24 The Pow er/Activity L ED flash es during drive act ivity . The Di sk S tatus LE D disp lays Gre en when a d rive i s present and confi gured.[...]

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    Step 7: Setting the IP Address 25 S tep 7: Setting the IP Addr ess VT rak h as a Comm and Line Interface (CLI) to m anage all of its function s, includ ing customiz ation. A subs et of the CLI is th e Command Li ne Utility (C LU), a user-lev el interfa ce that m anages y our VT rak via your PC’ s termi nal emul ation progra m, such as Micro soft [...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 26 Setting up with the CLI 1. T ype the follo wing st ring to se t the syst em date a nd time, then press Ent er . admin istrator@cl i> date -a m od -d 2006/ 08/25 -t 14:50:05 In the ab ove exam ple, the date an d time are include d as exam ples on ly . Y our values will be dif feren t. Use yyy yy/mm/dd fo r[...]

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    Step 7: Setting the IP Address 27 Setting up with the CLU 1. At the adminis trato r@ cli> prom pt, type menu and press En ter . The CL U main menu app ears. Figure 24. CLU main menu 2. Wi th Quick Se tup highligh ted, press Enter . The firs t Quick Setup screen e nable s you to make Date and T i me settings. Setting system date and time 1. P res[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 28 3. T ype the new IP Ad dress. 4. Follow the sam e procedu re to sp ecify the Subnet Ma sk, Gat eway IP Address and DNS Serv er IP Addr ess. If you d o not have a DNS ser ver , skip the DNS Server IP addre ss. 5. P r ess Ctr l-A to sa ve your sett in gs. Automatic IP settings T o make M anageme nt Port sett i[...]

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    Step 8: Creating Di sk Arr ays with W ebPAM PROe 29 S tep 8: Creating Disk Arrays wi th WebP AM PROe Setting u p disk a rrays with W ebP AM PROe c onsists of the fol lowing act ions: • Logging into W ebP AM PRO e (below) • Selectin g a La nguage (p age 31) • Creatin g a Disk Array (p age 31) • Logging out of WebP AM PROe (page 35) Logging i[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 30 3. When the log-in screen (F igure 21) a ppears: •T y p e administrato r in the User Name field. •T y p e passw ord in the Password field . • Click the Login butt on. The Us er Name an d Passw ord are cas e sensitiv e. Figure 25. WebP AM PROe log -in screen Aft er sign-in, th e WebP AM PROe open ing sc[...]

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    Step 8: Creating Di sk Arr ays with W ebPAM PROe 31 Selecting a Language Web P AM PROe dis plays in English, G erman, Frenc h, Itali an, Jap anese, C hinese T radit ional, Chinese Si mple, and Korean. 1. C lick Language on the W ebP AM PROe banner . The lang uage l ist appea rs in the Header . 2. Click on the l anguage y ou prefer . The W ebP AM PR[...]

  • Page 32

    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 32 Figure 27. The Array Configuratio n menu Automatic When yo u choose the Aut omatic o ption, the followi ng para meters ap pear on the screen: • Disk Arra ys – The numbe r of phys ical driv es in the disk arra y , their ID numbers , configu rable cap acity , and the nu mber of lo gical dri ves to be creat[...]

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    Step 8: Creating Di sk Arr ays with W ebPAM PROe 33 Expres s When yo u choo se the Ex press opt ion, a set of cha racteristi cs and o ptions appears on the sc reen. 1. Check the boxe s to s elect an y one or a comb inatio n of: • Redundancy – The array will re main av ailable i f a phy sical d rive fails • Cap acity – The gre atest pos sibl[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 34 Advanced When yo u choose the Adv ance d opti on, the Ste p 1 – Di sk Array C re ati on s cre en displ ays. 1. Enter a na me for the disk array in the fi eld provi ded. 2. Check the box to enable the fol lowing feat ures. • Media Patr ol – A routine mainten ance proc edure that checks the magne tic med[...]

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    Step 8: Creating Di sk Arr ays with W ebPAM PROe 35 1 1. Choos e a Read Cache pol icy: • ReadCac he • ReadAh ead •N o C a c h e 12. C hoose a Wr ite Cach e policy : • Write Thru •W r i t e B a c k 13. Ch oose the Pre ferred Contro ller ID. Y ou can make a selecti on when LU N Af finity is enabled . Choose 1 , 2 , or Automatic . 14. RA ID [...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 36 Contacting T echnical Support Promise T echnical Supp ort provide s several s upport option s for Promise use rs to acces s informat ion and u pdates. W e enc ourage yo u to use o ne of o ur electron ic servic es, whi ch prov ide p roduct inform ation u pdates for the most ef ficien t serv ice and sup port. [...]

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    Contacting Technical Support 37 The Netherlands Germany It aly Email S upport e-Support O n-Line Fax Support +31 (0) 40 2 56 9463 Attn : T echnica l Support Phone Suppo rt +31 (0) 40 2 35 2600 If you wish to write us for su pport : Promise T echno logy Europ e B.V . Science Pa rk Eind hoven 554 2 5692 EL Son, The Neth erlands Email S upport e-Suppo[...]

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    VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu ide 38 Ta i w a n China Email S upport e-Support O n-Line Fax Support +886 3 578 2390 Attn: T echnical Support Phone Suppo rt +886 3 578 2395 (e xt. 881 1) If you wish to write us for su pport : Promise T ec hnology , Inc. 2F , No. 30, Indu stry E. Rd. IX Science-b ased Indu strial Park Hsin -C h u 300 75 , T aiw an[...]