Areca ARC-8050T2 manual

ARC-8050T2 (Thunderbolt 2 to 6Gb/s SAS RAID Stor age) User Manual V ersion: 2.2 Issue Date: December , 2014 Thunderbolt™ Prod uct[...]

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Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................ 8 1.1 Overview ......................................................................... 8 1.2 F eatures ........................................................................ 10 2. Installation ...............................................................[...]

4.2 McRAID Main Window ...................................................... 48 4.3 Main Menu .................................................................... 49 4.4 Quick Function ................................................................ 49 4.5 Raid Set Functions .......................................................... 50 4.5.1 Creat[...]

4.7.5 Abort Cloning ............................................................. 70 4.7.6 Set Disk T o Be F ailed .................................................. 70 4.7.7 Activate F ailed Disk .................................................... 70 4.7.8 Identify Enclosure ...................................................... 71 4.7.9 Identify[...]

• Local IP address ............................................................. 82 • Gateway IP address .................................... .................... 83 • Subnet Mask ................................................................. 83 • HT TP Port Number .................................... ...................... 83 • T elne[...]

V olume Set ...................................................................... 107 Ease of Use F eatures ......................................................... 108 • Foreground A vailability/Background Initialization .............. 108 • Online Arra y Roaming ................................................... 108 • Online Capacity Exp[...]

INTRODUCTION 8 1. Introduction This section presents a brief overview of the 6Gb/s S AS RAID storage, ARC-8050T2. (Thunderbolt 2 to 6Gb/s S AS RAID storage) 1.1 Overview Unleash Your Creativity Faster Than Ever Thunderbolt 2 is full backward compatibility to the same cables and connectors used with today’ s Thunderbolt. It pushes speed to 20Gb/s [...]

INTRODUCTION 9 Enterprise-class Data Availability and Security ARC-8050T2 supports the hardw are RAID 6 engine to allow two HDDs failures without impact the existing data and performance. It allows users to hot swap drive in the ev ent of a drive failure with zero downtime. Its high data av ailability and protection de - rives from many adv anced R[...]

INTRODUCTION 10 1.2 Features Controller Architecture • 800 MHz dual core ROC for RAID core and SAS microcode • 1GB on-board DDR3-1333 SDRAM with ECC protection • Support bootable from RAID storage v olume • Controller level hardware encryption support • Redundant ash image for adapter a vailability • System status indication through [...]

INTRODUCTION 11 Function Advantages Features Benets Bootable Drive Support Provide user the capability of adding bootable drive via Thunderbolt on Apple thunderbolt-capable machine. Advanced Congur ation Provide optimized par ameter to adjust controlled rmware behavior for smooth data streaming. Controller-level Hardware Encryption Board-l[...]

INSTALLATION 12 2. Installation This section describes how to install the ARC -8050T2 Thunderbolt 2 RAID storage with host computer and disks. 2.1 Before You First Installing Thanks for purchasing the ARC -8050T2 as your RAID data storage. The following manual gives simple step-by -step instructions for installing and conguring the ARC -8050T2 R[...]

INSTALLATION 13 2.2 Summary of RAID Storage Setup Steps • For Mac OS X Step 1. Physically Install the Hardware (Chapter 2.5.1 ) 1. Install HDDs. 2. Connect power cord. 3. Connect Thunderbolt cable. Step 2. Install the MRAID Software P ackage (Chapter 2.5.2.1 ) 1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at “ http://www.areca.com.tw[...]

INSTALLATION 14 Step 2. Install the MRAID Software P ackage (Chapter 2.5.3.1 ) 1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at “ http://www.areca.com.tw/support/s_ thunderbolt/thunder bolt.htm ”. 2. Double-click on the install_mraid zipped le. 3. Double-click on the “setup.ex e” unzip le. 4. F ollow the installer on-screen[...]

INSTALLATION 15 Front View Rear View 1. Disk Activity LED 2. Disk F ault/Link LED 3. LCD P anel with K eypad 4. Thunderbolt P ort1 5. Thunderbolt P ort2 6. Thunderbolt P ort1 Link LED 7. Thunderbolt P ort2 Link LED 8. System F an1 9. LAN P ort (F or McRAID W eb Manager) 10. R eset Button 11. System F an2 12. P ower Connector 13. P ower Supply F an [...]

INSTALLATION 16 2.4 Locations of the Storage Component The following components come with LEDs that inform ARC -8050T2 RAID storage managers about the oper ational status. 2.4.1 Drive Tray LED Indicators Figure 2-1, Activity/F ault LED The following table describes the RAID storage disk driv e tray LED behavior . Tray LED Normal Status Problem Indi[...]

INSTALLATION 17 2.4.2 LCD Panel LED Indicators There are a variet y of status conditions that cause the RAID stor- age panel monitoring LED to light. The front panel LCD comes with three (3) status-indicating LEDs. The LEDs on the front panel are dened, from top to bottom, P ower , Busy , and Caution, as shown in Figure 2-2. Figure 2-2, LCD P an[...]

INSTALLATION 18 2.5 Setting Up RAID Storage Setting up your ARC -8050T2 RAID storage inv olves these main steps: • Physically Install the RAID Stor age and Drives • Install the MRAID Software • Congure RAID V olumes • Format RAID V olumes • Unmounting RAID V olumes Details about these steps are described in the following sections. 2.5.[...]

INSTALLATION 19 2. Install t he drive into the drive tr ay and secure the drive to the drive tr ay by four of the mounting screws. Figure 2-5, Sliding Drive T ray into Enclosure 3. After all drives are in the drive tr ay , slide all of them back into the ARC -8050T2 RAID storage and make sure y ou latch the drive tr ays. Step 2. Connecting RAID Sto[...]

INSTALLATION 20 • Thunderbolt Computer Port Connection By installing Thunderbolt technology capable computer and ARC- 8050T2 Thunderbolt port using the Thunderbolt cable which is included in your Thunderbolt capable computer . Then connect ARC-8050T2 RAID storage and Thunderbolt technology capable computer port as shown below: • Daisy Chain Top[...]

INSTALLATION 21 Step 3. Connecting Monitor Port (Optional) Y ou can connect LAN port to the manager clinet system, if you want to congure and manage the RAID stor age from the clinet system through out-of -band manager . • LAN Port Connection User can remote manage the RAID enclosure without adding any user specic software (platform indepen[...]

INSTALLATION 22 Figure 2-8, Connecting the P ower to Enclosure 3. ARC -8050T2 RAID storage automatically turns off when the computer to which it is attached sleeps or is disconnected. Note: Y ou can press and hold the “Reset” button for 3 seconds to force the RAID storage AC power on or off . When you are nished installing the ARC -8050T2 RA[...]

INSTALLATION 23 2. Double-click on the zipped le that comes from the website or resides at <CDROM>packagesMacOS to add the installer on the Finder . 3. Launch the installer by double-clicking the install_mraid on the Finder . The MRAID Installer opens. Click on the " Next " button to begin the installation. 4. The MRAID Install[...]

INSTALLATION 24 • ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console (MRAID storage manager) to run. It also runs as a service or daemon in the background that allows capturing of events for mail and SNMP traps notication. R efer to the Chapter 3 ArcHT TP Conguration on ARC -8050T2 user manual, for details about the mail and SNMP traps con[...]

INSTALLATION 25 8. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation. 9. When this screen shows, you hav e completed the driver installation and click on the " Next " button to continue.[...]

INSTALLATION 26 10. After installation is completed, click on the " Done " button to reboot your computer in order to complete installation. 11. The ArcHT TP and ArcCLI are installed at the same time on ARC -8050T2. Once ArcHTTP and CLI ha ve been installed, the ArcHT TP background task automatically starts each time when you start your c[...]

INSTALLATION 27 • Method 1: McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHT TP Start McRAID Storage Manager – Browser Edition There is one “ MRAID ” icon showing on your desktop. Double- click on the “ MRAID ” icon to locate your ArcHT TP utility and CLI program le folder . When you double-click on the “ ArcHTTP64 ” , it shows all RAID storage[...]

INSTALLATION 28 Click on the “Quick Create” in the main menu, your v olume is automatically congured based on the number of disks in your system. Y ou can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set. The user can change the R aid Level, Capacity , Initialization Mode, and Stripe Size. A hot spare option is also created, dependin[...]

INSTALLATION 29 • Method 3: LCD P anel with K eypad Y ou can use LCD front panel and keypad function to simply create the RAID volume. The LCD status panel also informs you of the disk arr ay’ s current operating status at a glance. The LCD congur ation is described in a separate manual: ARC-8050T2_L CD manual. It is available on y our Areca[...]

INSTALLATION 30 If you’re not sure which format to use, choose Mac OS X Extended (Journaled). 2. In the P artition Layout column, click on the “ Current ” to show the drop-down menu and select the number of parti- tions that you want y our RAID storage to hav e. Each partition will appear as a separate driv e on your computer . 3. Specify you[...]

INSTALLATION 31 2.5.2.4 Make A Bootable RAID Volume Y ou can follow the following procedures to add ARC-8050T2 RAID volume on Intel-based Mac bootable device listing. 1. Set the BIOS selection in System Controls: Adv ance Congu- ration to “EFI” option for Intel-based Mac boot. 2. Download OS X Mavericks and DiskMak er X. Follow the Disk - Ma[...]

INSTALLATION 32 2. When the volume icon disappears from the desktop , RAID storage can be disconnected from the computer . 2.5.3 Windows Users 2.5.3.1 Install the MRAID Software This section describes how to install the MRAID software to your oper ating system. The software installation includes device driver , ArcHTTP and CLI utility . In this sce[...]

INSTALLATION 33 5. When the License Agreement screen appears, read and agree to the license information; then let the InstallShield Wizard guide you through the installation process. 6. On the Setup T ype screen, use the settings to specify these things: and click on the “ Next ” button to continue.[...]

INSTALLATION 34 • “Complete” to install driver , ArcHTTP and CLI utility at once, check the rst box. • “Custom” to install special components and change the pro- gram directory . When this “ Custom ” check box is checked, go to the Custom Setup screen. 6-1. On the Custom Setup screen, click on an icon to install special component[...]

INSTALLATION 35 7. When you reach the installation page, click on the “ Install ” button to continue. 8. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation. When this screen completes, you hav e completed the MRAID installation. If you hav e no ARC-8050T2 RAID stor age unit yet connected or powered on, a “MRAID Instal[...]

INSTALLATION 36 Note: “For Windows, Install Driver First” For Windows PC: the Thunderbolt certied device driv er must be installed before plugging in the device for it to function properly . 10. The ArcHT TP and CLI are installed at the same time on ARC- 8050T2. Once ArcHT TP and CLI have been installed, the Arc - HT TP background task autom[...]

INSTALLATION 37 • Method 1: McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHT TP Start McRAID Storage Manager – Browser Edition Right-click on the “ Start ” menu and choose “ Programs ”. Double-click on the “ MRAID ” program icon to start the ArcHT TP utility (From the Start menu, choose Programs > MRAID > ArcHT TP). When you double-click on [...]

INSTALLATION 38 Click on the “Quick Create” in the main menu, your v olume is automatically congured based on the number of disks in your system. Y ou can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set. The user can change the R aid Level, Capacity , Initialization Mode, and Stripe Size. A hot spare option is also created, dependin[...]

INSTALLATION 39 The LCD initial screen is shown below: 2.5.3.3 Format RAID Volumes After the volume set is ready for system accesses, it needs to be partitioned, formatted, and mounted by the oper ating system. The following steps show how to make any new disk arr ays or independent disks accessible to Windows system. 1. Click “Start” ==> ri[...]

INSTALLATION 40 Note: Y ou can also safely remove devices from the computer folder . Click the "Start" button, click "Computer", right-click the device you want to remo ve, and then click "Eject". T o unmount ARC-8050T2 RAID stor age from a Windows system: 1. Click on the "Safely R emove Hardware and Eject Media&q[...]

ArcHTTP Conguration 41 3. ArcHTTP Conguration This chapter describes how to congure the “System Function” of ArcHT TP . The ArcHT TP proxy utility runs as a service or daemon, and has it automatically start the proxy for all RAID stor ages found. This way the RAID stor age can be managed remotely without having to sign in the server . [...]

ArcHTTP Conguration 42 • Mail (Alert by Mail) Conguration Many users require that email notications be sent to the appropriate administrators when an alert is detected. T o set up your mail servers, click on the the “Mail Congur ation” link. The “SMTP Server Congur ations” allows you to dene settings for your mail server[...]

ArcHTTP Conguration 43 2. Mail Address Congurations Sender Name: Enter the sender name that will be shown in the outgoing mail. Ex: RaidController_1. Mail address: Enter the sender email that will be shown in the outgoing mail, but don’t type IP to replace domain name. Ex: RaidController_1@areca.com.tw . Account: Enter the valid account if [...]

ArcHTTP Conguration 44 agent on the host. If SNMP manager requests to query the SNMP information from RAID storage, please refer the Appendix C "SNMP Operation & Installation". The “SNMP tr aps Conguration” menu will show as following: When you open the SNMP tr aps conguration page, you will see the following settings: 1.[...]

ArcHTTP Conguration 45 • Rescan Device Conguration Let’ s assume you’ve put all Areca RAID storages to a system. The ArcHT TP scans the RAID storages on the system and create an individual RAID storage icon located on left column of the "ArcHT TP Congurations" screen. This adapter icon is for user to launch web browser RAID[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 46 4. Web Browser-based Conguration If you need to use a RAID volume from ARC -8050T2 RAID storage unit, you must rst create a RAID volume b y using LCD or McRAID storage manager . This chapter shows you how to set up RAID volumes using the McRAID storage manager application on a computer with an ARC-8050T2 RAI[...]

47 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.1 Start-up McRAID Storage Manager With McRAID Storage Manager , you can: • Locally manage a system containing a supported RAID stor age that has Windows or Mac OS X, ArcHT TP and a supported browser . • Remote and managed systems must ha ve a T CP/IP connection. • McRAID Storage Manager from Local Administ[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 48 • McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN Port (Out-of-Band) ARC-8050T2 RAID stor age also offers an alternative out -of- band method for McRAID storage manager . User can access the built-in congur ation without running the ArcHT TP proxy server on the host system. The web browser-based McRAID stor age manager is[...]

49 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • T o display RAID set information, move the mouse cursor to the desired RAID set number , then click on it. The RAID set infor - mation will be displayed. • T o display volume set information, move the mouse cursor to the desired volume set number , then click it. The volume set information will be displayed.[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 50 The number of physical drives in the RAID stor age determines the Raid Lev els that can be implemented with the RAID set. Y ou can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set. The user can change the Raid Lev el, Capacity , Initialization Mode, and Stripe Size. A hot spare option is also created, depe[...]

51 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION Note: T o create RAID 30/50/60 volume, you need create multiple RAID sets rstly with the same disk numbers on each RAID set. alphanumeric characters to dene a unique identier for a RAID set. The default RAID set name will always appear as “R aid Set #” . Tick on the “Conrm The Operation” check [...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 52 4.5.3 Expand Raid Set Instead of deleting a RAID set and recreating it with additional disk drives, the “Expand R aid Set” function allows the users to add disk drives to the RAID set that hav e already been created. T o expand a RAID set: 1. Select the “Expand Raid Set” option. If there is an a vailable d[...]

53 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION Note: 1. Once the “Expand Raid Set” process has started, user can not stop it. The process must be completed. 2. If a disk drive fails during RAID set expansion and a hot spare is av ailable, an auto rebuild operation will occur after the RAID set expansion completes. 3. RAID 30/50/60 does not support the &quo[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 54 4.5.6 Activate Incomplete Raid Set If one of the disk drives is remov ed in power off state, the RAID set state will change to “Incomplete State” . If the user wants to continue to operate the controller without power -off the RAID storage, the user can use the “ Activate Incomplete R aid Set” op - tion to[...]

55 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION The “Create Hot Spare” gives you the abilit y to dene a global or dedicated hot spare. Unlike “Global Hot Spare” which can be used with any RAID sets, “Dedicated Hot Spare” can only be used with a specic RAID set or Enclosure. When a disk drive fails in the RAID set or enclosure with a dedicated [...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 56 4.6 Volume Set Functions A volume set is seen by the host system as a single logical device. It is organized in a RAID level with one or more ph ysical disks. RAID level refers to the level of data performance and protection of a volume set. A volume set capacit y can consume all or a portion of the disk capacity [...]

57 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.6.1 Create Volume Set (0/1/10/3/5/6) T o create volume set from RAID set storage, mov e the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the “Create V olume Set” link. The “Select The Raid Set T o Create On It” screen will show all RAID set number . Tick on a RAID set number that y ou want to create and then[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 58 -No When this option is enabled, it keeps the volume siz e with max. 2TB limitation. F or any hard disk drives working in the 4K native mode in the R aid set, the volume set directly sets and exposes 4KB sector size to the oper ating system. -64bit LBA This option uses 16 bytes CDB instead of 10 bytes. The maxi- m[...]

59 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • Cache Mode The RAID storage supports “W rite Through” and “Write Back” cache. • Volume Write Protection When "V olume Write Protection" is enabled on the "Modify V olume Set", host commands fail if they are issued to a volume in that RAID controller and attempt to modify a volume&[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 60 the algorithm to behave slightly differently , so the increasing key sizes not only offer a larger number of bits with which y ou can scramble the data, but also increase the complexit y of the cipher algorithm. ARC -1882 adapters provide ve new key options in the Full V olume Encryption:“Disable” , “256B[...]

61 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.6.2 Create Raid30/50/60 (Volume Set 30/50/60) T o create 30/50/60 volume set from RAID set group, mov e the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the “Create Raid30/50/60” link. The “Select The R aid Set T o Create V olume On It” screen will show all RAID set number . Tick on the RAID set numbers (sam[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 62 Click a volume set number and the “Conrm The Oper ation” check box and then click the “Submit” button to delete the vol - ume set. 4.6.4 Modify Volume Set T o modify a volume set from a RAID set: 1. Click on the “Modify V olume Set” link. 2. Click the volume set check box from the list that y ou wis[...]

63 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.6.4.1 Volume Growth Use “Expand Raid Set" function to add disk to a RAID set. The additional capacity can be used to enlarge the last volume set size or to create another volume set. The “Modif y V olume Set” function can support the “V olume Modication” function. T o expand the last volume set[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 64 Note: 1. If the volume is RAID level 30, 50, or 60, y ou can not change the volume to another RAID lev el. If the volume is RAID level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, or 6, you can not cha nge the volume to RAID level 30, 50, or 60. 2. P ower failure may damage the migration data. Please backup the RAID data before you start [...]

65 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.6.6 Schedule Volume Check A volume check is a process that veries the integrit y of redun - dant data. T o verify RAID 3, 5, 6, 30, 50 or 60 redundancy , a volume check reads all associated data blocks, computes parity , reads parity , and veries that the computed parity matches the read parity . V olume c[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 66 4.6.7 Stop Volume Set Check Use this option to stop the “Check V olume Set ” function. 4.6.8 Download Volume Key File Get the key le which was gener ated by CLI “vsf genkey” com - mand or API code for your ARC -8050T2. Y ou can follow below steps to download volume key le. 1. T o download volume key [...]

67 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.7 Physical Drive Choose this option to select a physical disk from the main menu and then perform the operations listed below . 4.7.1 Create Pass-Through Disk T o create pass-through disk, move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the “Create P ass- Through” link. The relative setting function scre[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 68 When the “Enter P ass- Through Disk Attribute” screen appears, modify the drive attribute v alues, as you want. After y ou com- plete the selection, mark the check box for “Conrm The Oper a - tion” and click on the “Submit” button to complete the selection action. 4.7.3 Delete Pass-Through Disk T o [...]

69 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION Clone Disk Procedure 1. Select one of the members as the “Clone Source” (status indi- cated as Raid Set #) b y clicking on the appropriate check box. 2. Select a “Clone T arget” (status indicated as Free or Hot Spare) by clicking on the appropriate check box. 3. If you hav e available disk member , you can[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 70 4.7.5 Abort Cloning Use this function to stop the ongoing clone disk action. 4.7.6 Set Disk To Be Failed It sets a normal working disk as “failed” so that users can test some of the features and functions. 4.7.7 Activate Failed Disk It forces the current “failed” disk in the system to be back online. “ A[...]

71 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION Followings are considered as “R emoved-Disk”: 1. Manually removed by user . 2. Losing PHY connection due to bad connector , cable, backplane. 3. Losing PHY connection due to disk fail. Basically , in the eyes of the controller , the disk suddenly disap - pears due to whatever reason. 4.7.8 Identify Enclosure T[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 72 4.8 System Controls 4.8.1 System Cong T o set the RAID system function, move the cursor to the main menu and click the “System Controls” link. The “R aid System Function” menu will show all items, and then select the desired function. • System Beeper Setting The “System Beeper Setting” function is[...]

73 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • SATA NCQ Support The controller supports both SAS and S A T A disk drives. The SA T A NCQ allows multiple commands to be outstanding within a drive at the same time. Drives that support NCQ ha ve an internal queue where outstanding commands can be dynami- cally rescheduled or re-ordered, along with the necessa[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 74 • Max Command Length Max Command Length is used to set a "best" IO size for the RAID storage. • Auto Activate Incomplete Raid When some of the disk drives are remov ed in power off state or boot up stage, the RAID set state will change to “Incom- plete State” . But if a user wants to automaticall[...]

75 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION triggers a rebuilding for the Degraded RAID set/V olume. “Disable” – it will not trigger rebuilding regardless what sort of disk plugging in. When “Disable” and/or “Blank Disk Only” is selected, the re-inserted/previously removed disk will be iden- tied as a disk in a separate RAID set with duplic[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 76 “F ailed The Drive If Hot Sapre Exist” – controllers kill off the SMAR T fail disk if hot sapre dive is existed. “ Alert ” – it will trigger alert when there happens a SMAR T fail drive. • Smart Polling Interval Besides the scheduled volume check, user can dene the Smart Pulling Interval to pull t[...]

77 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION drive from the arr ay during this period. Default value is manu- facture setting. Y ou can select between 5, 6 and 7 second. This feature is used to setup the HDD internal timeout v alue. • Timeout Setting Disk time-out is a registry setting that denes the time that RAID controller will wait for a hard disk t[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 78 • Amount of Read Ahead Read- Ahead data is buffered in the RAID controller cache, however , thereby cutting down on the amount of I/O trafc to the disk. The Amount of R ead Ahead denes how many data of reading at a time, making more efcient use of the RAID storage. This mak es it possible to locate and [...]

79 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION and Mode 3. Default value is “Disabled” . Our controller cache uses LRU method; there have no special memory capacit y re- served for read or write. The Mode 1, 2 and 3 are used to de- ne the command sorting method. The default sorting method is helpful for normal applications, but not useful for A V ap- pl[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 80 • Stagger Power On Control In a PC system with only one or two drives, the power can supply enough power to spin up both drives simultaneously . But in systems with more than two drives, the startup current from spinning up the drives all at once can ov erload the power supply , causing damage to the power suppl[...]

81 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION values can be selected from 0.4 to 6 seconds per step which powers up one drive. • Time to Hdd Low Power Idle This option delivers lower power consumption by automati- cally unloading recording heads during the setting idle time. The values can be selected “Disabled” or within the r ange 2 to 7 minutes. • [...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 82 patches required. T o congure the RAID controller Ethernet port, move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the “S ystem Controls” link. The “System Controls” menu will show all items. Move the cursor bar to the “Ethernet Congur ation” item, and then select the desired function. • DHCP F[...]

83 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • Gateway IP address A gateway is a node (a router) on a T CP/IP network that serves as an access point to another network. A default gate- way is the node on the computer network that the network software uses when an IP address does not match an y other routes in the routing table. • Subnet Mask A Subnet mas[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 84 The rmware contains a SMTP manager monitoring all system events. Single or multiple user notications can be sent via “Plain English” e-mails with no software required. (Please refer to SMTP Sever Congur ation, Mail Address Conguration and Event Noti - cation Conguration on chapter 3 “ ArcHT[...]

85 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION Note: NTP feature works through onboard Ethernet port. So you must make sure that y ou have connected onboard Ethernet port. • NTP Sever Address The most important factor in providing accur ate, reliable time is the selection of NTP servers to be used in the congur ation le. T ypical NTP congurations ut[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 86 4.8.10 Clear Events Buffer Use this feature to clear the entire events buffer information. Select this option to view the system events information: Time, Device, Event T ype, Elapse Time and Errors. The RAID storage does not have a built -in real time clock. The time information is the relative time from the syst[...]

87 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION Note: The manufacture default password is set to 0000. 4.8.11 Modify Password T o set or change the RAID storage password, select “System Con- trols” from the menu and click on the “Modify P assword” link. The “Modify System P assword” screen appears. The password option allows user to set or clear the[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 88 4.9 Information 4.9.1 Raid Set Hierarchy Use this feature to view the RAID storage current RAID set, cur - rent volume set and physical disk information. The v olume state and capacity are also shown in this screen. 4.9.1.1 Hdd Xfer Speed “Hdd Xfer Speed” is a rmware-lev el hard disk / SSD speed function th[...]

89 WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION If there’ s a certain location in the hard drive that is getting poor performance, hard drive read benchmarks can help conrm this. Above is a screenshot of a palimpsest benchmark on a hard drive. The length time of rmw are takes to complete the drive test depends on its size. 4.9.2 SAS Chip Information T o[...]

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 90 4.9.3 System Information T o view the RAID storage’ s system information, move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the “System Information” link. The RAID storage “RAID Subsystem Information” screen ap - pears. Use this feature to view the RAID stor age’s system infor - mation. The controlle[...]

91 APPENDIX Appendix A Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process A-1 Overview Since the ARC -8050T2 Thunderbolt RAID storage features ash ROM rmware, it is not necessary to change the hardw are ash chip in order to upgrade the RAID rm ware. The user can simply re-program the old rm ware through the in-Band Thunderbolt port or out-of -band L[...]

APPENDIX 92 A-2 Upgrading Firmware Through McRAID Storage Manager Get the new version rmw are for your RAID storage. F or example, download the bin le from your OEM’ s web site onto the C: drive. 1. T o upgrade the RAID storage rm ware, move the mouse cursor to “Upgrade Firmw are” link. The “Upgrade The R aid System Firmware or Boo[...]

93 APPENDIX Controller with onboard LAN port, you can directly plug an Ethernet cable to the controller LAN port. After network connected, you can nd the current IP address in the LCD panel. From a remote pc, you can directly open a web browser and enter the IP address. Then enter user name and password to login and start your management. Y ou c[...]

APPENDIX 94 Appendix B Battery Backup Module (ARC-6120BA-T021) ARC-8050T2 RAID stor age operates using cache memory . The Bat - tery Backup Module is an add-on module that provides power to the RAID storage cache memory in the ev ent of a power failure. The BBM monitors the write back cache on the RAID stor age, and provides power to the cache memo[...]

95 APPENDIX B-3 Installation 1. Make sure all power to the RAID stor age is disconnected. 2. Install the “six eaves copper pillars” on the three mounting position (NH1, NH2 and NH3) and secures it using round head screws. 3. Connector J1 is av ailable for the optional battery backup module. Connect the BBM cable from this connector to the 12-pi[...]

APPENDIX 96 B-4 Battery Backup Capacity Battery backup capacity is dened as the maximum dur ation of a power failure for which data in the cache memory can be maintained by the battery . The BBM’ s backup capacity duration can retain the cache content for a limited interv al (typically 72 hours). B-5 Operation 1. Battery conditioning is automa[...]

97 APPENDIX 3. Disconnect the BBM cable from J6 on the RAID stor age con- troller . 4. Disconnect the battery pack cable from JP2 on the BBM. 5. Install a new battery pack and connect the new battery pack to JP2. 6. Connect the BBM to J6 on the RAID stor age controller . 7. Secure the “R ound head screws” into the BBM. B-8 BBM Specications M[...]

APPENDIX 98 Appendix C SNMP Operation & Installation C-1 Overview McRAID storage manager includes a rm ware-embedded Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent and SNMP Extension Agent for the Areca RAID controller . An SNMP-based management application (also known as an SNMP manager) can monitor the disk arra y . An example of a SNMP m[...]

99 APPENDIX C-3 SNMP Installation Perform the following steps to install the Areca RAID controller SNMP function into the SNMP manager . The installation of the SNMP manager is accomplished in sever al phases: Step 1. Installing the SNMP manager software on the client Installing the SNMP manager software on the client. This instal- lation process i[...]

APPENDIX 100 Step 3. SNMP Service Method With Areca series RAID controllers, there are 2 service methods to get SNMP: in-band Thunderbolt port and onboard NIC. 1. Service Method-1: Using in-band Thunderbolt port (ArcHT TP proxy server) Pa y attention to these: • Do not check mark the option: “SNMP Through PCI” . • Make sure you ha ve the la[...]

101 APPENDIX T o enable the controller to send the SNMP traps to client SNMP manager using the IP address assigned to the oper ating system, such as Net- SNMP manager , you can simply use the SNMP function on the ArcHT TP proxy server utility . T o enable the RAID controller SNMP traps sending function, congure the “SNMP T raps Congur ation[...]

APPENDIX 102 The rmware-embedded SNMP agent manager monitors all system events and the SNMP function becomes functional with no agent software required. When you open the "SNMP Conguration" link, y ou will see the following settings: 1. SNMP Trap Congurations Enter the SNMP T rap IP Address. 2. SNMP System Congurations Communi[...]

103 APPENDIX Appendix D Event Notication Congurations The controller classies disk arra y events into four levels depending on their severity . These include level 1: Urgent, level 2: Serious, level 3: W arning and level 4: Information. The level 4 cov ers notica - tion events such as initialization of the controller and initiation of t[...]

APPENDIX 104 Event Level Meaning Action Start Initialize W arning V olume initialization has started Start Rebuilding W arning V olume rebuilding has started Start Migrating W arning V olume migration has started Start Checking W arning V olume parity checking has started Complete Init W arning V olume initialization completed Complete Rebuild W ar[...]

105 APPENDIX C. RAID Set Event Event Level Meaning Action Create RaidSet W arning New RAID set created Delete RaidSet W arning Raidset deleted Expand RaidSet W arning Raidset expanded Rebuild R aidSet Warning R aidset rebuilding RaidSet Degraded Urgent Raidset degr aded Replace HDD D. Hardware Monitor Event Event Level Meaning Action DRAM 1-Bit ECC[...]

APPENDIX 106 HT TP Log In Serious a HTTP login detected T elnet Log Serious a T elnet login detected InVT100 Log In Serious a VT100 login detected API Log In Serious a API login detected Lost Rebuilding/ MigrationLBA Urgent Some rebuilding/ migration r aidset member disks missing before power on. Reinserted the missing member disk back, controller [...]

107 APPENDIX Appendix E RAID Concept RAID Set A RAID set is a group of disks connected to a RAID controller . A RAID set contains one or more volume sets. The RAID set itself does not dene the RAID level (0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50 60, etc); the RAID level is dened within each volume set. Therefore, volume sets are contained within RAID se[...]

APPENDIX 108 In the illustration, v olume 1 can be assigned a RAID level 5 of operation while v olume 0 might be assigned a RAID level 1E of operation. Alternativ ely , the free space can be used to create vol- ume 2, which could then be set to use RAID level 5. Ease of Use Features • Foreground Availability/Background Initialization RAID 0 and R[...]

109 APPENDIX RAID set. Then, data on the existing volume sets (residing on the newly expanded RAID set) is redistributed evenly across all the disks. A contiguous block of unused capacity is made av ailable on the RAID set. The unused capacity can be used to create additional volume sets. A disk, to be added to a RAID set, must be in normal mode (n[...]

APPENDIX 110 • Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration For those who wish to later upgr ade to any RAID capabilities, a system with online RAID level/stripe size migr ation allows a simplied upgrade to an y supported RAID level without having to reinstall the operating system. The RAID controllers can migrate both the RAID lev el and strip[...]

111 APPENDIX of disk failure(s). In the case of disk failure, the volume set transitions from migr ating state to (migrating+degr aded) state. When the migration is completed, the v olume set tran- sitions to degraded mode. If a global hot spare is present, then it further transitions to rebuilding state. • Online Volume Expansion Performing a v [...]

APPENDIX 112 cal drive that has been marked as a hot spare and therefore is not a member of any RAID set. If a disk driv e used in a volume set fails, then the hot spare will automatically tak e its place and he data previously located on the failed drive is reconstructed on the hot spare. Dedicated hot spare is assigned to serve one specied RAI[...]

113 APPENDIX In the normal status, the newly installed drive will be recon- gured an online free disk. But, the newly -installed drive is automatically assigned as a hot spare if any hot spare disk was used to rebuild and without new installed drive replaced it. In this condition, the Auto Declare Hot -Spare status will be disappeared if the RAI[...]

APPENDIX 114 RAID controller allows user to choose the task priority (Ultr a Low (5%), Low (20%), Medium (50%), High (80%)) to bal - ance volume set access and background tasks appropriately . For high arr ay performance, specify an Ultr a Low value. Like volume initialization, after a volume rebuilds, it does not re - quire a system reboot. High R[...]

115 APPENDIX cover able read error , the correct data will be tr ansferred to the host and that location will be tested by the drive to be certain the location is not defective. If it is found to hav e a defect, data will be automatically relocated, and the defective location is mapped out to prevent future write attempts. In the event of an unreco[...]

APPENDIX 116 vides an additional level of protection. In the event of a power failure, a BBM supplies power to retain data in the RAID con- troller’s cache, thereb y permitting any potentially dirty data in the cache to be ushed out to secondary stor age when power is restored. The batteries in the BBM are recharged continuously through a tric[...]

117 APPENDIX Appendix F Understanding RAID RAID is an acronym for R edundant Array of Independent Disks. It is an arra y of multiple independent hard disk drives that provides high performance and fault tolerance. The RAID controller imple - ments sever al levels of the Berkeley RAID technology . An appro- priate RAID level is selected when the vol[...]

APPENDIX 118 RAID 1 RAID 1 is also known as “disk mirroring”; data written on one disk drive is simultaneously written to another disk drive. R ead performance will be enhanced if the arra y controller can, in paral- lel, access both members of a mirrored pair . During writes, there will be a minor performance penalty when compared to writing t[...]

119 APPENDIX RAID 10(1E) RAID 10(1E) is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1, combining stripping with disk mirroring. RAID Level 10 combines the fast performance of Level 0 with the data redundancy of lev el 1. In this conguration, data is distributed across sev eral disk drives, similar to Level 0, which are then duplicated to another set of dri[...]

APPENDIX 120 RAID 5 RAID 5 is sometimes called striping with parity at byte level. In RAID 5, the parity information is written to all of the drives in the controllers rather than being concentr ated on a dedicated parity disk. If one drive in the system fails, the parity information can be used to reconstruct the data from that drive. All driv es [...]

121 APPENDIX RAID 6 RAID 6 provides the highest reliability . It is similar to RAID 5, but it performs two different parity computations or the same compu- tation on overlapping subsets of the data. RAID 6 can offer fault tolerance greater than RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only consumes the capacity of 2 disk drives for distributed parity data. RAID 6 is a[...]

APPENDIX 122 Important : RAID level 00, 100, 30, 50 and 60 can support up to eight RAID set. If volume is RAID level 00, 100, 30, 50, or 60, you can’t change the volume to another RAID level. If volume is RAID level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, or 6, y ou can’ t change the volume to RAID level 00, 100, 30, 50, or 60. JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) A group[...]

123 APPENDIX Summary of RAID Levels ARC-8050T2 Thunderbolt RAID stor age supports RAID Level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6, 30, 50 and 60. The following table provides a summary of RAID levels. RAID Level Comparision RAID Level Description Disks Requirement (Minimum) Data Av ailability 0 Also known as striping. Data distributed across multiple drives in th[...]

APPENDIX 124 30 RAID 30 is a combination multiple RAID 3 volume sets with RAID 0 (striping) 6 Up to one disk failure in each sub-volume 50 RAID 50 is a combination multiple RAID 5 volume sets with RAID 0 (striping) 6 Up to one disk failure in each sub-volume 60 RAID 60 is a combination multiple RAID 6 volume sets with RAID 0 (striping) 8 Up to two [...]