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Summary of Contents for Accusys RAID Controller ACS-77100
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
4.1.2. Set over 2TB Capacity Messages ... 18 4.1.3. Initialization Messages ... 19 4.1.4. System Ready Messages... 19 4.1.5. Rebuild Messages ... 20 4.1.6. Error Messages... 20 4.2. StorConn GUI introduction ... 21 4.2.1. RAID status monitoring window... 22 5. U pdate Firmware... 23 http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... - Page 3 .1. Firmware updating steps ... 23 6. T rouble Shooting ... 26 7. FAQ... 27 8. Contact Accusys ... 28 Accusys, Inc... 28 Accusys U.S.A., Inc..28 Accusys China, Inc... 28 Accusys EU B.V ... 29 Accusys Korea, Inc..29 http://www.accusys.com.tw...
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Page 4: Preface
All contents of this manual are copyrighted by Accusys. The information contained herein is the exclusive property of Accusys, Inc. and shall not be copied, transferred, photocopied, translated on paper, film, electronic media, or computer-readable form, or otherwise reproduced in any way, without the express written permission of Accusys Inc. -
Page 5: About This Document
This icon indicates the existence of a potential hazard that could result in personal injury, damage to your equipment or loss of data if the safety instruction is not observed Note This icon indicates useful tips on getting the most from your RAID controller. http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... -
Page 6: Introduction To The Acs-77100
Customer should provide the materials beside the RAID controller. PWR1 Power connector CN4 Button connector CN7 Host I/F BP I/F (LED, I2C) CN5 Disk I/F LCD connector CN6 Dick I/F CN8 COM and RAID configuration I/F CN9 FAN connector http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... -
Page 7: Understanding Raid Levels
I/O performance is greatly improved by spreading the I/O load across many channels and drives. Fastest and most efficient array type but offers no fault-tolerance. Recommended Uses Video production and editing. Image editing. Pre-press applications. Applications requests high-bandwidth. http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... -
Page 8: Raid 10 (Striping And Mirroring)
DISKS connected to the controller. The controller creates two matching RAID 0 arrays on four DISKS Characteristics This configuration provides optimal speed and reliability. Requires even number of disks (minimum 4 disks) Recommended Uses Imaging application. General Fileserver. http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... -
Page 9: Raid 5 (Striping With Parity) And Raid 5+Hot Spare
Highest Read data transaction, medium Write data transaction rate. Relatively low ratio of ECC (Parity) disks to data disks means high efficiency (compared to other RAID levels). Good aggregate transfer rate. Recommended Uses File and application servers. Database servers. Web, Email servers. Internet server http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... -
Page 10: Build A Raid Solution
ACS-77100 RAID controller Backplane or Disk I/O board Disk carriers (with LED Indicators) Power supply Fan module Chassis Other materials SATA disk cable Header to DB9 cable SATA to eSATA internal cable Selector (with header connector + cable) http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... -
Page 11: Lcd Panel Operations
Scroll up button: to scroll up message data. Scroll down button: to scroll down message data. Enter button: to confirm or enter your selection. ESC button: back to the top layer of message data. ENT: Enter button http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual Power LED ESC: ESC button... -
Page 12: Set Up The Raid Solution
RAID settings: 0, 0+1, 5 and 5+spare. Caution The ACS-77101 must be powered off to change the RAID level. Caution If there is data on the array, changing the RAID level will cause loss of all the data on the array. http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... -
Page 13: Raid Level Configurations
(2) Re-plug the four disks and re-create the Array to R(X). (But data in the RAID will be lost due to the destructive initialization ) Pin1-3 is short. Pin5-7 is short. RAID Level 5 + spare Pin5-7 is short. http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual RAID Level 0 Pin1-3 is open. -
Page 14: Creating An Array
LCD panel. Note The initialization process is a time-intensive process and is dependent upon the size of the disks. For example, four 400GB disks in a RAID 5 array could take over about two hours. http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... -
Page 15: Setting The Time And Date By Lcd
Pressing the ENT button on the final selection will set the time and date. The Time and Date will be displayed on the LCD during ACS-77100 stand-by mode. (Figure 3.3.B) Note The time is measured in the 24-hour clock format. http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... -
Page 16: Connecting Acs-77100 To The Host Computer
ACS-77100 must now be formatted and partitioned before it can be used. 1. Right click My Computer and click Manage. 2. From the Computer Management window, select Disk Management. (Figure 3.5.1.A) 3. If the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard window appears, click Cancel. http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... - Page 17 Management to check the drive sector for errors. Click Next to start the format process. 8. Your drive should now appear in your My Computer and ready for use. Caution Formatting drive will crash all data in the drive. http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual icon. Right click the icon and...
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Page 18: Formatting Drive Over 2Tb Capacity On Windows Vista
Format option. This allow mach fast formatting, however, this disallow Disk Management to check the drive sector for errors. Click Next to start the format process. 8. Your drive should now appear in your Computer and ready for use. http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual icon. Right click the icon and... -
Page 19: Management
(NO) Disk drive model Disk capacity Fan and temperature status Message ACS-77100 is booting ACS-77100 is initializing the installed disks Message Press ENT button to set enable/disable over 2TB Enable over 2TB capacity Disable over 2TB capacity http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... -
Page 20: Initialization Messages
Create a new RAID. New array being created. RAID Initialization completed successfully. Message Disk X failed during the initialization. The initialization cannot proceed. Too many bad sectors in Disk X, initialization cannot proceed. Message ACS-77100 is ready for use. http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... -
Page 21: Rebuild Messages
The RAID failed since there are not enough disk members. The RAID failed since the sequence of the disks is incorrect. The current sequence is displayed within the < > space. The RAID has been failed, but all disks exist. http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... -
Page 22: Storconn Gui Introduction
System overheating. The XX is the current temperature StorConn monitoring program, a web-based GUI supporting In-band interface via SATA channel and Out-band interface via RS-232, by which customers can monitor the RAID status from web browsers at a remote http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... -
Page 23: Raid Status Monitoring Window
3. Disk status: Allows you to monitor the status of each of the disk drives. 4. Disk information: Lists model name and capacity of each of the disk drives. 5. Re-build / initialize progress: Tracks the re-building or initialization process. http://www.accusys.com.tw... -
Page 24: Update Firmware
CN8 on the ACS-77100 controller, and connect the other end to one of the host computer’s COM port. | Pin2 to A | Pin4 to B | Pin6 to C | 3. Launch HyperTerminal from the host computer: Start > Programs > Accessories > Communications > HyperTerminal. http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... - Page 25 5. The COM properties dialog box will appear. Set the following values: 6. Turn on the ACS-77100 and press the ESC button on the host computer keyboard. The “>>>” prompt will appear. Bit per second: 19200 Data bits: 8 Parity: None Stop bits: 1 Flow Control: Xon/Xoff http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual...
- Page 26 9. Send the firmware file as a text file. The file will start to download. Caution Do not turn off the system or interrupt program during firmware-updating procedure. 10. When the file has been downloaded, after ACS-77100 restarted, the firmware-updating procedure is finished. http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual...
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Page 27: Trouble Shooting
Please power off the ACS-77100 and replace the disks on the right slot. LCD display RAID Fail The status for RAID Fail Code 2 is: The RAID has been failed, but Code 2 all disks exist. Please create a new array. >. http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... -
Page 28: Faq
I still cannot partition a device over 2TB in OS. Why? The ACS-77100 is over 2TB available, but most OS still cannot support SATA device to over 2TB. Please refer to the below list for choosing the OS. a) Microsoft Windows Vista http://www.accusys.com.tw User’s Manual... -
Page 29: Contact Accusys
8. Contact Accusys Accusys, Inc. • 8F, No. 47, Lane 2, Sec. 2, Guangfu Rd., Hsinchu, Taiwan • Tel : +886-3-575-0668 • Fax : +886-3-575-0866 • Website: www.accusys.com.tw • Sales : sales@accusys.com.tw • Support: support@accusys.com.tw Accusys U.S.A., Inc. • 46710 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538, U.S.A. -
Page 30: Accusys Eu B.v
Accusys EU B.V • Columbusstraat 22-26, Distripark Eemhaven, 3165 AD Rotterdam, Netherlands • Tel : +31-10-4284117 • Fax : +31-10-4284114 • Website: www.accusyseu.com • Sales : sales@accusyseu.com • Support: support@accusyseu.com Accusys Korea, Inc. • Baegang B/D 5F Shinsa-Dong 666-14 Kanggnam-Gu, Seoul, Korea •...