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ThunderBox 600
(Thunderbolt 2 & USB 3.0 to 6Gb/s SAS RAID)
User's Manual
Version: 1.2
Issue Date: December, 2014

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  • Page 1 Thunderbolt™ Product ThunderBox 600 (Thunderbolt 2 & USB 3.0 to 6Gb/s SAS RAID) User’s Manual Version: 1.2 Issue Date: December, 2014...

  • Page 2: Copyright And Trademarks

    Manufacturer’s Declaration for CE Certification We confirm ThunderBox 600 has been tested and found compliant with the requirements in the council directive relating to the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC. Regarding to the electromagnetic compatibility, the fol-...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    2.4 Locations of the Storage Component ........16 2.4.1 Drive Tray LED Indicators ..........16 2.4.2 LCD Panel LED Indicators ..........17 2.4.3 Thunderbolt Port LED Indicators ........17 2.5 Setting Up RAID Storage ..........18 2.5.1 Physically Install RAID Storage and Drives ..... 18 2.5.2 Mac Users ..............
  • Page 4 4.2 McRAID Main Window ............49 4.3 Main Menu ..............50 4.4 Quick Function ..............50 4.5 Raid Set Functions ............51 4.5.1 Create Raid Set ............51 4.5.2 Delete Raid Set ............52 4.5.3 Expand Raid Set ............53 4.5.4 Offline Raid Set ............
  • Page 5 4.7.6 Set Disk To Be Failed ..........69 4.7.7 Activate Failed Disk ............ 70 4.7.8 Identify Enclosure ............70 4.7.9 Identify Drive ............70 4.8 System Controls ............. 71 4.8.1 System Config ............71 • System Beeper Setting ........... 71 •...
  • Page 6 • Gateway IP address ............82 • Subnet Mask ..............82 • HTTP Port Number ............82 • Telnet Port Number ............82 • SMTP Port Number ............82 4.8.5 Alert By Mail Configuration ......... 82 4.8.6 SNMP Configuration ............ 83 4.8.7 NTP Configuration ............
  • Page 7 Ease of Use Features ............106 • Foreground Availability/Background Initialization ....106 • Online Array Roaming ........... 106 • Online Capacity Expansion ..........106 • Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration ....108 • Online Volume Expansion ..........109 High Availability ...............

  • Page 8: Introduction

    SPECIFICATION 1. Introduction This section presents a brief overview of the 6Gb/s SAS RAID storage, ThunderBox 600. (Thunderbolt 2 & USB 3.0 to 6Gb/s SAS RAID storage) 1.1 Overview Unleash Your Creativity Faster Than Ever ThunderBox 600 features two cutting-edge interfaces, Thunderbolt 2 and SuperSpeed USB 3.0.
  • Page 9 SPECIFICATION Enterprise-class Data Availability and Security ThunderBox 600 supports the hardware RAID 6 engine to allow two HDDs failures without impact the existing data and perfor- mance. It allows users to hot swap drive in the event of a drive failure with zero downtime.

  • Page 10: Features

    • Complete configuration management suite - McRAID manager – browser-based management tool (LAN or Thunderbolt) - Push Buttons and LCD Display panel for setup and status - Command Line Interface (CLI)- scriptable configuration tool - API libraries support - combine GUI with user management...

  • Page 11: Product Features

    Supports a battery backup option that protects all data in cache memory in the event of unexpected power outage for data availability. Intelligent power On/Off Turn ThunderBox 600 power in unison with the function host computer power status for data integrity. Front Panel LCD and Buttons Easy access for configuration and status report.

  • Page 12: Installation

    2 & USB 3.0 to 6Gb/s SAS RAID storage with host computer and disks. 2.1 Before You First Installing Thanks for purchasing the ThunderBox 600 as your RAID data stor- age. The following manual gives simple step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring the ThunderBox 600 RAID storage.

  • Page 13: Summary Of Raid Storage Setup Steps

    Step 3. Configure RAID Volumes (Chapter 2.5.2.2) 1. Double-click on the “MRAID” icon on the desktop. 2. Double-click on the “ArcHTTP64”. 3. Locate “ThunderBox 600 Web Management” and launch the McRAID storage manager. 4. Login User Name “admin” and the Password “0000”.
  • Page 14 Step 3. Configure RAID Volumes (Chapter 2.5.3.2) 1. Double-click on the “MRAID” icon on the desktop. 2. Double-click on the “ArcHTTP64”. 3. Locate “ThunderBox 600 Web Management” and launch the McRAID storage manager. 4. Login User Name “admin” and the Password “0000”.

  • Page 15: Raid Storage View

    1. Disk Activity LED 4. Thunderbolt Port1 2. Disk Fault / Link LED 5. Thunderbolt Port2 3. LCD Panel with Keypad 6. Thunderbolt Port1 Link LED 7. Thunderbolt Port2 Link LED 8. USB 3.0 Port 9. LAN Port (For McRAID Web Manager) 10.

  • Page 16: Locations Of The Storage Component

    INSTALLATION 2.4 Locations of the Storage Component The following components come with LEDs that inform ThunderBox 600 RAID storage managers about the operational status. 2.4.1 Drive Tray LED Indicators Figure 1-1, Activity/Fault LED The following table describes the RAID storage disk drive tray LED behavior.

  • Page 17: Lcd Panel Led Indicators

    2.4.3 Thunderbolt Port LED Indicators Figure 1-3, Thunderbolt Ports LED The following table describes the ThunderBox 600 SAS RAID stor- age Thunderbolt port link LED behavior.

  • Page 18: Setting Up Raid Storage

    RAID storage. Installation in this section describes how to install or remove 3.5 inch drives in your RAID storage. 1. Gently slide the drive tray out from the ThunderBox 600 RAID storage.
  • Page 19 SAS/SATA Drive SAS/SATA Drive 3. After all drives are in the drive tray, slide all of them back into the ThunderBox 600 RAID storage and make sure you latch the drive trays. Figure 1-5, Sliding Drive Tray into Enclosure Step 2. Connecting RAID Storage to Thunderbolt Ports...
  • Page 20 A single Thunderbolt port supports hubs as well as a daisy chain of up to seven Thunderbolt devices on, including the Thunderbolt capa-...
  • Page 21 USB (USB 3.0) port. If your computer only has a USB 2.0 connec- tion, then ThunderBox 600 will auto-negotiate to USB 2.0 speeds. This makes it easier for ThunderBox 600 as an external higher speed storage solution. The following table describes the LED in- dication status for USB port.
  • Page 22 (platform independent) via standard web browsers directly connected to the 10/100Mbit RJ45 LAN port. Connect LAN port of the ThunderBox 600 using the included Ethernet cable and then to a LAN port or LAN switch. Step 4. Connecting RAID Storage Power To power the RAID storage: 1.

  • Page 23: Mac Users

    2.5.2.1 Install the MRAID Software This section describes detailed instructions for installing the Mac driver & utility for the ThunderBox 600 on your Apple Thunderbolt capable machine. You must have administrative level permissions to install Mac OS X driver & utility. This can be done in just a few steps! 1.
  • Page 24 5. On the Choose Install Set screen, click on an icon to install special components and click on the "Next" button to continue. • Driver is required for the operating system to be able to inter- act with the ThunderBox 600 RAID storage.
  • Page 25 SNMP traps notification. Refer to the Chapter 3 ArcHTTP Configuration on ThunderBox 600 user manual, for details about the mail and SNMP traps configuration. • CLI (Command Line Interface) provides the functionality available in MRAID storage manager through a Command Line Interface.
  • Page 26 INSTALLATION 8. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation. 9. When this screen shows, you have completed the driver installation and click on the "Next" button to continue.

  • Page 27: Configure Raid Volumes

    There are often multiple ways to accomplish the same configura- tion and maintenance tasks for your RAID storage. Your Thun- derBox 600 RAID storage can be configured by one of the fol- lowing methods: 1. McRAID Storage Manager from ArcHTTP. (Thunderbolt port) 2.
  • Page 28 RAID storage icon located on left column of the “ArcHTTP Con- figurations” screen. Locate “ThunderBox 600 Web Management” and launch the selected McRAID storage manager. Enter RAID storage default User Name “admin” and the Password “0000” when the login page prompted for it.
  • Page 29 Set Functions” and “Volume Set Functions”. See chapter 4 of ThunderBox 600 user manual for information on customizing your RAID volumes using McRAID storage manager. Other- wise, to begin using the ThunderBox 600 right away, go on the next “Format the Volume”...

  • Page 30: Format Raid Volumes

    The LCD screen displays up to two lines at a time of menu items or other information. Thun- derBox 600 RAID storage default User Name is “admin” and the Password is “0000”. The LCD initial screen is shown below: 2.5.2.3 Format RAID Volumes...
  • Page 31 INSTALLATION 2. In the Partition Layout column, click on the “Current” to show the drop-down menu and select the number of parti- tions that you want your RAID storage to have. Each partition will appear as a separate drive on your computer. 3.

  • Page 32: Make A Bootable Raid Volume

    INSTALLATION 2.5.2.4 Make A Bootable RAID Volume You can follow the following procedures to add ThunderBox 600 RAID volume on Intel-based Mac bootable device listing. 1. Set the BIOS selection in System Controls: Advance Configu- ration to “EFI” option for Intel-based Mac boot.

  • Page 33: Windows Users

    1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at “http://www.areca.com.tw/support/s_thunderbolt/thunder- bolt.htm”, the file name begins with “install_mraid” followed by the version control or insert the ThunderBox 600 software CD in the CD-ROM drive. 2. Double-click on the zipped file that comes from the website or resides at <CDROM>\PACKAGES\Windows to unzip it.
  • Page 34 INSTALLATION 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 Type screen, use the settings to specify these things: and click on the “Next” button to continue.
  • Page 35 SNMP traps notification. Refer to the chapter 3 ArcHTTP Con- figuration on ThunderBox 600 user manual, for details about the mail and SNMP traps configuration. • CLI (Command Line Interface) provides the functionality available in MRAID storage manager through a Command Line Interface.
  • Page 36 8. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation. When this screen completes, you have completed the MRAID in- stallation. If you have no ThunderBox 600 RAID storage unit yet connected or powered on, a “MRAID Installer Information” message displays.

  • Page 37: Configure Raid Volumes

    There are often multiple ways to accomplish the same configura- tion and maintenance tasks for your RAID storage. Your Thun- derBox 600 RAID storage can be configured by one of the fol- lowing methods: 1. McRAID Storage Manager from ArcHTTP. (Thunderbolt port) 2.
  • Page 38 RAID storage icon located on left column of the “ArcHTTP Con- figurations” screen. Locate “ThunderBox 600 Web Management” and launch the selected McRAID storage manager. Enter RAID storage default User Name “admin” and the Password “0000” when the login page prompted for it.
  • Page 39 Set Functions” and “Volume Set Functions”. See chapter 4 of ThunderBox 600 user manual for information on customizing your RAID volumes using McRAID storage manager. Other- wise, to begin using the ThunderBox 600 right away, go on the next “Format the Volume”...

  • Page 40: Format Raid Volumes

    Windows Explorer. 2.5.3.4 Unmounting RAID Volumes To avoid possible data corruption, LMP recommends that ThunderBox 600 RAID storages volume(s) be properly unmounted from the computer prior to turning off the RAID storage or safely removing the Thunderbolt interface cable.
  • Page 41 INSTALLATION To unmount ThunderBox 600 RAID storage from a Windows system: 1. Click on the “Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media” icon in the notification area, at the lower right-hand side of your screen, and then, in the list of devices, choose the Thunder- bolt storage volume option that you want to remove.

  • Page 42: Archttp Configuration

    HTTP Port#: Value 1~65535. Display HTTP Connection Information To Console: Select “Yes" to show Http send bytes and receive bytes information in the console. Scanning PCI Device: Select “Yes” for ThunderBox 600 RAID storage unit. Scanning RS-232 Device: No. Scanning Inband Device: No.

  • Page 43: Mail (Alert By Mail) Configuration

    ArcHTTP Configuration • Mail (Alert by Mail) Configuration Many users require that email notifications be sent to the appropriate administrators when an alert is detected. To set up your mail servers, click on the the “Mail Configuration” link. The “SMTP Server Configurations”...

  • Page 44: Snmp Traps Configuration

    ArcHTTP Configuration 2. Mail Address Configurations 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.
  • Page 45 ArcHTTP Configuration 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 traps Configuration” menu will show as following: When you open the SNMP traps configuration page, you will see the following settings: 1.

  • Page 46: Rescan Device Configuration

    ArcHTTP Configuration Note: Event Notification Table refer to Appendix D. After you confirm and submit configurations, you can use "Generate Test Event" feature to make sure these settings are correct. • Rescan Device Configuration Let’s assume you’ve put all LMP RAID storages to a system. The ArcHTTP scans the RAID storages on the system and create an individual RAID storage icon located on left column of the "ArcHTTP Configurations"...

  • Page 47: Web Browser-Based Configuration

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4. Web Browser-based Configuration If you need to use a RAID volume from ThunderBox 600 RAID stor- age unit, you must first create a RAID volume by 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 ThunderBox 600 RAID storage.

  • Page 48: Start-Up Mcraid Storage Manager

    RAID storage web browser McRAID storage manager. Locate “ThunderBox 600 Web Management” and launch the selected McRAID RAID storage manager. Enter RAID storage default User Name “admin” and the Password “0000” when the login page prompted for it.

  • Page 49: Mcraid Storage Manager Through Lan Port (Out-Of-Band)

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN Port (Out-of-Band) ThunderBox 600 RAID storage also offers an alternative out-of- band method for McRAID storage manager. User can access the built-in configuration without running the ArcHTTP proxy server on the host system. The web browser-based McRAID storage manager is a HTML-based application, which utilizes the brows- er installed on your remote system.

  • Page 50: Main Menu

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • To 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. • To display volume set information, move the mouse cursor to the desired volume set number, then click it.

  • Page 51: Raid Set Functions

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION The number of physical drives in the RAID storage determines the Raid Levels that can be implemented with the RAID set. You can create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set. The user can change the Raid Level, Capacity, Initialization Mode, and Stripe Size.

  • Page 52: Delete Raid Set

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION alphanumeric characters to define a unique identifier for a RAID set. The default RAID set name will always appear as “Raid Set #”. Tick on the “Confirm The Operation” check box and click on the “Submit” button on the screen; the RAID set will start to initialize. If you have available disk member, you can repeat above proce- dures to define another RAID sets.

  • Page 53: Expand Raid Set

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.5.3 Expand Raid Set Instead of deleting a RAID set and recreating it with additional disk drives, the “Expand Raid Set” function allows the users to add disk drives to the RAID set that have already been created. To expand a RAID set: 1.

  • Page 54: Offline Raid Set

    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 available, an auto rebuild operation will occur after the RAID set expansion completes.

  • Page 55: Activate Incomplete Raid Set

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.5.6 Activate Incomplete Raid Set If one of the disk drives is removed 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 Raid Set”...

  • Page 56: Delete Hot Spare

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION The “Create Hot Spare” gives you the ability to define 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 specific RAID set or Enclosure. When a disk drive fails in the RAID set or enclosure with a dedicated hot spare is pre-set, data on the disk drive is rebuild automatically on the dedicated hot spare disk.

  • Page 57: Volume Set Functions

    However the operating system itself may not be capable of addressing more than 2TB. 4. Thunderbolt host: 128 x volumes & USB 3.0 host: 1 x volume (SCSI Ch/Id/Lun=0/0/0). Only the SCSI Ch/Id/Lun=0/0/0 volume bonds both Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 connection. You can swap others volumes SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI Lun with SCSI Ch/Id/Lun=0/0/0 if you need to read it from USB 3.0 port.

  • Page 58: Create Volume Set (0/1/10/3/5/6)

    Command Queuing, and SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI Lun. • Volume Name The default volume name will always appear as “ThunderBox 600-VOL”. You can rename the volume set providing it does not exceed the 15 characters limit. • Volume Raid Level Set the Raid Level for the volume set. Highlight the desired RAID level and from the available levels option.

  • Page 59: Initialization Mode

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION When this option is enabled, it keeps the volume size with max. 2TB limitation. For any hard disk drives working in the 4K native mode in the Raid set, the volume set directly sets and exposes 4KB sector size to the operating system. -64bit LBA This option uses 16 bytes CDB instead of 10 bytes.

  • Page 60: Cache Mode

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION Note: RAID level 3 can’t modify the cache stripe size. • Cache Mode The RAID storage supports “Write Through” and “Write Back” cache. • Volume Write Protection When "Volume Write Protection" is enabled on the "Modify Volume Set", host commands fail if they are issued to a volume in that RAID controller and attempt to modify a volume's data or attributes.

  • Page 61: Scsi Channel/Scsi Id/Scsi Lun

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI Lun SCSI Channel: The RAID storage function is simulated as an external SCSI RAID controller. The host bus is represented as a SCSI channel. Choose the SCSI Channel. SCSI ID: Each SCSI device attached to the SCSI card, as well as the card itself, must be assigned a unique SCSI ID number.

  • Page 62: Delete Volume Set

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.6.3 Delete Volume Set To delete a volume from RAID set, move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the “Delete Volume Set” link. The “Select The Raid Set To Delete” screen will show all RAID set numbers. Click a RAID set number and the “Confirm The Operation”...

  • Page 63: Volume Growth

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION Use this option to modify the volume set configuration. To modify volume set attributes, move the cursor bar to the volume set at- tribute menu and click it. The “Enter The Volume Attribute” screen appears. Move the cursor to an attribute item and then click the attribute to modify the value.

  • Page 64: Volume Write Protection

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION Note: 1. If the volume is RAID level 30, 50, or 60, you can not change the volume to another RAID level. If the volume is RAID level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, or 6, you can not change the volume to RAID level 30, 50, or 60.

  • Page 65: Schedule Volume Check

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.6.6 Schedule Volume Check A volume check is a process that verifies the integrity of redun- dant data. To verify RAID 3, 5, 6, 30, 50 or 60 redundancy, a volume check reads all associated data blocks, computes parity, reads parity, and verifies that the computed parity matches the read parity.

  • Page 66: Physical Drive

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.6.7 Stop Volume Set Check Use this option to stop the “Check Volume Set” function. 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 To create pass-through disk, move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the “Create Pass-Through”...

  • Page 67: Modify Pass-Through Disk

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.7.2 Modify Pass-Through Disk Use this option to modify the pass-through disk attribute. The user can modify the Cache Mode, Tagged Command Queuing, and SCSI Channel/ID/LUN on an existing pass-through disk. To modify the pass-through drive attribute from the pass-through drive pool, move the mouse cursor bar and click on the “Modify Pass-Through”...

  • Page 68: Clone Disk

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.7.4 Clone Disk Instead of deleting a RAID set and recreating it with larger disk drives, the “Clone Disk” function allows the users to replace larger disk drives to the RAID set that have already been created. Click the “Clone Disk”...

  • Page 69: Abort Cloning

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION flined” after the cloning process. The source drive will remain a member of the logical drive. 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.

  • Page 70: Activate Failed Disk

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.7.7 Activate Failed Disk It forces the current “failed” disk in the system to be back online. “Activate Failed Disk” function has no effect on the removed disks, because a “removed” disk does not give the controller a chance to mark it as “failure”.

  • Page 71: System Controls

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.8 System Controls 4.8.1 System Config To set the RAID system function, move the cursor to the main menu and click the “System Controls” link. The “Raid System Function” menu will show all items, and then select the desired function.

  • Page 72: Sata Ncq Support

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • SATA NCQ Support The controller supports both SAS and SATA disk drives. The SATA NCQ allows multiple commands to be outstanding within a drive at the same time. Drives that support NCQ have an internal queue where outstanding commands can be dynami- cally rescheduled or re-ordered, along with the necessary tracking mechanisms for outstanding and completed portions of the workload.

  • Page 73: Max Command Length

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • 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 removed in power off state or boot up stage, the RAID set state will change to “Incom- plete State”.

  • Page 74: Disk Capacity Truncation Mode

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION triggers a rebuilding for the Degraded RAID set/Volume. “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- tified as a disk in a separate RAID set with duplicated RAID- set# and with all the rest of RAID members missing.

  • Page 75: Smart Polling Interval

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION “Failed The Drive If Hot Sapre Exist” – controllers kill off the SMART fail disk if hot sapre dive is existed. “Alert” – it will trigger alert when there happens a SMART fail drive. • Smart Polling Interval Besides the scheduled volume check, user can define the Smart Pulling Interval to pull the SMART status of each disk.

  • Page 76: Timeout Setting

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION drive from the array during this period. Default value is manu- facture setting. You can select between 5, 6 and 7 second. This feature is used to setup the HDD internal timeout value. • Timeout Setting Disk time-out is a registry setting that defines the time that RAID controller will wait for a hard disk to respond to a com- mand.

  • Page 77: Amount Of Read Ahead

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • Amount of Read Ahead Read-Ahead data is buffered in the RAID controller cache, however, thereby cutting down on the amount of I/O traffic to the disk. The Amount of Read Ahead defines how many data of reading at a time, making more efficient use of the RAID storage.

  • Page 78: Read Performance Margin

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION and Mode 3. Default value is “Disabled”. Our controller cache uses LRU method; there have no special memory capacity re- served for read or write. The Mode 1, 2 and 3 are used to de- fine the command sorting method. The default sorting method is helpful for normal applications, but not useful for AV ap- plications, so we have defined three different sorting methods for these special applications.

  • Page 79: Hdd Power Management

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.8.3 HDD Power Management LMP has automated the ability to manage HDD power based on usage patterns. The “HDD Power Management” allows you to choose a “Stagger Power On Control”, “Low Power Idle”, “Low RPM” and completely “Spins Down Idle HDD”. It is designed to reduce power consumption and heat generation on idle drives.

  • Page 80: Time To Hdd Low Power Idle

    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”...

  • Page 81: Dhcp Function

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION patches required. To configure the RAID controller Ethernet port, move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the “System Controls” link. The “System Controls” menu will show all items. Move the cursor bar to the “Ethernet Configuration” item, and then select the desired function.

  • Page 82: Gateway Ip Address

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION • Gateway IP address A gateway is a node (a router) on a TCP/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 any other routes in the routing table.

  • Page 83: Snmp Configuration

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION The firmware contains a SMTP manager monitoring all system events. Single or multiple user notifications can be sent via “Plain English” e-mails with no software required. (Please refer to SMTP Sever Configuration, Mail Address Configuration and Event Notifi- cation Configuration on chapter 3 “ArcHTTP Configuration”...

  • Page 84: Ntp Sever Address

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION Note: NTP feature works through onboard Ethernet port. So you must make sure that you have connected onboard Ethernet port. • NTP Sever Address The most important factor in providing accurate, reliable time is the selection of NTP servers to be used in the configuration file.

  • Page 85: Generate Test Event

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION Select this option to view the system events information: Time, Device, Event Type, 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 system time setting. The maximum event no.

  • Page 86: Modify Password

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.8.11 Modify Password To set or change the RAID storage password, select “System Con- trols” from the menu and click on the “Modify Password” link. The “Modify System Password” screen appears. The password option allows user to set or clear the RAID stor- age’s password protection feature.

  • Page 87: Information

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 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 volume state and capacity are also shown in this screen. 4.9.1.1 Hdd Xfer Speed “Hdd Xfer Speed”...

  • Page 88: Sas Chip Information

    Chip Information” link. The RAID storage “SAS Chip Information” screen appears. User can click on “controller: LMP ThunderBox 600” item on the “SAS Chip Information” screen. It will show statistic page for ports on the ROC controller. Click on the “Clear Error Log” to re-...

  • Page 89: System Information

    WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION 4.9.3 System Information To 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 appears. Use this feature to view the RAID storage’s system information.

  • Page 90: Upgrading Flash Rom Update Process

    ARC1214FIRM.BIN:→ RAID kernel program ARC1214MBR0.BIN:→ Master Boot Record for supporting Dual Flash Image in the ThunderBox 600 6Gb/s SAS RAID storage README.TXT contains the history information of the software code change in the main directory. Read this file first to make sure you are upgrading to the proper binary file.
  • Page 91 The web browser-based McRAID storage manager can be accessed through the in-band Thunderbolt port or out-of-band LAN port. The in-band method uses the ArcHTTP proxy server to launch the McRAID storage manager. The out-of-band method allows local or...
  • Page 92 APPENDIX Controller with onboard LAN port, you can directly plug an Ethernet cable to the controller LAN port. After network connected, you can find the current IP address in the LCD panel. From a remote pc, you can directly open a web browser and enter the IP address.

  • Page 93: Battery Backup Module (Arc-6120Ba-T021)

    Appendix B Battery Backup Module (ARC-6120BA-T021) ThunderBox 600 RAID storage operates using cache memory. The Battery Backup Module is an add-on module that provides power to the RAID storage cache memory in the event of a power failure. The BBM monitors the write back cache on the RAID storage, and provides power to the cache memory if it contains data not yet written to the hard drives when power failure occurs.

  • Page 94: Installation

    APPENDIX B-3 Installation 1. Make sure all power to the RAID storage 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 available for the optional battery backup module.
  • Page 95 APPENDIX B-4 Battery Backup Capacity Battery backup capacity is defined as the maximum duration 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 interval (typically 72 hours).
  • Page 96 • Operating Temperature Temperature: 0 C to +40 Humidity: 45-85%, non-condensing • Storage Temperature Temperature: -40 C to 60 Humidity: 45-85%, non-condensing • Electrical Input Voltage +3.6VDC • On Board Battery Capacity 1880mAH (1 * 1880mAH) for ThunderBox 600 RAID storage...

  • Page 97: Snmp Operation & Installation

    APPENDIX Appendix C SNMP Operation & Installation C-1 Overview McRAID storage manager includes a firmware-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 array.
  • Page 98 APPENDIX Manager Application Managed Resource Definition Service Layer and Protocols Physical Managed Object 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 several phases: Step 1.
  • Page 99 Step 3. SNMP Service Method With LMP 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 (ArcHTTP proxy server) Pay attention to these: •...
  • Page 100 APPENDIX To enable the controller to send the SNMP traps to client SNMP manager using the IP address assigned to the operating system, such as Net-SNMP manager, you can simply use the SNMP function on the ArcHTTP proxy server utility. To enable the RAID controller SNMP traps sending function, configure the “SNMP Traps Configuration”...
  • Page 101 APPENDIX The firmware-embedded SNMP agent manager monitors all system events and the SNMP function becomes functional with no agent software required. When you open the "SNMP Configuration" link, you will see the following settings: 1. SNMP Trap Configurations Enter the SNMP Trap IP Address. 2.

  • Page 102: Event Notification Configurations

    APPENDIX Appendix D Event Notification Configurations The controller classifies disk array events into four levels depending on their severity. These include level 1: Urgent, level 2: Serious, level 3: Warning and level 4: Information. The level 4 covers notifica- tion events such as initialization of the controller and initiation of the rebuilding process;...

  • Page 103: Volume Event

    APPENDIX B. Volume Event Event Level Meaning Action Start Initialize Warning Volume initialization has started Start Rebuilding Warning Volume rebuilding has started Start Migrating Warning Volume migration has started Start Checking Warning Volume parity checking has started Complete Init Warning Volume initialization completed Complete Rebuild Warning Volume rebuilding completed Complete Migrate...

  • Page 104: Hardware Monitor Event

    APPENDIX D. Hardware Monitor Event Event Level Meaning Action DRAM 1-Bit ECC Urgent DRAM 1-Bit ECC error Check DRAM DRAM Fatal Error Urgent DRAM fatal error Check the DRAM module and encountered replace with new one if required. Controller Over Urgent Abnormally high Check air flow and cooling fan of...

  • Page 105: Raid Concept

    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 define the RAID level (0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50 60, etc);...

  • Page 106: Ease Of Use Features

    APPENDIX In the illustration, volume 1 can be assigned a RAID level 5 of operation while volume 0 might be assigned a RAID level 1E of operation. Alternatively, 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 •...
  • Page 107 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 available on the RAID set. The unused capacity can be used to create additional volume sets.

  • Page 108: Online Raid Level And Stripe Size Migration

    APPENDIX • Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration For those who wish to later upgrade to any RAID capabilities, a system with online RAID level/stripe size migration allows a simplified upgrade to any supported RAID level without having to reinstall the operating system. The RAID controllers can migrate both the RAID level and stripe size of an existing volume set, while the server is on- line and the volume set is in use.

  • Page 109: Online Volume Expansion

    APPENDIX of disk failure(s). In the case of disk failure, the volume set transitions from migrating state to (migrating+degraded) state. When the migration is completed, the volume set tran- sitions to degraded mode. If a global hot spare is present, then it further transitions to rebuilding state.

  • Page 110: Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support

    APPENDIX cal drive that has been marked as a hot spare and therefore is not a member of any RAID set. If a disk drive used in a volume set fails, then the hot spare will automatically take its place and he data previously located on the failed drive is reconstructed on the hot spare.

  • Page 111: Auto Rebuilding

    APPENDIX In the normal status, the newly installed drive will be recon- figured 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.

  • Page 112: High Reliability

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

  • Page 113: Consistency Check

    APPENDIX coverable read error, the correct data will be transferred 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 have a defect, data will be automatically relocated, and the defective location is mapped out to prevent future write attempts.

  • Page 114: Recovery Rom

    RAID controller firmware is stored on the flash ROM and is ex- ecuted by the I/O processor. The firmware can also be updat- ed through the RAID controllers Thunderbolt port or Ethernet port without the need to replace any hardware chips. During...

  • Page 115: Understanding Raid

    APPENDIX Appendix F Understanding RAID RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. It is an array of multiple independent hard disk drives that provides high performance and fault tolerance. The RAID controller imple- ments several levels of the Berkeley RAID technology. An appro- priate RAID level is selected when the volume sets are defined or created.

  • Page 116: Raid 1

    APPENDIX RAID 1 RAID 1 is also known as “disk mirroring”; data written on one disk drive is simultaneously written to another disk drive. Read performance will be enhanced if the array 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 to a single disk.

  • Page 117: Raid 10(1E)

    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 level 1. In this configuration, data is distributed across several disk drives, similar to Level 0, which are then duplicated to another set of drive for data protection.

  • Page 118: Raid 5

    APPENDIX 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 concentrated 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.

  • Page 119: Raid 6

    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.

  • Page 120: Single Disk (Pass-Through Disk)

    APPENDIX 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, you can’t change the volume to RAID level 00, 100, 30, 50, or 60.

  • Page 121: Summary Of Raid Levels

    APPENDIX Summary of RAID Levels ThunderBox 600 Thunderbolt RAID storage 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 Description Disks Data Availability...
  • Page 122 APPENDIX RAID 50 is a combination multiple RAID Up to one disk 5 volume sets with RAID 0 (striping) failure in each sub-volume RAID 60 is a combination multiple RAID Up to two disk 6 volume sets with RAID 0 (striping) failure in each sub-volume...

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