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Hi-Rely RAIDPac-II Operation Manual

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RAIDPac-II Operations Manual
Documentation V1.1
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Copyright © 2011 by Highly Reliable Systems. All rights reserved.

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  • Page 1 Highly Reliable Systems RAIDPac-II Operations Manual Documentation V1.1 Copyright © 2011 by Highly Reliable Systems. All rights reserved.

  • Page 2: Read This First

    READ THIS FIRST Important Quick Start Information for your High-Rely drive DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE RAIDPacs from their drive bays without fully depressing ● the drive release lever. Forced removal of the drive will void your warranty and damaged the units.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1.Introduction............................4 2.Front Face features..........................5 3.Rear Features.............................6 4.Side Features.............................7 5.Installation and Use...........................7 6.Status And Indicators.........................8 7.Changing RAID configuration......................9 7.1.Using Jumpers to change your RAID settings................9 8.Using HW RAID Manager......................13 8.1.Monitoring your RAIDPacs with HW RAID manager.............14 9.Troubleshooting and Maintenance....................16 9.1.RP2 Service Access........................17 9.2.Changing failed drives......................17 9.3.Changing failed fan........................18...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    1. Introduction High-Rely's new RAIDPac-II (RP2) is a completely self-contained, hot-pluggable RAIDed drive system. It includes its own RAID controller, cooling system and up to 3) 3.5” hard drives. It is designed to be used inside RAIDFrame devices but can also be accessed stand-alone via either SATA or USB 3.0 and a standard Molex drive power connector with adequate power.

  • Page 5: Front Face Features

    2. Front Face features RAID Activity/Status Error Reset Button Indicator Drive Activity/Status Indicators for RAIDPacII internal bays 1,2 and 3. Spring-out Retained Screws for service access. Cooling Fan Pull/Carry Handle Spring-out Retained Screws for service access. Figure 1 - RP2 front face features. Copyright ©...

  • Page 6: Rear Features

    3. Rear Features SATA Docking connector MOLEX drive power connector (for field use). RAID type selection jumpers. USB 3.0 Docking connector (for future use). Figure 2 - RP2 Rear side features. Copyright © 2011 by Highly Reliable Systems. All rights reserved.

  • Page 7: Side Features

    4. Side Features Standard MOLEX Hard Drive Power Connector ISATA connector USB 3.0 connector Figure 3 - RP2 Side features. 5. Installation and Use Like the previous version of RAIDPac (RP1), RP2's are already in a RAID configuration and formatted from the factory.

  • Page 8: Status And Indicators

    6. Status And Indicators Mute/Silence Alarm – use pen. RAID Status: Audible Alarm conditions: -Green: online working. -Drive(s) fail. -Red: offline/error or degraded. -RAID fail. -Over temperature. Drive Status (Disks 1, 2, 3): -Blue: Online -Blue Blinking: Online with activity -Red: Offline/Error.

  • Page 9: Changing Raid Configuration

    7. Changing RAID configuration The RP2 supports several RAID configurations. Those configurations are set at the factory but can easily be changed again in the field by two methods. One method is to use the jumpers on the back of the RP2 itself.
  • Page 10 RAID Type selection jumpers: Position 1 Position 2 Figure 5 - RAID setting jumper pins. RAID Type Jumper Position 1 Jumper Position 2 RAID 0 Open (Off) Covered (On) RAID 1 Covered (On) Open (Off) RAID 5 Covered (On) Covered (On) Single Drive (Clear Branding) Open (Off) Open (Off)
  • Page 11 RAID Type Description (*= settable in HW Manager only, may not apply to use in RP2) RAID 0: Striped, is the segmentation of logically sequential data, such as a single file, so that segments can be assigned to multiple hard disks in a round-robin fashion and thus written concurrently.
  • Page 12 mirrored sets in one striped set (minimum four disks; even number of disks) provides fault tolerance and improved performance but increases complexity. RAID 1+0 creates a striped set from a series of mirrored drives. The array can sustain multiple drive losses so long as no mirror loses all its drives.

  • Page 13: Using Hw Raid Manager

    Figure 6 - RAID Type Descriptions 8. Using HW RAID Manager Figure 7 – HW RAID Manager Screen. RAID Information *This section is not intended to fully cover the features of the JMicron HW RAID Manager, as this is not High-Rely's software, but rather software from the chip set maker of the chip set used in the RP2. So, we will cover some basics.

  • Page 14: Monitoring Your Raidpacs With Hw Raid Manager

    8.1. Monitoring your RAIDPacs with HW RAID manager. HW Manager can send you SMTP messages for certain events that you flag. In the JM Manager Interface, click the Advanced Tab on the left, click the arrow/envelope icon at the top of the next tab set to get to the screen shown below.
  • Page 15 If this test works, your email server should work with HW RAID Manager. But if not, you may need to reconfigure your email server, routers or use an external server like Lavabit. Here are some example settings in HW RAID manager using Lavabit.com: SMTP Server Name: LAVABIT.COM SMTP Server Port: 587 Sender Email: HRTest@lavabit.com...

  • Page 16: Troubleshooting And Maintenance

    9. Troubleshooting and Maintenance (4) Spring-out retained #2 phillips screws. Front Panel connector ribbon cable. Back side of RP2's front panel. For fan service access, remove these four #2 phillips screws. 3) 3.5“ SATA Hard Drives mounted on RP2 rails (slide out).

  • Page 17: Rp2 Service Access

    9.1. RP2 Service Access WARNINGS ABOUT REMOVING PANEL: If pulling the front panel while the unit is a chassis and running, do not leave the panel off for • an extended period of time. There is very little cooling once the fan is out of position and the unit may overheat.

  • Page 18: Changing Failed Fan

    WARNINGS ABOUT REMOVING PANEL: If pulling the front panel while the unit is a chassis and running, do not leave the panel off for • an extended period of time. There is very little cooling once the fan is out of position and the unit may overheat.

  • Page 19: Installing New Drives

    9.4. Installing new drives. Should the desire ever come to install a complete set of newer and/or larger drives, the procedure is simple. 1. Follow the steps outline above in the section above for changing a failed drive. Except, do this for all three drives then re-assemble the RP2.

  • Page 20: Contact Information

    Contact Information Highly Reliable Systems 1900 Vassar Street Reno Nevada 89502-2109 TEL: 775-329-5139 FAX: 775-322-5397 www.high-rely.com Copyright © 2011 by Highly Reliable Systems. All rights reserved.

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