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Safety Symbol Description Generic alarm symbol: To suggest a general safety concern. ESD protection symbol: To suggest electrostatic-sensitive equipment. Electric shock symbol: To suggest a danger of high voltage. Safety Information WARNING! Installation and removal of the unit and its accessories must be carried out by qualified personnel. You must read all of the Safety Instructions supplied with your equipment before installation and operation. Warnings: If the product does not work properly, please contact your dealer or the nearest service center. (We shall not assume any responsibility for problems caused by unauthorized repair or maintenance.) ...
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Regulatory Compliance FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. This product complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference. 2.
1 Product Introduction IPSAN Series storage hosts include four types of products: single control with 24 disk slots, single control with 16 disk slots, single control with 48 disk slots and dual control with 24 disk slots. The storage product supports three types of DEUs: single control DEUs with 24 disk slots, single control DEUs with 48 disk slots and dual control DEUs with 24 disk slots. For details about the supported DEUs, see the table below. Table 1‐1 Different products support different DEUs Series SCU disk slots DEU disk slots 24 disk slots(single control) 24 disk slots(single control) 16 disk slots(single control) 24 disk slots(single control) IPSAN Series 48 disk slots(single control) 24 disk slots and 48 disk slots(both single control) 24 disk slots(dual control) 24 disk slots(dual control) NOTE! This manual takes the single control with 24 disk slots for example. For more details, see the Online Help which is released with the software. Method to check the Online Help: click<Help>button on the GUI. ...
2 Hardware Installation Tool Reference Environment Requirements Temperature Requirement 0°C~40°C Operating temperature Recommended: 10°C~35°C Excluding battery modules: –20°C~+60°C Storage temperature Including battery modules: –15°C~+40°C (storage within 1 month); 10°C~35°C (storage over 1 month) Humidity Requirement Operating humidity 20% to 80% (non‐condensing) Storage humidity 10% to 90% (non‐condensing) NOTE! Corrosive gases and dust can cause damage to hard disks. For detailed requirements about the equipment room environment, please refer to Checking the Installation Environments section in Online Help shipped with the product. 2...
Incorrect installation manner CAUTION! When installing a device, ensure that the device and the mark line on the square hole strip on the cabinet are properly aligned in 1U. Otherwise, you are not allowed to install the rack‐mounting ear screws. If the rack‐mounting ear screws are forcibly installed without the aligning procedure, a gap exists between the device and the tray and the device is hanging over the square hole strip. Consequently, the device is unstable, thereby affecting stability of the hard disks. If the hard disks are running for a long time in such situation, many problems, such as a high read‐and‐write error rate and a high damage rate, will arise. Figure 1: The tray is installed half‐U downward. Figure 2: The rack‐mounting ear is not alligned properly. Figure 3: The device is not alligned in one U and is hanging over the rack‐mounting ear after the screws are installed. Figure 4: A gap exists between the device and the tray. 3...
3 Software Configuration Basic Concepts Basic Concept Description Console Indicates the Graphical User Port (GUI) used in configuration and management. Server Indicates IPSAN series in the console. Management Indicates the PC where the console is installed. workstation RAID Group Indicates a logical entity consists of multiple physical hard disks. In addition, the logical entity possesses RAID level features. RAID indicates redundant array of independent disks. The logical entity is used to form the RAID of a specified level and provide physical resources for RAID Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs). RAID LUN Compared with a LUN, a RAID LUN indicates a smaller logical entity created in a RAID group. After a RAID LUN is created in a RAID group, the RAID LUN directly inherits the RAID level of the RAID group. Logical Indicates a logical entity that is created on a RAID LUN for direct access from a client. resource A client can access a logical resource after it is created on basis of a RAID LUN and assigned to a target. Initiator Indicates an entity that initiates an Internet Small Computer System Port (iSCSI) request. Target Indicates an entity that responds to an iSCSI request. An initiator can initiate a request to a target only after it is associated with the target. Management Configures and administrates devices, 100 Mbit/s. network port Service port Transfers data, 1000 Mbit/s. Configuration Workflow To complete most basic configurations, perform the following operations on the storage software GUI: 1.Log in to the device through the management network port. 2.Set the IP address of the service port. 3.Create a RAID group. ...
6.Create a target and add an initiator. 7.Assign Storage Area Network (SAN) resources. 8.Configure the initiator (with Windows client as an example). 9.View disks assigned (with Windows XP as an example) Log in to the device through the management network port Enter http://192.168.0.1 in t he browser address bar of the management workstation, download the console, and log in to the console. By default, the user name is admin, the password is password, and the server IP address 192.168.0.1. Figure 3‐1 Set the IP address of the service port 1. Choose Server > Configure Network. Maintenance 2. Change the IP address of the service port. The default IP addresses of the service ports are 10.1.1.1 and 10.1.2.1. If expansion boards are inserted, the corresponding default IP addresses are 10.1.3.1, 10.1.4.1, 10.1.5.1 and 10.1.6.1. 8 ...
Figure 3‐2 Change the IP address 3. Click<OK>. Create a RAID group 1. Choose RAID Group Resources > Local RAID Group > Create. 2. Create a RAID group. Check whether the number of disks under "Physical Resources" is consistent with the actual number. Recommend number of disks:11 (RAID5) + 1 (hot standby) + 11 (RAID5) + 1 (hot standby) Or: 11 (RAID5) + 12 (RAID5) + 1 (hot standby). 9 ...
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Figure 3‐3 Create a RAID Group 3. (Optional) Click<Next>.Confirm the information of the RAID Group. 10 ...
Figure 3‐4 The information of the RAID LUN 4. Click<Finish>. Create a RAID LUN If no RAID LUN has been created when you start to create a RAID Group, follow these steps to create one. 1. Choose RAID LUN Resources > Local RAID LUNs > Create. 2. Enter the name. Select the corresponding RAID group. Size of RAID group is displayed automatically. 11 ...
Figure 3‐5 Create a RAID LUN 3. Click<OK>. Create logical resources 1. Choose Logical Resources > SAN Resources > Create. 2. Set the SAN resource name and size, and select its RAID LUN. 12 ...
Figure 3‐6 Create the SAN Resource 3. Set the SAN resource name and size, and select its RAID LUN, then Click<OK>. Create a target and add an initiator 1. Choose Target Resources > Create. 2. Deselect Auto Allocated, and customize the name. Select the IP address of the target, then click<Next>. 13 ...
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Figure 3‐7 Create a target 3. Click<Add> to add an initiator. Figure 3‐8 Add an initiator 4. Set the name of the initiator, then to click<OK>. 14 ...
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Figure 3‐9 Set the name of the initiator 5. Confirm the result, then to click<Finish>. Figure 3‐10 Confirm 15 ...
Assign SAN resources 1. Choose SAN Resources > Add. Figure 3‐11 Add 2. Select resources to be assigned to a target. Click<OK>. Figure 3‐12 Add a resource 16 ...
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