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ExaSAN SW16-G3
User Guide
Accusys Storage Ltd.
2017
Version: V1.0

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  • Page 1 ExaSAN SW16-G3 User Guide Accusys Storage Ltd. 2017 Version: V1.0...
  • Page 2 Revision Sheet Revision Sheet Release Date Revision Description V1.0 05/04/2017 Initial release User Guide Page i...

  • Page 3: Preface

    Accusys Storage Ltd. All contents of this manual are copyrighted by Accusys Storage Ltd. The information contained herein is the exclusive property of Accusys Storage Ltd. 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 Storage Ltd.
  • Page 4 5. Allow additional room at the front and back of the unit for service. 6. The ExaSAN SW16-G3 uses several cables and cords. It’s a good idea to determine how they will be arranged at the rear of the system, and where the cables will be routed to connect to the host systems and RAID disk systems.
  • Page 5 Non-operating temperature: -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F) c. Operating humidity: 5-85%, non-condensing d. Storage humidity: 0-95%, non-condensing Security To ensure the security of the ExaSAN SW16-G3, make certain that the chosen location meets your security requirements. User Guide Page iv...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    PREFACE ..............................ii What is in the box ..........................1-1 Introduce SW16-G3 .......................... 2-2 Build a SAN environment ........................ 3-5 Install Accusys host driver ......................4-10 Use SW16-G3 WebGUI ........................5-13 Manage Storage on RAIDGuardX ....................6-22 SW16-G3 Specification ........................7-24 FAQ ..............................

  • Page 7: What Is In The Box

    1. Introduction 1. What is in the box User Guide...
  • Page 8 Appendices Item Name Description Packing list Packing list Screw pack For installing to rack Driver USB ExaSAN installation files Power converter UK, EU, AU to US Power cord AC power cord x2 Ethernet cable 10/100/1000 Ethernet cable x2 Rail set Hold up SW16-G3 in rack User Guide Page 1-1...

  • Page 9: Introduce Sw16-G3

    Appendices 2. Introduce SW16-G3 User Guide Page 2-2...
  • Page 10 Appendices The front side of SW16-G3 Item Name Description System Power Indicates the system is booting or ready. IO Access Flashing while any data transferring in switch. Blue Fan and power are working. FAN, Power Status Fan or power is abnormal. Blue Switch is in Master mode Controller...
  • Page 11 Appendices The rear side of SW16-G3 Name Description Cooling fan Smart FAN speed controlling Debug port For engineer debugging. eth0 port Open webGUI, default IP is “192.168.0.25” eth1 port Open webGUI, default IP is “192.168.1.25” Connect to ExaSAN RAID system. LED1 Blue Data access status Green Link status...

  • Page 12: Build A San Environment

    Appendices 3. Build a SAN environment User Guide Page 3-5...
  • Page 13 Appendices Connect to Slave SW16-G3 If you have a slave SW16-G3 switch, use a QSFP cable to connect both expansion ports of Master and Slave SW16-G3. Note QSFP Copper or Optical cable could be used for expansion port. User Guide Page 3-6...
  • Page 14 Appendices Connect to RAID storage Use QSFP cable to connect ExaSAN storage into Storage Port A~B of SW16-G3. Note 1. All PCIe port does not support online hot plug. 2. Recommend to use copper cable for connecting RAID storage. User Guide Page 3-7...
  • Page 15 Set PCIe HBA/Thunderbolt Convertor to “SAN” mode and install/connect to host computer. There are configurations as below; a. PCIe HBA: Z1M-G2, PCIe2.0 x4, click link for detail; http://www.accusys.com.tw/products/accessories/hba- cable/document.html b. PCIe HBA: Z2M-G3, PCIe3.0 x8, click link for detail; http://www.accusys.com.tw/products/accessories/hba- cable/document.html...
  • Page 16 Appendices Power on sequence Powering On Make sure all QSFP cables and power cords are installed and connected properly then follow the steps below to power on all equipment, Step1. Power on ExaSAN storage; Power on JBOD enclosure (if it exists) first, then power on RAID system; Storage boots up ready until sound a beep and all front indicators become blue.

  • Page 17: Install Accusys Host Driver

    Appendices 4. Install Accusys host driver User Guide Page 4-10...
  • Page 18 Appendices Install Accusys driver is needed to recognize SAN volume of SW16-G3. There are auto-executive files (call as Installer) for Mac and Windows clients; Install driver by using command for Linux client. Note All files could be found from installation USB, the latest files always upload to Accusys support site: http://www.accusys.com.tw/Support/Download/...
  • Page 19 Appendices Installing driver on Linux 1. Linux system must in developmental environment to build respective driver. For example, CentOS Linux must installed “Development Tools”. 2. Open a terminal window, change to Linux driver source directory and type command ‘make’ to build driver file ‘ACS6x.ko’. # sudo make # sudo insmod ACS6x.ko # sudo lsmod //to see if ACS6x driver is running...

  • Page 20: Use Sw16-G3 Webgui

    Appendices 5. Use SW16-G3 WebGUI User Guide Page 5-13...
  • Page 21 Appendices Entering webGUI There is an embedded webGUI in the SW16-G3 switch, you can open a web browser by entering IP address of switch (default IP is eth0: 192.168.0.25; eth1: 192.168.1.25), then you can see the monitor page as below. Type the user name admin and password 00000000 (8 zeros) to enter the configuration menu of the webGUI as the following figure.
  • Page 22 Appendices Quick Setup If you haven’t created arrays in your ExaSAN storages yet, Quick Setup function could help to create arrays in few clicks; Step 1: Make sure all capacity, number of drive set in all ExaSAN storages. Step 2: Choose RAID level (RAID5 or RAID6 only). Step 3: Choose SAN software type and click Next.
  • Page 23 Appendices Event Management SW16-G3 webGUI provides the function to download the log for trouble shooting. Follow the steps below to download log. Step 1: Click “Event Management”, then clicking “Download” button to process. Step 2: After the processing finished, you can see the log hyper-link in the middle as the following figure, right click LOG to save log file in your computer.
  • Page 24 Appendices System Management There are several functions in “System Management”. It includes  Network  Time  Security Control  Firmware Update  Restart/Halt  Mute Network Choose a NIC (eth0 or eth1) would be modified and then setup the parameters, click Apply the setup will be available immediately.
  • Page 25 30 minutes to finish. Note 1. Stop any IO access with SW16-G3 while firmware updating. 2. You can get latest firmware from website http://www.accusys.com.tw/Support/Download/ the directory is /ForSAN/SW16-G3/System Code/xxx.zip, unzip to get firmware file. User Guide Page 5-18...
  • Page 26 Appendices Restart / Shutdown Select Restart or Shutdown SW16-G3 and click Apply to do immediately. Mute Click Apply to mute any beeper alert of SW16-G3 User Guide Page 5-19...
  • Page 27 Appendices System Information You can monitor the status of SW16-G3 by clicking item of Port(Client and Storage), Network, Time , Volt (Voltage), FAN and Temperature. Note The prefix “1-“ means the information from Master SW16-G3; “2-“ means from Slave. User Guide Page 5-20...
  • Page 28 Appendices Application You can configure LUN masking (similar to FC zoning) to define which client port cannot see the specific LUN from storage. For example, set LUN masking to deny Client Port 1 to recognize LUNs of Storage Port A & Storage Port B. Step1.

  • Page 29: Manage Storage On Raidguardx

    Appendices 6. Manage Storage on RAIDGuardX User Guide Page 6-22...
  • Page 30 Appendices Run RAIDGuardX Client GUI RAIDGuardX client GUI is a Java based application, the console be opened on Windows/Mac/Linux operation system; Windows- Double click the RAIDGuardX Client from start menu. Mac- Double click the RAIDGuardX Client from folder /applications/RAIDGuardX. Linux- Use command sudo java –jar RAIDGuardX.jar in RAIDGuardX Client folder. 1.

  • Page 31: Sw16-G3 Specification

    Appendices 7. SW16-G3 Specification User Guide Page 7-24...
  • Page 32 Appendices The ExaSAN SW16-G3 is SAN switch in a 1U rackmount enclosure employing the latest PCIe3.0 technology with 12 client ports and 4 storage ports which can expand to 24 client ports and 8 storage ports by connecting to a Slave SW16-G3.

  • Page 33: Faq

    Appendices 8. FAQ User Guide Page 8-26...
  • Page 34 6. Q: When inserting the HDD into my RAID system, why does RAIDGuard X show the HDD mode as Lock? A: The lock indicates that the HDD has been previous used in Accusys products and that it contains a portion of a RAID data. If the data can be deleted, you can unlock the HDD.

  • Page 35: Customer Service

    Appendices 9. Customer Service User Guide Page 9-28...
  • Page 36 Or send your request email to Sales@accusys.com.tw Technical support Send your email to support@accusys.com.tw, we will reply at office time. Before you ask for our technical support, prepare all relative event log file will help for troubleshooting. 1) Event log of webGUI.

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