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  • Page 1 Storage System User Manual UD05216B...
  • Page 2 BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR LOSS OF DATA OR DOCUMENTATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT, EVEN IF HIKVISION HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. REGARDING TO THE PRODUCT WITH INTERNET ACCESS, THE USE OF PRODUCT SHALL BE WHOLLY AT YOUR OWN RISKS.
  • Page 3 Storage System User Manual Regulatory Information FCC Information FCC compliance: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A 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.
  • Page 4 Storage System User Manual Safety Instruction These instructions are intended to ensure that user can use the product correctly to avoid danger or property loss. The precaution measure is divided into “Warnings” and “Cautions” Warnings: Serious injury or death may occur if any of the warnings are neglected. Cautions: Injury or equipment damage may occur if any of the cautions are neglected.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Storage System User Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview ......................... 7 Chapter 2 Getting Started ........................ 8 HDD Installation ..........................9 Accessing by Web Browser ......................10 Login .............................. 11 Chapter 3 Maintenance ........................12 System ............................13 Performance ..........................13 General ............................
  • Page 6 Storage System User Manual Logical Volume..........................33 4.4.1 Creating Logical Volume ....................34 4.4.2 Deleting Logical Volume ....................34 4.4.3 Renaming Logical Volume ....................34 4.4.4 Enlarging Logical Volume ....................35 Configuration ..........................35 4.5.1 Synchronization Speed and Type ..................36 4.5.2 Flickering Time ........................
  • Page 7 Storage System User Manual 7.5.3 Alarm ..........................67 Playing and Downloading ......................69 7.6.1 Searching Video ........................ 69 7.6.2 Locking Videos ........................69 7.6.3 Playing Videos ........................70 7.6.4 Downloading Videos ......................72 User ............................... 74 System Configuration........................74 7.8.1 System Alarm ........................

  • Page 8: Chapter 1 Overview

    Storage System User Manual Chapter 1 Overview Purpose: DS-A80&81 series storage system is a high-performance and highly reliable storage system. Designed with four enterprise-class gigabyte network interfaces, it provides a bandwidth with 4 to 8G bps transmission capability and a huge storage space. It is integrated with multiple advanced technologies, including a 64-bit hexa-core processors, stable architecture, and the RAID 6 storage technology, thus to run reliably and protect user data security effectively.

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    Storage System User Manual Chapter 2 Getting Started Purpose: The chapter introduces HDD installation steps, web browser access steps, and login steps. Table 2. 1 Module Description Module Description HDD Installation Describes the steps of HDD installation. You can get access to the storage system via a server with the web browser Web Browser Access installed.

  • Page 10: Hdd Installation

    Storage System User Manual 2.1 HDD Installation In the event of device appearance shown in following steps conflicts with real device, the later prevails. Before you start: Prepare the following equipment and accessories.  A storage system  Hard HDDs ...

  • Page 11: Accessing By Web Browser

    Storage System User Manual Figure 2. 4 Place HDD Adjust the HDD position. Ensure the HDD rear aligning with HDD dummy rear and the two screw holes aiming at the holes that marked with red frame in Figure 2. 5 HDD Position. Figure 2.

  • Page 12: Login

    Storage System User Manual Use a network cable to connect the system Ethernet port and the storage system management network interface. Configure the server IP address. Ensure it is in the same network segment with the IP address of management network interface is 10.254.254.254. Steps: Open web browser.

  • Page 13: Chapter 3 Maintenance

    Storage System User Manual Chapter 3 Maintenance Purpose: Maintenance function enables you to view login and iSCSI information, monitor running status, restore default settings, check and download logs, upgrade storage system, and so forth. Table 3. 1 Module Description Module Description ●...

  • Page 14: System

    Storage System User Manual 3.1 System Purpose: Once you log into the storage system, system menu appears. System menu is a shortcut for reboot and shutdown and lists the login users and iSCSI connection information. Steps: Click Maintenance in navigation bar and choose System to enter System interface. Figure 3.
  • Page 15 Storage System User Manual Figure 3. 5 Graph Monitor Click System Performance to pop up system performance window. System performance updates per second. Click of View IP Performance to unfold input/output status. Optionally, click of View IP Performance to fold input/output status.

  • Page 16: General

    Storage System User Manual 3.3 General Purpose: You can view system version, reset system, view logs, and upgrade system. Step: Click Maintenance in navigation bar and choose General. Figure 3. 6 General 3.3.1 Viewing Version Information Purpose: Version information interface lists information including SMI, HYBRID SAN , Support, and so on. Steps: Click Version information to pop up version information window.

  • Page 17: Default Settings

    Storage System User Manual 3.3.2 Default Settings Purpose: You can reset system to factory defaults when system is abnormal. You are recommended to reset system under the direction of professional technical support. Resetting operation won’t restore administrator user name and password, RAID configuration, hot spot configuration, and network parameters.

  • Page 18: Snmp Configuration

    Storage System User Manual Figure 3. 9 Modify Password Click OK and click OK in popup message dialog to save the new password.  Once password is modified, it jumps to login interface. You need to enter the new password to log in. ...

  • Page 19: Viewing Service Status

    Storage System User Manual Enter host name in the text field. Click Modify to activate the new host name. Figure 3. 11 Modify Host Name Only letters (a to z and A to Z), numbers (0 to 9), and underline (_) can be input. 3.3.7 Viewing Service Status Purpose: Whether the services are running or not.

  • Page 20: Graphical Display

    Storage System User Manual 3.4 Graphical Display Purpose: The storage system provides a graph to show the front view status and a pie chart to show the storage information. Step: Click Maintenance in navigation bar and choose Graphical Display to enter Graphical Display interface. Figure 3.

  • Page 21: Pie Chart

    Storage System User Manual Figure 3. 16 HDD Overview Optionally, click Refresh in top-right corner to update the front view. 3.4.2 Pie Chart Purpose: Pie chart shows the free size of all storage modules, including system, LUN, snapshot, HYBRID SAN , iSCSI, and FC. Steps: Click Pie Chart in Graphical Display to enter Pie Chart interface.
  • Page 22 Storage System User Manual Figure 3. 18 Host Click Mute in top-right corner to turn off system audible warning. To find out which controller is working, click Position in top-right corner and click OK in popup dialog. The FN indicator of working controller would light up and flash for 10 minutes. Set fan speed.

  • Page 23: Chapter 4 Storage Management

    Storage System User Manual Chapter 4 Storage Management Purpose: Storage management provides configuration including HDD management, array, storage pool, LUN (logical Volume), and storage settings. Table 4. 1 Module Description Module Description You can:  HDD Management View HDD information and status. ...

  • Page 24: Managing Local Hdd

    Storage System User Manual 4.1 Managing Local HDD Purpose: You can view the HDD information here, including HDD location, supplier, model, size, status, and belonging group. Step: Click Storage in navigation bar and choose HDD Management. Figure 4. 3 HDD Management 4.1.1 Viewing HDD Status Purpose: You can view status of one HDD or all HDDs.

  • Page 25: Rescanning Hdd

    Storage System User Manual Figure 4. 5 HDD Status There are totally 6 kinds of status for an HDD. Table 4. 2 HDD Status Description Status Description Normal HDD works normally. Undetected HDD failed the HDD detection. Lost HDD is unrecognized. Risky Exception occurs during HDD detection.

  • Page 26: Hdd Initialization

    Storage System User Manual Steps: Check the checkbox of HDD you want to find. Click Position and click OK in popup dialog box. Then HDD indicator keeps flickering in red for the set flickering time. 4.1.4 HDD Initialization Purpose: To recover an HDD when its status is uninitialized or when it is kicked out by an array, you can initialize it. Steps: Check the checkbox of HDD you want to initialize.

  • Page 27: Array

    Storage System User Manual Optionally, click Refresh to update the detection status, detection process and detection time. Or you can click Stop to end all detections. There are 3 kinds of detection status: Unsubmitted, Detecting, and Completed. Table 4. 3 Detection Status Description Check Status Description Uncommitted...
  • Page 28 Storage System User Manual Figure 4. 8 Create Array Input Array Name in text field. Select Array Type in drop-down list. RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 3, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, and RAID 50 are selectable. Figure 4. 9 Required HDD Quantity Array Type Required HDD Quantity RAID 0...

  • Page 29: Array Exception

    Storage System User Manual Select the Available HDDs to create RAID. Or select Available arrays to create RAID. Or select the combination of Available HDDs and Available arrays.  Only enterprised HDDs are listed in Auailable HDDs list.  In order to increase the performance of created RAID, it is recommended to use HDDs of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID.

  • Page 30: Detecting Array

    Storage System User Manual Add global, area, or local hot spare HDD or array for array. Step: Once the array degraded, hot spare HDD or hot spare array automatically rebuilds the array. When the degraded array possesses both global and local hot spare, it rebuilds with local hot spare preferentially. 4.2.3.2 Rebuilding with Available HDD Before you start: Ensure there is at least one available HDD which isn’t included in any array or storage pool.

  • Page 31: Deleting Array

    Storage System User Manual Click OK to save the new name. 4.2.6.1 Modify I/O Priority Steps: Click Maintenance of an array in Array information list. Click Modify. Select I/O Priority in dropdown list. Click OK. 4.2.6.2 Pause Initialization/Rebuilding/Detection/Repair Purpose: When the array is initializing, rebuilding, detecting, or repairing, you can pause. Steps: Click Maintenance of an array in Array information list.

  • Page 32: Deleting Hot Spare

    Storage System User Manual Priority of hot spare: Local hot spare › area hot spare › global hot spare If Group is Area, select available array in Area dropdown list. If Group is Local, select array in Array dropdown list. Select at least one Available HDD.

  • Page 33: Adding Storage Pool

    Storage System User Manual Figure 4. 11 Storage Pool Table 4. 5 Interface Description Area Name Description Lists the storage pool total size, free size, LUN size, snapshot size, Information Area HYBRID SAN size, iSCSI size, and FC size. Configuration Area You can add, delete, and positioning created physical volume here.

  • Page 34: Deleting Storage Pool

    Storage System User Manual Click OK to add the storage pool. Figure 4. 13 Storage Pool 4.3.2 Deleting Storage Pool Purpose: You can delete storage pool by deleting the added physical volumes. Steps: Check the checkboxes of physical volumes you want to delete. Click button to delete them.

  • Page 35: Creating Logical Volume

    Storage System User Manual 4.4.1 Creating Logical Volume Purpose: You can create logical volumes by using available physical volumes. Steps: Click Create. Figure 4. 15 Create Logical Volume Enter Name. Enter Capacity (MB). Select Block Size (Byte) from dropdown list. Choose Available Physical Volume.

  • Page 36: Enlarging Logical Volume

    Storage System User Manual Click button of the logical volume you want to rename. Enter a new name. Click OK to save the new name. 4.4.4 Enlarging Logical Volume Purpose: You can enlarge the size of created logical volume. You can only enlarge the idle logical volumes. Steps: Click button of the logical volume you want to extend.

  • Page 37: Synchronization Speed And Type

    Storage System User Manual Figure 4. 17 Configurations 4.5.1 Synchronization Speed and Type Purpose: Array synchronization speed and synchronization type is editable. Steps: Click Modify of Array Synchronization Speed. Select Array Synchronization Speed as High, Medium, Low, or None. The faster the speed is, the highest the internel IO percentage is. Click OK.

  • Page 38: Chapter 5 San

    Storage System User Manual Chapter 5 SAN Purpose: You can add iSCSI disks and FC (Fiber Channel) disks in your computer. Table 5. 1 Module Description Module Description iSCSI You can add iSCSI disks in your computer. You can add FC disks in your computer. Keywords: iSCSI, FC Figure 5.

  • Page 39: Iscsi

    Storage System User Manual 5.1 iSCSI Purpose: You can add iSCSI HDDs in your computer. Step: Click SAN in navigation bar and choose iSCSI to enter iSCSI interface. Figure 5. 3 iSCSI 5.1.1 Adding CHAP User Purpose: When enabling iSCSI, you can select an added CHAP user as a way to verify your computer permission. Steps: Click button to enter Add CHAP User interface.

  • Page 40: Enabling Iscsi

    Storage System User Manual You can modify the password of added users. Before you start: If the CHAP going to be modified is linked to one or more iSCSIs and these iSCSIs are connecting with computers, you need to disconnect them from computer first. Steps: Click button to enter Modify CHAP User Interface.

  • Page 41: Disabling Iscsi

    Storage System User Manual  Write-Through: It writes the data into HDDs directly without writing into HDD buffer. A low writing speed makes the data complete. Choose an available Logical Volume. Click OK to enable the iSCSI. When multiple iSCSIs share the same LUN, only one iSCSI server access mode can be R/W and other servers should be RO or IRO, or file system may be damaged or data may lose.

  • Page 42: Enabling Fc

    Storage System User Manual Before you start: Install fiber Ethernet adapter and fiber Ethernet adapter drive in both the storage system and the client server. Connect the storage system and client server to fiber channel switch with fiber. Step: Click SAN in navigation bar and choose FC to enter FC interface. Figure 5.

  • Page 43: Disabling Fc

    Storage System User Manual Fiber Channel 0 refers to fiber port 1 in real panel. Fiber Channel 1 refers to fiber port 2 in rear panel. And so on. To specify a client, enter Client WWPN of 16 numbers. Client WWPN: The client fiber Ethernet adapter WWPN. You can use a fiber client to obtain WWPN. If no client is available, enter 0000000000000000.

  • Page 44: Chapter 6 Hybrid San

    Storage System User Manual Chapter 6 HYBRID SAN Purpose: You can configure HYBRID SAN and N+1 parameters. Table 6. 1 Module Description Module Description You can:  Configure private volume, HYBRID SAN configuration, create record volume, and extend record volume. ...

  • Page 45: One-Key Configuration

    Storage System User Manual 6.1 One-Key Configuration Purpose: Quick-setting creating helps you to create HYBRID SAN quickly. Before you start: Ensure there is neither storage pool nor array in the storage system. Steps: Click the One-Key Configuration button in upper right corner to start quick settings. Click OK to confirm.

  • Page 46: Starting Hybrid San

    Storage System User Manual You can start and reset HYBRID SAN and create record volume. Step: Click the Configure HYBRID SAN button in upper right corner. Figure 6. 4 HYBRID SAN 6.2.1 Starting HYBRID SAN Purpose: You can start HYBRID SAN after private volumes are created. Before you start: To create storage pool, do one of the following: ...
  • Page 47 Storage System User Manual Figure 6. 5 HYBRID SAN Configuration Check the checkbox of Enable HYBRID SAN after finishing. Optionally, check the checkbox of Allocate private volume's reserved space and Enable private volume's reserved space. Enable private volume's reserved space: Create a spare volume for private volume. The spare volume works as a backup volume.

  • Page 48: Resetting Hybrid San

    Storage System User Manual Figure 6. 6 Created Prviate Volume Table 6. 2 HYBRID SAN Status Description Status Description Not configured or incomplete HYBRID SAN is not configured. Running HYBRID SAN is correctly started. Click Stop HYBRID SAN to stop HYBRID SAN service. Once HYBRID SAN Stopped is stopped, you are not able to view encoder information and videos.

  • Page 49: Record Volume

    Storage System User Manual Click HYBRID SAN Service Reset. Enter yes or YES in text field to start reset. 6.2.3 Record Volume Purpose: Record volume is the logical volume stores videos. 6.2.3.1 Creating Record Volume Steps: Click Create Record Volume menu. Figure 6.
  • Page 50 Storage System User Manual Table 6. 3 Icon Description Icon Name Description Clear data You can clear videos saved in the record volume. Modify You can modify record volume name, usage, and data overlay strategy. You can delete the record volume. Data saved in it is removed. Delete Do not delete record volume when linked encoder is recording.

  • Page 51: Backup And Restoring

    Storage System User Manual Figure 6. 10 Extend Record Volume Select the record volume you want to extend in Record Volume Name dropdown list. Select the Usable LUN used to extend. Click OK to start extending. 6.3 Backup and Restoring Purpose: The chapter introduces the video backup and HYBRID SAN restoring steps.

  • Page 52: Restoring

    Storage System User Manual Click Private volume information menu to enter Private Volume information interface. LUNs making up private volume 1 and private volume 2 are listed. 6.3.2 Restoring Purpose: When error occurs to HYBRID SAN , restoring HYBRID SAN can recover it. Restoring may cause data loss, so you need to contact us for professional help.

  • Page 53: Recovering Video Data

    Storage System User Manual Figure 6. 13 Backup 6.3.4 Recovering Video Data Purpose: If you reset HYBRID SAN , deleted record volume, or cleared record volume by mistake, you can contact us for professional help, we would help you to recover these data. We are not responsible for error caused by unprofessional operation.

  • Page 54: N+1 Management

    Storage System User Manual 6.4 N+1 Management Purpose: A storage system whose HYBRID SAN service has started can serve as a backup HYBRID SAN for other HYBRID SAN s. When one or more master HYBRID SAN s fail, the backup HYBRID SAN would record the videos from encoders.

  • Page 55: Deleting Backup Hybrid San

    Storage System User Manual Figure 6. 16 Add Backup HYBRID SAN Enter the backup HYBRID SAN IP address. Click OK to add. Optionally, you can check the checkboxes of Synchronization and Delete the videos saved in backup HYBRID SAN after synchronization succeeded, and click Modify to enable them. ...
  • Page 56 Storage System User Manual Figure 6. 18 Add Master HYBRID SAN Enter master HYBRID SAN IP address. Click OK to add. The added master HYBRID SAN is listed in HYBRID SAN master list Enter Maximum Taking Over Number and click Modify. If maximum taken-over master HYBRID SAN is 4 and 7 master HYBRID SAN s are added, when 5 master HYBRID SAN s are abnormal, the backup HYBRID SAN would take over the first added 4 master HYBRID SAN s.

  • Page 57: Chapter 7 Hybrid San Sub-System

    Storage System User Manual Chapter 7 HYBRID SAN Sub-System Purpose: You can configure the parameters for HYBRID SAN sub-system. Table 7. 1 Module Description Module Description Information Encoding device, record schedule, and record volume information are listed. You can add and manage encoding devices, adjust HYBRID SAN sub-system time, count Encoding Device remaining recoding capacity, and analyze video loss.

  • Page 58: Access By Web Browser

    Storage System User Manual 7.1 Access by Web Browser Steps: Open web browser. Input the storage system IP address (https://10.254.254.254:2004) in Web browser address bar. Press Enter. Then login interface appears. Enter Password of HYBRID SAN sub-system and click Login to log in. STRONG PASSWORD RECOMMENDED–We highly recommend you create a strong password of your own choosing (Using a minimum of 8 characters, including at least three of the following categories: upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters.) in order to increase the security of your product.

  • Page 59: Encoding Device

    Storage System User Manual Table 7. 2 Status Description Status Description Free Connection is normal and it is recording. It appears when encoding device amount reaches the limit or HYBRID No video input SAN is rebooting. Recording Encoding device is recording. Password or user name error Incorrect user name or password for encoding device.

  • Page 60: Modifying And Deleting

    Storage System User Manual stream requirement for the encoding device. If selected, the encoding device Attribute marks as P.  ANR (Automatic Network Replenishment): When the storage system disconnects with the encoding device, the encoding device records video and stores in its own storage device, like SD card. Once connection recovers, encoding device sends the video to the storage system.

  • Page 61: Exporting And Importing Encoding Device

    Storage System User Manual  To modify encoding device parameters, do following steps: Click of encoding device you want to modify. Edit the parameters you want to modify. Click OK and click OK in confirmation dialog box to save the settings. ...

  • Page 62: Previewing And Recording

    Storage System User Manual  Auto link record volume: If selected, when encoding devices in importing file have no linked record volume, once imported they would link to the first record volume in HYBRID SAN sub-system.  Auto Rename: If selected, when duplicated name exists during add and modifying, the name of added encoding devices would be renamed as “previous name _1”.

  • Page 63: Strategy And Alarm

    Storage System User Manual 7.5 Strategy and Alarm Purpose: You can configure recording schedule, create uploading task and schedule, and configure alarm parameter. Step: Click Strategy and Alarm in navigation bar. Figure 7. 11 Strategy and Alarm 7.5.1 Record Plan Purpose: Set the record plan, and then the encoding devices automatically starts and stops recording according to the configured plan.
  • Page 64 Storage System User Manual 7.5.1.2 Simple Record Plan Purpose: Set the simple record plan, and then the specified encoding devices automatically start/stop recording according to the configured plan. Steps: Click Create record plan. Enter in the encoding device name and click OK to select the encoding device. Repeat the step to add more. Or select encoding devices or groups in the list.
  • Page 65 Storage System User Manual wouldn’t take effective.  Copy back: If selected and uploading schedule exists, the camera video would upload to HYBRID SAN . For details of configuring uploading schedule, refer to chapter 7.5.2.3 Adding Upload.  Disable alarm pre-record: Pre-record refers to the time you set to record before the scheduled time or event.

  • Page 66: Upload Strategy

    Storage System User Manual Click OK to save the schedule. Then before the end time, the selected encoding devices would repeatedly start recording at set start time and stop recording till the duration time. 7.5.1.4 Exporting and Importing Advanced Record Plan Purpose: For the purpose of managing advanced schedules in batch, you can export them, modify their parameters, and import them back to HYBRID SAN sub-system.
  • Page 67 Storage System User Manual Figure 7. 19 Basic Configuration 7.5.2.2 Adding Uploading Tasks Purpose: When videos in HYBRID SAN lost, and the lost videos exist in encoding devices. You can upload the videos back to HYBRID SAN by adding uploading tasks. Steps: Click Add Upload Task.

  • Page 68: Alarm

    Storage System User Manual Uploading schedule can judge whether video loss happens during record schedule. Configure the uploading schedule to upload the videos saved in encoding devices back to HYBRID SAN . Before you start: Ensure pulling back data from encoding device in schedule options is selected when configuring basic or advanced schedule.
  • Page 69 Storage System User Manual Figure 7. 23 Alarm Click Set Alarm Configuration. Enter the encoding device name and click OK to select the encoding device. Repeat the step to add more. Or select encoding devices or groups in the list. Figure 7.

  • Page 70: Playing And Downloading

    Storage System User Manual 7.6 Playing and Downloading Purpose: You can search, archive, backup, lock, play, and download recorded videos. Step: Click Download and Play in navigation bar. Figure 7. 26 Download and Play 7.6.1 Searching Video Steps: Click Search Video. Enter the encoding device name and click OK to select the encoding device.

  • Page 71: Playing Videos

    Storage System User Manual Select lock mode as Unlock, Lock last, or Lock time.  Unlock: If selected, the locked video would be unlocked.  Always Locked: If selected, the video is locked permanently.  Lock Duration: If selected, you need to set the locking time. Then the video would be locked from the video start time for the set time.
  • Page 72 Storage System User Manual Figure 7. 29 Trusted Sites Click button, enter https://IP address of HYBRID SAN , click Add, and click Close to go back to upper menu. Click button, enable all of ActiveX controls and plug-ins, click OK to save and go back to upper menu.

  • Page 73: Downloading Videos

    Storage System User Manual Figure 7. 30 Playback Window You can play all selected videos by clicking Play All in upper-right corner. 7.6.4 Downloading Videos Purpose: Save the videos to computer by downloading them. Before you start: Search videos first. 7.6.4.1 One-Key Downloading Step: Click...
  • Page 74 Storage System User Manual Figure 7. 31 Segment Downloading 7.6.4.3 Batch Dowloading Steps: Check the checkboxes of videos you want to download. Click button to pop up batch downloading interface. Click button to select saving path. Select downloading mode as By signle-task or By multi-task. ...

  • Page 75: User

    Storage System User Manual 7.7 User Purpose: You can switch system language and edit display rows in each page. Steps: Click User Management in navigation bar. To modify Interface language, select language in the dropdown list. To modify the display rows in each page, select number in the dropdown list of Number of table rows shown in each page.

  • Page 76: Hybrid San Version

    Storage System User Manual Figure 7. 34 Alarm Setting Specify alarm type for alarm events. Figure 7. 35 Alarm Events Turn on or turn off status alarm. Figure 7. 36 Status Alarm Click to save the settings. 7.8.2 HYBRID SAN Version Purpose: You can view HYBRID SAN version, HYBRID SAN library version, and HYBRID SAN other version.

  • Page 77: Log Management

    Storage System User Manual Figure 7. 37 HYBRID SAN Version 7.9 Log Management Purpose: Log helps you figure out HYBRID SAN history actions. You can search, export, and clear logs. Step: Click Log Management in navigation bar to enter Log Management interface. Figure 7.

  • Page 78: Exporting Log

    Storage System User Manual 7.9.2 Exporting Log Purpose: You can export the listed logs to local HDD. Before you start: Search the logs you want to export. Step: Click Export All Logs and choose the saving path to save it. The exported logs are integrated in a .csv file.

  • Page 79: Chapter 8 System

    Storage System User Manual Chapter 8 System Purpose: You can configure network parameters, alarm triggered action, system time, modify system password, and so forth. Table 8. 1 Module Description Module Description You can:  Modify the configuration of management network interface and data network interfaces.

  • Page 80: Network

    Storage System User Manual 8.1 Network Purpose: The storage system provides one management network interface and two data network interfaces. The management network interface is designed for configuring the data network interface and device maintenance. The data network interfaces are used to transmit data. Step: Click System in navigation bar and choose Network.

  • Page 81: Adding Route

    Storage System User Manual Connect all data network interfaces to network via network cables. 8.1.2.1 Creating Bond Steps: Check the checkboxes of data network interfaces in Basic Network Interface list. Click Bind Network Interface and click OK in confirmation dialog box. Figure 8.

  • Page 82: Mac And Ip Bonding

    Storage System User Manual Figure 8. 6 Add Route Input Route IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway. The client server within Route IP address can access the storage system via the Default Gateway. Select Bound data Network Interface in the dropdown list. Click OK to add the route.
  • Page 83 Storage System User Manual You can configure DNS server, bond mode, and network work speed parameters. 8.1.5.1 DNS Server Purpose: You are required to add DNS server IP address if you need to access external network. Steps: Click Modify of Preferred DNS Server. Enter IP address in text field.
  • Page 84 Storage System User Manual Bond Mode Description transmission task.  Advantage:  There is no requirement about hardware like network switch.  Redundant network links.  Disadvantage:  Load balance isn’t supported.  Uses only one data network interface at a time. Other data network interfaces aren’t fully used.

  • Page 85: Alarm

    Storage System User Manual Bond Mode Description  Advantage:  Data network interfaces are fully used.  Load balance when sending data.  Disadvantage: Load balance isn’t supported when receiving data.  Definition:  The storage system allocates input and output traffic to each data network interfaces, according to current load.
  • Page 86 Storage System User Manual and SNMP manager support notifying you about the alarm types in Table 8. 3. Table 8. 3 Alarm Type Description Module Alarm Type Event Level Controller power supply error Serious Power supply Storage enclosure power supply error Serious Temperature is too high Warning...

  • Page 87: Adding Email

    Storage System User Manual Module Alarm Type Event Level interface % disconnected 8.2.2 Adding Email Purpose: Alarm messages are sent to receiving e-mails via sending e-mails. Before you start: Set DNS server first. Refer to section 8.1.5.1 DNS Server for detailed steps. 8.2.2.1 Sending Email Steps: Click...

  • Page 88: Testing Email

    Storage System User Manual Figure 8. 12 Add Email Alarm User 8.2.3 Testing Email Purpose: After sending and receiving e-mail are configured, you can test the communication between them. Steps: Check the checkbox of sending e-mail you want to test. Click button and click OK in confirmation dialog box to start test.

  • Page 89: Testing Smtp Manager

    Storage System User Manual Enter SNMP Manager and SNMP Port No. in the text field. SNMP Version is V2(V2C) by default and is not editable. Choose Event Level as System Log, Alarm Event, Error Event, or Serious Event. Click OK and click OK in conformation dialog box. The added SNMP manager is listed in SNMP manager list. 8.2.5 Testing SMTP Manager Purpose: You can test the network communication of SMTP manager.

  • Page 90: Synchronizing Time

    Storage System User Manual Click Modify of Current System Time Zone. Select time zone in the dropdown list. Click OK and click OK in confirmation dialog box.  Adjust Date and Time Click Modify of Current System Time. Select date and time in text field. Click OK and click OK in confirmation dialog box.

  • Page 91: Chapter 9 Log

    Storage System User Manual Chapter 9 Log Purpose: Table 9. 1 Module Description Module Description Log Download You can download logs by downloading mode. It records the content and time of each operation. Search, download, and clear logs are Operation log supported.

  • Page 92: Operation Log

    Storage System User Manual 9.1 Operation Log Purpose: Operation log records the content and time of each operation. Search, download, and clear logs are supported. Steps: Click Log in navigation bar and choose Operation Log to enter Operation Log interface. Do one or more of the following: Figure 9.

  • Page 93: Upgrade Log

    Storage System User Manual Click Log in navigation bar and choose Operation Log to enter Operation Log interface. For detailed steps of viewing and search performance logs, refer to section 9.1 Operation Log. Figure 9. 6 Performance Log 9.3 Upgrade Log Purpose: Update log records the details information of every system update.
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