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Software Installation and User's Guide, Version 1.2.7
June 2003
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  • Page 1 ICP RAID Software Software Installation and User’s Guide, Version 1.2.7 June 2003 Preliminary...
  • Page 2 IMPORTANT NOTICE - READ BEFORE MAKING USE OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN This information is provided “as is.” Information in this document is provided solely to enable use of ICP products. Except as provided in ICP vortex’s Terms and Conditions of sale ICP vortex and/or its suppliers assume no liability whatsoever, and ICP vortex and/or its suppliers disclaim any express or implied warranty, relating to this information including liability or warranties relating to fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, satisfactory quality or infringement of any patent, copyright or other intellectual property right.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction Using the User Documentation Set ...13 1.1.1 Document Formats ...14 About This Guide...14 1.2.1 Installation Guide ...15 1.2.2 User’s Guide ...16 RAID Levels ...17 1.3.1 RAID 0 - Data Striping ...17 1.3.2 RAID 1 - Disk Mirroring/Disk Duplexing ...17 1.3.3 RAID 4 - Data Striping With a Dedicated Parity Drive ...18 1.3.4...
  • Page 4 4.1.3 Installing an OS onto a Disk Drive not Attached to the ICP RAID Controller... 51 4.1.4 Upgrading/Replacing Windows NT 4.0 Server installed on a host drive ... 52 4.1.5 Installation to an Existing OS... 54 4.1.6 Replacing Compatible ICP RAID Controllers in Windows 2000 / XP ... 56 Configuring the RAID Configuration Service ...
  • Page 5 Installing an Operating System onto an Array Drive or Single Disk ...78 Hardware Identifiers of SCSI Devices ...79 7.5.1 Host adapter Number (HA) ...79 7.5.2 Bus Number, Target ID and LUN...79 Additional Information...80 Host Drive Removal ...81 Remote Monitoring with the SRCD Remote Access Service ...81 7.8.1 SRCD Installation Instructions ...81 Installing SCO OpenServer...
  • Page 6 10.3.3 Express Setup / Advanced Setup and Monitor Menus ... 101 10.4 Express Setup ... 101 10.4.1 Configure Host Drives... 102 10.4.2 Repair Array Drives ... 109 10.5 Advanced Setup ... 111 10.5.1 Configure Controller... 112 10.5.2 Configure Physical Devices ... 122 10.5.3 Configure Logical Drives...
  • Page 7 11.5.15 Add Hot Fix ...182 11.5.16 Remove Hot Fix ...183 11.5.17 Hot Fix Pool Access...183 11.5.18 Add RAID 1 Component (Mirror a Drive) ...183 11.5.19 Remove RAID 1 Component (Remove a Mirror Drive)...184 11.5.20 Replace Drive ...184 11.5.21 The Different States of an Array Drive...185 11.6 The Statistics Window ...187 11.7...
  • Page 8 RAID 1 - Disk Duplexing ... 18 RAID 4 - Data Striping With a Dedicated Parity Drive ... 19 RAID 5 - Data Striping with Striped Parity ... 19 RAID 10 - Combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0 ... 20 Main Menu ...
  • Page 9 10-53 Replace Hard Drive Prompt ...110 10-54 Add Disk to Array Confirmation ...110 10-55 Array Drive Summary ...111 10-56 Array Drive Error State Dialog ...111 10-57 Configure Controller Menu...112 10-58 Controller Settings Dialog ...112 10-59 Firmware Update ...115 10-60 Firmware Update Warning...115 10-61 Select Enclosure ...117 10-62 Enclosure Slots...117 10-63 Select Disk ...117...
  • Page 10 10-103 Progress Information: Non-destructive Array Build ... 146 10-104 Host Drive Menu for an Existing Host Drive ... 146 10-105 Host Drive Cluster ... 148 10-106 View Statistics Menu ... 149 10-107 Physical Drive Statistics ... 149 10-108 Logfile Name ... 150 10-109 Controller Events ...
  • Page 11 11-153 Events Window Icon ...188 11-154 Controller Events ...189 11-155 ICP RAID Navigator Help ...190 11-156 Services ...191 11-157 RAID Configuration Service ...192 11-158 RAID Configuration Service...193 11-159 RAIDMail...193 11-160 Log File Name ...194 11-161 Workstation Names ...194 11-162 RAIDMail Utility...194 Software Installation and User’s Guide...
  • Page 12 Tables Pre-installation Worksheet (Creating a Host Drive for the Operating System) ... 25 High Level Steps for Quick Installation... 31 Driver Diskette or Driver Update... 60 Linux Path Names ... 61 Bus Number, Target ID and LUN ... 80 UNIX Target ID and LUN... 86 10-7 Host Drive Types ...

  • Page 13: Introduction

    Introduction Intended Audience This documentation is intended for users who are experienced in configuring computer systems with new add-in cards or have had previous experience with ICP RAID controllers. Read and adhere to all warnings, cautions, and notices in this guide and the other documents in the user documentation set supplied with this product.

  • Page 14: Document Formats

    Introduction the software and firmware For further information refer to the Optional Features section of the appropriate hardware guide since not all features are applicable to all ICP RAID controllers. Clustering Guide Clustering is applicable only for those RAID controllers that support this feature. See the Hardware Guide to determine if clustering is supported.

  • Page 15: Installation Guide

    Refer to the Hardware Guide of the specific ICP RAID controller to determine the Note: supported operating systems and OS versions. Caution: Ensure that your computer system/platform also supports your required Operating System before attempting to install and configure your ICP RAID controller. 1.2.1 Installation Guide The portions of this manual dedicated to the installation guide contain the following:...

  • Page 16: User's Guide

    Introduction Chapter 7, Installing SCO UnixWare This chapter describes installation procedures specific to the UnixWare OS. There are instructions for installing the OS and the RAID Software Suite. Chapter 8, Installing SCO OpenServer This chapter describes installation procedures specific to the SCO OpenServer OS. There are instructions for installing the OS and the RAID Software Suite.

  • Page 17: Raid Levels

    RAID Levels 1.3.1 RAID 0 - Data Striping Data blocks are split into stripes based on the adjusted stripe size (for example, 128 KB) and the number of hard disks. Each stripe is stored on a separate hard disk. Significant improvement of the data throughput is achieved using this RAID level, especially with sequential read and write.

  • Page 18: Raid 4 - Data Striping With A Dedicated Parity Drive

    Introduction Figure 1-2. RAID 1 - Disk Mirroring Figure 1-3. RAID 1 - Disk Duplexing 1.3.3 RAID 4 - Data Striping With a Dedicated Parity Drive RAID 4 works in the same way as RAID 0. The data is striped across the hard disks and the controller calculates redundancy data (parity information) that is stored on a separate hard disk (P1, P2, ...).

  • Page 19: Raid 5 - Data Striping With Striped Parity

    Figure 1-4. RAID 4 - Data Striping With a Dedicated Parity Drive 1.3.4 RAID 5 - Data Striping with Striped Parity Unlike RAID 4, the parity data in a RAID 5 disk array are striped across all hard disks (Figure 1-5).

  • Page 20: Levels Of Drive Hierarchy Within The Icp Raid Firmware

    Introduction Figure 1-6. RAID 10 - Combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0 1.3.6 Levels of Drive Hierarchy Within the ICP RAID Firmware The ICP RAID firmware is based on four fundamental levels of hierarchy. Each level has its “own drives” (components). The basic rule is to build up a “drive” on a given level of hierarchy.

  • Page 21: Transparency Of Host Drives

    • Single Disks: one disk or a JBOD (just a bunch of drives) • Chaining sets (concatenation of several hard disks) • RAID 0 array drives • RAID 1 array drives, RAID 1 array drives plus a hot fix drive •...

  • Page 22: Using Cd-Roms, Dats, Tapes, Etc

    Introduction 1.4.1 Using CD-ROMs, DATs, Tapes, etc. A SCSI device that is not a SCSI hard disk or a removable hard disk, or that does not behave like one, is called a Non-Direct Access Device. Such a device is not configured with ICPCON and does not become a logical drive or host drive.
  • Page 23 Introduction Software Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 24: Getting Started

    Getting Started Getting Started In order to setup the ICP RAID controller, follow the instructions in the sections below to: • Determine your RAID level and array configuration • Create a RAID driver installation diskette • Install the controller After completing these steps, refer detailed instructions refer to the other installation chapters Determine the RAID Configuration Begin the installation by completing the worksheet in...

  • Page 25: Create The Raid Driver Installation Diskette

    Caution: The size of the host drive cannot be changed (decreased, increased, or expanded) once the host drive has been created. Table 2-1. Pre-installation Worksheet (Creating a Host Drive for the Operating System) RAID Level RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 4 RAID 5 RAID 10 Notes and Cautions...

  • Page 26: Main Menu

    Getting Started Figure 2-7. Main Menu 2. From the menu, select Create Diskettes, then press Enter. The Create Diskettes Menu appears. See Figure Figure 2-8. Create Diskettes Menu 3. With OS Diskettes selected, press Enter. The Select an OS to Create screen appears. Figure 2-9.

  • Page 27: Alternative Methods

    Figure 2-9. Select an OS to Create 4. Highlight the OS to be installed and press Enter. 5. Select the specific OS to be installed and press Enter. 6. A confirmation screen displays. With Yes highlighted, press Enter to create the diskette.

  • Page 28: Icp Raid Splash Screen

    Getting Started 2. DemoShield* starts automatically and displays the ICP RAID splash screen (see Figure 2-10). If DemoShield does not start automatically, then run the following file from the CD-ROM drive: Figure 2-10. ICP RAID Splash Screen 3. Click OS Diskettes. The Select an Operating System screen appears (see Select the appropriate operating system of the system into which you will install the ICP RAID controller.

  • Page 29: Install The Icp Raid Controller

    6. Insert the floppy in the floppy drive and press Enter. The command prompt window closes automatically after the diskette has been written. 7. Exit the DemoShield by pressing <Esc> or clicking on the window’s Close icon (the ‘X’ at the upper right corner of 2.2.2.2 Create OpenServer ICP RAID Driver 1.
  • Page 30 Getting Started 2. Install the ICP RAID controller into an available PCI slot that is applicable for the product (refer to the accompanying Hardware Guide for more details). 3. Connect cables. If using SCSI, ensure that the end of the SCSI bus is properly terminated.

  • Page 31: Quick Installation

    Quick Installation This chapter covers the quick installation of the ICP RAID controller hardware and software on a newly created bootable host drive with the following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows 2000 • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 • Novell NetWare 4.2x, 5.x and 6.x •...

  • Page 32: Create A Bootable Host Drive-Raid 1 Mirrored Array

    Quick Installation Create a Bootable Host Drive—RAID 1 Mirrored Array ICP RAID Console (ICPCON) is the software tool used for creating host drives as well as administering the RAID subsystem. This section describes how to create a bootable host drive in a RAID 1 mirrored array configuration via the expansion ROM (XROM) ICPCON.

  • Page 33: Configure Host Drives

    4. Select the menu option Configure Host Drives and press Enter. See Figure 3-13. Configure Host Drives Figure 3-14. Create New Host Drive 5. Select Create new Host Drive (see list of available hard disks (see Software Installation and User’s Guide Figure 3-14) and press Enter.

  • Page 34: Select Physical Drive

    Quick Installation 6. Use the arrow keys and the Space bar to select two hard disks (these hard disks become marked with an "*" as shown in Figure 3-15. Select Physical Drive 7. From the Choose Type menu, select RAID 1 and press Enter. See Figure 3-16.

  • Page 35: Host Drive Creation Confirmation

    8. ICPCON displays a warning that all data on the selected disks will be destroyed (see Figure 3-17). Confirm your choice by pressing <y>. Figure 3-17. Host Drive Creation Confirmation 9. ICPCON asks for the capacity to use for each drive (see physical drive capacity that you recorded in Figure 3-18.

  • Page 36: Create A Bootable Host Drive-Raid 5 Disk Array With Hot Fix

    Quick Installation Figure 3-19. Newly Created Host Drive 13. Exit ICPCON by pressing <Esc> several times to escape out of the various menus and pressing <y> to quit. Follow the instructions in the next section to continue the installation. Create a Bootable Host Drive—RAID 5 Disk Array with Hot Fix ICP RAID Console (ICPCON) is the software tool used for creating host drives as well as administering the RAID subsystem.

  • Page 37: Select Controller

    3. Select the controller and press Enter. See Figure 3-20. Select Controller 4. Select the menu option Configure Host Drives and press Enter. See Figure 3-21. Configure Host Drives Software Installation and User’s Guide Quick Installation Figure 3-20. Figure 3-21.

  • Page 38: Create New Host Drive

    Quick Installation Figure 3-22. Create New Host Drive 5. Select Create new Host Drive available hard disks 6. Use the arrow keys and the Space bar to select the number of hard disks for your RAID 5 array (minimum of three disks to a maximum of 15 disks per channel). In this RAID 5 + Hot Fix example, four disks are selected.

  • Page 39: Choose Type Menu

    7. From the Choose Type menu, select RAID 5 + HotFix and press Enter. See Figure 3-24. Figure 3-24. Choose Type Menu 8. ICPCON displays a warning that all data on the selected disks will be destroyed (see Figure 3-25). Confirm your choice by pressing <y>. Figure 3-25.

  • Page 40: Newly Created Host Drive

    Quick Installation The new host drive is created. See Figure 3-27. Newly Created Host Drive 11. Exit ICPCON by pressing <Esc> several times to escape out of the various menus and pressing <y> to quit. Depending on the size of the host drive, the RAID 5 build process may take a considerable amount of time.

  • Page 41: Microsoft Windows 2000 And Windows Nt Quick Installation

    You may continue the installation by following the instructions in: • Section 2.2, Create the RAID Driver Installation Diskette • Either section 3.4, 3.5, or 3.6, for the applicable OS for your system • Section 3.7, RAID Software Suite Quick Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows NT Quick Installation This section covers installing the ICP RAID controller and the OS to a host drive for local...

  • Page 42: Novell Netware 4.2X, 5.X And 6.X Quick Installation

    Quick Installation These procedures cover installing the ICP RAID controller and the OS to a host drive for local administration of the RAID subsystem. For all other installation scenarios, please consult the accompanying Software Guide. Install the operating system software using one of the scenarios below which matches your installation method.

  • Page 43: Minimum Requirements

    3.5.1 Minimum Requirements • RAID Software Suite CD-ROM • 20 MB of free hard disk space • RAID Software Suite Driver Installation Diskette for NetWare (see instructions to create this diskette). — One blank high density floppy diskette† may be required to create the installation diskette •...

  • Page 44: Sco Unixware 7.1.1 And 8.0 Quick Installation

    Quick Installation 3.5.2.3 New Installation of NetWare 6.x with the SRCRX.HAM Driver 1. Start the OS installation from the NetWare bootable CD-ROM. The SRCRX.HAM driver is on the NetWare 6.x CD and is installed automatically if a RAID controller is detected.

  • Page 45: Raid Software Suite Quick Installation

    Installation of this service may take an extended period of time. Note: If you do not plan on using the NIS or there is not an NIS server present on your network that you are installing this system onto, defer installation of NIS at this time by pressing <F8>...

  • Page 46: Novell Netware 4.2X, 5.X And 6.X

    Quick Installation — Client (Remote Utilities only) This option allows for remote administration of the ICP RAID controller. Figure 3-30. Setup Type 6. Choose the default selections (recommended) or select components that you wish to install. Click Next to continue the installation. 7.

  • Page 47: Sco Unixware 7.1.1 Or 8.0

    5. NetWare will copy the necessary files, automatically load ICPCON.NLM, and modify the AUTOEXEC.NCF file to load ICPCON.NLM for each subsequent restart of the server. 3.7.2.2 Configuring Tools for Remote Access 1. Create a group SRC_Operator in the NDS. 2. Add the Admin and all other users who will use this interface. 3.

  • Page 48: Installing Microsoft Windows Nt / 2000 / Xp

    Installing Microsoft Windows NT / 2000 / XP Installing Microsoft Windows NT / 2000 / XP This section covers installation issues related to the Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, and Windows NT operating systems. For a successful installation, study your specific Operating System manuals thoroughly.

  • Page 49: Installing An Operating System Onto A Host Drive

    • RAID Software Suite Driver Installation diskette (Miniport diskette for Windows 2000) — One blank high density floppy diskette diskette Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 • RAID Software Suite CD-ROM • 9 MB of free hard disk space (for the RAID Software Suite) •...
  • Page 50 Installing Microsoft Windows NT / 2000 / XP • Windows NT 4.0 Server, Enterprise Edition, Terminal Server Edition, and Workstation 4.1.2.3 Installing the OS The following procedures highlight the Windows setup options that you must install during OS installation to successfully prepare the operating system for the installation of the RAID Software Suite.

  • Page 51: Installing An Os Onto A Disk Drive Not Attached To The Icp Raid Controller

    window may appear notifying you about the Windows Logo testing compatibility. You can simply click on Yes when prompted to continue your installation. 5. After the operating system is completely installed, go to Launching ICPCON 4.1.3 Installing an OS onto a Disk Drive not Attached to the ICP RAID Controller Windows 2000 / XP Professional / NT 4.0 Installation Procedures 4.1.3.1...

  • Page 52: Upgrading/Replacing Windows Nt 4.0 Server Installed On A Host Drive

    Installing Microsoft Windows NT / 2000 / XP 2. If the drivers for your disk drive controller are not on the bootable Windows CD- ROM, Press F6 as soon as the initial blue screen appears to ensure that the driver diskette can be loaded.
  • Page 53 10. Insert the Windows 2000 CD-ROM. The Windows 2000 upgrade utility will auto- start. Click Yes to start the upgrade. 11. When Welcome to the Windows 2000 Setup Wizard launches, select Upgrade to Windows 2000 and complete this portion of the upgrade. Windows should auto-reboot. If not, manually reboot the computer.

  • Page 54: Installation To An Existing Os

    Installing Microsoft Windows NT / 2000 / XP 12. Leave the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive and let the computer boot up. DO NOT touch any key if prompted to boot from the CD-ROM. Let the computer boot to the hard drive to continue the installation. 13.
  • Page 55 4.1.5.2 Installing Drivers for your ICP RAID Controller Method 1 (Preferred) Follow the instructions for installing the drivers, tools and utilities in Installing and Launching ICPCON Method 2 (Alternative) 1. Insert the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM in CD-ROM drive. 2. DemoShield starts automatically. If DemoShield does not start automatically, then run the following file from the CD-ROM drive: 3.

  • Page 56: Replacing Compatible Icp Raid Controllers In Windows 2000 / Xp

    Installing Microsoft Windows NT / 2000 / XP As of this writing, this software package had not passed Windows Logo testing for Note: Windows XP. However, certification is anticipated in the very near future. As a result, a window may appear notifying you about the Windows Logo testing compatibility. You can simply click on 'Continue Anyway' to complete your software installation.

  • Page 57: Configuring The Raid Configuration Service

    7. All attached devices should be recognized upon reboot. 4.1.6.2 If OS is on an IDE Drive Connected to the Motherboard If Windows OS is installed to an IDE drive connected to the motherboard, you can replace the ICP RAID controller with another compatible but different model: 1.

  • Page 58: Enter User Account And Password

    Installing Microsoft Windows NT / 2000 / XP 3. The Account Manager window displays. See Figure 4-32. Enter User Account and Password 4. Enter a user name and password. This will be the account used to manage the RAID subsystem remotely on this computer. 5.

  • Page 59: Confirm User Account And Password

    Installing Microsoft Windows NT / 2000 / XP Figure 4-33. Confirm User Account and Password Software Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 60: Installing Linux

    Installing Linux Installing Linux This section discusses installation issues related to the Linux operating systems (SCO*, Debian*, DLD*, LST*, Red Hat* and SuSE*). For a successful installation, study the Linux system manuals thoroughly. The required drivers can be created from the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM.

  • Page 61: Available Drivers And Tools On The Raid Software Suite Cd-Rom

    5.1.2 Available Drivers and Tools on the RAID Software Suite CD- gdth.tgz ICPCON-2.02.gz srcd-1.10-suse.tgz srcd-1.10-redhat.tgz 5.1.3 Assumptions About Path Names Since the user may have received ICPCON on the CD-ROM or as a download from the web, and because Linux administrators may mount volumes with a variety of names, certain assumptions were made in this document.

  • Page 62: Installing Red Hat Linux 7.X On A Host Drive

    Installing Linux If the ICP RAID controller is configured with removable SDRAM, be sure that the DIMM Note: is installed in the adapter prior to use. (Ensure that the optional battery backup is disconnected during any installation or removal of the DIMM). Not all adapters are configured with removable SDRAM or battery backup support.

  • Page 63: Installing An Icp Raid Controller Onto An Existing Linux Server

    7. Follow onscreen instructions to complete your installation. Upon completion, remove the floppy diskette from the drive and reboot the system. Installing an ICP RAID Controller onto an Existing Linux Server 5.4.1 Installation of Driver Sources from the RAID Software Suite CD- The same procedure can be used for updating a currently installed ICP RAID GDTH driver using the driver sources.

  • Page 64: Gdth Driver Parameters

    Installing Linux GDTH Driver Parameters 5.5.1 Reservation of SCSI Devices The reservation of SCSI devices becomes necessary if you want Direct Access Devices (for example, hard disks, removable hard disks like Iomega or SyQuest) to be directly controlled by Linux and not the ICP RAID controller's firmware (for example, they are not configured as host drives).

  • Page 65: Further Driver Parameters

    5.5.2 Further Driver Parameters disable:Y disable:N reserve_mode:0 reserve_mode:1 reserve_mode:2 reserve_list:h,b,t,l,h,b,t,l,... reserves SCSI devices at the corresponding coordinates with reverse_scan:Y reverse_scan:N max_ids:x rescan:Y rescan:N • The driver parameters reserve_mode and rescan:N require ICP RAID controllers with firmware version FW x.23.00 or higher. •...

  • Page 66: Using Icpcon Monitoring Utility

    Installing Linux 3. Unpack the archive file and rename: $ gunzip -d /usr/sbin/storcon-x.xx.gz $ mv /usr/sbin/storcon-x.xx /usr/sbin/storcon 5.6.2 Using ICPCON Monitoring Utility To use ICPCON a gdth driver version 1.26 or higher is required. To check the current gdth driver version type: $ grep Driver /proc/scsi/gdth/0 (where 0 represents the controller number) To run the ICPCON utility, type ‘ICPCON’...
  • Page 67 2. Unpack srcd-v.vv-xxxx.tgz $ tar xvfz srcd-v.vv-xxxx.tgz 3. Run install.sh srcd.conf $ ./install.sh 4. Edit /etc/srcd.conf controller events occur. 5. If is not running, start it by executing one of the following commands: srcd — For SuSE-Linux: — For RedHat-Linux: Software Installation and User’s Guide .
  • Page 68 Installing Linux Software Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 69: Installing Novell Netware

    Installing Novell NetWare This section discusses installation issues related to the Novell NetWare operating system and covers versions NetWare 4.2x , NetWare 5.x and NetWare 6.x. For a successful installation, study the NetWare system manuals thoroughly. The information provided in this section refers to the loading of the ICP RAID NetWare driver(s) only.

  • Page 70: New Installation Of Netware 4.2X, 5.Xx And 6.X

    Installing Novell NetWare • Novell NetWare 4.2x, 5.xx or 6.x software† Not supplied New installation of NetWare 4.2x, 5.xx and 6.x The following procedures assume that your ICP RAID controller(s) is (are) already installed in your system. If you plan to install the OS to a host drive, you must first configure the host drive through the expansion ROM (XROM) version of ICP RAID Console.

  • Page 71: New Installation Of Netware 5.1X With The Srcrx.ham Driver

    3. The NetWare installation will eventually load a "Welcome" screen asking you to verify the startup directory (C:\NWSERVER). 4. Press <Alt>+<F10> to exit the installation. 5. At the NetWare console prompt, type "down" and press Enter (the installation exits to the boot drive's DOS prompt).

  • Page 72: New Installation Of Netware 6.X With The Srcrx.ham Driver

    Installing Novell NetWare The above procedure will only install the device drivers for your controller. The ICP Note: RAID controller Tools Kit (ICP RAID Console) is installed separately. See for details. 6.2.4 New Installation of NetWare 6.x with the SRCRX.HAM Driver 1.

  • Page 73: Installing The Icp Raid Controller Tools Kit Package

    2. Change the path to A:\INSTALL and press <Enter> to continue. 3. Select Storage RAID Controller Driver (SRCRX.HAM) by setting the cursor on its menu item and pressing the space bar (an X will appear in the item's check box). 4.

  • Page 74: Aspi Support For Netware 4.2X, 5.X

    Installing Novell NetWare 4. Start ICP RAID Console (ICPCON.exe) or ICP RAID Navigator (ICP RAID Navigator.exe) from a workstation using a user name of the group SRC_Operator and his/her NetWare password. ASPI Support for NetWare 4.2x, 5.x You will need to ensure that the file NWASPI.CDM is in the server’s search path. For NetWare 4.2, NWASPI.CDM is already located in the server’s startup directory (C:\NWSERVER) so no action is required.

  • Page 75: Adding Additional Capacity After An Online Capacity Expansion

    6.5.2 Adding Additional Capacity after an Online Capacity Expansion The additional capacity resulting from an online capacity expansion of an existing array drive is introduced to the system as a new host drive. To be able to make use of the new capacity without having to down the server, type “scan for new devices”...

  • Page 76: Installing Sco Unixware

    Installing SCO UnixWare Installing SCO UnixWare This section discusses installation issues related to the SCO UnixWare operating systems (UnixWare 7.1.1 and UnixWare 8.0). For a successful installation, study the SCO system manuals thoroughly. The required drivers can be created from the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM.

  • Page 77: Installing The Icp Raid Controller As Boot Controller

    Not supplied Installing the ICP RAID Controller as Boot Controller There must be a host drive on the first ICP RAID controller found during a cold boot. In addition, the ICP RAID BIOS must be enabled and the SCSI ID of the corresponding ICP RAID SCSI channel must be set to 7.

  • Page 78: An Icp Raid Controller Has Already Been Configured

    Installing SCO UnixWare 7.3.2 An ICP RAID Controller Has Already Been Configured This procedure is different depending on the operating system: If using UnixWare 7.11 In this case, you only have to add an additional entry for the new ICP RAID controller. This is carried out by the command /etc/scsi/pdiadd -d DRQ -v IRQ -m MEM iir For DRQ use 0 (not necessary for PCI boards).

  • Page 79: Hardware Identifiers Of Scsi Devices

    Installation of this service may take an extended period of time. Note: If you do not plan on using the NIS or there is not an NIS server present on your network that you are installing this system onto, defer installation of NIS at this time by pressing <F8>...

  • Page 80: Additional Information

    Installing SCO UnixWare The resulting HA, Bus, Target ID and LUN are indicated in Table 7-5. Bus Number, Target ID and LUN Additional Information • After creating a new Host Drive use /sbin/sdiadd to rescan the SCSI bus and to recognize the new drive.

  • Page 81: Host Drive Removal

    Host Drive Removal When removing disks in UnixWare, the operating system may need to change the indices and system disk names assigned to the remaining disks. To safely remove a host drive from a UnixWare system, clean up the "ghost names" that are created when disk indices are changed by following the procedure below (for more information about "ghost names", refer to the UnixWare man page for sdighost).

  • Page 82: Installing Sco Openserver

    Installing SCO OpenServer Installing SCO OpenServer This section discusses installation issues related to the SCO OpenServer operating systems (OpenServer). For a successful installation, study the OpenServer system manuals thoroughly. The required drivers can be created from the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM.

  • Page 83: Additional Installation Notes

    8.1.3 Additional Installation Notes The boot drive is the drive which is first integrated at system power up. For the ICP RAID controller, this drive is the first host drive in the list of ICP RAID host drives, for example, the host drive number 0 (see ICPCON menu Configure Host-Drives).

  • Page 84: Installing Openserver On A System With Multiple Scsi Or Raid Controllers

    Installing SCO OpenServer 8.1.4 Installing OpenServer on a System with Multiple SCSI or RAID Controllers When installing to a system that has multiple SCSI/RAID controllers, you should install Openserver on a RAID volume that is controlled by the first SCSI/RAID controller that is enumerated during the server BIOS boot.

  • Page 85: Instructions On Mkdev (Adm) For 3.2V5.X (Open Server)

    Instructions on mkdev (ADM) for 3.2v5.x (Open Server) When the program mkdev hd (ADM) is started, you will be asked for the coordinates of the device you wish to install. The driver does not automatically display all devices connected, so after the installation you will find a tool named SRCSCAN in the directory /etc to display all devices.

  • Page 86: Additional Information

    Installing SCO OpenServer Table 8-6. UNIX Target ID and LUN Non-Direct Access Devices must not be connected to Bus 0, Target ID 0, LUN 0. Caution: This is reserved for the boot device under OpenServer. Additional Information • From version 4.x of OpenServer, a media change can be made with the UNIX commands MOUNT and UNMOUNT.

  • Page 87: Srcd Installation Instructions

    8.4.1 SRCD Installation Instructions 1. The files needed for srcd are installed as part of the floppy package. 2. Configure /etc/srcd.conf to send SNMP traps or execute an external program (for example, mail) when a disk array controller event occurs. See comments in /etc/ srcd.conf for detailed comments and explanations on performing these configurations.

  • Page 88: Installing Berkeley Unix Freebsd

    Installing Berkeley UNIX FreeBSD Installing Berkeley UNIX FreeBSD This section discusses installation issues related to the FreeBSD operating systems (version 4.3 and higher) For a successful installation, study the Berkeley UNIX FreeBSD system manuals thoroughly. The required drivers can be created from the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM.

  • Page 89: Installing An Operating System Onto An Array Drive Or Single Disk

    Installing an Operating System onto an Array Drive or Single Disk 1. Create the FreeBSD driver installation diskette (see Driver Installation Diskette directory on the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM to a floppy disk. 2. Configure your RAID system using the ICP RAID Console utility at BIOS post time (press <Ctrl>+<G>...

  • Page 90: Icp Raid Controller Installation In An Already Configured Freebsd System

    Installing Berkeley UNIX FreeBSD ICP RAID Controller Installation in an Already Configured FreeBSD System In the event you are adding an ICP RAID controller to a pre-existing FreeBSD system, ensure that the newly created host drives are detected after existing disks attached to the operating system (most particularly, the disk containing the root file system).

  • Page 91: Remote Monitoring With The Srcd Remote Access Service

    umount \ ‘device path’ 2. Uninstall the driver package using the command: pkg_delete iir-1.1 Remote Monitoring with the SRCD Remote Access Service srcd is the remote access service for IIR controllers. With srcd running, you can manage disk arrays from a remote workstation using storage management software (for example, StorCon) via TCP/IP.
  • Page 92 Installing Berkeley UNIX FreeBSD Software Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 93: Icp Raid Console

    ICP RAID Console The ICP RAID Console (ICPCON) is a full-featured monitoring and configuration utility with a text-based user interface. ICPCON manages all aspects of the RAID subsystem as well as many features of the RAID adapter. There are two methods for running the ICPCON program. As part of the ICP RAID controller’s expansion ROM, it can be loaded at system boot level by pressing <Ctrl>+<G>...

  • Page 94: Installing And Launching Icpcon

    ICP RAID Console Some features are only available from the expansion ROM (XROM) version of ICPCON Note: to prevent user from experiencing unrecoverable events. 10.2 Installing and Launching ICPCON The ICPCON program is available for various operating systems (NetWare 4.2x/5.x/6.x, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Linux, SCO UnixWare, SCO OpenServer, and Berkeley UNIX FreeBSD).

  • Page 95: Icp Raid Splash Screen

    3. Log into Windows using a user account with administrative rights. 4. Insert the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. When the ICP RAID splash screen (see program. If the RAID Software Setup Splash Screen does not appear, then run the setup.exe file that Note: resides at: <CD-ROM root>\windows\install\setup.exe...

  • Page 96: Installing And Launching Icpcon Under Linux

    ICP RAID Console Figure 10-35. Setup Type 8. Choose the default selections (recommended) or select components that you wish to install. Click Next to continue the installation. 9. Choose the Destination Location - Use the default directory for installation, click Next. 10.

  • Page 97: Launching Icpcon Under Openserver

    When finished using ICPCON, the console log level can be set back to the default level using the following command: dmesg -n 7 This behavior is not observed if the ICPCON utility is used from an X-windows terminal window. 10.2.4 Launching ICPCON Under OpenServer To use the ICPCON program under OpenServer (2.x, 4.x and 5.x), substitute the standard terminal entry for a new one:...

  • Page 98: The Icpcon Program

    ICP RAID Console 1. Ensure that you have closed all applications and are logged in with administrative rights. 2. Open Control Panel and launch the Add/Remove programs icon. 3. Select the RAID Software Suite and click Change/Remove for Windows 2000 or Add/ Remove for Windows NT.

  • Page 99: Host Drive Types

    A drive of a given level of hierarchy is composed of the drive(s) of the next lower level. The OS recognizes only host drives, with the lower drive levels completely transparent to it. For more information about drive levels, see Within the ICP RAID Table 10-7 lists the host drive types that ICPCON can configure.

  • Page 100: Select Interface

    ICP RAID Console Figure 10-36. Select Interface 10.3.1 Select Interface Interface represents the way in which the OS version of ICPCON connects with the ICP RAID controller. In this example “Win. 9x/NT/2k” (see ICPCON is the Windows version and is loaded on a Windows system. If you press Enter, ICPCON scans the local system for ICP RAID controllers.

  • Page 101: Express Setup / Advanced Setup And Monitor Menus

    Press <Enter> to select a controller. Subsequent changes to settings within ICPCON affect the selected controller and the connected devices. Figure 10-38. Select Controller 10.3.3 Express Setup / Advanced Setup and Monitor Menus After you select an ICP RAID controller from the Select Controller screen (see Figure 10-38), ICPCON initially displays the Express Setup and Monitor menus (see Figure...

  • Page 102: Configure Host Drives

    ICP RAID Console 10.4.1 Configure Host Drives The Express Setup menu option, Configure Host Drives, allows for easy installation of new host drives and modifications to existing host drives. This menu option is similar to the Configure Host Drives option in Advanced Setup (see Section 10.5.5).

  • Page 103: Select Physical Drive And Choose Type Screens

    In the Select Host Drive screen, you can press <F4> to view the level-by-level detailed information on a host drive and its components which help in getting an overview of a specific host drive. Press <F5> to switch the hard disk LEDs of the selected host drive on and off.

  • Page 104: Hard Disk Capacity To Use

    ICP RAID Console If the entire hard disk capacity is not used when configuring a RAID 1 host drive, you Note: cannot use the remaining capacity to expand the array drive in the future. Figure 10-44. Hard Disk Capacity to Use ICPCON pauses to determine if you want to configure the selected disks for SAF-TE Auto Hot Plug (use this option only with hot swap disks and equipment).

  • Page 105: Newly Created Host Drive

    ICP RAID Console ICPCON then creates and configures the new host drive and adds it to the list on the Select Host Drive screen (see Figure 10-47). All SCSI parameters are adjusted to the optimum values. Figure 10-47. Newly Created Host Drive ICPCON begins the build process on the new host drive.

  • Page 106: Progress Information: Non-Destructive Array Build

    ICP RAID Console initialization build as “Non-destructive”, any data present on the drives being initialized is destroyed. However, re-initialization of this RAID array is Non-destructive. Figure 10-48. Progress Information: Non-destructive Array Build 10.4.1.2 Host Drive Statuses The Select Host Drive screen displays a status for each configured host drive (for example, the RAID 1 array drive in states are provided below.
  • Page 107 ICP RAID Console a so-called hot fix (hot spare) drive has previously been assigned to a disk array with ICPCON, the controller will automatically replace the defective drive and start the reconstruction of the data and the redundant information. Therefore, under these circumstances, the fail state is only temporary and will be eliminated by the controller itself.

  • Page 108: Host Drive Menu For An Existing Host Drive

    ICP RAID Console Error State Should a second hard disk fail while the disk array is in the fail or rebuild state, it is not possible to continue the working session without restrictions. The disk array is still available for I/Os, but data loss and error messages on the host level are possible. Some of the states listed above may have the addition of /patch (for example build/patch, ready/patch).

  • Page 109: Repair Array Drives

    Flash-RAM of the ICP RAID controller. To change the position of a host drive in the host drive list, highlight the host drive and confirm by pressing Enter. Then, type in the new position and press Enter. Remove Host Drive Removing a host drive results in the loss of all data.

  • Page 110: Array Drive Summary

    ICP RAID Console Figure 10-50. Array Drive Summary Press any key and ICPCON displays a list of array drives which are candidates for online automatic repair. Array drives that are in the Error state are very critical and have lost 2 or more drives. Note: These array drives cannot be repaired with the Repair Array Drives function.

  • Page 111: Advanced Setup

    When clearance is given, the state of the array drive changes to Rebuild, for example, the missing data is reconstructed out of the remaining data and redundancy information. See Figure 10-55. Figure 10-55. Array Drive Summary The Error state of an array drive is critical. There are several procedures in the firmware to handle such cases and bring back the array drive into operation without losing data.

  • Page 112: Configure Controller

    ICP RAID Console 10.5.1 Configure Controller From the Advanced Setup menu, select the Configure Controller option and press Enter to display the Configure Controller menu options. Figure 10-57. Configure Controller Menu 10.5.1.1 Controller Settings From the Advanced Setup menu, select the Configure Controller option and press Enter to display the Configure Controller menu, then select the Controller Settings option and press Enter to display the Controller Settings dialog Use the up arrow and down arrow keys to switch between options, and toggle a setting by...

  • Page 113: Controller Settings

    Table 10-8. Controller Settings Parameter Cache Delayed Write BIOS BIOS Warning Level SETUP from Flash-RAM Display Supported BIOS Drives CD-ROM Boot Memory Test Halt on Firmware messages Immediate Hard Disk start Chn. SCSI-A Termination Chn. SCSI-A SCSI ID Chn. SCSI-B Termination Chn.
  • Page 114 ICP RAID Console the migration of host drives between ICP RAID controllers is very easy and secure, even if the SCSI IDs and channels are changed. Simply connect the hard disks to the new ICP RAID controller, and the host drives will be automatically available. 10.5.1.2 Firmware Update From the Advanced Setup menu, select the Configure Controller option and press Enter to...

  • Page 115: Firmware Update

    Figure 10-59. Firmware Update 6. ICPCON reads and checks the firmware file, then displays the warning in Figure 10-60. Press <Y> to confirm the firmware update. Press <N> to cancel the firmware update and return to the Configure Controller menu screen. Figure 10-60.
  • Page 116 ICP RAID Console During boot up, the system displays the updated firmware version. You can also relaunch ICPCON and select the applicable ICP RAID controller to view its new firmware version at the bottom of the console (for example, FW:2.32.00-Rxxx). 10.5.1.3 Intelligent Fault Bus To access this menu option, from the Advanced Setup menu, select the Configure...

  • Page 117: Select Enclosure

    Figure 10-61. Select Enclosure The example in Figure 10-62 with hard disks. To fill an empty slot, press Enter and select the desired hard disk. See Figure 10-63. Figure 10-62. Enclosure Slots Figure 10-63. Select Disk Software Installation and User’s Guide shows the slots of the enclosure which have been assigned ICP RAID Console...

  • Page 118: Advanced Settings Warning

    ICP RAID Console SAF-TE is recommended for auto hot pluggable subsystems. Only with these systems can a secure auto hot plug be guaranteed. For non-intelligent subsystems, we recommend only the best quality components (disk shuttles, cables, terminators, etc.). 10.5.1.5 Advanced Settings To access this menu option, from the Advanced Setup menu, select the Configure Controller option and press Enter to display the Configure Controller menu, then select the Advanced Settings option and press Enter.

  • Page 119: Cluster Channels Screen

    Table 10-9. Advanced Settings Parameter Shrink BIOS after POST BIOS RAM allocation method DPMEM mapping 10.5.1.6 Cluster Settings To access this menu option, from the Advanced Setup menu, select the Configure Controller option and press Enter to display the Configure Controller menu, then select the Cluster Settings option and press Enter to display the Cluster Channels screen (Figure 10-66).

  • Page 120: Periodic Parity Verify Screen

    ICP RAID Console Table 10-10. Cluster Channels Settings Parameter Clustering Chn. SCSI-A Clustering Chn. SCSI-B 10.5.1.7 Periodic Parity Verify To access this menu option, from the Advanced Setup menu, select the Configure Controller option and press Enter to display the Configure Controller menu, then select the Periodic Parity Verify option and press Enter to display the Periodic Parity Verify screen (Figure...

  • Page 121: Periodic Parity Verify Settings

    Table 10-11. Periodic Parity Verify Settings Parameter Options None Every day Every 2 days Every 3 days Start Parity Verify Every 4 days Every 5 days Every 6 days Every 7 days 12am to 11pm, in At Time hourly intervals Halt on Parity Errors Halt when parity errors found.

  • Page 122: Configure Physical Devices

    ICP RAID Console This menu option allows for the removal of the SAF-TE configuration or the 'Non- Intelligent Enclosures' Configuration from the disks. This is necessary if the slot configuration is corrupted or the disks are removed from a SAF-TE enclosure. In the latter case there is no longer a SAF-TE processor available where you may change or remove the SAF-TE information from the disks.

  • Page 123: Select Physical Drive

    Figure 10-69. Select Physical Drive Below is a description of each column in the Select Physical Drive screen: • Chn - The IO channel (“SCSI” stands for SCSI). • ID - Device ID. • LUN - Logical Unit Number (LUN), which is normally always 0. •...

  • Page 124: Configure Disk

    ICP RAID Console Figure 10-70. Configure Disk 10.5.2.1 SCSI Parameter / Initialize To access this function, from the Advanced Setup menu: • Select the Configure Physical Devices option and press Enter to display the Select Physical Drive screen. • Select a device and press Enter to display the Configure Disk screen. •...

  • Page 125: Disk Initialization Confirmation

    ICP RAID Console Caution: Disk initialization can destroy all data on the hard disk. ICPCON copies ICP RAID controller specific configuration blocks on the hard disk, a primary block and a mirrored secondary block. You should always check that they are all “Enabled”...
  • Page 126 ICP RAID Console Transfer, and Disk Read/Write caches, or Tagged Queues have been changed, the data on the drive remains intact. Only the functional state of the device changes. 10.5.2.2 Format Disk The Format Disk option is available in the XROM version of ICPCON but is not available Note: in the OS version of ICPCON.

  • Page 127: View Defects/Status

    After you choose the Check Surface option, ICPCON displays a warning that performing this command will destroy all data. Press <Y> to do a surface check or press <N> to cancel. If you choose to do the surface check, ICPCON displays a progress information bar with the elapsed time and estimated time of completion.

  • Page 128: Select Physical Drive Screen With Initialized And Fragmented Disk

    ICP RAID Console Figure 10-74. Select Physical Drive Screen with Initialized and Fragmented Disk Warning: This option destroys all data on the hard disk. This menu option allows you to de-initialize a hard disk which has previously been initialized for use with the ICP RAID controller. By doing so, the specific ICP RAID controller information present on the device is removed.

  • Page 129: Enclosure Status

    • Select the Configure Physical Devices option and press Enter to display the Select Physical Drive screen. • Select a disk and press Enter to display the Configure Disk screen. • Select either the Lock Disk or Unlock Disk option and press Enter. This option is only available when you have selected a removable hard disk (for example, Iomega* or SyQuest*).

  • Page 130: Configure Logical Drives

    ICP RAID Console Figure 10-78. Block Diagram of a SAF-TE Subsystem 10.5.3 Configure Logical Drives Configure Logical Drives allows for the setup and maintenance of logical drives (hierarchy level 2). From the Advanced Setup menu, select the Configure Logical Drives option and press Enter to display the Select Logical Drive menu (Figure 10-79).

  • Page 131: Select Logical Drive

    Figure 10-79. Select Logical Drive In the Select Logical Drive screen, you can press <F4> to list all hard disks of a logical drive. If it is a logical drive of the type Disk, it only consists of one single hard disk. If a logical drive consists of more hard disks, it is of the type Chain (concatenation of several hard disks).

  • Page 132: Configure Array Drives

    ICP RAID Console Next, enter the appropriate drive size and press Enter (see you to limit the hard disk size for this host drive. This becomes important when you configure disk arrays and you want to ensure that future drives added to the disk array fit in the array (for replacement purposes).

  • Page 133: Array Drive Menu

    In the Select Array Drive window, you can press <F4> to display detailed information on the selected array drive level-by-level (for example, the structure, the order, or which hard disks are part of the array drive). Press <F5> to turn on the LEDs of all hard disks belonging to this array drive in order to identify them.

  • Page 134: Expand Popup Window

    ICP RAID Console Figure 10-85. Expand Popup Window The Expand popup window contains three major functions: Function Use free Logical Drive space Change RAID Type Add hard disk to array If the entire hard disk capacity is not used when configuring a RAID 1 host drive, you Note: cannot use the remaining capacity to expand the array drive in the future.

  • Page 135: Remove Drive Confirmation

    copying is finished, you can remove the critical logical drive and then carry out a hot plug procedure. You can also use this function to mirror RAID 4/5 array drives (RAID 5+1, RAID 4+1). Replace Array Component The Replace Array Component option is not available for RAID 1 and RAID 10 volumes Note: if you are manually hot swapping drives.
  • Page 136 ICP RAID Console • Select an array drive and press Enter to display the Array Drive window. • Select the Remove Array Drive option and press Enter. Warning: This option destroys all data on the array drive. After you choose the Remove Array Drive option, ICPCON displays a warning message to confirm the removal of the selected array drive.
  • Page 137 To avoid wasting valuable storage capacity, it is recommended that all logical drives Note: forming an array drive have the same storage capacity. When adding a hot fix drive, select a suitable drive, confirm your selection, and choose whether to make the new hot fix drive be of type Private or Pool. In the Event of a Drive Failure The controller will substitute a failed logical drive with a hot fix drive only if the array drive was in the ready state before the failure.

  • Page 138: Progress Information

    ICP RAID Console Use the Hot Fix Pool Access option to enable or disable the access of the selected array drive to the hot fix pool. Parity Verify To access this function, from the Advanced Setup menu: • Select the Configure Array Drives option and press Enter to display the Select Array Drive screen.

  • Page 139: Create New Array Drive

    • Select the Build/Rebuild Progress option and press Enter. Whenever an array drive is in the build or rebuild state, you can select Build/Rebuild Progress to get progress information and estimates for the required time to build or rebuild. 10.5.4.2 Create New Array Drive From the Advanced Setup menu, select the Configure Array Drives option and press Enter to display the Select Array Drive menu, then select the Create new Array Drive option and...

  • Page 140: Strip Size

    ICP RAID Console Figure 10-90. Strip Size The Build Type decides how the redundancy information is created. The Destructive Build (only available if ICPCON was loaded with <Ctrl>+<G>) fills all hard disks with “0” and no further parity calculation is necessary. This build method is pretty fast, but the build must be successfully finished before you can leave ICPCON (otherwise the build mode is automatically changed to Non-destructive during the next boot).

  • Page 141: Configure Host Drives

    10.5.4.3 Notes on the Configuration of RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 and 10 Arrays Drives Use logical drives of the type disk to build an array drive. RAID array drives can be configured with logical drives of the type chain also, but security should be taken into consideration.

  • Page 142: Select Host Drive Screen

    ICP RAID Console The XROM version of ICPCON may report an error incorrectly after configuring more Note: than 30 host drives. This false error is indicated by one of the following messages: • ‘No more handles’ • ‘Memory allocation failed’ After the system boots into the operating system, however, ICPCON shows that all of the host drives exist.

  • Page 143: Select Physical Drive And Choose Type Screens

    Figure 10-96. Select Physical Drive and Choose Type Screens ICPCON displays a security message pointing out that all existing data on the selected hard disks will be destroyed (see new host drive or press <N> to cancel and return to the Select Physical Drive screen. Figure 10-97.

  • Page 144: Hard Disk Capacity To Use

    ICP RAID Console If the entire hard disk capacity is not used when configuring a RAID 1 host drive, you Note: cannot use the remaining capacity to expand the array drive in the future. Figure 10-99. Hard Disk Capacity to Use ICPCON pauses to determine if you want to configure the selected disks for SAF-TE Auto Hot Plug (use this option only with hot swap disks and equipment).

  • Page 145: Newly Created Host Drive

    ICP RAID Console ICPCON then creates and configures the new host drive and adds it to the list on the Select Host Drive screen (see Figure 10-102). All SCSI parameters are adjusted to the optimum values. Figure 10-102. Newly Created Host Drive ICPCON begins the build process on the new host drive.

  • Page 146: Progress Information: Non-Destructive Array Build

    ICP RAID Console initialization build as “Non-destructive”, any data present on the drives being initialized is destroyed. However, re-initialization of this RAID array is Non-destructive. Figure 10-103. Progress Information: Non-destructive Array Build 10.5.5.2 Host Drive Statuses The Select Host Drive screen displays a status for each configured host drive (see Figure 10-102).
  • Page 147 Swap Host Drives When the computer is switched on, the host drives are initialized in the order of the host drive list, which means that the operating system is booted from the host drive having the lowest number. For reasons of flexibility, a host drive's position in the list can be changed. However, the position of the host drive from which the operating system is booted and the position of the host drive from which ICPCON (disk version) was started (both can be the same), cannot be changed.

  • Page 148: Repair Array Drives

    ICP RAID Console Partition Drive is only available in XROM ICPCON. Note: Overwrite Master Boot Code Warning: Never use this menu option on host drives containing valid data, otherwise all data will be lost. This option creates a valid and consistent master boot record on the selected host drive and should be carried out on any new host drive on which Windows NT is installed.

  • Page 149: View Statistics

    • Save Information - to create a complete protocol file of the current RAID subsystem including all settings of the ICP RAID controller and the drives. This file can be used for remote diagnosis. 10.6.1 View Statistics The View Statistics menu corresponding level of hierarchy.

  • Page 150: View Events

    ICP RAID Console Use Sample Rate to choose the interval at which the ICP RAID controller delivers new measurements. Depending on the operating system used, the sampling rate can be set to a maximum of 60 seconds. The default setting is 2 seconds. Use Logging On/Off to create a log file which records all the statistical values over a longer period.

  • Page 151: Save Information

    that the SCSI bus is not properly terminated (too many terminators on the cable or a missing terminator). In very few cases is the hard disk defective. The retries counter also increments when the parameters of a hard disk are changed. The Reassigns counter records the number of media defects which occur on a hard drive.

  • Page 152: Save Information

    ICP RAID Console Figure 10-112. Save Information At the end of this ASCII file messages and other events stored in the Flash-RAM of the ICP RAID controller. The log is a good source of information for analyzing complex events and problems. If the buffer is full, the oldest events are deleted first.

  • Page 153: Icp Raid Navigator

    ICP RAID Navigator 11.1 Introduction ICP RAID Navigator (ICP RAID Navigator) is a tool for setting up, monitoring and maintaining mass storage subsystems based on the ICP RAID controller. Different from ICP RAID Console, ICP RAID Navigator is a GUI style application, designed for the operation under Win32 Operating Systems.

  • Page 154: The Icp Raid Navigator Controls

    ICP RAID Navigator 11.2 The ICP RAID Navigator Controls 11.2.1 The Toolbar The toolbar can be made visible or hidden by selecting “Toolbar” from the “View” menu. Figure 11-114. ICP RAID Navigator Toolbar Click on the buttons to open and close the windows of the corresponding programs of ICP RAID Navigator.

  • Page 155: The Status Bar

    Table 11-12. Toolbar Icons Events Help Context Sensitive Help 11.2.2 The Status Bar The status bar at the bottom of the main window displays status information on the icon or the menu option the mouse pointer is currently placed on. The status bar can be displayed or hidden by selecting ‘Status Bar’...

  • Page 156: Window Menu Commands

    ICP RAID Navigator Figure 11-117. View Menu 11.2.5 Window Menu Commands These commands allow you to arrange the windows in the ICP RAID Navigator application window or to activate an open window. Figure 11-118. Window Menu 11.2.6 The Chart Menu The chart menu appears when you open the Statistics window.

  • Page 157: Physical Configuration Menu

    Figure 11-120. Physical Configuration Menu Figure 11-121. Logical Configuration Menu Set the refresh rate for the Physical or the Logical Configuration windows by selecting the Refresh option from the Configuration menu. ICP RAID Navigator uses the selected refresh rate to update the contents of the Physical Configuration and Logical Configuration windows.

  • Page 158: Help Menu Commands

    ICP RAID Navigator 11.2.8 Help Menu Commands Use the Help menu to access online help and to get the version of ICP RAID Navigator. Figure 11-123. Help Menu 11.3 Select Controller The Select Controller window is used to select an ICP RAID controller for all further actions within ICP RAID Navigator.

  • Page 159: Physical Configuration Window

    Figure 11-125. Select Controller Figure 11-126. Sockets Figure 11-127. Access Control 11.4 Physical Configuration Window The Physical Configuration window shows the physical configuration of the I/O channel busses of the selected ICP RAID controller and the devices connected with these busses. Click on the Physical Configuration icon to open the window.

  • Page 160: Example Of A Physical Configuration And The Controller Settings

    ICP RAID Navigator Figure 11-129. Example of a Physical Configuration and the Controller Settings Double click on the icon shown in selected controller (see the left most Controller Settings dialog in click on the icon to see a submenu with the following options: Change Settings, Save Information, or (configure) Non-Intelligent Enclosures (you can also get to this submenu by selecting the controller icon and choosing the Configuration menu ->...

  • Page 161: Controller Configuration Settings

    Figure 11-131. Controller Settings Dialogs 11.4.1 Controller Configuration Settings 11.4.1.1 Change Settings To change the physical configuration of the controller, right click the controller icon and select Change Settings. See Table 11-14. Table 11-14. Controller Settings Setting Cache Delayed Write BIOS Software Installation and User’s Guide Figure 11-131...
  • Page 162 ICP RAID Navigator Table 11-14. Controller Settings Setting BIOS Warning Level Enables or disables the display of non-critical boot messages of Supported BIOS Drives Memory Test 11.4.1.2 Save Information Right click the controller icon and select Save Information. See This option opens a file dialog allowing you to specify the path and name of the Save Information file.

  • Page 163: I/O Processors

    11.4.2 I/O Processors I/O processors of the ICP RAID controller are represented in the Physical Configuration window in Figure 11-129 Table 11-15. I/O Processor Icons Icon Description SCSI processor SE (single ended) SCSI processor LVD/SE (low voltage differential / single ended) Double click on the processor icons (shown in a processor (see the channel info dialog in Change Settings, Rescan ID(s) or do a Hot Plug: Add Disk.
  • Page 164 ICP RAID Navigator 11.4.2.1 Channel Settings Termination The termination for this channel of the ICP RAID controller can be set to three different states: AUTO: The termination of the lower (low byte) and upper data lines (high byte) is enabled or disabled depending on the occupied SCSI connectors of this channel. OFF: No lines are terminated ON: All 8/16 data lines are terminated.

  • Page 165: Direct Access Devices

    Warning: If the new plugged-in hard disk contains valid host drive or array drive information, they will be deleted when creating a new logical drive. All data will be lost. 11.4.3 Direct Access Devices Direct access devices can be initialized and subsequently used for logical drives. The ICP RAID caches the I/Os of these devices.

  • Page 166: Physical Drive Information

    ICP RAID Navigator Figure 11-133. Physical Drive Information 11.4.3.1 The SCSI Parameter/Initialize The SCSI parameters configure a physical drive (especially its performance). Refer to the accompanying Hardware Guide to determine which of the following Note: parameters are configurable. By changing the SCSI parameters, you can •...

  • Page 167: Data Transfer Rates

    Synchronous Transfer and Synchronous Transfer Rate Different from the older asynchronous transfer mode, synchronous transfer offers higher transfer rates on the SCSI bus. The maximum synchronous data transfer rate depends on the width of the SCSI bus (8 bit narrow SCSI, 16 bit wide SCSI) and the frequency of the signals on the SCSI bus (10 MHz for Fast SCSI, 20 MHz for Ultra SCSI and 40 MHz for Ultra2 SCSI and Ultra160/320 SCSI).
  • Page 168 ICP RAID Navigator Tagged Queues This feature enables modern hard disk drives to receive several commands at one time and then process them in an optimized order. A few, mainly older drives, do not support this feature. You can change the tagged queues setting for a hard disk in the SCSI parameters / Initialize menu.

  • Page 169: Non-Direct Access Devices (Raw Devices)

    11.4.4 Non-Direct Access Devices (Raw Devices) Non-direct access devices cannot become components of logical drives, array drives or host drives. These devices are either controlled by a software driver (for example, an ASPI module), the operating system or an application. Non-direct access devices cannot be initialized or configured in ICP RAID Navigator.

  • Page 170: Host Drives

    ICP RAID Navigator To get detailed information on a drive, double click on an icon (shown in The window that opens depends on the type of the selected device. To change the logical configuration of a drive, click the right mouse button on the desired drive or select an option from the Configuration menu.
  • Page 171 11.5.1.3 Remote Mounted Cluster Drive A Remote Mounted Cluster Drive is a host drive on a clustering I/O channel. This host drive is mounted on an ICP RAID controller in a different server. Refer to the accompanying Hardware Guide to determine if clustering is supported on this Note: ICP RAID controller product.

  • Page 172: Array Drives

    ICP RAID Navigator 11.5.2 Array Drives Array drives consist of logical drives. They can be fault tolerant, depending on the RAID Note: level. The RAID level is displayed under the array drive icon. Double click on an icon to get more information on the state of an array. See drive to select an array drive option.

  • Page 173: Array Drive Icons

    ICP RAID Navigator Table 11-20. Array Drive Icons Icon Description RAID 4/5/10 Right click to select a drive option. RAID 1 RAID 0 Software Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 174: Logical Drives

    ICP RAID Navigator 11.5.3 Logical Drives Logical drives consist of one or more physical drives. Table 11-21. Logical Drive Icons Icon 11.5.4 Physical Drives Physical drives are hard disks. Setting changes are not possible here. If you want to change the settings, you must do so in the Physical Configuration window. Table 11-22.

  • Page 175: The Array Drive Information Window

    Figure 11-135. Host Drive Information Window Drive No Name Capacity Partition Table 11.5.6 The Array Drive Information Window Double click on the array drive icon. This window shows information on an array drive (for example, a disk array). See Figure 11-136. Array Drive Information Window Software Installation and User’s Guide The host drive number.

  • Page 176: The Logical Drive Information Window

    ICP RAID Navigator Drive No Drive Name Type Status Capacity Attributes Striping Size (RAID 0, 5, 10) Invalid/Missing (RAID 1) Pool Hot Fix 11.5.7 The Logical Drive Information Window Double click on the logical drive icon. This window shows information on a logical drive. A logical drive can be either a single disk, or a chaining group of disks (concatenation).

  • Page 177: Drive Name

    Figure 11-137. Logical Drive Information Window Drive No Drive Name Type Status Capacity Attributes Last Status RAID 1 Component RAID 4/5 Component 11.5.8 Drive Name Click the right mouse button on the icon for a host drive, array drive, or logical drive. This menu option opens a dialog for entering a new name for the selected drive (up to 7 characters).

  • Page 178: Properties (Of A Host Drive)

    ICP RAID Navigator 11.5.9 Properties (of a Host Drive) Click the right mouse button on a host drive icon. This menu option opens the Properties window (see Figure Transacting Tracking properties. Figure 11-138. Properties 11.5.10 Remove (a Host Drive) Click the right mouse button on the host drive icon. By selecting this menu item you can delete a host drive.

  • Page 179: Parity Verify

    Figure 11-139. New Host Drive On the left side of the window are the available physical drives. Under the drives you can see their physical coordinates (channel/ID/LUN), the manufacturer, and the vendor- unique name. On the right side you see a list of all possible host drive types which can be configured.

  • Page 180: Progress Information

    ICP RAID Navigator RAID 4 and RAID 5 drives contain parity information, which is used in the event of drive failure. The parity information is calculated from the user data on the disk array. On RAID 4 disk arrays the parity data is stored on a single disk (parity disk), on RAID 5 disk arrays the parity data is distributed over all drives (parity striping).

  • Page 181: Logical Configuration

    • migrate the RAID level of the selected RAID array drive (RAID 0 => RAID 4 and vice versa, RAID 0 => RAID 5 and vice versa) and/or • expand the capacity of the selected array drive by adding one or several new hard disks. Both functions can be selected at the same time.

  • Page 182: Add Hot Fix

    ICP RAID Navigator loss. Some expansions take a long time, so it is advisable that there be a minimal amount of traffic on the system. 11.5.15 Add Hot Fix Click the right mouse button on the array drive icon. Use this option to add a hot fix drive to an array drive (RAID 1/4/5/10). Add a private hot fix drive or a pool hot fix drive.

  • Page 183: Remove Hot Fix

    data availability. Of course a hot fix drive is not mandatory. If you control the array drive at regular intervals and immediately replace a defective hard disk (by shutting down the system or using a hot fix), you can minimize the risk of data loss. 11.5.16 Remove Hot Fix Click the right mouse button on the array drive icon.

  • Page 184: Remove Raid 1 Component (Remove A Mirror Drive)

    ICP RAID Navigator Figure 11-145. Add RAID1 Component 1. To add a RAID 1 component, select a logical drive, the master. All suitable logical drives (with a capacity equal to or larger than the capacity of the master) are shown in a box.

  • Page 185: The Different States Of An Array Drive

    11.5.21 The Different States of an Array Drive Some of these states may have the addition of /patch (for example, build/patch, ready/ patch). This indicates that the original array drive. For example, the parity information was recalculated or the array drive has been patched from the error state into the fail state. This may become helpful in a situation where two logical drives of an array drive fail at the same time, but only one of the two logical drives is really defective and the other was blocked out since it was connected with the same I/O channel as the defective one.

  • Page 186: The Build / Rebuild State

    ICP RAID Navigator The disk array will assume the rebuild state after the automatic activation of a hot fix drive or after a manual replacement (hot plug). The data and the redundant information are reconstructed and stored to the new drive. While in the build and rebuild states, the array drive is not redundant.

  • Page 187: The Statistics Window

    Use the last status from the physical drive information to analyze the cause of the drive failure. Additionally, check for retries and/or reassigns. A drive failure may also be the result of bad or cabling, wrong termination or overheating. Figure 11-150. The Error State 11.6 The Statistics Window Figure 11-151.

  • Page 188: The Events Window

    ICP RAID Navigator Figure 11-152. Statistics Window 11.7 The Events Window Figure 11-153. Events Window Icon Software Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 189: Controller Events

    The Controller Events window shows the history of events (since the log was last cleared). Table 11-23 illustrates the severity of events. Table 11-23. Event Window Icons Event Event Description Icon Information: This event is non critical. It occurs, for example, at the completion of an array build.

  • Page 190: Icp Raid Navigator Help

    ICP RAID Navigator 11.8 ICP RAID Navigator Help ICP RAID Navigator includes an online help function. You can choose the Help menu or the pointer with the question mark to obtain online help for an icon or function. There is also an index which allows you to search for certain keywords and/or topics.

  • Page 191: Raid Configuration Service And Raidmail

    11.9 RAID Configuration Service and RAIDMail There are additional tools list below which are part of ICP RAID Navigator delivery. RAID Configuration Service SRCD RAIDMail It is recommended that you install the RAID Configuration Service / RAID CTRL and the RAIDMail tool on each server that is equipped with an ICP RAID controller.

  • Page 192: Raid Configuration Service

    ICP RAID Navigator Figure 11-157. RAID Configuration Service In the IOCTLSrv property sheet you can add / remove users which have remote access to the ICP RAID controller via ICP RAID Navigator. Passwords are encrypted. See Figure 11-158. Software Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 193: Raid Configuration Service

    Figure 11-158. RAID Configuration Service The RAIDMail tool gathers messages from the RAID Configuration Service, generates standard mail messages and sends them to pre-defined workstations. See Figure 11-159. RAIDMail After loading RAIDMAIL.EXE and selecting “Settings”, configure the mail tool. If you select “Local System” all messages are displayed on the server itself. If you select “Log file”, you are asked for a log file path/name.

  • Page 194: Log File Name

    ICP RAID Navigator Figure 11-160. Log File Name Figure 11-161. Workstation Names Figure 11-162 illustrates a typical message generated by RAIDMail. The “Mail” option allows the interfacing to a standard mailing system (like Microsoft Outlook* or Exchange*). Figure 11-162. RAIDMail Utility Software Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 195: A Optional Features

    Optional Features Appendix A, Optional Features and Novell operating systems and provides an overview of PCI Hot Plug. Refer to the Hardware Guide of the specific ICP RAID controller to determine whether the optional features described in this chapter are supported. Server Clustering In today's information technology world, high availability systems are gaining greater and greater importance.

  • Page 196: Icp Raid Controllers In A Cluster Configuration

    Optional Features A.1.1 ICP RAID Controllers in a Cluster Configuration Due to required cable lengths (several meters) for the shared I/O channel(s) and the demands on transfer performance and quality, only Ultra160/320 SCSI and Fibre Channel controllers are suitable for clustering. Using such controllers allows for sufficient distances between the two servers and the RAID enclosure.

  • Page 197: Releasing The Cluster Channels

    A.1.4 Releasing the Cluster Channels Those channels which are used as shared channels for Clustering have to be released and marked as Clustering channels within the ICP RAID Console (press <Ctrl>+<G> at system boot level when the ICP RAID BIOS is displayed.).This applies to all ICP RAID controllers participating in the shared channel(s).
  • Page 198 Optional Features The whole process (take over of tasks for the other Nodes) is classed as a Failover by Microsoft. Figure A-2. Microsoft Clustering Furthermore, applications can operate on various Nodes, ensuring that all available resources are used to the optimum. An application can not run on both Nodes at the same time (Load Balancing).

  • Page 199: Novell Netware Clustering

    A.1.6 Novell Netware Clustering A.1.6.1. Hardware Requirements and Settings Ensure the ICP RAID controllers are equipped with firmware that supports clustering. Note: Refer to the Hardware Guide for firmware versions that support clustering. Observe the points below during hardware setup: •...
  • Page 200 Optional Features In any case simply follow step-by-step the Installation Notes for the Netware Cluster Services from Novell. Important: Even though it will take more time, never try to install several servers simultaneously. From our experience there is a very high probability that the Cluster will not work in the end.
  • Page 201 The tool ICPCON.NLM facilitates the administration of the cluster arrays. Note that a cluster array can only be managed and serviced from one server. Access to this cluster array from other servers (with ICPCON running) is not permissible. Normally, this is the server in the cluster which was started first and which has found the cluster array before the other servers.
  • Page 202 Optional Features Figure A-4. two disk drives within the RAID 1 disk array have been moved to the currently displayed ICP RAID controller. Figure A-4. Channel Settings Figure A-5. Cluster Administration Software Installation and User’s Guide...
  • Page 203 Figure A-6. Cluster Administration At the logical drive level, the reversed procedure (moving two disk drives back to the other ICP RAID controller) is displayed The shared host drive still belongs to this ICP RAID controller. Now it is moved within the cluster administrator to the other node (with the other ICP RAID controller).

  • Page 204: Pci Hot Plug Overview

    Optional Features The host drive icon (bottom left corner of window) changes showing that this host drive belongs to the other node. See Figure A-8. Cluster Administration No changes or modifications can be made on this host drive. If you loaded the ICP RAID Navigator on the other node, you would see the reverse situation.
  • Page 205 PCI HP requires network operating system (NOS) and PCI adapter driver support. PCI HP is different from other types of hot swapable devices since such devices (like a fan or power supply) do not require the cooperation, or knowledge, of the NOS or any specialized driver in order to perform an online replacement.

  • Page 206: B Advanced Features

    Advanced Features Advanced Features Chaining The ICP RAID firmware supports Drive Chaining (also referred to as Disk Spanning). Drive Chaining is the process of linking several individual drives to form a large single drive. Chaining is only available after having selected two or more drives in the ICP RAID Console or ICP RAID Navigator.

  • Page 207: C Fibre Channel Features

    Fibre Channel Features This appendix describes Fibre Channel (FC) functionality with your ICP RAID controller. Fibre Channel functionality does not alter the normal interaction with your RAID controller. In fact, there are no user-definable parameters specific to Fibre Channel. There are however some differences in how information about your Fibre Channel is presented.

  • Page 208: Physical Device Information

    Fibre Channel Features Physical Device Information This section describes screen information specific to an FC-enabled ICP RAID controller. C.2.1 Physical Device Configuration Screen In addition to the standard information provided in the “Configure Physical Device” menu option (see Section FC devices. See Figure C-2 In a dual-channel configuration, shared FC devices are denoted by “*”...

  • Page 209: Fibre Channel Information

    C.2.2 Fibre Channel Information In the Configure Physical Devices screen FC channel. Select one of these processors and press <F4> to display the screen in Figure C-3 about Fibre Channel information for that channel. Figure C-3. Fibre Channel Information Screen Software Installation and User’s Guide Fibre Channel Features (Figure...

  • Page 210: Using Icp Raid Navigator

    Fibre Channel Features C.2.3 Using ICP RAID Navigator ICP RAID Navigator offers additional information about FC I/O channels and available FC devices. The first noticeable difference is in the Physical Configuration window. Note that the icons for the SCSI I/O processor (as explained in are different.

  • Page 211: Configuring An Fc-Enabled Raid Controller For Optimal Performance

    Refer to Section 11.4.2 indicated in this section, double-clicking the (SCSI) I/O processor icon displays channel information about that processor. When doing the same on an FC I/O processor, note the only difference is the “TYPE” field changed to “FC” (see other parameters remain the same for FC I/O processor(s) and FC devices.

  • Page 212: Ses Support

    Fibre Channel Features • Use between 8-18 logical drives in your RAID configurations. SES Support This section describes how to change and verify SES status for an FC-enabled ICP RAID controller. C.3.1 SES Status Change You must use ICPCON X-ROM to change SES status for an FC-enabled ICP RAID controller.
  • Page 213 Fibre Channel Features Copyright 2003 ICP vortex Computersysteme GmbH. ICP "Intelligent Computer Peripherals" is a registered trademark.*Other names and brands may be claimend as the property of others. Software Installation and User’s Guide...
  • Page 214 Fibre Channel Features Software Installation and User’s Guide...

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