Table Of Contents - Unifosa Proware ep-2123-s6s6 User Manual

SAS to SAS/SATA RAID Subsystem
Preface ................................................................................................................................ 5
Before You Begin ............................................................................................................. 6
Safety Guidelines............................................................................................................................................................... 6
Controller Configurations .............................................................................................................................................. 6
Packaging, Shipment and Delivery ............................................................................................................................ 6
Unpacking the Shipping Carton ............................................................................................................................ 7
Chapter 1 Product Introduction ................................................................................. 8
1.1 Key Features ............................................................................................................................................................. 9
1.1 Technical Specifications ............................................................................................................................... 10
1.2 RAID Concepts ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
1.3 Array Definition ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
1.3.1 Raid Set ............................................................................................................................................................ 17
1.3.2 Volume Set ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
1.4 High Availability .................................................................................................................................................... 18
1.4.1 Creating Hot Spares ................................................................................................................................... 18
1.4.2 Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support ................................................................................................................ 18
1.4.3 Hot-Swap Disk Rebuild .............................................................................................................................. 18
Chapter 2 Identifying Parts of the RAID Subsystem .......................................... 19
2.1 Main Components ............................................................................................................................................... 19
2.1.1 Front View ....................................................................................................................................................... 19
2.1.1.1 Disk Trays ............................................................................................................................................... 20
2.1.1.2 Smart Panel ........................................................................................................................................... 21
2.1.2 Rear View ........................................................................................................................................................ 22
2.1.3 Controller Module ....................................................................................................................................... 23
2.1.3.1 Controller Module Panel ................................................................................................................. 23
2.1.4 Power Supply / Fan Module (PSFM) .................................................................................................... 25
2.1.4.1 PSFM Panel ........................................................................................................................................... 25
Chapter 3 Getting Started with the Subsystem ................................................... 27
3.1 Preparing the RAID Subsystem and Powering On ................................................................................. 27
3.2 Powering On .......................................................................................................................................................... 27
3.3 Disk Drive Installation......................................................................................................................................... 28
Chapter 4 RAID Configuration Utility Options .................................................... 31
4.1 Configuration through Telnet ......................................................................................................................... 31
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