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  • Page 1 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual Revision 1.1...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Table of Contents Preface ..........................6 Before You Begin ......................7 Safety Guidelines ................................7 Controller Configurations ............................7 Packaging, Shipment and Delivery ........................7 Chapter 1 Introduction ....................9 Technical Specifications ............................11 Terminology ................................
  • Page 3 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Management Interfaces ............................36 4.1.1 Serial Console Port ............................36 4.1.2 Remote Control – Secure Shell ....................... 36 4.1.3 LCD Control Module (LCM) ........................37 4.1.4 Web GUI ................................39 How to Use the System Quickly ........................41 4.2.1 Quick Installation ............................
  • Page 4 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.5.4 Hard Drive S.M.A.R.T. Support ......................... 88 5.6 System Maintenance ............................90 5.6.1 System Information ............................90 5.6.2 Event Log ................................91 5.6.3 Upgrade ................................92 5.6.4 Firmware Synchronization ......................... 93 5.6.5 Reset to Factory Default ..........................93 5.6.6 Import and Export ............................
  • Page 5 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Chapter 7 Troubleshooting ..................134 7.1 System Buzzer ..............................134 Event Notifications ............................. 134 Appendix ........................142 Certification list ..............................142 Microsoft iSCSI initiator ............................. 146 User Manual...

  • Page 6: Preface

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Preface About this manual This manual provides information regarding the quick installation and hardware features of the RAID subsystem. This document also describes how to use the storage management software. Information contained in the manual has been reviewed for accuracy, but not for product warranty because of the various environment/OS/settings.

  • Page 7: Before You Begin

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Before You Begin Before going through with this manual, you should read and focus to the following safety guidelines. Notes about the subsystem’s controller configuration and the product packaging and delivery are also included. Safety Guidelines To provide reasonable protection against any harm on the part of the user and to obtain maximum performance, user is advised to be aware of the following safety...
  • Page 8 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem The shipping package contains the following: iSCSI RAID Subsystem Unit Two (2) power cords Two (2) Ethernet LAN cables Two(2) LC-LC Fibre Optical Cables Two (2) External null modem cable One(1) Controller Module Plate Cover One(1) PSFM Plate Cover User Manual NOTE: If any damage is found, contact the dealer or vendor for assistance.

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Introduction

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Chapter 1 Introduction The iSCSI RAID Subsystem Unparalleled Performance & Reliability Front-end 4 x 10Gb iSCSI Supports 802.3ad port trunking, Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) High data bandwidth of system architecture by powerful 64-bit RAID processor Unsurpassed Data Availability The RAID 6 capability provides the highest level of data protection Supports snapshot-on-the-box w/o relying on host software...
  • Page 10 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Features Front-end 4 x 10Gb ports support independent access, fail-over and load- balancing (802.3ad port trunking, LACP) Supports iSCSI jumbo frame Supports Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO) Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60 and JBOD Local N-way mirror: Extension to RAID 1 level, N copies of the disk Global and dedicated hot spare disks Write-through or write-back cache policy for different application usage...

  • Page 11: Technical Specifications

    GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 1.1 Technical Specifications Model EP-3164D-GAS3 RAID Controller iSCSI-SAS Controller Dual (Redundant) Host Interface Four 10Gb/s Ethernet Disk Interface SAS 3Gb or SATA II SAS expansion 4x mini SAS (3Gb/s) Processor Type Intel IOP342 64-bit (Chevelon dual core)
  • Page 12 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Snapshot rollback mechanism support Platform Rackmount Form Factor # of Hot Swap Trays Tray Lock Disk Status Indicator Access / Fail LED Backplane SAS / SATA II Single BP # of PS/Fan Modules 500W x 2 w/PFC # of Fans AC 90V ~ 264V Full Range, 10A ~ 5A, 47Hz...

  • Page 13: Terminology

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 1.2 Terminology The document uses the following terms: RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks. There are different RAID levels with different degree of data protection, data availability, and performance to host environment. The Physical Disk belongs to the member disk of one specific RAID group.
  • Page 14 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem DeGraded mode. Not all of the array’s member disks are functioning, but the array is able to respond to application read and write requests to its virtual disks. SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface. Serial Attached SCSI.

  • Page 15: Raid Levels

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 1.3 RAID Levels The subsystem can implement several different levels of RAID technology. RAID levels supported by the subsystem are shown below. RAID Level Description Min. Drives Block striping is provide, which yields higher performance than with individual drives.

  • Page 16: Volume Relationship Diagram

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 1.4 Volume Relationship Diagram LUN 1 LUN 2 LUN 3 VD 1 VD 2 QSnap Cache Volume PD 1 PD 2 PD 3 This is the design of volume structure of the iSCSI RAID subsystem. It describes the relationship of RAID components.

  • Page 17: Chapter 2 Identifying Parts Of The Raid Subsystem

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Chapter 2 Identifying Parts of the RAID Subsystem The illustrations below identify the various parts of the subsystem. 2.1 Main Components 2.1.2 Front View User Manual...

  • Page 18: Disk Trays

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 2.1.2.1 Disk Trays HDD Status Indicator Function Part This LED will blink blue when the hard drive is being accessed. HDD Activity LED Green LED indicates power is on and hard drive status is good for this slot.

  • Page 19: Lcd Front Panel

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 2.1.2.2 LCD Front Panel Smart Function Front Panel The smart LCD panel is an option to configure the RAID subsystem. If you are configuring the subsystem using the LCD panel, press the Select button to login and configure the RAID subsystem.
  • Page 20 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Environment Status LEDs Parts Function Power LED Green LED indicates power is ON. If a redundant power supply unit fails, this Power Fail LED LED will turn to RED and alarm will sound. When a fan fails or the fan’s rotational speed is below 1500RPM, this LED will turn red and Fan Fail LED...

  • Page 21: Rear View

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 2.1.2 Rear View 1. Controller Module The subsystem has one or two controller modules. 2. Power Supply Unit 1 ~ 2 Two power supplies (power supply 1 and power supply 2) are located at the rear of the subsystem.

  • Page 22: Controller Module

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 2.2 Controller Module RAID Controller Module 2.2.1 Controller Module Panel Note: Only data port LAN1 available default system configuration. Data port LAN2 is optional. It can be purchased separately for upgrade. User Manual...
  • Page 23 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 1. Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) Port (APC Smart UPS only) The subsystem may come with an optional UPS port allowing you to connect an APC Smart UPS device. Connect the cable from the UPS device to the UPS port located at the rear of the subsystem.

  • Page 24: Power Supply / Fan Module (Psfm)

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 2.3 Power Supply / Fan Module (PSFM) The RAID subsystem contains two 500W Power Supply / Fan Modules. All the Power Supply / Fan Modules (PSFMs) are inserted into the rear of the chassis. 2.3.1 PSFM Panel The panel of the Power Supply/Fan Module contains: the Power On/Off Switch, the AC Inlet Plug, and a Power On/Fail Indicator showing the Power Status LED,...

  • Page 25: Checklist Before Starting

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem NOTE: Each PSFM has one Power Supply and two Fans. The PSFM 1 has Power#1, Fan#1 and Fan#2. The PSFM 2 has Power#2, Fan#3 and Fan#4. When the Power Supply of a PSFM fails, the PSFM need not be removed from the slot if replacement is not yet available.
  • Page 26 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem For better data service availability, all the connections among host servers, GbE switches, and the dual controllers are recommended as redundant as below. User Manual...

  • Page 27: Chapter 3 Getting Started With The Subsystem

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Chapter 3 Getting Started with the Subsystem 3.1 Connecting the iSCSI RAID Subsystem to the Network To connect the iSCSI unit to the network, insert the network cable that came with the unit into the network port (LAN1) at the back of iSCSI unit. Insert the other end into a Gigabit BASE-T Ethernet connection on your network hub or switch.

  • Page 28: Disk Drive Installation

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 3.3 Disk Drive Installation This section describes the physical locations of the hard drives supported by the subsystem and give instructions on installing a hard drive. The subsystem supports hot-swapping allowing you to install or replace a hard drive while the subsystem is running.
  • Page 29 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 4. Place the hard drive in the disk tray. Turn the disk tray upside down. Align the four screw holes of the SAS disk drive in the four Hole A of the disk tray. To secure the disk drive into the disk tray, tighten four screws on these holes of the disk tray.
  • Page 30 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5. Slide the tray into a slot. 6. Press the lever in until you hear the latch click into place. The HDD Fault LED will turn green when the subsystem is powered on and HDD is good. 7.

  • Page 31: Installing A Sata Disk Drive (Dual Controller Mode) In A Disk Tray

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 3.3.2 Installing a SATA Disk Drive (Dual Controller Mode) in a Disk Tray 1. Remove an empty disk tray from the subsystem. 2. Prepare the dongle board and two screws. 3. Place the dongle board in the disk tray. Turn the tray upside down. Align the two screw hole of the dongle board in the two Hole D of the disk tray.
  • Page 32 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Tray Hole D NOTE: All the disk tray holes are labelled accordingly. 4. Place the SATA disk drive into the disk tray. Slide the disk drive towards the dongle board. User Manual...
  • Page 33 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5. Turn the disk tray upside down. Align the four screw holes of the SATA disk drive in the four Hole C of the disk tray. To secure the disk drive into the disk tray, tighten four screws on these holes of the disk tray.

  • Page 34: Iscsi Introduction

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 3.4 iSCSI Introduction iSCSI (Internet SCSI) is a protocol which encapsulates SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) commands and data in TCP/IP packets for linking storage devices with servers over common IP infrastructures. iSCSI provides high performance SANs over standard IP networks like LAN, WAN or the Internet.
  • Page 35 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem The host side needs an iSCSI initiator. The initiator is a driver which handles the SCSI traffic over iSCSI. The initiator can be software or hardware (HBA). Please refer to the certification list of iSCSI HBA(s) in Appendix A. OS native initiators or other software initiators use the standard TCP/IP stack and Ethernet hardware, while iSCSI HBA(s) use their own iSCSI and TCP/IP stacks on board.

  • Page 36: Chapter 4 Quick Setup

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Chapter 4 Quick Setup 4.1 Management Interfaces There are three management methods to manage the iSCSI RAID subsystem described as follows: 4.1.1 Serial Console Port Use NULL modem cable to connect console port. The console settings are on the following: Baud rate: 115200, 8 bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, and no flow control.

  • Page 37: Lcd Control Module (Lcm)

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 4.1.3 LCD Control Module (LCM) After booting up the system, the following screen shows management port IP and model name: 192.168.10.50 iSCSI-Model Press “Enter” button, the LCM functions “System Info.”, “Alarm Mute”, “Reset/Shutdown”, “Quick Install”, “Volume Wizard”, “View IP Setting”, “Change IP Config”...
  • Page 38 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem The following is LCM menu hierarchy. [Firmware Version x.x.x] [System Info.] [RAM Size xxx MB] [Alarm Mute] [ Yes No ] [ Yes [Reset] No ] [Reset/Shutdown] [ Yes [Shutdown] No ] RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 [Apply...

  • Page 39: Web Gui

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem CAUTION! Before power off, it is better to execute “Shutdown” to flush the data from cache to physical disks. 4.1.4 Web GUI The iSCSI RAID subsystem supports graphical user interface (GUI) to operate the system.
  • Page 40 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem There are seven indicators at the top-right corner. RAID light: Green RAID works well. RAID fails. Temperature light: Green Temperature is normal. Temperature is abnormal. Voltage light: Green voltage is normal. voltage is abnormal. UPS light: Green UPS works well.

  • Page 41: How To Use The System Quickly

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 4.2 How to Use the System Quickly 4.2.1 Quick Installation It is easy to use “Quick installation” to create a volume. It uses all available physical disks to create a RG; the system will calculate maximum spaces on RAID levels 0/1/3/5/6/0+1.
  • Page 42 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Step2: Confirm the management port IP address and DNS, and then click “Next”. Step 3: Set up the data port IP and click “Next”. User Manual...
  • Page 43 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Step 4: Set up the RAID level and volume size and click “Next”. Step 5: Check all items, and click “Finish”. Step 6: Done. User Manual...

  • Page 44: Volume Creation Wizard

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 4.2.2 Volume Creation Wizard “Volume create wizard” has a smarter policy. When the system is inserted with some HDDs. “Volume create wizard” lists all possibilities and sizes in different RAID levels, it will use all available HDDs for RAID level depends on which user chooses. When system has different sizes of HDDs, e.g., 8*200G and 8*80G, it lists all possibilities and combination in different RAID level and different sizes.
  • Page 45 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Step 2: Please select the combination of the RG capacity, or “Use default algorithm” for maximum RG capacity. After RG size is chosen, click “Next”. Step 3: Decide VD size. User can enter a number less or equal to the default number. Then click “Next”.
  • Page 46 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Step 4: Confirmation page. Click “Finish” if all setups are correct. Then a VD will be created. Step 5: Done. The system is available now. NOTE: A virtual disk of RAID 0 is created and is named by system itself.

  • Page 47: Chapter 5 Configuration

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Chapter 5 Configuration 5.1 Web GUI Management Interface Hierarchy The below table is the hierarchy of the management GUI. System configuration System setting System name / Date and time / System indication Network settin MAC address / Address / DNS / Port Login setting Login configuration / Admin password / User password...
  • Page 48 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Firmware sync Synchronize the slave controller’s firmware version with hronization the master’s Reset to factor Sure to reset to factory default? y default Import and Import/Export / Import file export Reboot and shu Reboot / Shutdown tdown Quick installation...

  • Page 49: System Configuration

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.2 System Configuration “System configuration” is designed for setting up the “System setting”, “Network setting”, “Login setting”, “Mail setting”, and “Notification setting”. 5.2.1 System Setting “System setting” can be used to set system name and date. Default “System name”...

  • Page 50: Network Setting

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.2.2 Network Setting “Network setting” is for changing IP address for remote administration usage. There are 2 options, DHCP (Get IP address from DHCP server) and static IP. The default setting is DHCP. User can change the HTTP, HTTPS, and SSH port number when the default port number is not allowed on host/server.

  • Page 51: Login Setting

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.2.3 Login Setting “Login setting” can set single admin, auto logout time and Admin/User password. The single admin can prevent multiple users access the same controller at the same time. Auto logout: The options are (1) Disable; (2) 5 minutes; (3) 30 minutes; (4) 1 hour.

  • Page 52: Mail Setting

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.2.4 Mail Setting “Mail setting” can accept at most 3 mail-to address entries for receiving the event notification. Some mail servers would check “Mail-from address” and need authentication for anti-spam. Please fill the necessary fields and click “Send test mail” to test whether email functions are available or working.

  • Page 53: Notification Setting

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.2.5 Notification Setting “Notification setting” can be used to set up SNMP trap for alerting via SNMP, pop-up message via Windows messenger (not MSN), alert via syslog protocol, and event log filter. “SNMP” allows up to 3 SNMP trap addresses. Default community name is set as “public”.

  • Page 54: Iscsi Configuration

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Using “System log server”, user can choose the facility and the event log level. The default port of syslog is 514. The default setting enables event level: INFO, WARNING and ERROR event logs. There are some syslog server tools.

  • Page 55: Nic

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.3.1 NIC “NIC” function is used to change the IP addresses of iSCSI data ports. The iSCSI RAID subsystem has two 10GbE ports on each controller to transmit data. Each of them must be assigned to one IP address in multi-homed mode unless the link aggregation or trunking mode has been selected.
  • Page 56 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem MTU / Jumbo frame: MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) size can be enabled by moving mouse to the gray button of LAN port, click “Enable jumbo frame”. Maximum jumbo frame size is 3900 bytes. WARNING! The MTU size of network switch and HBA on host must be enabled.
  • Page 57 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem For example, LAN1 and LAN2 are set to Trunking mode. To remove Trunking/LACP setting, check the gray button of LAN port, click “Delete link aggregation”. Then it will pop up a message to confirm. Ping host: User can ping the corresponding host data port from the target, click “Ping host”.

  • Page 58: Entity Property

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.3.2 Entity Property “Entity property” is used to view the entity name of the iSCSI RAID subsystem, and setup “iSNS IP” for iSNS (Internet Storage Name Service). iSNS protocol allows automated discovery, management and configuration of iSCSI devices on a TCP/IP...

  • Page 59: Node

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.3.3 Node “Node” can be used to view the target name for iSCSI initiator. The iSCSI RAID subsystem supports up to 32 multinodes. There are 32 default nodes created for each controller. CHAP: CHAP is the abbreviation of Challenge Handshake Authorization Protocol.
  • Page 60 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Click “OK”. Go to “/ iSCSI configuration / CHAP account” page to create CHAP account. Please refer to next section for more detail. Check the gray button of “OP.” column, click “User”. Select CHAP user(s) which will be used. It’s a multi option; it can be one or more. If choosing none, CHAP cannot work.
  • Page 61 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Change portal: Users can change the portals belonging to the device node of each controller. 1. Check the gray button of “OP.” column next to one device node. 2. Select “Change portal”. 3. Choose the portals for the controller. 4.

  • Page 62: Session

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.3.4 Session “Session” can display iSCSI session and connection information, including the following items: TSIH (target session identifying handle) Host (Initiator Name) Controller (Target Name) InitialR2T(Initial Ready to Transfer) Immed. data(Immediate data) MaxDataOutR2T(Maximum Data Outstanding Ready to Transfer) MaxDataBurstLen(Maximum Data Burst Length) DataSeginOrder(Data Sequence in Order) DataPDUInOrder(Data PDU in Order)

  • Page 63: Chap Account

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.3.5 CHAP Account “CHAP account” is used to manage CHAP accounts for authentication. This iSCSI RAID subsystem allows creation of many CHAP accounts. To setup CHAP account, please follow these steps: Click “Create”. Enter “User”, “Secret”, and “Confirm”...

  • Page 64: Volume Configuration

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.4 Volume Configuration “Volume configuration” is designed for setting up the volume configuration which includes “Physical disk”, “RAID group”, “Virtual disk”, “Snapshot”, and “Logical unit”. 5.4.1 Physical Disk “Physical disk” can be used to view the status of hard drives in the system. The following are operational tips: 1.
  • Page 65 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Physical Disk: Physical disks in slot 1, 2, 3 are created for a RG named “RG-R5”. Slot 4 is set as dedicated spare disk of the RG named “RG-R5”. The others are free disks.) Step 4: The unit of size can be changed from (GB) to (MB).
  • Page 66 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Status The status of hard drive. “Online” the hard drive is online. “Rebuilding” the hard drive is being rebuilt. “Transition” the hard drive is being migrated or is replaced by another disk when rebuilding occurs. “Scrubbing”...

  • Page 67: Raid Group

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem PD operations description: Set Free disk Make the selected hard drive to be free for use. Set Global Set the selected hard drive to global spare of all RGs. spare Set Dedicated Set hard drive to dedicated spare of selected RGs. spares Upgrade Upgrade hard drive firmware.
  • Page 68 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Step 2: Confirm page. Click “OK” if all setups are correct. There is a RAID 0 with 4 physical disks, named “RG-R0”. The second RAID group is a RAID 5 with 3 physical disks, named “RG-R5” Step 3: Done.
  • Page 69 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem The number of virtual disks in RAID group. Status The status of RAID group. “Online” the RAID group is online. “Offline” the RAID group is offline. “Rebuild” the RAID group is being rebuilt. “Migrate”...

  • Page 70: Virtual Disk

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Standby options: “Disabled” Disable spindown. “30 sec / 1 min / 5 min / 30 min” Enable hard drive auto spindown to save power in the period of time. Read ahead: “Enabled” Enable disk read ahead. (Default) “Disabled”...
  • Page 71 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Step 2: Confirm page. Click “OK” if all setups are correct. Create a VD named “VD-01”, from “RG-R0”. The second VD is named “VD-02”, it’s initializing. Step 3: Done. View “Virtual disk” page. VD column description: The button includes the functions which can be executed.
  • Page 72 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem “Rebuild” The virtual disk is being rebuilt. “Migrate” The virtual disk is being migrated. “Rollback” The virtual disk is being rolled back. “Parity checking” The virtual disk is being parity check. Type The type of virtual disk: “RAID”...
  • Page 73 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem VD operations description: Create Create a virtual disk. Extend Extend a Virtual disk capacity. Parity check Execute parity check for the virtual disk. It supports RAID 3 / 5 / 6 / 30 / 50 / 60. Regenerate parity: “Yes”...
  • Page 74 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Set clone Set the target virtual disk for clone. Clear clone Clear clone function. Start clone Start clone function. Stop clone Stop clone function. Schedule clone Set clone function by schedule. Set snapshot Set snapshot space for executing snapshot.

  • Page 75: Snapshot

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.4.4 Snapshot “Snapshot” can view the status of snapshot, create and modify snapshots. Please refer to next chapter for more detail about snapshot concept. The following is an example to take a snapshot. Step 1: Create snapshot space.
  • Page 76 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Step 4: Expose the snapshot VD. Check the gray button next to the Snapshot VD number; click “Expose”. Enter a capacity for snapshot VD. If size is zero, the exported snapshot VD will be read only. Otherwise, the exported snapshot VD can be read / written, and the size will be the maximum capacity to read/write.
  • Page 77 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Health The health of snapshot: “Good” The snapshot is good. “Failed” The snapshot fails. Exposure Snapshot VD is exposed or not. Right The right of snapshot: “Read-write” The snapshot VD can be read / write. “Read-only”...

  • Page 78: Logical Unit

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.4.5 Logical Unit “Logical unit” can view, create, and modify the status of attached logical unit number(s) of each VD. User can attach LUN by clicking the “Attach”. “Host” must enter with an iSCSI node name for access control, or fill-in wildcard “*”, which means every host can access the volume.

  • Page 79: Example

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.4.6 Example The following is an example for creating volumes. Example 1 is to create two VDs and set a global spare disk. Example 1 Example 1 is to create two VDs in one RG, each VD uses global cache volume. Global cache volume is created after system boots up automatically.
  • Page 80 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Done. An RG has been created. A RAID 5 RG named “RG-R5” with 3 physical disks is created. The total size is 152GB. Because there is no related VD, free size still remains 152GB. Step 2: Create VD (Virtual disk).
  • Page 81 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Repeat steps 1 to 4 to create another VD. Two VDs, “VD-R5-1” and “VD-R5-2”, were created from RG “RG-R5”. The size of “VD- R5-1” is 50GB, and the size of “VD-R5-2” is 64GB. There is no LUN attached. Step 3: Attach LUN to VD.
  • Page 82 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Step 4: Set global spare disk. To set global spare disks, please follow the procedures. Select “/ Volume configuration / Physical disk”. Check the gray button next to the PD slot; click “Set Global spare”. “Global spare”...
  • Page 83 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Done. Then, the VDs are deleted. NOTE: When deleting VD, the attached LUN(s) related to this VD will be detached automatically. Step 8: Delete RG (RAID group). To delete the RAID group, please follow the procedures: Select “/ Volume configuration / RAID group”.

  • Page 84: Enclosure Management

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.5 Enclosure Management “Enclosure management” allows managing enclosure information including “SES configuration”, “Hardware monitor”, “S.M.A.R.T.” and “UPS”. For the enclosure management, there are many sensors for different purposes, such as temperature sensors, voltage sensors, hard disks, fan sensors, power sensors, and LED status. Due to the different hardware characteristics among these sensors, they have different polling intervals.
  • Page 85 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual...

  • Page 86: Ups

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem If “Auto shutdown” has been checked, the system will shutdown automatically when voltage or temperature is out of the normal range. For better data protection, please check “Auto Shutdown”. For better protection and avoiding single short period of high temperature triggering auto shutdown, the RAID controller evaluates multiple conditions for triggering auto shutdown.
  • Page 87 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Select UPS Type. Choose Smart-UPS for APC, None for UPS Type other vendors or no UPS. When below the setting level, system will shutdown. Shutdown Setting level to “0” will disable UPS. Battery Level If power failure occurred, and system cannot return to Shutdown value setting status, the system will shutdown.

  • Page 88: Ses

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.5.3 SES SES represents SCSI Enclosure Services, one of the enclosure management standards. “SES configuration” can enable or disable the management of SES. Enable SES in LUN 0, and can be accessed from every host The SES client software is available at the following web site: SANtools: http://www.santools.com/...
  • Page 89 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual...

  • Page 90: System Maintenance

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.6 System Maintenance “Maintenance” allows the operations of system functions which include “System information” to show the system version and details, “Event log” to view system event logs to record critical events, “Upgrade” to the latest firmware, “Firmware synchronization”...

  • Page 91: Event Log

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.6.2 Event Log “Event log” can view the event messages. Check the checkbox of INFO, WARNING, and ERROR to choose the level of event log display. Click “Download” button to save the whole event log as a text file with file name “log-ModelName-SerialNumber-Date- Time.txt”.

  • Page 92: Upgrade

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.6.3 Upgrade “Upgrade” can upgrade firmware. Please prepare new firmware file named “xxxx.bin” in local hard drive, then click “Browse” to select the file. Click “Confirm”, it will pop up a message “Upgrade system now? If you want to downgrade to the previous FW later (not recommend), please export your system configuration in advance”, click “Cancel”...

  • Page 93: Firmware Synchronization

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.6.4 Firmware Synchronization “Firmware synchronization” can synchronize the firmware version when controller 1 and controller 2’s firmware are different. It will upgrade the firmware of slave controller to master ones no matter what the firmware version of slave controller is newer or older than master.

  • Page 94: Import And Export

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.6.6 Import and Export “Import and export” allows user to save system configuration values: export, and apply all configuration: import. For the volume configuration setting, the values are available in export and not available in import which can avoid confliction / date-deleting between two controllers which mean if one system already has valuable volumes in the disks and user may forget and overwrite it.

  • Page 95: Home/Logout/Mute

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 5.7 Home/Logout/Mute In the right-upper corner of web UI, there are 3 individual icons, “Home”, “Logout”, and “Mute”. 5.7.1 Home Click “Home” to return to home page 5.7.2 Logout For security reason, please use “Logout” to exit the web UI. To re-login the system, please enter username and password again.

  • Page 96: Chapter 6 Advanced Operations

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Chapter 6 Advanced Operations 6.1 Volume Rebuild If one physical disk from a RG, which is set to a protected RAID level (e.g. RAID 3, RAID 5, or RAID 6), failed or has been unplugged/removed, the status of RG is changed to degraded mode.
  • Page 97 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem NOTE: “Set dedicated spare” is not available if there is no RG, or if RG is set to RAID 0 or JBOD, because user can not set dedicated spare disk to RAID 0 & JBOD. Sometimes, rebuild is called recover;...

  • Page 98: Rg Migration

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 6.2 RG Migration To do migration, the total size of RG must be larger or equal to the original RG. It does not allow expanding the same RAID level with the same hard disks of original RG. Take examples as following.
  • Page 99 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem To migrate the RAID level, please follow below procedures. Select “/ Volume configuration / RAID group”. Check the gray button next to the RG number; click “Migrate”. Change the RAID level by clicking the down arrow to “RAID 5”. There will be a pup-up which indicates that HDD is not enough to support the new setting of RAID level, click “Select PD”...

  • Page 100: Vd Extension

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 6.3 VD Extension To extend VD size, please follow the procedures. Select “/ Volume configuration / Virtual disk”. Check the gray button next to the VD number; click “Extend”. Change the size. The size must be larger than the original, and then click “OK” to start extension.

  • Page 101: Snapshot / Rollback

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 6.4 Snapshot / Rollback Snapshot-on-the-box captures the instant state of data in the target volume in a logical sense. The underlying logic is Copy-on-Write -- moving out the data which would be written to certain location where a write action occurs since the time of data capture.

  • Page 102: Create Snapshot Volume

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 6.4.1 Create Snapshot Volume To take a snapshot of the data, please follow the procedures. Select “/ Volume configuration / Virtual disk”. Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the VD number; click “Set snapshot space”.

  • Page 103: Auto Snapshot

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem This is the snapshot list of “VD-01”. There are two snapshots. Snapshot VD “SnapVD- 01” is exposed as read-only, “SnapVD-02” is exposed as read-write. 10. There are two methods to clean all snapshots. In “/ Volume configuration / Virtual disk”, move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the VD number;...

  • Page 104: Rollback

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem It will take snapshots every month, and keep the last 32 snapshot copies. NOTE: Daily snapshot will be taken every 00:00. Weekly snapshot will be taken every Sunday 00:00. Monthly snapshot will be taken every first day of month 00:00.

  • Page 105: Disk Roaming

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem During rollback, data from snapshot VD to original VD, the original VD can be accessed and the data in VD just like it has finished rollback. At the same time, the other related snap VD(s) cannot be accessed. After rollback, the other snapshot VD(s) after the VD which is doing rollback will be deleted.

  • Page 106: Vd Clone

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 6.6 VD Clone The user can use VD clone function to backup data from source VD to target VD, set up backup schedule, and deploy the clone rules. The procedures of VD clone are on the following: 1.
  • Page 107 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Here are the objects, a Source VD and a Target VD. Before starting clone process, it needs to deploy the VD Clone rule first. Click “Configuration”. There are three clone configurations, describe on the following. Snapshot space: This setting is the ratio of source VD and snapshot space.
  • Page 108 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem The threshold setting will monitor the usage amount of snapshot space. When the used snapshot space achieves its threshold, system will automatically take a clone snapshot and start VD clone process. The purpose of threshold could prevent the incremental copy fail immediately when running out of snapshot space.
  • Page 109 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Select the target VD. Then click “Confirm”. Now, the clone target “TargetVD_R6” has been set. Click “Start clone”, the clone process will start. The default setting will create a snapshot space automatically which the capacity is double size of the VD space.
  • Page 110 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 10. After initiating the snapshot space, it will start cloning. 11. Click “Schedule clone” to set up the clone by schedule. 12. There are “Set Clone schedule” and “Clear Clone schedule” in this page. Please remember that “Threshold”...
  • Page 111 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Run out of snapshot space while VD clone While the clone is processing, the increment data of this VD is over the snapshot space. The clone will complete, but the clone snapshot will fail. Next time, when trying to start clone, it will get a warning message “This is not enough of snapshot space for the operation”.

  • Page 112: Sas Jbod Expansion

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 6.7 SAS JBOD Expansion 6.7.1 Connecting JBOD iSCSI RAID controller suports SAS JBOD expansion to connect extra SAS dual JBOD controller. When connecting a dual JBOD controller which can be detected in RAID Subsystem management GUI, it will be displayed in “Show PD for:”...
  • Page 113 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem “/ Enclosure management / Hardware monitor” can display the hardware status of SAS JBODs. User Manual...
  • Page 114 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual...
  • Page 115 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem “/ Enclosure management / S.M.A.R.T.” can display S.M.A.R.T. information of all PDs, including Local and all SAS JBODs. SAS JBOD expansion has some constraints as described in the followings: User can create RAID group among multiple chassis/enclosures; the maximum number of disks in a single RAID group is 32.

  • Page 116: Upgrade Firmware Of Jbod

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 6.7.2 Upgrade Firmware of JBOD To upgrade the firmware of JBOD subsystem, please follow the steps. 1. Please prepare/download the new JBOD firmware file and save in local hard drive. 2. There is a hidden web page for JBOD firmware upgrade. Please login first to management Web UI as admin, and then add this URL to the browser.

  • Page 117: Mpio And Mc/S

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 6.8 MPIO and MC/S These features come from iSCSi initiator. They can be setup from iSCSI initiator to establish redundant paths for sending I/O from the initiator to the target. MPIO: In Microsoft Windows server base system, Microsoft MPIO driver allows initiators to login multiple sessions to the same target and aggregate the duplicate devices into a single device.
  • Page 118 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Difference: MC/S is implemented on iSCSI level, while MPIO is implemented on the higher level. Hence, all MPIO infrastructures are shared among all SCSI transports, including Fiber Channel, SAS, etc. MPIO is the most common usage across all OS vendors. The primary difference between these two is which level the redundancy is maintained.

  • Page 119: Trunking And Lacp

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 6.9 Trunking and LACP Link aggregation is the technique of taking several distinct Ethernet links to let them appear as a single link. It has a larger bandwidth and provides the fault tolerance ability. Beside the advantage of wide bandwidth, the I/O traffic remains operating until all physical links fail.
  • Page 120 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem IMPORTANT! Before using trunking or LACP, he gigabit switch must support trunking or LACP and enabled. Otherwise, host cannot connect the link with storage device. User Manual...

  • Page 121: Dual Controllers

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 6.10 Dual Controllers 6.10.1 Perform I/O Please refer to the following topology and have all the connections ready. To perform I/O on dual controllers, server/host should setup MPIO. MPIO policy will keep I/O running and prevent fail connection with single controller failure.

  • Page 122: Ownership

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 6.10.2 Ownership When creating RG, it will be assigned with a prefered owner, the default owner is controller 1. To change the RG ownership, please follow the procedures. 1. Select “/ Volume configuration / RAID group”. 2.
  • Page 123 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Lockdown: Dual controller mode. The firmware of two controllers is different or the size of memory of two controllers is different. In this stage, only master controller can work and I/O will force to write through for protecting data. Single: Single controller mode.

  • Page 124: Qreplica (Optional)

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 6.11 QReplica (Optional) QReplica function will help users to replicate data easily through LAN or WAN from one subsystem to another. The procedures of QReplica are on the following: 1. Copy all data from source VD to target VD at the beginning (full copy). 2.
  • Page 125 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 2. The setting can be reverted by select “Disable QReplica” in the operation menu. Create backup VD on the target subsystem 1. Before creating the replication job on the source subsystem, user has to create a virtual disk on the target subsystem and set the type of the VD as “Backup”.
  • Page 126 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 2. The backup VD needs to be attached to a LUN ID first before creating replication job. Create replication job on the source subsystem 1. If the license key is activated on the subsystem correctly, a new QReplica tab will be added on the Web UI.
  • Page 127 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 2. Select the source VD which will be replicated to the target subsystem and click “Next”. NOTE: If the message displays that there is not enough space for creation, please refer for the section of Configure the snapshot space below for solution.
  • Page 128 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 4. The QReplica uses standard iSCSI protocol for data replication. User has to log on the iSCSI node to create the iSCSI connection for the data transmission. Enter the CHAP information if necessary and select the target node to log no. Click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 129 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 6. A new replication job is created and listed on the QReplica page. Run the replication job 1. Click the “OP” button on the replication job to open operation menu. Click “Start” to run the replication job. 2.
  • Page 130 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 3. User can monitor the replication job from the “Status” information and the progress is expressed by percentage. Create multi-path on the replication job 1. Click the “Create multi-path” in the operation menu of the replication job. 2.
  • Page 131 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 3. Select the iSCSI node to log on and click “Next”. 4. Choose the same target VD and click “Next”. 5. A new target will be added in this replication job as a redundancy path. User Manual...
  • Page 132 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Configure the replication job to run by schedule 1. Click “Schedule” in the operation menu of the replication job. 2. The replication job can be scheduled to run by day, by week or by month. The execution time can be configurable per user’s need.
  • Page 133 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 1. To configure the snapshot space settings of QReplica, click the “configuration” button. There are three settings in the QReplica configuration menu, The Snapshot space specifies the ratio of snapshot space allocated to the source VD automatically when the snapshot space is not configured in advance.

  • Page 134: Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 7.1 System Buzzer The system buzzer features are listed below: The system buzzer alarms 1 second when system boots up successfully. The system buzzer alarms continuously when there is error occurred. The alarm will be stopped after error resolved or be muted.
  • Page 135 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem ERROR SATA PRD mem Failed to init SATA PRD memory manager fail ERROR SATA revision id Failed to get SATA revision id fail ERROR SATA set reg fail Failed to set SATA register ERROR SATA init fail Core failed to initialize the SATA adapter...
  • Page 136 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem WARNING RedBoot failover RedBoot failover event occurred WARNING Watchdog Watchdog timeout shutdown occurred shutdown WARNING Watchdog reset Watchdog timeout reset occurred RMS events Level Type Description INFO Console Login <username> login from <IP or serial console> via Console UI INFO Console Logout...
  • Page 137 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem INFO VD scrub finished Parity checking on VD <name> completes with <address> parity/data inconsistency found. INFO VD scrub aborted Parity checking on VD <name> stops with <address> parity/data inconsistency found. INFO RG migrate started RG <name>...
  • Page 138 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem VD <name>. WARNING Scrub parity The parity at LBA <address>-<address> is recovered regenerated when checking parity on VD <name>. INFO PD freed PD <slot> has been freed from RG <name>. INFO RG imported Configuration of RG <name>...
  • Page 139 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Battery backup events Level Type Description INFO BBM start syncing Abnormal shutdown detected, start flushing battery-backed data (<number> KB). INFO BBM stop syncing Abnormal shutdown detected, flushing battery- backed data finished INFO BBM installed Battery backup module is detected INFO BBM status good...
  • Page 140 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem INFO PD scrub started JBOD <name> PD <slot> starts disk scrubbing process. INFO PD scrub JBOD <name> PD <slot> completed disk completed scrubbing process. WARNING PS fail Power Supply of <string> in JBOD <name> is FAIL INFO PS normal...
  • Page 141 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem ERROR IPC FW upgrade System firmware upgrade timeout on another timeout controller INFO Config imported <string> config imported HAC events Level Type Description INFO RG owner changed The preferred owner of RG <name> has been changed to controller <number>.

  • Page 142: Appendix

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Appendix A. Certification list iSCSI Initiator (Software) Software/Release Number Microsoft Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator Release v2.08 Windows System Requirements: Windows 2000 Server with SP4 Windows Server 2003 with SP2 Windows Server 2008 with SP2 Linux The iSCSI Initiators are different for different Linux Kernels.
  • Page 143 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 10GbE GBIC Vendor Model Avago AFBR-703SDZ (10 Gb/s SFP transceiver, 850nm) Finisar FTLX8571D3BCV (10 Gb/s SFP transceiver, 850nm) 10GbE Switch Vendor Model Dell PowerConnect 8024F (24x SFP+ 10Gb with 4x Combo Ports of 10GBASE-T) ProCurve 2910al-24G J9145A (4x 10GbE J9149A CX4 Ports, 24x 10/100/1000 Ports)
  • Page 144 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Seagate Savvio 15K.2, ST9146852SS, 147GB, 15000RPM, SAS 2.0, 6.0Gb/s, 16M (F/W: 0002) Seagate Constellation, ST9500430SS, 500GB, 7200RPM, SAS 2.0, 6.0Gb/s, 16M (F/W: 0001) SATA 3.5” Vendor Model Hitachi Deskstar 7K250, HDS722580VLSA80, 80GB, 7200RPM, SATA, 8M Hitachi Deskstar E7K500, HDS725050KLA360, 500GB, 7200RPM, SATA II, 16M Hitachi...
  • Page 145 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 04.05G04) Westem Digital RE4-GP, WD2002FYPS, 2TB, IntelliPower, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 64M, NCQ (F/W: 04.01G01) Westem Digital RE4, WD2003FYYS, 2TB, 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 64M, NCQ (F/W: 01.01D01) Westem Digital RE4, WD1003FBYX, 1TB, 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 64M, NCQ (F/W: 01.01V01) Westem Digital RE4, WD5003ABYX, 500GB, 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 64M, NCQ (F/W: 01.01S01)

  • Page 146: Microsoft Iscsi Initiator

    iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem B. Microsoft iSCSI initiator Here is the step by step to setup Microsoft iSCSI Initiator. Please visit Microsoft website for latest iSCSI initiator. This example is based on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2. Connect Run Microsoft iSCSI Initiator.
  • Page 147 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Click “Done”. It can connect to an iSCSI disk now. User Manual...
  • Page 148 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem MPIO Service Please run “Server Manager” with below path: Control Panel\System and Security\Administrative Tools Click “Feature” and select Add Features. Please choose the checkbox of Multipath I/O User Manual...
  • Page 149 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Install: Installation succeeded. User Manual...
  • Page 150 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Starting iSCSI Initiator 10. Please run “iSCSI initiator” with below path: Control Panel\System and Security\Administrative Tools 11. Click Discovery tab Discover Portal 12. Input the IP address of controller1 User Manual...
  • Page 151 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 13. Click Discover Portal 14. Input IP address of controller2 User Manual...
  • Page 152 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 15. Please connect ctrl1 16. Choose checkbox of “Enable multipath-path” User Manual...
  • Page 153 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 17. Please select the IP address for Initiator & Target of controller1 18. Please connect ctrl2. User Manual...
  • Page 154 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 19. Choose checkbox of “Enable multipath-path”. 20. Please select the IP address for Initiator & Target of controller2. User Manual...
  • Page 155 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 21. iSCSI initiator install finish. Setup MPIO 22. Please run “MPIO” with below path: Control Panel\System and Security\Administrative Tools User Manual...
  • Page 156 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 23. Click tab of “Discover Multi-Paths” 24. Choose checkbox of “Add support for iSCSI devices 25. Reboot User Manual...
  • Page 157 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem MC/S 26. If running MC/S, please continue. 27. Select one target name, click “Properties…”. 28. Click “MCS…” to add additional connections. User Manual...
  • Page 158 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 29. Click “Add…”. 30. Click “Advanced…”. 31. Select Initiator IP and Target portal IP, and then click “OK”. 32. Click “Connect”. 33. Click “OK”. User Manual...
  • Page 159 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem 34. Done. User Manual...
  • Page 160 iSCSI GbE to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem Disconnect 35. Select the target name, click “Disconnect”, and then click “Yes”. 36. Done, the iSCSI device disconnect successfully. User Manual...

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