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Chaparral K5312 User Manual

Chaparral K5312 User Manual (160 pages)

G- and K-Series External RAID Board Controller User's Guide

Brand: Chaparral | Category: Controller | Size: 2 MB

Table of Contents

Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement
3
Technical Support
3
Canadian Compliance Statement
4
Table of Contents
5
1 Introduction

11
- About this Guide
  11
  - Conventions
    12
- Product Features
  12
- Fibre Channel Features
  16
- Specifications
  17
  - Physical (G-Series)
    17
  - Electrical (G-Series)
    17
  - Environmental (G-Series)
    18
  - Battery (G-Series)
    19
  - Physical (K-Series)
    20
  - Electrical (K-Series)
    20
  - Environmental (K-Series)
    21
  - Battery (K-Series)
    22
- Reference Documents
  23
  - External Documents
    23
  - Chaparral Documents
    23
2 Hardware Installation

25
- Connecting the Controller
  25
3 Accessing the Disk Array Administrator Software

29
- Accessing the Disk Array Administrator Using the RS-232 Serial Port
  29
- Navigating the Disk Array Administrator Software
  31
  - Changing the Screen Display
    32
  - Disk Array Administrator Menu Tree
    32
4 Creating and Managing Arrays

35
- Creating Arrays
  35
- Managing Arrays
  42
  - Viewing Array Status
    42
  - Viewing Drive Status
    47
  - Stopping the Array Initialization Process
    48
  - Verifying an Array
    49
  - Reconstructing an Array
    51
  - Expanding Array Capacity
    52
  - Changing the Array LUN
    55
  - Changing the Array Name
    56
  - Trusting an Array
    56
  - Deleting an Array
    58
5 Monitoring System Status

59
6 Managing Spares

73
- Managing Dedicated Spares
  73
  - Adding a Dedicated Spare
    74
  - Deleting a Dedicated Spare
    75
- Enabling Dynamic Spares
  75
- Managing the Spare Pool
  77
7 Configuring the Controller

81
- Rebooting the Controller
  81
- Changing the Date and Time
  82
- Changing the Controller's LUN and SCSI Target ID or Fibre Channel Loop ID
  84
  - Understanding Luns
    84
  - Changing the Controller's Target ID and LUN
    86
- Configuring the SCSI Channels
  89
- Working with LUN Zoning
  91
- Changing the Sample Rate
  97
- Changing the Alarm Mute Setting
  98
- Locking the Cache Setting
  100
- Enabling and Disabling the Battery
  101
- Changing the Utility Priority
  102
- Rescanning All Channels
  103
- Pausing I/O
  104
- Restoring Default Settings
  105
- Upgrading Firmware
  106
  - Upgrading the Controller's Firmware
    106
8 Managing Disk Drives and Enclosures

109
- Managing Disk Drives
  109
  - Displaying Drive Information
    110
  - Clearing Metadata from a Drive
    112
  - Enabling and Disabling Write-Back Cache
    113
  - Displaying Disk Cache Status
    115
  - Enabling and Disabling SMART Changes
    116
  - Blinking a Drive LED
    117
  - Taking down a Drive
    118
  - Testing a Drive
    119
- Managing SAF-TE Enclosures
  119
  - Changing the SEP LUN
    120
  - Changing the Additional SEP Settings
    122
9 Troubleshooting

125
- Chaparral Technical Support
  125
- Terminal Emulator and COM Port Problems
  125
- Array Problems
  126
- Host SCSI Channel Problems
  127
- Device SCSI Channel Problems
  128
- Problems During Bootup
  128
- Controller Problems
  129
- Warning and Error Events
  130
  - Warnings
    131
  - Errors
    132
- Using the Loader Diagnostics Menu
  133
- Using the Loader Utility Menu
  133
- Understanding SCSI Errors
  133
  - Disk Errors
    133
  - Disk Channel Errors
    135
  - Error Code Description
    136
  - Voltage and Temperature Errors and Warnings
    137
Array Basics

139
- Array Types
  139
  - RAID 0 (Striped Disks
    139
  - RAID 1, RAID 1/O (Mirrored Disks
    140
  - Raid
    141
  - Volume Sets
    142
- Comparing RAID Levels
  142
- Mixing Disks from Different Manufacturers or with Different Capacities
  144
- Mixing Disks on Different RAID Controller Channels
  144

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