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Compaq External RAID Controller & Subsystem Infortrend Operation Manual (347 pages)

Compaq External RAID Controller & Subsystem Operation Manual

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Table of Contents
4
List of Tables
18
Logical Drive
20
Revision History
21
Chapter 1 RAID Functions: an Introduction

23
- Logical Drive
  
  23
- Logical Volume
  
  23
  - What Is a Logical Volume
    23
  - Figure 1 - 1 Logical Drive
    23
- RAID Levels
  
  24
  - What Are the RAID Levels
    24
  - Table 1 - 1 RAID Levels
    24
  - Figure 1 - 2 NRAID
    24
  - Nraid
    25
  - Jbod
    25
  - Figure 1 - 3 Jbod
    25
  - Raid 0
    26
  - Raid 1
    26
  - Raid (0+1)
    26
  - Figure 1 - 4 RAID 0
    26
  - Figure 1 - 5 RAID 1
    26
  - Figure 1 - 6 RAID (0+1)
    26
  - Raid 3
    27
  - Raid 5
    27
  - Figure 1 - 7 RAID 3
    27
  - Figure 1 - 8 RAID 5
    27
- Spare Drives
  
  28
- Identifying Drives
  
  30
- Rebuild
  
  31
  - Automatic Rebuild and Manual Rebuild
    31
  - Automatic Rebuild
    31
  - Figure 1 - 13 Automatic Rebuild
    31
  - Manual Rebuild
    32
  - Figure 1 - 14 Manual Rebuild
    32
  - Concurrent Rebuild in RAID (0+1)
    33
- Logical Volume (Multi-Level RAID)
  
  34
Chapter 2 RAID Planning

40
Chapter 3 Accessing the Array through Serial Port and Ethernet

52
- RS-232C Serial Port
  
  52
  - Configuring RS-232C Connection Via Front Panel
    53
  - Starting RS-232C Terminal Emulation
    54
- Out-Of-Band Via Ethernet
  
  55
  - What Is the "Disk Reserved Space
    55
    
    Other Concerns
    56
    
    Web-Based Management
    56
    
    Requirements
    56
    
    Connecting Ethernet Port
    56
    
    Configuring the Controller
    57
    
    NPC Onboard
    60
    
    The SNMP_TRAP Section
    61
    
    The EMAIL Section
    61
    
    The BROADCAST Section
    61
Chapter 4 LCD Screen Messages

62
- 4.1 the Initial Screen
  
  62
- 4.2 Quick Installation Screen
  
  62
- 4.3 Logical Drive Status
  
  63
- 4.4 Logical Volume Status
  
  64
- 4.5 SCSI Drive Status
  
  65
- 4.6 SCSI Channel Status
  
  66
- 4.7 Controller Voltage and Temperature
  
  67
- 4.8 Cache Dirty Percentage
  
  68
- 4.9 View and Edit Event Logs
  
  68
Chapter 5 LCD Keypad Operation

69
- Power on RAID Enclosure
  
  69
- Caching Parameters
  
  69
- View Connected Drives
  
  73
- Creating a Logical Drive
  
  74
  - Choosing a RAID Level
    74
  - Choosing Member Drives
    74
  - Logical Drive Preferences
    74
  - Maximum Drive Capacity
    75
  - Spare Drive Assignments
    75
  - Disk Reserved Space
    75
  - Write Policy
    75
  - Initialization Mode
    75
  - Stripe Size
    76
  - Beginning Initialization
    76
- Creating a Logical Volume
  
  78
  - Initialization Mode
    78
  - Write Policy
    78
- Partitioning a Logical Drive/Logical Volume
  
  80
- Mapping a Logical Volume/Logical Drive to Host LUN
  
  81
- Assigning Spare Drive and Rebuild Settings
  
  82
  - Adding a Local Spare Drive
    82
  - Adding a Global Spare Drive
    83
  - Rebuild Settings
    83
- Viewing and Editing Logical Drives and Drive Members
  
  84
- Viewing and Editing Host Luns
  
  90
  - Viewing and Deleting LUN Mappings
    90
  - Pass-Through SCSI Commands
    90
- Viewing and Editing SCSI Drives
  
  91
- Viewing and Editing SCSI Channels
  
  93
  - Redefining Channel Mode
    93
  - Setting a SCSI Channel's ID - Host Channel
    94
  - Viewing Ids
    94
  - Adding a Channel ID
    94
  - Deleting a Channel ID
    95
  - Setting a SCSI Channel's Primary ID - Drive Channel
    95
  - Setting a SCSI Channel's Secondary ID - Drive Channel
    96
  - Setting Channel Bus Terminator
    96
  - Setting Transfer Speed
    97
  - Setting Transfer Width
    98
  - Viewing and Editing SCSI Target - Drive Channel
    98
  - Slot Number
    99
  - Maximum Synchronous Transfer Clock
    99
  - Maximum Transfer Width
    99
  - Parity Check
    100
  - Disconnecting Support
    100
  - Maximum Tag Count
    100
  - Restore to Default Setting
    101
- System Functions
  
  102
  - Mute Beeper
    102
  - Change Password
    102
  - Changing Password
    102
  - Disabling Password
    103
  - Reset Controller
    103
  - Shutdown Controller
    103
  - Controller Maintenance
    104
  - Saving NVRAM to Disks
    104
  - Restore NVRAM from Disks
    104
- Controller Parameters
  
  105
  - Controller Name
    105
  - LCD Title Display Controller Name
    105
  - Password Validation Timeout
    105
  - Controller Unique Identifier
    105
  - Controller Date and Time
    106
  - Time Zone
    106
  - Date and Time
    107
- SCSI Drive Utilities
  
  108
  - SCSI Drive Low-Level Format
    108
  - SCSI Drive Read/Write Test
    109
Chapter 6 Terminal Screen Messages

110
- The Initial Screen
  
  110
- Main Menu
  
  111
- Quick Installation
  
  111
- Logical Drive Status
  
  113
- Logical Volume Status
  
  114
- SCSI Drive Status
  
  115
- SCSI Channel's Status
  
  116
- Controller Voltage and Temperature
  
  118
- Viewing Event Logs on the Screen
  
  119
Chapter 7 Terminal Operation

120
- Power on RAID Enclosure
  
  120
- Caching Parameters
  
  120
- Viewing the Connected Drives
  
  123
- Creating a Logical Drive
  
  124
  - Choosing a RAID Level
    125
  - Choosing Member Drives
    125
  - Logical Drive Preferences
    125
  - Maximum Drive Capacity
    125
  - Assign Spare Drives
    126
  - Disk Reserved Space
    126
  - Logical Drive Assignments
    126
  - Write Policy
    126
  - Initialization Mode
    127
  - Stripe Size
    127
- Creating a Logical Volume
  
  129
- Partitioning a Logical Drive/Logical Volume
  
  130
- Mapping a Logical Volume to Host LUN
  
  132
- Assigning Spare Drive, Rebuild Settings
  
  134
  - Adding Local Spare Drive
    134
  - Adding a Global Spare Drive
    135
- Viewing and Editing Logical Drive and Drive Members
  
  135
  - Deleting a Logical Drive
    136
  - Deleting a Partition of a Logical Drive
    136
  - Assigning a Name to a Logical Drive
    136
  - Figure 7 - 1 Drive Space Allocated to the Last Partition
    136
  - Rebuilding a Logical Drive
    137
  - Regenerating Logical Drive Parity
    138
  - Media Scan
    138
  - Write Policy
    139
- Viewing and Editing Host Luns
  
  140
  - Viewing or Deleting LUN Mappings
    140
  - Edit Host-ID/WWN Name List
    140
  - Pass-Through SCSI Commands
    140
- Viewing and Editing SCSI Drives
  
  141
  - Scanning New Drive
    141
  - Slot Number
    142
  - Drive Entry
    142
  - Identifying Drive
    142
  - Deleting Spare Drive (Global / Local Spare Drive)
    142
- Viewing and Editing SCSI Channels
  
  144
  - Redefining Channel Mode
    144
  - Viewing and Editing SCSI Ids - Host Channel
    145
  - Viewing and Editing SCSI Ids
    145
  - Adding a SCSI ID (Primary/Secondary Controller ID)
    145
  - Deleting an ID
    146
  - Setting a Primary Controller's SCSI ID - Drive Channel
    146
  - Setting a Secondary Controller's SCSI ID - Drive Channel
    147
  - Setting Channel Terminator
    147
  - Setting a Transfer Speed
    147
  - Drive Channel
    147
  - Setting the Transfer Width
    148
  - Viewing and Editing SCSI Target / Drive Channel
    149
  - Slot Number
    149
  - Maximum Synchronous Transfer Clock
    150
  - Maximum Transfer Width
    150
  - Parity Check
    150
  - Disconnecting Support
    151
  - Maximum Tag Count
    151
  - Data Rate
    151
- System Functions
  
  153
  - Mute Beeper
    153
  - Change Password
    153
  - Changing the Password
    154
  - Setting a New Password
    154
  - Disabling the Password
    155
  - Reset Controller
    155
  - Shutdown Controller
    155
- Controller Parameters
  
  156
  - Controller Name
    156
  - LCD Title Display Controller Name
    156
  - Saving NVRAM to Disks
    157
  - Restore NVRAM from Disks
    157
  - Password Validation Timeout
    158
  - Controller Unique Identifier
    158
  - Set Controller Date and Time
    160
  - Time Zone
    160
  - Date and Time
    160
- Drive Information
  
  161
  - View Drive Information
    161
  - SCSI Drive Utilities
    161
  - SCSI Drive Low-Level Format
    162
  - SCSI Drive Read/Write Test
    163
Chapter 8 Fibre Operation

164
Host and Drive Parameters

164
- Overview
  
  164
- Major Concerns
  
  165
- Supported Features
  
  167
  - Fibre Chip
    167
  - Multiple Target Ids
    167
  - Drive Ids
    168
  - In-Band Fibre and S.E.S. Support
    168
- Configuration: Host and Drive Parameters
  
  169
  - Channel Mode
    169
  - Primary and Secondary Controller Ids
    169
  - Redundant Controller Cache Coherency Channel (RCC Channel)
    170
  - View Channel WWN
    170
  - View Device Port Name List (WWPN)
    171
  - View and Edit Fibre Drive
    171
  - User-Assigned ID (Scan SCSI Drive)
    171
  - View Drive Information
    172
  - View and Edit Host-Side Parameters
    172
  - Fibre Channel Connection Type
    173
  - View and Edit Drive-Side Parameters
    173
  - Drive-Side Dual Loop
    173
  - Controller Unique Identifier
    174
  - Controller Communications over Fibre Loops
    175
Multi-Host Access Control: Lun Filtering

177
- Creating LUN Masks
  178
- Figure 8 - 2 Host-LUN Mapping
  178
- Figure 8 - 3 LUN Mask
  178
- WWN Name List
  179
- Logical Unit to Host LUN Mapping
  180
- LUN Mask (ID Range) Configuration
  182
- Filter Type: Include or Exclude
  182
- Access Mode: Read Only or Read/Write
  183
- Sample Configuration
  183
- Figure 8 - 4 LUN Filtering - Configuration Sample
  183
- Configuration Procedure
  184
Chapter 9 Advanced Configuration

186
- Fault Prevention
  
  186
  - 9.1.1 Clone Failing Drive
    187
  - Replace after Clone
    187
  - Perpetual Clone
    188
  - Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology )
    190
  - Configuration Procedure
    192
  - Enabling the S.M.A.R.T. Feature
    192
  - Examining Whether Your Drives Support S.M.A.R.T
    192
  - Detect, Perpetual Clone"
    192
  - Detect Only"
    192
  - Using S.M.A.R.T. Functions
    193
  - Detect, Clone + Replace"
    195
  - Host-Side & Drive-Side SCSI Parameters
    196
- Host-Side and Drive-Side SCSI Parameters
  
  196
- Monitoring and Safety Mechanisms
  
  210
- Disk Array Parameters
  
  212
  - Rebuild Priority
    212
  - Verification on Writes
    213
Chapter 10 Redundant Controller

214
- Operation Theory
  
  214
  - 10.1.1 Setup Flowchart
    215
  - Considerations Related to Physical Connection
    215
  - SCSI-Based Controllers
    215
  - Figure 10 - 1 Redundant Controller Configuration Flowchart
    215
  - Fibre-Based Controllers
    216
  - 10.1.3 Grouping Hard Drives and LUN Mapping
    217
  - Logical Drive, Logical Volume, and Logical Partitions
    218
  - System Drive Mapping
    219
  - Primary and Secondary Ids
    219
  - Mapping
    220
  - 10.1.4 Fault-Tolerance
    221
  - What Is a Redundant Controller Configuration
    221
  - How Does Failover and Failback Work
    222
  - Channel Bus
    222
  - Table 10 - 1 ID Mapping Status (Normal Operation)
    223
  - Table 10 - 2 ID Mapping Status (Controller Failed)
    223
  - Controller Failover and Failback
    224
  - Active-To-Active Configuration
    224
  - Traffic Distribution and Failover Process
    225
  - Controller Failure
    226
  - Symptoms
    226
  - Connection
    226
- 10.2 Preparing Controllers
  
  227
  - 10.2.1 Requirements
    227
  - Cabling Requirements
    227
  - Controller Settings
    228
  - 10.2.2 Limitations
    229
  - 10.2.3 Configurable Parameters
    229
  - Primary or Secondary
    229
  - Active-To-Active Configuration
    230
  - Active-To-Standby Configuration
    230
  - Cache Synchronization
    230
  - Battery Support
    230
- 10.3 Configuration
  
  232
Chapter 11 Record of Settings

248
- 11.1 View and Edit Logical Drives
  
  248
  - Logical Drive Information
    248
  - Partition Information
    249
- 11.2 View and Edit Logical Volumes
  
  250
  - Logical Volume Information
    250
  - Partition Information
    250
- 11.3 View and Edit Host Lun's
  
  251
  - LUN Mappings
    251
  - Host-ID/WWN Name List
    251
- 11.4 View and Edit SCSI Drives
  
  253
- 11.5 View and Edit SCSI Channels
  
  254
- View and Edit Configuration Parameters
  
  255
  - Communication Parameters
    255
  - PPP Configuration
    255
  - Caching Parameters
    256
  - Host Side SCSI Parameters
    256
  - Drive Side SCSI Parameters
    256
  - Disk Array Parameters
    257
  - Redundant Controller Parameters
    257
  - Controller Parameters
    257
- 11.7 View and Edit Peripheral Devices
  
  258
  - Set Peripheral Device Entry
    258
  - Define Peripheral Device Active Signal
    258
  - View System Information
    258
- 11.8 Save NVRAM to Disk, Restore from Disk
  
  259
- 11.9 RAID Security: Password
  
  259
  - RAID Security
    259
  - RAID Expansion
    260
Chapter 12 Array Expansion

260
- Overview
  
  260
  - Figure 12 - 1 Logical Drive Expansion
    262
  - Mode 1 Expansion: Adding Drive to a Logical Drive
    263
- 12.2 Mode 1 Expansion
  
  263
- Mode 2 Expansion
  
  266
- Making Use of the Added Capacity: Expand Logical Drive
  
  268
- Expand Logical Volume
  
  270
- Configuration Example: Volume Extension in Windows 2000 Server
  
  271
Appendix A LCD Keypad Navigation Map

277
Appendix B Firmware Functionality Specifications

284
- Basic RAID Management
  
  284
- Advanced Features
  
  285
- Caching Operation
  
  286
- RAID Expansion
  
  287
- On-Line RAID Expansion
  
  287
- Fibre Channel Support
  
  288
- S.M.A.R.T. Support
  
  289
- Redundant Controller
  
  289
- Data Safety
  
  290
- System Security
  
  291
- Environment Management
  
  292
- SAF-TE/S.E.S. Support
  
  292
- User Interface
  
  293
- Raidwatch On-Board
  
  293
- RS-232C Terminal
  
  293
- Remote Manageability
  
  293
- JBOD-Specific
  
  294
- Others
  
  294
Appendix C Controller Maintenance

295
New Features Supported with Firmware 3.21

295
- Raidwatch Manager Establish the In-Band SCSI Connection in Raidwatch
  296
Appendix C System Functions: Upgrading Firmware

295
Appendix D Event Messages

301
- Event Index
  301
- Redefining Channel Mode
  347
- View Drive Information
  347

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 RAID Functions: an Introduction

Logical Drive

Logical Volume

RAID Levels

Spare Drives

Identifying Drives

Rebuild

Logical Volume (Multi-Level RAID)

Chapter 2 RAID Planning

Considerations

Configuring the Array

Operation Theory

Tunable Parameters

Chapter 3 Accessing the Array through Serial Port and Ethernet

RS-232C Serial Port

Out-Of-Band Via Ethernet

Chapter 4 LCD Screen Messages

4.1 the Initial Screen

4.2 Quick Installation Screen

4.3 Logical Drive Status

4.4 Logical Volume Status

4.5 SCSI Drive Status

4.6 SCSI Channel Status

4.7 Controller Voltage and Temperature

4.8 Cache Dirty Percentage

4.9 View and Edit Event Logs

Chapter 5 LCD Keypad Operation

Power on RAID Enclosure

Caching Parameters

View Connected Drives

Creating a Logical Drive

Creating a Logical Volume

Partitioning a Logical Drive/Logical Volume

Mapping a Logical Volume/Logical Drive to Host LUN

Assigning Spare Drive and Rebuild Settings

Viewing and Editing Logical Drives and Drive Members

Viewing and Editing Host Luns

Viewing and Editing SCSI Drives

Viewing and Editing SCSI Channels

System Functions

Controller Parameters

SCSI Drive Utilities

Chapter 6 Terminal Screen Messages

The Initial Screen

Main Menu

Quick Installation

Logical Drive Status

Logical Volume Status

SCSI Drive Status

SCSI Channel's Status

Controller Voltage and Temperature

Viewing Event Logs on the Screen

Chapter 7 Terminal Operation

Power on RAID Enclosure

Caching Parameters

Viewing the Connected Drives

Creating a Logical Drive

Creating a Logical Volume

Partitioning a Logical Drive/Logical Volume

Mapping a Logical Volume to Host LUN

Assigning Spare Drive, Rebuild Settings

Viewing and Editing Logical Drive and Drive Members

Viewing and Editing Host Luns

Viewing and Editing SCSI Drives

Viewing and Editing SCSI Channels

System Functions

Controller Parameters

Drive Information

Chapter 8 Fibre Operation

Host and Drive Parameters

Overview

Major Concerns

Supported Features

Configuration: Host and Drive Parameters

Multi-Host Access Control: Lun Filtering

Chapter 9 Advanced Configuration

Fault Prevention