APC RAID Subsystem SCSI-SATA II User Manual

EP-2806-SA3 SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual Revision 1.1

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 10 User Manual 1.2 Enclosure Chassis The EP-2806-SA3 is a redundant system with hot swappable disks and power sup

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 11 1.3 Technical Specifications RAID Controller U320 SCSI-to-SATA II Host Bus Interface Ultra 320 SC

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 12 User Manual 1.3.3 Environmental Relative Humidity 10% ~ 85% Non-condensing Operating Temperature 10°C ~ 40°C

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 13 Chapter 2 Physical Components 2.1 Controller Module The EP-2806-SA3 includes a U320 SCSI-to-SATA

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 14 User Manual 3. RS-232 Port The subsystem is equipped with a serial monitor port allowing you to connect to a PC

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 15 2.1.2 Controller Module Installation In this section, you will be shown how to install the Controll

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 16 User Manual 2.1.3 Controller Board Replacement NOTE: It is necessary to use ESD anti-static device when hand

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 17 5. Remove the controller board from the module case. 6. Remove the four hex nut screws. 7. R

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 18 User Manual 2.2 Power Supply / Fan Module Every EP-2806-SA3 contains two 300W Power Supply / Fan Modules. All

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 19 2.2.3 Fan of PSFM Each PSFM has 1 Master Fan. The Master Fan is located beside the PSFM panel.

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 2 User Manual Preface About this manual This manual provides information regarding the quick installation and hard

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 20 User Manual 2.2.4 Power Supply Installation This section describes how to install the Power Supply. a. Check

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 21 c. Manually close the Power Supply handle. IMPORTANT! To secure the Power Supply to the enclosure,

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 22 User Manual 2.2.5 Fan Replacement 1. Remove the Power Supply Fan Module from the enclosure. 2. Unscrew 6 sc

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 23 6. Remove the fan and replace.

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 24 User Manual 2.3 Drive Carrier Module The Drive Carrier Module houses a 3.5 inch hard disk drive. It is designe

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 25 2.3.2 Lock Indicator Every Drive Carrier is lockable and is fitted with a lock indicator to indicat

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 26 User Manual c. Place the hard drive in the disk tray. Make sure the holes of the disk tray align with the holes

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 27 2.4 LCD Display Panel The LCD Display Panel is located at the upper right side of the system. 2.

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 28 User Manual 2.4.2 LCD Front Panel Function Keys Parts Function

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 29 2.5 Rackmount Slide Rail Installation An optional Rail box can be purchased and included in the shi

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ...

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 30 User Manual 2. Place one inner bracket to the side of the chassis. Align the holes on the front side of the inne

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 31 6. Place the right side rack rail on the rack cabinet. Use four M5 round head screws to fix the rack

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 32 User Manual 8. Carefully insert the RAID system into the cabinet. Make sure the inner brackets align with the c

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 33 Chapter 3 Getting Started with the Subsystem 3.1 Connecting the RAID Subsystem to the Host T

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 34 User Manual Chapter 4 RAID Concepts 4.1 RAID Fundamentals The basic idea of RAID (Redundant Array of Indep

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 35 Definition of RAID Levels RAID 0 is typically defined as a group of striped disk drives without parity

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 36 User Manual RAID 3 sector-stripes data across groups of drives, but one drive in the group is dedicated to storin

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 37 RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5 in that data protection is achieved by writing parity information to the p

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 38 User Manual RAID Management The subsystem can implement several different levels of RAID technology. RAID levels

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 39 4.2 SCSI Concepts Before configuring the subsystem, you must first understand some basic SCSI concep

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 4 User Manual Chapter 4 RAID Concepts...34 4.

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 40 User Manual 4.3 Disk Drive Organization The subsystem arranges the SCSI drives connected to it as a physical dr

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 41 Chapter 5 Configuration Utility Options The subsystem has a built-in setup configuration utility con

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 42 User Manual 4. The default setting of the monitor port is 115200 baud rate, 8 data bit, non-parity, 1 stop

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 43 5. After connecting and powering on the terminal. Press “l” key to enter password screen. The preset

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 44 User Manual VT100 terminal configuration Utility Main Menu Options Select an option and the related information o

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 45 The configuration utility main menu options are: Menu Option Description Quick Setup Quickly create

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 46 User Manual 5.1.1 Upgrading Firmware through VT-100 Terminal Emulation The RAID controller’s firmware can be u

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 47 6. Click Browse. Locate where the Firmware file has been saved, select the file and click Open. 7.

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 48 User Manual 5.2 Configuring the Subsystem Using the LCD Panel All configurations can be performed through the L

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 49 To view system information, hardware monitor information, array information, and other related informa

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 5 Chapter 9 Event Log ...8

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 50 User Manual 5.3 Configuration using the proRAID Manager GUI The RAID subsystem can be managed through the contr

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 51 5.3.2 The ProRAID Manager Main Menu After login, the Main Screen will be displayed. There are sever

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 52 User Manual

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 53 Mount or Detach RAID Subsystem To login to another RAID Subsystem, click the Mount button and ente

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 54 User Manual 5.3.3 ProRAID Manager Menu Hierarchy Below is the summary of the menu and functions available in p

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 55 Chapter 6 RAID Management This chapter describes the available RAID Management tasks; these tasks ma

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 56 User Manual 2. Enter Array Name, Volume Name, select the disk drives to be included in the Array, and select RAI

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 57 3. The Array and Volume will be created. NOTE: Quick Setup can only be used if there’s no exist

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 58 User Manual 6.2 Create Array NOTE: The RAID subsystem supports up to 8 Arrays. To create a new Array: 1.

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 59 Option Description Array Name The name of the array you want to assign to the Array. Maximum is 20 ch

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 6 User Manual Before You Begin Before going through with this manual, you should read and focus on the following sa

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 60 User Manual 3. The Array will be initialized. 4. The next step is to create a Volume. When Array has complet

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 61 6.3 Modify Array Use this function to modify settings of an existing Array To modify Array: i. I

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 62 User Manual 6.4 Delete Array 1. To delete an Array, select “Delete Array” from RAID menu. 2. Select the Ar

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 63 6.5 Create Volume A Volume is seen by the host system as a single logical device. Multiple Volumes

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 64 User Manual 3. Enter the Volume Name, the Volume Size, and change the Read Ahead option if necessary. Map the Vo

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 65 4. Click “Submit” when done. The Volume will be created. IMPORTANT: Once a LUN number is already

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 66 User Manual 6.6 Modify Volume The Volume attributes can be modified using the “Modify Volume” function in RAID

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 67 6.7 Delete Volume To delete a Volume: 1. Select “Delete Volume” from RAID menu. From the Array Li

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 68 User Manual Chapter 7 Network Management 7.1 Network Settings To setup the R-Link Ethernet port: 1. Sele

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 69 7.2 SNMP Setting The SNMP gives users independence from the proprietary network management schemes

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 7 Unpacking the Subsystem The package contains the following items: • RAID subsystem unit • Two power c

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 70 User Manual 7.3 SMTP Setting To set the Mail Notification function: 1. Select “SMTP Setting” from Network m

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 71 7.4 NTP Setting NTP (Network Time Protocol) is an Internet standard protocol used to synchronize th

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 72 User Manual 7.5 Sync RTC When time setting is not configured to get time from an NTP server (“Use Local Time S

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 73 Chapter 8 System Management 8.1 System Setting Some RAID subsystem System settings can be confi

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 74 User Manual Notification Level: Events are classified to 5 levels (Critical, Error, Warning, Notice, Info). Even

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 75 8.2 Channel Manager The Channel Manager can be used to configure the SCSI Host Channels A and B opt

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 76 User Manual After setting the preferred option, click “Update” to save the changes. To see the current settings

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 77 8.3 Modify Password To set or change the login password of RAID subsystem, click “Modify Password”

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 78 User Manual 8.4 Upgrade Firmware The RAID controller’s firmware can be upgraded when new firmware version is a

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 79 The firmware file will be uploaded to the RAID controller. Then the upgraded process will be started.

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 8 User Manual Chapter 1 Product Introduction The EP-2806-SA3 RAID Subsystem Features:  Intel 80331 6

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 80 User Manual 8.5 Restart The RAID subsystem can be restarted using the “Restart” function in System menu. Cli

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 81 Chapter 9 Event Log 9.1 Event Log The RAID subsystem’s event log information can be displayed by

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 82 User Manual 9.2 Export Log The RAID subsystem’s event log information can be saved to local destination by sel

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 83 Chapter 10 Information 10.1 Disk Information To view detailed information about the disk drives

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 84 User Manual 10.2 RAID Information To view information about existing Array and Volume in the RAID subsystem,

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 85 10.3 System Information Use the “System Info” function in Info menu to view the RAID subsystem info

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 86 User Manual 10.4 Hardware Monitor To view RAID subsystem’s hardware information, select “Hardware Monitor” in

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 87 Chapter 11 Raid Task 11.1 Raid Status To view the RAID status of an Array, select “Raid Status”

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 88 User Manual A Parity Check function is available for existing Arrays with parity, such as those configured with R

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 89 Chapter 12 S.M.A.R.T. 12.1 Disk Health The RAID subsystem uses the SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analy

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem User Manual 9 1.1 Identifying Parts of the EP-2806-SA3 The illustrations below identify the various parts of the s

SCSI to SATA II RAID Subsystem 90 User Manual 12.2 Diagnosis Disk A diagnostic function is available to diagnose the disk health status. Selec