Promise Technology VTM210 Installing Disk Drives, Drive Slot Numbering, Level Number of Drives

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VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide

Step 3: Installing Disk Drives

You can populate the VTrak with 3.5-inch, 1.5 Gb/s or 3.0 Gb/s SATA drives. For optimal performance, install physical drives of the same model and capacity. The drives’ matched performance allows the logical drive to function better as a single drive. The table below shows the number of drives required for each RAID level.

Level

Number of Drives

 

Level

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RAID 0

1 or more

 

RAID 6

4 to 16

 

 

 

 

 

RAID 1

2 only

 

RAID 10

4 or more*

 

 

 

 

 

RAID 1E

2 or more

 

RAID 50

6 or more

 

 

 

 

 

RAID 5

3 to 16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Must be an even number of drives.

Note

Unlike other VTrak models, the M610i, M310i, and M210i do not support Parallel ATA disk drives. There is no PATA-to-SATA adapter available for these models.

Drive Slot Numbering

You can install any suitable disk drive into any slot in the subsystem. The diagram below shows how VTrak’s drive slots are numbered. Slot numbering is reflected in the WebPAM PROe and CLU user interfaces.

Figure 10.VTrak M610i drive slot numbering

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Contents Vtrak VTrak Installation Task List Unpacking the VTrakVTrak M610i front view VTrak M610i rear view Mounting VTrak in a Rack Mounting the VTrak M610i in a RackRack mount assembly diagram Mounting VTrak M310i or M210i in a Rack Rackmounted VTrak M310i M210i is similarSliding flange installation Mounting rail installation Drive Slot Numbering Installing Disk DrivesLevel Number of Drives Installing Disk Drives VTrak drive carrier mounting holes Data Path Configuring an IP Storage Area NetworkMaking Management and Data Connections Management PathConfiguring Direct Attached Storage VTrak DAS connectionsMaking Serial Cable Connections Connecting the Power VTrak front panel LED display. The M610i is shownConnecting the Power Setting the IP Address Viewing MAC and IP Addresses in the CLI Choosing Dhcp or a Static IP AddressViewing MAC and IP Addresses in the CLU Administrator@cli net -a mod -t mgmt -s dhcp=enable Setting up VTrak with the CLIAdministrator@cli net -a mod -t iSCSI -p 1 -s dhcp=enable 192.168.10.1 ISCSI Making Management Port settings Setting up VTrak with the CLUSetting system date and time Manual IP settingsAutomatic IP settings Viewing IP address and settingsExiting the CLU Regular Connection Creating Disk Arrays with WebPAM PROeLogging into WebPAM PROe Secure ConnectionWebPAM PROe log-in screen Selecting a Language Creating a Disk ArrayAutomatic Express Disk Array Creation AdvancedLogical Drive Creation Logging out of WebPAM PROe Using WebPAM PROe over the InternetSummary United States Technical Support ServicesContacting Technical Support NetherlandsItaly GermanyTaiwan China Obtaining a Security CertificateVTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide
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