P/N PW0020000000233
Installation Reference Guide
iSCSI-SATA II SUBSYSTEM
Revision
Trademarks
Preface
About this manual
Copyright
Chapter 3 Web GUI guideline
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 RAID introduction
Chapter 2 Getting started
Appendix
Chapter 4 Advanced operation
Chapter 1 RAID introduction
1.1 Features
RAID PD VG UDV CV LUN GUI
1.2 Terminology
GS DC GC DG S.M.A.R.T
WB RO DS
RAID RAID N-way mirror RAID RAID RAID
1.3 RAID levels
WWN HBA MPIO MC/S S.E.S NIC iSCSI LACP MTU CHAP iSNS
RAID 0+1 RAID RAID RAID RAID JBOD
2.2 Unpacking the Subsystem
Chapter 2 Getting started
2.1 Before starting
Parts
2.3 Identifying Parts of the subsystem
2.3.1 Front View
1. HDD status Indicator
4. LCD display panel
5. Smart Function Panel - Function Keys for RAID configuration
2. HDD trays 1 ~ 16 From right to left
3. Smart Function Panel - Function Keys PartsFunction
5. Fan Fail indicator
2.3.2 Rear View
1. Power Supply Alarm Reset button
2. Uninterrupted Power Supply UPS Port APC Smart UPS only
6. Cooling Fan module
9. Power Supply Unit 1 ~
2.5 Powering-on the Subsystem
2.4 Connecting iSCSI subsystem to Your Network
2.6 Install Hard Drives
IP SAN
2.7 iSCSI introduction
Host initiator NIC
Host initiator iSCSI HBA
2.8.1 Web GUI
2.8 Management methods
Host name 192.168.10.50 Please check your DHCP address for this field
2.8.3 Remote control - secure shell
2.8.2 Console serial port
Reset/Shutdown
2.9 Enclosure
2.9.1 LCM
Alarm Mute
Reset to Default
2.9.2 System buzzer
Page
iSCSI config
Chapter 3 Web GUI guideline
3.1 IS16GL GUI hierarchy
System Config
http//192.168.10.50 Please check the DHCP address first on LCM
3.2 Login
Logout
3.3 Quick install
Done. You can start to use the system now
3.4 System configuration
3.4.3 Language
3.4.1 System name
3.4.2 IP address
3.4.5 Password
3.4.4 Login config
3.4.7 Mail
3.4.6 Date
3.4.9 System log server
3.4.8 SNMP
3. Facility select the facility for event log
3.4.10 Event log
3.5 iSCSI config
3.5.2 NIC
3.5.1 Entity property
MTU Maximum Transmission Unit size can be changed by clicking the blue
3.5.3 Node
Tips
3.5.4 Session
3.5.5 CHAP account
3.6.1 Volume relationship diagram
3.6 Volume configuration
+ + +
3.6.2 Physical disk
Slot WWN Size GB VG Name Status
∙ PD column description
FREE DISC GLOBAL SPARES
Status Status Speed
∙ PD operations description
∙ VG column description
3.6.3 Volume group
DELETE
Name TotalGB FreeGB #PD #UDV Status Status Status Status RAID
∙ VG operations description
CREATE
No Name SizeGB Status
3.6.4 User data volume
∙ UDV column description
#LUN
Status Status Status
Status
RAID
CREATE
3.6.5 Cache volume
ATTACH LUN
SNAPSHTOT
DELETE
3.6.6 Logical unit number
∙ CV operations description
CREATE
DETACH
3.6.7 Examples
∙ LUN operations description
ATTACH
1. Select “/ Volume config / User data volume”
1. Select “/ Volume config / Volume group”
1. In “/ Volume config / User data volume”, press
Tips
1. Select “/ Volume config / Physical disk”
1. Select a UDV
Figure 3.6.7.7 Slot 5 is set as global spare disk
In “/ Volume config / Logical unit”
Step 5 Done. They can be used as iSCSI disks
Delete UDVs, VG, please follow the steps Step 6 Detach LUN from UDV
Tips
1. Select “/ Volume config / User data volume”
1. Select “/ Volume config / Volume group”
1. Select LUNs by clicking the checkbox of the row, then click
∙ Example
1. Select “/ Volume config / Physical disk”
click ““ to free disk Step 10 Done, all volumes have been deleted
1. Select “/ Volume config / Cache volume”
Tips
1. Select “/ Volume config / User data volume”
Step 4 Attach LUN to UDV
1. Select “/ Volume config / Physical disk”
Step 6 Done. The PDs can be used as iSCSI disks
1. Select “/ Volume config / Physical disk”
1. Select “/ Volume config / Cache volume”
3.7 Enclosure management
3.7.2 Hardware monitor
3.7.1 SES configuration
3.7.3 Hard drive S.M.A.R.T. function support
3.7.4 UPS
Battery Level
3.8 System maintenance
UPS Type Shutdown Battery Level
Shutdown Delay s
3.8.1 Upgrade
3.8.2 Info
3.8.3 Reset to default
3.8.4 Config import & export
Not available in import function
System name IP address iSCSI Login config Password Date Mail SNMP
Event log SES config voltemp UPS Physical disk
VG setting with 1 VG name, 2 size, 3 number of
3.8.5 Shutdown
Hard disk auto spindown setting
Volume group
3.9 Logout
4.1 Rebuild
Chapter 4 Advanced operation
RAID RAID N-way mirror RAID RAID RAID RAID 0+1 RAID RAID
When rebuilding, the status of PD/VG/UDV is “R” and “R%” in UDV will display the ratio in percentage. After complete rebuilding, “R” and “DG” will disappear. VG will become complete one
Tips
RAID RAID JBOD
4.2 VG migration and expansion
1. Select “/ Volume config / Volume group”
Figure 4.2.3 A RAID 0 migrates to RAID 5, complete percentage is 12%
Degrade VG not allowed Source VG is degraded
4.3 UDV Extension
1. Select “/ Volume config / User data volume”
Tips
Tips
4.4 Snapshot /Rollback
1. Select “/ Volume config / User data volume”
4.4.1 Create snapshot volume
These numbers mean “Free snapshot space” and “Total snapshot space”
Tips
4.4.2 Auto snapshot
1. Select “/ Volume config / User data volume”
Roll back snapshot UDV now?
4.5 QCopy remote replication
4.4.3 Rollback
1. Select “/ Volume config / User data volume”
2. Click QCopy icon “” on the selected snapshot UDV
To do a QCopy task, please follow the below steps
Figure 4.5.5 QCopy is copying, and the completed percentage it 24%
Figure 4.5.1 setup QCopy on selected snapshot UDV
Tips
Figure 4.5.2 input the target system data port IP address
iqn.2004-08.tw.com.prowaresb-3164-g1a3- 000a0001frefinitiator.001
Sure to QCopy?
Tips
4.7 Support Microsoft MPIO and MC/S
4.6 Disk roaming
∙ iSCSI Initiator Software
Appendix
A. Certification list
∙ RAM
Tips
∙ GbE Switch
Tips
∙ iSCSI HBA card
∙ PD/S.M.A.R.T. events
B. Event notifications
Error
∙ SATA hard drive
Error
Error
Error
Error
Error
∙ System config events
∙ System maintenance events
Error
Info
Error
Error
Info
Error
C. Known issues
Error
Error
2. Click “Discovery”
D. Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
Figure D.4
4. Click “OK”. Please see Figure D.3
5. Click “Targets”. Please see Figure D.4
Figure D.3
Figure D.6
8. Click “OK”. The status would be “Connected”. Please see Figure D.7
9. Done, it can connect to an iSCSI disk
Figure D.5
D. Done, the iSCSI device log off successfully
The following procedure is to log off iSCSI device
A. Click “Details”. Please see Figure D.8
B. Check the Identifier, which will be deleted. C. Click “Log off”
Figure E.1 Network diagram of Trunking/LACP
E. Trunking/LACP setup instructions
The setup instructions are in the following figures
ž Create a VG with RAID 5, using 3 HDDs
Figure E.4
ž Create a UDV by using the RAID 5 VG
Figure E.3
Figure E.6
ž Done, please check the settings
ž Select “Trunking”. If LACP is needed, please see Figure E.12
Figure E.5
Figure E.10
ž Now, the setting is in Trunking mode
ž Select “LACP”. If Trunking is needed, please see Figure E.8
Figure E.9
Figure E.13
ž Now, the setting is LACP mode
ž Add Target Portals in Microsoft iSCSI initiator
Figure E.12
Figure E.15
ž Click “Targets” to log on
Figure E.14
Figure E.17
ž Log on
ž Click “Advanced”
Figure E.16
Figure E.19
ž The setting is completed
Figure E.18
Figure E.21
Figure E.20
Figure F.2
F. MPIO and MC/S setup instructions
Figure F.1
Figure F.5
ž The volume config setting is done
Figure F.3
Figure F.4
Figure F.8
Figure F.6
Figure F.7
Figure F.10
ž Add second Target Portals on Microsoft iSCSI initiator
Figure F.9
Figure F.12
ž The initiator setting is done
ž Log on
Figure F.11
Figure F.14
ž Enable “Enable multi-path” checkbox. Then click “Advanced”
Figure F.13
Figure F.16
ž Enable “Enable multi-path” checkbox. Then click “Advanced”
ž Log on again
Figure F.15
Figure F.18
ž iSCSI device is connected. Click “Details”
Figure F.17
Figure F.20
ž Click “Device” tab, then click “Advanced”
ž Click “MPIO” tab, select “Load Balance Policy” to “Round Robin”
Figure F.19
Figure F.22
ž Click “Apply”
Figure F.21
Figure F.23
Figure F.25
ž Log on
ž Then click “Advanced”
Figure F.24
Figure F.27
Figure F.26
Figure F.29
ž Choose “Round Robin” for Load Balance Policy
ž “Add” Source Portal for the iSCSI data port
Figure F.28
Figure F.30 Figure F.31
Figure F.32
G. QLogic QLA4010C setup instructions
ž The MC/S setting is done
The following is the step by step setup of Qlogic QLA4010C
Figure G.2
Figure G.1
Figure G.3
ž Disable “Immediate Data” and enable “Initial R2T”
n Click “Save settings” and click “Yes” on next page
ž Click “OK”
Figure G.6
ž Check the parameters which “Initial R2T” are enabled
ž Click “Refresh” and find a new target with iSCSI name
Figure G.5
Figure G.8
Figure G.7
Before starting, prepare the following items
H. Installation Steps for Large Volume TB
Introduction
Step A configure your target
2. Go to \Volume config\User data volume, create a UDV
Figure H.11 attach LUN for iSCSI controller
Figure H.9 block size = 512B, for 64bit OS setting
Figure H.10 block size = 4K, for 32bit OS setting
Figure H.8 a 2793G UDV is created
port
Step B configure your host/server
1. User needs to setup software iSCSI initiator or iSCSI HBA first
Figure H.12 attach LUN
1. Go to Control Panel \Computer Management\Device Manger\Disk drives
Figure H.15 Status is “Connected”, the initiator setting is done
Step C Initialize/Format/Mount the disk
Figure H.17 New Disk Figure H.18 Initialize disk
2. Go to Control Panel \Computer Management\Disk Management
Figure H.16 Disk drive status of IS16GL
Figure H.20 format disk Figure H.21 format is done
Figure H.19 Convert to GPT Disk for over 2TB capacity
For more detail about GPT, please visit
Figure H.22 the new disk is ready to go, available size = 2.72TB
2.2.1 Build
System information
IS16GL
SW version
