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G5312/G7313, K5312/K7313 manual
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160 pages, 2.52 Mb
G- and K-Series
External RAID Board Controller
G5312/G7313
K5312/K7313
User’s Guide
Contents
Main
Page
i
Copyright
Trademarks
Changes
Technical Support
ii
Canadian Compliance Statement
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Hardware Installation
3 Accessing the Disk Array Administrator Software
4 Creating and Managing Arrays
5 Monitoring System Status
6 Managing Spares
7 Configuring the Controller
8 Managing Disk Drives and Enclosures
9 Troubleshooting
A Array Basics
B Glossary
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Introduction
About This Guide
Conventions
Product Features
Motherboard CPU Subsystem (G-Series)
Motherboard Ultra2 SCSI Channels (G-Series)
Note:
Motherboard Disk Cache (G-Series)
Battery Interface (G-Series)
Hardware Configuration and Management Support (G-Series)
Onboard Connectors (G-Series)
Daughterboard (G-Series)
Motherboard CPU Subsystem (K-Series)
Motherboard Ultra2 SCSI Channels (K-Series)
Note:
Motherboard Disk Cache (K-Series)
Integrated Battery Backup and Interface (K-Series)
Hardware Configuration and Management Support (K-Series)
Onboard Connectors (K-Series)
Fibre Channel Connection (K-Series)
Fibre Channel Features
Specifications
Table1-2 shows the electrical specifications of the controllers:
Physical (G-Series)
Table1-1 shows the physical specifications of the motherboard and daughterboard:
Electrical (G-Series)
Environmental (G-Series)
Table1-3 shows the environmental specifications of the controllers:
Battery (G-Series)
Physical (K-Series)
Table1-5 shows the physical specifications of the motherboard and daughterboard.
Table1-6 shows the electrical specifications of the controllers.
Electrical (K-Series)
Environmental (K-Series)
Table1-7 shows the environmental specifications of the controllers.
Battery (K-Series)
Note:
Reference Documents
External Documents
Chaparral Documents
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Hardware Installation
Connecting the Controller
Connecting to the SCSI Port
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Connecting to the Fibre Channel Port
Connecting to the RS-232 Port
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Page
Accessing the Disk Array Administrator Software
Accessing the Disk Array Administrator Using the RS-232 Serial Port
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3
Navigating the Disk Array Administrator Software
Note:
Changing the Screen Display
Disk Array Administrator Menu Tree
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Creating and Managing Arrays
Creating Arrays
Note:
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Managing Arrays
Viewing Array Status
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Viewing Array Statistics
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Resetting Array Statistics
Note:
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4
Viewing Drive Status
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Note:
Stopping the Array Initialization Process
Verifying an Array
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Stopping the Verification
4
Reconstructing an Array
Expanding Array Capacity
Note:
Page
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Viewing Expand Status
Changing the Array LUN
Changing the Array Name
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4
Trusting an Array
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Deleting an Array
Caution:
Note:
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Monitoring System Status
Displaying the Event Log
Note:
Viewing the Most Recent Event
Viewing One Event at a Time
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Viewing a Whole Screen of Events
Capturing the Event Log File
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Displaying Hardware and Configuration Information
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Displaying Overall Statistics
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Resetting Overall Statistics
Managing Spares
1 2
Managing Dedicated Spares
Adding a Dedicated Spare
Note:
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Note:
4
Enabling Dynamic Spares
Note:
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Managing the Spare Pool
Adding a Spare to the Spare Pool
1
Deleting a Spare from the Spare Pool
Displaying the Spare Pool
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Configuring the Controller
Rebooting the Controller
Changing the Date and Time
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Changing the Controllers LUN and SCSI Target ID or Fibre Channel Loop ID
Understanding LUNs
Note:
Changing the Controllers Target ID and LUN
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The Controller LUN screen displays.
5
The system confirms that you want to make the change.
6
Configuring the SCSI Channels
Note:
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Working with LUN Zoning
Viewing Known WWNs
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Creating Names (Aliases) for Server WWNs
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3
Note:
4
Configuring LUN Zoning
Note:
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Changing the Sample Rate
2
Changing the Alarm Mute Setting
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3
Locking the Cache Setting
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3
Enabling and Disabling the Battery
Note:
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3
Changing the Utility Priority
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3
Rescanning All Channels
2
Pausing I/O
Caution: Note:
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3
Caution:
Restoring Default Settings
Note:
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4
Upgrading Firmware
Upgrading the Controllers Firmware
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Caution:
Managing Disk Drives and Enclosures
Managing Disk Drives
Displaying Drive Information
Displaying All Drives
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2
Note:
Viewing Drive Status
3
Clearing Metadata from a Drive
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4
Enabling and Disabling Write-back Cache
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Displaying Disk Cache Status
Enabling and Disabling SMART Changes
Blinking a Drive LED
Taking Down a Drive
Testing a Drive
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4
Managing SAF-TE Enclosures
Changing the SEP LUN
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Changing the Additional SEP Settings
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Troubleshooting
Chaparral Technical Support
Terminal Emulator and COM Port Problems
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Array Problems
Note:
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Host SCSI Channel Problems
Device SCSI Channel Problems
Note:
Problems During Bootup
Controller Problems
Warning And Error Events
Warning s
Errors
The analog to digital convertor
Using the Loader Diagnostics Menu
Using the Loader Utility Menu
Understanding SCSI Errors
Disk Errors
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Disk Channel Errors
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Voltage and Temperature Errors and Warnings
Page
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Array Basics
Array Types
RAID 0 (Striped Disks)
RAID 1, RAID 1/O (Mirrored Disks)
RAID 3
RAID 4
RAID 5
RAID 50
Volume Sets
Note:
Comparing RAID Levels
TableA-1 illustrates the differences between the different RAID levels:
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Mixing Disks from Different Manufacturers or with Different Capacities
Mixing Disks on Different RAID Controller Channels
Glossary
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Index
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