Compaq Infortrend specification

Configuring Sector Ranges/Head Ranges/Cylinder Ranges:

Selecting Sector Ranges

Selecting Head Ranges

Selecting Cylinder Ranges

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Compaq Infortrend manual Configuring Sector Ranges/Head Ranges/Cylinder Ranges

Contents

External RAID Controller & Subsystem Revision Firmware Version Copyright This Edition First Published Disclaimer RMA Policy IiiSupported Models Table of Contents LCD Screen Messages LCD Keypad Operation Viewing and Editing Logical Drives and Drive Members Viewing and Editing Scsi Drives Terminal Operation Terminal Screen MessagesVii Fibre Operation Viii Multi-Host Access Control LUN Filtering Advanced ConfigurationHost-side and Drive-side Scsi Parameters 10-14 Redundant Controller10-1 10-19 Record of Settings Array Expansion Appendix D Event Messages Appendix C System Functions Upgrading FirmwareXii Functional Table of Contents Xiv 7.8 Chapter Advanced Configurations Chapter Fibre Operation Chapter Array Expansion Chapter Redundant Controller ConfigurationXvi Appendix C Controller Maintenance Xvii Xviii Chapter Optimization Setting Xix About This Manual Revision History Xxi Xxii Logical Drive Logical VolumeWhat is a logical volume? Chapter RAID Levels RAID LevelsWhat are the RAID levels? Infortrend LogicalDrive RAID 0+1 RAID 0+1 Disk Striping with Dedicated Parity Disk Local Spare DrivesGlobal and Local Spare Drives Spare 12 Mixing Local and Global Spares Flash All Scsi Drives Identifying DrivesFlash Selected Scsi Drive Flash All but Selected Drives Rebuild Automatic Rebuild and Manual Rebuild Manual Rebuild 14 Manual Rebuild Concurrent Rebuild in RAID 0+1 Logical Volume Multi-Level RAID 15 Logical Volume 16 Logical Drive Composed of 24 Drives Spare drives assigned to a logical volume? 18 Logical Volume with Drives on Different Channels Limitations RAID expansion with logical volume? Different write policies within a logical volume?Different controller settings using logical volume? Logical volume with logical drives of different levels? Multi-level RAID systems How many drives on each drive channel? How many physical drives do you have?RAID Planning Dual loop, hub, or switch? What kind of host application? Optimization Mode What RAID level? Any spare drives? Limitations? Array Configuration Process Starting a RAID System Infortrend 1 I/O Channel, Scsi ID, and LUN Grouping Drives into an Array Physical locations of drive members Making Arrays Available to Hosts Mapping Partitions to Host ID/LUNs Controller Parameter Settings Tunable Parameters Optimization Mode Array Configuration RS-232C Serial Port Following are guidelines on using the serial portOut-of-Band via Serial Port and Ethernet Configuring RS-232C Connection via Front Panel Connecting Terminal Keys used when operating via the terminal are as followsStarting RS-232C Terminal Emulation What Is the Disk Reserved Space? Out-of-Band via Ethernet Other Concerns Connecting Ethernet PortRequirements Configuring the Controller Use a Terminal Emulator to Begin Configuration Assign an IP Address to Ethernet Port Starting the Manager NPC Onboard Snmptrap Snmptrap section Initial Screen Quick Installation ScreenLCD Screen Messages RAID level Logical Drive StatusLogical Drive Drive numbers Logical Volume Status Logical Volume Status Scsi Drive Status Scsi Channel Status Channel ModeDefault Scsi Bus Sync Clock Primary Controller Scsi ID Mapping Controller Voltage and Temperature View and Edit Event Logs UPS Power Failure Detected Press 2 Seconds to Clear EventsCache Dirty Percentage View and Edit Event Logs Optimization Modes Power on RAID EnclosureCaching Parameters Front Panel Operation Optimization Mode and Stripe Size Database and Transaction-based Applications Write-Back Cache Enabled Disable Write Write-Back/Write-Through Cache Enable/DisableOptimization for Random or Sequential I/O Infortrend =2 I=0 1010MB New DRV Seagate View Connected DrivesView and Edit Scsi Drives View Drive Information Choosing Member Drives Creating a Logical DriveChoosing a RAID Level Logical Drive Preferences Spare Drive Assignments Initialization ModeMaximum Drive Capacity Disk Reserved Space Stripe Size Stripe size Default ?On-Line Mode Beginning Initialization Off-Line Mode Creating a Logical Volume Logical Volume Assignment Partitioning a Logical Drive/Logical Volume Mapping a Logical Volume/Logical Drive to Host LUN View Edit Host Luns MAP to LV=0 PRT=0? Assigning Spare Drive and Rebuild SettingsAdding a Local Spare Drive View and Edit Scsi Drives =2 I=4 1010MB Adding a Global Spare Drive Rebuild SettingsAdd Global Spare Drive Add Global Spare Drive Successful Viewing and Editing Logical Drives and Drive Members Deleting a Logical Drive Deleting a Partition of a Logical Drive Drive Space Allocated to the Last Partition View and Edit Logical Drives LG0 RAID5 DRV=3 2012MB FL SB=0 Assigning a Name to a Logical DriveRebuilding a Logical Drive Rebuild Logical Drive Drive? Rebuilding 25% Please Wait Regenerating Logical Drive Parity LG0 RAID5 DRV=3 2012MB RB SB=0 Rebuild Progress Media Scan View and Edit Logical Drives LG0 RAID5 DRV=3 4095MB GD SB=0 Write Policy Viewing and Editing Host LUNs Pass-through Scsi CommandsViewing and Deleting LUN Mappings Scanning New Scsi Drive Viewing and Editing Scsi DrivesScan Channel=1 ID=1 Scan Fail Identifying a Drive =1 I=1 Absent Viewing and Editing Scsi Channels Redefining Channel ModeDeleting Spare Drive Global / Local Spare Drive Add Channel Setting a Scsi Channel’s ID Host Channel Viewing IDsAdding a Channel ID Primary Controller ? Add CHL=0 ID=2 Primary Ctlr ? Delete Channel Setting a Scsi Channel’s Primary ID Drive ChannelDeleting a Channel ID Delete ID=2 Primary Ctlr ? Setting a Scsi Channel’s Secondary ID Drive Channel Setting Channel Bus Terminator Setting Transfer Speed Scsi Terminator Enabled CHL=0 Disable Terminator ? View and Edit Scsi Channels CH1=Drive PID=7 Setting Transfer WidthViewing and Editing Scsi Target Drive Channel View and Edit Scsi Target Maximum Synchronous Transfer Clock Slot NumberMaximum Transfer Width Maximum Tag Count Disconnecting SupportParity Check Max Xfer Narrow Only? Restore to Default Setting System Functions Change PasswordChanging Password Mute Beeper Reset Controller Disabling PasswordShutdown Controller Controller Maintenance Save Nvram To Disks Restore Nvram from DisksShutdownComplete Reset Ctlr? Restore Nvram From Disks Controller Name Password Validation TimeoutController Parameters LCD Title Display Controller Name Time Zone Controller Date and TimeTime Zone GMT +0800 Date and TimeDate and Time MMDDhhmmYYYY View and Edit Scsi Drives =1 I=1 8683MB Scsi Drive UtilitiesScsi Drive Low-level Format Scsi Drives Utilities Drive Read/Write Test Scsi Drive Read/Write Test Terminal VT-100 Mode Transfer Rate IndicatorPC Graphic Ansi Mode Cursor Bar Quick Installation Main Menu Terminal Screen Messages SizeMB Status Column C Name Size MB SlotChl Speed Scsi Channel’s Status PID CurSynClk TermCurWid Controller voltage and temperature monitoring Viewing Event Logs on the Screen Terminal Operation Terminal Operation Limitations Optimization Mode and Stripe Size Viewing the Connected Drives Creating a Logical Drive Choosing a RAID Level Assign Spare Drives Logical Drive Assignments Initialization Mode Terminal Operation Creating a Logical Volume Partitioning a Logical Drive/Logical Volume Infortrend Mapping a Logical Volume to Host LUN Infortrend Assigning Spare Drive, Rebuild Settings Adding Local Spare Drive Viewing and Editing Logical Drive and Drive Members 1000MB Rebuilding a Logical Drive Applies to RAID1, 3, Iteration Count Viewing or Deleting LUN Mappings Edit Host-ID/WWN Name List Scanning New Drive Slot Number Drive Entry Identifying Drive Terminal Operation Viewing and Editing Scsi Channels Viewing and Editing Scsi IDs Host Channel Setting a Primary Controller’s Scsi ID Drive Channel Deleting an ID Setting a Transfer Speed Setting a Secondary Controller’s Scsi ID Drive ChannelSetting Channel Terminator Drive Channel Setting the Transfer Width Host Channel Viewing and Editing Scsi Target / Drive Channel Maximum Synchronous Transfer Clock Data Rate Infortrend System Functions Changing the Password Setting a New Password Disabling the Password Controller Parameters Saving Nvram to Disks Password Validation Timeout Terminal Operation Set Controller Date and Time Scsi Drive Utilities Drive InformationView Drive Information Scsi Drive Low-level Format Scsi Drive Read/Write Test Overview Fibre Operation Major Concerns Fibre Operation Fibre Chip Supported FeaturesMultiple Target IDs Drive IDs In-band Fibre and S.E.S. Support Channel Mode Configuration Host and Drive ParametersPrimary and Secondary Controller IDs View Channel WWN Redundant Controller Cache Coherency Channel RCC ChannelLimitation View and Edit Fibre Drive View Device Port Name List WwpnUser-Assigned ID Scan Scsi Drive View and Edit Host-Side Parameters Fibre Channel Connection Type View and Edit Drive-Side Parameters Drive-Side Dual Loop Controller Unique Identifier Controller Communications over Fibre Loops Fibre Operation Multi-Host Access Control LUN Filtering Storage Pool Creating LUN Masks Host-LUN Mapping WWN Name List Logical Unit to Host LUN Mapping Infortrend LUN Mask ID Range Configuration Filter Type Include or Exclude Sample Configuration Access Mode Read Only or Read/Write Configuration Procedure Infortrend Advanced Configurations Fault PreventionA.R.T Clone Failing Drive Replace after Clone Perpetual Clone Advanced Configurations Introduction Perpetual Clone DisableDetect Only Clone + Replace Enabling the S.M.A.R.T. Feature Configuration ProcedureExamining Whether Your Drives Support S.M.A.R.T Using S.M.A.R.T. Functions Detect Only Setting Detect, Perpetual Clone Setting Detect, Clone+Replace Function Host-side Scsi Parameters Host-side and Drive-side Scsi ParametersForeword Scsi Channel, Scsi ID and LUN Number of Tags Reserved for each Host-LUN Connection LUNs per Host Scsi ID Maximum Queued I/O CountLUN Applicability Peripheral Device Type What is In-band?In-band Scsi or Fibre Peripheral Device Type Parameters SCO Cylinder/Head/Sector Mapping Peripheral Device Type SettingsDevice Type Setting Cylinder/Head/Sector Mapping under Sun Solaris Configuring Sector Ranges/Head Ranges/Cylinder Ranges Drive-side Parameters Scsi Motor Spin-Up Scsi Reset at Power-Up Disk Access Delay Time Scsi I/O Timeout Maximum Tag Count Tag Command Queuing SAF-TE and S.E.S. Enclosure Monitoring Detection of Drive Hot Swap Followed by Auto RebuildPeriodic Drive Check Time Idle Drive Failure Detection Periodic Auto-Detect Failure Drive Swap Check Time Advanced Configurations Dynamic Switch Write-Policy Monitoring and Safety MechanismsView Peripheral Device Status Controller Auto-Shutdown Event Trigger Option Disk Array Parameters Rebuild Priority Verification on Writes Operation Theory Redundant Controller 10-1 SCSI-Based Controllers Setup FlowchartConsiderations Related to Physical Connection 10-2 Infortrend Fibre-Based Controllers Redundant Controller 10-3 Grouping Hard Drives and LUN Mapping 10-4 Infortrend Logical Drive, Logical Volume, and Logical Partitions Redundant Controller 10-5 Primary and Secondary IDs System Drive Mapping10-6 Infortrend Mapping Redundant Controller 10-7 What Is a Redundant Controller Configuration? Fault-Tolerance10-8 Infortrend How does Failover and Failback Work? Channel Bus Redundant Controller 10-9 ID Mapping Status Controller Failed ID Mapping Status Normal Operation10-10 Infortrend Replacing a Failed Unit Active-to-Active ConfigurationController Failover and Failback Auto-Failback Traffic Distribution and Failover Process Redundant Controller 10-12 Connection SymptomsController Failure 10-13 Infortrend Cabling Requirements Preparing ControllersRequirements Controller RCC cable Controller Settings Redundant Controller 10-15 Primary or Secondary Configurable ParametersLimitations 10-16 Infortrend Cache Synchronization Active-to-Standby ConfigurationBattery Support Redundant Controller 10-17 10-18 Infortrend Configuration Redundant Controller 10-19 Autoconfig Redundant Configuration Using Automatic SettingEnable Redundant Controller Via Front Panel Keypad View and Edit Peripheral Dev Redundant Configuration Using Manual SettingRedundant Controller 10-21 Creating Primary and Secondary ID RC connecting ENT to cancelStarting the Redundant Controllers 10-22 Infortrend View and Edit Logical Drives Set Sec. Ctlr Idna to ID 6?CHL=0 ID=0 Primary Ctlr Add Channel Redundant Controller 10-23 Mapping a Logical Drive/Logical Volume to the Host LUNs 10-24 Infortrend Front Panel View of Controller Failure What will happen when one of the controllers fails?When and how is the failed controller replaced? Redundant Ctlr Failure Detected Via Terminal Emulation 10-26 Infortrend Redundant Controller 10-27 10-28 Infortrend Assigning Logical Drives to the Secondary Controller Redundant Controller 10-29 10-30 Infortrend Terminal Interface View of Controller Failure When and How Is the Failed Controller Replaced?Redundant Controller 10-31 10-32 Infortrend Forcing Controller Failover for Testing Redundant Controller 10-33 Remote Redundant Controller RCC Status Redundant Controller Communications ChannelSecondary Controller RS-232 Cache Synchronization on Write-Through Record of Settings 11-1 View and Edit Logical Drives 11-2 Infortrend View and Edit Logical Volumes Record of Settings 11-3 View and Edit Host LUN’s 11-4 Infortrend Record of Settings 11-5 View and Edit Scsi Drives 11-6 Infortrend Record of Settings 11-7 View and Edit Scsi Channels Communication Parameters View and Edit Configuration Parameters11-8 Infortrend Record of Settings 11-9 Host Side Scsi Parameters Disk Array Parameters 11-10 Infortrend Record of Settings 11-11 View and Edit Peripheral Devices RAID Security Password Save Nvram to Disk, Restore from Disk11-12 Infortrend What is it and how does it work? Array Expansion Added Capacity Expand Logical Drive Re-Striping Array Expansion Mode 1 Expansion Adding Drives to a Logical Drive Add-Drive Procedure 12-5 12-6 Copy and Replace Procedure Expansion by Copy & Replace 12-8 Making Use of the Added Capacity Expand Logical Drive 12-9 12-10 Expand Logical Volume Limitations When Using Windows Example 12-13 12-14 12-15 12-16 12-17 Navigation Map Start Create View and Edit Scsi Drives View and Edit Scsi Channels View and Edit Configuration Parameters View and Edit Peripheral Device End Basic RAID Management Appendix Advanced Features Caching Operation 128 RAID Expansion Caching Optimization Fibre Channel Support A.R.T. Support Redundant Controller Data Safety System Security Environment Management User Interface Remote Manageability JBOD-Specific Others Upgrading Firmware Redundant Controller Rolling Firmware UpgradeSystem Functions Upgrading Firmware Redundant Controller Firmware Sync-version Establish the In-band Scsi connection in RAIDWatch Manager Upgrade Both Boot Record and Firmware Binaries Upgrading Firmware Using RS-232C Terminal Emulation Upgrade the Firmware Binary Only Upgrading Both Boot Record and Firmware Binaries Upgrading the Firmware Binary Only Controller Event Event IndexEvent Messages Drive Scsi Channel/Drive Error Notification Logical Drive Event General Target Events I2C Device Notification SAF-TE Device 3fa2 Notice Controller FAN Back On-Line RPM Controller Event Happens? Happens? What to Do? Happens? What to Do? Drive Scsi Channel/Drive Error Received Sensekey Sensecode Happens? What to Do? Line LCD = I= Unexpected Sense Rec What to Do? What to Press ESC to clear the message Red Path for C Failure Detected Logical Drive Event Infortrend Happens? Infortrend Event Type General Target Events Controller On-board Event Type Check I 2C cable connection and contact your system supplier 3F22 Peripheral Device Alert high/low threshold Fan Speed Event Messages SES Device Line LCD . Temp Sensor Device Unknown Status What Happens? What to Line LCD . Current Sensor Device Not Supported Infortrend What Happens? Temperature back to non-critical level Controller Self Diagnostics Contlr FAN Back On-Line Happens? SES Device Alert Alert Notification What UPS device failure detected Index Index-1 Index-2 Infortrend Index-3 Index-4 Infortrend Nvram Index-5 RCC Index-6 Infortrend Index-7 Zmodem Index-8 Infortrend