Supertrak
Trademarks
Copyright
Important data protection information
Recommendations
Radio Frequency Interference Statement
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Contents
SuperBuild Utility
Installing Drivers,
SuperBuild Utility,
Management with WebPAM PRO,
Management with WebPAM PRO,
Management with WebPAM PRO,
Contents
Technology Background,
Appendix a Partition and Format Appendix B Upgrades
Support
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About This Manual
Introduction
Hot-Swapping
Product Overview
XOR Microprocessor
Browser Support
WebPAM PRO Management Software
Operating System Support
Advanced Hardware Design Features Benefits
Key Features and Benefits
Compatibility Features Benefits
Compatibility
Specifications
Features Benefits
Unpacking the SuperTrak
Installation
Installing the SuperTrak Card
SuperTrak EX4650 card
SuperTrak EX8650 card
+ R G + + - +
SuperTrak SAS Port Enclosure ID Range Drive ID Range
SAS Connections and ID Numbers
Scenario 1 Virtual Enclosure Sgpio
Scenario 3 External Enclosures Daisy Chain
Scenario 2 Virtual Enclosure Host PC
Scenario 4 External Enclosures Parallel
Scenario 5 SAS Expanders
Level Number of Drives
Choosing the Physical Drives
Creating a Logical Drive
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Installation
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Installation
Utility Server
Installing WebPAM PRO
Agent
Operating System Support
Browser Support
Internet Browser
Introduction dialog box
Installing WebPAM PRO onto a Windows PC or Server
License Agreement dialog box
Setup Type dialog box
Choose Destination Location dialog box
SSL Security Options dialog box
Ready to Install dialog box
Install Complete dialog box
Installing WebPAM PRO onto a Linux PC or Server
License Agreement dialog box
Choose Install Product dialog box
Choose Install Folder dialog box
WebPAM PRO Agent Configuration dialog box
SSL Security Options dialog box
WebPAM PRO Utility Server Configuration dialog box
Register On-line dialog box
Logging in at the Host PC
Logging into WebPAM PRO
Logging in over the Network
Regular Connection
Https//192.168.10.2288443/promise
Login Screen
Click the Add Subsystem/Host tab
Setting up WebPAM PRO
Add Subsystem/Host tab
Installing Drivers
Driver Diskette for Linux
Driver Diskette for Windows
USB Memory Stick for Windows
Windows Vista
New OS Installation
Existing System
Confirming Driver Installation
Windows Server
Existing System
Windows XP
Existing System
Windows
Existing System
Type cd umount /mnt/floppy
Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4.4
SuSE Linux Enterprise
SuperBuild Utility
SuperTrak Bios
SuperTrak Bios screen
SuperTrak Bios screen, logical drive offline
SuperBuild Main Menu
Main Menu
Controller Selection
Controller Information
Viewing Physical Drive Information
Physical Drive Management
Viewing Physical Drives
Managing Physical Drive Problems
Viewing Disk Array Information
Disk Array Management
Viewing Disk Arrays
Creating a Disk Array
Deleting a Disk Array
Changing Disk Array Settings
Rebuilding a Disk Array
Viewing Logical Drive Information
Logical Drive Management
Viewing Logical Drives
Write Cache Policy Choose from Write Back or Write Through
Creating a Logical Drive
Initializing a Logical Drive
Deleting a Logical Drive
Changing Logical Drive Settings
Identifying a Critical Logical Drive
Managing Logical Drive Problems
Spare Drive Available
Rebuilding the Logical Drive
No Spare Drive Available
Manual Rebuild
Identifying an Offline Logical Drive
Finding the Failed Physical Drive
RAID 1, 5, 6, 10, 50
RAID
Viewing Spare Drives
Spare Drive Management
Viewing Spare Drive Information
Creating a Spare Drive
Changing Spare Drive Settings
Deleting a Spare Drive
Background Activity
Viewing Nvram Events
Event Log
Viewing RAM Events
Clearing the Event Logs
Synchronizing Time with an Embedded Site
Setting the Time Zone
Time Sync
SAS Ready LEDs
Miscellaneous
Sgpio Backplane
Buzzer
Enabling or Disabling the Buzzer
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Management with WebPAM PRO
Login Screen
Management with WebPAM PRO
WebPAM PRO interface
Accessing the Interface
Using Tree View
Using the Header
WebPAM PRO Tree View
Using Management View
Viewing the Event Frame
Choosing a Display Language
Viewing the Storage Network
Saving the Event Frame
Deleting the Event Frame
Storage Network appears in Tree View
Logging out of WebPAM PRO
Viewing User Information
Making User Settings
Managing Users
Changing Your Own Password
Making Your Own User Settings
Changing a User’s Password
List of User Privileges
Creating a User
Deleting a User
Management with WebPAM PRO
Adding a Subsystem or Host
Working with Subsystem/Host Management
Viewing Subsystem/Host Information
In-Band versus Out-of-Band
Setting User Privilege
Deleting a Subsystem or Host
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Changing Web Server Settings
Managing Software Services
Viewing Service Status
Restarting the Tomcat Server
Setting up Email Service
Windows
Linux
Sending a Test Email Message
Setting up Extended Smtp
Setting Event Frame Refresh Time
Changing CIM Server Settings
Changing CIM Client Settings
Managing the Host
Setting User Rights
Viewing Host Information
Refreshing the WebPAM PRO Screen
Clearing Statistical Data
Managing the Subsystem
Viewing Subsystem Information
Click the Clear Statistics link
Setting an Alias for the Subsystem
Updating the Firmware
Viewing the Runtime Event Log
Checking Subsystem Health
Saving the Runtime Event Log
Severity Definitions
Viewing the Nvram Event Log
Clearing the Runtime Event Log
Viewing Current Background Activities
Saving the Nvram Event Log
Clearing the Nvram Event Log
Making Background Activity Settings
Running PDM
Running Background Activities
Running Media Patrol
Scheduling an Activity
Viewing Scheduled Activities
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Deleting a Scheduled Activity
Viewing System Configuration
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Viewing Controller Information
Managing the Controller
Viewing Controllers Information
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Viewing Controller Statistics
Making Controller Settings
Clearing an Orphan Watermark
Viewing Battery Information
Silencing the Buzzer
Making Buzzer Settings
Testing the Buzzer
Viewing Buzzer Information
Viewing Enclosure Information
Managing Enclosures
Viewing a List of Physical Drives
Managing Physical Drives
Locating a Physical Drive
Virtual or Third Party Enclosures
Sata Drives SAS Drives
Making Global Physical Drive Settings
Promise Enclosures
Viewing Physical Drive Statistics
Making Physical Drive Settings
Adjustable Items
Clearing Stale and PFA Conditions
Forcing a Physical Drive Offline or Online
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Locating a Disk Array
Managing Disk Arrays
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Creating a Disk Array Automatic Configuration
Creating a Disk Array Express Configuration
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Logical Drive Creation
Creating a Disk Array Advanced Configuration
Disk Array Creation
Summary
Disk Array Operational Status
Physical Drive Status
Making Disk Array Settings
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Migrating a Disk Array
Rebuilding Manually
Rebuilding Automatically
Running PDM on a Disk Array
Running Media Patrol on a Disk Array
Preparing a Disk Array for Transport
Transitioning a Disk Array
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Logical Drive Status
Managing Logical Drives
Viewing Information for All Logical Drives
Logical Drive Synchronization
Locating a Logical Drive
Viewing Logical Drive Statistics
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Viewing the Logical Drive Check Table
Running Redundancy Check
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Viewing a List of Spare Drives
Managing Spare Drives
150
Deleting Spare Drive
Making Spare Drive Settings
Running Spare Check
Viewing Individual Logical Drive Information
Working with the Logical Drive Summary
Viewing a List of All Logical Drives
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Introduction to RAID
Technology Background
RAID 0 Striping interleaves data across multiple drives
RAID 0 Stripe
RAID 1 Mirrors identical data to two drives
RAID 1 Mirror
Enhanced Data Mirrors Physical Drives
RAID 1E Enhanced Mirror
RAID 5 stripes all drives with data and parity information
RAID 5 Block Striping with Distributed Parity
RAID 6 stripes all drives with data and dual parity
RAID 6 Block and Double Parity Stripe
Data Stripe Mirror Physical Drives
RAID 10 Mirror / Stripe
Component Minimum Maximum
RAID 50 Striped Distributed Parity
RAID 50 Axles
3,3,3
RAID 60 is a combination of RAID 6 and RAID
RAID 60 Striping of Double Parity
RAID 60 Axles
5,5 10,10 4,4,4 167
Advantages Disadvantages
Choosing a RAID Level
RAID 1E
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High Read data transaction rate
Choosing Sector Size
Choosing Stripe Block Size
Logical Drive Size Sector Size
Choosing Cache Policy
TB Limitation
Write Cache Policy
Capacity Coercion
Read Cache Policy
Hot Spare Drives
Initialization
RAID Level Migration
Partition and Format the Logical Drive
Target Requirements
None
Add physical drives maximum
RAID 10 must have less than 16 physical drives
Physical drives maximum
PDM
Ranges of Disk Array Expansion
Current LD Size Maximum LD Sector Size Expansion Size
Delete and Recreate
PDM Triggers
Media Patrol
Predictive Data Migration PDM
Drive Failure and Automatic Rebuild
Transition
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Manual Transition
Automatic Transition
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Critical & Offline Logical Drives
When a Physical Drive Fails
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Rebuild Operation
With a Hot Spare Drive
Without a Hot Spare Drive
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How can I change the resources that the SuperTrak uses?
Frequently Asked Questions
Pre-Installation Speed, Device Types, Capacity, Cabling
Will Acpi work with HDDs on the SuperTrak EX Series?
Drive Issues
Can I use Atapi devices on the SuperTrak EX Series?
Support
Why can’t I make a dedicated spare drive in WebPAM PRO?
Installation Issues Capacity, Booting
Post-Installation
Why can’t I run WebPAM PRO in Konqueror?
Technical Support Services
Contacting Technical Support
United States
Italy
Netherlands
Germany
China
Limited Warranty
Taiwan
Disclaimer of other warranties
Your Responsibilities
Returning the Product For Repair
Or retailer
Appendix a Partition and Format
Click the Next button to start the Wizard
Appendix a Partition and Format
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Downloading Bios and Firmware File
Updating SuperTrak Bios and Firmware
Installing the WebPAM PRO Update File
Downloading the WebPAM PRO Update File
Updating WebPAM PRO
Logging into WebPAM PRO
Appendix C Battery Backup Unit
Installing the BBU
SuperTrak EX Controller
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Numerics
Index
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146
Axles 66 Capacity 18, 65, 132
List 59
150
List 73
Logical drive 65, 67, 133