Supertrak
Copyright
Trademarks
Important data protection information
Recommendations
Radio Frequency Interference Statement
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Contents
Installing Drivers
Installing Drivers,
SuperBuild Utility
SuperBuild Utility,
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Management with WebPAM PRO
Managing Software Services,
Management with WebPAM PRO,
Management with WebPAM PRO,
Management with WebPAM PRO,
Troubleshooting
Technology Background,
Appendix a Partition and Format Appendix B Upgrades
Support
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Appendix D LED Backplane Connections
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Introduction
About This Manual
Product Overview
XOR Microprocessor
Hot-Swapping
WebPAM PRO Management Software
Operating System Support
Key Features and Benefits
Features Benefits
Browser Support
Advanced Hardware Design
Advanced Hardware Design Features Benefits
Compatibility Features Benefits
Specifications
Compatibility
Installation
Unpacking the SuperTrak Card
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Installing the SuperTrak Card
SuperTrak EX4650 card
SuperTrak EX8654 card
SAS Ports Ch1-4
SuperTrak EX16650 card
+ R G + + - +
Connecting SuperTrak to a SuperSwap Enclosure
Connecting SuperTrak to a VTrak Jbod Enclosure
SAS Connections and ID Numbers
Scenario 1 Virtual Enclosure Sgpio
Scenario 2 Virtual Enclosure Host PC
SuperTrak SAS Port Enclosure ID Range Drive ID Range
Scenario 3 External Enclosures Daisy Chain
Scenario 4 External Enclosures Parallel
Scenario 5 SAS Expanders
Choosing the Physical Drives
Level Number of Drives
Creating a Logical Drive
Installation
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Installation
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Installing the CLI
Installing onto Windows
License Agreement dialog box
Choose Destination Location dialog box
Ready to Install dialog box
Install Complete dialog box
Installing onto Linux
Introduction dialog box
License Agreement dialog box
Choose Install Folder dialog box
Pre-Installation Summary dialog box
Install Compete dialog box
Register On-line dialog box
Installing the CLI onto FreeBSD
Sh CLIInstaller...FreeBSD.bin -i silent
Installing the CLI onto VMware
Sh CLIInstaller...VMware.bin -i silent
Installing WebPAM PRO
Utility Server
Agent
Operating System Support
Internet Browser
Browser Support
Installing WebPAM PRO onto Windows
License Agreement dialog box
Setup Type dialog box
Custom Setup dialog box
Choose Destination Location dialog box
WebPAM PRO Server dialog box
Ready to Install dialog box
Install Complete dialog box
Installing WebPAM PRO onto Linux
WebPAMPRO...Linux.bin file, then press Enter
License Agreement dialog box
Choose Install Product dialog box
Choose Install Folder dialog box
SSL Security Options dialog box
Pre-Installation Summary dialog box
Install Compete dialog box
Register On-line dialog box
Logging into WebPAM PRO
Logging in at the Host PC
Logging in over the Network
Regular Connection
Login Screen
Https//192.168.10.2288443/promise
Setting up WebPAM PRO
Click the Add Subsystem/Host tab
Add Subsystem/Host tab
Installing Drivers
Driver Installation Media
Windows
Click the Driver for Windows button
Linux and FreeBSD
Tar zxvf RH-306010003.tar.gz
New OS Installation
Windows Server
Load Driver
Confirming Driver Installation
Existing System
Choose the Don’t search online option
Windows Vista
Existing System
Windows Server
Existing System
Windows XP
Existing System
Type sh ./install
Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4.4
Type mount -r /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
Type cd /mnt/floppy
Fedora Core
Fedora Core 7
Type sh ./install Type cd umount /media/floppy
SuSE Open 10.2, 10.3, 10.5
Type mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
Type cd /media/floppy
SuSE Sles 10, 10 SP1
Miracle Linux
FreeBSD 6.1
Option 1. Device Node Exists
Option 2. Device Node Does Not Exist
Existing System
Esxcfg-boot -rg esxcfg-boot -b
VMware ESX Server 3.0.2
Installing Drivers
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SuperTrak Bios
SuperBuild Utility
SuperTrak Bios screen
SuperTrak Bios screen, logical drive offline
Accessing the Main Menu
SuperBuild Main Menu
Selecting a Controller
Viewing Controller Information
Memory Type DDR2 Sdram
Managing Physical Drives
Viewing Physical Drives
Viewing Physical Drive Information
Managing Physical Drive Problems
Managing Disk Arrays
Viewing Disk Arrays
Viewing Disk Array Information
Creating a Disk Array
Changing Disk Array Settings
Rebuilding a Disk Array
Deleting a Disk Array
Managing Logical Drives
Viewing Logical Drives
Viewing Logical Drive Information
Creating a Logical Drive
Initializing a Logical Drive
Write Cache Policy Choose from Write Back or Write Through
Changing Logical Drive Settings
Deleting a Logical Drive
Selected logical drive is removed from the list
Managing Spare Drives
Viewing Spare Drives
Viewing Spare Drive Information
Creating a Spare Drive
Changing Spare Drive Settings
Deleting a Spare Drive
Viewing Background Activity
Managing the Event Log
Viewing RAM Events
Viewing Nvram Events
Clearing the Event Logs
Setting the Time Zone
Working with Time Sync
Synchronizing Time with an Embedded Site
Using the Miscellaneous Menu
Making the SAS Ready LED Setting
Making the Sgpio Backplane Setting
Working with the Buzzer
Enabling or Disabling the Buzzer
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Management with WebPAM PRO
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Management with WebPAM PRO
Accessing the Interface
WebPAM PRO interface
Using the Header
Using Tree View
Using Management View
WebPAM PRO Tree View
Choosing a Display Language
Viewing the Event Frame
Saving the Event Frame
Deleting the Event Frame
Viewing the Storage Network
Logging out of WebPAM PRO
Storage Network appears in Tree View
Making User Settings
Managing Users
Viewing User Information
Making Your Own User Settings
Changing a User’s Password
Changing Your Own Password
Creating a User
Deleting a User
List of User Privileges
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Working with Subsystem/Host Management
Viewing Subsystem/Host Information
Adding a Subsystem or Host
In-Band versus Out-of-Band
Deleting a Subsystem or Host
Setting User Privilege
Managing Software Services
Viewing Service Status
Changing Web Server Settings
Setting up Email Service
Restarting the Tomcat Server
Windows
Linux
Setting up Extended Smtp
Setting Event Frame Refresh Time
Sending a Test Email Message
Changing CIM Client Settings
Changing CIM Server Settings
Setting User Rights
Managing the Host
Viewing Host Information
Refreshing the WebPAM PRO Screen
Managing the Subsystem
Viewing Subsystem Information
Setting an Alias for the Subsystem
Clearing Statistical Data
Updating the Firmware
Click the Clear Statistics link
Checking Subsystem Health
Viewing the Runtime Event Log
Severity Definitions
Saving the Runtime Event Log
Clearing the Runtime Event Log
Viewing the Nvram Event Log
Saving the Nvram Event Log
Clearing the Nvram Event Log
Making Background Activity Settings
Viewing Current Background Activities
Running Background Activities
Running Media Patrol
Running PDM
Viewing Scheduled Activities
Scheduling an Activity
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Viewing System Configuration
Deleting a Scheduled Activity
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Managing the Controller
Viewing Controllers Information
Viewing Controller Information
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Making Controller Settings
Viewing Controller Statistics
Viewing Battery Information
Clearing an Orphan Watermark
Making Buzzer Settings
Testing the Buzzer
Silencing the Buzzer
Viewing Buzzer Information
Managing Enclosures
Viewing Enclosure Information
Viewing a List of Physical Drives
Locating a Physical Drive
Virtual or Third Party Enclosures
Making Global Physical Drive Settings
Promise Enclosures
Sata Drives SAS Drives
Making Physical Drive Settings
Adjustable Items
Viewing Physical Drive Statistics
Clearing Stale and PFA Conditions
Locating a Disk Array
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Creating a Disk Array Automatic Configuration
Creating a Disk Array Express Configuration
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Creating a Disk Array Advanced Configuration
Disk Array Creation
Logical Drive Creation
Summary
Disk Array Operational Status
Making Disk Array Settings
Physical Drive Status
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Migrating a Disk Array
Rebuilding Automatically
Rebuilding Manually
Running Media Patrol on a Disk Array
Running PDM on a Disk Array
Transitioning a Disk Array
Preparing a Disk Array for Transport
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Viewing Information for All Logical Drives
Logical Drive Status
Locating a Logical Drive
Viewing Logical Drive Statistics
Logical Drive Synchronization
Initialization
Running Redundancy Check
Viewing the Logical Drive Check Table
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Viewing a List of Spare Drives
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Making Spare Drive Settings
Deleting Spare Drive
Running Spare Check
Working with the Logical Drive Summary
Viewing a List of All Logical Drives
Viewing Individual Logical Drive Information
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Opening the CLI on Windows
Navigate to the C\Program Files\WebPAMPRO\Agent\bin folder
Opening the CLI on Linux, FreeBSD, and VMware
Go to the /opt/Promise/WebPAMPRO/Agent/bin directory
Table of Supported Commands
Command Action
View redundancy check status and progress
This can be used in place of the help command or
List of Supported Commands
About
Array
Usage
Options
Transport
ID=
Decimal places. If not specified, all available capacity is
Battery
Examples
Bbm
Bga
Spare in the following condition
Buzz
Config
Checktable
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Ctrl
Maximum amount of usable space
Command from host is supported
Date
Enclosure
Event
Export
Factorydefaults
Init
Logdrv
Migrate
Displayed
Pdm
Phydrv
Option. Defaults to be all if -d is not specified
Medium error threshold. If the threshold is reached,
Ptiflash
Port number
Rc -a start -l3 -n -p rc -a start -l3 Rc -a stop -l2
Spare
Spath
Stats
HBA
Subsys
Sync
Topology
Transit
Specifies the id of disk array which contains the revertible
Technology Background
Introduction to RAID
RAID 0 Stripe
RAID 0 Striping interleaves data across multiple drives
RAID 1 Mirror
RAID 1 Mirrors identical data to two drives
RAID 1E Enhanced Mirror
Enhanced Data Mirrors Physical Drives
RAID 5 Block Striping with Distributed Parity
RAID 5 stripes all drives with data and parity information
RAID 6 Block and Double Parity Stripe
RAID 6 stripes all drives with data and dual parity
RAID 10 Mirror / Stripe
Data Stripe Mirror Physical Drives
RAID 50 Striped Distributed Parity
Component Minimum Maximum
RAID 50 Axles
3,3,3
RAID 60 Striping of Double Parity
RAID 60 is a combination of RAID 6 and RAID
RAID 60 Axles
5,5 10,10 4,4,4 231
Choosing a RAID Level
Advantages Disadvantages
RAID 1E
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High Read data transaction rate
Choosing Stripe Block Size
Choosing Sector Size
Choosing Cache Policy
TB Limitation
Logical Drive Size Sector Size
Capacity Coercion
Read Cache Policy
Write Cache Policy
Initialization
Hot Spare Drives
Partition and Format the Logical Drive
RAID Level Migration
Target Requirements
None
Add physical drives maximum
RAID 10 must have less than 16 physical drives
Physical drives maximum
Ranges of Disk Array Expansion
PDM
Delete and Recreate
Current LD Size Maximum LD Sector Size Expansion Size
Media Patrol
Predictive Data Migration PDM
PDM Triggers
Transition
Drive Failure and Automatic Rebuild
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Automatic Transition
Manual Transition
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When a Physical Drive Fails
Critical & Offline Logical Drives
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With a Hot Spare Drive
Without a Hot Spare Drive
Rebuild Operation
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Problems Reported by SuperTrak
Buzzer
LEDs
Fault Activity Firmware Status
Global LED Display
Direct LED Display
Logical Drive Status
Bios
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Problems Reported in WebPAM PRO
Open WebPAM PRO
What to Look For
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Finding the Failed Drive in SuperBuild
Finding the Failed Drive in WebPAM PRO
Physical Drive Management screen
Salvaging Physical Drives
Rebuilding a Logical Drive
Spare Drive Available
No Spare Drive Available
Manual Rebuild SuperBuild Utility
Manual Rebuild WebPAM PRO
Recovering from a Blank Screen
Cache Battery Does Not Charge
Frequently Asked Questions
Pre-Installation Speed, Device Types, Capacity, Cabling
Can I use Atapi devices on the SuperTrak EX Series?
Will Acpi work with HDDs on the SuperTrak EX Series?
Drive Issues
How can I change the resources that the SuperTrak uses?
Installation Issues Capacity, Booting
Post-Installation
Why can’t I run WebPAM PRO in Konqueror?
Aren’t the WebPAM PRO icons supposed to be animated?
Technical Support Services
Contacting Technical Support
United States
Netherlands
Germany
Italy
Taiwan
China
Limited Warranty
Disclaimer of other warranties
Your Responsibilities
Returning the Product For Repair
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Appendix a Partition and Format
Click the Next button to start the Wizard
Appendix a Partition and Format
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Updating SuperTrak Bios and Firmware
Downloading Bios and Firmware File
Downloading the WebPAM PRO Update File
Installing the WebPAM PRO Update File
Updating WebPAM PRO
Logging into WebPAM PRO
Appendix C Battery Backup Unit
Installing the BBU
BBU module connectors on EX4650. Other models are similar
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Schematic Diagrams
Appendix D LED Backplane Connections
Backplane
Direct LED Display
Aggregate LED Display
Storage Device Status
Global LED Display
Index
Numerics
Start 27
Jbod 14
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Status 92, 93 Stripe size 21, 93, 156
Logical drive 94, 95, 156
Delete 99, 174 information List 97
Buzzer 104
VTrak Jbod 14, 16, 147, 151, 167
Info 166, 167