Promise Technology E610f manuals

Promise technology E610f Manual (436 pages)

Brand: Promise-technology | Category: RAID controllers | Size: 4.43 MB |

English

Table of contents

E830f, E630f, E330f

1

Copyright

2

Recommendations

2

VTrak E-Class Product Manual

10

Contents

11

Chapter 1: Introduction

23

VTrak Overview

24

Architectural Description

25

Features

28

Maximum LUNs Supported

29

Advanced Storage Features

29

Background Activities

29

PerfectRAID Features

29

System Management

30

General Specifications

31

Dimensions

32

Safety and Environmental

33

Warranty and Support

34

Chapter 2: Installation

35

Mounting VTrak in a Rack

36

Attaching the Sliding Plates

39

Installing Physical Drives

41

Installing Your Drives

42

Fibre Channel SAN

45

Data Path

46

Management Path

46

Fibre Channel DAS

47

Host PC or Server

48

Network Switch

48

SAS IN SAS OUT

49

JBOD Expansion

50

Chapter 3: Setup

55

Drive Status Indicators

57

VTrak Default IP Addresses

59

Setting up VTrak with the CLI

59

Setting up VTrak with the CLU

61

Setting system date and time

62

Logging into WebPAM PROe

64

Automatic

67

Advanced

69

Logging out of WebPAM PROe

71

Secure Connection

74

Choosing the Display Language

75

4. Click the Login button

76

Perusing the Interface

77

Viewing the Storage Network

80

Managing Subsystems

81

Making Subsystem Settings

82

Saving a Service Report

85

Managing RAID Controllers

91

Viewing Controller Statistics

93

Locating a Controller

94

Managing Enclosures

98

Viewing Enclosure Information

99

Viewing FRU VPD Information

100

Viewing Power Supply Status

100

Viewing Fan Status

100

Viewing Voltage Sensor Status

101

Managing UPS Units

102

Making UPS Settings

103

Viewing UPS Information

104

Managing Users

105

Making User Settings

107

Making LDAP Settings

108

Changing User Passwords

109

Deleting a User

110

Importing a User Database

110

Exporting a User Database

111

Media Patrol

116

Redundancy Check

116

Initialization

117

Migration

118

Making Migration Settings

119

Making PDM Settings

119

Transition

120

Synchronization

120

Battery Reconditioning

121

Spare Check

121

Managing Storage Services

122

SLP Service

123

Webserver Service

124

Telnet Service

125

SSH Service

126

SNMP Service

127

Restarting SNMP Service

128

Making SNMP Settings

128

Adding an SNMP Trap Sink

128

CIM Service

129

Netsend Service

130

Starting Netsend Service

131

Stopping Netsend

131

Restarting Netsend Service

131

Making Netsend Settings

131

Monitoring Performance

133

Monitoring PSU Wattage

134

Managing Physical Drives

136

Locating a Physical Drive

141

Managing Disk Arrays

143

Wizard: Express Configuration

146

Deleting a Disk Array

149

Making Disk Array Settings

150

Locating a Disk Array

150

Running PDM on a Disk Array

151

Rebuilding a Disk Array

152

Performing a Manual Rebuild

153

Managing Logical Drives

154

Deleting a Logical Drive

158

Making Logical Drive Settings

158

Locating a Logical Drive

159

Initializing a Logical Drive

159

Migrating a Logical Drive

161

Managing Spare Drives

163

Deleting a Spare Drive

165

Making Spare Drive Settings

165

Locating a Spare Drive

165

Running Spare Check

166

Managing LUNs and Initiators

168

Editing a LUN Map

169

Deleting a LUN Map

169

Viewing a List of Initiators

170

Viewing FC Node Information

171

Viewing FC Port Information

171

Making FC Port Settings

172

Viewing FC Port Statistics

173

Viewing a List of FC SFPs

173

Adding an FC Initiator

174

Deleting an FC Initiator

174

Managing SAS Connections

175

Adding a SAS Initiator

176

Deleting a SAS Initiator

176

Initial Connection

178

Making a Telnet Connection

179

Making a SSH Connection

179

Logging Into the CLI

180

Accessing Online Help

181

Exiting the CLU

181

Logging Out of the CLI

182

Running Quick Setup

183

Managing the Subsystem

184

Setting the Lock

185

Resetting the Lock

185

Releasing the Lock

185

Making NTP Settings

186

Managing the Controllers

188

Making Controller Settings

189

Locating the Controller

190

Managing the Enclosure

192

Making Enclosure Settings

193

Locating a Power Supply

194

Viewing Cooling Unit Status

194

Viewing Battery Information

195

Reconditioning a Battery

196

Locating an Enclosure

196

Viewing Enclosure Topology

196

Clearing Statistics

199

Setting an Alias

200

Disk Array Operational Status

207

Accepting an Incomplete Array

208

Disk Array

208

Migrating a Disk Array

209

Running PDM

210

Creating a Logical Drive

212

Running Redundancy Check

220

Making Automatic Settings

222

Making Manual Settings

222

Viewing Node Information

224

Viewing SFP Information

225

Property Definitions

226

Viewing SAS Port Statistics

229

Viewing SAS Initiators

229

Managing Background Activity

230

Working with the Event Viewer

232

Clearing NVRAM Events

233

Working with LUN Mapping

234

Mapping a LUN to an Initiator

235

Deleting an Initiator

235

Changing Your Own Password

241

Making Email Settings

243

Making SLP Settings

244

Making Webserver Settings

244

Making Telnet Settings

245

Making SSH Settings

245

Managing SNMP Trap Sinks

246

Making CIM Settings

247

Managing Netsend Recipients

249

Deleting Netsend Recipients

250

Flashing through TFTP

251

Restoring Factory Defaults

254

Shutting Down the Subsystem

255

Starting Up After Shutdown

257

Restarting the Subsystem

259

Making Buzzer Settings

261

Chapter 6: Maintenance

263

Automatic Restart

264

Manual Restart

264

Updating with the CLU

266

Updating with USB Support

268

Failed Update

269

WebPAM PROe

270

Restarting a Subsystem

271

Replacing a Power Supply

272

Removing the Old Power Supply

273

Installing a New Power Supply

273

E830f and E630f

274

Removing the Old Controller

276

Installing the New Controller

277

Disk Arrays

281

Power Management

282

Logical Drives

283

RAID 1 – Mirror

285

RAID 1E – Enhanced Mirror

287

RAID 10 – Mirror + Stripe

290

RAID 50 Axles

292

• Transaction processing

294

RAID 60 Axles

295

RAID Level Migration

297

Stripe Size

303

Sector Size

303

Preferred Controller ID

303

Partition and Format

304

Spare Drives

305

Automatic Transition

309

Manual Transition

309

RAID Controllers

311

Forced Read-Ahead Cache

312

Adaptive Writeback Cache

312

Power Saving

313

Capacity Coercion

313

Chapter 8: Troubleshooting

315

Silencing the Buzzer

316

LEDs Display Amber or Red

317

Drive Carrier LEDs

318

Back Panel LEDs

319

CLU Reports a Problem

322

Checking a Reported Component

323

WebPAM PROe Reports a Problem

325

•Storage Tab

327

• Disk Arrays

327

• Logical Drives

327

USB Support Reports a Problem

329

Enclosure Problems

330

Overheating

332

Power Supplies

332

Batteries

333

Controller Problems

334

Serial Connection

335

Telnet Connection

336

Physical Drive Problems

338

Incomplete Array

342

Connection Problems

344

Network Connections

345

Fibre Channel Connections

345

SAS Connections

346

Power Cycling the Subsystem

348

Event Notification Response

349

Chapter 9: Support

367

Logging In

369

Connection

370

Timeouts

370

Email Messages

370

User Management

371

Disk Array Degraded

371

Media Patrol and PDM

372

Contacting Technical Support

373

Attn: Technical Support

375

Limited Warranty

376

Your Responsibilities

377

SNMP MIB Files

381

Before You Begin

385

Installing PerfectPath

386

Verifying Installation

387

Running Perfect Path View

389

Viewing LUN Properties

390

Viewing Path Properties

391

Viewing Events

395

Clearing Path Statistics

395

Features and Settings

396

Load Balance Policy

397

Path Verification

398

PDO Removal

399

Performance Tab Refresh Rate

400

Round Robin Count

400

Refreshing the Objects

401

Viewing System Information

401

Saving System Information

402

Troubleshooting

403

Updating PerfectPath

404

Repairing PerfectPath

405

Removing PerfectPath

406

Check Initial Setup

408

Installing Packages

409

Verifying Packages – RedHat

410

Verifying Packages – SuSE

410

RedHat Systems

412

SuSE Systems

412

Editing a Configuration File

412

Setting the Daemon to Run

414

Task 5: Setting-up ALUA

417

RedHat Linux RHEL 5.5

418

SuSE Linux SLES 10 SP3

419

SuSE Linux SLES 11

420

SuSE Linux SLES 11 SP1

421

Linux MPIO: Known Issues

424

Sample multipath.conf File

425

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