Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product RAIDBank4 MicroNet Technology
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RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 2 F ederal Communications Commission Radio F requency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 3 Limitations of W arranty and Lia bility MicroNet T echnology has tested the hardware described in this manual and review ed its contents.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 4 W e are pleased that y ou ha v e chosen the RAIDBank4. Our systems are designed for speed, reliability , compatibility , and perfor mance. W e think you will f ind the system easy to install, and a productive addition to your computer system.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 5 FCC Compliance Statement W arr anty Information W elcome Note T able of Contents Chapter 1. Getting Star ted Features and Benef its System Requirements and Compatibility .
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 6 4. Physical Drive Func tions 5. System Controls 6. System Information Chapter 5. Host Computer Setup 1. V olume Setup and Apple Macintosh 2.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 7 Chapter 1. Getting Star ted Thank you for purchasing The MicroNet RAIDBank4 storage solution. With speed, high capacity , ease of use, and suppor t for numerous applications, RAIDBank4 is the ideal solution for all of y our data storage needs.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 8 Unpacking the RAIDBank4 Please unpack your RAIDBank4 in a static free environment, carefully making sure not to damage or discard any of the packing material. If the RAIDBank4 appears damaged, or if any items of the contents listed below are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or distributor immediately .
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 9 The RAIDBank4 interface components The following f igures illustrate the connector locations for the RAIDBank4. FRONT VIEW 1-Getting Star ted REAR VIEW Disk Activity LED .
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 10 Communication and Control RAID functions including creation, modification, and monitoring can be accomplished through the LCD Cont ro l pane l or the w eb bas ed adm in is tra ti on use r in te rfac e.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 11 Connecting the RAIDBank4 Connecting the RAIDBank4 requires an available pow er socket, and a host with one of the following inter faces: •A USB 2.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 12 RAID System Management Controls Follo wing the hardware installation, the RAIDBank4 must be conf igured and the volume set units initialized before they are ready to use.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 13 Chapter 2. Understanding RAID The RAIDBank4 controller subsystem is a high-performance SA T A2 drive bus disk array controller . When properly configured, the RAIDBank4 can provide non-stop service with a high degree of fault tolerance through the use of RAID technology and advanced ar ray management features.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 14 RAID 0 (Striping) This RAID algorithm writes data across multiple disk drives instead of just one disk drive. RAID 0 does not provide any data redundancy , but does of fer the best high-speed data throughput.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 15 RAID 3 RAID 3 provides disk striping and complete data fault tolerance though a dedicated parity driv e. RAID 3 breaks up data into smaller blocks, calculates parity on the blocks, and then writes the blocks to all but one driv e in the array .
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 16 V olume Set A V olume Set is seen by the host system as a single logical device. It is organized in a RAID lev el with one or more physical disks. RAID level refers to the lev el of data per formance and protection of a V olume Set.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 17 Hot Swappable Disk suppor t Y our RAIDBank4 has a built in protec tion circuit to support replacement of disk drives without having to shut down or reboot the RAID.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 18 Chapter 3. RAID Controls- L CD Inter face This Chapter describes the menu and control str ucture for your RAIDBank4 using the front panel, serial por t, or via T elnet. The RAIDBank4 configur ation utility is f irmware-based and its operation is independent of host computer type or operating system.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 19 5.6 Max SA T A Mode Support 5.7 Host NCQ Setting 5.8 V olume Read Ahead Cache 5.9 Staggered HDD Spin Up control 5.10 HDD Idle Spindown 5.11 Empty tray LED Control 5.12 HDD SMART Status P olling 5.13 Disk Capacity T runcation 5.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 20 2. RAID Set Func tions Select the RAID Set Function to manually configure the RAID set for the first time or delete/ reconfigure existing RAID sets. The RAID Set function allows more complete control over the RAID creation process, but requires more inter action then the Quick V olume/RAID Setup option.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 21 2.5 Activate RAID set Follo wing a drive failure, the affected Parity or mir rored RAIDset will operate in degr aded mode, and will continue to func tion until the unit is reset. Following a reset, in order for a degraded RAIDset to be available to the host it must be ac tivated.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 22 h o st b u s ad a p t er a n d th e ho st Op er at in g S y st em t o be us ab le . W in do w s 20 0 3 , V i s t a, W in d o ws 2008, Mac OS X >10.4.8, and Linux distributions with appropriate k ernels all support large LUNS.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 23 3.2 Delete V olume Set Scroll to choose the Delete Existing V olume Set option. Select the RAID set number and v olume set to delete and press ENT . At the subsequent confir mation screen, press ENT to confir m deletion.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 24 4. Physical Drive Func tions Choose this option from the Main Menu to select a physical disk and to perform the operations listed below . T o enter a Physical Driv e Functions, press ENT to enter the main menu. Scroll to select the Physical Drive Functions option and then press ENT to enter fur ther submenus.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 25 5. RAID System Func tions T o control the RAID System, Select the “RAID System Function ” option and then press ENT to enter fur ther submenus. Scroll to select the submenus and then press ENT to enter the specified function.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 26 5.7 Host Channel NCQ Setting The RAIDBank4 suppor ts Native Command Queuing (NCQ) over the eSA T A host connection. The NCQ algorithms allow I/O operations to be per formed out of order to optimize per formance.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 27 6. Additional System Functions The following system functions are located in the main menu and control miscellaneous system functions. 6.1 Ethernet Conf iguration The RAIDBank4’ s Ethernet por t is preconfigured for DHCP operation.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 28 6.3 Clear all Ev ent Buffers T o clear all ev ents in the system log, scroll to selec t the “Clear all Event Buffers” option and press ENT . The conf irmation message will be displa yed and press the ENT to clear all ev ent buffers or ESC to abort the ac tion.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 29 Chapter 4. RAID Controls- W eb Inter face Introduction Th e RA I DB an k 4 c o n t ro ll e r fi rmw ar e inc lu d e s a com pl e t e H T M L -b as e d a p p l ic at i o .
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 30 4-RAID Control-W eb Inter face The Main Menu Conf iguration T ree 1. Quick V olume/RAID Setup 2. RAID Set Functions 2.1 Create RAID Set 2.2 Delete RAID Set 2.3 Expand RAID Set 2.4 Offline RAID Set 2.5 Activate RAID Set 2.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 31 1. Quick V olume/RAID Setup CONSIDERA TIONS FOR RAID VOLUME CREA TION Y our RAIDBank4 is capable of creating lar ge logical volumes (LUNS) in excess of 2 T erabytes. Large LUNS (>2TB) must be supported by the host bus adapter and the host Operating System to be usable.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 32 4-RAID Control-W eb Inter face 2. RAID Set Func tions Select the RAID Set Function to manually configure the RAID set for the first time or delete/ reconfigure existing RAID sets.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 33 4-RAID Control-W eb Inter face presented in the V olume Set Function to create the volume sets. While RAID migration is in progress, migration status will be display ed in the RAID and volume status areas of the RAID Set information.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 34 4-RAID Control-W eb Inter face 2.8 Rescue RAID Set In rare cases, It may be possible to recov er a failed RAIDset by using this feature. Please make sure that any failed disk drives ha v e been replaced prior to attempting this procedure.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 35 3.1.1 T o create a new v olume set, choose “V olume Set Functions” fr om th e M a i n m en u. S e le ct th e “Create V olume Set. ” 3.1.2 Check the radio button next to the appropriate RAIDset and click to commit or to rev ert all options to default.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 36 Host eSA T A channel T ransfer Mode SA T A150, SA T A150+NCQ, S A T A300, SA T A300+NCQ (default.) HOST Channel (SA T A/USB) RAIDBank4 supports two host channels. Host Channel 0 is the host eSA T A interface, and Channel 1 is the USB 2.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 37 4. Physical Drive Func tions 4.1 Create a Pass-Through Disk A Pass-through disk can be def ined to dedicate a single disk as not controlled by the RAIDBank4 firmware and thus cannot be a par t of a RAID set. Instead, the disk is av ailable to the operating system as an individual disk.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 38 5. System Controls 5.1 System Conf iguration Functions This menu contains various feature and environmental options of the RAIDBank4. The following s u bs e c t io n s d i sc u s s e ac h a t tr ib u t e’ s d es c r ip t i on s (b ol d d e no t e s d ef a u lt v a lu e.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 39 5.1.4 JBOD/RAID Configuration ( RAID /JBOD) The RAIDBank4 controller can be used in JBOD ( Just a Bunch Of Drives) mode, which allo ws each driv e to be presented separately to the host. T o use this mode, make sure to er ase any existing RAID sets.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 40 5.1.13 Auto Activate Incomplete RAID ( ena bled /disabled) This option determines the defau lt behavi or of the RAIDBank4 when booting up with a degraded V olume set. When enabled, the RAIDBank4 will attempt to ac tivate a degraded v olume on boot.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 41 5.2.6 T elnet Port Number ( 23 ) The Default T elnet TCP port is 23, and can be changed per user specification. 5.2.7 SMTP P ort Number ( 25 ) The Default T elnet TCP port is 25, and can be changed per user specification.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 42 5.3.4 Ev ent Notification Configur ation This table allows the administrator to specify the level of notif ication provided by the RAIDBank4.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 43 5.7 Generate T est Event The RAIDBank4 can generate test ev ents to conf irm remote notifications are properly working. T o gener ate a test ev ent, select “Generate T est Event, ” check the box labelled “Conf irm the operation” and click the Button.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 44 6. Information Func tions 6.1 RAIDSet Hierarchy This option will displa y the current physical and logical configuration of the RAIDBank4. The RAIDset(s), disk channels, and V olume Set(s) are each clickable, and will pull up the respectiveinformation about each objec t.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 45 Chapter 5 - Host Computer Setup This chapter is an ov erview of setting up stor age v olumes on Macintosh and Windo ws based computers. T o ensure complete installation and ease of use, take a few minutes to read this chapter before installation.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 46 2. V olume Setup on Microsoft Windo ws 2000/XP/2003/Vista Installation on a Windows system requires a Windo ws Installation with a properly installed and configured SCSI host bus.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 47 Chapter 6 - T roubleshooting Daily Use Tips • ReadthisUser’ sGuidecarefully . Followthecorrectprocedurewhensettingupthedevice. • A d di t io nal ap p li cat io n so ft w a re ma yha ve b ee n in cl ude dwit h y ou r dr iv e.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 48 F requently Ask ed Questions General F A Q Q: Can I leav e my RAIDBank4 on all the time, or should I turn it of f when not in use? A: The RAIDBa nk4 is mea nt to be left on, but doe s not add an y limi tatio ns on bei ng turned off .
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 49 Q : I ’ m t ryi ng to a c c es s th e RA ID Ba nk 4 us in g th e fr on t pa ne l. Wh en I p us h en te r , it as ks m e t o v er if y the passw ord.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 50 Windo ws related F A Q: Q: I do not see my Driv e listed in the My Computer window , but it does appear in the De vice Manager list. A: Right-click on My Computer . Select Manage in the pop-up menu. In the Computer Management window , selec t Storage, then select Disk Management.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 51 6-T roubleshooting Q: When I leav e my computer idle for a while, my Drive w on’t work properly . A: The most likely cause is that your computer is going into sleep mode. The immediate solution is to shut down your computer and turn off the Drive, and then restar t your computer .
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 52 Appendix A- Getting Help If you experience problems with your RAIDBank4, please contact your Authorized MicroNet Reseller for assistance. If the reseller is unable to resolve your issue, please contact MicroNet’ s Help Desk for assistance.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 53 Appendix B: RAID Lev el Comparison T able RAID Level Description M i n . Drives Max. Drives Capacity Fault T olerance Data T ransfer Rate I/O Request Rates 0 Also known as striping Data distributed across multiple drives in the array .
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 54 Appendix C- T erminal Session Setup The RAIDBank4 has provisions f or an RS232 host management connection. In order to use the RS232, a special cable has to be used (not included)- consult your authorized Micronet reseller for more inf ormation.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 55 Step 4. Select an appropriate connec ting port in your T er minal. Click OK Step 5: Conf igure the port par ameter settings. Bits per second: “115200” , Data bits: “8” , Parity : “None” , Stop bits: “1” , Flow control: “None” .
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 56 Step 7: Open the Settings T ab. Step 8. Open the Settings T ab. Func tion, arrow and ctrl keys act as: T er minal K eys, Backspace ke y sends: Cr tl+H, Emulation: VT100, T elnet ter minal: VT100, and Click OK. The VT-100 session is now conf igured.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 57 Appendix D- Glossar y A T A Acron ym f or “ AT Bus A ttachment” - a standard inter face to IDE hard disks. W ester n Digital’ s IDE disk interface was standardized by ANSI to form the A T A specification using a 16-bit ISA bus.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 58 Driver A piece of software that controls a hardware device. Typically drivers provide an interface by which applications can use the device in a uniform and hardware-independent manner .
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 59 Logical Unit (LUN) a SCSI protocol entity which may be addressed by the actual input/ output (I/O) oper ations of a Logical Drive.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 60 P erformance P erformance is an impor tant criterion on which a customer judges a RAID controller . There are a number of popular benchmarking utilities that are available to measure the I/O performance of a controller .
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 61 on the parity disk and the remaining func tioning disks. Consequently read operations can be time-consuming when the ar ray is operating in degraded mode. If the parity disk itself fails, then the RAID ar ray is not affected in ter ms of I/O throughput but it no longer has protection from additional disk failures.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 62 Read Ahead Motivated by the principle of “spatial locality” , many RAID controllers read blocks of data from secondary stor age ahead of time, i.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 63 SCSI acronym for “ S mall C omputer S ystem I nterface” , SCSI is a set of standards for physically c o n ne ct i n g an d tr a n s fe rr in g d at a be tw e e n co mp ut er s a nd pe ri ph er a l de vi ce s. T h e SC SI st an da rd s define commands, protocols, and electrical and optical interfaces.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 64 System Architecture Mar v ell Orion advanced I/O processor PCI Express Interconnect Dual XOR DMA engines capable of reading from up to eight sources, per f orm bitwise XOR betw een the eight sources, and writes the result to a destination.
RAIDBank4 Owner’ s Manual 65 W eight: 9 lbs empty 15 lbs with driv es. P o w er Consumption: Normal oper ation: 2.3 A C Amps @ 115 V olts Spin up (peak): 3.
MicroNet T echology 19260 V an Ness A v e T or rance, CA 90501 www .MicroNet.com 9-17-2008 Re v 4 (RB4M4) The ma terial in this document is f or information only and is subject to change without notice.
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