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Dolphin Intercon nect Solutions www .dolphin ics.com Dolphin S torExpr ess DSE4XM1 DSE4XM2 User Guide for Windows Revision I nformation: Revision 0.3.
March 2009 Dolphin Interconnect Solutions believes the information in this publication is corr ect; however , the information is subject to change without notice.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 3 www .dolphinics.com Contents 1 Intr oduction 1.1 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.2 DSE4XM Components .
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 4 www .dolphinics.com 3.4 Manual Installation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3.4.1 Manual Install on Windows XP Pro or Windows Serv er 2003 .
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 5 www .dolphinics.com 1 Introduction Congratulations on you r purchase of a Dolphin S torExpress product. This guide pro- vides user instructions for the following StorExpress models: • DSE4XM1 • DSE4XM2 These products are part of the DSE4 XM family of StorExpress products.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 6 www .dolphinics.com • DXH510 PCI Express host adapter card • DXH510 half-height bracket • 2 - 1m CX4 cables • St orExpress USB Key , containing.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 7 www .dolphinics.com 1.4 S pecifications 1.4.1 Mechanical The following specifications are for the DSE4XM chassis: • Standard 4U rackmount chassis • Dimensions – Height: 6.96” ( 4U /176.8mm) – Depth: 18.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 8 www .dolphinics.com 2 Hardware Inst allation This chapter describes how to in stall your DSE4XM hardware.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 9 www .dolphinics.com Figure 2–1 DSE4XM Chassis Rear Figure 2–2 sh ows the front of the DSE4XM chassis with the front cover open.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 10 www .dolphinics.com Figure 2–2 DSE4XM Chassis Front Caution: Fo r pr otection of the S torExpr ess devices, we r ecommend t hat you do not attempt to service or r emove the cover of your DSE4XM chassis.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 11 www .dolphinics.com Figure 2–3 DXH510 Adapter Card Caution: Electr ostatic dischar ge (ESD) can damage el ectronic components. Be sur e that you ar e pr operly grounded prior to any hard ware installation pr ocedur e usin g a n ESD pr otection device such as a wrist strap.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 12 www .dolphinics.com Y ou have completed the hardware installatio n of the DXH510 into the server . If you are connecting multiple servers to the DSE4XM chassis, repeat th is process for each server . Each server requires a DXH510 host adapter to connect to the D SE4XM chassis.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 13 www .dolphinics.com Figure 2–4 DXH510 Adapter Card Rear V iew 2.3 Connecting the DXH510 to Chassis A server connects to the DSE4XM cha ssis us ing the DXH510 PCI Express host adapter card. One or two cables are used to connect the DXH510 to the DSE4XM chassis.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 14 www .dolphinics.com One set of connectors can be used for a x8 connection when cabled to a single DXH510, or for two x4 connections when each connector in the set is cabled to a different DXH510 adapter card.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 15 www .dolphinics.com Figure 2–5 DSE4XM with One x8 Connectio n Figure 2–6 DSE4XM with Four x4 Connections Figure 2–7 DSE4XM with T wo x8 Connecti.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 16 www .dolphinics.com Note: Cables should be strain relieved or stra pped to a cabinet/rack to ensur e additional r eliability . Note: Cables should be connected accor ding to the co nfiguration of your DSE4XM pr oduct.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 17 www .dolphinics.com 6. Follow the procedure outlined in Chapter 3 for driver software installation. If you are prompted by the operating system for a driver , click Cancel. 7. Repeat the power-on procedure for any additional servers you may have connected to the DSE4XM.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 18 www .dolphinics.com 3 Sof tware User Guide 3.1 Sof tware Inst allation This section describes how to install so ftware for your D SE4XM product. The DSE4XM storage device is the Fusion-IO io Drive. The software will reference ioD rive.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 19 www .dolphinics.com When Setup creates the Fus ion -io fold er on the drive, it also creates the se sub-fold- ers: – Docs—for the ioDrive User doc.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 20 www .dolphinics.com 3.1.3 Out dated Firmware Check on Window s XP Pro or Windows 2003 Server After installing the ioDrive software, check the W indows System Event Log for fiodrive entries. These entries will show deta ils of the ioDrive driver status.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 21 www .dolphinics.com If there is a fiodrive error entry warning of old firmware, follow the instructions in the Section 3.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 22 www .dolphinics.com 5. Select System in the console tree. The System Event Log appears in the dialog. 6. Click the Source column to re-sort the list by source. 7. Scroll through the list to identify any fiodrive error entries.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 23 www .dolphinics.com If there is a fiodrive error entry warning of old firmware, a s in the example ab ove, follow the instructions in the Section 3.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 24 www .dolphinics.com Note: The system manufactur er assigns bus nu mbers, which can range fr om 0 on up.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 25 www .dolphinics.com 5. Locate and right-click the io Drive in the list of storage devices on the right. (If the ioDrive does not appear in the list, choose Rescan Disks f rom the Action menu. Y ou may also need to restart your comput er to display the ioDrive in the list.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 26 www .dolphinics.com * Later ve rsions of the ioDrive use an amber-colored LED instead of a red LED . 3.2.2 The ioManager Console Y our ioDrive software includes the ioMana ger console application. This GUI performs the most common operations you need to do with the ioDrive.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 27 www .dolphinics.com 3.2.4 Common Maintenance T asks The most common tasks inv olve driv ers and fir mware. 3.2.4.1 Uninstalling the ioDrive Windows Driv er T o uninstall the ioDrive W indows driver: 1.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 28 www .dolphinics.com 3.2.4.3 Upgrading the ioDrive Firmware Caution: Y ou should upgrade the firmwar e only if the System Event Log r eports out-of- date firmwar e or if instructed to do so by Dolphin Cus tomer Support.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 29 www .dolphinics.com 3.2.4.3. 2 Perfo rming the Upgrade War n in g : It is extr emely important that the power not be turned off to either the server or t h e D S E 4 X M ch a ss i s d ur i n g a fi r mw a re upgrade, nor should the cable be disconnected.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 30 www .dolphinics.com will completely power up the DSE4XM chassis, to complete the firmware upgrade. (It must be a power down and restart of both the server and the chassis to ensure a complete reset of the+ system and the io Drive(s).
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 31 www .dolphinics.com This will create a new DWORD parameter registry key called AutoAttach with a hex value in: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesfiodriveParameters Y our ioDrive will now not automatically attach the next time y ou reboot the computer .
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 32 www .dolphinics.com 3.3 T roubleshooting Event Log Messages The W indows System Event Log will disp lay fiodrive messages concerning the ioDrive—both Informat ional and W arnings. Note: Each ioDrive is number ed fr om 0 upwar d s.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 33 www .dolphinics.com Message: Error: The ioDrive( x) initialization failed with error code 0x err or code (where e r ro rc o d e is a number which may .
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 34 www .dolphinics.com Suggested Solution: This error may appear if the system shut do wn abruptly or hung. Y ou can use e ither the fio-attach command line utility or ioManager to re-attach the ioDrive. This attach process may take up to ten minut es as the utility re builds the drive.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 35 www .dolphinics.com Suggested Solution: The ioDrive must attach to th e Windows operating system to be avai lable to users and applications.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 36 www .dolphinics.com T o re-enable Auto Attach at boot time, refer to the section on Enabling Auto Attach . 3.4 Manual Inst allation Procedures The W indows Setup p rogram should install you r needed driver and software.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 37 www .dolphinics.com 5. Click Bro wse next to the path field. W ind ows will display a file dialog. 6. Select the folder with the ioDrive driv er (the default is Program FilesFusion- iodriver). 7. Click OK .
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 38 www .dolphinics.com Proceed to the appropriate W indows sectio n in this guide to perform an outdated firmware check.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 39 www .dolphinics.com 2. Click Br ow se my compu ter for drive r softwar e . The Setup program will ask you for a path to search.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 40 www .dolphinics.com 3. Click Bro wse next to the path field. W ind ows will display a file dialog. 4. Select the folder with the ioDrive driv er (the default is Program FilesFusion- iodriver). 5. Click OK .
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 41 www .dolphinics.com Proceed to the appropriate section for your W indows version to perfo rm th e outdated firmware check. 3.5 Command Line Utilities Reference The W indows Setup package installs various utilities into the Program FilesFusion- ioutils folder .
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 42 www .dolphinics.com fio-attach Description Attaches the ioDrive and makes it availabl e to W indows. Y ou can then partition, format, or set up the ioDrive as part of a RAID array using the W indow s Disk Management utility .
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 43 www .dolphinics.com where < device-node > is the name given by the ioDrive driver to your device. This name is /dev/fct x where x indicates the device number . (The number reflects the PCIe bus for the ioDrive.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 44 www .dolphinics.com Options fio-status Description Provides detailed information about the specified or all installed ioDrive(s). The fio- status command requires that the W indows driver be loaded. If it finds no device, it displays an index nu mber instead.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 45 www .dolphinics.com Sample Output The fio-status command alone displays a bbreviated information on all installed ioDrives: fio-status Found 2 ioDrives in this system. Fusion-io driver version: 1.2.4.3 fct0 Attached ioDimm3 SN:0719 Firmware v11 791 92 GBytes unformatted capaci ty.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 46 www .dolphinics.com ioDimm3 SN:0719 PN:001195011 , Mfr:000 Date:20080709 Firmware v11791 92 GBytes, 8192 blocks, 256 pages, 47264 bytes/page (25 pads,.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 47 www .dolphinics.com Options Caution: Use the -f option with care, as forcing an upgrad e could damage your device.
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 48 www .dolphinics.com SOFTWAREFusion-ioio-snmp-winCurrentVersion 6. Save and exit Rege dit. 7. Stop and restart the W indows SNMP service. Y ou can now monitor yo ur ioDrive using SNMP . By default, the ioDrive agent uses the cpqIODrv .
March 10, 2009 Dolphin Interc onnect Solutions 49 www .dolphinics.com C:WINDOWSsystem32wbemsnmpsmi2sm ir /g RFC1213-MIB.txt cpqHost.mib cpqIODrv.mib > cpqIODrv. mof 4. T o register this MOF file with WMI, type in the command: C:WINDOWSsystem32wbemmofcomp cpqIODrv.
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