RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 1 - RS16FS | User’s Guide Version 6.1A
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 10 - 1.4 Volume relationship diagram Figure 1.4.1 This is the volume structure of ULTRASTOR designed
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 11 - Chapter 2 Getting started 2.1 Before starting Before starting, prepare the following items. 1. Check “Certification
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 12 - The target is the storage device itself or an appliance which controls and serves volumes or virtual volumes. The tar
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 13 - 2.3.2 Console serial port Use NULL modem cable to connect console port. The console setting is baud rate: 115200, 8
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 14 - “Change IP Config” and “Reset to Default” will rotate by pressing c (up) and d (down). When there is WARNING or ERROR
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 15 - [Quick Install] RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0+1 xxx GB [Apply The Config] [cYes Nod] [Local] RAID
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 16 - 1. The system buzzer alarms 1 second when system boots up successfully. 2. The system buzzer alarms continuously wh
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 17 - Chapter 3 Web GUI guideline 3.1 Web GUI hierarchy The below table is the hierarchy of web GUI. Quick installation
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 18 - Reboot and shutdownÆReboot / Shutdown Logout Sure to logout? 3.2 Login ULTRASTOR RS16 FS controller suppor
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 19 - 3. Voltage light: Green means normal voltage. Red represents abnormal voltage.. 4. UPS light: Green means UPS w
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 2 - Preface About this manual This manual is the introduction of RS16FScontroller and it aims to help users know the ope
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 20 - Step 2: Confirm page. Click “ ” if all setups are correct. Then a VD will be created. Done. You can start to use the
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 21 - 3.4.1 System setting “System setting” can set system name and date. Default “System name” composed of model name and
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 22 - Figure 3.4.2.1 3.4.3 Login setting “Login setting” can set single admin, auto logout time and Admin/User passwor
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 23 - Figure 3.4.3.1 Check “Change admin password” or “Change user password” to change admin or user password. The maxim
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 24 - Figure 3.4.4.1 3.4.5 Notification setting “Notification setting” can set up SNMP trap for alerting via SNMP, pop-
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 25 - Figure 3.4.5.1 “SNMP” allows up to 3 SNMP trap addresses. Default community setting is “public”. User can choose t
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 26 - Using “System log server”, user can choose the facility and the event log level. The default port of syslog is 514. T
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 27 - 1. Biggest capacity of RAID level for user to choose and, 2. The fewest disk number for RAID level / volume size.
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 28 - Figure 3.5.1.2 Step 3: Decide VD size. User can enter a number less or equal to the default number. Then click “ ”.
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 29 - 3.5.2 Physical disk “Physical disk” can view the status of hard drives in the system. The followings are operational
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 3 - Table of Contents Chapter 1 RAID introduction...5 1.1 Features...
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 30 - Figure 3.5.2.3 (Figure 3.5.2.3: Physical disks of slot 1,2,3 are created for a RG named “RG-R5”. Slot 4 is set as de
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 31 - “Failed” Æ the hard drive is failed. “Error Alert” Æ S.M.A.R.T. error alert. “Read Errors” Æ the hard drive has unrec
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 32 - Set Dedicated spares Set hard drive to dedicated spare of selected RGs. Set property Change the status of write cache
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 33 - Step 2: Confirm page. Click “ ” if all setups are correct. Figure 3.5.3.2 (Figure 3.5.3.2: There is a RAID 0 with
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 34 - “Rebuild” Æ the RAID group is being rebuilt. “Migrate” Æ the RAID group is being migrated. “Scrub” Æ the RAID group is
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 35 - More information Show RAID group detail information. 3.5.4 Virtual disk “Virtual disk” can view the status of each
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 36 - Figure 3.5.4.2 (Figure 3.5.4.2: Create a VD named “VD-01”, related to “RG-R0”, size is 30GB. The other VD is named “
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 37 - Bg rate Background task priority. “4 / 3 / 2 / 1 / 0” Æ Default value is 4. The higher number the background priority
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 38 - #Snapshot Number of snapshot(s) that Virtual disk is taken. RG name The Virtual disk is related to the RG name • VD o
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 39 - Take snapshot Take a snapshot on the Virtual disk. Auto snapshot Set auto snapshot on the Virtual disk. List snapshot
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 4 - 3.7.4 Import and export ... 53 3.7.5 Ev
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 40 - Figure 3.5.5.3 Step 4: Export the snapshot VD. Move the mouse to the gray button next to the Snapshot VD number;
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 41 - No. Number of this snapshot VD. The button next to the snapshot VD No. shows the functions which can be executed. Name
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 42 - every host can access the volume. Choose LUN number and permission, then click “ ”. Figure 3.5.6.1 Figure 3.5.6.2
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 43 - • Example 1 Example 1 is to create two VDs in one RG, each VD uses global cache volume. Global cache volume is creat
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 44 - Figure 3.5.7.3 1. Select “/ Volume configuration / Virtual disk”. 2. Click “ ”. 3. Input a VD name, choose a RG Nam
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 45 - Figure 3.5.7.5 1. Select a VD. 2. Input “Host” name, which is a FC node name for access control, or fill-in wildcar
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 46 - Figure 3.5.7.7 (Figure 3.5.8.7: Slot 4 is set as global spare disk.) Step 5: Done. They can be used as disks. Del
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 47 - Step 8: Delete RG (RAID group). To delete the RAID group, please follow the procedures: 1. Select “/ Volume c
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 48 - 1. Temperature sensors: 1 minute. 2. Voltage sensors: 1 minute. 3. Hard disk sensors: 10 minutes. 4. Fan sensors:
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 49 - Figure 3.6.2.1 If “Auto shutdown” has been checked, the system will shutdown automatically when voltage or temperatu
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 5 - Chapter 1 RAID introduction 1.1 Features RS16FScontroller is a high-performance RAID controller. • Backplane solutio
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 50 - S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a diagnostic tool for hard drives to deliver warning
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 51 - Figure 3.6.4.1 Currently, the system only supports and communicates with smart-UPS of APC (American Power Conversion
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 52 - Battery Level (%) Current percentage of battery level. 3.7 System maintenance “Maintenance” allows the operation of
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 53 - Figure 3.7.2.1 Figure 3.7.2.2 When upgrading, there is a progress bar running. After finished upgrading, the syste
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 54 - values are available in export and not available in import which can avoid confliction/date-deleting between two contr
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 55 - Figure 3.7.5.1 The event log is displayed in reverse order which means the latest event log is on the first page.
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 56 - Chapter 4 Advanced operation 4.1 Rebuild If one physical disk of the RG which is set as protected RAID level (e.g.:
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 57 - Sometimes, rebuild is called recover; they are the same meaning. The following table is the relationship between
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 58 - arrays. JBOD The abbreviation of “Just a Bunch Of Disks”. No data protection. RG fails if any hard drive failures or
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 59 - Figure 4.2.2 (Figure 4.2.2: A RAID 0 with 4 physical disks migrates to RAID 5 with 5 physical disks.) Figure 4.2.3
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 6 - usual without any impact to end users. The "on-the-box" implies that it does not require any proprietary agen
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 60 - 1. Select “/ Volume configuration / Virtual disk”. 2. Mouse moves to the gray button next to the VD number; click “E
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 61 - ordinary VDs in the system. Rollback restores the data back to the state of any time which was previously captured in
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 62 - VD page and the size will show in snapshot column. It may not be the same as the number entered because some size is r
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 63 - (Figure 4.4.1.2: This is the list of “VD-01”. There are two snapshots in “VD-01”. Snapshot VD “SnapVD-01” is exported
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 64 - Figure 4.4.2.1 (Figure 4.4.2.1: It will take snapshots every month, and keep the last 32 snapshot copies.)
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 65 - 2. When making rollback, the original VD cannot be accessed for a while. At the same time, the system connects to ori
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 66 - top in “/ Volume configuration / Physical disk”. For example, Local, JBOD 1 (vendor model), JBOD 2 (vendor model), …et
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 67 - Figure 4.6.2 (Figure 4.6.2: Disk S.M.A.R.T. information of Local and JBOD 1, although S.M.A.R.T. supports SATA disk
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 68 - 3. Global spare disk only supports all RGs which located in the same controller. 4.7 Support Microsoft MPIO MPIO
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 69 - Appendix A. Certification list • RAM RS16FS RAM Spec: 240-pin, DDR2-533(PC4300), Reg.(register) or UB (Unbufferred)
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 7 - LUN Logical Unit Number. A logical unit number (LUN) is a unique identifier which enables it to differentiate among sep
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 70 - • Hard drive RS16FSsupport SATA I, II disks. Vendor Model Hitachi Deskstar 7K250, HDS722580VLSA80, 80GB, 7200RPM,
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 71 - Seagate Barracuda ES.2, ST31000640SS, 1000GB, 7200RPM, SAS 3.0Gb/s, 16M B. Event notifications • PD events Level
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 72 - ERROR Voltage critical System voltages <location> failed!!! ERROR Voltage critical shutdown System voltages <
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 73 - WARNING VD rebuild failed Failed to complete rebuild of VD <name>. INFO VD migration started VD <name> st
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 74 - deleted deleted to obtain extra snapshot space. INFO Snapshot taken A snapshot on VD <name> has been taken. IN
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 75 - • System maintenance events Level Type Description INFO System shutdown System shutdown. INFO System reboot Sys
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 76 - Figure D.1: (Figure D.1: choose “OK” for 64bit OS, choose “Cancel” for 32bit OS, this step will change
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 77 - Figure D.2 2. Initialize the disk. Figure D.3 3. Convert to GPT disk for over 2TB capacity. For more detail inf
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 78 - 4. Format the disk. Figure D.5 5. Done. Figure D.6 6. The new disk is ready to use, the available size = 2.72T
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 79 - 7. Wrong setting result: OS can not format disk sector after 2048GB (2TB). Figure D.8 Caution If user setups
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 8 - DG DeGraded mode. Not all of the array’s member disks are functioning, but the array is able to respond to application
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 80 - System information ULTRASTOR RS16 FS SW version 1.0.0
RS16 FS – Manual v.6.1A - 9 - 1.3 RAID levels RAID 0 Disk striping. RAID 0 needs at least one hard drive. RAID 1 Disk mirroring over two disks. RAI
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