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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Overview.............................................................7
1.1 Features................................................................................ 7
1.1.1 Highlights .......................................................................................................7
1.1.2 Technical specifications.................................................................................8
1.2 RAID concepts...................................................................... 9
1.2.1 Terminology .................................................................................................10
1.2.2 RAID levels..................................................................................................12
1.2.3 Volume relationship .....................................................................................13
1.3 iSCSI concepts ................................................................... 13
Chapter 2 Installation........................................................16
2.1 Package contents ............................................................... 16
2.2 The Enclosure Description.................................................. 16
2.3 Make the system connected ............................................... 17
Chapter 3 Quick setup ......................................................18
3.1 Management interfaces ...................................................... 18
3.1.1 Serial console ..............................................................................................18
3.1.2 Remote control.............................................................................................18
3.1.3 LCM .............................................................................................................18
3.1.4 Web UI.........................................................................................................21
3.2 How to use the system quickly............................................ 23
3.2.1 Quick installation..........................................................................................23
3.2.2 Volume creation wizard................................................................................24
Chapter 4 Configuration ...................................................26
4.1 Web UI management interface hierarchy ........................... 26
4.2 System configuration .......................................................... 27
4.2.1 System setting .............................................................................................27
4.2.2 IP address....................................................................................................28
4.2.3 Login setting ................................................................................................28
4.2.4 Mail setting...................................................................................................29
4.2.5 Notification setting........................................................................................30
4.3 iSCSI configuration .............................................................31
4.3.1 Entity property..............................................................................................31
4.3.2 NIC...............................................................................................................32
4.3.3 Node ............................................................................................................34
4.3.4 Session........................................................................................................35
4.3.5 CHAP account .............................................................................................36
4.4 Volume configuration ..........................................................36
4.4.1 Physical disk................................................................................................37
4.4.2 RAID group ..................................................................................................40
4.4.3 Virtual disk ...................................................................................................43
4.4.4 Snapshot......................................................................................................48
4.4.5 Logical unit...................................................................................................51
4.4.6 Example.......................................................................................................52
4.5 Enclosure management...................................................... 56
4.5.1 SES configuration ........................................................................................57
4.5.2 Hardware monitor ........................................................................................58
4.5.3 Hard drive S.M.A.R.T. support.....................................................................59
4.5.4 UPS .............................................................................................................59