RAIDCare 2.3 User Manual NOTE: RAIDCare Client 2.3 will only work properly with RAIDCare Server 2.
1.0 INTRODUCTION TO RAIDCARE ......................................................................... 9 1.1 TARGET .......................................................................................................................... 9 1.2 ARCHITECTURE .............................................................................................................. 9 2.0 INSTALLATION GUIDE ........................................................................................ 10 2.1 HOST SITE ............
4.7 SCSI CONFIGURATION SETUP............................................................................... 29 4.7.1 GENERAL SETUP ................................................................................................ 29 4.7.2 LUN MAP......................................................................................................... 29 4.8 RS232 CONFIGURATION SETUP ............................................................................. 30 4.8.1 MODEM PORT ...............................
6.0 NETWORK PORT BUILT IN WEB SERVER ..................................................... 45 6.1 USING RAIDCARE WEB ASSISTANT ........................................................................ 45 6.1.2 ADVANCE FUNCTION ......................................................................................... 46 6.1.4 USING NETWORK PORT’S BUILD IN WEB CONFIGURATION TOOL. ................... 48 6.2 RAID INFORMATION: ........................................................................................
1.0 Introduction to RAIDCare 1.1 Target RAIDCare Manager, a user-friendly graphical management tool provides a comfortable interface to configure and monitor the AXUS Brownie RAID/Demon RAID from anywhere using standard Web browser or RAIDCare Client via a RAIDCare Server or network port. The friendly interface not only enables the user to monitor and maintain the Brownie/Demon RAID, but also provides its user advanced functionalities of “Critical event notification” to report the event via E-mail.
Figure 1-2 2.0 Installation Guide 2.1 Host Site This section will teach you how to install the RAIDCare Server on host server. Installation of RaidCare Server is not necessary if RAIDCare Server is hosted on Brownie and Demon systems with build in Network port module. The Network port module is integrated with RAIDCare Server and also built-in a network monitoring port. A: Please go to Section 2.2.2 RAIDCare Client Site if your Brownie/Demon Raid system is with Network port module.
2.1.1 Software Requirement (1) Operating System Windows 2000 all version (Service Pack 2 or above) Windows XP all version Windows 2003 all version Linux Solaris (2) Addition Software Required JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 1.4.2 or above JAVA 2 SDK (a must to run web manager) JAKARTA-TOMCAT (a must when running RAIDCare Web) (3) To be fully compatible with RAIDCare 2.3, required firmware is listed below. Later release firmware will also work. Brownie BR8000 BR8000P BR8600 BR1200 BR1200p BR1600 BR1600p 1.
Step 2 Installing JAKARTA-TOMCAT Tomcat web server, can be downloaded from http://apache.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/jakarta/tomcat-5/v5.0.27/bin/, Tomcat 5.0.27 filename is ： jakarta-tomcat-5.0.27.exe. Double click the file of jakarta-tomcat-5.0.27.exe will launch the installation. It will generate a directory C:\Program Files\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.27. Then reboot your system after the installation. Step 3 Install AXUS RAIDCare Server. Please download RAIDCareServer_Setup.exe from ftp://raid:diskarray@ftp.axus.com.
Figure 2-4 2.2 RAIDCare Client Site 2.2.1 Software Requirement (1) Operating System: 1. Windows serials: Windows 98, 98SE, ME, XP, or Windows 2000 Professional or Server (Service Pack 2 or above). (2) Software (Required): JRE 1.4.2 or above (JAVA™ 2 SDK will also work) 2.2.2 Install Procedure Step 1: Install JRE See Step1 in Section 2.1.2 Step 2: Install RAIDCare Client Double click \client\setup.exe will launch the installation as Figure 2-5. It will generate an icon group after installation is completed.
Figure 2-6 3.0 RAIDCare Client RAIDCare client is an application to communicate through Network port or Serial Port (Raid system without Network port) to do related configurations on RAID systems by selecting the specified IP address of that Network port (RAID system without Network port use host server IP address). NOTE: RAIDCare Client 2.3 will only work properly with RAIDCare Server 2.
3.1 Smart Agent With Smart agent’s smart login, administrator can monitor or configure different RAID system without re-login. Smart agent will remember one set of password when the “enable save user’s information function” is checked. Jumping from one system to another is now easier then ever. Default user name “admin”, default password “123456”. Figure 3-1 3.2 Network and Smart Agent Setting 3.2.1 Network Setting, Assign IP Address, New Network Setting - Use this option to manage IP range.
Figure 3-2 To enter an IP rage please click on “network and smart agent setting” setting” Æ “ADD” Figure 3-3 Æ “Network Note: Wide range of IP, for example: 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255 will result in long waiting time. Program did not crash.
3.4 RAID Systems List After RAID system search is done, please look at upper left corner of the screen. 3.4.1 Host Server Step 1. Double Click on IP area: IP Area 1.1.1.190~190 – range used to search for RAID System Step 2. Double Click on Host Server: RAID System host server IP address and port number. Step 3. Double Click on Server IP RAID System host server IP address and port number. Note: If Smart Agent wasn’t enabled, then you will be prompted with login screen. Step 4.
3.4.2 Network Port Please refer to section 5 for a more detail description of network port. Step 1. Double Click on Network Port: IP Area 1.1.1.190~190 – range used to search for RAID System Step 2. Double Click on IP address RAID System host IP address and port. Note: If Smart Agent wasn’t enabled, then you will be prompted with login screen. Step 3. Click on RAID Subsystem. Here you will be prompted with RAID Subsystem password.
4.0 RaidCare Client 2.3 Menu Bar 1. Search RAID system on LAN - Search a range of IP for RAID system that is connected on LAN 2. Network Setting and Smart Agent - Manage IP range to search and enable/disable smart agent 3. Exit - Exit RAIDCare Client 2.1 4. Quick setup - Setting up RAID level without configuring any setups 5. RAID Configuration Setup - RAID setup configuration 6. Fiber Card Configuration - To configure fiber card 7. SCSI Card Configuration - To configure SCSI card 8.
4.1 Search Raid system on LAN Use this function to search all RAID systems that is connected to network. Click on this icon you will be prompt with a pull down menu for IP range. Wait time (sec): Waiting time in seconds, for server to response. Note: Wide range of IP, for example: 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255 will result in extensive waiting time. Program did not crash.
4.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3 Network and Smart Agent Setting Under this menu there are 3 tabs Network Setting Use this option to manage IP range. Assign IP Address Search all the Network port on the same domain or IP can be assign according to MAC address. New Click here to manually assign MAC address with an IP. (Use this option when the search failed). 4.2.4 Smart Agent If smart agent was not enabled at beginning, here is where you can enable smart agent.
4.3 Exit Exit RAIDCare Client 2.
4.4 Quick setup This is the easiest way to configure your RAID subsystem, but all parameters will be setup as defaults. If you wish to change the default value, you’ll have to go to RAID Configuration icon to customize it. After setup is finished, a hot spare can be obtained by adding a new HD to the system.
4.5 RAID Configuration Setup This tool allows user to manually setup RAID system by choosing RAID level, number of HD, and slice size. There are four main categories within RAID configuration setup menu. 4.5.1 General Params Basic RAID level setup Re-config Raid RAID Level Disk Number in RAID Strip Size Write Buffer Used to change an existing RAID configuration. Used to specify the RAID level. Used to specify the number of disks in the array.
Steps to setup Array. Step 1. Step 2. In the RAID Array pull down menu, choose which array you wish to configure. After array number is selected, Check Re-Config RAID check box to begin the configuring RAID system. Step 3. After Re-Config RAID is checked, the pull down menu next to RAID level should be available. Step 4. After RAID level is selected, the pull down menu next to Disk Number in RAID should be available. This is where a user chooses how many hard drives they wish to use in the array.
Init R5/R3 Used when configuring a disk group for RAID Level 5. During an initial RAID 5 configuration, this is automatically executed. R5/R3 Check Used to verify the RAID 5 configuration. This option should be executed when initially configuring for RAID 5. Beeper Used to turn on or off the audible alarm when an error occurs or during an Init RAID 5, R5 Check. Stop Modem Used to stop a Page or FAX notification from being sent.
4.5.4 Disk Mode Use to enable the Ultra DMA data transfer mode of the RAID subsystem with the installed disks during initialization. Disk Mode Option IDE DMA Mode Description: Setting Default Setting 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 5 Use to negotiate the highest DMA data transfer mode with the installed disks during initialization. Option IDE LBA Mode Description: Setting Default Setting Enable, Disable Enable Use to enable the LBA feature. The feature allows BROWNIE to manage large size disk.
4.6 FC Configuration Setup 4.6.1 General Setup 4.6.2 Primary Fiber Submenu for configuring primary fiber settings Hard Loop Enable hard loop ID if you wish to enter the ID manually. Disable to have the ID set by the controller (Default: Disable) ID Setup Enter the hard loop Id for this controller (only hard loop ID is enabled) Connection Mode Arbitration Loop or Point-to-Point (default: Arbitration Loop). Data Rate 1 Giga-bits, 2 Giga-bits (Default: Auto-negotiated).
4.7 SCSI Configuration Setup An SCSI Interface contains two channels, one is Primary SCSI Interface, and the other is Secondary SCSI Interface. You can drop the pop-up menu to select a channel to configure SCSI Interface. The Set SCSI ID and the Termination must be set to avoid causing a conflict with the SCSI adapter or other SCSI device daisy chained with the RAID subsystem. Command Tag Queuing is a function that allows a SCSI device to queue multiple requests without having to serialize the operations.
4.8 RS232 Configuration setup The RS232 Params configures the external ports of the RAID subsystem. The RAID subsystem can communicate with a remote terminal and modem. The RAID subsystem and the remote terminal must be set to the same communication settings (Baud Rate, Stop Bit, Data Bit, and Parity). 4.8.
4.9 RAID System Setup 4.9.1 RTC (only available 8990 controller) RTC Stands for Real Time Clock. It is used for setting the time on the controller. Setting the correct time plays an important role in the system administration. Helps the administrators to keep accurate record of when the event actually occurs. 4.9.2 Utility Configuration (only available 8990 controller) Clone Swap Unit Per Sector Reduce Read Retry 16 Bytes CDB Is used to set the bad sector threshold of a hard drive.
4.9.4 Scrubbing (only available 8990 controller) Scrubbing Schedule Overwrite parity for Scrubbing Per Weeks: Number of weeks between scrubbing check. Per Day: Day of the week which scrubbing should be performed. Per Hour: Time of the day which scrubbing should be preformed. When miscalculated parity is found, Scrubbing is granted with permission to replace the miscalculated parity with the correct parity. 4.9.5 Passwd Info The RAID System Setup configures the internal operation of the RAID subsystem.
4.10 NVRAM Setup 4.10.1 General Setting NVRAM Update NVRAM Erase NVRAM Restart To save the configuration Reset the NVRAM to factory default Restart the NVRAM (Controller) When using this menu option, The RAID subsystem should be off-line. NOTE: Any changes made in this group will cause data on the drives to be permanently Once a configuration change has been made, the NVRAM (where the settings are stored) must be updated.
4.11 Save Configuration Use this function to save the current RAID system information to a different location.
4.12 System Monitor 4.12.1 Color Table The color of the array represents the RAID level. the color yellow. For example Raid 1 is represented by The number in color represents the array, for example in the picture above array 1 is repented by the number 1 color in green. When Hard Drive number is flashing in red, please check the HD for failure.
4.12.2 System Information Window 4.12.3 System Information configure window (without network port) Click on configure to access account information, email information, system params, web access. Account information To add/remove user. Change password for a user System information Send system status and error by email. System Params System Params configures the internal operation of the RAID subsystem.
4.12.4 System Information configure window for machine with network port Click on configure to access account information, email information, port params, web access, IP Address, update firmware, and other settings. Account information To add/remove user. Change password for a user Email Information Send system status and report error by email.
5.0 Introduction to Network Port Ever since Axus introduced RaidCare software, Axus has been working hard to accommodate the growing demand for better and more user-friendly product. After one year in research and development, network port was born. Now with network port, no additional software is needed to configure RAID system. Built in web interface allows user to configure the RAID system, simply by using a web browser. Monitoring RAID is now easier then ever.
tftp –I X.X.X.X put FW_XPT_2_0_1.ROM X1 The IP address of network port. Firmware version 5.3.3 Updating firmware by using RAIDCare Client. 1. Please refer to RAIDCare manual for proper installation of RAIDCare Client. 2. Run RAIDCare Client and search the range of IP where Network Port is located. 3. on the left click on IP address of the Network Port. 4. Click on configure, please refer to the picture below. 5. Click on the tab firmware located on the upper right hand corner. 6.
5.4 Network Port Setting 5.4.1 Account Information Manage user accounts and password 5.4.2 Email Information Setup tab for the email alert function. Alert email can be setup to send alert email to ten different recipients. Note: there must be a valid mail server residing on the network.
5.4.3 Web Access To enables/disables web configuring function on the network port. 5.4.4 IP Address Setting There are two ways to obtain an IP address for the network port. Option one is by using DHCP and option two is by manually assigning an IP for the network port.
5.4.5 Port Params This option can be used to configure serial port settings for Network Port. The default values are as follow: Baud Rate: 115200 Data Bit: 8 Bits Parity: No parity Stop Bit: 1 Stop bit Flow Control: None Caution: When RS232 (serial cable) is connected to the serial port, Network Port will be automatically disabled.
5.4.6 Other Settings Monitor Delta Setting is used to set the time interval for the network port to query system Status. Caution: This value should never be less then 60 seconds, due to for every query this function consume resource from RAID system. Over query may affect the over all performance of the RAID system. 5.4.7 Firmware Firmware function is used to update firmware for the network port. Please refer to section 5.3.3 for instructions on how to update firmware.
5.5 Terminal Connection Network port can be configured by telnet function. To obtain a terminal connection please precedes the following steps. 1. Open a command prompt. 2. Type in the following command line. telnet 1.1.1.125 9999 IP Address of the network port. Port number There are seven options to choose from, once the connection is made. 1. Factory’s default value. This function is used to load all the factory default for the network port. 2. TCPIP’s configuration.
1. Monitor Delta setting Please refer to monitor Delta setting in section 5.4.6 Other Settings 2. DNS Settings This function can be used to configure DNS settings. 3. Exit. 5. Enabled Terminal When this function is enabled, serial connection can be simulated by telnet. 6.0 Network Port built in Web Server 6.1 Hardware Requirement Software Requirement Network Port RAIDCare Web Assistant Web Browser Java Run Time 1.4.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 6.1.2 To search for network port within the subnet. Assign or edit IP of the network port. Click on the input web browser to point a path to your browser. Click on the icon to open web browser to manage network port of your choice. To update network port’s firmware and web functions. To save the log file of a specific raid configuration to the local computer. To exit the application. To read the information about this software.
Background Color – This function is used to change the background color of the logo to fit costumer’s need. Image path – To browse and locate the image desired to be use as the new logo. Please note the image display size should not be larger then 60X180 pixel and the file size is restricted to five kilobytes or less. Input the – To change the text logo located next to the image logo. The advanced function allows different text special effects.
6.1.4 6.2 Using Network port’s build in web configuration tool. The default user name is admin and the default password is 123456. Once user have login, the following is the screen shot of the main page. RAID Information: 1. Login Raid System – After clicking on this link user will be prompt with Subsystem’s password. The default password is 00000000.
6.3 Server Configure 1. 2. Server Information – display the following information: ･ Product Name ･ Firmware Version ･ Mac Address ･ DNS Server ･ DHCP Status ･ Baud Rate ･ Terminal Connection System Settings – To configure TCP/IP status and terminal connection IP Address Setting: To the left of the screen are the settings for the IP address. By default the server should be using DHCP to obtain an IP address. Port (COM1:) settings: To the right of the screen are the settings for the terminal connection.
Once the password has been entered to login to the subsystem, the following is the next screen shot. This is the information page where all the hardware information can be viewed on this screen. Firmware version, serial number of the machine, UPS status, Fan module status, Power module status and the temperature status and the hard drive information are all parts of this information page.
RAID FUNCTION 6.4 Quick Setup By using this function all raid settings are default. System will automatically build Raid level 5 with no spare drive. If user wishes to use this function be sure to click on the NVRAM function link and pick NVRAM update then submit and then NVRAM restart and submit after submitting update on the quick start. Always remember to update NVRAM and restart NVRAM when there is a configuration change.
6.5 NVRAM Function NVRAM should always be updated and restart whenever there is a change in the configuration. Monitor Status This is the information page where all the hardware information can be viewed on this screen. Firmware version, serial number of the machine, UPS status, Fan module status, Power module status and the temperature status and the hard drive information are all parts of this information page.
RAID PARAMETERS 6.6 RAID Settings This page is used to configure the RAID settings in the subsystem. To configure Raid level, first by selecting which array to be configured then by clicking on the Re-Config RAID to enable RAID level. Choose which RAID level is desired and number of hard drive to be used in the RAID then submit the changes. Be sure to update NVRAM and NVRAM restart to enable the changes.
6.7 Slice Settings Under the slice settings, it is important to choose which array needed to be configuring from the pull down menu. In this case we have chosen Array 1 slice 0. Please note that putting a check inside the check box will enable users to key in size in MB. If more then one slice are desired then place a check next to slice 1. After all the value have been key in please click on submit always remember to update NVRAM update and restart for changes to take affect. 6.
First by selecting the Array then places a check inside the check box to use the function. After the desired command has been selected click on the submit bottom located on the lower right to start. Init R5/R3 Used when configuring a disk group for RAID Level 5. During an initial RAID 5 configuration, this is automatically executed. R5/R3 Check Used to verify the RAID 5 configuration. This option should be executed when initially configuring for RAID 5.
SCSI CONFIGURATIONS 6.12 SCSI General Settings Set SCSI ID - To manually set a SCSI ID for your primary SCSI and secondary SCSI ID. Please note that the primary SCSI ID and the secondary SCSI ID must be different from HBA’s SCSI ID. TAG Queuing – To enable or disable TAG Queuing function. Command Tag Queuing is a function that allows a SCSI device to queue multiple requests without having to serialize the operations.
6.12.1 LUN Settings The first number next to the current LUN represents the ten digits and the second number represents the one digits. For Example LUN number 79 is made up by selecting number 7 on the first number and 9 on the second number.
7.0 RAIDCare Web Manager Web Manager allows administrator to monitor host running RAIDCare Server via web browser. 7.1.1 Installing JAVA 2 SDK Install JAVA™ 2 SDK: If you wish to apply Web Manager, the Web Service JAKARTA-TOMCAT™ must be installed. However, before you start to install the JAKARTA-TOMCAT™, the JAVA™ 2 SDK must be installed at first. You can download it from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html/. Launch the j2sdk-xxx-win.
7.2 Starting Web Manager Please run RAIDCare Server firstly after you installed above programs, then you should start RAIDCare Client or start Jakarta-tomcat web server. The default path is http://Server_IP:8080/RAIDCareWeb Web browser Login name: admin Password: 123456 IP-Range: enter a range of IP where the server resides Run RAIDCare Server as a service. RAIDCare 2.1 supports RAIDCare server at startup.
7.3 Getting into RAIDCare Web Login and Logout Server Before configuring a RAID subsystem in RAIDCare Web, you must login it in “Login Monitor Agent” page. To monitor a subsystem or to configuring a subsystem simply click on the items listed under RAID Sys. Whenever Network Port is being use by other users, prohibited icon will appear on the network port, marked by the arrow. Server Name Raid Sys. Server name and IP Number of RAID address. subsystem which is connected to the host server.
After clicking on Single, users will be prompted to key in the default password 00000000 Once login to the Raid subsystem, Monitoring is the default starting page. All the useful information regarding the RAID subsystem will be on display. Please note if the server is connected with SCSI cable then no configuration can be done toward the subsystem only monitoring. If the server is connected via RS-232 cable then both monitoring and configuring can be accessible. 7.
RAIDCare Web uses Internet Explore to perform configuring functions of the RAID subsystem and Monitor Agent. It contains several components for performing these functions. In the following, we will describe these components in detail. Categories Categories Sub-Menu Sub-Menu Server IP Address System Information. Server IP address All the functions Under each category The IP address where necessary to there are several the server resides. configure Raid reside sub-menus. here.
7.5 Quick Setup This is the easiest way to configure your RAID subsystem, but all parameters will be setup as defaults. If you wish to change the default value, you’ll have to go to RAID Configuration icon to customize it. After setup is finished, a hot spare can be obtained by adding a new HD to the system. 7.
This tool allows user to manually setup RAID system by choosing RAID level, number of HD, and slice size. There are four main categories within RAID configuration setup menu. 7.7 SCSI Interface An SCSI Interface contains two channels, one is Primary SCSI Interface, and the other is Secondary SCSI Interface. You can drop the pop-up menu to select a channel to configure SCSI Interface.
7.8 RS232 Params The RS232 Params configures the external ports of the RAID subsystem. The RAID subsystem can communicate with a remote terminal and modem. The RAID subsystem and the remote terminal must be set to the same communication settings (Baud Rate, Stop Bit, Data Bit, and Parity). 7.
7.9.1 Company Information Option Company Info Sub-Option Setting String 1 Up to 16 alphanumeric characters String 2 Up to 16 alphanumeric characters Description: This information will appear at the top of the fax document. 7.9.2 Password Information Option Setting Default Setting Set New Password Up to 8 characters 00000000 Description: Use Set New Password to change the default password. The RAID System Setup configures the internal operation of the RAID subsystem.
7.10 NVRAM The NVRAM control option the configuration information. RAID subsystem should be off-line. When using this menu option, The NOTE: Any changes made in this group will cause data on the drives to be permanent. Once a configuration change has been made, the NVRAM (where the settings are stored) must be updated. If a change causes an error or if the subsystem fails, use the Erase NVRAM option to clear the contents of NVRAM restoring the default values.
7.11 1. 2. 3. 4. Log Event Product ID: Indicates the type of the controller is used on this particular system. Model Name: Model name of the current system. Serial Number: When calling or emailing technical support, please provide this number to ensure the proper support from our engineers. Firmware Version: The current version of the firmware. Please keep the firmware up to date, since each release of firmware might improve the overall performance of the system or minor bug fix.
7.12 Disk Utility (only available for 8990 controller) 7.12.1 Disk Utility (only available for 8990 controller) Bad Sector Threshold Is used to set the bad sector threshold of a hard drive. When the bad sector count equals to this value then the disk will be cloned. Unit Per Sector Allows a single slice to exceed the two terabyte limit and to be recognized under Windows based operating system.
7.13 Configuration quick diagram RAIDCare Server 2.1 RAIDCare Server 2.1 Network Port RAIDCare Client 2.1 RAIDCare Web Manager RAIDCare Client 2.1 Network Port Network Port Web Manager The above diagram shows the relationship between software and how everything is related. For example: When using Network port there are 2 options (tools) to configure the RAID-Subsystem. One is by using RAIDCare Client and the second choice is using Internet Browser.
