P/N: MAN-FC2000-RAID Revision: 1.0 January 2001 Corporate Headquarters: Eurologic Systems Ltd., Maple House, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland.
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Table of Contents Disclaimer and Warranty ...................................3 Disclaimer................................................................. 3 Warranty ................................................................... 3 Preface ..................................................................9 Audience ................................................................... 9 Conventions Used In This User Guide ..................... 9 Getting Support..........................................
Chapter 2: Installing a RAID Controller ........21 Installing a RAID Controller .................................. 21 Installing a RAID Controller .............................. 21 Upgrading a JBOD Array to a RAID Array ........... 22 Equipment and parts necessary for upgrade ....... 22 Upgrading from JBOD to RAID......................... 22 Installing the Battery Backup Unit ......................... 24 Installing the Battery Backup Unit ..................... 24 Chapter 3: Fault Management ............
Preface This Installation Guide describes the installation and operation of the SANbloc Series. The following products are covered: SANbloc FC2100 Series (JBOD) and SANbloc FC2500 Series (RAID). Audience This Installation Guide is intended for use by the person installing and operating the SANbloc Series. This Installation Guide describes the operation of the SANbloc Series only. For details relating to the host system, refer to the documentation supplied with the host system.
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Chapter 1: Introduction The FC2500 Series RAID Controller is a high performance fibre channel host to fibre channel disk RAID controller, providing one fibre host channel and two fibre disk channels conforming to the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) standards. The logical protocol used for both host and disk communications is 100MB/s Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) SCSI over fibre.
provide ride-through during a power glitch; however, the BBU is capable of sustaining memory content for hours at a time. The FC2500 is capable of monitoring a customer provided UPS. The FC2500 controller fault management features are based on the SCSI-3 Enclosure Services (SES) device interface. An SES firmware process handles all enclosure fault management. The process polls the environment every ten seconds.
Hardware Information This section describes the FC2500 controller hardware. Figure 1-1 shows a block diagram describing the controller board functions. Each of the controller board components are described here also.
Hardware Information DEVICE 0 DEVICE 1 FC_AL ISP FC_AL ISP 64 BIT DEVICE PCI 32 Bit PCI Bridge Hardware XOR ASIC 32 Bit PCI SA110 Main CPU 21285 Footbridge 64 Bit 32 Bit Host PCI 64 Bit To CS and Cache SDRAM PLD To DIMM Flash Emulator Board NVRAM FC_AL ISP Host BBU I2 C Flash PROM 2MB Cache SDRAM 1 DIMM 128 - 256 MB I2C I2 C Controller Figure 1-1 Block Diagram of Controller Board CS SDRAM 32MB 64 Bit
Main Processor The FC2500 RAID controller uses the 233MHz Intel SA 110 StrongARM processor. Control Store Memory The FC2500 RAID controller implements separate control store and data cache memory. The control store memory is dedicated to the processor and is located on the processor local bus. The control store memory includes a 32MB 100 Mhz 36-bit parity-protected SDRAM Flash PROM One 2MB flash PROM is provided on the controller board for non-volatile storage of the operating program.
LED Signals No LEDs are provided on the controller board; however, the following LED signals drive LEDs on the controller face plate: Host Activity, Device Activity, Not Active (Amber), Active (Green), Cache Dirty, Manufacturing Diags On and Partner Fail. Memory Controller/ Hardware XOR Engine The FC2500 RAID Controller uses an ASCI for cache data transfer, RAID XOR functional control, and other proprietary functions. Fibre Channel Three device ISPs each provide a 1GHz/sec FC_AL class 3 interface.
Battery Backup Unit Board A Battery Backup Unit (BBU) maintains memory content in the event of an AC power failure. The main purpose of the BBU is to provide AC power glitch ride-through, however, the BBU is capable of sustaining memory content for an extended period. The BBU is designed to work with SDRAM memory, and supports both the processor control store and ASIC cache memory SDRAM.
Hardware Information
Chapter 2: Installing a RAID Controller This section will describe the procedure for installing a RAID controller into the SANbloc Series. Also, in this chapter the procedure for upgrading a SANbloc Series from a JBOD (FC2100) to a RAID (FC2500) system is described. Installing a RAID Controller To install a RAID controller, follow this procedure: The RAID controller is located in the rear of the enclosure. Follow this procedure to install the RAID controller.
Upgrading a SANbloc JBOD Array to a RAID Array In this section the procedure for upgrading a SANbloc Series Storage Array from a JBOD system to a RAID system is described. The equipment and parts necessary for the upgrade are also described. Equipment and parts necessary for upgrade The following is a list of the equipment and parts required for the upgrade from JBOD to RAID: • Anti-static wrist strap and properly earthed grounding wire. • Phillips head screw driver.
3 Using the handle on the module remove the I/O Module from the enclosure. 4 Into the I/O Module slot install the RAID controller and secure in place by tightening the screws using the Phillips head screwdriver. RAID Controller Installed 1 1 2 2 0 I 0 I RAID Controller Screws 5 If you are upgrading to a dual RAID configuration then repeat steps 2 through 4 to install the second RAID controller.
7 Install the battery backup unit as described below. 8 Re-attach the power cables and switch on the enclosure. 9 You can now configure your RAID system using the Management Software supplied. Installing the Battery Backup Unit The battery backup unit (BBU) for the RAID controller is installed on the ACM unit (see Figure 2-2).
Figure 2-3 Installing the BBU BBU Connector Feed cable through hole provided and attach to the connector Tabs Tabs BBU 4 Feed the BBU cable through the hole provided and connect it to the BBU connector (see Figure 2-3). 5 Press the BBU into position and secure it by ensuring the four tabs “click” into place. 6 Replace the ACM in the enclosure and tighten the ACM screws to complete the installation.
Upgrading a SANbloc JBOD Array to a RAID Array
Chapter 3: Fault Management In this section the fault management process of the Series RAID controller is discussed. How to interpret the status LEDs on the front of the controller is also described. An SES firmware process handles all enclosure fault management. The process polls the environment every ten seconds. The controller firmware communicates with the SES device via Send Diagnostics and Receive Diagnostic SCSI command.
Fibre Channel RAID Controller LED Definitions The fibre channel RAID controller has 6 LED indicators as shown above.
Appendix A: RAID Controller Specifications This chapter provides the SANbloc Series RAID Controller power requirement, environmental and controller board physical specifications. Power This section describes the power requirements, connections and noise tolerances. Power Requirements Power requirement: 5.1V +/- 5% @ 2.5 Amps average Controller operating limits: 5V +/- 5% CAUTION: The controller will continue operation within the input limits shown.
Environmental Specifications The table below lists the RAID Controller environmental specifications. Operating Non-Operating (Storage/Shipping) Temperature 0oC to 40oC -20oC to 70oC Humidity 10% to 90% 10% to 90% Altitude To 10,000ft (3,048 m) To 50,000ft (15,240 m) MTBF The table below provides the MTBF values for the RAID Controller.
Appendix A: Glossary of Terms Term Description Backplane A PCB into which the controller plugs C0 / C1 See Master / Slave C-C Nexus Controller-to-controller nexus. A configuration of two RAID controllers sharing a common set of drives (see Dual-active mode) DDA Direct Disk Attach DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory Dual-active Mode A method of interconnecting multiple RAID controllers that share a common set of drives.
Term Description I/O Input / Output ISP Intelligent SCSI Processor. Intelligent interface protocol chip JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks.
Term Description SFF Small Form Factor. Refers to documents controlled by the SFF committee which is made up of a consortium of companies whose purpose is to define the form factor and pinouts of 3.
