User manual

SAS to SAS/SATA II RAID Subsystem
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User Manual
Table of Contents
Preface................................................................................................................................5
Before You Begin .............................................................................................................6
Safety Guidelines............................................................................................................................................................... 6
Controller Configurations..............................................................................................................................................6
Packaging, Shipment and Delivery............................................................................................................................6
Unpacking the Shipping Carton ............................................................................................................................7
Chapter 1 Product Introduction.................................................................................8
1.1 Technical Specifications ...............................................................................................................................10
1.2 RAID Concepts ......................................................................................................................................................12
1.3 Array Definition.....................................................................................................................................................17
1.3.1 Raid Set............................................................................................................................................................17
1.3.2 Volume Set.....................................................................................................................................................17
1.4 High Availability....................................................................................................................................................18
1.4.1 Creating Hot Spares ...................................................................................................................................18
1.4.2 Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support ................................................................................................................18
1.4.3 Hot-Swap Disk Rebuild ..............................................................................................................................18
Chapter 2 Identifying Parts of the RAID Subsystem.......................................... 19
2.1 Main Components ...............................................................................................................................................19
2.1.1 Front View.......................................................................................................................................................19
2.1.1.1 Disk Trays...............................................................................................................................................20
2.1.1.2 LCD Front Panel..................................................................................................................................21
2.1.1.3 LCD IP Address in Dual Controller Mode ................................................................................23
2.1.2 Rear View ........................................................................................................................................................24
2.2 Controller Module................................................................................................................................................26
2.2.1 Controller Module Panel...........................................................................................................................26
2.3 Power Supply / Fan Module (PSFM)............................................................................................................28
2.3.1 PSFM Panel.....................................................................................................................................................28
Chapter 3 Getting Started with the Subsystem................................................... 30
3.1 Preparing the RAID Subsystem......................................................................................................................30
3.2 Powering On ..........................................................................................................................................................30
3.3 Disk Drive Installation.........................................................................................................................................31
3.3.1 Installing a SAS Disk Drive in a Disk Tray .........................................................................................31
3.3.2 Installing a SATA Disk Drive (Dual Controller Mode) in a Disk Tray...................................34