APC RAID Subsystem SCSI-SATA II Bedienungsanleitung

SAS/SATA II NAS System User’s Manual Revision 1.0 P/N: PW0020000000386

SAS / SATA II NAS System 10 User’s Manual PART I Hardware Components and RAID Subsystem

SAS / SATA II NAS System 100 User’s Manual c. The Raid Set Name which you created before is automatically selected. Click “Submit” button. d.

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 101 7.4 Setting proNAS IP Address and Connecting to NAS Management GUI NOTE: Java 2 Runtime Environment (J

SAS / SATA II NAS System 102 User’s Manual 5. Enter Account as “admin” and password as “proware” and click the Logon command button. Login

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 103 NOTE: For security reason, it is necessary to change the default admin password. To change admin passwo

SAS / SATA II NAS System 104 User’s Manual Chapter 8 proNAS Manager proNAS supports Multi-Node Management. If you have several NAS subsystems co

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 105 8.1 Volume Manager The Volume Manager is responsible for disk and volume management. A Volume Group

SAS / SATA II NAS System 106 User’s Manual 8.1.1 Volume Group Management Volume Group (VG) is created by joining at least one disk, which can be

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 107 2. Select proNASVG under Volume Manager and click “Join New Disk” button. 3. Select the Disk(s) tha

SAS / SATA II NAS System 108 User’s Manual 5. Another confirmation message will appear. Select “”Yes” to proceed. 6. The process of joining d

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 109 8.1.1.2 Creating another Volume Group To create another VG, verify from Volume Manager Disk List if th

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 11 Chapter 1 Introduction The NAS System Companies are looking for cost-effective storage solutio

SAS / SATA II NAS System 110 User’s Manual 3. A confirmation message will appear. Select “Yes” to proceed. 4. Click “Join New Disk” to continue

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 111 7. A process window will appear. 8. When the process of joining disk to the new VG is completed, the

SAS / SATA II NAS System 112 User’s Manual 8.1.1.3 Reset and Remove Volume Group If you choose to reset the Volume Group, all the data will be e

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 113 4. Select “Yes” from the confirmation message. 5. Verify from Volume Group List in Volume Manager tha

SAS / SATA II NAS System 114 User’s Manual 8.1.2 Logical Volume Configuration 8.1.2.1 Create new Logical Volume To create a new Logical Volum

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 115 NOTE: The maximum LV size supported by proNAS 1.3.xx is 8 exabytes (EB) or 8 billion gigabytes. If the LV

SAS / SATA II NAS System 116 User’s Manual 8.1.2.2 Extending Logical Volume Size When the Logical Volume free space gets smaller and smaller, th

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 117 4. Verify the new LV size.

SAS / SATA II NAS System 118 User’s Manual 8.1.3 Volume Snapshot Snapshots are point-in-time copies of a logical volume. This allows the system

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 119 8.1.3.1 Create Snapshots Manually To manually create snapshots: 1. Select the Logical Volume, go to S

SAS / SATA II NAS System 12 User’s Manual 1.1 Key Features - Configurable to 19" rack-mountable 3U chassis - INTEL Nehalem based - Supports

SAS / SATA II NAS System 120 User’s Manual Snapshot Options:  Snapshot Name: The default snapshot name is created by appending the date and time

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 121 8.1.3.2 Create Snapshots Based from Schedule To create scheduled snapshots: 1. Select the Logical Vol

SAS / SATA II NAS System 122 User’s Manual Snapshot Options:  Snapshot Numbers: Specifies the total number of snapshots that will be created. 

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 123 4. An “Updating Volume Setting” message will be shown. 5. When the snapshot setting of LV has been se

SAS / SATA II NAS System 124 User’s Manual 7. After disabling the schedule, the “Enable Scheduled” button will become available. 8.1.3.3 Dele

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 125 3. A process window will be shown. 4. The deleted snapshot will no longer exist in the Snapshot List

SAS / SATA II NAS System 126 User’s Manual 8.1.4 Volume Replication Replication function enables proNAS to replicate a logical volume from one N

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 127 8.1.4.1 Replication Configuration To setup Replication between two NAS servers: 1. Admin need to lo

SAS / SATA II NAS System 128 User’s Manual 3. The Create Replication window will be displayed. Set the options below and click “OK” when done.

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 129 [Setting]  Port to Bind - A TCP port to bind locally and is used to connect to the remote node. Default

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 13 1.2 Technical Specifications Hardware Platform Intel Quad Core Xeon 2.0G or above, single / dual Pro

SAS / SATA II NAS System 130 User’s Manual 4. A message box will be displayed. When completed, Replication is enabled in the LV. 5. Select the

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 131 6. The volume replication setting will be initialized. 7. The volume replication synchronization proc

SAS / SATA II NAS System 132 User’s Manual 8.1.4.2 Checking the Status of Replication Primary: The node of source volume. All the writing and re

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 133 8.1.4.3 Extending Logical Volume under Replication NOTE: Extending the size of a Logical Volume under

SAS / SATA II NAS System 134 User’s Manual 8.1.5 iSCSI The iSCSI function in proNAS makes a logical volume become an iSCSI target LUN. Note: Y

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 135 2. Click “Edit” and tick the “Enable iSCSI” option. 3. Enter the iSCSI target name. If you wan

SAS / SATA II NAS System 136 User’s Manual 5. A message box will be displayed. Select “Yes” to continue. 6. A progress box will be displayed.

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 137 8.1.5.2 Disable iSCSI in Logical Volume To disable iSCSI: 1. Select the logical volume and click the

SAS / SATA II NAS System 138 User’s Manual 8.1.5.3 Restore iSCSI to Ordinary Logical Volume The iSCSI volume can be restored back to normal logi

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 139 4. A process window will show that the volume is being restored back to normal logical volume. 5. The

SAS / SATA II NAS System 14 User’s Manual General File Server Independent Multiple language support Support UPS management System Management Automa

SAS / SATA II NAS System 140 User’s Manual 8.1.5.4 Extending iSCSI Logical Volume Size The capacity of iSCSI volume can be extended to allow mor

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 141 4. The iSCSI logical volume capacity is extended.

SAS / SATA II NAS System 142 User’s Manual 8.2 Network Manager Using the Network Manager, you can configure the NAS network settings. There are

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 143 Network Adapter: The Network Adapter section consists of the Adapter List and the Configuration section.

SAS / SATA II NAS System 144 User’s Manual To create a trunk adapter: 1. Click on the "Edit" button. Press the “Ctrl” key then at the sa

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 145 The Team Mode defines the type of operation for the bonded ports. Team Mode options:  Fault Tolerant

SAS / SATA II NAS System 146 User’s Manual 8.2.2 Internet Gateway proNAS provides Internet gateway function which enables proNAS to act as an In

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 147 8.2.3 SNMP/MRTG The SNMP/MRTG service can be enabled to monitor proNAS network traffic. Select Service

SAS / SATA II NAS System 148 User’s Manual 8.2.4 Network Test This function allows to test whether a particular host is reachable or to check co

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 149 8.3 Account Manager With Account Manager, the administrator can manage and administer local accounts a

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 15 Authentication Local User Account/Group Microsoft NT Domain Controller (PDC) Microsoft Active Directory Au

SAS / SATA II NAS System 150 User’s Manual Windows options:  Automatic detect Domain IP – This is enabled by default. When enabled, proNAS will

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 151 3. Enter the DNS Suffix. The DNS suffix is the name appended to the server name to complete the server’s

SAS / SATA II NAS System 152 User’s Manual 8.3.1.3 NIS Authentication If you would like to integrate proNAS with UNIX/Linux environment, please

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 153 8.3.2 Local Account and Group Management Account Management The Account List in Account Manager incl

SAS / SATA II NAS System 154 User’s Manual 2. Press the "Create" button. System will display "Account List tab". Account List

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 155 Status:  Current status: Displays Enable or Disable.  Used Size (MB): Displays the current used size

SAS / SATA II NAS System 156 User’s Manual Permission tab  Joined Groups: The account has gained access right because of joining certain groups.

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 157 Deleting an Account If you would like to delete a certain account, highlight the account then press &quo

SAS / SATA II NAS System 158 User’s Manual Group Management Using group management, admin can organize access to proNAS shares. For example, a Sal

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 159 Following are the steps to create a new Local Group: 1. Select Account Manager in the proFamily tree. C

SAS / SATA II NAS System 16 User’s Manual 1.3 RAID Concepts RAID Fundamentals The basic idea of RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is t

SAS / SATA II NAS System 160 User’s Manual  Group names cannot contain the following characters: /\[]";:|<>+=,?*  Group names canno

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 161 8.4 Share Manager In proNAS Share Manager, you can create and configure a Share, assign a share owner,

SAS / SATA II NAS System 162 User’s Manual 8.4.1 Share Management 8.4.1.1 Creating a New Share To create a new share folder: 1. Select Shar

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 163 8.4.1.2 Applying ACL When applying ACL in a share, all the files and subfolders under this share will

SAS / SATA II NAS System 164 User’s Manual 8.4.1.4 Deleting a Share If you delete a share, all the data in the share is deleted. If the data in

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 165 8.4.2 Properties Setting The Properties tab contains the following settings:  Share Name - Input the

SAS / SATA II NAS System 166 User’s Manual 8.4.2.1 Steps to Make a Share Folder a Public Folder Accessible to All Users: NOTE: It is not recomme

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 167 8.4.3 Protocol Setting ProNAS supports the following share protocols: CIFS and NFS, which can be set i

SAS / SATA II NAS System 168 User’s Manual 8.4.3.2 NFS  Enable NFS file sharing v2/v3 - This specifies whether to enable or disable NFS version

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 169 8.4.4 Privilege Setting (Permission) Using Privilege tab, administrator can set the ACL (Access Contro

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 17 Definition of RAID Levels RAID 0 is typically defined as a group of striped disk drives without parity or

SAS / SATA II NAS System 170 User’s Manual 5. Click Save. 8.4.4.2 Account You can assign specific account user read or read/write permission f

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 171 Sample Steps to Assign User Account Permission to Share: 1. Select Share Manager. Select the share name

SAS / SATA II NAS System 172 User’s Manual 8.4.4.3 IP Address This option allows you to set a certain range of hosts to have an access into proNA

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 173 Permissions: This section lists the permissions that you can assign for each user, group, or IP add

SAS / SATA II NAS System 174 User’s Manual 8.4.5 Rsync Rsync copies files either to or from a remote host, or locally on the current host. It is

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 175 Server Mode: When proNAS system is in Server Mode, the Rsync clients can connect either within a local t

SAS / SATA II NAS System 176 User’s Manual Client Mode: The proNAS system will initiate the synchronization and contact an Rsync server. There are

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 177 Here is a short summary of the available options. Please refer to the detailed description below for a co

SAS / SATA II NAS System 178 User’s Manual --bwlimit=KB/S Limit I/O bandwidth; KBytes per second. -n, --dry-run This tells Rsync to not do any

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 179 8.4.6 Duplication Duplication is a file level snapshot utility for making backups of your local filesy

SAS / SATA II NAS System 18 User’s Manual RAID 3 sector-stripes data across groups of drives, but one drive in the group is dedicated for storing p

SAS / SATA II NAS System 180 User’s Manual The Duplication tab information is shown below. Execute Day: Specifies whether the scheduled task is to

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 181 Creating Duplication Manually To create duplication manually, first set the number of total duplication

SAS / SATA II NAS System 182 User’s Manual How Duplication Works After you have created Duplication, your destination path will contain a folder &

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 183 8.4.7 Default Share Basically, there are there are only two default shares when proNASVG is initially

SAS / SATA II NAS System 184 User’s Manual 8.5 System Manager System Manager is composed of different tabs which is responsible for the configur

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 185 8.5.1 Information tab The Information tab shows the account, storage and system information. Account

SAS / SATA II NAS System 186 User’s Manual 8.5.2 Upgrade tab The Upgrade tab is used to upgrade the proNAS system firmware version.  Firmwar

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 187 8.5.3 Report tab proNAS provides report function which enables you to collect the usage information of

SAS / SATA II NAS System 188 User’s Manual 8.5.4 Time tab You can configure the system time, date and time zone in this tab. Click the "Ed

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 189 8.5.5 Serial Ports tab Com1 and Com2 Serial ports can be configured in this tab for specific applicati

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 19 RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5 in that data protection is achieved by writing parity information to the physi

SAS / SATA II NAS System 190 User’s Manual 8.5.6 Power tab The Power tab is used to configure schedule system power off and power on. You can al

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 191 8.5.7 Reboot tab The administrator can reboot proNAS by schedule or immediately. If you would like

SAS / SATA II NAS System 192 User’s Manual 8.5.8 Service tab The various proNAS services can be set in this tab. If you would like to enab

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 193 Telnet/Ftp service: Provides users access proNAS with telnet or ftp NOTE: By default, maximum number of

SAS / SATA II NAS System 194 User’s Manual proNAS provides "Quick Configuration" for administrator to configure service parameters. Exper

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 195 8.5.9 Status tab You can use this tab to view system status, such as various Service Connections, Top

SAS / SATA II NAS System 196 User’s Manual 8.5.10 MRTG tab This tab shows information about MRTG graphs and includes CPU Loading, Memory Usage,

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 197 8.6 Backup Manager You can backup proNAS data and system configuration via Backup Manager. In "

SAS / SATA II NAS System 198 User’s Manual 8.6.1 proNAS Configuration Backup proNAS provides System Configuration Backup which means administra

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 199 8.6.2 Configure Backup Plan Backup Plan Setting In the "Backup Plan Setting" tab, you can

SAS / SATA II NAS System 2 User’s Manual Table of Contents Preface...

SAS / SATA II NAS System 20 User’s Manual RAID Management The subsystem can implement several different levels of RAID technology. RAID levels sup

SAS / SATA II NAS System 200 User’s Manual Use the following guidelines to ensure that you are using a valid backup plan name:  Names cannot be l

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 201 If Backup Manager fails to mount the remote share, you may need to verify it manually via console. That

SAS / SATA II NAS System 202 User’s Manual Schedule Backup tab After you complete the above setting, you can setup the schedule in the "Schedu

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 203  Weekly: If you would like to backup weekly, please check this option. Please press "...", sy

SAS / SATA II NAS System 204 User’s Manual 8.6.3 Tape Control The Tape Control tab allows you to control the tape function when attached to the

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 205 8.6.3.1 Backup and Restore Using Tape Here are sample procedures how to create backup to tape drive, o

SAS / SATA II NAS System 206 User’s Manual 4. Enter a Backup Name. In Destination, click “…” button. In the dialog box that appears, select “Tape”

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 207 6. Select the data (Volume/Share) to be backed up. Click “Save”. 7. Click “Save” again. 8. In the

SAS / SATA II NAS System 208 User’s Manual 9. Insert the tape cartridge into the tape drive. Take note of the following proNAS tape control func

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 209 B. Manual Backup and Restore 1. Select the backup plan under Backup Manager. 2. Click “Backup Now”

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 21 1.4 Array Definition 1.4.1 Raid Set A Raid Set is a group of disk drives containing one or more logi

SAS / SATA II NAS System 210 User’s Manual 3. The backup process will be started. 4. When backup is completed, a message will be displayed. Cli

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 211 6. To restore data, try to delete old data from the share folder. 7. To restore data from tape backup,

SAS / SATA II NAS System 212 User’s Manual 9. The process of restoring data will be started. 10. When restore is completed, a message will be di

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 213 C. Creating Multiple Manual Backups NOTE: Manual backups are always Full backup, which means their Bac

SAS / SATA II NAS System 214 User’s Manual 4. A message will be displayed after backup is completed. 5. A second backup is created. 6. Updat

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 215 8. The backup process will start. 9. When completed, a message will be displayed. 10. In Restore ta

SAS / SATA II NAS System 216 User’s Manual D. Backup by Schedule 1. Create a backup-to-tape backup plan (set destination to tape, and select ba

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 217 3. Click “Save” when done. Select “Yes” to confirm. 4. Scheduled backup has been configured.

SAS / SATA II NAS System 218 User’s Manual 5. To enable the scheduled backup, click “Enable Scheduled”. A clock icon will appear beside the name

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 219 7. Click “OK” to close the message. In Restore tab, check the backup name created. 8. In the succee

SAS / SATA II NAS System 22 User’s Manual 1.5 High Availability 1.5.4.1 Creating Hot Spares A hot spare drive is an unused online available

SAS / SATA II NAS System 220 User’s Manual 9. Verify in Restore tab the backup items that have been created. NOTE: The procedure for restorin

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 221 8.7 Log Manager The Log Manager enables you to view the important logs generated by proNAS. The Ev

SAS / SATA II NAS System 222 User’s Manual 8.8 Event Manager Event manager is a set of management wherein you can set to receive email notificat

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 223 8.8.2 Event Setting tab Press "Edit" button and check the box "Enable Event Notificat

SAS / SATA II NAS System 224 User’s Manual pronasha [proNAS HA] Takeover Resource Group Success Notify if proNAS HA Takeover of Resource Group is s

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 225 Chapter 9 File Manager 9.1 Introduction to File Manager File Manager is a web-base file syste

SAS / SATA II NAS System 226 User’s Manual Access Right (Change the ACL of a file or sub-folder): User needs to be the creator or the owner of the

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 227 9.2 Logon to File Manager Enter the username and password to pass authentication. The first Screen

SAS / SATA II NAS System 228 User’s Manual 9.3 Directory and Upload Function NOTE: Operations in the main Share folder, such as changing ACL or

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 229  Delete – Allows a user to delete the current directory.  Permission – Allows user to change the Ac

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 23 Chapter 2 Installation Overview 2.1 Packaging, Shipment and Delivery  Before removing the subsystem

SAS / SATA II NAS System 230 User’s Manual 9.4 User Access Right and Group Access Right A user who is the owner of the share can grant access pe

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 231 Chapter 10 proBackup 10.1 Introduction to proBackup proBackup provides end users a friendly Java GU

SAS / SATA II NAS System 232 User’s Manual After setting the Quick Configuration options, start the proBackup service. When the proBackup service i

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 233 NOTE: All the backups of an account are lost forever if it is deleted. Please make sure of such action

SAS / SATA II NAS System 234 User’s Manual 10.3 Create Backup Plan To create backup plan, either click the “Create Plan” button in the proBacku

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 235 The General tab of Plan Manager will be displayed. Fill in the required fields. Some information about Lo

SAS / SATA II NAS System 236 User’s Manual After completing the necessary information, click “Save” button. The Backup Plan will be saved. Func

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 237 To add schedule in the Backup Plan, click the “Edit” button then select Schedule tab. Configure the Sched

SAS / SATA II NAS System 238 User’s Manual The History tab shows a log or list of operations that have happened in proBackup such as backup or rest

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 239 Another alternative to do backup or restore is to use the Backup Wizard and the Restore Wizard. Click pro

SAS / SATA II NAS System 24 User’s Manual 2.3 Identifying Parts of the NAS System The illustrations below identify the various parts of the syst

SAS / SATA II NAS System 240 User’s Manual 10.4 Restore Backup To restore a backup, double-click the backup item from the History tab. The Execu

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 241 10.5 Account Detail Under Plan Manager, click the account name to view information about the account.

SAS / SATA II NAS System 242 User’s Manual Chapter 11 proNAS HA (Optional Function) 11.1 Introduction to proNAS HA proNAS HA (High Availabili

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 243 11.2 Getting Started with proNAS HA Before Configuring High Availability Before attempting to configu

SAS / SATA II NAS System 244 User’s Manual 11.2.1 Hardware Aspect Active server: proNAS HA server that performs cluster-protected operations.

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 245 11.2.2 Procedure for Setting Up proNAS HA Setting up a server cluster: Below are the basic steps in s

SAS / SATA II NAS System 246 User’s Manual Reference IP: Enable Reference IP Checking – Select this option to enable reference IP checking. A Ref

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 247 7. Back to proNAS HA node, click "Get Peer IPs" button. The IP addresses of the peer server wi

SAS / SATA II NAS System 248 User’s Manual Volume Status Example 2: Replication of one logical volume is initializing. 8. Go to Private Net

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 249 Heartbeat Loses server fail to receive the heartbeat in time exceed this threshold, the peer server will

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 25 5. Smart Function Front Panel The smart LCD panel is an option to configure the RAID subsystem. If you

SAS / SATA II NAS System 250 User’s Manual 12. Wait until the status of the local and peer server are in be standby-standby mode respectively. The

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 251 14. Input a resource group name. You may check "Auto Switch back" or "Auto Bring In"

SAS / SATA II NAS System 252 User’s Manual 16. On the "Basic Settings" tab, input a resource name. Resource Basic Setting: Resource Name

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 253 18. Click the resource group name on the left tree node then press "Bring In". The resource nam

SAS / SATA II NAS System 254 User’s Manual 11.3 ProNAS HA Properties Status Properties Users can monitor all the resources

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 255 Indicators: Users can accurately monitor the status of the system such as the License status, Private Ne

SAS / SATA II NAS System 256 User’s Manual 11.5 Clear All HA Configuration A function button “Clear All HA Configuration” is provided to remove

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 257 2. A warning message to clear all HA configuration will be displayed. Click “Yes” to proceed. 3. A w

SAS / SATA II NAS System 258 User’s Manual Example of Replication status after selecting “No” to retain all replication: 11.6

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 259 11.7 Event Log Properties All the messages generated by ProNAS HA will be displayed in the Event Lo

SAS / SATA II NAS System 26 User’s Manual 2.3.2 Rear View 1. Power On/Off Switch – Use this switch to power on the NAS system. Note that t

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 27 7. Fan 8. LAN0 and LAN1 Gigabit ports – The NAS system has two Gigabit data ports. LAN0 is also used f

SAS / SATA II NAS System 28 User’s Manual Chapter 3 Getting Started with the NAS System 3.1 Connecting the NAS to your Network 1. For purpos

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 29 NOTE: The NAS system is equipped with redundant, full range power supplies with PFC (power factor correcti

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SAS / SATA II NAS System 30 User’s Manual 3.3 Installing Hard Drives This section describes the physical locations of the hard drives supported

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 31 3.4 Connecting SAS JBOD Enclosures and/or RAID with SAS JBOD 1. To connect JBOD enclosure, use mini S

SAS / SATA II NAS System 32 User’s Manual 5. Connect power cords to the AC Power Input Sockets of the JBOD enclosures and RAID enclosure, as ap

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 33 Chapter 4 RAID Configuration Utility Options Configuration Methods There are four methods of configu

SAS / SATA II NAS System 34 User’s Manual 4. The default setting of the monitor port is 115200 baud rate, 8 data bit, non-parity, 1 stop bit a

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 35 6. Open the File menu, and then open Properties. 7. Open the Settings Tab. 8. Configure the settin

SAS / SATA II NAS System 36 User’s Manual 9. Now, the VT100 is ready to use. After you have finished the VT100 Terminal setup, you may press the “

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 37 Main Menu The main menu shows all function that enables the customer to execute actions by clicking on th

SAS / SATA II NAS System 38 User’s Manual VT100 terminal configuration Utility Main Menu Options Select an option and the related information or s

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 39 4.2 Configuration through the LCD Panel All configurations can be performed through the LCD Display fro

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SAS / SATA II NAS System 40 User’s Manual 4.2.1 Menu Diagram The following menu diagram is a summary of the various configurations and setting f

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SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 45 4.3 Configuration through web browser-based proRAID Manager The RAID subsystem can be remotely configur

SAS / SATA II NAS System 46 User’s Manual Main Menu The main menu shows all available function that user can execute by clicking on the appropriat

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 47 Chapter 5 RAID Management 5.1 Quick Function 5.1.1 Quick Create The number of physical drives i

SAS / SATA II NAS System 48 User’s Manual Tick on the Confirm The Operation option and click on the Submit button in the Quick Create screen. The R

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 49 5.2 RAID Set Functions Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you prefer to create custom

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SAS / SATA II NAS System 50 User’s Manual 5.2.2 Delete RAID Set To delete a Raid Set, click on the Delete RAID Set link. A “Select The RAID SET

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 51 5.2.3 Expand RAID Set Use this option to expand a Raid Set, when one or more disk drives is/are added t

SAS / SATA II NAS System 52 User’s Manual Migration occurs when a disk is added to a Raid Set. Migrating status is displayed in the Raid Set s

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 53 NOTE: A Raid Set cannot be expanded if it contains a Raid 30/50/60 Volume Set.

SAS / SATA II NAS System 54 User’s Manual 5.2.4 Offline RAID Set If it is needed to offline (and move) a Raid Set while the system is powered on

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 55 5.2.5 Activate Incomplete RAID Set When Raid Set State is “Normal”, this means there is no failed disk

SAS / SATA II NAS System 56 User’s Manual When is the “Activate Raid Set” function can be used? In order to access the Volume Set and correspondin

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 57 5.2.6 Create Hot Spare The Create Hot Spare option gives you the ability to define a global hot spare.

SAS / SATA II NAS System 58 User’s Manual 5.2.8 Rescue Raid Set If you need to recover a missing Raid Set using the “Rescue Raid Set” function,

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 59 5.3 Volume Set Function Volume Set is seen by the host system as a single logical device. It is organiz

SAS / SATA II NAS System 6 User’s Manual 8.6.2 Configure Backup Plan...

SAS / SATA II NAS System 60 User’s Manual Volume Name: The default Volume Set name will appear as “Volume---VOL#XXX”. You can rename the Volume

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 61 Cache Mode: The RAID subsystem supports Write-Through Cache and Write-Back Cache. Write-Through: the RAID

SAS / SATA II NAS System 62 User’s Manual 5.3.2 Create Raid 30/50/60 To create a Raid30/50/60 Volume Set, move the mouse cursor to the main menu

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 63 5.3.3 Delete Volume Set To delete a Volume Set, select the Volume Set Functions in the main menu and cl

SAS / SATA II NAS System 64 User’s Manual 5.3.4 Modify Volume Set Use this function to modify Volume Set configuration. To modify the attribute

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 65 5.3.4.1 Volume Set Expansion Volume Capacity (Logical Volume Concatenation Plus Re-stripe) Use the Exp

SAS / SATA II NAS System 66 User’s Manual 5.3.4.2 Volume Set Migration Migration occurs when a Volume Set migrates from one RAID level

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 67 5.3.5 Check Volume Set Use this function to perform Volume Set consistency check, which verifies the co

SAS / SATA II NAS System 68 User’s Manual 3. Tick on Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button. The Checking process will be started.

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 69 5.3.6 Schedule Volume Check To perform Check Volume Set by schedule, follow these steps: 1. Click on

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 7 Preface About this manual his manual provides information regarding the hardware features, installation a

SAS / SATA II NAS System 70 User’s Manual 5.3.7 Stop Volume Check Use this option to stop current running Check Volume Set process.

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 71 5.4 Physical Drive Choose this option from the Main Menu to select a disk drive and to perform the func

SAS / SATA II NAS System 72 User’s Manual 5.4.2 Modify a Pass-Through Disk Use this option to modify the attribute of a Pass-Through Disk. User

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 73 5.4.4 Identify Enclosure To identify an Enclosure, move the mouse cursor and click on Identify Enclosur

SAS / SATA II NAS System 74 User’s Manual 5.4.5 Identify Selected Drive Use this option to physically locate a selected drive to prevent removin

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 75 5.5 System Controls 5.5.1 System Configuration To set the RAID subsystem system configuration option

SAS / SATA II NAS System 76 User’s Manual HDD Read Ahead Cache: This option allows the users to disable the cache of the HDDs on the RAID subsyste

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 77 5.5.2 EtherNet Configuration To set the Ethernet configuration, click the EtherNet Configuration link u

SAS / SATA II NAS System 78 User’s Manual 5.5.3 Alert By Mail Configuration To set the Event Notification function, click on the Alert By Mail C

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 79 5.5.4 SNMP Configuration The SNMP gives users independence from the proprietary network management sche

SAS / SATA II NAS System 8 User’s Manual FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class

SAS / SATA II NAS System 80 User’s Manual 5.5.5 NTP Configuration NTP stands for Network Time Protocol. It is an Internet protocol used to synch

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 81 5.5.6 View Events / Mute Beeper To view the RAID subsystem’s event log information, move the mouse curs

SAS / SATA II NAS System 82 User’s Manual 5.5.7 Generate Test Event If you want to generate test events, move the cursor bar to the main menu an

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 83 5.5.9 Modify Password To change or disable the RAID subsystem’s admin password, click on the Modify Pas

SAS / SATA II NAS System 84 User’s Manual 5.6 Information Menu 5.6.1 RAID Set Hierarchy Use this feature to view the RAID subsystem’s existin

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 85 5.6.2 System Information To view the RAID subsystem’s controller information, click the System Informat

SAS / SATA II NAS System 86 User’s Manual 5.6.3 Hardware Monitor To view the RAID subsystem’s hardware information, click the Hardware Monitor l

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 87 Chapter 6 System Maintenance RAID Subsystem 6.1 Upgrading the RAID Controller’s Cache Memory The

SAS / SATA II NAS System 88 User’s Manual 6.2 Upgrading the RAID Controller’s Firmware Upgrading Firmware Using Flash Programming Utility Since

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 89 Upgrading Firmware Through ANSI/VT-100 Terminal Emulation Get the new version firmware for your RAID subs

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 9 Before You Begin efore going through with this manual, you should read and focus on the following safety g

SAS / SATA II NAS System 90 User’s Manual 5. Click Browse. Look in the location where the firmware file was saved. Select the firmware file name “X

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 91 7. When the firmware downloading is completed, the confirmation screen appears. Select Yes to start progr

SAS / SATA II NAS System 92 User’s Manual 10. After the firmware upgrade is complete, a message will show “Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully”.

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 93 Upgrading Firmware Through Web Browser Get the new version of firmware for your RAID subsystem controller

SAS / SATA II NAS System 94 User’s Manual 5. After the firmware upgrade is complete, a message will show “Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully”.

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 95 PART II proNAS System

SAS / SATA II NAS System 96 User’s Manual Chapter 7 Introduction The NAS system comes with “proNAS” NAS management solution and “proBackup” clie

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 97 7.2 Installation and Configuration Phases The installation and configuration of a proNAS system can be

SAS / SATA II NAS System 98 User’s Manual 7.3 Basic Setup Instructions in Creating Raid Set and Volume Set NOTE: If you already created a Raid S

SAS / SATA II NAS System User’s Manual 99 c. Select the disk drives to be included in the RAID Set. Tick “Confirm The Operation” and click “Submit”