Manuel d'utilisation / d'entretien du produit VTrack du fabricant Promise Technology
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VT RAK E-Class E310f and E310 s Q UICK S TAR T G UIDE Ve r s i o n 1 . 0 © 2007 Pro mise T echnol ogy , Inc. Al l Right s Reserved ..
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 2 VT rak E-Clas s T ask List S tep 1: Unpa cking the VT rak (below ) S tep 2: Mount ing VT rak in a Rack (page 5) S tep 3: Inst alling D isk Driv es (pa ge 7) S t.
Step 1: Unpacking the VTrak 3 Figure 1. VTr ak E310 f/s fro nt view Figure 2. VTr ak E310 f rear view Import ant Use the following c ategories of netw ork cable s with VT rak: • C at 6, p refe rred .
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 4 Figure 3. VTr ak E310 s rear view Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 O I O I Coolin g Unit 1 with Battery Power Supply 1 RAID Controller 1 Power Suppl .
Step 2: Mounting VTrak in a Rac k 5 S tep 2: Mounting VTr ak in a Rack The E-Cl ass subs ytems inst all s to the rack using the supplied mounting rails.
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 6 6. Attac h a two-hole flange to the rail, wi th the flan ge toward the back (connec tor end ) of the enclo su re. Inst all fou r rail adju stment s crews (includ ed) thro ugh the fla nge into the rail. 7. Repea t steps 4 through 6 to att ach t he other rai l and flan ges to the enclos ure.
Step 3: Installi ng Disk Drives 7 S tep 3: Install ing Disk Dri ves Y ou can popula te the VT r ak with SAS or SA T A hard disk driv es. For op timal perfor mance, i nst all phys ical driv es of the same model an d cap acity . The drives ’ matche d perf orm anc e al lows the l ogi ca l drive to functio n better as a single dr ive.
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 8 AAMUX Adapter If your VT rak has dua l controllers—Fibre Chann el or SAS—and you plan to inst all SA T A drives, y ou must insta ll an AAM UX ad apter w ith ea ch SA T A drive. AAMUX adapters are avai lable from Promise T echn ology .
Step 3: Installi ng Disk Drives 9 Figure 7. Disk driv e mounting h oles in the d rive carrie r Figure 8. SA T A drive mounted in a driv e carrier w ith the requir ed AAMUX adap ter W ARNING: Counter-sink screws only .
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 10 Figure 9. SAS drive mounted in a drive carrier SAS disk drive.
Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 11 S tep 4: Making Management and Data Connections For Serial Attach ed SCSI setup, go to p age 16. Fibre Channel VT rak mod els can have one or two RAID controll ers.
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 12 2. Conne ct each Ho st PC’ s or Serv er ’s stand ard NIC to y our netw ork switc h. Figure 1 1. VT rak E310f SAN da ta and mana gement conne ctions Configu.
Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 13 Figure 12. VTrak E31 0f DAS data and mana gement conn ections Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 FC 1 FC 2 4 2 1 Gb/s 4 2 1 Gb/s Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 FC 1 FC 2 4 .
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 14 Configuring JBOD Ex pa ns ion T o exp and the number o f disk dri ves: 1. On the E310f contr oller , connec t the S AS connecto r (a subtra ctive-rout ed port) to C N1 (a ta ble-rou ted port) on the I/O m odule of t he first J 300s unit .
Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 15 Figure 14. JBOD expansio n with no single point of fa ilure O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 FC 1 FC 2 4 2 1 Gb/s 4 2 1 Gb/s Mgmt.
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 16 This co mpletes managem ent an d data connecti ons for VT rak E310f. Go to “ S tep 5 : Mak in g Se rial Cabl e Con nect ions ” on page 22. Serial At t ached SCSI VT rak mod els can have one or two RAID controll ers.
Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 17 Configuring Direct Att ached Storage Direct attac hed storag e (DAS) requ ires: • T wo SAS HBA cards in the Host PC or Server • A ne twork swit ch.
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 18 Configuring Cascade d Storage Casc aded stora ge require s: • One SAS HBA card in the Host PC o r Server • A ne twork swit ch • A network i nterface card (NIC) in the Host PC o r Server T o esta blish the dat a path : 1.
Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 19 Figure 18. VTrak E31 0s cascade d managem ent and data connections Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 O I O I O I O I O.
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 20 Configuring JBOD Ex pa ns ion T o exp and the number o f disk dri ves: 1. On the E310 s controller , c onnect the SAS exp ansion po rt (a subtra ctive- routed p ort) to the C N1 (a t abl e-routed port) o n one of the I/O modul es of the first J3 00s un it.
Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 21 Figure 20. JBOD expansi on with no s ingle point of failure This co mpletes Network a nd Data connecti ons for VT rak E310s.
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 22 S tep 5: Making Serial Cable Connections RS232 s erial co mmunica tion e nables th e Command Line Inte rface (CL I) and Command Line Utility (CLU ) on your PC to monito r and cont rol the VT rak. On VT rak, RS232 co mmunic ation goes through t he RJ1 1 serial co nnector on each controll er .
Step 6: Connect ing the Power 23 S tep 6: Connecting the Power Plug the power co rds and s witch o n both powe r suppl ies on. W hen the power is switche d on, the L EDs on the fro nt of th e VT rak will light up.
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 24 The Pow er/Activity L ED flash es during drive act ivity . The Di sk S tatus LE D disp lays Gre en when a d rive i s present and confi gured.
Step 7: Setting the IP Address 25 S tep 7: Setting the IP Addr ess VT rak h as a Comm and Line Interface (CLI) to m anage all of its function s, includ ing customiz ation.
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 26 Setting up with the CLI 1. T ype the follo wing st ring to se t the syst em date a nd time, then press Ent er . admin istrator@cl i> date -a m od -d 2006/ 08/25 -t 14:50:05 In the ab ove exam ple, the date an d time are include d as exam ples on ly .
Step 7: Setting the IP Address 27 Setting up with the CLU 1. At the adminis trato r@ cli> prom pt, type menu and press En ter . The CL U main menu app ears. Figure 24. CLU main menu 2. Wi th Quick Se tup highligh ted, press Enter . The firs t Quick Setup screen e nable s you to make Date and T i me settings.
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 28 3. T ype the new IP Ad dress. 4. Follow the sam e procedu re to sp ecify the Subnet Ma sk, Gat eway IP Address and DNS Serv er IP Addr ess. If you d o not have a DNS ser ver , skip the DNS Server IP addre ss. 5.
Step 8: Creating Di sk Arr ays with W ebPAM PROe 29 S tep 8: Creating Disk Arrays wi th WebP AM PROe Setting u p disk a rrays with W ebP AM PROe c onsists of the fol lowing act ions: • Logging into .
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 30 3. When the log-in screen (F igure 21) a ppears: •T y p e administrato r in the User Name field. •T y p e passw ord in the Password field . • Click the Login butt on. The Us er Name an d Passw ord are cas e sensitiv e.
Step 8: Creating Di sk Arr ays with W ebPAM PROe 31 Selecting a Language Web P AM PROe dis plays in English, G erman, Frenc h, Itali an, Jap anese, C hinese T radit ional, Chinese Si mple, and Korean. 1. C lick Language on the W ebP AM PROe banner . The lang uage l ist appea rs in the Header .
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 32 Figure 27. The Array Configuratio n menu Automatic When yo u choose the Aut omatic o ption, the followi ng para meters ap pear on the screen: • Disk Arra ys .
Step 8: Creating Di sk Arr ays with W ebPAM PROe 33 Expres s When yo u choo se the Ex press opt ion, a set of cha racteristi cs and o ptions appears on the sc reen.
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 34 Advanced When yo u choose the Adv ance d opti on, the Ste p 1 – Di sk Array C re ati on s cre en displ ays. 1. Enter a na me for the disk array in the fi eld provi ded. 2. Check the box to enable the fol lowing feat ures.
Step 8: Creating Di sk Arr ays with W ebPAM PROe 35 1 1. Choos e a Read Cache pol icy: • ReadCac he • ReadAh ead •N o C a c h e 12. C hoose a Wr ite Cach e policy : • Write Thru •W r i t e B a c k 13. Ch oose the Pre ferred Contro ller ID. Y ou can make a selecti on when LU N Af finity is enabled .
VTrak E-Cl ass Q u ick St art Gu id e 36 Contacting T echnical Support Promise T echnical Supp ort provide s several s upport option s for Promise use rs to acces s informat ion and u pdates. W e enc ourage yo u to use o ne of o ur electron ic servic es, whi ch prov ide p roduct inform ation u pdates for the most ef ficien t serv ice and sup port.
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