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Datadirect EF2800 User's Guide (381 pages)

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English

Table of contents

User Guide

1

DataDirect Networks

2

Important Information

4

STANDARD WARRANTY

4

What is in this Guide

6

Who should use this Guide

6

International Standards

6

European Regulations

7

Battery Safety

10

Laser Safety

10

Rack System Precautions

10

ESD Precautions

11

Electrical Surges

11

Data Security

12

Special Tools and Equipment

12

Table of Contents

14

Administrator Software

20

Arrays & Partitions

20

Instructions

23

Introduction

24

1.1.1 Enclosure Chassis

27

1.2 The Plug-in Modules

28

1.2.2 Operators Panel

29

1.2.3 LRCI/O Module (FC-AL)

30

Figure 8. I/O Module

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(Figure 9):

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1.2.4 Drive Carrier Module

33

1.2.5 Dummy Carrier Modules

34

Getting Started

38

2.2.1 Pre-Requisites

40

2.2.2 Unpacking the EF2800

41

(Figure 18)

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(Figure 17)

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(Figure 19)

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2.3.1 Parts Check List

45

2.3.2 Procedure

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(Figure 22)

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Figure 21. Module Locations

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2.4.1 Parts Check List

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2.4.2 Procedure

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(Figure 25)

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Figure 24. Module Locations

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Drive 15

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2.7.1 Expansion Enclosures

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2.8.1 Grounding Checks

59

2.8.2 Powering On

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2.9 Status LED Indicators

61

2.9.3 Disk Drives LEDs

63

Accessing the EF2800

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SAM Software

66

3.1 SAM System Requirements

67

Administrator

69

(Figure 40)

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Figure 40. System Menu

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3.3 Accessing SAM

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Figure 41. SAM Login Page

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3.3.3 Logging Off SAM

74

3.5.1 Setting SAM Passwords

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Setting Up the EF2800

80

4.1.2 FC Host Port Loop IDs

81

4.1.3 FC Host Port Topology

82

4.2.1 FC Device Port Loop IDs

83

4.3 Restarting the SMs

84

4.3.1 Restarting the SMs

85

4.3.2 Shutting Down the SMs

86

4.3.3 Putting an SM Offline

87

4.3.4 Putting an SM Online

87

4.3.5 Killing an SM

88

(Figure 47)

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(Figure 48)

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(Figure 49)

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5.2 Managing Arrays

97

5.2.3 Reconstructing an Array

98

5.3 Managing Partitions

101

5.3.2 Adding a Partition

103

5.3.3 Expanding a Partition

104

5.4 Managing Spares

105

5.4.1 Enabling Dynamic Spares

106

5.4.3 Managing Global Spares

108

RAID Management

110

6.2 Managing Arrays

111

6.2.3 Verifying an Array

114

6.2.5 Changing an Array Name

116

6.2.6 Trusting an Array

116

6.2.7 Deleting an Array

118

6.3 Managing Partitions

119

Figure 56. InfoShield Example

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6.3.4.1 Viewing Known WWNs

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6.3.6 Deleting a Partition

127

Monitoring System Status

128

5.2.1 on page page 74

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Page Information on the page

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7.2 Displaying the Event Log

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(Figure 59)

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Other EF2800

138

Configurations

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Other EF2800 Configurations

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8.1.4 Setting Passwords

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8.4 Changing Management LUNs

144

EF2800 has good

146

Cache Setting

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8.9 Rescanning All Ports

149

8.10 Pausing I/O

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8.13 Updating Software

154

Managing Disk Drives &

156

Enclosures

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9.1 Managing Disk Drives

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9.1.6 Blinking a Drive LED

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9.1.8 Testing a Disk Drive

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9.2 Managing Enclosures

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9.2.1 Setting the EMP LUN

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Troubleshooting and

164

Problem Solving

164

10.2 LEDs

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10.2.2 Controller I/O Module

168

10.3 Audible Alarm

170

10.4 Troubleshooting

171

10.4.3 Thermal Control

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10.4.4 Thermal Alarm

174

10.5.1 Dummy Carrier Modules

175

10.5.2 Auto Start Failure

175

10.7 Replacing a Module

176

10.7.1.1 Removing the Module

177

10.7.2 Ops Panel

178

10.7.3 Storage Manager Module

179

10.7.3.2 Inserting the Module

180

10.7.4 Drive Carrier Module

181

10.10 Array Problems

184

10.11 EF2800 Problems

185

Administrator)

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10.14.1 Warnings

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EF2800 to mark the

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EF2800 are

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10.14.2 Errors

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10.15.1 Collecting Debug Logs

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Log Files

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10.18.1 Disk Errors

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10.18.2 Disk Channel Errors

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Error Code Description

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10.19 Slow Write Performance

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Enclosure Specifications

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A.1.5 Power Cords

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A.1.6 Environment

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A.1.7 Interfaces

204

A.1.10 RAID Card

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Array Basics

208

B.1 Array Types

209

B.1.3 RAID 3

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B.1.4 RAID 4

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B.1.5 RAID 5

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B.1.6 RAID 50

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B.2 Comparing RAID Levels

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Capacities

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Accessing Disk Array

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Font Terminal

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Translations None

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Columns 80

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Setting Value

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Figure 78. System Menu

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C.2 Via the Ethernet Port

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Click Font to set the

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Figure 81. System Menu

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To Do this

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Select Function

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Creating and Managing

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(Figure 89)

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(Figure 92)

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(Figure 93)

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(Figure 96)

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(Figure 97)

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D.2 Managing Arrays

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D.2.3 Adding a Partition

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D.2.4 Verifying an Array

248

. The system confirms that

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D.2.5 Reconstructing an Array

250

D.2.7 Changing an Array Name

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D.2.9 Trusting an Array

255

D.2.10 Deleting an Array

257

D.3 Managing Partitions

258

D.3.3 Expanding a Partition

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(Figure 130)

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(Figure 135)

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D.3.9 Deleting a Partition

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>. The system asks

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E.2 Displaying the Event Log

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Information

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Statistics

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Managing Spares

298

F.1 Managing Dedicated Spares

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F.2 Enabling Dynamic Spares

301

F.3 Managing the Spare Pool

303

Managing Disk Drives and

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G.1 Managing Disk Drives

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(Figure 149)

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G.1.6 Blinking a Drive LED

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G.1.7 Taking Down a Drive

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G.1.8 Testing a Drive

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G.2 Managing Enclosures

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Configuring the EF2800

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Manager Module

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H.1.4 Other Controller Menu

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EF2800 over a host

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You have two

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H.4.1 Viewing LUN Information

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(Figure 166)

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EF2800 has good airflow

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EF2800 requires airflow

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EF2800 continue

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H.7 Locking the Cache Setting

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H.10 Rescanning All Channels

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H.11 Pausing I/O

338

H.13 Updating Firmware

339

Firmware

340

H.13.2 Updating LAN Firmware

341

LAN Configuration

344

Glossary

352

See LAN subsystem

371

Numerics

379

Product Shipping Instructions

380

96-00147-001

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