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VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual ii Copyright © 2007 Promis e T echn ology , Inc. All R ight s Res erved. Copyri ght by Promis e T echnolo gy , Inc. (Pro mi se T echnol ogy). N o p art of this man ual ma y be re produc ed or t rans mitte d in an y f orm with out the ex pressed, written pe rmission of Promise T ec hnolog y . T rademarks Promise , [...]

iii Content s Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About This Manua l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Architec tural Descripti on . . . [...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual iv Chapter 3: Management, c ont. CLI Comm and Se t, cont. Viewing Link Stat us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Clearin g the Error Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Route Co mmand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 R[...]

1 Chapter 1: Introductio n • About This M anual (below ) • Overvi ew (p age 2) • Archi tectura l Desc ription (p age 4) • Featu res an d Benefi ts (p age 5 ) • S pecif icati ons (p age 6 ) Than k you for purc hasin g Promi se T ech nology ’ s VT rak J6 10s or J310s extern al disk arra y subsy stem. About This Manu al This Produc t Manu [...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 2 Overv iew The Pro mise VT rak J 610s a nd J3 10s are optim ized for orga nizati ons d epl oying cost -ef fectiv e sm all-to-m edium appl icati on clu sters, di sk-to-d isk b ackup an d mid range s torage so lution s. Figure 1. VT rak J61 0s front view Figure 2. VTr ak J31 0s fro nt view w ith bez el remove d The [...]

Chapter 1: Introduction 3 Figure 3. VT rak J61 0s rear view Figure 4. VT rak J31 0s rear view The t wo extern al SAS po rt s provid e the n ee ded conne ctivi ty and bandwi dth for lar ge capac ity solu tion s re quiri ng m ultip le JBO D bo xes cas cade d to geth er wh ile stil l prov iding dual s erver s upport and ho st port fai lover o r aggre [...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 4 Architectural Descripti on The VT rak J 610s pac ks up to 1 6 driv es pe r sy stem, offer ing in dus try- lea ding cap aci ty in just 3U o f st an dard 1 9-inch rack sp ace. The VT rak J 310s suppo rt s up to 12 drive s per sys tem, i n jus t 2U o f st andard 19-inc h r ack sp ace. The J610s and J310s unit’ s c[...]

Chapter 1: Introduction 5 Features and Benefits Featu re Ben efit 3U or 2U 19-in ch w ide en closu re Inst alls easil y in a ny st andard rac kmoun t. Support s Ser ial Att ached SCSI disk drives Al lows you to use t he n ew dua l-po rt S AS disk drives . Support s Ser ial A T A disk d rives Allows y ou to u se yo ur lega cy SA T A disk drives. Hot[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 6 Specifi cations Dri ve Cap a city: J6 10s, 1 6 drive s. J310s , 12 d riv es. External I/O Port s: SAS ho st port and SAS e xpans ion po rt. Suppo rted Disk I nterfac es: Seri al Att ached SCSI (SAS) and Se rial A T A (SA T A), 3Gb/ s a nd 1.5G b/s Suppo rted O peratin g Syste ms: The l ist abo ve refe rs to 32 -b[...]

Chapter 1: Introduction 7 Dimensions (H x W x D): J610 s, 13. 1 x 44 .7 x 56 .1 cm (5.2 x 17. 6 x 22 .1 in) J310 s, 8.8 x 44.7 x 56.1 c m (3.5 x 1 7.6 x 2 2.1 in ) Net W eight: J610 s, 30 .5 kg (67.2 l b) wi thout d rives , 38.5 kg (84.9 l b) wi th 16 drives , ass uming 0.5 k g (1.1 lb) per d rive. J310 s, 26 .5 kg (58.4 l b) wi thout d rives , 32.[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 8 IRAM S t atement MIC S t atem ent Advertencia: Este es un producto de clase A. En un ambiente doméstico, este producto puede ca usar interferencia de las ondas de radio, en cuyo caso se podría requerir que el usua rio tome las medidas ade cuadas.[...]

9 Chapter 2: Inst allation • Unpa ckin g the V T rak (b elo w) • Mou nting VT rak J610s in a Ra ck (pa ge 1 1) • Mou nting VT rak J310s in a Ra ck (pa ge 13) • I nstalli ng D isk Driv es (pa ge 16) • Settin g Up Dat a Cabl e Co nnecti ons (p age 20) • S etti ng Up S eria l Cab le Co nne cti ons (pag e 27 ) • Conne cting the Pow er (pa[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 10 Figure 1. VT rak J610s rear v iew Figure 2. VT rak J310s rear v iew Some VT raks shi p with a sin gle I/O modu le and a bl ank uni t ins tal led i n the p lace of the seco nd I/O mo dule. Y ou c an upg rade y our VT rak by inst alli ng a second I/O modu le. S ee page 5 3. Some VT raks ship w ith a sing le pow er[...]

Chapter 2: Inst allation 11 Mounting VT rak J610s i n a Rack The J 610s subs ystem inst all s to th e rack using the supp lied m ountin g rail s. Y ou can also u se yo ur exi sting rails. Figure 3. VT rak J610s mounted in a rack wi th the supplie d rai ls T o inst al l the J 610s subsy stem into a rack w ith t he sup pl ied mo unting rai ls: 1. Che[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 12 4. Squa re th e ra il asse mbl ies i n the ra ck. 5. T ight en th e adju stm ent screw s and t he a ttachi ng sc rews . 6. Plac e the VT rak sub system onto the rai ls. 7. Secu re the VT rak sub syste m to t he ra ck th rough e ach ha ndle, using the att achi ng sc rews from your rack s ystem. Figure 4. Rack m o[...]

Chapter 2: Inst allation 13 Mounting VT rak J310s i n a Rack The J 310s subs ystem inst all s to th e rack using the supp lied m ountin g rail s. Y ou can also u se yo ur exi sting rails. Figure 5. VT rak J310s mounted in a rack wi th the supplie d rai ls T o inst all th e VT rak sub syste m int o a rac k wi th the s uppli ed mo unting rai ls: 1. C[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 14 The ra il is desig ned to sl ide fre ely ov er the plate. 5. Att ach a flange to eac h end of th e rail , with the rail o n the o pposi te sid e of the fl ange f rom the two-h ole bra cket. 6. Inst all the rail a djustm ent s crews (i nclud ed) thro ugh the flang e in to the rail. There are fou r screw s fo r ea[...]

Chapter 2: Inst allation 15 Figure 7. Mounting ra il instal lation In side of pos t Rack front po st Rail att a ching screw (not i ncluded ) Rail adj ustme nt sc rew Moun ting Rai l Rail at t achi ng scr ew (not in clude d) Ins ide of post Rack back Sliding plate[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 16 Instal ling Disk Drive s Popul ate the VT rak with 3.5-in ch SAS or SA T A disk drives . Inst all all of the dri ve ca rriers i nto the VT rak encl osure to ensu re p roper a irflow , even if yo u do no t popu late all th e carri ers with disk drive s. Figure 8. Drive carrier m ounting ho les 1. Remov e the fron[...]

Chapter 2: Inst allation 17 If yo u inst alled an AAMUX, lay th e SA T A disk dri ve in the carrier and sl id e it so the p ower and da ta con nectors inse rt in to the AAM UX. See Fig ure 10 . 5. Inse rt the sc rews thro ug h the ho les in the driv e carri er and i nto the b ottom o f the d isk driv e. See F igu re 8. • Inst all only the sc rews[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 18 Figure 10.Drive c arrier with SA T A di sk drive and AAMUX Caution s • If you pla n to operat e your VT rak with fewe r than a full loa d of disk dr ives, inst all al l of the dri ve carri ers into the encl osure, to ensure proper a irflow fo r cool ing. • A VT rak J610s or J310s carrie r is sim ilar in appe[...]

Chapter 2: Inst allation 19 Drive Numbering Each disk drive in the J610s or J31 0s un it i s iden tified by a n umbe r that corre spond s to t he Port numbe r u sed fo r manage me nt. See “Link Comma nd” on p age 40. Numbe rs are st amp ed abo ve each drive bay for easy identi ficati on. Figure 1 1.VT rak J610s d rive slot num bering Figure 12.[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 20 Setting Up Data Cable Connections VT raks provide Direc t Att ached S torage (DAS) suppo rt to the Hos t PC. Figure 13. VT rak J 610 s has on e or two I/O mo dule s Figure 14.VT rak J3 10s ha s one or two I/O mod ules There can b e one o r two Input O utput Mod ules (I/O modu les) o n th e VT rak. • If yo ur V[...]

Chapter 2: Inst allation 21 Figure 15.I/O mo dules ha ve a ci rcle-i con port a nd a diam ond-icon port Each I/O modu le has on e circle -icon p ort and one diam ond-ic on port . In the CLI comm and s et, the cir cle-ic on port is ca lled C N1 and th e diam ond-ic on port i s called CN2. See “CLI Comm and Set ” on pag e 35. Note SAS HBA cards a[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 22 Basic DA S Connection Figure 16. An exam ple of a basic DAS c onnectio n betwe en one Ho st PC and one VT rak J31 0s unit. The J610s is simil ar The a rrangem ent ab ove is th e min imum DAS sys tem with a sin gle SAS HBA card in the Hos t PC. Conne ct the SAS HBA card to either po rt of the I/O mod ule on th e [...]

Chapter 2: Inst allation 23 Cascading DAS Connec tion If you h ave m ultipl e VT raks and want to mana ge them from t he same SAS HBA card in the Host PC, c onnec t the VT raks in a c ascade. See Fig ure 17. T o setup a casc ad ing DAS c onnec tion: 1. Connect t he SAS HBA card in the Host PC to e ither of the SAS port s, ci rcle- or di amond -icon[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 24 Figure 17. T wo examples of c ascade d DAS con nect ions betwee n one Host PC and tw o VT rak J310s units. T he J610 s is si mila r O I 115200 8 N 1 O I 115200 8 N 1 O I 115200 8 N 1 O I 115200 8 N 1 CN2 SAS HBA Card PC CN2 CN1 CN1 SFF-8088 extern al 4X to 4X SAS cable SFF-80 88 to SFF-8 088 SAS ca ble Casca de [...]

Chapter 2: Inst allation 25 Redundant D AS Connection A full y redu nda nt arran gemen t requir es: • T wo VT rak J 610 s or J 310s unit s wi th dua l I/ O mod ules • T wo Host PCs with a S AS HBA card in e ach PC Each HBA card c onnec ts to a di ff eren t I/O mod ule in the firs t VT rak, to p rovid e a sep arate casc ade. S ee F igure 1 8. T [...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 26 Figure 18. An exam ple of a redund ant DAS connecti on betw een two Hos t PCs and four c ascade d VT rak J 310s u nits. The J610s is similar O I O I 115200 8 N 1 115200 8 N 1 O I O I 115200 8 N 1 115200 8 N 1 O I O I 115200 8 N 1 115200 8 N 1 O I O I 115200 8 N 1 115200 8 N 1 PC SAS HBA Cards PC CN2 CN1 CN1 CN2 [...]

Chapter 2: Inst allation 27 Set ti ng Up Ser ia l Ca ble Con nec ti ons Serial commun icati on enable s the Co mman d L ine Int erface (CLI) on y our PC to moni tor t o co ntro l the V T rak. The V T rak pack age i ncl ude s one R J1 1 -to- DB9 seri al dat a c able fo r each I/O m odule. Figure 19. A serial c onne ctor is lo cated on the I/O module[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 28 Connecting the Power Plug the pow er co rds an d sw itch o n both powe r suppl ies. W hen the po wer is switc hed on , the L EDs on th e front of th e VT rak will lig ht up. Figure 20.VT rak J3 10s fr ont pane l LED d isplay . The J610s i s simil ar When boot-up is fi nishe d a nd the V T rak is fun ctioni ng no[...]

Chapter 2: Inst allation 29 Setting Up the CLI Con nec tion The VT rak has a Comman d Line Interfa ce (C LI) to m anage all of it s fu nction s, incl udin g cus tom izat ion. Acces s the CLI v ia yo ur PC’s t ermin al VT 100 or ANS I emulati on prog ram, s uch a s Micros oft Hyp erT erminal. With the VT rak runnin g a nd the RJ1 1-to-DB9 s erial [...]

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31 Chapter 3: Management • Front S ta tus Indic ators (bel ow) • Drive S t atus Indic ators (p age 24) • I/O Mod ule S tatus Indica tors (p age 25) • CLI C ommand Set (p ag e 26) Front S tatus Indicator s Even though th e Comma nd Line Interf ace (CLI) of fers comp rehens ive moni toring of VT rak, the L ED in dicato rs on the VT rak J610s [...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 32 Dri ve Statu s Ind icat ors Aft er a few mom ent s the Power/ Activi ty sh oul d disp lay G reen. If the re is n o dis k driv e in th e carrier , the Disk S tatu s LED and th e Power/Ac tivit y LED wi ll r emain dark . Figure 2. VT rak disk carrier LEDs The VT rak spi ns up the disk drives s equen tially in ord [...]

Chapter 3: Management 33 I/O Module S tatus I ndicato rs The VT rak J610s or J310s I/O m odule has LE Ds th at ind icate act ivity on each o f it s SAS ports. Figure 3. The I/O modu les hav e two SAS ports The I /O mo dul e st atus LED s hows red at sta rtup . Withi n 2 or 3 se conds , it tu rns green to ind icate that the I/O m odule is rea dy . L[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 34 Figure 4. VTrak J610s power s upply an d fan LEDs The b attery LED on the c ooling unit h as no functi on on t he VT rak J610s an d J310 s model s. Figure 5. VTrak J310s power s upply an d fan LEDs Under n ormal condi tio ns, the power s upply and fa n L EDs sho uld di splay green. T o check a com ponen t’ s i[...]

Chapter 3: Management 35 CLI Command Set The CL I uses th e follo wing set o f comm ands : cab le – S pecifie s t he leng th of c able f or o ptimal sign al qua lity . enc los ure – D ispl ays f ull in formati on on t he V T rak enclosu re a nd all its compon ent s, ex pan der add resse s, and SAS addre sses. help – Use al one to se e the l i[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 36 The sy stem retu rns: CN#1 Cable Leng th = 1 meter CN#2 Cable Leng th = 3 meter Note th e cab le len gth chang e for CN 2. Enclos ure Comma nd The En clos ure com mand : • Displ ays i nforma tio n abou t the J610 s or J 310s e nclos ure (be low) • Enabl es yo u to make encl osure s et tings (page 3 8) Inform[...]

Chapter 3: Management 37 The sy stem retu rns: ------- ----------- ---------------- ---------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- --- Time Since P ower Up: 1 day 9 hours 46 minutes 36 secon ds Enclosure : SAS JBOD [2U-12Bay or 3U-16 Bay] I/O Module ID: 1 Max Num Of I/O Modules: 2 FwV ersion: 1.07 .0000.00 I/O Module Role : Primary MaxNumOfHDS[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 38 Expa nder SAS Add ress: SAS Ba se Addr:50 00 15 5D 21 AB 02 00 SS P SAS Addr: 50 00 15 5D 21 AB 02 3E SMP SAS Ad dr: 50 00 15 5D 21 AB 02 3F Attach ed SA S Addres s: D01 S AS Addr: 50 00 15 E0 11 4E 5E B2 D02 S AS Addr: 50 00 15 E0 11 4E 80 C2 D03 S AS Addr: 50 00 15 E0 11 4C 22 02 D04 S AS Addr: 50 00 15 E0 11 [...]

Chapter 3: Management 39 • Automat ic Shut down – Sh uts do wn th e VT rak 30 seco nds after t he encl osure or con troller reache s criti cal te mp erature. • Minim um Fan Spe ed – S pecifi es the mini mum f an s peed when the VT rak reac hes en clos ure or c ontroll er wa rning te mpera ture. Making Settings T o set the enclo sure c ritic[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 40 T o acces s help with a speci fic fu nction : cli >hel p cab le cli >cabl e -hel p cli >cabl e -h Choos e any comm and fro m the list u nde r “CLI C omman d Set” o n pa ge 35. Link Command The L ink c omma nd dis plays infor m at ion ab out J6 10s and J 310s lin ks, i nclud ing: •L i n k S t a t u[...]

Chapter 3: Management 41 P22 CN2 SAS 3.0G OK End ---- Rdy P23 CN2 SAS 3.0G OK End ---- Rdy P ort:Por t Id T ype:SAS Rate:Rat e 3G Init:Ini t Passed Dev:D evice T y pe Li nk:Link Co nnect ed PRdy: Phy R eady The f ollow ing i tems a re re ported in the t able a bove: • Link n umb er – The lin ks are PHYs, nu mb ered P0 t hrough P23 • Port numb[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 42 P20 ---------- - --------- ---------- ---------- ---- ------ 0x8F P21 ---------- - --------- ---------- ---------- ---- ------ 0x8F P22 ---------- - --------- ---------- ---------- ---- ------ 0x8F P23 ---------- - --------- ---------- ---------- ---- ------ 0x8F InD W :Inv alid Dwor d Count DsEr :Disparity Err [...]

Chapter 3: Management 43 0238 500000E0 1212F582 CN2 0287 500000E0120B26B2 CN2 0365 5000155 FFFC0223E CN2 0462 500000E0 114F18F2 CN2 0468 500000E01205B472 CN 2 0542 500000E01122C5B2 CN 2 0624 500000E0114E4A32 CN2 0639 500000E0114D8E32 CN2 0700 500000E0120B2A62 CN2 0721 500000E0114DE7A2 CN2 0751 500000E0114E5EA2 CN2 0764 500000E0 120B28F2 CN2 0765 50[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 44 VPDR Command The v pdr co mm and d ispla ys vi t al pro duct d at a on the major co mpone nts of the VT rak. The re are s ix co mpone nt s th at report vit al pro duct i nfo rmation . • 1 – Contro ller (I/O mod ule) • 2 – Power Su pply 1 • 3 – Cooli ng Unit 1 • 4 – Power Su pply 2 • 5 – Cooli[...]

45 Chapter 4: Sup port • Frequ entl y Asked Qu estio ns (below ) • Cont acti ng T echnic al Supp ort (p age 46 ) • Lim ited W arranty (p age 49) • Returni ng prod uct fo r rep air (p ag e 50) Frequently Asked Questions What k ind of dis k dri ves ca n I use with VT rak? The J 610s and J310 s support 3.5 -inch S erial Att ached SCSI (SAS) di[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 46 Contacting T echni cal Support Promi se T echnica l Support pr ovi des se veral s upport op tions fo r Promise users to acces s info rmatio n an d upda tes. W e encourage you to us e one o f our e lectron ic servic es, w hich provid e produ ct inf orm ation u pdates for the most ef ficient serv ice and s uppor t[...]

Chapter 4: Support 47 The Netherlands Germany It aly E-mail Supp ort e-Support On-Line Fax Sup port +31 (0) 4 0 256 9 463 Attn : T echnica l Suppo rt Phone Su pport +31 (0) 4 0 235 2 600 If you wish to write us for su ppor t: Promise T echno logy Eu rope B.V . Scienc e Park E indhov en 554 2 5692 EL Son, The Neth erland s E-mail Supp ort e-Support [...]

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Chapter 4: Support 49 Limited Warranty Promise T echnology , Inc. (“Pro mise”) warra nt s that f or three (3) yea rs from the time of the deliv ery of the prod uct to the origin al end user: a) t he pro duc t wil l con form to Pr omis e’s spe cific ati ons; b) the pro duct w ill be free from defe cts in mate rial and workm anship un der norm [...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 50 No oth er docu me nt, st atem ent or repre sent atio n may be reli ed on to vary the terms of thi s limite d warrant y . Promi se’s sole respo nsibi lity w ith re spect to any produc t is t o do on e o f the foll owin g: a) repla ce the pro duct wi th a confo rming uni t of the same or sup erio r produ ct; b) [...]

Chapter 4: Support 51 The tec hnic ian will as sist you in dete rminin g whet her the prod uct requ ires rep a ir . If the produc t need s repa ir , the T echnical Sup port Dep ar tment will is sue a n RM A (Return Me rchand ise Au thoriza tio n) num ber . Return ONL Y t he spe cific pro duct c overe d by th e wa rranty (d o not s hip c ables , man[...]

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53 Appendix A: Secon d I/O Module The VT rak J610s and J310s unit s ship with on e or two I/O modu les. If your VT rak cam e with o nly on e I /O mo dul e, you can u pgrade by ins t alli ng a s econd I/O mod ule. Th e follo wing in stru ction s des cribe how to in st all a s econ d I/O m odule . T o inst al l a se cond I /O modul e i nto a VT rak J[...]

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55 Index Symbols ? com mand 44 A AAMUX adapter 16, 18, 32 About Th is Manual 1 Attac hed SAS a ddress es 36 automa tic shutd own se tting 39 B blower s tatus 36 C cabl e comma nd 35 RJ11-to-D B9 9, 27, 29 SAS SFF -8088 9, 22, 23, 25 CE statem ent 7 Certific ations 7 circ le-ico n port 21, 23, 25 CN1, CN2 21 Comman d ? 44 cabl e 35 CLI 35 encl osure[...]

VTrak J610s, J310s Product Manual 56 H HBA card 21, 22, 23, 25 Heartbeat LE D 28, 31 help com mand 39 I I/O modul e 10, 27 add se cond module 53 defaul t primary 20 dual 25 role 36, 45 , 53 SAS ports 22, 23, 25 IRAM state ment 8 L LEDs cool ing unit 34 disk dr ives 32 drive c arrie r 28 fan 34 front 31 front panel 28, 31 FRU 31 heart beat 31 I/O mo[...]

In dex 57 serial comm unica tion 27 setting automa tic shutd own 39 minim um fan speed 39 temperatu re 38 th er mal m ana gem e nt 38 SFF-808 8 cabl e 9, 22, 23, 25 Spec ificatio ns 6 Status Indicato rs disk dr ives 32 front 31 I/O modul e 33 status , PHY 41 T Techni cal S upport 46 temperatu re sens ors 36 settings 38 thermal man agemen t setting [...]

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