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VT RAK M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Star t Guide Ve r s i o n 1 . 0 © 2007 Pro mise T echn ology , Inc . All Right s Res erved.[...]

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick St art Guide 2 VT rak Inst allat ion T ask List S tep 1: Unpa cking the VT rak (b elow) S tep 2: Mount ing VT rak in a Ra ck (p age 5) S tep 3: Inst alling D isk D rives (p age 10) S tep 4: Maki ng Manage ment and Dat a C onnectio ns S tep 5: Maki ng Serial C able C onnectio ns (p age 15) S tep 6: Connec ting the Pow[...]

Step 1: Unpacking the VTrak 3 Figure 1. VT rak M6 10i front v iew Figure 2. VT rak M3 10i front v iew (M210 i is simila r) Drive C arrier LED s Drive Carriers Power and S tatus LED s Drive C arrier LED s Drive Carriers Power and S tatus L EDs[...]

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick St art Guide 4 Figur e 3. VT rak M6 10i rear view Figur e 4. VT rak M3 10i and M210i rear view Mgmt IOIOI iSCSI 2 iSCSI 1 RAI D Controller Power Supp ly 1 Power Supply 2 Coolin g Unit 1 wi th Ba tte ry Cooling Unit 2 O I O I Mgmt IOIOI iSCSI 2 iSCSI 1 RAID Controller Power Su pply 1 Power Su pply 2 Cooling Unit 1 wit[...]

Step 2: M ounting VTrak in a Rack 5 S tep 2: Mo unting VT rak in a Rack The M 610i is shown o n this page. The M 310i and M 210i are show n on p age 7. Mounting the VT rak M61 0i in a Rack The M 610i sub system inst alls to the rac k using the su pplied m ountin g rails. Y ou can also use your e xisting rails. Figure 5. VT rak M6 10i mou nted in a [...]

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick St art Guide 6 3. Att ach the m ounting ra il as semblie s to the ou tside of the rack pos ts, using the a ttachi ng screw s from y our rack s ystem. Be su re the sup port is on the bo ttom faci ng inward . 4. Squa re th e ra il asse mbl ies i n the ra ck. 5. T igh ten the ad jus tmen t scr ews an d th e attac hing s[...]

Step 2: M ounting VTrak in a Rack 7 Mounting VT rak M310 i or M210i in a Rack The VT rak M310i or M 210i subsys tem in stalls to the rack us ing the supplie d moun ting rails . Y ou can al so us e you r exis tin g rail s. Figure 7. Rackmounte d VT rak M310i (M210i is similar) T o inst all th e M310 i or M210 i subsy stem i nto a rack with th e supp[...]

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick St art Guide 8 4. Slide one of the rails over the p late o n one sid e of the subsys tem. The ra il is de signed to slide freely over the plate. 5. Att ach a fla nge to each en d of th e rail, with th e rail on the op posite s ide of the flang e from the two-hole bracket. 6. Inst all the rail a djustmen t screws (i n[...]

Step 2: M ounting VTrak in a Rack 9 Figure 9. Mounting ra il installatio n In side of pos t Rack front post Rail att aching screw (not i ncluded ) Rail adj ustme nt screw Moun ting Rai l Rail at tac hing scr ew (not in clude d) Insi de of p ost Rack ba ck post Sliding plate[...]

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick St art Guide 10 S tep 3: Installing Disk Drives Y o u can po pulate the VT rak wi th 3.5-inc h, 1.5 Gb/s or 3.0 Gb/ s SA T A driv es. For optim al perfo rmance, ins tal l physi cal drives of the same model and cap aci ty . The driv es’ matc hed pe rformance allows the logi cal d rive to fu nction better as a sin gl[...]

Step 3: Installi ng Disk Drives 11 Figure 1 1.VTr ak M310i drive slot numbering. Th e M210i is simila r , with 8 drive c arriers Inst all all of the drive carrie rs into the VT rak subsys tem to en sure p roper airflo w , even if you d o not p opulate al l the c arriers with disk drives. Inst alling Disk Drives 1. Re move a di sk dr ive carrie r . [...]

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick St art Guide 12 Figure 12.VTrak driv e carrier mounti ng holes Figure 13.SA T A Disk Drives mount at the front of the carrier W ARNING: Counter-sink screws only . SA T A Driv e Mou nti ng Ho les SA T A Driv e Mounti ng Holes Serial A T A Disk Driv e[...]

Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 13 S tep 4: Making Management and D ata Connections Configuring an IP S torage Area Network • A Gigab it Ethern et netwo rk interfac e card (GbE N IC) with i SCSI supp ort (in hardware o r software ) • A GbE Switc h with iSCSI supp ort • A ne twor k swi tch • A networ k interface c ard (NIC) in[...]

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick St art Guide 14 Configuring Direct Att ached S torage This arrangeme nt requ ires: • A Gigab it Ethern et netwo rk interfac e card (GbE N IC) with i SCSI supp ort (in hardware o r software ) • A ne twor k swi tch • A networ k interface c ard (NIC) in th e PC Dat a Path T o est ablish the da ta p ath: Conne ct t[...]

Step 5: Making Serial Cable Connections 15 S tep 5: Making Serial Cable Connections The RS -232 Seria l connec tion e nables th e Comman d Line Interface (C LI) and Comm and Line Utility (CLU) on y our PC to m onitor an d control VT rak. Figur e 16.Serial connector for VT rak M3 10i. The M610i and M210 i are sim ila r T o set up a seria l cable con[...]

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick St art Guide 16 S tep 6: Co nnecting the Power Plug the powe r cords and switc h on bo th powe r suppl ies on. W hen the power i s switc hed on, th e LEDs o n the front of the VT rak will light up. When boot-up is finis hed and t he VT rak is functioni ng nor mally: • Control ler Heart beat LED blink s green s even[...]

Step 6: C onnecting the Power 17 If the re is no d isk driv e in the c arrier , the Disk S tatus LED and th e Power/Ac tivity LED wi ll r emain dark . The Po wer/Activit y LED fla shes duri ng drive activ ity . The Di sk S tatus L ED disp lays Green w hen a dr ive is p resent and confi gured.[...]

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick St art Guide 18 S tep 7: Setting the IP Addr ess VT rak has a C omman d Line Interface (CLI) to m anage all of it s funct ions, inc luding cus tomizati on. A subset of the CLI is th e Command Li ne Utility (CLU), a user -level in terface tha t mana ges your VT rak vi a your PC ’s te rminal em ulati on progra m, su [...]

Step 7: Setting the IP Address 19 Choosing DHCP or a S t atic IP Address When you setu p your VT rak, y ou have th e opti on of: • Enabling DHCP and letting your DHCP server assign the IP address to the VT rak’ s manag ement port. • S pecif ying a s tati c IP addres s for t he VT rak’ s mana gement po rt. If you choose to enable DHCP , have[...]

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick St art Guide 20 Setting up VT rak with the CLI 1. T ype the fo llowing st ring to set the s ystem da te and time, then press Ent er . admin istrat or@cli> date -a mod - d 2007/ 05/29 -t 14:5 0:05 In the above e xample, t he date and ti me are in clude d as exam ples on ly . Y o ur values will be dif ferent. U se y[...]

Step 7: Setting the IP Address 21 === ==== ======= ==== ==== ======= ==== ==== ====== CId Port T ype IP Mask Gatewa y Link === ==== ======= ==== ==== ======= ==== ==== ====== 1 1 Mgmt 192.168. 10.87 255.255.255.0 192.168.10.1 Up 1 1 iSCSI 192.168. 10.88 255.255.255.0 192.168.10.1 Up 1 2 iSCSI 10.0.10. 2 255.0.0.0 0.0.0. 0 Down 6. Repea t step s 3 a[...]

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick St art Guide 22 Setting up VT rak with the CLU 1. At the adminis trator@cl i> prompt, type men u an d press En ter . The CL U ma in menu a ppears . Figure 19.CLU main menu 2. Wit h Qu ick Se tup highligh ted, pre ss Enter . The f irst Quic k Setup s creen ena bles you to mak e Date and T ime setting s. Setting sys[...]

Step 7: Setting the IP Address 23 4. Foll ow the s ame proce dure to spec ify the Sub net Ma sk, Gat eway IP Addres s and D NS Server IP Address. If yo u do not h ave a DNS server , skip th e DNS Server IP ad dress. 5. Pres s Ctrl -A to sa ve your sett ings. Automat ic IP setti ngs T o make M anageme nt Port s etting s automa tically: 1. Pres s th [...]

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick St art Guide 24 S tep 8: Creating Disk Arrays with W ebP AM PROe Settin g up disk arrays with W ebP AM PROe con sists of the fol lowing act ions: • Logg ing into W ebP AM PROe (bel ow) • Selec ting a La nguage (page 26) • Creatin g a Disk A rray (page 2 6) • Logg ing out of We bP AM PROe (p age 3 0) • Using[...]

Step 8 : Creati ng Disk A rrays wi th WebPA M PROe 25 3. When the log-in scree n (Figur e 19) appe ars: •T y p e admini strator in the User Name field . •T y p e p assword in the Pas sword field. • Click the Lo gin button. The Us er Name and Pass word ar e case sen sitiv e. 4. Clic k the Lo gin button. Figure 20.WebP AM PROe log-in scre en Af[...]

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick St art Guide 26 Selecting a Language W ebP AM PROe displays in Engl ish, Germ an, Frenc h, It alian, Ja pan ese, Chi nese T radition al, Chin ese Simp le, and Korean. 1. Clic k Language on the W ebP AM PROe He ader . The l anguage l ist ap pears in the H eader . 2. Click on th e languag e you prefer . The W ebP AM PR[...]

Step 8 : Creati ng Disk A rrays wi th WebPA M PROe 27 Automatic When you choo se the Automatic optio n, the foll owing p arameters appear on the screen: • Disk Arr ays – The numbe r of phy sical dr ives in the disk array , their ID num bers, conf igurab le cap acity , and the nu mber o f logical drives to be crea ted • Logica l Drives – Th [...]

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick St art Guide 28 Exp ress When you choo se the Express option , a set of charac teristi cs and o ptions appe ars on the scree n. 1. Ch eck the b oxes to sel ect any o ne or a comb inatio n of: • Redunda ncy – The array wil l rema in avail able i f a physi cal d rive fa ils • Cap acity – The greatest possi ble [...]

Step 8 : Creati ng Disk A rrays wi th WebPA M PROe 29 Advanc ed Whe n you choo se th e Advan ced op tion , the S tep 1 – Di sk Array Cre ation scre en disp lays . S tep 1 – Di sk Arr ay Creat ion 1. Enter a name for the dis k array i n the field provided . 2. Ch eck the b ox if you want to enable Medi a Patrol. 3. Check the b ox if you want to [...]

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick St art Guide 30 Read C ache, R ead Ahea d Cache, and No Cach e are ava ilable. R ead Ahe ad is t he default . 13. S p eci fy a Writ e (c ache ) Pol icy from the d ropdo wn menu. W rite Back a nd W rite Thro ugh (Thru) are avail able. W rite Bac k is the de fault. 14. Click the Up date button. A new l ogica l driv e i[...]

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