Areca ARC-8050T2 Manuale Utente

ARC-8050T2(Thunderbolt 2 to 6Gb/s SAS RAID Storage)User ManualVersion: 2.2Issue Date: December, 2014Thunderbolt™ Product

INTRODUCTION101.2 FeaturesController Architecture• 800 MHz dual core ROC for RAID core and SAS microcode• 1GB on-board DDR3-1333 SDRAM with ECC protec

APPENDIX100Step 3. SNMP Service MethodWith Areca series RAID controllers, there are 2 service methods to get SNMP: in-band Thunderbolt port and onboar

101APPENDIXTo enable the controller to send the SNMP traps to client SNMP manager using the IP address assigned to the operating system, such as Net-S

APPENDIX102The rmware-embedded SNMP agent manager monitors all system events and the SNMP function becomes functional with no agent software required

103APPENDIXAppendix DEvent Notication CongurationsThe controller classies disk array events into four levels depending on their severity. These inc

APPENDIX104Event Level Meaning Action Start Initialize Warning Volume initialization has startedStart Rebuilding Warning Volume rebuilding has started

105APPENDIXC. RAID Set EventEvent Level Meaning Action Create RaidSet Warning New RAID set createdDelete RaidSet Warning Raidset deletedExpand RaidSet

APPENDIX106HTTP Log In Serious a HTTP login detectedTelnet Log Serious a Telnet login detectedInVT100 Log In Serious a VT100 login detectedAPI Log In

107APPENDIXAppendix ERAID ConceptRAID SetA RAID set is a group of disks connected to a RAID controller. A RAID set contains one or more volume sets. T

APPENDIX108In the illustration, volume 1 can be assigned a RAID level 5 of operation while volume 0 might be assigned a RAID level 1E of operation. Al

109APPENDIXRAID set. Then, data on the existing volume sets (residing on the newly expanded RAID set) is redistributed evenly across all the disks. A

INTRODUCTION11Function AdvantagesFeatures BenetsBootable Drive Support Provide user the capability of adding bootable drive via Thunderbolt on Apple

APPENDIX110• Online RAID Level and Stripe Size MigrationFor those who wish to later upgrade to any RAID capabilities, a system with online RAID level/

111APPENDIXof disk failure(s). In the case of disk failure, the volume set transitions from migrating state to (migrating+degraded) state. When the mi

APPENDIX112cal drive that has been marked as a hot spare and therefore is not a member of any RAID set. If a disk drive used in a volume set fails, th

113APPENDIXIn the normal status, the newly installed drive will be recon-gured an online free disk. But, the newly-installed drive is automatically a

APPENDIX114RAID controller allows user to choose the task priority (Ultra Low (5%), Low (20%), Medium (50%), High (80%)) to bal-ance volume set access

115APPENDIXcoverable read error, the correct data will be transferred to the host and that location will be tested by the drive to be certain the loca

APPENDIX116vides an additional level of protection. In the event of a power failure, a BBM supplies power to retain data in the RAID con-troller’s cac

117APPENDIXAppendix F Understanding RAID RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. It is an array of multiple independent hard disk

APPENDIX118RAID 1RAID 1 is also known as “disk mirroring”; data written on one disk drive is simultaneously written to another disk drive. Read perfor

119APPENDIXRAID 10(1E)RAID 10(1E) is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1, combining stripping with disk mirroring. RAID Level 10 combines the fast perf

INSTALLATION122. InstallationThis section describes how to install the ARC-8050T2 Thunderbolt 2 RAID storage with host computer and disks.2.1 Before Y

APPENDIX120RAID 5RAID 5 is sometimes called striping with parity at byte level. In RAID 5, the parity information is written to all of the drives in t

121APPENDIXRAID 6RAID 6 provides the highest reliability. It is similar to RAID 5, but it performs two different parity computations or the same compu

APPENDIX122Important: RAID level 00, 100, 30, 50 and 60 can support up to eight RAID set. If volume is RAID level 00, 100, 30, 50, or 60, you can’t ch

123APPENDIXSummary of RAID LevelsARC-8050T2 Thunderbolt RAID storage supports RAID Level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6, 30, 50 and 60. The following table pro

APPENDIX12430 RAID 30 is a combination multiple RAID 3 volume sets with RAID 0 (striping)6 Up to one disk failure in each sub-volume50 RAID 50 is a co

INSTALLATION132.2 Summary of RAID Storage Setup Steps• For Mac OS X Step 1. Physically Install the Hardware (Chapter 2.5.1) 1. Install HDDs. 2.

INSTALLATION14 Step 2. Install the MRAID Software Package (Chapter 2.5.3.1) 1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at “h

INSTALLATION15Front ViewRear View1. Disk Activity LED2. Disk Fault/Link LED3. LCD Panel with Keypad 4. Thunderbolt Port1 5. Thunderbolt Port2 6. Thu

INSTALLATION162.4 Locations of the Storage Component The following components come with LEDs that inform ARC-8050T2 RAID storage managers about the op

INSTALLATION172.4.2 LCD Panel LED IndicatorsThere are a variety of status conditions that cause the RAID stor-age panel monitoring LED to light. The f

INSTALLATION182.5 Setting Up RAID StorageSetting up your ARC-8050T2 RAID storage involves these main steps:• Physically Install the RAID Storage and D

INSTALLATION192. Install the drive into the drive tray and secure the drive to the drive tray by four of the mounting screws.Figure 2-5, Sliding D

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INSTALLATION20• Thunderbolt Computer Port ConnectionBy installing Thunderbolt technology capable computer and ARC-8050T2 Thunderbolt port using the Th

INSTALLATION21Step 3. Connecting Monitor Port (Optional)You can connect LAN port to the manager clinet system, if you want to congure and manage the

INSTALLATION22Figure 2-8, Connecting the Power to Enclosure 3. ARC-8050T2 RAID storage automatically turns off when the computer to which it is at

INSTALLATION232. Double-click on the zipped le that comes from the website or resides at <CDROM>\packages\MacOS to add the installer on

INSTALLATION24• ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console (MRAID storage manager) to run. It also runs as a service or daemon in the backgr

INSTALLATION258. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the driver installation.9. When this screen shows, you have completed the dri

INSTALLATION2610. After installation is completed, click on the "Done" button to reboot your computer in order to complete installatio

INSTALLATION27• Method 1: McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHTTPStart McRAID Storage Manager – Browser Edition There is one “MRAID” icon showing on your

INSTALLATION28Click on the “Quick Create” in the main menu, your volume is automatically congured based on the number of disks in your system. You ca

INSTALLATION29• Method 3: LCD Panel with Keypad You can use LCD front panel and keypad function to simply create the RAID volume. The LCD status panel

Contents1. Introduction ... 81.1 Overview ...

INSTALLATION30If you’re not sure which format to use, choose Mac OS X Extended (Journaled).2. In the Partition Layout column, click on the “Current” t

INSTALLATION312.5.2.4 Make A Bootable RAID VolumeYou can follow the following procedures to add ARC-8050T2 RAID volume on Intel-based Mac bootable dev

INSTALLATION322. When the volume icon disappears from the desktop, RAID storage can be disconnected from the computer.2.5.3 Windows Users2.5.3.1 I

INSTALLATION335. When the License Agreement screen appears, read and agree to the license information; then let the InstallShield Wizard guide

INSTALLATION34• “Complete” to install driver, ArcHTTP and CLI utility at once, check the rst box.• “Custom” to install special components and chan

INSTALLATION357. When you reach the installation page, click on the “Install” button to continue.8. A program bar appears that measures the progre

INSTALLATION36Note: “For Windows, Install Driver First”For Windows PC: the Thunderbolt certied device driver must be installed before plugging in the

INSTALLATION37• Method 1: McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHTTPStart McRAID Storage Manager – Browser Edition Right-click on the “Start” menu and choose

INSTALLATION38Click on the “Quick Create” in the main menu, your volume is automatically congured based on the number of disks in your system. You ca

INSTALLATION39The LCD initial screen is shown below:2.5.3.3 Format RAID VolumesAfter the volume set is ready for system accesses, it needs to be parti

4.2 McRAID Main Window ... 484.3 Main Menu ...

INSTALLATION40Note: You can also safely remove devices from the computer folder. Click the "Start" button, click "Computer", right

ArcHTTP Conguration413. ArcHTTP CongurationThis chapter describes how to congure the “System Function” of ArcHTTP. The ArcHTTP proxy utility runs a

ArcHTTP Conguration42• Mail (Alert by Mail) CongurationMany users require that email notications be sent to the appropriate administrators when an

ArcHTTP Conguration432. Mail Address CongurationsSender Name: Enter the sender name that will be shown in the outgoing mail.Ex: RaidController_1.Mai

ArcHTTP Conguration44agent on the host. If SNMP manager requests to query the SNMP information from RAID storage, please refer the Appendix C "S

ArcHTTP Conguration45• Rescan Device CongurationLet’s assume you’ve put all Areca RAID storages to a system. The ArcHTTP scans the RAID storages on

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION464. Web Browser-based Conguration If you need to use a RAID volume from ARC-8050T2 RAID storage unit, you must rst c

47WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION4.1 Start-up McRAID Storage ManagerWith McRAID Storage Manager, you can:• Locally manage a system containing a suppor

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION48• McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN Port (Out-of-Band)ARC-8050T2 RAID storage also offers an alternative out-of-b

49WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION• To display RAID set information, move the mouse cursor to the desired RAID set number, then click on it. The RAI

4.7.5 Abort Cloning ... 704.7.6 Set Disk To Be Failed ...

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION50The number of physical drives in the RAID storage determines the Raid Levels that can be implemented with the RAID se

51WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONNote: To create RAID 30/50/60 volume, you need create multiple RAID sets rstly with the same disk numbers on each RA

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION524.5.3 Expand Raid SetInstead of deleting a RAID set and recreating it with additional disk drives, the “Expand Raid S

53WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONNote: 1. Once the “Expand Raid Set” process has started, user can not stop it. The process must be completed.2. I

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION544.5.6 Activate Incomplete Raid SetIf one of the disk drives is removed in power off state, the RAID set state will ch

55WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONThe “Create Hot Spare” gives you the ability to dene a global or dedicated hot spare. Unlike “Global Hot Spare” whic

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION564.6 Volume Set FunctionsA volume set is seen by the host system as a single logical device. It is organized in a RAID

57WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION4.6.1 Create Volume Set (0/1/10/3/5/6) To create volume set from RAID set storage, move the cursor bar to the main me

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION58-NoWhen this option is enabled, it keeps the volume size with max. 2TB limitation. For any hard disk drives working i

59WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION• Cache ModeThe RAID storage supports “Write Through” and “Write Back” cache.• Volume Write ProtectionWhen "Volu

• Local IP address ... 82• Gateway IP address ...

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION60the algorithm to behave slightly differently, so the increasing key sizes not only offer a larger number of bits with

61WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION4.6.2 Create Raid30/50/60 (Volume Set 30/50/60)To create 30/50/60 volume set from RAID set group, move the cursor bar

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION62Click a volume set number and the “Conrm The Operation” check box and then click the “Submit” button to delete the v

63WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION4.6.4.1 Volume GrowthUse “Expand Raid Set" function to add disk to a RAID set. The additional capacity can be us

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION64Note: 1. If the volume is RAID level 30, 50, or 60, you can not change the volume to another RAID level. If the v

65WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION4.6.6 Schedule Volume CheckA volume check is a process that veries the integrity of redun-dant data. To verify RAID

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION664.6.7 Stop Volume Set Check Use this option to stop the “Check Volume Set” function.4.6.8 Download Volume Key FileGet

67WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION4.7 Physical Drive Choose this option to select a physical disk from the main menu and then perform the operations li

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION68When the “Enter Pass-Through Disk Attribute” screen appears, modify the drive attribute values, as you want. After yo

69WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONClone Disk Procedure1. Select one of the members as the “Clone Source” (status indi- cated as Raid Set #) by clic

Volume Set ... 107Ease of Use Features ...

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION704.7.5 Abort CloningUse this function to stop the ongoing clone disk action.4.7.6 Set Disk To Be FailedIt sets a norma

71WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONFollowings are considered as “Removed-Disk”:1. Manually removed by user.2. Losing PHY connection due to bad connector

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION724.8 System Controls4.8.1 System CongTo set the RAID system function, move the cursor to the main menu and click the

73WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION• SATA NCQ SupportThe controller supports both SAS and SATA disk drives. The SATA NCQ allows multiple commands to be

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION74• Max Command LengthMax Command Length is used to set a "best" IO size for the RAID storage.• Auto Activate

75WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONtriggers a rebuilding for the Degraded RAID set/Volume.“Disable” – it will not trigger rebuilding regardless what sor

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION76“Failed The Drive If Hot Sapre Exist” – controllers kill off the SMART fail disk if hot sapre dive is existed.“Alert”

77WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONdrive from the array during this period. Default value is manu-facture setting. You can select between 5, 6 and 7 sec

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION78• Amount of Read AheadRead-Ahead data is buffered in the RAID controller cache, however, thereby cutting down on the

79WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONand Mode 3. Default value is “Disabled”. Our controller cache uses LRU method; there have no special memory capacity

INTRODUCTION81. IntroductionThis section presents a brief overview of the 6Gb/s SAS RAID storage, ARC-8050T2. (Thunderbolt 2 to 6Gb/s SAS RAID storage

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION80• Stagger Power On Control In a PC system with only one or two drives, the power can supply enough power to spin up b

81WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONvalues can be selected from 0.4 to 6 seconds per step which powers up one drive.• Time to Hdd Low Power Idle This opt

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION82patches required. To congure the RAID controller Ethernet port, move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on th

83WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION• Gateway IP addressA gateway is a node (a router) on a TCP/IP network that serves as an access point to another netw

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION84The rmware contains a SMTP manager monitoring all system events. Single or multiple user notications can be sent vi

85WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONNote: NTP feature works through onboard Ethernet port. So you must make sure that you have connected onboard Ethernet

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION864.8.10 Clear Events BufferUse this feature to clear the entire events buffer information.Select this option to view t

87WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONNote: The manufacture default password is set to 0000.4.8.11 Modify PasswordTo set or change the RAID storage passwor

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION884.9 Information4.9.1 Raid Set HierarchyUse this feature to view the RAID storage current RAID set, cur-rent volume se

89WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATIONIf there’s a certain location in the hard drive that is getting poor performance, hard drive read benchmarks can help

INTRODUCTION9Enterprise-class Data Availability and SecurityARC-8050T2 supports the hardware RAID 6 engine to allow two HDDs failures without impact t

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION904.9.3 System InformationTo view the RAID storage’s system information, move the mouse cursor to the main menu and cli

91APPENDIXAppendix A Upgrading Flash ROM Update ProcessA-1 OverviewSince the ARC-8050T2 Thunderbolt RAID storage features ash ROM rmware, it is not

APPENDIX92 A-2 Upgrading Firmware Through McRAID Storage ManagerGet the new version rmware for your RAID storage. For example, download the bin 

93APPENDIXController with onboard LAN port, you can directly plug an Ethernet cable to the controller LAN port. After network connected, you can nd t

APPENDIX94Appendix BBattery Backup Module (ARC-6120BA-T021)ARC-8050T2 RAID storage operates using cache memory. The Bat-tery Backup Module is an add-o

95APPENDIXB-3 Installation1. Make sure all power to the RAID storage is disconnected.2. Install the “six eaves copper pillars” on the three mounting p

APPENDIX96B-4 Battery Backup CapacityBattery backup capacity is dened as the maximum duration of a power failure for which data in the cache memory c

97APPENDIX3. Disconnect the BBM cable from J6 on the RAID storage con-troller.4. Disconnect the battery pack cable from JP2 on the BBM.5. Install a ne

APPENDIX98Appendix CSNMP Operation & InstallationC-1 OverviewMcRAID storage manager includes a rmware-embedded Simple Network Management Protocol

99APPENDIXC-3 SNMP InstallationPerform the following steps to install the Areca RAID controller SNMP function into the SNMP manager. The installation