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VTRAK
E-Class
E310f and E310s
QUICK START GUIDE
Version 1.0
© 2007 Promise Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide VTrak E-Class Task List Step 1: Unpacking the VTrak (below) Step 2: Mounting VTrak in a Rack (page 5) Step 3: Installing Disk Drives (page 7) Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections • Fibre Channel (page 11) • Serial Attached SCSI (page 16) Step 5: Making Serial Cable Connections (page 22) Step 6: Connecting the Power (page 23) Step 7: Setting the IP Address (page 25) Step 8: Creating Disk Arrays with WebPAM PROe (page 29) For complete information about yo
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Step 1: Unpacking the VTrak Important Use the following categories of network cables with VTrak: • Cat 6, preferred • Cat 5E, minimum Figure 1. VTrak E310f/s front view Drive Carrier LEDs Drive Carriers Power and Status LEDs Figure 2. VTrak E310f rear view Cooling Unit 1 Cooling Unit 2 Power Supply 1 Power Supply 2 with Battery with Battery Mgmt Mgmt UPS UPS FC 1 FC 2 FC 1 FC 2 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Gb/s Gb/s 115200 Gb/s Gb/s 115200 8 N 1 8 N 1 RAID Controller 1 RAID Controller 2 3 O O I I
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VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide Figure 3. VTrak E310s rear view Cooling Unit 1 Cooling Unit 2 Power Supply 1 with Battery with Battery Power Supply 2 Mgmt Mgmt UPS UPS 115200 115200 8 N 1 8 N 1 RAID Controller 1 RAID Controller 2 4 O O I I
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Step 2: Mounting VTrak in a Rack Step 2: Mounting VTrak in a Rack The E-Class subsytems installs to the rack using the supplied mounting rails. You can also use your existing rails. Figure 4. VTrak E310f/s mounted in a rack with the supplied rails VTrak E310f/s Vertical Rack Post Handles mount Mounting rails (included) outside the rack post mount inside the rack post Cautions • At least two persons are required to safely lift, place, and attach the VTrak enclosure into a rack system. • Do n
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VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 6. Attach a two-hole flange to the rail, with the flange toward the back (connector end) of the enclosure. Install four rail adjustment screws (included) through the flange into the rail. 7. Repeat steps 4 through 6 to attach the other rail and flanges to the enclosure. 8. Place the enclosure with mounting rails into your rack system. 9. Attach the four-hole flanges to the inside of the rack’s front post, using the attaching screws from your rack system. 10. At
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Step 3: Installing Disk Drives Step 3: Installing Disk Drives You can populate the VTrak with SAS or SATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance, install physical drives of the same model and capacity. The drives’ matched performance allows the logical drive to function better as a single drive. The table below shows the number of drives required for each RAID level. Level Number of Drives Level Number of Drives RAID 0 1 or more RAID 6 4 to 16* RAID 1 2 only RAID 10 4 or more** RAID 1E 2
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VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide AAMUX Adapter If your VTrak has dual controllers—Fibre Channel or SAS—and you plan to install SATA drives, you must install an AAMUX adapter with each SATA drive. AAMUX adapters are available from Promise Technology. Installing Disk Drives 1. Remove a disk drive carrier. 2. SATA drives only. Place the AAMUX adapter into the disk drive carrier and attach it with the four screws. See Figure 8. • Install only the screws supplied with the adapter. • The adapter fit
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Step 3: Installing Disk Drives Figure 7. Disk drive mounting holes in the drive carrier Disk drive mounting holes AAMUX adapter with AAMUX mounting holes Drive mounting holes without AAMUX Figure 8. SATA drive mounted in a drive carrier with the required AAMUX adapter SATA disk drive SAS connector AAMUX adapter 9 WARNING: Counter-sink screws only.
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VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide Figure 9. SAS drive mounted in a drive carrier SAS disk drive 10
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Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections For Serial Attached SCSI setup, go to page 16. Fibre Channel VTrak models can have one or two RAID controllers. Each controller has an Ethernet (RJ45) Management Port connector that enables you to monitor the VTrak over your network using the WebPAM PROe Software. VTrak supports HTTP, HTTPS, and Telnet protocols. The VTrak E310f RAID controller has two 4-Gb Fibre Channel (FC) connections for the dat
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VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 2. Connect each Host PC’s or Server’s standard NIC to your network switch. Figure 11. VTrak E310f SAN data and management connections Network Switch FC Switch Mgmt Mgmt UPS UPS FC 1 4 FC 2 4 FC 1 4 FC 2 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Gb/s Gb/s 115200 Gb/s Gb/s 115200 8 N 1 8 N 1 VTrak Host PC or Server Host PC or Server Configuring Direct Attached Storage Direct attached storage (DAS) requires: • Two Fibre Channel HBA cards in the Host PC or Server • A network switch • A netwo
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Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections Figure 12. VTrak E310f DAS data and management connections Network Switch Mgmt Mgmt FC 1 FC 2 UPS FC 1 FC 2 UPS 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Gb/s Gb/s 115200 Gb/s Gb/s 115200 8 N 1 8 N 1 VTrak Host PC or Server 13 O O I I
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VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide Configuring JBOD Expansion To expand the number of disk drives: 1. On the E310f controller, connect the SAS connector (a subtractive-routed port) to CN1 (a table-routed port) on the I/O module of the first J300s unit. See Figure 13. 2. Connect CN3 (a subtractive-routed port) on the first J300s unit to CN1 on one of the I/O modules of the next J300s unit. 3. Connect the remaining J300s units in the same manner. Figure 13. VTrak E310f JBOD data connections FC S
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Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections Figure 14.JBOD expansion with no single point of failure Host PCs or Servers Fibre Channel Switches E310f Mgmt UPS Mgmt UPS FC 1 FC 2 FC 1 FC 2 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Gb/s Gb/s 115200 Gb/s Gb/s 115200 8 N 1 8 N 1 O O I I J300s O O I I J300s O O I I J300s O O I I J300s 15 O O I I
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VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide This completes management and data connections for VTrak E310f. Go to “Step 5: Making Serial Cable Connections” on page 22. Serial Attached SCSI VTrak models can have one or two RAID controllers. Each controller has an Ethernet (RJ45) Management Port connector that enables you to monitor the VTrak over your network using the WebPAM PROe Software. VTrak supports HTTP, HTTPS, and Telnet protocols. The standard VTrak E310s controller has three SAS ports: • Data p
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Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections Configuring Direct Attached Storage Direct attached storage (DAS) requires: • Two SAS HBA cards in the Host PC or Server • A network switch • A network interface card (NIC) in the Host PC or Server To establish the data path: On the VTrak controller, connect a SAS data port or a SAS data/cascade port to one of your SAS HBA cards. See Figure 16. To establish the management path: 1. On the VTrak controller, connect the Management Port on each Control
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VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide Configuring Cascaded Storage Cascaded storage requires: • One SAS HBA card in the Host PC or Server • A network switch • A network interface card (NIC) in the Host PC or Server To establish the data path: 1. On the VTrak controller, connect a SAS data port or a SAS data/cascade port to your SAS HBA card. See Figure 17. 2. Connect the data/cascade port (a subtractive-routed port) of the first E310s to the data port (a table-routed port) on the second E310s. 3. C
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Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections Figure 18. VTrak E310s cascaded management and data connections Network Switch Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 VTrak Host PC or Server Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 VTrak Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 VTrak 19 O O I I O O I I O O I I
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VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide Configuring JBOD Expansion To expand the number of disk drives: 1. On the E310s controller, connect the SAS expansion port (a subtractive- routed port) to the CN1 (a table-routed port) on one of the I/O modules of the first J300s unit. See Figure 19. 2. Connect CN3 (a subtractive-routed port) on the first J300s unit to CN1 on one of the I/O modules of the next J300s unit. 3. Connect the remaining J300s units in the same manner. Figure 19. VTrak E310s JBOD data c
