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A subsidiary of Alanco Technologies, Inc.
SecurStor Astra ES
Administration Guide
Revision: 1.0
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Excel Meridian Data, Inc.
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Copyright ©2007 This guide and any accompanying software and firmware are copyrighted. No parts of this publication may be reproduced, stored on a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without prior written consent except for copies retained by the purchaser for backup purposes. All rights Reserved. Notice We make no warranties with respect to this documentation either express or implied and provide it
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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Astra ES ....................................................................... 7 About This Manual ................................................................................................... 7 Astra ES Overview ................................................................................................... 8 Architectural Description .......................................................................................... 9 Specif
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Cache Policy ......................................................................................................... 96 LUN Affinity .......................................................................................................... 96 Capacity Coercion .................................................................................................. 97 Initialization .......................................................................................................... 98 Hot Sp
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Astra ES This chapter covers the following topics: • About this Manual • Astra ES Overview • Architectural Description • Specifications Thank you for purchasing the SecurStor Astra ES disk array subsystem from Excel Meridian Data. About This Manual This Product Manual describes how to setup, use and maintain the Astra ES disk array subsystem. It also describes how to use the embedded Web-based Astra ES Management GUI software. Note these four levels of
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Astra ES Overview Astra ES provides data storage solutions for applications where high performance and data protection are required. The failure of any single drive will not affect data integrity or accessibility of the data in a RAID protected logical drive. A defective drive may be replaced without interruption of data availability to the host computer. If so configured, a hot spare drive will automatically replace a failed drive, securing the fault-tolerant integrity of the logica
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Architectural Description The Astra ES is a Fibre Channel or Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) host, SAS+SATA disk, subsystem suitable for Direct Attached Storage (DAS), Storage Area Network (SAN), and Expanded Storage. Only hard disk drives from Excel Meridian Data are approved for use in this solution. All enclosures include a mid-plane, RAID controller, power and cooling units, and enclosure processor all in one cable-less chassis design. Multiple fans and power supplies provide redundancy
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Configurable RAID stripe size: 64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB, and 1 MB stripe size per logical drive. Background task priority tuning: Adjustment of minimum I/O reserved for server use during all background tasks. Hot spares: Multiple global or dedicated hot-spare drives with revert option. Maximum LUNs per subsystem: 256 in any combination of RAID levels. Maximum LUNs per array: 32 logical drives (LUNs). Supports LUN carving by allowing an array to be divided into multiple logical drives.
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Warranty and Support Warranty: Five years complete system limited warranty. Contact Excel Meridian Data for details. Support: Email and phone support. FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. CE Statement Warning: This is a class A product.
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Chapter 2: Astra ES Installation This chapter covers the following topics: • Unpacking the Astra ES (below) • Mounting in a rack • Installing disk drives • Making management connections • Connecting power Unpacking the Astra ES The Astra ES box contains the following items: • Astra ES Unit • RJ11-to-DB9 serial data cable • Quick Start Guide • 10ft CAT6 RJ45 network cable(s) • This Administration Guide • 5ft Power cords (4) (2 US and 2 European) • Rail kit • CD with AstraPath, Pr
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Mounting Astra ES in a Rack The subsystem installs in the rack using the supplied mounting rails. Cautions • At least two persons are required to safely lift, place, and attach the Astra ES enclosure into a rack system. • Do not lift or move the Astra ES enclosure by the handles, power supplies or the controller units. Hold the enclosure itself. • Do not install the Astra ES enclosure into a rack without rails to support the enclosure. To install the Astra ES enclosure into
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Rack f ront post Rack back post Rail adjustment screw Rail adjustment screw Front f lange Rear f lange Rail Plate Rail attaching screw Rail attaching screw (not included) (not included) Inside of post Inside of post Figure 3: Rackmount assembly Installing Disk Drives Your solution is sold with SAS or SATA (or a combination of both) hard disk drives. Excel Meridian Data will not support any solution populated with disk drives not purchased through Excel Meridian Data. The hard disk driv
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Making Management and Data Connections For Serial Attached SCSI setup skip to the next section. Fibre Channel Host Astra ES models can have one or two RAID controllers. Each controller has an Ethernet (RJ45) Management Port connector that enables you to monitor the Astra ES over your network using the Astra ES Management GUI Software. Astra ES supports HTTP(S) and Telnet protocols. The Astra ES RAID controller has two 4-Gb Fibre Channel (FC) connections for the data ports. You can config
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On the Astra ES controller, connect one of the Fibre Channel data ports to your Fibre Channel switch. To establish the management path: 1. On the Astra ES controller, connect the Management Port to your network switch. 2. Connect the Host PC’s or Server’s standard NIC to your network switch. Configuring JBOD expansion: To expand the number of disk drives: 1. On the RAID controller, connect the SAS connector (a subtractive-routed port) to CN1 (a table-routed port) on the I/O module of t
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Serial Attached SCSI Host Astra ES models can have one or two RAID controllers. Each controller has an Ethernet (RJ45) Management Port connector that enables you to monitor the Astra ES over your network using the Astra ES Management GUI Software. Astra ES supports HTTP(S) and Telnet protocols. The standard Astra ES SAS Host controller has three SAS ports: • Data port – Connects to the Host PC or Server • Data/Cascade port – Connects to the data port of a second Astra ES SAS controller o
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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 Astra ES controller, connect a SAS data port or a SAS data/cascade port to your SAS HBA card. 2. Connect the data/cascade port (a subtractive-routed port) of the first Astra ES RAID header to the data port (a table-routed port) on the second Astra ES RAID header. 3. Connect
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Connecting the Power Plug the power cords and switch on both power supplies on. When the power is switched on, the LEDs on the front of the Astra ES will light up. Power FRU Status Logical Driv e Status Controller-1 Activ ity Controller-2 Activ ity Controller Heartbeat Figure 6: Astra ES front panel LED display When boot-up is finished and the Astra ES is functioning normally: • Controller LED blinks green once per second for five seconds, goes dark for ten seconds, then blinks green
