Sans Digital Towerraid 6G series Detailed Manual

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TableofContents

SansDigitalTowerRAIDSATA6GtoeSATA6GPortMultiplier.......................................................5

Overview.........................................................................................................................................5

SansDigital2ndGenerationSATA6Gb/sPCI‐E2.0RAIDController...........................................5

Chapter1‐FeaturesandSpecifications.........................................................................................6

HardwareSpecifications..............................................................................................................6

Monitor,AlertsandLEDIndicators.............................................................................................6

AdvancedRAIDFeatures.............................................................................................................

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OperatingSystemSupport..........................................................................................................6

Chapter2‐PhysicalSpecifications..................................................................................................7

Chapter3‐KitContents..................................................................................................................8

Chapter4‐HardwareDescriptionandInstallation.........................................................................9

4.1RocketRAID642LHostAdapterboardlayout................................................................9

4.2 InstallingtheRocketRAID642LHostAdapter.................................................................9

4.3 VerifyingInstallation......................................................................................................10

Chapter5

‐RocketRAID642LBIOSUtility.....................................................................................11

5.1 BIOSSettingsOverview.................................................................................................11

5.2 UsingtheBIOSUtility....................................................................................................11

5.3 BIOSCommands............................................................................................................12

5.4 CreatingRAIDArrays.....................................................................................................14

5.5DeleteArrays................................................................................................................23

5.6 Add/RemoveSpareDisks..............................................................................................25

5.7 Settings..........................................................................................................................25

5.8 View...............................................................................................................................27

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6‐RocketRAID642LDriverInstallation...........................................................................30

6.1 Driverinstallation‐MSWindowsServer2012,2008,2003andWindows8,7, Vista..30

6.1.1 InstallingthedriverforanexistingWindowsoperatingsystem...........................30

6.1.2 InstallingthedriverduringafreshWindowsOSinstallation................................36

6.2 Driverinstallation‐Linux

andFreeBSD..........................................................................38

Chapter7‐SansDigitalWebRAIDManagementSoftware..........................................................40

7.1 Installing/UninstalltheWebRAIDManagementSoftware‐MicrosoftWindows......40

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7.1.1 InstalltheWebRAIDManagementSoftware.......................................................40

7.1.2 UninstalltheWebRAIDManagementSoftware...................................................44

7.2 Installing/UninstallingtheWebRAIDManagementSoftware‐Linux........................46

7.2.1 InstalltheWebRAIDManagementSoftware.......................................................46

7.2.2UninstalltheWebRAIDManagementSoftware..........................................................46

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UsingtheWebRAIDManagementSoftware......................................................................46

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SansDigitalTowerRAIDSATA6GtoeSATA6GPortMultiplier

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Overview

SansDigital4bay/5bay/8BayTowerRAID6GStorage

SansDigital’sTowerRAID6Gportmultiplier(PM)StoragetowerutilizelatestSATA6Gtechnology,with6G

portmultiplier,usingasinglecablesconnectto4drives(TR4M6G)or5drives(TR5M6G),ortwocables

connectto8drives(TR8M6G).Bundledsecondgeneration6Gcontrollercardprovideshighbandwidth

usingPCIe2.0

x4connection.TowerRAID6GPMseriesprovideaneasytosetup,manageandhigh

performancestoragetowerforsmallormediumsizesbusiness,enterprises,videoentertainmentsand

videosurveillanceinprimaryorbackupstorageapplications.

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SansDigital2ndGenerationSATA6Gb/sPCI‐E2.0RAIDController

AllmodelsbundledwithSansDigital’ssecondgenerationRocketRAIDCONTROLLER(RocketRAIDRR642L).Itis

anhigh‐performance,2portseSATA6Gb/sRAIDcontrollersupportingportmultiplier.Thecontrollerutilizea

PCI‐Express2.0hostbusinterfacex4,SansDigital'sIndustry‐provenRAIDengine,andsupportRAID

configurationsincluding0,1,5,

10andJBOD.

RocketRAID642LcontrollerarefullybackwardscompatiblewithSATA3Gb/sdevices,PCI‐Express1.0and2.0

motherboards,andarecompliantwithoperatingsystemsincludingWindows8and7,MACandLinux.Each

RocketRAID642Lcontrollerdirectlysupportsupto2eSATAports,andupto20whenusedinconjunctionwith

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portmultiplierstoragedevices,TR4M6G,TR5M6GandTR8M6G.

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Chapter1‐FeaturesandSpecifications

HardwareSpecifications

• PCIExpress2.0x4

• 4xSATA6Gb/sPorts

• IndustrystandardSATA/eSATA/Mini‐SASconnectors

• Directlysupports4SATAdevices/Upto20withportmultipliercapableenclosure

• BackwardscompatiblewithSansDigitalSATARAIDCONTROLLER’s

• LowProfile

Monitor,AlertsandLEDIndicators

• HardDriveLEDIndicators(ActivityandFailed)

• SMTPemailnotificationforeventsanderrorreporting

• Alarm/Buzzeralertsfordrive/arrayfailure

AdvancedRAIDFeatures

• RAID0,1,5,10,50,JBOD

• RedundantRAIDConfigurationforArrayavailability

• RAIDInitializationTypes‐Background,Foreground,QuickInitializationandKeepOldData

• SpinDownIdleDisk

• S.M.A.R.TSupport

• AutoRebuildonsparedrive

• Hot‐PlugandHot‐Swap

support

• Largerthan2TBdrivesupport

• BootableRAIDArraysupport

• WriteBackorWriteThroughCachesupport

• UserfriendlyBrowser‐basedManagementInterface

• EasytouseBIOSconfigurationTool

• LinuxCommandLineInterface(CLI)‐Scriptableconfigurationtool

• Hotkey

(Ctrl+H)boot‐upRAIDmanagerviaBIOS

• Webbrowser‐basedRAIDmanagementsoftware(WebGUI)

• CommandLineInterface(CLI)

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OperatingSystemSupport

• WindowsServer2012,2008,2003

• Windows8,7,Vista

• MajorLinuxDistributions

• FreeBSD

• MacOSX

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Chapter2‐PhysicalSpecifications

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Dimensions:

RocketRAID642L:79mmx67mmx1.5mm(3.12”x2.68”x0.06”)

EMI:

FCCPart15ClassBandCE

ThermalandAtmosphericCharacteristics:

WorkTemperatureRange:+5°C~+55°C

RelativeHumidityRange:5%~60%non‐condensingStorageTemperature:‐20°C~+80°C

MTBF:920,585Hours

ElectricalCharacteristics:

PCI‐E 3.3V 12V

Power 4Wmax 1Wmax

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Chapter3‐KitContents

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Eachpackageshouldcontentthefollowings:

• TR4M6G/TR5M6G/TR8M6Gstorageunit

• RocketRAID642LControllercard

• QuickInstallationGuide

• SansDigitalSoftwareCD

• LowProfileBracket

 eSATA6Gb/scables(1pcforTR4M6GandTR5M6G,2forTR8M6G)

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Chapter4‐HardwareDescriptionandInstallation

4.1RocketRAID642LHostAdapterboardlayout

4.2 InstallingtheRocketRAID642LHostAdapter

Note:Makesurethesystemispowered‐offbeforeinstallingtheRocketRAIDhostadapter.

TheRocketRAID642LCONTROLLERmayincludebothstandardandlow‐profilebrackets.Itmaybe

necessarytoattachthelow‐profilebracketinplaceofthestandardbracket,dependinguponthe

chassisdesign.

1. OpenthesystemchassisandlocateanunusedPCI‐E3.0/2.0/1.0(x4,x8,x16)slot.

2. RemovethePCI‐Eslotcover.

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3. GentlyinserttheRocketRAID642LcontrollerintothePCI‐Eslot,andsecurethebrackettothesystem

chassis.

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4. Afterinstallingtheadapter,attachtheharddisksorbackplaneenclosuretothehostadapterusingthe

appropriatecables.

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Note:Manyserver‐levelchassisincludehard‐drivehot‐swapbays.Forthesesystemchassis,cables

areattachedtothechassisbackplane,ratherthandirectlytoeachindividualharddrive.

Consult

thechassismanualforproperinstallationprocedures.

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5. Closeandsecurethesystemchassis.

4.3 VerifyingInstallation

Oncethehostadapterandharddriveshavebeeninstalledintothechassis,boot‐upthesystemtoverify

thatthehardwareisproperlyrecognized.

1. Poweronthesystem.Ifthesystemdetectsthepresenceoftheadapter,theRocketRAIDBIOSUtility

willbedisplayedduringbootup.

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2. Press“Ctrl+H”keycombinationtoaccesstheRocketRAID642Ladapter’sBIOSUtility.

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Chapter5‐RocketRAID642LBIOSUtility

TheRocketRAID642LcontrollerwilldisplayitsBIOSscreenduringthesystem'sbootprocess.TheBIOS

Utilitywilldisplayinformationaboutharddrivesattachedtotheadapter.Makesureallattacheddrives

aredetectedbythisutility.Ifanyoftheharddriveisnotdetected,powerdownthesystemand

check

thepowerandcableconnections.

Press“Ctrl+H”keycombinationtoaccesstheRocketRAID642Ladapter’sBIOSUtility.

5.1 BIOSSettingsOverview

TheRocketRAID642LcontrollerBIOSutilityisaninterfacethatprovidesmanagementcommandsand

controllerrelatedsettings.

5.2 UsingtheBIOSUtility

ThefollowingkeysareutilizedbytheRocketRAID600L600LSBIOSutility:

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Arrowkeys–Usethesetomovebetweendifferentmenuitems.

Enter–Opentheselectedtoolbarcommand/executetheselectedcommand.

Esc–Movebacktothepreviousmenu,canceltheselectedoperation,orexittheBIOSUtility.

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5.3 BIOSCommands

Create: ThiscommandisusedtoopentheRAIDCreationmenu.

Delete: ThiscommandwilldeletetheselectedRAIDarray.

Add/Remove Thiscommandisusedtoassignharddiskstofunctionassparedisks.Thecontrolleris

Spare capableofusingsparediskstoautomaticallyrebuildbrokenorfaultedRAIDarrays.

Settings Thiscommandopensthesettingsmenu(Toselectingthebootdisk/array,staggered

drivespinupetc.)

View ThiscommandisusedtoviewharddiskandRAIDinformation.

Initialize ThiscommandisusedtopreparedisksforusewithRAIDarrays.Disksmustbe

initializedbeforetheycanbeusedtocreatearrays.

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5.4 CreatingRAIDArrays

InitializingDisks:

Before creating a RAID array, the disks must be initialized. Disk initialization writes necessary RAID

configuration information to the hard disks. Select the Initialize command from the toolbar, and press

Enterkey.

Highlight the target disks using the arrow keys, then press the Enter key. A numeral will be displayed

beforeeachselecteddisk.Oncealltargetdiskshavebeenselected,pressESCkey.Theutilitywilldisplaya

warning,andaskyoutopressY(yes)toinitialize,orN(no)to

cancel.Onceinitialized,thesediskscanbe

usedtocreateRAIDarrays.Thesediskswillbedisplayedas“Initialized”(underStatus).

Warning:Initializationwilldestroyallpre‐existingdataontheselectedharddisks.Onlyinitialize

disksthatdonotcontaincriticaldata.

CreateArrays:

SelectCreatefromthetoolbarandpressEnterkey.

1. UsethearrowkeystoselecttheRAIDlevelandpressEnterkey.

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2. UsethearrowkeystohighlighttheArrayNameoptionandpressEnterkey.Thearraynamedialogue

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boxwillappear.UsethekeyboardtoinputanewArrayName,andpresstheEnterkey.

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Note:TheArrayNamecommandisoptional–itisnotnecessarytonamethearray.Thearraycanbe

namedatalatertime,andthenameofthearraycanbechangedatanytime.

3. OntheCreatemenu,usethearrowkeysto highlight the SelectDevicesitem and pressEnterkey.A

devicelistwillappear,anddisplayallavailableharddiskdrives.

4. Highlightthetargetdisksthatyouwanttouse,andpressEnterkeytoselectthem.Anumeralwillbe

displayed before each selected disk. This number designates disk order. After all of the disks have

beenselectedandpresstheESCkeytoreturntotheCreateMenu.

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5. Next,Usethe↓arrowkeytohighlighttheCapacity(GB)optionandpressEnterkey.Thetotal

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availablecapacitywillbedisplayed.PressEnterkeyifyouwishtouseallavailablespace.Ifyouwishto

reservediskspaceforadditionalarrays/singledisks,usethekeyboardtoinputtheamountofspace(in

GB)youwishtosetasideforthisparticulararray,andpressEnterkey.

Note:Multiplearrayscanbecreatedusingthesamesetofharddiskdrives.TheCapacityoptionallows

youtosetasidediskspacethatbe usedtocreateanotherarray,setasasparedisk,orpartitionedto

actasasingledisk(bytheoperatingsystem).

6.ForredundantRAIDarrays(RAID5,50),selecttheCachePolicy:

WriteBack–ProvideshigherwriteperformanceforredundantRAIDarrays.Dataisatriskwhenthere

isapowerfailure,systemkernelpanicandun‐respondingabnormalconditions.

WriteThrough–Writesdirectlytothedisks(mayreducetheriskofdatalossduringacriticalfailure,

butatthecostoflowerperformance).

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7. SectorSize–Alsoknownas“VariableSectorSize”.Usethisoptionifyouareusinganolder32‐bit

Windowsoperatingsystem.Thisallowsolderoperatingsystemstosupportvolumesover2TBin

size.Donotuseiftheoperatingsystemalreadysupportslargevolumes(suchasGPT).

8. Tocompletethecreationprocedure,usethearrowkeytohighlighttheStartCreationitemand

pressEnterkey.

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TheWindowwillshow2optionsifcreateRAID5:BackgroundInitializeandNoinitialization.

Background TheRAIDarrayisaccessiblewhilediskinitializationisbeingperformed.

Initialization: Thisoptionwilldeleteallcontentonthedisks.

Theinitializationtimewillbelongerwhencomparedto"Foreground"butthe

logicaldrivescanbeusedduringtheinitializationprocess.

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