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10 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Configurable RAID stripe size: 64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB, and 1 MB stripe size per logical drive. Background task priori

100 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA RAID 0 • • RAID 1 RAID 50 • • RAID 10 • RAID 5 • • RAID 1E • RAID 0 • • • RAID 0 RAID 50 • • RAID 10 • • R

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 101 You can also run Media Patrol on a disk array. Predictive Data Migration (PDM) Predic

102 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Following is an example to explain the Transition function. In the example above, there is a four-drive RAID 5 disk array

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 103 Automatic Transition At this juncture, you would replace the failed drive in slot 3 with

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SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 105 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting This chapter covers the following topics: • Beep Tones • LE

106 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA PowerRAID Controller 2 Activ ityFRU StatusLogical Driv e StatusRAID Controller 1 Activ ityController Heartbeat Figure 29: F

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 107 Drive Status Indicators There are two LEDs on each Drive Carrier. They report the prese

108 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Status LEDDirty Cache LED Figure 30: Astra ES FC (Fibre Channel) controller, rear view Status LEDDirty Cache LED Figure

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 109 Figure 32: Example of Yellow (!’s) and Red (X’s) in Tree View of Web GUI • Displays y

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 11 Warranty and Support Warranty: Five years complete system limited warranty. Contact Exce

110 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Event Notification Response When you select Event Notification, Astra ES sends popup and/or email messages regarding its s

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 111 Reported Event Corrective Action Blowers Blowers have started Normal. Blowers have stop

112 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Reported Event Corrective Action Controller The controller parameter(s) changed by user The user successfully change cont

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 113 Reported Event Corrective Action Drive Interface Controller Drive-interface controller

114 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Reported Event Corrective Action Event Log Event logging is enabled Event logging has been successfully enabled. Event log

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 115 Reported Event Corrective Action Host Interface Controller Host-interface controller ha

116 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Reported Event Corrective Action Logical Drive Logical drive initialization has started Result of user action. Normal. Log

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 117 Reported Event Corrective Action Media Patrol Media patrol is started Result of setting

118 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Reported Event Corrective Action Online Capacity Expansion Online capacity expansion has started Result of settings or use

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 119 Reported Event Corrective Action PDM PDM is started Result of settings or user action.

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120 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Reported Event Corrective Action Physical Disk Physical disk is marked online Disk drive restored to normal operation. Phy

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 121 A configured dead physical drive has been inserted The disk drive inserted into the Astr

122 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Reported Event Corrective Action PSU (Power Supply Units) PSU is not inserted/has been removed A power supply unit is miss

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 123 Reported Event Corrective Action PSU Fans PSU fan has turned on. Normal. PSU fan has tu

124 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Reported Event Corrective Action RAID Level Migration RAID Level migration is started Result of settings or user action. N

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 125 Reported Event Corrective Action Rebuild Rebuild is started Result of settings or user

126 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Reported Event Corrective Action Redundancy Check Redundancy Check is started Redundancy Check has started manually or by

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 127 Reported Event Corrective Action Spare Check Spare check started on the given spare dri

128 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Reported Event Corrective Action Stripe Level Migration Stripe Level migration is started Result of settings or user actio

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 129 Reported Event Corrective Action Synchronization Synchronization is started Result of s

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 13 Chapter 2: Astra ES Installation This chapter covers the following topics: • Unpacking t

130 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Reported Event Corrective Action Transition Transition is started Result of settings or user action. Normal. Transition is

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 131 Warning Take no further corrective action until you have consulted with Technical Suppo

132 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA During rebuilding, you can still read and write data to the logical drive. However, fault tolerance is lost until the Disk

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 133 Physical Drive Failed When physical drive status shows failed, the physical drive cannot

134 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Enclosure Problems Astra Web GUI displays yellow !s red Xs in Tree View to identify components that need attention. Whe

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 135 Power Supplies Astra ES are equipped with redundant power supplies. The advantage of

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SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 137 Appendix A: SNMP MIB Files The appendix covers the following topics: • SNMP MIB files

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SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 139 Appendix B: Adding a Second Controller If your Astra ES subsystem shipped with one contr

14 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Mounting Astra ES in a Rack The subsystem installs in the rack using the supplied mounting rails. Cautions • At least

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 15 Inside of postRack f ront postRail attaching screw(not included)Rail adjustment screwRai

16 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Making Management and Data Connections For Serial Attached SCSI setup skip to the next section. Fibre Channel Host Astra ES

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 17 On the Astra ES controller, connect one of the Fibre Channel data ports to your Fibre Cha

18 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Serial Attached SCSI Host Astra ES models can have one or two RAID controllers. Each controller has an Ethernet (RJ45) Mana

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 19 Configuring Cascaded Storage Cascaded storage requires: • One SAS HBA card in the Host P

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20 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Connecting the Power Plug the power cords and switch on both power supplies on. When the power is switched on, the LEDs on

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 21 Chapter 3: Management with Astra GUI This chapter covers the following topics: • Logging

22 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Whether you select a regular or a secure connection, your login to Astra GUI and your user password are always secure. 3.

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 23 Using Tree View Tree View enables you to navigate around all components of the Subsystem,

24 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Figure 8: Clicking logout in the header bar Clicking Logout brings you back to the Login Screen. After logging out, you mus

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 25 • Viewing and Clearing event logs • Viewing current Background activities • Running Me

26 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA • Severity – Information, Warning, Minor, Major, Critical, and Fatal. The severity level is user-specified. • Time – Time

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 27 5. In the Save dialog box, name the file, navigate to the folder where you want to save

28 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Running Background Activities To run a background activity from the Background Activities tab: 1. In Tree View, click the S

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 29 3. In the Scheduler dialog box, check the Enable This Schedule box. 4. Select a start

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30 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA The lock prevents other sessions (including by the same user) from making a configuration change to the controller until the

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 31 Making User Settings To change settings of other users: 1. Log into Astra GUI as the Adm

32 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Changing Another User’s Password To change a user’s password: 1. Log into Astra GUI as the Administrator or a Super User. 2

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 33 • Maintenance – Allows the user to perform maintenance tasks including Rebuilding, PDM,

34 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA To make changes to the Subsystem Management Port settings: 1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View. 2. Click the Admin

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 35 2. Click the Administrative Tools icon. 3. Click the Fibre Channel Management icon

36 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Port Setting Information The table below shows the type of attached topology you will achieve based on your connection type

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 37 • Transceiver Code – Defines the method to interpret the transceiver type and compatibil

38 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA 2. Click the Administrative Tools icon. 3. Click the SAS Management icon. The port information appears the screen. •

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 39 Adding an Initiator To add an initiator to the Astra ES initiator list: 1. Check the box

4 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Astra ES ...

40 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Enabling LUN Masking To enable the LUN Masking: 1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View. 2. Click the Administrative T

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 41 The Email sends notification messages to users. To modify Email service settings: 1. Cl

42 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Starting or Restarting SLP service To start or restart the SLP service, click the Start or Restart button. Managing Web Serv

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 43 8. Click OK in the confirmation box to restart the Telnet service with your changes. Cha

44 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA 4. Click OK in the confirmation box. Changing the Startup Setting 1. Under Startup Type: • Click on the Automatic option

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 45 Managing Netsend Settings Astra ES’s Netsend service sends Astra subsystem events in the

46 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA The Export action saves a text file a designated folder the Host PC. From there, you can import the User Database file to ot

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 47 Note The Decryption box is grayed out. Decryption is always enabled. Updating the Firm

48 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Shutting Down the Subsystem You can only do part of this function in Astra GUI. Additional action is required, as described

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 49 The controller information appears under the Information tab in Management View. Controll

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 5 Cache Policy ...

50 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA You can set or adjust the following items: • Alias, if assigned • Coercion, enable or disable • Coercion Method • SMART

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 51 6. Click the Submit button. The changes take effect immediately. Clearing an Orphan Wate

52 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA 1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View. 2. Click the Enclosures icon. 3. click the Topology tab in Management Vie

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 53 The Enclosure–Battery tab displays information about the cache backup battery (or batteri

54 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA 2. Click the Enclosures icon. 3. Click the Enclosure icon. 4. Click the Buzzer tab in Management View. 5. From th

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 55 • Command Queuing (for disk drives that support Command Queuing) • From the DMA Mode d

56 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA 7. Type an alias into the Physical Drive Alias field. Maximum of 32 characters. Use letters, numbers, space between words,

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 57 2. Click the Enclosures icon. 3. Click the Enclosure icon. 4. Click the Physical

58 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA • Disk Arrays – The number of physical drives in the disk array, their slot numbers, configurable capacity, and the number

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 59 The Disk Array Advanced Creation option enables you to directly specify all parameters fo

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60 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Note This function does not automatically create a hot spare drive. After the disk array is created, you can create a hot s

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 61 Adjustable Items • Alias – Optional. • Media Patrol – Enabled or disabled. • PDM – E

62 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA 15. Review the results. If there is remaining space the disk array, you can create another logical drive, following the ste

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 63 6. When you are done, click the Next button. 7. Select a new RAID Level, if desired.

64 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA 1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View. 2. Click the Disk Arrays icon. 3. Click the Disk Array icon. 4. Click

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 65 9. Click the Refresh button in your Browser. The drives appear in their new locations an

66 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA 4. Click the Logical Drives icon 5. Click the Logical Drive icon. To specify an Alias or set the Read and Write Polic

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 67 Caution When you initialize a logical drive, all the data the logical drive will be lost

68 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA 4. Click the Logical Drives icon 5. Click the Logical Drive icon. 6. Click the Check Table tab in Management View.

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 69 • Fibre Channel – A Fibre Channel initiator name is the World Wide Port Name of the devi

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 7 Chapter 1: Introduction to Astra ES This chapter covers the following topics: • About thi

70 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA • There must be an unconfigured physical drive available for selection as a spare drive. • Be sure the unconfigured physi

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 71 3. Click the Spare Drive icon. 4. Click the Settings tab in Management View. 5. Se

72 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Running Spare Check Spare Check verifies the operational status of your spare drives. You can also schedule a Spare Check.

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 73 Chapter 4: Maintenance This chapter covers the following topics: • Updating the Firmware

74 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Restarting the Subsystem Warning Do not restart the Astra ES during a firmware upgrade procedure. Wait until the upgrade is

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 75 Figure 11: Replacing a Power Supply Replacing a Cooling Unit Blower The blower (scroll

76 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA 5. Grasp the top section near the thumbscrews and lift it off the bottom section. Separate the cooling unit section to acce

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 77 Replacing a Cache Battery The cache battery is located inside the Cooling Unit. The batte

78 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA 6. Detach the connector on the circuit board. Do not detach any other connectors. 7. Lift the battery assembly out of the

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 79 2. Gently press the handle in and upward until it locks. 3. Connect the Fibre Channel

8 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Astra ES Overview Astra ES provides data storage solutions for applications where high performance and data protection are r

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SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 81 Chapter 5: Technology Background This chapter covers the following topics: • Introductio

82 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA RAID 0 – Stripe When a disk array is striped, the read and write blocks of data are interleaved between the sectors of multi

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 83 RAID 1 – Mirror When a disk array is mirrored, identical data is written to a pair of dri

84 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA RAID 1E – Enhanced Mirror RAID 1E offers the security of mirrored data provided by RAID 1 plus the added capacity of more th

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 85 RAID 5 – Block and Parity Stripe RAID 5 organizes block data and parity data across the p

86 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA RAID 6 – Block and Double Parity Stripe RAID level 6 stores dual parity data is rotated across the physical drives along wit

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 87 RAID 10 – Mirror + Stripe Mirroring/striping combines both of the previous RAID 1 and RAI

88 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA RAID 50 – Striping of Distributed Parity RAID 50 combines both RAID 5 and RAID 0 features. Data is striped across disks as i

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 89 RAID 50 Array No. of Drives No. of Axles Drives per Axle 6 2 3,3 7 2 3,4 8 2 4,4 9 2 4,5

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 9 Architectural Description The Astra ES is a Fibre Channel or Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) ho

90 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA RAID 60 – Striping of Double Parity RAID 60 combines both RAID 6 and RAID 0 features. Data is striped across disks as in RAI

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 91 RAID 60 Array No. of Drives No. of Axles Drives per Axle 8 2 4,4 9 2 4,5 10 2 5,5 11 2

92 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Choosing a RAID Level There are several issues to consider when choosing the RAID Level for your Astra ES disk array. The fo

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 93 RAID 1E Advantages Disadvantages Implemented as a mirrored disk array whose segments are

94 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA RAID 10 Advantages Disadvantages Implemented as a mirrored disk array whose segments are RAID 0 disk arrays High I/O rates a

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 95 Choosing Stripe Size Stripe Size, also called ―Stripe Block Size‖, refers to the size of

96 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA • Back up your data, then delete your existing logical drive and create a new one with a larger sector size. Cache Policy

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 97 To use LUN Affinity you must: • Have two controllers in the subsystem • Enable LUN Aff

98 EXCEL MERIDIAN DATA Capacity Coercion also affects a replacement drive used in a disk array. Normally, when an physical drive fails, the replace

SECURSTOR ASTRA ES 99 RAID Level Migration To migrate a disk array is to do one or both: • Change its RAID le