Promise Technology VTM310i - Manuals

Step 2: Mounting VTrak in a Rack 5 Step 2: Mounting VTrak in a Rack The M610i is shown on this page. The M310i and M210i are shown on page 7. Mounting the VTrak M610i in a Rack The M610i subsystem installs to the rack using the supplied mounting rails. You can also use your existing rails. Figure 5....

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 6 3. Attach the mounting rail assemblies to the outside of the rack posts, using the attaching screws from your rack system.Be sure the support is on the bottom facing inward. 4. Square the rail assemblies in the rack. 5. Tighten the adjustment screws and ...

Step 2: Mounting VTrak in a Rack 9 Figure 9. Mounting rail installation Inside of post Rack front post Rail attaching screw (not included) Rail adjustment screw Mounting Rail Rail attaching screw (not included) Inside of post Rack back post Sliding plate

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 10 Step 3: Installing Disk Drives You can populate the VTrak with 3.5-inch, 1.5 Gb/s or 3.0 Gb/s SATA drives. For optimal performance, install physical drives of the same model and capacity. The drives’ matched performance allows the logical drive to funct...

Step 3: Installing Disk Drives 11 Figure 11.VTrak M310i drive slot numbering. The M210i is similar, with 8 drive carriers Install all of the drive carriers into the VTrak subsystem to ensure proper airflow, even if you do not populate all the carriers with disk drives. Installing Disk Drives 1. Remo...

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 12 Figure 12.VTrak drive carrier mounting holes Figure 13.SATA Disk Drives mount at the front of the carrier W ARNING: C ount er-sink scr ews only . SATA Drive Mounting Holes SATA Drive Mounting Holes Serial ATA Disk Drive

Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 13 Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections Configuring an IP Storage Area Network • A Gigabit Ethernet network interface card (GbE NIC) with iSCSI support (in hardware or software) • A GbE Switch with iSCSI support • A network switch • A network ...

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 14 Configuring Direct Attached Storage This arrangement requires:• A Gigabit Ethernet network interface card (GbE NIC) with iSCSI support (in hardware or software) • A network switch • A network interface card (NIC) in the PC Data Path To establish the dat...

Step 5: Making Serial Cable Connections 15 Step 5: Making Serial Cable Connections The RS-232 Serial connection enables the Command Line Interface (CLI) and Command Line Utility (CLU) on your PC to monitor and control VTrak. Figure 16.Serial connector for VTrak M310i. The M610i and M210i are similar...

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 16 Step 6: 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 VTrak will light up. When boot-up is finished and the VTrak is functioning normally:• Controller Heartbea...

Step 6: Connecting the Power 17 If there is no disk drive in the carrier, the Disk Status LED and the Power/Activity LED will remain dark. The Power/Activity LED flashes during drive activity. The Disk Status LED displays Green when a drive is present and configured.

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 18 Step 7: Setting the IP Address VTrak has a Command Line Interface (CLI) to manage all of its functions, including customization. A subset of the CLI is the Command Line Utility (CLU), a user-level interface that manages your VTrak via your PC’s terminal...

Step 7: Setting the IP Address 19 Choosing DHCP or a Static IP Address When you setup your VTrak, you have the option of:• Enabling DHCP and letting your DHCP server assign the IP address to the VTrak’s management port. • Specifying a static IP address for the VTrak’s management port. If you choose ...

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 20 Setting up VTrak with the CLI 1. Type the following string to set the system date and time, then press Enter. administrator@cli> date -a mod -d 2007/05/29 -t 14:50:05 In the above example, the date and time are included as examples only. Your values ...

Step 7: Setting the IP Address 21 ===========================================CId Port Type IP Mask Gateway Link ===========================================1 1 Mgmt 192.168.10.87 255.255.255.0 192.168.10.1 Up 1 1 iSCSI 192.168.10.88 255.255.255.0 192.168.10.1 Up 1 2 iSCSI 10.0.10.2 255.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 ...

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 22 Setting up VTrak with the CLU 1. At the administrator@cli> prompt, type menu and press Enter. The CLU main menu appears. Figure 19.CLU main menu 2. With Quick Setup highlighted, press Enter. The first Quick Setup screen enables you to make Date and T...

Step 7: Setting the IP Address 23 4. Follow the same procedure to specify the Subnet Mask, Gateway IP Address and DNS Server IP Address.If you do not have a DNS server, skip the DNS Server IP address. 5. Press Ctrl-A to save your settings. Automatic IP settings To make Management Port settings autom...

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 24 Step 8: Creating Disk Arrays with WebPAM PROe Setting up disk arrays with WebPAM PROe consists of the following actions: • Logging into WebPAM PROe (below) • Selecting a Language (page 26) • Creating a Disk Array (page 26) • Logging out of WebPAM PROe (...

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 26 Selecting a Language WebPAM PROe displays in English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simple, and Korean. 1. Click Language on the WebPAM PROe Header. The language list appears in the Header. 2. Click on the language you ...

Step 8: Creating Disk Arrays with WebPAM PROe 27 Automatic When you choose the Automatic option, the following parameters appear on the screen:• Disk Arrays – The number of physical drives in the disk array, their ID numbers, configurable capacity, and the number of logical drives to be created • Lo...

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 28 Express When you choose the Express option, a set of characteristics and options appears on the screen.1. Check the boxes to select any one or a combination of: • Redundancy – The array will remain available if a physical drive fails • Capacity – The gr...

Step 8: Creating Disk Arrays with WebPAM PROe 29 Advanced When you choose the Advanced option, the Step 1 – Disk Array Creation screen displays. Step 1 – Disk Array Creation 1. Enter a name for the disk array in the field provided. 2. Check the box if you want to enable Media Patrol. 3. Check the bo...

VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 30 Read Cache, Read Ahead Cache, and No Cache are available. Read Ahead is the default. 13. Specify a Write (cache) Policy from the dropdown menu. Write Back and Write Through (Thru) are available. Write Back is the default. 14. Click the Update button. A ...

Contacting Technical Support 31 Contacting Technical Support Promise Technical Support provides several support options for Promise users to access information and updates. We encourage you to use one of our electronic services, which provide product information updates for the most efficient servic...

Contacting Technical Support 33 China Obtaining a Security Certificate Promise Technology provides a default security certificate for the web server as well as for internal data communication. However, in most cases it is better to install and verify your own certificate. And, if possible, verify yo...