Page 2 - VTrak E-Class Task List; VTrak; Step 1: Unpacking the VTrak; Product; Warning
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 2 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 Ser...
Page 3 - Figure 2. VTrak E310f rear view; Important
Step 1: Unpacking the VTrak 3 Figure 1. VTrak E310f/s front view Figure 2. VTrak E310f rear view Important Use the following categories of network cables with VTrak: • Cat 6, preferred • Cat 5E, minimum Drive Carrier LEDs Drive Carriers Power and Status LEDs Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 FC 1 FC 2 4 2 1 Gb/...
Page 4 - Figure 3. VTrak E310s rear view; Power Supply 1
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 4 Figure 3. VTrak E310s rear view Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 O I O I Cooling Unit 1with Battery Power Supply 1 RAID Controller 1 Power Supply 2 Cooling Unit 2with Battery RAID Controller 2
Page 5 - Step 2: Mounting VTrak in a Rack; Figure 4. VTrak E310f/s mounted in a rack with the supplied rails; Cautions
Step 2: Mounting VTrak in a Rack 5 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 To install the VTrak enclosure into a rack with th...
Page 6 - Figure 5. Rack mount assembly diagram
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 6 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 enclos...
Page 7 - Step 3: Installing Disk Drives; Drive Slot Numbering; Figure 6. VTrak E310f/s drive slot numbering; Level
Step 3: Installing Disk Drives 7 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...
Page 8 - AAMUX Adapter; must; Installing Disk Drives
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 8 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 car...
Page 9 - Figure 7. Disk drive mounting holes in the drive carrier; SATA disk drive
Step 3: Installing Disk Drives 9 Figure 7. Disk drive mounting holes in the drive carrier Figure 8. SATA drive mounted in a drive carrier with the required AAMUX adapter W ARNING: C ount er-sink scr ews only . AAMUX adaptermounting holes Drive mounting holeswithout AAMUX Disk drive mounting holes wi...
Page 10 - Figure 9. SAS drive mounted in a drive carrier
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 10 Figure 9. SAS drive mounted in a drive carrier SAS disk drive
Page 11 - Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections; Fibre Channel; Figure 10. VTrak E310f controller data and management connectors; Configuring a Storage Area Network
Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 11 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 monito...
Page 12 - Figure 11. VTrak E310f SAN data and management connections; Configuring Direct Attached Storage
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 12 2. Connect each Host PC’s or Server’s standard NIC to your network switch. Figure 11. VTrak E310f SAN data and management connections Configuring Direct Attached Storage Direct attached storage (DAS) requires: • Two Fibre Channel HBA cards in the Host PC or Server ...
Page 13 - Figure 12. VTrak E310f DAS data and management connections; Host PC or Server
Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 13 Figure 12. VTrak E310f DAS data and management connections Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 FC 1 FC 2 4 2 1 Gb/s 4 2 1 Gb/s Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 FC 1 FC 2 4 2 1 Gb/s 4 2 1 Gb/s O I O I Host PC or Server VTrak Network Switch
Page 14 - Configuring JBOD Expansion; Figure 13. VTrak E310f JBOD data connections
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 14 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-ro...
Page 15 - Figure 14. JBOD expansion with no single point of failure; Host PCs or Servers
Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 15 Figure 14. JBOD expansion with no single point of failure O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 FC 1 FC 2 4 2 1 Gb/s 4 2 1 Gb/s Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 FC 1 FC 2 4 2 1 Gb/s 4 2 1 Gb/s O I O I E310f Host PCs or Servers J300s J300s Fibre ...
Page 16 - Serial Attached SCSI; Figure 15. VTrak E310s controller data and management connectors
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 16 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...
Page 17 - Figure 16. VTrak E310s DAS data and management connections
Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 17 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,...
Page 18 - Configuring Cascaded Storage; Figure 17. VTrak E310s cascaded data connections
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 18 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...
Page 19 - Figure 18. VTrak E310s cascaded management and data connections
Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 19 Figure 18. VTrak E310s cascaded management and data connections Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 O I O I O I O I O I O I Host PC or Server VTrak Network Switch VTrak VTrak
Page 20 - Figure 19. VTrak E310s JBOD data connections
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 20 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 ...
Page 21 - Figure 20. JBOD expansion with no single point of failure
Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 21 Figure 20. JBOD expansion with no single point of failure This completes Network and Data connections for VTrak E310s. Go to “Step 5: Making Serial Cable Connections” on page 22. O I O I O I O I O I O I O I O I Mgmt UPS 115200 8 N 1 Mgmt UPS 115200 8...
Page 22 - Step 5: Making Serial Cable Connections; Figure 21. Serial communication goes through the RJ11 connector; Note
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 22 Step 5: Making Serial Cable Connections RS232 serial communication enables the Command Line Interface (CLI) and Command Line Utility (CLU) on your PC to monitor and control the VTrak. On VTrak, RS232 communication goes through the RJ11 serial connector on each cont...
Page 23 - Step 6: Connecting the Power; Figure 22. VTrak E310f/s front panel LED display
Step 6: Connecting the Power 23 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. Figure 22. VTrak E310f/s front panel LED display When boot-up is finished and the VTrak is function...
Page 24 - The Power/Activity LED flashes during drive activity.
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 24 The Power/Activity LED flashes during drive activity. The Disk Status LED displays Green when a drive is present and configured.
Page 25 - Step 7: Setting the IP Address; Start your PC’s terminal VT100 or ANSI emulation program.; administrator; At the Password prompt, type; password
Step 7: Setting the IP Address 25 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 emulation pr...
Page 26 - Setting up with the CLI; To verify the settings, type; net; IP; help; and
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 26 Setting up with the CLI 1. Type the following string to set the system date and time, then press Enter. administrator@cli> date -a mod -d 2006/08/25 -t 14:50:05 In the above example, the date and time are included as examples only. Your values will be different....
Page 27 - Setting up with the CLU; menu; Figure 24. CLU main menu; Setting system date and time; System Date; Making Management Port settings; Manual IP settings; IP Address
Step 7: Setting the IP Address 27 Setting up with the CLU 1. At the administrator@cli> prompt, type menu and press Enter. The CLU main menu appears. Figure 24. CLU main menu 2. With Quick Setup highlighted, press Enter. The first Quick Setup screen enables you to make Date and Time settings. Sett...
Page 28 - Automatic IP settings; Viewing IP address and settings
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 28 3. Type the new IP Address. 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 ...
Page 29 - Step 8: Creating Disk Arrays with WebPAM PROe; Logging into WebPAM PROe; Regular Connection; VTrak E-Class Product Manual
Step 8: Creating Disk Arrays with WebPAM PROe 29 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 31) • Creating a Disk Array (page 31) • Logging out of WebPAM PROe...
Page 31 - Selecting a Language; Language; Figure 26. Clicking “Language” on the WebPAM PROe banner; Creating a Disk Array; Automatic
Step 8: Creating Disk Arrays with WebPAM PROe 31 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 banner. The language list appears in the Header. 2. Click on the language yo...
Page 32 - Figure 27. The Array Configuration menu; Disk Arrays
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 32 Figure 27. The Array Configuration menu 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 logica...
Page 33 - Express
Step 8: Creating Disk Arrays with WebPAM PROe 33 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...
Page 34 - Advanced; Step 1 – Disk Array Creation; Media Patrol; Step 2 – Logical Drive Creation
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 34 Advanced When you choose the Advanced option, the Step 1 – Disk Array Creation screen displays. 1. Enter a name for the disk array in the field provided. 2. Check the box to enable the following features. • Media Patrol – A routine maintenance procedure that checks...
Page 35 - Logging out of WebPAM PROe; Figure 28. Clicking “Logout” on the WebPAM PROe banner
Step 8: Creating Disk Arrays with WebPAM PROe 35 11. Choose a Read Cache policy: • ReadCache • ReadAhead • No Cache 12. Choose a Write Cache policy: • WriteThru • WriteBack 13. Choose the Preferred Controller ID. You can make a selection when LUN Affinity is enabled. Choose 1 , 2 , or Automatic . 14...
Page 36 - Contacting Technical Support; Technical Support Services; United States
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 36 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 ser...
Page 37 - The Netherlands
Contacting Technical Support 37 The Netherlands Germany Italy Email Support e-Support On-Line Fax Support +31 (0) 40 256 9463 Attn: Technical Support Phone Support +31 (0) 40 235 2600 If you wish to write us for support: Promise Technology Europe B.V.Science Park Eindhoven 55425692 EL Son, The Nethe...
Page 38 - Taiwan; Caution
VTrak E-Class Quick Start Guide 38 Taiwan China Email Support e-Support On-Line Fax Support +886 3 578 2390 Attn: Technical Support Phone Support +886 3 578 2395 (ext. 8811) If you wish to write us for support: Promise Technology, Inc.2F, No. 30, Industry E. Rd. IXScience-based Industrial ParkHsin -...
