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ExaSAN SWF16 User Guide Includes hardware setup information for: • PCIe 2.0 switch (Model: SWF16) • PCIe 2.0 RAID

1. Introduction User Guide 1. Introducing ExaSAN PCIe2.0 switch

RAID Overview User Guide 5-3 RAID 6 is no more space inefficient than RAID 5 with a hot spare drive when used with a small number of drives,

Appendices User Guide Page 6-1 6. Appendices

Appendices User Guide Page 6-2 Appendix A: FAQs 1. Q: Why is my disk LED status RED? A: This is likely caused by a faulty hard drive. Replace

Appendices User Guide Page 6-3 A: Please check the LED indicators on the B08S2-PS front panel against the appropriate user documentation for yo

Appendices User Guide Page 6-4 Windows 7: a. Type “MsConfig” in Start Search to start System Configuration. Then go to Tools tab, select Chan

Appendices User Guide Page 6-5 Appendix B: Import Trial version license file in SWF16 Step 1: Click “License” and then “Import.” Step 2: E

Appendices User Guide Page 6-6 Step 3: Click “Evaluate.” See example below: Step 4: Click “Import”. Step 5: See the information shown belo

Appendices User Guide Page 6-7 Appendix C: Customer Service and Support C.1 System Log When you contact us for technical support, our suppo

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-1 1. Introducing ExaSAN PCIe2.0 switch 1.1 System Overview Your new ExaSAN (pronounced “X-sa-SAN”) PCIe

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-2 Figure 1: B08S2-PS DAS environment Whether it’s collaborative video editing in a post-production wor

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-3 1.1.2 What is the ExaSAN Switch SWF16 The ExaSAN SWF16 is PCIe 2.0 SAN switch in a 1U rackmount enclos

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-4 Integrator/Value Added Reseller if you need assistance in purchasing these components. Figure 4: ExaS

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-5 3. 10m QSFP Optical Cable, (orange in color) 4. 30m QSFP Optical Cable, (orange in color) 5. 50m QSFP

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-6 • LED indicators for enclosure status • Event log download from Web GUI • Supports both in-band and ou

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-7 Figure 8: SWF16 packing list 1.2.1 What Is In Your Order Your ExaSAN System Integrator/Value Added

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-8 1.3 What’s in the Box Carefully check your carton contents against the included packing list, or the i

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-9 1.4 Your SWF16 at a Glance This section helps you get familiar with the physical appearance of your Exa

Revision Sheet User Guide Page i Revision Sheet Release No. Date Revision Description V1.0 01/10/2013 Initial release on CD.

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-10 No Light indicates the LED failed or power off 4 Link LED Blue Indicates the controller status • F

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-11 1.4.1.3 Mirror device Indicators Figure 11: front view of mirror device Table of LED Status St

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-12 1.4.1.4 SWF16 Rear Panel Figure 12: SWF16 back view No. Name Description 1 Cooling fan Maint

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-13 normal, the left LED would stay on orange light and the right LED would be flashing on green light. 5 Q

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-14 • Flashing Green indicates the controller downgrade to less lanes of PCIe • No light indicates “no powe

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-15 9 Reserve port This QSFP port is reserved. 10 Power supply module Connects to power sources with two

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-16 3 Link LED Indicator • Solid green indicates connected PCIe 2.0 link; • Flashing green indicates c

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-17 1.5 What Else You Need ExaSAN software requires suitable hardware and accessories to fully take adva

1. Introduction User Guide Page 1-18 Figure 14: ExaSAN SAN environment Hardware Accusys recommends getting the advice from your reseller

2. Preparation User Guide 2. Preparing to Install ExaSAN SWF16

PREFACE User Guide Page ii PREFACE Notice The product features and specifications described in this guide are subject to change without notic

2. Preparation User Guide Page 2-1 2. Preparing to Install ExaSAN SWF16 To ensure safe and smooth operation of your ExaSAN SWF16, it is esse

2. Preparation User Guide Page 2-2 components. To plan for safe and adequate power to the system, follow these guidelines: 1. Check the docu

3. Installation User Guide 3. Installing the ExaSAN SWF16

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-1 3. Installing the ExaSAN SWF16 Follow the steps in this chapter to prepare your ExaSAN SWF16 for install

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-2 Figure 15: HBA card’s jumper switch 4. Locate the available PCIe slot; remove the blank plate if on

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-3 Figure 17: Install HBA card on a PCIe slot 6. Use the screw that you saved in step 2 to secure the

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-4 Figure 19: Connecting the PCIe QSFP cable to the storage port (black color) 3. Plug a power cord in

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-5 Figure 22: Connecting the PCIe QSFP cable to the client port 3.1.4 Connecting the switch LAN and

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-6 SWF16 will beep unless both power cords are plugged in. 3.2 Powering the System On and Off 3.2.1 Powe

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-7 3.2.2 Powering Off If you need to power off the entire system, such as when switch or RAID system requir

PREFACE User Guide Page iii Note This indicates useful tips on getting the most from your Accusys ExaSAN RAID system. Trademarks Accusys and

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-8 3.3.2 Installing the installer package The installer package can be downloaded from the Accusys website.

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-9 Figure 28: GUI welcome page 4. Agree the License Agreement and click NEXT. Figure 29: GUI license

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-10 Figure 30: GUI destination select page 6. Click NEXT to continue with the Standard installation, w

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-11 Figure 32: GUI installation successful page Note Storport and miniport are new storage drivers cre

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-12 The Linux compiler should now begin compiling the driver. # ls Example: Verify that acs_nt.ko has

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-13 3.3.3 Confirm the ExaSAN RAID system driver on OS 3.3.3.1 Confirming the ExaSAN RAID system driver on

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-14 Figure 35: more info About this MAC Under the Hardware category, click on PCI Cards to bring up inf

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-15 3.3.3.2 Confirming the ExaSAN RAID system driver in Windows After installing the ExaSAN RAID system HB

3. Installation User Guide Page 3-16 3.3.4 Confirm LEDs on HBA Verify the Jumper Switch LED, Link LED, and Access LED on the backplane of th

4. How to Use User Guide 4. Using ExaSAN switch web GUI

TABLE OF CONTENTS User Guide Page iv ExaSAN SWF16 User Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS Page # Notice ...

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-1 4. Using Switch Web GUI & SANit After you have connected all your ExaSAN components, powered the syst

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-2 Figure 39: Click switch web GUI After you click “ExaSAN Switch Configuration” icon, you’ll enter the

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-3 User cannot change the default user name but password. If you forget your changed password, you could push

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-4 Figure 42: Overview menu of ExaSAN switch web GUI 4.2 Creating arrays by SWF16 – “Quick Setup” If yo

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-5 Step 1: Choosing RAID level. You can choose R5 or R6 in the menu. Figure 44: Choosing RAID Level – R5

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-6 Figure 46: RAIDSet (find ExaSAN storages) Figure 47: RAIDSet (find ExaSAN storages) Step4: If t

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-7 Figure 48: Arrays creating Note If you connected the ExaSAN storages, which had been created arrays

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-8 Figure 49: To find “Download” button Step 2: Clicking “Download” button to process, then you’ll see a

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-9 Figure 51: the LOG hyper-link Step 4: Clicking “LOG” to download log file in your computer. For examp

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-10 4.4.1 Configuring the network – “Network” Users can use “NIC” option to choose “eth0” or “eth1” and then

TABLE OF CONTENTS User Guide Page v 3. Installing the ExaSAN SWF16 ...

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-11 Figure 54: “eth1” setting 4.4.2 Changing SWF16 time – “Time” ExaSAN switch web GUI support 2 types

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-12 4.4.2.2 NTP When you select NTP, you need to setup a NTP server for the function. If the NTP server that

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-13 Figure 58: “Time” – processing the configuration of NTP 4.4.3 Change Password – “Security Control”

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-14 Figure 60: old password not match If users enter different new password, they’ll see Figure 61:

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-15 Figure 63: Selecting F/W file location in Windows platform iii. Click “Apply” to continue the proce

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-16 Figure 66: Update F/W status window Note Depends on the changing parts of SWF16, the time would ta

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-17 Figure 68: Restart Use this function to shutdown the SWF16. • Selecting “Shutdown” Note Please en

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-18 4.5 Environment status monitoring After users finish the setting of the SWF16, they can click “①” to go

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-19 Figure 71: View Mode Function Description 1 Voltage Clicking the icon to check the voltage sta

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-20 When users click “Temperature” icon, the web GUI would pop up a window as following Figure 74: Temp

TABLE OF CONTENTS User Guide Page vi 4.6.5.2.2 Configure SANit Client on Windows Platform ...

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-21 Figure 76: login SANit FS Active SANit Step 1: Import license. See section 4.6.1 Step 2: SAN

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-22 If the trial version was a success, you can obtain an official licensed version of SANit. The first step

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-23 Step 4: After you obtain the official license, please unzip the zip file and then

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-24

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-25 4.6.2 SAN Volume Creation (Quick Wizard) Select Quick Wizard from the menu. Select Metadata and Data vo

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-26 Step 2: Click “OK” to delete SAN volume including both data and metadata. Warning: Some data maybe lost

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-27 4.6.4 Add SAN Client IP on SANit (SWF16 Side) Add each client IP to join a SAN group. Before you add a

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-28 Step 2: Click “Download Client Software and Document.” Step 3: Select the client software that you req

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-29 4.6.5.1 Supported Operating Systems and Platforms in Client Supported Operating Systems and Platforms i

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-30 4.6.5.2 Windows Clients 4.6.5.2.1 Install SANit Client on Windows Platform Step 1: Select the “Comput

TABLE OF CONTENTS User Guide Page vii Table of Figures Page # Figure 1: B08S2-PS DAS environment ...

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-31 Step 3: Enter the Destination Folder and click “Next”. Step 4: Enter the folder name (“FS Client”

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-32 Step 5: Select “Reboot now” and then click “Finish.” Computer system will then reboot.

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-33 4.6.5.2.2 Configure SANit Client on Windows Platform The steps below will help you configure SANit clien

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-34 Step 3: Enter your computer’s SWF16 IP Address. Use the same IP address (example: 192.168.0.25) of your

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-35 b. Check “Remember Password” c. Check “Automount” d. Click “Connect.” Step 6: Click the SAN volume

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-36 Step 7: Finally, click the “Computer” icon on your desk top. See client local hard disks and SAN hard di

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-37 Step 3: Click “Install.” Step 4: Click “Continue Install.”

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-38 Step 5: You will see the installation progress bar as shown below: Step 6: After the installation is

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-39 4.6.5.3.2 Configure SANit Client on a MAC Platform The following will show you how to configure SANit cl

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-40 Step 5: See blue status bar with “Unmounted” and “Manual Mount” as shown below: Step 6: See status

TABLE OF CONTENTS User Guide Page viii Figure 46: RAIDSet (find ExaSAN storages) ...

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-41 Step 7: In the “Value” column, click the arrows in the “Disabled” row. See below: Step 8: See the be

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-42 Step 9: See the below information: Step 10: Select “Mount” by clicking the arrow to the vertical pos

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-43 Step 11: See the below information: Step 12: You will see the ExaSAN Hard Drive icon on your desk t

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-44 Step 14: Click the arrow as shown below: Step 15: When the mounting is finished, you will see the “V

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-45 4.6.5.4 Linux Clients Add clients IP to join the SAN group. Before you add a client I

4. How to Use User Guide Page 4-46 4.6.5.4.1 Install and Configure SANit Linux Client Software Step 1: Install the SANit Linux client. Typ

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5. RAID Overview User Guide 5. RAID Overview

RAID Overview User Guide 5-1 5. RAID Overview This chapter gives an overview of RAID storage system within the context of recommended settin

RAID Overview User Guide 5-2 synchronized; that is, anything written to one disk is also written to the other. Mirrored data is very secure b