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    VT RAK M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Star t Guide Ve r s i o n 1 . 0 © 2007 Pro mise T echnol ogy , Inc. Al l Right s Reserv ed. ...

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    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 2 VT rak Installation T ask List S tep 1: Unpa cking the VT rak (below) S tep 2: Mount ing VT rak in a Rack (p age 5) S tep 3: Inst alling D isk D rives (p age 10) S tep 4: Maki ng Manage ment and Dat a C onnectio ns S tep 5: Maki ng Serial C able C onnectio ns (p age 15) S tep 6: Connec ting the Pow er ( ...

  • Promise Technology VTM210 - page 3

    Step 1: Unpacking the VTrak 3 Figure 1. VTr ak M610i front view Figure 2. VTr ak M310i front view (M210i is similar) Drive Ca rrier LEDs Drive C arriers Power and S tatus LEDs Drive Ca rrier LEDs Drive Carriers Power and S tatus L EDs ...

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    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 4 Figure 3. VT rak M6 10i rear v iew Figure 4. VT rak M3 10i and M210i r ear view Mgmt IOIOI iSCSI 2 iSCSI 1 RAID Contro ller Power Supp ly 1 Power Supp ly 2 Coolin g Unit 1 with Ba tte ry Cooling Unit 2 O I O I Mgmt IOIOI iSCSI 2 iSCSI 1 RAID Controller Power Su pply 1 Power Su pply 2 Cooling Unit 1 with ...

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    Step 2: Mounting VTrak in a Rac k 5 S tep 2: Mounting VTr ak in a Rack The M61 0i is shown o n this p age. The M310 i and M 210i are shown o n p age 7. Mounting the VT rak M610i i n a Rack The M61 0i sub system insta lls to the rack using the supp lied m ounting ra ils. Y ou can als o use yo ur exi sting rail s. Figure 5. VTr ak M610i mounted in a ...

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    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 6 3. Attac h the mou nting ra il assem blies to the out side of the rack post s, us ing the att achi ng screws from your rack syst em. Be sure th e support is on the bottom faci ng inward. 4. S quar e the r ail as semb lies i n th e rack . 5. Tight en the adju stm ent sc rews and th e at taching scr ews. ...

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    Step 2: Mounting VTrak in a Rac k 7 Mounting VT rak M310i or M2 10i in a Rac k The VT rak M310i or M 210i subsys tem in stalls to the rack us ing the supplie d mount ing rails . Y ou ca n also use y our ex ist ing ra ils . Figure 7. Rac kmounted VT rak M310i (M210i is simi lar) T o inst all th e M310i o r M210 i subsy stem into a rack with th e sup ...

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    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 8 4. Slide on e of the rails ov er the p late on on e sid e of the su bsystem . The rail is de signed to slide freely ov er the plate. 5. Att ach a fla nge to ea ch en d of the ra il, w ith the ra il on the oppos ite side of the flange f rom the two-hole bracket. 6. Inst all the rail adju stment s crews ( ...

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    Step 2: Mounting VTrak in a Rac k 9 Figure 9. M ounting rail in stallatio n Insi de of p ost Rack front post Rail att ach ing screw (not inc luded) Rail adj ustment sc rew Mountin g Rail Rail at tachi ng scr ew (not in cluded) Insi de of pos t Rack ba ck post Sliding pl ate ...

  • Promise Technology VTM210 - page 10

    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 10 S tep 3: Install ing Disk Drives Y ou can popul ate the VT rak with 3.5-inch, 1.5 Gb/s or 3. 0 Gb/s S A T A drives . For optimal performa nce, ins tal l physica l drives of the same mode l and cap acit y . The drives’ matc hed perform ance al lows th e logi cal driv e to fu nction better as a single ...

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    Step 3: Installi ng Disk Drives 11 Figure 1 1.VTrak M31 0i drive slot numbering . The M210 i is sim ilar , with 8 drive c arriers Inst all al l of the drive ca rriers i nto the VT rak subsystem to en sure prope r airflo w , even if you d o not popu late al l the carri ers with disk dri ves. Inst alling Di sk Drive s 1. Remov e a di sk drive carrie ...

  • Promise Technology VTM210 - page 12

    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 12 Figure 12.VT rak drive c arrier mounting ho les Figure 13.SA T A Disk Drive s mount at the front of the carrier W ARNING: Counter-sink screws only . SA T A Driv e Mou ntin g Ho les SA T A Drive M ounting H oles Serial A T A Disk Drive ...

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    Step 4: Making Management and Data Connections 13 S tep 4: Making Managem ent and Data Connections Configuring an IP S torage Area Ne twork • A Gigab it Ethernet n etwork i nterface c ard (GbE NIC ) with i SCSI supp ort (in hardware o r software) • A GbE Switch wi th iSCSI supp ort • A ne twork swit ch • A network i nterface card (NIC) in t ...

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    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 14 Configuring Direct Att ached Storage This arra ngeme nt requires : • A Gigab it Ethernet n etwork i nterface c ard (GbE NIC ) with i SCSI supp ort (in hardware o r software) • A ne twork swit ch • A network i nterface card (NIC) in the PC Data Path T o esta blish the dat a p ath: Conne ct the Gb ...

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    Step 5: Making Serial Cable Connections 15 S tep 5: Making Serial Cable Connections The RS-2 32 Seria l connectio n enab les the C omman d Line Inte rface (CL I) and Command Line Utility (CLU) on your PC to mon itor and c ontrol VT rak. Figure 16.Serial con nector for VT rak M3 10i. The M6 10i and M210 i are simi lar T o set up a serial c able con ...

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    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 16 S tep 6: Connecting the Power Plug the power cords an d switc h on both power supplie s on. W hen the po wer is switche d on, the L EDs on th e front of th e VT ra k will lig ht up. When boo t-up is finishe d and t he VT rak is functioni ng nor mally: • Control ler Heart beat LED blinks g reen s even ...

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    Step 6: Connect ing the Power 17 If ther e is no d isk drive in the c arrier , the Disk S tatus LED and th e Power/Ac tivity LED wi ll re main dark. The Pow er/Activit y LED flash es duri ng drive activity . The Di sk S tatus LE D disp lays Gre en when a driv e is pr esent and confi gured. ...

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    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 18 S tep 7: Setting the IP Addr ess VT rak h as a Co mmand L ine Interfac e (CLI) to mana ge all of its function s, includ ing custom ization . A subset of the C LI is the C ommand Line U tility (C LU), a user-lev el in terface tha t manages your VT rak via you r PC’s te rminal emulati on progra m, such ...

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    Step 7: Setting the IP Address 19 Choosing DHCP or a St atic IP Address When yo u setu p your VT rak, you hav e the opti on of: • Enabling DHCP and letting your DHCP server assign the IP address to the VT rak’ s ma nagem ent por t. • S pecifying a s tati c IP addres s for t he VT r ak’s managem ent po rt. If you choose to enable DHCP , have ...

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    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 20 Setting up VT rak with the CLI 1. T ype the follo wing st ring to se t the s ystem date a nd tim e, then pre ss Ent er . admin istrator@cl i> date -a mod -d 20 07/05/2 9 -t 14:50:0 5 In the ab ove e xample, t he date and time are in cluded as exampl es on ly . Y our values will be dif feren t. Use y ...

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    Step 7: Setting the IP Address 21 ===== ===== ==== ====== ==== ===== ====== ==== ==== CId Port T ype IP Mask G ateway Link ===== ===== ==== ====== ==== ===== ====== ==== ==== 1 1 Mgmt 192.168.10.87 255.25 5.255.0 1 92.168.10.1 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 Down 6. Repea t steps 3 and ...

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    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 22 Setting up VT rak with the CLU 1. At the adminis trator@cli> prom pt, type menu and press En ter . The CL U main menu a ppears. Figure 19.CLU ma in menu 2. Wi th Quick Se tup highligh ted, pre ss Enter . The firs t Quick Setup scre en ena bles you to make Date and T ime sett ings. Setting system dat ...

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    Step 7: Setting the IP Address 23 4. Follow the sam e proce dure to specify the Sub net Mask , Gatew ay IP Address and DNS Server IP Add ress. If you d o not h ave a DNS ser ver , skip the DNS Se rver IP ad dress. 5. P ress Ct rl-A to save yo ur set ting s. Automatic IP settings T o make Man ageme nt Port sett ings a utomatic ally: 1. P ress t he a ...

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    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 24 S tep 8: Creating Disk Arrays wi th We bP AM PROe Setting u p disk a rrays with W ebP AM PRO e consist s of the followi ng action s: • Logging into W ebP AM PRO e (below) • Selectin g a La nguage (p age 26) • Creating a Disk A rray (page 26) • Logging out of We bP AM PROe (p age 30) • Using W ...

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    Step 8: Creating Disk Ar rays wi th WebPAM PROe 25 3. When the log-in screen (F igure 1 9) appears : •T y p e administrato r in the User Name field. •T y p e passw ord in the Password field. • Click the Login butt on. The Us er Name and Pass word are c ase sen sitive. 4. C lick t he Login button. Figure 20.W ebP AM PROe log-in screen Aft er s ...

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    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 26 Selecting a Language Web P AM PROe displays in Englis h, German, French, Itali an, Ja panes e, Chines e T radit ional, Chines e Simple, and Kore an. 1. C lick Language on the W ebP AM PROe Header . The lang uage l ist appea rs in the Head er . 2. Click on the l anguag e you pref er . The W ebP AM PRO e ...

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    Step 8: Creating Disk Ar rays wi th WebPAM PROe 27 Automatic When yo u choo se the Aut omatic option, the foll owing p arame ters ap pear on the screen: • Disk Arra ys – The numbe r of phys ical driv es in the disk array , their ID numbers , configu rable c ap acity , and the numb er of lo gical dri ves to be created • Logical Driv es – Th ...

  • Promise Technology VTM210 - page 28

    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 28 Expres s When yo u choo se the Ex press option, a set of c harac teristics and opti ons appears on the screen. 1. Check the b oxes to s elect any o ne or a combina tion of : • Redundancy – The array wil l remain avail able if a physi cal dr ive fails • Cap acity – The gre atest possible amount ...

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    Step 8: Creating Disk Ar rays wi th WebPAM PROe 29 Advanced When yo u choo se the A dvance d opt ion, the S tep 1 – Di sk Array Cre ation scre en displ ays. S tep 1 – Di sk Array Creat ion 1. Enter a na me for the disk array in th e field pro vided. 2. Check the box if you want to enable Media Pat rol. 3. Check the box if you want to enable PDM ...

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    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 30 Read Cac he, Read Ahead C ache, and N o Cach e are availa ble. Rea d Ahead is the d efault . 13. S peci fy a Writ e (c ache) Poli cy from t he dr opdo wn me nu. Wr ite Back a nd Write Through (Thru) are availabl e. W rite Back is the defaul t. 14. Click the Up date button. A new l ogica l drive is disp ...

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    Contacting Technical Support 31 Contacting T echnical Support Promise T echnical Supp ort provi des seve ral support op tions fo r Promise use rs to acces s informa tion and u pdates . W e encoura ge you to use o ne of our e lectron ic servic es, which provid e product inform ation upda tes fo r the most ef ficient s ervice and sup port. If you dec ...

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    VTrak M610i, M310i, M210i Quick Start Guide 32 Germany It al y T aiwan Email S upport e-Support O n-Line Fax T echnic al Support +49 (0) 2 31 56 76 48 - 29 Attn: T echnical Support Phone T echnical Suppo rt +49 (0) 2 31 56 76 48 - 10 If you wish to write us for su pport : Promise T echnology Ger many Europapl atz 9 44269 Do rtmund, G ermany Email S ...

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    Contacting Technical Support 33 China Obtaining a Se curity Cert ifi cate Promise T echnology provi des a def ault sec urity certi ficate for the web se rver as well as for internal dat a communi cation . However , in mos t cases i t is bette r to inst all an d verify your ow n certif icate. And, if possible , veri fy your ce rtific ate through a c ...

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