ACT SR-ARS50RE User manual

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SR-ARS50RE Disk Array
Installation Guide

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1. Introduction
1.1.1 Introduction
SR-ARS50RE is specifically for personal video/audio, editing storage and
DVR Raid storage applications. It allows easy scalability from JBOD to
RAID, It can be configured to RAID levels 0,1,10,3,5 and JBOD. The
RAID function allows one HDD failure without impact on the existing
data and failed drive Data can be reconstructed from the remaining data
and parity drives. RAID configuration and monitoring can be done
through the LCM front control panel or UTran RAID manager utility.
For SR-ARS50RE that is a internal platform. The RAID subsystem
controller is designed to fit in a three 5.25〞half-heigh drive bay for easy
built-in the pc server.
For SR-ARS50RE is a RAID Rackmount platform. It features five 3.5inch
SATAII disk drives with RAID 0,1,3,5.and connects to the host system
through and eSATA or USB/IEEE1394 interface.
For SR-ARS50RE RAID subsystem, that is also a standard part of all
major operating systems such as xp/2000/2003 server, Mac, Linux, etc, the
host system does not require additional or proprietary software to work
with the controller.
1.1.2 Specification
Host Interface
◎one 3.0Gbps SATA port
※Disk interface
◎Five 3.0Gbps SATA ports(for 3.5〞HDD)
※RAID Features
◎RAID levels:0,1,10,3,5,JBOD
◎HDD hot-swap
◎Automatic online background data rebuilding
◎Automatic disk failure detect
◎Array roaming
◎Rebuilding speed rata:200GB per hour(Max.)
※Management
◎Driverless: need no driver on host side
◎LED indicators for Disk status display
◎LCD control panel for operation status display
◎RAID level configuration and selection by LCD panel or UTran
RAID manager utility

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◎System temperature. Voltage and Fan monitoring
◎NVRAM for event log and system configuration setting

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2.
Hardware Installation
ACT-ARS5050R Series(Front View)
Link Host eSATA
Port !

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Ex
p
and eSAT
A
Port
(
pm
1-4
)
SR-ARS50RE(BackSide)
SR-ARS50REP(BackSide)
step 3. LCD Module
There are 4 keypad buttons and an LCD on the panel of SR-ARS50RE
1.It shows all functions and messages
2.It is used to scroll up through functions or menus
3.It is used to execute a selected function
4.It is used to cancel a selected function
5.It is used to scroll Down through functions or menus
LCD(1)
Up(▲)(2)
Down(▼) (5)
ENT(3)
ESC(4)
Link Host eSATA
Port !

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3.1 Configuration methods
3.1.1 Using LCD Module(LCM)
The LCM is the primary user interface for the RAID subsystem, All
configuration and management of the controller and it’s properly
connected disk arrays can be performed from this interface.
The quick RAID setup flow chat is showed as following:
ESC
Down▼
Quick Setup
Create One RAID
Select Level :
RAID 0.1.3.5.0+1.JBOD
▲/▼select RAID Level
Enter Password ※Note 1
Are You sure?
Enter:Yes ESC:No
Waiting System
Re-initialize…
UTran
Technology
SR-ARS50RE
Delete All RAID
Delete The RAID?
Enter: Yes ESC: No
Waiting System
Re-initialize…
ENT
ENT
ENT
ENT
ENT
ENT
Power On
Press ENT to
access the
setup mode
Note 1.There is no defined password ,so
the user can pass it by pressing ENT or
the user can enter the password ,which is
set before。
Return to Main Menu
automatically when
com
p
lete
d

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3.1.2 Using UTran RAID manager utility
RAID subsystem now offers an alternative means of communication for
the internal RAID subsystem- UTran RAID manager utility(see chapter
6).
4. Connect SR-ARS50RE
TO PC
4.1 Connect SR-ARS50RE to pc
1.Open the pc case, insert ARS5050I,and connect two 4-PIN power cords
to make ARS5050I work well.
2.Connect a SATA cable to the SATA port of the system board.
3.Connect the other and of the SATA cable to ARS5050I.
4.Fasten with 12 screws, and close the pc case.
4.2 Connect ACT-ARS5050E/RE to pc
1.Insert one end of the ESATA cable into the eSATA port of the pc system,
and the other end into the eSATA port of ARS-5050E/RE.
2.Connect the power cord.
Once installing successfully, you can find ARS5050 as a non-initial Disk
in
〝Disk manager〞under〝my computer〞and then to Format this Disk.

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5.1 LCM menu tree
5. LCM configuration
menu
5.2 LCM menu
Quick Setup Disk Manager
1.Create One RAID
2.Delete All RAID 1.Identify Disk 2.Show Disk Info
RAID Manager RAID System Manager
LCM Menu Title Quick Setup Create One RAID
Delete All RAID
Disk Manager Identify Disk
Show Disk Info
RAID Manager Identify RAID
Create RAID
Delete RAID
RAID Information
Change RAID Pwd
Rebuild Priority
Standby Timer
System Manager System Info
Change Password
Logout From Menu
Alarm Control
Hardware Monitor

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1.Identify RAID
2.Create RAID
3.Delete RAID
4.RAID Information
5.Change RAID Pwd
6.Rebuild Priority
7.Standby Timer
1.System Info
2.Change Password
3.Logout From Menu
4.Alarm Control
5.Hardware Monitor
5.3 LCM description
5.3.1 LC M M e nu Title
SR-ARS50RE LCM system will show the manufacturer name and
product name as default menu title. More over, LCM Menu Title also
contains the following functions:
Password Protection: when user presses any button to enter the main
menu, SR-ARS50RE LCM system will check whether there’s a LCM
password. If user already set a LCM password in System
Manager/Change Password, the password is needed to authorize to enter
the LCM main menu.
Rebuild Progress: if there’s a RAID set rebuilding in the connected disks,
the LCM system will display the rebuild progress and the rebuilt target
HDD in menu title.
Fault Detection: if there’s any disk or RAID fault in the connected disks,
the LCM system will display the fault information in menu title. The
meaning of each fault information is as follows:
“RAID Set N is in Broken Mode!”: RAID Set N loses some member
disks and becomes broken mode.
“RAID Set N is in Degrade Mode!”: RAID Set N loses some member
disks and becomes degrade mode.
“FAN Fail! Status Abnormal.”: H/W Monitor detects fan status abnormal.
“Temperature Fail xx degrees”: H/W Monitor detects over-temperature
fault.
“Voltage Fail! xxV => yy ”: H/W Monitor detects voltage fault.
“Disk N Detects as a Bad Disk!”: the SATA disk N detects transmission
error while system is initializing, so it is judged as a bad disk.
“Disk N Detects a Bad Sector!!”: there exists non-recoverable bad sector
in SATA disk N.
“Disk N Detects Null Mbr Error!”: the SATA disk N founds a RAID set
which doesn’t include this disk as a member disk.

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“Disk N Detects a Bad Page!”: the SATA disk N has too many non-
recoverable bad sectors or has smart error state.
“Disk N Detects RAID sector Err!”: the SATA disk N has bad RAID
sector.
“Disk N Detects Signature Error!”: the SATA disk N replies the error
signature.
“Disk N Detects Read Page Error!”: the SATA disk N detects reading
error when system reads RAID information.
“Disk N Detects PIO Read Error!”: the SATA disk N detects reading error
when system executes PIO-read operation.
“Disk N Detects PIO Write Error!”: the SATA disk N detects writing error
when system executes PIO-write operation.
“Disk N Detects Read Log Error!”: the SATA disk N detects reading error
when system executes SMART-Read Log operation.
“Disk N Detects a Smart Error!”: the SATA disk N detects Smart Error.
5.3.2 Quick Setup Function set
The Quick Setup Function set is provided for easily and quickly
configuring RAID set by user. It contains two functions: Create One
RAID and Delete All RAID. The introduction is as follows:
Create One RAID: user can easily create a RAID from the existing disks
by this function. User only needs to select the created RAID level and
input the RAID password, and then a desired RAID set is configured.
However, if user doesn’t need RAID password, user can directly press the
‘Enter’key to bypass the RAID password stage and create a RAID set
without password.
Delete All RAID: user can easily delete all RAID sets in the existing
disks by this function. User only needs to input the RAID password of the
existing RAID sets, and then all the RAID sets will
be deleted. If there’s no password in the existing RAID set, user doesn’t
need to input the password. Besides if there are more than two existing
RAID sets with different passwords, user cannot delete these RAID sets
in this function. User can delete these RAID sets separately in RAID
Manager/Delete RAID function.