Bios ap Dvpro dvt06u3 User manual

DVPro High Performance Storage System User Manual

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DVT06U3

USB3.1 10Gbps

[ User Manual ]

Rev 1.1

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Safety Warning

In order to avoid injury oneself, please heed the following instructions.

■The following indications explain the degree of physical danger possible by ignoring the proper usage

directions.

■The various types of warning symbols are listed in the following picture.

This symbol means that you should pay extra caution.

This symbol indicates something you absolutely must not do.

This symbol indicates something you must do.

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Precautions

This user manual contains features, functions, setup, and warnings, so please read this manual prior to use

our product.

・If any material in this manual is not clear, please contact vender whom you purchased the unit from.

・The information in this manual is subject to change without prior notice.

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Table of Contents

Precautions..........................................................................................................................2

Table of Contents ................................................................................................................4

Chapter 1 Outline..............................................................................................................5

1.1. Features & Functions ......................................................................................................................... 5

1.2. Information in this Manual............................................................................................................... 5

1.3. Packing Contents ............................................................................................................................... 6

1.4. Hardware Components ...................................................................................................................... 6

1.5. Connection to Host............................................................................................................................. 9

Chapter 2 Setup and Monitor ..........................................................................................11

2.1. Operation Overview...........................................................................................................................11

2.2. Introduction of Setup Mode: by LCD Panel Operation......................................................................11

2.3. Front Panel LCD Toggle rolling setup flowchart ............................................................................... 12

2.4. Front Panel Setup Operation and Meanings of Parameters ............................................................ 12

2.5. Change Network Parameters by front panel operation.................................................................... 15

2.5.1 Method to setup Ethernet IP address by front panel.............................................................. 15

2.5.2 Browse Current Parameters setting....................................................................................... 16

2.6 Status Check and Other Features by LCD panel............................................................................. 18

2.6.1 Host and Drive Speed Real-time Check ................................................................................ 18

2.6.2 Enclosure Status Check......................................................................................................... 18

2.7 Web-based GUI for Parameter Setup and Status Monitor............................................................... 18

2.7.1 Main Screen of Web GUI ....................................................................................................... 18

2.7.2 Introduction of Monitor Mode.................................................................................................. 20

2.7.3 Management parameters under Monitor Mode...................................................................... 23

2.7.4 Setup of email notification ...................................................................................................... 25

2.7.5 Mail Format............................................................................................................................. 26

2.7.6 Conditions of Mail Notification................................................................................................ 27

2.7.7 SNMP Setup........................................................................................................................... 27

2.7.8 Additional Parameters Setup.................................................................................................. 28

2.8 Setup Mode (Array Parameters Setting) .......................................................................................... 30

2.9 Drive or System Failure Recovery ................................................................................................... 36

2.9.1 One Drive Down..................................................................................................................... 37

2.9.2 Two Drives Down ................................................................................................................... 37

2.9.3 System Down ......................................................................................................................... 38

Chapter 3 Disk Format.......................................................................................................41

3.1 Linux................................................................................................................................................. 41

3.2 Windows 7........................................................................................................................................ 43

3.3 Mac OS® X ...................................................................................................................................... 48

Appendix A –Error Message shown on LCD.....................................................................52

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Chapter 1 Outline

1.1. Features & Functions

⚫Support six Hot-Swappable SATA HDD (Hard Disk Drive)

⚫Support different RAID modes including RAID 6, 5, 10,0

⚫USB 3.1 Gen2 (10Gbps) backward compatible USB3.0, USB2.0

⚫Thunderbolt™ 3 Host compatible (USB 3.1 Gen 2 speed)

⚫Revertible Type-C™connector

⚫Original FPGA RAID 6 Engine hardware RAID

⚫Spot error recovery greatly reduces HDD error and rebuild probability

⚫Automatic Rebuild at adjustable Recovery Rate

⚫Background HDD patrol bad sectors scanning

⚫Disk and Fan failure detection

⚫Error notification via LED, LCD, Buzzer, Email, SNMP and Web GUI

⚫Web GUI status monitor and configuration

⚫Real-time disk and host speed display on LCD

1.2. Information in this Manual

You will find below information from this manual

⚫How to use the storage

⚫Get familiar with front panel LCD operation

⚫Hardware ingredients explanation

⚫Parameter Configuration via Web GUI

⚫Status Monitor via Web GUI

⚫How to update firmware via Web GUI

⚫Disk and Host speed check via LCD panel

⚫Email and SNMP configuration via Web GUI

⚫Error Message shown on LCD panel

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1.3. Packing Contents

1. DVT06U3: Storage system

2. AC Power Cord : 1 piece, USA, Japan applicable unless specified

3. Screws and Key: 50 pcs of screws for drive installation, Key for front door lock

4. Host cable: One-meter USB3.1 Gen 2 Type-C™to C cable

5. Host cable: One-meter USB3.1 Gen 2 Type A to C cable

6. Cable tie: A cable tie to fix USB-C cable direction if needed

7. Quick Installation Guide

1.4. Hardware Components

< Front View>

⑧

①

④

⑥

⑦

⑨

②

③

⑤

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< Rear View >

⑩

⑪

⑮

⑫

⑬

⑭

⑯

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No

Name

Function Explanation

①

Door Lock

Turn the key clockwise to open the door

②

HDD On/ Fail LED

(Blue/Orange)

HDD Access

LED(Green)

Blue/Orange : Blue light indicates drive asserted,

Orange light indicates a disk error. Upon recovery of Disk, the

Orange is flashing

Green: Flash indicates disk accessing

③

POWER LED

Blue:Indication of RAID Power ON

④

ACCESS LED

Green:Controller Access LED indicator

⑤

FAIL LED

Red: A controller error LED indicator

⑥

MODE Button

1）Parameter Initialization(Power on Initialization)

2）Configure parameters 「See Chapter 2」

3）MUTE buzzer alarm(Buzzer stopped immediately by pressing one

time)

⑦

SELECT Button

Setup Parameter

⑧

LCD Display

Message display screen. Show status of the system

and parameters while doing configuration

⑨

Drive module

Disk is count from channel 0 on top to channel 5 at bottom

⑩

Power Button

Turn On /Off the device

⑪

AC Input

AC Inlet (100V-220V auto switching)

⑫

Cable Tie Hole

Help to tie up Type-C cable by attached retractable ribbon

⑬

Key Chain Hook

Key chain can be hook here to avoid missing during transportation

⑭

Ethernet Port

RJ45 Fast Ethernet port for Web GUI management

⑮

USB3.1 Connector

USB3.1 Host connector (Type-C) 10Gbps

⑯

Fan

System Fan

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1.5. Connection to Host

＜Beginning of configuration＞

Every storage is shipped with default parameters and only few parameters needed to be changed by users.

The quick installation guide included in the package explains how to configure necessary parameters via

front LCD panel. Users may also follow Sec. 2.7 to use Web management interface (GUI) for

configuration.

Before staring, please make sure all drives were installed and configured as Quick Installation

Guide explained.

＜Steps for power on initialization after critical parameters changed＞

①Press and hold “Mode” button besides LCD panel and power on the storage. LCD should show

“RAID n Normal”

②Simply connect USB3.1 cable from host PC to the storage (Plug Type-C flippable cable to storage

side and connect the other side to your host computer. Two different type cables are included in the

package.)

③Power on the host system.

④Host system should detect the disk volume in few seconds. If you still could not find the connected

device, you might try to re-insert USB cable on device or host. (earlier version of USB3.1 HBA was

reported to have issues of plug & play. Please check with your HBA vendor) The unit is ready for

use. Refer to chapter 3 for disk format if you are not familiar with.

DVPro initializes itself within seconds and conducts internal cache error check within five minutes. You

can start data access any time after disk Partition and Format without waiting for completion of cache

error check. Performance of the disk will be affected at first five minutes due to overhead of such check.

※Connect Thunderbolt 3 hosts to the storage following same steps using Type-C to C cable

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Chapter 2 Setup and Monitor

2.1. Operation Overview

To simplify the process of setup, DVPro is designed to support necessary configuration from front panel

LCD and button operation. The default RAID level is RAID 6 for highest reliability. To prevent malfunction,

parameters cannot be changed at regular operational (Monitor) mode. The device needs to be in

Parameter Setup mode (Setup mode here after) to be changed. Under Monitor mode, LCD will show

“RAID n Normal”as long as no failed events occurred. Any error identified, or status changed will be

dynamically reflected to its respective indicators such as LED light, buzzer alarm, and LCD display etc.

Only if you wanted to change parameter setting, should anyone choose to switch the device onto Setup

mode. DVPro needs to be re-booted for Mode change to avoid malfunction.

Critical parameters including Disk size, number of drives, and RAID mode should have been

pre-configured while hard drives being installed. If not, you will need to properly configure them before any

operation. Default parameters, if any, are followed with “*” sign on LCD display. Front LCD panel acts as a

short path for device configuration yet Web GUI is for users looking for more information of the storage.

Some information can only be retrieved via LCD such as real-time disks or host access speed.

2.2. Introduction of Setup Mode: by LCD Panel Operation

This section explains how to use front LCD panel to configure the storage.

To start with configuration, the storage has to be in its Setup mode. Use one hand to press and hold both

“MODE”and “SELECT”buttons on LCD panel, another hand to turn on the storage. “ARRAY

PARAMETERS SETTING” will be displayed on front LCD indicating the system in Setup mode. (The

hold time of MODE and SELECT buttons is about 3 seconds) This step is a bit tricky but to avoid

malfunctioning during operation.

ARRAY PARAMETERS

SETTING！

You can then start the modification of necessary parameters under this mode.

General usage of front panel Buttons explained as below:

MODE Button: To rotate among Parameter items

SELECT Button: Select and set the parameter value for change

●Enter Parameters Setting mode

：MODE Button ＋SELECT Button + Power On

●Rotate among Setup items

：MODE Button

●Setup parameters

：SELECT Button

After any parameter modified, press both MODE and SELECT button at the same time to save the

change..

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When you successfully save the change of parameters, you will see below message shown on LCD

POWER DOWN

PLEASE！

You can then shut down the storage.

If you power down the storage before saving operation, modified parameters will be ignored.

● Save parameters

①MODE ＋SELECT Button (Save)

②Shutdown

● Cancel the change

Power off while doing change

To have the new configuration effective (RAID mode, Disk size, and Drive mode), hold down the MODE

button and switch on the storage for system initialization. (Release the MODE button as long as you see

LCD showing RAID n Normal.) Then host can identify the new disk and you can format the disk. If none of

critical parameters were changed, you can just power on the storage. The storage will be running normally

in status Monitor mode from here.

RAID-6

NORMAL

2.3. Front Panel LCD Toggle rolling setup flowchart

ARRAY PARAMETERS

SETTING!

：Initial Display

↓

Disk Size Setup

：Hard Disk Capacity Setup (Critical)

↓

RAID MODE Setup

：RAID Mode Setup (Critical)

↓

DRIVE MODE Setup

：Number of Drive Setup (Critical)

↓

RECOVERY MODE Setup

：Priority of RAID Rebuild

↓

System Patrol MODE

Setup

：HDD disk surface scan schedule

2.4. Front Panel Setup Operation and Meanings of Parameters

Following Section 2.3, this section explains each RAID parameter and its associated meaning. Press

MODE button once under Array Parameter Setting mode to start rolling among parameter items. Press

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SELECT button to change value of parameter item as necessary. After all required parameters changed,

remember to Save before power cycle the unit.

Note. It is a good practice to always record parameters changed.

⚫Disk Size Setup

DISK Size

xxB

Disk size will NOT be automatically detected and should be manually configured. This size will be

applied to configure all drives. Actual disk capacities should be equal(usually) or larger than this configured

size. The supported disk size varies from different firmware version. If your disk capacity is not supported on

the list, please check with vendors you bought from or our website Support.

Parameter

Function

Memo

Test 1GB

Set DISK Size as 1GB (Test only)

120GB, 160GB, 250GB,

400GB, 500GB, 750GB

Legacy

models

1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB,

5TB, 6TB, 7TB, 8TB,

10TB

Set Disk Size as the number

⚫RAID Mode Setup

RAID MODE

RAID-6

RAID mode selection, supported RAID modes are

RAID 6, RAID 5, RAID 0, RAID 10

RAID10 works as a pair of mirrored ‘Drive 0, 1’ ‘Drive 2, 3’ etc.

⚫DRIVE Mode Setup

DRIVE MODE

6*

Number of drives in the enclosure, 6 for full usage

Note: Factory default and suggestion is RAID 6 with 6 drives.

⚫Recovery Rate Setup

RECOVER RATE

5Min. /GB

Recovery (Rebuild) operations utilize elapsed time between host data access without interrupting the

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current host application.

Therefore, data read/write priority can be adjusted through different recovery rate setting.

User can choose the timing to execute recovery operations as below.

Parameter

Function

Memo

RECOVER

WAIT

TIME 0 Sec

Recovery request will be processed immediately between host

commands. Recovery will always be processed therefore host

access will be slow down. Select this mode if you want the

recovery have high priority.

RECOVER

WAIT

TIME 0.1 Sec

Continuous host commands will be processed first. Recovery

operation will be taken care when the interval between host

commands longer than 0.1 sec. The following host command has

to wait till one recovery task completed except READ/WRITE or

READ Cache command which will be executed immediately.

Default

RECOVER

WAIT

TIME 1 Sec

This can be used when host access is not concentrated.

The wait interval following the last host command is 1 sec. On this

mode, the recovery operation will not be processed if the host

commands are continuous with less than 1 sec internal.

RECOVER

WAIT

TIME 10 Sec

Usually this should not be used.

Probably this mode can be applied if there is very little host

access.

RECOVER

RATE

2Min./GB

5Min./GB

10Min./GB

20Min./GB

This is to assign the recovery time for 1GB capacity despite of

interval to wait between host commands.

There is possibility 1GB recovery cannot be completed

within assigned interval.

⚫Patrol Time Setup

SYSTEM PATROL

30 DAYS/CYCLE

10S, 5S, 3S, 5 DAYS/CYCLE,

10 DAYS/CYCLE, 20 DAYS/CYCLE,

30 DAYS/CYCLE*

This parameter is to specify the period of doing Disk patrol. You can setup「10S」,「5S」,「3S」to perform

patrol every “10/5/3” seconds or you can setup「5 DAYS/CYCLE」,「10 DAYS/CYCLE」,「20

DAYS/CYCLE」,「30 DAYS/CYCLE」to perform whole capacity patrol cycle.

The length of one Patrol depends is size of Buffer Segment

.

System Patrol

30 Days/Cycle

Calculate of the whole LUN size and schedule patrol all disk in 30

days cycle

Default

System Patrol

5/10/20

Days/Cycle

Calculate of the whole LUN size and schedule patrol all disk in

5/10/20 days cycle

System Patrol

Wait

10S/5S/3S

System Patrol interval is set for every 10S/5S/3S

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2.5. Change Network Parameters by front panel operation

Under Setup mode, users can change network parameters such as Management IP addresses described

below by front LCD panel operation. Nevertheless, Web UI is usually recommended for such

requirement if accessible. To Change IP address via LCD/Button takes much more time and is

sometimes frustrated.

ps）Please take a memo before you apply to change the setting. Default IP (IPv4) address

is 192.168.50.210. Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0

2.5.1 Method to setup Ethernet IP address by front panel

In case necessary to configure IP address by front panel, follow below steps to set it up.

1．Press both MODE and SELECT buttons, power up to enter Setup mode.

ARRAY PARAMETERS

SETTING!

2．Press the SELECT button (instead of MODE to set up critical parameters)

Firm ware is

Ver.x.xxx

Firmware version will be displayed

After then, press front Mode button to change network parameters. You will see current IP address

displayed on LCD as below

● IP Address Setup

IP Address

192.168.50.210

By pressing SELECT button, the IP Address will be increased from leftist digit.

The longer you hold the SELECT button, the faster the number is increased.

Press the MODE button to move to next digit/segment. (Again, Management GUI is recommended)

● Address Mask Setup

Address Mask

255.255.255.0

This is to setup IP address mask same as IP setup. Use the same way to change address mask as

described above for IP address.

If you wanted to continuously change other parameters you can keep pressing MODE button to roll

among other parameters as Sec 2.4 explained. Or you can press MODE+SELECT button to save the

change and restart the storage to take new network parameters effective. Do not forget the save

operation otherwise network parameters will not be changed.

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2.5.2 Browse Current Parameters setting

Sometimes, you might want to check existing parameters set on the unit. Under Monitor mode press both

MODE and SELECT button at the same time and IP address should be shown on LCD. Start browsing

each parameter by pressing MODE button.

< Factory Default Setting > this is a convenient form for customer to record all parameters.

Parameter

Default or Pre-set

Notes

Firmware

Firm ware is Ver. x.xxx

Information only for reference

Vendor ID

Vender ID is BIOS

Information only for reference

Model No

Product ID is DVT06U3

Information only for reference

Serial No

Serial No ID xxxxxxxx

Information only for reference

IP Address

192.168.50.210

Address Mask

255.255.255.0

RAID Mode

RAID MODE RAID-6

RAID-10 / RAID-6 / RAID-0 / RAID-5

DRIVE Mode

DRIVE MODE 6

3, 4, 5, 6*

Disk Size

DISK size

Test1GB/120GB/160GB/250GB/400GB/500GB/750GB

/1TB /2TB/3TB/4TB/5TB/6TB/7TB/8TB/10TB

Recovery Wait

Time

0.1 Sec

0/ 0.1/1/10 Sec, 2Min/5 Min/10 Min/20 Min

System Patrol

30Days/Cycle

10S, 5S, 3S, 5/10/20 DAYS/CYCLE

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Quick Overview of From Panel Button Operation

DVPro series button operations can be summarized as below

Item

Operation

Initialization and Reset of

Configuration

＋POWER ON

Mute Buzzer

Parameter Setup

Start

＋＋Power ON

Roll next item

After parameter setup

Change the setting

After parameter setup

Save the setting

After parameter setup ＋

Cancel the change

Power Off during the parameter change

Status Monitor

Browse parameters

During operation ＋

Press to roll to next parameters

Check Error Status

During operation

＋cancel

System information

Under RAID n Normal, Press twice

Press continuously to show host and drive

performance, Fan speed etc.

SELECT

MODE

MAC Address →

IP Address

→

Address Mask

→

Gate Way Address

MODE

SELECT

MODE

SELECT

MODE

SELECT

MODE

SELECT

MODE

SELECT

MODE

SELECT

MODE

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2.6 Status Check and Other Features by LCD panel

This section introduces other features supported by LCD panel such as real-time display of host speed, disk

speed, and fan speed, etc. Press MODE and SELECT buttons once at the same time. Press SELECT button

once, and IP address will be shown on LCD

2.6.1 Host and Drive Speed Real-time Check

Press SELECT button once to check the host transfer speed in real-time.

The refresh time of transfer rate is 0.5 second.

HOST

RATE = 0.00MB/S

Keep press MODE button to roll over the display items till LCD showing real-time drive access speed.

Channel 0

RATE = 0.00MB/S

There are six drive channels ranging from Channel 0 to 5. Press MODE button to see each drive speed.

2.6.2 Enclosure Status Check

While LCD showing Host Speed, pressing MODE button twice and after, LCD will show Controller

temperature and Fan speed.

2.7 Web-based GUI for Parameter Setup and Status Monitor

To configure parameters or monitor status of the storage via Web GUI, you can connect Ethernet cable to a

host computer.

Ethernet parameter must be configured correctly before launching a Web browser (such as Internet

Explorer). To setup IP Address via front panel, please refer to section 2.5.1.

2.7.1 Main Screen of Web GUI

With power on and Ethernet connected, launch the Internet browser with preset IP address.「http://<IP

Address>」. Default IP address is 192.168.50.210. The Web GUI will be displayed as below for Monitor Mode.

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The left-hand side lists main menu items and the right side displays detail items or information associated with

the selected menu item.

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