Bios ap Dvpro dvt12t3 User manual

DVPro High Performance Storage System User Manual

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DVT12T3

Thunderbolt 3

User Manual

Ver 1.0

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Safety Warning

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.

WARNING

This symbol and waning is used to indicate sections

that may result in a serious injury or even death.

This symbol and caution is used to indicate

sections that only pose a risk of minor injury or

physical damage.

CAUTION

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Precautions

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

the product.

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

・It is prohibited to reproduce any part of this manual in any form or by any means without prior written

permission of the manufacturer and the author.

・Manufacturer assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual.

・Regarding any question there might be, please contact vender whom you purchased the unit from.

・All trademarks stated in this manual belong to the properties of their respective owners.

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Table of Contents 
Precautions..........................................................................................................................1 
Table of Contents ................................................................................................................3
Chapter 1. Outline.............................................................................................................4 
1. Features ............................................................................................................................................. 4
2. Functions............................................................................................................................................ 4
3. Packing Contents ............................................................................................................................... 5
4. Hardware Components ...................................................................................................................... 5
5. Power On/Off Mode............................................................................................................................ 8
6. Connection ......................................................................................................................................... 8
5.1 Cascade 2nd device.................................................................................................................. 8 
5.2Power Delivery to Host or Device ............................................................................................ 8 
Chapter 2. Setup and Monitor .........................................................................................11
1. Operation Overview...........................................................................................................................11 
2. Introduction of Parameters Setup .....................................................................................................11 
3. Front Panel LCD Toggle rolling setup flowchart ............................................................................... 12 
4. Meanings of Parameters .................................................................................................................. 12 
5. Prameter Browsing and Network Address Configuration from Front Panel Operation.................... 15 
5.1 Method to setup Ethernet IP address by front panel.............................................................. 15 
5.2 Browse Current Parameters................................................................................................... 16 
5.3 Real-time Transfer Speed and Enclosure Status Information................................................ 16 
6 Web-based GUI for Parameter Setup and Status Monitor............................................................... 19 
6.1 Main Screen of GUI................................................................................................................ 19 
6.2 Introduction of Monitor Mode.................................................................................................. 20 
6.3 Management Mode Login....................................................................................................... 23 
6.4 Setup of email notification...................................................................................................... 25 
6.5 Mail Format............................................................................................................................. 26 
6.6 Conditions of Mail Notification................................................................................................ 27 
6.7 SNMP Setup........................................................................................................................... 27 
6.8 Additional Parameters Setup.................................................................................................. 29 
7 Setup Mode (Array Parameters Setting) .......................................................................................... 30 
8 Host LAN Configuration ................................................................................................................... 38 
8.1 IP Setup for Windows............................................................................................................. 38 
8.2 IP Setup for Linux................................................................................................................... 40 
8.3 IP Setup for MAC OS X.......................................................................................................... 41 
Appendix A –Error Message shown on LCD.....................................................................44
 

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Chapter 1. Outline

1.1. Features

⚫Support up to 12 Hot-Swappable SATA HDD (Hard Disk Drive)

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

⚫Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps) backward compatible

⚫Revertible Type-C™connector

⚫Power Delivery up to 27Watt computer charge

⚫Real time FPGA RAID 6 Engine with parity generation and DMA Controller

⚫Automatic Rebuild at adjustable Rebuild Rate

⚫HDD Patrol and spot error recovery

⚫LCD and keypad operation for status monitoring and system configuration

⚫Web GUI status monitoring and system configuration

⚫Support Mac OS 10.6 or above and Windows 10 (Driver needed)

1.2. Functions

⚫Adjustable Rebuild Priority

⚫Adjustable hard disk patrol for bad sector recovery

⚫Temperature sensing Fan Speed Control

⚫Real-time host and disk speed monitoring on LCD

⚫Event Display on LCD, Buzzer Alarm

⚫Fault LED Indication for Drive and Controller

⚫Email Notification Support

⚫SNMP notification

⚫ATX-like power on/off

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1.3. Packing Contents

DVT12T3: Storage system

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

Screws: 50 pcs of screws for drive installation

Quick Installation Guide: A quick guide for drive installation and introduction

Host cable: Thunderbolt 3 Type-C™cable 5A 2M

Type-C cable-tie: to fix the Type-C cable tightly on chassis (optional use)

1.4. Hardware Components

< Front View>

⑧

①

④

⑥

⑦

②

③

⑤

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< Rear View >

< Side View >

⑨

⑩

⑪

⑬

⑭

⑮

⑫

⑯

Disk 0

Disk 1

Disk 10

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No

Name

Function Explanation

①

POWER Button

Power ON /OFF (Press the button for 4 seconds to turn off)

②

HDD Access / FAIL

Bi-color LED

Blue On: Drive asserted, Flash upon access;

Red ON: indicates an error

When「RAID-x RECOVERING 0%」shown on LCD, the FAIL LED on

means the HDD is under rebuilding

③

POWER LED

Blue: Power ON LED indicator

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）Stop buzzer alarm(Buzzer stopped immediately by pushing one

time)

⑦

SELECT Button

Setup Parameter

⑧

LCD Display

Message display screen. Show status of the system

and parameters while doing configuration

⑨

Power Input

AC Inlet (100V-220V auto switching)

⑩

Ethernet Port

RJ45 Fast Ethernet port for Web GUI management

⑪

Type-C (Device)

Downstream port for Daisy chain to another device

⑫

Type-C(Host)

Upstream port to Thunderbolt Host

⑬

Fan Module

Fan 1

⑭

Fan Module

Fan 2

⑮

Cable Tie Holes

Insertion hole of Type-C cable-tie wrap

⑯

Drive Module

Disk Drive module 0 (to 11) Upper left is number 0, and right is 1

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1.5. Power On/Off Mode

Turn on the storage by press power button once. Turn off the storage by press and hold the button more than

four seconds. Blue LED on power button can be identified as its status.

There are two power recovery mode designed in this storage - Always Off and Last State

Always Off (Default, Blue LED light on): The storage will remain off after power recovery.

Last State (Blue LED flash): The storage will be On or Off depending on the last state before power outage.

Users can switch between these two modes by double click the power button quickly during operation. The

new mode will not be effective till next power cycle.

1.6. Connection

＜Beginning of configuration＞

Most of devices should have disk drives inserted and pre-configured with its default setting. The

default configuration is 12 drives with RAID 6.

＜Steps for host connection＞

Assume the unit was pre-configured with drives and RAID, if not please refer to Chapter 2 or Quick

Installation Guide for RAID configuration and drive installation

①Power on the storage and check if LCD showed “RAID 6 Normal”

②Connect Thunderbolt 3 cable from host PC to the storage (Left hand port with a computer mark) A

2M long Thunderbolt 3 Type-C cable is included in the package.

③Power on the host system.

④Host system should detect the disk within seconds. The unit is ready for use. Refer to chapter 3 for

disk format if you are not familiar with.

If necessary to change RAID configuration, web-based management is recommended. Please read

Chapter 2 for instructions.

1.5.1 Cascade 2nd device

Single thunderbolt host port can support up to six Thunderbolt compatible devices. The right-hand Type-C

port of DVT12T3 is used to cascade the next device. The device could be another certified Thunderbolt

device or USB device.

1.5.2 Power Delivery to Host or Device

The DVT12T3 supports USB Power Delivery 2.0 with 5V or 9V maximum 3A output. The Type-C host port

supports up to 27Watt* charge to host computer. The Type-C Device port can supply up to 15Watt power to

the attached (bus powered) device.

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*Host charge support depends on the host connected. Not every host port can be charged via Type-C. For

details, please refer to the user manual of host computer.

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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 RAID6 for highest reliability. To prevent malfunction,

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

Parameter Setup mode (Setup mode here after) for configuration. Under Monitor mode, LCD will show

“RAID 6 Normal”as long as no attention event occurred. Any error identified, or status changed will be

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

if you wanted to change parameter setting, should anyone choose to turn the device onto Setup mode.

DVPro needs to be re-booted for Mode change to avoid mis-operation from front panel.

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

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

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

device configuration yet Web GUI is more convenient and recommended to be used.

2.2. Introduction of Parameters Setup

This section explains the general parameters setup process.

To start with new configuration, the system has to be in Setup mode. Use one hand to press and hold

both “Mode”and “Select”buttons on LCD panel, another hand to push power button turning on the

storage. “ARRAY PARAMETERS SETTING” will be displayed on front LCD indicating the system in

Setup mode. Buttons can be released after then.

ARRAY PARAMETERS

SETTING！

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

General usage of Buttons explained as below:

MODE Button: To rotate among configurable Parameter items

SELECT Button: Select and switch among parameter value

●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 to save the change.

New configuration will be effective at next power on.

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

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POWER DOWN

PLEASE！

You can then shut down and turn the storage back on.

If you power down the storage without applying Save operation, parameters will remain unchanged.

● Save parameters

①MODE ＋SELECT Button (Save)

②Shutdown and power on (New parameters effective)

● Cancel the change

Power off while doing change

If any of Critical Parameters (RAID mode, Disk size, Drive mode) was changed, hold down the

Mode button at power on at the same time for system initialization. (This action will set the device to

its normal status and abort Rebuild operation if any.) After power on, a “RAID-n NORMAL”will be

displayed on LCD.

RAID-6

NORMAL

2.3. Front Panel LCD Toggle rolling setup flowchart

ARRAY PARAMETERS

SETTING!

：Initial Display

↓

Disk Size Setup

：Hard Disk Capacity Setup

↓

RAID MODE Setup

：RAID Mode Setup

↓

DRIVE MODE Setup

：Number of Drive Setup

↓

RECOVERY MODE Setup

：Priority of RAID Rebuild

↓

System Patrol MODE

Setup

：HDD disk surface scan schedule

↓

Fan Speed Temperature

：Fan Speed Control set up

2.4. Meanings of Parameters

This section explains each RAID parameter and its associated function.

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Ps. Strongly recommend users to record parameters before change. You can follow the

method described on「Parameter Confirmation」section to read its value.

⚫Disk Size

DISK Size

xxB

Disk size will not be automatically detected and should be manually configured. The size will be applied to

all drives. Actual disk capacities should be larger than this configured size.

A drive size bigger than supported listing will be added in future firmware upgrade. Please check our website

for new firmware.

Parameter

Function

Memo

Test 1GB

Set DISK Size as 1GB (Test only)

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

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

10TB, 12TB

Set Disk Size as the number

● Please do not change the default setting

If actual drive size was smaller than setup value, error such as「ONE DOWN

L」,「SYSTEM DOWN L」will occur and buzzer will be fired.

⚫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 ‘Drive 0, 1’ ‘Drive 2, 3’, ‘Drive 4, 5’ etc.

⚫DRIVE Mode Setup

DRIVE MODE

12*

The product supports 12 SATA drives. Minimum number of drives depend on RAID level. If you needed

information of RAID mode, minimum drive or compatible drive models, please contact your vendor or us

for support.

⚫Recovery Rate Setup

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RECOVER RATE

5Min. /GB

Recovery (Rebuild) operations utilize free time between host data access without interrupting the 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 are 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 patrol. You can setup 「10S」,「5S」,「3S」to perform

one time patrol or you can setup「5 DAYS/CYCLE」,「10 DAYS/CYCLE」,「20 DAYS/CYCLE」,「30

DAYS/CYCLE」to perform whole capacity patrol.

The length of one Patrol depends on this setting and the Buffer Segment Size.

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

System Patrol will be started if interval of host commands is larger

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Wait

10S/5S/3S

than 10S/5S/3S

⚫Fan speed control temperature

Set up temperature criteria for System fan speed control

FAN SPEED TEMP

45 deg. C

20, 30, 35, 40, 45*, 50, 55, 60 deg C

When the detected temperature (RAID Core chip) is higher than the FAN SPEED TEMP, the fan will

be turned into high speed. The pre-set temperature is 45 degree and should not be changed.

2.5. Prameter Browsing and Network Address Configuration

from Front Panel Operation

You can change network parameters such as Management IP addresses described below by front panel

operation. Nevertheless, Web UI is usually recommended for such requirement if accessible.

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, you can follow below steps to set it up. It is

recommended to change IP address through Web GUI.

1．Press both Mode and Select buttons, power up to enter Setting mode.

ARRAY PARAMETERS

SETTING!

2．Press the SELECT button (instead of MODE to set up RAID operational 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 pushing SELECT button, the IP Address will be increased from leftist digit.

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

Push the MODE button to move to next field. (Again Management GUI is recommended)

● Address Mask Setup

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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. 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

selected parameters will not be changed.

2.5.2 Browse Current Parameters

Sometimes you will need to read and check current parameters on storage. You can press both MODE

and SELECT button on the front panel under Monitor mode. IP Address will first be shown at the beginning

and the parameter can be browsed among by pressing MODE button. All of parameters and its default

value are listed in below table for reference.

< Factory Default Setting > Customer can record major parameters in case necessary

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 DVT12T3

Information only for reference

Serial No

Serial No ID xxxxxxxx

Information only for reference

IP Address

192.168.50.210

For Management GUI access

Address Mask

255.255.255.0

For Management GUI access

RAID Mode

RAID MODE RAID-6

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

DRIVE Mode

DRIVE MODE 12

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Disk Size

DISK size

Test1GB/1TB/2TB/3TB/4TB/5TB/6TB/7TB/8TB/10TB/12T

B

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

Fan Speed Temp

45 Deg C

20, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 Deg C

2.5.3 Real-time Transfer Speed and Enclosure Status Information

Front panel also provide extra features such as displaying real-time data transfer speed which could not

be found from Web GUI.

Check Real-time Host Transfer Speed

Press SELECT button twice under Monitor mode and LCD will show Host Rate = x.xx MB/s. A

“0.00MB/S” means there is no data access from host.

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HOST

RATE = x.xxMB/S

Execute HDD Patrol

Press MODE button after host transfer speed check and LCD will show HDD patrol status.

Manually activate HDD patrol to scan possible error of disk drives.

The default setting is “Auto”. It means the drives automatically scanned when there is no data access.

Sometimes, users might want to scan disks immediately especially when drives are used after long time.

AUTO

HDD PATROL xx%

Users can change patrol mode to “FORCE HDD PATROL“ or possibly disable this feature by selecting

“NO HDD PATROL”. It is highly recommended to leave this as default to make sure drives patrol on going.

Check Operating Temperature

Keep pressing MODE button users can check temperature of RAID chip (Core)and system temperature

(Cont).

Cont. Temp 39.1oC

Core Temp 48.1oC

System fan speed

Keep pressing MODE button LCD will display system fan speed.

FAN1 1,920rpm

FAN2 1,875rpm

Check Real-time Disk Transfer Speed

To check each drive’s current transfer speed, keep pressing MODE button to browse real-time disk

transfer speed from channel 0 to channel 11. A “0.00MB/S” means there is no activity on the disk.

Channel 0

RATE = x.xxMB/S

Quick Overview of From Panel Button Operation

DVPro series button operations can be summarized as below

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