Bios ap Dvt10u3 User manual

DVPro High Performance Storage System User Manual

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DVT10U3

USB3.1 10Gbps

[ User Manual ]

Pre-Release

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CAUTION

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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..........................................................................................................................1

Table of Contents ................................................................................................................3

Chapter 1. Outline.............................................................................................................4

1.1. Features ............................................................................................................................................. 4

1.2. Functions............................................................................................................................................ 4

1.3. Packing Contents ............................................................................................................................... 5

1.4. Hardware Components ...................................................................................................................... 5

1.5. Connection ......................................................................................................................................... 8

Chapter 2. Setup and Monitor .........................................................................................10

2.1. Operation Overview.......................................................................................................................... 10

2.2. Introduction of Parameters Setup .................................................................................................... 10

2.3. Front Panel LCD Toggle rolling setup flowchart................................................................................11

2.4. Meanings of Parameters...................................................................................................................11

2.5. Change Network Parameters by front panel operation.................................................................... 14

2.5.1 Method to setup Ethernet IP address by front panel.............................................................. 14

2.5.2 Parameter Confirmation......................................................................................................... 16

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

2.6.1 Main Screen of Web GUI ....................................................................................................... 18

2.6.2 Introduction of Monitor Mode.................................................................................................. 19

2.6.3 Management Mode Login....................................................................................................... 23

2.6.4 Setup of email notification...................................................................................................... 25

2.6.5 Mail Format............................................................................................................................. 26

2.6.6 Conditions of Mail Notification................................................................................................ 27

2.6.7 SNMP Setup........................................................................................................................... 27

2.6.8 Additional Parameters Setup.................................................................................................. 29

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

2.8 Host LAN Configuration ................................................................................................................... 38

2.8.1 IP Setup for Windows............................................................................................................. 38

2.8.2 IP Setup for Linux................................................................................................................... 40

2.8.3 IP Setup for MAC OS X.......................................................................................................... 41

Chapter 3 Format...............................................................................................................44

3.1 Linux................................................................................................................................................. 44

3.2 Windows 7........................................................................................................................................ 46

3.3 Mac OS® X ...................................................................................................................................... 52

Appendix A –Error Message shown on LCD.....................................................................56

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Chapter 1. Outline

1.1. Features

●Support up to 10 Hot-Swappable SATA HDD (Hard Disk Drive)

● Support different RAID modes including RAID 6, RAID 5/3*, RAID 0, RAID10*

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

●Revertible Type-C™connector

● Original FPGA RAID 6 Engine with real time parity generation and high speed DMA switching

●Automatic Rebuild at adjustable Rebuild Rate

● LCD and keypad operation for status monitoring and system configuration

● Web GUI status monitoring and system configuration

*RAID5/3 can only support 9 HDDs configuration, RAID10 only 8 HDDs.

1.2. Functions

Adjustable Rebuild Priority

Adjustable hard disk patrol for bad sector recovery

Temperature sensing Fan Speed Control

Spot error recovery greatly reduces HDD error and rebuild probability

＜Auxiliary Functions＞

● Data Transfer Speed Display on LCD (Each drive and host channel speed)

● Event Display on LCD, Buzzer Alarm

● Fault LED Indication for Drive and Controller

●Email Notification Support

● Web-based Status Monitor

● SNMP notification

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1.3. Packing Contents

DVT10U3: Storage system

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

Screws: 50 pcs of screws for drive installation and Quick Installation Guide

Host cable: USB3.1 Type-C™to C cable 1 Meter

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

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No

Name

Function Explanation

①

POWER Button

Power ON /OFF Switch

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

USB3.1 Connector

USB3.1 Host connector (Type C)

⑫

Init Button

Reserved rear Button for Initialization

⑬

Fan Module

Fan 1

⑭

Fan Module

Fan 2

⑮

Drive Module

Disk Drive module 0 (to 9).Upper left one is number 0, and right is 1

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1.5. Connection

＜Beginning of configuration＞

Please go through the quick installation guide to configure the device if necessary. Most of

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

configuration is 10 drives with RAID 6.

＜Steps for host connection＞

Assume the unit was pre-configured with drives and RAID, if not please refer to Quick Installation Guide

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

②Simply connect host USB3.1 cable from host PC to the storage (The storage has a Type-C interface

meaning the plug can be up or down bi-directional.) One meter Type-C to C cable is included in the

packing. For any different type of host connection such as Type-A, a different cable is required.

③Power on the host system. In case

④Host system should detect the disk immediately. Sometimes due to the delay of hard disk

initialization, you might need to rescan the device to see if the device shown later. If you still could

not find the connected device, you might try to re-insert USB cable on device or host. 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.

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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 operationl (status 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 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 on 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

device. “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; also the Init button at rear

panel is alternative to Mode and Select buttons)

ARRAY PARAMETERS

SETTING！

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

General usage of Buttons explained as below:

MODE Button: To rotate among Parameter items

SELECT Button: Select the parameter 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 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 before saving operation, modified parameters will be ignored.

● 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 abandon Rebuild operation of failed disks 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 Control Setup

：Fan Speed Control set up

2.4. Meanings of Parameters

This section explains each RAID parameter and its associated function.

Ps. please record parameters from change. You can follow the method described on

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「Parameter Confirmation」section to read its value.

Disk Size Setup

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 its configured size.

A bigger drive size 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

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 3, 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

10*

Number of drives to install

For RAID 0, 6, please leave it as default “10”drives. If you wanted to change, only even number of drives

is supported.

For RAID 3, 5, only odd number of drives can be installed and applied, please choose “9”for maximum

capacities.

For RAID 10, only 8 drives can be applied

Note: For ten drives USB3.1 model, factory default and suggestion is always RAID 6 with 10 drives.

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Recovery Rate Setup

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

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

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Days/Cycle

5/10/20 days cycle

System Patrol

Wait

10S/5S/3S

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

than 10S/5S/3S

Fan speed control temperature

Set up temperature criteria for 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. Change Network Parameters by 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)

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● 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 1.4 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 Parameter Confirmation

Sometimes you will need to read and confirm the setup of current parameters then you can press both

MODE and SELECT button on the front at the same time for this. Firmware version will be shown at the

beginning and the parameter can be rolled among by pushing 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 DVT10T2

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-3 / RAID-5

DRIVE Mode

DRIVE MODE 10

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10*

Disk Size

DISK size

Test1GB/1TB /2TB/3TB/4TB/5TB/6TB/7TB/8TB

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

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Quick Overview of From Panel Button Operation

DVPro series button operations can be summarized as below

Item

Operation

Force Reset

＋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

Performance information

Under RAID n Normal, Press twice

Press continuously to show host and drive

performance

SELECT

MODE

MAC Address →

IP Address

→

Address Mask

→

Gate Way Address

MODE

SELECT

MODE

SELECT

MODE

SELECT

MODE

SELECT

MODE

SELECT

MODE

SELECT

MODE

SELECT

MODE

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