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ThunderBox 800

(Thunderbolt 2 to 6Gb/s SAS RAID Storage)

User Manual

Version: 1.0

Issue Date: June, 2014

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The information regarding products in this manual is subject to change without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. All brands and trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. This manual contains materials protected under International Copyright Conventions. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without the written permission of the manufacturer and the author.

FCC Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

Manufacturer’s Declaration for CE Certication

We conrm ThunderBox 800 has been tested and found comply with the requirements set up in the council directive on the approximation of the low of member state relating to the EMC Directive2004/108/EC.

For the evaluation regarding to the electromagnetic compatibility, the following standards where applied:

EN 55022: 2006, Class B EN 61000-3-2: 2006 EN 61000-3-3: 1995+A1: 2001+A2: 2005

EN 55024:1998+A1:2001=A2:2003

IEC61000-4-2: 2001 IEC61000-4-3: 2006 IEC61000-4-4: 2004 IEC61000-4-5: 2005 IEC61000-4-6: 2006

IEC61000-4-8: 2001

IEC61000-4-11: 2004

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Contents

1. Introduction ................................................................ 8

1.1 Overview .........................................................................8

1.2 Features ........................................................................ 10

2. Installation ................................................................ 12

2.1 Before You First Installing................................................. 12

2.2 Summary of RAID Storage Setup Steps .............................. 13

• For Mac OS X ................................................................. 13

• For Windows .................................................................. 13

2.3 RAID Storage View .......................................................... 15

2.4 Locations of the Storage Component .................................. 16

2.4.1 Drive Tray LED Indicators ............................................ 16

2.4.2 LCD Panel LED Indicators ............................................17

2.4.3 Thunderbolt Port LED Indicators ................................... 17

2.5 Setting Up RAID Storage .................................................. 18

2.5.1 Physically Install RAID Storage and Drives ..................... 18

2.5.2 Mac Users ................................................................. 22

2.5.2.1 Install the MRAID Software ..................................... 22

2.5.2.2 Congure RAID Volumes ......................................... 26

2.5.2.3 Format RAID Volumes ............................................ 29

2.5.2.4 Make A Bootable RAID Volume ................................ 31

2.5.2.5 Unmounting RAID Volumes ..................................... 31

2.5.3 Windows Users .......................................................... 32

2.5.3.1 Install the MRAID Software ..................................... 32

2.5.3.2 Congure RAID Volumes ......................................... 36

2.5.3.3 Format RAID Volumes ............................................ 39

2.5.3.4 Unmounting RAID Volumes ..................................... 39

3. ArcHTTP Conguration .............................................. 41

• General Conguration ..................................................... 41

• Mail (Alert by Mail) Conguration ..................................... 42

• SNMP Traps Conguration ............................................... 43

• Rescan Device Conguration ............................................ 45

• Collect Support Data ...................................................... 45

4. Web Browser-based Conguration ........................... 46

4.1 Start-up McRAID Storage Manager ................................... 47

• McRAID Storage Manager from Local Administration

(In-Band) ..................................................................... 47

• McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN Port (Out-of-Band) .. 48

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4.2 McRAID Main Window ...................................................... 48

4.3 Main Menu .................................................................... 49

4.4 Quick Function ................................................................ 49

4.5 Raid Set Functions .......................................................... 50

4.5.1 Create Raid Set ......................................................... 50

4.5.2 Delete Raid Set .......................................................... 51

4.5.3 Expand Raid Set ......................................................... 52

4.5.4 Ofine Raid Set .......................................................... 53

4.5.5 Rename Raid Set ........................................................ 53

4.5.6 Activate Incomplete Raid Set .......................................54

4.5.7 Create Hot Spare ....................................................... 54

4.5.8 Delete Hot Spare ........................................................ 55

4.5.9 Rescue Raid Set ......................................................... 55

4.6 Volume Set Functions ...................................................... 56

4.6.1 Create Volume Set (0/1/10/3/5/6) ............................... 57

• Volume Name ................................................................ 57

• Volume Raid Level ......................................................... 57

• Capacity ....................................................................... 57

• Greater Two TB Volume Support ....................................... 57

• Initialization Mode .......................................................... 58

• Stripe Size .................................................................... 58

• Cache Mode .................................................................. 59

• Volume Write Protection .................................................. 59

• Full Volume Encryption.................................................... 59

• Tagged Command Queuing .............................................. 60

• SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI Lun ...................................... 60

4.6.2 Create Raid30/50/60 (Volume Set 30/50/60) ................. 61

4.6.3 Delete Volume Set ...................................................... 61

4.6.4 Modify Volume Set ...................................................... 62

4.6.4.1 Volume Growth ..................................................... 63

4.6.4.2 Volume Set Migration ............................................. 63

4.6.4.3 Volume Write Protection ......................................... 64

4.6.5 Check Volume Set ...................................................... 64

4.6.6 Schedule Volume Check .............................................. 65

4.6.8 Download Volume Key File ........................................... 66

4.7 Physical Drive ................................................................ 67

4.7.1 Create Pass-Through Disk ............................................ 67

4.7.2 Modify Pass-Through Disk ............................................ 67

4.7.3 Delete Pass-Through Disk ............................................68

4.7.4 Clone Disk ................................................................. 68

4.7.4.1 Clone And Replace ................................................. 69

4.7.4.2 Clone Only ........................................................... 69

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4.7.5 Abort Cloning ............................................................. 70

4.7.6 Set Disk To Be Failed .................................................. 70

4.7.7 Activate Failed Disk .................................................... 70

4.7.8 Identify Enclosure ...................................................... 71

4.7.9 Identify Drive ............................................................ 71

4.8 System Controls ............................................................. 72

4.8.1 System Cong ........................................................... 72

• System Beeper Setting ................................................... 72

• Background Task Priority ................................................. 72

• JBOD/RAID Conguration ................................................ 72

• SATA NCQ Support ......................................................... 73

• HDD Read Ahead Cache .................................................. 73

• Volume Data Read Ahead ............................................... 73

• HDD Queue Depth ......................................................... 73

• Empty HDD Slot LED ...................................................... 73

• Max Command Length .................................................... 74

• Auto Activate Incomplete Raid ......................................... 74

• Disk Write Cache Mode ................................................... 74

• Write Same For Initialization ............................................ 74

• Hot Plugged Disk For Rebuilding ....................................... 74

• Disk Capacity Truncation Mode ......................................... 75

• Smart Option For HDD .................................................... 75

• Smart Polling Interval ..................................................... 76

4.8.2 Advanced Conguration ...............................................76

• TLER Setting ................................................................. 76

• Timeout Setting ............................................................. 77

• Number of Retries .......................................................... 77

• Buffer Threshold ............................................................ 77

• Amount of Read Ahead ................................................... 78

• Number of AV Stream ..................................................... 78

• Optimize AV Recording .................................................... 78

• Read Performance Margin ................................................ 79

• Write Performance Margin ............................................... 79

• Read And Discard Parity Data .......................................... 79

• BIOS Selection............................................................... 79

4.8.3 HDD Power Management ............................................. 80

• Stagger Power On Control .............................................. 80

• Time to Hdd Low Power Idle ........................................... 81

• Time To Hdd Low RPM Mode ........................................... 81

• SATA Power Up In Standby .............................................81

4.8.4 Ethernet Conguration ............................................... 81

• DHCP Function ............................................................... 82

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• Local IP address ............................................................. 82

• Gateway IP address ........................................................ 83

• Subnet Mask ................................................................. 83

• HTTP Port Number .......................................................... 83

• Telnet Port Number ........................................................ 83

• SMTP Port Number ......................................................... 83

4.8.5 Alert By Mail Conguration ......................................... 83

4.8.6 SNMP Conguration .................................................... 84

4.8.7 NTP Conguration ...................................................... 84

• NTP Sever Address ......................................................... 85

• Time Zone ..................................................................... 85

• Automatic Daylight Saving............................................... 85

4.8.8 View Events/Mute Beeper ............................................ 85

4.8.9 Generate Test Event ................................................... 86

4.8.10 Clear Events Buffer ................................................... 86

4.8.11 Modify Password ....................................................... 87

4.8.12 Update Firmware ..................................................... 87

4.9 Information .................................................................... 88

4.9.1 Raid Set Hierarchy ...................................................... 88

4.9.2 SAS Chip Information ................................................. 88

4.9.3 System Information .................................................... 89

4.9.4 Hardware Monitor ....................................................... 89

Appendix A ................................................................... 90

Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process ...................................... 90

Appendix B .................................................................... 93

Battery Backup Module ......................................................... 93

(ARC-6120BA-T021).............................................................. 93

B-1 BBM Connector and Components .................................. 93

B-2 Status of BBM ............................................................ 93

B-3 Installation ................................................................ 94

Appendix C .................................................................... 97

SNMP Operation & Installation ................................................ 97

Appendix D .................................................................. 102

Event Notication Congurations ........................................ 102

A. Device Event .............................................................. 102

B. Volume Event ............................................................. 103

C. RAID Set Event .......................................................... 104

D. Hardware Monitor Event .............................................. 104

Appendix E .................................................................. 106

RAID Concept .................................................................... 106

RAID Set ......................................................................... 106

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Volume Set ...................................................................... 106

Ease of Use Features ......................................................... 107

• Foreground Availability/Background Initialization .............. 107

• Online Array Roaming ................................................... 107

• Online Capacity Expansion ............................................. 107

• Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration .................... 109

• Online Volume Expansion .............................................. 110

High Availability ............................................................... 110

• Global/Local Hot Spares ................................................ 110

• Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support ......................................... 111

• Auto Declare Hot-Spare ............................................... 111

• Auto Rebuilding ........................................................... 112

• Adjustable Rebuild Priority ............................................. 112

High Reliability ................................................................. 113

• Hard Drive Failure Prediction .......................................... 113

• Auto Reassign Sector .................................................... 113

• Consistency Check ....................................................... 114

Data Protection ................................................................ 114

• Battery Backup ........................................................... 114

• Recovery ROM ............................................................. 115

Appendix F .................................................................. 116

Understanding RAID .......................................................... 116

RAID 0 ............................................................................ 116

RAID 1 ............................................................................ 117

RAID 10(1E) .................................................................... 118

RAID 3 ............................................................................ 118

RAID 5 ............................................................................ 119

RAID 6 ............................................................................ 120

RAID x0 .......................................................................... 120

Single Disk (Pass-Through Disk) ......................................... 121

Summary of RAID Levels ................................................... 122

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INTRODUCTION

1. Introduction

This section presents a brief overview of the 6Gb/s SAS RAID storage,

ThunderBox 800. (Thunderbolt 2 to 6Gb/s SAS RAID storage)

1.1 Overview

Unleash Your Creativity Faster Than Ever

Thunderbolt 2 is full backward compatibility to the same cables and connectors used with today’s Thunderbolt. It pushes speed to

20Gb/s and enables 4K video le transfer and display simultaneously. ThunderBox 800 is equipped with dual Thunderbolt 2 ports

for connecting to any Thunderbolt 2-enabled host such as the new Mac Pro, and offers an additional Thunderbolt 2 port for daisychaining other peripherals. The Thunderbolt daisy-chaining allows

connection of up to six devices, so customers can connect ThunderBox 800 for massive amounts of video storage with a single Thunderbolt connection to their host computer. ThunderBox 800 can

meet the demand of users when working with rich, ultrahigh resolution media through Thunderbolt 2 interface.

Unparalleled Performance for 4K Workow

ThunderBox 800 is the most complete 6Gb/s SAS 8-bay Thunderbolt 2 box with RAID control capabilities solution for both PC and Mac. ThunderBox 800 incorporated on-board dual core 800Mhz

RAID-On-Chip and with 1GB DDR3-1333 memory to deliver true high performance hardware RAID protection against drive failure. This combination helps to provide a high performance storage device perfect for the video editor working with Real time multi-

stream HD and 4K workows. It runs efciently without disruption or major drops in performance to meet the requirements of 4K data workow. It is so quick it allows for 4K displays at the same time as daisy chaining ThunderBox 800 and doing a simultaneous 4K output and le transfers while maintaining maximum through-

put.

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Enterprise-class Data Availability and Security

ThunderBox 800 supports the hardware RAID 6 engine to allow two HDDs failures without impact the existing data and performance.

It allows users to hot swap drive in the event of a drive failure with zero downtime. Its high data availability and protection derives

from many advanced RAID features on ThunderBox 800 RAID box

design. Intelligent power On/Off function on storage turns power in unison with the host computer power status. It can intelligently power down the unit after the thunderbolt host shuts down every-

thing for data integrity. ThunderBox 800 also supports a battery

backup option that protects all data in cache memory in the event

of unexpected power outage. Board-level hardware encryption manages any kinds of drives attached to ThunderBox 800 without

impacting the performance for higher levels of security.

Enabling an Easy-to-Manage Storage

Conguration and monitoring can be managed either through the

LCD control panel, Thunderbolt interface or LAN port. The intelligent cooling continuously adapts to environmental conditions by automatically controlling the speed of the cooling fans for the rapidly growing demand from the video editing markets. You can even

congure ThunderBox 800 to intelligently spin down drives during

periods of inactivity to further reduce noise and save energy. Areca solution of Thunderbolt 2 provides user the capability of adding bootable drive via Thunderbolt on Apple thunderbolt-capable machine.

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1.2 Features

Controller Architecture

• 800 MHz dual core ROC for RAID core and SAS microcode

• 1GB on-board DDR3-1333 SDRAM with ECC protection

• Support bootable from RAID storage volume

• Controller level hardware encryption support

• Redundant ash image for adapter availability

• System status indication through LCD, LED and alarm buzzer

• Intelligent power On/Off function

• Battery backup module ready (Optional)

RAID Features

• RAID level 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD

• Multiple RAID selection

• Support up to 1MB stripe size

• Online array roaming

• Online RAID level/stripe size migration

• Support global hot spare and local hot spare

• Instant availability and background initialization

• Advanced conguration for smooth data streaming

• Disk scrubbing/ array verify scheduling support

• Multiple pairs SSD/HDD disk clone function

• SSD automatic monitor clone (AMC) support

• Complete conguration management suite

- McRAID manager – browser-based management tool (LAN or Thunderbolt)

- Push Buttons and LCD Display panel for setup and status

- Command Line Interface (CLI) – scriptable conguration tool

- API libraries support – combine GUI with user management utility

- SNMP support for remote monitoring

- SMTP support for email notication

Important:

Be sure to update the ArcMSR.kext driver shipping with Mac

OS X to V1.3.7 or later from the software CD or from the Areca website.

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Function Advantages

Features Benets

Bootable Drive Support Provide user the capability of adding bootable drive

via Thunderbolt on Apple thunderbolt-capable machine.

Advanced Conguration Provide optimized parameter to adjust controlled

rmware behavior for smooth data streaming.

Controller-level Hardware Encryption

Board-level hardware encryption manages any kinds of drives attached to ThunderBox 800 without impacting the performance for higher levels of security.

BBM Support Support a battery backup option that protects all

data in cache memory in the event of unexpected

power outage.

Intelligent power On/Off function

Turn ThunderBox 800 power in unison with the

host computer power status for data integrity.

Front Panel LCD and Buttons Easy access for conguration and status report.

Product Features

Form Factor Compact – 8 Bays Disk Tower

Host Connection Two 20 Gb/s Thunderbolt Technology Ports

Disk Support 8 x 6Gb/s SAS/SATA 3.5”/2.5”HDDs/SSDs

OS Support Mac OS X 10.8.5 or Higher

& Windows 7/8

Enclosure Management Thunderbolt Port, LAN Port, and LCD

Cooling Fan 2 * 2700rpm/0.135A Brushless Fan

Operating Temperature 0 ~ 40 C

Operation Humidity 5% ~ 95 %, Non-condensing

Power Supply/In/out 270W / 90-256V AC / +12V/26A, +5V/18A, +3.3V/16A

Dimension (W x H x D) 5.7 x 11.8 x 11.4 in

(146 x 302 x 290 mm)

Weight (W/O Drives) 14.9 lbs / 6.8Kg

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2. Installation

This section describes how to install the ThunderBox 800 with host

computer and disks.

2.1 Before You First Installing

Thanks for purchasing the ThunderBox 800 as your RAID data storage. The following manual gives simple step-by-step instructions

for installing and conguring the ThunderBox 800.

Unpack

Unpack and install the hardware in a static-free environment.

ThunderBox 800 is packed inside an anti-static bag

between two sponge sheets. Remove it and inspect it for damage. If the ThunderBox 800 appears damaged, or if any items of the contents listed below are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or distributor immediately.

Checklist

• 1 x ThunderBox 800 8-bays RAID storage unit

• 1 x Installation CD – containing driver, relative software, an

electronic version of this manual and other related manual

• 1 x RJ-45 LAN cable

• 1 x Power cord

• 32 x Drive mounting screws (4 per drive tray)

• 1 x Quick start guide

System Requirements

• Computer with Thunderbolt connector

• Thunderbolt cable

• Mac OS X 10.8.5 or higher

• Windows 7&8 “For Windows PC: the Thunderbolt certied device driver must be installed before plugging in the device for it to function properly”

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2.2 Summary of RAID Storage Setup Steps

• For Mac OS X

Step 1. Physically Install the Hardware (Chapter 2.5.1)

1. Install HDDs.

2. Connect power cord.

3. Connect Thunderbolt cable.

Step 2. Install the MRAID Software Package (Chapter 2.5.2.1)

1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at “http://www.areca.com.tw/support/s_ thunderbolt/thunder bolt.htm”.

2. Double-click on the install_mraid zipped le.

3. Double-click on the install_mraid icon on the Finder.

4. Follow the installer on-screen steps to complete the installa tion.

Step 3. Congure RAID Volumes (Chapter 2.5.2.2)

1. Double-click on the “MRAID” icon on the desktop.

2. Double-click on the “ArcHTTP64”.

3. Locate “Web Management” and launch the

McRAID storage manager.

4. Login User Name “admin” and the Password “0000”.

5. Click on the “Quick Create” to congure the volume.

6. Follow the on-screen steps to complete the conguration.

Step 4. Format RAID Volumes (Chapter 2.5.2.3)

1. Mac OS X recognizes that a new disk is available.

2. Follow the Disk Utility on-screen steps to initialize and parti tion your unit.

3. Icons for each new partition show up on your desktop.

4. They are now ready to use.

• For Windows

Step 1. Physically Install the Hardware (Chapter 2.5.1)

1. Install HDDs.

2. Connect power cord.

3. Connect Thunderbolt cable.

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Step 2. Install the MRAID Software Package (Chapter 2.5.3.1)

1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at “http://www.areca.com.tw/support/s_ thunderbolt/thunder bolt.htm”.

2. Double-click on the install_mraid zipped le.

3. Double-click on the “setup.exe” unzip le.

4. Follow the installer on-screen steps to complete the installa tion.

Step 3. Congure RAID Volumes (Chapter 2.5.3.2)

1. Double-click on the “MRAID” icon on the desktop.

2. Double-click on the “ArcHTTP64”.

3. Locate “Web Management” and launch the

McRAID storage manager.

4. Login User Name “admin” and the Password “0000”.

5. Click on the “Quick Create” to congure the volume.

6. Follow the on-screen steps to complete the conguration.

Step 4. Format RAID Volumes (Chapter 2.5.3.3)

1. Click “Start” ==> right-click “Computer” and select “Man age”.

2. Click “Disk Management” in the left pane.

3. Scroll down to the bottom of the middle pane. Windows will display a list of new drives attached to your system with a

label such as “Disk 1” or “Disk 2”, etc.

4. Right-click on the drive you want to partition and then again to format it.

5. Once it’s formatted, Windows automatically assigns the next

available drive letter to it and then it will appear in Windows

Explorer.

6. They are now ready to use.

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Front View

Rear View

1. Disk Activity LED

2. Disk Fault/Link LED

3. LCD Panel with Keypad

4. Thunderbolt Port1

5. Thunderbolt Port2

6. Thunderbolt Port1 Link LED

7. Thunderbolt Port2 Link LED

8. System Fan1

9. LAN Port (For McRAID Web Manager)

10. Reset Button

11. System Fan2

12. Power Connector

13. Power Supply Fan

2.3 RAID Storage View

The following diagram is the RAID storage front view and rear view.

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2.4 Locations of the Storage Component

The following components come with LEDs that inform ThunderBox 800 managers about the operational status.

2.4.1 Drive Tray LED Indicators

Figure 2-1, Activity/Fault LED

The following table describes the RAID storage disk drive tray LED behavior.

Tray LED Normal Status Problem Indication

1. Activity LED (Blue)

1. When the activity LED is lit, there is I/O acti vity on that disk drive.

2. When the LED is not lit; there is no activity on that disk drive.

N/A

2. Fault/Link LED (Red/Green)

1. When the fault LED is lit, there is no disk present.

2. When the link LED is lit, there is a disk pre sent.

1. When the fault LED is off, the disk is present and status is normal.

2. When the fault LED is blinking (2 times/sec.), the disk drive has failed and should be hot swapped immediately.

3. When the activity LED is lit and fault LED is fast blinking (10 times/sec.) there is re building activity on that disk drive.

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2.4.2 LCD Panel LED Indicators

There are a variety of status conditions that cause the RAID storage panel monitoring LED to light. The front panel LCD comes with three (3) status-indicating LEDs. The LEDs on the front panel

are dened, from top to bottom, Power, Busy, and Caution, as

shown in Figure 2-2.

Figure 2-2, LCD Panel LED

The following table provides a summary of the front panel LED.

2.4.3 Thunderbolt Port LED Indicators

Figure 2-3, Thunderbolt Ports LED

Panel LED Normal Status Problem Indication

1. Power LED (Green)

Solid green, when power on. Unlit, when power on.

2. Busy LED (Amber)

Blinking amber during host accesses RAID storage.

Unlit or never icker.

3. Caution LED (Red)

Unlit indicates that the RAID storage and all its components are operating correctly.

Solid indicates that one or more component failure/Urgent events have occurred.

The following table describes the ThunderBox 800 SAS RAID

storage Thunderbolt port link LED behavior.

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2.5 Setting Up RAID Storage

Setting up your ThunderBox 800 involves these main steps:

• Physically Install the RAID Storage and Drives

• Install the MRAID Software

• Congure RAID Volumes

• Format RAID Volumes

• Unmounting RAID Volumes

Details about these steps are described in the following sections.

2.5.1 Physically Install RAID Storage and Drives

Please follow the steps below in order they are given to ensure that your ThunderBox 800 connected on your Thunderbolt computer.

Step 1. Install the Drives in the ThunderBox 800

Your RAID storage supports up to 8 x 3.5-inch disk drives or 8 x

2.5-inch SAS or SATA 6.0Gb/s drives, each one contained in its individual hole on the disk carrier. Each drive is hot-pluggable, allowing you to remove and insert drives without shutting down your RAID storage. Installation in this section describes how to install or remove 3.5 inch drives in your RAID storage.

1. Gently slide the drive tray out from the ThunderBox 800 RAID

storage.

Thunderbolt Ports

Link LED

Status

Green light 1. Lit indicates RAID storage is powered and maintained

the daisy chain with other Thunderbolt devices.

2. Blinking (5 times/sec) that indicates RAID storage is in sleep mode.

3. Blinking (1 time/sec) that indicates RAID storage is powered down and maintained the daisy chain with other Thunderbolt devices.

Amber light There is a proper DisplayPort connection on that Thun-

derbolt port.

Red light There is a proper DisplayPort to DVI connection on that

Thunderbolt port.

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2. Install the drive into the drive tray and secure the drive to the

drive tray by four of the mounting screws.

Figure 2-5, Sliding Drive Tray into Enclosure

3. After all drives are in the drive tray, slide all of them back into

the ThunderBox 800 and make sure you latch the drive

trays.

Step 2. Connecting RAID Storage to Thunderbolt Ports

Thunderbolt connectors are provided on the back of the Thunder-

Box 800 for connecting the array to Thunderbolt host and next

Thunderbolt devices. There are two Thunderbolt connectors on

the rear of ThunderBox 800. You can plug-in two host ports.

1. Direct connection to a Thunderbolt technology capable

computer.

2. Daisy chaining Thunderbolt capable devices and displays.

Figure 2-4-1. Installing 2.5-inch SAS/SATA Drive

Figure 2-4-2. Installing 3.5-inch SAS/SATA Drive

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• Thunderbolt Computer Port Connection

By installing Thunderbolt technology capable computer and

ThunderBox 800 Thunderbolt port using the Thunderbolt cable which is included in your Thunderbolt capable computer. Then connect ThunderBox 800 and Thunderbolt technology capable computer port as shown below:

• Daisy Chain Topologies

A single Thunderbolt technology daisy chain can have seven

devices, including the computer. Connect the cable to one of the

interface ports on the back of your ThunderBox 800 and

to your Thunderbolt capable computer. The additional port may

be used to daisy chain compatible computer peripherals, such

as hard drives, monitors, and much more. A single Thunderbolt

port supports hubs as well as a daisy chain of up to seven Thun-

derbolt devices on, including the Thunderbolt capable computer.

Figure 2-6, Connecting to Thunderbolt computer

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Step 3. Connecting Monitor Port (Optional)

You can connect LAN port to the manager clinet system, if you

want to congure and manage the RAID storage from the clinet

system through out-of-band manager.

• LAN Port Connection

User can remote manage the RAID enclosure without adding

any user specic software (platform independent) via standard

web browsers directly connected to the 10/100Mbit RJ45 LAN

port. Connect LAN port of the ThunderBox 800 using the in-

cluded Ethernet cable and then to a LAN port or LAN switch.

Step 4. Connecting RAID Storage Power

To power the RAID storage:

1. Using the included power cord, connect this power cord to a

grounded electronical outlet and to the ThunderBox 800.

2. ThunderBox 800 will automatically turn on when host

computer power on status is received from the thunderbolt cable. It takes about 30 seconds to fully start up the RAID stor age.

Figure 2-7, Thunderbolt Computer Daisy Chain

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Figure 2-8, Connecting the Power to Enclosure

3. ThunderBox 800 automatically turns off when the

computer to which it is attached sleeps or is disconnected.

Note:

You can press and hold the “Reset” button for 3 seconds to

force the RAID storage AC power on or off.

When you are nished installing the ThunderBox 800, you can set

up the RAID volume using McRAID storage manager or LCD to set up RAID volumes.

2.5.2 Mac Users

2.5.2.1 Install the MRAID Software

This section describes detailed instructions for installing the

Areca Mac driver & utility for the ThunderBox 800 on your Apple

Thunderbolt capable machine. You must have administrative level permissions to install Mac OS X driver & utility. This can be done in just a few steps!

1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at "http://www.areca.com.tw/support/s_ thunderbolt/thunder- bolt.htm", the le name begins with “install_mraid” followed

by the version control or insert the ThunderBox 800 software

CD in the CD-ROM drive.

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2. Double-click on the zipped le that comes from the website or resides at <CDROM>\packages\MacOS to add the installer on

the Finder.

3. Launch the installer by double-clicking the install_mraid on the Finder. The MRAID Installer opens. Click on the "Next" button to begin the installation.

4. The MRAID Installer opens. Click on the "Next" button to begin the installation.

5. On the Choose Install Set screen, click on an icon to install special components and click on the "Next" button to continue.

• Driver is required for the operating system to be able to inter-

act with the ThunderBox 800.

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• ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console (MRAID storage manager) to run. It also runs as a service or daemon in the background that allows capturing of events for mail and

SNMP traps notication. Refer to the Chapter 5 ArcHTTP Conguration on ThunderBox 800 user manual, for details about the mail and SNMP traps conguration.

• CLI (Command Line Interface) provides the functionality available in MRAID storage manager through a Command Line Interface. You can set up and manage RAID storage inline. CLI performs many tasks at the command line. You can download

CLI manual from Areca website or software CD <CDROM>\

DOCS directory.

6. On the Choose Alias Folder screen, click on an icon to choose where you like to create aliases and click on the "Next" button to continue.

7. On the Pre-Installation Summary screen, review your installa tion setting and click on the "Install" button to continue. If you want to change any of your installation setting, click on the "Previous" button.

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8. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the

driver installation.

9. When this screen shows, you have completed the driver installation and click on the "Next" button to continue.

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10. After installation is completed, click on the "Done" button to reboot your computer in order to complete installation.

11. The ArcHTTP and ArcCLI are installed at the same time on

ThunderBox 800. Once ArcHTTP and CLI have been in-

stalled, the ArcHTTP background task automatically starts each time when you start your computer. There is one MRAID icon showing on your desktop. This icon is for you to launch the McRAID storage manager (by ArcHTTP) and CLI utility. If you have not yet installed the hardware, plea se follow the “2.5.1 Physically Install RAID Storage and

Drives” section to install it. Otherwise, to begin the creation volume, go on the “2.5.2.2 Congure RAID Volumes” sec tion to congure the volume.

2.5.2.2 Congure RAID Volumes

There are often multiple ways to accomplish the same conguration and maintenance tasks for your RAID storage. Your Thun-

derBox 800 can be congured by one of the following

methods:

1. McRAID Storage Manager from ArcHTTP. (Thunderbolt port)

2. McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN port.

3. LCD Panel with Keypad.

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• Method 1: McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHTTP

Start McRAID Storage Manager – Browser Edition

There is one “MRAID” icon showing on your desktop. Double- click on the “MRAID” icon to locate your ArcHTTP utility and

CLI program le folder.

When you double-click on the “ArcHTTP64”, it shows all RAID storages available on the system and create an individual RAID storage icon located on left column of the “ArcHTTP Con-

gurations” screen.

Locate “ThunderBox 800 Web Management” and launch the

selected McRAID storage manager. Enter RAID storage default User Name “admin” and the Password “0000” when the login page prompted for it. After logging in, the McRAID storage manager process starts.

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Click on the “Quick Create” in the main menu, your volume is automatically congured based on the number of disks in your system. You can create a RAID set associated with exactly one

volume set. The user can change the Raid Level, Capacity, Initialization Mode, and Stripe Size. A hot spare option is also

created, depending on the exist conguration. Click on the “Conrm The Operation” check box and click on the “Submit”

button, the RAID set and volume set will start to initialize. If you prefer to customize your volume set, please use the “Raid

Set Functions” and “Volume Set Functions”. See chapter 4 of ThunderBox 800 user manual for information on customizing

your RAID volumes using McRAID storage manager. Other-

wise, to begin using the ThunderBox 800 right away, go on the next “Format the Volume” section to begin the formatting

procedure.

• Method 2: McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN port User can remote manage the RAID storage directly connected to the 10/100Mbits RJ45 LAN port via standard web brows-

ers.To congure ThunderBox 800 using a LAN port, you need

to know its IP address. The default IP address will be shown on the LCD initial screen. Launch your web browser-based McRAID storage manager by entering http://[IP Address] in the web browser. Enter RAID storage default User Name “ad-

min” and the Password “0000” when the login page prompted

for it. After logging in, the McRAID storage manager process starts. Follow the on-screen steps, responding as needed, to

congure RAID volume. See the Chapter 4 of ThunderBox 800

user manual for information on customizing your RAID volumes using McRAID storage manager.

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• Method 3: LCD Panel with Keypad

You can use LCD front panel and keypad function to simply create the RAID volume. The LCD status panel also informs you of the disk array’s current operating status at a glance.

The LCD conguration is described in a separate manual: ThunderBox 800_LCD manual. It is available on your Areca

CD, in the /docs folder. The LCD provides a system of screens with areas for information, status indication, or menus. The LCD screen displays up to two lines at a time of menu items

or other information. ThunderBox 800 default User Name is

“admin” and the Password is “0000”.

The LCD initial screen is shown below:

2.5.2.3 Format RAID Volumes

After the volume set is ready for system accesses, it needs to be partitioned, formatted, and mounted by the operating system.

When you create a volume through McRAID storage manager, the Mac OS X recognizes that a new disk is avail, and displays a

message asking what you next want to do. If the message does not show up, start the “Disk Utility” manually from the “Finder”, use the “Go” menu and open the “Utilities” folder. Double-click on the “Disk Utility” program.

To initialize and partition your unit

1. When the Disk Utility window opens, nd and select the de-

sired drive in the sidebar that represents your RAID storage and click on the “Partition” button.

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If you’re not sure which format to use, choose Mac OS X

Extended (Journaled).

2. In the Partition Layout column, click on the “Current” to

show the drop-down menu and select the number of parti tions that you want your RAID storage to have. Each partition will appear as a separate drive on your computer.

3. Specify your Partition Information, Option setting and click on the “Apply” button.

4. When a message asks you to conrm you want to partition

the disk, click on the “Partition” button. This may take a couple of minutes, depending on the size of the drives in your RAID storage. When the partitioning is complete, icons for each new partition show up on your desktop. They are now ready to use.

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2.5.2.4 Make A Bootable RAID Volume

You can follow the following procedures to add ThunderBox 800

RAID volume on Intel-based Mac bootable device listing.

1. Set the BIOS selection in System Controls: Advance Congu-

ration to “EFI” option for Intel-based Mac boot.

2. Download OS X Mavericks and DiskMaker X. Follow the Disk-

Maker X to make a bootable OS X Mavericks USB install drive.

3. Restart your Mac and after you hear the chime sound, press

the Option (Alt) key until you see the option to choose the

ash drive to boot from.

4. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete Areca Volume

Upgrade and Clean Install of OS X Mavericks. Power up the Intel-based Mac and Areca volume will be added in the bootable device automatically.

2.5.2.5 Unmounting RAID Volumes

To avoid possible data corruption, Areca recommends that

ThunderBox 800 volume(s) be properly unmounted from

the computer prior to turning off the RAID storage or safely removing the Thunderbolt interface cable.

1. Drag RAID storage volume(s) icon to the trash. The Trash will

turn into an Eject arrow. This will assure that all data is properly cleared from the system memory before the volume is removed.

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2. When the volume icon disappears from the desktop, RAID

storage can be disconnected from the computer.

2.5.3 Windows Users

2.5.3.1 Install the MRAID Software

This section describes how to install the MRAID software to your operating system. The software installation includes device driver, ArcHTTP and CLI utility.

In this scenario, you are installing the MRAID software in an

existing Windows system. You can use the installer to install driver, ArcHTTP and CLI at once or “Custom” to install special

components. Follow the steps below to install the driver & utility for Windows.

1. Download the install_mraid installer from the website at

"http://www.areca.com.tw/support/s_thunderbolt/thunder- bolt.htm", the le name begins with “install_mraid” followed

by the version control or insert the ThunderBox 800 software

CD in the CD-ROM drive.

2. Double-click on the zipped le that comes from the website or

resides at <CDROM>\PACKAGES\Windows to unzip it. Double-click on the "setup.exe" le for installing MRAID.

3. The screen shows Preparing to Install.

4. The MRAID Installer (or InstallShield Wizard) opens, pre-

paring to install and click on the “Next” button to continue.

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5. When the License Agreement screen appears, read and agree

to the license information; then let the InstallShield Wizard guide you through the installation process.

6. On the Setup Type screen, use the settings to specify these things: and click on the “Next” button to continue.

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• “Complete” to install driver, ArcHTTP and CLI utility at once,

check the rst box.

• “Custom” to install special components and change the pro-

gram directory. When this “Custom” check box is checked, go to the Custom Setup screen.

6-1. On the Custom Setup screen, click on an icon to install special components and click on the “Next” button to continue.

• Driver is required for the operating system to be able to inter-

act with the ThunderBox 800.

• ArcHTTP has to be installed for GUI RAID console (McRAID

storage manager) to run. It also runs as a service or daemon in the background that allows capturing of events for mail and

SNMP traps notication. Refer to the chapter 3 ArcHTTP Con guration on ThunderBox 800 user manual, for details about the mail and SNMP traps conguration.

• CLI (Command Line Interface) provides the functionality

available in MRAID storage manager through a Command Line Interface. You can set up and manage RAID storage inline. CLI performs many tasks at the command line. You can download

CLI manual from Areca website or software CD <CDROM>\

DOCS directory.

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7. When you reach the installation page, click on the “Install” button to continue.

8. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the

driver installation.

When this screen completes, you have completed the MRAID

installation. If you have no ThunderBox 800 unit yet connected or powered on, a “MRAID Installer Information”

message displays.

9. After installation is complete, click on the “Finish” button to

exit the InstallShield Wizard.

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Note:

“For Windows, Install Driver First”

For Windows PC: the Thunderbolt certied device driver

must be installed before plugging in the device for it to function properly.

10. The ArcHTTP and CLI are installed at the same time on ARC-

8050. Once ArcHTTP and CLI have been installed, the Arc-

HTTP background task automatically starts each time when you start your computer. There is one MRAID icon showing on your “Programs” folder. This icon is for you to start up the McRAID storage manager (by ArcHTTP) and CLI utility. If you have not yet installed the hardware, please follow the “2.5.1 Physically Install RAID Storage and Drives” section to install it. Otherwise, to begin the creation volume, go on the “2.5.3.2 Congure RAID Volumes” section to congure the volume.

2.5.3.2 Congure RAID Volumes

There are often multiple ways to accomplish the same conguration and maintenance tasks for your RAID storage. Your Thun-

derBox 800 can be congured by one of the following

methods:

1. McRAID Storage Manager from ArcHTTP. (Thunderbolt port)

2. McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN port.

3. LCD Panel with Keypad.

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• Method 1: McRAID Storage Manager From ArcHTTP

Start McRAID Storage Manager – Browser Edition

Right-click on the “Start” menu and choose “Programs”. Double-click on the “MRAID” program icon to start the ArcHTTP utility (From the Start menu, choose Programs >

MRAID > ArcHTTP).

When you double-click on the “ArcHTTP64”, it shows all RAID storages available on the system and create an individual RAID storage icon located on left column of the “ArcHTTP Con-

gurations” screen.

Locate “ThunderBox 800 Web Management” and launch the

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Click on the “Quick Create” in the main menu, your volume is automatically congured based on the number of disks in your system. You can create a RAID set associated with exactly one

volume set. The user can change the Raid Level, Capacity, Initialization Mode, and Stripe Size. A hot spare option is also

created, depending on the exist conguration. Click on the “Conrm The Operation” check box and click on the “Submit”

button, the RAID set and volume set will start to initialize. If you prefer to customize your volume set, please use the “Raid

Set Functions” and “Volume Set Functions”. See chapter 4 of ThunderBox 800 user manual for information on customizing

your RAID volumes using McRAID storage manager. Other-

wise, to begin using the ThunderBox 800 right away, go on the next “Format the Volume” section to begin the formatting

procedure.

• Method 2: McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN port User can remote manage the RAID storage directly connected to the 10/100Mbits RJ45 LAN port via standard web brows-

ers.To congure ThunderBox 800 using a LAN port, you need

min” and the Password “0000” when the login page prompted

for it. After logging in, the McRAID storage manager process starts. Follow the on-screen steps, responding as needed, to

congure RAID volume. See the Chapter 4 of ThunderBox 800

user manual for information on customizing your RAID volumes using McRAID storage manager.

• Method 3: LCD Panel with Keypad

You can use LCD front panel and keypad function to simply create the RAID volume. The LCD status panel also informs you of the disk array’s current operating status at a glance.

The LCD conguration is described in a separate manual: ThunderBox 800_LCD manual. It is available on your Areca

CD, in the /docs folder. The LCD provides a system of screens with areas for information, status indication, or menus. The LCD screen displays up to two lines at a time of menu items

or other information. ThunderBox 800 default User Name is “admin” and the Password is “0000”.

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The LCD initial screen is shown below:

2.5.3.3 Format RAID Volumes

After the volume set is ready for system accesses, it needs to be partitioned, formatted, and mounted by the operating system.

The following steps show how to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows system.

1. Click “Start” ==> right-click “Computer” and select “Manage”.

2. Click “Disk Management” in the left pane.

3. Scroll down to the bottom of the middle pane. Windows will

display a list of new drives attached to your system with a label such as “Disk 1” or “Disk 2”, etc.

4. Right-click on the drive you want to partition and then again

to format it.

5. Once it’s formatted, Windows automatically assigns the next

available drive letter to it and then it will appear in Windows Explorer.

2.5.3.4 Unmounting RAID Volumes

To avoid possible data corruption, Areca recommends that

ThunderBox 800s volume(s) be properly unmounted from

the computer prior to turning off the RAID storage or safely removing the Thunderbolt interface cable.

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Note:

You can also safely remove devices from the computer folder. Click the "Start" button, click "Computer", right-click the device you want to remove, and then click "Eject".

To unmount ThunderBox 800 from a Windows system:

1. Click on the "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" icon

in the notication area, at the lower right-hand side of your

screen, and then, in the list of devices, choose the Thunder bolt storage volume option that you want to remove.

2. Windows will display a notication telling you it's safe to

remove the Thunderbolt storage volume. Now you can unplug the Thunderbolt cable.

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3. ArcHTTP Conguration

This chapter describes how to congure the “System Function” of ArcHTTP. The ArcHTTP proxy utility runs as a service or daemon, and has it automatically start the proxy for all RAID storages found. This

way the RAID storage can be managed remotely without having to sign in the server.

Start ArcHTTP– Browser Edition:

1. In Windows, right-click on “Start” menu and choose “Programs”. Clicking “MRAID” program icon starts the ArcHTTP utility (From the Start menu, choose Programs > MRAID > ArcHTTP).

2. On a Mac, there is one MARID icon showing on your desktop. This icon is for you to start up the ArcHTTP utility.

When you click the ArcHTTP, it shows all RAID storages available on

the system and “System Function” on left column of the “ArcHTTP Congurations” screen. The ArcHTTP has also integrated the email notication and SNMP function for user to send SNMP traps and e-mail notications. ArcHTTP conguration setting will store on a le name “ArcHTTPSrv.conf”.

• General Conguration

Binding IP: Restrict ArcHTTP proxy server to bind only single

interface (If more than one physical network in the server). HTTP Port#: Value 1~65535. Display HTTP Connection Information To Console: Select “Yes" to show Http send bytes and receive bytes information in the console.

Scanning PCI Device: Select “Yes” for ThunderBox 800 unit.

Scanning RS-232 Device: No. Scanning Inband Device: No.

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• Mail (Alert by Mail) Conguration

Many users require that email notications be sent to the

appropriate administrators when an alert is detected. To set up your

mail servers, click on the the “Mail Conguration” link. The “SMTP Server Congurations” allows you to dene settings for your mail

server. This setup screen is shown as below:

1. SMTP Server Conguration

SMTP Server IP Address: Enter the SMTP server IP address which is not McRAID storage manager IP.

Ex: 192.168.0.2.

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2. Mail Address Congurations

Sender Name: Enter the sender name that will be shown in the outgoing mail.

Ex: RaidController_1.

Mail address: Enter the sender email that will be shown in the outgoing mail, but don’t type IP to replace domain name.

Ex: [email protected].

Account: Enter the valid account if your SMTP mail server requires authentication. Password: Enter the valid password if your SMTP mail server requires authentication.

3. Event Notication Congurations

This step involves setting up of notication rules. Notication rules instruct ArcHTTP on the notications that should be sent

when certain types of alerts are detected. MailTo Name: Enter the alert receiver name that will be shown in the outgoing mail.

Mail Address: Enter the receiver's e-mail address. This is the

address you want the e-mail alerts sent to.

Ex: [email protected].

According to your requirement, set the corresponding event level:

Disable Event Notication: No event notication will be sent. Urgent Error Notication: Send only urgent events. Serious Error Notication: Send urgent and serious events. Warning Error Notication: Send urgent, serious and warning

events.

Information Notication: Send all events. Notication For No Event: Notify user if no event occurs within 24

hours.

• SNMP Traps Conguration

To enable the RAID storage to send the SNMP traps to client SNMP manager using the IP address assigned to the operating system, such as Net-SNMP manager, you can simply use the SNMP function

on the ArcHTTP proxy server software. To enable the RAID storage SNMP traps sending function, click on the “SNMP Conguration” link. The ArcHTTP proxy only provide one direction to send the trap to the SNMP manager without needing to install the SNMP extension

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agent on the host. If SNMP manager requests to query the SNMP

information from RAID storage, please refer the Appendix C "SNMP Operation & Installation". The “SNMP traps Conguration” menu will

show as following:

When you open the SNMP traps conguration page, you will see the

following settings:

1. SNMP Trap Congurations

Enter the SNMP trap IP address.

2. SNMP System Congurations

Community name acts as a password to screen accesses to the SNMP agent of a particular network device. Type the community

names of the SNMP agent in this eld. Before access is granted

to a request station, this station must incorporate a valid community name into its request; otherwise, the SNMP agent will

deny access to the system. Most network devices use “public” as

default of their community names. This value is case-sensitive.

3. SNMP Trap Notication Congurations

Before the client side SNMP manager application accepts the RAID storage traps, it is necessary to integrate the MIB into the management application’s database of events and status indicator codes. This process is known as compiling the MIB into the

application. This process is highly vendor-specic and should be

well-covered in the User’s Guide of your SNMP application. Ensure the compilation process successfully integrates the contents of

the areca_sas.mib le into the traps database. Please refer to Ap-

pendix C of “SNMP Operation & Installation”. The MIBs le resides

at: <CD-ROM>\packages\SNMP_MIBs on the software CD.

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• Rescan Device Conguration

Let’s assume you’ve put all Areca RAID storages to a system. The ArcHTTP scans the RAID storages on the system and create an individual RAID storage icon located on left column of the "ArcHTTP

Congurations" screen. This adapter icon is for user to launch web

browser RAID manager. If there is any RAID storage missed on the system start-up, you can use the "Rescan Device" function. The "Rescan Device" function is a procedure which forces the ArcHTTP to rescan the targets to allow a missed RAID storage to be added.

• Collect Support Data

Areca has added the “Collect Support Data” option on the ArcHTTP utility to download a support le (le name:ctlrxx-xxxxx.log) with all necessary information (system information, conguration, disk information, eventlog). The “Collect Support Data” function will be automatically started when ERROR or SERIOUS event occurred.”

Note:

Event Notication Table refer to Appendix D. After you conrm and submit congurations, you can use

"Generate Test Event" feature to make sure these settings are correct.

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4. Web Browser-based Conguration

If you need to use a RAID volume from ThunderBox 800 unit, you must rst create a RAID volume by using LCD or McRAID storage man-

ager. This chapter shows you how to set up RAID volumes using the McRAID storage manager application on a computer with an Thunder-

Box 800.

The McRAID storage manager is rmware-based utility, which is acces-

sible via the web browser installed on your operating system. The web browser-based McRAID storage manager is a HTML-based application, which utilizes the browser (Safari, IE and Mozilla etc) installed on your monitor station. It can be accessed through the in-band Thunderbolt bus or out-of-band onboard LAN port. The in-band-Thunderbolt bus method can launch the web browser-based McRAID storage manager

via ArcHTTP proxy server.

The rmware-embedded web browser-based McRAID storage manager

allows local or remote to access it from any standard internet browser.

The rmware-embedded SMTP manager monitors all system events and user can select either single or multiple user notications to be sent with “Plain English” e-mails. The rmware-embedded SNMP agent

allows remote to monitor events with no SNMP agent required. Use the McRAID storage manager to:

• Create RAID set

• Expand RAID set

• Dene volume set

• Add physical drive

• Modify volume set

• Modify RAID level/stripe size

• Dene pass-through disk drives

• Modify system function

• Update rmware

• Designate drives as hot spares

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4.1 Start-up McRAID Storage Manager

With McRAID Storage Manager, you can:

• Locally manage a system containing a supported RAID storage that has Windows or Mac OS X, ArcHTTP and a supported browser.

• Remote and managed systems must have a TCP/IP connection.

• McRAID Storage Manager from Local Administration (In-Band)

Once ArcHTTP and CLI have been installed, the ArcHTTP background task automatically starts each time when you start your thunderbolt-capable computer. There is one MRAID icon show-

ing on your “Desktop” or “Start” menu. This icon is for you to

start up the ArcHTTP (launch the McRAID storage manager) and CLI utility. When you click on the ArcHTTP from MRAID icon, it shows all RAID storages available on the host system and create an individual RAID storage icon located on left column

of the “ArcHTTP Congurations” screen. This RAID storage icon

is for user to launch the selected RAID storage web browser McRAID storage manager.

Locate “ThunderBox 800 Web Management” and launch the

selected McRAID RAID storage manager. Enter RAID storage

default User Name “admin” and the Password “0000” when the

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• McRAID Storage Manager Through LAN Port (Out-of-Band)

ThunderBox 800 also offers an alternative out-of-band method

for McRAID storage manager. User can access the built-in con-

guration without running the ArcHTTP proxy server on the host

system. The web browser-based McRAID storage manager is a HTML-based application, which utilizes the browser installed on your remote system. To ensure proper communications between the Thunderbolt RAID storage and McRAID storage manager, please connect the Thunderbolt RAID storage LAN port to any LAN switch port.

The RAID storage has embedded the TCP/IP & web browserbased McRAID storage manager in the rmware. User can remote manage the Thunderbolt RAID storage without adding any

user specic software (platform independent) via standard web

browsers directly connected to the 10/100Mbit RJ45 LAN port.

To congure Thunderbolt RAID storage on a remote machine,

you need to know its IP address. The IP address is default shown on the LCD initial start-up screen. Launch your McRAID storage manager by entering http://[IP Address] in the web browser.

4.2 McRAID Main Window

The following login screen is displayed in the browser. This screen

displays the initial start-up conguration.

The RaidSet Hierarchy displays the “Raid Set List”, “Volume Set List”, and “Physical Disk List”. The RAID set information, volume

set information, and drive information can also be viewed by

clicking on the “RAID Set Hierarchy”on the main menu screen.

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• To display RAID set information, move the mouse cursor to the desired RAID set number, then click on it. The RAID set infor mation will be displayed.

• To display volume set information, move the mouse cursor to the desired volume set number, then click it. The volume set information will be displayed.

• To display drive information, move the mouse cursor to the desired physical drive number, then click it. The drive informa tion will be displayed.

4.3 Main Menu

The main menu shows all available functions, accessible by clicking on the appropriate link.

Individual Category Description

Quick Function Create a default conguration, which is based

on the number of physical disks installed; it can modify the volume set Capacity, Raid Level, and Stripe Size.

Raid Set Functions Create a customized RAID set.

Volume Set Functions Create customized volume sets and modify the

existed volume sets parameter.

Physical Drives Create pass through disks and modify the existing

pass through drives parameters. Also provides the function to identify disk drives (blinking fault LED).

System Controls Setting the RAID system conguration.

Information Viewing the controller information. The Raid Set

Hierarchy can be viewed through the “Raid Set

Hierarchy” item.

4.4 Quick Function

The Quick Create option congures the arrays with just a few

steps. Although srives of different sizes may be used in the array, Quick Create will only operate upon drives of the same physical size.

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The number of physical drives in the RAID storage determines the Raid Levels that can be implemented with the RAID set. You can

create a RAID set associated with exactly one volume set. The user

can change the Raid Level, Capacity, Initialization Mode, and Stripe

Size. A hot spare option is also created, depending on the exist conguration. Click on the “Conrm The Operation” check box and click on the “Submit” button in the “Quick Create” screen, the RAID

set and volume set will start to initialize.

4.5 Raid Set Functions

Use the “Raid Set Function” and “Volume Set Function” if you prefer to customize your volume set. Manual conguration can provide full

control of the RAID set settings, but it will take longer to complete

than the “Quick Volume/Raid Setup” conguration. Select the “Raid Set Function” to manually congure the RAID set for the rst time or delete and recongure existing RAID sets. (A RAID set is a group

of disks containing one or more volume sets.)

4.5.1 Create Raid Set

To create a RAID set, click on the “Create Raid Set” link. A “Select The Drive For Raid Set” screen is displayed showing the drive(s)

connected to the current controller and enclosures. Click on the selected physical drives within the current RAID set. Enter 1 to 15

Note:

In “Quick Create”, your volume set is automatically congured

based on the number of disks in your system. Use the “Raid Set Functions” and “Volume Set Functions” if you prefer to customize your volume set, or RAID 30/50/60 volume set.

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Note:

To create RAID 30/50/60 volume, you need create multiple

RAID sets rstly with the same disk numbers on each RAID

set.

alphanumeric characters to dene a unique identier for a RAID set. The default RAID set name will always appear as “Raid Set #”.

Click the “Conrm The Operation” check box and click on the “Submit” button on the screen; the RAID set will start to initial-

ize. If you have available disk member, you can repeat above

procedures to dene another RAID sets. The “Max 128 volumes” is the default mode for SAS RAID storage. The “Max 16 volumes”

mode is used for support roaming this raidset to Areca SATA RAID controllers. The SATA RAID controller is designed to support up to

16 volumes only. You have to use “Max 16 volumes” on the raidset

mode if you plan to roam this raidset between SAS RAID controller and SATA RAID controller.

4.5.2 Delete Raid Set

To delete a RAID set, click on the “Deleted Raid Set” link. A “Select The Raid Set To Delete” screen is displayed showing all exist RAID sets in the current controller. Click the RAID set num-

ber which you want to delete in the select column on the delete

screen. Then, click the “Conrm The Operation” check box and click on the “Submit” button in the screen to delete it. The volume sets included in the “Delete RAID Set”. It will be deleted by this

action. But for the Raid 30/50/60, you need to delete the volumes belonging to those RAID sets.

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4.5.3 Expand Raid Set

Instead of deleting a RAID set and recreating it with additional

disk drives, the “Expand Raid Set” function allows the users to

add disk drives to the RAID set that have already been created.

To expand a RAID set:

1. Select the “Expand Raid Set” option. If there is an available disk, then the “Select SAS/SATA Drives For Raid Set Expansion”

screen appears.

2. Select the target RAID set by clicking on the appropriate radio button. Select the target disk by clicking on the appropriate

check box.

3. Click on the "Submit" button to start the expansion on the

RAID set.

The new additional capacity can be utilized by one or more volume sets. The volume sets associated with this RAID set appear for you to have chance to modify RAID level or stripe size. Follow the

instruction presented in the “Modify Volume Set” to modify the volume sets; operation system specic utilities may be required to expand operating system partitions.

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Note:

1. Once the “Expand Raid Set” process has started, user can

not stop it. The process must be completed.

2. If a disk drive fails during RAID set expansion and a hot

spare is available, an auto rebuild operation will occur

after the RAID set expansion completes.

3. RAID 30/50/60 does not support the "Expand Raid set".

4. RAID set expansion is a quite critical process, we strongly recommend customer backup data before expand. Unex-

pected accident may cause serious data corruption.

4.5.4 Ofine Raid Set

This function is for customer being able to unmount and remount a multi-disk volume. All Hdds of the selected RAID set will be put

into ofine state, spun down and fault LED in fast blinking mode.

User can remove those Hdds and insert new Hdds on those empty slots without needing power down the controller to perform the online array roaming.

4.5.5 Rename Raid Set

The default RAID set name will always appear as “Raid Set #” when it is rst created by the controller. The "Rename Raid Set"

function is for customer to rename the default RAID set name. To rename a RAID set from a group of RAID sets:

1. Click on the ”Rename Raid Set" link.

2. Click the RAID set check box from the list that you wish to re name. Click the “Submit” button. The following screen appears.

Use this option to rename the RAID set name.

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4.5.6 Activate Incomplete Raid Set

If one of the disk drives is removed in power off state, the RAID

set state will change to “Incomplete State”. If the user wants to

continue to operate the controller without power-off the RAID storage, the user can use the “Activate Incomplete Raid Set” option to active the RAID set. After the user completes this function,

the Raid State will change to “Degraded Mode” and start to work.

To activate the incomplete the RAID set, click on the “Activate

Raid Set” link. A “Select The Raid Set To Activate” screen is displayed showing all RAID sets existing on the current controller.

Click the RAID set number to activate in the select column.

Click on the “Submit” button on the screen to activate the RAID

set that had a disk removed (or failed) in the power off state. The RAID storage will continue to work in degraded mode.

4.5.7 Create Hot Spare

When you choose the “Create Hot Spare” option in the “Raid Set Function”, all unused physical devices connected to the current

controller appear. Select the target disk by clicking on the ap-

propriate check box. Click the “Conrm The Operation” check box and click the “Submit” button in the screen to create the hot

spares.

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The “Create Hot Spare” gives you the ability to dene a global or dedicated hot spare. Unlike “Global Hot Spare” which can be used with any RAID sets, “Dedicated Hot Spare” can only be used with a specic RAID set or Enclosure. When a disk drive fails in the

RAID set or enclosure with a dedicated hot spare is pre-set, data on the disk drive is rebuild automatically on the dedicated hot spare disk.

4.5.8 Delete Hot Spare

Select the target hot spare disk to delete by clicking on the ap-

propriate check box. Click the “Conrm The Operation” check box and click the “Submit” button on the screen to delete the hot

spares.

4.5.9 Rescue Raid Set

When the system is powered off in the RAID set update/creation

period, the conguration possibly could disappear due to this abnormal condition. The “RESCUE” function can recover the miss-

ing RAID set information. The RAID storage uses the time as the RAID set signature. The RAID set may have different time after

the RAID set is recovered. The “SIGANT” function can regenerate

the signature for the RAID set.

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4.6 Volume Set Functions

A volume set is seen by the host system as a single logical device. It is organized in a RAID level with one or more physical disks. RAID level refers to the level of data performance and protection of a volume set. A volume set capacity can consume all or a portion of the disk capacity available in a RAID set. Multiple volume sets

can exist on a group of disks in a RAID set. Additional volume sets created in a specied RAID set will reside on all the physical disks

in the RAID set. Thus each volume set on the RAID set will have its data spread evenly across all the disks in the RAID set.

The following is the volume set features for the RAID storage.

1. Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same RAID set and up to 128 volume sets per controller.

2. Up to 128 volume sets can be created in a RAID set.

3. The maximum addressable size of a single volume set is not lim-

ited to 2TB, because the controller is capable of 64-bit LBA mode. However the operating system itself may not be capable of addressing more than 2TB.

See Areca website ftp://ftp.areca.com.tw/RaidCards/Docu-

ments/Manual_Spec/ Over2TB_050721.ZIP le for details.

Caution:

Please contact us to make sure if you need to use rescue

function. Improperly usage may cause conguration

corruption.

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4.6.1 Create Volume Set (0/1/10/3/5/6)

To create volume set from RAID set storage, move the cursor bar

to the main menu and click on the “Create Volume Set” link. The “Select The Raid Set To Create On It” screen will show all RAID

set number. Tick on a RAID set number that you want to create

and then click on the “Submit” button.

The new create volume set attribute allows user to select the Volume Name, RAID Level, Capacity, Greater Two TB Volume Support, Initialization Mode, Strip Size, Cache Mode, Tagged Command Queuing, and SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI Lun.

• Volume Name

The default volume name will always appear as “ThunderBox 800-VOL”. You can rename the volume set providing it does not exceed the 15 characters limit.

•

Volume Raid Level

Set the Raid Level for the volume set. Highlight the desired RAID level and from the available levels option.

• Capacity

The maximum volume size is the default initial setting. Enter the appropriate volume size to t your application.

• Greater Two TB Volume Support

If volume capacity will exceed 2TB, controller will show the

"Greater Two TB Volume Support" sub-menu. Greater Two TB

Volume Support option: "No", "64bit LBA" and "4K Block".

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-No

It keeps the volume size with max. 2TB limitation.

-64bit LBA

This option uses 16 bytes CDB instead of 10 bytes. The maxi-

mum volume capacity is up to 512TB. This option works on different OS which supports 16 bytes CDB.

-4K Block

It changes the sector size from default 512 bytes to 4k bytes.

The maximum volume capacity is up to 16TB. This option

works under Windows platform only. And it can not be convert-

ed to “Dynamic Disk”, because 4k sector size is not a standard

format.

For more details please download PDF le from ftp://

ftp.areca.com.tw/RaidCards/Documents/Manual_Spec/ Over2TB_050721.zip

• Initialization Mode

This option is used to dene “Background Initialization”, “Foreground Initialization” or “No Init (To Rescue Volume)”. When “Background Initialization”, the initialization proceeds as a

background task, the volume set is fully accessible for system reads and writes. The operating system can instantly access to the newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and waiting

the initialization complete. When “Foreground Initialization”, the

initialization proceeds must be completed before the volume set ready for system accesses. There is no initialization happened

when you select “No Init” option. “No Init“ is for customer to

rescue volume without losing data in the disk.

• Stripe Size

This parameter sets the size of the stripe written to each disk in a RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 50 or 60 logical drive. You can set the

stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512KB or 1M. A larger stripe size produces better read per-

formance, especially if your computer does mostly sequential reads. However, if you are sure that your computer does random reads more often, select a smaller stripe size.

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• Cache Mode

The RAID storage supports “Write Through” and “Write Back”

cache.

• Volume Write Protection

When "Volume Write Protection" is enabled on the "Modify Volume Set", host commands fail if they are issued to a volume

in that RAID controller and attempt to modify a volume's data

or attributes. Volume Write Protection is used primarily for customer-initiated disaster recovery testing.

• Full Volume Encryption

ThunderBox 800 have featured with controller based hardware

encryption function. Controller based hardware encryption describes the encryption of data occurring at the disk array controller before being sent to the disk drives. Since RAID controller is a natural central point of all data therefore encryption

at this level is inherent and also reduces deployment complexity. ThunderBox 800 RAID controller has dedicated electronic

circuitry for the cryptographic engine embedded in the ROC and operating at full channel speeds. The hardware encryption does

not impact the performance of ThunderBox 800 RAID controller

and can implement on any kinds of HDD that is transparent to the user, the OS, and applications.

Encrypting your volume can give your data an extra layer of

protection be yond setting up a controller password. Encryption

will conceal your volume’s data and make accessing the les

almost im possible for anyone who does not know your encryption key. Data saved in the volume will be hidden by Algorithm developed by Areca Technology. With this scramble process, no one can see and access into the hidden volume data without

access key. ThunderBox 800 support 128- and 256-bit encryption keys using AES(a key size of 128, or 256 bits), or pass-

word (a variable key size). Each encryption key size causes the

Note:

•

RAID level 3 can’t modify the cache stripe size.

•

Roaming the stripe size 256K/512K/1M Raid Set to rmware

version older than 1.52 will cause data corruption.

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algorithm to behave slightly differently, so the increasing key sizes not only offer a larger number of bits with which you can

scramble the data, but also increase the complexity of the cipher algorithm. ARC-1882 adapters provide ve new key options in the ‘Full Volume Encryption:”Disable’, “256Bit key, Password”, “256Bit key, AES”, “128Bit key, Password”, “128Bit key, AES”.

You can generate the new key by CLI utility or API code function.

This volume encryption function can only work with ARC-1882

series with any kinds of HDD. You can follow below steps to enable the function.

1. Create volume set with “Full Volume Encryption” capability in

the web management.

2. Use CLI “vsf genkey” command or API code to generate key le.

3. Use “Download Volume Key File” in the web management or use CLI “vsf dlkey” command to download volume key le into rmware and unlock the volume.

4. Follow step 3. to unlock volume if volume locked.

• Tagged Command Queuing

The “Enabled” option is useful for enhancing overall system

performance under multi-tasking operating systems. The Command Tag (Drive Channel) function controls the SAS command tag queuing support for each drive channel. This

function should normally remain “Enabled”. “Disabled” this

function only when using SAS drives that do not support command tag queuing.

• SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI Lun

SCSI Channel: The RAID storage function is simulated as an

external SCSI RAID controller. The host bus is represented as a

SCSI channel. Choose the SCSI Channel. SCSI ID: Each SCSI device attached to the SCSI card, as well as the card itself, must be assigned a unique SCSI ID number. A SCSI channel can connect up to 15 devices. The RAID storage is a large SCSI device. Assign an ID from a list of SCSI IDs.

SCSI LUN: Each SCSI ID can support up to 8 LUNs. Most 6Gb/s

SAS controllers treat each LUN like a SAS disk.

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4.6.2 Create Raid30/50/60 (Volume Set 30/50/60)

To create 30/50/60 volume set from RAID set group, move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the “Create

Raid30/50/60” link. The “Select The Raid Set To Create Volume On It” screen will show all RAID set number. Tick on the RAID set

numbers (same disk numbers per RAID set) that you want to cre-

ate and then click on the “Submit” button.

The new create volume set attribute allows user to select the Volume Name, Raid Level, Capacity, Greater Two TB Volume Support, Initialization Mode, Stripe Size, Cache Mode, Tagged Command Queuing, and SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI Lun. Please refer to above section for details description of each item.

Note:

RAID level 30 50 and 60 can support up to two RAID set (two

pairs), but it can not support expansion and migration.

4.6.3 Delete Volume Set

To delete a volume from RAID set, move the cursor bar to the

main menu and click on the “Delete Volume Set” link. The “Select The Raid Set To Delete” screen will show all RAID set numbers. Click a RAID set number and the “Conrm The Operation” check box and then click the “Submit” button to show all volume set

items in the selected RAID set.

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Click a volume set number and the “Conrm The Operation” check box and then click the “Submit” button to delete the vol-

ume set.

4.6.4 Modify Volume Set

To modify a volume set from a RAID set:

1. Click on the “Modify Volume Set” link.

2. Click the volume set check box from the list that you wish to

modify.

Click the “Submit” button. The following screen appears.

Use this option to modify the volume set conguration. To modify

volume set attributes, move the cursor bar to the volume set at-

tribute menu and click it. The “Enter The Volume Attribute” screen

appears. Move the cursor to an attribute item and then click the

attribute to modify the value. After you complete the modication, click the “Conrm The Operation” check box and click the “Submit” button to complete the action. The user can only modify the

last volume set capacity.

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4.6.4.1 Volume Growth

Use “Expand Raid Set" function to add disk to a RAID set. The

additional capacity can be used to enlarge the last volume set

size or to create another volume set. The “Modify Volume Set” function can support the “Volume Modication” function. To expand the last volume set capacity, move the cursor bar to the “Capacity” item and entry the capacity size. When nished

the above action, click on the "Submit" button to complete the

action. The last volume set starts to expand its capacity.

To expand an existing volume noticed:

• Only the last volume can expand capacity.

• When expand volume capacity, you can’t modify stripe size or

modify RAID level simultaneously.

• You can expand volume capacity, but can’t reduce volume

capacity size.

• After volume expansion, the volume capacity can't be

decreased.

For greater 2TB expansion:

• If your system installed in the volume, don't expand the

volume capacity greater 2TB, except your OS and controller

can support boot up from a greater 2TB capacity device.

• Expand over 2TB used LBA64 mode. Please make sure your

OS supports LBA64 before expand it.

4.6.4.2 Volume Set Migration

Migrating occurs when a volume set is migrating from one RAID level to another, when a volume set strip size changes, or when a disk is added to a RAID set. Migration state is displayed in the

volume state area of the “RAID Set Hierachy” screen.

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Note:

1. If the volume is RAID level 30, 50, or 60, you can not change the volume to another RAID level. If the volume is RAID level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, or 6, you can not change the volume to RAID level 30, 50, or 60.

2. Power failure may damage the migration data. Please backup the RAID data before you start the migration function.

4.6.4.3 Volume Write Protection

When "Volume Write Protection" is enabled on the "Modify Volume Set", host commands fail if they are issued to a volume

in that RAID controller and attempt to modify a volume's data

or attributes. Volume Write Protection is used primarily for customer-initiated disaster recovery testing.

4.6.5 Check Volume Set

To check a volume set from a RAID set:

1. Click on the “Check Volume Set” link.

2. Click on the volume set from the list that you wish to check.

Click on “Conrm The Operation” and click on the “Submit” button. Use this option to verify the correctness of the redundant

data in a volume set. For example, in a system with dedicated

parity, volume set check means computing the parity of the data disk drives and comparing the results to the contents of the dedicated parity disk drive. The checking percentage can also be

viewed by clicking on “RAID Set Hierarchy” in the main menu.

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4.6.6 Schedule Volume Check

A volume check is a process that veries the integrity of redundant data. To verify RAID 3, 5, 6, 30, 50 or 60 redundancy, a volume check reads all associated data blocks, computes parity,

reads parity, and veries that the computed parity matches the

read parity.

Volume checks are very important because they detect and correct parity errors or bad disk blocks in the drive. A consistency check forces every block on a volume to be read, and any bad blocks are marked; those blocks are not used again. This is critical and important because a bad disk block can prevent a disk rebuild from completing. We strongly recommend that you run consistency checks on a regular basis—at least once per week

(set on “Scheduler”). Volume checks degrade performance, so

you can also run them when the system is idle (set on “Checking

After System Idle”).

Note:

Please make sure of the inconsistency source generated by parity error or bad data block before you click the recovery method. Otherwise, you will lose the recovery data.

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4.6.7 Stop Volume Set Check

Use this option to stop the “Check Volume Set” function.

4.6.8 Download Volume Key File

Get the key le which was generated by CLI “vsf genkey” command or API code for your ThunderBox 800. You can follow below steps to download volume key le.

1. To download volume key le into the rmware, move the mouse cursor to “Download Volume Key le” link and click it. The “Download Volume Encryption Key File” screen appears.

2. Click “Browse”. Look in the location to which the key le was generated. Select the le name and click “Open”.

3. Click “Conrm The Operation” and press the “Submit” button.

4. After the key le download is completed, a bar indicator will show “Key File Has Been Downloaded Successfully”.

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4.7 Physical Drive

Choose this option to select a physical disk from the main menu and then perform the operations listed below.

4.7.1 Create Pass-Through Disk

To create pass-through disk, move the mouse cursor to the main

menu and click on the “Create Pass-Through” link. The relative

setting function screen appears. A pass-through disk is not controlled by the RAID storage rmware; it can’t be a part of a volume set. The disk is available to the operating system as an individual disk. It is typically used on a system where the operating

system is on a disk not controlled by the RAID rmware. The user

can also select the Volume Cache Mode, Write Protection, Tagged Command Queuing, and SCSI channel/SCSI_ID/SCSI_LUN for this pass-through disk.

4.7.2 Modify Pass-Through Disk

Use this option to modify the pass-through disk attribute. The user can modify the Cache Mode, Tagged Command Queuing,

and SCSI Channel/ID/LUN on an existing pass-through disk. To

modify the pass-through drive attribute from the pass-through drive pool, move the mouse cursor bar and click on the “Modify

Pass-Through” link. The “Select The Pass Through Disk For Modication” screen appears mark the check box for the pass-through disk from the pass-through drive pool and click on the “Submit”

button to select drive.

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When the “Enter Pass-Through Disk Attribute” screen appears,

modify the drive attribute values, as you want. After you com-

plete the selection, mark the check box for “Conrm The Operation” and click on the “Submit” button to complete the selection

action.

4.7.3 Delete Pass-Through Disk

To delete a pass-through drive from the pass-through drive pool, move the mouse cursor bar to the main menus and click the “De-

lete Pass Through” link. After you complete the selection, mark the check box for “Conrm The Operation” and click the “Submit”

button to complete the delete action.

4.7.4 Clone Disk

Instead of deleting a RAID set and recreating it with larger disk

drives, the “Clone Disk” function allows the users to replace larger

disk drives to the RAID set that have already been created. Click

the “Clone Disk” option on the “Physical Drives” link to enable the

clone function. If there is an available disk, then the “Select The

Drives For Cloning” screen appears. There are two “Clone Disk” function options: ”Clone And Replace ” and “Clone Only.”

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Clone Disk Procedure

1. Select one of the members as the “Clone Source” (status indi cated as Raid Set #) by clicking on the appropriate check

box.

2. Select a “Clone Target” (status indicated as Free or Hot Spare) by clicking on the appropriate check box.

3. If you have available disk member, you can repeat above pro

cedures to dene another clone pair.

4. Select Clone Type.

The pair number for both the “Clone Source” and the “Clone Target” will be indicated in the screen. Click the “Conrm The Operation” check box and click on the “Submit” button on the

screen; the controller will automatically start the cloning process

using the existing “stand-by” (Free or Hot Spare drive) to clone

the source drive (the Raid Set member drive). The cloning pro-

cess percentage will be indicated in the “Volume State” area of the “Volume Set Information” screen. Completion of the Clone function process will be indicated by a notication message on the

event log.

4.7.4.1 Clone And Replace

You can enlarge your logical drives by copying and replacing all

member drives with drives of higher capacity. The existing data

in the logical drives is copied onto the new drives, and then the

original members are marked as “Ofined”.

4.7.4.2 Clone Only

The stand-by disk will clone the logical drives without substituting it. The status of the stand-by drive will be marked as “Of-

ined” after the cloning process. The source drive will remain a

member of the logical drive.

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4.7.5 Abort Cloning

Use this function to stop the ongoing clone disk action.

4.7.6 Set Disk To Be Failed

It sets a normal working disk as “failed” so that users can test

some of the features and functions.

4.7.7 Activate Failed Disk

It forces the current “failed” disk in the system to be back online. “Activate Failed Disk” function has no effect on the removed disks, because a “removed” disk does not give the controller a chance to mark it as “failure”.

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Followings are considered as “Removed-Disk”:

1. Manually removed by user.

2. Losing PHY connection due to bad connector, cable, backplane.

3. Losing PHY connection due to disk fail. Basically, in the eyes of the controller, the disk suddenly disappears due to whatever reason.

4.7.8 Identify Enclosure

To prevent removing the wrong enclosure, the selected Areca expander enclosure all disks fault LED indicator will light for physically locating the selected enclosure when the “Identify Enclo-

sure” is selected. This function will also light the enclosure LED indicator, if it is existed.

4.7.9 Identify Drive

To prevent removing the wrong drive, the selected disk fault LED indicator will light for physically locating the selected disk

when the “Identify Selected Device” is selected.

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4.8 System Controls

4.8.1 System Cong

To set the RAID system function, move the cursor to the main

menu and click the “System Controls” link. The “Raid System Function” menu will show all items, and then select the desired

function.

• System Beeper Setting

The “System Beeper Setting” function is used to “Disabled” or “Enabled” the RAID storage alarm tone generator.

• Background Task Priority

The “Background Task Priority” is a relative indication of how

much time the controller devotes to a rebuild operation. The RAID storage allows the user to choose the rebuild prioity (UltraLow, Low, Medium and High) to balance volume set access and rebuild tasks appropriately. For high array performance,

specify a “Low” value.

• JBOD/RAID Conguration

JBOD is an acronym for “Just a Bunch Of Disk”. A group of hard disks in a RAID box are not set up as any type of RAID conguration. All drives are available to the operating system

as an individual disk. JBOD does not provide data redundancy. User needs to delete the RAID set, when you want to change the option from the RAID to the JBOD function.

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• SATA NCQ Support

The controller supports both SAS and SATA disk drives. The SATA NCQ allows multiple commands to be outstanding within a drive at the same time. Drives that support NCQ have an internal queue where outstanding commands can be dynamically rescheduled or re-ordered, along with the necessary tracking mechanisms for outstanding and completed portions of the workload. The RAID storage allows the user to select

the SATA NCQ support: “Enabled” or “Disabled”.

• HDD Read Ahead Cache

Allow Read Ahead (Default: Enabled) — When Enabled, the drive’s read ahead cache algorithm is used, providing

maximum performance under most circumstances.

• Volume Data Read Ahead

The volume read data ahead parameter species the controller rmware algorithms which process the Read Ahead data

blocks from the disk. The read ahead parameter is normal by default. To modify the value, you must set it from the command line using the Read Ahead option. The normal option

satises the performance requirements for a typical volume. The disabled value implies no read ahead. The most efcient

value for the controllers depends on your application. Aggressive read ahead is optimal for sequential access but it degrades random access.

• HDD Queue Depth

This parameter is adjusted the queue depth capacity of NCQ (SATA HDD) or Tagged Command Queuing (SAS HDD) which transmits multiple commands to a single target without waiting for the initial command to complete.

• Empty HDD Slot LED

The rmware has added the "Empty HDD Slot LED" option

to setup the fault LED light "ON "or "OFF" when there is no HDD installed. When each slot has a power LED for the HDD installed identify, user can set this option to "OFF". Choose

option "ON", the RAID storage will light the fault LED; if no HDD installed.

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• Max Command Length

Max Command Length is used to set a "best" IO size for the

RAID storage.

• Auto Activate Incomplete Raid

When some of the disk drives are removed in power off state or boot up stage, the RAID set state will change to “Incom-

plete State”. But if a user wants to automatically continue to

work while the RAID storage is powered on, the user can set

the “Auto Activate Incomplete Raid” option to enable. The RAID state will change to “Degraded Mode” while it powers

on.

• Disk Write Cache Mode

User can set the “Disk Write Cache Mode” to Auto, Enabled, or Disabled. “Enabled” increases speed, “Disabled” increases

reliability.

• Write Same For Initialization

Drives that support the Write Same feature (SCT) can write to multiple drive sectors at once, improving initialization time. To take advantage of this feature, all the drives in the unit must

support “Write Same” command. User can set the “SAS And SATA”, “SAS Only”, “SATA Only or “Disabled” for the controller

initialization.

• Hot Plugged Disk For Rebuilding

It denes if the RAID array volume should start rebuilding or

not when detects a disk is inserted/re-inserted during online.

The options are: “Blank Disk Only”, “Always”, and “Disable”. The default is “Blank Disk Only”.

“Blank Disk Only” – it will trigger the rebuilding if and only if

the inserted disk has not been in the RAID array before, which has no RAID signature on it. So when a previously removed disk is self re-inserted, it won’t trigger the degraded RAID array to rebuild, and so that the administrator has a chance to identify this miss-behaving disk and replace it.

“Always” – it is what it was before. Whenever a disk is inserted/re-inserted whether new or previously existed, it always

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triggers a rebuilding for the Degraded RAID set/Volume.

“Disable” – it will not trigger rebuilding regardless what sort of disk plugging in. When “Disable” and/or “Blank Disk Only” is

selected, the re-inserted/previously removed disk will be identied as a disk in a separate RAID set with duplicated RAIDset# and with all the rest of RAID members missing.

• Disk Capacity Truncation Mode

RAID storage uses drive truncation so that drives from differing vendors are more likely to be able to be used as spares for each other. Drive truncation slightly decreases the usable capacity of a drive that is used in redundant units. The controller

provides three truncation modes in the system conguration:

“Multiples Of 10G”, “Multiples Of 1G”, and “Disabled”.

“Multiples Of 10G” – If you have 120 GB drives from different vendors; chances are that the capacity varies slightly. For

example, one drive might be 123.5 GB, and the other 120

GB. Multiples Of 10G truncates the number under tens. This makes same capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other.

“Multiples Of 1G” – If you have 123 GB drives from different vendors; chances are that the capacity varies slightly. For

example, one drive might be 123.5 GB, and the other 123.4

GB. Multiples Of 1G truncates the fractional part. This makes capacity for both of these drives so that one could replace the other.

“Disabled” – It does not truncate the capacity.

• Smart Option For HDD

This option is used to increase the reliability of SSDs/HDDs by automatically copying data from a drive with potential to fail to a designated hot spare or newly inserted drive. The options

are: “Failed The Drive”, “Failed The Drive If Hot Sapre Exist”, and “Alert Only”. The default is “Alert Only”.

“Failed The Drive” – controllers kill off the SMART fail drive im-

mediately.

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“Failed The Drive If Hot Sapre Exist” – controllers kill off the SMART fail disk if hot sapre dive is existed.

“Alert” – it will trigger alert when there happens a SMART fail

drive.

• Smart Polling Interval

Besides the scheduled volume check, user can dene the

Smart Pulling Interval to pull the SMART status of each disk.

The default is “on demand”. User can schedule every certain

period of time interval to pull the SMART status of each disk.

When SMART pulling is executed, disk activity will be temporally halted until the SMART parameter reading is nished. That is why you don’t want to set the “ Smart Polling Interval”

too frequent. What to use is up to the users to decide based

on their applications and experimental results.

4.8.2 Advanced Conguration

To set the RAID storage advanced system function, move the cur-

sor to the main menu and click the “Advanced Conguration” link. The “Advanced Conguration” menu will show all items, and then

select the desired function.

• TLER Setting

TLER (time-limited error recovery) functions provide support for WD Caviar RE (RAID) series disks. This is a new option from WD to support RAID features that were traditionally missing from standard desktop drives. TLER is a method of signaling the system RAID controller in the event that an error

recovery process is taking longer than time-out specications

allow. This prevents the RAID controller from dropping the

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drive from the array during this period. Default value is manufacture setting. You can select between 5, 6 and 7 second. This feature is used to setup the HDD internal timeout value.

• Timeout Setting

Disk time-out is a registry setting that denes the time that

RAID controller will wait for a hard disk to respond to a command. You can modify the retry value by entering a new value in the edit box beside this button and then selecting the button. Normally you should not need to modify this value. De-

fault value is 8 seconds: You can select between 3~8 second.

• Number of Retries

This setting determines the number of access that will be attempted before the current command from the RAID controller to the disk drive is aborted. You can modify the retry value

by entering a new value in the edit box beside this button and

then selecting the button. Normally you should not need to modify this value. There are two selections, either 2 retry or 3 retry.

• Buffer Threshold

This new feature there are 3 options; 25%, 50%, 75%. The percentage represents how much data should be kept in resident cache memory (how full cache should get) before controller starts to ush data onto the hard drives. If the buffer is set for 25%, then all 25% will be cached and is used for writing data. The remaining cache memory will be used for reading and other system overhead. Write buffer threshold for 5% is added for video recording. This option will push data to disk early.

This feature gives controller extra buffer time in case of slow

response from the hard drives within a given time. Conse-

quently, this can prevent a pause in data ow and there will

be continued data access and stream. This feature is very useful for the video streaming applications where there is high

demand for constant non-stop data ow with no interruption due to lower performance of specic hardware.

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• Amount of Read Ahead

Read-Ahead data is buffered in the RAID controller cache,

however, thereby cutting down on the amount of I/O trafc to the disk. The Amount of Read Ahead denes how many data of reading at a time, making more efcient use of the RAID

storage. This makes it possible to locate and re-issue the data without repetitive hard parsing activities.

The Amount of Read Ahead parameter is used to allocate an amount of memory in the cache memory the frequently

executed queries and return the result set back to the host without real disk read execution. Default value is Auto: Con-

troller will base on the HDD number to set the amount of Read

Ahead value. You can select between 512KB ~ 16MB.

• Number of AV Stream

RAID controllers are required to have not only the function of processing ordinary data but also the function of dealing with AV (audio/video) stream data needing real-time processing. Since the bus cycle used in RAID controller was designed to

transfer the computer data exactly, it was unsuitable for the

transfer of AV stream needing great band widths. They are required to do some setting for the handshaking during the processing of stream data. This setting is an object of trans-

ferring stream data efciently on an existing RAID controller.

Normally you should not need to modify this value. Default value is 6. You can select between 6~256.

To decide how to set AV stream play out parameter, you need to check the Number of Stream, Amount of Read Ahead, and Total Cache Memory during runtime. You can try to adjust the three numbers to get the best performance as your requirement. Number of Stream shows the number of stream added to the system, Amount of Read Ahead shows the amount of Read Ahead data taken from the cache without real disk

execution, and Total Cache Memory shows the total available

memory being installed in the RAID controller.

• Optimize AV Recording

AV recording option is for video recording (no time limit), but if used in normal operation, performance may be degraded. This new feature there are 4 options; Disabled, Mode1, Mode2

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and Mode 3. Default value is “Disabled”. Our controller cache

uses LRU method; there have no special memory capacity reserved for read or write. The Mode 1, 2 and 3 are used to de-

ne the command sorting method. The default sorting method

is helpful for normal applications, but not useful for AV ap-

plications, so we have dened three different sorting methods

for these special applications. To decide how to optimize AV stream recording parameter, you need to adjust the Optimize AV Recording, and Write Buffer Threshold during runtime.

• Read Performance Margin

The “Read Performance Margin” is for controller to reserve

n% read margin during AV stream recording. It is designed to eliminate the frame drop and ensure to provide the smooth and stable performance on the application.

• Write Performance Margin

The “Write Performance Margin” is for controller to reserve n%

write margin AV stream recording. It is designed to eliminate the frame drop and ensure to provide the smooth and stable performance on the application.

• Read And Discard Parity Data

This function is used to determine if parity data is to be read and discarded. It is designed to eliminate the frame drop and ensure to provide the smooth and stable performance on the application.

• BIOS Selection

It combines the “Legacy BIOS” and “UEFI BIOS” and “EFI BIOS” into a single BIOS, and provide BIOS option in the GUI. In the old days, Areca provided separate BIOS les for each, and need to manually ash it in. Now ashing BIOS for differ-

ent BIOS type is no longer needed, just make the BIOS selec-

tion in System Controls: Advance Conguration: BIOS Option.

The controller provides three BIOS options.

“Legacy” – for motherboards that are using regular BIOS boot. “UEFI” – for motherboards (especially Intel’s motherboards)

using UEFI boot

“EFI” – for Intel based MacPro boot “Disable” – disable controller BIOS at POST (set to 0xFF) ==> If BIOS is to be disabled --> All data are 0xFF

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• Stagger Power On Control

In a PC system with only one or two drives, the power can supply enough power to spin up both drives simultaneously. But in systems with more than two drives, the startup current from spinning up the drives all at once can overload the power supply, causing damage to the power supply, disk drives and other system components. This damage can be avoided by allowing the host to stagger the spin-up of the drives. The SAS/SATA drives have supported the staggered spin-up capabilities to boost reliability. The staggered drive spin-up is a very useful feature for managing multiple disk drives in a storage. It gives the host the ability to spin up the disk drives sequentially or in groups, allowing the drives to come ready at the optimum time without straining the system power supply. The staggered drive spin-up in a multiple drive environment

also avoids the extra cost of a power supply designed to meet

short-term startup power demand as well as steady state conditions.

With this option it gives the RAID storage the ability to spin up the disk drives sequentially staggered power up value. The

4.8.3 HDD Power Management

Areca has automated the ability to manage HDD power based

on usage patterns. The “HDD Power Management” allows you to choose a “Stagger Power On Control”, “Low Power Idle”, “Low RPM” and completely “Spins Down Idle HDD”. It is designed to

reduce power consumption and heat generation on idle drives. To set the HDD power management function, move the cursor to

the main menu and click the “HDD Power Management” link. The “HDD Power Management” menu will show all items, and then

select the desired function.

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values can be selected from 0.4 to 6 seconds per step which powers up one drive.

• Time to Hdd Low Power Idle

This option delivers lower power consumption by automatically unloading recording heads during the setting idle time.

The values can be selected “Disabled” or within the range 2 to

7 minutes.

• Time To Hdd Low RPM Mode

This function can automatically spin disks at lower RPM if there have not been used during the setting idle time. The

values can be selected “Disabled” or within the range 10 to 60

minutes.

• Time To Spin Down Idle HDD

This function can automatically spin down the drive if it hasn’t been accessed for a certain amount of time. This value is used by the drive to determine how long to wait (with no disk activity, before turning off the spindle motor to save power). The

values can be selected “Disabled” or within the range 1 to 60

minutes.

• SATA Power Up In Standby

SATA Power Up In Standby (power management 2 mode,

PM2) is a SATA disk drive conguration which prevents the drive from automatic spinup when power is applied. “Enabled”

option allows the drive to be powered-up into the Standby power management state to minimize inrush current at power-up and to allow the controller to sequence the spinup of devices. It is mainly for server/workstation environments

operating in multiple-drive congurations.

4.8.4 Ethernet Conguration

Use this feature to set the controller Ethernet port conguration.

A customer doesn’t need to create a reserved space on the arrays before the Ethernet port and HTTP service are working. The rmware-embedded web browser-based RAID manager can access it from any standard internet browser or from any host computer either directly connected or via a LAN or WAN with no software or

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patches required. To congure the RAID controller Ethernet port,

move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the “System

Controls” link. The “System Controls” menu will show all items. Move the cursor bar to the “Ethernet Conguration” item, and

then select the desired function.

• DHCP Function

DHCP (Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol) is a protocol that

lets network administrators manage centrally and automate

the assignment of IP (Internet Protocol) congurations on a

computer network. When using the internet’s set of protocols (TCP/IP), in order for a computer system to communicate to another computer system, it needs a unique IP address. Without DHCP, the IP address must be entered manually at each computer system. DHCP lets a network administrator supervise and distribute IP addresses from a central point. The purpose of DHCP is to provide the automatic (dynamic)

allocation of IP client congurations for a specic time period

(called a lease period) and to eliminate the work necessary to administer a large IP network.

• Local IP address

If you intend to set up your client computers manually (no DHCP), make sure that the assigned IP address is in the same range as the default router address and that it is unique to your private network. However, it is highly recommend to use DHCP if that option is available on your network. An IP address allocation scheme will reduce the time it takes to set-up client computers and eliminate the possibilities of administra-

tive errors and duplicate addresses. To manually congure

the IP address of the controller, move the cursor bar to Local IP address item, then reassign the static IP address of the controller.

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• Gateway IP address

A gateway is a node (a router) on a TCP/IP network that serves as an access point to another network. A default gateway is the node on the computer network that the network software uses when an IP address does not match any other routes in the routing table.

• Subnet Mask

A Subnet mask is a 32-bit number that masks an IP address, and divides the IP address into network address and host address.

• HTTP Port Number

To manually congure the “HTTP Port Number” of the controller, move the cursor bar to “HTTP Port Number” item, then reassign the default “HTTP Port Number” of the controller.

• Telnet Port Number

To manually congure the “Telnet Port Number” of the controller, move the cursor bar to “Telnet Port Number” item, then reassign the default “Telnet Port Number” of the controller.

• SMTP Port Number

To manually congure the “SMTP Port Number” of the controller, Move the cursor bar to “SMTP Port Number” item, then reassign the default “SMTP Port Number” of the controller.

4.8.5 Alert By Mail Conguration

To congure the RAID storage e-mail function, move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the “System Controls” link. The “System Controls” menu will show all items. Move the cursor bar to the “Alert By Mail Conguration” item, and then select

the desired function. This function can only be set via web-based

conguration.

Note:

If you congure the HTTP Port Number to 0, the HTTP

console will be closed.

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The rmware contains a SMTP manager monitoring all system events. Single or multiple user notications can be sent via “Plain English” e-mails with no software required. (Please refer to SMTP Sever Conguration, Mail Address Conguration and Event Notication Conguration on chapter 3 “ArcHTTP Conguration” ).

4.8.6 SNMP Conguration

Please refer to Appendix C of SNMP Operation & Installation.

4.8.7 NTP Conguration

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source, such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. It provides accuracies typically within a millisecond on LANs and up to a few tens of milliseconds on WANs relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) via a Global Positioning Service (GPS) receiver, for

example:

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Note:

NTP feature works through onboard Ethernet port. So you must make sure that you have connected onboard Ethernet port.

• NTP Sever Address

The most important factor in providing accurate, reliable time

is the selection of NTP servers to be used in the conguration le. Typical NTP congurations utilize multiple redundant serv-

ers and diverse network paths in order to achieve high accura-

cy and reliability. Our NTP conguration supports two existing

public NTP synchronization subnets.

• Time Zone

Time Zone conveniently runs in the system tray and allows you to easily view the date and time in various locations around the world. You can also quickly and easily add your own personal locations to customize time zone the way you want.

• Automatic Daylight Saving

Automatic Daylight Saving will normally attempt to automatically adjust the system clock for daylight saving changes based on the computer time zone. This tweak allows you to disable the automatic adjustment.

4.8.8 View Events/Mute Beeper

To view the RAID storage’s event information, click on the “View

Event/Mute Beeper” link. The RAID storage “System events Information” screen appears. The mute beeper function automatically enable by clicking on “View Events/Mute Beeper”.

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4.8.10 Clear Events Buffer

Use this feature to clear the entire events buffer information.

Select this option to view the system events information: Time, Device, Event Type, Elapse Time and Errors. The RAID storage does not have a built-in real time clock. The time information is

the relative time from the system time setting. The maximum

event no. is 256 per controller.

4.8.9 Generate Test Event

Use this feature to generate events for testing purposes.

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Note:

The manufacture default password is set to 0000.

4.8.11 Modify Password

To set or change the RAID storage password, select “System Con-

trols” from the menu and click on the “Modify Password” link. The “Modify System Password” screen appears.

The password option allows user to set or clear the RAID storage’s password protection feature. Once the password has been

set, the user can only monitor and congure the RAID storage by

providing the correct password. The password is used to protect the RAID storage from unauthorized entry. The controller will check the password only when entering the main menu from the initial screen. The RAID storage will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command in 5 minutes. Do not use spaces when you enter the password. If spaces are used, it will lock out the user.

To disable the password, leave the elds blank. Once the user conrms the operation and clicks the “Submit” button, the exist-

ing password will be cleared. Then, no password checking will occur when entering the main menu from the starting screen.

4.8.12 Update Firmware

Please refer to the appendix A “Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process”.

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4.9 Information

4.9.1 Raid Set Hierarchy

Use this feature to view the RAID storage current RAID set, current volume set and physical disk information. The volume state and capacity are also shown in this screen.

4.9.2 SAS Chip Information

To view the RAID storage’s 6Gb/s SAS ROC chip information, move the mouse cursor to the main menu and click on the “SAS

Chip Information” link. The RAID storage “SAS Chip Information”

screen appears.

User can click on “controller: Areca ThunderBox 800” item on the “SAS Chip Information” screen. It will show statistic page for ports on the ROC controller. Click on the “Clear Error Log” to re-

fresh the fully statistic page.

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4.9.3 System Information

To view the RAID storage’s system information, move the mouse

cursor to the main menu and click on the “System Information” link. The RAID storage “RAID Subsystem Information” screen ap-

pears. Use this feature to view the RAID storage’s system infor-

mation. The controller name, controller rmware version, Boot ROM version, SAS rmware version, serial number, main proces-

sor, CPU instruction/data cache size, system memory size/speed, and current IP address appear in this screen.

4.9.4 Hardware Monitor

The hardware monitor information of the enclosure attached in this controller is also shown on this screen.

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Appendix A

Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process

A-1 Overview

Since the ThunderBox 800 Thunderbolt RAID storage features ash ROM rmware, it is not necessary to change the hardware ash chip in order to upgrade the RAID rmware. The user can simply re-program the old rmware through the in-Band Thunderbolt port

or out-of-band LAN port McRAID storage manager. New releases of

the rmware are available in the form of a DOS le on the shipped CD or Areca website. The les available at the FTP site for each model contain the following les in each version:

ARC8050NNNN.BIN: Software binary code (“NNNN” refers to the

software code type)

ARC8050BIOS.BIN:→ PCIe 2.0 BIOS for system board using ARC8050BOOT.BIN:→ RAID controller hardware initialization ARC8050FIRM.BIN:→ RAID kernel program ARC8050MBR0.BIN:→ Master Boot Record for supporting Dual Flash Image in the ThunderBox 800 6Gb/s SAS RAID storage

README.TXT contains the history information of the software code

change in the main directory. Read this le rst to make sure you are upgrading to the proper binary le. Select the right le for the upgrade. Normally, user upgrades ARC8050FIRM.BIN for RAID function. All these les in the rmware package are a part of the rmware. You should update all les in the package, no special update order needed. New rmware works after a system restart not instant available, so you can update all les before restart the system. The controller rmware is independent of the array; update rmware does not touch anything you stored in the array.

Note:

ThunderBox 800 uses the same rmware package of ARC1882 series RAID adapters. Please update all binary code

(BIOS, BOOT, FIRM and MBR0) before you reboot system.

Otherwise, a mixed rmware package may hang the controller.

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A-2 Upgrading Firmware Through McRAID Storage Manager

Get the new version rmware for your RAID storage. For example, download the bin le from your OEM’s web site onto the C: drive.

1. To upgrade the RAID storage rmware, move the mouse cursor to “Upgrade Firmware” link. The “Upgrade The Raid System Firmware or Boot Rom” screen appears.

2. Click "Browse". Look in the location to which the Firmware

upgrade software was downloaded. Select the le name and click “Open”.

3. Click “Conrm The Operation” and press the “Submit” button.

4. The web browser begins to download the rmware binary to the controller and start to update the ash ROM.

5. After the rmware upgrade is complete, a bar indicator will show “Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully”.

6. After the new rmware package completes downloading, nd a chance to restart the controller/computer for the new rmware

to take effect.

The web browser-based McRAID storage manager can be accessed through the in-band Thunderbolt port or out-of-band LAN port.

The in-band method uses the ArcHTTP proxy server to launch the

McRAID storage manager. The out-of-band method allows local or remote to access the McRAID storage manager from any standard internet browser via a LAN or WAN with no software or patches required.

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Controller with onboard LAN port, you can directly plug an Ethernet cable to the controller LAN port. After network connected, you can

nd the current IP address in the LCD panel.

From a remote pc, you can directly open a web browser and enter the IP address. Then enter user name and password to login and

start your management. You can nd the rmware update feature

from the "Upgrade Firmware" option on the "System Controls".

A-3 Upgrading Firmware Through CLI

This Command Line Interface (CLI) provides you to congure and

manage the RAID storage components in Mac and Windows environment. The CLI is useful in environments where a graphical user interface (GUI) is not available. Through the CLI, you perform

rmware upgrade that you can perform with the McRAID storage manager GUI. The controller has added protocol on the rmware for user to update the controller rmware package (BIOS, BOOT,

FIRM and MBR0) through the CLI utility.

To update the controller rmware, follow the procedure below:

Parameter:<path=<PATH_OF_FIRMWARE_FILE>>

Fn: Firmware Updating.

Ex: Update Firmware And File Path Is In [C:\FW\ARC8050FIRM.BIN.] Command: sys updatefw path=c:\fw\arc8050rm.bin [Enter]

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Appendix B

Battery Backup Module (ARC-6120BA-T021)

ThunderBox 800 operates using cache memory. The Battery Backup Module is an add-on module that provides power to the RAID storage cache memory in the event of a power failure. The BBM monitors the write back cache on the RAID storage, and provides power to the cache memory if it contains data not yet written to the hard drives when power failure occurs.

B-1 BBM Connector and Components

This section provides the board layout and connector/jumper for the BBM.

• D13 (Green): light when BBM activated

• D14 (Red): light when BBM charging

• D15 (Green): light when BBM normal

B-2 Status of BBM

The BBM status will be shown on the web browser of "Hardware Monitor Information" screen.

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B-3 Installation

1. Make sure all power to the RAID storage is disconnected.

2. Install the “six eaves copper pillars” on the three mounting

position (NH1, NH2 and NH3) and secures it using round head screws.

3. Connector J1 is available for the optional battery backup

module. Connect the BBM cable from this connector to the 12-pin (J6) battery connector on the RAID storage controller.

4. Integrators provide pre-drilled holes in their cabinet for secur-

ing the three “six eaves copper pillars” on the BBM using

round head screws.

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B-4 Battery Backup Capacity

Battery backup capacity is dened as the maximum duration

of a power failure for which data in the cache memory can be maintained by the battery. The BBM’s backup capacity duration can retain the cache content for a limited interval (typically 72 hours).

B-5 Operation

1. Battery conditioning is automatic. There are no manual pro-

cedures for battery conditioning or preconditioning to be performed by the user.

2. In order to make sure of all the capacity is available for your

battery cells; allow the battery cell to be fully charged when

installed for the rst time. The rst time charge of a battery

cell takes about 24 hours to complete.

3. Set the “Disk Write Cache Mode”: Auto, if "Disk Write Cache"

option does not set on the “Auto”.

4. Set the volume set "Cache Mode": Write-Back Cache.

B-6 Battery Functionality Test Procedure

1. Write amount of data into controller volume, about 5GB or

bigger.

2. Waiting for few seconds, power failed system by remove the

power cable

3. Check the battery status, battery beeps every few seconds.

4. Power on system, and login in the RAID storage.

5. Check the controller event log; make sure the event shows

controller boot up with power recovered.

B-7 Changing the Battery Backup Module

At some point, the LI-ION battery will no longer accept a charge

properly. LI-ION battery life expectancy is anywhere from approximately 1 to 5 years.

1. Power down the RAID storage properly. Make sure that cache

memory has been ushed.

2. Remove all “Round head screws” from the cabinet.

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3. Disconnect the BBM cable from J6 on the RAID storage con-

troller.

4. Disconnect the battery pack cable from JP2 on the BBM.

5. Install a new battery pack and connect the new battery pack

to JP2.

6. Connect the BBM to J6 on the RAID storage controller.

7. Secure the “Round head screws” into the BBM.

B-8 BBM Specications

Mechanical

• Module Dimension (W x H x D)

37.3 x 13 x 81.6 mm

Environmental

• Operating Temperature

Temperature: 0O C to +40O C Humidity: 45-85%, non-condensing

• Storage Temperature

Temperature: -40O C to 60O C

Humidity: 45-85%, non-condensing

• Electrical

Input Voltage +3.6VDC

• On Board Battery Capacity

1880mAH (1 * 1880mAH) for ThunderBox 800

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Appendix C

SNMP Operation & Installation

C-1 Overview

McRAID storage manager includes a rmware-embedded Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent and SNMP Extension

Agent for the Areca RAID controller. An SNMP-based management application (also known as an SNMP manager) can monitor the disk

array. An example of a SNMP management application is HewlettPackard’s Open View, Net-SNMP or SNMPc. The SNMP extension

agent can be used to augment the Areca RAID controller if you are already running an SNMP management application at your site.

C-2 SNMP Denition

SNMP, an IP-based protocol, has a set of commands for getting the status of target devices. The SNMP management platform is called the SNMP manager, and the managed devices have the SNMP agent loaded. Management data is organized in a hierarchical data structure called the Management Information Base (MIB). These

MIBs are dened and sanctioned by various industry associations. Each type of device on your network has its own specic MIB le. The MIB le denes the device as a set of managed objects — val-

ues that can be read or changed by the SNMP manager. The MIB

le enables the SNMP manager to interpret trap messages from

devices. To make sense out of a trap that’s sent by a device, the SNMP manager needs to have access to the MIB that describes the format and content of the possible traps that the device can send. The objective is for all vendors to create products in compliance with these MIBs so that inter-vendor interoperability can be achieved. To be available for the SNMP manager, a command adds

the MIB le for each of devices to the MIB database. This enables

the devices to be managed via the SNMP manager.

The following gure illustrates the various components of an SNMP-

based management architecture.

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C-3 SNMP Installation

Perform the following steps to install the Areca RAID controller SNMP function into the SNMP manager. The installation of the SNMP manager is accomplished in several phases:

Step 1. Installing the SNMP manager software on the client

Installing the SNMP manager software on the client. This installation process is well-covered in the User’s Guide of your SNMP manager application.

Step 2. Compiling the MIB description le with the management

Placing a copy of the RAID controller’s MIBs le in a directory which

is accessible to the management application and compile the MIB

description le with the SNMP management application database.

Before the manager application accesses the Areca RAID controller, it is necessary to integrate the MIB into the management application’s database of events and status indicator codes. This process

is known as “compiling” the MIB into the application. This process is highly vendor-specic and should be well-covered in the User’s

Guide of your SNMP manager application. Ensure the compilation process successfully integrates the contents of the areca_sas.mib

le into the traps database. The MIBs le resides at: <CD-ROM>\ packages\SNMP_MIBs on the software CD or download from http://

www.areca.com.tw.

Manager Application

Managed Resource Denition

Service Layer and Protocols

Physical Managed Object

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Step 3. SNMP Service Method

With Areca series RAID controllers, there are 2 service methods to get SNMP: in-band Thunderbolt port and onboard NIC.

1. Service Method-1: Using in-band Thunderbolt port (ArcHTTP

proxy server)

Pay attention to these:

• Do not check mark the option: “SNMP Through PCI”.

• Make sure you have the latest driver and ArcHTTP, from this

URL http://www.areca.com.tw/support/

• ArcHTTP supports sending “traps” only, do not support the

“get” command.

2. Service Method-2: Using onboard LAN port. Pay attention to these:

• Do not check mark the option: “SNMP Through PCI”.

• Do need to ll out the “SNMP Trap Cong”.

C-3-1 Using ArcHTTP

The HTTP management software (ArcHTTP) runs as a service or daemon, and has it automatically start the proxy for all controllers found. This way the controller can be managed remotely without having to sign in the server. The ArcHTTP has also integrated the ability of sending SNMP trap. Please reference the

manual Chapter 3 “ArcHTTP Conguration” section to install and setup its conguration.

Each RAID storage needs to have its own MIBs le. Areca provides 4 RAID storage MIBs le for users. User can request it if more con-

trollers install on one system.

Note:

1. The MIB compiler may be not installed by default with SNMP manager.

2. Some SNMP managers have unique rule on the format of

MIB les, you may need to refer the error message to modify the mib le to be able to met the software

requirement.

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To enable the controller to send the SNMP traps to client SNMP manager using the IP address assigned to the operating system, such as Net-SNMP manager, you can simply use the SNMP

function on the ArcHTTP proxy server utility. To enable the RAID controller SNMP traps sending function, congure the “SNMP Traps Conguration” options on the "ArcHTTP Congurations". The ArcHTTP proxy only provides one direction to send the

trap to the SNMP manager without needing to install the SNMP

extension agent on the host. For detailed information on using ArcHTTP proxy server utility to send the SNMP traps, please see "SNMP Traps Conguration" section on chapter 3 "ArcHTTP Conguration".

If SNMP manager requests to query the SNMP information from RAID controller, please refer the C-3-2 section "Using Onboard

NIC”.

C-3-2 Using Onboard NIC Installation

With the built-in LAN port, you can add SNMP function onto your the RAID storage. You can use the browser-based manager to

setup the rmware-based SNMP conguration. To launch the

browser-based RAID controller SNMP function, click on the “Sys-

tem Controls” link. The “System Controls” menu will show available items. Select the “SNMP Conguration” item. The following screen is the rmware-embedded SNMP conguration setup

screen using browser-based manager: