RAID Machine 5000 User Manual

12/16/24 Bays SAS JBOD Enclosure

USER Manual

Version: 1.2
Issue Date: July, 2017

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RAID Machine 5000 Series

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FCC Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the lim­its for a Class A 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 5000 series 12/16/24-bay 12Gb/s JBOD enclosure have

been tested and found compliant with the requirements in the council

directive relating to the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC. Regarding to the

electromagnetic compatibility, the following standards were applied:

EN 55022: 2006, Class A
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

Contents

1. Introduction ................................................................ 6

1.1 Overview .........................................................................6

1.1.1 Enclosure Front View ....................................................7

1.2 SAS Expander ................................................................ 10

1.3 Power Supply/Cooling Fan Modules .................................... 11

1.4 Enclosure Alarm .............................................................. 12

1.5 Enclosure Working Mode .................................................. 12

2. Hardware Installation ............................................... 15

2.1 Installing an Enclosure into the Rack ................................. 16

2.2 Installing or Removing SAS/SATA ..................................... 17

Drives in the Enclosure .................................................... 17

2.2.1 Installing SAS/SATA Drives in the Enclo- ........................ 18

sure ......................................................................... 18

2.2.1.1 Installing 2.5-inch Drives into 2.5-inch or ................ 18

3.5-inch Drive Tray ............................................... 18

2.2.1.2 Installing 3.5-inch Drives into 3.5-inch Drive ............ 20

Tray .................................................................... 20

2.2.2 Installing SATA Drives with Interposer .......................... 21

Board ....................................................................... 21

2.2.2.1 Installing 2.5-inch Drives into 3.5-inch Drive ............ 21

Tray .................................................................... 21

2.2.2.2 Installing 2.5-inch drives into 2.5-inch drive tray ......23

2.2.2.3 Installing 3.5-inch Drives into 3.5-inch Drive ............ 24

Tray ................................................................... 24

2.2.3 Removing Drives from the Enclosure ............................. 25

2.3 Installing or Removing the Expander in ............................. 25

the Enclosure ................................................................. 25

2.3.1 Installing the Expander into the Enclosure ..................... 25

2.3.2 Removing the Expander from the Enclosure ................... 26

2.4 Installing and Removing the Power .................................. 27

Supply/Cooling Fan Modules ............................................. 27

2.4.1 Installing the Power Supply/Cooling Fan ....................... 27

Modules .................................................................... 27

2.4.2 Removing a Power Supply/Cooling Fan ........................ 27

Modules .................................................................... 27

2.5 Installing the Power Cord Clamp ....................................... 28

2.6 Connecting the SAS JBOD Enclosure ................................. 30

2.6.1 Connecting the Host System ........................................ 30

2.6.2 Connecting Additional Enclosure ................................... 30

2.6.3 Power Up the Enclosure ............................................. 30

2.7 Conguring the Enclosure ................................................. 31

3. LCD Conguration Manager ....................................... 32

3.1 Using LCD Front Panel Touch-Control Keypad ..................... 32

3.2 Navigation Map of the LCD .............................................. 34

4. CLI Features .............................................................. 37

4.1 Commands ..................................................................... 38

• Help Command ................................................................ 38

• PASS Command ............................................................... 38

• LO Command .................................................................. 39

• LINK Command ............................................................... 39

• EDFB Command (Same as “DHPM”) .................................... 42

• TH Command .................................................................. 44

• GROUP Command ............................................................ 46

• SYS Command ................................................................. 48

● BU Command .................................................................. 49

• FAN Command ................................................................. 50

• SPIN Command ............................................................... 51

• ST Command ................................................................... 52

• LSD Command ................................................................. 53

• SHOWLOGS Command ...................................................... 55

• FDL Command ................................................................. 55

• Counters Reset Command ................................................. 57

• Sasaddr Command ........................................................... 58

• Sub Command ................................................................. 58

Technical Specications ................................................ 60

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1. Introduction

1.1 Overview

RAID Machine 5000 Series 12Gb/s SAS-to-SAS JBOD enclosures
provide a 2U/3U rack-mounted external storage chassis capable of
accommodating up to 12/16/24 12Gb/s SAS drives or 6Gb/s SATA
drives. The enclosure can support both 3.5-inch disk drives and

2.5-inch disk drives. The dual expander models provide fault-toler­ant links across separate SAS domains, while the single expander
models provide a straight-through data path. If your enclosure has
two expander modules and you are installing SATA disk drives, an
interposer board is required so that both expander modules can ac­cess the SATA disk drives.

The 12Gb/s SAS-to-SAS JBOD enclosures incorporate the latest
enhancements in SAS along with new LSI DataBolt bandwidth

optimizer technology. This is designed to help facilitate the indus-

try transition to 12Gb/s SAS-enabled systems by allowing users
to take advantage of 12Gb/s speeds while utilizing existing 6Gb/s
drives and backplanes. Using DataBolt, the SAS-to-SAS JBOD
buers 6Gb/s data and then transfers it out to the host at 12Gb/s

speeds in order to match the bandwidth between faster hosts and
slower SAS or SATA devices.

Each SAS-to-SAS JBOD enclosure connects to the host system
through one Mini SAS HD SFF-8644 connector (In) and two Min
SAS HD SFF-8644 connectors (In/Out and Out) to the next SAS­to-SAS JBOD enclosure. Conguration and environmental informa-

tion is accessible either via in-band or out-of-band serial port. The
enclosure can be daisy-chained with up to seven additional enclo-

sures to provide up to 84 (2U-16)/112 (3U-16)/168 (2U-24) drives

per controller host connection. The total drive numbers depend on

the RAID controller or the host adapter rmware. Host-based RAID
conguration is supported via an external SAS/Fibre/iSCSI to SAS

RAID controller, external series SAS RAID and SAS host adapters.

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Figure 1-2. 12-bays Front View

Figure 1-3. 16-bays Front View

Figure 1-4. 24-bays Front View

1.1.1 Enclosure Front View

● 2U-12 bays SAS JBOD Front View

● 3U-16 bays SAS JBOD Front View

● 2U-24 bays SAS JBOD Front View

● Disk Slot Numbers

To perform a disk hot-plug procedure, you must know the
physical disk slot number for the drive that you want to
install or remove. The number on the drive tray shows how

SAS JBOD enclosure disk slots are numbered.

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LED Normal status Problem Indication

Blue LED
(Activity)

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

Green/Red LED
(Power/Fault)

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 o, the

disk is present and status is
normal.

2. When the fault LED is blink­ ing (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.

Figure 1-6. 3.5-inch SAS/SATA Drive Tray LED

Figure 1-5. 2.5-inch SAS/SATA Drive Tray LED

Drive Tray LED Indicators

Each drive tray in your enclosure has two LEDs: an activity
LED (blue) and one power/fault (two colors green/red) status
LED. The activity LED ashes whenever the drive is accessed.
The following table describes the SAS JBOD enclosure drive tray
LED status.

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●1.3.2 Enclosure Rear View

Figure 1-7. 12-bays Rear View

Figure 1-8. 16-bays Rear View

Figure 1-9. 24-bays Rear View

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1.2 SAS Expander

Each SAS expander provides data path and enclosure management
functions for the enclosure, including:

• Monitoring and controlling enclosure environment elements (tem­ perature, cooling fans, power supplies, and enclosure LEDs)

• Controlling access to the drives

• Communicating enclosure attributes and states to the host server

The rear of SAS expander panel is shown as below:

There is one 6-pin UART RJ-11 connector (for CLI manager), one
RJ-45 LAN connector (manufacturer use only) and three SAS chan­nel ports. The following table describes the SAS expander link/ac­cess LED.

SAS Port LED Status

Link LED
(Green light)

1. When SAS port link LED is lit for 1 second and turns o
for 3 seconds that indicates one link has connected.

2. When SAS port Link LED is lit for 2 seconds and turns
o for 2 seconds that indicates two links have con-

nected.

3. When SAS port Link LED is lit for 4 seconds that indi-

cates four links have connected. This is most common.

Access LED
(Blue light)

When access LED is lit that indicates the SAS host is ac-

cessing to the SAS enclosure.

Figure 1-10. Expander I/O Shield

Note:

At least one SAS expander must be installed in the enclosure.
If only one SAS expander is installed, it must be in the prima­ry SAS expander slot and the other one must contain a cover.

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Power LED Status Indication

AC_OK (Green LED)

The AC_OK LED indicates that the AC line is present and

above the minimum AC input voltage threshold.

FAULT (Red LED) The FAULT LED is driven by the microprocessor and will

indicate that a power supply fault has occurred.

The power supply cooling shall be provided by the internal tandem
fans, powered by the common 12V rail voltage. Fan speed is con-

trolled by PWM input signal. The power supply rmware determines
the fan RPM required to provide forced air cooling using data from
a thermal sensor in the power supply that reects the output

loading.

The cooling fans included on the power supply run on separate con­trol circuits from the power supply. Therefore, if one power supply
fails, the failed power’s fan continues to work on the power sup­plied from the other good power supply.

The following table describes the power LEDs status.

1.3 Power Supply/Cooling Fan Modules

The enclosure supports two separate power modules. Each of
them contains an integrated power supply and two cooling fans.

The LEDs on the JBOD enclosure’s power supplies indicate status of
the power supply: one for AC_OK (green) and other FAULT (red).
The following gure is shown LEDs on the power supply module.

Figure 1-11. Power Supply Front View

Note:

The expander controller may automatically shut down the en­closure if overheating occurs.

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1.4 Enclosure Alarm

An audible alarm is activated if any of the fault conditions occur,

such as Voltage, Temperature, Fan, Power Supply or from SES2.
The “BU command” on the CLI allows you to control the buzzer at­tributes that have been controlled by SAS expander H/W. There are
four sound levels dened by the expander H/W. You can temporar­ily mute it with the “BU Command”. The buzzer still can be activat­ed by the next dierent event.

Note:

It is rare for both expander modules to fail simultaneously.
However, if this occurs, the JBOD enclosure can not issue criti­cal or non-critical event alarms for any enclosure component.

1.5 Enclosure Working Mode

The enclosure can run in one of two modes:

1. Normal Mode (default)

2. Zone Mode

You must select either mode using the CLI GROUP command and
restart the enclosure again to take eect. Changing the mode while
the enclosure is on will not aect enclosure operation until the

enclosure is rebooted. The following example shows the 12 bays

JBOD connection. A connection with the 16/24-bay JBOD is exactly

the same.

• Normal Mode (default)

In normal mode (default), a SAS host can communicate with up

to 12 drives in the enclosure via a single expander or dual ex-

panders. The three external cable ports and all devices/phys slots

will associate with one zone group. Expander ports may support

being attached to SAS initiator (host) ports, SAS and/or SATA

target ports, and to other expander ports. The SAS RAID
controller or SAS host adapter can support daisy-chaining

enclosures. The following gure shows how to connect the

external Mini SAS HD cable from the SAS RAID controller

that has external ports to the SAS JBOD external drive

enclosures.

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(1). Single Controller Mode

(2). Dual Controller Mode

Figure 1-12. Single Module Daisy-chain

Figure 1-13. Dual Module Daisy-chain

• Zone Mode

In zone mode, the enclosure can be split into up to 8 virtual

groups. Each group drive channels and external cable connectors

are assigned by CLI GROUP command. The following gure is

shown the enclosure which is split into 2 virtual groups. Each
group drive channels are controlled by individual host adapter
using SAS CH1 and SAS CH2.

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Note:

Please refer to chapter 3 CLI Features of GROUP command
which is used to associate the external port and the devices/

phys slot.

Figure 1-14. Zone Mode Example

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2. Hardware Installation

This chapter explains how to install the following components:

• Rack installation guide

• Drives and drive carriers

• SAS expander modules

• Power supplies

Unpack

Unpack and install the hardware in a static-free environment. The
SAS JBOD enclosure is packed inside an anti-static bag between

two sponge sheets. Remove it and inspect it for damage. If the SAS

JBOD enclosure appears damaged, or if any items of the contents

listed below are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or
distributor immediately.

Checklist

The SAS JBOD enclosure kit include the following items in the ship­ping package:

• SAS JBOD enclosure

• RAID rack kit

• Mounting hardware (attachment rails, screws, etc.)

• Power cords

• RJ11 to DB9 serial communications null-modem cable

• User manual

Installing into a Enclosure Rack

Before you install the rack for your SAS JBOD enclosure, please

make sure you have these rack kit components:

• One pair of rear mounting bracket rails

• One pair of front length extension rails

• 10-32 x 0.5-inch ange-head Phillips screws (8)

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2.1 Installing an Enclosure into the Rack

The following sections show the 2U-12 bays installation. An instal­lation with the 3U-16 bays and 2U-24 bays are exactly the same.

1. Using supplied screws to secure the rear mounting-bracket

rails and the front length extension rail and then secure them on
the front vertical rail and rear vertical rail, as shown below.
Make sure that all connections are tightened before continuing.

2. Slide the rear side of enclosure fully onto the rack until the en­ closure front panel touches the front vertical rails. Align the
mounting holes of the enclosure on the front vertical rail holes.
We recommend using two people to get the enclosure onto the
rails.

Figure 2-1. Attaching the Mounting Rails to the Cabinet

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3. Secure the enclosure to the front vertical rail and mounting-

bracket rail on both sides.

2.2 Installing or Removing SAS/SATA
Drives in the Enclosure

Your enclosure supports up to 12/16/24 3.5-inch disk drives or
12/16/24 2.5-inch 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s SATA drives, each one

contained in its individual drive carrier. Each drive is hot-pluggable,
allowing you to remove and insert drives without shutting down
your enclosure.

This section describes how to install or remove drives in your en­closure.

Figure 2-2. Sliding the Enclosure onto the Rails

Figure 2-3. Attaching the Front of the Enclosure

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2.2.1 Installing Drives in the Enclosure

Follow the steps below to install the drives into drive tray.

2.2.1.1 Installing 2.5-inch Drives into 2.5-inch or

3.5-inch Drive Tray

1-1. Install the drives into the drive tray and make sure the
holes of the disk trays align with the holes of the drive.

1-2. Turn the drive tray upside down and using a screwdriver
to secure the drive to the drive tray by four of the mount­ ing screws.

Note:

Be careful when handling and storing the drives. The tray pro­vides some protection, but the drives and tray connectors can
be damaged by rough handling. When removing the drives
from the enclosure, place them on a padded surface. Do not
drop the drives.

Figure 2-5. Put 2.5-inch
SAS/SATA Drive into 3.5-

inch Disk Tray

Figure 2-4. Put 2.5-inch
SAS/SATA Drive into 2.5-

inch Disk Tray

Figure 2-7. 3.5-inch Drive
Carrier with 2.5-inch SAS/

SATA Drive

Figure 2-6. 2.5-inch drive
Carrier with 2.5-inch SAS/

SATA Drive

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2. After installing the drive into the drive tray completely, make
sure the drive tray latch is open, then slide the drive tray with
the attached drive into the enclosure drive slot.

3. Gently slide the drive tray back of the enclosure drive slot

until the bottom of the open carrier handle makes contact
with the enclosure face plate.

4. Click the drive tray latch into position, then continuing to slide

the other drive tray into the slot.

5. Turn the key-lock to the proper position, using the “Star
Wrench L-Handle“ in the shipping box. The key-lock is unlock,

if the dot on its face is in the unlock orientation.

Note:

To ensure proper airow for enclosure cooling, each slot

should contain a drive tray.

Figure 2-10. Locking Drive Tray

Figure 2-8. Installing 2.5-inch

Drive into Enclosure

Figure 2-9. Installing 3.5-inch

Drive into Enclosure

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Figure 2-11. Putting Drive into Drive Tray

Figure 2-12. Securing Drive

2.2.1.2 Installing 3.5-inch Drives into 3.5-inch Drive

Tray

1-1. Install the drives into the drive tray and make sure the
holes of the drive trays align with the holes of the drive.

1-2. Turn the drive tray upside down and using a screwdriver to
secure the drive to the drive tray by four of the mounting
screws.

2. After installing the drive into the drive tray completely, make
sure the drive tray latch is open, then slide the drive tray with
the attached drive into the enclosure drive slot.

3. Gently slide the drive tray back of the enclosure drive slot

until the bottom of the open carrier handle makes contact
with the enclosure face plate.

Figure 2-13. Installing Drive into Enclosure

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4. Click the drive tray latch into position, then continuing to slide

the other drive tray into the slot.

5. Turn the key-lock to the proper position, using the “Star
Wrench L-Handle“ in the shipping box. The key-lock is unlock,

if the dot on its face is in the unlock orientation.

2.2.2 Installing SATA Drives with Interposer
Board

The interposer board is for usage with SATA drives. It provides
dual data path for dual controller. If your enclosure has two SAS
expander module and you are installing SATA drives, an interpos­er board is required so that both expander modules can access
the SATA drives. Follow the steps below to install the SATA drive
with interposer board into the drive tray.

2.2.2.1 Installing 2.5-inch Drives into 3.5-inch Drive

Tray

1-1. Prepare the interposer module.

1-2. Clip the interposer board into the drive tray.

Figure 2-15. Installing Interposer Module

Figure 2-14. Fastening Interposer Board into

Mounting Bracket

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1-3. Carefully slide the 2.5-inch drive toward the interposer

module.

1-4. Turn the drive tray upside down and using a screwdriver to

secure the drive to the drive tray by four of the mounting
screws.

2. After installing the drive into the drive tray completely, make

sure the drive tray latch is open, then slide the drive tray with
the attached drive into the enclosure drive slot.

3. Gently slide the drive tray back of the enclosure drive slot

until the bottom of the open carrier handle makes contact
with the enclosure face plate.

4. Click the drive tray latch into position, then continuing to slide

the other drive tray into the slot.

5. Turn the key-lock to the proper position, using the “Star

Wrench L-Handle“ in the shipping box. The key-lock is unlock,

if the dot on its face is in the unlock orientation.

Figure 2-16. Sliding Drive into Drive Tray

Figure 2-17. Securing Drive

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b. Position interposer module with drive toward the interposer

module slot with the latch point in the interposer module

aligned with the interposer module slot. Gently press down

the module until it snaps into place in the interposer module
slot on the tray.

c. Turn the drive tray upside down and using a screwdriver to

secure the drive to the drive tray by four of the mounting
screws.

2.2.2.2 Installing 2.5-inch drives into 2.5-inch drive

tray

a. Slide the 2.5-inch drive toward the interposer module.

1. After installing the drive into the drive tray completely, make
sure the drive tray latch is open, then slide the drive tray with
the attached drive into the enclosure drive slot.

2. Gently slide the drive tray back of the enclosure drive slot

until the bottom of the open carrier handle makes contact
with the enclosure face plate.

3. Click the drive tray latch into position, then continuing to slide

the other drive tray into the slot.

Figure 2-19.

Installing Drive into Drive Tray

Figure 2-20. Securing Drive

Figure 2-18.
Preparing and

Sliding Interposer
Module

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1-2. Position interposer module with drive toward the interposer

module slot with the latch point in the interposer module

aligned with the interposer module slot. Gently press down

the module until it snaps into place in the interposer mod­ ule slot on the tray.

1-3. Turn the drive tray upside down and using a screwdriver to

secure the drive to the drive tray by four of the mounting
screws.

2.2.2.3 Installing 3.5-inch Drives into 3.5-inch Drive
Tray

1-1. Slide the 3.5-inch drive toward the interposer module.

Figure 2-21. Sliding Interposer Module

Figure 2-22. Installing Drive into Drive Tray

Figure 2-23. Securing Drive

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2. After installing the drive into the drive tray completely, make
sure the drive tray latch is open, then slide the drive tray with
the attached drive into the enclosure drive slot.

3. Gently slide the drive tray back of the enclosure drive slot

until the bottom of the open carrier handle makes contact
with the enclosure face plate.

4. Click the drive tray latch into position, then continuing to slide

the other drive tray into the slot.

5. Turn the key-lock to the proper position, using the “Star
Wrench L-Handle“ in the shipping box. The key-lock is unlock,

if the dot on its face is in the unlock orientation.

2.2.3 Removing Drives from the Enclosure

1. Don’t power the system o until the LED indicator on the drive
tray stop ashing.

2. For 3.5-inch drive tray, turn the key-lock to the unlock position.

3. Open the drive tray latch, then gently but rmly pull the drive

tray out from the slot.

2.3 Installing or Removing the Expander in
the Enclosure

An enclosure with redundant enclosure management contains two
SAS expander modules. An enclosure with non-redundant enclo­sure management only has one SAS expander module. If only
one SAS expander module is installed, it must be in the primary
expander bay and a blank module cover must be installed in the
secondary expander bay.

2.3.1 Installing the Expander into the Enclosure

Follow the steps below to install the SAS JBOD expander in the

enclosure:

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2.3.2 Removing the Expander from the Enclosure

Follow the steps below to remove the SAS JBOD expander from

the enclosure:

1. Loosen the thumbscrew on left side of the lever, then gently
but rmly pull the SAS JBOD expander out from the slot.

2. After removed the SAS JBOD expander from the enclosure,

place the cover in the empty slot.

1. Carefully slide the SAS JBOD expander into the empty slot.

2. Push the SAS JBOD expander back of the slot until it is rmly

seated in the backplane connector.

3. Put the lever toward the enclosure and tighten the thumbscrew
which located on the left side of lever of the SAS JBOD expand-

e r.

Figure 2-24. Installing Expander Module

Figure 2-25. Installing the Cover

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Note:

There are two slots for your SAS JBOD expander. If you only

installed one in your enclosure, the other empty slot must
have a cover. To remove the cover, pull out on the thin tabs
on each end of the cover and slide the cover out of the slot.

2.4 Installing and Removing the Power
Supply/Cooling Fan Modules

The enclosure supports two separate power modules. Each of them
contains an integrated power supply and two cooling fans.

2.4.1 Installing the Power Supply/Cooling Fan
Modules

1. Carefully slide the power supply/cooling fan modules into the

empty slot.

2. Push the module back of the slot until it is rmly seated in the

backplane connector.

3. Tighten the two thumbscrews to secure the power supply/cool-

ing fan modules.

4. Connect the AC power cords to a grounded electrical outlet

and to the power supply. Turn on the AC power switch from

JBOD enclosure. (Please refer to section 2.5 Installing the
Power Cord Clamp)

2.4.2 Removing a Power Supply/Cooling Fan
Modules

1. Turn o the power supply and unplug the AC power cords.

Note:

The power supply/cooling fan modules are heavy. Be careful

when you lift it up into the slot.

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Note:

1. The power supply/cooling fan modules are hot-pluggable.
If one power supply/cooling fan module is functioning nor-

mally, you can hot-swap the other one while the enclosure
is powered on.

2. If you remove a power supply/cooling fan module, the fan
speed on the existing module will increase signicantly to

provide adequate cooling. The fan speed will decrease

gradually when a new power supply/cooling fan module is

inserted into the enclosure.

2.5 Installing the Power Cord Clamp

Using the included power cords, connect each power supply and

cooling fan unit to an AC power source. The cable clamp prevents
the power cord from being accidently unplugged.

1. Connect the cable clamp to the cable strap. Opening the release

tab then insert the angled end of cable strap through the cable
tie frame. Facing up of cable strip smooth side and the other
side facing down.

2. Loosen the thumbscrews on power supply/cooling fan module
then gently but rmly pull the power supply/cooling fan mod-

ules out from the slot.

Figure 2-26. Pulling Power Module

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2. Connect the power cord and connect the cable strap with open-

ing cable clamp to the power module. Using the release tab to

adjust the cable clamp to the suitable place.

3. Using cable clamp wrap the power cord and clip lock it. Repeat
step 1 to 3 procedures to install the power cord clamp on the

other power side.

Figure 2-27. Power Cord Clamp

Figure 2-28. Adjusting Power Cord Clamp

Figure 2-29. Cliping Lock

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2.6 Connecting the SAS JBOD Enclosure

Following below instructions to connect your SAS JBOD enclosure.

2.6.1 Connecting the Host System

The SAS JBOD enclosure can be connected to a host which may
have a Mini SAS HD SFF-8644 or 6G SFF-8088 interface through

the appropriate miniSAS cable. The host can be a SAS host

adapter, SAS RAID controller or other SAS JBOD.

2.6.2 Connecting Additional Enclosure

You can connect many SAS expander enclosures (Depended on
the host capability) to a single host system. Enclosures installed
with SATA or SAS can be included in the same dasiy-chain. Use a
Min SAS HD SFF-8644 cable to connect the SAS Exp. Out port on
the rst enclosure to the SAS Exp. In port on a second enclosure.
Please refer to section 1.6 on this manual.

2.6.3 Power Up the Enclosure

There is one main power on/o switch located on the rear side of
the SAS JBOD enclosure.

The on/o power switch is used to apply or remove power from
the power supply to SAS JBOD enclosure. Turning o enclosure

power with this switch removes the main power but keeps stand-

by power supplied to the SAS JBOD enclosure. Therefore, you

Figure 2-30. Connecting the Host

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must unplug the power cord before enclosure servicing.

Turn on the AC power from main power on/o switch on the rear
side of the SAS JBOD enclosure.
If you enable the “Connector Power Down Control” function,
pressing the power on/o switch o does not turn o the

enclosure until no link status from the host side. The default is

“enabled”.

The following conditions must apply:

(1). The host to which it is attached is powered down or
(2). The SAS cable is disconnected from either end.

2.7 Conguring the Enclosure

The SAS JBOD enclosure’s functions can also be managed via a VT­100 compatible terminal or a PC running a VT-100 terminal emula­tion program. You can attach a serial (Character-Based) terminal or
server com port to the SAS JBOD enclosure for accessing the text­based setup menu. Please refer to Chapter 3 CLI Features.

Figure 2-31. Turning AC Power

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3. LCD Conguration Manager

The SAS JBOD LCD conguration utility is a character-based utility that
you can run after powering the unit. Use LCD conguration utility to
see and congure:

• Alarm Device,

• Temperature,

• Fan Speed,

• Power Supply,

• Voltage,

• Set TEMP,

• Set Link,

• Set Fan,

• Set Alarm,

• Set Password,

• Save Cong, and

• System Reset

3.1 Using LCD Front Panel Touch-Control

Keypad

The front panel keypad and liquid crystal display (LCD) is the pri­mary user interface for the SAS JBOD enclosure. The front panel
keypad and LCD is connected to the SAS JBOD enclosure to access
the built-in conguration that resides in the SAS expander control­ler’s rmware.

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.

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The initial screen is shown as following:

Key Function

Up Arrow Use to scroll the cursor Upward / Rightward

Down Arrow Use to scroll the cursor Downward / Leftward

ENT Key Submit selected icon function (Conrm a selected item)

ESC Key Return to previous screen (Exit a selection conguration)

Function Key Denitions:

The four function keys at the right of the front panel perform the
following functions:

Panel LED Normal Status Problem Indication

Power LED Bright green This LED does not light up after

power switched on

Busy LED
(Host Access)

Blink green during host comput-

er accessing the expander box

LED never ickers

Caution LED Unlit Solid red

There are a variety of failure conditions that cause the SAS JBOD
enclosure monitoring LED to light. Below table provides a summary
of the front panel LED.

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3.2 Navigation Map of the LCD

The password option allows user to set or clear the SAS JBOD en­closure’s password protection feature. Once the password has been
set, the user can only monitor and congure the SAS JBOD enclo­sure by providing the correct password. The SAS JBOD enclosure

will check the password only when entering the main menu from
the initial screen. Always go back to the initial screen when it does
not receive any command in 5 minutes. The default password is
0000 - once the password is entered please keep pressing the ENT

key to ll all remaining digits.

There has four function buttons on the LCD panel. Below tables

show three kinds of their action types.

The following ow is an expansion of LCD setup option items hi­erarchical menu. There also mark “A1”, “A2” and “A3” to show the

Action Type 1 (A1)

Button Action

ESC Back to upper level

Up Arrow Up at same level

Down Arrow Down at same level

ENT Enter to lower level

Action Type 2 (A2)

Button Action

ESC Cancel operation

Up Arrow Number Selection

Down Arrow Alphabet selection

ENT Conrm

Action Type 3 (A3)

button Action

ESC Cancel operation

Up Arrow Up to select next item

Down Arrow Down to select next item

ENT Conrm

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Figure 3.2-1 LCD Hierarchical Menu

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LCD buttons’ action types in each function item.

• Alarm Device

Show which device has caused the alarm.

• Temperature

Show internal component temperatures

• Fan Speed

Show the enclosure’s fan speeds in RPM.

• Power Supply

Show the status of enclosue’s power supplies.

• Voltage

Show enclosure controllers’ voltage levels.

• Set TEMP

Set “Enclosure”, “Chip” and “HDD” devices’ high limit/low limit

warning temperatures.

• Set Link

Set HDD maximun/minimun link speed rate. The value
could be 12G, 6G or 3G for each HDD.

• Set Fan

Set all fans speed rate. The value code could be 1 to 7. The fans

normally run at “Slowest Speed”. When temperature alar
triggered, they shift to Warning Speed (7 recommended).

• Set Alarm

Set enclosure buzzer warning/critical error beep style or mute

the current beep.

• Set Password

Change the enclosure’s LCD/UART CLI password.

• Save Cong

Save all the updated values into non-volatile memory area.

• System Reset

Reboot the system. Make sure host’s are shutdown rst.

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4. CLI Features

This Command Line Interface (CLI) is useful in environments where a
graphical user interface (GUI) is not available or to set some rarely

accessed options.

• Locations of RS-232C Port

The SAS JBOD enclosure uses the RJ11 port as the serial port
interface. Please use the cable included on the shipping box to
congure the expander controller.

• Establishing the Connection for RS-232 Port

The CLI function can be accessed by using an ANSI/VT-100

compatble terminal emulation program. Whichever terminal

emulation program is used must support the 1K XMODEM le

transfer protocol. The provided interface cable converts the

RS-232 signal of the RJ11 connector on the SAS expander
controller into a 9-pin D-Sub male connector.

Terminal Requirement

Connection Null-modem Cable

Baud Rate 115,200

Data bits 8

Stop 1

Flow Control None

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4.1 Commands

This section provides detailed information about the 12-bays

12Gb/s SAS JBOD enclosure CLI function. All the commands please
type in lower case. CLI function for the 16 or 24-bays JBOD enclo-

sure is similar.

• Help Command

This command provides an on-line table of contents, providing

brief descriptions of the help sub-commands. You can use the
<CLI> help to get detail information about the CLI commands

summary.

Syntax

CLI>help[Enter]

Example:

CLI>help

pass
lo
link
edfb
th
group

sys
bu
fan

spin

st

lsd

showlogs

d

counters reset (optional)

sasaddr

• PASS Command

The pass command allows user to set or clear the expander box

password protection feature. Once the password has been set,

- Set Password

- Logout CLI Shell

- Link Rate Control

- Bandwidth Optimizer

- Temperature Control

- Set the PHY Group

- System Information

- Alarm Control

- Fan Speed Control

- Drive SpinUp Control

- Store System Setting

- List Devices Status

- Show the Current Logs

- File Download

- Display/Reset all phy counters

- Display expander SAS address

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the user can only monitor and access the expander box setting by

providing the correct password. The password can accept max.

8 chars and min. 4 chars. The manufacture default password is

“0000”.

Syntax

CLI>pass

Example:

CLI>pass

Old Password:****

New Password:****

Verify New Password:****

Password Changed But Not Save Permanently!

Note, use CLI command “st” to keep permanently.

• LO Command

To exit the selected expander box CLI shell, use the lo command.

Syntax

CLI>lo

Example:

CLI>lo

Password:

• LINK Command

The link command allows you to set the operate device link rate

that has been connected on expander. Typical parameters include:

Max and Min disk speed connected the SAS expander box and

High and Low external cable link speed connected the SAS ex-

pander box.

1. Set external cable link speed rate

Syntax

CLI>link c[0|1|2|3] High Low]
Index: c[0|1|2|3] External Cable Index

The cable c0, c1, or c2 is view from right to left or start from

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top to bottom.

High-Rate, Low-Rate: [11|10|9] or [12g|6g|3g]
PS. Pls. Save Cong. & Reboot To Take Eect
CLI>st

Example:

CLI> link c0,c1 6g 3g ;;;;; set cable0 and cable1 link speed
range [ 6G(10), 3G(9)]
CLI>st
CLI>
Reboot to take eect.

2. Set all slots with same link speed rate

Syntax

CLI>link [Index(D)| 255] High-Rate(D) Low-Rate(D)

Index: Slot Index

High-Rate(D), Low-Rate(D): [11|10|9] or [12g|6g|3g]
PS. Pls. Save Cong. & Reboot To Take Eect
CLI>st

Example:

CLI>link 255 12g 3g ;;;;; set all slots with same
link speed rate, max=11(12G), min=9(3G)
CLI>st
CLI>
Reboot to take eect.

3. Set internal slot link speed rate

Syntax

CLI>link [Index Max Min]

Index: Slot Index

High-Rate, Low-Rate: [11|10|9] or [12g|6g|3g]
PS. Pls. Save Cong. & Reboot To Take Eect
CLI>st

Example:

CLI>link

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ArrayDevice Element (0x17):

=======================================

NAME PHY ORG NLR MAX MIN TYPE ADDRESS

SLOT 01 13 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5001B469-189AE00D

SLOT 02 12 6G 6G 12G 3G SAS 5011B469-189AE00C

SLOT 03 14 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00E

SLOT 04 15 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00F

SLOT 05 9 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE009

SLOT 06 8 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE008

SLOT 07 10 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00A

SLOT 08 11 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00B

SLOT 09 5 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE005

SLOT 10 4 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE004

SLOT 11 6 3G 3G 12G 3G SAS 500000E0-168F8E92

SLOT 12 7 3G 3G 12G 3G SAS 500000E0-168F8E99

//Set the slot 0x6 max. speed to 3G

CLI>link 6 3g 3g

CLI>st

CLI>

Reboot to take eect.

CLI>link

ArrayDevice Element (0x17):

========================================

NAME PHY ORG NLR MAX MIN TYPE ADDRESS

SLOT 01 13 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5001B469-189AE00D

SLOT 02 12 6G 6G 12G 3G SAS 5011B469-189AE00C

SLOT 03 14 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00E

SLOT 04 15 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00F

SLOT 05 9 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE009

SLOT 06 8 3G 3G

1

3G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE008

SLOT 07 10 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00A

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SLOT 08 11 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00B

SLOT 09 5 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE005

SLOT 10 4 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE004

SLOT 11 6 3G 3G 12G 3G SAS 500000E0-168F8E92

SLOT 12 7 3G 3G 12G 3G SAS 500000E0-168F8E99

NOTE: 1. If EDFB is enabled, it will keep NLR=12G.

• EDFB Command (Same as “DHPM”)

Use for 3G/6G SAS/SATA drive speed up as 12G drive perfor-

mance. DataBolt™ Bandwidth Optimizer is designed to help fa-

cilitate the industry transition to 12Gb/s SAS-enabled systems by

allowing users to take advantage of 12Gb/s speeds while utilizing

existing 6Gb/s drives or backplanes.

Syntax

CLI>edfb [on | o] [i,j,..]

on - turn on all drive slot as 12G performance mode.

o - turn o all drive slot 12G performance mode.

i,j,.. - turn on/o drive slot i,j, …12G performance mode.

Example:

CLI>help edfb

Drive High Performance edfb { [on | o] [i,j,..] }

CLI>link

ArrayDevice Element (0x17):

========================================

NAME PHY ORG NLR MAX MIN TYPE ADDRESS

SLOT 01 13 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5001B469-189AE00D

SLOT 02 12 6G 6G 12G 3G SAS 5011B469-189AE00C

SLOT 03 14 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00E

SLOT 04 15 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00F

SLOT 05 9 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE009

SLOT 06 8 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE008

SLOT 07 10 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00A

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SLOT 08 11 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00B

SLOT 09 5 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE005

SLOT 10 4 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE004

SLOT 11 6 3G 3G 12G 3G SAS 500000E0-168F8E92

SLOT 12 7 3G 3G 12G 3G SAS 500000E0-168F8E99

CLI>edfb on 2,12 ;;;;; set drive slot 2,12 on

CLI>st

Reset or PowerCycle

CLI>link

ArrayDevice Element (0x17):

========================================

NAME PHY ORG NLR MAX MIN TYPE ADDRESS

SLOT 01 13 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5001B469-189AE00D

SLOT 02 12 6G 12G 12G 3G SAS 5011B469-189AE00C

SLOT 03 14 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00E

SLOT 04 15 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00F

SLOT 05 9 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE009

SLOT 06 8 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE008

SLOT 07 10 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00A

SLOT 08 11 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00B

SLOT 09 5 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE005

SLOT 10 4 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE004

SLOT 11 6 3G 3G 12G 3G SAS 500000E0-168F8E92

SLOT 12 7 3G 12G 12G 3G SAS 500000E0-168F8E99

CLI>edfb on ;;;;; set all drives on

CLI>st

Reset or PowerCycle

…….

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• TH Command

The th command allows you to set the operate device tempera-

ture warning limit. Typical parameters include: High-Warn and

Low-Warn are warning temperature in Celsius.

Syntax

CLI>th Index High-Warn Low-Warn

Example:

CLI>th

Temperature Element (0x04):

========================================

NAME ID CT(‘C) HTW LTW OTWarn

ENC. Temp 01 30 60 5 No

Chip Temp 02 64 85 5 No

Slot01 Temp 03 31 60 5 No

Slot02 Temp 04 32 60 5 No

Slot03 Temp 05 30 60 5 No

Slot04 Temp 06 31 60 5 No

Slot05 Temp 07 36 60 5 No

Slot06 Temp 08 32 60 5 No

Slot07 Temp 09 32 60 5 No

Slot08 Temp 10 35 60 5 No

Slot09 Temp 11 34 60 5 No

Slot10 Temp 12 32 60 5 No

Slot11 Temp 13 32 60 5 No

Slot12 Temp 14 32 60 5 No

CLI>th 2 79 0

Temperature Element (0x04):

========================================

NAME ID CT(‘C) HTW LT W OTWarn

ENC. Temp 01 30 60 5 No

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Chip Temp 02 64 79 0 No

Slot01 Temp 03 31 60 5 No

Slot02 Temp 04 32 60 5 No

Slot03 Temp 05 30 60 5 No

Slot04 Temp 06 31 60 5 No

Slot05 Temp 07 36 60 5 No

Slot06 Temp 08 32 60 5 No

Slot07 Temp 09 32 60 5 No

Slot08 Temp 10 35 60 5 No

Slot09 Temp 11 34 60 5 No

Slot10 Temp 12 32 60 5 No

Slot11 Temp 13 32 60 5 No

Slot12 Temp 14 33 60 5 No

CLI>st

CLI>

Reboot to take eect.

CLI>th

Temperature Element (0x04):

========================================

NAME ID CT(‘C) HTW LT W OTWarn

ENC. Temp 01 30 60 5 No

Chip Temp 02 64 79 0 No

Slot01 Temp 03 31 60 5 No

Slot02 Temp 04 32 60 5 No

Slot03 Temp 05 30 60 5 No

Slot04 Temp 06 31 60 5 No

Slot05 Temp 07 36 60 5 No

Slot06 Temp 08 32 60 5 No

Slot07 Temp 09 32 60 5 No

Slot08 Temp 10 35 60 5 No

Slot09 Temp 11 34 60 5 No

Slot10 Temp 12 32 60 5 No

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Slot11 Temp 13 32 60 5 No

Slot12 Temp 14 33 60 5 No

• GROUP Command

The group command is used to associate the external port with

the devices/phys as one zone group. The three external cable

ports and all devices/phys slots will default associate with one

zone group.

Syntax

gr {dev GroupNo[1..] {ci, cj, ck,..} Start-Index(D) End-Index(D)

}

gr {o | [t10 o] }

dev : use drive slot index

GroupNo : groupno start from 1, max 8 groups ci, cj, ck,..:

external cable connector. i, j, k,.. is the index which range from 0

to 3. According to view from connector side, index start from

right to left or top to bottom. The cable c0, c1, or c2 is view

from right to left or start from top to bottom.

Start-Index : Start slot index of zone range, [1.. max drive]

End-Index : End slot index of zone range, [1.. max drive]

o : clear the zone group setting.
t10 o : turn T10 mode o.

Example:

CLI>gr

Current PHY Group Mode: T10

Group-1: C0, C1, C2, Slot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,

13, 14, 15, 16

Value: 0x0000000FFFFFFFFF

//Set the cable0 and slot 1 to slot 6 as group 1

CLI>gr dev 1 c0 1 6

New PHY Group Mode: T10

Group-1: C0, Slot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Value: 0x00000000000FFC00

Current PHY Group Mode: T10

Group-1: C0, C1, C2 Slot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,

14, 15, 16

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Value: 0x0000000FFFFFFFFF

//Set the cable1 and cable2 and slot 7 to slot 16 as group 2

CLI>gr dev 2 c1, c2 7 16

New PHY Group Mode: T10

Group-1: C0, Slot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Value: 0x00000000000FFC00

Group-2: C1, C2, Slot: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Value: 0x000000000FF003FF

Current PHY Group Mode: T10

Group-1: C0, C1, C2 Slot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,

14, 15, 16

Value: 0x0000000FFFFFFFFF

CLI>st

Power Cycle to reboot

CLI>gr

Current PHY Group Mode: T10

Group-1: C0, Slot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Value: 0x00000000000FFC00

Group-2: C1, C2, Slot: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Value: 0x000000000FF003FF

//Clear the Zone group Setting

CLI>gr o

New PHY Group Mode: T10

Group-1: C0, C1, C2 Slot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,

14, 15, 16

Value: 0x0000000FFFFFFFFF

Current PHY Group Mode: T10

Group-1: C0, Slot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Value: 0x00000000000FFC00

Group-2: C1, C2, Slot: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Value: 0x000000000FF003FF

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• SYS Command

The sys command is used to view the expander’s information.

Typical information includes: vendor, model name, serial/unit

number, expander port number, product revision, chip name/chip

revision, customer code, manufacture data revision and work

time.

Syntax

CLI>sys

Example:

CLI>sys

========================================

Hardware Revision Information:-

========================================

Vendor ID : Areca Technology Co Ltd.

Taiwan, R.O.C

Model ID : ARC-8018

Serial No. : 0000000000000000

Unit Serial No. :

Expander SAS Address : 0x5001B469189AE03F

Product Revision : 0

Expander Chip ID : 0x0233 (Ports : 36)

Expander Chip Revision : C0

Customer Code : 0x35 (R01)

Manufacturer Data Revision : 0x01 12/12/13

Working Time : Day00000-00:00:06

Dual Mode : Single

========================================

Firmware Revision Information:-

========================================

Boot Image:

Revision: 100.BD.00.0A 12/05/13

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Firmware Family: 0 OemFamily: 0

Fast Boot: Yes Image Address: 0x10000000

Firmware Copy 1:

Revision: 100.BD.01.0A 01/06/14

Firmware Family: 0 OemFamily: 0

Fast Boot: Yes Image Address: 0x10100000

Firmware Copy 2: [Active]

Revision: 100.BD.01.0A 01/06/14

Firmware Family: 0 OemFamily: 0

Fast Boot: Yes Image Address: 0x10200000

HAL Revision: 0.1.0.0 SES Revision: 0.1.0.0 SCE Revision:

0.1.0.0

● BU Command

The BU command allows you to control the buzzer attributes that

have been controlled by SAS expander H/W. There are four sound

levels dened by the expander H/W.

The default warning is sound level 2 and critical: sound level 3.

Syntax

CLI>BU [Warning Critical] [MUTE]

Example:

CLI>BU

Buzzer Attribute:

Warning Beep: Sound 2

Critical Beep: Sound 3

CLI>BU 0x1 0x3

CLI>BU

Buzzer Attribute:

Warning Beep: Sound 1

Critical Beep: Sound 3

CLI>

When expander alarm with buzzer, you can temporarily mute it

with the following command. The buzzer still can be activated by

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the next dierent event.

CLI>BU MUTE

When expander alarm with buzzer, you can disable it completely

by command “bu 0 0”. If you would like to enable beeper, the

command for default settings will be “bu 2 3”.

• FAN Command

The fan command allows you to set the operate fan speed. Typi-

cal parameters include: LowestSpeed and WarningSpeed are fan

speed in speed code from level 1 to 7.

The LowestSpeed is the speed code that fan operate in normal

state, and the WarningSpeed is the speed code that fan operate

in warning state; like as detect a device in over-temperature.

Syntax

CLI> fan LowestSpeed WarningSpeed

Example:

CLI>fan

Cooling Element (0x03):

========================================

SPEED
NAME CODE RPM STATUS
Fan 01 2 3690 OK
Fan 02 2 4090 OK
Fan 03 2 3650 OK
Fan 04 2 4050 OK

Current FAN Speed Attribute:

Lowest SpeedCode: 2

Warning SpeedCode: 5

CLI>fan 3 7

New FAN Speed Attribute:

Lowest SpeedCode: 3

Warning SpeedCode: 7
Current FAN Speed Attribute:

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Lowest SpeedCode: 2

Warning SpeedCode: 5

CLI>st
CLI>
Reboot to take eect.

CLI>fan
Cooling Element (0x03):
========================================
SPEED
NAME CODE RPM STATUS
Fan 01 3 4140 OK
Fan 02 3 4630 OK
Fan 03 3 4140 OK
Fan 04 3 4490 OK

Current FAN Speed Attribute:

Lowest SpeedCode: 3

Warning SpeedCode: 7

Fan internal command for dierent fan speed type:

fan -t [high | normal | low | vlow]

high : 6000 - 10000 rpm
normal : 1800 - 7000 rpm

low : 1000 - 2000 rpm
vlow : below 1000 rpm

The above is a rough value, user can set dierent to t the fan

speed type.

Default is normal.

• SPIN Command

The spin command denes the mode of staggering SATA drive

spin-up function connected on the expander box. This command
gives expander box the ability to spin up the disk drives sequen­tially or in groups, allowing the drives to come ready at the opti-

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mum time without straining the system power supply. Stagger­ing 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:

Syntax

CLI>spin [Delay(D)[ms] Num(D)]
Expander issues the spin up the drives by [Num] drives with [De­lay] ms.

Example:

CLI>spin
Current SpinUp Attribute:

Drive Number: 1

Delay: 1024 ms

CLI>spin 512 3

New SpinUp Attribute:
Drive Number: 3

Delay: 512 ms

Current SpinUp Attribute:

Drive Number: 1

Delay: 1024 ms

• ST Command

The st command stores system congurations or factory default
congurations in ash. Since all the revised parameter setting is

temporarily stored in the working RAM, the ST command saves

those parameters permanently in ash ROM.

1. Store temporarily congurations in ash

Syntax

CLI>st

Example:

CLI>st
CLI>

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2. Store factory default congurations in ash

Syntax

CLI>st [default]

Example:

CLI>st default ;;;;; restore the setting to default
CLI>

• LSD Command

The lsd command is use for show the element devices status in
the expander controller. With parameter, this command only show
the seletct device status.

Syntax

CLI>lsd [ hdd | temp | volt | pwr | con | ..]

Show SES elements information:

Example:

CLI>lsd

ArrayDevice Element (0x17):
========================================

NAME PHY ORG NLR MAX MIN TYPE ADDRESS

SLOT 01 13 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5001B469-189AE00D

SLOT 02 12 6G 12G 12G 3G SAS 5011B469-189AE00C

SLOT 03 14 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00E

SLOT 04 15 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00F

SLOT 05 9 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE009

SLOT 06 8 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE008

SLOT 07 10 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00A

SLOT 08 11 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE00B

SLOT 09 5 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE005

SLOT 10 4 6G 6G 12G 3G SATA 5011B469-189AE004

SLOT 11 6 3G 3G 12G 3G SAS 500000E0-168F8E92

SLOT 12 7 3G 12G 12G 3G SAS 500000E0-168F8E99

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Connector Element (0x19):
========================================
NAME PHY NLR TYPE ROUTE CONNECTED-ADDRESS

Connector00 0 05
Connector00 1 05
Connector00 2 05

Connector00 3 05
Connector01 4 12G 3F S 50004D9F-74992000
Connector01 5 12G 3F S 50004D9F-74992000
Connector01 6 12G 3F S 50004D9F-74992000
Connector01 7 12G 3F S 50004D9F-74992000
Connector02 8 12G 3F S 50004D9F-74992000
Connector02 9 12G 3F S 50004D9F-74992000
Connector02 10 12G 3F S 50004D9F-74992000
Connector02 11 12G 3F S 50004D9F-74992000

Cooling Element (0x03):
========================================

SPEED
NAME CODE RPM STATUS
Fan 01 5 2100 OK
Fan 02 5 2200 OK
Fan 03 Not-Installed
Fan 04 Not-Installed

Temperature Element (0x04):
========================================

NAME ID CT(‘C) HTW LT W OTWarn

ENC. Temp 01 32 60 5 No

Chip Temp 02 42 85 0 No

Voltage Element (0x12):
========================================
NAME VOLT(V) OVLMT UVLMT STATUS
1V 0.99 1.07 0.94 None
5V 4.96 5.32 4.63 None

PowerSupply Element (0x02):
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NAME STATUS
PowerSupply01 OK

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PowerSupply02 OK

AudibleAlarm Element (0x06):
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NAME STATUS ALMSTATE

Audible-Alarm Normal 0

CLI>

• SHOWLOGS Command

The showlogs command allows you to display system event no-

tications that have been generated event by the SAS expander

box.

Syntax

CLI>showlogs [DisplayMode(hex, detail, default)]

Example:

CLI>showlogs
00000000-00000000:PLATFORM:Firmware initialization started

Day00000-00:00:00 ENCLOSURE-Fan 01 Failed

• FDL Command

You can perform expander rmware update through the CLI on
the external RS-232 port. There are two block regions that you

can update on SAS expander:

1. CODE region - for FW le : sas3xfwYYMMDD.fw

2. MFGB region - for Data le : mfg12gYYMMDD.dat

To update the expander controller rmware, follow the procedure

below:

Syntax: all the commands please type in lower case

CLI>fdl { code | mfgb }

Then use XModem/(Checksum) protocol transmit le to update
ROM Region. The following procedures is used to update rmware
through the RS-232:

1. Open any UART communication tools like TeraTerm Pro

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(115200,n,8,1).

2. Press any key on the terminal window, the window will show

“CLI>” prompt.

3. Type help will show help screen.

4. One command to update rmware. Step as follow.

5. Issue download & update command under “CLI>”.

CLI>fdl code
Please Use XModem Protocol for File Transmission.
Use Q or q to quit Download before starting XModem.
<-----expander prompt for ready to receive le to update.

6. Then using your terminal program initiate an XModem le

transfer

(a). If the expander receive the le under the timeout limit
(60s), the process starts.
(b). If time out, please retry the step 5 again.

7. You can also cancel the program step by type ‘q’.

8. If transfer OK, the transfered data is updated. Cold-start

expander (Power cycle again) to take eect.

Example:
Update procedure, use Xmodem to transfer, refer to “fdl” com­mand for detail operation.

CLI>fdl { code | mfgb }

Use HyperTerminal or TeraTerm utility with Xmodem mode to
transfer and update les.
If transfer OK, the transfered data is updated. Cold-start
expander (Power cycle again) to take eect.

The following rmware and data are available in the following
lename format.

1. FW le (CODE) : sas3xfwYYMMDD.fw

2. Data le (MFGB) : mfg12gYYMMDD.dat

Update SAS expander rmware:

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CLI>fdl code
Use HyperTerminal or TeraTerm utility with Xmodem mode to
transfer sas3xfwYYMMDD.fw.
If transfer OK, the transfered data is updated. Cold-start
expander (power cycle again) to take eect.

Update SAS expander data le:
CLI>fdl mfgb

Use HyperTerminal or TeraTerm utility with Xmodem mode to
transfer mfg12gYYMMDD.dat.
If transfer OK, the transfered data is updated. Cold-start
expander (Power cycle again) to take eect.

• Counters Reset Command

Display/Reset all phy counters reset (optional).
CLI>counters reset
Phy counters successfully reset.

CLI>counters
Phy Layer Error Counters=================

== InvWrdCnt ==DispErrCnt ==LossSyncCnt ==RstSeqFailCnt=
Phy 00 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 01 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 02 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 03 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 04 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 05 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 06 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 07 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 08 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 09 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 10 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 11 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 12 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 13 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 14 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 15 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 16 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 17 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

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Phy 18 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 19 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 20 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 21 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 22 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 23 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 24 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 25 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 26 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Phy 27 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

Link Layer Event Counters
Phy Event Counter Not Congured.
Generic Broadcast Counter
Broadcast Counter Not Congured.
Generic Broadcast Counter
Broadcast Counter Not Congured.

• Sasaddr Command

CLI>sasaddr

Expander New SAS Address: 0x5001B4690400083F

Expander Current SAS Address:

EXP Port SAS Address: 0x5001B4690400083F
SXP Port SAS Address: 0x5001B4690400083D
STP Port SAS Address: Disabled

• Sub Command

The subtractive command allows you to set the subtractive ports
on expander.

1. Set external cable link ports

Syntax

CLI>sub [{c0..c3} l def]
Index: c0..c3 External Cable Index
The cable c0, c1, c2, or c3 is view from right to left or start

from top to bottom.

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Example:

CLI>sub c0,c1 ;;;;; set cable0 and cable1 as subtractive ports
CLI>st
CLI>
Reboot to take eect.

2. Set internal slot link ports

Syntax

CLI>sub [0..47]
Index:0..47 Internal Slot Index

Example:

CLI>sub 8,9,10,11 ;;;;; set phy 8/9/10/11 as subtractive ports
CLI>st
CLI>
Reboot to take eect.

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RAID Machine 5000 Series

Technical Specications

Drives

SAS hard drives

• up to 12/16/24 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SAS hot-plug hard drives
(12 Gb/s) at speeds of 7.2K, 10K or 15K rpm

SATA hard drives

• up to 12/16/24 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA hot-plug hard drives (6
Gb/s) at speeds of 7.2K or 10K rpm. Connectivity to the JBOD

system backplane is provided through an interposer assembly

(optional) for dual expanders.

Sensors

• Chip and ambient sensors (one for each expander module)

• 12/16/24 temperature sensors (one for each slot)

Controller Back-Panel Connectors

SAS connectors (per expander board) - 3 x Min SAS HD SFF-8644

• 1 x SAS "Exp. In" SFF-8644 connector for connection to the host

• 2 x SAS "Exp. Out" SFF-8644 connectors for expansion to an
additional JBOD enclosure

Manager connector (per expander board)

• 1 x 6-pin UART RJ-11 connector

• 1 x RJ-45 LAN connector (manufacture manager only)

LED Indicators

Hard-drive carrier

• 1 blue single-color activity LED

• 1 two-color LED status indicator per drive

Expander board

• 2 one-color LED status indicators for each SAS port, one for SAS

port link and one for the activity status

Power supply/cooling fan module

• 2 single-color LED status indicators for AC_OK and FAULT on each

power supply/cooling fan module

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Power Supplies

Dual hot swap and redundant with PFC, N+1 design

• Wattage 595 W maximum continuous;

• Voltage 100–240 V rated

• Frequency 50–60 Hz

• Amperage (Max) 6.18A (120 VAC), 3.23A (230 VAC)

Dimensions

2U 12 bays 19-inch rackmount chassis (H x W x D)

• Without handles 88.2 x 445 x 506 mm(3.2 x 17.5 x 19.9 in)

• With handles 88.2 x 482 x 542 mm(3.2 x 22.9 x 21.3 in)

3U 16 bays 19-inch rackmount chassis (H x W x D)

• Without handles 132.6 x 445 x 506 mm(5.2 x 17.5 x 19.9 in)

• With handles 132.6 x 482 x 542 mm(5.2 x 22.9 x 21.3 in)

2U 24 bays 19-inch rackmount chassis (H x W x D)

• Without handles 88.2 x 445 x 470 mm(3.2 x 17.5 x 18.5 in)

• With handles 88.2 x 482 x 506 mm(3.2 x 22.9 x 19.9 in)

Enclosure Net Weight (Without Drives)

• Single 12/16/24 bays 26.5 kg/30.5 kg/27.5kg

• Dual 12/16/24 bays 27 kg/31 kg/28 kg

Environmental

Temperature:

• Operating 0° to 40°C

• Storage –40° to 70°C

Relative humidity:

• Operating 10% to 80% (non-condensing)

• Storage 5% to 95% (non-condensing)