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SilverSATA™ V-UR
SCSI Ultra320 to SATA
Disk Subsystem
User’s Manual
Revised March 29, 2007
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WARRANTY
The information in this document is subject to change without notice. We make no warranty of
any kind regarding this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties or
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Furthermore, we shall not be liable for errors
contained herein or for incidental or consequential damage in connection with the furnishing,
performance, or use of this material.
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.
CE Mark
This equipment is in conformity with EM directive.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction 10
1.1 System Architecture 10
1.1.1 Ultra320 Host Interface(SilverSATA) 10
1.1.2 Serial ATA II Drive Interface 10
1.2 SilverSATA V-UR Controller Board 10
1.2.1 Cache Memory Subsystem 10
1.2.2 User Interface 10
1.2.3 Controller Firmware 11
1.3 RAID Concept 11
1.3.1 RAID Set 11
1.3.2 Volume Set 11
1.3.3 Easy of Use Features 11
1.3.3.1 Instant Availability/Background Initialization 11
1.3.3.2 Array Roaming 12
1.3.3.3 Online Capacity Expansion 12
1.3.4 Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration 12
1.4 High availability 12
1.4.1 Creating Hot Spares 12
1.4.2 Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support 12
1.4.3 Hot-Swap Disk Rebuild 12
1.5 Understanding RAID 13
1.5.1 RAID 0 13
1.5.2 RAID 1 13
1.5.3 RAID 10 14
1.5.4 RAID 3 14
1.5.5 RAID 5 15
1.5.6 Summary of RAID Levels 16
2. Hardware Installation 16
2.1 Overview 16
2.2 SilverSATA V-UR Requirements 16
2.3 Step Action 17
2.4 Hot-plug Drive Replacement 19
2.4.1 Recognizing a Drive Failure 19
2.4.2 Replacing a Failed Drive 19
3. Configuration Methods 20
3.1 Using local front panel touch-control keypad 20
3.2 VT100 terminal (Using the controller’s serial port) 21
3.2.1 SilverSATA V-UR RS-232C Port Pin Assignment 21
3.2.2 Start-up VT100 Screen 22
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3.3 Bootable CD VT100 utility (Using the controller’s serial port) 22
3.3.1 Bootable CD VT100 terminal emulation setting value requirement 22
3.3.2 Start-up ROM-DOS VT100 Screen 23
3.4 Web browser-based RAID manager 23
3.4.1 Web browser-based RAID manager via HTTP Proxy (Using the
controller’s serial port)
3.4.1.1 Start-up Web Browser-based RAID Management for Local
Administration
3.4.1.1.1 For Windows 24
3.4.1.1.2 For Linux 24
3.4.1.2 Start-up Web Browser-based RAID Management for Remote
Administration
3.4.2 Firmware-embedded TCP/IP & web browser-based RAID manager
(using the controller’s 10/100 Ethernet LAN port)
3.5 Configuration Menu Tree 25
4. LCD Configuration Menu 25
4.1 Starting LCD Configuration Utility 26
4.2 LCD Configuration Utility Main Menu Options 26
4.3 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets 26
4.4 Designating Drives as Hot Spares 27
4.5 Using Quick Volume and Raid Set Setup 27
4.6 Using Raid Set and Volume Set Functions 28
4.7 Navigation Map of the LCD For SilverSATA 29
4.7.1 Quick Volume/Raid Setup 29
4.7.2 Raid Set Function 29
4.7.2.1 Create A New Raid Set 29
4.7.2.2 Delete Existed Raid Set 29
4.7.2.3 Expand Existed Raid Set 30
4.7.2.4 Activate Incomplete Raid Set 30
4.7.2.5 Create Hot Spare Disk 30
4.7.2.6 Delete Hot Spare Disk 30
4.7.2.7 Display Raid Set Information 30
4.7.3 Volume Set Function 30
4.7.3.1 Create Raid Volume Set 31
4.7.3.1.1 Capacity 31
4.7.3.1.2 Raid Level 31
4.7.3.1.3 Stripe Size 31
4.7.3.1.4 Volume Name 31
4.7.3.1.5 SCSI Channel (SilverSATA) 31
4.7.3.1.6 SCSI ID (SilverSATA) 31
4.7.3.1.7 SCSI LUN (SilverSATA) 31
4.7.3.1.8 Cache Mode 32
4.7.3.1.9 Tag Queuing 32
4.7.3.2 Delete Volume Set 32
4.7.3.3 Modify Volume Set 32
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4.7.3.3.1 Volume Set Migration 32
4.7.3.4 Check Volume Set Consistency 32
4.7.3.5 Stop Volume Set Consistency Check 32
4.7.3.6 Display Volume Set Information 32
4.7.4 Physical Drive 33
4.7.4.1 Display Drive Information 33
4.7.4.2 Create Pass-Through Disk 33
4.7.4.3 Modify Pass-Through Disk 33
4.7.4.4 Delete Pass-Through Disk 34
4.7.4.5 Identify Selected Drive 34
4.7.5 Raid System Function 34
4.7.5.1 Mute The Alert Beeper 34
4.7.5.2 Alert Beeper Setting 34
4.7.5.3 Change Password 34
4.7.5.4 JBOD/RAID Configuration 34
4.7.5.5 RAID Rebuild Priority 34
4.7.5.6 Maximum SATA Mode (SilverSATA) 35
4.7.5.7 Disk Capacity Truncation Mode 35
4.7.5.8 Terminal Port Configuration 35
4.7.5.9 Restart Controller 35
4.7.6 U320 SCSI Target Configuration(SilverSATA) 36
4.7.7 Ethernet Configuration (SilverSATA) 36
4.7.8 Show System Events 36
4.7.9 Clear all Event Buffers 36
4.7.10 Hardware Information 36
4.7.11 System Information 36
5. VT-100 Utility Configuration 36
5.1 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets 37
5.2 Designating Drives as Hot Spares 37
5.3 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration 37
5.4 Using Raid Set/Volume Set Function Method 38
5.5 Main Menu 39
5.5.1 Quick Volume/RAID Setup 40
5.5.2 Raid Set Function 41
5.5.2.1 Create Raid Set 41
5.5.2.2 Delete Raid Set 42
5.5.2.3 Expand Raid Set 42
• Migrating 42
5.5.2.4 Activate Incomplete Raid Set 43
5.5.2.5 Create Hot Spare 43
5.5.2.6 Delete Hot Spare 44
5.5.2.7 Raid Set Information 44
5.5.3 Volume Set Function 44
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5.5.3.1 Create Volume Set 45
5.5.3.1.1 Volume Name 45
5.5.3.1.2 Capacity 46
5.5.3.1.3 Raid Level 46
5.5.3.1.4 Stripe Size 46
5.5.3.1.5 SCSI Channel 47
5.5.3.1.6 SCSI ID 47
5.5.3.1.7 SCSI LUN 47
5.5.3.1.8 Cache Mode 48
5.5.3.1.9 Tag Queuing 48
5.5.3.1.10 Max Sync Rate 48
5.5.3.2 Delete Volume Set 49
5.5.3.3 Modify Volume Set 49
5.5.3.3.1 Volume Expansion 49
5.5.3.3.2 Volume Set Migration 50
5.5.3.4 Check Volume Set 50
5.5.3.5 Stop Volume Set Check 51
5.5.3.6 Display Volume Set Info 51
5.5.4 Physical Drives 51
5.5.4.1 View Drive Information 51
5.5.4.2 Create Pass-Through Disk 52
5.5.4.3 Modify Pass-Through Disk 52
5.5.4.4 Delete Pass-Through Disk 52
5.5.4.5 Identify Selected Drive 53
5.5.5 Raid System Function 53
5.5.5.1 Mute The Alert Beeper 53
5.5.5.2 Alert Beeper Setting 54
5.5.5.3 Change Password 54
5.5.5.4 JBOD/RAID Configuration 55
5.5.5.5 Disk Capacity Truncation Mode 56
5.5.5.6 Maximum SATA Mode 56
5.5.5.7 Update Firmware 57
5.5.5.8 Restart Controller 57
5.5.6 U320 SCSI Target Configuration (SilverSATA) 58
5.5.7 Ethernet Configuration (SilverSATA) 58
5.5.7.1 DHCP Function 58
5.5.7.2 Local IP address 58
5.5.7.3 Ethernet Address 59
5.5.8 View System Events 59
5.5.9 Clear Events Buffer 60
5.5.10 Hardware Monitor Information 60
5.5.11 System Information 61
6. Web Browser-based Configuration 61
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6.1 Firmware-embedded TCP/IP & web browser-based RAID manager (using
the controller’s 10/100 Ethernet LAN port)
6.2 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets 62
6.3 Designating Drives as Hot Spares 62
6.4 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration 62
6.5 Using Raid Set/Volume Set Function Method 63
6.6 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets 64
6.6.1 Main Menu 65
6.7 Quick Create 65
6.8 Raid Set Functions 65
6.8.1 Create Raid Set 65
6.8.2 Delete Raid Set 66
6.8.3 Expand Raid Set 66
6.8.4 Activate Incomplete Raid Set 66
6.8.5 Create Hot Spare 66
6.8.6 Delete Hot Spare 66
6.8.7 Rescue Raid Set 66
6.9 Volume Set Functions 66
6.9.1 Create Volume Set 67
6.9.2 Delete Volume Set 68
6.9.3 Modify Volume Set 68
6.9.3.1 Volume Expansion 68
6.9.3.2 Volume Set Migration 68
6.9.4 Check Volume Set 68
6.9.5 Stop Volume Set Check 68
6.10 Physical Drive 68
6.10.1 Create Pass-Through Disk 69
6.10.2 Modify Pass-Through Disk 69
6.10.2.1 For SilverSATA 69
6.10.3 Delete Pass-Through Disk 69
6.10.4 Identify Drive 69
6.11 System Controls 69
6.11.1 System Configuration 69
6.11.1.1 For SilverSATA 69
6.11.2 U320 SCSI Target Config (SilverSATA) 70
6.11.3 Ethernet Config (SilverSATA) 70
6.11.4 Alert By Mail Config (SilverSATA) 71
6.11.5 SNMP Configuration (SilverSATA) 71
6.11.6 View Events/ Mute Beeper 71
6.11.7 Generate Test Event 71
6.11.8 Clear Events Buffer 71
6.11.9 Modify Password 71
6.11.10 Upgrade Firmware 72
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6.11.11 Restart Controller 72
6.12 Information Menu 72
6.12.1 Raid Set Hierarchy 72
6.12.2 System Information 72
6.12.3 Hardware Monitor 72
APPENDIX A 72
Specifications 72
System Architecture 73
SilverSATA 73
RAID Features 73
Disk Bus Interface 73
SCSI-to-SATA Host Bus Interface 73
Monitors / Indicators 73
RAID Management 73
Software Drivers 74
Mechanical 74
Environmental 74
Electrical 74
Appendix B 74
Upgrading Flash Firmware Programming Utility 74
Establishing the Connection for the RS-232 75
Upgrade Firmware Through ANSI/VT-100 Terminal Emulation 75
Upgrade Firmware Through HTTP Proxy Web Browser Manager 75
Appendix C 76
Connector and Pin Definitions 76
Appendix D 76
SNMP Operation & Definition 76
Appendix E 76
Technical Support 76
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1. Introduction
The SilverSATA V-UR controller is designed to fit in a three 5.25” half-height drive bay for easy
integration in any disk array enclosure or server. The controller host base module depends on
varying models with different configurations. (SilverSATA) controller host supports Ultra320 SCSI
channel and five SATA II channels for disk drives. When properly configured, the SilverSATA VUR can provide non-stop service with a high degree of fault tolerance through the use of RAID
technology and advanced array management features. The SilverSATA V-UR controller connects
to the host system through an Ultra320 SCSI interface. The host interface on the host may be
located either on the system board, or on a plug-in host bus adapter (HBA) card.
The SilverSATA V-UR allows easy scalability from JBOD to RAID. It can be configured to RAID
levels 0, 1 (0+1), 3, 5, and 6. The RAID function allows one HDD failure without impact on the
existing data and failed drive data can be reconstructed from the remaining data and parity
drives. RAID configuration and monitoring can be done through the LCD on the front.
1.1 System Architecture
1.1.1 Ultra320 Host Interface
The Ultra320 SCSI controller board’s host interface appears to the host system as an Ultra320
target device. The Ultra320 SCSI can support transfer rates up to 320MB per second.
1.1.2 Serial ATA II Drive Interface
The controller board communicates directly with the array’s 5 Serial ATA II drives via a built-in
SATA interface. The SilverSATA V-UR uses the SilverSATA V-UR SATA II I/O controller chip on
each SATA channel to allow the controller to simultaneously communicate with the host system,
and read or write data on several drives. Up to five disk drives can be connected to each RAID
controller.
1.2 SilverSATA V-UR Controller Board
SilverSATA controller has a SATA II controller which supports SATA II support with up to 5
SATA hard drives.
1.2.1 Cache Memory Subsystem
The SilverSATA controller high-performance architecture comes from Intel 80321 I/O
processor, a 133MHz/64-bit PCI-X memory architecture. The data flows through
133MHz/64-bit PCI-X bus makes its high data throughput. Data can be transferred between
the controller and the drives through a high-speed 133MHz/64-bit path at a burst rate of up
to 1000MB/S. The system’s overall performance can support one Ultra320 SCSI host
channel. The controller default supports 128MB on-board cache.
1.2.2 User Interface
Manual configuration and monitoring can be done through the LCD front control pane. The
firmware also contains an embedded management program that can support the RS-232C
(Serial Console) port out-of-band management. The controller can use any of the interfaces
to simplify the setup and management of their associated disk drives. This out-of-band
method is a convenient platform-independent management utility. Users can through this
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port to implement Bootable CD VT-100, VT-100 Terminal and HTTP proxy browser-based
management utility.
1.2.3 Controller Firmware
The system provides RAID levels 0, 1 (0+1), 3, and 5 RAID configurations. It can be
managed either through the LCD control panel or by the system-embedded configuration
utilities. Its high data availability and protection derives from the following capabilities:
Online Capacity Expansion, Online RAID Level Migration, Dynamic Volume Extension,
Array Roaming, Global Online Spare, Automatic Drive Failure Detection, Automatic Failed
Drive Rebuilding, Disk Hot Spare, and Instant Availability/Background Initialization.
The SilverSATA V-UR firmware is stored on the controller flash ROM and is executed by
the RISC CPU. The firmware can also be updated through the RS-232 port without the
need to replace any hardware chips. During the controller ROM flash process, it is possible
for a problem to occur resulting in corruption of the controller firmware. Corrupted firmware
in the controller firmware would make the controller inoperable and bring the system down.
The Redundant Flash provides a unique redundancy feature that helps ensure against
controller availability. This reduces the risk of system failure due to firmware crash. In
addition to the stored programs in ROM, the NVRAM stores information.
1.3 RAID Concept
1.3.1 RAID Set
A Raid Set is a group of disks containing one or more volume sets. It has the following
features in the RAID controller. A volume set must be created either on an existing raid set
or on a group of available individual disks (disks that are not yet a part of any raid set). If
there are pre-existing raid sets with available capacity and enough disks for specified RAID
levels desired, then the volume set will be created in the existing raid set of the user’s
choice. If physical disk of different capacity are grouped together in a raid set, then the
capacity of the smallest disk will become the effective capacity of all the disks in the raid
set.
1.3.2 Volume Set
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 disk capacity available in a RAID Set. Multiple Volume Sets can exist on a group
of disks in a Raid Set.
In the illustration below, Volume 1 can be assigned a RAID 5 level of operation while
Volume 0 might be assigned a RAID 0+1 level of operation.
1.3.3 Ease of Use Features
1.3.3.1 Instant Availability/Background Initialization
RAID 0 and RAID 1 volume set can be used immediately after the creation. But the RAID
3 and 5 volume sets must be initialized to generate the parity. In the normal 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 for the initialization completion. Furthermore,
the RAID volume set is also protected against a single disk failure while initializing. In fast
initialization, the initialization process must be completed before the volume set ready for
system access.
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1.3.3.2 Array Roaming
The RAID controller stores configuration information both in NVRAM and on the disk
drives. It can protect the configuration settings in the case of a disk drive or controller
failure. Array roaming allows the administrators the ability to move a complete raid set to
another system without losing RAID configuration and data on that raid set. If a server fails
to work, the raid set disk drives can be moved to another server and inserted in any order.
1.3.3.3 Online Capacity Expansion
Online Capacity Expansion makes it possible to add one or more physical drive to a
volume set while the server is in operation, eliminating the need to store and restore after
reconfiguring the raid set. When disks are added to a raid set, unused capacity is added to
the end of the raid set. Data on the existing volume sets residing on that raid set is
redistributed evenly across all the disks. A contiguous block of unused capacity is made
available on the raid set. The unused capacity can create an additional volume set. The
expansion process is illustrated as a following figure.
The RAID controller redistributes the original volume set over the original and newly
added disks, using the same fault-tolerance configuration. The unused capacity on the
expanded raid set can then be used to create an additional volume set, with a different
fault tolerance setting if the user needs to change it.
1.3.4 Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration
Users can Migrate both the RAID level and stripe size of an existing volume set while the
server is online and the volume set is in use. Online RAID level/stripe size migration can
prove helpful during performance tuning activities and in the event that additional physical
disks are added to the RAID controller. For example, in a system using two drives in RAID
level 1, you could increase capacity and retain fault tolerance by adding another drive. You
then have the option of adding the third disk to your existing RAID logical drive and
migrating from RAID level 1 to 5. The result would be parity fault tolerance and double the
available capacity without taking the system off.
1.4 High availability
1.4.1 Creating Hot Spares
A hot spare drive is an unused online available drive, which is ready for replacing the failure
disk drive. In a RAID level 1, 0+1, 3, or 5 raid set, any unused online available drive
installed but not belonging to a raid set can be defined as a hot spare drive. Hot spares
permit you to replace failed drives without powering down the system. When the RAID
controller detects a drive failure, the system will automatically do transparent rebuilds using
hot spare drives. The raid set will be reconfigured and rebuilt in the background while the
RAID controller continues to handle system requests. During the automatic rebuild process,
system activity will continue as normal, however, the system performance and fault
tolerance will be affected.
1.4.2 Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support
The RAID controller has built the protection circuit to support the replacement of SATA II
hard disk drives without having to shut down or reboot the system. The removable hard
drive tray can deliver “hot swappable,” fault-tolerant RAID solutions at prices much less than
conventional SCSI hard disk RAID controllers. We provide this feature for controllers to
provide the advanced fault tolerant RAID protection and “online” drive replacement.
1.4.3 Hot-Swap Disk Rebuild
A Hot-Swap function can be used to rebuild disk drives in arrays with data redundancy such
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as RAID level 1, 0+1, 3, and 5. If a hot spare is not available, the failed disk drive must be
replaced with a new disk drive so that the data on the failed drive can be rebuilt. If a hot
spare is available, the rebuild starts automatically when a drive fails. The RAID controller
automatically and transparently rebuilds failed drives in the background with users-definable
rebuild rates. The RAID controller will automatically restart the system and the rebuild if the
system is shut down or powered off abnormally during a reconstruction procedure condition.
When a disk is Hot Swapped, although the system is functionally operational, the system
may no longer be fault tolerant. Fault tolerance will be lost until the removed drive is
replaced and the rebuild operation is completed.
1.5 Understanding RAID
RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. It is an array of multiple
independent hard disk drives that provide high performance and fault tolerance. The
SilverSATA V-UR controller implements several levels of the Berkeley RAID technology. An
appropriate RAID level is selected when the volume sets are defined or created. This
decision is based on disk capacity, data availability (fault tolerance or redundancy), and disk
performance. The following lists the various RAID levels supported in the SilverSATA V-UR.
The SilverSATA V-UR controller makes the RAID implementation and the disks’ physical
configuration transparent to the host operating system. This means that the host operating
system drivers and software utilities are not affected, regardless of the RAID level selected.
Correct installation of the disk array and the controller requires a proper understanding of
RAID technology and the concepts.
1.5.1 RAID 0
RAID 0, also referred to as striping, writes data across multiple disk drives instead of just
one disk drive. RAID 0 does not provide any data redundancy, but does offer the best highspeed data throughput. RAID 0 breaks up data into smaller blocks and then writes a block
to each drive in the array. Disk striping enhances performance because multiple drives are
accessed simultaneously; but the reliability of RAID Level 0 is less than any of its member
disk drives due to its lack of redundancy.
1.5.2 RAID 1
In RAID 1, also known as “disk mirroring”, is when data written to one disk drive is
simultaneously written to another disk drive. Read performance may be enhanced if the
array controller can parallel access both members of a mirrored pair. During writes, there
will be a minor performance penalty when compared to writing to a single disk. If one
drive fails, all data (and software applications) are preserved on the other drive. RAID 1
offers extremely high data reliability, but at the cost of doubling the required data storage
capacity.
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1.5.3 RAID 0+1
RAID 0+1 is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1, combining striping with disk mirroring.
RAID Level 0+1 combines the fast performance of Level 0 with the data redundancy of
Level 1. In this configuration, data is distributed across several disk drives, similar to
Level 0, which are then duplicated to another set of drives for data protection. RAID 0+1
provides the highest read/write performance of any of the Hybrid RAID levels, but at the
cost of doubling the required data storage capacity.
1.5.4 RAID 3
RAID 3 provides disk striping and complete data redundancy through a dedicated parity
drive. RAID 3 breaks up data into smaller blocks, calculates parity by performing
exclusive-or on the blocks, and then writes the blocks to all but one drive in the array.
The parity data created during the exclusive-or is then written to the last drive in the
array. If a single drive fails, data is still available by computing the exclusive-or of the
contents corresponding stripes of the surviving member disk. RAID 3 is best for
applications that require very fast data transfer rates or large data blocks.
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1.5.5 RAID 5
RAID 5 is sometimes called striping with parity at byte level. In RAID 5, the parity
information is written to all of the drives in the subsystems rather than concentrated on a
dedicated parity disk. If one drive in the system fails, the parity information can be used to
reconstruct the data from that drive. All drives in the array system can be used to seek
operation at the same time, greatly increasing the performance of the RAID system. This
relieves the write bottleneck that characterizes RAID 4, and is the primary reason that
RAID 5 is more often implemented.
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1.5.6 Summary of RAID Levels
The SilverSATA V-UR RAID controller supports RAID Levels 0, 1, (0+1), 3, 5, and 6. RAID level
5 is most commonly used by customers seeking an optimal balance of speed and data safety.
The following table provides a summary of RAID levels.
RAID
Level
Description Min.
0 Also known as striping. Data
distributed across multiple drives in the
array. There is no data protection.
1 Also known as mirroring. All data
replicated on separated disks. RAID 1
is almost always 2 disks.
This is a high availability solution, but
due to the 100% duplication, it is also a
costly solution.
0+1 Also known as Block-Interleaved
Parity. Data and parity information is
subdivided and distributed across all
disks. Parity must be equal to the
smallest disk capacity in the array.
Parity information normally stored on a
dedicated parity disk.
3 Also known as Bit-Interleaved Parity.
Data and parity information is
subdivided and distributed across all
disks. Parity must be equal to the
smallest disk capacity in the array.
Parity information normally stored on a
dedicated parity disk.
5 Also known as Block-Interleaved
Distributed Parity. Data and parity
information is subdivided and
distributed across all disks. Can
withstand the failure of one drive, and
80& of drive capacity is usable.
6 Two different parity bits are used, to
create double redundancy. Can
withstand the failure of two drives, but
only 60% of drive capacity is usable.
RAID Features and Performance
Drives
1 5 No data
2 2 Lower than
3 5 Lower than
3 5 Lower than
3 5 Lower than
4 5 Higher than
Max.
Drives
Data Reliability Data Transfer
Protection
RAID 6; Higher
than RAID 3, 5
RAID 6; Higher
than RAID 3, 5
RAID 1, 10, 6;
Higher than a
single drive
RAID 1, 10, 6;
Higher than a
single drive
1,10, 5
Rate
Very high Very high for both
Reads are
higher than a
single disk;
Writes are
similar to a
single disk
Transfer rates
are more like
RAID 1 than
RAID 0
Reads are
similar to RAID
0; Writes are
slower than a
single disk
Reads are
similar to RAID
0; Writes are
slower than a
single disk
Slightly less than
RAID 5
I/O Request Rates
reads and writes
Reads are twice as
fast as a single disk.
Writes are similar to a
single disk.
Reads are twice as
fast as a single disk.
Writes are similar to a
single disk.
Reads are almost
twice that of a single
disk.
Writes are similar to a
single disk.
Reads are similar to
RAID 0.
Writes are slower
than a single disk.
Slightly less than
RAID 5
2. Hardware Installation
2.1 Overview
This chapter describes how to install the SilverSATA V-UR and connect UDMA/SATA drives
to make sure the SilverSATA V-UR is ready to use. The following contains step-by-step
instructions to successfully install your new SilverSATA V-UR in your computer system.
2.2 SilverSATA V-UR Requirements
This is essentially the same form factor as a three 5” full-height hard disk drive. It is designed
to fit into three consecutive 5.25” full-height drive bays located in a server chassis. Standard
mounting holes are located on both sides of the SilverSATA V-UR. The mounting holes
accept commonly available No. 6-32 coarse-thread screws.
2.3 Step Action
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1. Unpack the SilverSATA V-UR and inspect for damage. Make sure all items are in the
package.
2. Identify SilverSATA V-UR parts
3. Turn off the computer
4. Connect host to SilverSATA V-UR
5. Setting UDMA devices
6. Load drives into the drive trays.
7. RAID creation method
8. Turn on the host computer
9. Configure the SilverSATA V-UR
Step 1 Unpacking
Unpack and install the hardware in a static-free environment. The SilverSATA V-UR is
packed inside an anti-static bag between two blocks of foam. Remove it and inspect it for
damage. If the SilverSATA V-UR appears damaged, or if any items of the contents listed
below are missing or damaged, please contact WiebeTech immediately.
Checklist
The SilverSATA V-UR kit includes the following items in the shipping package:
• SilverSATA V-UR
• Mounting hardware required by the SilverSATA V-UR (attachment rails, screws, etc.)
• SCSI cable to interconnect SilverSATA V-UR and system SCSI host.
• SCSI terminator
• RS-232 cable
• Standard power cable
• WiebeTech product CD
Step 2 Identify SilverSATA V-UR part
The following figures illustrate the jumper and connector locations for the SilverSATA V-UR.
Step 3 Power Down the System
Turn off the host computer and disconnect the power code.
Step 4 Loading Drive into the Drive Tray
The SilverSATA V-UR supports five channel SATA II channels. For SATA II drives, each
channel can run up to 300MB/S.
1. Gently take out the drive trays from the SilverSATA V-UR by using the key to unlock
2. Remove the tray blank from hot-swap tray.
3. Make sure the connectors are firmly seated; secure the drive to the hot-swap tray
4. After all drives are in the drive tray, place all of them back into the SilverSATA V-UR .
5. Make sure you let the lever engage by itself.
6. Give a final push of the drive tray to make sure it is seated firmly into the back plane.
7. Once it is seated firmly, click the lever in place.
Step 5 Connecting SilverSATA V-UR Power
Connect a free power cables to the power connector on the rear side of the SilverSATA VUR. Below is recommended way to connect module to Power Supply.
Step 6 Connecting SilverSATA V-UR to host SCSI Channel (SilverSATA)
There are two SCSI connectors that are provided on the back of the SilverSATA V-UR for
the tray, and pulling out on the lever.
with the SilverSATA drive screws.
To do this slide in the drive tray making sure the lever is at 90-degree angle from the
SilverSATA. This is important so as not to damage the hot-swap trays.
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connecting the array to SCSI host adapter. Installation of the SilverSATA V-UR is very
similar to the installation of a standard SCSI drive. Refer to your system and/or SCSI host
adapter manual for additional installation procedures that may apply to your system or host
adapter. Install host SCSI Channel and SilverSATA V-UR using the SCSI cables included in
your kits.
Follow these steps to connect host SCSI Channel and SilverSATA V-UR:
1. Plug the SCSI Terminator into one of the ports on the back of the unit
2. Plug the SCSI cable into the other port
3. Hook up power cable into SilverSATA V-UR
4. Turn off the computer, and load the host card into its appropriate slot on the motherboard
5. Plug the other end of the cable into the host card
6. Turn on SilverSATA V-UR
7. Boot up the computer
Step 7 RAID Creation Method
It is necessary to connect LCD panel with keypad or a serial device (terminal emulation) in
order to create the RAID system.
Method 1: LCD Panel with Keypad
The LCD status panel informs you of the Disk Array’s current operating status at a glance.
If you need to add the front panel and keypad function, you also need one another drive
bay space. Install the LCD Module on the controller backplane in order to operate the LCD
interface function. For additional information on using the LCD panel and keypad to
configure the SilverSATA V-UR see “LCD Configuration” on Chapter 6.
Method 2: Serial Port Connection
The SilverSATA V-UR can be configured via a VT-100 compatible terminal or a PC running
a VT-100 terminal emulation program. The provided interface cable converts the RS232
signal of the 10-pin header connector on the SilverSATA V-UR into a 9-pin D-Sub male
connector or the system board, 10-pin header COM2 connector. You can attach a serial
(Character-Based) terminal or server com port to the SilverSATA V-UR for access to the
text-based Setup Menu, note the following:
1. Connect a serial terminal to the port labeled COM1.
2. Connect the host system serial port to the port labeled
COM1.
Step 8 Turn on the host computer Power
Safely check the installation and reinstall the computer cover. Connect all power code. Turn
on the AC power switch at the rear of computer then press the power button at the front of
the host computer.
Step 9 Configure SilverSATA V-UR
You can configure SilverSATA V-UR either through the LCD Configuration utility or
RS232C/LAN port (SilverSATA) out of band management utility. The SilverSATA V-UR
supports VT-100 terminal or CD-ROM bootable VT-100 utility and HTTP Proxy web-
Note:
Most SCSI card supplies the termination on the origination end of the SCSI bus. Termination for
the opposite end if the bus is provided by the vendor.
All SCSI buses require termination on both ends of the bus to prevent signal degradation.
Note:
to light. Table1-1 provides a summary of the front panel LED and SilverSATA V-UR LED.
There are a variety of failure conditions that cause the SilverSATA V-UR monitoring LED
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LED Normal Status Problem Indication
Power LED Bright Green This LED does not light up after power switched on
BUSY LED Blink yellow during host computer accessing
the SilverSATA V-UR.
FAULT LED LED never light up This LED light up: “Red”, when the disk drive fail
Disk Activity
LED
Voltage LED This LED will remain on green when the
Temperature
LED
Fan LED This LED will remain on green when the
This LED blinks during hard drive read and
write activity
power is on
This LED will remain on green when the
power is on
power is on
LED never flickers
This LED will blink red if there is a voltage error
This LED will blink red if there is a fan problem
This LED will blink red if the internal temperature
rises above the Spec setting
2.4 Hot-plug Drive Replacement
The SilverSATA V-UR supports the ability of performing a hot-swap drive replacement
without powering down the system. A disk can be disconnected, removed, or replaced with a
different disk without taking the system off-line. The RAID rebuilding will be processed
automatically in the background. When a disk is hot swap, the SilverSATA V-UR may no
longer be fault tolerant. Fault tolerance will be lost until the hot swap drive is subsequently
replaced and the rebuild operation is completed.
2.4.1 Recognizing a Drive Failure
A drive failure can be identified in one of the following ways:
1. An error status message lists failed drives in the.
2. Amber LED illuminates on the front of SilverSATA V-UR system
if failed drives are inside.
2.4.2 Replacing a Failed Drive
With our SilverSATA V-UR drive tray, you can replace a defective physical drive while your
computer is still operating. When a new drive has been installed, data reconstruction will be
automatically started to rebuild the contents of the disk drive.
Follow below and refer to the pictures to replace the “Hot-Swap” drive.
Step a. Gently pull-out the HDD tray
(When a HDD error occurs, the HDD LED indicator lights up “Amber”)
Remove the drive tray you wish to replace from the SilverSATA V-UR by firmly pulling on
the drive carrier’s handle and sliding out the drive tray.
Step b. Unscrew
Remove all the mounting screws.
Note:
The capacity of the replacement drives must be at least as large as the capacity of
the other drives in the raid set. Drives of insufficient capacity will be failed immediately by the
SilverSATA V-UR without starting the Automatic Data Rebuild.
3. Configuration Methods
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After the hardware installation, the SATA disk drives connected to the internal SilverSATA V-UR
must be configured and the volume set units initialized before they are ready to use. This can be
accomplished by one of the following methods:
• Front panel touch-control keypad
• Bootable CD VT100 utility connected through the controller’s serial port
• VT100 terminal connected through the controller’s serial port
• Using HTTP Proxy through the controller’s serial port to access web browser-based RAID
manager in Windows and Linux system.
• Firmware-embedded & web browser-based RAID manager/SNMP a gent/SMTP via the
controller’s 10/100 Ethernet LAN port
Those user interfaces can access the built-in configuration and administration utility that resides
in the controller’s firmware. They provide complete control and management of the controller and
disk arrays, eliminating the need for additional hardware or software.
Note: The internal SilverSATA V-UR allows only one method to access menus at a time.
3.1 Using local front panel touch-control keypad
The front panel keypad and liquid crystal display (LCD) is the primary users interface for the
SilverSATA V-UR. All configuration and management of the controller and its properly
connected disk arrays can be performed from this interface.
The front panel keypad and LCD are connected to the SilverSATA V-UR to access the built-in
configuration and administration utility that resides in the controller’s firmware. Complete
control and management of the array’s physical drives and logical units can be performed
from the front panel, requiring no additional hardware or software drivers for that purpose.
This technical manual provides, in quick reference form, procedures that use the built-in LCD
panel to configure and operate the controller.
A touch-control keypad and a liquid crystal display (LCD) mounted on the front panel of the
SilverSATA V-UR is the primary operational interface and monitor display for the disk array
controller. This user interface controls all configuration and management functions for the
SilverSATA V-UR controller and for all UDMA or SATA disk array subsystems to which it is
properly connected.
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.
The Initial screen is as following:
Function Key Definitions
The four function keys at the button of the front panel perform the following functions:
There are a variety of failure conditions that cause the SilverSATA V-UR monitoring LED to
light. Following the Table provides a summary of the front panel LED and Enclosure LED.
For additional information on using the LCD panel and keypad to configure the RAID
controller see ‘LCD Configuration” on Chapter 4.
Key Function
Up Arrow Use to scroll the cursor Upward/Rightward
Down Arrow Use to scroll the cursor Downward/Leftward
ENT Key Submit Select ion Function (Confirm a selected Item)
ESC Key Return to Previous Screen (Exit a selection configuration)
Panel
LED
Power LED Bright Green This LED does not light up after power
Normal Status Problem Indication
switched on
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Busy LED Blink yellow during host computer accessing the
SilverSATA V-UR.
Fault LED This LED never light up The LED light up: ‘RED’, when disk drive
LED never flickers
fails.
3.2 VT100 terminal (Using the controller’s serial port)
The serial port on the controller’s back panel can be used in VT100 mode. The provided
interface cable converts the RS232 signal of the 10-pin header connector on the SilverSATA
V-UR into a 9-pin D-Sub male connector. The firmware-based terminal array management
interface can access the array through this RS-232 port. You can attach a VT-100 compatible
terminal or a PC running a VT-100 terminal emulation program to the serial port for accessing
the text-based Setup Menu.
3.2.1 SilverSATA V-UR RS-232C Port Pin Assignment
To ensure proper communications between the SilverSATA V-UR and the VT-100 Terminal
Emulation, Please configure the VT100 terminal emulation settings to the values shown
below:
The controller 10-pin header assignments are defined as below.
Keyboard Navigation
The following definition is the VT-100 RAID configuration utility keyboard navigation.
Terminal requirement
Connection Null-modem cable
Baud Rate 115,200
Data bits 8
Stop 1
Flow Control None
Action
Pin Description Pin Description
1 N/C 6 TXD
2 TXD 7 CTS
3 RXD 8 RTS
4 DSR 9 N/C
5 GND 10 N/C
Key Function
Arrow Key Move cursor
Enter Key Submit selection function
ESC Key Return to previous screen
L Key Line draw
X Key Redraw
3.2.2 Start-up VT100 Screen
By connecting a VT100 compatible terminal, or a PC operating in an equivalent terminal
emulation mode, all SilverSATA V-UR monitoring, configuration and administration
functions can be exercised from the VT100 terminal.
There are a wide variety of Terminal Emulation packages, but for the most part they should
be very similar. The following setup procedure is an example Setup VT100 Terminal in
Windows system using Hyper Terminal use Version 3.0 or higher.
Step 1. From the Desktop open the Start menu. Pick Programs, Accessories,
Communications and Hyper Terminal. Open Hyper Terminal (requires version 3.0 or higher)
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Step 2. Open HYPERTRM.EXE and Enter a name for your Terminal. Click OK.
Step 3. Select an appropriate connecting port in your Terminal. Click OK. Configure the port
parameter settings. Bits per second: “115200”, Data bits: “8”, Parity: “None”, Stop bits: “1”,
Flow control: “None”. Click OK
Step 4. Open the File menu, and then open Properties.
Step 5. Open the Settings Tab.
Step 6. Open the Settings Tab. Function, arrow and ctrl keys act as: Terminal Keys,
Backspace key sends: Crtl+H, Emulation: VT100, Telnet terminal: VT100, Back scroll buffer
lines: 500. Click OK.
Now, the VT100 is ready to use.
After you have finished the VT100 Terminal setup, you may press “X“ key (in your Terminal)
to link the SilverSATA V-UR and Terminal together.
Press ”X” key to display the disk array Monitor Utility screen on your VT100 Terminal.
3.3 Bootable CD VT100 utility (Using the controller’s serial
port)
SilverSATA V-UR now offers an alternative means of communication for the internal
SilverSATA V-UR - Bootable CD VT-100 emulation program. The traditional RS-232C way
configures the controller via a dedicated VT-100 terminal or system starting up running the
Hyper Terminal utilities. With the Bootable CD VT-100 emulation has more flexibility. Users
can access the built-in configuration without needing VT-100 terminal or system starting up
running the Hyper Terminal. The Bootable CD VT-100 emulation program is an X86-based
system utility used to configure RAID volumes prior to OS installation without needing a front
panel touch-control keypad.
The SilverSATA V-UR CD-ROM provides information on OS-independent Bootable CD VT100 setting utilities. The SilverSATA V-UR CD-ROM is self-booting, assuming your system
supports booting from the CD-ROM drive. This feature is useful because the utilities
discussed below are run directly from the CD-ROM. A Bootable CD VT100 compatible
terminal is used to access to the built-in configuration and administration utility that resides in
the controller’s firmware.
3.3.1 Bootable CD VT100 terminal emulation setting value requirement
To ensure proper communications between the SilverSATA V-UR and the Bootable CD
Terminal Emulation, Please connect the SilverSATA V-UR series RS-232 serial port, to any
COM port on a host computer and configure the Bootable CD VT100 terminal emulation
settings to the values shown below:
Terminal requirement
Baud Rate 115,200
Data bits 8
Stop 1
3.3.2 Start-up ROM-DOS VT100 Screen
Change the main board BIOS setup so that your system boots from the CD-ROM. Insert the
SilverSATA V-UR CD-ROM into the system CD-ROM drive and power on the system. The
ROM-DOS Startup Menu appears and follows the step to setup the ROM-DOS VT-100
terminal emulation parameter.
If you copy the file to floppy and boot from Floppy, then you can use the <F9-File>
function to save the new setting to the floppy disk.
Step 1. Configure the port parameter settings. COM port: 1, Baud rate: “115200”, Data bits:
“8”, Parity: “None”, Stop bits: “1”.
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Step 2. Press the “ESC” key to go back to the previous screen.
Step 3. After you have finished the VT100 Terminal setup, you may press “Ctrl “+ “D” keys
to link the Disk Array and Terminal together.
Press ”X” keys to display the disk array Monitor Utility screen on your VT100 emulation
Terminal.
F5-Communications F6-Video F7-keyboard F8-VT emulation F9-File F10-Exit
Communication Setup Mode, Use the function keys to toggle the settings
Main Menu
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
3.4 Web browser-based RAID manager
Firmware-embedded web browser RAID manager is an HTTP –based application, which
utilizes the browser installed on your operating system. Web browser-based RAID manager
can be used to manage all the raid function via RS-232C port after starts up the operating
system. Please reference the section 3.3 to connect the controller’s serial port.
The controller also embeds the TCP/IP protocol in the controller’s firmware. User can use the
Ethernet LAN port to configure the controller without adding any application and device drive.
User can plug and play the web browser RAID manager in the remote station. The provided
LAN interface cable connects the RAID controller’s LAN port into a LAN port from your local
network. Use only shield cable to avoid radiated emission that may cause interruptions.
The Storage Console current configuration screen displays the current configuration of your
SilverSATA V-UR. Detail procedures please reference the Chapter 6 Web Browser-based
configuration method.
3.4.1 Web browser-based RAID manager via HTTP Proxy (Using the
controller’s serial port)
User needs to install WiebeTech Http Proxy Server software to the RAID controller server
system. WiebeTech Http Proxy Server software is an S/W utility, which allows users through
web browser to create and modify RAID set, volume set, and monitor SilverSATA V-UR
status.
3.4.1.1 Start-up Web Browser-based RAID Management for Local
Administration
WiebeTech now offers an alternative means of communication for the SilverSATA V-UR Web Browser-based RAID Management program. The Web Browser-based RAID
Manager program is an HTML-based application, which utilizes the browser (IE, Netscape
and Mozilla etc) installed on your monitor station.
3.4.1.1.1 For Windows
Screens in this section are taken from a Windows XP installation. If you are running
another OS, your installing screen may look different, but the WiebeTech http proxy
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server installation is essentially the same.
1. Insert the SilverSATA V-UR CD in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Run the setup.exe file that resides at: <CD-ROM>\http\windows\setup.exe on the
CD-ROM.
3. Click on the Setup file then the Welcome screen appears.
Follow the on-screen prompts to complete WiebeTech Http Proxy Server software
installation. A program bar appears that measures the progress of the WiebeTech Arc
http setup. When this screen completes, you have completed the WiebeTech Http
Proxy Server software setup.
4. After a successful installation, the Setup Complete dialog box of the installation
program is displayed. Click the Finish button to complete the installation.
5. Click on the Start Button in the Windows 2000/XP task bar and then click Program,
select the WiebeTech and run “WiebeTech Http Proxy Server”. The Archttp dialog box
appears. If user doesn’t want to launch the web browser, go to step 9.
The Parameters for the General Setting:
(1). TCP Port value = 1 ~ 65535.
(2). RAID Connected to value = 1 ~ 10 where 1 for COM1, 2 for COM2 and so on...
(3). Baud Rate value = {2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200}
NOTE: SilverSATA V-UR controller default setting baud rate is 115200.
6. To start the Arc Http Proxy Server web-browser management, click the Start Button
The Enter Network Password dialog screen appears, type the User Name and
Password. The SilverSATA V-UR controller default User Name is “admin” and the
Password is “0000”. After completing entering users name and password, press Enter
to start-up the WiebeTech Http Proxy Server.
Note: It is strongly recommended to modify the password after the first login.
7. The Storage Console current configuration screen displays the current configuration
of your SilverSATA V-UR.
8. If you don’t default start-up the web browser, clear “the Launch Web Browser when
server started!!” setting. To start the Arc Http Proxy Server web-browser management,
click the Start button.
9. User may execute the WiebeTech Http Proxy Server by entering http://[IP Address]
in your web browser.
3.4.1.1.2 For Linux
The following is the Linux installation procedure in the local server.
1. Insert the SilverSATA V-UR CD in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Usage: Arc Http TCP_PORT COM_PORT BAUDRATE
Parameters: TCP_PORT value = 1 ~ 65535
COM_PORT value = 1 ~ 10 where 1 for COM1, 2 for COM2 and so on...
BAUDRATE value = {2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200}
For Example:
Start the Arc Http Proxy Server for TCP_PORT = 6666, COM_PORT = 1 and
BAUDRATE = 115200, users can type “Arc Http 6666 1 115200” on command line and
enter to execute it.
1. Execute the WiebeTech Http Proxy Server by entering http://[IP Address] in the
Netscape browser provided with Linux. Note that Linux prompts you to login to the
machine with an ID of root. The SilverSATA V-UR controller default User Name (ID) is
“admin” and the Password is “0000”
Note: It is strongly recommended to modify the password after the first login.
3.4.1.2 Start-up Web Browser-based RAID Management for Remote
Administration
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To configure internal SilverSATA V-UR on a remote machine, you need to know its IP
Address. You must first start up your local WiebeTech Http Proxy Server. (Please
reference this chapter section 6.1.2.1). Launch your WiebeTech Http Proxy Server by
entering http://[IP Address] in the remote web browser.
Note that you must be logged in as administrator with local admin rights on the remote
machine to remotely configure it. The SilverSATA V-UR controller default User Name is
“admin” and the Password is “0000”.
3.4.2 Firmware-embedded TCP/IP & web browser-based RAID manager
(using the controller’s 10/100 Ethernet LAN port)
To ensure proper communications between the SilverSATA V-UR and Web browser-based
RAID management, Please connect the RAID system Ethernet LAN port to any LAN switch
port. The controller has embedded the TCP/IP & Web Browser-based RAID manager in the
firmware. User can remote manage the RAID system without adding any users specific
software (platform independent) via standard web browsers directly connected to the
10/100 Ethernet RJ45 LAN port. To configure External SilverSATA V-UR on a local or
remote machine, you need to know its IP Address. The IP address will default show in the
LCD screen. Launch your firmware-embedded TCP/IP & Web Browser-based RAID
manager by entering http://[IP Address] in the web browser. Note that you must be logged
in as administrator with local admin rights on the remote machine to remotely configure it.
The SilverSATA V-UR controller default User Name is “admin” and the Password is “0000”.
3.5 Configuration Menu Tree
The following is an expansion of the menus in configuration Utility that can be accessed
through the LCD panel, RS-232 serial port and Ethernet LAN port.
Note:
web-based configuration.
* U320 SCSI Target configuration available on SilverSATA/2900 only.
Ethernet Configuration, Alert By Mail Config, and SNMP Config can only be set in the
4. LCD Configuration Menu
The SilverSATA V-UR LCD configuration utility is a character-based utility that you can run after
powering the unit. Use LCD Configuration Utility to:
• Create raid set,
• Expand raid set,
• Define volume set,
• Add physical drive
• Modify volume set
• Modify RAID level/stripe size,
• Define pass-through disk drives,
• Modify system function and
• Designate drives as hot spares.
The LCD display front panel function keys are the primary users interface for the SilverSATA VUR. Except for the “Firmware update”, all configurations can be performed through this interface.
Function Key Definitions
The four function keys at the bottom of the front panel perform the following functions:
Key Function
Up Arrow Use to scroll the cursor Upward/Rightward
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Down Arrow Use to scroll the cursor Downward/Leftward
ENT Key Submit Select ion Function (Confirm a selected Item)
ESC Key Return to Previous Screen (Exit a selection configuration)
4.1 Starting LCD Configuration Utility
The main menu appears on the LCD screen, as shown below:
Use the up and down arrow buttons to move left and right and highlight a menu item. Press
Enter to select the highlighted item. Press the UP/DOWN to browse the selection. Press ESC
to return to the previous screen.
4.2 LCD Configuration Utility Main Menu Options
Select an option and the related information or submenu items display beneath it. The
submenus for each item are explained on the section 4.8.3. The configuration utility main
menu options are:
4.3 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets
You can configure raid sets and volume sets with LCD configuration utility using Quick
Volume and Raid Set Setup, Raid Set Functions/Volume Set Functions configuration method.
Each configuration method requires a different level of users input. The general flow of
operations for raid set and volume set configuration is:
Option Description
Quick Volume and Raid Set
Setup
Raid Set Functions Create a customized raid set
Volume Set Functions Create a customized volume set
Physical Drive Functions View individual disk information
Raid System Functions Setting the raid system configurations
U320 SCSI Target Configuration SCSI Ultra320 configuration (for SilverSATA/2900 only)
Ethernet Configuration Ethernet LAN setting (for SilverSATA/2900 only)
Show System Events Record all system events in the buffer
Clear All Event Buffer Clear all event buffer information
Hardware Monitor Information Show all system environment status
Show System information View the controller information
Create a default configurations which are based on the number of physical disk
installed
Step Action
1 Designate hot spares/pass-through (optional)
2 Choose a configuration method
3 Create raid set using the available physical drives
4 Define volume set using the space in the raid set
5 Initialize the volume set and use volume set in the host OS.
4.4 Designating Drives as Hot Spares
To designate drives as hot spares, press Enter to enter the Main menu. Press UP/DOWN to
select the Raid Set Functions option and then press Enter. All raid set functions will be
displayed. Press UP/DOWN to select the Create Hot Spare Disk option and then press
Enter. The first unused physical device connected to the current controller appears: Press
UP/DOWN to scroll the unused physical devices and select the target disk to assign as a Hot
Spare and press Enter to designate it as a hot spare.
4.5 Using Quick Volume and Raid Set Setup
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In Quick Volume and Raid Setup Configuration, The raid set you create is associated with
exactly one volume set, and you can modify the RAID level, stripe size, and capacity.
Designating Drives as Hot Spares will also combine with raid level in this setup.
The volume set default settings will be:
The default setting values can be changed after configuration is complete.
Follow the steps below to create raid set using Quick Volume and Raid Setup Configuration
Parameter
Volume Name Volume Set#00
SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI LUN 0/0/0 (For SilverSATA)
Cache Mode Write Back
Tag Queuing Yes
Max Sync Rate Depend your host adapter setting (For SilverSATA)
Setting
Step Action
Choose Quick Volume /Raid Setup from the main menu. The available RAID levels with hot spare
1
for the current volume set drive are displayed.
2 We recommend usage of drives that have the same capacity in a specific array. If you use drives with
different capacities in an array, all drives in the raid set will select the lowest capacity of the drive in
the raid set.
The numbers of physical drives in a specific array determine the RAID levels that can be
implemented with the array.
RAID 0 requires 1 or more physical drives
RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives
RAID 1+Spare requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 3 +Spare requires at least 4 physical drives
RAID 5 + Spare requires at least 4 physical drives
Highlight RAID level for the volume set and press Enter key to confirm.
Set the capacity size for the current volume set. After Highlight RAID level and press Enter key.
3
The selected capacity for the current volume set is displayed. Using the UP and DOWN arrow key to
create the current volume set capacity size and press Enter key to confirm. The available stripe sizes
for the current volume set are displayed.
Using UP and DOWN arrow key to select the current volume set stripe size and press Enter key to
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confirm it. This parameter specifies the size of the stripes written to each disk in a RAID 0, 1, or 5
Volume Set. You can set the stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or 128 KB. A larger
stripe size provides better-read performance, especially if your computer does mostly sequential
reads. However, if you are sure that your computer does random read requests more often, choose a
small stripe size.
When you are finished defining the volume set, press Enter key to confirm the Quick Volume and
5
Raid Set Setup function.
Foreground (Fast Completion) Press Enter key to define fast initialization or Selected the
6
Background (Instant Available). In the 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. In Fast Initialization, the initialization proceeds must be completed before the
volume set ready for system accesses.
7 Initialize the volume set you have just configured
8 If you need to add additional volume set, using main menu Create Volume Set function
4.6 Using Raid Set and Volume Set Functions
In Raid Set Function, you can use the Create Raid Set function to generate the new raid set.
In Volume Set Function, you can use the create volume set function to generate its
associated volume set and parameters.
If the current controller has unused physical devices connected, you can choose the Create
Hot Spare option in the Raid Set Function to define a global hot spare.
Select this method to configure new raid sets and volume sets. This configuration option
allows you to associate volume set with partial and full raid set.
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to select the attributes.
Step Action
1
To setup the Hot Spare (option), choose Raid Set Function from the main menu. Select
the Create Hot Spare and press Enter key to set the Hot Spare.
2
Choose Raid Set Function from the main menu. Select the Create Raid Set and press
Enter key.
3
Select a Drive For Raid Set window is displayed showing the SATA drive connected to the
current controller.
4
Press UP and DOWN arrow keys to select specific physical drives. Press the Enter key to
associate the selected physical drive with the current raid set.
Recommend use drives has same capacity in a specific raid set. If you use drives with
different capacities in an array, all drives in the raid set will select the lowest capacity of the
drive in the raid set.
The numbers of physical drives in a specific raid set determine the RAID levels that can be
implemented with the raid set.
RAID 0 requires 1 or more physical drives per raid set.
RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives per raid set.
RAID 1 + Spare require at least 3 physical drives per raid set.
RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives per raid set.
RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives per raid set.
RAID 3 + Spare require at least 4 physical drives per raid set.
RAID 5 + Spare require at least 4 physical drives per raid set.
5
After adding physical drives to the current raid set as desired, press Yes to confirm the
Create Raid Set function.
6
An Edit The Raid Set Name dialog box appears. Enter 1 to 15 alphanumeric characters to
define a unique identifier for a raid set. The default raid set name will always appear as
Raid Set. #. Press Enter to finish the name editing.
7
Press Enter key when you are finished creating the current raid set. To continue defining
another raid set, repeat step 3. To begin volume set configuration, go to step 8.
8
Choose Volume Set Function from the Main menu. Select the Create Volume Set and
press Enter key.
9
Choose one raid set from the Create Volume From Raid Set window. Press Enter key to
confirm it.
10
The volume set attributes screen appears:
The volume set attributes screen shows the volume set default configuration value that is
currently being configured. The volume set attributes are:
Raid Level,
Stripe Size,
SCSI host /SCSI ID/SCSI LUN/ (For SilverSATA)
Cache Mode,
Tagged Queuing,
SCSI Max Rate (For SilverSATA) and Volume Name (number).
All value can be changing by the users. Press the UP/DOWN
Press the Enter to modify each attribute of the default value. Using the UP/DOWN to
select attribute value and press the Enter to accept the default value.
11
After user completes modifying the attribute, press the ESC to enter the select Capacity for
the volume set. Using the UP/DOWN to set the volume set capacity and press Enter to
confirm it.
12
When you are finished defining the volume set, press Enter to confirm the Create function.
13
Press Enter to define fast initialization and ESC to normal initialization. The controller will
begin to initialize the volume set, you have just configured. If space remains in the raid set,
the next volume set can be configured. Repeat steps 8 to 13 to configure another volume
set.
4.7 Navigation Map of the LCD For SilverSATA
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The password option allows users to set or clear the SilverSATA V-UR’s password protection
feature. Once the password has been set, the users can only monitor and configure the
SilverSATA V-UR by providing the correct password. The password is used to protect the
internal SilverSATA V-UR from unauthorized entry. The controller will check the password
only when entering the Main menu from the initial screen. The SilverSATA V-UR will
automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not receive any command in twenty
seconds. The SilverSATA V-UR password is default setting at 0000 by the manufacture
4.7.1 Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Quick Volume and Raid Setup is the fastest way to prepare a raid set and volume set. It
only needs a few keystrokes to complete it. Although disk drives of different capacities may
be used in the raid set, it will use the smallest capacity of the disk drive as the capacity of all
disk drives in the raid set. The Quick Volume and Raid Setup option creates a raid set with
the following properties:
1. All of the physical disk drives are contained in a raid set.
2. The raid levels associated with hot spare, capacity, and stripe size is selected during
the configuration process.
3. A single volume set is created and consumed all or a portion of the disk capacity
available in this raid set.
4. If you need to add additional volume set, using main menu Volume Set functions Detail
procedure references to this chapter section 4.5.
4.7.2 Raid Set Function
User manual configuration can complete control of the raid set setting, but it will take longer
time to complete than the Quick Volume and Raid Setup configuration. Select the Raid Set
Function to manually configure the raid set for the first time or deletes existing raid set and
reconfigures the raid set.
To enter a Raid Set Functions, press Enter to enter the Main menu. Press UP/DOWN to
select the Raid Set Functions option and then press Enter to enter further submenus. All
raid set submenus will be displayed.
4.7.2.1 Create A New Raid Set
Detail procedure references to this chapter section 4.6.
4.7.2.2 Delete Existed Raid Set
Press UP/DOWN to choose the Delete Existed Raid Set option. Using UP/DOWN to
select the raid set number that users want to delete and then press Enter to accept the
raid set number. The Confirmation screen appears, so press Enter to accept the deletion
of existed raid set function. The double confirmation screen appears, press Yes to make
sure of the delete existed raid set function
4.7.2.3 Expand Existed Raid Set
Instead of deleting a raid set and recreating it with additional disk drives, the Expand
Existed Raid Set function allows the users to add disk drives to the raid set that was
created.
To expand existed raid set, press UP/DOWN to choose the Expand Existed Raid Set
option. Using UP/DOWN to select the raid set number that users want to expand and then
press Enter to accept the raid set number. If there is an available disk, then the Select
Drive IDE Channel x appears. Using UP/DOWN to select the target disk and then press
Enter to select it. Press Enter to start expanding the existed raid set.
The newly added capacity will be defined as one or more volume sets. Follow the
instructions presented in the Volume Set Function to create the volume sets.
Migrating occurs when a disk is added to a raid set. Migration status is displayed in the
raid status area of the Raid Set information when a disk is added to a raid set. Migrating
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status is also displayed in the associated volume status area of the volume set Information
when a disk is added to a raid set
4.7.2.4 Activate Incomplete RAID Set
When one of the disk drives is removed in power off state, the raid set state will change to
Incomplete State. If users wants to continue to work when the SilverSATA V-UR is
powered on, then users can use the Activate Incomplete RAID Set option to active the raid
set. After users complete the function, the Raid State will change to Degraded Mode.
4.7.2.5 Create Hot Spare Disk
Please reference this chapter section 4.4: Designating Drives as Hot Spares.
4.7.2.6 Delete Hot Spare Disk
To delete hot spare, press UP/DOWN to choose the Delete Hot Spare Disk option. Using
UP/DOWN to select the hot spare number that users wants to delete and then press
Enter to select it. The confirmation screens appear, press Enter to delete the hot spare.
4.7.2.7 Display Raid Set Information
Using UP/DOWN to choose the Display Raid Set Information option and press Enter.
Using UP/DOWN to select the raid set number that users want to display. The raid set
information will be displayed.
Using UP/DOWN to scroll the raid set information; it shows Raid Set Name, Total
Capacity, Free Capacity, Number of Member Disks, Min. Member Disk Capacity and Raid
Set State.
Note:
be completed. 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.
Once the Expand Raid Set process has started, users cannot stop it. The process must
4.7.3 Volume Set Function
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 specified Raid Set will reside on all the
physical disks in the Raid Set. Each Volume Set on the Raid Set will have its data spread
evenly across all the disks in the Raid Set.
To enter Volume Set Functions, press Enter to enter the main menu. Press UP/DOWN to
select the Volume Set Functions option and then press Enter to enter further submenus.
All volume set submenus will be displayed.
4.7.3.1 Create Raid Volume Set
To create a volume set, Please reference this chapter section 4.6: Using Raid Set and
Volume Set Functions. The volume set attributes screen shows the volume set default
configuration value that is currently being configured.
For SilverSATA
1. The attributes for SilverSATA are Raid Level, Stripe
Size, Cache Mode, SCSI host, SCSI ID, SCSI LUN, Tagged
Queuing, SCSI Max Rate, and Volume Name (number). See
Figure 4.7.3.1-2
All values can be changed by the users. Press the UP/DOWN to select attributes. Press
Enter to modify the default value. Using the UP/DOWN to select attribute value and press
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Enter to accept the default value. The following is the attributes descriptions. Please
reference this chapter section 4.6 Using Raid Set and Volume Set Functions to complete
the create volume set function.
4.7.3.1.1 Capacity
The maximum volume size is default in the first setting. Enter the appropriate volume size
to fit your application. The capacity can also increase or decrease by the UP and DOWN
arrow key. Each volume set has a selected capacity which is less than or equal to the
total capacity of the raid set on which it resides.
4.7.3.1.2 Raid Level
SilverSATA can support raid level 0, 1(0+1), 3, and 5.
4.7.3.1.3 Stripe Size
This parameter sets the size of the segment written to each disk in a RAID 0, 1, or 5
logical drives. You can set the stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or 128 KB.
A larger stripe size produces better read performance, especially if your computer does
mostly sequential reads. However, if you are sure that your computer does random reads
more often, select a small stripe size.
4.7.3.1.4 Volume Name
The default volume name will always appear as Volume Set. #. You can rename the
volume set name providing it does not exceed the 15 characters limit.
4.7.3.1.5 SCSI Channel (SilverSATA)
SilverSATA only supports one SCSI channel.
4.7.3.1.6 SCSI ID (SilverSATA)
Each SCSI device attached to the SCSI card, as well as the card itself, must be assigned
a unique SCSI ID number. A Wide SCSI channel can connect up to 15 devices.
SilverSATA V-UR is as a large SCSI device. We should assign an ID from a list of SCSI
IDs.
4.7.3.1.7 SCSI LUN (SilverSATA)
Each SCSI ID can support up to 8 LUNs. Most SCSI host adapters treat each LUN like a
SCSI disk.
4.7.3.1.8 Cache Mode
Users can set the cache mode as Write-Through Cache or Write-Back Cache.
4.7.3.1.9 Tag Queuing
The Enabled option is useful for enhancing overall system performance under multitasking operating systems. The Command Tag (Drive Channel) function controls the
SCSI command tag queuing support for each drive channel. This function should
normally remain enabled. Disable this function only when using older SCSI drives that do
not support command tag queuing.
4.7.3.2 Delete Volume Set
Press UP/DOWN to choose the Delete Existed Volume Set option. Using UP/DOWN to
select the raid set number that users want to delete and press Enter. Scrolling the
UP/DOWN to select the volume set number that users want to delete and press Enter.
The Confirmation screen appears, and then press Enter to accept the delete volume set
function. The double confirmation screen appears, and then press Yes to make sure to
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delete volume set function.
4.7.3.3 Modify Volume Set
Use this option to modify volume set configuration. To modify volume set attributes from
raid set system function, press UP/DOWN to choose the Modify Volume Set Attribute
option. Using UP/DOWN to select the raid set number that users want to modify and press
Enter. Scrolling the UP/DOWN to select the volume set number that users want to modify
and press Enter. Press Enter to select the existed volume set attribute. The volume set
attributes screen shows the volume set setting configuration attributes that was currently
being configured. The attributes are Raid Level, Stripe Size, Cache Mode, SCSI host,
SCSI ID, SCSI LUN, Tagged Queuing, SCSI Max Rate, and Volume Name (number). All
value can be modifying by the users. Press the UP/DOWN to select attribute. Press the
Enter to modify the default value. Using the UP/DOWN to select attribute value and press
the Enter to accept the selection value. Choose this option to display the properties of the
selected Volume Set.
4.7.3.3.1 Volume Set Migration
Migrating occurs when a volume set is migrating from one RAID level to another, a
volume set stripe size changes, or when a disk is added to a raid set. Migration status is
displayed in the volume state area of the Display Volume Set Information when one RAID
level changes to another, a Volume set stripe size changes or when a disk is added to a
raid set.
4.7.3.4 Check Volume Set Consistency
Use this option to check volume set consistency. To check volume set consistency from
volume set system function, press UP/DOWN to choose the Check Volume Set
Consistency option. Using UP/DOWN to select the raid set number that users want to
check and press Enter. Scrolling the UP/DOWN to select the volume set number that
users want to check and press Enter. The Confirmation screen appears; press Enter to
start the check volume set consistency.
4.7.3.5 Stop Volume Set Consistency Check
Use this option to stop volume set consistency check. To stop volume set consistency
check from volume set system function, press UP/DOWN to choose the Stop Volume Set
Consistency Check option and then press Enter to stop the check volume set
consistency.
4.7.3.6 Display Volume Set Information
This option is to display volume set information. To display volume set information from
volume set system function, press UP/DOWN to choose the Display Volume Set
Information option. Using UP/DOWN to select the raid set number that users wants to
show and press Enter. Scroll UP/DOWN to select the volume set number that users want
to display and press Enter. The volume set attributes screen shows the volume set setting
configuration value that was currently being configured. The attributes are Raid Level,
Stripe Size, Cache Mode, SCSI host, SCSI ID, SCSI LUN, Tagged Queuing, SCSI Max
Rate, and Volume Name (number). All value cannot be modifying by this option.
4.7.4 Physical Drive
Choose this option from the Main Menu to select a physical disk and to perform the
operations listed below. To enter a Physical Drive Functions, press Enter to enter the main
menu. Press UP/DOWN to select the Physical Drive Functions option and then press Enter
to enter further submenus. All physical drive submenus will be displayed.
4.7.4.1 Display Drive Information
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Using UP/DOWN to choose the View Drive Information option and press Enter. Use
UP/DOWN to select the drive IDE number that users want to display. The drive
information will be displayed. The drive information screen shows the Model Name, Serial
Number, Firmware Rev., Device Capacity, Device PIO Mode, Current UDMA, Supported
UDMA, and Device State.
4.7.4.2 Create Pass-Through Disk
Disk is not controlled by the SilverSATA V-UR firmware and thus cannot be a part of a raid
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 SilverSATA VUR firmware.
Using UP/DOWN to choose the Create Pass-Through Disk option and press Enter. Use
UP/DOWN to select the drive IDE number that users want to create. The drive attributes
will be displayed.
For SilverSATA
1. The attributes for SilverSATA show the Cache Mode,
SCSI Host, SCSI ID, SCSI LUN, Tagged Queuing, and SCSI
Sync Rate.
All values can be changed by the users. Press the UP/DOWN to attribute and then press
the Enter to modify the default value. Using the UP/DOWN to select attribute value and
press the Enter to accept the selection value.
4.7.4.3 Modify Pass-Through Disk
Use this option to modify the Pass-Through Disk attributes. To modify Pass-Through Disk
attributes from Pass-Through Disk pool, press UP/DOWN to choose the Modify PassThrough Drive option, and then press Enter key. The Select Drive Function menu will
show all Pass-Through Drive number items. Using UP/DOWN to select the Pass-Through
Disk that users want to modify and press Enter. The attributes screen shows the PassThrough Disk setting value that was currently being configured.
For SilverSATA
1. The attributes for SilverSATA are the Cache Mode,
SCSI Host, SCSI ID, SCSI LUN, Tagged Queuing, and SCSI
Max Rate.
All value can be modifying by the users. Press the UP/DOWN arrow keys to select
attribute. Press the Enter to modify the default value. Use the UP/ DOWN key to select
attribute value and press the Enter to accept the selection value. After completing the
modification, press ESC to enter the confirmation screen and then press Enter to accept
the Modify Pass-Through Disk function.
4.7.4.4 Delete Pass-Through Disk
To delete pass-through drive from the pass-through drive pool, press UP/DOWN to
choose the Delete Pass-Through Drive option, and then press Enter. The Select Drive
Function menu will show all Pass-Through Drive number items. Using UP/DOWN to select
the Pass-Through Disk that users want to delete and press Enter. The Delete PassThrough confirmation screen will appear press Enter to delete it.
4.7.4.5 Identify Selected Drive
To prevent removing the wrong drive, the selected disk HDD LED Indicator will light for
physically locating the selected disk when the Identify Selected Drive function is selected.
To identify selected drive from the physical drive pool, press UP/DOWN to choose the
Identify Selected Drive option, and then press Enter key. The Select Drive function menu
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will show all
4.7.5 Raid System Function
To enter a Raid System Function, press Enter to enter the Main menu. Press UP/DOWN to
select the Raid System Function option and then press Enter to enter further submenus.
All raid system submenus will be displayed. Using UP/DOWN to select the submenus
option and then press Enter to enter the selection function.
4.7.5.1 Mute the Alert Beeper
The Mute the Alert Beeper function item is used to control the SilverSATA V-UR Beeper.
Select “No” and press Enter key in the dialog box to turn the beeper off temporarily. The
beeper will still activate on the next event.
4.7.5.2 Alert Beeper Setting
The Alert Beeper function item is used to Disabled or Enable the SilverSATA V-UR
controller alarm tone generator. Using the UP/DOWN to select alert beeper and then
press the ENT to accept the selection. After completing the selection, the confirmation
screen will be displayed and then press ENT to accept the function. Select the Disabled
and press Enter key in the dialog box to turn the beeper off temporarily. The beeper will
still activate on the next event.
4.7.5.3 Change Password
To set or change the SilverSATA V-UR password, press the UP/DOWN to select Change
Password and then press the Enter to accept the selection. The New Password: screen
appears and enter new password that users want to change. Use the UP/DOWN to set
the password value. After completing the modification, the confirmation screen will be
displayed and then press Enter to accept the function. To disable the password, presses
Enter only in the New Password: column. The existing password will be cleared. No
password checking will occur when entering the main menu from the starting screen.
4.7.5.4 JBOD/RAID Configuration
For SilverSATA
JBOD is an acronym for “Just a Bunch Of Disk”. It represents a volume set that is created
by the concatenation of partitions on the disks. For the SilverSATA, it can only see the
first two disks, when you select the JBOD option. User needs to delete the RAID set,
when you want to change the option from the RAID to the JBOD function.
4.7.5.5 RAID Rebuild Priority
The “Raid Rebuild Priority” is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes
to a rebuild operation. The SilverSATA V-UR allows users to choose the rebuild priority
(low, normal, high) to balance volume set access and rebuild tasks appropriately.
To set or change the SilverSATA V-UR RAID Rebuild Priority, press the UP/DOWN to
select RAID Rebuild Priority and press the Enter to accept the selection. The rebuild
priority selection screen appears and uses the UP/DOWN to set the rebuild value. After
completing the modification, the confirmation screen will be displayed and then press
Enter to accept the function.
4.7.5.6 Maximum SATA Mode (SilverSATA)
Within the subsystem, the SCSI chip acts as a target and 5 SATA II bus are connected to
the drive. The 5 SATA drive channel can support up to SATA II, which runs up to
300MB/s. NCQ is a command protocol in Serial ATA that can only be implemented on
native Serial ATA hard drives. It 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.
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The SilverSATA V-UR allows users to choose the SATA Mode: SATA150, SAT150+NCQ,
SAT300, SATA300+NCQ.
4.7.5.7 Disk Capacity Truncation Mode
WiebeTech RAID controllers use 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 configuration: Multiples Of
10G, Multiples Of 1G, and No Truncation.
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. WiebeTech drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 10G uses the 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. WiebeTech drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 1G uses the same capacity for both
of these drives so that one could replace the other.
No Truncation: It does not truncate the capacity.
4.7.5.8 Terminal Port Configuration
Parity value is fixed at None.
Handshaking value is fixed at None.
Speed setting values are 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, and 115200.
Stop Bits values are 1 bit and 2 bits.
To set or change the SilverSATA V-UR COMA configuration, press the UP/DOWN to
select COMA Configuration and then press the ENT to accept the selection. The baud
rate setting or number of stop bit screen appears and uses the UP/DOWN select the setting function. The respect selection screen appears and uses the UP/DOWN arrow to set
the value. After completing the modification, the confirmation screen will be displayed and
then press Enter to accept the function.
4.7.5.9 Restart Controller
Use the Reset Controller to reset the entire configuration from the SilverSATA V-UR
controller non-volatile memory. To reset the SilverSATA V-UR, press the UP/ DOWN to
select Reset Controller and then press the Enter to accept the selection. The confir-
Note:
mation screen will be displayed and then press Enter to accept
It can only work properly at Host and Drive without any activity.
4.7.6 U320 SCSI Target Configuration (SilverSATA)
Use this feature to Enable/Disable the Ch0 QAS, press Enter to enter the Main menu.
Press UP/DOWN key to select the Show U320 SCSI Target option, and then press Enter.
4.7.7 Ethernet Configuration (SilverSATA)
To configuration Ethernet function, press Enter to enter the Main menu. Press UP/DOWN
key to select the option.
4.7.8 Show System Events
To view the SilverSATA V-UR events, press Enter to enter the Main menu. Press
UP/DOWN key to select the Show System Events option, and then press Enter. The
system events will be displayed. Press UP/DOWN to browse all the system events.
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4.7.9 Clear all Event Buffers
Use this feature to clear the entire events buffer information.
To clear all event buffers, press Enter to enter the main menu. Press UP/DOWN to select
the Clear all Event Buffers option, and then press Enter. The confirmation message will be
displayed and press the Enter to clear all event buffers or ESC to abort the action.
4.7.10 Hardware Information
To view the SilverSATA V-UR controller’s hardware monitor information, press Enter to
enter the main menu. Press UP/DOWN to select the Hardware Information option, and then
press Enter. All hardware information will be displayed. Press UP/DOWN to browse all the
hardware information.
The Hardware Monitor Information provides the temperature, fan speed (chassis fan) and
voltage of the internal SilverSATA V-UR. The temperature items list the current states of
the controller board and backplane. All items are also unchangeable. The warning
messages will indicate through the LCM, LED and alarm buzzer.
4.7.11 System Information
Choose this option to display Main processor, CPU Instruction cache and data cache size,
firmware version, serial number, controller model name, and the cache memory size. To
check the system information, press Enter to enter the main menu. Press UP/DOWN to
select the Show System Information option, and then press Enter. All major controller
system information will be
Item Warning Condition
Controller Board Temperature
Backplane Temperature
Controller Fan Speed
Power Supply +12V
Power Supply +5V
Power Supply +3.3V
CPU Core Voltage +1.5V
> 60
O
> 55
O
< 1900 RPM
< 10.5V or > 13.5V
< 4.7V or > 5.3V
< 3.0V or > 3.6V
< 1.35V or > 1.65V
5. VT-100 Utility Configuration
The SilverSATA V-UR configuration utility is firmware-based and uses to configure raid sets and
volume sets. Because the utility resides in the RAID controller firmware, its operation is
independent of the operating systems on your computer. Use this utility to:
• Create raid set,
• Expand raid set,
• Define volume set,
• Add physical drive,
• Modify volume set,
• Modify RAID level/stripe size,
• Define pass-through disk drives,
• Update firmware,
• Modify system function, and
• Designate drives as hot spares.
Keyboard Navigation
The following definition is the VT-100 RAID configuration utility keyboard navigation.
Key Function
Arrow Key Move Cursor
Enter Key Submit selection function
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ESC Key Return to previous screen
L Key Line Draw
X Key Redraw
5.1 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets
You can configure raid sets and volume sets with VT-100 terminal function using Quick
Volume/Raid Setup, or Raid Set/Volume Set Function configuration method. Each
configuration method requires a different level of users input. The general flow of operations
for raid set and volume set configuration is:
Step Action
1 Designate hot spares/pass-through (optional).
2 Choose a configuration method.
3 Create raid sets using the available physical drives.
4 Define volume sets using the space in the raid set.
5 Initialize the volume sets (logical drives) and use volume sets in the host OS.
5.2 Designating Drives as Hot Spares
All unused disk drive that is not part of a raid set can be created as a Hot Spare. The Quick
Volume/Raid Setup configuration will automatically add the spare disk drive with the raid level
for users to select. For the Raid Set Function configuration, users can use the Create Hot
Spare option to define the hot spare disk drive. A Hot Spare disk drive can be created 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
appropriate check box. Press the Enter key to select a disk drive, and press Yes in the
Create Hot Spare to designate it as a hot spare.
5.3 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration
In Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration, it collects all drives in the tray and includes them
in a raid set. The raid set you create is associated with exactly one volume set, and you can
modify the default RAID level, stripe size, and capacity of the volume set. Designating Drives
as Hot Spares will also show in the raid level selection option. The volume set default settings
will be:
Parameter
Volume Name Volume Set # 00
SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI LUN 0/0/0 (For SilverSATA)
Cache Mode Write Back
Tag Queuing Yes
Max Sync Rate Depend on your adapter setting (For SilverSATA)
The default setting values can be changed after configuration is complete. Follow the steps
below to create arrays using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration:
Step Action
1
Choose Quick Volume /Raid Setup from the main menu. The available RAID levels with
hot spare for the current volume set drive are displayed.
Setting
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2
Recommend use drives have same capacity in a specific array. If you use drives with
different capacities in an array, all drives in the raid set will select the lowest capacity of the
drive in the raid set. The numbers of physical drives in a specific array determine the RAID
levels that can be implemented with the array.
RAID 0 requires 1 or more physical drives
RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives
RAID 1+Spare requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 3 +Spare requires at least 4 physical drives
RAID 5 + Spare requires at least 4 physical drives
Highlight RAID level for the volume set and press Enter key to confirm.
3
Set the capacity size for the current volume set. After Highlight RAID level and press Enter
key.
The selected capacity for the current volume set is displayed. Using the UP and DOWN
arrow key to create the current volume set capacity size and press Enter key to confirm.
The available stripe sizes for the current volume set are displayed.
4
Using UP and DOWN arrow key to select the current volume set stripe size and press
Enter key to confirm it. This parameter specifies the size of the stripes written to each disk
in a RAID 0, 1, or 5 Volume Set. You can set the stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB,
64 KB, or 128 KB. A larger stripe size provides better-read performance, especially if your
computer does mostly sequential reads. However, if you are sure that your computer does
random read requests more often, choose a small stripe size.
5
When you are finished defining the volume set, press Enter key to confirm the Quick
Volume and Raid Set Setup function.
6
Foreground (Fast Completion) Press Enter key to define fast initialization or Selected the
Background (Instant Available). In the 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. In Fast Initialization, the initialization
proceeds must be completed before the volume set ready for system accesses.
7
Initialize the volume set you have just configured
8
If you need to add additional volume set, using main menu Create Volume Set function
5.4 Using Raid Set/Volume Set Function Method
In Raid Set Function, you can use the Create Raid Set function to generate the new raid set.
In Volume Set Function, you can use the Create Volume Set function to generate its
associated volume set and parameters.
If the current controller has unused physical devices connected, you can choose the Create
Hot Spare option in the Raid Set Function to define a global hot spare. Select this method to
configure new raid sets and volume sets. The Raid Set/Volume Set Function configuration
option allows you to associate volume set with partial and full raid set.
Step Action
1
To setup the Hot Spare (option), choose Raid Set Function from the main menu. Select
the Create Hot Spare and press Enter key to set the Hot Spare.
2
Choose Raid Set Function from the main menu. Select the Create Raid Set and press
Enter key.
3
Select a Drive For Raid Set window is displayed showing the IDE drive connected to the
current controller.
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4
Press UP and DOWN arrow keys to select specific physical drives. Press the Enter key to
associate the selected physical drive with the current raid set.
Recommend use drives has same capacity in a specific raid set. If you use drives with
different capacities in an array, all drives in the raid set will select the lowest capacity of the
drive in the raid set.
The numbers of physical drives in a specific raid set determine the RAID levels that can be
implemented with the raid set.
RAID 0 requires 1 or more physical drives
RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives
RAID 1+Spare requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 3 +Spare requires at least 4 physical drives
RAID 5 + Spare requires at least 4 physical drives
5
After adding physical drives to the current raid set as desired, press Yes to confirm the
Create Raid Set function.
6
An Edit The Raid Set Name dialog box appears. Enter 1 to 15 alphanumeric characters to
define a unique identifier for a raid set. The default raid set name will always appear as
Raid Set. #. Press Enter to finish the name editing.
7
Press Enter key when you are finished creating the current raid set. To continue defining
another raid set, repeat step 3. To begin volume set configuration, go to step 8.
8
Choose Volume Set Function from the Main menu. Select the Create Volume Set and
press Enter key.
9
Choose one raid set from the Create Volume From Raid Set window. Press Enter key to
confirm it.
10
Foreground (Fast Completion) Press Enter key to define fast initialization or Selected the
Background (Instant Available). In the 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. In Fast Initialization, the initialization
proceeds must be completed before the volume set ready for system accesses.
11
If space remains in the raid set, the next volume set can be configured. Repeat steps 8 to
10 to configure another volume set.
Note:
User can use this method to examine the existing configuration. Modify volume set
configuration method provides the same functions as create volume set configuration
method. In volume set function, you can use the modify volume set function to modify the
volume set parameters except the capacity size:
5.5 Main Menu
The main menu shows all function that enables the customer to execute actions by clicking
on the appropriate link.
This password option allows users to set or clear the raid controller’s password protection
feature. Once the password has been set, the users can only monitor and configure the raid
controller by providing the correct password. The password is used to protect the internal
RAID controller from unauthorized entry. The controller will check the password only when
entering the Main menu from the initial screen. The RAID controller will automatically go back
to the initial screen when it does not receive any command in twenty seconds.
Note: The manufacture default password is set at 0000, this password can be by selected the
Change Password in the section of Raid System Function.
Main Menu >
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Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function > Change Password
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Option Description
Quick Volume/Raid Setup Create a default configuration which based on numbers of physical disk installed
Raid Set Function Create a customized raid set
Volume Set Function Create a customized volume set
Physical Drives View individual disk information
Raid System Function Setting the raid system configuration
View System Events Record all system events in the buffer
Clear Event Buffer Clear all event buffer information
Hardware Monitor Show all system environment status
System Information View the controller information
5.5.1 Quick Volume/RAID Setup
Quick Volume/RAID Setup is the fastest way to prepare a raid set and volume set. It only
needs a few keystrokes to complete it. Although disk drives of different capacity may be
used in the raid set, it will use the smallest capacity of disk drive as the capacity of all disk
drives in the raid set. The Quick Volume/RAID Setup option creates a raid set with the
following properties:
1. All of the physical drives are contained in a raid set.
2. The raid levels associated with hot spare, capacity, and stripe size are selected during
the configuration process.
3. A single volume set is created and consumed all or a portion of the disk capacity
available in this raid set.
4. If you need to add additional volume set, using main menu Create Volume set function.
The total physical drives in a specific raid set determine the RAID levels that can be
implemented with the raid set. Press the Quick Volume/RAID Setup from the main menu;
all possible RAID levels screen will be displayed.
A single volume set is created and consumed all or a portion of the disk capacity available
in this raid set. Define the capacity of volume set in the Available Capacity popup. The
default value for the volume set is displayed in the selected capacity. To enter a value less
than the available capacity, type the value and press the Enter key to accept this value. If it
only use part of the raid set capacity, you can use the Create Volume Set option to define
another volume sets.
Stripe size This parameter sets the size of the stripe written to each disk in a RAID 0, 1, or
5 logical drives. You can set the stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or 128 KB.
A larger stripe size produces better-read performance, especially if your computer does
mostly sequential reads. However, if you are sure that your computer does random reads
more often, select a small stripe size.
Press the Yes key in the Create Vol/Raid Set dialog box, the Initialization dialog box will
appear. Select the mode for initialize, the raid set and volume set will start to initialize it.
Main Menu > Quick Volume/RAID Setup> Total 5 Drives >
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function Raid 0 + 1 + Spare
Physical Drives Raid 3
Raid System Function Raid 5
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5.5.2 Raid Set Function
User manual configuration can complete control of the raid set setting, but it will take longer
to complete than the Quick Volume/Raid Setup configuration. Select the Raid Set Function
to manually configure the raid set for the first time or deletes existing raid set and
reconfigures the raid set.
Main Menu >
5.5.2.1 Create Raid Set
To define raid set, follow the procedure below:
1. Select Raid Set Function from the main menu.
2. Select Create Raid Set option from the Raid Set Function dialog box.
3. A Select SATA Drive For Raid Set window is displayed showing the SATA drive
connected to the current controller. Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to select
specific physical drives. Press the Enter key to associate the selected physical drive with
the current raid set. Repeat this step, as many disk drives as users want to add in a
single raid set.
To finish selecting SATA drives For Raid Set, press Esc key. A Create Raid Set
confirmation screen appears, Press Yes key to confirm it.
4. An Edit the Raid Set Name dialog box appears. Enter 1 to 15 alphanumeric
characters to define a unique identifier for a raid set. The default raid set name will
always appear as Raid Set. #00.
Main Menu >
View System Events Raid 3 + Spare
Clear Event Buffer Raid 5 + Spare
Hardware Monitor
System information
>Select Stripe Size
4K
8K
16K
32K
128K
Initialization Mode
Background (Instant Available)
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function >
Volume Set Function Delete Raid Set
Physical Drives Expand Raid Set
Raid System Function Activate Raid Set
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Delete Hot Spare
Hardware Monitor Raid Set Information
System information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function > Create Raid Set
Volume Set Function Delete Raid Set
Physical Drives Expand Raid Set
Raid System Function Activate Raid Set
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Delete Hot Spare
Create Raid Set
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5.5.2.2 Delete Raid Set
To change a raid set, you should first delete it and re-create the raid set. To delete a raid
set, select the raid set number that users want to delete in the Select Raid Set to Delete
screen. The Delete Raid Set dialog box appears, then press Yes key to delete it.
Main Menu >
5.5.2.3 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 drive to the raid set that was created.
Main Menu >
To expand a raid set:
Click on Expand Raid Set option. If there is an available disk, then the Select SATA Drives
for Raid Set Expansion screen appears.
Select the target Raid Set by clicking on the appropriate radial button. Select the target
disk by clicking on the appropriate check box.
Presses Yes key to start expand the raid set.
The new add capacity will define one or more volume sets. Follow the instructions
presented in the Volume Set Function to create the volume sets.
• Migrating
Main Menu >
Hardware Monitor Raid Set Information
System information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function >
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives Expand Raid Set
Raid System Function Activate Raid Set
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Delete Hot Spare
Hardware Monitor Raid Set Information
System information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function >
Volume Set Function Delete Raid Set
Physical Drives
Raid System Function Activate Raid Set
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Delete Hot Spare
Hardware Monitor Raid Set Information
System information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function >
Volume Set Function Delete Raid Set
Physical Drives Expand Raid Set
Raid System Function Activate Raid Set
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Delete Hot Spare
Hardware Monitor
System information Member Disks : 5
Create Raid Set
Delete Raid Set > Yes
Create Raid Set
Expand Raid Set >
Create Raid Set
Raid Set Information >
Raid Set Name : Raid Set # 00
Raid State : Migrating
Total Capacity :160.1GB
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Free Capacity :144.1GB
Min Member Disk Size :40.0GB
Member Disk Channels :12345
Raid Set
Migrating occurs when a disk is added to a Raid Set. Migration status is displayed in the
raid status area of the Raid Set information when a disk is added to a raid set. Migrating status
is also displayed in the associated volume status area of the Volume Set Information when a
disk is added to a raid set.
5.5.2.4 Activate Incomplete Raid Set
The following screen is the Raid Set Information after one of its disk drive has removed in
the power off state.
Main Menu >
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function >
Volume Set Function Delete Raid Set
Physical Drives Expand Raid Set
Raid System Function Activate Raid Set
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Delete Hot Spare
Hardware Monitor
System information Member Disks : 5
Create Raid Set
Raid Set Information >
Raid Set Name : Raid Set # 00
Raid State : Incomplete
Total Capacity :160.1GB
Free Capacity :144.1GB
Min Member Disk Size :40.0GB
Member Disk Channels :12345
Redraw
When one of the disk drive is removed in power off state, the raid set state will change to
Incomplete State. If user wants to continue to work, when the SATA RAID controller is
powered on, user can use the Activate Raid Set option to active the raid set. After users
complete the function, the Raid State will change to Degraded Mode.
5.5.2.5 Create Hot Spare
Main Menu >
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function >
Volume Set Function Delete Raid Set
Physical Drives Expand Raid Set
Raid System Function Activate Raid Set
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer Delete Hot Spare
Hardware Monitor Raid Set Information
System information
Create Raid Set
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 appropriate check box.
Press the Enter key to select a disk drive and press Yes in the Create Hot Spare to
designate it as a hot spare.
The create Hot Spare option gives you the ability to define a global hot spare.
5.5.2.6 Delete Hot Spare
Select the target Hot Spare disk to delete by clicking on the appropriate check box.
Press the Enter keys to select a disk drive, and press Yes in the Delete Hot Spare to
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Main Menu >
5.5.2.7 Raid Set Information
To display Raid Set information, move the cursor bar to the desired Raid Set number, then
press Enter key. The Raid Set Information will show as above.
You can only view the information of this Raid Set.
Main Menu >
5.5.3 Volume Set Function
Main Menu >
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 specified 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.
5.5.3.1 Create Volume Set
The following steps are the volume set features for SilverSATA:
1. Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same raid set.
2. Up to 16 volume sets in a raid set can be created by the SilverSATA V-UR controller.
3. The maximum addressable size of the single volume set is 2 TB (32-bit mode).
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function >
Volume Set Function Delete Raid Set
Physical Drives Expand Raid Set
Raid System Function Activate Raid Set
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor Raid Set Information
System information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function >
Volume Set Function Delete Raid Set
Physical Drives Expand Raid Set
Raid System Function Activate Raid Set
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Delete Hot Spare
Hardware Monitor
System information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function Modify Volume Set
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information Display Volume Info.
Create Raid Set
Delete Hot Spare >
Create Raid Set
Raid Set Information >
Create Volume Set
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To create a volume set, follow the following steps:
1. Select the Volume Set Function from the Main menu.
2. Choose the Create Volume Set from Volume Set Functions dialog box screen.
3. The Create Volume from Raid Set dialog box appears. This screen displays the existing
arranged raid sets. Select the raid set number and press Enter key. The Volume Creation
is displayed in the screen.
Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu >
4. A window with a summary of the current volume set’s settings. The “Volume Creation”
option allows users to select the Volume name, capacity, RAID level, stripe size, SCSI
ID/LUN, Cache mode and tag queuing. User can modify the default values in this screen;
the modification procedures are at 5.5.3.1.1.1 to 5.5.3.1.1.10 section.
Main Menu >
5. After completing the modification of the volume set, press Esc key to confirm it. A Fast
Initialization screen is presented (only Raid Level 3, and 5).
• Select Yes Key to start the Fast Initialization of the selected volume set.
• Select No Key to start the Normal Initialization of the selected volume set.
6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 to create additional volume sets.
7. The initialization percentage of volume set will be displayed at the button line.
5.5.3.1.1 Volume Name
Main Menu >
Technology Corporation RAID Controller
The default volume name will always appear as Volume Set. #00. You can rename the
volume set name providing it does not exceed the 15 characters limit.
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function Modify Volume Set
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information Display Volume Info.
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information Display Volume Info.
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information Display Volume Info.
Create Volume Set
Create Volume Set
Modify Volume Set >
Create Volume Set
Modify Volume Set > Volume Name > Change Volume Name
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5.5.3.1.2 Capacity
Main Menu >
The maximum volume size is default in the first setting. Enter the appropriate volume size
to fit your application. The capacity can also increase or decrease by the UP and DOWN
arrow key. Each volume set has a selected capacity which is less than or equal to the
total capacity of the raid set on which it resides.
5.5.3.1.3 Raid Level
Main Menu >
Set the RAID level for the Volume Set. Highlight Raid Level and press <Enter>.
The available RAID levels for the current Volume Set are displayed. Select a RAID level
and press Enter key to confirm.
5.5.3.1.4 Stripe Size
Main Menu >
This parameter sets the size of the segment written to each disk in a RAID 0, 1, or 5
logical drives. You can set the stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or 128 KB.
5.5.3.1.5 SCSI Channel
Main Menu >
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function Modify Volume Set
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information Display Volume Info.
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function
View System Events Check Volume Set
Clear Event Buffer Create Hot Spare
Hardware Monitor Display Volume Info.
System information Stop Volume Set
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Create Volume Set
Display Volume Info. > Volume Capacity
Create Volume Set
Modify Volume Set > Raid Level > Change Raid Level
Create Volume Set
Modify Volume Set > Stripe Size > 4K
8K
32K
16K
128K
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Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information Display Volume Info.
One SCSI channel can be applied to the internal SilverSATA V-UR. Choose the SCSI
channel. A Select SCSI Channel dialog box appears, select the channel number and
press Enter key to confirm it.
5.5.3.1.6 SCSI
Main Menu >
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information Display Volume Info.
Select SCSI ID: 0, 1, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15
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 SATA
RAID controller is as a lots of large SCSI device. We should assign an ID from a list of
SCSI IDs.
5.5.3.1.7 SCSI LUN
Main Menu >
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information Display Volume Info.
Each SCSI ID can support up to 8 LUNs. Most SCSI controller treats each LUN like a
Create Volume Set
Modify Volume Set > Select SCSI Channel
Create Volume Set
Modify Volume Set > SCSI ID > Change SCSI ID
Create Volume Set
Modify Volume Set > SCSI LUN > Change SCSI LUN
Select SCSI LUN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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SCSI disk.
5.5.3.1.8 Cache Mode
Main Menu >
User can set the cache mode to: Write-Through Cache or Write-Back Cache.
5.5.3.1.9 Tag Queuing
Main Menu >
The Enabled option is useful for enhancing overall system performance under multitasking operating systems. The Command Tag (Drive Channel) function controls the
SCSI command tag queuing support for each drive channel. This function should
normally remain enabled. Disable this function only when using older SCSI drives that do
not support command tag queuing
5.5.3.1.10 Max Sync Rate
Main Menu >
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information Display Volume Info.
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information Display Volume Info.
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information Display Volume Info.
Create Volume Set
Modify Volume Set > Cache Mode > Change Cache Mode
Arrow Key: Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Draw, X: Redraw
Create Volume Set
Modify Volume Set > Tagged Queuing > Change Tag Queuing
Create Volume Set
Modify Volume Set > SCSI Sync Rate > Change Sync Rate
Max Sync Transfer Rate
Async
40 MB/Sec
80 MB/Sec
160 MB/Sec
320 MB/Sec
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5.5.3.2 Delete Volume Set
To delete Volume set from raid set system function, move the cursor bar to the Volume
Set Functions menu and select the Delete Volume Set item, then press Enter key. The
Volume Set Functions menu will show all Raid Set # item. Move the cursor bar to an RAID
Set number, then press Enter key to show all Volume Set # in the raid set. Move cursor to
the deleted Volume Set number, press Enter key to delete it.
Main Menu >
5.5.3.3 Modify Volume Set
Main Menu >
Use this option to modify volume set configuration. To modify Volume Set values from
Raid Set system function, move the cursor bar to the Volume Set Functions menu and
select the Modify Volume Set item, then press Enter key. The Volume Set Functions
menu will show all Raid Set number items. Move the cursor bar to an Raid Set number
item, then press Enter key to show all Volume Set item Select the Volume Set from the
list you which to change, press Enter key to modify it.
5.5.3.3.1 Volume Expansion
Use this raid set expands to expand a raid set, when a disk is added to your system. The
expand capacity can use to enlarge the volume set size or create another volume set.
The modify volume set function can support the volume set expansion function. To
expand volume set capacity value from raid set system function, move the cursor bar to
the volume set Volume capacity item and entry the capacity size. Click on the Confirm
the Operation and click on the Submit button to complete the action. The volume set start
to expand.
Main Menu >
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives
Raid System Function Modify Volume Set
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information Display Volume Info.
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information Display Volume Info.
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function
View System Events Create Hot Spare Capacity : 160.1GB
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set Stripe Size : 64K
Create Volume Set
Delete Volume Set
Create Volume Set
Modify Volume Set >
Create Volume Set
Modify Volume Set >
>
Volume Name : Volume Set # 00
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As shown in the above can be modified at this screen. Choose this option to display the
properties of the selected Volume set.
5.5.3.3.2 Volume Set Migration
Main Menu >
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set Raid Level : 5
System information Display Volume Info. SCSI Channel : 0
SCSI ID : 0
SCSI LUN : 0
Cache Mode : Write Back
Tag Queuing : Enabled
Max Sync Rate : 160 MB/sec
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function Modify Volume Set
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information
Create Volume Set
Display Volume Info. >
Volume Name : Volume Set # 00
Raid Set Name : Raid Set # 00 Volume Capacity : 160.1GB
Volume State : Migrating
SCSI Ch/Id/Lun : 0/0/0
Stripe Size : 64K
Raid Level : 5
Member Disks : 3
Cache Attribute : Write Back
Tag Queuing : Enabled
Max SCSI Speed : 160 MB/sec
Current Speed : Async
Migrating occurs when a volume set is migrating from one RAID level to another, a
Volume set stripe size changes, or when a disk is added to a Raid Set. Migration status is
displayed in the volume status area of the Volume Set Information when one RAID level
to another, a Volume set stripe size changes or when a disk is added to a raid set.
5.5.3.4 Check Volume Set
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. To check Volume Set from Raid Set system function, move the cursor bar to
the Volume Set Functions menu and select the Check Volume Set item, then press Enter
key. The Volume Set Functions menu will show all Raid Set number items. Move the
cursor bar to an Raid Set number item, then press Enter key to show all Volume Set item
Select the Volume Set from the list you which to check, press Enter key to select it. After
completing the selection, the confirmation screen appears, presses Yes to start check.
5.5.3.5 Stop Volume Set Check
Use this option to stop all the Check Volume Set function.
5.5.3.6 Display Volume Set Info.
To display Volume Set information, move the cursor bar to the desired Volume Set
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number, then press Enter key. The Volume Set Information will show as following. You
can only view the information of this Volume Set.
Main Menu >
5.5.4 Physical Drives
Choose this option from the Main Menu to select a physical disk and to perform the
operations listed above.
Main Menu >
5.5.4.1 View Drive Information
Main Menu >
Model Name : MAXTOR 6L040J2
Serial Number : 662132645525
Firmware Rev. : A93.0500
Disk Capacity : 40.0GB
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function >
Physical Drives Delete Volume Set
Raid System Function Modify Volume Set
View System Events Create Hot Spare
Clear Event Buffer Check Volume Set
Hardware Monitor Stop Volume Set
System information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive Functions
Raid System Function Create Pass-Through Disk
View System Events Modify Pass-Through Disk
Clear Event Buffer Delete Pass-Through Disk
Hardware Monitor Identify Selected Drive
System information Identify Bad Drive
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Create Volume Set
Display Volume Info. >
> View Drive Information
Volume Name : Volume Set # 00
Raid Set Name : Raid Set # 00 Volume Capacity : 160.1GB
Volume State : Migrating
SCSI Ch/Id/Lun : 0/0/0
Stripe Size : 64K
Raid Level : 5
Member Disks : 3
Cache Attribute : Write Back
Tag Queuing : Enabled
Max SCSI Speed : 160 MB/sec
Current Speed : Async
Physical Drive Functions > View Drive Information > Select Drive
Raid System Function Create Pass-Through Disk
View System Events Modify Pass-Through Disk
Clear Event Buffer Delete Pass-Through Disk
Hardware Monitor Identify Selected Drive
System information Identify Bad Drive
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PIO Mode : Mode 4
Current UDMA : ATA133
Support UDMA : ATA133
Device State : RaisSet Member
When you choose this option, the physical disks in the SATA RAID controller are listed.
Move the cursor to the desired drive and press Enter. The following appears:
5.5.4.2 Create Pass-Through Disk
Main Menu >
SCSI Channel : 0
SCSI ID : 0
SCSI LUN : 2
Cache Mode : Write Back
Tag Queuing : Enabled
Max Sync Rate : 160MB/sec
Disk drive is not controlled by the SilverSATA V-UR firmware and thus cannot 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
SilverSATA V-UR firmware. The SCSI Channel, SCSI ID, SCSI LUN, Cache Mode, Tag
Queuing, and Max Sync Rate items detail description can reference the Create Volume
Set for SilverSATA section.
5.5.4.3 Modify Pass-Through Disk
Use this option to modify the Pass-Through Disk Attribute. To modify Pass-Through Disk
parameters values from Pass-Through Disk pool, move the cursor bar to the Physical
Drive Function menu and select the Modify Pass-Through Drive option and then press
Enter key. The Physical Drive Function menu will show all Raid Pass-Through Drive
number option. Move the cursor bar to a desired item, then press Enter key to show all
Pass-Through Disk Attribute. Select the parameter from the list you which to change,
press Enter key to modify it.
5.5.4.4 Delete Pass-Through Disk
Main Menu >
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive Functions
Raid System Function Create Pass-Through Disk
View System Events Modify Pass-Through Disk
Clear Event Buffer Delete Pass-Through Disk
Hardware Monitor Identify Selected Drive
System information Identify Bad Drive
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive Functions
Raid System Function Create Pass-Through Disk
View System Events Modify Pass-Through Disk
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor Identify Selected Drive
System information Identify Bad Drive
> View Drive Information
: Redraw
> View Drive Information
Delete Pass-Through Disk >
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To delete Pass-through drive from the Pass-through drive pool, move the cursor bar to the
Physical Drive Function menu and select the Delete pass-through drive item, then press
Enter key. The Delete Pass-Through confirmation screen will appear and press Yes key
to delete it.
5.5.4.5 Identify Selected Drive
Main Menu >
, X: Redraw
To prevent removing the wrong drive, the selected disk HDD LED Indicator will light for
physically locating the selected disk when the Identify Selected Device is selected.
5.5.5 Raid System Function
To set the raid system function, move the cursor bar to the main menu and select the “Raid
System Function” item and then press Enter key. The Raid System Function menu will
show all items. Move the cursor bar to an item, then press Enter key to select the desired
function.
Main Menu >
5.5.5.1 Mute the Alert Beeper
The Mute the Alert Beeper function item is used to control the SATA RAID controller
Beeper. Select the No and press Enter key in the dialog box to turn the beeper off
temporarily. The beeper will still activate on the next event.
Main Menu >
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive Functions
Raid System Function Create Pass-Through Disk
View System Events Modify Pass-Through Disk
Clear Event Buffer Delete Pass-Through Disk
Hardware Monitor
System information Identify Bad Drive
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function >
View System Events Alert Beeper Setting
Clear Event Buffer Change Password
Hardware Monitor JBOD/RAID Function
System information Raid Rebuild Priority
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
> View Drive Information
Identify Selected Drive > Select Drive
Mute the Alert Beeper
Maximum ATA Mode
Capacity Truncation
Terminal Port Config
Update Firmware
Restart Controller
Raid System Function > Mute the Alert Beeper
View System Events Alert Beeper Setting
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5.5.5.2 Alert Beeper Setting
Main Menu >
The Mute the Alert Beeper function item is used to control the SATA RAID controller
Beeper. Select the No and press Enter key in the dialog box to turn the beeper off
temporarily. The beeper will still activate on the next event.
5.5.5.3 Change Password
Main Menu >
The password option allows users to set or clear the password protection feature. Once
the password has been set, the users can only monitor and configure the controller by
providing the correct password. This feature is used to protect the internal RAID system
from unauthorized entry. The controller will check the password only when entering the
Main menu from the initial screen. The system will automatically go back to the initial
screen when it does not receive any command in 20 seconds.
Clear Event Buffer Change Password
Hardware Monitor JBOD/RAID Function
System information Raid Rebuild Priority
Maximum ATA Mode
Capacity Truncation
Terminal Port Config
Update Firmware
Restart Controller
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function >
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer Change Password
Hardware Monitor JBOD/RAID Function
System information Raid Rebuild Priority
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function >
View System Events Alert Beeper Setting
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor JBOD/RAID Function
System information Raid Rebuild Priority
Mute the Alert Beeper
Alert Beeper Setting > Alert Beeper
Maximum ATA Mode
Capacity Truncation
Terminal Port Config
Update Firmware
Restart Controller
Mute the Alert Beeper
Change Password > Enter Password
Maximum ATA Mode
Capacity Truncation
Terminal Port Config
Update Firmware
Restart Controller
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To set or change the password, move the cursor to Raid System Function screen, press
the Change Password item. The Enter New Password screen appears.
To disable the password, press Enter only in both the Enter New Password and Re-Enter
New Password column. The existing password will be cleared. No password checking will
occur when entering the main menu from the starting screen.
5.5.5.4 JBOD/RAID Configuration
Main Menu >
JBOD/RAID Configuration (For SilverSATA)
JBOD is an acronym for “Just a Bunch Of Disks”. It represents a volume set that is
created by the concatenation of partitions on the disk. For SilverSATA, it only can see 5
disks, when you selected the JBOD option. User needs to delete the RAID set, when you
want to change the option from the RAID to the JBOD function.
Main Menu >
The “Background Track Priority” is a relative indication of how much time the controller
devotes to a background operation, such as rebuild or migrating. The RAID controller
allows users to choose the rebuild priority to balance volume set access and background
tasks appropriately.
5.5.5.5 Disk Capacity Truncation Mode
WiebeTech RAID controllers use 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 configuration: Multiples Of
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function >
View System Events Alert Beeper Setting
Clear Event Buffer Change Password
Hardware Monitor
System information Raid Rebuild Priority
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function >
View System Events Alert Beeper Setting
Clear Event Buffer Change Password
Hardware Monitor JBOD/RAID Function
System information
Mute the Alert Beeper
JBOD/RAID Function >
Maximum ATA Mode
Capacity Truncation
Terminal Port Config
Update Firmware
Restart Controller
Mute the Alert Beeper
Raid Rebuild Priority >
Maximum ATA Mode Ultra Low (5%)
Capacity Truncation Low (20%)
Terminal Port Config High (80%)
Update Firmware
Restart Controller
Background Track Priority
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10G, Multiples Of 1G, and No Truncation.
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. WiebeTech drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 10G uses the 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. WiebeTech drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 1G uses the same capacity for both
of these drives so that one could replace the other.
No Truncation: It does not truncate the capacity.
: Redraw
Within the SilverSATA V-UR, there are 5 Ultra ATA connected to the drive. The 5 Ultra
ATA drive channel can support up to ATA/133, which runs up to 133MB/s.
5.5.5.6 Maximum SATA Mode (SilverSATA)
Main Menu >
Within the subsystem, the SCSI chip acts as a target and 5 SATA II bus are connected to
the drive. The 5 SATA drive channel can support up to SATA II, which runs up to
300MB/s. NCQ is a command protocol in Serial ATA that can only be implemented on
native Serial ATA hard drives. It 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 SilverSATA V-UR allows users to choose the SATA Mode: SATA150, SAT150+NCQ,
SAT300, SATA300+NCQ.
Main Menu >
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function >
View System Events Alert Beeper Setting
Clear Event Buffer Change Password
Hardware Monitor JBOD/RAID Function
System information Raid Rebuild Priority
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function >
View System Events Alert Beeper Setting
Clear Event Buffer Change Password
Hardware Monitor JBOD/RAID Function
System information Raid Rebuild Priority
Mute the Alert Beeper
Maximum ATA Mode >
Capacity Truncation 150 + NCQ
Terminal Port Config 300
Update Firmware 300 + NCQ
Restart Controller
Mute the Alert Beeper
Maximum ATA Mode
Capacity Truncation
150
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Parity Value is fixed at None.
Handshaking value is fixed at None.
Speed sending values are 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, and 115200.
Stop Bits values are 1 bit and 2 bits.
5.5.5.7 Update Firmware
Please, reference the appendix B firmware utility for updating firmware.
5.5.5.8 Restart Controller
Use the Restart Controller Function to reset the entire configuration from the SilverSATA
V-UR controller non-volatile memory. To reset the controller, move the cursor bar to the
Main menu Raid System Function item and then press the Enter key. The Raid system
Function menu appears on the screen. Press Enter key to select Restart Controller item.
The Restart Controller confirmation screen appears. Select Yes key to reset entire Raid
System.
Note:
support the update firmware feature.
based RAID Management via HTTP Proxy through the controller’s serial port
Note:
Main Menu >
5.5.6 U320 SCSI Target Configuration (SilverSATA)
Arbitration allows one SCSI device to gain control of the SCSI bus to allow that SCSI device
to initiate or resume a task. There are two methods that a SCSI device may use to arbitrate
for the SCSI bus: normal arbitration and QAS. Normal arbitration is mandatory and requires
the detection of a BUS FREE phase on the SCSI bus before starting. QAS is optional and,
when enabled, requires the initiation and detection of a QAS REQUEST message before
starting. Press Enter to enter the Main menu. Press UP/DOWN key to select the U320
Terminal Port Config > Baud Rate Setting >
Update Firmware 2400
Restart Controller 4800
1200
9600
19200
38400
57600
115200
1. The Bootable CD VT100 utility connected through the controller’s serial port cannot
2. User can only update the firmware through the VT100 Terminal or web browser-
It can only work properly at Host and Drive without any activity.
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function >
View System Events Alert Beeper Setting
Clear Event Buffer Change Password
Hardware Monitor JBOD/RAID Function
System information Raid Rebuild Priority
Mute the Alert Beeper
Maximum ATA Mode
Capacity Truncation
Terminal Port Config
Update Firmware
Restart Controller >
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SCSI Target option, and then press Enter.
5.5.7 Ethernet Configuration (SilverSATA)
Use this feature to set the controller Ethernet port configuration. Customer doesn’t need to
create a reserved space on the arrays before the Ethernet port and HTTP service working.
5.5.7.1 DHCP Function
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol that lets network administrators
manage centrally and automate the assignment of IP (Internet Protocol) configurations 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 configurations for a specific time period (called a lease period) and to eliminate the
work necessary to administer a large IP network. To manually configure the IP address of
the controller, move the cursor bar to the Main menu Ethernet Configuration Function item
and then press the Enter key. The Ethernet Configuration menu appears on the screen.
Move the cursor bar to DHCP Function item, then press Enter key to show the DHCP
setting. Select the “Disabled’ or ‘Enabled” option to enable or disable the DHCP function.
Main Menu >
Main Menu >
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function
U320 SCSI Target Config > Ch0 QAS
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function
U320 SCSI Target Config
Ethernet Configuration > DHCP Function >
View System Events Enabled
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Disabled
5.5.7.2 Local IP Address
If you intend to set up your client computers manually, make sure that the assigned IP
address is in the same range of your default router address and that it is unique to your
private network. However we would highly recommend that if you have a network of
computers and the option to assign your TCP/IP client configurations automatically,
please do. An IP address allocation scheme will reduce the time it takes to set-up client
computers and eliminate the possibilities of administrative errors. To manually configure
the IP address of the controller, move the cursor bar to the Main menu Ethernet
Configuration Function item and then press the Enter key. The Ethernet Configuration
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menu appears on the screen. Move the cursor bar to Local IP Address item, then press
Enter key to show the default address setting in the RAID controller. You can reassign the
IP address of the controller.
Main Menu >
5.5.7.3 Ethernet Address
A MAC address stands for Media Access Control address and is your computer’s unique
hardware number. On an Ethernet LAN, it’s the same as your Ethernet address. When
you’re connected to the Internet from the RAID controller Ethernet port, a correspondence
table relates your IP address to the RAID controller’s physical (MAC) address on the LAN.
Main Menu >
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function
U320 SCSI Target Config
Ethernet Configuration > Local IP Address > 192.168.001.100
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function
U320 SCSI Target Config
Ethernet Configuration > Ethernet Address > 00.04.D9.FF.F2.F0
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
5.5.8 View System Events
To view the SATA RAID controller’s information, move the cursor bar to the main menu and
select the View Events link, then press the Enter key The SATA RAID controller’s events
screen appear.
Main Menu >
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Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function
View System Events >
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information
View System Events >
>> Time Device Event Type Elapse Time Errors
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Choose this option to view the system events information: Timer, Device, Event type,
Elapse Time and Errors. The RAID system does not built the real time clock. The Time
information is the relative time from the SATA RAID controller power on.
5.5.9 Clear Events Buffer
Use this feature to clear the entire events buffer information.
Main Menu >
5.5.10 Hardware Monitor Information
The Hardware Monitor Information provides the temperature, fan speed (chassis fan) and
voltage of the internal SilverSATA V-UR. The temperature items list the current states of
the controller board and backplane. All items are also unchangeable. The warning
messages will indicate through the LCM, LED and alarm buzzer.
Below screen is a sample of SR6600U3 Hardware Monitor Information.
Main Menu >
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Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer >
Hardware Monitor
System information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor >
System information Backplane Temp. : 33 (Celsius)
Controller Temp. : 36 (Celsius)
Item Warning Condition
Controller Board Temperature
Backplane Temperature
Controller Fan Speed
Power Supply +12V
Power Supply +5V
Power Supply +3.3V
CPU Core Voltage +1.5V
5.5.11 System Information
Choose this option to display Main processor, CPU Instruction cache and data cache size,
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Power +12V : 11.977
Power +5V : 4.892
Power +3V : 3.296
Power +1.5V : 1.520
> 60
O
> 55
O
< 1900 RPM
< 10.5V or > 13.5V
< 4.7V or > 5.3V
< 3.0V or > 3.6V
< 1.35V or > 1.65V
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firmware version, serial number, controller model name, and the cache memory size. To
check the system information, move the cursor bar to System Information item, then press
Enter key. All major controller system information will be displayed.
Main Menu >
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drive
Raid System Function
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System information >
6. Web Browser-based Configuration
The SilverSATA V-UR web browser-based configuration utility is firmware-based and uses to
configure raid sets and volume sets. Use this utility to:
• Create raid set
• Expand raid set
• Define volume set
• Add physical drive
• Modify volume set
• Modify RAID level/stripe size
• Define pass-through disk drives
• Modify system function
• Update firmware
• Designate drives as hot spares
If you need to boot the operating system from a RAID system, you must first create a RAID
volume by using front panel touch-control keypad, Bootable CD VT-100 utility at X86-based
system, Web Browser through Ethernet LAN, or VT-100 terminal.
6.1 Firmware-embedded TCP/IP & web browser-based RAID
manager (using the controller’s 10/100 Ethernet LAN port)
To ensure proper communications between the SilverSATA V-UR and Web browser-based
RAID management, Please connect the RAID system Ethernet LAN port to any LAN switch
port.
The controller has embedded the TCP/IP & Web Browser-based RAID manager in the
firmware. User can remote manage the RAID system without adding any users specific
software (platform independent) via standard web browsers directly connected to the 10/100
Ethernet RJ45 LAN port.
To configure External SilverSATA V-UR on a local or remote machine, you need to know its
IP Address. The IP address will default show in the LCD screen. Launch your firmwareembedded TCP/IP & Web Browser-based RAID manager by entering http://[IP Address] in
the web browser.
Note that you must be logged in as administrator with local admin rights on the remote
machine to remotely configure it. The SilverSATA V-UR controller default User Name is
“admin” and the Password is “0000”.
6.2 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets
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You can configure raid sets and volume sets with web browser-based RAID manager using
Quick Create automatically, or Raid Set/Volume Set Function manually configuration method.
Each configuration method requires a different level of users input. The general flow of
operations for raid set and volume set configuration is:
6.3 Designating Drives as Hot Spares
All unused disk drive that is not part of a raid set can be created as a Hot Spare. The Quick
Create configuration will automatically add the spare disk drive with the raid level for users to
select. For the Raid Set Function configuration, users can use the Create Hot Spare option to
define the hot spare disk drive. Reference the 6.9.5 Create Hot Spare section.
6.4 Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration
In Quick Create Configuration, it collects all drives in the tray and includes them in a raid set.
The raid set you create is associated with exactly one volume set, and you can modify the
default RAID level, stripe size, and capacity of the volume set. Designating Drives as Hot
Spares will also show in the raid level selection option. The volume set default settings will
be:
The default setting values can be changed after configuration is complete.
Follow the steps below to create arrays using Quick Create Configuration:
Step Action
1 Designate hot spares/pass-through (optional)
2 Choose a configuration method
3 Create raid set using the available physical drives
4 Define volume set using the space in the raid set
5 Initialize the volume set and use volume set in the host OS.
Parameter Setting
Volume Name Volume Set # 00
SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI LUN 0/0/0
Cache Mode Write Back
Tag Queuing Yes
Max Sync Rate Depends on your host adapter setting.
Step Action
1
Choose Quick Volume /Raid Setup from the main menu. The available RAID levels with
hot spare for the current volume set drive are displayed.
2
Recommend use drives have same capacity in a specific array. If you use drives with
different capacities in an array, all drives in the raid set will select the lowest capacity of the
drive in the raid set.
The numbers of physical drives in a specific array determine the RAID levels that can be
implemented with the array.
RAID 0 requires 1 or more physical drives
RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives
RAID 1+Spare requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 3 +Spare requires at least 4 physical drives
RAID 5 + Spare requires at least 4 physical drives
Highlight RAID level for the volume set and press Enter key to confirm.
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3
Set the capacity size for the current volume set. After Highlight RAID level and press Enter
key.
The selected capacity for the current volume set is displayed. Using the UP and DOWN
arrow key to create the current volume set capacity size and press Enter key to confirm.
The available stripe sizes for the current volume set are displayed.
4
Using UP and DOWN arrow key to select the current volume set stripe size and press
Enter key to confirm it. This parameter specifies the size of the stripes written to each disk
in a RAID 0, 1, or 5 Volume Set. You can set the stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB,
64 KB, or 128 KB. A larger stripe size provides better-read performance, especially if your
computer does mostly sequential reads. However, if you are sure that your computer does
random read requests more often, choose a small stripe size.
5
When you are finished defining the volume set, press Enter key to confirm the Quick
Volume and Raid Set Setup function.
6
Foreground (Fast Completion) Press Enter key to define fast initialization or Selected the
Background (Instant Available). In the 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. In Fast Initialization, the initialization
proceeds must be completed before the volume set ready for system accesses.
7
Initialize the volume set you have just configured
8
If you need to add additional volume set, using main menu Create Volume Set function
6.5 Using Raid Set/Volume Set Function Method
In Raid Set Function, you can use the Create Raid Set function to generate the new raid set.
In Volume Set Function, you can use the Create Volume Set function to generate its
associated volume set and parameters.
If the current controller has unused physical devices connected, you can choose the Create
Hot Spare option in the Raid Set Function to define a global hot spare. Select this method to
configure new raid sets and volume sets. The Raid Set/Volume Set Function configuration
option allows you to associate volume set with partial and full raid set.
Note: User can use this method to examine the existing configuration. Modify volume set
configuration method provides the same functions as create volume set configuration
method. In volume set function, you can use the modify volume set function to modify the
volume set parameters except the capacity size:
Step Action
1
To setup the Hot Spare (option), choose Raid Set Function from the main menu. Select
the Create Hot Spare and press Enter key to set the Hot Spare.
2
Choose Raid Set Function from the main menu. Select the Create Raid Set and press
Enter key.
3
Select a Drive For Raid Set window is displayed showing the IDE drive connected to the
current controller.
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4
Press UP and DOWN arrow keys to select specific physical drives. Press the Enter key to
associate the selected physical drive with the current raid set.
Recommend use drives has same capacity in a specific raid set. If you use drives with
different capacities in an array, all drives in the raid set will select the lowest capacity of the
drive in the raid set.
The numbers of physical drives in a specific raid set determine the RAID levels that can be
implemented with the raid set.
RAID 0 requires 1 or more physical drives
RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives
RAID 1+Spare requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives
RAID 3 +Spare requires at least 4 physical drives
RAID 5 + Spare requires at least 4 physical drives
5
After adding physical drives to the current raid set as desired, press Yes to confirm the
Create Raid Set function.
6
An Edit The Raid Set Name dialog box appears. Enter 1 to 15 alphanumeric characters to
define a unique identifier for a raid set. The default raid set name will always appear as
Raid Set. #. Press Enter to finish the name editing.
7
Press Enter key when you are finished creating the current raid set. To continue defining
another raid set, repeat step 3. To begin volume set configuration, go to step 8.
8
Choose Volume Set Function from the Main menu. Select the Create Volume Set and
press Enter key.
9
Choose one raid set from the Create Volume From Raid Set window. Press Enter key to
confirm it.
10
The Volume Creation screen shows the volume set default attribute values that are
currently being configured. The attribute column headings are:
The Raid Level,
The Stripe Size,
The SCSI host /SCSI ID/SCSI LUN/,
The Cache Mode,
The Tagged Queuing,
The SCSI Max Rate, and
The Volume Name (number).
The users can change all values
After the current volume set attributes are defined, press Esc key to enter Initialization
selection screen.
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Fast Initialization Press Enter key to define fast initialization and Esc key to normal
initialization. In the Normal 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. In Fast Initialization, the initialization proceeds must be completed
before the volume set ready for system accesses.
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If space remains in the raid set, the next volume set can be configured. Repeat steps 8 to
10 to configure another volume set.
6.6 Configuring Raid Sets and Volume Sets
The web browser start-up screen will display the current configuration of your SilverSATA VUR. It 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 screen. The current configuration can also be viewed by clicking on
RAID Set Hierarchy in the menu.
To display raid set information, move the mouse cursor to the desired raid set number, then
click it. The raid set Information will show in the screen.
To display volume set information, move the mouse cursor to the desired Volume Set
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number, then click it. The volume set Information will show in the screen.
To display drive information, move the mouse cursor to the desired physical drive number,
then click it. The drive Information will show in the screen.
6.6.1 Main Menu
The Main Menu shows all function that enables the customer to execute actions by clicking
on the appropriate link.
Individual Category Description
Quick Function Create a default configuration, which is based on the number of
physical disk 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 existed pass through drives
parameter. It also provides the function to identify the respect disk drive.
System Controls Setting the raid system configurations
Information View the controller information. The Raid Set Hierarchy can also view
through the RAID Set Hierarchy item.
6.7 Quick Create
The number of physical drives in the SilverSATA V-UR 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 users can change the raid level, stripe size, and capacity. A hot spare option
is also created depending upon the existing configuration.
Tick on the Confirm The Operation and click on the Submit button in the Quick Create
screen, the raid set and volume set will start to initialize.
Note:
disks in your system. Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you prefer to
customize your system.
In Quick Create your volume set is automatically configured based on the number of
6.8 Raid Set Functions
Use the Raid Set Function and Volume Set Function if you prefer to customize your system.
User manual configuration can full control of the raid set setting, but it will take longer to
complete than the Quick Volume/Raid Setup configuration. Select the Raid Set Function to
manually configure the raid set for the first time or deletes existing raid set and reconfigures
the raid set. A raid set is a group of disks containing one or more volume sets.
6.8.1 Create Raid Set
To create a raid set, click on the Delete Raid Set link. A Select the SATA Drive for RAID Set
screen is displayed showing the IDE drive connected to the current controller. Click on the
selected physical drives with the current raid set. Enter 1 to 15 alphanumeric characters to
define a unique identifier for a raid set. The default raid set name will always appear as Raid
Set. #.
Tick on the Confirm the Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen, the raid set
will start to initialize.
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6.8.2 Delete Raid Set
To delete a raid set, click on the Create Raid Set link. A Select the RAID SET To Delete
screen is displayed showing all raid set existing in the current controller. Click the raid set
number you which to delete in the select column to delete screen.
Tick on the Confirm the Operation and click on the Submit button in the screen to delete it.
6.8.3 Expand Raid Set
Use this option to expand a raid set, when a disk is added to your system. This function is
active when at least one drive is available.
To expand a raid set, click on the Expand Raid Set link. Select the target raid set, which you
want to expand it.
Tick on the available disk and Confirm the Operation, and then click on the Submit button in
the screen to add disks to the raid set.
6.8.4 Activate Incomplete Raid Set
When one of the disk drive is removed in power off state, the raid set state will change to
Incomplete State. If users wants to continue to work, when the SilverSATA V-UR is power
on. User can use the Activate Raid Set option to active the raid set. After users complete
the function, the Raid State will change to Degraded Mode.
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 set existing in the current
controller. Click the raid set number you which to activate in the select column.
Click on the Submit button in the screen to activate the raid set that has removed one of
disk drive in the power off state. The SilverSATA V-UR will continue to work in degraded
mode.
6.8.5 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
appropriate check box. Tick on the Confirm the Operation, and click on the Submit button in
the screen to create the hot spares.
The create Hot Spare option gives you the ability to define a global hot spare.
6.8.6 Delete Hot Spare
Select the target Hot Spare disk to delete by clicking on the appropriate check box.
Tick on the Confirm the Operation, and click on the Submit button in the screen to delete
the hot spares.
6.8.7 Rescue RAID Set
When the system is power off in the RAID Set update period, it may be disappeared in this
abnormal condition. The “RESCUE” function can recover the missing RAID Set information.
The RAID controller 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.
6.9 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 specified 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.
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6.9.1 Create Volume Set
The following is the volume set features for the SilverSATA
1. Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same raid set.
2. Up to 16 volume sets in a raid set can be created by the SATA RAID controller.
3. The maximum addressable size of a single volume set is 2 TB (32-bit mode).
To create volume set from raid set system, 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 allows users to select the Volume name, capacity, RAID level,
stripe size, SCSI ID/LUN, Cache
• Volume Name:
The default volume name will always appear as Volume Set. #. You can rename the
volume set name providing it does not exceed the 15 characters limit.
• Capacity:
The maximum volume size is default in the first setting. Enter the appropriate volume size
to fit your application. The capacity can also increase or decrease by the .UP and DOWN
arrow key
• Raid Level:
Set the RAID level for the Volume Set. Highlight Raid Level and press <Enter>.
The available RAID levels for the current Volume Set are displayed. Select a RAID level
and press <Enter> to confirm.
• Stripe Size:
This parameter sets the size of the stripe written to each disk in a RAID 0, 1, or 5 logical
drives. You can set the stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or 128 KB.
A larger stripe size produces better-read performance, especially if your computer does
mostly sequential reads. However, if you are sure that your computer does random reads
more often, select a small stripe size
• Cache Mode:
The SilverSATA V-UR supports Write-Through Cache and Write-Back Cache.
• Tag Queuing:
The Enabled option is useful for enhancing overall system performance under multi-tasking
operating systems. The Command Tag (Drive Channel) function controls the SCSI
command tag queuing support for each drive channel. This function should normally remain
enabled. Disable this function only when using older SCSI drives that do not support
command tag queuing
• Max SCSI Speed:
The SilverSATA V-UR supports 160.00 MB/sec ......as the highest data transfer rate.
• SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI LUN:
SCSI Channel: The SilverSATA V-UR only supports one 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 Wide SCSI channel can connect up to 15 devices.
The SilverSATA V-UR is as a large SCSI device. We should assign an ID from a list of
SCSI IDs.
SCSI LUN: Each SCSI ID can support up to 8 LUNs. Most SCSI host adapter treats each
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LUN like a SCSI disk.
6.9.2 Delete Volume Set
To delete Volume from raid set system function, 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 number. Tick on a raid set number and the Confirm the Operation and then click on
the Submit button to show all volume set item in the selected raid set. Tick on a volume set
number and the Confirm the Operation and then click on the Submit button to delete the
volume set.
6.9.3 Modify Volume Set
To modify a volume set from a raid set:
(1). Click on the Modify Volume Set link.
(2). Tick on the volume set from the list that you wish to modify. Click on the Submit button.
The following screen appears.
Use this option to modify volume set configuration. To modify volume set attribute values
from raid set system function, move the cursor bar to the volume set attribute menu and
click on it. The modify value screen appears. Move the cursor bar to an attribute item, and
then click on the attribute to modify the value. After you complete the modification, tick on
the Confirm the Operation and click on the Submit button to complete the action. User can
modify all values except the capacity.
6.9.3.1 Volume Expansion
Use this raid set expands to expand a raid set, when a disk is added to your system. The
expand capacity can use to enlarge the volume set size or create another volume set. The
modify volume set function can support the volume set expansion function. To expand
volume set capacity value from raid set system function, move the cursor bar to the
volume set Volume capacity item and entry the capacity size. Tick on the Confirm the
Operation and click on the Submit button to complete the action. The volume set start to
expand.
6.9.3.2 Volume Set Migration
Migrating occurs when a volume set is migrating from one RAID
6.9.4 Check Volume Set
To check a volume set from a raid set:
1. Click on the Check Volume Set link.
2. Tick on the volume set from the list that you wish to check. Tick on Confirm the
Operation and click on the Submit button.
Use this option to verify the correctness pf 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.
6.9.5 Stop Volume Set Check
Use this option to stop the Check Volume Set function.
6.10 Physical Drive
Choose this option from the Main Menu to select a physical disk and to perform the
operations listed below.
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6.10.1 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.
Disk is no controlled by the internal SilverSATA V-UR firmware and thus cannot 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 firmware. User can also select the cache mode, Tagged Command Queuing, Max
SCSI speed and SCSI channel/SCSI_ID/SCSI_LUN for this volume.
6.10.2 Modify Pass-Through Disk
Use this option to modify the Pass-Through Disk Attribute. User can modify the cache
mode, Tagged Command Queuing, Max SCSI speed and SCSI channel/ID/LUN on an
existed pass through disk.
To modify the pass-through drive attribute from the pass-through drive pool, move the
mouse cursor bar to click on Modify Pass-Through link. The Select The Pass Through Disk
For Modification screen appears tick on the Pass-Through Disk from the pass-through drive
pool and click on the Submit button to select drive.
The Enter Pass-Through Disk Attribute screen appears; modify the drive attribute values, as
you want.
6.10.2.1 For SilverSATA
After you complete the selection, tick on the Confirm the Operation and click on the
Submit button to complete the selection action.
6.10.3 Delete Pass-Through Disk
To delete pass-through drive from the pass-through drive pool, move the mouse cursor bar
to the main menus and click on Delete Pass Through link. After you complete the selection,
tick on the Confirm the Operation and click on the Submit button to complete the delete
action.
6.10.4 Identify Drive
To prevent removing the wrong drive, the selected disk LED will light for physically locating
the selected disk when the Identify Selected Drive is selected.
To identify the selected drive from the drives pool, move the mouse cursor bar to click on
Identify Selected Drive link. The Select the SATA Device For identification screen appears
tick on the SATA device from the drives pool and Flash method. After completing the
selection, click on the Submit button to identify selected drive.
6.11 System Controls
6.11.1 System Configuration
To set the raid system function, move the cursor bar to the main menu and click on the
System Configuration link. The System Configuration menu will show all items. Move the
cursor bar to an item, then press Enter key to select the desired function.
6.11.1.1 For SilverSATA
• System Beeper Setting:
The Alert Beeper function item is used to Disabled or Enable the SilverSATA V-UR
controller alarm tone generator.
• Background Track Priority:
The Raid background Track Priority is a relative indication of how much time the controller
devotes to a background operation such as rebuilding or migrating. The SilverSATA V-UR
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allows users to choose the background priority to balance volume set access and
background tasks appropriately. For high array performance, specify a Low value.
• Terminal Port Configuration:
Speed setting values are 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, and 115200.
Stop Bits values are 1 bit and 2 bits.
Note: Parity value is fixed at None.
Data Bits value is fixed at 8 bits.
• JBOD/RAID Configuration:
JBOD is an acronym for “Just a Bunch Of Disk”. It represents a volume set that is created
by the concatenation of partitions on the disks. For the SR6500-5-WBC, it can only see
the first two disks, when you select the JBOD option. User needs to delete the RAID set,
when you want to change the option from the RAID to the JBOD function.
• Maximum SATA Mode Supported: (SilverSATA)
Within the subsystem, the SCSI chip acts as a target and 5 SATA II bus are connected to
the drive. The 5 SATA drive channel can support up to SATA II, which runs up to
300MB/s. NCQ is a command protocol in Serial ATA that can only be implemented on
native Serial ATA hard drives. It 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 SilverSATA V-UR allows users to choose the SATA Mode: SATA150, SAT150+NCQ,
SAT300, SATA300+NCQ.
• Disk Capacity Truncation Mode:
WiebeTech RAID controllers use 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 configuration: Multiples Of
10G, Multiples Of 1G, and No Truncation.
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.
WiebeTech drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 10G uses the 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. WiebeTech drive Truncation mode Multiples Of 1G uses the same capacity for both
of these drives so that one could replace the other.
No Truncation: It does not truncate the capacity.
6.11.2 U320 SCSI Target Config (SilverSATA)
Arbitration allows one SCSI device to gain control of the SCSI bus to allow that SCSI device
to initiate or resume a task. There are two methods that a SCSI device may use to arbitrate
for the SCSI bus: normal arbitration and QAS. Normal arbitration is mandatory and requires
the detection of a BUS FREE phase on the SCSI bus before starting. QAS is optional and,
when enabled, requires the initiation and detection of a QAS REQUEST message before
starting.
6.11.3 Ethernet Config (SilverSATA)
Use this feature to set the controller Ethernet port configuration. Customer doesn’t need to
create a reserved space on the arrays before the Ethernet port and HTTP service working.
The firmware-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
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or WAN with no software or patches required.
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol that lets network administrators
manage centrally and automate the assignment of IP (Internet Protocol) configurations 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 configurations for a specific time period (called a lease period) and to eliminate the
work necessary to administer a large IP network.
To configure 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 Config item, then press Enter key to select the desired function.
6.11.4 Alert by Mail Config (SilverSATA)
To configure the raid controller email 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 Config item, then press Enter key to select the desired
function. This function can only set by the web-based configuration.
The firmware contains SMTP manager monitors all system events and users can select
either single or multiple user notifications to
6.11.5 SNMP Configuration (SilverSATA)
To configure the raid controller SNMP 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 SNMP Configuration item, then press Enter key to select the desired
function. This function can only set by the web-based configuration.
The firmware contains SNMP Agent manager monitors all system events and users can use
the SNMP function from the web setting with no Agent software required.
Please reference to Appendix –d SNMP operation & Definition for more detail information
about the SNMP trap and definition.
6.11.6 View Events/ Mute Beeper
To view the SilverSATA V-UR controller’s information, move the mouse cursor to the main
menu and click on the View Events/Mute Beeper link. The SilverSATA V-UR events
Information screen appears.
Choose this option to view the system events information: Timer, Device, Event type,
Elapse Time and Errors. The RAID system does not built the real time clock. The Time
information is the relative time from the SilverSATA V-UR power on.
6.11.7 Generate Test Event
Use this feature to generate an event to test the email address which configures by the
“Alert by Mail Config” option.
6.11.8 Clear Events Buffer
Use this feature to clear the entire events buffer information.
6.11.9 Modify Password
To set or change the SilverSATA V-UR password, move the mouse cursor to Raid System
Function screen, and click on the Change Password link. The Modify System Password
screen appears.
The password option allows users to set or clear the SilverSATA V-UR’s password
protection feature. Once the password has been set, the users can only monitor and
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configure the SilverSATA V-UR by providing the correct password.
The password is used to protect the internal SilverSATA V-UR from unauthorized entry. The
controller will check the password only when entering the Main menu from the initial screen.
The SilverSATA V-UR will automatically go back to the initial screen when it does not
receive any command in ten seconds.
To disable the password, press Enter key only in both the Enter New Password and ReEnter New Password column. Once the user confirms the operation and clicks the Submit
button. The existing password will be cleared. No password checking will occur when
entering the main menu from the starting screen.
6.11.10 Upgrade Firmware:
Please reference the appendix B firmware utility.
6.11.11 Restart Controller
Please reference the appendix B firmware utility.
6.12 Information Menu
6.12.1 RAID Set Hierarchy
Use this feature to view the internal SilverSATA V-UR current raid set, current volume set
and physical disk configuration. Please reference this chapter “Configuring Raid Sets and
Volume Sets”
6.12.2 System Information
To view the SilverSATA V-UR controller’s information, move the mouse cursor to the main
menu and click on the System Information link. The SilverSATA V-UR Information screen
appears.
Use this feature to view the SilverSATA V-UR controller’s information. The controller name,
firmware version, serial number, main processor, CPU data/Instruction cache size and
system memory size/speed appear in this screen.
6.12.3 Hardware Monitor
To view the SilverSATA V-UR controller’s hardware monitor information, move the mouse
cursor to the main menu and click the Hardware Monitor link. The Hardware Information
screen appears. The Hardware Monitor Information provides the temperature, fan speed
(chassis fan) and voltage of the internal SilverSATA V-UR. All items are also unchangeable.
The warning messages will indicate through the LCM, LED and alarm buzzer.
Item Warning Condition
Controller Board Temperature
Backplane Temperature
Controller Fan Speed
Power Supply +12V
Power Supply +5V
Power Supply +3.3V
CPU Core Voltage +1.5V
> 60
O
> 55
O
< 1900 RPM
< 10.5V or > 13.5V
< 4.7V or > 5.3V
< 3.0V or > 3.6V
< 1.35V or > 1.65V
APPENDIX A
Specifications
System Architecture
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SilverSATA
• Intel 80321 I/O processor
• 128MB on-board DDR200 SDRAM with ECC protection
• Marvell 8 channels SATA-II controller
• NVRAM for RAID configuration & transaction log
• Write-through or write-back cache support
• Firmware in Flash ROM for easy upgrades
RAID Features
• RAID level 0, 1 (0+1), 3, 5 and JBOD
• Multiple RAID selection
• Online Array roaming
• Dynamic Volume Expansion
• Online RAID level/ stripe size migration
• Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously
• Automatically and transparently rebuilds hot spare drives
• Hot swap new drives without taking the system down
• Instant availability and background initialization
• Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuilding
Disk Bus Interface
• SATA II compatible
SCSI-to-SATA Host Bus Interface
• Ultra320-Wide LVD SCSI; Transfer rate up to 320MB/sec
• Tagged Command Queuing
• Concurrent I/O commands
Monitors / Indicators
• Push Buttons and LCD Display Panel for setup, alarm mute and configuration (option)
• 5 drive LED indicators and 3 environment LED indicators
• Environment and drive failure indication through LCD, LED and alarm buzzer
• Built-in alarm
RAID Management
• Bootable CD VT-100 utility for X86-based system initialization
• Field-upgradeable firmware in flash ROM via RS-232 port
• Web browser-based RAID management via HTTP PROXY through
RS-232 port for windows & Linux system
• Firmware-embedded manager via RS-232 port (platform independent)
• Firmware-embedded web browser-based RAID manager, SMTP manager, and SNMP
agent via LAN port (platform independent) (SilverSATA)
Software Drivers
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• Host OS Independent
Mechanical
• Form Factor
• 3 consecutive 5.25” driver bays
• Dimension (W x H x D)
• 148 x 128 x 244 mm, 148 x 128 x 220 mm (SilverSATA)
• Weight
• 5.95 lbs/2.7 kg (w/o disk drive)
• I/O Interface
• 2 * Power Connector
• 2 * 4 header simple I2C Port for LCD and button
• 2 * 5 box header serial port
• 2 * 68 pin LVD SCSI connector (SCSI-to-IDE)
• 1 * PATA and 1 * SATA connector (IDE-to-IDE)
• 1 * 60 pin LVD SCSI connector (SCSI-to-SATA)
• 1 * High density LVD SCSI connector (SCSI-to-SATA)
• 1 * 9 header Ethernet LAN connector (SCSI-to-SATA)
Environmental
• Operating Temperature
• Temperature: +5 C to +40 C
• Humidity: 15-80%, non-condensing
• Storage Temperature
• Temperature: -40 C to 70 C
• Humidity: 5-90%, non-condensing
Electrical
• Input Voltage
• +5VDC, +12VDC
• Power Source Loading (w/o disk drive)
• @ 12V (0.5A max.)
• @ 5V (1.44A max.)
Appendix B
Upgrading Flash Firmware Programming Utility
Since the SilverSATA V-UR controller features flash firmware, it is not necessary to change
the hardware flash chip in order to upgrade the RAID firmware. The users can simply reprogram the old firmware through the RS-232 port. New releases of the firmware are
available in the form of a DOS file at OEM’s FTP. The file available at the FTP site is usually
a self-extracting file that contains the following:
XXXXVVV.BIN Firmware Binary (where “XXXX” refers to the model name and “VVV” refers to
the firmware version)
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README.TXT It contains the history information of the firmware change. Read this file first
before upgrading the firmware.
These files must be extracted from the compressed file and copied to one directory in drive A
or C.
Establishing the Connection for the RS-232
The firmware can be downloaded to the SilverSATA V-UR controller by using an ANSI/VT100 compatible terminal emulation program or HTTP web browser management. You must
complete the appropriate installation procedure before proceeding with this firmware
upgrade. Please refer to chapter 4.3, “VT100 terminal (Using the controller’s serial port)” for
details on establishing the connection. Whichever terminal emulation program is used must
support the ZMODEM file transfer protocol.
Configuration of the internal SilverSATA V-UR web browser-based RAID management is an
HTTP based application, which utilizes the browser installed on your operating system. Web
browser-based RAID management can be used to update the firmware. You must complete
the appropriate installation procedure before proceeding with this firmware upgrade. Please
refer to chapter 6.1, “Web browser-based RAID management via HTTP Proxy (Using the
controller’s serial port)” for details on establishing the connection.
Note: CD-ROM bootable VT-100 utility cannot support the update firmware function.
Upgrade Firmware Through ANSI/VT-100 Terminal Emulation
Get the new version firmware for your SilverSATA V-UR controller. For Example, download
the bin file from your OEM’s web site onto the c:
1. From the Main Menu, scroll down to “Raid System Function”
2. Choose the “Update Firmware”, The Update the Raid Firmware dialog box appears.
3. Go to the tool bar and select Transfer. Open Send File.
4. Select “ZMODEM modem” under Protocol. ZMODEM as the file transfer protocol of your
terminal emulation software.
5. Click Browse. Look in the location where the Firmware upgrade software is located. Select
the File name:
6. Click Send. Send the Firmware Binary to the controller.
7. When the Firmware completes downloading, the confirmation screen appears. Press Yes
to start program the flash ROM.
8. When the Flash programming starts, a bar indicator will show “Start Updating Firmware.
Please Wait:”.
9. The Firmware upgrade will take approximately thirty seconds to complete.
10. After the Firmware upgrade is complete, a bar indicator will show “Firmware Has Been
Updated Successfully”.
NOTE: The user has to reconfigure all of the settings after the firmware upgrade is complete,
because all of the settings will default to the original default values.
Upgrade Firmware Through HTTP Proxy Web Browser
Manager
Get the new version firmware for your SilverSATA V-UR controller. For Example, download
the bin file from your OEM’s web site onto the c:
1. To upgrade the SilverSATA V-UR firmware, move the mouse cursor to Upgrade Firmware
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link. The Upgrade the Raid System Firmware screen appears.
2. Click Browse. Look in the location where the Firmware upgrade software is located. Select
the File name:
“6010FIRM.BIN” and click open.
3. Click the Confirm the Operation and press the Submit button.
4. The Web Browser begins to download the firmware binary to the controller and start to
update the flash ROM.
5. After the firmware upgrade is complete, a bar indicator will show “Firmware Has Been
Updated Successfully”
NOTE: The user has to reconfigure all of the settings after the firmware upgrade is complete,
because all of the settings will default to the original default values.
Appendix C
Connector and Pin Definitions
SilverSATA
SilverSATA Connector Description
A Power Switch
B Fan
C RS232 Connector
D SCSI Connector
E LAN Port
Appendix D
SNMP Operation & Definition
Overview
The WiebeTech external RAID controller firmware-embedded Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) agent for the connect array. An SNMP-based management application (also
known as an SNMP manager) can monitor the disk array. An example of An SNMP
management application is Hewlett-Packard’s Open View. The firmware-embedded SNMP
agent can be used to augment the RAID controller if you are already running an SNMP
management application at your site.
SNMP Definition
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 defined and sanctioned by
various industry associations. The objective is for all vendors to create products in compliance with these MIBs so that inter-vendor interoperability can be achieved. If a vendor wishes
to include additional device information that is not specified in a standard MIB, then that is
usually done through MIB extensions.
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SNMP Installation
The installation of the SNMP manager is accomplished in several phases:
• Installing the Manager software on the client
• Placing a copy of the management information base (MIB) in a directory which is
accessible to the management application
• Compiling the MIB description file with the management application
MIB Compilation and Definition File creation
Before the manager application accesses the RAID controller, users needs 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 vendorspecific and should be well-covered in the User’s Guide of your SNMP application. Ensure
the compilation process successfully integrates the contents of the ARECARAID.MIB file into
the traps database.
Location for MIB
Depending upon the SNMP management application used, the MIB must be placed in a
specific directory on the network management station running the management application.
The MIB file must be manually copied to this directory. For example:
SNMP Management Application MIB Location
HP OpenView \OV\MIBS
Netware NMS \NMS\SNMPMIBS\CURRENT
Your management application may have a different target directory. Consult the management
application’s users manual for the correct location.
Appendix E
Technical Support
Servicing the SilverSATA
If you experience a problem with the SilverSATA, contact WiebeTech technical support at
support@wiebetech.com for assistance. Any necessary service should be performed by an
experienced technician. The SilverSATA should be disconnected from AC power before opening
the case for service.
SilverSATA V-UR is a trademark of WiebeTech LLC. Other marks are the property of their
respective owners.
© 2006, 2007 WiebeTech LLC. All rights reserved.
FCC Compliance Statement: “This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.”
In the event that you experience Radio Frequency Interference, you should take the following steps to resolve the
problem:
1) Ensure that your unit is plugged into a grounded electrical outlet.
2) Use a data cable with RFI reducing ferrites on each end.
Consult the dealer or an experienced technician for help.
If you are interested in purchasing more WiebeTech products, check our website or contact
sales@wiebetech.com. We appreciate being able to serve you!
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