Asus DS300f Specifikace

ASUS Storage DS300 G2 Series

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 4arChIteCtural desCrIptIonThe ASUS DS300f G2 subsystems are suitable for Direct Attached Storage (DAS), Storage Area Net

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 94runnInG meDIa Patrol on a DISk arrayMedia Patrol is a routine maintenance procedure that checks the magnetic media on

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 95PreParInG a DISk array for tranSPortThis feature prepares the physical drives that make up the disk array to be remove

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 96ManaGInG loGICal drIvesLogical drive management includes:• "Viewing a List of Logical Drives" on page 96•

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 97vIewInG loGIcal DrIve StatIStIcSTo view logical drive statistics:1. Click the Storage tab.2. Click the Logical Drive

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 989. Foreachofthefollowingitems,acceptthedefaultorchangethesettingsasrequired:• ChooseaStripesize.64

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 993. Clickthelogicaldriveyouwant,thenclicktheLocate button.ThedrivecarrierstatusLEDsofthediskcarriers

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 100mIGratInG a loGIcal DrIve’S raID levelTheterm“Migration”meanseitherorbothofthefollowing:• Change the RAID l

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 1016. Click the Start button to begin the cloning process.The cloning progress bar displays.Note the Target Logical Dri

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 102vIewInG SPare DrIve InformatIonTo view spare drive information:1. Click the Storage tab.2. Click the Spare Drive ic

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 103locatInG a SPare DrIveSpare drives are located in the same way as individual physical drives.To locate a spare drive:

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 104ManaGInG InItIatorsInitiator management includes:• "Viewing a List of Initiators" on page 104• "Addi

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 105aDDInG an IScSI InItIatorTo add an iSCSI initiator to the list: 1. Click the Storage tab.2. Click the Initiator ico

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 106aDDInG a lun maPForFCsystemsoriSCSIsystems,youcansetupanInitiatorLUNmap.A maximum of 256 logical drives

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 107DeletInG a lun maPDeleting a LUN map prevents the initiator from accessing the LUN while LUN masking is enabled.To de

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 108NoteInsomecases,HBAsettingstoN-Portonlyworkifconnectedtotheswitch.RefertoyourHBA manual for more inf

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 109vIewInG a lISt of fc loGGeD-In DevIceSLogged-indevicesreferstoallFibreChanneldevicescurrentlyloggedintothe

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 110vIewInG a lISt of IScSI tarGetSA targetisalogicaldeviceontheASUSDS300fG2subsystem.Thedefaulttargetexpos

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 111makInG IScSI tarGet SettInGSTo make target settings:1. Click the Device tab.2. Click the iSCSI Management icon.3.

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 112To add a portal:1. Click the Device tab.2. Click the iSCSI Management icon.3. Click the Portal tab.4. Click the C

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 113vIewInG IScSI Port InformatIonTo view information about a port:1. Click the Device tab.2. Click the iSCSI Managemen

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 6featurescontroller moDule featureSdrive suPPort• 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch form factor• Hard disk drives (HDDs) and Solid

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 1146. Click the Submit button.The new trunk is added to the list.Specify the trunk when your create a portal. See "

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 115Information includes:• SessionID–IDnumberofthesession• Status–Activeorinactive• TargetAlias• Initiato

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 116vIewInG a lISt of IScSI chaPSTo view a list of iSCSI CHAPs:1. Click the Device tab.2. Click the iSCSI Management ic

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 117PInGInG a hoSt or Server on the IScSI networkThisfunctionenablesyoutopingothernetworknodesthroughanyoneof

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 118This chapter covers the following topics:• "Managing the Subsystem (CLU)" on page 122• "Managing the

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 119InItIal ConneCtIonMaking an initial connection includes the following functions:• "Making a Serial Connection&q

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 120makInG a SSh connectIonA Secure Shell (SSH) connection requires a network connection between the Host PC and the Mana

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 121Quick Setup–Asequenceoffourstepstosetupsystemdateandtime,Managementport,andRAIDconguration.See &q

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 122ManaGInG the subsysteM (Clu)Subsystem Management includes the following functions:• "Making Subsystem Settings

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 123releAsing the lock1. From the Main Menu, highlight Subsystem Management and press Enter.2. Highlight Lock Managemen

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 7bAckground Activities• Media Patrol• Background Synchronization• Foreground Initialization• Rebuild• Redundancy Ch

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 124ManaGInG the raId Controllers (Clu)RAID controller management includes the following functions:• "Viewing Contr

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 125• HighlightHost Cache FlushingandpressthespacebartotogglebetweenEnableandDisable.Formoreinformation,se

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 126ManaGInG the enClosure (Clu)Enclosure Management includes the following functions:• "Viewing the Enclosures Sum

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 127vIewInG fru vPD InformatIon (clu)FRU VPD refers to Vital Product Data (VPD) information about Field Replaceable Units

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 1284. Highlight Voltage Sensors and press Enter.If any voltage is outside the Healthy Threshold values, there is a volt

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 129vIewInG encloSure toPoloGy (clu)This feature displays the connection topology of the ASUS DS300f G2 subsystem. Topolo

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 130• HighlightDMA ModeandpressthespacebartotogglethroughUDMA0to6andMDMA0to2.For SAS drives:•Highlight

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 131on page 135. After rebuilding, the drive shows Stale. Run Clear Stale then run Clear PFA.If the physical drive with a

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 132ManaGInG dIsk arrays (Clu)Disk Array Management includes the following functions:• Viewing a List of Disk Arrays (pa

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 133• File Server• Video Stream• Transaction Data• Transaction Log• Other7. Press Control-A to save your settings a

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 8suPPorted oPerAting systeMsOperating systems run on the Host PC, from which you monitor and manage the ASUS DS300f G2 s

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 134Step 3 – SummaryReview logical drives you are about to create for your new array. Then do one of the following action

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 135accePtInG an IncomPlete array (clu)This condition is the result of a missing physical drive. See “Incomplete Array” o

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 136runnInG PDm on a DISk array (clu)Predictive Data Migration (PDM) migrates data from the suspect physical drive to a s

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 137ManaGInG spare drIves (Clu)Spare Drive Management includes the following functions:• "Viewing a list of Spare D

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 138runnInG SPare check (clu)To run Spare Check:1. From the Main Menu, highlight Spare Drive Management and press Enter.

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 1396. Highlight the following parameters and press the spacebar to toggle though the available choices:• Stripe size

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 140makInG loGIcal DrIve SettInGS (clu)To make Logical Drive settings:1. From the Main Menu, highlight Logical Drive Man

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 14110. Highlight Save Logical Drive and press Enter.The screen returns to Disk Array Migration Logical Drives.At this po

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 1429. Highlight Start and press enter to begin the cloning process.10. Press any key to continue.11. PressYtoconrm

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 1435. Highlight each of the following and press the backspace key to erase the current value, then type the new value.•

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 9General speCIfICatIonsPower suPPlies• Hot swap and redundant with PFC, 100-240 Vac auto-ranging, 50 -60 Hz, N+1 design

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 144vIewInG fIbre channel loGGeD-In DevIceS (clu)To view a list of logged-in devices:1. From the Main Menu, highlight Fi

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 145vIewInG fIbre channel Port StatIStIcS (clu)To view port statistics:1. From the Main Menu, highlight Fibre Channel Ma

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 146ManaGInG IsCsI ConneCtIons (Clu)• "Viewing iSCSI Target Information (CLU)" on page 147• "Making iSCS

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 147vIewInG IScSI tarGet InformatIon (clu)To view information for an iSCSI target:1. From the Main Menu, highlight iSCSI

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 148vIewInG a lISt of IScSI PortS (clu)An iSCSI port is the physical iSCSI connection on the ASUS DS300f G2. There are fo

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 149vIewInG IScSI Portal InformatIon (clu)To view information for an iSCSI target port:1. From the Main Menu, highlight

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 150• VlanTag–VLANtagnumber(1to4094)forportalsassociatedwithaVLAN• TrunkId–TrunkIDnumber(1to8)for

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 151vIewInG IScSI SeSSIon InformatIon (clu)To view a list of iSCSI sessions:1. From the Main Menu, highlight iSCSI Manag

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 152vIewInG a lISt of IScSI chaPS (clu)Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) is an authentication mechanism

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 153• HighlightPing Through Controller IDandchooseacontroller(1or2)• HighlightPing Through Port IDandchoose

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 10sAfety And environMentAleMi / rfi stAteMentsbsMiceWarning: This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this p

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 154ManaGInG baCkGround aCtIvIty (Clu)Background activity refers to any of several functions that take place in the backg

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 155workInG wIth the event vIewer (Clu)Working with the Event Viewer includes the following functions:• "Viewing Ru

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 156workInG wIth lun MappInG (Clu)LUN Mapping includes the following functions:• "Enabling LUN Mapping (CLU)"

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 157DeletInG an InItIator (clu)CautionIf you delete an initiator, you delete the LUN map associated with that initiator.

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 158MAPPing A lun to An iscsi initiAtor or tArgetTo map a LUN to an iSCSI initiator or target:1. From the Main Menu, hig

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 159ManaGInG ups unIts (Clu)Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Management includes the following functions:• "Viewi

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 160vIewInG uPS InformatIon (clu)ToviewinformationaboutaspecicUPS unit:1. From the Main Menu, highlight Additiona

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 1615. Highlight Privilege and press the space bar to toggle though the options.See the Table on the next page.6. Press

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 162chanGInG your own PaSSworD (clu)Each user can change their own password.To change your password:1. From the Main Men

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 163workInG wIth software ManaGeMent (Clu)Software Management includes the following functions:• "Making Email Sett

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 11wArrAnty And suPPortwArrAnty• Three year complete system limited warranty• Battery Backup Unit has a one year limite

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 164makInG telnet SettInGS (clu)By default, Telnet service is set to Manual and its normal status is Stopped.To make Teln

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 165Adding A trAP sinkTo add a trap sink:1. From the Main Menu, highlight Additional Info and Management and press Enter

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 1666. Typetherecipient’sIPaddressintotheeldprovided.7. Highlight Message Event Severity Filter and press the

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 167ClearInG statIstICs (Clu)This function clears the statistical counts for the RAID controller, Fibre Channel ports, iS

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 168shuttInG down the subsysteM (Clu)There are two methods for shutting down the subsystem. Choose one of the following p

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 1695. Highlight Submit and press Enter.A warning message appears.6. Press Y to continue.7. The subsystem will then tu

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 170StartInG uP the aSuS DS300f G2 – SerIal connectIonImportantIfyouhaveaJBODExpansion,alwayspowerontheJBODsub

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 171reStartInG aSuS DS300f G2 – SSh connectIonTo restart the RAID subsystem:1. From the Main Menu, highlight Additional

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 172Chapter 6: MaIntenanCeThis chapter covers the following topics:• "Updating the Subsystem Firmware" on page

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 1736. Click the Next button.ThenextscreenshowstheFlashImage(rmwareimagele)VersionNumberandBuildDate.7.

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 12Chapter 2: hardware InstallatIonThis chapter covers the following topics:• "Unpacking the ASUS DS300f G2" o

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 174 AutoMAtic restArtIf you chose the Disruptive Flash Method, the RAID subsystem and JBOD expansion units automatically

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 175restart. No reconnect is required. fAiled uPdAteIfthermwareupdatefails,thecontrollerstatusLEDdisplaysred.

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 176reStartInG a SubSyStemThis function shuts down the subsystem and then restarts it.ImportantDo NOT turn off the power

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 177InStallInG a new Power SuPPlytTo install the power supply:1. Carefully slide the power supply into the enclosure.2.

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 178replaCInG a CoolInG unItA failed Cooling Unit on the ASUS DS300f G2 or DS300j G2 can be hot swapped if the other cool

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 179Figure 6 - 6: Number 2 Cooling Unit with Cache Backup Battery (BBU) LED indicating battery failurereplaCInG a CaChe b

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 180Figure 6 - 4: RAID controller release handle and pull outreplaCInG a raId Controller – dual ControllersThe RAID contr

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 181InStallInG the new controllerTo install the new RAID controller:1. Carefully slide the RAID controller into the encl

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 182removInG the olD controllerTo remove the RAID controller:1. Shutdown the ASUS DS300f G2. 2. Disconnect all attached

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 183Chapter 7: teChnoloGy baCkGroundThis chapter covers the following topics:• "Disk Arrays" on page 183• &qu

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 13unpaCkInG the asus ds300f G2The ASUS DS300f G2 box contains the following items:• ASUSDS300fG2Unit(PTVR2K)• Quic

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 184PDmPredictive Data Migration (PDM) is the migration of data from the suspect phyical drive to a spare drive, similar

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 185RAID 0 logical drives on ASUS DS300f G2 consist of one or more physical drives.Advantages Disadvantages•Implementsa

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 186• Imaging applications • Database servers • GeneralleserverrAid 3 - block striPe And dedicAted PArityRAID 3 orga

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 187Mirror + Stripe combines both of the RAID 1 and RAID 0 logical drive types. RAID 10 can increase performance by readi

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 188theRAID50logicaldrivegoingofine.Component Minimum MaximumNumberofAxles 2 16PhysicalDrivesperAxle 3 32Phys

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 189RAID 60 Logical DriveNo. of Drives No. of Axles Drives per AxleNo. of DrivesNo. of Axles Drives per Axle8 2 4,4 17 2

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 190RAID 53physicaldrivesminimum,32maximum.RAID0musthavelessthan16physicaldrives.Ifexistingphysicaldri

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 191RAID 608physicaldrivesminimum,32peraxlemaximum.Ifexistingphysicaldriveshavenounusedspace,add1ormor

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 192StrIPe SIzeStripe Size, also called “Stripe Block Size,” refers to the size of the data blocks written to, and read f

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 193spare drIvesSpare drive technology includes:• "Denition"onpage193• "Options" on page 193•

ContentsChapter 1: IntroduCtIon 1about thIs Manual 2asus ds300f G2 overvIew 3Performance 3GreenraID 3ServIce anD SuPPort 3new featureS In the aS

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 14MountInG asus ds300f G2 In a raCkCautions• Do not populate any unit with hard drives until it has been securely insta

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 194data from the revertible spare drive.See the example on the following pages.exAMPleFollowing is an example to explain

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 195• Set the redundancy type to Active-Active.See "Making Subsystem Settings (CLU)" on page <?>.• Enab

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 196loss.AdvAnced bAttery flAsh bAckuP Thisfeatureusespowerfromthe BBUtosavethewrite cacheusedfortheRAIDc

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 197IsCsI ManaGeMentiSCSI management uses the following terms:• "iSCSI on a VLAN" on page 197• "Initiato

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 198InItIatorAn initiator functions as the client, in this case, your host PC or server. The initiator makes requests to

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 199PortA port is the physical point of connection between the ASUS DS300f G2 and the iSCSI network. There are four ports

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 200Internet protoColsASUS DS300f G2 supports the IPv4 and IPv6 protocols.Protocol Addresses ExampleIPv4 32-bits 4.3x10

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 201Chapter 8: troubleshootInGThis chapter contains the following topics:• ASUS DS300f G2 is Beeping (below)• LEDs Disp

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 202leds dIsplay aMber or redLEDs are used on ASUS DS300f G2’s:• Front Panel LEDs (page 202)• Drive Carrier LEDs (page

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 203DrIve carrIer leDSTheASUSDS300fG2spinsupthediskdrivessequentiallytoequalizepowerdrawduringstart-up.Af

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 15Figure 2 - 3: Rail ends attach to the outside of each post1. Place the ASUS DS300f G2 subsystem onto the rails.•Atl

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 204Figure 8 - 4: ASUS DS300f G2 controller LEDsFigure 8 - 5: JBOD controller LEDs Undernormalconditions,thepowersu

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 205LEDDescriptionFC ports(oneLEDaboveeachport)Green Amber Statusdark darkWake-upfailure(deadboard)off on POSTfai

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 206checkInG comPonent InStallatIonTocheckacomponent’sinstallation,removethecomponent,thenreinstallthecomponen

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 207vIewInG nvram eventSThisscreendisplaysalistofandinformationabout63mostimportanteventsovermultiplesubsy

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 208asus storaGe ManaGeMent reports a probleMASUS Storage Management reportstheseconditionsintheheaderandallfour

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 209usb support reports a probleMThis procedure requiresaUSBashdevice:• Formatted to FAT 32• At least 50 MB of fre

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 210overheatInGOverheating is a potentially serious condition because the excessively high temperatures can lead to physi

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 211raId Controller probleMsRAID controller problems include:• "Maintenance Mode" on page 211• "Finding

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 212seriAl connectionTo clear maintenance mode using a serial connection:1. Changeyourterminalemulationprogramsetti

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 213physICal drIve probleMsPhysicaldrivesarethefoundationofdatastorage.Aphysicaldriveproblemcanaffectyoure

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 16InstallInG physICal drIvesIf your ASUS DS300f G2 subsystem shipped with the drives installed at the factory, you can s

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 214• Storage tabDisk Array and Logical Drive are marked Critical with a yellow ! icon.RAID 6 and 60 logical drives ar

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 215rebuIlDInG a DISk arrayWhenyourebuildadiskarray,youareactuallyrebuildingthedataononephysicaldrive.• W

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 216ConneCtIon probleMsConnection problems include:• "Serial Connections" on page 216• "Network Connecti

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 217fIbre channel connectIonSWhenthereisaconnectionfailure,useASUSStorageManagementtoverifythatASUSDS300fG

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 218power CyClInG the subsysteMTo power cycle a RAID subsystem means to:• Shut down• Turn off the power• Turn on the p

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 219Reported Event Corrective ActionBatteryBattery is insertedNo action is required.Battery charging has failedReplace th

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 220Controller was placed on reset during Fail Over processingNo action is required.Partner Controller was placed on rese

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 221Host interface controller has received a “clear task set” command.No action is required.Host interface controller has

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 222Online capacity expansion has stoppedIf this action was not intentional, check the logical drive’s status.Online capa

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 223PSU fan or blower is insertedNo action is required.PSU fan or blower is functioning normallyPSU fan or blower is NOT

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 17InStallInG your DrIveSThe drive carrier accommodates 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch drives, with or without a SAS-to-SATA adapt

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 224Synchronization is completedNo action is required.Synchronization is pausedResume synchronization when ready.Synchron

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 225Chapter 9: supportThis chapter contains the following topics:• "Frequently Asked Questions" on page 225•

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 226Can ASUS DS300f G2 run using just one power supply? The ASUS DS300f G2 must use at least two power supplies. ASUS D

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 227creatInG a DISk array or loGIcal DrIveWhy can’t I see all RAID Levels in RAID Level drop-down menu?The selection of R

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 228ContaCtInG teChnICal supportASUS Storage Technical Support provides several support options for ASUS Storage users to

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 229norwAy itfTechnical Support (E-Support): https://support.ASUS Storage.comWeb site: http://www.ASUS Storage.com//belgu

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 230liMited wArrAntyASUS Storage Technology, Inc. (“ASUS Storage”) warrants that this product, from the time of the deliv

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 231• Daytime phone number• Description of the problem• Copy of the original purchase invoiceThe technician helps you

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 232appendIx a: useful InforMatIonThe appendix covers the following topics:• SNMP MIB Files (below)• Adding a Second RA

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 233addInG a seCond raId ControllerIfyourASUSDS300fG2subsystemshippedwithoneRAIDcontroller,youcanaddasecon

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 18MakInG ManaGeMent and data ConneCtIonsExamplesofASUSDS300fG2congurationsinclude:• "Fibre Channel SAN"

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 234• LUNAfnity–IfyouchooseActive-Activeredundancy.See“MakingControllerSettings”onpage86orpage216.NoteT

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 235appendIx b: MultIpathInG on wIndowsThe appendix covers the following topics:• Before You Begin• Installing PerfectP

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 236InstallInG perfeCtpathTo install the PerfectPath software:1. DownloadthePerfectPathinstallerlefromASUSStorag

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 237DevIce manaGerToverifyPerfectPathinstallationintheDeviceManager:1. FromtheWindowsdesktop,right-clickthe

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 238MonItorInG your luns and pathsMonitoringyourLUNsandPathsincludesthesefunctions:• ViewingLUNProperties• Vi

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 239See also:•“ViewingPathPerformanceStatistics”• “LoadBalancePolicy”vIewInG Path Performance StatIStIcSToview

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 240features and settInGsFeatures and Settings include the following functions:• AutomaticLoadBalancingforFailoverP

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 2412. ClicktheoptionbuttonforoneoftheLoadPolicies.• FailoverPolicy• RoundRobinPolicy• RoundRobinwithS

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 2422. ClickthearrowsortypeanewvalueinthePDORemovePeriodeldtochangetheinterval.120secondsistheASUS

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 243vIewInG SyStem InformatIonToviewSysteminformationandsettings,dooneofthefollowingactions:• FromtheSystem

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 19fc sAn dAtA PAthTo establish the data path:1. Connect FC cables between at least one FC data port on each RAID contro

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 244updatInG perfeCtpathToupdateyourPerfectPathsoftwaretothelatestversion:1. DownloadthenewPerfectPathinstal

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 245reMovInG perfeCtpathPreferreD methoDThisprocedureusestheuninstallerincludedwithPerfectPath.ToremovethePerfe

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 246appendIx C: MultIpathInG on lInuxThe appendix covers the following topics:• Before You Begin • Task1:MeetingPack

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 247task 1: MeetInG paCkaGe requIreMentsThelatest device mapperand multipath packagesmustbe loadedonto yourLi

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 248verIfyInG PackaGeS – SuSeToverifythattherequiredpackagesareinstalledonthehost,dothefollowingactions:1.

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 249devices { device {vendor “ASUS Storage” product “DS300fG2” path_grouping_policy multibusgetuid_callout “/sbin/sc

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 250verIfyInG the moDuleS are loaDeDToverifythattheDM-MPmodulesareloaded:1. Openaterminalwindow.2. Verifytha

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 251task 5: settInG-up aluaASUSDS300fG2supportsAsymmetricLogicalUnitAccess(ALUA)onthelatestLinuxdistribution

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 252#>uname-a2. Do one of the following actions:•Removethecurrentlyinstalledmultipathtool.rpm-evmultipath-t

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 2531. CopytheASUSStorage-suppliedmultipath.confletothe/etcdirectory.#>cpmultipath.conf.alua-sles11sp1/e

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 20fIbre channel DaSImportantFor a list of supported HBAs, switches, and SFP transceivers, download the latest compatibil

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 254RHEL-5.4 package scsi_dh_alua_ASUSDS300fG2Dual-1-1.src.rpmALUA multipath.conf-ASUSDS300fG2-alua-rhel5-4HowtoC

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 255WithaFibreChannelswitch,adev_loss_tmovaluesettoosmallcanresultinlossofthepathduringfailover/failba

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 21fIbre channel wIth JboD exPanSIonJBOD expansion requires at least one SFF-8088 4X to SFF-8088 4X external SAS cable fo

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 22fIbre channel San – no SInGle PoInt of faIlure An FC SAN with no single point of failure (NSPF) requires:• An FC HBA

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 23fc sAn nsPf MAnAgeMent PAthTo establish the management path:1. Connect an Ethernet cable between the Management port

SlP ServIce 79webServer ServIce 79telnet ServIce 80SSh ServIce 80SnmP ServIce 81netSenD ServIce 82workInG wIth the event vIewer 84vIewI

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 24IScSI StoraGe area network (San)ImportantFor a list of supported HBA NICs and switches, download the latest compatibil

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 25iscsi sAn dAtA PAthEach ASUS DS300f G2 controller has four (4) RJ45 iSCSI data port connectors. See "Figure 2 - 1

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 26Figure 2 - 17: iSCSI SAN management connectionsMAnAgeMent PAthEach ASUS DS300f G2 controller has one (1) Ethernet RJ45

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 27IScSI DIrect attacheD StoraGe (DaS)ImportantFor a list of supported HBAs and switches, download the latest compatibili

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 29MakInG serIal Cable ConneCtIonsSerial communication enables the terminal emulation application on your host PC or serv

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 30ConneCtInG the powerTo power on the ASUS DS300f G2 and any connected DS300j G2 system, follow these steps:1. Connect

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 31Figure 2 - 22: Right side of the DS300f G2 front LED displayFigure 2 - 23: Left side of the front of the ASUS DS300f G

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 33controller led behAviorWhenboot-upisnishedandtheASUSDS300fG2subsystemisfunctioningnormally,theControlle

locatInG an encloSure (clu) 128vIewInG encloSure toPoloGy (clu) 129 physICal drIve ManaGeMent (Clu) 129vIewInG a lISt of PhySIcal DrIveS (clu) 12

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 34LED DescriptionFC ports(oneLEDaboveeachport)Green Amber Statusdark darkWake-upfailure(deadboard)off on POSTfai

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 35Chapter 3: setupThis chapter covers the following topics:• "Setting-up the Serial Connection" on page 35•

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 36about Ip addresses• ASUS DS300f G2 Default IP Addresses (page 36)• Choosing DHCP or a Static IP Address (page 36)•

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 37acceSSInG the mac aDDreSS In the cluTo access the MAC address in the CLU:1. At the CLI command prompt, type menu and

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 38vIrtual manaGement Port SettInGSMAking virtuAl MAnAgeMent Port settings – AutoMAticAllyAutomatic settings require a DH

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 39Example:administrator@cli> net -a mod -f ipv6 -s “primaryip=2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334, primaryipmask=

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 40MAking MAintenAnce Mode settings – MAnuAlly under iPv4You make these settings for one controller at a time.To make mai

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 413. To verify the settings, at the command prompt, type net -a list -m and press Enter. The following information disp

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 42acceSSInG the clu quIck SetuP menuTo access the Quick Setup menu in the command line utility:1. At the administrator@

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 43viewing virtuAl MAnAgeMent Port settingsTo view the current IP address and network settings when using DHCP:1. Press

SIlencInG the buzzer 171Chapter 6: MaIntenanCe 172updatInG the subsysteM fIrMware 172uPDatInG wIth aSuS StoraGe manaGement 172uPDatInG wIth the cl

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 44MAking MAintenAnce Mode settings – MAnuAlly under iPv6To make maintenance mode IPv6 manual settings:1. From the CLU M

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 45ImportantASUS Storage recommends that you change the Administrator’s default password immediately after setup is compl

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 46wIzarD - automatIc confIGuratIonWhen you choose the Automatic option, the following parameters appear on the screen:•

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 47wIzarD - aDvanceD confIGuratIonNoteForanexplanationoftheparametersundertheAdvancedoption,see"Chapter7

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 48steP 2 – logicAl drive creAtion1. Enter your information and choose your options.•Enteralogicaldrivealiasinthe

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 49steP 4 – suMMAryTheSummaryscreenliststhediskarrays,logicaldrives,andsparedrivesthatyouspecied.If you ac

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 50Chapter 4: ManaGe wIth asus storaGe ManaGeMentThis chapter contains the following topics:• "Logging into ASUS St

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 51chooSInG the DISPlay lanGuaGeASUS Storage Management displays in multiple languages. You choose the display language w

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 52• Subsystemsettings,clearingstatistics,NTP,andcontrollerlock• Usermanagement,includingLDAPandrolemappin

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 53vIewInG the storaGe networkTo view the other subsystems on your StorageNetwork,clicktheDiscovery tab at the left e

vIewInG Path Performance StatIStIcS 239vIewInG eventS 239clearInG Path StatIStIcS 239features and settInGs 240automatIc loaD balancInG for faIl

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 54vIewInG SubSyStem InformatIonTo view subsysteminformation,clicktheAdministration tab.The list of subsystems and ho

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 55releAsing A lock set by Another userTo release somebody else’s lock:1. Click the Administration tab.2. Click the Sub

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 56SavInG a ServIce rePortA Service Reportis adetailed reportcoveringthecongurationandstatusofallcomponents

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 57ImPortInG a confIGuratIon ScrIPtYou can write a CLI congurationscripttoautomaticallycongureyourASUSDS300fG2

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 58ShuttInG Down the SubSyStemThis function shuts down the RAID subsystem without restarting it.To shutdown the subsystem

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 594. Click the Advanced Information tab.Advanced controller information includes:•Slot1MemoryType• Slot2MemoryT

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 60vIewInG controller StatIStIcSTo view controller statistics:1. Click the Device tab.2. Click the Component List icon.

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 61uPDatInG fIrmware on a raID SubSyStemUsethisfunctiontoash(update)thermwareontheASUSDS300fG2.Download the

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 62vIewInG battery InformatIonBatteriesmaintainpowertothecontrollercacheintheeventofapowerfailure,thusprot

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 63buzzer SettInGSTo make buzzer settings:1. Click the Device tab.2. Click the Component List icon.3. Click the Buzzer

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 1Chapter 1: IntroduCtIonThis chapter covers the following topics:• "About This Manual" on page 2• "ASUS

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 64vIewInG encloSure toPoloGyThisfeaturedisplaystheconnectiontopologyoftheASUSDS300fG2subsystem.Topologyrefe

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 65vIewInG the encloSureS SummaryEnclosureManagementincludesinformation,status,settingsandlocation.ToaccessEncl

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 66vIewInG fru vPD InformatIonFRU VPD refers to Vital Product Data (VPD) information about Field Replaceable Units (FRU)

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 67ManaGInG ups unItsUninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Management includes the following functions:• "Viewing a Li

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 68vIewInG uPS InformatIonToviewinformationaboutaspecicUPS unit:1. Click the Device tab.2. Click the UPS icon.3.

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 69makInG maIntenance moDe SettInGSEach controller has its own IP addresses for access when the controller goes into main

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 70creatInG a uSerThis action requires Administrator or SuperUser privileges.To create a user:1. Click the Administrati

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 71DeletInG a uSerThis action requires Administrator or SuperUser privileges.NoteYou cannot delete the Administrator.To

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 72exPortInG a uSer DatabaSeYoucansavetheuserinformationandsettingsfromoneASUSDS300fG2RAIDsubsystem,export

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 73vIewInG current backGrounD actIvItIeSTo view a list of current background activities:1. Click the Administration tab.

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 2about thIs ManualThis Product Manual describes how to setup, use, and maintain the ASUS DS300f G2 Series and DS300j G2

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 74chanGInG a backGrounD actIvIty ScheDuleTo change an existing scheduled background activity:1. Click the Administratio

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 75meDIa PatrolMedia Patrol is a routine maintenance procedure that checks the magnetic media on each disk drive. Media P

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 763. Click the Settings button.4. Click the Logical Drive Initialization Rate drop-down menu and choose a rate:• Low

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 774. Make the following settings are required:•ClickthePDMRatedrop-downmenuandchoosearate:Low–Fewersystem

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 78ManaGInG storaGe servICesStorage service management includes:• "Viewing a List of Services" on page 78• &q

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 79SlP ServIceService Location Protocol (SLP) discovers services over the Internet. SLP applies to IPv4 protocol only.sto

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 80telnet ServIceTelnet service enables you to access the RAID subsystem’s Command Line Interface (CLI) through a network

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 81MAking ssh settingsTo change SSH service settings:1. Click the Administration tab.2. Click the Services icon.3. Cli

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 82deleting An snMP trAP sinkTo delete a trap sink:1. Click the Administration tab.2. Click the Services icon.3. Click

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 83MAking netsend settingsTo change Netsend service settings:1. Click the Administration tab.2. Click the Services icon

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 3asus ds300f G2 overvIewAll ASUS Storage ASUS DS300f G2 and DS300j G2 models support use of 6 Gb/s SAS and SATA disks.Th

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 84workInG wIth the event vIewerWorking with the Event Viewer includes the following functions:• "Viewing Runtime E

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 85vIewInG nvram eventSThis screen displays a list of and information about the most important events over multiple subsy

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 866. Click the Select Physical Drives button and check the boxes for the physical drives you want to see.•Totalofall

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 87ManaGInG physICal drIvesPhysical drive management includes:Forphysicaldisktroubleshooting,see"Physical Drive

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 88Advanced information for SAS physical drives includes:makInG Global PhySIcal DrIve SettInGSTo make global physical dri

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 89SavInG the PhySIcal DrIve Smart loGTo save the physical drive SMART Log:1. Click the Device tab.2. Click the Physica

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 90forcInG a PhySIcal DrIve offlIneThis feature applies only to physical drives assigned to disk arrays.CautionForcing a

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 91ManaGInG dIsk arraysFordiskarraytroubleshooting,see"Disk Array and Logical Drive Problems" on page <

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 92disk ArrAy oPerAtionAl stAtus• OK –Thisisthenormalstateofalogicaldrive.WhenalogicaldriveisFunctional,

DS300f G2 Series User Manual 93makInG DISk array SettInGSTo make disk array settings:1. Click the Storage tab.2. Click the Disk Array icon.The list