Infortrend RAID Controller Manual
Infortrend RAID Controller Manual
Infortrend RAID Controller Manual
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Logical Drive Information.....................................................................11-1<br />
Partition Information ...........................................................................11-2<br />
11.2 View and Edit Logical Volumes ...........................................................11-3<br />
Logical Volume Information.................................................................11-3<br />
Partition Information ...........................................................................11-3<br />
11.3 View and Edit Host LUN’s ..................................................................11-4<br />
LUN Mappings...................................................................................11-4<br />
Host-ID/WWN Name List....................................................................11-4<br />
11.4 View and Edit SCSI Drives..................................................................11-6<br />
11.5 View and Edit SCSI Channels.............................................................11-7<br />
11.6 View and Edit Configuration Parameters ..............................................11-8<br />
Communication Parameters................................................................11-8<br />
PPP Configuration .............................................................................11-8<br />
Caching Parameters ..........................................................................11-9<br />
Host Side SCSI Parameters ...............................................................11-9<br />
Drive Side SCSI Parameters ...............................................................11-9<br />
Disk Array Parameters .......................................................................11-9<br />
Redundant <strong>Controller</strong> Parameters ...................................................... 11-10<br />
<strong>Controller</strong> Parameters ...................................................................... 11-10<br />
11.7 View and Edit Peripheral Devices ...................................................... 11-11<br />
Set Peripheral Device Entry .............................................................. 11-11<br />
Define Peripheral Device Active Signal ............................................... 11-11<br />
View System Information.................................................................. 11-11<br />
11.8 Save NVRAM to Disk, Restore from Disk........................................... 11-12<br />
11.9 <strong>RAID</strong> Security: Password ................................................................. 11-12<br />
<strong>RAID</strong> Security ................................................................................. 11-12<br />
Chapter 12 Redundant <strong>Controller</strong><br />
12.1 Operation Theory ...............................................................................12-1<br />
12.1.1 Physical Connection ..........................................................................12-1<br />
�SCSI Interface................................................................................12-1<br />
�Fibre Interface................................................................................12-2<br />
�Other Interfaces..............................................................................12-3<br />
12.1.2 Grouping Hard Drives and System Drive Mapping..................................12-3<br />
12.1.3 Fault-Tolerance..................................................................................12-5<br />
<strong>Controller</strong> Failover and Failback...........................................................12-6<br />
A. Channel Bus .................................................................................12-6<br />
B. <strong>Controller</strong> Failover and Failback ......................................................12-7<br />
C. Active-to-Active Configuration:.........................................................12-7<br />
D. Traffic Distribution and Failover Process...........................................12-7<br />
Symptoms ........................................................................................12-9<br />
F. Considerations with Redundant <strong>Controller</strong>s..................................... 12-10<br />
12.2 Preparing <strong>Controller</strong>s........................................................................ 12-11<br />
12.2.1 Requirements:................................................................................. 12-11<br />
Cabling Requirements: ..................................................................... 12-11<br />
<strong>Controller</strong> Settings: .......................................................................... 12-12<br />
12.2.2 Limitations ...................................................................................... 12-14<br />
12.2.3 Configurable Parameters .................................................................. 12-14<br />
Primary <strong>Controller</strong> or Secondary <strong>Controller</strong>......................................... 12-14<br />
Active-to-Active Configuration............................................................ 12-15<br />
Active-to-Standby Configuration......................................................... 12-15<br />
Cache Synchronization .................................................................... 12-15<br />
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