Benutzerhandbuch für Promise Technology 66 Pro

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Introduction

  1
• 1.1 Promise Technology, Inc

  1
• 1.2 What is SuperTrak66?

  1
• 1.3 Key Features

  2
• 1.4 System Requirements

  3
• 1.5 Operating System Support

  3
• Getting Started

  5
• 2.1 Unpacking SuperTrak66

  5
• SuperTrak66 Controller Card

  6
• Cables

  6
• 2.2 Quick Installation Checklist

  7
• Hardware Installation

  7
• Software Installation

  7
• 2.3 Hardware Installation

  8
• 2.4 Software Installation

  9
• BIOS Utility

  9
• Network Connections

  9
• Driver Installation for Existing Windows NT 4.0 System

  11
• Driver Installation During New Install of Windows NT 4.0

  12
• SuperCheck Installation

  13
• SuperBuild™

  15
• 3.1 Setup Task Quick Reference

  15
• Setup Checklist

  15
• Common Tasks

  15
• Entering the BIOS SuperBuild utility

  16
• Creating a disk array from the Auto Setup screen

  16
• Creating an array from the View / Define Array screen

  16
• Deleting an array from the Delete Array screen

  16
• Setting the Halt On Error option

  16
• 3.2 SuperTrak BIOS Reference

  17
• Main Menu

  18
• 3.3 Auto Setup

  19
• Auto Setup Options Menu

  19
• Auto Setup Configuration

  20
• 3.4 View Drive Assignments

  21
• 3.5 View / Define Array

  22
• Define Array Definition Menu

  23
• Creating a RAID 0 Array

  24
• Creating a RAID 1 Array

  24
• Creating a RAID 3 Array

  26
• Creating a RAID 5 Array

  27
• Creating a Spanning Array

  27
• "Hot" Spare Drives

  28
• Setting a Disk Array As Bootable

  28
• Disk Array Recognition Order

  29
• Saved Disk Array Information

  29
• 3.6 Delete Array

  29
• 3.7 Controller Configuration

  30
• SuperCheck™ Setup

  32
• 4.1 SuperCheck Installation

  34
• Installation Scenarios

  34
• Common Component Installation

  36
• 4.2 SuperCheck Administration

  41
• Creating Message Servers & Agents

  41
• Adding/Deleting New Users

  41
• Setting Up A New Array

  41
• Array Administration

  42
• Setting Up Email Notification

  42
• Identifying Problems

  43
• 4.3 SuperCheck Quick Reference

  44
• To Create A New Message Server

  44
• Creating A New User

  44
• Deleting an Existing User

  45
• Accessing Message Agent

  45
• Creating a New Array

  45
• Deleting an Existing Array

  46
• Setting Up E-mail Alert Notification

  46
• Adding an User to an Email Receiver List

  46
• Removing an User From an Email Receiver List

  47
• Adding/Removing Events to/from Email Alert Notification

  47
• Using SuperCheck™

  48
• 5.1 Main Window

  48
• Using Tree View

  49
• Using Object View

  51
• Using Information View

  51
• Using Status Bar

  52
• 5.2 SuperCheck Pull-Down Menu/Toolbar

  52
• Using Pull-Down Menu Items

  52
• Using View Pull-Down Menu

  53
• Using Connection Pull-Down Menu

  53
• Using Preference Pull-Down Menu

  54
• Using Help Pull-Down Menu

  54
• Using Help Topics

  55
• Using SuperCheck Toolbar

  57
• 5.3 Console Functions

  59
• Creating A New Message Server

  59
• Viewing Console Object icons

  60
• 5.4 Message Server Functions

  61
• Deleting A Message Server

  61
• Disconnecting A Message Server

  61
• Connecting The Message Server

  62
• Switching to Another Server

  63
• Viewing Message Server Object icons

  64
• Viewing Message Server Information

  64
• 5.5 Message Agent Functions

  66
• Accessing Message Agent

  66
• Creating A New User

  66
• Setting Up E-mail Alert Notification

  68
• Adding an User to an Email Receiver List

  68
• Removing an User From an Email Receiver List

  69
• Adding/Removing Events to/from Email Alert Notification

  69
• Message Agent Information View

  71
• 5.6 User Management Functions

  75
• Creating A New User

  75
• Deleting an Existing User

  75
• Changing Passwords

  76
• Assigning User Rights

  76
• Viewing User/Admin Object icons

  76
• User Information View

  77
• 5.7 I2O RAID Functions

  79
• Viewing I2O RAID Object icons

  79
• Information View

  79
• 5.8 IOPx Functions

  80
• Creating a New Array

  80
• Reading/Clearing Events from SuperTrak Memory Buffer

  81
• Using The Event Viewer

  82
• Changing Flush Memory Timing

  82
• Changing Dirty Threshold Flush Start Setting

  83
• Changing Dirty Threshold Flush Stop Setting

  83
• Viewing IOPx Object icons

  83
• IOPx Information View

  84
• 5.9 Channel (chx) Functions

  86
• Viewing Channel Object icons

  86
• 5.10 Hard Drive Functions

  87
• Hard Drive Information View

  87
• 5.11 Enclosure Functions

  88
• Enabling Rebuild/Synchronization Beeper

  88
• Viewing Enclosure Object icons

  88
• Enclosure Information View

  89
• 5.12 Array Functions

  90
• Deleting an Existing Array

  90
• Rebuilding An Array

  91
• Using Rebuild Wizard

  92
• To Stop Rebuild

  94
• Array Synchronization

  94
• Halting Synchronization

  95
• Turning On Read Cache

  96
• Turning Off Caching

  96
• Turning On/Off Write Back Cache

  96
• Viewing Cache Memory Statistics

  97
• Information View

  98
• RAID Setup

  102
• 6.1 Application Scenarios

  103
• High Performance Desktop PCs Working With Large Files

  103
• Corporate Desktop PC Requiring Data Protection

  103
• Windows NT File Server

  103
• Mid-Sized Windows NT Application Server

  104
• Largest Storage Capacity Required

  105
• 6.2 RAID Implementation

  105
• Striping (RAID 0)

  105
• Mirroring (RAID 1)

  106
• Striping/Mirroring (RAID 0+1)

  106
• Data striping with dedicated parity drive (RAID 3)

  106
• Block and parity striping (RAID 5)

  107
• Spanning

  107
• 6.3 RAID Management & Operation

  108
• Critical & Offline Arrays

  108
• Rebuilding/Synchronizing Fault Tolerant Arrays

  108
• Partitioning & Formatting Arrays

  108
• 6.4 Configuration Ideas

  109
• Fault Tolerance

  109
• Hot Spare Drive(s)

  109
• Troubleshooting

  110
• 7.1 Buzzer Alarms

  110
• 7.2 LED Display Codes

  111
• 7.3 SuperTrak66 BIOS Error Messages

  112
• 7.4 Installation & Runtime Problems

  113
• Figure 1: SuperTrak66 controller card

  6
• Figure 2: Typical controller card installation

  8
• Figure 3: Driver Installed Screen in Existing NT

  11
• Figure 4: Driver Installed Screen in New NT

  12
• Figure 5: SuperTrak66 BIOS startup

  17
• Figure 6: SuperBuild Array Utility Main Menu

  18
• Figure 7: Auto setup screen

  19
• Figure 8: View Drive Assignments screen

  21
• Figure 9: Define Array Menu screen

  22
• Figure 10: Define Array Definition Menu screen

  23
• Figure 11: Two-Drive Mirroring Dialogue Window

  25
• Figure 12: Source Disk Window for Mirroring Existing Data

  25
• Figure 13: Assigning Bootable Array

  29
• Figure 14: Delete Array Menu

  30
• Figure 15: Delete Array Dialogue Box

  30
• Figure 16: Controller configuration screen

  31
• Figure 17: Typical SuperCheck Component Installation

  32
• Figure 18: SuperCheck component installation menu

  36
• Figure 19: “Choose Destination Location” window

  37
• Figure 20: “Select Program Folder” window

  38
• Figure 21: “Start Copying Files” window

  39
• Figure 22: “Setup Needs the Next Disk” pop-up window

  40
• Figure 23: SuperCheck utility main window

  48
• Figure 24: Using Tree View

  49
• Figure 25: Using Object View

  51
• Figure 26: Using Information View

  51
• Figure 27: Using Status Bar

  52
• Figure 28: Array pull-down menu

  52
• Figure 29: Using View Pull-Down Menu

  53
• Figure 30: Using Connection Pull-Down Menu

  53
• Figure 31: Using Preference Pull-Down Menu

  54
• Figure 32: Using Help Pull-Down Menu

  54
• Figure 33: Using Help Contents Window

  55
• Figure 34: Using Help Find Window

  56
• Figure 35: Toolbar icons

  57
• Figure 36: Creating New Message Server pull-downs

  59
• Figure 37: Labeling New Message Server

  60
• Figure 38: Console Object View

  60
• Figure 39: Deleting Message Server pull-down

  61
• Figure 40: Disconnecting Message Server pull-down

  62
• Figure 41: Connecting Message Server pull-down

  63
• Figure 42: Message Server Information View

  64
• Figure 43: Setting Password screen

  66
• Figure 44: Creating New User screen

  67
• Figure 45: Setting E-mail Alert box

  68
• Figure 46: Setting Email ID window

  68
• Figure 47: Setting Email Address window

  69
• Figure 48: Removing User from E-mail alert

  69
• Figure 49: Adding/Removing Events for Email Alert

  70
• Figure 50: Scheduling Array Synchronization

  70
• Figure 51: Message Agent Console icons

  71
• Figure 52: Message Agent Information View

  72
• Figure 53: Alert Events & Schedule Synchronization screen

  74
• Figure 54: Creating New User pull-down

  75
• Figure 55: Deleting User menu

  76
• Figure 56: User icons in Object View

  77
• Figure 57: User Information View

  78
• Figure 58: I2O RAID Object View

  79
• Figure 59: I2O RAID Information View

  79
• Figure 60: Creating New Array pull-down

  80
• Figure 61: Labeling New Array window

  80
• Figure 62: Read/Clear Events pull-down

  81
• Figure 63: Events Viewer screen

  82
• Figure 64: IOPx Object View icons

  83
• Figure 65: IOPx Information View

  84
• Figure 66: Channelx's Object View

  86
• Figure 67: Hard drive Information View

  87
• Figure 68: Enclosure Object View

  88
• Figure 69: Enclosure Information View

  89
• Figure 70: Deleting Array pop-up menu

  90
• Figure 71: Array Pull-Down menu

  91
• Figure 72: Rebuild Wizard Step 1

  92
• Figure 73: Rebuild Wizard Step 2

  93
• Figure 74: Array Rebuild Progress Bar

  93
• Figure 75: Stop Rebuild pull-down

  94
• Figure 76: Array Synchronization pull-down

  95
• Figure 77: Halt Synchronization pull-down

  95
• Figure 78: Array Object View

  97
• Figure 79: Array Information View

  98
• Assigning

  28
• Buzzer Alarms

  109
• Assigning user rights

  75
• Password protection

  76
• Administration of

  41
• Array info

  98
• Controller info

  84
• Flushing

  82
• Critical & Offline

  107
• Installation

  8
• Read

  95
• Deleting drives

  89
• Timing

  81
• Environments

  102
• User rights

  77
• Hot Spare Drives

  28
• Write-back

  95
• RAID 0

  24
• Boot sequence

  112
• RAID 1

  24
• Drive parameters

  8
• RAID 3

  26
• RAID 5

  26
• Attached components

  79
• Rebuild Wizard

  91
• Cache policy

  83
• Firmware info

  83
• Recognition order

  28
• LED indicators

  110
• Saved information

  29
• Spanning

  27
• Synchronizing

  107
• Existing Win NT 4.x

  12
• Viewing status of,

  89
• Existing Win NT3.5

  12
• Removing Win NT 3.5x

  12
• Enable/Disable

  87
• BIOS

  15
• Driver version

  30
• Error messages

  111
• Enclosure Management

  87
• Start-up sequence

  17
• Beeper functions

  87
• Using SuperBuild

  17
• Block Size

  102
• Halt On

  16
• Creating arrays

  16
• Clearing

  80
• Event Viewer

  81
• Viewing

  98
• Viewing

  80
• Using new drives in,

  24
• Firewalls

  9
• Hot Spare

  28
• Hot Swap

  105
• SuperCheck requirements

  9
• Installation

  8
• TCP/IP

  9
• Model info

  86
• User administration

  40
• View Assignment of,

  21
• Object View

  50
• Cables

  6
• I2O support

  78
• Number of channels

  30
• Processor memory

  30
• Accessing Message Agent

  65
• Quick install

  7
• Changing User,

  75
• Step-by-step install

  8
• Setting

  76
• SuperTrak controller

  6
• Connection

  52
• About

  53
• Help

  53
• Finding topics

  55
• Preference

  53
• Viewing Autodemo

  53
• View

  52
• Viewing contents

  54
• Version info

  78
• RAID 0

  104
• Information View

  50
• RAID 0+1

  105
• RAID 1

  105
• RAID 3

  105
• RAID 5

  106
• Controller backplane

  110
• Spanning

  106
• Management

  107
• Performance desktops

  102
• Accessing

  65
• Safeguards

  108
• Connecting

  61
• Cancel

  93
• Creating

  58
• Manual

  90
• Deleting

  60
• Using Rebuild Wizard

  91
• Disconnecting

  60
• Switching Servers

  62
• Software Installation

  9
• Using existing data drive in,

  25
• Using four drives in,

  26
• NT services

  33
• Quick install

  7
• Halting

  94
• SuperCheck

  33
• TCP/IP

  9
• Spanning

  27
• Assigning drives to,

  27
• Toolbar icons

  56
• Status Bar

  51
• Collapsing

  48
• Displaying

  48
• SuperCheck

  31
• Expanding

  48
• Hiding

  48
• Array info

  89
• Refreshing display

  49
• Array Synchronization

  93
• Renaming levels

  48
• Component installation

  35
• Using

  48
• Enclosure monitoring

  87
• Assigning Rights

  75
• First use of,

  40
• Changing Passwords

  75
• Installation scenarios

  33
• Creating

  74
• Message Agent

  44
• Deleting

  74
• Pull-Down Menus

  51
• Setting password

  76
• Windows NT

  3
• System access

  33
• Application server

  103
• Toolbar

  56
• File server

  102
• User Administration

  65
• Using SuperCheck

  47
• Synchronization

  107
• TCP/IP

  9
• Arrays

  93