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SiI57XX-Series SteelVine Manager User’s Guide Version 1.0 Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 1 Introducing the SteelVine Storage Reference Design This chapter introduces the family of 57XX-Series

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Appendix A File System Expansion for Windows Overview This appendix describes the procedures needed wi

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 2. At a command prompt, type diskpart. 3. Type list volume to display the existing volumes on the co

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Note: Before the hard drive partition/volume has been extended the “152.67GB Unallocated” was not acces

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Appendix B File System Expansion for Macintosh Overview This appendix describes the procedures needed w

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 2. Click on the volume that you want to extend, then click on Repartition button on the bottom. 5

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 3. Now click on the Resize button on the bottom 4. Now move the slider all the way to the right wit

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Appendix C File System Expansion for Linux Overview This appendix describes the procedures needed with

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 2. Type print within the parted console to bring up the volume and disk information. (parted) print Dis

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Throughout the remainder of this manual, all descriptions and screen images reflect the SiI5744, which

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 SteelVine Processor Any combination of Physical Drives or Virtual VolumesSteelVine Processor BIG LBA

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 SATA Features The SteelVine Storage Reference Design provides the following Serial Advanced Technology

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Status-Only Mode This mode allows you to use the SteelVine Storage Reference Design with the SteelVine

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Hard drive A and B are concatenated into a single virtual volume in the Figure below with a storage cap

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 FAST The FAST storage policy distributes access across all hard disks, also called striping (equivalent

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Any node within a cascaded configuration can be set to SAFE, but it is more efficient to use the SAFE p

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Example: In Figure 6 below, assume that Drives A and B are 300 GB each. When the SAFE33 Storage Policy

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 available storage capacity. If either hard drive fails the primary data stored on the SAFE volume woul

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Copyright © 2007, Silicon Image, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprod

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 SteelVine (SAFE33/50) Drive A 100 GB SAFE 50 GB Port 0 Port 1 BIGGER 100 GBBIG 50 GB SAFE 50 GB SteelV

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 SteelVine 2 drives SteelVine SteelVine 3 drives Drive A Drive B Drive A Drive B Drive C SteelVineSteel

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 FAST (RAID 0) SAFE (RAID 1) SAFE (RAID 1) Drive A Drive B Drive C Drive D Figure 10 - Using Cascadin

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Backup Button This feature allows you to launch a pre-configured backup software application by simply

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Note: For the latest list of supported third-party hard disk drives and host bus adapters, refer to htt

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 storage device from your host computer system. Once the physical USB device is disconnected, any volu

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 ATAPI Device Limitations The following limitations apply when connecting an ATAPI device to a SATA port

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 2 Getting Started Starting the SteelVine Manager Before you begin, be sure that the SteelVine Manager

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Select menu options and follow the instructions in the remainder of this guide to configure SteelVine

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 3. Enter the system administrator (root) password and click OK. 4. A notice appears as the launch se

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Contents About This Guide ...

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Linux Use the following procedure to launch the SteelVine Manager on a Linux system. 1. Change to the

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Introducing the SteelVine Manager The SteelVine Manager starts with the Status window visible so you ca

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Status Cells Description Drive S/N Shows the unique serial number assigned by the disk manufacturer.

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Table 5 - Action Menu on the Status Window These selections are only available if one or more SAFE volu

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 3 Basic Configuration This section describes the Basic Configuration Wizard and explains how to config

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Figure 11 - Basic Configuration Wizard Table 7 - Sections of the Basic Configuration Wizard Wizard Se

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Table 9 - Command Buttons on the Basic Configuration Wizard Button Label Description To Advanced Mode

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Configure Volumes Note: Before reconfiguring the SteelVine Storage Reference Design, you must delete an

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 3. Select a storage policy in the Storage Policy frame. 3 Table 10 - Basic Mode Policies Policy Desc

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 4. When prompted to acknowledge that the configuration change may result in data loss, click Yes to ac

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 2 Getting Started ...

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 6. Click Apply to create the selected configuration, close the Wizard, and display the volumes in the

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 4 Advanced Configuration This section describes how to use the Advanced Configuration Wizard to apply

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Note: You cannot combine the JBOD and SAFE storage policies. A JBOD volume consumes one entire drive a

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Table 11 - Sections of the Advanced Configuration Wizard Section Description Storage Policy Shows the

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Table 13 - Command Buttons on the Advanced Configuration Wizard Button Description To Basic Mode Open

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Configure Multiple Volumes The Advanced Configuration Wizard allows many combinations of storage polici

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 2. From the Basic Configuration Wizard, click “To Advanced Mode” to open the Advanced Configuration Wi

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 3. Select the BIG Volume 0 in the volume list and click the Edit Selected Volume toolbar button. Clic

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 4. Move the slider below Drive 0 to the left to change the BIG volume’s capacity allocation from the e

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 5. Click Update Volume. Bright, solid colors identify saved volumes 57XX-Series SteelVine Manager

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Abort Rebuild ...

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 6. Click the Create a New Volume toolbar button. Cross-hatches identify allocated space for updated v

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 7. Select the FAST radio button in the Storage Policy section. Note: Only the Storage Policies that ar

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 11. Click the Write Configuration for System to a File toolbar button to Save a Configuration File.

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 12. Click Apply to create the multi-volume configuration, close the Wizard, and display the volumes in

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 5 Partitioning Volumes This section explains how to partition volumes after configuring them in the St

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 2. Select Disk Management under Storage to open the Windows Disk Manager. This example illustrates th

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 3. Right-click the configured disk’s unallocated space and select New Partition. If the New Partition

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 5. Select the Primary or Extended option and click Next. 6. Specify the partition size. By default,

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 7. Assign a drive letter or mount path and click Next. 8. Name and format the partition and click Ne

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 9. Review the file system settings and click Finish to create the logical partition. 10. Repeat steps

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 12 Administering the SteelVine Manager...

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Mac OS X Important: Before reconfiguring a volume, back up your data and drag the old drive to the tras

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 6. Specify the size of the partition in the Size field. 7. Click the Partition button. 8. Click Part

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 6 View Policy Settings Overview The Policy Settings dialog allows you to view the current settings for

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 2. When prompted, enter the administrator password. The default password is admin. 3. The Policy Set

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 7 Rebuild & Schedule Drive Verify This chapter describes the procedures for the following procedur

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Verify Rebuild To confirm that the two hard disks that comprise a SAFE volume are exact copies, you can

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Abort Verify To abort a verify process, select Action Æ Abort Verify. The verify process will be termi

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Modify/Delete Verification Schedule You can modify or delete an existing schedule by selecting the desi

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 8 Email Notification Overview The Email Notification feature allows you to have the SteelVine Manager

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 3. The Email Notification setup screen show below will appear. Setting-up Email Notification 1. Ente

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Appendix B File System Expansion for Macintosh ...95 Overview ...

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 4. Click on the “Test Email” button at the bottom of the screen to verify that you have correctly set-

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 • Click on the “Accept” button to complete the change. Receiving an Email Notification When one of t

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Note: The actual appearance of this message will vary depending on the type of e-mail client software

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 9 Pop-Up Error Notification Overview You can enable or disable the Error Popup Notification. The defa

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 10 Drive Locking Overview (not implemented yet) The Drive Locking feature allows you to protect the c

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Drive Locking Icon 2. Enter the Administrative password for your system (the default password is admi

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Choose and enter any password (up to 32 characters) in the first edit box, and re-enter that same pass

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 A confirmation dialog will appear indicating that your hard drives have been successfully unlocked. Sec

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 To disable security, click on the “Disable Security” button. Another confirmation is required to verif

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 11 Backup Button Overview The Backup Button feature allows you to launch a pre-selected third-party so

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Tables Table 1 - Available Product Features by Chip Type...

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 EMC Retrospect Express If you have already installed the EMC Retrospect Express application on your com

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Click on the application program or command file that you want to associate with the Backup Button, an

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 12 Administering the SteelVine Manager This section explains how to perform administrative functions

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Manage Configuration Files The Configuration Wizard provides menus and toolbar buttons to manage config

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Save a Configuration File 1. Select Configure Box from the Edit menu or click the Configure Box toolba

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Manage the Client Connection to the Daemon The SteelVine Manager software consists of two modules: •

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Set Up a Remote Connection 1. In the Status Window, select Change Connection from the File menu. 2.

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 2. Enter the current password (or use admin if you have not changed the default password) and click OK

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Install New SteelVine Manager Software Before you install new software, uninstall the current version.

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Mac OS X 1. Optionally move saved .xml configuration files from the Applications > Utilities > S

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 About This Guide This guide explains how to use the SteelVine Manager software to configure and monitor

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 13 Customizing the SteelVine Manager Editing the UserConfig.xml File The UserConfig.xml file is used t

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 The “StatusScreenTitleBar” item is used to change the Product Name that appears at the top of the GUI.

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 The “SysFanSpeedLo”, “SysFanSpeedHi”, “PwSupFanSpeedLo” and “PwSupFanSpeedHi” keywords allow you define

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 14 Monitor and Troubleshooting This section describes options you can use to monitor and troubleshoot

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Table 14 - Color Codes and Labels for Drive Status Color Label Definition Resolution Green Normal D

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Monitor Fan Status The SteelVine Storage Reference Design uses the following colors and values to indic

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 The Event Log screen displays a list of events in a table format of columns and rows. • Date display

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Front Panel LEDs Both disk drives and the system-to-host connection have LEDs that reflect the drive an

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Troubleshooting Table 18 - Troubleshooting Suggestions Problem Resolution LEDs Confirm power at the ou

Document Number: MAN-0057XX-000 Version 1.0 Verify HBA BIOS recognizes the empty SteelVine Storage Reference Design enclosure. Before editing Stee