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RAID Machine 5000 Series
12/16/24 Bays SAS JBOD Enclosure
www.raidmachine.com
USER Manual
Version: 1.2
Issue Date: July, 2017

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  • Page 1 RAID Machine 5000 Series 12/16/24 Bays SAS JBOD Enclosure www.raidmachine.com USER Manual Version: 1.2 Issue Date: July, 2017...

  • Page 2: Fcc Statement

    Manufacturer’s Declaration for CE Certification We confirm 5000 series 12/16/24-bay 12Gb/s JBOD enclosure have been tested and found compliant with the requirements in the council directive relating to the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC. Regarding to the...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. Introduction ..............6 1.1 Overview .................6 1.1.1 Enclosure Front View ............7 1.2 SAS Expander ..............10 1.3 Power Supply/Cooling Fan Modules ........11 1.4 Enclosure Alarm .............. 12 1.5 Enclosure Working Mode ..........12 2. Hardware Installation ..........15 2.1 Installing an Enclosure into the Rack .........
  • Page 4 2.6.2 Connecting Additional Enclosure ........30 2.6.3 Power Up the Enclosure ..........30 2.7 Configuring the Enclosure ..........31 3. LCD Configuration Manager ........32 3.1 Using LCD Front Panel Touch-Control Keypad ..... 32 3.2 Navigation Map of the LCD ..........34 4.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview RAID Machine 5000 Series 12Gb/s SAS-to-SAS JBOD enclosures provide a 2U/3U rack-mounted external storage chassis capable of accommodating up to 12/16/24 12Gb/s SAS drives or 6Gb/s SATA drives. The enclosure can support both 3.5-inch disk drives and 2.5-inch disk drives.

  • Page 7: Enclosure Front View

    INTRODUCTION 1.1.1 Enclosure Front View ● 2U-12 bays SAS JBOD Front View ● 3U-16 bays SAS JBOD Front View ● 2U-24 bays SAS JBOD Front View ● Disk Slot Numbers Figure 1-2. 12-bays Front View Figure 1-3. 16-bays Front View Figure 1-4.
  • Page 8 INTRODUCTION Drive Tray LED Indicators Each drive tray in your enclosure has two LEDs: an activity LED (blue) and one power/fault (two colors green/red) status LED. The activity LED flashes whenever the drive is accessed. The following table describes the SAS JBOD enclosure drive tray LED status.
  • Page 9 INTRODUCTION 1.3.2 Enclosure Rear View ● Figure 1-7. 12-bays Rear View Figure 1-8. 16-bays Rear View Figure 1-9. 24-bays Rear View...

  • Page 10: Sas Expander

    INTRODUCTION 1.2 SAS Expander Each SAS expander provides data path and enclosure management functions for the enclosure, including: • Monitoring and controlling enclosure environment elements (tem- perature, cooling fans, power supplies, and enclosure LEDs) • Controlling access to the drives •...

  • Page 11: Power Supply/Cooling Fan Modules

    INTRODUCTION 1.3 Power Supply/Cooling Fan Modules The enclosure supports two separate power modules. Each of them contains an integrated power supply and two cooling fans. The LEDs on the JBOD enclosure’s power supplies indicate status of the power supply: one for AC_OK (green) and other FAULT (red). The following figure is shown LEDs on the power supply module.

  • Page 12: Enclosure Alarm

    INTRODUCTION 1.4 Enclosure Alarm An audible alarm is activated if any of the fault conditions occur, such as Voltage, Temperature, Fan, Power Supply or from SES2. The “BU command” on the CLI allows you to control the buzzer at- tributes that have been controlled by SAS expander H/W. There are four sound levels defined by the expander H/W.
  • Page 13 INTRODUCTION (1). Single Controller Mode Figure 1-12. Single Module Daisy-chain (2). Dual Controller Mode Figure 1-13. Dual Module Daisy-chain • Zone Mode In zone mode, the enclosure can be split into up to 8 virtual groups. Each group drive channels and external cable connectors are assigned by CLI GROUP command.
  • Page 14 INTRODUCTION Figure 1-14. Zone Mode Example Note: Please refer to chapter 3 CLI Features of GROUP command which is used to associate the external port and the devices/ phys slot.

  • Page 15: Hardware Installation

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2. Hardware Installation This chapter explains how to install the following components: • Rack installation guide • Drives and drive carriers • SAS expander modules • Power supplies Unpack Unpack and install the hardware in a static-free environment. The SAS JBOD enclosure is packed inside an anti-static bag between two sponge sheets.

  • Page 16: Installing An Enclosure Into The Rack

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 Installing an Enclosure into the Rack The following sections show the 2U-12 bays installation. An instal- lation with the 3U-16 bays and 2U-24 bays are exactly the same. 1. Using supplied screws to secure the rear mounting-bracket rails and the front length extension rail and then secure them on the front vertical rail and rear vertical rail, as shown below.

  • Page 17: Installing Or Removing Sas/Sata

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-2. Sliding the Enclosure onto the Rails 3. Secure the enclosure to the front vertical rail and mounting- bracket rail on both sides. Figure 2-3. Attaching the Front of the Enclosure 2.2 Installing or Removing SAS/SATA Drives in the Enclosure Your enclosure supports up to 12/16/24 3.5-inch disk drives or 12/16/24 2.5-inch 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s SATA drives, each one contained in its individual drive carrier.

  • Page 18: Installing Sas/Sata Drives In The Enclo

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION Note: Be careful when handling and storing the drives. The tray pro- vides some protection, but the drives and tray connectors can be damaged by rough handling. When removing the drives from the enclosure, place them on a padded surface. Do not drop the drives.
  • Page 19 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2. After installing the drive into the drive tray completely, make sure the drive tray latch is open, then slide the drive tray with the attached drive into the enclosure drive slot. 3. Gently slide the drive tray back of the enclosure drive slot until the bottom of the open carrier handle makes contact with the enclosure face plate.

  • Page 20: Installing 3.5-Inch Drives Into 3.5-Inch Drive

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.2.1.2 Installing 3.5-inch Drives into 3.5-inch Drive Tray 1-1. Install the drives into the drive tray and make sure the holes of the drive trays align with the holes of the drive. Figure 2-11. Putting Drive into Drive Tray 1-2.

  • Page 21: Installing Sata Drives With Interposer

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 4. Click the drive tray latch into position, then continuing to slide the other drive tray into the slot. 5. Turn the key-lock to the proper position, using the “Star Wrench L-Handle“ in the shipping box. The key-lock is unlock, if the dot on its face is in the unlock orientation.
  • Page 22 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 1-3. Carefully slide the 2.5-inch drive toward the interposer module. Figure 2-16. Sliding Drive into Drive Tray 1-4. Turn the drive tray upside down and using a screwdriver to secure the drive to the drive tray by four of the mounting screws.

  • Page 23: Installing 2.5-Inch Drives Into 2.5-Inch Drive Tray

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.2.2.2 Installing 2.5-inch drives into 2.5-inch drive tray a. Slide the 2.5-inch drive toward the interposer module. Figure 2-18. Preparing and Sliding Interposer Module b. Position interposer module with drive toward the interposer module slot with the latch point in the interposer module aligned with the interposer module slot.

  • Page 24: Installing 3.5-Inch Drives Into 3.5-Inch Drive

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.2.2.3 Installing 3.5-inch Drives into 3.5-inch Drive Tray 1-1. Slide the 3.5-inch drive toward the interposer module. Figure 2-21. Sliding Interposer Module 1-2. Position interposer module with drive toward the interposer module slot with the latch point in the interposer module aligned with the interposer module slot.

  • Page 25: Removing Drives From The Enclosure

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2. After installing the drive into the drive tray completely, make sure the drive tray latch is open, then slide the drive tray with the attached drive into the enclosure drive slot. 3. Gently slide the drive tray back of the enclosure drive slot until the bottom of the open carrier handle makes contact with the enclosure face plate.

  • Page 26: Removing The Expander From The Enclosure

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 1. Carefully slide the SAS JBOD expander into the empty slot. 2. Push the SAS JBOD expander back of the slot until it is firmly seated in the backplane connector. 3. Put the lever toward the enclosure and tighten the thumbscrew which located on the left side of lever of the SAS JBOD expand- Figure 2-24.

  • Page 27: Installing And Removing The Power

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION Note: There are two slots for your SAS JBOD expander. If you only installed one in your enclosure, the other empty slot must have a cover. To remove the cover, pull out on the thin tabs on each end of the cover and slide the cover out of the slot. 2.4 Installing and Removing the Power Supply/Cooling Fan Modules The enclosure supports two separate power modules.

  • Page 28: Installing The Power Cord Clamp

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2. Loosen the thumbscrews on power supply/cooling fan module then gently but firmly pull the power supply/cooling fan mod- ules out from the slot. Figure 2-26. Pulling Power Module Note: 1. The power supply/cooling fan modules are hot-pluggable. If one power supply/cooling fan module is functioning nor- mally, you can hot-swap the other one while the enclosure is powered on.
  • Page 29 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Figure 2-27. Power Cord Clamp 2. Connect the power cord and connect the cable strap with open- ing cable clamp to the power module. Using the release tab to adjust the cable clamp to the suitable place. Figure 2-28. Adjusting Power Cord Clamp 3.

  • Page 30: Connecting The Sas Jbod Enclosure

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.6 Connecting the SAS JBOD Enclosure Following below instructions to connect your SAS JBOD enclosure. 2.6.1 Connecting the Host System The SAS JBOD enclosure can be connected to a host which may have a Mini SAS HD SFF-8644 or 6G SFF-8088 interface through the appropriate miniSAS cable.

  • Page 31: Configuring The Enclosure

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION must unplug the power cord before enclosure servicing. Turn on the AC power from main power on/off switch on the rear side of the SAS JBOD enclosure. If you enable the “Connector Power Down Control” function, pressing the power on/off switch off does not turn off the Figure 2-31.

  • Page 32: Lcd Configuration Manager

    LCD Configuration Manager 3. LCD Configuration Manager The SAS JBOD LCD configuration utility is a character-based utility that you can run after powering the unit. Use LCD configuration utility to see and configure: • Alarm Device, • Temperature, • Fan Speed, •...
  • Page 33 LCD Configuration Manager The initial screen is shown as following: Function Key Definitions: The four function keys at the right of the front panel perform the following functions: Function Up Arrow Use to scroll the cursor Upward / Rightward Down Arrow Use to scroll the cursor Downward / Leftward ENT Key Submit selected icon function (Confirm a selected item)

  • Page 34: Navigation Map Of The Lcd

    LCD Configuration Manager 3.2 Navigation Map of the LCD The password option allows user to set or clear the SAS JBOD en- closure’s password protection feature. Once the password has been set, the user can only monitor and configure the SAS JBOD enclo- sure by providing the correct password.
  • Page 35 LCD Configuration Manager Figure 3.2-1 LCD Hierarchical Menu...
  • Page 36 LCD Configuration Manager LCD buttons’ action types in each function item. • Alarm Device Show which device has caused the alarm. • Temperature Show internal component temperatures • Fan Speed Show the enclosure’s fan speeds in RPM. • Power Supply Show the status of enclosue’s power supplies.

  • Page 37: Cli Features

    CLI FEATURES 4. CLI Features This Command Line Interface (CLI) is useful in environments where a graphical user interface (GUI) is not available or to set some rarely accessed options. • Locations of RS-232C Port The SAS JBOD enclosure uses the RJ11 port as the serial port interface.

  • Page 38: Commands

    CLI FEATURES 4.1 Commands This section provides detailed information about the 12-bays 12Gb/s SAS JBOD enclosure CLI function. All the commands please type in lower case. CLI function for the 16 or 24-bays JBOD enclo- sure is similar. • Help Command This command provides an on-line table of contents, providing brief descriptions of the help sub-commands.

  • Page 39: Lo Command

    CLI FEATURES the user can only monitor and access the expander box setting by providing the correct password. The password can accept max. 8 chars and min. 4 chars. The manufacture default password is “0000”. Syntax CLI>pass Example: CLI>pass Old Password:**** New Password:**** Verify New Password:**** Password Changed But Not Save Permanently!
  • Page 40 CLI FEATURES top to bottom. High-Rate, Low-Rate: [11|10|9] or [12g|6g|3g] PS. Pls. Save Config. & Reboot To Take Effect CLI>st Example: CLI> link c0,c1 6g 3g ;;;;; set cable0 and cable1 link speed range [ 6G(10), 3G(9)] CLI>st CLI> Reboot to take effect. 2.
  • Page 41 CLI FEATURES ArrayDevice Element (0x17): ======================================= NAME TYPE ADDRESS SLOT 01 SATA 5001B469-189AE00D SLOT 02 SAS 5011B469-189AE00C SLOT 03 SATA 5011B469-189AE00E SLOT 04 SATA 5011B469-189AE00F SLOT 05 SATA 5011B469-189AE009 6G 12G SLOT 06 SATA 5011B469-189AE008 SLOT 07 SATA 5011B469-189AE00A SLOT 08 SATA 5011B469-189AE00B SLOT 09 SATA 5011B469-189AE005...

  • Page 42: Edfb Command (Same As "Dhpm")

    CLI FEATURES SLOT 08 SATA 5011B469-189AE00B SLOT 09 SATA 5011B469-189AE005 SLOT 10 SATA 5011B469-189AE004 SLOT 11 SAS 500000E0-168F8E92 SLOT 12 SAS 500000E0-168F8E99 NOTE: 1. If EDFB is enabled, it will keep NLR=12G. • EDFB Command (Same as “DHPM”) Use for 3G/6G SAS/SATA drive speed up as 12G drive perfor- mance.
  • Page 43 CLI FEATURES SLOT 08 SATA 5011B469-189AE00B SLOT 09 SATA 5011B469-189AE005 SLOT 10 SATA 5011B469-189AE004 SLOT 11 SAS 500000E0-168F8E92 SLOT 12 SAS 500000E0-168F8E99 CLI>edfb on 2,12 ;;;;; set drive slot 2,12 on CLI>st Reset or PowerCycle CLI>link ArrayDevice Element (0x17): ======================================== NAME TYPE ADDRESS...

  • Page 44: Th Command

    CLI FEATURES • TH Command The th command allows you to set the operate device tempera- ture warning limit. Typical parameters include: High-Warn and Low-Warn are warning temperature in Celsius. Syntax CLI>th Index High-Warn Low-Warn Example: CLI>th Temperature Element (0x04): ======================================== NAME CT(‘C)
  • Page 45 CLI FEATURES Chip Temp Slot01 Temp Slot02 Temp Slot03 Temp Slot04 Temp Slot05 Temp Slot06 Temp Slot07 Temp Slot08 Temp Slot09 Temp Slot10 Temp Slot11 Temp Slot12 Temp CLI>st CLI> Reboot to take effect. CLI>th Temperature Element (0x04): ======================================== NAME CT(‘C) OTWarn ENC.

  • Page 46: Group Command

    CLI FEATURES Slot11 Temp Slot12 Temp • GROUP Command The group command is used to associate the external port with the devices/phys as one zone group. The three external cable ports and all devices/phys slots will default associate with one zone group.
  • Page 47 CLI FEATURES Value: 0x0000000FFFFFFFFF //Set the cable1 and cable2 and slot 7 to slot 16 as group 2 CLI>gr dev 2 c1, c2 7 16 New PHY Group Mode: T10 Group-1: C0, Slot: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Value: 0x00000000000FFC00 Group-2: C1, C2, Slot: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Value: 0x000000000FF003FF Current PHY Group Mode: T10...

  • Page 48: Sys Command

    CLI FEATURES • SYS Command The sys command is used to view the expander’s information. Typical information includes: vendor, model name, serial/unit number, expander port number, product revision, chip name/chip revision, customer code, manufacture data revision and work time. Syntax CLI>sys Example: CLI>sys...

  • Page 49: Bu Command

    CLI FEATURES Firmware Family: 0 OemFamily: 0 Fast Boot: Yes Image Address: 0x10000000 Firmware Copy 1: Revision: 100.BD.01.0A 01/06/14 Firmware Family: 0 OemFamily: 0 Fast Boot: Yes Image Address: 0x10100000 Firmware Copy 2: [Active] Revision: 100.BD.01.0A 01/06/14 Firmware Family: 0 OemFamily: 0 Fast Boot: Yes Image Address: 0x10200000 HAL Revision: 0.1.0.0 SES Revision: 0.1.0.0 SCE Revision: 0.1.0.0...

  • Page 50: Fan Command

    CLI FEATURES the next different event. CLI>BU MUTE When expander alarm with buzzer, you can disable it completely by command “bu 0 0”. If you would like to enable beeper, the command for default settings will be “bu 2 3”. •...

  • Page 51: Spin Command

    CLI FEATURES Lowest SpeedCode: 2 Warning SpeedCode: 5 CLI>st CLI> Reboot to take effect. CLI>fan Cooling Element (0x03): ======================================== SPEED NAME CODE STATUS Fan 01 4140 Fan 02 4630 Fan 03 4140 Fan 04 4490 Current FAN Speed Attribute: Lowest SpeedCode: 3 Warning SpeedCode: 7 Fan internal command for different fan speed type: fan -t [high | normal | low | vlow]...

  • Page 52: St Command

    CLI FEATURES mum time without straining the system power supply. Stagger- ing drive spin-up in a multiple drive environment also avoids the extra cost of a power supply designed to meet short-term startup power demand as well as: Syntax CLI>spin [Delay(D)[ms] Num(D)] Expander issues the spin up the drives by [Num] drives with [De- lay] ms.

  • Page 53: Lsd Command

    CLI FEATURES 2. Store factory default configurations in flash Syntax CLI>st [default] Example: CLI>st default ;;;;; restore the setting to default CLI> • LSD Command The lsd command is use for show the element devices status in the expander controller. With parameter, this command only show the seletct device status.
  • Page 54 CLI FEATURES Connector Element (0x19): ======================================== NAME TYPE ROUTE CONNECTED-ADDRESS Connector00 Connector00 Connector00 Connector00 Connector01 50004D9F-74992000 Connector01 50004D9F-74992000 Connector01 50004D9F-74992000 Connector01 50004D9F-74992000 Connector02 50004D9F-74992000 Connector02 50004D9F-74992000 Connector02 50004D9F-74992000 Connector02 50004D9F-74992000 Cooling Element (0x03): ======================================== SPEED NAME CODE STATUS Fan 01 2100 Fan 02 2200...

  • Page 55: Showlogs Command

    CLI FEATURES PowerSupply02 AudibleAlarm Element (0x06): ======================================== NAME STATUS ALMSTATE Audible-Alarm Normal CLI> • SHOWLOGS Command The showlogs command allows you to display system event no- tifications that have been generated event by the SAS expander box. Syntax CLI>showlogs [DisplayMode(hex, detail, default)] Example: CLI>showlogs 00000000-00000000:PLATFORM:Firmware initialization started...
  • Page 56 CLI FEATURES (115200,n,8,1). 2. Press any key on the terminal window, the window will show “CLI>” prompt. 3. Type help will show help screen. 4. One command to update firmware. Step as follow. 5. Issue download & update command under “CLI>”. CLI>fdl code Please Use XModem Protocol for File Transmission.

  • Page 57: Counters Reset Command

    CLI FEATURES CLI>fdl code Use HyperTerminal or TeraTerm utility with Xmodem mode to transfer sas3xfwYYMMDD.fw. If transfer OK, the transfered data is updated. Cold-start expander (power cycle again) to take effect. Update SAS expander data file: CLI>fdl mfgb Use HyperTerminal or TeraTerm utility with Xmodem mode to transfer mfg12gYYMMDD.dat.

  • Page 58: Sasaddr Command

    CLI FEATURES Phy 18 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Phy 19 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Phy 20 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Phy 21 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Phy 22 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Phy 23 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Phy 24 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Phy 25 0x00000000 0x00000000...
  • Page 59 CLI FEATURES Example: CLI>sub c0,c1 ;;;;; set cable0 and cable1 as subtractive ports CLI>st CLI> Reboot to take effect. 2. Set internal slot link ports Syntax CLI>sub [0..47] Index:0..47 Internal Slot Index Example: CLI>sub 8,9,10,11 ;;;;; set phy 8/9/10/11 as subtractive ports CLI>st CLI>...

  • Page 60: Technical Specifications

    APPENDIX RAID Machine 5000 Series Technical Specifications Drives SAS hard drives • up to 12/16/24 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SAS hot-plug hard drives (12 Gb/s) at speeds of 7.2K, 10K or 15K rpm SATA hard drives • up to 12/16/24 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA hot-plug hard drives (6 Gb/s) at speeds of 7.2K or 10K rpm.
  • Page 61 APPENDIX Power Supplies Dual hot swap and redundant with PFC, N+1 design • Wattage 595 W maximum continuous; • Voltage 100–240 V rated • Frequency 50–60 Hz • Amperage (Max) 6.18A (120 VAC), 3.23A (230 VAC) Dimensions 2U 12 bays 19-inch rackmount chassis (H x W x D) •...

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