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User’s Manual

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Technical Specifications ....................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 RAID Concepts ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 1.3 Array Definition ....................................................................................................................................................... 8

1.3.1 Drive Group ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.3.2 Virtual Drive ..................................................................................................................................................... 8

Chapter 2 Getting Started ........................................................................................... 9 2.1 Packaging, Shipment and Delivery ................................................................................................................. 9 2.2 Unpacking the WSS NAS System .................................................................................................................... 9 2.3 Identifying Parts of the WSS NAS System................................................................................................. 10

2.3.1 Front View ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.3.2 Rear View ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 2.3.3 LCD Display Panel ....................................................................................................................................... 12

2.4 Drive Carrier Module .......................................................................................................................................... 14 2.4.1 Disk Drive Status Indicators .................................................................................................................... 14 2.4.2 Lock Indicator ............................................................................................................................................... 14

2.5 Installing Hard Drives ......................................................................................................................................... 15 2.6 Preparing the System ......................................................................................................................................... 16 2.7 Powering On .......................................................................................................................................................... 16

Chapter 3 Installing WSS Operating System ......................................................... 17 3.1 Changing the Motherboard BIOS Configuration .................................................................................... 17 3.2 NAS Setting with WSS Recovery Program ................................................................................................ 18 3.3 Shutdown Procedure .......................................................................................................................................... 19 3.3 WSS 2008 Product Activation ......................................................................................................................... 21

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Chapter 1 Introduction

The actiNAS 1600 WSS

1.1 Technical Specifications

Form Factor 3U

No. of Tray 16

CPU INTEL Xeon Processor E5506 (4M Cache, 2.13 GHz, 4.80 GT/s Intel® QPI) or above, can be upgrade to dual Xeon CPU

Number of CPU 1 (upgradeable to dual CPU as optional)

Memory 12GB DDR3 SDRAM as default, up to 32GB

Type of RAID Hardware RAID Controller

RAID Level 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

Disk Interface SAS/SATA II/SATA III

OS Drive 32GB DOM

LAN (Gigabit Ethernet, RJ45) 4

SAS Expansion 1 SAS port for JBOD expansion; total up to 128HDDs

USB 4

Power Supply Type Redundant PSU

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Power Supply 700W Redundant PSU

Rackmount kit Yes

NAS Operating System WSS 2008 Standard Edition

SMB Connections Unlimited

Network File System Protocol SMB/CIFS, NFS, DFS, Appletalk, HTTP & FTP

Management Interface Remote Desktop

Management Protocol Support SNMP, SMTP Notification

Access Control Active Directory Service, Unix NIS

Snapshot Technology Microsoft VSS

Backup Software Windows Backup

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1.2 RAID Concepts

RAID Fundamentals

The basic idea of RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is to combine multiple inexpensive disk drives into an array of disk drives to obtain performance, capacity and reliability that exceeds that of a single large drive. The array of drives appears to the host computer as a single logical drive. Five types of array architectures, RAID 1 through RAID 5, were originally defined; each provides disk fault-tolerance with different compromises in features and performance. In addition to these five redundant array architectures, it has become popular to refer to a non-redundant array of disk drives as a RAID 0 arrays.

Disk Striping

Fundamental to RAID technology is striping. This is a method of combining multiple drives into one logical storage unit. Striping partitions the storage space of each drive into stripes, which can be as small as one sector (512 bytes) or as large as several megabytes. These stripes are then interleaved in a rotating sequence, so that the combined space is composed alternately of stripes from each drive. The specific type of operating environment determines whether large or small stripes should be used. Most operating systems today support concurrent disk I/O operations across multiple drives. However, in order to maximize throughput for the disk subsystem, the I/O load must be balanced across all the drives so that each drive can be kept busy as much as possible. In a multiple drive system without striping, the disk I/O load is never perfectly balanced. Some drives will contain data files that are frequently accessed and some drives will rarely be accessed.

By striping the drives in the array with stripes large enough so that each record falls entirely within one stripe, most records can be evenly distributed across all drives. This keeps all drives in the array busy during heavy load situations. This situation allows all drives to work concurrently on different I/O operations, and thus maximize the number of simultaneous I/O operations that can be performed by the array.

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Definition of RAID Levels

RAID 0 is typically defined as a group of striped disk drives without parity or data redundancy. RAID 0 arrays can be configured with large stripes for multi-user environments or small stripes for single-user systems that access long sequential records. RAID 0 arrays deliver the best data storage efficiency and performance of any array type. The disadvantage is that if one drive in a RAID 0 array fails, the entire array fails.

RAID 1, also known as disk mirroring, is simply a pair of disk drives that store duplicate data but appear to the computer as a single drive. Although striping is not used within a single mirrored drive pair, multiple RAID 1 arrays can be striped together to create a single large array consisting of pairs of mirrored drives. All writes must go to both drives of a mirrored pair so that the information on the drives is kept identical. However, each individual drive can perform simultaneous, independent read operations. Mirroring thus doubles the read performance of a single non-mirrored drive and while the write performance is unchanged. RAID 1 delivers the best performance of any redundant array type. In addition, there is less performance degradation during drive failure than in RAID 5 arrays.

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Under RAID 5 parity information is distributed across all the drives. Since there is no dedicated parity drive, all drives contain data and read operations can be overlapped on every drive in the array. Write operations will typically access one data drive and one parity drive. However, because different records store their parity on different drives, write operations can usually be overlapped.

RAID 6 is similar to RAID 5 in that data protection is achieved by writing parity information to the physical drives in the array. With RAID 6, however, two sets of parity data are used. These two sets are different, and each set occupies a capacity equivalent to that of one of the constituent drives. The main advantage of RAID 6 is High data availability – any two drives can fail without loss of critical data.

Dual-level RAID achieves a balance between the increased data availability inherent in RAID 1 and RAID 5 and the increased read performance inherent in disk striping (RAID 0). These arrays are sometimes referred to as RAID 0+1 or RAID 10 and RAID 0+5 or RAID 50.

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In summary: RAID 0 is the fastest and most efficient array type but offers no fault-tolerance. RAID

0 requires a minimum of one drive.

RAID 1 is the best choice for performance-critical, fault-tolerant environments. RAID 1 is the only choice for fault-tolerance if no more than two drives are used.

RAID 5 combines efficient, fault-tolerant data storage with good performance characteristics. However, write performance and performance during drive failure is slower than with RAID 1. Rebuild operations also require more time than with RAID 1 because parity information is also reconstructed. At least three drives are required for RAID 5 arrays.

RAID 6 is essentially an extension of RAID level 5 which allows for additional fault tolerance by using a second independent distributed parity scheme (two-dimensional parity). Data is striped on a block level across a set of drives, just like in RAID 5, and a second set of parity is calculated and written across all the drives; RAID 6 provides for an extremely high data fault tolerance and can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failures. It is a perfect solution for mission critical applications.

1.3 Array Definition

1.3.1 Drive Group

A Drive Group is a group of physical drives attached to the RAID controller, and where one or more Virtual Drives (VD) can be created. All Virtual Drives in the Drive Group use all of the physical drives in the Drive Group. It is not possible to have multiple Disk Groups on the same physical disks. If physical disks of different capacity are grouped together in a Drive Group, then the capacity of the smallest disk will become the effective capacity of all the disks in the Drive Group.

1.3.2 Virtual Drive A Virtual Drive is seen by the operating system as a single drive or logical device. A Virtual Drive is a storage unit created by the RAID controller from one or more physical drives. If there is an existing Drive Group and there is available Free Space, then a new Virtual Drive can still be created. Depending on the RAID level used, the Virtual Drive may retain redundant data in case of a drive failure.

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Chapter 2 Getting Started

2.1 Packaging, Shipment and Delivery Before removing the subsystem from the shipping carton, you should visually

inspect the physical condition of the shipping carton.

Unpack the subsystem and verify that the contents of the shipping carton are all there and in good condition.

Exterior damage to the shipping carton may indicate that the contents of the carton are damaged.

If any damage is found, do not remove the components; contact the dealer where you purchased the subsystem for further instructions.

2.2 Unpacking the WSS NAS System The package contains the following items:

NAS System Unit

Two (2) power cords

Four (4) Ethernet LAN cables

One (1) RS232 null modem cable (phone jack to DB9)

One (1) USB-to-PS/2 converter cable

Installation Reference Guide

Spare screws, etc.

If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance.

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2.3 Identifying Parts of the WSS NAS System The illustrations below identify the various parts of the subsystem.

2.3.1 Front View

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2.3.2 Rear View

1. Mute – Use the mute button to stop the power supply buzzer alarm.

2. RS232 Port (Phone-Jack) – This is used for upgrading the firmware of JBOD Controller SAS Expander board.

3. LAN Ports – The system comes with four 1Gigabit Ethernet ports LAN1, LAN2,

LAN3, and LAN4.

4. SAS Expansion Port – For connecting to SAS Expansion Chassis.

5. COM1 and COM2 Serial Ports – The system has two serial ports COM1 and

COM2.

6. Power On/Off Switch – Use this switch to power on the system.

7. Power Supply A, B – Two power supplies PSU-A and PSU-B are located at the rear of the NAS system.

8. AC Power Input Socket – Use this to plug in the power cable connected from power source.

9. USB 2.0 ports – Four USB ports are located at the rear of the system; two other USB ports are located in front of the system (behind the LCD front panel).

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2.3.3 LCD Display Panel

PARTS FUNCTION

Up and Down Arrow buttons

Use the Up or Down arrow keys to go through the information on the LCD screen. This is also used to move between each menu.

Select button This is used to enter the option you have selected.

Exit button EXIT Press this button to return to the previous menu.

Use the function keys to navigate through the menus in the front panel. The menus will show the JBOD SAS Expander Board firmware version, disk status, fan status, voltage status, and allows you to disable or enable the alarm buzzer.

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Menu Diagram Model-Name Chassis ID:0

F/W V 1.1.6N Disk Status ID:001-16 > S 1*0* 33C S 2*0* 32C : S 15*0* 31C S 16*0* 30C Power Status

Good > PSU-A: Good PSU-B: Good FAN Status Good > Fan1: 3409 RPM Fan2: 2616 RPM Fan3: 3479 RPM Fan4: 2596 RPM Voltage Status Good > +5V : 5.23V +12V : 12.33V Buzzer Status Disabled > Disable Buzzer / Enable Buzzer SPINUP Interval 1 Second(s) > Seconds Interval 1 2 : 20

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2.4 Drive Carrier Module The Drive Carrier Module houses a 3.5 inch hard disk drive. It is designed for maximum airflow and incorporates a carrier locking mechanism to prevent unauthorized access to the HDD.

2.4.1 Disk Drive Status Indicators Every Drive Carrier has 2 status indicator lights. One indicator light is used for Power On/Error. When this light is GREEN the power is on and everything is functioning normally. When the Power On/Error light is RED, then an error has occur that requires the user’s attention. The other status indicator light is the hard disk drive access light. When the hard disk drive is being accessed, this light will flash BLUE. In addition, both indicator lights are viewable within a 170° arc.

2.4.2 Lock Indicator

Every Drive Carrier is lockable and is fitted with a lock indicator to indicate whether or not the carrier is locked into the chassis or not. Each carrier is also fitted with an ergonomic handle for easy carrier removal. When the Lock Groove is horizontal, this indicates that the Drive Carrier is locked. When the Lock Groove is vertical, then the Drive Carrier is unlocked. Lock and unlock the Drive Carriers by using a flat-head screw driver.

Disk Status Indicator

Disk Activity Indicator

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2.5 Installing Hard Drives

This section describes the physical locations of the hard drives supported by thee NAS system and give instructions on installing a hard drive. The system supports hot-swapping allowing you to install or replace a hard drive while the NAS system is running.

a. To remove a drive tray, make sure it is in unlocked position. Then press the

carrier open button. The Drive Carrier handle will flip open.

c. Pull out an empty disk tray. Pull the handle outwards to remove the carrier from the enclosure.

d. Place the hard drive in the disk tray. Make sure the holes of the disk tray align with the holes of the hard drive.

e. Install the mounting screws on the bottom part to secure the drive in the disk tray.

f. Slide the tray into a slot.

g. Close the handle until you hear the latch click into place.

Carrier Open Button

Drive Carrier is locked

Drive Carrier is Unlocked

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2.6 Preparing the System

1. Attach network cable to Ethernet port LAN0. Connect the other end to your

network switch. You may also connect the other Ethernet ports if needed. 2. Connect monitor to the VGA port.

3. Connect PS/2 keyboard and mouse to the USB-to-PS/2 converter cable, and then

connect the USB connector to the USB port on the NAS.

4. Connect a USB DVD-ROM drive to the USB port. This is needed when installing the WSS OS.

2.7 Powering On

1. Plug in the two power cords into the AC Power Input Socket of PSU located at the rear of the NAS system.

NOTE: The NAS system is equipped with redundant, full range power supplies with PFC (power factor correction). The system will automatically select voltage.

2. Open the protective cover of the Power On/Off Switch.

3. Press the Power On/Off Switch to power on the NAS.

4. The Power LED on the front Panel will turn green.

5. Follow the steps in the next chapter to create a RAID configuration.

6. Follow the steps in the succeeding chapter to change motherboard BIOS setting

and install WSS OS.

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Chapter 3 Installing WSS Operating System

3.1 Changing the Motherboard BIOS Configuration Before installing WSS OS, the motherboard BIOS must be configured in order to boot the system to USB DVD-ROM drive.

Motherboard BIOS Setting

1. Press DEL to BIOS Setup.

2. EXIT Load Optimal Defaults …. [OK ]

3. BOOT Boot Setting Configuration Quiet Boot Disable

4. Boot Boot Setting Configuration POST Delay Time 80 SEC

5. Boot Boot Device Priority

1st Boot Device [USB: DVDROM]

2nd Boot Device [SATA:3M-InnoLite S]

6. Exit Save Changes and Exit [OK]

Hardware Requirement

USB 2.0 DVD ROM and USB Cable

Keyboard, Mouse and VGA Monitor

DVD Provided with NAS

Recover DVD (Bootable and MS e-Document Included)

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3.2 NAS Setting with WSS Recovery Program

1. NAS System connected with USB DVD ROM

2. Setting M/B BIOS as description above and boot from UBS CD ROM.

3. Configure NAS HDD with RAID format ( Please refer to NAS hardware manual )

4. One partition to Volume Set 0 for OS (about 50GB ).

Please skip this item if you have installed SATA DOM.

5. The remaining capacity to other Volume set 1 is for data storage.

6. Insert the Recovery DVD.

7. Please press ENTER. If the screen displays “Window Boot Manager Windows

Setup [EMS Enabled]”

Notice: Please make sure the data have already backup before Recovery. Due to

the recovery will erase all of your disk data.

8. Please wait 30 second for “Winpeinit” starting

9. Please press any key to recovery your system.

Notice: Press CTRL+C and type exit if you don’t want to recovery your system.

10. Recovery finished. Press any key to Reboot.

11. Restart the machine.

The system will show “Type for your product key for activation “, please input

the following information:

1. Input Your WSS2008 Product Key ( Please check serial number on the

machine)

2. License Agreement Press “Accept”

3. Reboot ………

Note: Default Administrator Password: “wSS2008!”

12. You can use WSS2008 after rebooting.

The system will auto start on oobe.exe.

13. Please do the action of Product Activation (Please refer to the next section)

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3.3 Shutdown Procedure A way to Logout/Reboot/Shutdown the WSS2008 Server is provided.

Please click on Start Shutdown, and then select Logout, Reboot, or Shutdown.

NOTE: If you select Shutdown, when the screen displays "It is now safe to turn off your computer", please wait at least ten seconds before you turn off the power.

The initiator hard to recognize iSCSI targets. (iSCSI Target function Only Support “Standard” and “Enterprise” version)

1. The initiator IQN identifier in the target has a typographical error. Check Target -> Properties -> Initiators. The foolproof method is to copy and paste the initiator IQN into the target’s identifier list.

2. Ensure that firewall ports and exceptions are correctly set.

Please use the following netsh commands to open the necessary ports on the Windows Storage Server 2008 appliance hosting the iSCSI targets:

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Microsoft iSCSI Software Target Service-TCP-3260" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=3260

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Microsoft iSCSI Software Target Service-TCP-135" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=135

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Microsoft iSCSI Software Target Service-UDP-138" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=138

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Microsoft iSCSI Software Target Service" dir=in action=allow program="%SystemRoot%\System32\WinTarget.exe" enable=yes

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Microsoft iSCSI Software Target Service Status Proxy" dir=in action=allow program="%SystemRoot%\System32\WTStatusProxy.exe" enable=yes

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RAID Card Management Please click “MegaRAID Storage Manager” on desktop or from start Program

MegaRAID Storage Manager Start UI Username: administrator Password: wSS2008!

Please read the manual for RAID management from DVD Path : \DOCS & Drivers\DOCS\RAID CARD

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3.3 WSS 2008 Product Activation

What is Product Activation？ Microsoft Product Activation is designed to confirm the legal authorization of MS product. It’s a rapid, simple and securable procedure to insurance customer rights.

How to complete the Product Activation? After install Windows Storage Server 2008, please active it in 60 days. If you do the process over 60 days, all the function will be not available expect the activation step. Right click on the [My Computer], choose [Properties] and refer to the following steps:

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(1). You can choose “Activate Windows online now” or “other way to activate”. If you choose telephone activation, please refer to the following steps: Please press [Show me other ways to activate].

(2). Please press [Use the automated phone system].

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(3). Click the nearest location

(4). After tell the customer service representative with your “Installation ID”, then

they will tell you the “Confirmation ID”. Type the confirmation ID the phone system gives you:

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If I re-install Windows Storage Server 2008, do I have to re-do the Product

Activation? Yes, if you format the HDD and re-install Windows Storage Server 2008, you have re-do the Product Activation.

You can also do the product activation via the following telephone:

Country Telephone ( Charged)

Telephone (Free of Charged)

Taiwan (02) 8771 7276 (Taipei) 00-800-2468-1668

China + 86 755 340 9237 800 830-1832

Hong Kong + 852 2904-2198

Argentina 54-11-4317-2626 0-800-888-8800

Australia + 61 2 9870 2131 1 800 642 008

Austria + 44 870 2411963 0800 000 000

Bahamas 54-11-4317-2626 (International)

Bahrain 971 4 397 5443 800 943

Bangladesh + 65-6324-8098

Belarus 7 095 745 5445 (Moscow)，7 812 118 3636 (st. Petersburg)

Belgium + 44 870 2411963 0800 40758

Belize 54-11-4317-2626 (International)

Bermuda 716-871-2919

Bhutan + 65-6324-8098

Bolivia 54-11-4317-2626 (International) 800-10-0155

Brasilia (11) 3328-3396 0-800-701-1774

Bulgaria 359 2 731 088

Canada 716-871-2919 888-352-7140

Chile 54-11-4317-2626 (International) 800-36-2626

Colombia 54-11-4317-2626 (International) 980-9-54-5701

Costarica 54-11-4317-2626 (International) 0800-054-1001

Dan marks + 44 870 2411963 807 01315

Finland + 44 870 2411963 0800 770215

France + 33 1 55 174 075 0805 11 02 35

Germany + 44 870 2411963 0800 2848283

Greece + 44 870 2411963 800 11 43 100

Guam + 61 2 9870 2131

Hungrarain 36 1 267-4636

Iceland + 47 23 162 126

India +91 11 2629 2640 or +65-6324-8098 1600 1111 00 or 000800 650 1122

Indonesia + 65-6324-8098 001-803-65-7668

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Country Telephone ( Charged)

Telephone (Free of Charged)

Ireland + 44 870 2411963 1800 930031

Israel + 44 870 2411963 013 800 22848283 or 1800 350 444

Italy + 44 870 2411963 800 531042

Japan 813-5738-2056 or 03-5738-2056 0120-801-734

Jordan 961 1 983 348 0800 22 101

Korean 02-567-7881 080-985-2000

Lithuania 370 2 723 035

Luxembourg + 44 870 2411963 800 2 99 77

Malaysia + 02-6324 8098 or (03) 37712-4389 00-800-2468-1668

Mexico 54-11-4317-2626 01-800-123-0143

Morocco 212 22 36 88 00

Nepal + 65-6324-8098

Netherland + 44 870 2411963 0800 023 3487

Newzealand +64 9 356 3093 0800 676 334

Norway + 44 870 2411963 800 56615

Peru 54-11-4317-2626 0-800-50-810

Philippines + 65-6324-8098 00-800-2468-1668

Poland 48 22 43 11 999 0801 308 801

Puerttorico 54-11-4317-2626

Romania +40 1 203 6161

Singapore + 65-6324-8098 1800-324-8098

South Africa +27 11 257 0000 0800 99 56 37

Spain + 44 870 2411963 900 150 889

Sweden + 44 870 2411963 020-140 0015

Switzerland (44) (870) 241-1963 (0) (800) 111-060

Thailand + 65-6324-8098 001-800-2468-1668

Turkey 90 212 33 66 999

British + 44 870 2411963 0800 018 8354

USA 716-871-2919 888-352-7140

Vietnam + 65-6324-8098

Yemen 971 4 397 5443