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TEXAS MEMORY SYSTEMS, INC. RamSan-300/320/325 User’s Manual Version 2.1

1.6 Performance The RamSan-3xx series solid state disk is the ultimate in performance storage. With up to eight Fibre Channel ports in a 3U pack

8.1.2 SNMP Trap configuration The RamSan has the ability to send unsolicited messages to managers when it detects a significant event. The SNMP

To remove a trap receiver from the list of Trap IPs: • Select “Remove IP address from the trap list” • Select the IP to be removed and press [

Chapter 9 – System Maintenance Texas Memory Systems designed the RamSan to be easily maintainable. You can update firmware from the web interfac

A new window will appear … • Click the “Browse” button to select the patch file. • Click the “Submit File” button. Figure 9-2: Uploading Patch

The system will begin to update the firmware and provide progress in the patching process: Important: Do not close this window while the system is

9.3 Hot Swapping Disk Drives The RamSan-320 includes three internal hard disk drives in a RAID configuration. The RamSan-325 includes four inter

9.4 Batteries The RamSan-320/325 is equipped with three redundant 30-minute Lithium Ion batteries. The batteries are designed to protect the data

Chapter 10 – Troubleshooting The RamSan is a complex system with many redundant features to safeguard your data; however, components can fail. Th

Chapter 11 – Specifications 11.1 Physical Characteristics Rack Mount Size: 3U (5.25”) x 26” deep Weight: up to 90 lbs. Voltage: 90 ~

Appendix A – RamSan-3xx Series Replacement Parts Figure A-1 MCP-65 Management Control Processor Figure B-2 FC-65 Dual Channel 2-Gigabit Fibre

Chapter 2 – Installation 2.1 Electro-Static Discharge Warning Important: Please take full E.S.D. precautions if it is necessary at any time to

Figure B-3 Power Supply Module Figure A-5 Memory Blade RamSan-300/320/325 User’s Manual - 106 -

Figure A-6 120 Gigabyte Replacement Hard Drive RamSan-300/320/325 User’s Manual - 107 -

Appendix B – FCC/Safety Notices Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance cou

Appendix C – Warranty, Maintenance, Field Service, and Repair Policy BRONZE WARRANTY Equipment purchased from Texas Memory Systems, Inc. (TMS) is

shipping container. Once the RMA has been issued, the items must be returned to TMS within thirty (30) days, or else the RMA will be cancelled.

OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY Faulty equipment may be returned to the factory for repair up to five years after purchase with appropriate RMA. The customer

Appendix D – Serial Port Settings You may connect to the management port with either a DB-9 serial cable or an RJ-45 Ethernet cable. The followin

Appendix E – SNMP Trap Definitions The following list provides detailed information about the SNMP v2 notifications (traps) that the RamSan 320/3

Name temp-state-notif Description The temperature state has changed Includes Message Temperature State: -1 notImplemented This indicates there

Name power-state-notif Description The power state has changed Includes Message Power State: -1 notImplemented This indicates there may be an S

Figure 2-1: RamSan-320/325 Layout RamSan-300/320/325 User’s Manual - 8 -

Name battery-state-notif Description The battery state has changed Includes Message Battery State: -1 notImplemented This indicates there may b

Name fan-state-notif Description The fan state has changed Includes Message Fan State: -1 notImplemented This indicates there may be an SNMP re

Name array-state-notif Description The disk array state has changed Includes Message Name fc-state-notif Description A fibre channel controll

2.4 Rack Mounting The RamSan-3xx series solid state disk is a 3U rack-mountable system. TMS ships the system with the slides and equipment neede

Figure 2-3 RamSan Power Supply The power supply includes the following button and indicators: “Power” switch The large black button above the po

AC Voltage indicator light When the power supply is connected to AC power and is operating properly, the indicator light attached to each power sup

2. In a RamSan-320/325, the front panel displays “Restoring Data” and cycles between a progress bar and an estimated time until completion. Admini

Chapter 3 – Management Tool Overview 3.1 Front Panel Display The Front Panel Display provides a quick and easy way view the RamSan’s status. I

↓ The “↓” button scrolls down through the menu. The “↓” button is also used confirm certain commands, as indicated on the display. If the menu

3.2 Text Management Interface The RamSan’s management port allows you to manage, configure, and monitor system behavior. You may connect to th

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Figure 3-2: Text Management Interface When the user selects some menu items, the program displays sub-menus, as shown in Figure 3-3: Text Managem

TMS designed some screens to display status information and display data as in Figure 3-4: Text Management Interface Status Screen: Figure 3-4: T

Some of the sub-menus have a large numbers of items and therefore scroll. In Figure 3-5: Scrolling Sub-Menus, notice to the right of the choices t

Figure 3-6: Web Management Interface 3.4 SNMP RamSans support the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which is the dominant network mana

Chapter 4 – Administration Functions 4.1 Security The RamSan has several features that allow the administrator to control system access, includi

Via Web Interface To change the administrator password via the web interface: • Click on the “Management Control Processor” graphic • Click the “

Via Text Management To change the administrator password via Text Management Interface: • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “Management setup” •

Via Web Management To enable/disable Telnet via the web interface: • Click on the “Management Control Processor” graphic • Click on the “Network”

Via Text Management • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “Management setup” • Select “Enable/Disable Telnet.” If Telnet is currently enabled, yo

4.1.4 Enable/disable Web Interface The system allows the administrator to disable Web access to prevent users from accessing the system through th

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4.2 Configuring System Date and Time The RamSan uses the system date and time to update the event log. This feature aids in troubleshooting. 4.2

Via Text Management To change the system time via Text Management Interface: • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “Management setup” • Select “Set

• Displays a list of the current IP configuration, hostname, IP address, subnet mask, gateway address (if applicable), and hardware Ethernet addre

Talk to your network administrator for the proper IP assignment type. The default factory setting is DHCP. Use the “Select” button to select the

After confirming the new IP assignment mode, the display indicates “Shutting Down Network…” followed by a success or failure message. Then, the di

4.3.2 Configuring Ethernet Settings via Web Management Interface To setup the Ethernet via the Web Management Interface: • Click the “Management

4.3.3 Configuring Ethernet settings via Text Management Interface • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “Management setup” • Select “Configure Eth

To set the hostname: • Select “Select hostname” • Enter the hostname and press [ENTER] • When all Ethernet setup is complete, select “Save cha

Now, the front panel display indicates that the system is powering off. Depending on the system mode and the size of memory, this procedure may ta

4.5 Installing New Feature Licenses The RamSan allows the administrator to add license keys as new features become available. 4.5.1 Via the Web

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4.5.2 Via Text Management To add a new feature license via the Text Management Interface: • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “Management setup”

4.6.1 Download Configuration Settings Via the Web Interface To download the configuration settings via the Web Interface: • Click on the “Manage

4.6.2 Upload Configuration Settings Via the Web Interface To upload the configuration settings via the Web Interface: • Click on the “Management

Chapter 5 – Monitoring Functions 5.1 Viewing System health and status The RamSan makes it possible to view system health variables in a variety

Status The following status levels are possible: “GOOD” This is normal operation. “WARNING” Indicates that the RamSan has detected a system wa

Fibre Channel Performance The front panel display can show the Fibre Channel Controller performance: From the front panel main menu, select “Act

LED Performance Monitoring If your system is equipped with front panel LEDs, you can also view bandwidth and IOPS: From the front panel main men

5.1.2 Identifying a RamSan When you have more than one RamSan, the “Identify Device” feature helps you to physically locate which RamSan you are m

5.1.3 Viewing System Uptime The system uptime provides information about how long the system has been powered on. Via Web Interface To view the

Via Text Management To view the system uptime via Text Management Interface: • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “Health and Status” The system

Preface Document Overview This document provides operating procedures for the RamSan-300/320/325. It covers installation, management, and troubles

5.1.4 Viewing System Health The system health allows the user to monitor vital system health statistics, such as general state information, voltag

Batteries (Not displayed for the RamSan-300) • Click on the “Batteries” graphic • Click on the “General Info” tab Figure 5-5: Battery Status vi

Management Control Processor To view the MCP status via web interface: • Click on the “Management Control Processor” graphic • Click on the “Gene

Power Supplies • Click on the “Power Supply” graphic • Click on the “General Info” tab Figure 5-7: Power Supply Status via Web Interface RamSa

Fans • Click on the “Fans” graphic • Click on the “General Info” tab Figure 5-8: Fans Status via Web interface RamSan-300/320/325 User’s Manua

Via Text Management • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “Health and Status” • Select “View system monitor” Figure 5-9: Text Management Interfac

Figure 5-10: Text Management Interface System Health Details By pressing the “V” key while on the System Health Status screen, the system will di

5.1.5 Viewing Detailed Fibre Channel Controller Status Via Web Interface The Web interface allows you to view all of the fibre channel information

Via Text Management • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “Health and Status” • Select “View Controller Status” Figure 5-12: Fibre Channel Contro

5.2 Statistics The storage administrator can monitor important statistics that define the level of system performance through the various managem

Revision History The following table describes revisions to this document: Version Comments Date Firmware 1.0 Initial release 08/15/2003 1.1 A

fibre channel controller in the system. It also displays a total across all of the FCs present. Figure 5-14: IO/sec Summary RamSan-300/320/3

5.2.2 Viewing Bandwidth Summary Via Web Interface To view the bandwidth statistics via the web interface: • Click on one of the “Fibre Channel”

Via Text Management To view the bandwidth summary via Text Management Interface: • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “Health and Status” • Select

5.2.3 Viewing Transfer Size View the transfer size to monitor how the file system is processing your data. This information can be used understan

Via Text Management To view the bandwidth summary via Text Management Interface: • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “Health and Status” • Select

5.2.4 Viewing Queue Depth Summary Use the outstanding queue depth summary to analyze the utilization of the RamSan’s resources. If the queue dept

Via Text Management To view the bandwidth summary via Text Management Interface: • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “Health and Status” • Select

5.2.5 Viewing Controller Details Via Text Management To view the controller details via Text Management Interface: • From the Telnet Main Menu,

Via Text Management To view the system event log or support log via Text Management Interface: • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “Log Files” •

5.3.4 Configuring Remote Logging The RamSan is capable of sending log messages to a remote log using standard RFC 3164 BSD Syslog Protocol message

Chapter 1 – Introduction 1.1 Overview The RamSan-3xx series solid-state disk uses SDRAM (memory) as its primary storage. This technology enabl

Chapter 6 – LUN Configuration The extremely versatile RamSan-3xx series supports a variety of configurations and access control methods. LUN co

6.1 A Example LUN Configuration This section summarizes how to change the system memory configuration from the default factory configuration to a

6.2 Adding LUNs The RamSan allows the administrator to add LUNs through the Text Management Interface and the web interface. 6.2.1 Via Web Inter

6.2.2 Via Text Management To add LUN(s) via the Text Management Interface: • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “LUN Setup” • Select “Add LUN(s)”

6.3 Viewing LUN Status / LUN Map To help you visualize the setup of the system LUNs, TMS provides a LUN map in the Text Management Interface and

To view the LUNs available to a particular Fibre Channel Controller: • Click on the “Fibre Channel Controller” graphic. • Click on the “Available

6.3.2 Via Text Management To view the LUN map via Text Management Interface: • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “LUN Setup” • Select “Print det

6.4.2 Via Text Management Linking Fibre Channel Controllers • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “LUN Setup” • Select “Link/unlink fibre channel

Unlinking Fibre Channel Ports from LUN To unlink a LUN from an FC controller: • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “LUN Setup” • Select “Link/un

6.5 Changing LUN Numbers The configuration utilities allow you to change the LUN numbers. 6.5.1 Via Web Interface To change LUN numbers via th

1.2 System Components The system components for the RamSan-300 include: • Main system memory ranging from 16 to 64 Gigabytes (300/320) • Main

6.6 Resizing LUNs The Text Management Interface makes it possible to change the LUN sizes. The configuration utilities allow you to both increas

6.7 Managing Access Lists The Text Management Interface provides the ability to create access lists for individual Fibre Channel ports. This all

Adding Access Lists To add a worldwide port name to a LUN access list: • Select LUN (See instructions in Section 6.5 ) • From the Telnet Main M

Setting SCSI device identifiers This allows a user to set an SCSI device identifier between 1 and 255. • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “LUN

6.8 Deleting LUNs The Text Management Interface and web interface allow the administrator to delete LUNs. 6.8.1 Via Web Interface To delete LUN

6.8.2 Via Text Management To delete LUNs via the Text Management Interface: • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “LUN Setup” • Select “Delete LUN

6.9.1 Via Web Interface To set the LUN’s backup mode via the Web Management Interface: • Click on the “Management Control Processor” graphic. •

Volatile mode (optional) This operational mode disables the backup functionality for the LUN making it completely volatile. In the case of system

Chapter 7 – Fibre Channel Controller Configuration The RamSan allows the user to select the topology, link speed, and failover options for the Fi

Via Text Management • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “Controller setup” • Select “Select controller” • Choose a controller from the sub-menu

failure occurs, the RamSan-320/325 contains redundant batteries. When fully functional and fully charged, the batteries are able to provide at leas

Figure 7-3: Auto-Detect Error For more information regarding the settings appropriate for your application, please consult your fibre channel adm

Primary (Active, Secondary is X) This state is identical to “Primary (Active)” state with one important difference: the administrator has selected

the administrator resets this controller back to “Primary (Active)” state result in errors because the drives appear to have been removed. TMS doe

Via Text Management To view or change the state via the Text Management Interface: • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “Controller setup” Fig

7.3 Resetting a Fibre Channel Controller The system allows you to reset a fibre channel controller in the unlikely situation that a fibre channel

7.4 Clearing Fibre Channel Controller Statistics The system allows you to clear fibre channel controller statistics in order to resolve system wa

To view the fibre channel console through the Text Management Interface: • From the Telnet Main Menu, select “Health and status” • Select “Advanc

Chapter 8 – SNMP Configuration 8.1 Enabling SNMP settings RamSans support the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which is the dominant n

Table 1 describes the SNMP default configuration: Feature: Default Setting: SNMP Community Strings: Read: Read Read/Write: ReadWrite Syste

To change the system location: • Select “Change the system location” • Enter the system location and press [ENTER] To change the system contac