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TEXAS MEMORY SYSTEMS, INC.
RamSan-325/325c
User’s Manual
Version 2.2
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Any trademarks or registered trademarks used in this document belong to the companies that own them. Copyright © 2005, Texas Memory Systems, Inc. All rights are reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems - without permission of the copyright owner. RamSan-325
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Table of Contents Preface ................................................................................................................1 Document Overview.................................................................................................1 Conventions............................................................................................................1 Safety Precautions ..............................................................................................
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Chapter 8 – SNMP Configuration................................................................................ 92 8.1 Enabling SNMP settings ............................................................................... 92 Chapter 9 – System Maintenance............................................................................... 97 9.1 Updating System Firmware .......................................................................... 97 9.2 Hot Swapping Power Supplies.................
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Preface Document Overview This document provides operating procedures for the RamSan-325/325c. It covers installation, management, and troubleshooting issues. Conventions This document uses the following textual conventions: Select Front panel button descriptions Ethernet Setup Front panel text (menu items) lunconfig Management port (serial/Telnet) commands and text. Safety Precautions PLEASE OBSERVE ALL DUE SAFETY MEASURES WHEN WORKING WITH SENSITIVE ELECTRICAL EQUIPM
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Revision History The following table describes revisions to this document: Version Comments Date Firmware 1.0 Initial release 08/15/2003 1.1 Added component photographs 09/11/2003 Added information about using the help function in the text management interface. Added Appendix A. 1.2 Updated power supply details. 10/02/2003 1.3 Added details for the RamSan-300 10/07/2003 1.4 Updated Figure 2-1: RamSan-320 Layout 11/21/2003 Added Appendix B: FCC Notice Added Appendix C: Warran
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Chapter 1 – Introduction 1.1 Overview The RamSan-325 series solid-state disk uses DDR RAM (memory) as its primary storage. This technology enables practically instantaneous data access, which results in dramatic application performance increases. Texas Memory Systems (TMS) designed the RamSan to be highly available and fault tolerant. The system has higher availability than RAID or JBOD systems because the primary storage media is DDR RAM, which does not require moving parts. Ad
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1.2 System Components The system components for the RamSan-325/325c include: • Main system memory ranging from 16 to 64 Gigabytes (325c) or 32 to 128 Gigabytes (325) • One to four Fibre Channel controllers • Dual, redundant hot-swappable power supplies • Redundant fans • Ethernet monitoring port • Serial monitoring port • Front panel display for monitoring and configuration • SNMP based monitoring • Java-based Web monitoring • Internal backup RAID • Redundant batteries (N+1)
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The system monitors the internal disks and batteries for a failure condition. In such an event, it notifies the operator of an error through the front panel display and the management software. 1.5 Configurable Backup The RamSan-325 allows the administrator to set backup modes for each LUN individually or system wide. TM Active Backup mode (optional) This ideal mode for most users is only available from Texas Memory Systems. In Active Backup mode, the RamSan uses available inter
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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 come into contact with any circuit boards, components or connectors. Electrostatic discharge can damage the components used in the RamSan and its interfaces. 2.2 Battery Warning The internal batteries in the RamSan-325 are charged with enough voltage to power a fully loaded system for approximately 30 minutes. However, the batteries ma
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Figure 2-1: RamSan-325 Layout RamSan-325/325c User’s Manual - 7 -
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2.4 Rack Mounting The RamSan-325 series solid state disk is a 3U rack-mountable system. TMS ships the system with the slides and equipment needed to install it into a standard 19” rack. 2.5 Connecting the Fibre Channel Ports After you have inspected the system and properly mounted it, connect the Fibre Channel ports on the RamSan to your server or to a Fibre Channel switch. FC 4 FC 3 FC 2 FC 1 Gbit Ethernet Figure 2-2: RamSan Interface Plate Your system includes fr
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“Power” AC Voltage Figure 2-3 RamSan Power Supply The power supply includes the following button and indicators: “Power” switch The large black button above the power supplies acts as an on/off switch and will silence the warning buzzer. • The button provides a means to activate the power supplies (turn them on) after a system shutdown. If the system shuts down for any reason other than a power failure, press the “Power” switch to turn the system back on. If power is restored
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AC Voltage indicator light When the power supply is connected to AC power and is operating properly, the indicator light attached to each power supply is green. If the green light is not on, either the power supply is disconnected from an AC power source or the power supply has failed. Check the power cable to determine if power has been lost to the supply or whether the supply has failed. The front panel display, Text Management Interface, or Web interface, may provide additional inf
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2. In a RamSan-325, the front panel Restoring Data ... 73.8% displays “Restoring Data” and cycles between a progress bar and an estimated time until completion. Administrators may use this to determine how much Restoring Data ... 73.8% time before the system is on-line. Est. Time Left 04:03 This information is also available through the Text Management Interface. This process will take approximately 12 minutes for a fully loaded system. If all system LUNs are s
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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. It displays the current progress of disk synchronization and shows system warnings and failures. The RamSan’s front panel allows you to: • Inspect the state of the system • Change the method of IP address assignment • Shutdown the system Figure 3-1 displays the RamSan-325’s front panel: Figure 3-1: RamSan-325 Front Panel Fo
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↓ The “ ↓” button scrolls down through the menu. The “ ↓” button is also used confirm certain commands, as indicated on the display. If the menu is not selected, this button is disabled. 3.1.1 Front Panel menu system layout The following details the menu system of the front panel display: Main Menu System Information Firmware Version Memory Size LUNs Configured IP Address # of Controllers FC Firmware System Uptime Ethernet Setup Show Current Config Ethernet Add
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3.2 Text Management Interface The RamSan’s management port allows you to manage, configure, and monitor system behavior. You may connect to the management port with either a DB-9 serial cable or an RJ-45 Ethernet cable. 3.2.1 Connecting using a terminal program To connect to the RamSan using a serial port connection, use a dumb terminal or a terminal emulation program such as Windows™ HyperTerminal. Set your baud rate to 9600 with 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, and no flo
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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 Management Interface Sub-Menu: Figure 3-3: Text Management Interface Sub-Menu When in a sub-menu, the user can select “C” to cancel or press the “ESC” key to return to the menu. Once satisfied with the changes made on a menu, the user must select “S” to save all of the changes. Pressing “ESC” or selecting “Q” disregards any changes and r
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TMS designed some screens to display status information and display data as in Figure 3-4: Text Management Interface Status Screen: Figure 3-4: Text Management Interface Status Screen On status screens, the program provides the user with several options: • Press ‘Q’ to exit the menu • Press ‘I’ or ‘D’ to increment or decrement the interval between statistics updates in ¼ second intervals • Enter ‘R’ to immediately refresh the data on the screen • Enter [SPACE] to view addit
