CHALLENGE® RAID Installation and Maintenance Instructions
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CHALLENGE^® RAID Installation and Maintenance Instructions

Document Number: 108-0128-006

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Table of Contents

About This Guide

Structure of This Document
Conventions

1. Challenge RAID Kit Contents

2. Challenge RAID Chassis Tour

SCSI–2 Interface
Storage–Control Processor (SP)
Disk–Drive Modules
Power Supply Module (Voltage Semi-Regulated Converter)
Fan Module
Optional Battery Backup Unit (BBU)
Challenge RAID Configurations

3. Installing a Challenge RAID Storage System

Setting Up a Challenge RAID Rack
Opening the Rear Door of a Challenge RAID Rack
Reseating Subassemblies
Labeling Disk Modules
Cabling Challenge RAID Configurations
Setting SCSI IDs for Storage-Control Processors
Cabling an Additional Challenge RAID Storage System (or Chassis Assembly) on a SCSI–2 Bus Channel
Setting SCSI IDs for SPs in a Second Challenge RAID on the Same SCSI–2 Bus Channel
Powering On Challenge RAID

4. Installing the Challenge RAID Software and Configuring Disks

Installing the Challenge RAID Software
Creating a Configuration File
Starting the Agent
Using raidcli Commands
Getting the Device Name With raidcli getagent
Unbinding Disks
Planning the Bind
Allocating Memory for RAID-3 LUNs
Binding Disks Into RAID Units
Enabling Command-Tagged Queuing
Understanding Dual Processors, Load Balancing, and Device Names
Setting Up Caching

5. Maintaining and Upgrading Disk Modules

Handling FRUs
Identifying and Verifying a Failed Disk Module
Unbinding the Disk
Replacing a Disk Module
Installing an Add-On Disk Module Array

6. Maintaining and Upgrading SPs

Opening and Closing the Fan Module
Locating the SPs
Replacing or Adding an SP
Installing or Removing SP Memory Modules (SIMMs)
Upgrading FLARE 7.xx to FLARE 8.xx for Sauna
Upgrading Sauna to Phoenix
Upgrading to FLARE 9.xx in a Storage System With RAID-3 LUNs

7. Maintaining and Upgrading Other Components

Opening and Closing the Fan Module
Replacing or Adding a Power Supply Module
Replacing a Fan Module
Replacing or Adding a Battery Backup Unit
Replacing the Power Distribution Unit in a Challenge RAID Rack
Installing an Additional Chassis Assembly in a Challenge RAID Rack

A. Technical Specifications

B. The raidcli Command-Line Interface

bind
chglun
clearlog
clearstats
firmware
getagent
getcache
getcontrol
getcrus
getdisk
getlog
getlun
getsp
setcache
setstats
trespass
unbind

C. Troubleshooting

Determining Firmware Failure
Restarting the Agent
Reconfiguring the Challenge RAID Storage System as System Type 9
Reenabling Command-Tagged Queuing
Determining Caching Problems
Reassigning LUN Ownership

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