Asus DS300f manuals
DS300f
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- quick start guide
- number of drives required
- installing your disk drives
- sas jbod expansion
- front panel leds
- controller leds
- lcd panel
- setting up the serial connection
- default ip addresses
- setting up with the clu
- making automatic ip settings
- setting up with the lcd
- logging into asus storage management
- choosing a language
- creating your logical drives
- logging out of asus storage management
- contacting technical support
DS300f
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- user manual
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- Chapter 1: Introduction to ASUS Storage
- Disk Drive Support
- External Ports
- Management Tools
- Current (maximum), cont
- Environmental
- Chapter 2: ASUS Storage Installation
- Installing the LCD Panel (Optional)
- Mounting ASUS Storage in a Rack
- Installing Disk Drives
- Installing Your Disk Drives
- Making Data and Management Connections
- Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN)
- iSCSI Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
- iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN)
- SAS JBOD Expansion
- Setting Up Serial Cable Connections
- Connecting the Power
- Controller LEDs
- LCD Panel
- Chapter 3: ASUS Storage Setup
- Choosing DHCP or a Static IP Address
- Setting up with the CLI
- Setting up with the CLU
- Making Automatic IP Settings
- Setting up with the LCD
- Creating Disk Arrays with ASUS Storage Management
- Choosing a Language
- Creating Your Logical Drives
- Logging out of ASUS Storage Management
- Chapter 4: Management with ASUS Storage Management
- Logging into ASUS Storage Management
- Perusing the Interface
- Using the Header
- Using Management View
- Working with the Storage Network
- Viewing Subsystem Information
- Saving a System Service Report
- Setting Subsystem NTP
- Viewing the Runtime Event Log
- Clearing the Runtime Event Log
- Saving NVRAM Events
- Running Background Activities
- Running Media Patrol
- Viewing Scheduled Activities
- Deleting a Scheduled Activity
- Setting the Lock
- Viewing User Information
- Making Your Own User Settings
- Changing Another User's Password
- Creating a User
- Deleting a User
- Making Management Port Settings
- Creating a Link Aggregation Entry
- Viewing Link Aggregation Entries
- Viewing Fibre Channel Node Information
- Making Fibre Channel Port Settings
- Viewing Fibre Channel Port Statistics
- Viewing SFP Information
- Viewing Fibre Channel Logged-in Devices
- Viewing iSCSI Node Information
- Viewing iSCSI Target Ports
- Viewing the iSCSI Portal
- Working with iSCSI iSNS
- Working with iSCSI CHAPs
- Using iSCSI Ping
- Managing Network Attached Storage (NAS)
- Viewing a List of NAS Users
- Deleting NAS Users
- Creating NAS Groups
- Deleting Group Members
- Managing Quotas
- Making FTP Protocol Settings
- Viewing the Share Folders List
- Modifying a Share Folder
- Making Windows and FTP Sharing Settings
- Viewing File System Status
- Creating a NAS File System
- Setting-up NAS Replication
- Resolving Mount-Point Conflicts
- Managing Storage Services
- Viewing the LUN Map
- Editing a LUN Map
- Managing Software Services
- Making SLP Settings
- Making Web Server Settings
- Making Telnet Settings
- Making SNMP Settings
- Making Netsend Settings
- Exporting the User Database
- Importing a Configuration Script
- Updating the Firmware
- Restoring Factory Defaults
- Shutting Down the Subsystem
- Monitoring the Shutdown
- Starting Up After Shutdown
- Restarting the Subsystem
- Managing the Controller
- Viewing Controller Statistics
- Clearing an Orphan Watermark
- Managing Enclosures
- Viewing Enclosure Topology
- Making Enclosure Settings
- Checking the Battery
- Reconditioning a Battery
- Managing Physical Drives
- Making Global Physical Drive Settings
- Viewing Physical Drive Statistics
- Clearing Stale and PFA Conditions
- Locating a Physical Drive
- Managing UPS Units
- Making UPS Settings
- Managing Disk Arrays
- Creating a Disk Array – Automatic
- Creating a Disk Array – Advanced
- Deleting a Disk Array
- Viewing Disk Array Information
- Making Disk Array Settings
- Deleting a Logical Drive
- Rebuilding a Disk Array
- Running Media Patrol on a Disk Array
- Running PDM on a Disk Array
- Preparing a Disk Array for Transport
- Managing Logical Drives
- Viewing Logical Drive Information
- Viewing Logical Drive Statistics
- Initializing a Logical Drive
- Viewing the Logical Drive Check Table
- Making Logical Drive LUN Settings
- Creating a LUN Clone
- Managing Spare Drives
- Creating a Spare Drive
- Deleting Spare Drive
- Running Spare Check
- Working with the Logical Drive Summary
- Console
- working with the device list
- adding nas devices
- logging into a nas device
- changing nas device settings
- deleting a nas device
- managing backups
- scheduling a backup
- monitoring backup progress
- viewing backup schedules
- restoring backed-up files
- saving the backup event log
- managing share folders
- changing share folder permissions
- managing users and groups
- viewing a list of users
- creating a group
- deleting a group
- nas management
- powering off the subsystem
- managing raid volumes
- chapter 6: management with the clu
- initial connection
- making a telnet connection
- accessing online help
- running quick setup
- managing the subsystem
- locating the controller
- managing the enclosure
- locating a power supply
- setting temperature thresholds
- setting an alias
- setting an alias for a disk array
- enabling media patrol on a disk array
- running transition on a disk array
- deleting a spare drive
- locating a logical drive
- viewing node information
- adding a fibre channel initiator
- viewing iscsi target port statistics
- using iscsi ping
- managing background activity
- working with the event viewer
- clearing runtime events
- working with lun mapping
- mapping a lun to an initiator
- viewing ups information
- changing a user's password
- changing a user's privilege and status
- working with software management
- managing snmp trap sinks
- managing netsend recipients
- flashing through tftp
- shutting down the asus storage – telnet connection
- shutting down the asus storage – serial connection
- starting up the asus storage – telnet connection
- restarting asus storage – telnet connection
- chapter 7: management with the lcd panel
- simple mode
- advanced mode
- viewing the enclosure
- locating a disk array
- locating a a logical drive
- viewing spare drive information
- chapter 8: maintenance
- updating firmware from tftp server
- updating the firmware in the clu
- restarting subsystem over a serial connection
- replacing a power supply
- replacing a raid controller
- replacing a cooling fan
- replacing the cache battery
- replacing the memory module
- introduction to raid
- raid 0 – stripe
- raid 1 – mirror
- raid 1e – enhanced mirror
- raid 3 – block stripe and dedicated parity
- raid 5 – block and parity stripe
- raid 6 – block and double parity stripe
- raid 10 – mirror / stripe
- raid 30 – striping of dedicated parity
- raid 50 – striping of distributed parity
- raid 60 – striping of double parity
- choosing a raid level
- choosing stripe size
- tb limitation
- read cache policy
- capacity coercion
- hot spare drive(s)
- partition and format the logical drive
- ranges of disk array expansion
- media patrol
- predictive data migration (pdm)
- chapter 10: troubleshooting
- leds display amber or red
- disk drive leds
- clu reports a problem
- checking a reported component
- lcd panel reports a problem
- viewing a report from opas
- event notification response
- critical & offline disk arrays
- with a hot spare drive
- rebuild operation
- incomplete array
- physical drive problems
- enclosure problems
- connection problems
- network connections
- unsaved data in the controller cache
- frequently asked questions
- contacting technical support
- limited warranty
- your responsibilities
- returning the product for repair
- appendix a: setting-up nas network drives
- setting-up a network drive – unix and linux