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SR (SATA+RAID) Appliance Support Information

To receive notifications of firmware and documentation updates, please email support@coraid.com and request to be placed on the SR announcement mailing list.

Documentation

SR20090728.pdf - SR software user manual
	The software user manual describes the user interface to the EtherDrive SR Storage Appliances.
SR1521_SR421_InstallationGuide.pdf - SR1521, SR421 Installation Guide SR1521T_InstallationGuide.pdf - SR1521T Installation Guide SR1661_SR2461_InstallationGuide.pdf - SR1661, SR2461 Installation Guide
	The Installation Guides describe installation methods and hardware features.
SR FAQ - List of frequently-asked questions
	The SR FAQ contains answers to the most frequently-asked questions.
SR Performance Analysis - A performance analysis whitepaper
	This paper discusses the performance capability of the SR Appliance in various RAID configurations.
SR Redundancy and Throughput in Linux - Application Note ANSR001
	This application note discusses issues regarding using both ports of the SR1520/SR420 Appliances for throughput and redundancy in Linux.
SR Performance Updates In Release SR20071022 - Application Note ANSR002
	This application note compares the performance of the SR152x appliances before and after the SR20071022 release.
SR Signature Identification Upgrade Instructions - Flash Signature Upgrade Instructions
	This document describes the process to obtain an SR flash signature. For more information on this topic, please see below.
Disk Compatibility Table - SATA drives tested against the SR Appliance
	The disk compatibility table lists drives that either CORAID or our customers have tested with the SR.

Related Software

CEC client - CORAID Ethernet Console client
	This CEC client will compile and run on Linux, Solaris, and BSD flavors supporting bpf.
DDT - ddt release 8
	DDT is a throughput validation program for 2.6 Linux kernels, Solaris, and BSD. DDT is fully explained in the paper titled, SR Performance Analysis, available above.
aoemask - aoemask release 2
	Aoemask is a unix program to utilize CORAID's AoE vendor extension that permits viewing/editing of the mac mask list from a client system. Currently only Linux is supported. Please see the documentation in the tarball for more information.

Firmware Updates

SR firmware updates are released as tarc files and are applied as described in the SR software user manual. Each tarc update is cumulative and includes all prior updates. Reverting updates can render the appliance unusable. Only apply the latest update available unless otherwise directed by CORAID support.

CORAID is now supporting higher performance firmware releases for the SR Appliance. These releases require flash signature authorization to operate. Starting with release SR20071022, each SR must have a unique flash signature in order to put LUNs online. In order to accomodate users upgrading to the newer releases, CORAID has a mechanism in place to enable users to obtain a signature for their SRs if they do not already have one. For more information, please see the following document, SR Signature Identification Upgrade Instructions. Included in the document are instructions for avoiding downtime by updating to the SR20070924.tarc release to set the flash signature while the SR is in operation.

For more information on the specific performance enhancements for the SR152x appliances, please see Application Note ANSR002.

SR20090929.tarc - Update release 20090929
[ md5sum: d3fe59977a332691bd720e45e5208937 ]

20090929
	bugfix: onboard ethernet ports can link up at 10Mb due to hardware error

See the Changelog for a full list of release changes.

For questions/comments, please contact support@coraid.com.