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1. Restore Defaults Restore Factory r Restore System Configuration from File r Restore System Configuration to Defaults Restore System Configuration to Factory Defaults Selecting a full restore operation restores all configuration settings including the unit s worldwide name and IP address from a host file QuickNAV can be used to find the unit s new IP address once it restarts Selecting a partial restore operation updates all settings except the worldwide name and IP address from a host file Note Accepted file type csf This operation restores the unit s default settings This operation restores the unit s factory settings along with factory settings for the worldwide name and IP address Note This operation changes the unit s worldwide name and IP address QuickNAV can be used to find the unit s new IP address once it restarts 38 9 0 Interface Options The best way to manage monitor and configure the FastStream is to use the ExpressNAV Storage Manager a browser based application included with your FastStream but you may use a terminal emulation program or Telnet Using the ExpressNAV Storage Manager Use the ExpressNAV Storage Manager to manage monitor and configure the unit The choices you make lead you from screen to screen Choices which are not available are greyed out TX Note The FastStream is initially configured with DHCP enabled It is best if you have access
2. Continue with extreme caution data is lost on the drive when it is cleaned of RAID information 1 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager type the IP address of your appliance in a standard browser On the splash screen click Enter Here In the box provided type in your user name and password Click OK 2 Click the Diagnostics button on the Menu Items list on the left hand side of the ExpressNAV Storage Manager Advanced CLI page Changes to the FastStream may be made using the Advanced page A CAUTION Do not use this page unless you are directed to by an ATTO technician Changing parameters may cause loss of data and or disruption to performance and reliability of the FastStream YZ Note The ExpressNAV Storage Manager is the preferred method to manage the FastStream 1 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager type the IP address of your appliance in a standard browser On the splash screen click Enter Here In the box provided 35 3 Click in the Clean RAID Configuration data radio button from the Select User Process box mM Select User Process O initialize and Verify Drives Read Only Drive Test O Drive Performance and Health O Identify Drive Clean RAID Configuration Data 4 Click Next 5 Click on the drives you wish to update the drives are highlighted 6 Click on Commit 7 A warning box appears In the warning box verify that you want to complete
3. 7 If you have elected to enable enclosure services and you want the enclosure to sound an alarm if a drive becomes faulted select the box Enable Faulted Drive Alarm 8 Choose to test an enclosure s alarm or to mute appears alarms You may also choose to have an 5 Select the type of SES monitor and control you occasional audible reminder of the alarm wish to use condition if it is supported by your enclosure Exhibit 6 3 1 The Enclosure Services page ENCLOSURE SERVICES m SES Monitor and Control O Pass Through Host Application Monitor and Control By FastStream SC SES Monitoring Disabled Description This unit will manage SCSI Enclosure Services for all attached enclosures m Configure Polling intervat 30 seconds 30 3600 m Configure Audible Alarm Indications C Enable Faulted Drive Alarm m Manage Audible Alarm Indications Test Enclosure PERE 50015b2160000079 0 v Tet Mute All Alarms Mute _ Mute Remind 27 ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Identifying SES elements The SES Monitor page found by clicking on Details in the Enclosure Status section of the Health and Status Monitor page shows SES information about specific enclosures see Exhibit 6 3 4 If you would like information about specific drives of the RAID groups or enclosures of which they are members use the Identify SES Elements page 1 If you are not alr
4. SaveConfiguration Restart command required get FCHard FCHardAddress Specifies the value used as the FC AL hard address in hexadecimal This value represents the address the unit tries to use if FCHard is enabled The range of valid Fibre Channel address values is 0 through 125 Defaults fp1 3 fp2 4 fp3 5 fp4 6 set FCHardAddress fp address SaveConfiguration Restart command required get FCHardAddress fp all FCMultiNode Determines the reported identity of Fibre Channel ports When enabled multiple node mode each port reports a separate unique Node Name logical units may be mapped to any port When disabled single node each port reports the same Node Name and each logical unit map is applied to all ports X Note Changing the FC port reporting causes all maps to be deleted you must perform a Lists the physical devices that are connected to all SAS ports command before creating new maps using the AutoMap or Route commands Default disabled set FCMultiNode enabled disabled get FCMultiNode FCPortErrors Displays the number of Fibre Channel errors that have occurred since the last reboot power on or use of the ResetFCPortErrors command get FCPortErrors fp all ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual FCPortList Displays a list of available FC ports and their current status Valid reported status values are Up Down Failed Reserved and Disabled FCPortList
5. 8 A warning box appears AUN NO ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual If you want to continue click Yes The configuration completes and the Health and Status Monitor page appears If you wish to start over click No Adding drives to a RAID group If you have unallocated drives you can increase the number of drives used by an existing RAID group by adding an unallocated drive to the group The drives is configured into a separate partition in the RAID group You may have to add more than one drive depending on the RAID group setup 1 Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps on page 31 and click on the RAID Groups arrow from the Select User Process box Click on Add Drives to a RAID Group Click Next Select the RAID group you wish to add the drives to from the drop down menu 5 Click on the drives you wish to add to your RAID group A CAUTION Adding drives to an existing RAID group may adversely impact performance You cannot reverse this operation unless you delete the RAID group AUN 6 When you have completed your changes click on Commit 7 A warning box appears noting that information on the added drives is erased Back up all data on the new disks before proceeding In the warning box verify that you want to complete the configuration by clicking on Yes Clicking on No ends the procedure without making a change 8 When the process is complete the Health and S
6. Discovering managing other ATTO devices 1 Qn E wh 37 Follow steps 1 3 in Creating a unique name for your FastStream above Click on the Find ATTO Devices button Click Next Click on the Rescan button Select a device from the list An arrow points to the appliance you are currently using 6 Press the Identify button to activate a blinking LED on the selected product Click on the listed device again to stop the blinking LED Click on the device from the list and click on the Launch in Browser button to view the device s management console ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Saving or restoring a configuration You may save the configuration of the FastStream you are currently using restore the configuration from a previously saved configuration for that FastStream or clone a configuration from another ATTO FastStream using the Save Restore feature Note It is best practice to save a copy of your configuration settings to a file to easily replace a unit or to set up additional controllers 1 Follow steps 1 2 in Creating a unique name for our FastStream above 2 Click on the FastStream SC arrow Select User Process K RAD Groups W FastStream SC O Add Remove Hot Spares O System Configuration System Configuration Save Restore Set Up Error Notification P Other Devices K Enclosure Services Exhibit 8 0 1 The System Configuration Save Restore page ATTO
7. FCSCSIBusyStatus SC 5300 Choose to report busy or queue full when the unit is unable to accept a SCSI command Default busy set FCSCSIBusyStatus busy qfull get FCSCSIBusyStatus FCTargets SC 5700 Lists all target devices available on the Fibre Channel port with the index specified by fp If no port index is specified then all target devices on all Fibre ports are displayed A port unique index is assigned to each target which is used with the fp to specify a Fibre Channel target for a subsequent Route CLI command FCTargets lt fp gt FCWWName Reports the World Wide Port Name of the Fibre Channel interface referenced Each Fibre Channel port has an individual and unique 8 byte Port Name get FCWWName fp all FirmwareRestart Resets and reinitializes the unit firmware Use the forced option to override any CLI reservations held by other sessions FirmwareRestart lt forced gt Help Issued with no parameters displays a list of available CLI commands When a CLI command name is specified a command usage string and command description are displayed Help lt Command gt HSAdd Assigns a Block Device to the Hot Spare pool HSAdd BlockDevID HSDisplay Displays a list of all ofthe devices in the Hot Spare pool HSDisplay HSRemove Removes a Block Device from the Hot Spare pool HSRemove BlockDevID all IdentifyBridge If you enable this command the Fault LED on this unit blinks so that hardwar
8. If you wish to have more than one type of RAID group in your system you have several options e Set up a customized RAID group refer to Creating a custom setup on page 16 then return to the main menu and select a particular application to use the remainder of your attached storage e Attach only the storage you want using an automated setup refer to Selecting an application then attach more storage and use either the custom or specific user processes outlined in this chapter e Set up storage now using any of the processes in this chapter then modify or add to storage Features you may choose Depending on the application you choose the number of drives you choose and several other factors you may have other choices to customize your FastStream to your particular needs Some features are customized by you only if you use the custom setup Refer to Creating a custom setup on page 16 Auto Rebuild When Auto Rebuild is enabled and an existing RAID group member becomes faulted the appliance initiates a rebuild using an available unallocated drive If no drives are available the rebuild is initiated only after you replace the faulted drive and initiate a system scan to discover the drive Hot Spares will be used first regardless of the Auto Rebuild setting 13 using the procedures listed in Modify Storage on page 31 r Select User Process initialize and Verify Drives O System Configuration Quick Digital Vi
9. Stops the rebuild s on the specified RAID group If no Memberlndex is specified all rebuilds on that RAID group are stopped RGHaltRebuild GroupName lt Memberlndex gt RGMemberAdd Adds available block devices to a new RAID group before RGCommit has been used Up to 10 block IDs may be specified If ALL is specified then all available unused block IDs are added to the RAID group until the maximum number of RAID group members has been met The command resets the number of RAID group partitions to 1 RGMemberAdd GroupName all BlockDevID RGMemberRemove Removes a RAID Member from a new RAID group before RGCommit has been used The command resets the number of partitions to 1 RGMemberRemove GroupName Memberlndex ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual RGPreFetch Specifies the prefetch value for all RAID groups or for the specified RAID Group Default 0 set RGPreFetch GroupName all 1 6 get RGPreFetch GroupName all RGRebuild SC 5300 5700 Rebuilds the specified RAID group If no member is specified all degraded members are rebuilt Optional parameter BlockDevicelD allows an available block device to be substituted for the RAID member currently assigned to the Memberindex RGRebuild GroupName lt MemberIndex gt lt BlockDevicelD gt RGRebuild SC 5500 Rebuilds the specified RAID group If no member is specified all degraded members are rebuilt Optional
10. When all information is typed in click Commit A warning box appears In the warning box verify that you want to complete the notification procedure including a restart of the FastStream by clicking on Yes Clicking on No ends the procedure without making a change Your settings are displayed You may change or disable Email notification at any time from the Error Notification page ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Exhibit 6 1 1 The Error Notification page 4 ERROR NOTIFICATION Email Configuration Notification Configuration _ Select the appropriate option to enable or Notification enabled O disabled disable email notification If enabled the email address from which the error notification will Sender be sent must be typed into the Sender asaress r fe Server Configuration SMTP Server Enter the IP address or name of the SMTP assen ne Ghe ema server and eusemane 2 and password to be used to log into the SMTP server Name ve TTT fesso seer Notification Addresses Type each email address to which an Critical a shoud ve sent Adjacent to each entered email S address select which severity level Warming e Srerrors snouts be sent tothe corresponding email po Informational x a D po None 24 6 2 Drive Diagnostics You may determine the performance of drives attached to the FastStream using various displays and tests in Ex
11. parameters may cause loss of data and or disruption to performance and reliability of the FastStream The ExpressNAV Storage Manager is the preferred method to manage the FastStream Refer to Interface Options on page 39 for details AutoMap AutoResume Automatically assigns a subset of source protocol LUNs to a Regulates the AutoResume features for interrupted subset of target destination devices visible to the unit The unit initialization rebuild and erase operations at startup If no reports a five second delay while it scans for devices All previous maps are deleted If ECMultiNode is enabled multiple node AutoMap lt fp gt SaveConfiguration command required If ECMultiNode is disabled single node AutoMap SaveConfiguration command required GroupName is specified all existing RAID groups are affected Default enabled for AutoResume Initialize Rebuild disabled for AutoResumeErase set AutoResume Initialize Rebuild Erase All enabled disabled lt GroupName gt vi BlockDevClean Removes any RAID configuration data from the block device with the specified block ID CAUTION All RAID group setup information is lost and you lose all RAID group data BlockDevClean BlockDevID BlockDevidentify Lights the LED of a disk drive Use either RAID GroupName and MemberlIndex or block ID BlockDevldentify lt GroupName gt BlockDevID Memberlndex BlockDevIDStop Turns off the IO LED of a previously
12. Attributes Dimensions Cooling and airflow Power Fibre Channel ports Management ports Reset restore factory default switch LED indicators 2 0 Install the FastStream Storage Controller Unpacking the packing box verifying contents Installing the FastStream Discovering the IP address Setting up Internet Explorer Beginning initial configuration 3 0 Ensure Drive Integrity Before creating RAID groups After creating RAID groups 4 0 Configure Storage into RAID Groups sssssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeee eee eers 13 Features you may choose Auto Rebuild Fault Tolerance Initialization Selecting an application Preliminary steps Quick Digital Video Audio General Digital Video General IT or Database Creating a custom setup 5 0Modify System Values iscude lirica iii 19 Changing current user name password Creating a read only user name password Changing system variables 6 0 Monitor Storage Configurations esse sssssssssssssse eee eee ereenn 21 Health and Status Monitor page Configuration Display page SCSI Enclosure Services SES 6 1 Phone Home Email Alerts sss sss sss seene eean 23 6 2 Drive Diagnostics rari 25 Preliminary steps Read only drive test Drive performance and health Identifying a drive attached to the FastStream 6 3 SCSI Enclosure Services SES esse sees 27 Setting up SES Identifying SES elements Monitoring SES elements Use the Health and Status Monitor Use the Manage menu 7 0 Modify sl
13. SAN storage appliance which can be seamlessly integrated into a new or an existing storage environment The ATTO FastStream SC 5500 is available in a desktop model an industry standard 1U form factor for easy integration into racks and as an embeddable board level product For installation instructions for the desktop and 1U form factor models refer to Install the FastStream Storage Controller on page 9 For installation instructions and physical attribute details for the embeddable model refer to the ATTO Embedded Storage Controller Installation and Operation manual Dimensions Width 17 31 inches Length 9 9 inches Height 1 69 inches 1U Weight approximately 8 pounds Cooling and airflow Operating Temperature 5 C 40 C Humidity 10 90 non condensing A CAUTION Do not block the enclosure s vents The FastStream does not allow data transfer if overheating occurs Ambient air should not exceed 40 C Power Input voltage 100 240 VAC 2 5A 47 63 Hz Battery backed event log A rechargeable Lithium ion battery cell holds the event log Memory for up to 30 days If the FastStream has been disconnected from power recharging begins automatically when power is restored to the system The battery is fully charged after 36 hours of continuous power application A WARNING Risk of explosion if battery is removed and or replaced by an incorrect type Dispose of used batteries in accordance with your local environmen
14. Te T 31 Preliminary steps RAID group processes Creating RAID groups Deleting RAID groups Adding drives to a RAID group Adding mirrors to a RAID configuration Changing RAID configuration RAID migration Modifying RAID group mapping Modifying RAID group partitions Rebuilding RAID groups Modifying RAID options FastStream process adding or removing Hot Spares Removing RAID configuration data Advanced CLI page 8 0 Manage ATTO Devices Configurations ssssssssssssseeeeeeeee sees cesse essssssss ees 37 Creating a unique name for your FastStream Discovering managing other ATTO devices Saving or restoring a configuration 9 0 Interface Options uu cale 39 Using the ExpressNAV Storage Manager Using the serial port Using Telnet 10 0 Update Firmware cara 41 Appendix A CLI Provides an ASCll based Interface i CLI error messages CLI summary CLI command explanations Appendix B Design RAID Groups cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaes xix JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks DVRAID Digital Video RAID RAID Level 0 striping no redundancy RAID Level 1 mirroring duplicate drives RAID Level 1 plus additional mirroring RAID Level 1 0 striping mirror spans two drives RAID Level 4 striping one parity drive RAID Level 5 striping parity distributed among drives RAID Level 6 striping two parity blocks distributed among drives Appendix C SCSI Cabling u elia xxii
15. This application offers the highest fault tolerance with good performance especially for small database applications RAID Level 1 additional mirror Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 RAID Level 1 0 striping mirror spans two drives RAID Level 1 0 increases data transfer rates while RAID Level 1 0 is used in applications requiring high ensuring security by writing the exact same data performance and redundancy combining the simultaneously to two or more different drives attributes of RAID Levels 1 and 0 The ATTO FastStream supports an even number of 4 to 16 drives per RAID Level 1 0 group Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Stripe 1 Stripe 2 Stripe 3 RAID Level 4 striping one parity drive RAID 4 writes data across multiple drives or devices RAID Level 4 is best suited for applications that striping with parity blocks written to a single drive in perform mostly sequential access such as video the RAID group This increases reliability while using applications fewer drives than mirroring You must have at least three drives to set up RAID Level 4 i Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 p Vata I lt 7 lag lt Vala o lt Neely ies Parity 4 6 Stripe 3 RAID Level 5 striping parity distributed among drives RAID Level 5 increases reliability while using fewer The ATTO FastStream supports 3 to 16 drives per drives than mirroring by using parity redundancy RAID Level 5 group parity is distributed across multiple drives Dis
16. a SpeedRead option SpeedRead looks ahead during reads and stores the data in cache memory The optimum setting depends on your actual I O and storage You may adjust this setting later Enabling SpeedRead may boost performance when you are running video playback and other applications which access data sequentially Disabling SpeedRead is a better choice for audio applications SpeedRead Auto is usually the best choice for database applications 16 Selecta Pre Fetch option the number of extra stripes that are read when the SpeedRead setting is set to enabled or auto 17 Select an Auto Rebuild option if it is available 17 for your RAID configuration refer to Auto Rebuild on page 13 18 19 20 21 22 23 Select a Rebuild Priority Rebuild Priority allows you to determine whether rebuild or I O transactions take precedence during rebuild operations If you choose low priority for example rebuilds take longer but the rebuild has minimal impact on performance Click on Next A chart showing the setup you have selected appears If everything is the way you want it click on Commit to save your configuration A warning box tells you that all data on the attached disks is to be destroyed and the rebuild process may take up to two hours to complete In the warning box verify that you want to complete the configuration by clicking on Yes Clicking on No ends the procedure without making a change Click on Com
17. box provided If you do not know the file name and location click on Browse to navigate to the new firmware and click on it until the filename appears in the text box 8 Click Upload A CAUTION Do not power down the host or the ATTO FastStream Interrupting the flash process makes your FastStream inoperable and you must return it to ATTO for repair 9 Wait fora success message to be displayed 10 Click on Restart 11 Whenthe Diagnostics Menu page appears your new firmware has been uploaded and installed ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual 42 Appendix A CLI Provides an ASCIll based Interface The command line interface CLI uses ASCII commands typed while in CLI mode A CAUTION Do not use CLI unless you are directed to by an ATTO technician Changing parameters may cause loss of data and or disruption to performance and reliability of the FastStream The ExpressNAV Storage Manager is the preferred method to operate and manage the FastStream Refer to Using the ExpressNAV Storage Manager on page 39 for details The command line interface CLI is a set of ASCII based commands which perform configuration and diagnostic tasks You may use them through the ExpressNAV Storage Manager Advanced CLI page refer to Advanced CLI page on page 35 or by using the serial port interface or the Ethernet management port refer to Interface Options on page 39 e CLI commands are context
18. identified disk drive BlockDevIDStop BlockDevScan Lists all currently connected physical block devices and any potential RAID group association Each block device listed is assigned a unique index at the time ofthe scan which is used to identify block devices for other CLI operations FastStream SC 5300 only If you wish to force rediscovery of all block devices use the flush parameter If you uses it all existing RAID groups are forced offline until member block devices are discovered BlockDevScan lt flush gt Boot Delay Regulates the delay in seconds which the unit waits after startup before allowing hosts to detect target devices The value 0 produces no delay Default 5 set BootDelay 0 255 get BootDelay BridgeModel Reports specific mode and firmware information get BridgeModel BridgeName Specifies an ASCII name assigned to the unit to identify individual units It is not the World Wide Name Changes take effect immediately The name may be contain up to 8 characters set BridgeName name SaveConfiguration Restart command required get BridgeName vii ClearEventLog Clears the contents of the EventLog No new entries are recorded until the operation is completed ClearEventLog Date Regulates the current date for this unit The date range is 1 1 2000 to 12 31 2099 set Date MM DD YYYY get Date DefaultInterleave Assigns or retrieves the system s default interleave size in
19. of SCSI LUNs per target the unit queries during a SCSI bus scan Default 8 set SCSITargetLUNSs sb 8 64 get SCSITargetLUNs sb SCSITargets SC 5300 Lists the physical devices that are connected and running on the specified SCSI port SCSITargets sb SerialNumber Displays the serial number of the unit The serial number is a 13 character field The first seven alphanumeric characters are an abbreviation representing the product name The remaining six digits are the individual unit s number get SerialNumber SerialPortBaudRate Configures the baud rate for the unit s RS 232 serial port The number of data bits per character is fixed at 8 with no parity Default 115200 set SerialPortBaudRate 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 SaveConfiguration Restart command required get SerialPortBaudRate SerialPortEcho Controls ifthe unit echoes characters on its RS 232 port When enabled all non control character keyboard input is output to the display Default enabled set SerialPortEcho enabled disabled get SerialPortEcho SES SC 5500 SC 5700 Enables support for SES enclosures that have been discovered by the appliance Default enabled set SES enabled disabled get SES SESAlarmTest SC 5500 SC 5700 Turns on the specified enclosure s audible alarm at the specified warning level Reset turns off the alarm Ue Note The SESEnclosures command must be executed before executing SESAla
20. of your appliance in a standard browser On the splash screen click Enter Here In the box provided type in your user name and password and click OK ATTD Technology Inc r RAID Group Status r Interface Status RAID Group Name Status Be errs r51 ONLINE Link Up E l a ONLINE Fibre Channel Port 1 S Mana _ Link Up Diagnostics _ Hot Spares Available 0 Speed 206 Advanced Number Spent Hot Spares 0 ae pots Powered by Details gt gt 2 5 ing Up l ATTO r Environmental Status Speed 20h Temperature 38 C 0C 70C Marsico Voltage Status GOOD m Drive Status m Port 1 Drives ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE m Port 2 Drives ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE 2002 2006 ATTO Technology Ino a A 21 ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Configuration Display page Clicking on Details from the Health and Status Monitor page gives you added information about various aspects of the FastStream and attached storage Click on the arrow next to the group you wish to view RAID groups RAID group names RAID status available Hot Spares number of drives RAID Level number of partitions Interleave and total capacity of each RAID group ATTO Technology Inc ATTO FASTSTREAM SC The status information is from 07 55 59 05 07 2007 To monitor current status information click the Monitor button A on the menu This takes you to the Status and Health Monitor which displays the current status and updat
21. process is complete the Health and Status Monitor page appears kw Rebuilding RAID groups If RAID groups become compromised in some fashion you must rebuild them If you have previously enabled Auto Rebuild and unallocated drives or Hot Spares are available one of those drives is substituted for the failed drive and a rebuild takes place automatically Refer to Step 17 under Creating a custom setup on page 16 for information on Auto Rebuild and to FastStream process adding or removing Hot Spares on page 34 for information on Hot Spares Hot Spares if available are used first regardless of the Auto Rebuild setting If you have not enabled Auto Rebuild use this procedure to rebuild the faulted RAID group 1 Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps on page 31 and click on the RAID Groups arrow from the Select User Process box Click on the Rebuild RAID Groups button Click on Next Follow the on screen directions ending by clicking on Commit 5 A warning box appears In the warning box verify that you want to complete the rebuild by clicking on Yes Clicking on No ends the procedure without making a change 6 When the process is complete the Health and Status Monitor page appears AUN ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Modifying RAID options You may change Auto Rebuild and SpeedRead configurations Refer to Step 14 and Step 17 under Creating a custom setup on page 1
22. protection by combining several drives into one large drive A special case of a RAID group multiple physical drives are assigned to a JBOD RAID Disk 1 dI DVRAID Digital Video RAID Digital Video RAID provides parity redundancy for your data Optimized for performance for the high data transfer rates required in digital video environments DVRAID is ATTO Technology proprietary technology which supports the editing of uncompressed 10 bit xix Disk 2 AK Note If a drive has corrupt or outdated configuration data that drive cannot be assigned to any RAID group Ensure all drives are configured properly Refer to Ensure Drive Integrity on page 11 or Removing RAID configuration data on page 35 A RAID group is a virtual independent single drive whose data is written to physical drives according to a RAID algorithm The ATTO FastStream supports JBOD DVRAID RAID Level 0 1 1 0 4 and 5 for all models and RAID Level 6 for the FastStream SC 5500 RAID improves data accessibility and reliability during normal operations however you still need a good backup strategy for long term protection of your data group and their storage areas appear as a single spanned area of storage The ATTO FastStream supports 1 to 32 drives per JBOD configured RAID group Disk 3 High Definition HD video and multiple streams of real time uncompressed Standard Definition SD video You must use the Quick Digital Video setup wizard
23. provides parity RAID protection while managing latency to allow high speed availability to support up to 192 tracks of 16 bit audio or 96 tracks of 24 bit audio in a single editing session You must have only 4 6 8 or 12 drives available in the system e General IT provides parity RAID protection optimized for random access applications using three or more drives e Database provides parity RAID protection for database applications small transfer random access for configurations using more than three drives Quick Digital Video 1 After choosing Quick Digital Video the Setup Wizard page appears Select your operating system If you chose Windows click Yes the system restarts After the restart completes continue to Step 3 If you chose Mac continue on to Step 3 If all your drives do not appear in the Find Drives box click on System Scan For the FastStream 5300 this setup requires exactly 6 12 or 24 drives appear as available on the screen after the scan For the FastStream 5700 this setup requires exactly 6 7 8 12 14 16 or 24 drives to appear as available on the screen after the scan Physically add or disconnect drives as needed and rescan Click Next Choose an Initialization method refer to Initialization on page 14 Choose an Auto Rebuild option refer to Auto Rebuild on page 13 Select a Fault Tolerance refer to Fault Tolerance on page 14 Click Commit A warning box appears If yo
24. rate at which the unit attempts to negotiate with its SCSI devices Default ultra320 set SCSIPortBusSpeed sb fast ultra ultra2 ultra160 ultra320 get SCSIPortBusSpeed sb ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual SCSIPortList SC 5300 Lists the status of all available SCSI ports SCSIPortList SCSIPortReset SC 5300 Resets the specified SCSI bus SCSIPortReset sb SCSIPortResetOnStartup SC 5300 Controls whether the specified SCSI bus is reset each time the unit is powered up Default enabled set SCSIPortResetOnStartup sb enabled disabled get SCSIPortResetOnStartup sb SCSIPortSyncTransfer SC 5300 Controls the unit s attempts to negotiate synchronous SCSI transfers with devices on the specified bus Default enabled set SCSIPortSyncTransfer sb enabled disabled get SCSIPortSyncTransfer sb SCSIPortTermination SC 5300 Configures the SCSI internal termination of the specified SCSI port Enabling termination allows the unit to act as a terminator at the end of a SCSI chain Default enabled set SCSIPortTermination sb enabled disabled get SCSIPortTermination sb SCSIPortWideTransfer SC 5300 Controls the unit s attempts to negotiate wide SCSI transfers with devices on the specified bus Default enabled set SCSIPortWideTransfer sb enabled disabled get SCSIPortWideTransfer sb SCSITargetLUNs SC 5300 Controls the maximum number
25. sensitive and generally follow a standard format Get Set followed by the return or enter key e CLI commands are case insensitive you may type all upper or all lower case or a mixture Upper and lower case in this manual and the help screen are for clarification only Command Parameterl Parameter2 Commands generally have three types of operation get set and immediate The get form returns the value of a parameter or setting and is an informational command Responses to get commands are followed by Ready The set form is an action that changes the value of a parameter or configuration setting It may require a SaveConfiguration command and a restart of the system before it is implemented The restart can be accomplished as part of the SaveConfiguration command or by using a separate FirmwareRestart command A number of set commands may be issued before the SaveConfiguration command Responses to set commands are either an error message or Ready The asterisk indicates you must use a SaveConfiguration command to finalize the set command Set commands which do not require a SaveConfiguration command are immediately executed XK Note Using certain CLI commands during normal operation can cause a performance drop Once command actions are complete performance should return to normal levels Exhibit A 1 Symbols typefaces and abbreviations used to indicate functions and elements of the command line interface used
26. serial port or header to the serial COM port on a personal computer 2 Start a terminal emulation program on the personal computer and use it to connect to the FastStream For example if you are using Hyper Terminal on a computer running a Windows operating system a Type FastStream in the New Connection dialog box Click OK c In the Connect To dialog box in the Connect using field select the COM port number to which your serial cable is connected Click OK In the COM Properties dialog box select the following values e Bits per second 115200 Data Bits 8 e Parity None Stop Bits 1 e Flow Control None e Terminal type ASCII Echo off Using Telnet Up to three Telnet sessions using the FastStream Ethernet management port can be conducted simultaneously A serial port session can use the CLI while Telnet sessions are open Whichever session issues the first set CLI command that requires a SaveConfiguration can continue to issue set commands while the other sessions can only issue get commands or display information Once a connection is established refer to CLI Provides an ASClI based Interface on page i of the Appendix 1 ConnecttotheFastStream from a computer on the same Ethernet network 2 Starta Telnet session f Click OK 3 Turnon the FastStream 4 After you connect to the FastStream start up messages are displayed The last line in the start up message sequence is Ready Make adjus
27. the configuration by clicking on Yes Clicking on No ends the procedure without making a change 8 When the process is complete the Health and Status Monitor screen appears type in your user name and password and click OK 2 Inthe left hand menu click on the Advanced menu item 3 The Advanced CLI Configuration page appears Wait for the Ready prompt then type in the CLI command in the text box provided Refer to CLI Provides an ASCll based Interface on page i of the Appendix 4 Click the Submit button this is equivalent to typing in the CLI command into a telnet or serial port CLI session A text field beneath the box lists the most recent commands issued to the FastStream through this page If you enter an incorrect parameter the CLI help text is displayed showing the parameters available An asterisk next to the Ready prompt indicates you must type SaveConfiguration restart in the text box for changes to take effect ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual 36 8 0 Manage ATTO Devices Configurations You may save the current configuration of your FastStream SC use a configuration from another FastStream or change the configurations of other ATTO devices from your current browser using the ExpressNAV Storage Manager Ifyou have other ATTO devices in the same broadcast domain with no routers between them and any switches between this FastStream and the other devices are config
28. 1 0 e RAID Level 1 to RAID1 0 e N way mirroring add additional redundancy to RAID Level 1 1 Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps on page 31 and click on the RAID Groups arrow from the Select User Process box 2 Click on the RAID Migration button 3 Click on Next 4 Follow the on screen directions A CAUTION Adding drives to an existing RAID group may adversely impact performance You cannot reverse this operation unless you delete the RAID group 5 When you have made your changes click on Commit 6 A warning box appears In the warning box verify that you want to complete the configuration by clicking on Yes Clicking on No ends the procedure without making a change 7 When the process is complete the Health and Status Monitor page appears 32 Modifying RAID group mapping You may change the LUNs of drives manually or let the ExpressNAV Storage Manager map drives for you 1 Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps on page 31 and click on the RAID Groups arrow from the Select User Process box 2 Click on the Modify RAID Group Mapping button 3 Click on Next 4 Select the RAID group you wish to change from the drop down box 5 Select the method you wish to use to map the partitions Refer to Modifying RAID group partitions below If you select Auto all mapping for all RAID groups attached to this FastStream is changed destroying any previous mapping e If you do not wish to change the
29. 512 byte blocks for new RAID groups before RGCommit has been used If an interleave size is not explicitly specified when a RAID group is created then the Defaultinterleave value is used instead Default 128 set DefaultInterleave 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 SaveConfiguration Restart command required get DefaultInterleave DeleteAllMaps Removes all mapped devices from the map table Upon the subsequent POST the default maps are loaded if no maps are present DeleteAllMaps SaveConfiguration command required DisplayEventLog Displays the EventLog The event log may be filtered using the DisplayEventLogFilter command The optional parameter n is the number of lines to be displayed as a single page with no user interaction After the command has executed use or to scroll through the log Type quit and press Enter to exit the command DisplayEventLog lt n gt DisplayEventLogFilter Filters the display of data for specified subsystems and levels during DisplayEventLog mode Valid event log subsystem entries are platform dependent For set commands the final parameter indicates whether or not events from the specified subsystem and level are displayed Default all all all set DisplayEventLogFilter subsystem all level all all none get DisplayEventLogFilter subsystem all level all ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual DriveTest Starts or sto
30. 6 for details on these features 1 Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps on page 31 and click on the RAID Groups arrow from the Select User Process box 2 Click on the Modify RAID Options button 3 Click on Next Select the RAID group from the drop down box Select the options you wish to change Click on Commit A warning box appears In the warning box verify that you want to complete the configuration by clicking on Yes Clicking on No ends the procedure without making a change 8 When the process is complete the Health and Status Monitor page appears NOH FastStream process adding or removing Hot Spares If a member of a RAID group becomes degraded or faulted you lose some redundancy in your RAID group until a new member is rebuilt into the RAID group However Hot Spare devices may be designated as replacements for faulted devices without intervention by you or a host You may set up a pool of Hot Spare devices of different sizes appropriate for your RAID groups Hot Spares may be set up by the FastStream automatically depending on your choices during initial setup TX Note Devices in the Hot Spare pool should be of appropriate size to the RAID group so that smaller devices are not replaced by much larger Hot Spare devices thus wasting storage capacity When the ATTO FastStream detects a faulted device e The Controller searches the Hot Spare pool for the smallest block device of sufficient size to s
31. ATTO Technology Inc ATTO FastStream Storage Controller Installation and Operation Manual FastStream SC 5300 Fibre Channel to SCSI SAN Storage Appliance FastStream SC 5500 Fibre Channel to SAS SATA SAN Storage Appliance FastStream SC 5700 Fibre Channel to Fibre Channel SAN Storage Appliance ATTO Technology Inc 155 CrossPoint Parkway Amherst New York 14068 USA www attotech com Tel 716 691 1999 Fax 716 691 9353 Sales support sls attotech com Technical support Monday Friday 8am 8pm EST techsupp attotech com 2008 ATTO Technology Inc All rights reserved All brand or product names are trademarks of their respective holders No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the express written permission of ATTO Technology Inc 10 2008 PRMA 0363 000 Contents 1 0 ATTO FastStream Offers Data Protection FastStream 5000 Series features RAID protection features Audio video features Additional FastStream 5300 features Additional FastStream 5500 features Additional FastStream 5700 features 1 1 FastStream SC 5300 Physical Attributes Dimensions Cooling and airflow Power Fibre Channel ports SCSI ports Management ports LED indicators 1 2 FastStream SC 5500 Physical Attributes Dimensions Cooling and airflow Power Fibre Channel ports SAS SATA ports Management ports Reset restore factory default switch LED indicators 1 3 FastStream SC 5700 Physical
32. ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Ethernet port connector a lighted green LED shows a valid link off indicates that no link is present and blinking indicates activity A separate bicolor LED indicates 10 100 1000 MbE speed green on indicates 100 MbE yellow on indicates 1000 MbE and off indicates 10 MbE Fibre Channel port a lighted green LED indicates link off means no link A separate green LED indicates FC speed lit means 4 Gb sec off means 1 or 2 Gb sec SAS SATA port A green LED lit on indicates activity and off means no activity LEDs on the faceplate are A Ready LED is lighted green to indicate ready and off to show not ready An Alert LED is lighted yellow to show an alert condition Power a lighted green LED indicates power has been turned on to the appliance Fibre Channel port bicolor LED indicates FC speed If it is off speed is 1 Gb if it is green 2 Gb and yellow indicates 4 Gb FC A separate green LED indicates activity if it is lit no activity if it is off SAS SATA port A green LED on each port indicates activity if it is lit Exhibit 1 2 1 The connector side of the FastStream SC5500 J m 100 240 V Linko a Y VB FRI e ra D ers ATTO g Nena L D Fibre Channel Host H JER J bina o Ka 302000 E je wwwiatiotschieein amp SS rentas L d a ance FASTSTREAM sc5500 STORAGE CONTROLLER K7 aw Exhibit 1 2 2
33. Connector side detail Management Ethernet Serial Ready Fault 7 Reset Exhibit 1 2 3 The FastStream front panel detail Pera Fibre Channel Host Activity Speed 1 2 4 Gb 190 20 SAS SATA Device Activity 10 206 AD Bo 1 3 FastStream SC 5700 Physical Attributes The ATTO FastStream SC 5700 is a Fibre Channel to Fibre Channel storage appliance which can be seamlessly integrated into a new or an existing storage environment The ATTO FastStream SC 5700 is available in an industry standard 1U form factor for easy integration into industry standard racks For installation instructions refer to Install the FastStream Storage Controller on page 9 Dimensions Width 17 inches Length 8 94 inches Height 1 7 inches 1U Weight approximately 8 pounds Cooling and airflow Operating Temperature 0 40 C external Humidity 10 90 non condensing Airflow air enters through slots on the right of the rear panel and exits through slots on the left ofthe rear panel A CAUTION Do not block the enclosure s vents The FastStream does not allow data transfer if overheating occurs Power Input voltage 100 240VAC 1 7 7A 50 60 Hz Battery backed event log A rechargeable Lithium ion battery cell holds the event log Memory for up to 30 days If the FastStream has been disconnected from power recharging begins automatically when power is restored to the system The battery is fully cha
34. IDs of the SCSI devices connected to the FastStream to a value other than 7 Use a sequential ID starting at 0 for each device The SCSI port has an internal factory setting ID of 7 typical for a SCSI initiator device 4 Terminate the SCSI bus after the last device The FastStream is terminated internally ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Exhibit A 2 Various types of SCSI operate at different speeds and require different bus lengths to support a certain number of devices Bus speed Bus Max bus lengths in meters STA terms MERER width Single 1 ente max bits ended Differential LVD Fast SCSI 10 8 3 25 NA 8 Fast WIDE SCSI 20 16 3 25 NA 16 UltraSCSI 20 8 1 5 25 NA 8 Ultra WIDE SCSI 40 16 NA 25 NA 16 Ultra WIDE SCSI 40 16 1 5 NA NA 8 Ultra WIDE SCSI 40 16 3 NA NA 4 Ultra2 SCSI 80 16 NA NA 12 8 Ultra2 WIDE SCSI 80 16 NA NA 12 16 Ultra160 WIDE SCSI 160 16 NA NA 12 16 Ultra320 SCSI 320 16 NA NA 12 16 XXiV Appendix D Standards and Compliances The equipment described in this manual generates and uses radio frequency energy If this equipment is not used in strict accordance with the manufacturer s instruction it can cause interference with radio and television reception See the ATTO FastStream Technical Specification sheet for your particular model for a full list of certifications for that model Federal FCC Standards Radio a
35. MultiNode is disabled Route FC fl RAID GroupName PartIndex FC fp Index Delete If ECMultiNode is enabled Route FC fp fl RAID GroupName Partlndex FC fp Index Delete XV RouteDisplay Displays a combined list of host protocol address to target destination device mappings If ECMultiNode is disabled RouteDisplay FC lt lun gt passthrough persistent gt If FCMultiNode is enabled RouteDisplay FC lt lt fp gt lt lun gt gt passthrough persistent gt SASTargets SC 5500 Lists the physical devices that are connected to all SAS ports SASTargets SaveConfiguration Issued with the restart option cycles unit power after saving configuration changes The norestart option saves changes without restarting x Note Certain modifications require a system restart SaveConfiguration lt Restart NoRestart gt SCSIDomainValidation SC 5300 Runs Domain Validation tests on the SCSI system which may detect problems with SCSI cables termination or damaged transceivers Tape drives attached to the FastStream should be loaded with media The media is not overwritten SCSIDomainValidation SCSlInitID SC 5300 Specifies the persistent SCSI initiator ID used by the unit on this SCSI bus All maps coinciding with the user specified ID are destroyed after this command is issued Default 07 set SCSIInitID sb 0 15 get SCSIInitID sb SCSIPortBusSpeed SC 5300 Controls the transfer
36. Technology Inc 3 Click on the System Configuration Save Restore button 4 Click on Next 5 Choose the option you wish to use A CAUTION If you perform a full restore on multiple FastStream storage controllers on the same SAN you will have World Wide Name conflicts Use a partial restore to keep unique WWNs on your SAN 6 Click on Commit 7 A warning box appears If you wish to continue with the changes you have chosen and restart your FastStream select Yes If you do not wish to make the changes select No ATTO FASTSTREAM sc SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SAVE RESTORE Notice It is highly recommended that you save a copy of your configuration settings to a file This clone copy can be used in case of a failure to restore all configuration settings to a replacement unit full restore Also you can Monitor use saved settings to quickly set up multiple units with the same settings just set up one unit save its configuration settings then apply those settings to other units using the partial restore feature A full clone restore updates all configuration settings in their entirety from the cloned copy file A partial restore updates Diagnostics j all the settings except for the worldwide name and IP address Advanced _ Save System Configuration to File Powered by Save Configuration File This operation saves your system configuration settings to a host file O Full Partial
37. Try to keep cable lengths as short as possible to ensure higher signal quality and performance See Exhibit A 2 on page xxiv XX Note UltraSCSlis very sensitive to SCSI bus noise cable distances and the number of devices connected on the SCSI bus Carefully connect your devices when working with UltraSCSI Connecting SCSI devices to SCSI ports SCSI ports connect SCSI storage devices to the network Each SCSI port is totally independent from the other SCSI port Each SCSI port is a bus capable of supporting 16 devices and each bus is capable of 40 80 or 160 xxiii MB sec Ultra Ultra2 Ultra160 or Ultra 320 transfer rates Each SCSI bus auto negotiates the appropriate sync rates with the connected devices If slower devices are mixed with faster devices the bus communicates at the rate of the slowest device thus wasting the performance capabilities of the faster devices Connect slower devices to one SCSI port and connect faster devices to the other port The FastStream supports a wide variety of SCSI storage devices including stand alone and removable drives 1 Connect the cable from the SCSI device to a SCSI port on the FastStream 2 Check the type of cable cable length limit and number of devices recommended for the port See Exhibit A 2 on page xxiv Keep cable lengths as short as possible to ensure the highest signal quality and performance These cable lengths include the wiring inside the devices 3 Set the
38. ace a failed drive add new drives or redesign RAID configurations You may modify various aspects of storage using the Manage Menu found by clicking on the tab on the left hand side of the ExpressNAV Storage Manager Be cautious when deleting storage or rearranging storage configurations because data could be compromised or lost The ExpressNAV Storage Manager takes you step by step through many procedures which allow you to modify your storage and RAID configurations Read all notes and cautions carefully as you go to ensure the best performance and use of your storage When you initially set up the FastStream replace a failed drive or add new drives to the FastStream perform drive initialization and verification to these drives Refer to Ensure Drive Integrity on page 11 Many of these procedures are only available on unallocated storage which is not currently part of a RAID group not designated as a Hot Spare refer to FastStream process adding or removing Hot Spares on page 34 or was offline when you initially set up RAID configurations RAID group processes You may create or delete RAID groups change RAID group levels rebuild RAID groups or modify RAID group mapping or partitions Select User Process W RAID Groups O Create RAID Group O Delete RAID Groups O Add Drives to a RAID Group O Add Mirrors to a RAID Group O RAID Migration O Modify RAID Group Mapping O Modify RAID Group Partitioning Rebuild RAID Groups Mod
39. ample RGErase rgerase g1 RGHaltConversion rghaltconversion g1 RGHaltErase rghalterase g1 RGHaltInitialization rghaltinitialization g1 RGHaltRebuild rghaltrebuild g1 RGMemberAdd rgmemberadd g1 22 RGMemberRemove rgmemberremove g1 22 RGPreFetch 0 rgprefetch g1 2 RGRebuild rgrebuild g1 RGResumeConversion rgresumeconversion g1 RGResumeErase rgresumeerase g1 RGResumelnitialization rgresumeinitialization g1 RGResumeRebuild rgresumerebuild g1 RGSectorSize 512 rgsectorsize g1 8192 RGSpanDepth 1 set rgspandepth g1 spandepth 22 RGSpeedRead auto set rgspeedread g1 enabled RGUnmap rgunmap g1 RGWaitTimeout 5 rgwaittimeout 30 RMStatus rmstatus g1 Route route fc 1 0 raid alpha1 6 RouteDisplay routedisplay fc SASTargets SC 5500 sastargets SaveConfiguration saveconfiguration restart SCSIDomainValidation SC 5300 scsidomainvalidation SCSiInitIiD SC 5300 0x07 set scsiinitid 2 12 SCSIPortBusSpeed SC 5300 ultra320 set scsiportbusspeed 2 ultra160 SCSIPortList SC 5300 scsiportlist SCSIPortReset SC 5300 scsiportreset 1 SCSIPortResetOnStartup SC 5300 enabled set scsiportresetonstartup 1 disabled SCSIPortSyncTransfer SC 5300 enabled set scsiportsynctransfer 2 disabled SCSIPortTermination SC 5300 enabled set scsiporttermination 1 enabled SCSIPortWideTransfer SC 5300 enabled set scsiportwidetransfer 2 disabled SCSITargetLUNs SC 5300 8 set scsitargetluns 1 64 SCSITargets SC 5300 scsitargets 1 SerialNumber get serialnumber SerialPortBa
40. and required get IPGateway mp1 IPSubnetMask Controls the current subnet masks used by any Ethernet port s on the unit If IPDHCP is enabled the get command reports the current IP subnet mask assigned by the network DHCP server Default 255 255 0 0 set IPSubnetMask mp1 xxx xxx xXX XXX SaveConfiguration Restart command required get IPSubnetMask mp1 IsReserved Displays the reservation status of the current unit IsReserved MaxOpTemp Regulates the maximum operating temperature of this unit in degrees Celsius Valid entries are between 55 and 70 degrees Default 70 set MaxOpTemp 55 70 SaveConfiguration Restart command required get MaxOpTemp Metrics Controls the collection of standard data metrics within a product Metrics Start Stop Display Clear drive BlockDevID all running MinOpTemp Regulates the minimum operating temperature of this unit in degrees Celsius Valid entries are between 0 and 15 degrees Default 0 set MinOpTemp 0 15 SaveConfiguration Restart command required get MinOpTemp OpTempWarn Regulates the number of degrees Celsius before a thermal control event precipitates a warning to the user Valid entries are between 0 and 15 degrees Default 5 set OpTempWarn 0 15 SaveConfiguration Restart command required get OpTempWarn Partition Sets the specified partition to the specified capacity in gigabytes GB megabytes MB or blocks The specified c
41. apacity must be smaller than the specified partition s current capacity A new partition is created to acquire the remainder of the original partition s space VirtualDrivelnfo displays characteristics and statistics for all the available virtual drives or any available virtual drive identified by its virtual drive ID Partition GroupName partition index capacity GB MB blocks xi PartitionDisplay Lists all the partitions available in the specified RAID group The partitions are listed in order of contiguousness as opposed to index order PartitionDisplay GroupName PartitionMerge Combines the specified contiguous partitions into one partition Partition index is the index of a partition to merge along with a number of contiguous partitions to merge to that index All indicates that all partitions in the RAID group are merged into a single Virtual Disk The RAID group must not be in a NEW state None of the partitions to merge may be mapped PartitionMerge GroupName partition index 2 128 all PartitionSplit Divides the specified partition into one or more partitions whose capacities are evenly distributed among the capacity of the original partition The partition to split cannot be mapped The RAID group must not be in a NEW state PartitionSplit GroupName partition index 2 128 PartitionWriteCache If enabled allows higher write performance with a small risk of data loss after a system fai
42. aw 2 amps at 110V 1 6 amps 90V Fibre Channel ports Two independent 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel ports connect the FastStream using Small Formfactor Pluggable SFP interfaces and multimode fiber optic cable SCSI ports The two SCSI ports are totally independent from each other The ports are Ultra 320 SCSI busses with VHDCI connector downward compatible with all forms of Single ended Differential SCSI and all previous SCSI protocols For details on cabling SCSI ports refer to SCSI Cabling on page xxiii of the Appendix Management ports The 10 100 base T Ethernet port is accessible from the RJ45 connector and supports local diagnostics The RS 232 serial port provides support for remote monitoring and management using a DB9 ila e connector The baud rate is RX2 Ue 7 programmable and preset at the 0 GH factory to 115200 bps GND sl GO 9 LED indicators The LED indicators can be viewed from the connector side and the front side of the FastStream SC 5300 See Exhibit 1 1 1 Exhibit 1 1 2 and Exhibit 1 1 3 LEDs on the connector side are A bicolor Ready Fault LED lights green to indicate ready lights yellow to show a faulted condition and is off to indicate not ready Embedded in the Ethernet port connector a lighted green LED shows a valid link off indicates that no link is present A separate blinking yellow LED indicates activity Fibre Channel ports A lighted green LED indicates link off means no link A
43. d disabled SaveConfiguration Restart command required get SNTP SNTPServer Controls or displays the main IP address the client uses to retrieve the SNTP time and date Default 192 43 244 18 set SNTPServer xxx xxx XXX XXX SaveConfiguration Restart command required get SNTPServer ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual TailEventLog Displays new events to the terminal Type quit then press ENTER to exit tail mode TailEventLog Temperature Displays the current internal operating temperature of this unit in degrees Celsius get Temperature Time Controls or displays the current time as clocked by the unit in 24 hour format set Time HH MM SS get Time TimeZone Controls or displays the time zone or an offset from GMT for the unit Default EST set TimeZone EST CST MST PST HH MM SaveConfiguration command required get TimeZone Username Specifies the user name Username is case insensitive 1 to 32 characters and cannot contain spaces Default root set Username username SaveConfiguration command required get Username VerboseMode Controls the level of detail in CLI Help_ output and command response output for the current CLI session Default enabled set VerboseMode enabled disabled get VerboseMode VirtualDrivelnfo Displays characteristics and statistics for all available virtual drives or any available virtual drive identified by its virtual
44. d clicking on Create as often as you need to partition the remaining capacity or whenever you have completed designating partitions click on the All Unallocated button to put all the remaining capacity into one partition 10 Click Next The storage capacity is allocated 11 RAID partitions are mapped onto the Fibre Channel network as FC LUNs Select the method you wish to use to map the partitions e Ifyou select Auto all mapping for all RAID groups attached to this FastStream is changed destroying any previous mapping e Ifyou do not wish to change the mapping of your other RAID groups select Manual Manual mapping allows you to make LUN assignments for each RAID partition in the selected RAID group a From the RAID Configuration page presented under Select the mapping method click the Manual radio button b Click on any partition to map that partition to a Port and LUN 12 Choose an Initialization method refer to Initialization on page 14 13 Select an Interleave level by clicking on the drop down box CAUTION The default value is usually best Changing the default interleave size may degrade performance 14 Select the Sector Size The RAID group sector size must be evenly divisible by the sector size of any member disk 512 bytes is the default size for most operating systems For Windows XP 32 bit support select 4 KB sectors to enable large volume support greater than 2 TB 15 Select
45. d begins If you are using a FastStream 5300 you must initiate a system scan using the CLI command BlockDevScan to discover the drive before the rebuild can take place all other appliances automatically discover the additional drive e Hot Spares are not required allowing the maximum number of drives for data storage However if you require maximum fault tolerance it is best practice to have a Hot Spare available to supply the unallocated drive for immediate use Refer to FastStream process adding or removing Hot Spares on page 34 e Hot Spares are used first regardless of the Auto Rebuild setting Selecting an application After initializing drives or setting up new storage select an application from the Initial Setup or Manage page The FastStream finds all available drives and creates the appropriate setup using those drives The most flexible choice is to use Custom Setup but you must understand your needs and your system well to use this option Refer to Design RAID Groups on page xix of the Appendix for more information about RAID Preliminary steps 1 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager type the IP address of your appliance in a standard browser On the splash screen click Enter Here In the box provided type in your user name and password and click OK 2 If you have not used the Ensure Drive Integrity on page 11 or created other RAID groups the Initial Setup Menu appears If you have ini
46. d index no longer available Insufficient RAID Group members for RAID type CLI summary The following chart summarizes the Command Line Interface commands their defaults and an example of how to enter the commands Commands which have no default values have a blank entry in that column of the table A CAUTION Do not use CLI unless you are directed to by an ATTO technician Changing parameters may cause loss of data and or disruption to performance and reliability of the FastStream The ExpressNAV Storage Manager is the preferred method to operate and manage the FastStream Refer to Interface Options on page 39 for details Command Default Example AutoMap automap AutoResume initialization enabled set autoresume all disabled rebuild enabled erase disabled BlockDevClean blockdevclean 30 BlockDevldentify blockdevidentify 30 BlockDevIDStop blockdevidstop BlockDevScan blockdevscan BootDelay 5 set bootdelay 25 Command Default Example BridgeModel get bridgemodel BridgeName su set bridgename Omega6 ClearEventLog cleareventlog Date set date 03 03 2003 DefaultInterleave 128 set defaultinterleave 64 DeleteAllMaps deleteallmaps DisplayEventLog displayeventlog DisplayEventLogFilter all all all set displayeventlogfilter gen info all DriveTest drivetest begin DriveTestConfig set drivetestc
47. d over the previous sampling period approximately one second Successful Read and Write commands are considered I Os Factors that may affect reported performance include port availability and saturation and overall system utilization get Performance lt fp gt Ping Sends an ICMP echo request to the specified host ping mp1 xxx xxx xxx xxx lt count lt size gt gt RAIDRebuildPriority Regulates or displays the RAID rebuild priority A RAID rebuild priority set to high gives higher priority to RAID rebuilds and lower priority to the processing of simultaneous I O transactions A RAID rebuild priority set to low gives lower priority to the rebuild and a higher priority to I O transactions Set same the RAID rebuild and processing of I O transactions is the same Default same set RAIDRebuildPriority lt GroupName all gt high low same SaveConfiguration command required get RAIDRebuildPriority lt GroupName all gt RAIDSpeedWriteLimit Regulates the limit on the coalescing factor A very low limit is recommended for multiple initiators a high limit is recommended for multiple streams of sequential write I O Default 8 set RAIDSpeedWriteLimit 0 256 get RAIDSpeedWriteLimit ReadOnlyPassword Specifies a password which allows only read and no writes It is case sensitive 0 to 32 characters and cannot contain spaces An empty password can be configured by not specifying one Default Password set ReadOnl
48. deo General Digital Video Audio General IT Database O Custom Setup A CAUTION Before creating any RAID group you should initialize and verify the drives you want in the RAID group Refer to Ensure Drive Integrity on page 11 RAID improves data accessibility and reliability during normal operations however you still need a good backup strategy for long term protection of data When you have created RAID groups you may use monitor and modify the storage as needed Refer to Modify System Values on page 19 Manage ATTO Devices Configurations on page 37 Monitor Storage Configurations on page 21 and Modify Storage on page 31 Various outcomes are available when Auto Rebuild is enabled e And an existing RAID group member becomes faulted or unavailable such as when a drive is pulled out from an array the appliance initiates a rebuild using an available unallocated drive e Or if an appliance boots up with drives missing or faulted the FastStream tries to switch them out automatically e Exception FastStream SC 5300 requires a system scan using the CLI command BlockDevScan before the drive is known to be faulted or unavailable unless data is running to the drive in which case the RAID member becomes faulted and is swapped with a replacement ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual e If no unallocated drive is available you must replace the faulted drive and a rebuil
49. drive ID VirtualDrivelnfo lt virtual drive ID gt Voltage SC 5300 SC 5700 Displays the current voltage levels monitored by the unit VDDA 3 3V VDDB 2 5V VDDC 1 5V VDDD 1 35V get Voltage VDDA VDDB VDDC VDDD all WrapEventLog Controls EventLog output wrapping When enabled the unit logs up to 2048 event entries before overwriting the first entries When disabled the unit stops logging event entries at buffer full Default enabled set WrapEventLog enabled disabled SaveConfiguration command required get WrapEventLog zModem Uses the ZMODEM protocol to transfer a file to or from the unit via the RS 232 port The filename is required if the send option is specified zModem send filename receive xviii Appendix B Design RAID Groups The ATTO FastStream provides instant hardware data protection and intelligence to existing storage independent of the storage type A CAUTION RAID improves data accessibility and reliability during normal operations however you still need a good backup strategy for long term protection of your data To set up RAID groups refer to Configure Storage into RAID Groups on page 13 The ATTO FastStream allows RAID functionality In general the process begins with individual drives called block devices JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks JBOD configuration allows many individual drives to be available for normal storage operations with no special data
50. e Manager to identify perform diagnostics on drives page 25 get notification of certain conditions via Email page 23 and for the FastStream SC 5500 and 5700 identify Health and Status Monitor page The Health and Status Monitor page is the first page you see when you open the ExpressNAV Storage Manager after completing the configuration of at least one RAID group You may return to it at any time by clicking on the Monitor button on the left hand side of the screen various issues with storage devices using the SES SCSI Enclosure Status protocol page 27 TX Note New performance data is updated every 60 seconds which impacts performance slightly even if you minimize the browser window Exit the ExpressNAV Storage Manager completely whenever you need maximum performance The Health and Status Monitor page appears If you click Details added information about each parameter appears on the Configuration Display page refer to Configuration Display page on page 22 In the Drive Status box click on Scan to make sure all the drives attached to this FastStream are identified and available for use Click on Drive Health to start or stop various tests for each drive ATTO FASTSTREAM SC A a Ethernet Management Port 1 Details gt gt Drive Health _ System Scan 1 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager type the IP address
51. e Reads Writes Reads Writes Rd Max Wr Max Rd Error Wr Error Start Stop Stop ID RAID Group MB sec MB sec lO sec lO sec I0 ms 1O ms Count Count Metrics Drive Test 0 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 0 Sat Stop 1 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 0 Sat Stop 2 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 0 Sat Stop 3 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 0 Sat Stop 4 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 0 Sat Stop m Drive Errors a ATTO FastStream SC Event Log 0320 07 18 2008 08 04 27 Drive test beginning 0350 07 18 2008 06 20 16 Drive test complete 0499 07 21 2008 14 42 14 Drive test beginning 0821 07 25 2008 10 36 11 Drive test beginning I v 12 4 0 Configure Storage into RAID Groups The ATTO FastStream allows configuration of storage into DVRAID JBOD RAID Level 0 1 1 0 4 or 5 for the FastStream SC 5300 and 5700 plus RAID Level 6 for the FastStream SC 5500 with the ability to create multiple partitions RAID is a storage configuration which uses multiple drives to increase capacity performance and or reliability The FastStream can set up an application ready RAID configuration automatically you may custom design a RAID configuration or you may combine a custom and an automatic configuration The FastStream uses all available drives when you select Quick Digital Video General Digital Video Audio General IT or Database Available drives include those which are on line and not currently configured for RAID
52. e displayed completely in the ExpressNAV page DumpConfiguration DumpEventLog Displays the contents of the EventLog to the Advanced page of the ExpressNAV Storage Manager or a terminal emulation or telnet session The record may not be displayed completely in the ExpressNAV page DumpEventLog EmailFromAddress Configures the Email address that the unit uses to communicate with the Email server Full Email address is a fully qualified Internet Email address not more than 128 characters long set EmailFromAddress full email address get EmailFromAddress EmailNotify Regulates Email notification Default disabled set EmailNotify enabled disabled get EmailNotify EmailNotifyAddress Configures notification addresses Index is anumber between 1 and 5 Full Email address is a fully qualified Internet Email address not more than 128 characters long Emails are sent based on the warning level you set to trigger an Email alert Warning levels None no Emails Critical only critical severity events Warning warnings and critical events Informational information All all warnings critical events and informational messages set EmailNotifyAddress index full email address warning level get EmailNotifyAddress lt index all gt EmailPassword Configures the password which authenticates the login to the SMTP Email server The password must not be more than 64 characters A password is not required if the Email serv
53. e may be identified Disabling this option cancels the blinking Default disabled set IdentifyBridge enabled disabled get IdentifyBridge Info Displays version numbers and other product information for key components within the unit Info IPAddress Controls the current IP address of the Ethernet port s on the unit If IRDHCP is enabled the get command reports the current IP address assigned by the network DHCP server followed by the DHCP identifier Default 10 0 0 1 set IPAddress mp1 xxx xxx xxXx XXx SaveConfiguration Restart command required get IPAddress mp1 IPDHCP Regulates how the unit acquires its IP address When disabled the unit uses the IP address specified by the IPAddress CLI command when enabled the unit gets its IP address from a DHCP server Default enabled set IPDHCP mp1 enabled disabled SaveConfiguration Restart command required get IPDHCP IPDNSServer Controls the current DNS Server address If IPDHCP is enabled the DNS Server address is automatically detected If IPDHCP is disabled you must set the address manually using this command set IPDNSServer mp1 XXX XXX XXX XXX get IPDNSServer IPGateway Controls the current default gateways used by any Ethernet port s on the unit If IPDHCP is enabled the get command reports the current IP gateway assigned by the network DHCP server Default 0 0 0 0 set IPGateway mp1 xxx xxx xxx xxx SaveConfiguration Restart comm
54. e specified subsystem and level are displayed Default all all all set EventLogFilter subsystem all level all all none get EventLogFilter subsystem all level all Exit Terminates the current CLI session over Telnet This command has no effect if used during a serial CLI session Exit FCConnMode Specifies the connection mode the unit uses when communicating across a Fibre Channel network Connection modes FC_AL arbitrated loop loop Point to point ptp auto negotiation loop preferred loop ptp auto negotiation ptp preferred ptp loop Default loop set FCConnMode fp all loop ptp loop ptp ptp loop SaveConfiguration Restart command required get FCConnMode fp all FCDataRate Specifies the Fibre Channel data rate at which the unit operates Choices are 1Gb sec 2Gb sec 4Gb sec or Auto negotiate Ty X Note The FC data rate displayed in the Info output toggles between 1Gb 2Gb and 4Gb on a 4Gb ix capable unit if no connection has been established Default auto set FCDataRate fp all 1Gb 2Gb 4Gb auto SaveConfiguration Restart command required get FCDataRate fp all FCHard Regulates Fibre Channel hard address assignment When enabled the unit tries to use its internal hard address as its address on the Fibre Channel loop Under soft addressing the unit loop address is assigned during loop initialization Default disabled set FCHard enabled disabled
55. eady in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager type the IP address of your appliance in a standard browser On the splash screen click Enter Here In the box provided type in your user name and password and click OK 2 The Health and Status Monitor page appears Click on the Diagnostics menu on the left hand side of the screen Exhibit 6 3 2 The Identify SES Elements page 3 Click on SES Elements Select User Process O initialize and Verify Drives Read Only Drive Test Drive Performance and Health Identify Drive identify SES Elements O Clean RAID Configuration Data O Update the Firmware 4 Click on Next The Identify SES Elements page appears Exhibit 6 3 2 5 Select any drive for information about that drive 6 After selecting a drive click on one of the buttons to identify drives enclosures or RAID groups associated with that drive LEDs for the devices light up when selected 7 Select Stop All to stop the LEDs from lighting IDENTIFY SES ELEMENTS Help Text State DEGRADED o 745368 i 745368 2 745368 2 745368 4 745368 5 A_INIT INT A_INIT INT A_INIT INT A_INIT INT A_INIT INT bned p nd baad ad 27 T Select any drive then click one of the buttons cams Drive to light the slot LED for that single drive o liaht LEDs for all drives in the same RAID Group t LEDs for all drives in the same enclosure All to light LEDs for all drives Il to turn off LEDs for all driv
56. eam settings Refer to the CLI commands ReadOnlyPassword and ReadOnlyUsername on page xii in Appendix 1 Open a Command Line Interface session either using Telnet or the serial port as shown in Interface Options on page 39 Changing system variables You may change several system configurations to suit your needs 1 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager type the IP address of your appliance in a standard browser On the splash screen click Enter Here In the box provided type in your user name and password and click OK 2 Click on the Manage menu item on the left had side of the page 19 2 Type set ReadOnlyUsername name Press Enter Type set ReadOnlyPassword Press Enter Follow the instructions on the screen to confirm the read only password The read only user name and read only password for all user interface sessions are changed DU E G 3 Clickon the FastStream arrow m Select User Process E RAID Groups W FastStream SC O Add Remove Hot Spares System Configuration O System Configuration Save Restore O Set Up Error Notification E Other Devices E Enclosure Services 4 Click on the System Configuration radio button 5 Click on Next ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual 6 Make any changes Appliance name The appliance name is a unique 8 character identifier which is displayed at the top of each screen You may find this useful if
57. ed disk SESldentifyStop ALL GroupName lt Member ndex gt DRIVE BlockDevID SESMute SC 5500 SC 5700 Causes the audible alarms for all known enclosures to be muted or to use the remind state The remind state causes an occasional audible reminder if supported by the hardware of the alarm condition xvii x Note The command SESEnclosures must be executed before executing SESMute Default Mute SESMute lt Enclosurelndex gt lt remind gt SESPoll SC 5500 SC 5700 Specifies the SES enclosure polling interval in seconds At the specified interval all known SES enclosures are polled for their current status A setting of 0 disables SES enclosure polling Default 60 set SESPoll 0 30 3600 get SESPoll SESStartingSlot SC 5500 SC 5700 Establishes the starting slot ID number for all attached SES enclosures Default 1 set SESStartingSlot 0 1 get SESStartingSlot SESStatus SC 5500 SC 5700 Displays the last polled status of the specified element type in the specified enclosure Supported SES features include fan power temperature alarm and drive LEDs If no element type is specified the status of each is displayed XK Note The command SESEnclosures must be executed before executing SESStatus SESStatus Enclosurelndex lt ENC DRIVES FAN POWER TEMP ALARM SUPPORTLEVEL gt SNTP Controls whether an SNTP time server sets the date and time Default enabled set SNTP enable
58. er does not require authentication set EmailPassword SaveConfiguration command required EmailServerAddress Configures the address of the server the unit must contact in order to send out Email notifications using either an Email address xxx xxx x x or a fully qualified domain name mal myserver com Default 0 0 0 0 set EmailServerAddress IP address domain name SaveConfiguration command required get EmailServerAddress EmailUsername Configures the user name which authenticates the login to the SMTP Email server The user name must not be more than 128 characters A user name is not required ifthe Email server does not require authentication set EmailUsername username SaveConfiguration command required get EmailUsername vili EthernetSpeed Regulates the speed of the units Ethernet port s If Auto is enabled the Ethernet speed is negotiated When hard set 10 and 100 speeds are half duplex Default auto set EthernetSpeed mp1 10 100 auto SaveConfiguration Restart command required get EthernetSpeed mp1 EventLog Regulates event logging When enabled the unit records various system events to the event log Default enabled set EventLog enabled disabled get EventLog EventLogFilter Filters data from specific unit subsystems and levels when EventLog is enabled The specific entries supported are platform dependent For set commands the final parameter indicates whether or not events from th
59. es Drive _ RAID Group _Enclosure Identify Al Stop AI 28 Monitoring SES elements Enclosures which provide SES information are listed in the Enclosure Status section of the Health and Status Monitor see Exhibit 3 and through the Enclosure Services arrow on the Manage menu Use the Health and Status Monitor 1 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager type the IP address of your appliance in a standard browser On the splash Exhibit 6 3 3 screen click Enter Here In the box provided type in your user name and password and click OK 2 The Health and Status Monitor page appears see Exhibit 6 3 3 In the Enclosure Status section click on Details 3 The SES Monitor page appears see Exhibit 6 3 4 The ExpressNAV Storage Controller Health and Status Monitor page HEALTH AND STATUS MONITOR r RAID Group Status RAID Group Name Status RG1 OFFLINE rg4 OFFLINE Hot Spares Available 0 Number Spent Hot Spares 0 Details gt gt r Environmental Status Temperature 21 C 0C 70C r Enclosure Status Index ID Address Status 0 50015b2160000079 0 OK 1 50015b2020000e73 0 OK Details gt gt Exhibit 6 3 4 The SES Monitor page 4 SES MONITOR 29 Interface Status Ethernet Management Port 1 Link Up Fibre Channel Port 1 Link Down Speed auto Mode loop Fibre Channel Port 2 Link Down Speed auto Mode loop Fibre Channel Port 3 Link Down Speed a
60. es 4 Partitions RAID group name partition ID capacity and block size Drives Drive configuration by port including drive size and status Interfaces Ethernet management port link status and Fibre Channel port link speed connection mode Node Name and Port Name Menu Items automatically every 60 seconds Monitor Manage RAID Groups J A A W RAID Group Configuration __Diagnosties _ RAID RAID Humber Total Humber Advanced RAID Group Hame Status Level Partitions Interleave Capacity Drives r10 OFFLINE RAID10 64 0KB 11 65GB 8 Powered by Hot Spares Available 0 ATTO Number Spent Hot Spares 0 Partitions W Partition Configuration Block RAID Group Hame Partition ID Capacity Size r10 0 5 82GB 5128 r10 1 5 82GB 5128 Drives B Drives Configuration 2002 2007 ATTO Technology Inc SCSI Enclosure Services SES Drive enclosures may have a SCSI Enclosure Processor which indicates enclosure health status drive identification and drive fault identification The ATTO FastStream recognizes drive enclosures that provide SCSI Enclosure Services SES Use SES to identify individual drives all the drives in the same enclosure all the drives in a single RAID group or faulted drives You may also select drives and monitor the status of the enclosure Interfaces ats T E Interface Confinuratinn Ni Va Refer to SCSI Enclosure Services SES on page 27 for details o
61. estination device More than one FC LUN may be assigned to a partition If you try to map a new partition to the same FC LUN the previous map is overwritten Use the delete identifier to remove the map In verbose mode overwriting a map requires secondary confirmation of the action If ECMultiNode is disabled Route FC lun RAID GroupName Partlndex Delete If FCMultiNode is enabled Route FC fp lun RAID GroupName PartIndex Bridge Delete Route SC 5500 Assigns a host protocol address to a target destination device More than one FC LUN may be assigned to a partition If you try to map a new partition to the same FC LUN the previous map is overwritten Use the delete identifier to remove the map In verbose mode overwriting a map requires secondary confirmation of the action You may also map pass through devices If FCMultiNode is disabled Route FC lun RAID GroupName PartIndex SAS SASIndex Delete If FCMultiNode is enabled Route FC fl lun RAID GroupName PartIndex SAS SASIndex Delete Route SC 5700 Assigns a host protocol address to a target destination device More than one FC LUN may be assigned to a partition If you try to map a new partition to the same FC LUN the previous map is overwritten Use the delete identifier to remove the map In verbose mode overwriting a map requires secondary confirmation of the action You may also map pass through devices If EC
62. exe for Windows or QuickNAV Mac for Mac OS X Locate the FastStream with the serial number recorded earlier Highlight the serial number Click Next If a DHCP server is available on your network an address is assigned automatically by the server Note the assigned address If you do not have a DHCP server get an IP address and subnet mask from your network administrator type it into the area provided and click on Next Click on Launch Browser Your browser points to the ATTO ExpressNAV splash screen If you use Internet Explorer as a browser continue on to the optional Setting up Internet Explorer below If not continue on to Beginning initial configuration Setting up Internet Explorer 1 Open your browser ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual 2 Select Internet Options Beginning initial configuration 3 ln the Internet Options screen select the 1 The ExpressNAV Storage Manager welcome Security tab screen appears Click on Enter Here 4 Click on the Trusted Sites icon 2 Inthe box provided type in the user name and 5 Click on the Sites button password 6 Inthe text box Add this Web site to the zone add the IP address of the appliance You may CX Note use wild cards The default values are user name root and 7 Click on Add password Password The user name is case 8 Uncheck the Require server verification insensitive and the password is case check box sensitive It is best p
63. f the connector side of the FastStream 5700 SAP SOAS NS SS SS 85 SSNS AGN NAG aa PA A r Channel Host G e Channel Device rau tO sg RT O SO ea DI ee 1 O Reset o LinkO LinkO Ethernet Port Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Exhibit 1 3 3 Detail of the FastStream faceplate An fasTSTREAM Fibre Channel Host Fibre Channel Device Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 12 12 1 2 1 2 Activity Activity Activity Activity 2 0 Install the FastStream Storage Controller If you have not already completed the instructions on the Quick Start page packed with your FastStream use the following instructions to install the FastStream Unpacking the packing box verifying contents The FastStream Note the serial number of your FastStream unit Power cord Brackets and screws for mounting in a 19 rack Ethernet cable RS 232 cable CD which includes the Firmware Installation and Operation Manual QuickNAV IP discovery program and system drivers Installing the FastStream Exhibit 2 0 1 and Exhibit 2 0 2 on page 10 illustrate this procedure 1 Ln Place the FastStream on a stable flat surface or install it into a standard rack If installing into a rack a Attach the brackets to both sides of the FastStream enclosure b Install the FastStream assembly horizontally within the rack so it does not reduce the air flow within the rack Connect the host computer to Fibre Channel ports using SFP
64. g or informational messages When an event occurs that warrants Email notification the FastStream sends the message it cannot respond to a rejection by a server for an invalid address Ensure all Email addresses typed in are valid Each Email is time stamped when it is sent as part of the SMTP header information 1 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager type the IP address of your 23 Ln 11 12 13 appliance in a standard browser On the splash screen click Enter Here In the box provided type in your user name and password and click OK The Health and Status Monitor page appears On the menu at the left hand side of the page choose Manage The Manage Menu page appears Click on the FastStream arrow Select User Process E RAID Groups W FastStream SC Add Remove Hot Spares O System Configuration O System Configuration Save Restore Set Up Error Notification E Other Devices E Enclosure Services Click the Set up Error Notification button Click Next Click on the Enabled button for Notification Configuration Type in the sender address or use the default Emails show this name in the From field Type or use the default SMTP Server the Email server IP address or the name of the SMTP server and if required the user name and password used to log into the server Type in up to five Email addresses Choose All Critical Warning Informational or None for each Email address
65. groups attached to this FastStream Select a RAID level Refer to Design RAID Groups on page xix of the Appendix Step 2 Select the RAID level O RAD 0 O RADI RAID 1 with Multiple Mirrors O RAD 4 RAD S RAD 6 RAD 1 0 JBoD If you are using a FastStream SC 5300 the menu does not includes a button for RAID 6 If you selected RAID 1 with Multiple Mirrors type in the number of mirrors copies of the original data you want to maintain in the box provided Type a unique name for your RAID group in the box provided on the page under the Step 3 heading Click Next Click on the System Scan button to discover the drives available for RAID configuration When the scanned drives box is populated click on the boxes representing the drives for the RAID group named in Step 4 Click Next The Partition wizard appears A RAID group may have several Terabytes of total data capacity because of the size of the included drives Partitions allow you to break up large RAID groups into smaller more manageable groups LUN Partitioning increases storage efficiency by providing more LUNs without using lower capacity RAID groups e Partitioning allows the creation of multiple logical volumes Note If you don t want to use partitions click on the All Unallocated button a Enter the desired partition size from the available RAID group capability b Click Create c Repeat entering the partition size an
66. he test progress During the tests the Time Remaining box tells you how much time remains until the verification process is complete The representation of each drive in the Drives box shows the percentage of verification completed Drive performance is displayed under the Drive Metrics section Drive errors are displayed in the Drive Errors section of the page 4 When the test is complete click on each drive to see its information highlighted in the Drive Metrics window If you close the browser or navigate away from this page you may re access these results by clicking the Diagnostics button and choosing the Drive Performance and Health option Results are available until the FastStream is restarted Identifying a drive attached to the FastStream You may want to physically identify a drive attached to the FastStream A CAUTION Executing this command adversely impacts performance and throughput for the time that the LED is illuminated 1 Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps on page 25 2 Click on Identify Drive 3 The Identify Drive page appears Click on the box representing the drive you wish to identify Only one drive may be selected at a time 4 Click Commit The I O LED of the drive illuminates for one minute 5 To stop the operation unselect the drive 26 6 3 SCSI Enclosure Services SES Drive enclosures may provide a SCSI Enclosure Processor which indicates enclosure health s
67. i Cable types Connecting SCSI devices to SCSI ports Appendix D Standards and Compliances cesses sees sssssssssssssssssssss seene XXV FCC Standards Radio and Television Interference Canadian Standards European Standards Declaration of Conformity Appendix E Warranty pile xxvi 1 0 ATTO FastStream Offers Data Protection The ATTO FastStream Storage Controller is an ideal solution for the cost sensitive demands of today s networked storage environments offering great performance OS independence simplified management and RAID protection for all of your critical data Adding RAID ensures your data is protected without compromising performance The ATTO FastStream is a high performance RAID storage appliance which can be seamlessly integrated into a storage environment without regard to any particular manufacturer type of drive capacity or speed ATTO FastStream RAID controllers are ideally suited for bandwidth intensive applications such as digital film video and audio as well as medical imaging digital prepress and disk to disk backup While RAID improves data accessibility and reliability during normal operations you still need a good backup strategy for long term protection of your data The ATTO FastStream is available in an industry standard rack mount 1U enclosure FastStream 5000 Series features e Industry standard rack mount enclosure e The ATTO ExpressNAV browser based storage manager simplifies configu
68. ify RAID Options W FastStream SC 31 Preliminary steps Begin with these steps then choose the process you wish to use TX Note An unallocated drive or unallocated storage is storage which is not part of a RAID group not designated as a Hot Spare or is offline 1 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager type the IP address of your appliance click Enter Here In the box provided type in your user name and password Click OK 2 The Health and Status Monitor page appears 3 Click on the Manage button on the left hand side of the ExpressNAV Storage Manager 4 The Manage Menu page appears From the Select User Process box select the operation you wish to perform oe RAID groups Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps above and click on the RAID Groups arrow from the Select User Process box 2 Click on Create RAID Group 3 Follow the directions as found in Selecting an application on page 14 or Creating a custom setup on page 16 Baat RAID groups Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps above and click on the RAID Groups arrow from the Select User Process box Click on Delete RAID Groups Click on Next If you decide to delete Hot Spares click on the appropriate radio button Refer to FastStream_ process adding or removing Hot Spares on page 34 Click on each RAID group to be deleted Click the Delete button When you have selected all the groups you wish to delete click Commit
69. in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual RAID Level 0 striping no redundancy RAID Level 0 striping is based on the fact that increased performance can be achieved by simultaneously accessing data across multiple drives increasing data transfer rates while reducing average access time by overlapping drive seeks Drives are accessed alternately as if stacked one on top of the Disk 1 Stripe 1 Stripe 2 L Stripe 3 Disk 2 other RAID Level 0 provides no data protection If one drive fails all data within that stripe set is lost RAID Level 0 is used by applications requiring high performance for non critical data The ATTO FastStream supports 2 to 16 drives per RAID Level 0 group Disk 3 Disk 4 RAID Level 1 mirroring duplicate drives RAID Level 1 ensures the security of data by writing the exact same data simultaneously to two different drives With RAID Level 1 the host sees what it believes to be a single physical drive of a specific size it does not know about the mirrored pair Disk 1 This application is used for critical data which cannot be at risk to be lost or corrupted due to the failure of a single drive The ATTO FastStream supports an even number of 2 to16 drives per RAID Level 1 group Disk 2 RAID Level 1 plus additional mirroring RAID Level 1 with multiple mirrors uses at least 3 drives with the same data on each drive
70. in this manual Symbol Abbreviation Indicates A range 6 9 6 7 8 9 Indicates optional repetition of the preceding item Required entry Pick one of lt gt Optional entry BlockDevID Index designation of a block as found by using the BlockDevScan command Enclosurelndex Index designation of an enclosure found by using the SESIdentify command fl Fibre Channel LUN ID 0 lt fl lt 31 fp Fibre Channel port number 1 lt fp lt 2 ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Symbol Abbreviation Indicates GroupName The name of the RAID group designated by the user to which a block device is assigned Use RGDisplay to discover RAID group names Memberlndex Index designation of a RAID group member as found by using the RMStatus command mp1 Ethernet port used to manage the FastStream PartitionIndex Index designation of a partition as found by using the PartitionDisplay command CLI error messages The following error messages may be returned by the Command line Interface ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR Block ERROR ERROR ERROR Usage Invalid Command Type Help for command list Wrong Missing Parameters lt usage string gt Invalid RAID Group state Invalid Block Device index Invalid RAID MemberIdx Maximum number of RAID Groups exceeded Insufficient number of RAID Group members Device at specifie
71. into a new or an existing storage environment The ATTO FastStream SC 5300 is available in a desktop model and in an industry standard 1U form factor for easy integration into racks For installation instructions refer to Install the FastStream Storage Controller on page 9 Dimensions Width 17 inches Length 8 94 inches Height 1 7 inches 1U Weight approximately 8 pounds Cooling and airflow Operating Temperature 0 40 C external Humidity 10 90 non condensing Airflow air enters through slots on the right of the rear panel and exits through slots on the left ofthe rear panel A CAUTION Do not block the enclosure s vents The FastStream does not allow data transfer if overheating occurs Power The power supply circuit is permanently mounted within the enclosure and is not hot swappable It has one standard IEC320 power receptacle and switch A WARNING Risk of explosion if battery is removed and or replaced by an incorrect type Dispose of used batteries in accordance with your local environmental regulations AX warnunc Explosionsgefahr wenn die Batterie falsch entfernt und oder ersetzt wird Entsorgen Sie benutzte Batterien in Ubereinstimmung mit Ihren lokalen Umweltschutzbestimmungen Input voltage 10 230V AC with operating input range of 90 132V AC or 175 264V AC 47 63Hz single phase The AC input range selection is 3 automatic with no manual or jumper switchover required Power dr
72. k 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Stripe 1 Stripe 2 Stripe 3 Stripe 4 xxi ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual RAID Level 6 striping two parity blocks distributed among drives RAID Level 6 increases reliability for mission critical can tolerate failure of two drives and provides applications by striping both data and dual parity redundancy during rebuilds across multiple drives writing data and parity blocks The ATTO FastStream requires at least four drives to across all the drives in a RAID group RAID 6 provides build a RAID 6 group Two drives per RAID group are used for parity protection and are unavailable for data Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Disk 5 Stripe 1 F Parity 1 3 Stripe 2 EZIO data 6 IE Stripe 3 Parity 7 9 Stripe 4 ego xxii Appendix C SCSI Cabling Additional information to physically connect ports to devices and to your SAN SCSI cables and devices must be chosen to maximize performance and minimize the electrical noise from the high speed data transfers available with the SCSI protocol Cabling and termination methods become important considerations for proper performance SCSI cables and devices are subject to specific length and number limitations to deal with electrical problems that arise at increased operating speeds Cable types Use high quality cables rated for the type of SCSI transfers required well insulated SCSI cables ensure error free communications
73. le on the ATTO website Contact your ATTO sales representative for complete information The ATTO FastStream has several processors which control the flow of data The firmware to control these processors can be upgraded in the field using the ExpressNAV Storage Manager Be sure all data is backed up before updating firmware to prevent data loss A CAUTION Ensure that all I O to the ATTO FastStream has stopped During this procedure do not interrupt the flash process 1 The ATTO FastStream firmware is distributed as an image file ima Download the appropriate firmware file from the ATTO website or insert the Installation CD containing the file into your computer 2 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager type the IP address of your appliance in a standard browser On the splash screen click Enter Here In the box provided type in your user name and password and click OK 3 The Health and Status Monitor page appears 4 Click on the Diagnostics button on the left hand side of the ExpressNAV Storage Manager 41 5 The Diagnostics Menu page appears From the Select User Process box select Update the Firmware Select User Process initialize and Verify Drives i Read Only Drive Test Drive Performance and Health i dentify Drive Clean RAID Configuration Data Update the Firmware 6 Click Next 7 If you know the name and location of the ima file enter it into the text
74. lt size for most operating systems Use 4 KB sectors to enable large volume support greater than 2 TB in Windows XP 32 bit Default 512 set RGSectorSize GroupName 512 8192 get RGSectorSize GroupName RGSpanDepth Regulates or displays the span depth on the specified RAID group The RAID group must be of type RAID 0 1 4 5 6 or 1 0 set RGSpanDepth GroupName SpanDepth 1 16 get RGSpanDepth GroupName RGSpeedRead Performs look ahead during reads from RAID group member disks for all or the specified RAID group Default auto set RGSpeedRead GroupName all enabled disabled auto get RGSpeedRead GroupName all RGUnmap Removes all mapped partitions for a RAID group from the routing table The partitions themselves are unaffected although they are inaccessible to initiators RGUnmap GroupName all RGWaitTimeout Specifies the maximum time in seconds that the system waits to discover previously configured RAID groups attached to the unit The time out is used during system boot time and when the BlockDevScan command is issued Default 5 set RGWaitTimeout 1 3600 SaveConfiguration Restart command required get RGWaitTimeout xiv RMStatus Displays the status of all RAID members within the specified RAID group or a particular RAID member if specified within the specified RAID group RMStatus GroupName lt MemberIndex gt Route SC 5300 Assigns a host protocol address to a target d
75. lure If disabled provides a higher level of data integrity with lower write performance set PartitionWriteCache GroupName Partlndex enabled disabled get PartitionWriteCache GroupName PartIndex PassThroughMode SC 5500 5700 Specifies the non disk device types which are automatically mapped at boot time The all option allows all non disk devices to be mapped The SES option allows dedicated SES processor LUNs to be mapped The non SES option allows all non SES devices to be mapped The disabled option disables the pass through mode Default disabled set PassThroughMode all SES non SES disabled get PassThroughMode PassThroughPersistent SC 5500 5700 Stores maps for currently attached passthrough devices to persistent memory PassThroughPersistent ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual PassThroughRediscover SC 5500 5700 Makes any previously deleted pass through target devices visible to the host PassThroughRediscover Password Specifies the password used for all sessions Password is case sensitive 0 to 32 characters and cannot contain spaces An empty password can be configured by pressing the enter key when prompted for the new password and new password confirmation Default Password set Password Performance Lists the performance data for the user specified Fibre Channel port Data consists ofthe average rate MB sec and number of I Os lO sec measure
76. mapping of your other RAID groups select Manual then click on any partition to map that partition to a Port and LUN 6 Click on Commit to save the new mapping 7 A warning box tells you some mapping configurations may impair performance Complete the mapping change by clicking on Yes Clicking on No ends the procedure without making a change 8 The Health and Status Monitor page appears Modifying RAID group partitions A RAID group may have several Terabytes of total data capacity because of the size of the included drives Partitions allow you to break up large RAID groups into smaller more manageable groups Most host systems can address only 2 TB per LUN Partitioning increases storage efficiency by providing more LUNs without using lower capacity RAID groups Partitioning allows the creation of multiple logical volumes 1 Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps on page 31 and click on the RAID Groups arrow from the Select User Process box 2 Click on the Modify RAID Group Partitioning button 33 Click Next Select the RAID Group Name from the drop down menu 5 Using the graphic and drop down boxes choose to either merge or split existing partitions or to assign different values for the partition sizes 6 Click Commit 7 A warning box appears In the warning box verify that you want to complete the configuration by clicking on Yes Clicking on No ends the procedure without making a change 8 When the
77. mit The FastStream configures the storage the process may take several hours When the process is complete the Health and Status Monitor page appears ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual 5 0 Modify System Values Default values are appropriate for most configurations but may be modified for your needs using ATTO ExpressNAV Storage Manager It is best practice to change the default user name and password to a user name and password important to you Other configurations may also be changed however use extreme caution when changing default values Changing current user name password It is best practice to change the user name and password or all Telnet FTP and ATTO ExpressNAV Storage Manager sessions Refer to the CLI commands Username and Password on page xii in Appendix 1 Open a Command Line Interface session either using Telnet or the serial port as shown in Interface Options on page 39 2 Type set UserName name Press Enter 4 Type set Password W 5 Press Enter 6 Follow the instructions on the screen to confirm your old and new password TY Note The user name is case insensitive and password is case sensitive The user name and password for all Telnet FTP and ATTO ExpressNAV Storage Manager sessions is changed Creating a read only user name password You may wish to set up a read only user name and password to prevent changes to storage and FastStr
78. n the SES interface in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager Select User Process RAID Groups E FastStream SC E Other Devices W Enclosure Services W Manage Enclosure Services C Monitor Enclosure Services 22 6 1 Phone Home Email Alerts Phone home Email notification allows the FastStream to send an Email message to you a network administrator or other users when certain events occur with the FastStream Serious error messages are sent immediately while messages for less serious errors are sent every 15 minutes e Types of errors e Device drive errors such as medium error aborted command and hard error e Device drive transitions from online to offline Critical and warning temperature conditions e Critical and warning voltage conditions e Power recycle power failure conditions e Warning messages e device down e medium error abort command e Message severity levels e Critical critical event Emails are sent e Warning warnings and critical event Emails are sent Informational information which you may want to know but which probably does not require action only information messages are sent e All warnings critical events and informational messages are sent e None no Emails are sent You may send Emails to up to five Email addresses and designate which conditions prompt each Email notification For example a recipient with a critical severity level only receives critical messages and not warnin
79. nd Television Interference Communications This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class Commission B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communication However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio and television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna f necessary consult an ATTO authorized Increase the separation between the equipment dealer ATTO Technical Support Staff or an and the receiver experienced radio television technician for Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit additional suggestions different from that to which the receiver is connected European Standards Fa Declaration of Conformity k This following statement applies to the ATTO FastStream SC 7500 This device has been tested in the basic operating configuration and found to be compliant with the following European Union sta
80. ndards Application of Council Directive 89 336 EEC Standard s to which conformity is declared EN55022 CISPR 22 EN55024 CISPR24 This Declaration will only be valid when this product is used in conjunction with other CE approved devices and when the entire system is tested to the applicable CE standards and found to be compliant Canadian Standards This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada The ATTO FastStream SC 7500 complies with Directive 2002 95 EC on the Restriction of RoH the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment RoHS COMPLIANT eb LEAD FREE XXV ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Appendix E Warranty Manufacturer limited warranty Manufacturer warrants to the original purchaser of this product that it is free from defects in material and workmanship as described in the ATTO Technology website www attotech com Manufacturer liability shall be limited to replacing or repairing at its option any defective product There is no charge for parts or labor should Manufacturer determine that this product is defective Products which have been subject to abuse misuse alteration neglected or have been serviced repaired or installed by unauthorized personnel shall not be covered under this warranty provision Damage resulting from incorrect c
81. nterleave RGCreate GroupName RAID 0 1 10 4 5 JBOD lt 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 gt RGCreate SC 5500 Creates a new empty RAID group The optional value after the RAID level parameter 0 1 10 4 5 6 JBOD represents the desired interleave in 512 byte blocks for the RAID group If this value is not provided then the system default interleave size is used Refer to Defaultinterleave RGCreate GroupName RAID 0 1 10 4 5 6 JBOD lt 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 gt RGDelete Deletes all RAID groups or the specified RAID group RGDelete GroupName all xiii RGDiskWriteCache If enabled produces higher write performance with a small risk of data loss after a system failure If disabled drives are updated at the expense of some write performance set RGDiskWriteCache GroupName all enabled disabled get RGDiskWriteCache GroupName all RGDisplay Displays the status of a RAID group or all RAID groups RGDisplay lt GroupName all gt RGErase Erases the data from the specified RAID group CAUTION All data is lost RGErase GroupName RGHaltConversion Stops the conversion of the specified RAID group RGHaltConversion GroupName RGHaltErase Stops the erase on the specified RAID group RGHaltErase GroupName RGHaltInitialization Stops the initialization of the specified RAID group RGHaltlnitialization GroupName RGHaltRebuild
82. ntire surface of each drive to identify bad areas of disk drives and determine read performance It may be run while data is passing through the FastStream Running this test may negatively impact performance Once the read only test has completed system operation returns to normal All eligible drives are highlighted in green the system only initializes highlighted drives B Click Commit A CAUTION Do not restart the FastStream or disconnect or power cycle drives during Drive Initialization and Verification or you must start the verification process from the beginning 6 A warning box appears In the warning box verify that you want to complete the configuration by clicking on Yes Clicking on No ends the procedure without making a change 7 When the process is complete the Health and Status Monitor page appears The drive s selected are now initialized and verified All data on the highlighted drives has been erased and you may continue with Configure Storage into RAID Groups on page 13 ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual After creating RAID groups 1 4 5 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager type the IP address of your ra appliance in a standard browser gr On the splash screen click arr Enter Here In the box provided mesa type in your user name and password and click OK Click on the Diagnostics button on the left hand side of the Ex
83. onfig read DriveTestList set drivetestlist all DriveTestStatus get driveteststatus DumpConfiguration dumpconfiguration DumpEventLog dumpeventlog EmailFromAddress set emailfromaddress EmailNotify disabled set emailnotify enabled EmailNotifyAddress get emailnotifyaddress EmailPassword set emailpassword EmailServerAddress 0 0 0 0 get emailserveraddress EmailUsername get emailusername EthernetSpeed auto set ethernetspeed mp1 100 EventLog enabled set eventlog disabled EventLogFilter all all all set eventlogfilter gen info all Exit exit FCConnMode loop set feconnmode all ptp FCDataRate auto get fcdatarate all FCHard disabled set fchard enabled FCHardAddress fp1 3 fp2 4 set fchardaddress 1 122 fp3 5 fp4 6 FCMultiNode disabled set femultinode enabled FCPortErrors get fcporterrors all FCPortList fcportlist FCSCSIBusyStatus SC 5300 busy set fescsibusystatus qfull FCTargets SC 5700 7700 fctargets FCWWName get fewwname 1 FirmwareRestart firmwarerestart Help help driveinfo HSAdd hsadd 3 HSDisplay hsdisplay ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Command Default Example HSRemove hsremove 3 IdentifyBridge disabled set identifyBridge enabled Info info IPAddress 10 0 0 1 get ipaddress mp1 IPDHCP enabled set ipdhcp mp1 disabled IPDNSServe
84. onnection or an inappropriate application of this product shall not be the responsibility of Manufacturer Manufacturer s liability is limited to Manufacturer s product s damage to other equipment connected to Manufacturer s product s is the customer s responsibility This warranty is made in lieu of any other warranty express or implied Manufacturer disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose Manufacturer s responsibility to repair or replace a defective product is the sole and exclusive remedy provided to the customer for breech of this warranty Manufacturer is not liable for any indirect special incidental or consequential damages irrespective of whether Manufacturer has advance notice of the possibility of such damages No Manufacturer dealer agent or employee is authorized to make any modification extension or addition to this warranty xxvi
85. parameter BlockDevicelD allows an available block device to be substituted for the RAID member currently assigned to the MemberIndex If the RAID level has been set to 6 two RAID group members may be rebuilt at the same time RGRebuild GroupName lt lt Memberlndex gt lt BlockDevID gt lt and MemberIndex2 lt BlockDevID2 gt gt gt gt RGResumeConversion Continues the stopped conversion on the specified RAID group RGResumeConversion GroupName RGResumeErase Continues the erase on the specified RAID group RGResumeErase GroupName RGResumelnitialization Continues a stopped initialization for the specified RAID group Set RGresumelnitialization GroupName RGResumeRebuild SC 5300 5700 Continues the rebuild s on the specified RAID group If no MemberIndex is specified all stopped rebuilds on that RAID group are resumed RGResumeRebuild GroupName lt Member ndex gt RGResumeRebuild SC 5500 Continues the rebuild s on the specified existing RAID group If no Memberindex is specified all stopped rebuilds on that RAID group are continued For RAID 6 groups if a MemberlIndex is specified all halted RAID members on the span with that Memberindex resume as well RGResumeRebuild GroupName lt MemberIndex gt RGSectorSize Sets or displays the sector size of the specified RAID Group The desired RAID Group sector size must be evenly divisible by the sector size of any member disk 512 bytes is the defau
86. pressNAV Storage Manager Choose either Initialize and Verify Drives or Read Only Drive Test from the Select User Process menu r Select User Process O initialize and Verify Drives Read Only Drive Test Drive Performance and Health O identify Drive identify SES Elements Clean RAID Configuration Data O Update the Firmware Click Next If no drives appear in the information box click on the System Scan button 6 If drives are available click on the drives you wish to verify initialize or test the drives are highlighted Click Commit A CAUTION Do not restart the FastStream or disconnect or power cycle drives during Drive Initialization and Verification or you must start the verification process from the beginning A warning box appears In the warning box verify that you want to complete the configuration by clicking on Yes Clicking on No ends the procedure without making a change If you chose to initialize and verify drives the Health and Status Monitor page appears and all data on the previously highlighted drives has been erased If you chose to do a read only test the Drive Performance and Health page appears showing what tests are running and their results You may select other tests to run or continue on to other tasks DRIVE PERFORMANCE AND HEALTH E Show Help Text and Drives m Drive Metrics Start AI Metrics Stop All Metrics Clear All Metrics Refresh Driv
87. pressNAV Storage Manager The following instructions assume you have already set up at least one RAID group The ATTO FastStream collects various metrics to measure performance for physical drives attached to the FastStream during normal system operation and drive initialization and verification New performance data is updated every 60 seconds which impacts performance slightly even if you minimize the browser window Exit the ExpressNAV Storage Manager completely whenever you need maximum performance Preliminary steps 1 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager type the IP address of your appliance in a standard browser On the splash screen click Enter Here In the box provided type in your user name and password and click OK Read only drive test The read only test performs a non destructive scan over the entire surface of each drive to identify bad areas of the disk drives and determine read performance It may be run while data is passing through the FastStream Running this test may negatively impact performance Once the Read only test has completed system operation returns to normal To fix errors on disks use the Initialize and Verify Drives process as described in Ensure Drive Integrity on page 11 1 Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps above 2 Click the Read Only Drive Test button 2 Click Next 25 2 The Health and Status Monitor page appears Click the Diagnostics but
88. ps a drive test with the previously specified configuration and drive list Drives which are in use by the test are not available for RAID configuration or RAID operations Only one test can be run at a time DriveTest Begin Cancel DriveTestConfig Configures the next drive test to perform initialize destructive write only read non destructive read only verify destructive verify or init verify destructive write read verify The test is not started until the DriveTest Begin command is given set DriveTestConfig init read verify init verify get DriveTestConfig DriveTestList Specifies drives to be run in the next drive test This command can be called with different eligible block IDs and each one is added to the list Drives which are not part of a RAID group or are not hot spares are eligible The all parameter automatically chooses eligible drives The test is not started until the DriveTest Begin command is given set DriveTestList drive BlockDevID all get DriveTestList DriveTestStatus Displays the status of the currently running drive test but does not display performance metrics If a block device ID is not running or cannot be found its state is idle and percent complete is 0 get DriveTestStatus lt drive BlockDevID gt DumpConfiguration Displays the unit s configuration to the Advanced page of the ExpressNAV Storage Manager or a terminal emulation or telnet session The record may not b
89. r set ipdnsserver mp1 172 15 12 123 IPGateway 0 0 0 0 get ipgateway mp1 IPSubnetMask 255 255 0 0 get ipsubnetmask mp1 IsReserved isreserved MaxOpTemp 70 get maxoptemp Metrics metrics display all MinOpTemp set minoptemp 10 OpTempWarn set optempwarn 15 Partition partition alpha1 6 4 GB PartitionDisplay partitiondisplay alpha1 PartitionMerge partitionmerge alpha1 all PartitionSplit partitionsplit alpha1 22 2 PartitionWriteCache set partitionwritecache g1 1 enabled PassThroughMode SC 5500 5700 disabled set passthroughmode all PassThroughPersistent SC 5500 5700 passthroughpersistent PassThroughRediscover SC 5500 5700 passthroughredicsover Password Password set password Performance get performance 2 Ping ping mp1 192 42 155 155 RAIDRebuildPriority same set raidrebuildpriority low RAIDSpeedWriteLimit 8 set raidspeedwritelimit 20 ReadOnlyPassword Password set readonlypassword ReadOnlyUsername user set readonlyusername Reserve reserve ResetFCPortErrors resetfcporterrors 1 RestoreConfiguration restoreconfiguration default RGAddStorage rgaddstorage g1 span commit RGAutoRebuild disabled set rgautorebuild g1 enabled RGCancelAddStorage rgcanceladdstorage g1 RGCommit rgcommit all RGCreate rgcreate g1 raid0 RGDelete rgdelete g1 RGDiskWriteCache set rgdiskwritecache g1 enabled RGDisplay rgdisplay all Command Default Ex
90. ractice to change the 9 Click OK default user name and password Refer to 10 Atthe bottom of the Internet Options box click i aca current user name password on on OK and close the box 3 The Initial Setup page appears Continue to Ensure Drive Integrity on page 11 Exhibit 2 0 1 One view of how to connect the FastStream into a rack brackets may be mounted on either the front or the connector sides of the FastStream FastStream enclosure FastStream E enclosure TT a Attach brackets to both sides of the FastStream b Attach the enclosure bracket assembly to the enclosure using brackets and screws supplied by rack using the screws needed for your rack ATTO Exhibit 2 0 2 Detail of the connector side of the FastStream SC 5300 enclosure W VY WS VY GY VS Gb Sb SS Ready SCSI Port 2 SCSI Activity pa Activity O Port2 ResetO a O Port 1 Ethernet Port Fibre Channel Fibre Channel SCSI Port 1 Port 2 Port 1 10 3 0 Ensure Drive Integrity The ATTO FastStream initialize and verify drive feature discovers and re maps bad sectors on drives providing reliable media for your RAID groups Before creating any RAID group you should initialize and verify the drives selected to be in the RAID group to ensure drive integrity When selected the FastStream writes a pattern to the entire drive verifying the drive s readiness and reliability A CAUTION Selecting Drive Initiali
91. ration management and navigation Supports Internet Explorer Firefox and Safari browsers e Capable of measuring performance during normal operation and during the drive initialization process Phone Home error notification automatically generates an Email alert in the event of a failure e SpeedRead option data stored in cache memory for optimal performance when running video playback and other applications which access data sequentially e Field updateable firmware with the ability to save configuration settings for easy field replacement e OS independent enabling easy integration into a current infrastructure e Includes two 4 Gigabit LC SFP e Supports booting from a SAN in Windows environment to consolidate resources minimize equipment costs and centralize the boot process e 256 MB ECC cache memory Up to 480 MB sec performance e RoHS compliant 1 RAID protection features e All models hardware DVRAID RAID Level 0 1 4 5 1 0 and JBOD all user configurable e RAID Level 40 50 using ATTO Express Power Center software e RAID Level 6 supported in FastStream SC 5500 model e N way mirroring e Global Hot Spares to ensure continuous operation if a drive fails The Hot Spare automatically comes on line and rebuild starts if a disk failure is detected e Automatic rebuild of RAID groups and changeable Rebuild Priority keep the system operational if a drive fails e Drive partitioning allows you to slice storage a
92. red the command RGCancelAddStorage can to used to end the process TX Note MIRRORS can not be added to a RAID 4 5 or DVRAID group RGAddStorage GroupName MIRROR STRIPE SPAN lt BlockDevID gt lt commit gt gt xii RGAutoRebuild Uses drives assigned as Hot Spares then available drives as automatic replacements for any member that fails Default disabled set RGAutoRebuild GroupName all enabled disabled get RGAutoRebuild GroupName all RGCancelAddStorage Cancels the RGAddStorage command if the RGCommit command has not been invoked RGCancelAddStorage GroupName RGCommit Stamps a new RAID group configuration to its member drives After this command a RAID group is operational and transitions from the new state to the online degraded or offline state depending on the status of the selected member drives Also stamps a RAID group s configuration to its member drives when the RAID group is in the process of having storage added If the init option is specified previous user configuration information is erased from each new member drive RGCommit lt GroupName lt init gt all lt init gt gt RGCreate SC 5300 5700 Creates a new empty RAID group The optional value after the RAID level parameter 0 1 10 4 5 JBOD represents the desired interleave in 512 byte blocks for the RAID group If this value is not provided then the system default interleave size is used Refer to Defaulti
93. rged after 36 hours of continuous power application A WARNING Risk of explosion if battery is removed and or replaced by an incorrect type Dispose of used batteries in accordance with your local environmental regulations AX WARNUNG Explosionsgefahr wenn die Batterie falsch entfernt und oder ersetzt wird Entsorgen Sie benutzte Batterien in bereinstimmung mit Ihren lokalen Umweltschutzbestimmungen 7 Fibre Channel ports The four independent 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel ports connect the FastStream to either a Fibre Channel Fabric or Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop using optical SFP connectors and multimode fiber optic cable Make sure all cables are anchored securely at both ends with the proper connectors Ports 1 and 2 connect to the host computer ports 3 and 4 connect to devices see Exhibit 1 3 1 Management ports The 10 100 base T Ethernet port is accessible from the RJ45 connector and supports local diagnostics The RS 232 serial port provides support for remote monitoring and qa management using a DB9 connector rx 21 The baud rate is programmable and TX 3 preset at the factory to 115200 bps i D 00 O oon a GND 5 Reset restore factory default switch To reset the FastStream briefly insert a tool in the hole in the back panel To restore factory defaults insert the tool in the hole in the back panel for more than four seconds until the green Ready LED blinks LED indicators The LED indicator
94. rmTest Enclosurelndex SET RESET INFO NON CRIT CRIT UNRECOV Xvi SESDiskFailureAlarm SC 5500 SC 5700 Activates an audible alarm when the appliance determines that a RAID member disk drive has failed The enclosure which contains the failed disk drive creates the sound other enclosures are unaffected Default disabled set SESDiskFailureAlarm enabled disabled get SESDiskFailureAlarm SESEnclosures SC 5500 SC 5700 List SES enabled enclosures which have been discovered by the appliance SESEnclosures SESIdentify SC 5500 SC 5700 Tells the appropriate SES enclosure to identify the specified element s ALL identifies all disks RAID GroupName identifies all disks in a RAID Group If the Memberindex is also specified only that disk is identified ENC and enclosure index identifies all slots in the specified enclosure DRIVE BlockDevID identifies the specified disk Ue Note The SESEnclosures command must be executed before executing the SESIdentify ENC or SESldentify ALL command set SESldentify ALL RAID GroupName lt MemberlIndex gt ENC EnclosureIndex DRIVE BlockDevID get SESldentify ALL RAID GroupName lt MemberlIndex gt ENC EnclosureIndex DRIVE BlockDevID SESldentifyStop SC 5500 SC 5700 Tells the appropriate SES enclosure s to stop identifying the specified element s If the MemberIndex is specified only that disk is identified DRIVE and BlockDevID identify the specifi
95. s and multimode fiber optic cables e FastStream 5700 connect cables to FC ports 1 and 2 Connect target devices to the FastStream e FastStream 5300 SCSI devices e FastStream 5500 SAS SATA devices e FastStream 5700 Fibre Channel devices to ports 3 and 4 Power up the target devices Connect the Ethernet port to your network Connect the AC power cord from the FastStream to the proper AC source outlet A CAUTION 9 The power source must be connected to a protective earth ground and comply with local electrical codes Improper grounding may result in an electrical shock or damage to the unit If you are installing into a rack e Properly ground the FastStream to the rack equipment The earth ground connection must be maintained e The power requirements plus the power draw of the other equipment in the rack must not overload the supply circuit and or wiring of the rack Use the power switch to turn on power to the FastStream Wait up to two minutes for the FastStream Ready LED to light indicating the FastStream has completed its power on self test sequence Continue to Discovering the IP address Discovering the IP address wa X Note N AAU The FastStream is initially configured with DHCP enabled It is best if you have access to a DHCP server Work from the computer attached to the FastStream Ethernet port From the CD supplied with your FastStream run the QuickNav Utility QuickNAV windows
96. s can be viewed from the back or the front side of the FastStream See Exhibit 1 3 2 and Exhibit 1 3 3 LEDs on the connector side are A bicolor Ready Fault LED lights green to indicate ready lights yellow to show a faulted condition and is off to indicate not ready Embedded in the Ethernet port connector a lighted green LED shows a valid link off indicates that no link is present A separate blinking yellow LED indicates activity Fibre Channel port A lighted green LED indicates link off means no link A separate green LED indicates activity if it is lit no activity if it is off ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual LEDs on the front are Fibre Channel ports bicolor LED indicates FC A green power LED speed If it is off speed is 1 Gb if it is green 2 Gb and A bicolor Ready Fault LED lighted green to yellow indicates 4 Gb FC A separate green LED indicate ready lighted yellow to show a faulted indicates activity if it is lit no activity if it is off condition and off indicates not ready DSS SS GS SS SS GG GS OS SS FasrSrream SC 5700 Exhibit 1 3 1 The connector side of the FastStream 5700 gO ca STORAGE CONTROLLER i ene E S G A bal n FSSC 5700 0R0 Reseto E Link F ISP Link L e Port 1 Port 2 3 peni A ATTO Technology Inc www attotech com aa a N C C C C Ethernet Port UUUUUUU n SS GS QS Ss Exhibit 1 3 2 Detail o
97. s needed e Drive initialization and verification feature identifies drives with soft errors or performance issues Audio video features e DVRAID provides 12 streams of SD video and dual streams of HD with Alpha channel titles e Managed Latency for small transfers provides parity RAID protection and remote editing access to support editing up to 192 tracks of audio in intense production environments e Support for video on demand e Support for multiple ProTools sessions Additional FastStream 5300 features 2 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel host interfaces e 2 Ultra320 SCSI device high speed connections backward compatible with Ultra160 devices e Supports up to 32 disk drives ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Additional FastStream 5500 features 2 independent 4 Gb Fibre Channel Host Interfaces backward compatible with 2 Gb and 1 Gb FC operation 2 3 Gb miniSAS device interfaces provide 8 lanes of SAS SATA connectivity supporting initiator mode for any combination of up to 64 SAS and SATA devices SES SCSI Enclosure Services support Additional FastStream 5700 features e 2 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel host interfaces e 2 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel device interfaces e Supports up to 32 disk drives e SES SCSI Enclosure Services support 1 1 FastStream SC 5300 Physical Attributes The ATTO FastStream SC 5300 is a Fibre Channel to SCSI storage appliance which can be seamlessly integrated
98. separate green LED indicates activity if it is lit no activity if it is off ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual SCSI ports A green LED on each port indicates SCSI ports A green LED on each port indicates activity if is lit activity if is lit Fibre Channel ports bicolor LED indicates FC LEDs on the faceplate are speed If it is off speed is 1 Gb if itis green 2 Gb and A bicolor Ready Fault LED is lighted green to yellow indicates 4 Gb FC A separate green LED indicate ready lighted yellow to show a faulted indicates activity if it is lit no activity if it is off condition and off indicates not ready Exhibit 1 1 1 The connector side of the FastStream SC5300 air vents Ready Fault LED SCSI activity LEDs line f FC activity amp link LEDs Power receptacle Fhstrrenm 5300 W WG Bs as Reset Ethernet port SCSI ports Serial port Fibre ChaNnel ports Exhibit 1 1 2 Connector side detail WV A SS GV GS VV VY GS SS ile SCSI E Ne A K Activity au W dt O Port 2 ResetO f SaaS O port Ethernet Port Fibre Channel Fibre Channel SCSI Port 4 Port 2 Port 1 Exhibit 1 1 3 The FastStream front panel detail m FAS7STREAM SCSI Activity Fibre Channel Port 1 Port 2 Port 1 12 12 Port 2 Activity Activity 1 2 FastStream SC 5500 Physical Attributes The ATTO FastStream SC 5500 is a Fibre Channel to SAS SATA
99. t Tolerance on page 14 Click Commit A warning box appears If you want to continue click Yes The configuration completes and the Health and Status Monitor page appears If you wish to start over click No The Setup Wizard page appears General Digital Video General IT or Database 1 After choosing General Digital Video General IT or Database the Setup Wizard page appears Choose an Initialization method refer to Initialization on page 14 Choose an Auto Rebuild option refer to Auto Rebuild on page 13 If all your drives do not appear in the Find Drives box click on System Scan Click on Commit A warning box appears If you want to continue click Yes The configuration completes and the Health and Status Monitor page appears If you wish to start over click No The Setup Wizard page appears ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Creating a custom setup If th e application setups do not suit your needs you e Most host systems can address only 2 TB per may use Custom Setup to configure the FastStream 1 2 After choosing Custom Setup button the RAID Setup Wizard page appears Click on Next Decide if all drives are to be available to both ports If you select Yes the same node name is assigned to both ports If you select No different node names are assigned to each FC port e The choice you make establishes the access 3 for all RAID
100. tal regulations 5 AX warnune Explosionsgefahr wenn die Batterie falsch entfernt und oder ersetzt wird Entsorgen Sie benutzte Batterien in Ubereinstimmung mit Ihren lokalen Umweltschutzbestimmungen Fibre Channel ports The two independent 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel ports connect the FastStream SC 7500 to Fibre Channel hosts using optical SFP connectors and multimode fiber optic cable Make sure all cables are anchored securely at both ends with the proper connectors SAS SATA ports The two x4 3 Gb SAS SATA Be ports connect storage devices LA 5 into the Storage Area Network SAN using mini SAS 4x cable plug connectors SMP Management ports G Management is provided using the 10 100 1000 base T Ethernet port accessible from the RJ 45 connector or the RS 232 serial port using an RJ 11 connector See Exhibit 1 2 1 Reset restore factory default switch To reset the FastStream briefly insert a tool in the hole in the back panel for less than three seconds See Exhibit 1 2 1 To restore factory defaults insert the tool in the hole in the back panel for more than four seconds until the green Ready LED blinks LED indicators The LED indicators can be viewed from the connector side and the front side of the FastStream See Exhibit 1 2 2 and Exhibit 1 2 3 LEDs on the connector side are Ready Fault LED lights green to indicate ready lights yellow to show a faulted condition and is off to indicate not ready
101. tatus drive identification and drive fault The ATTO Storage Controller recognizes drive enclosures that provide SCSI Enclosure Services SES information You may use SES to identify Setting up SES individual drives all the drives in the same enclosure all the drives in a single RAID group or faulted drives You may also select drives and monitor the status of the enclosure 1 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV e Pass Through the host application Storage Manager type the IP address of your manages SES information appliance in a standard browser On the splash Monitor and Control by the FastStream screen click Enter Here In the box provided type in your user name and password and click OK 2 The Health and Status Monitor page appears Click on the Manage menu item on the left hand side of the screen 3 Select Manage Enclosure Services Select User Process E RAID Groups E FastStream SC E Other Devices Y Enclosure Services Manage Enclosure Services Monitor Enclosure Services 4 Click Next The Enclosure Services page the FastStream SC controls SES services e SES Monitoring Disabled the host application does not receive any SES monitoring information 6 If you have elected to enable enclosure services select the amount of time in seconds that SES enclosures are asked or polled for their current status The default is 30 seconds you may choose an interval up to 60 minutes
102. tatus Monitor page appears The added drives are in a separate new partition in the RAID group Adding mirrors to a RAID configuration To increase data protection in RAID Level 1 groups you may add additional mirrors from unallocated storage Also known as n way mirroring adding mirrors can only be performed if no other Add Drives Add Mirror or RAID Migration operations are being performed 1 Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps on page 31 and click on the RAID Groups arrow from the Select User Process box 2 Click on Add Mirrors to a RAID Group 3 Click Next 4 Select the RAID Level 1 group you wish to add the mirror drive to from the drop down menu 5 Select the drive you wish to add A CAUTION Adding drives to an existing RAID group may adversely impact performance You cannot reverse this operation unless you delete the RAID group 6 When you have completed your changes click on Commit 7 A warning box appears In the warning box verify that you want to complete the configuration by clicking on Yes Clicking on No ends the procedure without making a change 8 When the process is complete the Health and Status Monitor page appears Changing RAID configuration RAID migration If you have unallocated drives you can use them to change the parity protection of an existing RAID group The following migration levels are supported e JBOD to RAID Level 0 e JBOD to RAID Level 1 e RAID Level 0 to RAID Level
103. tialized your storage or created other RAID configurations a From the selections at the left select Manage b Click on the RAID Groups arrow c Click on Create RAID Group d Click on Next 3 Select one of the following and continue using the directions in each specific section Fault Tolerance Choose either Standard Fault Tolerance no Hot Spare drives or Maximum Fault Tolerance which adds Hot Spares to the system Refer to FastStream process adding or removing Hot Spares on page 34 for details Initialization If you have not already initialized your drives as outlined in Ensure Drive Integrity on page 11 you may choose to use the Advanced Initialization for new drives to erase and verify drive media and correct some soft drive errors The RAID Group is unavailable until the operation completes Choose Express Initialization to perform a quick background initialization if you have already completed a full initialize and verify operation The RAID Group being initialized is available for use during express initialization e Quick Digital Video provides parity RAID protection DVRAID and optimized performance for digital video sequential access configurations X Note DVRAID is only available using the Quick Digital Video setup wizard e General Digital Video provides parity RAID protection for digital applications for configurations using three or more drives e Audio Audio track streaming technology
104. tments to the FastStream using the Command Line Interface as described in CLI Provides an ASCll based Interface on page i of the Appendix x Note In serial port sessions there is no prompt on the line below the word Ready Begin typing commands in the blank line where the cursor is resting No user name or password is required for serial port access 5 To verify that you have connected successfully type help after the Ready prompt and press Enter If a list of all available commands does not appear on the screen review the steps in this section check the cable or contact service personnel until the problem is solved If you have difficulty using the serial port verify that you have the correct settings and that your serial cable is less then two meters in length Ud Note There is more than one way to connect to the FastStream using a telnet program Your telnet program may operate differently than in the following instructions 3 Atthe telnet prompt issue the open command where x x x x is the IP address of the FastStream telnet gt open x x X X 4 Ifyou have to specify a port type type in the port type telnet and the terminal type SC100 port type telnet terminal type SC100 5 Type in the default values for the user name root and the password Password if you did not set new values in Changing current user name password on page 19 40 10 0 Update Firmware Firmware updates are availab
105. to a DHCP server 1 Work from the computer attached to the FastStream Ethernet port From the CD supplied with your FastStream run the QuickNav Utility QuickNAV windows exe for Windows or QuickNAV Mac for Mac OS X 2 Locate the FastStream with the serial number recorded earlier 3 Highlight the serial number 4 Click Next If a DHCP server is available on your network an address is assigned automatically by the server Note the assigned address If you do not have a DHCP server get an IP address and subnet mask from your network administrator type it into the area provided and click on Next 5 Click on Launch Browser Your browser points to the ATTO ExpressNAV splash screen Press Enter 6 Type in the user name and password values E Note The default values are user name root and password Password The user name is case insensitive and the password is case sensitive Itis best practice to change the user name and password Refer to Changing current user name password on page 19 The pages which next appear depend on whether or not you have begun configuring the FastStream ATTO FASTSTREAM SC 2002 2006 ATTO Technology Inc 39 POWERED BY Enter here ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC RAID Controller Installation and Operation Manual Using the serial port To connect to a terminal emulation program to manage the FastStream use the serial port 1 Connect a cable from FastStream RS 232
106. ton on the left hand menu 3 Select the operation you wish to perform from the next menu presented Select User Process O initialize and Verify Drives O Read Only Drive Test Drive Performance and Health identify Drive Identify SES Elements Clean RAID Configuration Data O Update the Firmware X Note 7 Identify SES Elements is not available for the FastStream SC 5300 model 4 Ifnodrives appear in the information box click on the System Scan button If drives are available click on the drives you wish to test the drives are highlighted 5 Click Commit 6 A warning box appears In the warning box verify that you want to complete the configuration by clicking on Yes Clicking on No ends the procedure without making a change If you chose to do a read only test the Drive Performance and Health page appears showing what tests are running and their results You may select other tests to run or continue on to other tasks ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Drive performance and health Another way to determine your drives status is to follow the Preliminary instructions above and click on the Drive Performance and Health menu item 1 Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps above 2 Click on the Drive Performance and Health menu item 3 The Drive Performance and Health page appears e Click on Show Help Text and Drives for an alternative view of t
107. u want to continue click Yes The configuration completes and the Health and Status Monitor page appears If you wish to start over click No The Setup Wizard page appears Audio 1 15 After choosing Audio the Audio Setup Wizard page appears Choose to use the same or a different node name for each host Fibre Channel port If you know if all drives are to be available to all Fibre Channel ports or not select Yes or No If you do not know select Not Sure If you select Not Sure you are asked a series of questions to determine the correct configuration for your needs and setup Several definitions are listed in a grey box at the bottom of the Audio Setup Wizard screen which may help you determine answers to the setup questions 2 Click on Next XK Note Depending on your choice and your current system the appliance may need to restart If all your drives do not appear in the Find Drives box click on System Scan This setup requires 4 6 8 or 12 drives Add or disconnect drives as needed to ensure you have 4 6 8 or 12 drives appearing on the screen after the scan Click Next Choose an Initialization method refer to Initialization on page 14 Choose an Auto Rebuild option refer to Auto Rebuild on page 13 Select the number of users for this appliance Depending on the number of users and the number of drives you have in your system you may be asked to choose a Fault Tolerance refer to Faul
108. ubstitute for the faulted drive e The FastStream replaces the faulted device with the device from the Hot Spare pool e The FastStream begins an automatic rebuild of the RAID group s TX Note A RAID rebuild may take up to two hours to complete 1 Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps on page 31 and click on the FastStream SC arrow from the Select User Process box m Select User Process E RAID Groups W FastStream SC Add Remove Hot Spares C System Configuration C System Configuration Save Restore C Set Up Error Notification E Other Devices E Enclosure Services 2 Selectthe Add Remove Hot Spares button Click Next 4 Select the drive s to be added or removed from the Hot Spare pool by clicking on the boxes representing those drives 5 When you have completed your changes click Commit 6 A warning box appears In the warning box verify that you want to complete the configuration by clicking on Yes Clicking on No ends the procedure without making a change 7 When the process is complete the Health and Status Monitor screen appears oO 34 Removing RAID configuration data If you move single drives between devices without erasing the drives you may want to clean stale RAID configuration data from the drives permanently removing the drive from the RAID group Drives must belong to a RAID group now or have once belonged to a RAID group and are labeled Replaced after system scans A CAUTION
109. udRate 115200 set serialportbaudrate 19200 SerialPortEcho enabled get serialportecho SES SC 5500 5700 enabled set ses disabled SESAlarmTest SC 5500 5700 V ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual sessalarmtest 22 set Command Default Example SESDiskFailureAlarm SC 5500 5700 disabled set sesdiskfailurealarm enabled SESEnclosures SC 5500 5700 sesenclosures SESldentify SC 5500 5700 set sesidentify RAID g1 SESldentifyStop SC 5500 5700 sesidentifystop all SESMute SC 5500 5700 mute sesmute remind SESPoll SC 5500 5700 60 set sespoll 20 SESStartingSlot SC 5500 5700 1 set sesstartingslot 2 SESStatus SC 5500 5700 sesstatus SNTP enabled get sntp SNTPServer 192 43 244 18 set sntpserver 129 6 15 28 TailEventLog taileventlog Temperature get temperature Time set time 03 32 30 TimeZone EST set timezone pst Username root set username Barbara VerboseMode enabled set verbosemode disabled VirtualDrivelnfo virtualdriveinfo Voltage SC 5300 5700 get voltage WrapEventLog enabled set wrapeventlog disabled zModem zmodem receive CLI command explanations Command Line Interface commands are listed alphabetically with explanations of what they are used for their defaults and syntax A CAUTION Using CLI without contacting an ATTO technician is not recommended because changing
110. ured to forward UDP broadcast messages you may physically identify these devices and manage them from within the browser you are currently using You may also save the configuration of the FastStream you are currently using or restore it from a previously saved configuration or import a configuration from another ATTO FastStream It is best practice to give your current FastStream a recognizable name so that you can distinguish it more easily from among other ATTO devices Creating a unique name for your FastStream You may wish to name your FastStream if you are going to manage several ATTO devices from one browser 1 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV 3 Click on the Other Devices arrow r Select User Process K RAD Groups K FastStream SC Storage Manager type the IP address of your appliance in a standard browser On the splash screen click Enter Here In the box provided type in your user name and password and click OK The Monitor page appears In the left hand menu click on the Manage menu item on the left side of the screen V Other Devices Set Appliance Name Find ATTO Devices K Enclosure Services In the Other Devices menu click on Set Appliance Name Click on Next The System Configuration page appears Type in a name for your appliance in the text box provided Click Commit The name you typed appears in the upper right corner of the screen under the ATTO FastStream SC banner
111. uto Mode loop Fibre Channel Port 4 Link Down Speed auto Mode loop Enclosure 0 Vendor ID AIC Product ID EM12 53C 01A1 Identify Product Rev Number 114F Address 50015b2160000079 0 Serial Number 7 8 9 Sy l Power 1 Power 2 Temp 1 Alarm Fan 1 Fan 3 OK OK OK OK OK OK fiv Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4 Drive 5 Drive 7 Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 7 OK Not Installed OK OK oK Not Installed Drive 8 Drive 9 Drive 10 Drive 11 Drive 12 Slot 8 Slot 9 Slot 1 Slot 1 Slot 12 OK OK T pe ATTO Technology Inc FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Use the Manage menu 1 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager type the IP address of your appliance in a standard browser On the splash screen click Enter Here In the box provided type in your user name and password and click OK The Health and Status Monitor page appears Click on the Manage menu item on the left hand side of the screen Menu Items Monitor i Di z ei Powered by 4 In the Select User Process box click on the Enclosure Services arrow Select the Monitor Enclosure Services button Select User Process E RAID Groups E FastStream SC E Other Devices W Enclosure Services O Manage Enclosure Services Monitor Enclosure Services Click Next The SES Monitor page appears see Exhibit 6 3 4 30 7 0 Modify Storage Use the ExpressNAV Storage Manager to repl
112. yPassword ReadOnlyUsername Specifies the user name which allows only read and no writes It is case insensitive 1 to 32 characters and cannot contain spaces Default user set ReadOnlyUsername username get ReadOnlyUsername Reserve Reports the state of CLI reservation for the current CLI session If the command reports that Reservations are enabled then another CLI session has control of parameter modification on the unit Reserve ResetFCPortErrors Changes all Fibre Channel error counts for the specified port to zero Refer to FCPortErrors ResetFCPortErrors fp all RestoreConfiguration Issued with the default option forces the unit NVRAM settings to their original defaults The factory option forces the NVRAM setting ot its original defaults and the unit s original World Wide Name The saved option undoes any changes made to this session since the last save RestoreConfiguration Default Factory Saved RGAddStorage Adds additional storage to an existing RAID group MIRROR STRIPE SPAN specifies the method used to expand the storage If the BlockDevID is omitted the CLI command RGMemberAdd must be used Optional parameter commit specifies that the RGCommit command is run automatically and all user data is erased from each new member drive If the parameter is omitted the CLI command RGCommit must be entered You may enter several BlockDevIDs before the commit parameter Any time before RGCommit is ente
113. you are managing multiple ATTO devices from a single workstation Refer to Manage ATTO Devices Configurations on page 37 Time and date use a remote time server to set the time and time zone or manually set the time and date Refer to Date Time TimeZone and SNTP in Appendix A CLI Provides an ASCll based Interface Fibre Channel change the data rate or the connection mode for each FC port Refer to FCDataRate and FCConnMode in Appendix A Assign a hard address Refer to FC Hard and FCHardAddress in Appendix A Establish Access through FC Ports change whether all drives are available to both ports creating one node name for both ports or if different node names are to be created for each port Ethernet management port change whether or not you use DHCP for an IP address subnet mask and gateway or manually change these parameters and seta DNS server address Refer to IPDHCP in Appendix A 7 When you have completed your changes click on Commit 20 6 0 Monitor Storage Configurations You may determine the performance of drives attached to the FastStream using various displays and tests in ExpressNAV Storage Manager The following instructions assume you have already set up at least one RAID group The ATTO FastStream collects various metrics to measure performance for physical drives attached to the FastStream during normal system operation and drive initialization and verification Use the ExpressNAV Storag
114. zation causes all previous storage data on the drive to be erased Make sure all of your information is backed up before initializing drives During initialization and verification the FastStream collects performance measurements Performance data is available once initialization begins You may view it from the Drive Performance and Health page accessible from the Diagnostics menu This performance data is lost when the appliance is powered off Before creating RAID groups 1 If you are not already in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager type the IP address of your appliance in a standard browser On the splash screen click Enter Here In the box provided type in your user name and password and click OK 2 Select Initialize and Verify Drives m Select User Process __ initialize and Verify Drives O System Configuration Quick Digital Video General Digital Video Audio O General IT Database O Custom Setup 3 Click Next 4 Select Initialize and Verify Drives 11 If you do not want to initialize or verify drives now continue on to Configure Storage into RAID Groups on page 13 You may check drive integrity after you have created RAID groups on drives in RAID groups or drives which you wish to add to your FastStream configuring using the initialize and verify procedure or using a read only scan of drives The read only drive test performs a non destructive scan over the e

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