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ATTO Technology FastStream SC 5300 Installation And Operation Manual

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  • Page 1 ATTO FastStream Storage Controller Installation and Operation Manual Fibre Channel to Fibre Channel Model SC 5700 Fibre Channel to SCSI Model SC 5300...
  • Page 2 Technical support: Monday -- Friday, 8am-8pm EST techsupp@attotech.com © 2009 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1.0 ATTO FastStream Offers Data Protection ...1 FastStream 5000 Series features RAID protection features Audio/video features Additional FastStream 5300 features Additional FastStream 5700 features 1.1 FastStream SC 5300 Physical Attributes ...3 Dimensions Cooling and airflow Power Fibre Channel ports SCSI ports Management ports LED indicators 1.2 FastStream SC 5700 Physical Attributes ...5...
  • Page 4 6.0 Monitor Storage, Configurations ...18 Health and Status Monitor page Configuration Display page SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) 6.1 Remote System Monitoring ...21 Types of errors Warning messages Message severity levels Email notification 6.2 Drive Diagnostics ...23 Preliminary steps Read only drive test Drive performance and health Identifying a drive attached to the FastStream 6.3 SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) ...25...
  • Page 5 CLI summary CLI command explanations Appendix B Design RAID Groups ...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 Appendix C SCSI Cabling ...xxii...

  • Page 6: Atto Faststream Offers Data Protection

    • Up to 480 MB/sec performance • RoHS compliant • SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual RAID protection features • All models: hardware DVRAID™, RAID Level 0, 1, 4, 5, 1+0 and JBOD, all user configurable •...

  • Page 7: Additional Faststream 5700 Features

    Additional FastStream 5700 features • SES (SCSI Enclosure Services) support • 2 4-Gigabit Fibre Channel host interfaces • 2 4-Gigabit Fibre Channel device interfaces • Supports up to 32 disk drives...

  • Page 8: Faststream Sc 5300 Physical Attributes

    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 ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual automatic with no manual or jumper switchover required.
  • Page 9 SCSI ports: A green LED on each port indicates activity if is lit. LEDs on the faceplate are: A bicolor Ready/Fault LED is lighted green to indicate ready, lighted yellow to show a faulted condition, and off indicates not ready. Exhibit 1.1-1 The connector side of the FastStream SC5300 a ir v e n ts R e a d y / F a u lt L E D...

  • Page 10: Faststream Sc 5700 Physical Attributes

    Entsorgen Sie benutzte Batterien in Übereinstimmung mit Ihren lokalen Umweltschutzbestimmungen. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual 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.
  • Page 11 LEDs on the front are: A green power LED A bicolor Ready/Fault LED: lighted green to indicate ready, lighted yellow to show a faulted condition, and off indicates not ready. Exhibit 1.2-1 The connector side of the FastStream 5700 Exhibit 1.2-2 Detail of the connector side of the FastStream.5700 Exhibit 1.2-3 Detail of the FastStream.faceplate.

  • Page 12: Install The Faststream Storage Controller

    If you are installing into a rack: ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual • Properly ground the FastStream to the rack equipment. The earth ground connection must be maintained.

  • Page 13: Beginning Initial Configuration

    Select Internet Options . In the Internet Options screen, select the Security tab. Click on the Trusted Sites icon. Click on the Sites button. In the text box Add this Web site to the zone , add the IP address of the appliance. You may use wild cards.

  • Page 14: Ensure Drive Integrity

    Select Initialize and Verify Drives . Click Next. Select Initialize and Verify Drives. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual If you do not want to initialize or verify drives now, continue on to Configure Storage into RAID Groups on page 11.

  • Page 15: After Creating Raid Groups

    After creating RAID groups 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 .

  • Page 16: Configure Storage Into Raid Groups

    Hot Spares will be used first, regardless of the Auto-Rebuild setting. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual using the procedures listed in Modify Storage page 30.

  • Page 17: Fault Tolerance

    • If no unallocated drive is available, you must replace the faulted drive and a rebuild 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;...

  • Page 18: Quick Digital Video

    • 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. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Click on Next. Note Depending on your choice and your current system, the appliance may need to restart.

  • Page 19: Creating A Custom Setup

    Creating a custom setup If the application setups do not suit your needs, you may use Custom Setup to configure the FastStream. 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.
  • Page 20 • SpeedRead Auto is usually the best choice for database applications. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual 17 Select a Pre-Fetch option--the number of extra stripes that are read when the SpeedRead setting is set to enabled or auto.

  • Page 21: Modify System Values

    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.
  • Page 22 • Fibre Channel : change the data rate or the connection mode for each FC port. Refer to FCDataRate and FCConnMode in Appendix ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual • Assign a hard address . Refer to FC Hard and FCHardAddress in Appendix •...

  • Page 23: Monitor Storage, Configurations

    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.

  • Page 24: Configuration Display Page

    The ATTO FastStream recognizes drive enclosures that provide SCSI Enclosure Services (SES). ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual • Partitions : RAID group name, partition ID, capacity and block size • Drives: Drive configuration by port, including drive size and status •...
  • Page 25 Refer to SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) on page 25 for details on the SES interface in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager.

  • Page 26: Remote System Monitoring

    OK . The Health and Status Monitor page appears. On the menu at the left hand side of the page, choose Manage . ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Warning messages • device down • medium error •...
  • Page 27 by clicking on Yes . Clicking on No ends the procedure without making a change. Exhibit 6.1-1 The Error Notification page. 13 Your settings are displayed. You may change or disable Email notification at any time from the Error Notification page.

  • Page 28: Drive Diagnostics

    Preliminary steps above. Click the Read-Only Drive Test button. Click Next. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual The Health and Status Monitor page appears. Click the Diagnostics button on the left hand menu. Select the operation you wish to perform from the next menu presented.

  • Page 29: Drive Performance And Health

    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. Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps above. Click on the Drive Performance and Health menu item .

  • Page 30: Scsi Enclosure Services (Ses)

    • Pass-Through : the host application manages SES information. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual individual drives, all the drives in the same enclosure, all the drives in a single RAID group, or faulted drives.
  • Page 31 Exhibit 6.3-1 The Enclosure Services page.

  • Page 32: Identifying Ses Elements

    Click on the Diagnostics menu on the left hand side of the screen. Exhibit 6.3-2 The Identify SES Elements page. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Click on Identify SES Elements . Click on Next . The Identify SES Elements...

  • Page 33: Monitoring Ses Elements

    Monitoring SES elements Enclosures which provide SES information are listed in the Enclosure Status section of the Health and Status Monitor (see Exhibit 6.3-3) and through the Enclosure Services arrow on the Manage menu. Use the Health and Status Monitor If you are not already in the ExpressNAV Storage Manager, type the IP address of your appliance in a standard browser.

  • Page 34: Use The Manage Menu

    The Health and Status Monitor page appears. Click on the Manage menu item on the left hand side of the screen. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual In the Select User Process box, click on the Enclosure Services arrow.

  • Page 35: Modify Storage

    Use the ExpressNAV Storage Manager to replace 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.

  • Page 36: Adding Drives To A Raid Group

    30 and click on the RAID Groups arrow from the Select User Process box. Click on Add Mirrors to a RAID Group. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Click Next. Select the RAID Level 1 group you wish to add the mirror drive to from the drop down menu.

  • Page 37: Modifying Raid Group Mapping

    Modifying RAID group mapping You may change the LUNs of drives manually or let the ExpressNAV Storage Manager map drives for you. Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps page 30 and click on the RAID Groups arrow from the Select User Process box. Click on the Modify RAID Group Mapping button.

  • Page 38: Modifying Raid Options

    • The Controller searches the Hot Spare pool for the smallest block device of sufficient size to substitute for the faulted drive. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Select the RAID group from the drop down box. Select the options you wish to change.

  • Page 39: Removing Raid Configuration Data

    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.

  • Page 40: Manage Atto Devices, Configurations

    Select a device from the list. An arrow points to the appliance you are currently using. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual 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.

  • Page 41: Saving Or Restoring A Configuration

    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.

  • Page 42: Interface Options

    Note the assigned address: _____________________________________ ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC RAID Controller Installation and Operation Manual 9.0 Interface Options 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 .

  • Page 43: Using The Serial Port

    Using the serial port To connect to a terminal emulation program to manage the FastStream, use the serial port. Connect a cable from FastStream RS-232 serial port or header to the serial (COM) port on a personal computer. Start a terminal emulation program on the personal computer, and use it to connect to the FastStream.

  • Page 44: Update Firmware

    Click on the Diagnostics button on the left hand side of the ExpressNAV Storage Manager. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual The Diagnostics Menu page appears. From the Select User Process box, select Update the Firmware .

  • Page 45: Appendix A Cli Provides An Ascii-Based Interface

    Appendix A CLI Provides an ASCII-based Interface The command line interface (CLI) uses ASCII commands typed while in CLI mode. CAUTION 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.
  • Page 46 BlockDevClean BlockDevIdentify BlockDevIDStop BlockDevScan BootDelay ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Indicates The name of the RAID group, designated by the user, to which a block device is assigned. Use RGDisplay Index designation of a RAID group member as found by using the...
  • Page 47 Command BridgeModel BridgeName ClearEventLog Date DefaultInterleave DeleteAllMaps DisplayEventLog DisplayEventLogFilter DriveTest DriveTestConfig DriveTestList DriveTestStatus DumpConfiguration DumpEventLog EmailFromAddress EmailNotify EmailNotifyAddress EmailPassword EmailServerAddress EmailUsername EthernetSpeed EventLog EventLogFilter Exit FCConnMode FCDataRate FCHard FCHardAddress FCMultiNode FCPortErrors FCPortList FCSCSIBusyStatus (SC 5300) FCTargets (SC 5700) FCWWName FirmwareRestart Help HSAdd HSDisplay...
  • Page 48 Reserve ResetFCPortErrors RestoreConfiguration RGAddStorage RGAutoRebuild RGCancelAddStorage RGCommit RGCreate RGDelete RGDiskWriteCache RGDisplay ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Default Example hsremove 3 disabled set identifyBridge enabled info 10.0.0.1 get ipaddress mp1 enabled set ipdhcp mp1 disabled set ipdnsserver mp1 172.15.12.123 0.0.0.0...
  • Page 49 Command RGErase RGHaltConversion RGHaltErase RGHaltInitialization RGHaltRebuild RGMemberAdd RGMemberRemove RGPreFetch RGRebuild RGResumeConversion RGResumeErase RGResumeInitialization RGResumeRebuild RGSectorSize RGSpanDepth RGSpeedRead RGUnmap RGWaitTimeout RMStatus Route RouteDisplay SaveConfiguration SCSIDomainValidation (SC 5300) SCSIInitID (SC 5300) SCSIPortBusSpeed (SC 5300) SCSIPortList (SC 5300) SCSIPortReset (SC 5300) SCSIPortResetOnStartup (SC 5300) SCSIPortSyncTransfer (SC 5300) SCSIPortTermination (SC 5300) SCSIPortWideTransfer (SC 5300)
  • Page 50 FCMultiNode is enabled (multiple node): AutoMap <fp> SaveConfiguration command required FCMultiNode is disabled (single node): AutoMap SaveConfiguration command required ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Default Example sesenclosures set sesidentify RAID g1 sesidentifystop all mute sesmute remind...
  • Page 51 CAUTION 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 MemberIndex, or block ID. BlockDevIdentify <GroupName> [BlockDevID | MemberIndex] BlockDevIDStop Turns off the IO LED of a previously identified disk drive.
  • Page 52 Default: disabled. set EmailNotify [enabled | disabled] get EmailNotify viii ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual EmailNotifyAddress Configures notification addresses. Index is a number between 1 and 5. Full Email address is a fully qualified Internet Email address, not more than 128 characters long.
  • Page 53 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.
  • Page 54 HSRemove Removes a Block Device from the Hot Spare pool. HSRemove [BlockDevID] [all] ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual IdentifyBridge If you enable this command, the Fault LED on this unit blinks so that hardware may be identified. Disabling this option cancels the blinking..
  • Page 55 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.
  • Page 56 I/O. Default: 8 set RAIDSpeedWriteLimit [0-256] get RAIDSpeedWriteLimit ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual ReadOnlyPassword Specifies a password which allows only read and no writes. It is case sensitive, 0 to 32 characters, and cannot contain spaces.
  • Page 57 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 command has not been invoked. RGCancelAddStorage [GroupName] RGCommit Stamps a new RAID group configuration to its member drives.
  • Page 58 The partitions themselves are unaffected, although they are inaccessible to initiators. RGUnmap [GroupName | all] ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual RGWaitTimeout Specifies the maximum time in seconds that the system waits to discover previously-configured RAID groups attached to the unit.
  • Page 59 SaveConfiguration Issued with the restart option, cycles unit power after saving configuration changes. The norestart option saves changes without restarting. Note Certain modifications require a system restart. SaveConfiguration <Restart | NoRestart> SCSIDomainValidation SC 5300 Runs Domain Validation tests on the SCSI system which may detect problems with SCSI cables, termination or damaged transceivers.
  • Page 60 Default: disabled set SESDiskFailureAlarm [enabled | disabled] get SESDiskFailureAlarm ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual SESEnclosures SC 5700 List SES-enabled enclosures which have been discovered by the appliance.
  • Page 61 SESPoll 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 5700...
  • Page 62 SaveConfiguration command required get WrapEventLog xviii ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual 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.

  • Page 63: Jbod: Just A Bunch Of Disks

    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 Design RAID Groups Note...

  • Page 64: Raid Level 0: Striping, No Redundancy

    Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual 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.

  • Page 65: Raid Level 1+0: Striping, Mirror Spans Two Drives

    RAID Level 1+0: striping, mirror spans two drives RAID Level 1+0 increases data transfer rates while ensuring security by writing the exact same data simultaneously to two or more different drives. Disk 1 Stripe 1 Data 1 Stripe 2 Data 3 Stripe 3 Data 5 RAID Level 4: striping, one parity drive...

  • Page 66: Appendix C Scsi Cabling

    Each SCSI port is a bus capable of supporting 16 devices and each bus is capable of 40, 80 or 160 xxii ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual SCSI Cabling MB/sec. (Ultra, Ultra2, Ultra160 or Ultra 320) transfer rates.
  • Page 67 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 MB/sec. STA terms max. Fast SCSI Fast/WIDE SCSI UltraSCSI Ultra/WIDE SCSI Ultra/WIDE SCSI Ultra/WIDE SCSI Ultra2 SCSI Ultra2/WIDE SCSI Ultra160/WIDE SCSI Ultra320 SCSI...

  • Page 68: Appendix D Standards And Compliances

    The ATTO FastStream SC 7500 complies with Directive 2002/95/EC on the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS). xxiv ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Standards and Compliances FCC Standards: Radio and Television Interference This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules.

  • Page 69: Appendix E 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.

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