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ATTO Technology FastStream VT 5300 Installation And Operation Manual

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FastStream VT 5300
Installation and Operation Manual
Fibre Channel to SCSI Virtual Tape Appliance
© 2007 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.
3/2007
PRMA-0376-000

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  • Page 1 Fibre Channel to SCSI Virtual Tape Appliance © 2007 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 4: Table Of Contents

    1.0 ATTO FastStream VT 5300 increases reliability ...1 Hardware features Virtual Tape features Backup and restore features Management and control features 1.1 Physical attributes ...3 Dimensions Cooling and airflow Power Fibre Channel ports SCSI ports Ethernet port Serial port LED indicators 2.0 Installation ...5 Unpack the packing box;...
  • Page 5 Appendix D CLI provides an ASCII-based interface ...vii CLI error messages CLI summary CLI command explanations Appendix E Standards and compliances ...xxii FCC Standards: Radio and Television Interference Canadian Standards European Standards Appendix F Warranty, contact information ...xxiv Manufacturer limited warranty Contact ATTO Technology, Inc.

  • Page 6: Atto Faststream Vt 5300 Increases Reliability

    • Configure up to 30 Virtual Tape drives and 256 Virtual tapes for each library. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual • Hardware RAID Level 0, RAID Level 1, RAID Level 5, RAID Level 10 and JBOD, all user...
  • Page 7 Possible storage Ethernet Fibre Channel configurations SCSI GbE network ATTO iPBridge 2700 ATTO Celerity FC storage adapter GbE Switch 4-Gb FC Switch ATTO FastStream VT 5300 embedded ATTO iPBridge 1500/1550/2500 ATTO FibreBridge 2400 JBOD SCSI Tape Library SCSI Tape Library SCSI model ATTO Diamond Storage Array...

  • Page 8: Physical Attributes

    FastStream VT 5300 to either a Fibre Channel Fabric or Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop using Small Formfactor Pluggable (SFP) interface. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual SCSI ports The two SCSI ports connect storage devices into the Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN).
  • Page 9 bicolor LED indicates FC Fibre Channel ports: speed. If it is off, speed is 1-Gb; if it is green, 2-Gb, Exhibit 1.1-1 FastStream VT 5300 front panel LEDs. Exhibit 1.1-2 Connectors, LEDs and power receptacle and yellow indicates 4-Gb FC. A separate green LED indicates activity if it is lit, no activity if it is off.

  • Page 10: Installation

    FastStream Wait up to two minutes for the FastStream Ready LED to light indicating the FastStream has completed its power-on self test sequence. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual 2.0 Installation ® Windows users continue to drivers ;...

  • Page 11: Internet Explorer Setup

    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 IPaddress and subnet mask from your network administrator, type it into the area provided, and select Next.

  • Page 12: Configure Virtual Tape

    27, in a standard browser, click Enter Here and type in your user name and password. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual performance and level of reliability for your application. If you want to initially create more than one VTL, use custom setup.

  • Page 13: Use Quick Initial Configuration

    Use quick initial configuration Quick Configuration generates a Virtual Tape Library after you answer a few key questions. The procedure uses all attached disks to build a single VTL. If you want to initially create more than one VTL, use Custom Setup. (Refer to setup on page 10).
  • Page 14 Exhibit 2.1-1 The ATTO FastStream VT Monitor VTL page. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual...

  • Page 15: Use Custom Setup

    Use custom setup Custom Setup allows you to configure the FastStream VT to best suit the needs, performance and level of reliability for your application. If you want to create more than one VTL, use custom setup. You may create up to two VTLs.
  • Page 16 Note A RAID rebuild may take up to two hours to complete. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual 2.2 Use Hot Spares If you are adding Hot Spares using unallocated drives (ones which were not online during initial set up), ensure they are properly set up.
  • Page 17 Exhibit 2.2-1 Various screens throughout the ExpressNAV interface show you the status of drives, including Hot Spare designations.

  • Page 18: Optional System Modifications

    In the main splash screen, click on the FastStream VT menu item. Click on the System Configuration button ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual Note The user name is case insensitive and password is case sensitive.

  • Page 19: Customize Other Parameters Using The Advanced Cli Page

    Customize other parameters using the Advanced CLI page Changes to other parameters may be made using the Advanced page. CAUTION 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.

  • Page 20: Monitor Storage, Configurations

    RAID Level, RAID status, capacity, the Fibre Port and LUN to which the VTL is mapped, Exhibit 3.0-1 The ATTO FastStream VT Monitor VTL page. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual CAUTION CAUTION on page...

  • Page 21: Health And Status Monitor Page

    Health and Status Monitor page the Health and Status Monitor provides information about the RAID group status, FastStream VT environmental status, Ethernet and Fibre Channel interface states, and drive status, including links to diagnostics and more detailed information. If you are not already in the ExpressNAV interface, type the IP address of your appliance, Use the ExpressNAV interface as found in...

  • Page 22: Configuration Display Page

    • RAID Groups: RAID Group names, RAID status, available Hot Spares, number of faulted drives, Exhibit 3.0-2 The Configuration Display page. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual RAID Level, Interleave and total capacity of each RAID Group.

  • Page 23: Phone Home: E-Mail Messages

    Phone home: E-mail messages E-mail notification allows the FastStream VT to send an E-mail message to you, a network administrator or other users when certain events occur. Serious error messages are sent immediately, while less serious error messages are sent every 15 minutes. Conditions which may launch E-mails include •...

  • Page 24: Identify Drive Issues

    Click the Initialize and Verify button Click Next Click on the drives you wish to test; the drives are highlighted. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual Select Verify Only Click Commit A warning message displays; choose yes to continue.

  • Page 25: Measure Drive Performance And Health

    Note 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. Measure drive performance and health New performance data is updated every 60 seconds which impacts performance slightly, even if you minimize the browser window.

  • Page 26: Modify Storage

    The Manage VTL page appears. Choose the Virtual Tape Libraries arrow. Click on Create a Virtual Tape Library. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual 4.0 Modify storage When you initially set up the FastStream, replace a failed drive or add new drives to the FastStream,...
  • Page 27 Secure data through Write Protection For added security, write protection can be enabled for any tape cartridge with a VTL. When write protection is enabled, existing data on the tape cartridge cannot be overwritten or erased. The displayed data can be sorted by any field by clicking on the heading for the field;...
  • Page 28 Manage button. The Manage VTL page appears. Click on the FastStream drop down arrow. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual Note The status of a drive which cannot be accessed is displayed as Unavailable. To...
  • Page 29 Click Next Select the drive(s) you want to add or remove from the Hot Spare pool. When you have completed your changes, click Commit. In the warning box, verify that you want to add or remove the Hot Spare by clicking on Yes. Add a VTL from another FastStream VT You may attach a VTL from another FastStream VT to the FastStream VT you are currently...

  • Page 30: Update Storage And Firmware

    During this procedure, do not interrupt the flash process. Do not power down the host or the ATTO FastStream VT until the ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual www.attotech.com before using any of these procedures to prevent data loss.
  • Page 31 and continue with one of the following procedures. Use FTP over Ethernet Establish an FTP link to the ATTO FastStream VT that is to be flashed. Use the PUT command to download the firmware. For example PUT c:\firmware\FS5300100.IMA Once the download is complete, cycle power on the ATTO FastStream VT to implement the new firmware.

  • Page 32: Interface Options

    5. Your browser points to the FastStream VT splash screen. Click on Enter here... Type in the user name and password values. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual 6.0 Interface options CAUTION CAUTION Changing parameters other than those...
  • Page 33 Use the serial port To connect to a terminal emulation program or Telnet to manage the FastStream VT, use the serial port. Connect a cable from FastStream VT RS-232 serial port or header to the serial (COM) port on a personal computer. Turn on the FastStream VT.

  • Page 34: Appendix A Glossary

    A logical simulation of a media changer associated with a tape group permits the assignment of specific virtual tape volumes of the tape group to specific virtual tape drives within the tape group ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual Glossary Interface options on page 27 and on page vii of the Appendix.

  • Page 36: Scsi Cabling

    MB/sec. (Ultra, Ultra2 or Ultra160) 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 ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual Appendix B Cabling Cable types...

  • Page 37: Fibre Channel Connections

    Connect the cable from the SCSI device to a VHDCI SCSI port on the FastStream VT. Check the type of cable, cable length limit and number of devices recommended for the port. See Exhibit A-1. Keep cable lengths as short as possible to ensure the highest signal quality and performance.
  • Page 38 A JBOD drive can be constructed as a special case of a RAID group. When multiple physical drives are assigned to a JBOD RAID group, their storage ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual Designing RAID groups areas appear as a single spanned area of storage.
  • Page 39 RAID Level 1 RAID Level 1 ensures the security of data by writing the exact same data simultaneously to two or more different drives. This application is for users with critical data which cannot be lost or corrupted due to the failure of a single drive. 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.

  • Page 40: Appendix D Cli Provides An Ascii-Based Interface

    > BlockDevID GroupName Member Index ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual • The get form returns the value of a parameter or setting and is an informational command. • Responses to get commands are followed by Ready.

  • Page 41: Cli Error Messages

    Designation Indicates SCSI bus number (1<= sb <= 2) SCSI lun ID (0 <= sl <= 7) SCSI target ID (0 <= st <= 15) CLI error messages The following error messages may be returned by the Command line Interface ERROR.
  • Page 42 HSAdd HSDisplay HSRemove IdentifyBridge Info IPAddress IPDHCP IPGateway IPSubnetMask IsReserved ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual Default Example deleteallmaps set dhcpfixeddelay 15 displayeventlog all all all set displayeventlogfilter gen info all drivetest begin not initiated set drivetestconfig read...
  • Page 43 Command Default MaxOpTemp Metrics MinOpTemp OpTempWarn PartitionDisplay Password Password Performance Ping RAIDCommandTimeout 30000 RAIDRebuildPriority same Reserve ResetFCPortErrors RestoreConfiguration RGAddStorage RGCancelAddStorage RGCommit RGCreate RGDelete RGDisplay RGHaltConversion RGHaltRebuild RGMemberAdd RGMemberRemove RGRebuild RGResumeConversion RGResumeRebuild RGSpanDepth RGSpeedRead disabled RGWaitTimeout RMState RMStatus Route RouteDisplay SaveConfiguration SCSIDomainValidation SCSIInitId 0x07...
  • Page 44 Temperature Time TimeZone Username VerboseMode Voltage VTLCapInfoNotify VTLCapWarnNotify WrapEventLog zModem ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual Default Example enabled set scsiporttermination 1 enabled enabled set scsiportwidetransfer 2 disabled set scsitargetluns 1 64 scsitargets 1 get serialnumber...

  • Page 45: Cli Command Explanations

    CLI command explanations Command Line Interface commands are listed alphabetically with explanations of what they are used for, their defaults and syntax. 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 Requires a SaveConfiguration command get DisplayEventLogFilter [subsystem | all] [level | all] xiii ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual DriveTest Starts or stops a drive test with a previously specified configuration and drive list (refer to...
  • Page 47 EmailFromAddress Configures the E-mail address that the FastStream uses to talk to the E-mail server. Full E-mail address is a fully qualified Internet E-mail address, with no more than 128 characters. set EmailFromAddress [full email address] get EmailFromAddress EmailNotify Regulates E-mail notification. Default: disabled.
  • Page 48 ResetFCPortErrors command. get FCPortErrors ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual FCPortList Returns a list of available FC ports and their current status. Valid status values are Up, Down, Failed, Reserved and Disabled.
  • Page 49 IdentifyBridge Enabling this option causes the front panel Ready LED of the FastStream to blink until the parameter is disabled. Default: disabled set IdentifyBridge [enabled | disabled] get IdentifyBridge Info Displays version numbers and other production information for key components. Info IPAddress Regulates the current FastStream IP address.If...
  • Page 50 RAIDCommandTimeout [100 - 3600000] Requires a SaveConfiguration Restart command get RAIDCommandTimeout xvii ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual RAIDRebuildPriority Sets 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.
  • Page 51 RGCommit Stamps a new RAID group's configuration to its member drives. After this command, a RAID group can be considered operational and transitions from the new state to online, degraded or offline depending on the health of the selected member drives. Also stamps an existing RAID group's configuration to its member drives when the existing RAID group is in the process of having storage added.
  • Page 52 Route FC [fp] [lun] [ [RAID [GroupName] [Partition Index]] [ Bridge | Delete ] ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual RouteDisplay Displays a combined list of host protocol address to target destination device mappings.
  • Page 53 SCSIPortResetOnStartup Specifies if the SCSI port should be reset on power-up. Default: enabled set SCSIPortResetOnStartup [sb] [enabled | disabled] Requires a SaveConfiguration command get SCSIPortResetOnStartup [sb] SCSIPortSyncTransfer Specifies whether synchronous SCSI transfers should be negotiated with devices on the specified SCSI port. Default: enabled set SCSIPortSyncTransfer [sb] [enabled | disabled] Requires a SaveConfiguration command...
  • Page 54 CLI session. Default: enabled set VerboseMode [enabled | disabled] get VerboseMode ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual Voltage Displays the voltage levels monitored by the FastStream. Representations of the voltages are VDDA: +3.31 V...

  • Page 55: Appendix E Standards And Compliances

    Appendix E 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 and may cause interference with radio and television reception. See the ATTO FastStream VT 5300 Technical Specification sheet for your particular model for a full list of certifications for that model.
  • Page 56 CE standards and found to be compliant. The ATTO FastStream VT 5300 complies with Directive 2002/95/EC on the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS). xxiii ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT 5300 Installation and Operation Manual...

  • Page 57: Appendix F Warranty, Contact Information

    ATTO Technology, Inc. 155 CrossPoint Parkway Amherst, New York 14068 (716) 691-1999 • voice (716) 691-9353 • fax www.attotech.com ATTO Technology can also be reached via e-mail at the following addresses: Sales Support: sls@attotech.com Technical Support: techsupp@attotech.com Warranty, contact information www.attotech.com.

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