Use Custom Setup - ATTO Technology FastStream VT 5300 Installation And Operation Manual

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.
1 f you are not already in the ExpressNAV
interface, type the IP address of your appliance,
as found in Use the ExpressNAV interface
page 27, in a standard browser, click Enter
Here and type in your user name and
password.
2 On the Initial Setup page, choose the Custom
Setup button.
3 Click on Next.
4 Type a name for your Virtual Tape Library in the
box provided on the page under the Step 1
heading.
• In Step 2, select a RAID level. Refer to
Designing RAID groups
Appendix for more information. Click on the Hot
Spares radio button if you want a Hot Spare.
Refer to Use Hot Spares
5 In Step 3, click on the System Scan button to
discover the drives available for VTL
configuration.
6 When the scanned drives box is populated,
select the drives to be used for the underlying
RAID group associated with the VTL. The
Minimum Number Additional Drives
Required heading lists the number of drives
you must add to fulfill the RAID level and Hot
Spare requirements you have already selected.
7 Answer the questions in Step 4 to define your
virtual storage as if it were a physical tape
storage array based on the needs of your ISV.
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on page v in the
on page 11.
• You may select a library to emulate or select
Custom to define your own setup.
• If you select a library, default values for
that library are entered into the fields in
the rest of Step 4 and in Step 5.
• If you select Custom, you must
complete the fields in Step 4 and Step 5
on the screen. However, some fields
may be populated automatically for you
depending on your system.
8 When you have completed your choices, click
Next.
9 The Virtual Tape Library Setup page appears.
If the new configuration is the way you want it,
click on Commit.
10 In the warning box, verify that you want to add
the VTL by clicking on Yes.
Note
Clicking on No returns you to the Virtual
Tape Library Setup page and you can
choose to begin this procedure again
Click on the Cancel button.
Click on the Manage menu item on the left.
Select the Virtual Tape Libraries arrow.
Click on the Create Virtual Tape Library
button.
Continue with Step 3
a name for your VTL.
11 The Virtual Tape Library Setup page appears.
• Click on Done if you do not want to create
another VTL.
• Click on Configure Another to create
another VTL. Begin the process from
in this process.
in this process, typing in
Step 4
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