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ATTO Technology FastStream VT 5700 Installation And Operation Manual

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  • Page 1 FastStream VT 5700 Fibre Channel to Fibre Channel Virtual Tape Appliance Installation and Operation Manual...
  • 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 VT Increases Reliability ...1 Virtual Tape features Backup and restore features Management and control features 1.1 FastStream VT 5700 Physical Attributes ...3 Dimensions Cooling and airflow Power Fibre Channel ports Management ports Reset/restore factory default switch LED indicators 2.0 Install the FastStream VT ...5 Verifying the contents of the packing box Installing the FastStream...
  • Page 4 6.3 SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) ...23 Setting up SES Identifying SES elements Monitoring SES elements Use the Health and Status Monitor Use the Manage menu 7.0 Modify Storage ...27 Preliminary steps Virtual Tape Library operations Create a Virtual Tape Library Delete a Virtual Tape Library Secure data through Write Protection Move Virtual Tape cartridges...

  • Page 6: Atto Faststream Vt Increases Reliability

    Virtual tapes for each library. • Hardware RAID Level 0, 1, 5, 1+0 and JBOD, all user configurable ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual Backup and restore features • Performs up to 30 concurrent backups for each Virtual Tape Library (VTL) •...

  • Page 8: Faststream Vt 5700 Physical Attributes

    Entsorgen Sie benutzte Batterien in Übereinstimmung mit Ihren lokalen Umweltschutzbestimmungen. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual Fibre Channel ports The four independent 4-Gigabit Fibre Channel ports Exhibit 1.1-1 use Small Formfactor Pluggable (SFP) interface and multimode fiber optic cable.
  • Page 9 LEDs on the front are: A green power LED A bicolor Ready/Fault LED is lighted green to indicate ready, lighted yellow to a faulted condition, and off indicates not ready. Exhibit 1.1-1 The connector side of the FastStream VT 5700. Exhibit 1.1-2 The faceplate of the FastStream VT 5700.

  • Page 10: Install The Faststream Vt

    2.0 Install the FastStream VT If you have not already completed the instructions on the Getting Started manual packed with your FastStream VT, use the following instructions to install the FastStream VT. Verifying the contents of the packing box • The FastStream. Note the serial number of your FastStream unit: ________________________ •...

  • Page 11: Setting Up Internet Explorer

    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 Click Next .

  • Page 12: Ensure Drive Integrity

    Select Initialize and Verify Drives. All eligible drives are highlighted in green. The system only initializes highlighted drives. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual you wish to add to your FastStream configuration using the initialize and verify procedure or using a read-only scan of drives.

  • Page 13: After Creating Raid Groups

    After creating RAID groups If you are not already in the ExpressNAV VTL Manager, type the IP address of your FastStream 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 14: Configure Virtual Tape

    Enter Here. In the box provided , type in your user name and password, and click OK . ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual performance. Backup all previously stored data and plan carefully. Read all information and warnings.

  • Page 15: Using Custom Setup

    In Step 1 on the screen, type in a name for your Virtual Tape Library. Names may be up to 14 characters and may not contain any spaces. Answer the questions in Step 2 based on the needs of your software vendor. •...
  • Page 16 Step 4 and in Step 5 . ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual • If you select Custom , you must complete the fields in Step 4 and Step 5 on the screen.

  • Page 18: Modify System Values

    Manage , then click the FastStream VT arrow. If you have not yet created a VTL or initialized drives, the Initial Setup page appears. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual Type set Password Note The user name is case insensitive and password is case sensitive.
  • Page 19 • Time and Date: refer to Timeand on page xxii and Date on page xiii of the Appendix. • Fibre Channel data rate and connection mode for each Fibre Channel port: refer to FCDataRate on page xv and on page xv of the Appendix. •...

  • Page 20: Monitor Storage, Configurations

    RAID status, capacity, the Fibre port and LUN to Exhibit 6.0-1 The ATTO FastStream VT Monitor VTL page. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual Email notification of errors allows the FastStream VT to send an Email message to you, a network administrator or other users when certain events occur.

  • Page 21: Monitor Vtl Page

    Health and Status Monitor page The Health and Status Monitor provides information about 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 VTL Manager, type the IP address of your FastStream in a standard browser.

  • Page 22: Configuration Display Page

    • RAID Groups: RAID Group names, RAID status, available Hot Spares, number of faulted Exhibit 6.0-3 The Configuration Display page. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual drives, RAID level, interleave and total capacity of each RAID Group.

  • Page 24: Remote System Monitoring

    Enter Here. In the box provided , type in your user name and password, and click OK . ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual The following are warning messages which may be recorded: • device down •...
  • Page 25 10 Choose All , Critical , Warning, Informational or None for each Email address. 11 When all information is typed in, click Commit . 12 A warning box appears. In the warning box, verify that you want to complete the notification procedure including a restart of the FastStream Exhibit 6.1-1 The Error Notification page.

  • Page 26: Drive Diagnostics

    The drives are highlighted. Click Commit . ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual provided , type in your user name and password, and click OK . The Monitor VTL page appears. Click Diagnostics on the left menu.

  • Page 27: Read Only Drive Test

    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.

  • Page 28: Scsi Enclosure Services (Ses)

    Select the type of SES monitor and control you wish to use. Exhibit 6.3-1 The Enclosure Services page. 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 29: Identifying Ses Elements

    Identifying SES elements The SES Monitor page, found by clicking Details in the Enclosure Status section of the Health and Status Monitor page, lists 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.

  • Page 30: Monitoring Ses Elements

    Enter Here. In the box Exhibit 6.3-3 The ExpressNAV VT Controller Health and Status Monitor page. Exhibit 6.3-4 The SES Monitor page. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual provided , type in your user name and password, and click OK .

  • Page 31: Use The Manage Menu

    Use the Manage menu If you are not already in the ExpressNAV VTL Manager, type the IP address of your FastStream 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 32: Modify Storage

    The Manage VTL page appears. Click the Virtual Tape Libraries arrow . Select Create a Virtual Tape Library . ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual 7.0 Modify Storage When you initially set up the FastStream, replace a...

  • Page 33: Secure Data Through Write Protection

    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 data can be sorted by any field by clicking the label for the field.
  • Page 34 Click Next. Select the degraded drive. Click Commit. The LED on the degraded drive flashes. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual Note The status of a drive which cannot be accessed is listed as Unavailable. To identify...

  • Page 35: Faststream Operations: Adding Or Removing Hot Spares

    FastStream operations: adding or removing Hot Spares The ATTO FastStream VT replaces degraded or faulted drives in a VTL without intervention by you or a host if you set up a pool of Hot Spare drives of different sizes appropriate for your VTL. Hot Spares may be set up by the FastStream VT automatically depending on your choices during initial setup.

  • Page 36: Manage Atto Devices

    Click Rescan . 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 and manage them from within the browser you are currently using. 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.

  • Page 38: Interface Options

    Discovering the IP address on page 5. Your browser points to the FastStream VT splash screen. Click Enter here... ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual 9.0 Interface Options user name and password (refer to user name, password...

  • Page 39: Using The Serial Port

    Using 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 40: Update Storage, Firmware

    Ensure that all I/O to the ATTO FastStream has stopped. During this procedure, do not interrupt the flash process. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual www.attotech.com for complete information. storage. Be sure all data is backed up before using any of these procedures to prevent data loss.
  • Page 41 The Diagnostics Menu page appears. From the Select User Process box, select Update the Firmware . Click Next . If you know the name and location of the .ima file, enter it into the text box provided. If you do not know the file name and location, select Browse to navigate to the new firmware.

  • Page 42: 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 Installation and Operation Manual Glossary Interface Options on page 33 and on page vii of the Appendix.

  • Page 44: Jbod: Just A Bunch Of Disks

    Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 Data 4 ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual Design RAID Groups RAID algorithm. The ATTO FastStream VT 5700 supports JBOD and RAID levels 0, 1, 1+ 0 and 5. In general, the process begins with individual drives called block devices.

  • Page 45: Raid Level 0: Striping, No Redundancy

    RAID Level 0: striping, no redundancy RAID Level 0 (striping) increases performance by simultaneously accessing data across multiple drives by overlapping drive seeks. The process increases data transfer rates. Drives are accessed alternately, as if stacked one on top of the other. RAID Level 0 Disk 1 Stripe 1 Data 1...

  • Page 46: Raid Level 1+0: Striping, Mirror Spans Two Drives

    Stripe 3 Data 9 Stripe 4 Parity 10-12 ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual RAID Level 1+0 is used in applications requiring high performance and redundancy, combining the attributes of RAID 1 and 0. The ATTO FastStream supports an even number of 4 to 16 drives per RAID Level 1+0 group.

  • Page 48: Appendix C Cli Provides An Ascii-Based Interface

    Fibre Channel lun number (0 <= fl <= 31) Fibre Channel port number (1<= fp <= 4) ATTO Technology, Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual • The get form returns the value of a parameter or setting and is an informational command.

  • Page 49: Cli Error Messages

    Designation GroupName PartitionIndex CLI error messages The following error messages may be returned by the Command line Interface ERROR. Invalid Command. Type 'Help' for command list. ERROR. Wrong/Missing Parameters Usage: <usage string> ERROR Invalid RAID Group state ERROR Invalid Block Device index ERROR Invalid RAID Member index CLI summary The following chart summarizes the Command Line Interface commands, their defaults, and an example of how...
  • Page 50 FCPortList FCTargets FCWWName FirmwareRestart Help HSAdd HSDisplay HSRemove IdentifyBridge Info ATTO Technology, Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual Example cleareventlog set date 03/03/2007 set defaultinterleave 64 deleteallmaps displayeventlog all all all set displayeventlogfilter gen info none drivetest begin drivetestclearlist all...
  • Page 51 Command Default IPAddress IPDHCP IPDNSServer IPGateway IPSubnetMask IsReserved MaxOpTemp Metrics MinOpTemp OpTempWarn PartitionDisplay PartitionWriteCache PassThroughMode PassThroughPersistent PassThroughRediscover Password Performance Ping Quicktape RAIDRebuildPriority ReadOnlyPassword ReadOnlyUsername Reserve ResetFCPortErrors RestoreConfiguration RGAddStorage RGAutoRebuild enabled (RAID 5) disabled (JBOD, RAID RGCancelAddStorage RGCommit RGCreate RGDelete RGDiskWriteCache RGDisplay RGHaltConversion RGHaltInitialization...
  • Page 52 TapeLibDelete TapeLibInfo TapeWriteProtect Temperature Time TimeZone Username VerboseMode Voltage ATTO Technology, Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual Example rgmemberremove g1 22 rgprefetch g1 2 rgrebuild g1 rgresumeconversion g1 rgresumeinitialization g1 rgresumerebuild g1 rgsectorsize g1 8192 set rgspandepth g1 22...

  • Page 53: Cli Command Explanations

    Command Default VTLCapInfoNotify VTLCapWarnNotify WrapEventLog zModem 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 54 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 xiii ATTO Technology, Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual DisplayEventLog Lists the EventLog .The event log may be filtered using DisplayEventLogFilter command.
  • Page 55 DriveTestList Specifies drives to be run in the next drive test of drives which are not part of a RAID group or which are Hot Spares. The all parameter automatically chooses eligible drives. The test is not started until the command is given.
  • Page 56 Default: disabled set FCHard [enabled | disabled] Requires a SaveConfiguration Restart command get FCHard ATTO Technology, Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual FCHardAddress Sets/lists the value used as the FC-AL hard address. This hexadecimal value represents the address the FastStream tries to use if hard addressing is enabled.
  • Page 57 FCWWName Reports the Word Wide Name (WWN) of the FC interface. Each FC port has an individual and unique WWN. The least significant 3 bytes of the WWN are used as the Ethernet MAC address. The lower nibble of the highest byte designates the port number.
  • Page 58 The disabled option disables the pass-through mode. Default: disabled set PassThroughMode [all | SES |non-SES | disabled] get PassThroughMode xvii ATTO Technology, Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual PassThroughPersistent Stores maps for currently-attached passthrough devices to persistent memory, PassThroughPersistent PassThroughRediscover Makes any previously-deleted pass through target devices visible to the host.
  • Page 59 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. set ReadOnlyPassword ReadOnlyUsername Specifies the user name which allows only read and no writes.
  • Page 60 RAID Group. Default: 0 set RGPreFetch [GroupName | all] [1-6] get RGPreFetch [GroupName | all] ATTO Technology, Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual RGRebuild Starts rebuilding the specified existing RAID group. Optional parameter Member Index specifies the member to rebuild. If no member is specified, all degraded members are rebuilt.
  • Page 61 RGWaitTimeout Specifies the maximum time in seconds that the system waits to discover previously-configured RAID groups attached to the drive. The timeout is used during system boot time and when the BlockDevScan issued. Default: 5 set RGWaitTimeout [1-3600] Requires a SaveConfiguration Restart command get RGWaitTimeout RMStatus Lists the status of all RAID members within the specified...
  • Page 62 A setting of 0 disables SES enclosure polling. Default: 60 set SESPoll [0 | 30-3600] get SESPoll ATTO Technology, Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual SESStartingSlot Establishes the starting slot/ID number for all attached SES enclosures. Default: 1...
  • Page 63 TapeWriteProtect Controls write protection for a particular virtual tape or two virtual tapes. set TapeWriteProtect [Tape Vol ID | all] [enabled | disabled] get TapeWriteProtect Temperature Lists the current internal operating temperature of this unit in degrees Celsius. get Temperature Time Controls or lists the current time as clocked by the unit in 24 hour format.

  • Page 64: Appendix D Standards, Compliances

    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. xxiii ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual Standards, Compliances FCC Standards: Radio and Television Interference...
  • Page 65 The ATTO FastStream VT complies with Directive 2002/95/EC on the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS). xxiv...

  • Page 66: Appendix E 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. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream VT Installation and Operation Manual...
  • Page 67 xxvi...

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