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- Page 1 ATTO FastStream Storage Controller Installation and Operation Manual Fibre Channel to SAS/SATA Models SC 5550 SC 8550 SAS to SAS/SATA Model SC 8250...
- Page 2 Technical support: Monday -- Friday, 8am-6pm EST techsupp@attotech.com © 2011 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Latency Management Cache Protection General attributes RAID protection features FastStream SC 5550 features FastStream SC 8250 features FastStream SC 8550 features 1.1 FastStream SC 5550 Physical Attributes ........4 Dimensions Cooling and airflow Power Fibre Channel connectors SAS/SATA device connectors Management ports... - Page 4 3.2 DriveAssure ................19 Guaranteed Latency Rebuild Continue on Error Initialization Media Scrubbing Media Scan On-the-Fly Media Error Handling Data Recovery Mode Rebuild Recovery Mode Basic Recovery Mode Extreme Recovery Mode 4.0 Configure Storage into RAID Groups ...........21 Features you may choose Auto-Rebuild Fault Tolerance Initialization...
- Page 5 7.0 Modify Storage ..................37 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 Importing RAID Groups...
- Page 6 Appendix D CLI Provides an ASCII-based Interface .......viii CLI error messages ix CLI summary ix CLI command explanations xiii Appendix E Standards and Compliances ..........xxii Declaration of Conformity xxvi Appendix F Warranty .................xxiii...
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Page 7: Atto Faststream Overview
1.0 ATTO FastStream Overview The ATTO FastStream™ Storage Controller was engineered for real-time applications which require managed latency. Offering great performance, OS independence, simplified management, and RAID protection for all of your critical data, FastStream is an affordable SAN solution. General attributes Adding ATTO RAID ensures your data is protected without compromising performance. -
Page 8: Faststream Sc 5550 Features
DCQ model. 2Gb/s FC operation • 2 3Gb/s miniSAS device interfaces provide 8 lanes of SAS/SATA connectivity supporting initiator mode for any combination of up to 128 SAS and SATA devices ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 10: Faststream Sc 5550 Physical Attributes
1.1 FastStream SC 5550 Physical Attributes The ATTO FastStream SC 5550 is a Fibre Channel to SAS/SATA RAID storage controller which can be seamlessly integrated into a new or an existing storage environment. Sie benutzte Batterien in Übereinstimmung The ATTO FastStream SC 5550 is available in a... - Page 11 8250 without the CacheAssure feature. Unlit means that the module is not installed nor was it expected to Exhibit 1.1-1 The connector side of the FastStream SC 5550. Exhibit 1.1-2 Connector side detail. Exhibit 1.1-3 The front panel of the FastStream SC 5550.
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Page 12: Sas/Sata Device Connectors
Dispose of used batteries in accordance Ready/Fault LED lights green to indicate ready, lights with your local environmental regulations. yellow to show a faulted condition, and is off to indicate not ready. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 13: Nvcache Led Indicator
Ethernet port connector: The right green LED power failure, while a CacheAssure backup is being shows a valid link, off indicates that no link is present, performed. and blinking indicates activity. The left green LED Solid amber: The LED is solid amber if a problem has indicates 10/100/1000 MbE speed: on indicates occurred with the CacheAssure module. -
Page 14: Faststream Sc 8550 Physical Attributes
Dispose of used batteries in accordance Ready/Fault LED lights green to indicate ready, lights with your local environmental regulations. yellow to show a faulted condition, and is off to indicate not ready. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 15: Nvcache Led Indicators
NVCache LED Indicator Ethernet port connector: The right green LED shows a valid link, off indicates that no link is present, Unlit: The LED is unlit if you purchased a 5550, 8550 and blinking indicates activity. The left green LED or 8250 without the CacheAssure feature. -
Page 16: Install The Faststream
Connect the AC power cord from the administrator, type it into the area provided, and FastStream to the proper AC source outlet. click on Next . ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 17: Setting Up Internet Explorer
Click on Launch Browser Click OK. 10 At the bottom of the Internet Options box, click Your browser points to the ATTO ExpressNAV on OK and close the box. splash screen. If you use Internet Explorer as a browser, continue on to the next step. If not, Beginning initial configuration continue on to Beginning initial... - Page 18 The drive(s) selected are now initialized and verified. All data on the highlighted drives has been erased and Click Next. you may continue with Configure Storage into RAID Select Initialize and Verify Drives. Groups on page 21. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 19 After creating RAID Groups If you are not already in the Click Next. ExpressNAV Storage Manager, If no drives appear in the information box, click type the IP address of your on the System Scan button. controller in a standard browser. If drives are available, click on the drives you On the splash screen, click wish to verify, initialize or test;...
- Page 20 Health page, appears showing what tests above. are running and their results. You may select Click the Read-Only Drive Test button. other tests to run or continue on to other tasks. Click Next. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 21: Follow The Instructions In Preliminary Steps Above
Drive performance and health Another way to determine your drives’ status is to representation of each drive in the Drives follow the instructions in Preliminary steps on page box shows the percentage of verification 17, and click on the Drive Performance and Health completed. -
Page 22: Click Next
3.2 DriveAssure DriveAssure™ is an ATTO exclusive combination of features that perform predictive and corrective actions to allow the continued operation of marginal drives, while ensuring continued, uninterrupted access to data. DriveAssure lets your storage run longer, faster and smoother without interrupting data flow while avoiding the unnecessary cost of replacing functional drives. - Page 23 If there is a soft drive failure, it may be possible to continue using the RAID Group. In the ExpressNAV menu: Click the Diagnostics button. Click Use Recovery Mode . Click Next button. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 24: Ensure Drive Integrity
If no drives are available, the rebuild is initiated only Hot Spares are not required, allowing the after you replace the faulted drive and initiate a system maximum number of drives for data storage. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 25: Fault Tolerance
However, if you require maximum fault may choose to use the Advanced Initialization for tolerance, it is best practice to have a Hot Spare new drives to erase and verify drive media and correct available to supply the unallocated drive for some soft drive errors. -
Page 26: Audio
Health and answers to the setup questions. Status Monitor page appears. Click on Next . If you wish to start over, click No . The Setup Wizard page appears. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 27: Creating A Custom Setup
Creating a custom setup If the application setups do not suit your needs, you Click Next . may use Custom Setup to configure the FastStream. 10 The Partition wizard appears. After choosing Custom Setup button, the • A RAID Group may have several Terabytes RAID Setup Wizard page appears. - Page 28 • SpeedRead Auto is usually the best choice for database applications. 18 Choose a Prefetch option--the number of extra stripes that are read when the SpeedRead setting is set to enabled or adaptive. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 29: 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 however, use extreme caution when changing default password to a user name and password important to values. - Page 30 SAS addresses are to be presented on the PHYs. Set this to disabled to report the same address on each PHY only when using an ATTO ExpressSAS 6Gb ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 31: 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 Note set up at least one RAID Group. New performance data is updated every 60 The ATTO FastStream collects various metrics to seconds which impacts performance slightly, measure performance for physical drives attached to... -
Page 32: Configuration Display Page
Monitor page for enclosure status gives you the SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) on page 32. Use SES to identify individual drives, all the drives in the same enclosure, all the drives in a single RAID ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 33: Remote System Monitoring
6.1 Remote System Monitoring You may set up the FastStream to send notifications using Email when certain events occur. Warning messages You may set up the FastStream to send notifications when certain events occur using Error Notification • device down page of the ExpressNAV Storage Manager. - Page 34 14 Your settings are displayed. You may change or disable Email notification at any time from the Error Notification page. Exhibit 6.1-1 The Error Notification page. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
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Page 35: Scsi Enclosure Services (Ses)
6.2 SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) Drive enclosures may provide a SCSI Enclosure Processor which indicates enclosure health status, drive identification and drive fault. The ATTO Storage Controller recognizes drive individual drives, all the drives in the same enclosure, enclosures that provide SCSI Enclosure Services all the drives in a single RAID Group, or faulted drives. -
Page 36: Identifying Ses Elements
RAID Groups associated with that drive. LEDs for the devices light up when selected. Select Stop All to stop the LEDs from lighting. Exhibit 6.2-2 The Identify SES Elements page. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 37: Monitoring Ses Elements
Monitoring SES elements Use the Health and Status Monitor Enclosures which provide SES information are listed in the Enclosure Status section of the Health and If you are not already in the ExpressNAV Status Monitor (see Exhibit 6.2-3) and through the Storage Manager, type the IP address of your Enclosure Services arrow on the Manage menu. -
Page 38: Use The Manage Menu
Check the Enable Audible Alarm checkbox in the Audible Alarm Configuration menu. To disable Audible Alarm, uncheck this box. If the Audible Alarm is triggered, there is a Clear Alarm button in this menu. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual... -
Page 39: Cacheassure
6.3 CacheAssure CacheAssure is a maintenance-free, flash-based data protection feature that safeguards against the loss of cached data during a power or system failure. CacheAssure is optional on both Desktop and Embeddable models. CacheAssure Status In the event of a power or system failure, CacheAssure instantly detects the failure and CacheAssure Status is displayed on the Health and preserves the cached data in Non-Volatile memory,... -
Page 40: If You Are Not Already In The Expressnav Storage Manager, Type The Ip Address Of Your
40.) Click on each RAID Group to be deleted. Click the Delete button. When you have selected all the groups to be deleted, click Commit . A warning box appears. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 41 If you want to continue click Yes. The Follow the instructions in Preliminary steps configuration completes and the Health and page 37 and click on the RAID Groups arrow Status Monitor page appears. from the Select User Process box. Click on Add Mirrors. If you wish to start over, click No .
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Page 42: Click Commit
37 and click on the RAID Groups arrow The Health and Status Monitor page appears. from the Select User Process box. Click on the Modify Partitioning button. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual... - Page 43 Modifying RAID options Add new storage to FastStream - This can be done by either adding drives with an existing You may change Auto-Rebuild, SpeedRead and RAID Group to your current enclosure or Prefetch configurations. Refer to Creating a custom connecting the SAS cable from an enclosure to setup on page 24 for details on these features.
- Page 44 An asterisk next to the Ready prompt indicates you screen, click Enter Here. In the box provided , must type SaveConfiguration restart in the text box for changes to take effect. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 45 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. If you have other ATTO devices in the same broadcast You may also save the configuration of the FastStream domain with no routers between them, and any you are currently using, or restore it from a previously-...
- Page 46 FastStream, select Yes . If you do not wish to make the changes, select No . Exhibit 8.0-1 The System Configuration Save/Restore page. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 47 Field Replacement Unit (FRU) In the rare case that a FastStream must be replaced Once the FastStream comes online, you will have full due to failure or upgrade, restoring a configuration file access to all of the RAID Groups and data created with is a time saving tool to get storage back up and the previous FastStream.
- Page 48 FastStream. Click Next . If a DHCP server is available on your network, an address is assigned automatically by the server. Note the assigned address: _____________________________________ ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC RAID Controller Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 49 Using the serial port To connect to a terminal emulation program to manage f. Click OK. the FastStream, use the serial port. Turn on the FastStream. Connect a cable from FastStream RS-232 After you connect to the FastStream, start-up serial port or header to the serial (COM) port on messages are displayed.
- Page 50 If you do Appendix D not know the file name and location, click on Browse to navigate to the new firmware and ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 51 Standard Definition (SD) transfer rates required in digital video environments, video. DVRAID is ATTO Technology proprietary technology You must use the Quick Digital Video setup wizard in which supports the editing of uncompressed 10-bit the ExpressNAV Storage Manager.
- Page 52 RAID Level 1: additional mirror Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Data 1 Data 1 Data 1 Data 2 Data 2 Data 2 Data 3 Data 3 Data 3 ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 53 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.
- Page 54 Data 6 Parity 4-6 Parity 4-6 Data 4 Stripe 3 Data 9 Parity 7-9 Parity 7-9 Data 7 Data 8 Stripe 4 Data 10 Data 11 Data 12 Parity 10-12 Parity 10-12 ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 55 Appendix B Multipathing To optimize storage availability and performance, it is recommended that you take advantage of failover and load balancing provided by host based multipathing. The FastStream Storage Controller is compatible with generic multipathing for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux but is optimized for use with ATTO’s MultiPath Director for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.
- Page 56 Appendix C Tape Pass-Through A value added feature of the FastStream allows the pass-through of SAS connected tape devices. Connect these devices to a SAN Fibre Channel connection through the host ports on a FastStream Storage Controller. Enable Tape Pass-Through server while RAID groups and tapes exist side by side without the need for extra hardware like a bridge or If you need to backup data through a fibre channel...
- Page 57 EnclosureIndex Index designation of an enclosure found by using the SESIdentify command Fibre Channel LUN ID (0 <= fl <= 31) Fibre Channel port number (1 <= fp <= 2) ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 58 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 MemberIndex Index designation of a RAID Group member as found by using the RMStatus command Ethernet port used to manage the FastStream...
- Page 59 FCMultiNode (all but SC 8250) disabled set fcmultinode enabled FCPortErrors (all but SC 8250) get fcporterrors all FCPortList (all but SC 8250) fcportlist FCWWName (all but SC 8250) get fcwwname 1 ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 60 Command Default Example FirmwareRestart firmwarerestart FlashImages flashimages Help help driveinfo HSAdd hsadd 3 HSDisplay hsdisplay HSRemove hsremove 3 IdentifyBridge set identifyBridge enabled Info info IPAddress get ipaddress mp1 IPDHCP enabled set ipdhcp mp1 disabled IPDNSServer set ipdnsserver mp1 172.15.12.123 IPGateway 0.0.0.0 get ipgateway mp1 IPSubnetMask...
- Page 61 8192 RGSpanDepth set rgspandepth g1 spandepth 22 RGSpeedRead set rgspeedread g1 enabled RGUnmap rgunmap g1 RGWaitTimeout rgwaittimeout 30 RMStatus rmstatus g1 Route route fc 1 0 raid alpha1 6 ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 62 Command Default Example RouteDisplay routedisplay fc SASMultiAddress (SC 8250) enabled set SASMultiAddress enabled SasPortList sasportlist SasTargets sastargets SaveConfiguration saveconfiguration restart SerialNumber get serialnumber SerialPortBaudRate 115200 set serialportbaudrate 19200 SerialPortEcho enabled get serialportecho enabled set ses disabled SESAlarmTest sessalarmtest 22 set SESDiskFailureAlarm disabled set sesdiskfailurealarm enabled...
- Page 63 Deletes the contents of CacheAssure flash memory. Warning: operations. CacheAssure may contain data for drives that are not BlockDevScan connected, and issuing this command will cause that data to be lost! CACleanCache xiii ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 64 CAPowerStatus DriveAssureReport (CacheAssure Models only) Returns the current status of the CacheAssure Power Module. Displays drive timeout error statistics for all member drives in This includes whether or not it is installed and whether or not it the specified RAID Group. is fully charged.
- Page 65 (PTP Preferred) allow auto-negotiation while indicating a set EmailServerAddress [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx | name] preference. get EmailServerAddress Default: loop set FCConnMode [fp | all] [loop | ptp | loop-ptp | ptp-loop] get FCConnMode [fp | all] ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 66 FCDataRate FCWWName (all but SC 8250) (all but SC 8250) FCDataRate specifies the Fibre Channel data rate at which FCWWName reports the World Wide Node Name of the Fibre operation will occur. Choices are 2Gb/s, 4Gb/s, 8Gb/s or Auto- Channel interface referenced. Each Fibre Channel port has an negotiated.
- Page 67 IPV6Gateway controls the current default gateway used by the set OpTempWarn [0 - 15] IPv6 protocol. Unlike the IPGateway command, there is only 1 get OpTempWarn IPV6Gateway allowed. set IPV6Gateway [IPv6-compatible address] get IPV6Gateway xvii ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 68 Partition PassThroughMode Partition sets the specified partition to the specifed capacity in PassThroughMode specifies the non-disk device types which gigabytes (GB), megabytes (MB), or blocks. The specified will be automatically mapped at boot time. The "all" option capacity must be smaller than the specified partition's current allows all non-disk devices to be mapped.
- Page 69 World Wide Name (WWN) to its set ReadOnlyPassword factory setting. The 'saved' option will undo any changes made to this session since the last save. RestoreConfiguration [default | factory | saved] ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 70 RGAddStorage RGCreate RGAddStorage adds additional storage to an existing RAID RGCreate creates a NEW empty RAID Group. GroupName is Group. GroupName is an ASCII name for the RAID Group. an ASCII name for the RAID Group (14 chars max, no spaces). MIRROR|STRIPE|SPAN specifies the method used to expand The optional value after the RAID Group type parameter the storage.
- Page 71 Group from which to remove the RAID Member. MemberIndex RGResumeErase [GroupName] is the index of the RAID Member to remove. This also resets the number of partitions to 1. RGMemberRemove [GroupName] [MemberIndex] ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 72 RGResumeInitialization RGWaitTimeout RGResumeInitialization resumes the initialization of the RGWaitTimeout specifies the maximum time in seconds that will specified RAID Group. elapse to discover previously configured RAID Groups. The time out is used during system boot time and when the RGResumeInitialization [GroupName] BlockDevScan command is issued.
- Page 73 SerialPortEcho controls whether characters are echoed to the RS-232 port. All non-control character keyboard input is output to the display when this parameter is enabled. set SerialPortEcho [enabled | disabled] get SerialPortEcho xxiii ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 74 SESIdentifyStop SNTPServer SESIdentifyStop commands the appropriate SES enclosure to SNTPServer sets/displays the main IP address the client uses stop identifying the specified element(s). "ALL" stops identifying to retrieve the SNTP time. all enclosures' drive slots. "RAID" and RAID Group name stops set SNTPServer [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] identifying disks in a RAID Group.
- Page 75 RS-232 port. The filename to retrieve is required if the 'send' wrapping. When disabled, event logging will cease when the log option is specified. buffer is full. Usage: Zmodem [[send [filename]] | receive] set WrapEventLog [enabled | disabled] get WrapEventLog ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 76 CE standards and found to be compliant. The ATTO FastStream complies with Directive 2002/95/EC on the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS). xxxii ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC Installation and Operation Manual...
- Page 77 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.