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  • Page 1 Configuration Tool and Utilities v3.21 Operation Manual for Fusion RAID Storage Systems...

  • Page 3: Atto Configuration Tool Overview

    Contents 1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool Overview..................... 1 About the Configuration Tool Configuration Tool Launch ATTO Configuration Tool Navigation 1.1 NVRAM Settings........................7 SAS Address Boot Driver Heartbeat Device Wait Time Device Wait Count Spinup Delay 1.2 RAID Settings........................... 9 Preliminary Configuration Steps DVRAID RAID Group Setup Custom RAID Group Setup Mac OS Drive Formatting Windows Drive Formatting Hot Spares Usage RAID Group Management Overview RAID Group Capacity Expansion RAID Level Migration RAID Group Deletion RAID Group Rebuilding 1.3 Drive and RAID Group Monitoring....................

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1.4 Notifications......................Basic Alerts Logging E-Mail Alert 1.5 Diagnose and Replace a Faulted Drive................Faulted Drive Identification Faulted Drive Replacement 1.6 Configuration Tool Troubleshooting..................25 Messages from NVRAM Tab Actions An error occurred loading NVRAM data. W arning: NVRAM could not be read, defaults returned. An error occurred updating the NVRAM. Feature bounds checking Messages from Flash Tab Actions This is not a flash file, or it is corrupt. T his HBA is not compatible with the selected flash file. A valid file was not selected. A n error occurred reading from the flash file, the file may be corrupt. A n error occurred updating the flash.

  • Page 5: Atto Configuration Tool Overview

    Back up system data when installing or changing hardware configurations. • T he RAID tab provides information about attached drives, their RAID group and hot spare associations, and their Note: T he Sonnet RAID controller is designed to operate properly using operating status. See Figure 5 on page 5. factory settings. Entering invalid or incorrect NVRAM settings • T he RAID CLI tab provides access to the command line may cause your Sonnet RAID controller to function incorrectly.
  • Page 6 1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool Overview ATTO Configuration Tool Navigation (continued) • T he Advanced tab does not function with the Sonnet RAID controller; clicking this tab merely displays a message. • W hen you select a specific channel under the Sonnet RAID controller in the Device Listing pane, the NVRAM tab displays the NVRAM parameters applicable to the Sonnet RAID controller and channel selected. Refer to NVRAM Settings on page 7, and Configuration Tool Troubleshooting on page 25 for information about NVRAM settings. • T he Sonnet RAID controller’s information is displayed in the PCI Info tab. See Figure 7 on page 6. • T he current status of the Configuration Tool is represented in the Status pane at the bottom of the window. About window The About window, displayed when About is selected from the Help menu, lists the ATTO Configuration Tool’s version number. See Figure 8 on page 6.
  • Page 7 1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool Overview Opening Screen Figure 1 Basic Info tab when Local Host chosen in the Device Listing pane Figure 2...
  • Page 8 1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool Overview Basic Info tab when the Sonnet RAID controller is chosen in the Device Listing pane Figure 3 Flash tab when the Sonnet RAID controller is chosen in the Device Listing pane Figure 4...
  • Page 9 1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool Overview RAID tab when the Sonnet RAID controller is chosen in the Device Listing pane Figure 5 RAID CLI tab when the Sonnet RAID controller is chosen in the Device Listing pane Figure 6...
  • Page 10 1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool Overview PCI Info tab Figure 7 About Configuration Tool window Figure 8...

  • Page 11: Nvram Settings

    • D efaults: restores the controller to factory default settings. The Commit button must be clicked to save any changes. • R estore: reverts to the NVRAM settings saved the last time the Commit button was used. Clicking Commit is not necessary. Support Note: The SAS address is a globally-unique identifier assigned to devices such as the Sonnet RAID controller, and is similar to an Ethernet adapter’s MAC address. SAS Address Read only Displays the SAS address assigned to the controller. The value cannot be modified.
  • Page 12 1.1 NVRAM Settings NVRAM settings tab Figure 9...

  • Page 13: Raid Settings

    Preliminary Configuration Steps Support Note: In Fusion RAID systems shipped from Sonnet with hard drives installed, the drives are formatted 1. Launch the ATTO Configuration Tool application. Mac OS Extended (Journaled), and configured as a single RAID 5 RAID group. If you need to change the configuration, use the 2. The Configuration Tool main screen appears. See Figure 10...
  • Page 14 1.2 RAID Settings Custom RAID Group Setup 4. Click Next. Select the next set of options to configure the 1. After completing Preliminary Configuration Steps on page 9, new RAID group. See Figure 13 on page 13. select RAID Management > Create Group > Customized from the application menu. • S ector Size: select a sector size from the drop down box. The default is 512 bytes. 2. Select the first set of options to configure the new RAID Windows Support Note: Choosing the 4K sector size group. See Figure 11 on page 12. enables the creation and use of RAID volumes larger than 2TB on systems running Windows XP 32-bit. • N ame: name the RAID group or use the one assigned by the Configuration Tool. The name must be unique and no • S peed Read: select Always, Adaptive, or Never. The default...

  • Page 15: Windows Drive Formatting

    1.2 RAID Settings Mac OS Drive Formatting 8. Depending on how you configured the RAID groups, the 1. Depending on how you configure your setup, a Disk Insertion volumes may already be available to the system. If you window stating that there is an unreadable volume will created a DVRAID, RAID 4, RAID 5, or RAID 6 RAID group, appear at some point during the RAID group creation process; configuration will take much longer. You may check on the click Initialize, and then Disk Utility will open. process by double-clicking the volume name in the lower pane of the ATTO Configuration Tool window. 2. In the Disk Utility window, each RAID group you created using the ATTO Configuration Tool will appear as a single 9. Once all the RAID groups have been formatted, they are volume. Select the volume, and then click the Erase tab at the ready to use. top of the window. 3. Click the Erase button; a window will appear asking you to approve your choice; click Erase. 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each remaining unformatted RAID group, and then close Disk Utility. 5. Depending on how you configured the RAID groups, the volumes may already be mounted and present on the desktop. If you created a DVRAID, RAID 4, RAID 5, or RAID 6 RAID group, configuration will take much longer. You may check on the process by double-clicking the volume name in the lower pane of the ATTO Configuration Tool window. Windows Drive Formatting 1. Select Computer Management From the Windows Start menu. If Computer Management is not available in the Start Menu, select Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools.
  • Page 16 1.2 RAID Settings Configuration Tool main screen with the RAID tab selected Figure 10 Select the options to create new, custom RAID groups Figure 11...
  • Page 17 1.2 RAID Settings RAID group drives selected Figure 12 Select more options to create new, custom RAID groups Figure 13...
  • Page 18 1.2 RAID Settings Select the number of partitions for the new RAID group Figure 14 Confirm the custom RAID group options Figure 15...

  • Page 19: Raid Level Migration

    • JBOD to RAID Level 0 • JBOD to RAID Level 1 • T he controller searches the Hot Spare pool for the smallest drive • RAID Level 0 to RAID Level 10 of sufficient capacity to substitute for the faulted drive. • RAID Level 1 to RAID 10 • N-way mirroring: add additional redundancy to RAID Level 1 • T he faulted drive is replaced with the drive from the Hot Spare pool. Select RAID Management > Migrate RAID Level from the application menu, and then follow the instructions on the • T he Sonnet RAID controller begins an automatic rebuild of the screen. RAID groups. RAID Group Deletion Select RAID Management > New Hot Spare (or Delete Hot Spare) You may delete a group using the ATTO Configuration Tool. from the application menu, and then follow the instructions on Select RAID Management > Delete Group from the application the screen. menu, and then follow the instructions on the screen. RAID Group Management Overview WARNING: Data can be compromised or lost when deleting storage or rearranging storage configurations.

  • Page 21: Drive And Raid Group Monitoring

    In the bottom pane, click the Groups tab to display RAID groups. all the drives is displayed. See Figure 16 on page 19. See Figure 16 on page 19. • L ED icon: Indicates operational status of the drives. Green = • Name: Displays the name of the RAID group online, red = faulted • Level: Indicates the RAID level formatting for the RAID group • Name: Displays the drive’s model number • C apacity: Indicates the formatted, configured capacity of the • Vendor: Not used RAID group • A ddress: Displays the SAS address generated by the Sonnet • M embers: Identifies the number of drives comprising the RAID RAID controller group • U sage: Identifies how the drive is being used. If it is part of • S tatus: Displays the operating status for the RAID group. a RAID group, the group name and member number are ONLINE indicates that there are no faulted drives and the displayed. If it is a Hot Spare, it is listed as a Hot Spare. group is fully operational; DEGRADED indicates that one drive in the group has failed and it should be replaced as soon as • Capacity: Displays the drive’s formatted capacity. possible; OFFLINE indicates more than one drive in the group has failed or is missing and the RAID group is non-operational;...
  • Page 22 1.3 Drive and RAID Group Monitoring Individual Drive Identification (continued) The S.M.A.R.T. status display also contains information such as 4. Select RAID Management > Locate > Drive from the the date and time the S.M.A.R.T. status was recorded, the total application menu. If the drive does not support this method number of records for this drive, and the current monitoring of identification, a message will appear in the bottom pane; status (enabled or disabled). go to the next step. Otherwise, look at the Fusion enclosure; the drive activity LED for the specific drive will be lit. After You may move to previous or subsequent records, query the drive one minute, the LED will turn off. or refresh the view using controls on the interface. Control-click (or right-click) a single drive in the Attached Drives panel, and 5. Double-click a drive in the top pane to display detailed select S.M.A.R.T. Status from the sub-menu to view the record. information, and note the index number for the drive. Close the detailed drive information window. • U se the left arrow or right arrow control to move between S.M.A.R.T. status records. 6. Click the RAID CLI tab, and then type “Blockdevidentify x”, where x is the index number. Look at the Fusion enclosure; • U se the Refresh button to query the drive for the latest values. the drive activity LED for the specific drive will be lit. If any values are different from the most recent record, a new record is created and displayed. Note: Type “Blockdevidstop” to turn off the LED. S.M.A.R.T.
  • Page 23 1.3 Drive and RAID Group Monitoring Drive information displayed with RAID tab selected Figure 16 Detailed drive information Figure 17...
  • Page 24 1.3 Drive and RAID Group Monitoring S.M.A.R.T. status displayed for a specific drive Figure 18...

  • Page 25: Notifications

    • Y ou may specify a user name and password for the mail server • All: all Critical, Warning and Information events are reported if one is required. • None: no event is reported. The None level is useful in E-mail • A critical event E-mail notification is sent after a 10-second notification because you can set up E-mail addresses to which delay to allow several related events to be reported in the same alerts might be sent at some future time. message. All other notification E-mails are sent at 15-minute intervals. You may choose any combination of notifications on the Notification pane as needed. The notifications are specified at the host system level and apply to all Sonnet RAID controllers installed in the host system. Basic Alerts You can select an audible alert, a visual alert, or both for a particular category of events. Select a notification level using the drop-down box next to the Audible and Visual labels on the Notifications screen. Audible alert uses the computer’s speaker to sound an alarm for 5 seconds. Visual alert uses a system modal pop-up to display a message. You must close the pop-up using the pop-up’s button. Support Note: The visual alert option is not available on systems running Linux, nor on systems running Mac OS X and using version 3.1.0 software.
  • Page 26 1.4 Notifications Configuration Tool Notifications screen Figure 19...

  • Page 27: Diagnose And Replace A Faulted Drive

    ATTO Configuration Tool will issue visual, audible, and E-mail notifications (only when configured to do so). 2. Launch the ATTO Configuration Tool application. 3. Expand the device tree to show the ExpressSAS Rxxx, and Support Note: The Sonnet RAID controller is unable to then click to highlight the degraded RAID group. automatically turn on fault lights in the drive enclosure, so the ATTO Configuration Tool must be used to activate the 4. Select RAID Management > Rebuild from the application LED for the faulted drive.
  • Page 28 1.5 Diagnosing and Replacing a Faulted Drive RAID group rebuild Figure 20...

  • Page 29: Configuration Tool Troubleshooting

    Warnings and error messages are displayed in the Status pane. created flash files may be selected using the flash file dialog box. Messages from NVRAM Tab Actions • T his HBA is not compatible with the selected flash file. • A n error occurred loading NVRAM data. ATTO flash files are created based on the type of card flashed. The first time a channel is highlighted, the Configuration Tool Only certain ATTO flash files are compatible with the Sonnet attempts to read NVRAM from the card. This message usually RAID controller. When a flash file is selected, it is inspected for indicates that the Configuration Tool could not communicate compatibility. with the driver, probably because the application does not support the driver version in use. • A valid file was not selected.

  • Page 31: Windows Only - Atto Disk Benchmark

    The ATTO Utilities for Windows are installed from the CD that was Additional information on using Disk Benchmark is available by accessing the Help menu in the included with your Sonnet RAID controller. Only one utility, Disk application. Benchmark, may be used with your Sonnet RAID storage system.

  • Page 32: Multiple Benchmark Testing

    2.0 Windows Only - ATTO Disk Benchmark Multiple Benchmark Testing • /p testfile: Same as testfile, only the test is printed to the Disk Benchmark supports four command line parameters for default system printer instead of being executed. uninterrupted testing: • / p textfile: Same as textfile, only the tests in the list are printed • testfile opens and executes the test named testfile with the to the default system printer instead of being executed. extension .bmk. • t extfile opens the text file named textfile. This file contains a list of test file names that have an extension of .bmk. Each test in this list is opened and executed in order. Stopping one test in the list prevents further tests from being executed. Error logging is the same as the command line parameter testfile, but all errors generated from all tests in the list are logged to one file: textfile.log. Disk Benchmark screens before and after a test has been run Figure 21...

  • Page 33: Atto Disk Benchmark Troubleshooting

    The following suggestions may help if you encounter problems with Disk Benchmark. • U se Windows Device Manager to check and verify that all drives are visible to the operating system. • I f drives are not listed, check the connections between the drive enclosure and the RAID controller card, and verify that all drives are fully seated in their bays. • M ake sure that the enclosure is powered up and has completed its self check before booting your computer. • R eboot your system any time you make changes to a RAID group (after the RAID group has been rebuilt). • A s a last resort, you may use the ATTO Boot Configuration Utility to low level format a troublesome device. However, this erases all information on the disk. • H ave you partitioned your drive, and then activated that partition? • Did you format the drives for use with your operating system? If problems persist, contact Sonnet customer service.

  • Page 35: Appendix A - Cli Ascii-Based Interface

    Sonnet technician, as changing parameters may cause • T he set form is an action that changes the value of a parameter loss of data and/or disruption to performance and reliability or configuration setting. It may require a SaveConfiguration of the Sonnet RAID controller. The ATTO Configuration Tool interface is the preferred method to operate and manage the command and a restart of the system before it is implemented. Sonnet RAID controller.

  • Page 36: Cli Error Messages

    Appendix A - CLI ASCII-Based Interface CLI Error Messages ERROR Cannot perform operation. RAID Group has The following error messages may be returned by the Command mapped Partitions line Interface ERROR Cannot perform operation. RAID Group has ERROR Invalid Command. Type 'Help' for command Outstanding Commands list. ERROR Block Device at specified index no longer ERROR Command Not Processed available ERROR Wrong/Missing Parameters...
  • Page 37 WARNING: Do not use the CLI unless you are directed to by a Sonnet technician, as changing parameters may cause loss of data and/or disruption to performance and reliability of the Fusion storage system. Command Default Example...
  • Page 38 Appendix A - CLI ASCII-Based Interface Command Default Example Info info IsReserved isreserved Metrics metrics display all Partition partition alpha1 6 4 GB PartitionDisplay partitiondisplay alpha1 PartitionMerge partitionmerge all PartitionSplit partitionsplit alpha1 22 2 PartitionWriteCache set partitionwritecache enabled RAIDRebuildPriority same set raidrebuildpriority low RAIDSpeedWriteLimit set raidspeedwritelimit 15 Reserve reserve RestoreConfiguration restoreconfiguration default RGAddStorage rgaddstorage g1 span commit RGAutoRebuild disabled set rgautorebuild all enabled RGCancelAddStorage rgcanceladdstorage g1 RGCommit rgcommit all...
  • Page 39 Appendix A - CLI ASCII-Based Interface Command Default Example RGUnmap rgunmap g1 RGWaitTimeout rgwaittimeout 30 RMState set rmstate g1 online RMStatus rmstatus g1 Route route host 1 raid alpha1 6 RouteDisplay routedisplay 03 124 SASTargets sastargets SaveConfiguration saveconfiguration SerialNumber get serialnumber Time set time 03:32:30 TimeZone set timezone pst VerboseMode enabled set verbosemode disabled VirtualDriveInfo virtualdriveinfo WrapEventLog enabled set wrapeventlog disabled...

  • Page 40: Cli Command Explanations

    Turns on a drive activity LED on the Fusion drive enclosure for explanations of what they are used for, their defaults and syntax. one minute if it is accessible. WARNING: WARNING: Using CLI without contacting a Sonnet The BlockDevIdentify command is intended technician is not recommended because changing for diagnostic purposes only. Executing this command may parameters may cause loss of data and/or disruption to adversely impact the performance and throughput of the Fusion performance and reliability of the Fusion storage system.
  • Page 41 Appendix A - CLI ASCII-Based Interface • D efaultInterleave • D riveTestClearList Assigns or retrieves the system-default interleave size for new Specifies the drive to be removed from the drive test list. the RAID groups, where the interleave size is expressed as the drive BlockDevID parameter removes the specified drive from number of 512-byte blocks. If an interleave size is not the list. The all parameter removes all drives from the list. explicitly specified when a RAID group is created, then the DefaultInterleave value is used. Note: Although changing the DriveTestClearList [BlockDevId | all] default interleave size may improve performance, it may degrade performance. • D riveTestConfig Configures the next drive test to perform one of the following Default: 128 operations: The test is not started until the DriveTest Begin command is given.
  • Page 42 Appendix A - CLI ASCII-Based Interface • E ventLogFilter • P artition Filters data from specific unit subsystems and levels when event Creates a specified partition to the specified capacity in logging is enabled. The specific entries supported are platform- Gigabytes (GB), Megabytes (MB), or blocks. The specified dependent. For set commands, the final parameter indicates capacity must be smaller than the specified partition’s current whether or not events from the specified subsystem and level capacity. A new partition is created to acquire the remainder are displayed. of the original partition’s space. VirtualDriveInfo displays characteristics and statistics for all the available virtual drives or Default: all all all any available virtual drive identified by its virtual drive ID. set EventLogFilter [subsys | all] [event level | all] [all |none] Partition [GroupName] [PartIndex] [capacity] [GB get EventLogFilter [subsystem] [level] | MB | blocks] • H elp...
  • Page 43 Appendix A - CLI ASCII-Based Interface • R AIDRebuildPriority • R GCancelAddStorage S ets or displays the RAID rebuild priority. A RAID rebuild Cancels the RGAddStorage command. priority set to high gives higher priority to RAID rebuilds and lower priority to the processing of simultaneous I/O RGCancelAddStorage [GroupName] transactions. A RAID rebuild priority set to low gives lower priority to the rebuild and a higher priority to I/O transactions. • R GCommit Set same, the RAID rebuild and processing of I/O transactions Stamps a NEW RAID group’s configuration to its member is the same. drives. After this command, a RAID group can be considered operational and transitions from the NEW state to the Online, Default: same Degraded, or Offline state depending on the health of the selected member drives. RGCommit also stamps an existing set RAIDRebuildPriority [high | low | same] RAID group’s configuration to its member drives as storage is get RAIDRebuildPriority being added. If the init option is specified, previous user • R eserve...
  • Page 44 Appendix A - CLI ASCII-Based Interface • R GHaltConversion • R GResumeConversion Stops the conversion on the specified existing RAID group. Continues the stopped conversion on the specified existing RAID group. RGHaltConversion [GroupName] RGResumeConversion [GroupName] • R GHaltErase Stops the erase on the specified existing RAID group. • R GResumeErase Continues the erase on the specified existing RAID group. RGHaltErase [GroupName] RGResumeErase [GroupName] • R GHaltInitialization Stops the initialization process on the specified existing RAID • R GResumeInitialization group. Continues the initialization on the specified existing RAID group. RGHaltErase [GroupName] RGResumeInitialization [GroupName] • R GHaltRebuild...
  • Page 45 Appendix A - CLI ASCII-Based Interface • R GWaitTimeout • S erialNumber Regulates the maximum time in seconds that the system waits Reports the unique serial number for the Sonnet RAID controller to discover previously configured RAID groups attached to the using a 13-character field. The first seven alphanumeric controller. characters represent the product name; the last six digits are the unit’s unique number. Default: 5 set RGWaitTimeout [1-300] get SerialNumber get RGWaitTimeout • T ime • R MState C ontrols or displays the current time as clocked by the unit in Regulates the state of the specified existing RAID group 24 hour format. member(s). The RAID group may not be in the new state. If no MemberIndex is specified, the status of all members of the set Time [HH: MM: SS] specified RAID group is set. Note: Members undergoing rebuild are...

  • Page 46: Appendix B - Quick Format Instructions

    Appendix B - Quick Drive Format Instructions 14. Depending on how you configured the RAID groups, the If your Sonnet Fusion RAID storage system shipped with pre-installed hard disk drives, the following information will assist you to reformat volumes may already be mounted and present on the desktop. the drives per your needs. If you created a DVRAID, RAID Level 4, or RAID Level 5 group, configuration will take much longer. You may check In Fusion RAID systems shipped from Sonnet with hard disk on the process by double-clicking the RAID group name in drives installed, the drives are formatted Mac OS Extended the lower pane of the ATTO Configuration Tool window.
  • Page 47 Appendix B - Quick Drive Format Instructions Windows Users’ Instructions (continued) 14. When the Welcome to the New Simple Volume Wizard window appears, click next to start the process. 15. Follow the remaining steps to complete the process. Note: If you do not select the quick format option, this process will take much longer to complete. 16. Repeat steps 13–15 for each remaining “unallocated” disk. 17. Depending on how you configured the RAID groups, the volumes may already be available to use. If you created a DVRAID, RAID Level 4, or RAID Level 5 group, configuration will take much longer. You may check on the process by double-clicking the RAID group name in the lower pane of the ATTO Configuration Tool window.
  • Page 48 Sonnet Technologies, Inc., California USA • Tel: 1-949-587-3500 Fax: 1-949-457-6350 ©2009 Sonnet Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Sonnet, the Sonnet logotype, Simply Fast, the Simply Fast logotype, and Fusion are trademarks of Sonnet Technologies, Inc. Macintosh and Mac are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and other countries.

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