ATTO Technology SC-5300 Instruction Manual

ATTO Technology, Inc. ATTO FastStream SC 5300Installation and Operation ManualFibre Channel to SCSI Storage Appliance© 2006 ATTO Technology, Inc. Al

3ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation Manual 1.1 Physical attributesThe ATTO FastStream SC 5300 is a Fibre Channel to S

4InstallationLED indicatorsThe LED indicators can be viewed from the connector side and the front side of the FastStream SC 5300. (See Exhibit 1.1-1)L

5ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation Manual 2.0 InstallationIf you have not already completed the instructions on the

6Internet Explorer setup1 Open your browser2Select Internet Options.3 In the Internet Options screen, select the Security tab.4 Click on the Trusted S

7ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation Manual 2.1 Configure RAIDThe ATTO FastStream SC 5300 allows configuration of stor

8Select an applicationWhen you select an application, the FastStream SC 5300 finds all available drives and creates the appropriate setup using those

9ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation Manual2 Click on Next. NoteDepending on your choice and your current system, the a

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11ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation Manual 2.2 Partition RAID groupsA RAID group may have several Terabytes of total

123 Click on the RAID Groups arrow 4 Click on the Modify RAID Group Partitioning button5 Click Next6 Select the RAID Group Name from the drop down men

13ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation Manual 2.3 Use Hot SparesIf a member of a virtual device becomes degraded or fau

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15ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation Manual 2.4 Optional changes to system setupDefault values are appropriate for mo

162 In the left-hand menu, click on the Advanced menu item.3The Advanced CLI Configuration page appears. Wait for the Ready prompt, then type in the C

17ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation Manual 3.0 Monitor storage, configurationsYou may determine the performance of d

18Display page (refer to Configuration Display page below). • RAID Group StatusRAID Group names, RAID status, available Hot Spares and number of faul

19ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation Manual3The Manage Menu page appears. Click on the FastStream arrow. 4 Click the S

20If the verify operation detects an error, the FastStream tries to re-initialize the drive, erasing information stored on the drive. Be sure to back

21ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation Manual 4.0 Modify storageUse the ExpressNAV interface to replace a failed drive,

22RAID group processesCAUTIONCAUTIONClicking on Commit during RAID configuration causes all previous storage data on the drive to be erased. Ensure al

23ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation Manual• RAID Level 0 to RAID Level 10• RAID Level 1 to RAID 10 • N-way mirrori

24FastStream process: add or remove Hot SparesFor an explanation of Hot Spares, refer to Use Hot Spares on page 13.1 Follow the instructions in Prelim

25ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation Manual 5.0 Update firmware, configurationsYou can update the ATTO FastStream SC

26Initialize storageInitializing unattached storage may be used to remove stale RAID configuration data from a drive that is known to be in good healt

27ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation Manual 6.0 Interface optionsThe best way to manage, monitor and configure the Fa

28Use TelnetUp to three Telnet sessions can be conducted simultaneously. A serial port session can use the CLI while Telnet sessions are open. Whichev

iATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation ManualAppendix A CablingAdditional information to physically connect ports to de

iiAppendix2 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

iiiATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation ManualAppendix B Designing RAID groupsThe ATTO FastStream SC 5300 provides ins

ivAppendixRAID Level 0 provides no data protection. If one If one drive fails, all data within that stripe set is lost.The ATTO FastStream SC 5300 sup

Contents 1.0 ATTO FastStream SC 5300 offers data protection ...1FastStream featuresRAID protection featuresAudio/video features 1

vATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation ManualAppendix C CLI provides an ASCII-based interfaceThe command line interface

viAppendixCLI error messagesThe following error messages may be returned by the Command line InterfaceERROR. Invalid Command. Type 'Help' fo

viiATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation ManualDriveTestList drivetestlist allDriveTestStatus get driveteststatusDumpConf

viiiAppendixPartitionSplit partitionsplit alpha1 22 2Password Password set password Performance get performance 2Ping ping mp1 192.42.155.155RAIDComma

ixATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation ManualCLI command explanationsCommand Line Interface commands are listed alphabet

xAppendixBlockDevIdentifyCauses the I/O LED of the drive to illuminate for one minute if it is accessible through the FC port.CAUTIONCAUTIONThe BlockD

xiATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation ManualDisplayEventLogFilterFilters the display of data for specified subsystems a

xiiAppendixEmailPasswordConfigures the password used to authenticate the login to the SMTP E-mail server. The password must not be more than 64 charac

xiiiATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation ManualFCDataRateSpecifies the rate the FastStream uses, 1 Gigabit/sec., 2 Gigab

xivAppendixHSDisplay Lists all devices in the Hot Spare pool. HSDisplay HSRemove Removes a Block Device from the Hot Spare pool HSRemove [BlockDevID]

3.0 Monitor storage, configurations ...17Health and Status Monitor pageConfiguration Display pagePho

xvATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation ManualPartitionSets the specified partition to the specified capacity in Gigabyte

xviAppendixRAIDRebuildPrioritySets or displays the RAID rebuild priority. A RAID rebuild priority set to high gives higher priority to RAID rebuilds a

xviiATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation ManualRGHaltConversion Stops the conversion on the specified existing RAID grou

xviiiAppendixRGWaitTimeout Specifies the maximum time in seconds that the system waits to discover previously-configured RAID groups attached to the d

xixATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation ManualSCSIPortList Lists the status of all available SCSI ports.SCSIPortListSCSI

xxAppendixTailEventLog Displays new events to the terminal. Type q and press Enter to exit tail mode.TailEventLogTemperature Displays the current inte

xxiATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation ManualAppendix D Standards and compliancesThe equipment described in this manu

xxiiAppendixEuropean StandardsDeclaration of ConformityThis following statement applies to the ATTO FastStream SC 5300. This device has been tested in

xxiiiATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation ManualAppendix E Warranty, contact informationManufacturer limited warrantyM

xxivAppendix

Appendix C CLI provides an ASCII-based interface ...vCLI error messagesCLI summaryCLI command explanationsAppendix D Standard

1ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream SC 5300 Installation and Operation Manual 1.0 ATTO FastStream SC 5300 offers data protectionThe ATTO FastStream SC 5

2IntroductionSCSI Tape LibraryATTO iPBridge 27004-Gb FC SwitchPossible storage configurationsEthernetFibre ChannelSCSIembedded ATTO iPBridge1500/1550