ATTO Technology FastStream SC 5700 User Manual

ATTO Technology Hardware

ATTO FastStream Storage Controller

Installation and Operation Manual

FastStream SC 5300

Fibre Channel to SCSI SAN Storage Appliance

FastStream SC 5500

Fibre Channel to SAS/SATA SAN Storage Appliance

FastStream SC 5700

Fibre Channel to Fibre Channel SAN Storage Appliance

Table of contents

Document Outline

1.0 ATTO FastStream Offers Data Protection
- FastStream 5000 Series features
- RAID protection features
- Audio/video features
- Additional FastStream 5300 features
- Additional FastStream 5500 features
- Additional FastStream 5700 features
1.1 FastStream SC 5300 Physical Attributes
- Dimensions
- Cooling and airflow
- Power
- Fibre Channel ports
- SCSI ports
- Management ports
- LED indicators
1.2 FastStream SC 5500 Physical Attributes
- Dimensions
- Cooling and airflow
- Power
- Fibre Channel ports
- SAS/SATA ports
- Management ports
- Reset/restore factory default switch
- LED indicators
1.3 FastStream SC 5700 Physical Attributes
- Dimensions
- Cooling and airflow
- Power
- Fibre Channel ports
- Management ports
- Reset/restore factory default switch
- LED indicators
2.0 Install the FastStream Storage Controller
- Unpacking the packing box; verifying contents
- Installing the FastStream
- Discovering the IP address
- Setting up Internet Explorer
- Beginning initial configuration
  - Exhibit 2.0-1 One view of how to connect the FastStream into a rack: brackets may be mounted on either the front or the connector sides of the FastStream.
  - Exhibit 2.0-2 Detail of the connector side of the FastStream SC 5300 enclosure.
3.0 Ensure Drive Integrity
- Before creating RAID groups
- After creating RAID groups
4.0 Configure Storage into RAID Groups
- Features you may choose
- Auto-Rebuild
- Fault Tolerance
- Initialization
- Selecting an application
- Preliminary steps
- Quick Digital Video
- Audio
- General Digital Video, General IT or Database
- Creating a custom setup
5.0 Modify System Values
- Changing current user name, password
- Creating a read-only user name, password
- Changing system variables
6.0 Monitor Storage, Configurations
- Health and Status Monitor page
- Configuration Display page
- SCSI Enclosure Services (SES)
6.1 Phone Home: Email Alerts
- Exhibit 6.1-1 The Error Notification page.
6.2 Drive Diagnostics
- Preliminary steps
- Read only drive test
- Drive performance and health
- Identifying a drive attached to the FastStream
6.3 SCSI Enclosure Services (SES)
- Setting up SES
  - Exhibit 6.3-1 The Enclosure Services page.
- Identifying SES elements
  - Exhibit 6.3-2 The Identify SES Elements page.
- Monitoring SES elements
- Use the Health and Status Monitor
  - Exhibit 6.3-3 The ExpressNAV Storage Controller Health and Status Monitor page.
  - Exhibit 6.3-4 The SES Monitor page.
- Use the Manage menu
7.0 Modify Storage
- 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
- FastStream process: adding or removing Hot Spares
- Removing RAID configuration data
- Advanced CLI page
8.0 Manage ATTO Devices, Configurations
- Creating a unique name for your FastStream
- Discovering, managing other ATTO devices
- Saving or restoring a configuration
  - Exhibit 8.0-1 The System Configuration Save/Restore page.
9.0 Interface Options
- Using the ExpressNAV Storage Manager
- Using the serial port
- Using Telnet
10.0 Update Firmware
Appendix A CLI Provides an ASCII-based Interface
- Exhibit A-1 Symbols, typefaces and abbreviations used to indicate functions and elements of the command line interface used in this manual.
- CLI error messages
- CLI summary
- CLI command explanations
Appendix B Design RAID Groups
- JBOD: Just a Bunch of Disks
- DVRAID: Digital Video RAID
- RAID Level 0: striping, no redundancy
- RAID Level 1: mirroring (duplicate drives)
- RAID Level 1 plus additional mirroring
- RAID Level 1+0: striping, mirror spans two drives
- RAID Level 4: striping, one parity drive
- RAID Level 5: striping, parity distributed among drives
- RAID Level 6: striping, two parity blocks distributed among drives
Appendix C SCSI Cabling
- Cable types
- Connecting SCSI devices to SCSI ports
  - Exhibit A-2 Various types of SCSI operate at different speeds and require different bus lengths to support a certain number of devices.
Appendix D Standards and Compliances
- FCC Standards: Radio and Television Interference
- Canadian Standards
- European Standards
- Declaration of Conformity
Appendix E Warranty