ATTO Technology FastStream SC 5700 User Manual

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ATTO FastStream Storage Controller

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Fibre Channel to SCSI SAN Storage Appliance

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Fibre Channel to SAS/SATA SAN Storage Appliance

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Fibre Channel to Fibre Channel SAN Storage Appliance

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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

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