Document Outline

• Preface
  • Disclaimer
• 1.0 Diamond Storage Array Product Overview
  • Diamond Storage Array features
  • Fibre Channel model
  • SCSI model
    • Exhibit 1.0-1 Back of rack mount model, Diamond Storage Array. Left: Fibre Channel. Right: SCSI.
• 2.0 Diamond Storage Array Technical Overview
  • Exhibit 2.0-1 Data pathways and architecture for Fibre Channel operation
  • ADXT Powers ATA to New Levels
• 3.0 Installation Instructions
  • Step 1: physical setup
  • Step 2a: set up the Ethernet connection
  • Step 2b: connect to Ethernet
  • Step 3: set up RAID configuration
  • Floor model
  • Rack mount
• 3.2 Physical Set Up
  • Floor model
  • Rack mount
    • Exhibit 3.2-1 Back side of a rack mount Fibre Channel Diamond Storage Array.
    • Exhibit 3.2-2 Fibre Channel cable options
  • Autoconfiguration
  • Manual configuration
    • Exhibit 3.2-3 Possible 2 gigabit Fibre Channel physical connections depending on which Fibre Channel connection mode has been selected.
    • Exhibit 3.2-3 SCSI cable options.
    • Exhibit 3.2-4 SCSI interface cards: left without terminators attached; right with a terminator attached.
• 4.0 Determining Drive and Sled Designations
  • Numbering conventions
  • Physical numbering
  • Logical numbering
  • Examples
  • Unique serial number for each LUN
• 5.0 Accessing the Array
  • Command Line Interface
  • ATTO ExpressNAV
  • In-band SCSI over Fibre Channel
  • RS-232 port
  • Ethernet port
  • SNMP
    • Exhibit 5.0-1 An example of the POST information on screen after boot
  • I/O details
    • Exhibit 5.1-1 The SCSI command process: reserve the Diamond Storage Array, send the command, release the Diamond Storage Array.
  • Browser compatibility
  • Opening an ExpressNAV session
  • Navigating ExpressNAV
    • Exhibit 5.4-1 Atypical page in the ATTO ExpressNAV configuration tool.
    • Status
    • Ethernet
    • SNMP
    • Serial Port
    • Fibre Channel
    • Storage Management
    • RAID
    • Clear Data
    • Logical Units
    • Rebuild
    • Configuration
    • Advanced
    • Restart
    • Help
    • FirmwareRestart
    • Help
    • RestoreConfiguration
    • SaveConfiguration
    • SystemSN
    • VerboseMode
    • EthernetSpeed
    • FTPPassword
    • IPAddress
    • IPDHCP
    • IPGateway
    • IPSubnetMask
    • SNMPTrapAddress
    • SNMPTraps
    • SNMPUpdates
    • TelnetPassword
    • TelnetTimeout
    • TelnetUsername
    • FcConnMode
    • FcDataRate
    • FcFairArb
    • FcFrameLength
    • FcFullDuplex
    • FcHard
    • FcHardAddress
    • FcNodeName
    • FcPortInfo
    • FcPortList
    • FcPortName
    • FcWWName
    • SerialPortBaudRate
    • SerialPortEcho
    • SerialPortHandshake
    • SerialPortStopBits
    • AudibleAlarm
    • DiamondModel
    • DiamondName
    • DriveCopyStatus
    • DriveInfo
    • FcNodeName
    • FcPortList
    • FcPortName
    • Help
    • IdentifyDiamond
    • Info
    • LUNInfo
    • SerialNumber
    • SledFaultLED
    • SMARTData
    • Temperature
    • VirtualDriveInfo
    • FcScsiBusyStatus
    • FirmwareRestart
    • MaxEnclTempAlrm
    • MinEnclTempAlrm
    • Temperature
    • Zmodem
    • ATADiskState
    • AutoRebuild
    • ClearDiskReservedAreaData
    • DriveCopy
    • DriveCopyHalt
    • DriveCopyResume
    • DriveCopyStatus
    • DriveInfo
    • DriveSledPower
    • DriveWipe
    • IdeTransferRate
    • LUNInfo
    • LUNState
    • QuickRAID0
    • QuickRAID1
    • QuickRAID5
    • QuickRAID10
    • RAID5ClearData
    • RAID5ClearDataStatus
    • RAIDInterleave
    • RAIDHaltRebuild
    • RAIDManualRebuild
    • RAIDRebuildState
    • RAIDRebuildStatus
    • RAIDResumeRebuild
    • RebuildPriority
    • ResolveLUNConflicts
    • RestoreModePages
    • SledFaultLED
    • VirtualDriveInfo
• 6.0 Configuring Drives
  • JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks)
  • RAID Level 0
  • RAID Level 1
  • RAID Level 10
  • RAID Level 5
  • Interleave
  • Hot Spare sleds
  • Enhancing performance
  • Sled-based versus disk-based
    • Exhibit 6.2-1 Sled-based QuickRAID0 stripe groups with LUN designations in a fully populated Array set up as QuickRAID0 6 sled. If sled 6 were to be withdrawn from the array, LUN 3 (grayed boxes) would be unavailable.
    • Exhibit 6.2-2 Drive-based QuickRAID0 stripe groups with LUN designations in a fully populated Array set up as QuickRAID0 6 Drive. If sled 6 were to be withdrawn from the array, LUNs 2 and 5 would be unavailable.
    • Exhibit 6.2-3 Configurations of a fully populated Diamond Storage Array in RAID Level 0.
    • Exhibit 6.3-1 Drive sleds, LUNs and mirror partners in a RAID Level 1 configuration.
  • Hot Spare sleds
    • Exhibit 6.3-2 Mirrored stripe groups with LUN designations in a fully populated Diamond Storage Array. If sled 12 were removed, ...
    • Exhibit 6.3-3 Configuration of sleds in RAID Level 1: five LUNs with two Hot Spare sleds
  • Configuring a fully-populated array
    • Exhibit 6.4-1 LUNs are set up using the drives and sleds shown here. Parity information is spread throughout each LUN.
    • Exhibit 6.4-2 Drives are striped, and parity information is interspersed among the sleds.
    • Exhibit 6.4-3 Configuration of sleds in RAID Level 5 in a fully populated array (12 sleds).
  • Configuring a partially-populated array
    • Exhibit 6.4-4 Examples of RAID Level 5 configurations in partially-populated array with at least six sleds. Hot Spare sleds are in the highest slot numbers.
  • Removing RAID groups
  • Hot Spare sleds
    • Exhibit 6.5-1 Configuration of sleds in RAID Level 10: five mirrored pairs of sleds in one Virtual Drive and two Hot Spare non-mirrored sleds
    • Exhibit 6.5-2 QuickRaid10 first spans drives across sleds, then partners sleds into mirrored groups, then enables striping across the mirrored groups.
• 7.0 Hardware Maintenance
  • Disk drives
  • Power supplies
  • Blower assemblies
    • Exhibit 7.2-1 Configuration of sleds in RAID Level 1: five LUNs with two Hot Spare sleds
    • Exhibit 7.2-2 Configuration of sleds in RAID Level 10: five mirrored pairs of sleds in one Virtual Drive and two Hot Spare non-mirrored sleds
    • Exhibit 7.2-3 Configuration of sleds in RAID Level 5
• 8.0 Copying Drives
  • Procedure
• 9.0 Updating Firmware
  • Updating firmware using the RS-232 serial port
  • Updating firmware using the optional Ethernet card
• 10.0 System Monitoring and Reporting
  • RS-232 monitoring port and CLI
  • Ethernet monitoring port and CLI
  • Power On Self Test (POST)
  • Ready LED
  • Audible alarm
  • Thermal monitoring
    • Exhibit 10.0-1 Typical Diamond Storage Array operation over a range of external ambient temperatures. Alarms will be audible, visual, CLI and SES cues as described above.
  • Power supply monitoring
  • System fault LED and error codes
  • Disk drive activity and disk fault LEDs
  • Windows 2000 special instructions
  • Error messages
  • Specific situations and suggestions
  • Default
  • Factory Default
    • Exhibit 10.2-1 Configurations which will be changed during a RestoreConfiguration command
• Appendix A ATA Disk Technology
• Appendix B Information Commands Results
• Appendix C Product Safety
  • Safety compliances
  • EMC specifications
  • Radio and television interference
• Appendix D Specifications
  • Environmental and physical
  • Rack mount dimensions
  • Floor mount dimensions
• Appendix E Warranty
  • Manufacturer limited warranty
  • Contact ATTO Technology, Inc.