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FastS tream VT 5700 Fibre Channel to Fibre Channel Virtual T ape Appliance Inst allation and Operation Manual ...
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A TT O T echnology , Inc. 155 CrossPoint Parkway Amherst, New Y ork 14068 USA www .attotech.com T el (716) 691-1999 Fax (716) 691-9353 Sales support: sls@attotech.com T echnical support: Monday -- Friday , 8am-8pm EST techsupp@attotech.com © 2009 A TTO T echnology , Inc. All right s reserved. All brand or product names are trademarks of their resp ...
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Content s 1.0 ATTO FastStream VT Increases Reliability ............. ............... ........... .......... 1 Virtual Tape features Backup and r estore featur es Management and control fea tures 1.1 FastStream VT 5700 Physi cal Attributes ............. ................. ............ 3 Dimensions Cooling and airflow Power Fibre Channel ports Managem ...
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6.3 SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) .......... ................ ................. .............. 23 Setting up SES Identifying SES elements Monitoring SES elements Use the Health and Statu s Monitor Use the Manage me nu 7.0 Modify Storage ...... ................................ ......................................................... 27 Preliminary ...
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1 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream VT Installation and Opera tion Manual 1.0 A TT O FastSt ream VT Increases Reliability A TTO FastS tream™ Virtual T ape appliances are storage solutions that integrate with disk storage and em ulate a tape library for fast restores on demand and error -free backups of critical data. The A TTO FastS tream Virtua ...
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3 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream VT Installation and Opera tion Manual 1.1 FastS tream VT 5700 Physical Attributes The A TTO FastS tream VT 5700 is a Fibre Channel to Fibre Channel storage appliance which can be seamlessly integrated into a new or existing backup environment. The A TTO FastS tream VT 5700 is available in an industry-standard 1U ...
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4 LEDs on the front are: A green power LED A bicolor Ready/Fault LED is lighted green to indicate ready , lighted yellow to a faulted condition, and off indicates not ready . Fibre Channel port s: bicolor LED indicates FC speed. If it is off, speed is 1-Gb. If it is green it indicates 2-Gb. A yellow light indicates 4-Gb FC. A separate green LED ind ...
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2.0 Inst al l the FastS tream VT If you have not already completed the instructions on the Getting S tarted manual pa cked with your FastStream VT , use the following instructions to inst all the FastS tream VT . V erifying the contents of the p acking box • The FastStream. Note the seria l number of your FastStream unit: _____ __________________ ...
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3 Highlight the serial number. 4 Click Next . If a DHCP server is available on your network, an address is assigned automatical ly by the server. Note the assigned addr ess: ____________ ________________ _________ If you do not have a DHCP server, ge t a n IPaddress and sub net mask from your network administrator, type it into the area provided, a ...
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7 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream SC Installation and Operation Manual 3.0 Ensure Drive Integrity The A TTO FastS tream initialize and verify fea ture discovers and remaps bad sectors on drives, providing reliable media for your RAID groups. Before creating any RAID group you should initialize and verify the drives you want in the RAID group to ...
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8 Af ter creating RAID group s 1 If you are not already in the Expre ssN AV VTL Manager, type the IP a ddress of your FastStream in a standard browse r. On the splash screen, click Enter Here. In the box provided , type in your user name an d password, and click OK . 2 Click Diagnostics on the left side of th e ExpressNAV VTL Manager. 3 Select eith ...
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9 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream VT Installation and Opera tion Manual 4.0 Configure V i rtual T ape The A TTO FastS tream VT allows configuration of storage in to one or two JBOD, RAID Level 0, 1, 1+0 or 5 V irtual T ape Libraries (VTL). The FastS tream VT appears to hosts as a tape library , allowing ISV packages to issue a set of tape librar ...
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10 3I n Step 1 on the screen, type in a name for your Virtual Tape Library. Na mes may be u p to 14 characters and may no t contain a ny spaces . 4 Answer the questions in Step 2 based on the needs of your softwar e vendor. • If your storag e is RAID pr ot ected, the FastStream does not reconfigure it. If it is not, the FastStream sets the RAID l ...
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11 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream VT Installation and Opera tion Manual 6S e l e c t Yes, Assign a Hot Spa re if you want a Hot Spare. 7I n Step 3 , click System Scan to discover the drives available for VTL configuration. 8 When the scanned dr ives box is populated, select the drives to be used for the underlyin g RAID group associated with th ...
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13 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream VT Installation and Opera tion Manual 5.0 Modify System V alues Default values are appropriate for most configurations, but may be modified for your needs using the ExpressNA V VTL manager . Customizing the user name, p assword It is best practice to change the default user name and password. Refer to the CLI c ...
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14 • Time and Date: re fer to Time and Time Zone on page xxii and Date on page xiii of the Appendix. • Fibre Channel da ta rate and connection mode for each Fibre Channel port: refer to FCDataRate on page xv and FCConnMode on page xv of the Appendix. • Enable or disable hard addre ss assignment: refer to FCHard on page xv of the Appen dix. ? ...
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15 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream VT Installation and Opera tion Manual 6.0 Monitor S torage, Configurations Y ou may monitor storage and determine the performance of drives attached to the FastS tream VT using the ExpressNA V VTL manager. If you have set up at least one Virtual T ape Library (refer to Configure Virtual Tape on page 9.), you ma ...
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16 Health and S t atus Monitor p age The Health and S tatus Monitor provides information about RAID group status, FastS tream VT environmental st atus, Ethernet and Fibre Channel interface states, and drive status, including links to diagnostics and more detailed information. 1 If you are not already in the Expre ssN AV VTL Manager, type the IP a d ...
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17 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream VT Installation and Opera tion Manual Configuration Display p age Clicking Details in the Health and Status Monitor page gives you added information abou t each parameter on the Configuration Display page. Y ou may view the details of any p arameter from this page. • RAID Groups: RAID Group names, RAID status ...
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19 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream SC Installation and Operation Manual 6.1 Remote System Monitoring Y ou may set up the FastStream to send notifications using Email when certain events occur . Y ou may se t up the FastS tream to send notifications when certain event s occur using the Error Notification page of the ExpressNA V VTL Manager . Y ou ...
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20 10 Choose Al l , Critical , Warning, Informational or None for each Email address. 11 When all informatio n is typed in, click Commit . 12 A warning box appea rs. In the war ning box, verify that you want to complete the notific ation procedure including a restar t of the FastStream by selecting Yes . Selecting No ends the procedure wi th out ma ...
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21 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream SC Installation and Operation Manual 6.2 Drive Diagnostics Y ou may determine the performance of drives attached to the FastS tream using the ExpressNA V VTL Manager . The following instructions assume you have already set up at least one RAID group. The A TTO FastS tream collects various metrics to measure per ...
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22 Read only drive test The read only test performs a non-destructive scan over the entire surface of each drive to identify bad areas of the disk drives and determine read performance. It may be run while data is p assing through the FastS t ream. Running this test may negatively impact performance. Once the Read-only test has completed, system op ...
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23 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream SC Installation and Operation Manual 6.3 SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) Drive enclosures may provide a SCSI Enclosure Processor which indicates enclosure health status, drive identification and drive fault. The A TTO FastS tream VT recognizes drive enclosures that provide SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) informatio ...
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24 Identifying SES element s The SES Monitor page, found by clicking Details in the Enclosure Status section of the Health and Status Monitor page, list s SES information about specific enclosures (see Exhibit 6.3-4 ). If you would like information about specific drives of the RAID groups or enclosures of which they are members, use the Identify SE ...
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25 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream SC Installation and Operation Manual Monitoring SES element s Enclosures which provide SES information are listed in the Enclosur e Status section of the Health and Status Monitor (see Exhibit 4 ) and through the Enclosure Serv ic es arrow on the Manage menu. Use the Health and St atus Monitor 1 If you are not ...
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26 Use the Manage menu 1 If you are not already in the Expre ssN AV VTL Manager, type the IP a ddress of your FastStream in a standard browse r. On the splash screen, click Enter Here. In the box provided , type in your user name an d password, and click OK . 2T h e VTL Monitor page appears. Click Manage on the left side of the scree n. 3 In the Se ...
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27 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream VT Installation and Opera tion Manual 7.0 Modify S torage Use the ExpressNA V VTL manager to replace a failed drive, add new drives or redesign VTL configurations. The ExpressNA V VTL manager takes you step by step through many procedures which allow you to modify your storage and VTL. Read all notes and cautio ...
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28 Secure dat a through W rite Protection For added security , write protection can be enabled for any tape cartridge with a VTL. When write protection is enabled, existing data on the t ape cartridge cannot be overwritten or erased. The data can be sorted by any field by clicking the label for the field. Clicking twice reverses the sort order . 1 ...
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29 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream VT Installation and Opera tion Manual 7 When you have compl eted your changes, click Commit. CA UT ION CA UT ION During this procedure , do not power down the host or the A TTO FastS t ream VT until the Health and S tatus Mo nitor p a ge appears. Any inte rruption of power while storage is being reorganized res ...
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30 FastS tream operations: addi ng or removing Hot S p ares The A TTO FastS tream VT replaces degraded or faulted drives in a VTL without intervention by you or a host if you set up a pool of Hot S pare drives of dif ferent sizes appropriate for your VTL. Hot S pares may be set up by the FastS t ream VT automatically depending on your choices durin ...
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31 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream SC Installation and Operation Manual 8.0 Manage A TT O Devices Y ou may manage other A TTO devices from your current browser using the ExpressNA V VTL Manager . If you have other A TTO devices in the same broadcast domain with no routers between them, and any switches between this FastS t ream and the other dev ...
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33 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream VT Installation and Opera tion Manual 9.0 Interface Options The best way to manage, monitor and configure the FastStream VT is to use the ExpressNA V VTL manager , but you may use a terminal emulation program or T elnet. The ExpressNA V VTL manager is the preferred method to operate and manage the FastS tream V ...
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34 Using the serial port T o connect to a terminal emulation program or T el net to manage the FastS tream VT , use the serial port. 1 Connect a cable from FastStream VT RS-232 serial port or header to the serial (C OM) port on a personal comp uter. 2 Turn on th e FastStre am VT. 3 Start a terminal emulation pr ogram on the personal computer, and u ...
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35 A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream VT Installation and Opera tion Manual 10.0 Up date S torage, Firmware Y ou can update the A TT O FastStream VT at any tim e. Refer to www .attotech.com for complete information. Several methods are available to update the A TTO FastS tream firmware and to re-initialize unattached storage. Be sure all data is b ...
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36 5T h e Diagnostics Menu page appears. From the Select User Process box, select Update the Firmware . 6 Click Next . 7 If you know the name and location of the .ima file, enter it into the text box provided . If you do not know the file name and location, select Browse to navigate to the new firmware. 8 When the filename appears in the te xt box, ...
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i A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream VT Installation and Opera tion Manual Appendix A Glossary Familiarity with the following terms may be useful. Other sources for terms used in storage applications may be found at Te r m Definition Bridge LUN Virtual T ape Appliance LU N for processor functionality . CLI Command Line Interface, A set of ASCII-bas ...
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iii A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream SC Installation and Operation Manual Appendix B Design RAID Group s The A TTO FastS tream VT 5700 provides instant hardware dat a protection and intelligence to existing storage independent of the storage type. The FastS tream VT appears to hosts as a tape library , allowing ISV packages to issue a set of tape ...
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iv RAID Level 0: stripi ng, no redundancy RAID Level 0 (striping) increases performance by simultaneously accessing data across multiple drives by overlapping drive seeks. The process increases data transfer rates. Drives are accessed alternately , as if stacked one on top of the other . RAID Level 0 provides no data protection. If one drive fails, ...
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v A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream SC Installation and Operation Manual RAID Level 1+0: striping, mirror sp ans two drives RAID Level 1+0 increases data transfer rates while ensuring security by writing the exact same data simultaneously to two or more dif ferent drives. RAID Level 1+0 is used in applications requiring high performance and redund ...
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vii A TT O T echnology , Inc. FastS tream VT Installa tion and Operatio n Manual Appendix C CLI Provides an ASCII-based Interface The command line interface (CLI) uses ASCII commands typed while in CLI mode. CA UT ION CA UT ION Do not use CLI unless you are directed to by an A TTO technician. Changing p arameters may cause loss of dat a and/or disr ...
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viii CLI error messages The following error messages may be returned by the Command line Interface ERROR. Invalid Command. Type 'Help' for command list. ERROR. Wrong/Missing Paramet ers Usage: <usage string> ERROR Invalid RAID Group sta te ERROR Invalid Block Device i ndex ERROR Invalid RAID Member in dex ERROR Maximum number of RAI ...
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ix A TT O T echnology , Inc. FastS tream VT Installa tion and Operatio n Manual ClearEventLog cleareventlog Date set date 03/03/2007 DefaultInterleave 128 set default i nterleave 64 DeleteAllMaps deleteallmaps DisplayEventLog displayeventlog DisplayEventLogFilter all all all set displayeventlogfilter gen in fo no ne DriveT est drivetest begin Drive ...
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x IP Address 10 .0.0.1 get ipaddress mp1 IPDHCP enabled set ipdhcp mp1 disabled IPDNSServer set ipdnsserve r 172.15.12.123 IPGateway 0.0.0.0 get ipgateway mp1 IPSubnetMask 255.255.0.0 get ip subnetmask mp1 IsReserved isreserved MaxOpT emp 70 get maxoptemp Metrics metrics display all MinOpT emp 0 set mi noptemp 10 OpT empWarn 5 set optempwarn 15 Par ...
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xi A TT O T echnology , Inc. FastS tream VT Installa tion and Operatio n Manual RGMemberRemove rgmemberremove g1 22 RGPreFetch 0 rgprefetch g1 2 RGRebuild rgrebuild g1 RGResumeConversion rgresumeconversion g1 RGResumeInitialization rgresumeinitialization g1 RGResumeRebuild rgresumerebuild g1 RGSectorSize 512 rgsectorsize g1 8192 RGS panDepth 1 set ...
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xii CLI command explanations Command Line Interface commands are listed alphabetically with explanations of what they are used for , their defaults and synt ax. CA UT ION CA UT ION Do not use CLI unless you are directed to by an A TTO technician. Changing p arameters may cause loss of dat a and/or disruption to performance and reliability of the Fa ...
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xiii A TT O T echnology , Inc. FastS tream VT Installa tion and Operatio n Manual Boot Delay Regulates the delay (in seconds) which the unit wa its after st artup before allowing hosts to detect target devices. The value 0 pro duces no delay . Default: 5 set BootDelay [0-255] get BootDelay BridgeMode l Reports model information about the FastS t re ...
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xiv DriveT estLi st Specifies d riv es to be run in the next dri v e te st of drives which are not part of a RAID group or which are Hot Spares. The all parameter automati cally choose s eligible drives. The test is no t started until the DriveTest Begin command is given. set DriveT estList [drive [BlockDevID] | all] get DriveT estList DriveT estSt ...
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xv A TT O T echnology , Inc. FastS tream VT Installa tion and Operatio n Manual EventLog When enabled, records vario us system events and errors to the even t lo g. Default: enabled set EventLog [enabled | disabled ] get EventLog EventLog Filter Filters data from specific unit subsystems and levels when event logging is enable d. The speci fic en t ...
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xvi FCWWName Reports the Word Wide Name (WWN) of the FC interface. Each FC port has an individual and uni que WW N. The least significant 3 bytes of th e WWN are used as the Ethernet MAC address. The lower nibble of the highest byte designates the port number . get FCWWN [fp | all ] Firmware Res t art Resets and reinitializes the unit firmware. Use ...
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xvii A TT O T echnology , Inc. FastS tream VT Installa tion and Operatio n Manual Metri cs Controls the collection of standard data metrics within a product via the command’s Start, Stop and Display parameters. Metrics [S t a rt | S top | Display| Clear] [drive [BlockDevID] | all | running] MinOpT emp Regulates the minimum operatin g temperature ...
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xviii ReadOnlyPassw ord Specifies a password which allows only read and no writes. It is case sensitive, 0 to 32 characters, and cannot contain spaces. An empty password can be configu red by not specifying one. set ReadOnlyPassword ReadOnlyUsername Specifies the user name which allows only read and no writes. It is case insensitive, 1 to 32 charac ...
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xix A TT O T echnology , Inc. FastS tream VT Installa tion and Operatio n Manual RGDispla y Lists st atus information for a single RAID group, or if All is used, all available RAID groups. RGDisplay < GroupName | All > RGHaltConversion S tops the conversion o n the specified exi sting RAID group. RGHaltCo nversion [Group Name] RGH altInitiali ...
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xx RGW aitTimeout Specifies the maximum time in seconds that the system wait s to d isc over previously-co n fi gured RAID group s attached to the drive. The timeout is used during system boot time and when the BlockDevSca n command is issued. Default: 5 set RGW aitT imeout [1-3600] Requires a SaveConfiguration Restart command get RGW aitTimeout RM ...
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xxi A TT O T echnology , Inc. FastS tream VT Installa tion and Operatio n Manual SESIdentify T ells the appr opriate SES en closure to identify the specified element(s). ALL i dentifies all disks. RAID GroupName identifies all disks in a RAID Group. If the MemberIndex is also specified, only that d isk is identified. ENC and enclosure index identif ...
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xxii T apeWriteProtect Controls write protection for a particular virtual tape or two virtual tapes. set T apeWriteProtect [T ape V ol ID | all] [enabled | disabled] get T apeWriteProtect T emperatu re Lists the current internal operating temperature of this unit in degrees Celsius. get T emperature Ti me Controls or lists the current time as clock ...
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xxiii A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream VT Installation and Opera tion Manual Appendix D S t andards, Compliances The equipment described in this manual generates and uses radio frequency energy . If this equipment is not used in strict accordance with the manufacturer's instruction, it can and may cause interference with radio and television ...
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xxiv The A TTO FastS tream VT complies with Directive 2002/95/EC on the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS). ...
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xxv A TTO T echnology Inc. FastS tream VT Installation and Opera tion Manual Appendix E W arranty Manufacturer li mited warranty Manufacturer warrants to the original purchaser of this product that it is free from defect s in material and workmanship as described in the A TTO T echnology website, www .attotech.com. Manufacturer liability shall be l ...
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