Configuration Tool and Utilities v3.21 Operation Manual · CLI Summary CLI Command Explanations Appendix B - Quick Format Instructions..... xii Mac OS Users’ Instructions Windows

Configuration Tool and Utilities v3.21Operation Manual for Fusion RAID Storage Systems

1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool Overview............................................................................................. 1

AbouttheConfigurationTool

ConfigurationToolLaunch

ATTOConfigurationToolNavigation

1.1 NVRAM Settings........................................................................................................................ 7 SASAddress

BootDriver

Heartbeat

DeviceWaitTime

DeviceWaitCount

SpinupDelay

1.2 RAID Settings........................................................................................................................... 9

PreliminaryConfigurationSteps

DVRAIDRAIDGroupSetup

CustomRAIDGroupSetup

MacOSDriveFormatting

WindowsDriveFormatting

HotSparesUsage

RAIDGroupManagementOverview

RAIDGroupCapacityExpansion

RAIDLevelMigration

RAIDGroupDeletion

RAIDGroupRebuilding

1.3 Drive and RAID Group Monitoring............................................................................................ 17

BasicDriveInformation

DetailedDriveInformation

RAIDGroupInformation

IndividualDriveIdentification

S.M.A.R.T.DataMonitoring

S.M.A.R.T.MonitoringEnablingandDisabling

S.M.A.R.T.StatusChecking

S.M.A.R.T.AttributeFiltering

S.M.A.R.T.Notifications

Contents

Contents

1.4 Notifications......................................................................................................... 21

BasicAlerts

Logging

E-MailAlert

1.5 Diagnose and Replace a Faulted Drive................................................................................ 23

FaultedDriveIdentification

FaultedDriveReplacement

1.6 Configuration Tool Troubleshooting.......................................................................................... 25

MessagesfromNVRAMTabActions

AnerroroccurredloadingNVRAMdata.

Warning:NVRAMcouldnotberead,defaultsreturned.

AnerroroccurredupdatingtheNVRAM.

Featureboundschecking

MessagesfromFlashTabActions

Thisisnotaflashfile,oritiscorrupt.

ThisHBAisnotcompatiblewiththeselectedflashfile.

Avalidfilewasnotselected.

Anerroroccurredreadingfromtheflashfile,thefilemaybecorrupt.

Anerroroccurredupdatingtheflash.

Thecardhasbeenpreparedforfirmwareupdating…

2.0 Windows Only - ATTO Disk Benchmark..................................................................................... 27

BenchmarkFields

RadioButtonGroup

MultipleBenchmarkTesting

2.1 ATTO Disk Benchmark Troubleshooting..................................................................................... 29

Appendix A - CLI ASCII-Based Interface........................................................................................... i

CLIErrorMessages

CLISummary

CLICommandExplanations

Appendix B - Quick Format Instructions........................................................................................ xii

MacOSUsers’Instructions

WindowsUsers’Instructions

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About the Configuration ToolThe ATTO Configuration Tool is a utility program that displays information about installed controllers, drivers and drives, and provides a mechanism to configure installed controllers.

This program executes under:

•MacOSX10.4orlater•WindowsVista/XP/Server2003/2000•Linux2.6kernel,x86andx64

Note:Java version 1.5 or later must be installed.

The ATTO Configuration Tool displays:

•ThenameoftheSonnetRAIDcontroller(listed as an ExpressSAS Rxxx adapter)

•InformationaboutthedriverscontrollingtheSonnetRAIDcontroller,includingversioninformationforboththecurrentlyexecutingdriverandtheflashimage

•InformationaboutdrivesattachedtotheSonnetRAIDcontroller

You may use the Configuration Tool to:

•ManageRAIDgroups•ConfigureRAIDEventnotifications•ModifytheRAIDcontroller’sNVRAMsettings•Reverttodefaultfactorysettings•UpdatetheRAIDcontroller’sflashimage•Updatefirmwareonhugediskarrays

ThefactorysettingsonyourSonnetRAIDcontrollershouldprovideexcellentperformanceforawiderangeofapplications.However,someapplicationsmaybenefitfrommodificationofthecontroller’sNVRAMsettingsthattunethecontrollerforaspecificperformancerange.

Configuration Tool Launch 1. Locatetheapplicationiconinthefoldercreatedduring

installation.

2.Double-clicktheATTOConfigurationicontostarttheapplication.

Note:The Sonnet RAID controller is designed to operate properly using factory settings. Entering invalid or incorrect NVRAM settings may cause your Sonnet RAID controller to function incorrectly.

Themainscreenhasthreepanes:DeviceListing,ConfigurationOptionsandStatus.SeeFigure 1onpage3.

ATTO Configuration Tool NavigationTheDeviceListingpaneattheleftofthewindowlistsalldevices(controllersanddrives)currentlyconnectedtothesystem.

Expandthedevice treetorevealadditionaldetailonconnecteddevices.

TheConfigurationOptionspaneprovidesinformationandoptionsforadevicehighlightedinthedevicelisting.

IfyouhighlightadeviceintheDevice Listing pane,tabsandpanesaredisplayedforthatdevice.

Thefollowingchartspecifiesthetabsthataredisplayedfortheindicateddevicetype.

Tree Node Tab(s) Displayed

Controller BasicInfo,Flash,RAID,RAIDCLI,Advanced

Channel NVRAM,PCIInfo

RAIDGroups BasicInfo,Flash

LocalHost BasicInfo,Notifications

ThefollowingtabsaredisplayedintheConfigurationOptionspanewhenyouselectaspecificcontrollerintheDeviceListingpane.

•TheBasic InfotabprovidesinformationabouttheSonnetRAIDcontrollerwhenitishighlightedintheDeviceListingpane,orthecomputeriflocalhostishighlighted.Youcannotmakechangesfromthesescreens.SeeFigure 2onpage3andFigure 3onpage4.

•TheFlashtabprovidesinformationaboutthecurrentflashversionprogrammedonthehighlightedcontroller.SeeFigure 4onpage4.ClicktheBrowsebuttonatthebottomofthetabtosearchfornewflashfilesonyoursystemsuchasFlashBundle_2007_02_27.R380.Onceyou’veselectedtheflashfile,clicktheUpdatebuttontoautomaticallyupdateyourSonnetRAIDcontroller.

•TheRAIDtabprovidesinformationaboutattacheddrives,theirRAIDgroupandhotspareassociations,andtheiroperatingstatus.SeeFigure 5onpage5.

•TheRAIDCLItabprovidesaccesstothecommandlineinterface,which,asanalternativetoapplicationmenu-basedcommands,enablestheuseofASCII-basedcommandstocontrolconfigurationanddiagnostictasks.SeeFigure 6onpage5.

1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool Overview

WARNING: Back up system data when installing or changing hardware configurations.

Support Note: In the Device Listing pane of the ATTO Configuration Tool window, the Sonnet RAID controller is

identified as an ExpressSAS Rxxx.

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ATTO Configuration Tool Navigation (continued) •TheAdvancedtabdoesnotfunctionwiththeSonnetRAID

controller;clickingthistabmerelydisplaysamessage.

•WhenyouselectaspecificchannelundertheSonnetRAIDcontrollerintheDeviceListingpane,theNVRAMtabdisplaystheNVRAMparametersapplicabletotheSonnetRAIDcontrollerandchannelselected.RefertoNVRAMSettingsonpage7,andConfigurationToolTroubleshootingonpage25forinformationaboutNVRAMsettings.

•TheSonnetRAIDcontroller’sinformationisdisplayedinthePCI Infotab.SeeFigure 7onpage6.

•ThecurrentstatusoftheConfiguration ToolisrepresentedintheStatuspaneatthebottomofthewindow.

Aboutwindow TheAboutwindow,displayedwhenAboutisselectedfromtheHelpmenu,liststheATTOConfigurationTool’sversionnumber.SeeFigure 8onpage6.

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Opening Screen

Basic Info tab when Local Host chosen in the Device Listing pane

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Figure 3

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Basic Info tab when the Sonnet RAID controller is chosen in the Device Listing pane

Flash tab when the Sonnet RAID controller is chosen in the Device Listing pane

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Figure 6


RAID CLI tab when the Sonnet RAID controller is chosen in the Device Listing pane

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RAID tab when the Sonnet RAID controller is chosen in the Device Listing pane

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Figure 7

PCI Info tab


Figure 8

About Configuration Tool window

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1.1 NVRAM Settings

The settings in the NVRAM tab vary depending upon the operating system.

TheSonnetRAIDcontrollerisdesignedtooperateproperlyusingfactorysettings.EnteringinvalidorincorrectsettingswhenusinganNVRAMconfigurationutilitysuchastheATTOConfigurationToolmaycauseyourcontrollertofunctionincorrectly.SeeFigure 9onpage8.

UsecautionwhenmakingchangestoNVRAMsettingsandonlymakechangestothosewithwhichyouarefamiliar.Onceyouhavemadethedesiredchanges,clickCommittosavethechanges.ClickSavetonameandsaveanNVRAMconfiguration.ClickLoadtoloadasavedNVRAMconfiguration.Changes do not take effect until you reboot the system.

Ifyoudonotwanttomakeanychanges,youmaychooseoneofthefollowing

•Defaults:restoresthecontrollertofactorydefaultsettings.TheCommitbuttonmustbeclickedtosaveanychanges.

•Restore:revertstotheNVRAMsettingssavedthelasttimetheCommitbuttonwasused.ClickingCommitisnotnecessary.

SAS AddressReadonly

DisplaystheSASaddressassignedtothecontroller.Thevaluecannotbemodified.

Boot Driver (Windows only)Choices:enabled,scanonly,disabledDefault:disabled

Ifenabledanddiskdrivesaredetectedduringthebusscan,theBIOSdriverremainsresident.Ifdisabled,theBIOSstarts,resetsthecontrollerchipandunloadsthedriver.

IfScan Onlyisselected,theBIOSdriverscansthebusanddisplaysthedevicesattached,thenunloadsitselfafterabriefdelay.

Heartbeat Choices:enabled,disabledDefault:enabled

Whenenabled,theSonnetRAIDcontroller‘sfirmwareisrequiredtorespondtoperiodicactivity.Ifthefirmwaredoesnotrespond,thesystemdriverresetsthefirmwareonthecontroller.

WARNING: Back up system data when installing or changing hardware configurations.

Device WaitTimeChoices:1–255secondsDefault:3

Specifiesthenumberofsecondsthatthedriverwaitsfordevicestoappear.

Device Wait CountChoices:1–255devicesDefault:1

SpecifiesthenumberofdevicesthatmustappearinordertocanceltheDeviceWaitTimeperiod.

Spinup Delay Choices:0-20secondsDefault:0

SpecifiesthenumberofsecondseachSASportwaitsfordiskdrivestospinup.

Support Note: The SAS address is a globally-unique identifier assigned to devices such as the Sonnet RAID

controller, and is similar to an Ethernet adapter’s MAC address.

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1.1 NVRAM Settings

NVRAM settings tab

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1.2 RAID Settings

The ATTO Configuration Tool provides the capability to configure disk storage into RAID groups or Hot Spare drives.

Note: Even an individual JBOD disk is considered to be a RAID group.

UsetheATTOConfigurationTooltosetupRAIDgroupsonyourSonnetRAIDcontrollerinoneofthefollowingRAIDlevels:

•JBOD•RAIDLevel0•RAIDLevel1•RAIDLevel4•RAIDLevel5•RAIDLevel6•RAIDLevel10•DVRAID

DVRAIDRAIDgroupsmaybesetupautomaticallybytheATTOConfigurationTool.AllotherRAIDconfigurationsrequirecustomizedinput.

EachRAIDgroupmaybedividedintooneormorepartitions;eachpartitionappearstothehostoperatingsystemasavirtualdisk.

YoumayusethecommandlineinterfacepanefromtheRAID CLItabintheATTOConfigurationTooltosetupormodifyvariousparameters(RefertoAppendixA).However, the menu-based procedures listed in this chapter are the preferred procedures for setting up RAID configurations for the Sonnet RAID controller.

Preliminary Configuration Steps 1.LaunchtheATTOConfigurationToolapplication.

2.TheConfigurationToolmainscreenappears.SeeFigure 10onpage12foranoverviewofthescreen.IntheDevice Listingpaneontheleftsideofthewindow,clickExpressSASRxxxunder localhost.

3.ClicktheRAIDtab;attacheddrivesaredisplayedinthetoppane,whileRAIDgroupsandHotSparesaredisplayedinthebottompane.

DVRAID RAID Group SetupTheDVRAIDwizardautomaticallysetsupaDVRAIDRAIDgroupusingallavailabledrivesattachedtotheSonnetRAIDcontroller.IfyoudonotwantallavailabledrivessetupinaDVRAIDRAIDgroup,eitherremovethedrivesfromthedriveenclosure,orselectCustomRAIDsetup.

1.AftercompletingPreliminaryConfigurationStepsonthispage,selectRAIDManagement>CreateGroup>DVRAIDSetupfromtheapplicationmenu.

2.Adialogwindowwillpopup,askingwhetheryouwanttoperformanExpressSetupOperationofDVRAID;clickYes.TheATTOConfigurationToolautomaticallyusesallunassigneddrivestocreateaDVRAIDRAIDgroup.WhiletheRAIDgroupisbeingcreated,amessageboxdisplaysandthepanesdisplaytheRAIDgroups.

3. The RAID group must still be formatted by your computer’s operating system software before it becomes available for use.ForMacusers,useDiskUtility;forWindowsusers,useDiskManagement.Formoreinformationondriveformatting,seeMacOSDriveFormattingorWindowsDriveFormattingonpage11.

4.Afterformatting,RAIDgroupsmaybeusedduringthesetupoperation,butperformanceislimiteduntilsetupiscomplete.

Support Note: In the Device Listing pane of the ATTO Configuration Tool window, the Sonnet RAID controller is

identified as an ExpressSAS Rxxx.

WARNING: After selecting the DVRAID, RAID 4, RAID 5, or RAID 6 option, configuration of a set of eight 1TB

drives can take up to 4 hours (or up to 2 hours with 500GB drives).

Windows Support Note: In order to create RAID volumes larger than 2TB under Windows, you must do one

of the following: Select the 4KB sector size when creating a custom RAID group (not DVRAID). -OR- Use the software configuration tools included with the Fusion storage to create volumes up to 2TB, concatenate (link together in a virtual chain) the volumes, and then format as NTFS. -OR- Use GPT formatting. Note that drives and volumes with GPT formatting are not visible to any version of Windows XP Professional, nor to the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2003 SP1.

Support Note: DVRAID is a customized, protected RAID 4 configuration. It is optimized for increased digital

video playback performance when compared to that obtained from a RAID 5 configuration. DVRAID’s write performance is decreased in order to accomplish this optimization.

Support Note: In Fusion RAID systems shipped from Sonnet with hard drives installed, the drives are formatted

Mac OS Extended (Journaled), and configured as a single RAID 5 RAID group. If you need to change the configuration, use the ATTO Configuration Tool and the operating system software tools to reformat and reconfigure the drives. See page xii for Quick Format instructions for Mac OS and Windows users.

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1.2 RAID Settings

Custom RAID Group Setup 1.AftercompletingPreliminaryConfigurationStepsonpage9,

selectRAIDManagement>CreateGroup>Customizedfromtheapplicationmenu.

2.SelectthefirstsetofoptionstoconfigurethenewRAIDgroup.SeeFigure 11onpage12.

•Name:nametheRAIDgrouporusetheoneassignedbytheConfigurationTool.Thenamemustbeuniqueandnomorethan14characters.

•Level:selectaRAIDgrouplevelfromthedrop-downbox.

•Interleave:selectaninterleavevalue.Thedefaultvalueis64KB.

•Mirror Count:selectthenumberofmirrorgroupswhenRAID1orRAID10RAIDgroupsarecreated.

•Initialize:selectAdvancedorExpress.

3.ClickNext.Selectthedrivesinthetoppaneanddragthemintothedeviceareainthebottompane.SeeFigure 12onpage13.

4.ClickNext.SelectthenextsetofoptionstoconfigurethenewRAIDgroup.SeeFigure 13onpage13.

•Sector Size:selectasectorsizefromthedropdownbox.Thedefaultis512bytes.

•Speed Read:selectAlways,Adaptive,orNever.ThedefaultisAdaptive.

•Rebuild Priority:selectHigh,Same,orLow.ThedefaultisLow.

•Auto Rebuild:onoroff.

5.IfyouwanttheRAIDgrouptobepresentedasonevirtualdisk(partition),clickFinish.Ifyouwantmorethanonevirtualdisk(partition),clickNext (seeFigure 14onpage14),andthenselectoneofthefollowingoptions:

•leaveasonepartition•partitionbycount•partitionbysizeIfyouchoosetosplittheRAIDgroupbycountorcapacity,youmustenteradditionalinformation.

6.Ifyouhavenotalreadydoneso,clickFinish.

7.Aconfirmationdialogboxasksyoutoapprovetheconfigurationyouhavechosen.ClickYes.SeeFigure 15onpage14.

8. Every RAID group must be formatted by your computer’s operating system software before it becomes available for use;MacuserswilluseDiskUtility,whileWindowsuserswilluseDiskManagement.Formoreinformationondriveformatting,seeMacOSDriveFormattingorWindowsDriveFormattingonpage11.

Support Note: The interleave value of 128KB offers the best performance for most SATA drives.

Support Note: When the Advanced Initialize option is selected, parity blocks are calculated and the RAID group

is thoroughly scanned and subjected to a complete Write/Verify operation to map out any bad blocks on the drives before the RAID group is made available for use. When the Express Initialize option is chosen, drives are not scanned and subjected to the Write/Verify operation, but parity blocks are calculated and the RAID group may be used during the initialization.

Windows Support Note: Choosing the 4K sector size enables the creation and use of RAID volumes larger than

2TB on systems running Windows XP 32-bit.

Support Note: For the Speed Read option, select Always if you expect to work with large sequential files (video, for

example), Never if you expect most of the files are smaller in size (general storage, database, etc.), or Adaptive if you expect mixed use or don't know.

Support Note: Descriptions of basic RAID levels can be found on the Wikipedia.org Web site at the following

address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID#Standard_levels

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Mac OS Drive Formatting 1.Dependingonhowyouconfigureyoursetup,aDisk Insertion

windowstatingthatthereisanunreadablevolumewillappearatsomepointduringtheRAIDgroupcreationprocess;clickInitialize,andthenDiskUtilitywillopen.

2.IntheDisk Utilitywindow,eachRAIDgroupyoucreatedusingtheATTOConfigurationToolwillappearasasinglevolume.Selectthevolume,andthenclicktheErasetabatthetopofthewindow.

3.ClicktheErasebutton;awindowwillappearaskingyoutoapproveyourchoice;clickErase.

4.Repeatsteps2and3foreachremainingunformattedRAIDgroup,andthencloseDiskUtility.

5.DependingonhowyouconfiguredtheRAIDgroups,thevolumesmayalreadybemountedandpresentonthedesktop.IfyoucreatedaDVRAID,RAID4,RAID5,orRAID6RAIDgroup,configurationwilltakemuchlonger.Youmaycheckontheprocessbydouble-clickingthevolumenameinthelowerpaneoftheATTO Configuration Toolwindow.

Windows Drive Formatting 1.SelectComputerManagementFromtheWindowsStart

menu.IfComputerManagementisnotavailableintheStartMenu,selectStart>ControlPanel>AdministrativeTools.IntheAdministrative Toolswindow,double-clickComputerManagement.

2.IntheComputer Managementwindow,clickStorageontheleft,andthendouble-clickDiskManagement.

3.WhentheInitialize Diskwindowappears,clickOK.

4.IntheDisk Managementwindow,eachRAIDgroupyoucreatedwillappear(listedas“unallocated”)asasinglevolume.Right-clickwheretheword“unallocated”appears,andthenselectNewSimpleVolume.

5.WhentheWelcometotheNew Simple Volume Wizard windowappears,clicknexttostarttheprocess.

6.Followtheremainingstepstocompletetheprocess.

Note: If you do not select the quick format option, formatting will take much longer to complete.

7.Repeatsteps4–6foreachremaining“unallocated”disk.

1.2 RAID Settings

8.DependingonhowyouconfiguredtheRAIDgroups,thevolumesmayalreadybeavailabletothesystem.IfyoucreatedaDVRAID,RAID4,RAID5,orRAID6RAIDgroup,configurationwilltakemuchlonger.Youmaycheckontheprocessbydouble-clickingthevolumenameinthelowerpaneoftheATTO Configuration Toolwindow.

9.OncealltheRAIDgroupshavebeenformatted,theyarereadytouse.

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1.2 RAID Settings

Configuration Tool main screen with the RAID tab selected

Select the options to create new, custom RAID groups

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1.2 RAID Settings

RAID group drives selected

Select more options to create new, custom RAID groups

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1.2 RAID Settings

Select the number of partitions for the new RAID group

Confirm the custom RAID group options

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1.2 RAID Settings

Hot Spares UsageIfadriveinaRAIDgroupbecomesdegradedorfaulted,yourRAIDgroupwilllosesomeredundancyuntilanewmember(drive)isrebuiltintoit.YoucanautomatethisprocedurebydesignatingoneormoredrivesasHotSpares.YoumaysetupapoolofHotSparedrivesofdifferentsizesappropriateforyourRAIDgroups.

IftheSonnetRAIDcontrollerdetectsafaulteddriveinaRAIDgroupwithadesignatedHotSpare:

•ThecontrollersearchestheHotSparepoolforthesmallestdriveofsufficientcapacitytosubstituteforthefaulteddrive.

•ThefaulteddriveisreplacedwiththedrivefromtheHotSparepool.

•TheSonnetRAIDcontrollerbeginsanautomaticrebuildoftheRAIDgroups.

SelectRAIDManagement>NewHotSpare(orDeleteHotSpare)fromtheapplicationmenu,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

RAID Group Management OverviewTheATTOConfigurationToolinterfacemaybeusedtoreplaceafaileddrive,addcapacitytoaRAIDgroup,orchangeaRAIDgroup’scurrentRAIDlevelconfigurationtoanewone.

TheATTOConfigurationToolinterfaceguidesyoustepbystepthroughmanyprocedureswhichallowyoutomodifyyourstorageandRAIDconfigurations.Readallnotesandcautionscarefullyasyougotoensurethebestperformanceanduseofyourstorage.ManyoftheseproceduresareonlyavailablewithdrivesthatarenotcurrentlypartofaRAIDgroup,arenotdesignatedasaHotSpare,orwereofflinewhenyouinitiallysetupRAIDconfigurations.

RAID Group Capacity Expansion SelectRAIDManagement>ExpandCapacityfromtheapplicationmenu,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.DependingontheRAIDconfiguration,youmayneedtoaddmorethanonedriveatatime.

RAID Level MigrationChangingaRAIDgroupfromoneRAIDleveltoanotheriscalledmigration.Thefollowingmigrationlevelsaresupported:

•JBODtoRAIDLevel0•JBODtoRAIDLevel1•RAIDLevel0toRAIDLevel10•RAIDLevel1toRAID10•N-waymirroring:addadditionalredundancytoRAIDLevel1

SelectRAIDManagement>MigrateRAIDLevelfromtheapplicationmenu,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

RAID Group DeletionYoumaydeleteagroupusingtheATTOConfigurationTool.SelectRAIDManagement>DeleteGroupfromtheapplicationmenu,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

RAID Group RebuildingIfaRAIDgroupbecomescompromised,youmustrebuildit.SelectRAIDManagement>RebuildGroupfromtheapplicationmenu,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

YoumaypausetheRAIDgrouprebuildprocessbyselectingtheRAIDgroupinthelowerpane,andthenselectingRAIDManagement>PauseRebuildfromtheapplicationmenu.Torestarttherebuild,selecttheRAIDgroupinthebottompane,andthenselectRAIDManagement>ResumeRebuildfromtheapplicationmenu.

Support Note: Hard drives in the Hot Spare pool should be of appropriate capacity to the RAID group so

that smaller drives are not replaced by much larger Hot Spare drives.

WARNING: Data can be compromised or lost when deleting storage or rearranging storage configurations.

Support Note: An unallocated drive or unallocated storage is storage which is not part of a RAID group, not

designated as a Hot Spare or was offline when you initially set up a RAID configuration using the ATTO Configuration Tool interface.

WARNING: Data can be compromised or lost when deleting storage or rearranging storage configurations.

Support Note: A RAID group rebuild may take up to eight hours to complete, depending on the operating

system, drive capacities, and RAID configuration.

WARNING: Adding drives to an existing RAID group may adversely impact performance. You cannot reverse this

operation unless you delete the RAID group.

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1.3 Drive and RAID Group Monitoring

The ATTO Configuration Tool provides information on individual drives and RAID groups.

UsetheATTOConfigurationTooltogatherbasicordetailedinformationaboutthedrivesconnectedtotheSonnetRAIDcontroller,andoperationalstatusontheRAIDgroupscreatedwiththem.

Basic Drive Information OpentheATTOConfigurationToolandexpandthedevicetreeintheDeviceListingpaneuntilExpressSASRxxxappears,andthenclicktohighlightit.IntheAttachedDrivespane,informationforallthedrivesisdisplayed.SeeFigure 16onpage19.

•LED icon:Indicatesoperationalstatusofthedrives.Green=online,red=faulted

•Name:Displaysthedrive’smodelnumber

•Vendor:Notused

•Address:DisplaystheSASaddressgeneratedbytheSonnetRAIDcontroller

•Usage:Identifieshowthedriveisbeingused.IfitispartofaRAIDgroup,thegroupnameandmembernumberaredisplayed.IfitisaHotSpare,itislistedasaHotSpare.

•Capacity:Displaysthedrive’sformattedcapacity.

Detailed Drive Information IntheAttachedDrivespane,double-clickadrivenamefordetailedinformation.SeeFigure 17onpage19.

•Status:Displaysthedrive’soperatingstatus.OKisdisplayedifitisfunctioningnormally.Ifthereisaproblem,FaultedorErrorisdisplayed.

•Type:Displaysthetypeofmedia(disk,tape,etc.)

•Name:Displaysthedrive’smodelnumber

•Vendor:Notused;alwaysdisplaysNotAvailable

•Serial:Displaysthedrive’sserialnumber

•Address:DisplaystheSASaddressgeneratedbytheSonnetRAIDcontroller

•Speed:Displaysthedrive’sinterfacespeed(1.5or3Gb/s)

•Revision:Displaysthedrive’sfirmwarerevision

•LUN:Displaysthelogicalunitnumber,whichisthenumberassignedtodrive’sRAIDgroup

•Index:DisplaystheRAIDgroupindexnumber

•Capacity:Displaysthedrive’sformattedcapacity

•Usage:Identifieshowthedriveisbeingused.IfitispartofaRAIDgroup,thegroupnameandmembernumberaredisplayed.IfitisaHotSpare,itislistedasaHotSpare.

•Sector Size:Displaysthedrive’ssectorsize

RAID Group Information Inthebottompane,clicktheGroupstabtodisplayRAIDgroups.SeeFigure 16onpage19.

•Name:DisplaysthenameoftheRAIDgroup

•Level:IndicatestheRAIDlevelformattingfortheRAIDgroup

•Capacity:Indicatestheformatted,configuredcapacityoftheRAIDgroup

•Members:IdentifiesthenumberofdrivescomprisingtheRAIDgroup

•Status:DisplaystheoperatingstatusfortheRAIDgroup.ONLINEindicatesthattherearenofaulteddrivesandthegroupisfullyoperational;DEGRADEDindicatesthatonedriveinthegrouphasfailedanditshouldbereplacedassoonaspossible;OFFLINEindicatesmorethanonedriveinthegrouphasfailedorismissingandtheRAIDgroupisnon-operational;REBUILDindicatesthatadriveinthegroupisrebuilding,andthegroupisstilloperational,butrunningindegradedmode.

•Rebuild:SpecifiesthegeneralconditionoftheRAIDgroup.Noneindicatesnorebuildistakingplace,norisitnecessary;RebuildingindicatesthattheRAIDgroupisdegraded,andisintheprocessofrebuilding;Pausedindicatesthatarebuildwasinterruptedandneedstoberestartedtofinish.

Individual Drive IdentificationYoumayidentifyindividualdrivesintheFusiondriveenclosureusingtheATTOConfigurationTooltoturnonLEDsintheenclosure.

1.LaunchtheATTOConfigurationToolapplication.

2.ExpandthedevicetreetoshowtheExpressSASRxxx,andthenclicktheRAIDtab.DrivestatusforalldrivesconnectedtotheSonnetRAIDcontrollerwillbedisplayed.

3.ClickonthespecificdriveyouwanttoidentifyintheAttachedDriveslist.

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Individual Drive Identification (continued) 4.SelectRAIDManagement>Locate>Drivefromthe

applicationmenu.Ifthedrivedoesnotsupportthismethodofidentification,amessagewillappearinthebottompane;gotothenextstep.Otherwise,lookattheFusionenclosure;thedriveactivityLEDforthespecificdrivewillbelit.Afteroneminute,theLEDwillturnoff.

5.Double-clickadriveinthetoppanetodisplaydetailedinformation,andnotetheindexnumberforthedrive.Closethedetaileddriveinformationwindow.

6.ClicktheRAIDCLItab,andthentype“Blockdevidentifyx”,wherexistheindexnumber.LookattheFusionenclosure;thedriveactivityLEDforthespecificdrivewillbelit.

Note:Type “Blockdevidstop” to turn off the LED.

S.M.A.R.T. Data MonitoringSelf-Monitoring,AnalysisandReportingTechnology,orS.M.A.R.T.,isamonitoringsystemforSATAdrivestodetectandreportonvariousindicatorsofdrivehealth.TheS.M.A.R.T.(Self-Monitoring,AnalysisandReportingTechnology)monitoringfeaturemonitorsandreportsthestatusofSATAdrivehealthusingcertainparametersrecordedbythedrives.Notificationissentwhenthevaluesexceedcertainpre-determinedvalues.

UsetheATTOConfigurationTooltoviewthefilesthatrecordchangestoanindividualdrive’sS.M.A.R.T.parameters.Thefilesarepermanentandcanbeviewedindependentlywhetheryouhaveenabledmonitoringornot.

S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Enabling and DisablingYoumayenableordisablethemonitoringfeatureatanytime.Monitoringisdisabledbydefault;ifyouwanttousethefeature,youmustenableit.


2.ExpandthedevicetreetoshowtheExpressSASRxxx,andthenclicktheRAIDtab.

3.SelectRAIDManagement>MonitorS.M.A.R.T.fromtheapplicationmenutoenable(indicatedwithacheckmark)ordisablemonitoring.

S.M.A.R.T. Status CheckingTheATTOConfigurationToolinterfacedisplaysthelatestS.M.A.R.T.statusrecordforaselecteddrive.Allattributesreportedbythedrivearelistedwitheachattribute’sThreshold,Worst,CurrentandRawvalue;thethresholdvalueisthevalueatwhichnotificationofaproblemisgeneratedbythesoftware.

IftherehasbeenachangefromapreviousS.M.A.R.T.statusrecord,anarrowindicatesthechangedirection,eitherhigherorlower.SeeFigure 18onpage20.


TheS.M.A.R.T.statusdisplayalsocontainsinformationsuchasthedateandtimetheS.M.A.R.T.statuswasrecorded,thetotalnumberofrecordsforthisdrive,andthecurrentmonitoringstatus(enabledordisabled).

Youmaymovetopreviousorsubsequentrecords,querythedriveorrefreshtheviewusingcontrolsontheinterface.Control-click(orright-click)asingledriveintheAttachedDrivespanel,andselectS.M.A.R.T.Statusfromthesub-menutoviewtherecord.

•UsetheleftarroworrightarrowcontroltomovebetweenS.M.A.R.T.statusrecords.

•UsetheRefreshbuttontoquerythedriveforthelatestvalues.Ifanyvaluesaredifferentfromthemostrecentrecord,anewrecordiscreatedanddisplayed.

S.M.A.R.T. Attribute FilteringEachoftheS.M.A.R.T.statusattributesisassignedoneormoreclassificationtypes:

•performance•errorrate•eventcount•critical

TheS.M.A.R.T.Statusdialogboxcanbefilteredtodisplayanycombinationofthesetypes.Thedefaultviewistodisplayalltypes.

1. OpentheS.M.A.R.T.Statusbox,andthencontrol-click(orright-click)inthetableareawheretheattributevaluesaredisplayed.

2. Eachclassificationtypethatisvisiblehasacheckmark.Selectanyclassificationtypetochangethecheckmark.

S.M.A.R.T. NotificationsWhenS.M.A.R.T.monitoringisenabled,statusiscollectedfromeachSATAdriveat60minuteintervals.Ifthedataisdifferentthanthepreviousstatus,aS.M.A.R.T.statusrecordisaddedtotheS.M.A.R.T.statusfileforthatdrive.AnotificationoftheS.M.A.R.T.statusdifferenceisgeneratedbaseduponthecurrentsettingsintheNotificationspanel.RefertoNotificationsonpage21.

ThenotificationlevelofS.M.A.R.T.statusisdeterminedasfollows:

•INFO:Noneofthestatusvalueswasbelowthethresholdvalue.

•WARNING:Oneormoreofthestatusvalueswasbelowathresholdvaluebutnonewasclassifiedascritical.

•CRITICAL:Oneormoreofthestatusvalueswasbelowathresholdvalueandonewasclassifiedcritical.

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Figure 16

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Drive information displayed with RAID tab selected

Detailed drive information

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Figure 18


S.M.A.R.T. status displayed for a specific drive

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1.4 Notifications

The ATTO Configuration Tool provides a way to issue notifications via audible or visual alerts when a RAID event occurs.

RAIDeventsaredividedintothreecategories:

• Critical events areonesinwhichaseriousproblemhasoccurredandtheadministratoroftheRAIDgroupshouldperformcorrectiveaction.

• Warning eventsarelessseriousbutstillwarrantrecordingandnotificationatsomelevel.

• Information alertsprovidesupportiveinformationaboutwarningsorcriticalevents.

Drop-downboxesontheNotificationspaneallowyoutochoosethetypeofeventwhichpromptsanalert.SeeFigure 19onpage22.

• Critical:onlyCriticaleventsarereported

• Warning:allWarningsandCriticaleventsarereported

• All:allCritical,WarningandInformationeventsarereported

• None:noeventisreported.TheNonelevelisusefulinE-mailnotificationbecauseyoucansetupE-mailaddressestowhichalertsmightbesentatsomefuturetime.

YoumaychooseanycombinationofnotificationsontheNotificationpaneasneeded.ThenotificationsarespecifiedatthehostsystemlevelandapplytoallSonnetRAIDcontrollersinstalledinthehostsystem.

Basic Alerts Youcanselectanaudiblealert,avisualalert,orbothforaparticularcategoryofevents.Selectanotificationlevelusingthedrop-downboxnexttotheAudibleandVisuallabelsontheNotificationsscreen.

Audible alertusesthecomputer’sspeakertosoundanalarmfor5seconds.

Visual alertusesasystemmodalpop-uptodisplayamessage.Youmustclosethepop-upusingthepop-up’sbutton.

Logging Loggingnotificationrecordsthetypeofeventastextinalogfileyouspecify.Selectthelocation,nameandsizeofthefile.

•Anintegervalueisaddedtothelogname.Whenthelogfilereachesitssizelimitation,anewfileisgeneratedwithasequentialintegervalueaddedtothelogname.Whenthesecondlogfilereachesitssizelimitation,loggingoverwritesthefirstlogfile.Thetwologfilesareautomaticallyrotated.

E-Mail AlertE-mailnotificationsendsamessagetothedesignatedE-mailaddresseswhentheeventlevelfromthedropdownboxisreached.

•YoumayspecifyseveralnotificationaddressesoneachlineintheE-mailsectionoftheNotificationspane,eachseparatedbycommas,foranyeventlevel.

•YoumustcompletetheIPaddressornameoftheserverandsender.

•Youmayspecifyausernameandpasswordforthemailserverifoneisrequired.

•AcriticaleventE-mailnotificationissentaftera10-seconddelaytoallowseveralrelatedeventstobereportedinthesamemessage.AllothernotificationE-mailsaresentat15-minuteintervals.

Support Note: The visual alert option is not available on systems running Linux, nor on systems running Mac OS X

and using version 3.1.0 software.

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1.4 Notifications

Configuration Tool Notifications screen

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A drive error may occur that will cause a RAID group to become degraded. This section will help you to identify and replace the bad drive.

Whenanerroroccursthatrequiresadrivetobereplaced,theATTOConfigurationToolwillissuevisual,audible,andE-mailnotifications(onlywhenconfiguredtodoso).

Faulted Drive IdentificationAfteradrivefailurenotificationhasappeared,


2.ExpandthedevicetreetoshowtheExpressSASRxxx,andthenclicktheRAIDtab.DrivestatusforalldrivesconnectedtotheSonnetRAIDcontrollerwillbedisplayed.ThefaultedordegradeddrivewillhavearedLEDiconnexttoit.

3.ClickonthefaultedordegradeddriveyouwanttoidentifyintheAttachedDriveslist.

4.SelectRAIDManagement>Locate>Drivefromtheapplicationmenu.Ifthedrivedoesnotsupportthismethodofidentification,amessagewillappearinthebottompane;gotothenextstep.Otherwise,lookattheFusionenclosure;thedriveactivityLEDforthespecificdrivewillbelit.Afteroneminute,theLEDwillturnoff.

5.Double-clickthefaultedordegradeddriveinthetoppanetodisplaydetailedinformation,andnotetheindexnumberforthedrive.Closethedetaileddriveinformationwindow.

6.ClicktheRAIDCLItab,andthentype“Blockdevidentifyx”,wherexistheindexnumber.LookattheFusionenclosure;thedriveactivityLEDforthespecificdrivewillbelit.

Note:Type “Blockdevidstop” to turn off the LED.

Faulted Drive ReplacementOnceyouhaveidentifiedthefaulteddrive,youmustreplaceitandrebuildtheaffectedRAIDgroup.

1.Swapoutthefaulteddrive.


3.ExpandthedevicetreetoshowtheExpressSASRxxx,andthenclicktohighlightthedegradedRAIDgroup.

4.SelectRAIDManagement>Rebuildfromtheapplicationmenu;atabfortheRAIDgroupwillopen,andyouwillbepromptedtodragafreedriveontopoftheonebeingreplaced.SeeFigure 19onpage24.

5.Afterstartingtherebuild,youmayusetheRAIDgroup,butitsperformancewillbereduceduntiltherebuildiscomplete.

1.5 Diagnose and Replace a Faulted Drive

Support Note: The Sonnet RAID controller is unable to automatically turn on fault lights in the drive enclosure,

so the ATTO Configuration Tool must be used to activate the LED for the faulted drive.

Support Note: If you have configured your setup to include a Hot Spare drive, the ATTO Configuration Tool

will automatically start rebuilding the RAID group using the Hot Spare drive.

Support Note: A RAID group rebuild may take up to eight hours to complete, depending on the operating

system, drive capacities, and RAID configuration.

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1.5 Diagnosing and Replacing a Faulted Drive

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RAID group rebuild

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1.6 Configuration Tool Troubleshooting

You may see an error message informing you about an unexpected event or incorrect information discovered by the application. Using the help text presented with the error message, correct the issue before proceeding.

WarningsanderrormessagesaredisplayedintheStatuspane.

Messages from NVRAM Tab Actions•An error occurred loading NVRAM data.

Thefirsttimeachannelishighlighted,theConfigurationToolattemptstoreadNVRAMfromthecard.ThismessageusuallyindicatesthattheConfigurationToolcouldnotcommunicatewiththedriver,probablybecausetheapplicationdoesnotsupportthedriverversioninuse.

•Warning: NVRAM could not be read, defaults returned.NVRAMiscorruptandthedriverreturnstothedefaultconfiguration.Thedefaultsarepresentedviathegraphicaluserinterface.Thesedefaultsmaybemodifiedbutthedefaultsormodificationsmustbecommitted(saved)inordertocorrectNVRAM.

•An error occurred updating the NVRAM.Thedrivercannotloadthenewsettingsonthecard;nochangesaremadetothecard.

•Feature bounds checking. WhentheCommitbuttonisclicked,eachNVRAMfeatureisvalidatedbeforebeingsenttothecard.Ifanyoneofthesefeaturesisdeemedinappropriatebasedontheimplementedchecks,furtherNVRAMfeaturevalidationchecksarestoppedandthemessageisdisplayed,forexample:Execution Throttle is greater than the maximum allowable value of 255. No NVRAM configuration changes have been made to your card.Theexactmessagevariesbasedonthefirstfieldwithanout-of-rangevalue.

Messages from Flash Tab Actions•This is not a flash file, or it is corrupt.

TheATTO-createdflashfileiscorruptortheConfigurationTool doesnotrecognizethefileasaflashfile.OnlyATTO-createdflashfilesmaybeselectedusingtheflashfiledialogbox.

•This HBA is not compatible with the selected flash file.ATTOflashfilesarecreatedbasedonthetypeofcardflashed.OnlycertainATTOflashfilesarecompatiblewiththeSonnetRAIDcontroller.Whenaflashfileisselected,itisinspectedforcompatibility.

•A valid file was not selected.YouclickedtheCancelbuttonontheflashfileselectiondialog.

•An error occurred reading from the flash file, the file may be corrupt.Youselectedacompatibleflashfilebutthecontentsarecorrupt.

•An error occurred updating the flash.Youtriedtoflashacardwhenthefirmwarewasnotabletoacceptaflash.

•The card has been prepared for firmware updating, but the machine must be rebooted for the changes to take effect. You need to repeat this process after rebooting to actually update the firmware.Somefirmwareupgradesneedtopreparetheexistingfirmwareinordertosuccessfullyupdatethecontroller.Rebootingallowsthechangesmadeduringthepreparationprocesstotakeeffect,andthesamefileshouldbeflashedagain.

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2.0 Windows Only - ATTO Disk Benchmark

The ATTO Utilities for Windows are installed from the CD that was included with your Sonnet RAID controller. Only one utility, Disk Benchmark, may be used with your Sonnet RAID storage system.

DiskBenchmarkmeasurespeakandsustainedthroughputfordiskreadsandwrites.SeeFigure 21onpage28.YoumaylocatetheDiskBenchmarkapplicationintheATTOHBAUtilitiesfolderwithinyoursystem’sApplicationsfolder.

1.Launchtheapplication.

2.Selectthedriveletterforthedisktobenchmark.

3.Selectthetransfersizestotest.

4.SelecttheI/Ooption.

5.ClicktheStartbutton.

6.Waitforbenchmarktorunthroughthedesiredtransfersizes.

7.TheTestResultsDisplayatthebottomofthewindowisupdatedasthetestprogresses.They-axisofthegraphrepresentsthetransfersizesintheselectedrange.Thex-axisrepresentsthetransferspeedsinMB/sec.I/OspeedsinKB/sec.foreachtransfersizearedisplayedtextuallytotherightofthegraph.

8.ClicktheStopbuttontostopthetest.Whenthetestcompletes,theresultscanbesavedorprinted.

Iferrorsweredetected,adialogboxdisplaystheerrorsinatablewiththefollowingfourcolumnsandabutton:

•Benchmark Transfer Size:transfersizeatwhichtheerroroccurred

•Buffer Index:indexintothedatablockatwhichtheerroroccurred

•Actual Value:thevaluereadfromthefile

•Expected Value:thevaluewrittentothefile

•Log to File:Logstheerrortabletoa*.logfileandclosesthedialog.Thefileisgiventhesamenameasthetestfileandsavedinthesamedirectory.Ifthetestwasnotpreviouslysaved,errorsareloggedtothegenericfileBench32Error.logintherootofthetestdrive.Ifthelogfilealreadyexists,thenewerrorsareappendedtothepreviouslyrecordederrors.Thisistheonlywaytosavedetectederrors.Theyarenotsavedinthetestdocumentfile.

IftheI/Ocomparisonoptionwasselectedanderrorswerenotdetected,themessage“Noerrorsdetected”isdisplayed.

Benchmark Fields Thebenchmarkfieldsinclude:

•Drive:Selectthelogicaldrivetobenchmark.Atestcanbeperformedonanysystemdrive.

•Transfer Size:Selecttherangeoftransfersizesusedforreadingandwritingdatatothetestdrive.Transferspeedsaredisplayedforeachsizeintherange.Ifthefirstsizeisgreaterthanthesecondsize,thetestisnotperformedforanytransfersize.

•Total Length:Selectthetotalsizeofthedatafiletobecreatedonthetestdrive.Thisfileisdeletedwhentestingcompletes.

•Direct I/O:Ifthisoptionischecked,fileI/Oonthetestdriveisperformedwithnosystembufferingorcaching.CombinethisoptionwithOverlapped I/Oformaximumasynchronousperformance

Radio Button Group •Overlapped I/OperformsqueuedI/O.Uponselection,the

Queue Depthoptiondisplaystoselectthemaximumnumberofreadorwritecommandsthatmaybeexecutedsimultaneously.

•I/O Comparisoncomparesthedatareadfromthetestfiletothedatawrittenonaperblockbasis.YoucanselectthedatapatternforcomparisonfromtheTest Patterndrop-downbox.

•Run Continuouslyrunsthetestcontinuouslyforaspecifiednumberofminutes.Theteststopsbeforethespecifiedtimeifanyerrorsaredetected.

•Neither:SelectifyoudonotwanttoperformoverlappedI/OorI/Ocomparisons.

Thefollowingfieldsdonotaffectthebenchmarkbutareinformational,providingdocumentationofthetestenvironment.

•Stripe Group:Ifthetestdriveisastripegroup,selectitsnamefromthelistbox.ThenamesandquantitiesofdrivesinthestripegroupareprintedtotheDescriptionbox.SelectCleartoclearthecontentsoftheDescriptionbox.

•Controlled bydisplaysallSonnetRAIDcontrollersinthesystem.

•Description:Enteradditionalinformationaboutthetestthatcanbesavedorprinted.BesuretoenteradditionalinformationaftermakingaselectionfromtheStripeGroupdropdownbox,asthiserasesthecurrentdescription.

Support Note: Additional information on using Disk Benchmark is available by accessing the Help menu in the

application.

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2.0 Windows Only - ATTO Disk Benchmark

Multiple Benchmark TestingDiskBenchmarksupportsfourcommandlineparametersforuninterruptedtesting:

• testfileopensandexecutesthetestnamedtestfilewiththeextension.bmk.

•textfileopensthetextfilenamedtextfile.Thisfilecontainsalistoftestfilenamesthathaveanextensionof.bmk.Eachtestinthislistisopenedandexecutedinorder.Stoppingonetestinthelistpreventsfurthertestsfrombeingexecuted.Errorloggingisthesameasthecommandlineparametertestfile,butallerrorsgeneratedfromalltestsinthelistareloggedtoonefile:textfile.log.

• /p testfile:Sameastestfile,onlythetestisprintedtothedefaultsystemprinterinsteadofbeingexecuted.

•/p textfile:Sameastextfile,onlythetestsinthelistareprintedtothedefaultsystemprinterinsteadofbeingexecuted.

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Disk Benchmark screens before and after a test has been run

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2.1 ATTO Disk Benchmark Troubleshooting

The following suggestions may help if you encounter problems with Disk Benchmark.

•UseWindowsDeviceManagertocheckandverifythatalldrivesarevisibletotheoperatingsystem.

•Ifdrivesarenotlisted,checktheconnectionsbetweenthedriveenclosureandtheRAIDcontrollercard,andverifythatalldrivesarefullyseatedintheirbays.

•Makesurethattheenclosureispoweredupandhascompleteditsselfcheckbeforebootingyourcomputer.

•RebootyoursystemanytimeyoumakechangestoaRAIDgroup(aftertheRAIDgrouphasbeenrebuilt).

•Asalastresort,youmayusetheATTOBootConfigurationUtilitytolowlevelformatatroublesomedevice.However,thiserasesallinformationonthedisk.

•Haveyoupartitionedyourdrive,andthenactivatedthatpartition?

•Didyouformatthedrivesforusewithyouroperatingsystem?

Ifproblemspersist,contactSonnetcustomerservice.

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Appendix A - CLI ASCII-Based Interface

The command line interface (CLI) uses ASCII commands typed in the CLI window.

Thecommandlineinterface(CLI)usesasetofASCII-basedcommandstocontrolconfigurationanddiagnostictasks.SeeFigure 6onpage5.

•CLIcommandsarecontextsensitiveandgenerallyfollowastandardformatGet|Set] Command [Parameter1|Parameter2]followedbythereturnorenterkey

•CLIcommandsarecaseinsensitive:youmaytypeallupperoralllowercase,oramixture.Upperandlowercaseinthismanualandthehelpscreenareforclarificationonly.

•Commandsgenerallyhavethreetypesofoperation:get,setandimmediate.

•Thegetformreturnsthevalueofaparameterorsettingandisaninformationalcommand.

•ResponsestogetcommandsarefollowedbyReady.

•Thesetformisanactionthatchangesthevalueofaparameterorconfigurationsetting.ItmayrequireaSaveConfigurationcommandandarestartofthesystembeforeitisimplemented.TherestartcanbeaccomplishedusingaseparateFirmwareRestartcommand.AnumberofsetcommandsmaybeissuedbeforetheSaveConfigurationcommand.

•ResponsestosetcommandsareeitheranerrormessageorReady. *.TheasteriskindicatesyoumustuseaSaveConfigurationcommandtofinalizethesetcommand.

•SetcommandswhichdonotrequireaSaveConfigurationcommand,definedasimmediatecommands,areimmediatelyexecuted.

WARNING: Do not use CLI unless you are directed to by a Sonnet technician, as changing parameters may cause

loss of data and/or disruption to performance and reliability of the Sonnet RAID controller. The ATTO Configuration Tool interface is the preferred method to operate and manage the Sonnet RAID controller.

Support Note: Using certain CLI commands during normal operation can cause a performance drop. Once

command actions are complete, performance should return to normal levels.

Figure A-1 Symbols, typefaces, and abbreviations used to indicate functions and elements of the command line interface used in this manual.

Symbol Indicates

[] Requiredentry

<> Optionalentry

| pickoneof

- arange(6–9=6,7,8,9)

BlockDevID indexdesignationofablockdevicenotassignedtoanyotherRAIDgroup;theindexofablockdeviceprovidedbytheBlockDevScanCLIcommand.0<=n<=63

DevIndex indexdesignationoftheRAIDmember

GroupName thenameoftheRAIDgrouptowhichtheblockdeviceisassigned,orblankifthedriveisavailable

MemberIndex indexdesignationofaRAIDgroupmember

PartID indexdesignationofapartitionasfoundinthePartitionDisplaycommand

tid TargetID0<=n<=255

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CLI Error Messages ThefollowingerrormessagesmaybereturnedbytheCommandlineInterface

ERROR Invalid Command. Type 'Help' for command list.

ERROR Command Not Processed

ERROR Wrong/Missing Parameters

ERROR Invalid Hot Spare Serial Number

ERROR Invalid RAID GroupName

ERROR Invalid RAID Group State

ERROR Insufficient number of RAID Group members

ERROR RAID Group does not exist

ERROR No RAID Groups found

ERROR Invalid RAID Type

ERROR RAID Group is already unmapped

ERROR Invalid Block Device Index

ERROR Invalid RAID MemberIndex

ERROR Invalid RAID Member State

ERROR Missing RAID Member

ERROR Invalid RAID Member Capacity

ERROR Invalid Partition Index

ERROR Maximum number of RAID Groups exceeded

ERROR Maximum number of Partitions exceeded

ERROR Invalid number of Partitions

ERROR Maximum number of RAID Members exceeded

ERROR Maximum stripe width

ERROR Invalid number of Partitions specified

ERROR Invalid Span Depth specified

ERROR Cannot perform operation on mapped Partition

ERROR Cannot perform operation. RAID Group has mapped Partitions

ERROR Cannot perform operation. RAID Group has Outstanding Commands

ERROR Block Device at specified index no longer available

ERROR Insufficient RAID Group members for RAID type

ERROR Incorrect number of RAID Group members for QuickVideo configuration

ERROR Invalid Virtual Drive ID

ERROR Specified capacity is invalid

ERROR Too many Indices specified.

ERROR Only one add storage operation is permitted at any given time.

ERROR No free block devices

ERROR Cannot benchmark a drive that is being initialized

ERROR Specified drive is not being monitored

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CLI Summary ThefollowingchartsummarizestheCommandLineInterfacecommands,theirdefaults,andanexampleofhowtoenterthecommands.Pleasenotethatcommandswhichhavenodefaultvalueshaveablankentryinthatcolumnofthetable.

WARNING: Do not use the CLI unless you are directed to by a Sonnet technician, as changing parameters may

cause loss of data and/or disruption to performance and reliability of the Fusion storage system.

Command Default Example

AutoMap automap

AutoMapOnBoot disabled setautomaponbootenabled

AutoResume rebuild,initialize=allenabled;erase=alldisabled

setautoresumeerasedisabledG1

BlockDevClean blockdevclean30

BlockDevIdentify blockdevidentify30

BlockDevIDStop blockdevidstop

BlockDevScan blockdevscan

BootDelay 0 setbootdelay125

ClearEventLog cleareventlog

Date setdate03/03/2009

DefaultInterleave 128 setdefaultinterleave64

DriveHealth disabled setdrivehealthenabled

DriveHealthDisplay drivehealthdisplayall

DriveHealthStatus drivehealthstatus

DeleteAllMaps deleteallmaps

DriveTest drivetestbegin

DriveTestClearList drivetestclearlistall

DriveTestConfig notinitiated setdrivetestconfigread

DriveTestList getdrivetestlistall

DriveTestStatus getdriveteststatus

DumpConfiguration dumpconfiguration

DumpEventLog dumpeventlog

EventLog enabled seteventlogdisabled

EventLogFilter allallall seteventlogfiltergeninfoall

Help helpeventlog

HSAdd hsadd3

HSDisplay hsdisplay

HSRemove hsremove3


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Info info

IsReserved isreserved

Metrics metricsdisplayall

Partition partitionalpha164GB

PartitionDisplay partitiondisplayalpha1

PartitionMerge partitionmergeall

PartitionSplit partitionsplitalpha1222

PartitionWriteCache setpartitionwritecacheenabled

RAIDRebuildPriority same setraidrebuildprioritylow

RAIDSpeedWriteLimit 8 setraidspeedwritelimit15

Reserve reserve

RestoreConfiguration restoreconfigurationdefault

RGAddStorage rgaddstorageg1spancommit

RGAutoRebuild disabled setrgautorebuildallenabled

RGCancelAddStorage rgcanceladdstorageg1

RGCommit rgcommitall

RGCreate rgcreateg1raid0

RGDelete rgdeleteall

RGDiskWriteCache setrgdiskwritecacherg1enabled

RGDisplay rgdisplayall

RGErase rgeraseg1

RGHaltConversion rghaltconversiong1

RGHaltErase rghalteraseg1

RGHaltInitialization rghaltinitializationg1

RGHaltRebuild rghaltrebuildg1

RGHDParameter 0 setrghdparameterrg16

RGMemberAdd rgmemberaddg122

RGMemberRemove rgmemberremoveg122

RGRebuild rgrebuildg1

RGResumeConversion rgresumeconversiong1

RGResumeErase rgresumeeraseg1

RGResumeInitialization rgresumeinitializationg1

RGResumeRebuild rgresumerebuildg1

RGSectorSize 512 setrgsectorsizeg18192

RGSpanDepth 1 setrgspandepthg122

RGSpeedRead alldisabled setrgspeedreadg1enabled

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RGUnmap rgunmapg1

RGWaitTimeout 5 rgwaittimeout30

RMState setrmstateg1online

RMStatus rmstatusg1

Route routehost1raidalpha16

RouteDisplay routedisplay03124

SASTargets sastargets

SaveConfiguration saveconfiguration

SerialNumber getserialnumber

Time settime03:32:30

TimeZone EST settimezonepst

VerboseMode enabled setverbosemodedisabled

VirtualDriveInfo virtualdriveinfo

WrapEventLog enabled setwrapeventlogdisabled

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CLI Command Explanations Commandlineinterfacecommandsarelistedalphabeticallywithexplanationsofwhattheyareusedfor,theirdefaultsandsyntax.

• AutoMap MapsRAIDgroupscreatedwiththeConfigurationTooltotheoperatingsystem,wheretheyarethendiscoveredassinglestoragedevices.ItispossibletocreateaRAIDgroupthatremainshiddenfromtheoperatingsystem,andthusnotseenbyDiskUtility,theFinder,orothersystemdiscoverytools.AutoMap

•AutoMapOnBootRegulatestheautomaticdetectionandmappingofRAIDgroupsatstartup.Default:disabledset AutoMapOnBoot [enabled | disabled]get AutoMapOnBoot

•AutoResumeRegulatestheautomaticcontinuefeatureforinterruptedrebuildanderaseoperationsatstartup.IfAutoResumeisenabled,allinterruptedrebuildanderaseoperationsarecontinuedatstartup.IfnoGroupNameisspecified,allexistingRAIDgroupsareaffected.Default:alldisabledset AutoResume [Rebuild | Erase | Write Pattern | all] [enabled | disabled] <GroupName>

•BlockDevCleanRemovesanyRAIDconfigurationdatafromtheblockdevicewiththespecifiedBlockDevID.

BlockDevClean [BlockDevID]

•BlockDevIdentifyTurnsonadriveactivityLEDontheFusiondriveenclosureforoneminuteifitisaccessible.

BlockDevIdentify <Groupname> [BlockDevID | MemberIndex]

•BlockDevIDStopTurnsoffthedriveactivityLEDontheFusiondriveenclosurethatwasactivatedwiththeBlockDevIdentifycommand.BlockDevIDStop

•BlockDevScanListsallcurrentlyconnectedphysicaldrivesalongwithanypotentialRAIDgroupassociation.EachblockdevicelistedisassignedauniqueindexatthetimeofthescantoidentifydrivesforotherCLIoperations.BlockDevScan

•BootDelayRegulatesthedelayinsecondswhichtheunitwaitsafterstartupbeforeallowinghoststodetectdiscoveredtargets.Thevalue0constitutesnodelay.Default:0set BootDelay [0 - 255]get BootDelay

•ClearEventLogClearsthecontentsoftheeventlog.NonewentriesarerecordeduntilClearEventLoghascompleted.ClearEventLog

•DateRegulatesthecurrentdateforthisunit.Thedaterangeis01/01/2000to12/31/2099.set Date [MM]/[DD]/[YYYY]get Date

WARNING: The BlockDevIdentify command is intended for diagnostic purposes only. Executing this command may

adversely impact the performance and throughput of the Fusion storage system for the time that the LED is illuminated.

WARNING: Using CLI without contacting a Sonnet technician is not recommended because changing

parameters may cause loss of data and/or disruption to performance and reliability of the Fusion storage system.

WARNING: All RAID group setup information is lost when the BlockDevClean command is performed,

therefore all data is lost. Back up your files before performing this command.

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•DefaultInterleaveAssignsorretrievesthesystem-defaultinterleavesizefornewRAIDgroups,wheretheinterleavesizeisexpressedasthenumberof512-byteblocks.IfaninterleavesizeisnotexplicitlyspecifiedwhenaRAIDgroupiscreated,thentheDefaultInterleavevalueisused.Note:Although changing the default interleave size may improve performance, it may degrade performance.Default:128set DefaultInterleave [8KB | 16KB | 32KB | 64KB | 128KB | 256KB | 512KB | 1024KB | 2048KB ] get DefaultInterleave

•DeleteAllMapsRemovesallmappeddevicesfromthemaptable.DeleteAllMaps(requiresaSaveConfigurationcommand)

•DriveHealthChangesthesystem’sabilitytoacquiredrivehealthdatafromconnecteddrives.IssuingthiscommandduringI/Ooperationsmayadverselyaffectperformance.Default:disabledset DriveHealth [enabled | disabled] get DriveHealth

•DriveHealthDisplayRetrievesanddisplaysS.M.A.R.T.(Self-Monitoring,AnalysisandReportingTechnology)datafromSATAdrives.IssuingthiscommandduringI/Ooperationsmayadverselyaffectperformance.DriveHealthDisplay [BlockDevID | all]

•DriveHealthStatusDisplaysthestatusofthecurrentlyrunningdrivetestbutdoesnotdisplayperformancemetrics.IfablockdeviceIDisnotrunningorcannotbefound,itsstatewillbeidleandpercentcompletewillbe0.getDriveHealthStatus <drive [BlockDevID]>

•DriveTestRegulatesadrivetestwiththepreviouslyspecifiedconfiguration(refertoDriveTestConfig)anddrivelist(refertoDriveTestList).DrivesbeingtestedarenotavailableforRAIDconfigurationorRAIDoperations.Onlyonetestcanberunatatime.DriveTest [Begin | Cancel]

•DriveTestClearListSpecifiesthedrivetoberemovedfromthedrivetestlist.thedriveBlockDevIDparameterremovesthespecifieddrivefromthelist.Theallparameterremovesalldrivesfromthelist.DriveTestClearList [BlockDevId | all]

•DriveTestConfigConfiguresthenextdrivetesttoperformoneofthefollowingoperations:ThetestisnotstarteduntiltheDriveTestBegincommandisgiven.init:initialize,destructive,write-onlyread:non-destructive,read-onlyverify:destructiveverifyinit-verify:destructivewrite-read-verifyset DriveTestConfig [init | read | verify | init-verify] get DriveTestConfig

•DriveTestListSpecifiesdrivestoberuninthenextdrivetestincludingdriveswhicharenotpartofaRAIDgroupandnotHotSpares.Theallparameterautomaticallychooseseligibledrives.ThetestisnotstarteduntiltheDriveTestBegincommandisgiven.set DriveTestList [drive [BlockDevID] | all] get DriveTestList

•DriveTestStatusDisplaysthestatusofthecurrentlyrunningdrivetestbutdoesnotdisplayperformancemetrics.IfablockdeviceIDisnotrunningorcannotbefound,itsstateisidleandpercentcompleteis0.get DriveTestStatus <drive [BlockDevID]>

•DumpConfigurationDisplaysaunit’sconfigurationtothemanagementinterface.DumpConfiguration

•DumpEventLogDumpsthecontentsoftheentireeventlogtothemanagementinterface.Noeventsarerecordeduntilthecommandhasbeencompleted.DumpEventLog

•EventLogRegulateseventlogging.Whenenabled,recordsvarioussystemerrorstotheeventlog.Default:enabledset EventLog [enabled | disabled] get EventLog

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•EventLogFilterFiltersdatafromspecificunitsubsystemsandlevelswheneventloggingisenabled.Thespecificentriessupportedareplatform-dependent.Forsetcommands,thefinalparameterindicateswhetherornoteventsfromthespecifiedsubsystemandlevelaredisplayed.Default:allallallset EventLogFilter [subsys | all] [event level | all] [all |none] get EventLogFilter [subsystem] [level]

•HelpDisplaysalistofavailablecommands.Ifcommandnameisspecified,displaysdetailedcommand-specificinformationHelp <command name>

•HSAddAssignsaBlockDevicetotheHotSparepool.HSAdd [BlockDevID]

•HSDisplayListsalldevicesintheHotSparepool.HSDisplay

•HSRemoveRemovesaBlockDevicefromtheHotSparepoolHSRemove [BlockDevID]

•InfoDisplaysversionnumbersandotherproductioninformationforkeycomponents.Info

•IsReservedDisplaysthereservationstatusofthecurrentservicessessionorinterface.IsReserved

•MetricsControlsthecollectionofstandarddatametricswithinaproductbasedonthecommandparameters.Metrics [Start | Stop | Display] [drive [BlockDevID] | all | running]

•PartitionCreatesaspecifiedpartitiontothespecifiedcapacityinGigabytes(GB),Megabytes(MB),orblocks.Thespecifiedcapacitymustbesmallerthanthespecifiedpartition’scurrentcapacity.Anewpartitioniscreatedtoacquiretheremainderoftheoriginalpartition’sspace.VirtualDriveInfodisplayscharacteristicsandstatisticsforalltheavailablevirtualdrivesoranyavailablevirtualdriveidentifiedbyitsvirtualdriveID.Partition [GroupName] [PartIndex] [capacity] [GB | MB | blocks]

•PartitionDisplayListsallthepartitionsavailableinthespecifiedRAIDgroup.Thepartitionsarelistedcontiguously(asopposedtoindexorder).PartitionDisplay [GroupName]

•PartitionMergeCombinesthespecifiedcontiguouspartitionsintoonepartition.PartIdxistheindexofapartitionasfoundinPartitionDisplay.AllindicatesthatallpartitionsintheRAIDgrouparemergedintoasingleVirtualDisk.TheRAIDgroupmustnotbeinaNEWstate.Noneofthepartitionstomergemaybemapped.PartitionMerge [GroupName] [[[PartIdx] [2-128]] | All]

•PartitionSplitDividesthespecifiedpartitionintooneormorepartitionswhosecapacitiesareevenlydistributedamongthecapacityoftheoriginalpartition.ThepartitiontosplitcannotbemappedandtheRAIDgroupmustnotbeinaNEWstate.PartitionSplit [GroupName] [PartIdx] [1-128]

•PartitionWriteCacheIfenabled,allowshigherwriteperformancewithasmallriskofdatalossafterasystemfailure.Ifdisabled,providesahigherlevelofdataintegritywithlowerwriteperformance.set PartitionWriteCache [GroupName] [PartIndex] [enabled | disabled] get PartitionWriteCache [GroupName] [PartIndex]

•RAIDSpeedWriteLimitRegulatesthelimitonthecoalescingfactor.Averylowlimitisrecommendedformultipleinitiators;ahighlimitisrecommendedformultiplestreamsofsequentialwriteI/O.Default:8set RAIDSpeedWriteLimit [0 - 256] get RAIDSpeedWriteLimit

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•RAIDRebuildPriority SetsordisplaystheRAIDrebuildpriority.ARAIDrebuildprioritysettohighgiveshigherprioritytoRAIDrebuildsandlowerprioritytotheprocessingofsimultaneousI/Otransactions.ARAIDrebuildprioritysettolowgiveslowerprioritytotherebuildandahigherprioritytoI/Otransactions.Setsame,theRAIDrebuildandprocessingofI/Otransactionsisthesame.Default:sameset RAIDRebuildPriority [high | low | same] get RAIDRebuildPriority

•ReserveReportsthestateofCLIreservationforthecurrentCLIsession.IfthecommandreportsthatReservationsareenabled,thenanotherCLIsessionhascontrolofparametermodificationontheunit.Reserve

•RestoreConfigurationIssuedwiththedefaultoption,forcestheunitNVRAMsettingstotheiroriginaldefaults.Thesavedoptionundoesanychangesmadetothissessionsincethelastsave.RestoreConfiguration [Default | Saved]

•RGAddStorageAddsadditionalstoragetoanexistingRAIDgroup.Mirror, Stripe, or Spanspecifiesthemethodusedtoexpandthestorage.OptionalparameterlistBlockDeviceIDspecifiesupto10availableblockdevices,providedbytheBlockDevScancommand,tobeaddedtotheRAIDgroup.Ifthislistisomitted,thecommandRGMemberAddmustbeused.OptionalparametercommitrunstheRGCommitcommandautomaticallyandalluserdataiserasedfromeachnewmemberdrive.Iftheparameterisomitted,thecommandRGCommitmustbeentered.RGCancelAddStoragecanbeusedatanytimebeforethecommitcommandisusedtocanceltheprocess.specifiesthattheRGCommitcommandisrunautomatically.Note:Mirrors cannot be added to a RAID 4, RAID 5, RAID 6, or DVRAID RAID group.RGAddStorage [GroupName] [Mirror | Stripe | Span] <BlockDeviceID… <commit>

•RGAutoRebuildRegulateswhetheraRAIDgroupautomaticallyrebuilds.Default:disabledset RGAutoRebuild [GroupName | all] [enabled | disabled] get set RGAutoRebuild [GroupName | all]

•RGCancelAddStorageCancelstheRGAddStoragecommand.RGCancelAddStorage [GroupName]

•RGCommitStampsaNEWRAIDgroup’sconfigurationtoitsmemberdrives.Afterthiscommand,aRAIDgroupcanbeconsideredoperationalandtransitionsfromtheNEWstatetotheOnline,Degraded,orOfflinestatedependingonthehealthoftheselectedmemberdrives.RGCommitalsostampsanexistingRAIDgroup’sconfigurationtoitsmemberdrivesasstorageisbeingadded.Iftheinitoptionisspecified,previoususerconfigurationinformationiserasedfromeachmemberdrive.RGCommit [GroupName | all] [init]

•RGCreateCreatesanewemptyRAIDgroup.TheoptionalvalueaftertheRAIDgrouptypeparameterrepresentsthedesiredinterleavefortheRAIDgroup,wheretheinterleavesizeisexpressedasthenumberof512-byteblocks.Ifthisvalueisnotprovidedthenthesystem-defaultinterleavesizeisused(refertoDefaultInterleave).RGCreate [GroupName] [RAID [ 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 ] | JBOD] <8KB | 16KB | 32KB | 64KB | 128KB | 256KB | 512KB | 1024KB | 2048KB>

•RGDeleteDeletesallRAIDgroupsorthespecifiedRAIDgroup.RGDelete [GroupName | all]

• RGDiskWriteCache Ifenabled,produceshigherwriteperformancewithasmallriskofdatalossafterasystemfailure.Ifdisabled,drivesareupdatedattheexpenseofsomewriteperformance.set RGDiskWriteCache [GroupName | all] [enabled | disabled] get RGDiskWriteCache [GroupName | all]

•RGDisplayDisplaysstatusinformationforasingleRAIDgroup,orifAllisused,allavailableRAIDgroups.RGDisplay [GroupName | all ]

•RGEraseErasesthedatafromthespecifiedexistingRAIDgroup.Note:All data is lost if you use the RGErase command.RGErase [GroupName]

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•RGHaltConversionStopstheconversiononthespecifiedexistingRAIDgroup.RGHaltConversion [GroupName]

•RGHaltEraseStopstheeraseonthespecifiedexistingRAIDgroup.RGHaltErase [GroupName]

•RGHaltInitializationStopstheinitializationprocessonthespecifiedexistingRAIDgroup.RGHaltErase [GroupName]

•RGHaltRebuildStopstherebuild(s)onthespecifiedexistingRAIDgroup.MemberIndexspecifiestheRAIDmemberwhoserebuildisstopped.IfnoMemberIndexisspecified,allrebuildsonthatRAIDgrouparestopped.RGHaltRebuild [GroupName] <MemberIndex>

•RGHDParameterShowsorsetstheHDvalueforallRAIDgroups.set RGHDParameter [GroupName | all] [0–6]get RGHDParameter [GroupName | all]

•RGMemberAddAddsupto10availableblockdevicestoanewRAIDgroup(theRAIDgroupcannothavebeensavedusingtheRGCommitcommand).Ifallisspecified,thenallunusedblockswillbeaddedtotheRAIDgroupuntilthemaximumnumberofRAIDgroupmembershasbeenmet.ThecommandresetsthenumberofRAIDgrouppartitionsto1RGMemberAdd [GroupName| all] [BlockDevID]

•RGMemberRemoveRemovesaRAIDmemberfromanewRAIDgroup(theRAIDgroupcannothavebeensavedusingtheRGCommitcommand).Resetsthenumberofpartitionsto1.RGMemberRemove [GroupName] [BlockDevID]

•RGRebuildRebuildsthespecifiedexistingRAIDgroup.Ifnomemberisspecified,alldegradedmembersarerebuilt.OptionalparameterBlockDevIDallowsanavailableblockdevicetobesubstitutedfortheRAIDMembercurrentlyassignedtothememberindex.IfaRAIDgrouphasbeenconfiguredasRAID6,twoRAIDgroupmemberscanberebuiltatonceRGRebuild [GroupName] <<MemberIndex> <BlockDevID> <and MemberIndex2 <BlockDevID2>>>>

•RGResumeConversionContinuesthestoppedconversiononthespecifiedexistingRAIDgroup.RGResumeConversion [GroupName]

•RGResumeEraseContinuestheeraseonthespecifiedexistingRAIDgroup.RGResumeErase[GroupName]

•RGResumeInitializationContinuestheinitializationonthespecifiedexistingRAIDgroup.RGResumeInitialization[GroupName]

•RGResumeRebuildContinuestherebuild(s)onthespecifiedexistingRAIDgroup.IfnoMemberIndexisspecified,allstoppedrebuildsonthatRAIDgrouparecontinued.ForRAID6groups,ifaMemberIndexisspecified,allhaltedRAIDmembersonthespanwiththatMemberIndexresumeaswell.RGResumeRebuild [GroupName] <MemberIndex>

•RGSpanDepthRegulatesthespandepthonthespecifiedexistingRAIDgroup.TheRAIDgroupmustbeRAIDLevel0,RAIDLevel1,RAIDLevel5,orRAIDLevel10.Default:1set RGSpanDepth [GroupName] [SpanDepth [1-32]] get RGSpanDepth [GroupName]

•RGSpeedReadPerformslook-aheadduringreadsfromRAIDgroupmemberdisksforallorthespecifiedRAIDgroup.Default:disabledset RGSpeedRead [GroupName | all] [enabled | disabled] get RGSpeedRead [GroupName | all]

•RGUnmapRemovesallmappedpartitionsforaRAIDgroupfromtheroutingtable.Thepartitionsthemselvesareunaffectedbuttheyareinaccessibletoinitiators.RGUnmap [GroupName | all]

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•RGWaitTimeoutRegulatesthemaximumtimeinsecondsthatthesystemwaitstodiscoverpreviouslyconfiguredRAIDgroupsattachedtothecontroller.Default:5set RGWaitTimeout [1-300] get RGWaitTimeout

•RMStateRegulatesthestateofthespecifiedexistingRAIDgroupmember(s).TheRAIDgroupmaynotbeinthenewstate.IfnoMemberIndexisspecified,thestatusofallmembersofthespecifiedRAIDgroupisset.Note:Members undergoing rebuild are not changed. Rebuilds on these members must first be stopped.set RMState [GroupName] <MemberIndex> [Online | Degraded | Unavailable | Faulted]

•RMStatusDisplaysthestatusofallRAIDgroupmemberswithinthespecifiedRAIDgrouporaspecificRAIDmemberwithinthespecifiedRAIDgroup.RMStatus [GroupName] <MemberIndex>

•RouteAssignsaRAIDpartitiontoatargetIDonthehostsystem.IfamapwiththespecifiedtargetIDalreadyexists,themapisoverwritten.UsedeletewithatargetIDtoremovethemap.Route [host] [TID] [RAID] [GroupName] [PartIndex]] | SAS {SASIndex]] | Delete]

•RouteDisplayDisplaysalistofhostprotocoladdresstotargetdestinationdevicemappings.RouteDisplay [host] <tid>

•SASTargetsListsthephysicaldevicesthatareconnectedtoallSASports.SASTargets

•SaveConfigurationIssuedwiththerestartoption,cyclesunitpoweraftersavingconfigurationchanges.Thenorestartoptionsaveschangeswithoutrestarting.Note:Certain modifications require a system restart.SaveConfiguration

•SerialNumberReportstheuniqueserialnumberfortheSonnetRAIDcontrollerusinga13-characterfield.Thefirstsevenalphanumericcharactersrepresenttheproductname;thelastsixdigitsaretheunit’suniquenumber.get SerialNumber

•TimeControlsordisplaysthecurrenttimeasclockedbytheunitin24hourformat.set Time [HH: MM: SS] get Time

•TimeZoneControlsordisplaysthetimezoneoranoffsetfromGMTfortheunit.Default:ESTset TimeZone [[EST | CST | MST | PST] | [+/-HH:MM]] get TimeZone

•VerboseModeControlsthelevelofdetailinCLIHelpoutputandcommandresponseoutput.Default:enabledset VerboseMode [enabled | disabled] get VerboseMode

•VirtualDriveInfoDisplayscharacteristicsandstatisticsforalltheavailablevirtualdrivesoranyavailablevirtualdriveidentifiedbyitsvirtualdriveID.VirtualDriveInfo <Virtual Drive ID>

•WrapEventLogWhenenabled,theunitlogsupto2,048evententriesbeforewrapping(overwritingthefirstentries).Ifdisabled,theunitstopsloggingevententrieswhenthebufferisfull.Default:enabledset WrapEventLog [enabled | disabled] get WrapEventLog


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Appendix B - Quick Drive Format Instructions

If your Sonnet Fusion RAID storage system shipped with pre-installed hard disk drives, the following information will assist you to reformat the drives per your needs.

InFusionRAIDsystemsshippedfromSonnetwithharddiskdrivesinstalled,thedrivesareformattedMacOSExtended(Journaled),andconfiguredasasingleRAID5RAIDgroup.Ifyouneedtochangetheconfiguration,usetheATTOConfigurationToolandtheoperatingsystemsoftwaretoolstoreformatandreconfigurethedrives.

Mac OS Users’ Instructions 1.Followallthestepsintheincludeddocumentationtoinstall

thesoftwareandtheSonnetRAIDcontroller,andtosetupandconnecttheFusionRAIDdriveenclosure.

2.Startyourcomputer,andthenturnontheFusiondriveenclosure;theRAIDvolumeshouldappearonthedesktop.

3.Dragthevolumetothetrash(changestoanejecticon)toejectit.

4.LaunchtheATTOConfigurationTool.

5.SelectRAIDManagement>DeleteGroupfromtheapplicationmenu.

6.WhentheDelete Confirmationwindowappears,clickYes.

7.SetupnewRAIDgroupsfollowingtheinstructionsonpages9and10ofthismanual.

8.Dependingonhowyouconfigureyoursetup,aDisk Insertionwindowwillappearatsomepointstatingthatthereisanunreadablevolume;clickInitialize,andthenDiskUtilitywillopen.

9.IntheDisk Utilitywindow,eachRAIDgroupyoucreatedusingtheATTOConfigurationToolwillappearasasinglevolume.Selectthevolume,andthenclicktheErasetabatthetopofthewindow.

10.ClickErase;awindowwillappearaskingyoutoapproveyourchoice.

11.ClickErase.

12.Repeatsteps7–11foreachremainingunformattedRAIDgroup.

13.CloseDiskUtility.

14.DependingonhowyouconfiguredtheRAIDgroups,thevolumesmayalreadybemountedandpresentonthedesktop.IfyoucreatedaDVRAID,RAIDLevel4,orRAIDLevel5group,configurationwilltakemuchlonger.Youmaycheckontheprocessbydouble-clickingtheRAIDgroupnameinthelowerpaneoftheATTO Configuration Toolwindow.

Windows Users’ Instructions 1.Followallthestepsintheincludeddocumentationtoinstall

thesoftwareandtheSonnetRAIDcontroller,andtosetupandconnecttheFusionRAIDenclosure.

2.Startyourcomputer,andthenturnontheFusiondriveenclosure.

3.LaunchtheATTOConfigurationTool.

4.ExpandthedevicetreeintheDeviceListingsectionontheleftsideofthewindowuntilExpressSASRxxxisdisplayed,andthenclickExpressSASRxxx.

5.ClicktheRAIDtab.

6.IntheGroupspane,youwillseetheRAIDgroupthatSonnetcreated(notusableinaWindowssystem);clickthegroup.

7.SelectRAIDManagement>DeleteGroupfromtheapplicationmenu.

8.WhentheDelete Confirmationwindowappears,clickYes.

9.SetupnewRAIDgroupsfollowingtheinstructionsonpages9and10.

10.SelectComputerManagementFromtheWindowsStartmenu.IfComputerManagementisnotavailableintheStartMenu,selectStart>ControlPanel>AdministrativeTools.IntheAdministrative Toolswindow,double-clickComputerManagement.

11.IntheComputer Managementwindow,clickStorageontheleft,andthendouble-clickDiskManagement.

12.WhentheInitialize Diskwindowappears,clickOK.

13.IntheDisk Managementwindow,eachRAIDgroupyoucreatedwillappear(listedas“unallocated”)asasinglevolume.Right-clickwheretheword“unallocated”appears,andthenselectNewSimpleVolume.

WARNING: After selecting the DVRAID, RAID Level 4, or RAID Level 5 option, configuration of a set of eight 1TB


WARNING: After selecting the DVRAID, RAID Level 4, or RAID Level 5 option, configuration of a set of eight 1TB


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Windows Users’ Instructions (continued) 14.WhentheWelcometotheNew Simple Volume Wizard window

appears,clicknexttostarttheprocess.

15.Followtheremainingstepstocompletetheprocess.

Note: If you do not select the quick format option, this process will take much longer to complete.

16.Repeatsteps13–15foreachremaining“unallocated”disk.

17.DependingonhowyouconfiguredtheRAIDgroups,thevolumesmayalreadybeavailabletouse.IfyoucreatedaDVRAID,RAIDLevel4,orRAIDLevel5group,configurationwilltakemuchlonger.Youmaycheckontheprocessbydouble-clickingtheRAIDgroupnameinthelowerpaneoftheATTOConfigurationToolwindow.

18.OncealltheRAIDgroupshavebeenformatted,theyarereadytouse.

Remember to register your product online at http://registration.sonnettech.com to be informed of future upgrades and product releases.Software updates and links are available from the Sonnet web site at www.sonnettech.com. • Online support form available at http://supportform.sonnettech.com.Sonnet Technologies Customer Service hours are Mon.-Fri., 7 a.m.–4 p.m. Pacific Time • Customer Service Phone: 1-949-472-2772 • E-mail: [email protected] Technologies, Inc., California USA • Tel: 1-949-587-3500 Fax: 1-949-457-6350

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