Sonnet Fusion RAID Storage Systems Operation Manual
Configuration Tool and Utilities v3.21
Operation Manual
for Fusion RAID Storage Systems
Contents
1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool Overview............................................................................................. 1
About the Configuration Tool
Configuration Tool Launch
ATTO Configuration Tool Navigation
1.1 NVRAM Settings........................................................................................................................ 7
SAS Address
Boot Driver
Heartbeat
Device Wait Time
Device Wait Count
Spinup Delay
1.2 RAID Settings........................................................................................................................... 9
Preliminary Configuration Steps
DVRAID RAID Group Setup
Custom RAID Group Setup
Mac OS Drive Formatting
Windows Drive Formatting
Hot Spares Usage
RAID Group Management Overview
RAID Group Capacity Expansion
RAID Level Migration
RAID Group Deletion
RAID Group Rebuilding
1.3 Drive and RAID Group Monitoring............................................................................................ 17
Basic Drive Information
Detailed Drive Information
RAID Group Information
Individual Drive Identification
S.M.A.R.T. Data Monitoring
S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Enabling and Disabling
S.M.A.R.T. Status Checking
S.M.A.R.T. Attribute Filtering
S.M.A.R.T. Notifications
Contents
1.4 Notifications......................................................................................................... 21
Basic Alerts
Logging
E-Mail Alert
1.5 Diagnose and Replace a Faulted Drive................................................................................ 23
Faulted Drive Identification
Faulted Drive Replacement
1.6 Configuration Tool Troubleshooting.......................................................................................... 25
Messages from NVRAM Tab Actions
An error occurred loading NVRAM data.
Warning: NVRAM could not be read, defaults returned.
An error occurred updating the NVRAM.
Feature bounds checking
Messages from Flash Tab Actions
This is not a flash file, or it is corrupt.
This HBA is not compatible with the selected flash file.
A valid file was not selected.
An error occurred reading from the flash file, the file may be corrupt.
An error occurred updating the flash.
The card has been prepared for firmware updating…
2.0 Windows Only - ATTO Disk Benchmark..................................................................................... 27
Benchmark Fields
Radio Button Group
Multiple Benchmark Testing
2.1 ATTO Disk Benchmark Troubleshooting..................................................................................... 29
Appendix A - CLI ASCII-Based Interface........................................................................................... i
CLI Error Messages
CLI Summary
CLI Command Explanations
Appendix B - Quick Format Instructions........................................................................................ xii
Mac OS Users’ Instructions
Windows Users’ Instructions
1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool Overview
About the Configuration Tool
The 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:
• Mac OS X 10.4 or later
• Windows Vista /XP/Server 2003/2000
• Linux 2.6 kernel, x86 and x64
Note: Java version 1.5 or later must be installed.
The ATTO Configuration Tool displays:
• The name of the Sonnet RAID controller (
Rxxx adapter)
• Information about the drivers controlling the Sonnet RAID
controller, including version information for both the currently
executing driver and the flash image
• Information about drives attached to the Sonnet RAID controller
You may use the Configuration Tool to:
• Manage RAID groups
• Configure RAID Event notifications
• Modify the RAID controller’s NVRAM settings
• Revert to default factory settings
• Update the RAID controller’s flash image
• Update firmware on huge disk arrays
The factory settings on your Sonnet RAID controller should
provide excellent performance for a wide range of applications.
However, some applications may benefit from modification of
the controller’s NVRAM settings that tune the controller for a
specific performance range.
listed as an ExpressSAS
Configuration Tool Launch
1. Locate the application icon in the folder created during
installation.
2. Double-click the ATTO Configuration icon to start the
application.
WARNING: Back up system data when installing or
changing hardware configurations.
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.
The main screen has three panes: Device Listing, Configuration
Options and Status. See
Figure 1 on page 3.
ATTO Configuration Tool Navigation
The Device Listing pane at the left of the window lists all devices
(controllers and drives) currently connected to the system.
Expand the device tree to reveal additional detail on connected
devices.
Support Note: In the Device Listing pane of the ATTO
Configuration Tool window, the Sonnet RAID controller is
identified as an ExpressSAS Rxxx.
The Configuration Options pane provides information and
options for a device highlighted in the device listing.
If you highlight a device in the
panes are displayed for that device.
The following chart specifies the tabs that are displayed for the
indicated device type.
Tree Node Tab(s) Displayed
Controller Basic Info, Flash, RAID, RAID CLI, Advanced
Channel NVRAM, PCI Info
RAID Groups Basic Info, Flash
Local Host Basic Info, Notifications
The following tabs are displayed in the Configuration Options
pane when you select a specific controller in the Device Listing
pane.
• The
Basic Info tab provides information about the Sonnet
RAID controller when it is highlighted in the Device Listing
pane, or the computer if localhost is highlighted. You cannot
make changes from these screens. See
Figure 3 on page 4.
Flash tab provides information about the current flash
• The
version programmed on the highlighted controller. See
4 on page 4.
Click the Browse button at the bottom of the tab to search for
new flash files on your system such as FlashBundle_2007_02_
27.R380.
Once you’ve selected the flash file, click the Update button to
automatically update your Sonnet RAID controller.
• The
their RAID group and hot spare associations, and their
operating status. See
• The
interface, which, as an alternative to application menu-based
commands, enables the use of ASCII-based commands to control
configuration and diagnostic tasks. See
RAID tab provides information about attached drives,
RAID CLI tab provides access to the command line
Device Listing pane, tabs and
Figure 2 on page 3 and
Figure
Figure 5 on page 5.
Figure 6 on page 5.
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1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool Overview
ATTO Configuration Tool Navigation (continued)
• The Advanced tab does not function with the Sonnet RAID
controller; clicking this tab merely displays a message.
• When you select a specific channel under the Sonnet RAID
controller in the Device Listing pane, the
the NVRAM parameters applicable to the Sonnet RAID
controller and channel selected. Refer to NVRAM Settings on
page 7, and Configuration Tool Troubleshooting on page 25
for information about NVRAM settings.
• The Sonnet RAID controller’s information is displayed in the
PCI Info tab. See Figure 7 on page 6.
NVRAM tab displays
• The current status of the
the
Status pane at the bottom of the window.
About window
The
About window, displayed when About is selected from the
Help menu, lists the ATTO Configuration Tool’s version number.
See
Figure 8 on page 6.
Configuration Tool is represented in
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1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool Overview
Opening Screen
Figure 1
Basic Info tab when Local Host chosen in the Device Listing pane
Figure 2
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1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool Overview
Basic Info tab when the Sonnet RAID controller is chosen in the Device Listing pane
Figure 3
Flash tab when the Sonnet RAID controller is chosen in the Device Listing pane
Figure 4
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1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool Overview
RAID tab when the Sonnet RAID controller is chosen in the Device Listing pane
Figure 5
RAID CLI tab when the Sonnet RAID controller is chosen in the Device Listing pane
Figure 6
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1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool Overview
PCI Info tab
About Configuration Tool window
Figure 7
Figure 8
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1.1 NVRAM Settings
The settings in the NVRAM tab vary depending upon the operating
system.
The Sonnet RAID controller is designed to operate properly using
factory settings. Entering invalid or incorrect settings when using
an NVRAM configuration utility such as the ATTO Configuration
Tool may cause your controller to function incorrectly. See
Figure 9 on page 8.
WARNING: Back up system data when installing or
changing hardware configurations.
Use caution when making changes to NVRAM settings and only
make changes to those with which you are familiar. Once you
have made the desired changes, click Commit to save the changes.
Click Save to name and save an NVRAM configuration. Click Load
to load a saved NVRAM configuration.
until you reboot the system.
If you do not want to make any changes, you may choose one of
the following
Defaults: restores the controller to factory default settings. The
•
Commit button must be clicked to save any changes.
Changes do not take effect
Device Wait Time
Choices: 1–255 seconds
Default: 3
Specifies the number of seconds that the driver waits for devices
to appear.
Device Wait Count
Choices: 1–255 devices
Default: 1
Specifies the number of devices that must appear in order to cancel
the Device Wait Time period.
Spinup Delay
Choices: 0-20 seconds
Default: 0
Specifies the number of seconds each SAS port waits for disk drives
to spin up.
Restore: reverts to the NVRAM settings saved the last time the
•
Commit button was used. Clicking Commit is not necessary.
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.
SAS Address
Read only
Displays the SAS address assigned to the controller. The value
cannot be modified.
Boot Driver (Windows only)
Choices: enabled, scan only, disabled
Default: disabled
If enabled and disk drives are detected during the bus scan, the
BIOS driver remains resident. If disabled, the BIOS starts, resets
the controller chip and unloads the driver.
If
Scan Only is selected, the BIOS driver scans the bus and displays
the devices attached, then unloads itself after a brief delay.
Heartbeat
Choices: enabled, disabled
Default: enabled
When enabled, the Sonnet RAID controller‘s firmware is required
to respond to periodic activity. If the firmware does not respond,
the system driver resets the firmware on the controller.
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1.1 NVRAM Settings
NVRAM settings tab
Figure 9
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1.2 RAID Settings
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.
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.
Use the ATTO Configuration Tool to set up RAID groups on your
Sonnet RAID controller in one of the following RAID levels:
• JBOD
• RAID Level 0
• RAID Level 1
• RAID Level 4
• RAID Level 5
• RAID Level 6
• RAID Level 10
• DVRAID
Support Note: DVR AID 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 per formance is
decreased in order to accomplish this optimization.
DVRAID RAID groups may be set up automatically by the ATTO
Configuration Tool. All other RAID configurations require
customized input.
Each RAID group may be divided into one or more partitions;
each partition appears to the host operating system as a virtual
disk.
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.
You may use the command line interface pane from the
RAID
CLI tab in the ATTO Configuration Tool to set up or modify
various parameters (Refer to Appendix A).
However, the menubased procedures listed in this chapter are the preferred
procedures for setting up RAID configurations for the Sonnet
RAID controller.
Preliminary Configuration Steps
1. Launch the ATTO Configuration Tool application.
2. The Configuration Tool main screen appears. See Figure 10
on
page 12 for an overview of the screen. In the Device
Listing pane on the left side of the window, click ExpressSAS
Rxxx under
Support Note: In the Device Listing pane of the ATTO
identified as an ExpressSAS Rxxx.
localhost.
Configuration Tool window, the Sonnet RAID controller is
3. Click the RAID tab; attached drives are displayed in the top
pane, while RAID groups and Hot Spares are displayed in the
bottom pane.
DVRAID RAID Group Setup
The DVRAID wizard automatically sets up a DVRAID RAID
group using all available drives attached to the Sonnet RAID
controller. If you do not want all available drives set up in a
DVRAID RAID group, either remove the drives from the drive
enclosure, or select Custom RAID setup.
WARNING: After selecting the DVRAID, R AID 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).
1. After completing Preliminary Configuration Steps on this
page, select RAID Management > Create Group > DVRAID
Setup from the application menu.
2. A dialog window will pop up, asking whether you want
to perform an Express Setup Operation of DVRAID; click
Yes. The ATTO Configuration Tool automatically uses all
unassigned drives to create a DVRAID RAID group. While the
RAID group is being created, a message box displays and the
panes display the RAID groups.
3.
The RAID group must still be formatted by your computer’s
operating system software before it becomes available for use.
For Mac users, use Disk Utility; for Windows users, use Disk
Management. For more information on drive formatting, see
Mac OS Drive Formatting or Windows Drive Formatting on
page 11.
4. After formatting, RAID groups may be used during the setup
operation, but performance is limited until setup is complete.
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1.2 RAID Settings
Custom RAID Group Setup
1. After completing Preliminary Configuration Steps on page 9,
select RAID Management > Create Group > Customized
from the application menu.
2. Select the first set of options to configure the new RAID
group. See
Name: name the RAID group or use the one assigned by
•
the Configuration Tool. The name must be unique and no
more than 14 characters.
•
Level: select a RAID group level from the drop-down box.
Support Note: Descriptions of basic RAID levels can be
address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID#Standard_levels
• Interleave: select an interleave value. The default value is
64 KB.
Support Note: The interleave value of 128KB offers the
• Mirror Count: select the number of mirror groups when
RAID 1 or RAID 10 RAID groups are created.
Figure 11 on page 12.
found on the Wikipedia.org Web site at the following
best performance for most SATA drives.
4. Click
•
Next. Select the next set of options to configure the
new RAID group. See
Figure 13 on page 13.
Sector Size: select a sector size from the drop down box.
The default is 512 bytes.
Windows Support Note: Choosing the 4K sector size
enables the creation and use of R AID volumes larger than
2TB on systems running Windows XP 32-bit.
• Speed Read: select Always, Adaptive, or Never. The default
is Adaptive.
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.
•
Rebuild Priority: select High, Same, or Low. The default is
Low.
Auto Rebuild: on or off.
•
5. If you want the RAID group to be presented as one virtual
disk (partition), click Finish. If you want more than one
virtual disk (partition), click
Next (see Figure 14 on page 14),
and then select one of the following options:
• Initialize: select Advanced or Express.
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.
3. Click Next. Select the drives in the top pane and drag them
into the device area in the bottom pane. See
Figure 12 on
page 13.
• leave as one partition
• partition by count
• partition by size
If you choose to split the RAID group by count or capacity,
you must enter additional information.
6. If you have not already done so, click
Finish.
7. A confirmation dialog box asks you to approve the
configuration you have chosen. Click
Yes. See Figure 15 on
page 14.
8. Every RAID group must be formatted by your computer’s
operating system software before it becomes available for use; Mac
users will use Disk Utility, while Windows users will use Disk
Management. For more information on drive formatting, see
Mac OS Drive Formatting or Windows Drive Formatting on
page 11.
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1.2 RAID Settings
Mac OS Drive Formatting
1. Depending on how you configure your setup, a Disk Insertion
window stating that there is an unreadable volume will
appear at some point during the RAID group creation process;
click Initialize, and then Disk Utility will open.
2. In the
3. Click the Erase button; a window will appear asking you to
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each remaining unformatted RAID
5. Depending on how you configured the RAID groups, the
Disk Utility window, each RAID group you created
using the ATTO Configuration Tool will appear as a single
volume. Select the volume, and then click the Erase tab at the
top of the window.
approve your choice; click Erase.
group, and then close Disk Utility.
volumes may already be mounted and present on the desktop.
If you created a DVRAID, RAID 4, RAID 5, or RAID 6 RAID
group, configuration will take much longer. You may check
on the process by double-clicking the volume name in the
lower pane of the
ATTO Configuration Tool window.
Windows Drive Formatting
1. Select Computer Management From the Windows Start
menu. If Computer Management is not available in the Start
Menu, select Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools.
In the
Administrative Tools window, double-click Computer
Management.
8. Depending on how you configured the RAID groups, the
volumes may already be available to the system. If you
created a DVRAID, RAID 4, RAID 5, or RAID 6 RAID group,
configuration will take much longer. You may check on the
process by double-clicking the volume name in the lower
pane of the
9. Once all the RAID groups have been formatted, they are
ready to use.
ATTO Configuration Tool window.
2. In the Computer Management window, click Storage on the
left, and then double-click Disk Management.
3. When the Initialize Disk window appears, click OK.
4. In the Disk Management window, each RAID group you
created will appear (listed as “unallocated”) as a single volume.
Right-click where the word “unallocated” appears, and then
select New Simple Volume.
5. When the Welcome to the
appears, click next to start the process.
6. Follow the remaining steps to complete the process.
Note: If you do not select the quick format option, formatting will take
much longer to complete.
7. Repeat steps 4–6 for each remaining “unallocated” disk.
New Simple Volume Wizard window
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