ATTO Technology FastStream SC 5300 User manual

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Installation Guide
Verify the contents of your packing box
• ATTO FastStream SC 5300. Note the serial
number of your FastStream SC 5300 for later
use: ____________________________
• Power cord
• Ethernet cable
• RS-232 serial cable
• “L” brackets
• Setup CD including Express Power Center,
ExpressStripe, QuickNAV, Benchmark tool,
Celerity driver, installation guides and
Installation and Operation Manual
Install the Celerity storage adapter
1 Power off your computer and install the ATTO
Celerity storage adapter in the bottom PCI-X or
PCIe slot of your HP XW Workstation.
2 Power up your system.
3 Install the Celerity driver by clicking the
setup.exe file located in the Celerity folder on
the included setup CD. Follow the instructions
and continue to the next step.
Note
Windows ® users: click OK for each warning
message box presented.
Install the FastStream SC 5300
1 Place the FastStream SC 5300 on a stable flat
surface or install it into a standard 19” rack by
attaching the supplied “L” brackets
2 Connect the Ethernet port to your network
using a Cat 5e Ethernet cable or better.
3 Connect your SCSI cables to the MediaDock™
II chassis in single bus mode or split bus mode.
See Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2.
Exhibit 1 FastStream SC 5300 in single bus attached to
MediaDock II units
Exhibit 2 FastStream SC 5300 in split bus attached to
a MediaDock II
4 Connect the LC-LC Fibre Channel cables from
the FastStream SC 5300 to the Celerity storage
adapter.
5 Connect the AC power cord from the
FastStream SC 5300 to the proper AC source
outlet.
6 Turn on power to the FastStream SC 5300
using the switch on the back of the appliance.

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Discover the IP address
1 Open the QuickNAV-windows.exe program
found in the Utilities directory on the CD
supplied with your FastStream SC 5300.
2 The ATTO QuickNAV Wizard screen appears.
Click Next.
3 Highlight the ATTO FastStream SC 5300 serial
number. Refer to Verify the contents of your
packing box on page 1.
4 Click Next.
Note
If a DHCP server is not available on your
network, refer to the Installation and Operation
Manual for further instructions.
5 Click on Launch Browser. The FastStream SC
5300 GUI initial welcome screen appears.
Initial configuration
CAUTIONCAUTION
Selecting Commit during configuration
causes all previous storage data on drives
to be erased. Make sure data is backed up.
1 At the initial welcome screen for your ATTO
FastStream SC 5300 in your web browser click
on Enter Here.
2 Enter the username and password in the login
box. Default values are
• Username: root
• Password: Password.
Passwords are case sensitive.
3 Click OK
4 At the Initial Setup screen, choose the Avid
Digital Video button.
5 Click Next
Note
The FastStream SC 5300 supports
configurations of 6, 12 or 24 JBOD drives. The
drives should be attached to the FastStream
SC 5300 and powered on.
6 All of your drives are displayed graphically on
the ATTO Digital Video Setup Wizard page.
If no drives are present, make sure your drives
are powered on and attached to the
FastStream SC 5300, then click the System
Scan button. If you do not see 6, 12 or 24
drives, consult the Installation and Operation
Manual.
7 Click on Commit
8 A warning asks to confirm your choice: setting
up RAID groups destroys existing data.
Select No to cancel the setup and return to the
initial setup page.
Select Yes to set up RAID groups.
Configuration may take more than two hours.
Note
Once the initial setup is complete, close your
browser and configure the RAID protected
storage in your specified operating system.
Refer to the
Monitor page periodically to note
system health.

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Set up Phone Home E-mail notification of
system problems. Refer to the Installation and
Operation Manual for more information.
9TheHealth and Status Monitor page appears.
PC users: continue to PC Users: Install ATTO
Express Power Center
Mac® users: continue to Mac users: install
ATTO ExpressStripe.
PC users: install ATTO Express Power Center
Note
For 6-drive configurations, skip to Step 14 on
page 3.
1 Open the Power Center folder on your setup
CD.
2 Click on the ExpressPCI x86.msi file
3 Follow the installation instructions.
4 Reboot the computer.
5 After the reboot, double click on the Express
Power Center Utility shortcut on your desktop
to start the program.
6 Press the Insert key on your keyboard and
enter the name of the RAID group you want to
create.
7 Press OK.
Note
If you are using a single bus configuration, you
must create two RAID groups.
8 Click on the Members pane.
9 Press Insert on your keyboard.
10 Enter 128 KB in the Stripe Interleave text box.
11 If you have a split bus configuration, select both
RAID drives attached to your ATTO
FastStream SC 5300.
If you have a single bus configuration with 12
300GB drives or 24 drives, select
• First RAID group:
Channel 0 ID 0 LUN 0
Channel 1 ID 0 LUN 0
• Second RAID group:
Channel 0 ID 0 LUN 1
Channel 1 ID 0 LUN 1
12 Click the disk icon in the upper left hand corner
of the program to save the configuration.
13 Close the Express Power Center application.
14 On the desktop, right click on My Computer
15 Choose Manage.
16 The Computer Management screen appears.
Click on Disk Management.

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17 Select the new unpartitioned disk.
18 Write a basic signature.
19 Right-click the basic volume you just created
and format it NTFS just as you would any
Windows volume.
Note
If you have 12 300GB drives or 24 drives,
repeat this step because you have two
volumes.
20 The setup of your storage is now complete and
you may begin using your FastStream SC
5300.
21 To ensure that your ATTO FastStream SC
5300 has been configured properly, run the
ATTO Disk Benchmark Tool included on your
installation CD.
Mac users: install ATTO ExpressStripe
1 Ensure the Celerity storage adapter (42ES or
42SX based on your system) has been installed
in your Macintosh
2 In the CD included with your ATTO FastStream
SC 5300, click on the Celerity Mac folder.
3 Click on the Disk Image file.
4 Install the ExpressStripe Application following
the installation instructions.
5 Reboot your Mac.
6 Launch ExpressStripe and enter the following
registration information.
Name: Your Name
Company: ATTO FastStream SC 5300
Serial Number: 100fb66b
Authorization Code: 27adwdd6q6wb3a72

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7 Click on the Create button.
8 Click on the RAID 0 button.
9 Select all drives connected to the ATTO
FastStream SC 5300 by clicking the open
Apple key and A.
10 Click Next.
11 The Create RAID 0 Volumes screen appears.
Click on Next.
12 The Create RAID 0 Array screen appears.
Change the interleave size to 128KB.
Note
You may also change the name of the volume
on this page
13 Click Finish.
14 On the final screen, click OK.

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The volume is created and its icon is placed on
your Desktop.
15 Verify that the volume is on the desktop.
16 To ensure that your ATTO FastStream SC
5300 has been configured properly, run the
benchmark utility included in the ExpressStripe
application.
17 Select Quit to exit from ExpressStripe and
begin using your FastStream SC 5300.