Installation manual

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Select a Storage Controller
The following tabs display in the Configuration
Options
window when you select a specific storage
controller in the
Device Listing window.
• The Basic Info tab provides basic
information about the device currently
highlighted in the device listing. See Exhibit
1.0-3 on page 8.
• The Flash tab provides information about
the current revision of flash loaded on the
highlighted storage controller. See Exhibit
1.0-4 on page 9. Click on the Browse button
at the bottom of the tab to search for new
flash files on your host. Click on the Update
button to initiate the firmware flashing
process using the previously selected
firmware.
• The RAID tab displays information about the
drive inventory, existing RAID groups and
Hot Spare devices. From the RAID tab you
can create, modify and delete RAID groups.
See Exhibit 1.5.1--1 on page 17
.
• The RAID CLI tab allows experienced users
to enter RAID Command Line Interface
commands to the SAS RAID storage
controller.
• The Tasks tab displays information about
tasks that are scheduled to run. In this tab,
users can reschedule a task or remove the
scheduled task.
Select a Channel
The following tabs display in the Configuration
Options
window when you select a specific channel
in the
Device Listing window:
• The Basic Info tab displays PCI information
for the selected channel.
• The NVRAM tab displays the NVRAM
parameters of the selected channel. For:
• Celerity and ThunderLink FC - see
Chapter 1.1 page 10
• FastFrame - see Chapter 1.2 page 12
• ExpressPCI - see Chapter 1.3 page 13
• ExpressSAS, ThunderLink SH and
ThunderStream SC - see Chapter 1.4
page 15
See, also, Exhibit 1.0-5 on page 9
.
Note
ATTO storage controllers are designed to
operate properly using factory settings.
Entering invalid or incorrect settings when
using an NVRAM configuration utility such
as the ATTO ConfigTool may cause your
storage controller to function incorrectly.
Select a Device
The following tabs display in the Configuration
Options
window when you select a specific device in
the
Device Listing window:
• The Basic Info tab displays information
about the selected device.
• The Flash tab provides a tool to update the
firmware of the selected device. The flash
tool is only available for devices that support
flash update.
• The SES tab displays SES (SCSI Enclosure
Services) status information, such as power
supplies and fans, for SES devices.
About panel
The About panel, selected from the About menu item
in the
Help menu, is an informational page which
displays a list of components installed for the ATTO
ConfigTool, the tool's version number and ATTO
Technology contact information.