Installation manual
79 ATTO Technology Inc. ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation Manual
Heartbeat
Choices: enabled, disabled
Default: enabled
When enabled, requires the firmware to respond to
periodic activity. If the firmware does not respond, the
system driver resets the firmware on the adapter.
Port Configuration (R348 only)
Choices: 8 Internal or 4 Intrn, 4 Extrn
Default: 8 Internal
Indicates the active port configuration for the
ExpressSAS R348 adapter. The
8Internal
parameter
indicates the two internal SAS connectors are active and
the external connector is not active. The
4Intrn, 4Extrn
indicates one internal connector is active and one
external connector is active.
Reset to Defaults
Returns all settings to the factory defaults.
Displaying the drive list (ExpressSAS RAID adapter only)
Selecting the
Display Drive List
menu displays a list
of all disks which are connected to the adapter with the
following information for each:
Adp#
indicates the adapter number for the
ExpressSAS RAID adapter to which the drive is
connected.
ID
displays the drive ID number within the adapter.
Vendor ID
displays the drive manufacturer’s vendor
name.
Product ID
displays the drive’s product name.
Capacity
displays the drive’s byte capacity.
RAID Group
contains the name of the RAID group to
which the drive is assigned. The field may be blank or
can indicate a RAID group name or Hot Spare status.
Member State
displays the drive’s current state.
The Display Drive List menu highlights the first
drive in the list.
Use the up and down arrows to
highlight other disks. The highlighted drive is accessed
and its activity light blinks. Select the following
functions from this menu:
Show Drive Detail
Type
Enter
or
D
to display more information about the
highlighted drive.
Select Drive
Type
Space Bar
to allow multiple drives to be selected.
The selection is removed by typing
Space Bar
a second
time.
Scan
Type
S
to clear and refresh the drive list.
Clean
Type
C
to clean all metadata from the selected drives.
Drives must be selected by typing
Space Bar.
Hot Spare
Type
H
to assign the selected drives to the Hot Spare
pool. Drives must be selected by typing
Space Bar
.
Remove Spare
Type
R
to remove the selected drives from the Hot Spare
pool. Drives must be selected by typing
Space Bar
.
Configuring RAID groups (ExpressSAS RAID adapter only)
Selecting the
Configure RAID Groups
menu
displays a list of all detected RAID groups with the
following information for each:
Group Name:
RAID group name
Drives:
number of drives in the RAID group
Capacity:
the RAID group’s total capacity
Status:
the RAID group’s current status
RAID Level:
the RAID group’s RAID level
The
Configure RAID Groups
menu highlights the
first RAID group in the list. Use the up and down
arrows to highlight other RAID groups. Select the
following functions: