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Contents

1 ATTO Provides Storage Solutions............................................................................. 1

ExpressSAS 12Gb Host HBAs 
ExpressSAS 6Gb Host HBAs 
ExpressSAS 6Gb RAID Adapters 

2 Install Drivers................................................................................................................9

Downloading drivers from the ATTO website 
Windows
OS X (ExpressSAS H6xx and R6xx only) 
Linux 
VMware ESXi 5.x (ExpressSAS H6xx only) 
VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 (ExpressSAS H6xx only) 
VMware ESX 3.5 (ExpressSAS H6xx only) 

3 New Windows OS Installation...................................................................................12

4 New OS X Installation.................................................................................................13

5 Install Hardware......................................................................................................... 17

Installing the Adapter

 

Installing CacheAssure (ExpressSAS R6xx only) 
Non-Volatile (NV) Memory Card Installation 
Power Module Installation 
Bracket details 
Adapter board details 

6 Adaptive Path Optimization (ExpressSAS RAID only).............................................30

7 Data Path and LED Control....................................................................................... 31

LED Control for Internal SAS Connectors 

8 Troubleshooting........................................................................................................ 40

Appendix A Glossry........................................................................................................ i

Appendix B VMware Configuration & Management....................................................iii

Driver Configuration 
Adapter Management 

Appendix C Standards and Compliances....................................................................vi

Appendix D Safety and Warranty.................................................................................vii

Safety 
ATTO Technology, Inc. limited warranty 

Summary of Contents for ExpressSAS H1208 HBA

Page 1: ...80 HBA ExpressSAS H120F HBA ExpressSAS H12F0 HBA ExpressSAS H1244 HBA ExpressSAS H1248 HBA ExpressSAS H1288 HBA ExpressSAS H644 HBA ExpressSAS H608 HBA ExpressSAS H680 HBA ExpressSAS H60F HBA ExpressS...

Page 2: ...chnical support Monday Friday 8am 6pm EST techsupp attotech com 716 691 1999 ext 242 2015 ATTO Technology Inc All rights reserved All brand or product names are trademarks of their respective holders...

Page 3: ...OS X Installation 13 5 Install Hardware 17 Installing the Adapter Installing CacheAssure ExpressSAS R6xx only Non Volatile NV Memory Card Installation Power Module Installation Bracket details Adapte...

Page 4: ...ter including RAID using the ATTO ConfigTool Note Default settings are appropriate for most systems but you may change settings using the ATTO ConfigTool CAUTION CAUTION Back up your system data befor...

Page 5: ...tion included for use with ExpressSAS 12Gb SAS HBAs with internal connections providing a cost effective option that adds performance and protection to your storage architecture To learn more about us...

Page 6: ...ity 5 95 non condensing Power typ 12V 1 2A 3 3V 0 1A 15W Airflow 200 lf m minimum H1244 technical specifications 4 external SFF 8644 4 internal SFF 8643 SAS ports to PCIe 3 0 host interface Up to 12Gb...

Page 7: ...8643 SAS ports to PCIe 3 0 host interface Up to 12Gb s per port performance Conforms to PCIe low profile form factor Length 6 600 Height 2 536 Operating temperature 0 55 C 32 F 131 F Operating humidit...

Page 8: ...densing Storage temperature 40 70 C 40 F 157 F Storage humidity 5 95 non condensing Power typ 12V 0 6A 3 3V 0 2A 8W Airflow 100 lf m minimum H680 technical specifications Eight external SFF 8088 ports...

Page 9: ...perating humidity 5 95 non condensing Storage temperature 40 70 C 40 F 157 F Storage humidity 5 95 non condensing Power typ 12V 1 6A 3 3V 0 8A 22W Airflow 100 lf m minimum H6F0 technical specification...

Page 10: ...l SNMP R644 technical specifications Four external SFF 8088 four internal SFF 8087 ports Up to 6 Gb sec per port performance Form factor conforms to PCI low profile specification Length 6 600 Height 2...

Page 11: ...dity 5 95 non condensing Power typ 12V 0 8A 9 6W 12V 1 22A 3 3V 06A 15 05W NVCACHE charging 12V 1 00A 3 3V 06A 12 34W NVCACHE charged Airflow 150 lf m minimum R608 technical specifications Eight inter...

Page 12: ...et Explorer users may select Run to automatically run the downloaded self extracting executable file All other browser users select a download destination and run the self extracting executable file 9...

Page 13: ...Open your File Browser and browse to mnt cdrom Linux Drivers 7 Click on the driver for the ExpressSAS HBAs the driver filename appears as lnx_drv_esashba _XXX tgz where is the product family and XXX...

Page 14: ...ESXi 5 servers This allows you to include ATTO drivers as part of a boot image and install or boot ESXi 5 with that image The end result is that your server s will boot and have ATTO drivers included...

Page 15: ...the hexadecimal number from the previous step This will launch the EFI Configuration Utility for the associated adapter 3 Use the on screen menus to configure your adapter Help is available at the bo...

Page 16: ...Server 2012 2008 1 Start Windows text mode setup as described by your Windows documentation 2 Select Custom installation 3 The Where do you want to install Windows message appears Click Load Driver 4...

Page 17: ...creen menus to configure your adapter Help is available at the bottom of the screen 8 When exiting the configuration utility if you changed any settings the system will restart the adapter so the new...

Page 18: ...ettings A system NVRAM variable atto args esasraid2 atto args esashba2 for H6xx products can be used to change the behavior of the ExpressSAS driver The options are as follows e mask Specify the hexad...

Page 19: ...ATTOExpressSASRAID2 X Y Z ATTOExpressSASHBA2 X Y Z for H6xx products where X is the PCI bus number Y is the PCI device number and Z is the PCI function number In general only errors that are output fo...

Page 20: ...ation Please keep a reference copy of the number in a safe place Installing the Adapter WARNING ATTO ExpressSAS adapters contain components that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge ESD ESD can ca...

Page 21: ...SAS adapter and the Found New Hardware wizard appears Proceed through the wizard with the default settings for each adapter channel Insert the ExpressSAS installation disk when prompted After adapter...

Page 22: ...d is pre assembled to the RAID adapter If so please go directly to the Power Module Installation section If you are adding CacheAssure to a previously purchased SAS RAID adapter continue to step 3 3 G...

Page 23: ...n its PCI Express slot 1 Remove the Power Module from its electrostatic safe packaging 2 Select an area for placement of the Power Module inside of the computer Make sure it can be mounted securely an...

Page 24: ...21 Bracket details Exhibit 5 4 ExpressSAS H1208 HBA brackets Exhibit 5 5 ExpressSAS H1280 HBA brackets Exhibit 5 6 ExpressSAS H120F HBA brackets Exhibit 5 7 ExpressSAS H12F0 HBA brackets...

Page 25: ...ID Adapter Installation and Operation Manual Exhibit 5 8 ExpressSAS H1288 H1248 and H1244 HBA brackets H1288 H1244 H1248 Exhibit 5 9 ExpressSAS H644 HBA brackets Exhibit 5 10 ExpressSAS H608 HBA brack...

Page 26: ...23 Exhibit 5 12 ExpressSAS H60F HBA brackets Exhibit 5 13 ExpressSAS H6F0 HBA bracket Exhibit 5 14 ExpressSAS R644 adapter brackets Exhibit 5 15 The ExpressSAS R608 adapter brackets...

Page 27: ...24 ATTO Technology Inc ATTO ExpressSAS Host RAID Adapter Installation and Operation Manual Exhibit 5 16 ExpressSAS R680 adapter brackets Exhibit 5 17 The ExpressSAS R60F adapter brackets...

Page 28: ...25 Adapter board details Exhibit 5 18 ExpressSAS H1208 HBA board Exhibit 5 19 ExpressSAS H1280 HBA board Exhibit 5 20 ExpressSAS H120F HBA board...

Page 29: ...TO Technology Inc ATTO ExpressSAS Host RAID Adapter Installation and Operation Manual Exhibit 5 21 ExpressSAS H12F0 HBA board Exhibit 5 22 ExpressSAS H1288 HBA board Exhibit 5 23 ExpressSAS H1248 HBA...

Page 30: ...27 Exhibit 5 24 ExpressSAS H1244 HBA board Exhibit 5 25 ExpressSAS H644 HBA board Exhibit 5 26 ExpressSAS H608 HBA board...

Page 31: ...TTO Technology Inc ATTO ExpressSAS Host RAID Adapter Installation and Operation Manual Exhibit 5 27 ExpressSAS H680 HBA board Exhibit 5 28 ExpressSAS H60F HBA board Exhibit 5 29 ExpressSAS H6F0 HBA bo...

Page 32: ...29 Exhibit 5 30 ExpressSAS R644 adapter board Exhibit 5 31 ExpressSAS R680 adapter board Exhibit 5 32 ExpressSAS R608 adapter board...

Page 33: ...S RAID adapter see Exhibit 6 1 This eliminates a single point of failure between the adapter and storage and may also provide a performance improvement As a third option SAS drives have two connection...

Page 34: ...H608 and H60F These adapters have been designed to affect LED Control functionality through an SGPIO interface or an I2C interface These interfaces require different cable connections and those conne...

Page 35: ...onnectors Exhibit 7 1 5 ESAS HBA and RAID adapter summary R608 R60F H608 H60F Overall Count Number of I2C Buses 2 2 2 4 Number of I2C Headers 2 4 2 4 Number of Mini SAS Connectors 2 4 2 4 I2C BUS I2C...

Page 36: ...608 1 x6 Backplane J3 0 3 1 1 4 J2 4 5 1 5 6 R608 1 x8 Backplane J3 0 3 1 1 4 J2 4 7 1 5 8 R60F 1 x4 Backplanes J1 0 3 1 1 4 J2 n a n a n a J3 n a n a n a J4 n a n a n a R60F 1 x6 Backplanes J1 0 3 1...

Page 37: ...1 1 4 J1 4 7 2 1 4 H608 1 x6 Backplane J2 0 3 1 1 4 J1 4 5 1 5 6 H608 1 x8 Backplane J2 0 3 1 1 4 J1 4 7 1 5 8 H60F 2 x4 Backplanes J1 0 3 1 1 4 J2 4 7 2 1 4 J4 n a n a n a J3 n a n a n a H60F 1 x6 B...

Page 38: ...ce or an I2C interface These interfaces require different cable connections and those connections are specified in this chapter Using SGPIO for LED Control SGPIO with an internal mini SAS to mini SAS...

Page 39: ...P7 0 3 1 1 4 C0 J2 P6 4 7 1 5 8 C2 R60F 2 x4 Backplanes J1 P8 0 3 1 1 4 C0 J2 P9 4 7 2 1 4 C2 J3 n a n a n a n a n a J4 n a n a n a n a n a R60F 1 x6 Backplanes J1 P8 0 3 1 1 4 C0 J2 n a 4 5 1 5 6 n a...

Page 40: ...6 4 7 2 1 4 C0 J4 n a n a n a n a n a J3 n a n a n a n a n a H60F 1 x6 Backplanes J1 P5 0 3 1 1 4 C0 J2 n a 4 5 1 5 6 n a J4 n a n a n a n a n a J3 n a n a n a n a n a H60F 1 x4 1x6 Backplane See exam...

Page 41: ...ample Configurations Example 1 R608 with 2 Intel x4 backplanes The backplanes are controlled by SES I2C Example 2 R608 with 2 Intel x4 backplanes The backplanes are controlled by SGPIO Example 3 R60F...

Page 42: ...39 Example 4 H608 with 2 Intel x4 backplanes The backplanes are controlled by SES I2C Example 5 H60F with an Intel x6 backplane and an Intel x4 backplane The backplanes are controlled by SES I2C...

Page 43: ...TO website Refer to the ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation Manual for additional information Note Logging features are only available if the ATTO ConfigTool service is installed We recommend in...

Page 44: ...s that is used to attach low speed peripherals to a motherboard backplane or embedded system I2C Header I2C header is a connector on the adapter used to connect an I2C cable LED Light emitting diode a...

Page 45: ...sport the SES protocol instead of SCSI SAS Fibre Channel etc SGPIO A serial GPIO protocol used to control LED indicators on a backplane Sideband Connector Connector on Mini SAS cables used to carry an...

Page 46: ...he system log Default is 0 none atto_max_sectors Maximum number of disk sectors in a single data transfer Default is 65535 largest possible value can_queue Maximum number of commands per adapter chann...

Page 47: ...n the following command cat proc scsi driver name channel This command displays the following information Adapter type Driver BIOS and Firmware versions Driver Parameters Adapter Model and Identifier...

Page 48: ...Extract the contents of the tar file using tar xvzf tar file 3 Change to the extracted directory using cd vmw_app_hbacli_ date 4 Run the installer cli_install sh 5 Follow the instructions to complete...

Page 49: ...ference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit...

Page 50: ...TO Technology Inc limited warranty ATTO Technology Inc ATTO warrants to the original purchaser of this product Product that the Product is free from defects in material and workmanship for the term de...

Page 51: ...THE MEDICAL FIELD OR II USE IN RUGGED APPLICATIONS ATTO IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER ATTO HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF S...

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