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1 ATTO Technology Inc. 1.0 ATTO Configuration ToolThe ATTO Configuration Tool is a utility program that displays information about installed adapters

2ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation ManualNavigating the ATTO Configuration ToolThe Device Listing window at the left of the display screen lis

3 ATTO Technology Inc. Click on the Browse button at the bottom of the tab to search for new flash files on your system such as FlashBundle_2004_02_2

4ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation ManualExhibit 1-3 The Basic Info tab when a device is chosen from the Device Listing

5 ATTO Technology Inc.Exhibit 1-4 The Flash tabExhibit 1-5 The Advanced tab on Mac OS X for the UL3 and UL4 SCSI host bus adapter families

6ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation ManualExhibit 1-6 NVRAM screen when you highlight a channel in the Device Listing

7 ATTO Technology Inc.Exhibit 1-7 The PCI information page.

8ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation Manual 1.1 Fibre Channel NVRAM settingsThe settings in the NVRAM tab vary depending upon the selected adap

9 ATTO Technology Inc.Device DiscoveryChoices: Node WWN, Port WWNDefault: Node WWNSpecifies the type of device discovery the adapter performs. Use the

10ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation ManualLoop Arbitration FairnessChoices: Enabled, DisabledDefault: EnabledLoop arbitration fairness is an a

11 ATTO Technology Inc. 1.2 SCSI NVRAM settingsThe settings in the NVRAM tab vary depending upon the selected adapter and the operating system. ATTO

12ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation ManualQuick Arbitrate & Select (Ultra320 only)Choices: Disabled, EnabledDefault: EnabledIf enabled, im

13 ATTO Technology Inc. 1.3 TroubleshootingYou may see an error message informing you about an unexpected event or incorrect information discovered b

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15 ATTO Technology Inc. 2.0 BIOS Configuration UtilityThe BIOS driver for all ATTO host adapters has a built-in BIOS Configuration Utility which mana

16ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation Manualdevice, change the Enable Selectable Boot to No, then press the spacebar again to see the candidate

17 ATTO Technology Inc. 2.1 FC BIOS Configuration UtilityDefault NVRAM settings work for most applications, but your particular hardware configuratio

18ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation Manualframe size should be set to the largest value for normal operation. However, some older devices may

19 ATTO Technology Inc. 2.2 SCSI BIOS Configuration UtilityThe default NVRAM settings work for most applications, but your particular hardware config

20ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation ManualReset Bus on StartupChoices: Yes, NoDefault: YesIf enabled, the SCSI bus is reset upon adapter initi

21 ATTO Technology Inc.Sync RateChoices: varies by adapter, see Exhibit 2.2-1Default: varies by adapter, see Exhibit 2.2-1If synchronous transfers are

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23 ATTO Technology Inc. 3.0 ATTO Utilities for WindowsThe ATTO Utilities for Windows is a collection of programs that provide adapter management, dev

24ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation Manual 3.1 Configuring Mode Pages: Alamode UtilityAlamode.exe is a Windows utility to optimize disk drive

25 ATTO Technology Inc. 3.2 ATTO Disk BenchmarkThe ATTO Utilities for Windows suite includes a utility for benchmarking drives to measure peak and su

26ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation Manualtestfile: Opens and executes the test named testfile with the extension .bmk or .tst (prior version

27 ATTO Technology Inc. 3.3 FC LUN Masking UtilityATTO host adapter drivers allow you to select which devices and Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) on a SA

28ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation Manual• You may need to run Windows Disk Administrator (Windows NT) or the Volume Manager (Windows 2000)

29 ATTO Technology Inc. 3.4 SNIA FC Host Adapter APIAPI, or Application Programming Interface, is a set of commands used by an application directing

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ATTO Technology Inc.ContentsGlossary 1.0 ATTO Configuration Tool ...1To install from the

31 ATTO Technology Inc. 3.5 Domain Validation TestingDomain Validation tests the physical connection between host adapter and devices to ensure that

32ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation ManualExhibit 3.5-1 The Domain Validation Utility screen.

33 ATTO Technology Inc. 3.6 ExpressPCI SCSI Setup UtilityThe ExpressPCI Setup Utility changes the same NVRAM parameters as described for the ATTO Con

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35 ATTO Technology Inc. 3.7 ATTO ExpressRAIDATTO ExpressRAID, which can be purchased from your ATTO dealer, creates virtual disk arrays on physical d

36ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation ManualATTO striping provides interleave sizes from 2KB to 512KB (default setting is 64KB). Please refer to

37 ATTO Technology Inc. 3.7.1 Installing ExpressRAIDThe ATTO ExpressRAID application runs under the Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Ser

38ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation Manual 3.7.2 Creating a RAID 0 GroupIf you plan to boot from a stripe group and there is a disk error, yo

39 ATTO Technology Inc. 3.8 TroubleshootingThe following suggestions may help if you are having problems.• Using the Device Manager, ensure that all

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ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation ManualAn error occurred updating the NVRAM.Feature bounds checkingMessages from Flash Tab ActionsThis is not

i ATTO Technology Inc.Appendix A Contact ATTO Technology, Inc.Customer service, sales information and technical support are available by phone Monday

ATTO Technology Inc.Quick Arbitrate & Select (Ultra320 only)Reset Bus on StartupSCSI TerminationSelection TimeoutSCSI device settingsParameters p

ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation ManualInstallation requirementsATTO recommendationsInstallation instructions 3.7.2 Creating a RAID 0 Group

ATTO Technology Inc.GlossarySome terms used in the Fibre Channel industry are defined below. More information is available through the ATTO Technology

ATTO Utilities Installation and Operation Manualhost a processor, usually a CPU and memory, which communicates with devices over an interfaceinitiator