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ATTO Technology, Inc.
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ATTO BridgeTools
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for ATTO FibreBridge 1100, 2100, 3100, 2200, 3200
Installation & Operations Manual
Copyright © 2002 ATTO Technology, Incorporated. All brand or product names are trademarks of their
respective holders. No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the
expressed written permission of ATTO Technology, Incorporated.
Jan. 2002.....................................................2.10.....Document Control Number: PRMA–0312
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Contents 1 ATTO FibreBridge supports diverse SAN needs .............................1 2 BridgeTools aids FibreBridge management ....................................3 Glossary 3 Installing the BridgeTools program ..................................................5 Requirements Installation step by step 4 The BridgeTools graphical interface is ready ..................................7 4.1 FibreBridge connection pages ............................................9 Welcome page In-Band Fibre Channel
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1 ATTO FibreBridge supports diverse SAN needs TM The ATTO FibreBridge family of products provides a Fibre Channel-to-SCSI bridge available as a Compact PCI board, a stand alone enclosure that can be fitted for rackmount integration, or a desktop unit, depending on the model and your needs. The ATTO FibreBridge family of products share Please refer to the Technical Specifications and common forms and functions to provide the most the FibreBridge Installation and Operation versatile connecti
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FibreBridge family Exhibit 1-1 ATTO Technology Inc. has a complete line of FibreBridge products to fit your needs. TM ATTO FibreBridge feature availability matrix 1180E/D 1190E 2200R/D 2300E/R/D 3200R 3300R 4500C/R/D FC Ports 111 11 13 FC port 000 00 0 0, 1, 2 number (fp) FC interface DB9/SC DB9/SC GBIC SFP GBIC SFP SC Data transfer 1 Gigabit 1 Gigabit 1 Gigabit 2 Gigabit 1 Gigabit 2 Gigabit 1 Gigabit SCSI ports 1 2 2 22 24 SCSI bus 0 0, 1 0, 1 0, 1 0, 1 0, 1 0, 1, 2, 3 number (sb) Configuration
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2 BridgeTools aids FibreBridge management TM ATTO BridgeTools is a Java-based configuration utility designed to flash firmware and manage the configuration of your ATTO FibreBridge. Fibre Channel is a serial communications ATTO FibreBridge models provide the interface technology designed to transfer large amounts of between SCSI and Fibre Channel resources in data between a variety of hardware systems over SANs. Possible configurations depend upon your long distances. It is a key technology
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Glossary Glossary Some terms used in the Fibre Channel industry are defined below. More information is available through the Fibre Channel Industry Association (www.fibrechannel.com), the Storage Area Networking Industry Association (www.snia.org) and the Fibre Channel Consortium (www.iol.unh.edu). Term Definition fabric A Fibre Channel switch or two or more Fibre Channel switches interconnected to physically transmit data between any two N_Ports on a switch or switches. failover The substi
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3 Installing the BridgeTools program The installation and startup procedures are the same for all FibreBridge models except for the configuration panels. 2 Choose a location for program files ATTO FibreBridge models provide the interface installation. The default location is between SCSI and Fibre Channel resources in C:\Program Files\BridgeTools. Click the SANs. Possible configurations depend upon your “Choose” button to select an alternative current hardware and what you need to do.
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Installing the program 4 The installer will set up Program Group and 5 Click OK on the SUN execution options load necessary files. A message will appear window. An installation wizard will indicating completion. automatically appear to guide installation. 6 Choose a location for program files Note: An uninstaller program can be found in installation. The default location is the home the Program Group. directory. Click the Choose button to select 5 Java Virtual Machine software, built in t
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4 The BridgeTools graphical interface is ready Once you have connected your computer to the FibreBridge, installed BridgeTools and started the program, the graphical interface is available to configure and monitor your FibreBridge. CAUTION To take effect, changes made with Fibre Channel link) for updating and/or BridgeTools must be saved to the FibreBridge and the configuring your FibreBridge. You will then be bridge must either be power cycled or a Restart guided through all the available
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Starting up Exhibit 4-2 Typical use of tabs, panels and information across the bottom of the screen. Top screen shot: Connection through FibreChannel. Similar screens show parameters for connecting through Ethernet and the serial port. Exhibit 4-3 The General Panel for a serial port connection. Tabs show the other panels available for management and configuration of the FibreBridge. Exhibit 4-4 The Fibre Channel Port panel for an in-band connection. 8
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4.1 FibreBridge connection pages Welcome page FibreBridge units appears, verify the following The Welcome Page asks you to select the interface items: you are using to connect to the FibreBridge: ➔ The FibreBridge(s) is powered up Ethernet, Fibre Channel, or Serial Port, depending ➔ Cables have a secure connection. on the physical connection. Not all bridge models ➔ Your operating system recognizes the Fibre support all types of connections. Check the Channel host adapter. Installation and
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Connection pages utilities. Upon exiting BridgeTools, the COM port ➔ Stop Bits = 1 will return to its previous setting. ➔ Flow Control = None To connect to the FibreBridge, select the If a link cannot be established, BridgeTools will appropriate COM port. If no choices are available, time out and an error message will be displayed. the bios or operating system may not be If this happens, verify the following items: configured for a serial port. Refer to your ➔ The FibreBridge(s) is powered
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4.2 General panel The general panel provides some basic information about the FibreBridge. A message box at the bottom of the panel displays useful hints and suggestions. Clicking on the help icon will give a detailed explanation of each parameter, the possible values to enter and how the FibreBridge will respond to each selection. Some parameters will be “grayed out” if they do not apply to your model of the FibreBridge or if they have no effect based upon the selected value of a related pa
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4.3 SCSI Port configuration panel This panel is used to modify the SCSI parameters for the FibreBridge. Some parameters will be “grayed out” if they do not apply to your model of the FibreBridge or if they have no effect based upon the selected value of a related parameter. Each SCSI port on FibreBridge models with more than one Selection Timeout (default = 256 ms) port must be configured separately. Each has its own sub- Sets the amount of time the FibreBridge will wait for a SCSI panel mar
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4.4 Ethernet port configuration panel The Ethernet panel is used to configure the communication parameters for the Ethernet link on the FibreBridge. Some parameters will be “grayed out” if they do not apply to your model of the FibreBridge or if they have no effect based upon the selected value of a related parameter. DHCP Server (default = Auto detect) IP Address (default = 10.0.0.1) The FibreBridge Ethernet port is capable of receiving its IP Sets and displays the current IP address of the
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4.5 Serial port configuration panel The Serial Port Configuration panel configures the communication parameters for the RS-232 link on the FibreBridge. These settings must match settings selected on your host computer in order to establish a link. Some parameters will be “grayed out” if they do not apply to your model of the FibreBridge or if they have no effect based upon the selected value of a related parameter. The number of data bits is fixed at eight for the FibreBridge. FibreBridge an
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4.6 Firmware updater panel This panel is used to flash the updated FibreBridge firmware. Firmware for FibreBridge products is distributed in a .JAR 4 Click on the VIEW DOCUMENTATION button file, a compressed file containing the firmware image file to read about this version of firmware, new (*.IMA) and supporting readme documents. It is not features and any recommendations from necessary to decompress the JAR file before flashing. ATTO Technology, Inc. 5 Click on the FLASH button to erase
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4.7 Fibre Channel port configuration panel This panel is used to modify the Fibre Channel parameters for the FibreBridge. Some parameters will be “grayed out” if they do not apply to your model of the FibreBridge or if they have no effect based upon the selected value of a related parameter. ACK Mode (default = ACK1) Bus 2 (set to SCSI IDs 0, 1, 2 and 3). Configurations using ACK 0 and ACK 1 are the two different methods for sending SCSI RAID controllers or those that require more than four
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to 3, the FibreBridge will be at AL-PA 3 LUN 5 on all host For example, if the addressing pattern is set to LLLL TTTB computers. The range of valid LUNs is 0 through 255. Most and a SCSI drive is set at Target ID 4 LUN 0 connected to operating systems can only scan for the LUNs 0 through FibreBridge bus 1. The B bit is set to binary 1, the T bits are 31and you should choose between these values. set to binary 4 (100), the L bits are set to binary 0 (0000). If Address Translation is off, the
