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ATTO Celerity Fibre Channel Host Adapters
Installation and Operation Manual
Celerity FC-44ES
4-Gb FC quad channel PCIe host adapter
Celerity FC-42ES
4-Gb FC dual channel PCIe host adapter
Celerity FC-41ES
4-Gb FC single channel PCIe host adapter
Celerity FC-41EL
4-Gb FC single channel host adapter
Celerity FC-42XS
4-Gb FC dual channel PCI-X host adapter
Celerity FC-41XS
4-Gb FC single channel PCI-X host adapter
Celerity FC-21PS
2-Gb FC single channel PCI-X host adapter
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ATTO Technology, Inc. 155 CrossPoint Parkway Amherst, New York 14068 USA www.attotech.com Tel (716) 691-1999 Fax (716) 691-9353 Sales support: sls@attotech.com Technical support: Monday -- Friday, 8am-8pm EST techsupp@attotech.com © 2007 ATTO Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. 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 express written permission of ATTO Technology, Inc. 9/2007 .....
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Contents 1 ATTO provides Fibre Channel solutions ..........................................1 Celerity FC-44ES Adapter Celerity FC-42ES Adapter Celerity FC-41ES Adapter Celerity FC-41EL Adapter Celerity FC-42XS Adapter Celerity FC-41XS Adapter Celerity FC-21PS Adapter Celerity selection guide 2 Fibre Channel is a key technology for storage ................................9 Glossary 3 Installing and updating drivers .........................................................11 Specialized configura
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1 ATTO provides Fibre Channel solutions The ATTO Celerity Fibre Channel family of storage products provides connectivity, intelligence and scalability. Celerity FC host adapters simplify advanced storage networking needs such as switching, backup and data management. Specifically designed to enhance the functionality of third party fabric hardware and software, Celerity FC products are the industry-leading platform for storage connectivity. Celerity FC-44ES Adapter • Conforms to PCI Express C
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Celerity FC-42ES Adapter The Celerity FC-42ES is a dual-channel host adapter Environmental & physical specifications providing port density for Enterprise server and • Operating temperature: 0-45ºC (32º-113ºF) workstation applications. With 4-Gb FC speeds of up • Storage temperature: -40º to 70ºC (-40º to 158ºF) to 800 MB/sec. per channel, the FC-42ES supports the • Relative humidity: 5 to 95% non-condensing most demanding application requirements. • 100 lf/m (minimum) airflow recommended A
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Celerity FC-41ES Adapter The Celerity FC-41ES is a single-channel host adapter Environmental & physical specifications providing support for the most demanding application • Conforms to PCIe low profile form factor requirements. With 4-Gb FC speeds of up to 800 specifications • Length: 5.600 inches MB/sec. per channel, the FC-41ES is a cost effective • Height: 2.712 inches connectivity solution for environments requiring • Operating temperature: 0-45ºC (32º-113ºF) maximum throughput. • Stor
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Celerity FC-41EL Adapter The Celerity FC-41EL is a single-channel host Environmental & physical specifications adapter. With 4-Gb FC speeds of up to 800 MB/sec., • Conforms to PCIe low profile form factor the FC-41EL supports the most demanding application specifications • Operating temperature: 0 to 45º C (32-113º F) requirements. • Storage temperature: -40 to 70ºC (-40 to 158º F) The FC-41EL takes advantage of the latest in host • Relative humidity: 10 to 90% non-condensing interconnect te
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Celerity FC-42XS Adapter The dual-channel Celerity FC-42XS host adapter • Length: 6.600 inches • Height: 2.536 inches provides the highest available throughput for Fibre • Operating temperature: 0-45ºC (32º-113ºF) Channel applications while protecting technology • Storage temperature: -40º to 70ºC (-40º to investments via backward compatibility with existing 158ºF) infrastructure. • Relative humidity: 5 to 95% non-condensing With speeds of up to 800 MB/sec. per channel, the FC- • 3.3V@ 1.5A
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Celerity FC-41XS Adapter The single-channel Celerity FC-41XS provides speeds PCI bus specifications of up to 800 MB/sec. using full 4-Gigabit Fibre • 64-bit, 133 MHz PCI-X Channel performance while being fully backward- • PCI-X 1.0a compliant • PCI 2.2 compliant compatible with existing 2-GB and 1-Gb Fibre • 3.3V PCI signaling only Channel infrastructure, protecting existing technology investments. It is capable of supporting the most data- Environmental & physical specifications intense app
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Celerity FC-21PS Adapter The Celerity FC-21PS Fibre Channel host adapter Environmental & physical specifications provides a single 2-Gb Fibre Channel connection from • Conforms to PCI low profile form factor host devices to the Storage Area Network (SAN) standards • Length: 6.600 inches fabric. • Height: 2.536 inches The FC-21PS supports the leading operating systems, • Operating temperature: 0-45ºC (32º-113ºF) providing a single solution for all connectivity needs. • Storage temperature
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Celerity selection guide Celerity Celerity Celerity Celerity Celerity Celerity FC-41ES FC-44ES FC-42ES FC-42XS FC-41XS FC-21PS FC-41EL Product Features 42 1 2 1 1 Fibre Channel Ports FC protocol 4-Gb 4-Gb 4-Gb 4-Gb 4-Gb 2-Gb Maximum Transfer Rate (half 1.6 GB/sec 800 MB/sec 400 MB/sec 800 MB/sec 400 MB/sec 200 MB/sec duplex) Maximum Transfer Rate (full- 1 GB/sec (ES) 1 2 GB/sec 800 MB/sec 1 GB/sec 800 MB/sec 400 MB/sec 1.6 GB/sec (EN) duplex) PCIe PCIe PCIe PCI-X PCI-X PCI-X Bus Type 64-bit 64
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2 Fibre Channel is a key technology for storage Fibre Channel is a serial communications technology designed to transfer large amounts of data among a variety of hardware systems over long distances. It is a key technology for applications that require shared, high bandwidth access to storage. Fibre Channel provides a logical, point-to-point, protocols are able to run over Fibre Channel serial channel for the transfer of data between a hardware. buffer at a source device and a buffer at a Th
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Term Definition fabric a Fibre Channel switch of two or more Fibre Channel switches interconnected to physically transmit data between any two N_Ports on the switch or switches FC Fibre Channel F_port a port in the Fibre Channel fabric where a N_port may attach FL_port a port in the Fibre Channel fabric where a NL_port may attach in an arbitrated loop frame an indivisible unit for transfer of information in Fibre Channel frame header the first field in the frame containing the address and othe
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3 Installing and updating drivers Before installing your Celerity adapter, you must configure your system to recognize and use it by installing drivers for your operating system. Configure your system to recognize and use your ATTO Celerity adapters ship with the latest Celerity adapter by firmware installed. • installing drivers for your operating system The Celerity FC Installation CD shipped with • updating the adapter firmware if necessary (refer your adapter contains the latest drive
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the wizard default settings to complete the Upgrading an existing Celerity FC driver installation. 1 Log on to Windows as the System Administrator. Creating a boot disk 2 Insert your Celerity FC Installation Disk and run autorun.bat Note 3In Windows Drivers, select your operating The procedure described below does not system version. apply to Windows Server 2003 for Itanium systems because the Celerity FC driver does 4 Click on Install Driver. not support boot functionality on Itanium
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Creating a Celerity FC installation floppy Creating a floppy disk from a download 1 Download the latest driver software from the Note ATTO website, www.attotech.com. You must have a floppy disk with the Celerity 2 The download is a self-extracting executable FC driver software to install a fresh copy of that expands the driver software package. Run the Windows OS onto a disk attached to a the self-extracting executable and select a Celerity FC adapter. folder to place the expanded softw
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4 Hardware installation You need a basic understanding of Fibre Channel before installing the Celerity FC host adapter. Please refer to Fibre Channel is a key technology for storage on page 9 for a list of related websites. WWN 0 all adapters CA CAUT UTION ION WWN 1: 44ES, 42ES, 42XS Back up your system data before changing WWN 2 44ES or installing any hardware. WWN 3 44ES System requirements Installation The Celerity FC host adapter package contains the CA CAUT UTIO ION N host adapter, the
