- ATTO FibreBridge Installation & Operations Manual

ATTO Technology, Inc. ATTO FibreBridge Installation & Operation Manual
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SCSI TERMINATION .................................................................................................................................................................. 21
FIBRE CHANNEL CABLING........................................................................................................................................................ 22
GBICS.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
GBIC MODULE AND GBIC GUIDE SYSTEM .......................................................................................................................... 23
GBIC INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS...................................................................................................................................... 23
GBIC REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONS.............................................................................................................................................. 24
MEDIA INTERFACE ADAPTERS (MIA)..................................................................................................................................... 24
MIA INSTALLATION.................................................................................................................................................................. 25
CHAPTER 7: FIBREBRIDGE SERVICES .........................................................................................................................26
MONITORING AND MANAGING THE ATTO FIBREBRIDGE................................................................................................... 26
ATTO BRIDGETOOLS GRAPHICAL INTERFACE CONFIGURATION PROGRAM................................................................... 26
ACCESSING THE ATTO FIBREBRIDGE OVER THE RS-232 INTERFACE .............................................................................. 26
ACCESSING THE ATTO FIBREBRIDGE OVER THE ETHERNET PORT ................................................................................... 27
Setting up the IP Address using the RS-232 port............................................................................................................27
Accessing the ATTO FibreBridge using a Telnet session over Ethernet ....................................................................28
Accessing through FTP........................................................................................................................................................28
CHAPTER 8: SERVERLESS BACKUP SUPPORT.........................................................................................................30
WHAT IS SERVERLESS BACKUP?.............................................................................................................................................. 30
TARGET DESCRIPTORS............................................................................................................................................................... 31
SEGMENT DESCRIPTORS............................................................................................................................................................ 31
GENERAL OPERATION OF SERVERLESS BACKUP .................................................................................................................. 31
ENABLING SERVERLESS BACKUP ON THE FIBREBRIDGE ..................................................................................................... 31
CHAPTER 9: UPDATING THE FIRMWARE WITHIN THE FIBREBRIDGE.....................................................32
FLASHING THE FIBREBRIDGE ................................................................................................................................................... 32
CHAPTER 10: ADDRESSING SCSI DEVICES................................................................................................................33
IDENTIFYING THE FIBREBRIDGE .............................................................................................................................................. 33
IDENTIFYING THE SCSI DEVICES CONNECTED TO THE FIBRE BRIDGE............................................................................... 34
DEFAULT ADDRESS TRANSLATION......................................................................................................................................... 35
APPENDIX A: FIBRE CHANNEL TO SCSI ADDRESS MAPPING........................................................................36
FIBRE CHANNEL WORLD WIDE NAME (WWN).................................................................................................................... 37
ARBITRATED LOOP PORT ADDRESS (AL_PA)....................................................................................................................... 37
SCSI BUS IDENTIFIER............................................................................................................................................................... 37
SCSI TARGET IDENTIFIER........................................................................................................................................................ 38
SCSI LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER................................................................................................................................................. 38
WHAT IS A LOGICAL UNIT ?......................................................................................................................................................38
HIERARCHICAL ADDRESSING MODEL .................................................................................................................................... 38
ADDRESSING FIELD FORMAT ................................................................................................................................................... 38
PERIPHERAL DEVICE ADDRESSING METHOD ........................................................................................................................ 39
VIRTUAL DEVICE ADDRESSING METHOD .............................................................................................................................. 40
LOGICAL UNIT ADDRESSING METHOD ................................................................................................................................... 40
FIBREBRIDGE DEFAULT MODE................................................................................................................................................ 40
ADDRESS DESCRIPTORS............................................................................................................................................................ 41
SCSI-3 INQUIRY COMMAND ................................................................................................................................................ 41
SCSI-3 REPORT LUNS COMMAND...................................................................................................................................... 42
SETTING THE ID OF THE FIBREBRIDGE................................................................................................................................... 42
ADDRESSING CONNECTED SCSI DEVICES............................................................................................................................. 42
CONFIGURATION FOR CONSECUTIVE IDS............................................................................................................................... 44
CONFIGURATIONS FOR RAID CONTROLLERS........................................................................................................................ 44