Virtual TapeServer SCSI-to-FC Adapter User Manual

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Chapter 1: Introduction
VT5900-SA Features
The following defines the features of the product.
Fibre Channel Features
• Single FC port (selectable between 2.125 and 1.0625 GB/s)
• Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) and Switched Fabric (FC-SW) topologies.
• Private Loop Direct Attach (PLDA) profile compliant
• Class 3 operation with SCSI-FCP protocol
• Supports FCP-2 error recovery protocol as specified in FCP-2 rev. 04 and 05 for use with
streaming devices (such as tape)
• Optical SFF support (Shortwave)
SCSI Bus Features
• Concurrent commands, tagged command queuing and disconnect/reconnect
• SCSI-2 and SCSI-3 protocols
• Connection type is VHDCI 68-pin D shell, P type connectors
• HVD termination
• HVD supports up to 40 MB/s data transfer per bus
• Disk, tape, optical and changer devices
Management Features
• Controller LUN Commands
• Out-of-band Ethernet TCP/IP Management Access
• SNMP with FA MIB 2.2 and private MIB support
• DHCP for easier network administration
• Serial RJ-11 connector for terminal access
• Ethernet RJ-45 connector for FTP, Telnet and Web browser access
• Field-updateable firmware
• SCC (FC only), Indexed, and Auto Assigned addressing modes
• Visual Manager (HTTP interface)
Device Sharing and Security Features
• Access controls
• Dynamic mapping
• 250 active initiators/logins per bridge (FC routers only)