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ATTO Technology, Inc. ATTO FibreBridge Installation & Operation Manual
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ATTO Technology, Inc.
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