ISR651101-00 J xi
Preface
This user’s guide describes and provides installation procedures for the QLogic
®
iSR6200 Series intelligent Storage Router (iSR) (iSR6200), also referred to as the
iSR6200 router or simply router.
Intended Audience
This guide is for users who are responsible for installing, managing, and servicing
the iSR6200 router and the SAN equipment to which it is attached.
What’s in This Guide
This guide contains the information needed to install and configure the iSR6200
router. This preface explains the typographic conventions used in this guide, lists
related documents, and specifies the intended audience. This section also
provides safety and communications statements, a well as technical support and
contact information.
The remainder of the user's guide is organized into the following chapters and
appendices:
Chapter 1 Introduction illustrates and describes QLogic’s iSR6200 intelligent
Storage Router (iSR), including the components contained within the
iSR6200 router chassis: router blades and power and cooling modules
(PCMs).
Chapter 2 Planning describes how to plan for the iSR6200 router by
considering the devices it needs to support, Fibre Channel and iSCSI port
performance requirements, performance tuning, high availability (HA),
network management, disaster and recovery, services, and system security.
Chapter 3 Installation provides site requirements and describes how to
install and configure an iSR6200 router. It also provides firmware installation
instructions.
Chapter 4 Configuration describes how to configure the iSR6200 router to
support virtual port groups (VPGs) and LUN mapping.
Chapter 5 Fibre Channel over IP describes the FCIP protocol attributes and
configuration.