ATTO Technology 1500D/E manual

A TT O T echnology , Inc. iPBridge TM 1500D/E iPBridge TM 1550D/E Inst alla tion and Op eratio n Manual © 200 5 A T TO T ec hnology , Inc. All rights rese rved. All br and or pro duct names are trademar ks of their respectiv e holders. No part of this manual ma y be r eproduced in any form or by any m eans with out the expres s written permissi on[...]

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Conten ts Introduction: iSCSI provides storage options Glossary 1 Setting up the iPBridge .............. .............. .............. ................... ........1 iPBridge1 500 features iPBridge 155 0 features 1.1 ATTO iPBridge 1500E ... ................... .............. .............. ........3 Dimen sions Environm ent Power Rese t swit ch SCSI[...]

1.5 Connecting S CSI devices to the SCSI port ...... .............. ....11 Cabling Cabl e ty pes Example s 1.6 Configuring the iPBridge ................. .............. .................. ....13 Conn ect using the G bE p ort Using ATTO Expre ssNAV Conne cting using the serial port Use Te lnet 2 Managing the iP Bridge .......... .............. .....[...]

OEMCon figFil e Ping RMON Rout eDis play SCSIP ortList SCSIT argets CLI Error Me ssages 2.2.4 Ma intenance commands .................. .............. ........29 FirmwareResta r t Pa s sw o r d Reser ve Resto reConfigur ation SCSIP ortReset SpeedWrite SpeedWriteD efaul t User name 2.2.5 S CSI configuration comm ands ....... .................. ....31[...]

iSCSI T arget iSNSLog inControl iSNSServer Mult iT a rgetMode 2.2.9 Ma pping commands ...... ................... .............. ........39 Aut o M a p iSCSI T arget Mult iT a rgetMode Route Rout eDis play SCSIInitID SCSIT argets 2.2.10 Privileged OEM configuration serv ices ..............41 AutoMapO nBoot ColdReset InquiryProductID InquiryV endorID[...]

A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual Introduction: iSCSI pr ovides storage options The iSCSI pr otocol allows stor age devices such as hard drives, tape dr ives and li braries and CD jukeboxes to attach eas ily to Int ernet Protocol networks s uch as Gigab it Ether net. T he iPBridg e 1500 and the A TT O iPBrid ge[...]

Introducti on LUN Logic al Unit Number: a SCSI iden tifier of a dev ice NAS Netwo rk Attached S tor age: st orage el ements conne cted to a network to provide file ac cess serv ices to compu ter system s; an N AS S torage Eleme nt inclu des an engine to implem ent the file ser vices and one or mo re devi ces t o store d ata; NAS el ements may b e a[...]

1 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 1 Setting up the iPBridge The A TTO bridge fam ily of products pr ovides Gb E-to- SCSI or Fib r e Channel -to-SCS I bridge s avai lable as e mbedda ble boards, stand alon e enclos ur es th at can be fi tted f or rackmo unt i ntegrat ion, or desk top units, depending on the mo[...]

2 Inst allation Tape Libr ary NDM P S torage A TTO Fi br eBr i dge AT T O iP B rid g e Gb- E Swi t ch St or age V irtu aliza tion S oftw are Backup Sof twar e Tape Backup Sof twar e 2 -Gb FC S w i t ch P o s s ib le S AN /N A S conf i gur at i on Storage A rr ays Et he r net Fi bre Channel SCSI embedd ed A TTO Fi br eBr i dge Storage M ed ia Tap e,[...]

3 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 1.1 A TT O iPBrid ge 1500E The A TTO iPBridg e 1500E is a 1-Giga bit E thernet to SCSI embed dable b ridge for midra nge performa nce, co st effec tive solut ions in S MB/SME environments. The iPBrid ge 1500E includes a single Et hernet port wh ich may be us ed for either dat[...]

4 Inst allation: A T T O iPBridge 150 0E Exhibit 1.1-1 iPBridg e 1500E boar d la yout Exhibit 1.1-2 iPBridg e 1500E boar d pr ofi le and dimensi ons Inst allation instructions 1 Install t he iPBrid ge 1500 E in the ta rget d evice using the m ounting holes in th e board. (See th e board la yout d iagram i n Exhib it ) 2 Connect S CSI dev ices to th[...]

5 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 1.2 A TT O iPBrid ge 1 500D The A TTO iPBridg e 1500D is a 1-Gig abit Et hernet to S CSI emb eddabl e bridge fo r midran ge performa nce, co st effec tive solut ions in S MB/SME environments. The iPBrid ge 1500E includes a single Et hernet port wh ich may be us ed for either [...]

6 Insta llation: A TT O iPBridge 1 500D Exhibit 1.2-1 iPBridg e 1500D bac k panel Inst allation instructions 1 Place th e iPBridg e 1500D where yo u want it. 2 Connect S CSI dev ices to the iPBr idge. ( See Connectin g SCSI devices to the SC SI port on page 11) 3 Connect the iP Bridge to your SAN: attac h CAT 6 or CAT 5E cables to the Eth ernet por[...]

7 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 1.3 A TT O iPBrid ge 1550E The iPBrid ge 1550 E includes a single Eth ernet port wh ich may b e used for eith er data tr ansfer or configur atio n, a seria l manag ement p ort and a S CSI port . Dimensions Length : 6.4 inches W idth: 4 .4 inches Height of the tallest compo ne[...]

8 Inst allation: A T T O iPBridge 155 0E Exhibit 1.3-1 iPBridg e 1550E boar d la yout Exhibit 1.3-2 iPBridg e 1550E boar d pr ofi le and dimensi ons Inst allation instructions 1 Install t he iPBrid ge 1550 E in the ta rget d evice using the m ounting holes in th e board. (See th e board la yout d iagram i n Exhib it ) 2 Connect S CSI dev ices to th[...]

9 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 1.4 A TT O iPBrid ge 15 50D The A TTO iPBridg e 1550D is a 1-Gig abit Et herne t to SCSI emb eddabl e bridge fo r hig h perform ance, cost effective sol utions in SMB/SME env ir onments. The iPBrid ge 1550E includes a single Et hernet port wh ich may be us ed for either data [...]

10 Insta llation: A TT O iPBridge 1 550D Exhibit 1.4-1 iPBridg e 1550D bac k panel Inst allation instructions 1 Place th e iPBridg e 1550D where yo u want it. 2 Connect S CSI dev ices to the iPBr idge. ( See Connectin g SCSI devices to the SC SI port on page 11) 3 Connect the iP Bridge to your SAN: attac h CAT 6 or CAT 5E cables to the Eth ernet po[...]

11 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 1.5 Connecting SCSI devi ces to the SCSI port The A TTO iPBrid ge SC SI port conne cts SC SI stor age de vice s to th e networ k. The SCSI port is a bus capable of supporting up to15 devi ces in L V D mode and each bus is capable of 40, 8 0 or 160 MB/sec. (Ultra, Ultra2 or U[...]

12 Insta llation: SCSI conn ections Cabl ing Cables and devices must be ch osen to maximize performan ce and minimize the electrica l noise from the hig h-speed d ata transfe rs availabl e with the SC SI protoco l. Cablin g and termi nation methods become impo rtant considerati ons for proper per formance. SCSI cab les and devices are subject t o s[...]

13 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 1. 6 Configu ring the iPBridge Commu nicat e with the A TTO iPBridge th r ough the GbE port usin g A TTO ExpressNA V or T e lnet or thr ough th e seri al por t. The preferred method to communi cate with and manage the i PBridge i s throug h the Gb E port using A T TO Express[...]

14 Inst allati on: Config uration Using A TT O Expr essNA V A TTO ExpressNA V i s the recommended managem ent tool for the iP Bridg e. It is a web- based graphical u ser interfa ce (GUI) that all ows you to man age the iPBr idge by clicking cho ices and c ommand s in traditio nal G UI fashio n or b y entering C ommand Line Interface commands direct[...]

15 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual set ipgateway dp0 e.f .g.h where e.f. g.h is a val id gatew ay. 9 To save th e setting s, type saveconfiguration res tart The iP Bridge w ill sav e the chan ges and perform a r estart. 10 Once r eboot ed, veri fy that the iPBri dge ca n be access ed by y our networ k usin g [...]

16 Inst allati on: Config uration[...]

17 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 2 Mana ging the iPBr idge Default va lues a r e appr opri ate for most config uration s, but m ay be modi fied for yo ur needs us ing CLI comm ands or A TTO Exp r essN A V . A TTO iPBridge Se rvices conf igures and tunes the iPBrid ge for man y different envi ronm ents and a[...]

18 Managi ng the iPBrid ge Ethernet por t configurati on Default va lues are appropr iate for most conf igura tions, but may be modif ied f or you r needs usin g CLI comma nds. Refe r to Ethernet commands on page 35 for mor e infor mati on. Comma nds cont rol th e MTU or Maxi mum T ransmission Unit, Etherne t speed, the IP address, gateway and subn[...]

19 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 2.1 ExpressNA V provides web-based interface Each pag e in the A TTO Expr essN A V interf ace pr ovides infor mation an d/or config uratio n parame ters based on a specific to pic. A TTO ExpressNA V i s the recommended managem ent tool for the iP Bridg e. It is a web- based [...]

20 Configu ration & Manag ement: Expres sNA V iSCSI Configurati on Conf igura ble opt ions are • iSC SI Alias • iSCSI P ort Number • iSNSLo ginContro l • iSN SServer • CHAP se ttings: ac count na me and s ecret • CHAP di rection (in, out) See iSCSI commands on page 37 for detai ls on each parameter . Bridge Configurati on Conf igura[...]

21 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 2.2 CLI provides ASCII -based interfa ce The comma nd line int erface (CLI) pr ovides acces s to the ATT O iPBrid ge Services thr ough a set of ASCII comman ds. C LI comma nds m ay be entered while i n CL I m ode. iPBrid ge Services provid e config uration and monito ring f [...]

22 Configurati on & Management: C LI[...]

23 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 2.2.1 CLI c ommand s su mmary A summa ry of the Co mmand L ine Int erface co mmands , their defau lts, an exampl e of how they m ight be used, a nd wher e you can find the specif ics of the co mmand. Commands wh ich have no def ault val ues associated wi th them have a blank[...]

24 Configu ration: CLI SCSIInitID 7 s et scsi initid 0 1 31 SCSIPor tBusS peed Ultra3 set scsi portbusspe ed 0 fas t 31 SCSI PortLis t scsi portlis t 28, 31 SCSIPor tReset s csipor treset 0 29, 31 SCSIPor tResetOn S tartup enabled set scsi portreseto nstartup 0 di sabled 31 SCSIPor tSelTimeout 256m s get scs iportse ltimeout 0 31 SCSIPor tSyncTrans[...]

25 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 2.2.2 Gene ral use command s These CLI co mman ds ar e used in a variety of sit uatio ns Help Displays a l ist of avai lable c ommands. If command name is specified , displays deta iled comm and-s pecific inform ation. Imm ediate comman d: Help [comm and name ] P assw or d S[...]

26 Configu ration: CLI V erboseMode Specifies the detail of fe edback for the command line interfac e. Disabl ing this opt ion re moves paramet er names from action commands and r emoves de scripti ons from informati on commands. Choices are enabled or disable d Default: enab led (returns ha ve pa rameter in formation) Set sy ntax: se t V erbos eMo[...]

27 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 2.2.3 Diagnosti c commands A TTO iPBridge diagnos tic comm ands help validate iPBr idge oper ation and di agno se/iso late iPBr idge fault s. Bridge Model Reports model informatio n about a spec ific iPBridge Get synt ax: get BridgeMod el Bridg eName Specifies nam e used to [...]

28 Configu ration: CLI RMON RMON collects and stores Ethernet data on dat a ports at specifie d interva ls. Y ou can d isplay the entir e ta ble r equested , or a single entry based on t he ind ex (and sam ple inde x for th e Ethern et H istory tab le). Entri es in the Et hernet Hi story tabl e ar e not v alid when their Sample Index is 0. Setti ng[...]

29 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 2. 2.4 Maint enance co mman ds The CLI co mmands outli ned in this chapter m ay be used to g et inform ation or perfor m funct ions whi ch ar e used in a var iety of situati ons with the A TTO iPBridg e. FirmwareRestart Causes the iPBrid ge to r eboot , then r e-i niti aliz [...]

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31 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 2.2.5 SCSI config uration com mands The SCSI po rts ar e confi gur ed with def ault sett ings but may be customi zed to your specifica tions usi ng the CLI com mands i n this sectio n. SCSIInitID Spec ifies the SCSI initiator ID to be use d on th e spe cified SCSI port. All [...]

32 Configu ration: CLI SpeedWrite When enabled, impr oves t he perf ormance of FCP WRITE commands to SCSI devic es attache d to the iPBri dge. Specif y SCSI bus (sb), target (st), LUN (sl) of a mapped SCSI device or (all) fo r each currently mapped device Set synt ax: set S peedW rit e SCS I [sb st sl | all] [enabled | disabled] Get sy ntax: get S [...]

33 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 2.2.6 Serial port co nfiguration commands The A TT O iPBridge serial po rts or s erial hea ders are conf igur ed wit h default s ettin gs but ma y be custom ized to you r specifi cations using th e CLI comma nds in th is secti on. SerialP or tBaudRate Configures/r eports t h[...]

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35 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 2.2.7 Ethernet c ommands These comma nds conf igur e th e managem ent and d ata Ether net por ts includ ing T elnet param eters. DPMTU Contro ls the MTU (Maximum T ransmissi on Unit) used by the data port : increasing the MTU may impr ove throughput on the ipBridge data port[...]

36 Configu ration: CLI Ping Ping will send an ICMP echo request to the speci fied host. Imm ediate command : ping dp0 [xxx.x xx. xxx. xxx] <count <size>> Rea dOnly P a ssword Spec ifies a r ead only passwor d for all sessio ns: T elnet, FTP and ExpressNA V web-base d interface . Y ou will be pr ompted f or the c urr ent password, to e n[...]

37 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 2.2. 8 iSCSI co mman ds Y ou may custom ize the iP Bridge to your spec ificat ions usin g the CLI com mand s in this sec tion. iSCSIAlias Pr ovi des a human-r eadabl e name assigned to the iPBridge . Aliase s may be 1 to 64 charac ters long and may contain spaces i f spaces [...]

38 Configu ration: CLI iSNSServer Specifies wh ether the IP addr ess of a valid iSNS server fr om whic h the iP Brid ge w ill attem pt iSC SI initia tor disco very . Se tting to 0.0.0. 0 will disabl e iSNS server looku p. Default: 0.0.0.0 Se t synt ax: se t iSN SServ er [xxx .xxx.x xx.xxx ] Requires a SaveC onfiguration com mand Get synt ax: get iS[...]

39 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 2.2.9 Mapping com mands Y ou may map devices vi a the web- based se rver or through the mana gement or serial ports. A uto Map Automatical ly assigns a subse t of i SCSI LUNs to a subset of SCSI tar g et desti nation dev ices vi sible t o the iPBridge .V alid existi ng maps [...]

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41 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 2.2.10 Privileged OEM con figuratio n ser vices Privilege d OEM con figura tion s ervices perf orm O EM-spe cific pr odu ct brandi ng and la beling functions only avail able to O EM custo mers such as vendor , product, and mo del number identifi cation during power up displa[...]

42 Configu ration: CLI ModelN umber Contr ols the i PBridge model number string t o an OEM- specific v alue. Di splays during PO ST and by using the Info CLI command. I D is padd ed wi th 0s to a maxi mum of 8 characters Default:1500 or 1550 Se t synt ax: se t Mo delN umb er [strin g] Requires a SaveC onfiguration com mand Get synta x: get ModelNum[...]

43 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 2.3 Mapping d evices SCSI devices ar e mapp ed using th e designa tions fo r the S CSI bus, ta r get and LUN. Th e iPBrid ge automat ically maps all d evices dur ing start up. If you wish to cha nge map ping yo u may use the CLI or the browser -bas ed int erface, A TTO Expre[...]

44 Config uration & M anagement: mapping Exhibit 2.3-1 Physical a nd virtual co nnection poss ibilities with the iPBr idge Host/Server 1 Bridge SN 000123 iqn . 1995 - 12 . com . attotech : ipbridge : sn - ipb 1500000123 Et hernet Network SCSI devi ce Host/Server 2 Phy sical connections Initiator/Host to Network Networ k to iPBridge Ethernet por[...]

45 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual To remove mapping Ty p e Route iSCSI [lun] Del ete Use the Expre ssNA V interface The A TTO T echnology Express NA V , a bro wser- based c onfig uration too l, allo ws you to map devices to th e SCSI port s using a web- based GUI . See ExpressNAV provides web-ba sed interfac[...]

46 Config uration & M anagement: mapping To manually configure MultiTargetMode 1 At the CLI prompt type set MultiTargetMode enabled Beca use curre nt mapp ing will be deleted , you are asked fo r confir mation to c hange m apping. 2T y p e SCSIT ar get s to lis t the SCSI devices connected to the SCSI p ort. The SCSIT arget s comman d lists ea [...]

47 A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual 2. 4 Up da ting fir mware Several processors cont r ol the flow of data in th e A TTO iPBridge. T he firmwa r e to control these pr ocesso rs can easily be up graded in the field usi ng the PUT command f r om an FTP con nection. The i PBridge fi rmware is distr ibuted as a c[...]

48 Configurati on & Managemen t: firmware upda te[...]

i A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual Appendi x A Safety standards and comp liances The equip ment d escrib ed in this manua l generat es and u ses radi o fr equen cy energy . If this equipm ent is not used in strict accor dan ce with the m anufactu r er's inst ruction , it can a nd may cau se inter fer ence[...]

ii Appendix European Standar ds Decl arat ion of C onf ormity This follow ing statement ap plies to the A TTO iPBridge . This device has been tested in the basic oper ating con figurat ion and found to be co mpliant with the fo llowi ng Europea n Union standa rds Applicati on of Coun cil Directi ve: 8 9/336/EEC Standard(s) to which co nformity is d[...]

iii A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual Appendi x B A TT O accessories The follo wing ac cessories are available through A TTO T echn ology . Contact an A TTO T echnol ogy author ized sales repr esentative to order . iSCSI Br idge b oard-le vel model s A TT O iPBridge 2500C IPBR-25 00-C00 3 Gigabit E thernet b y [...]

iv Appendix SCSI cables & a ccessorie s Cab les/SCSI CBL-VHDC-003 Cable, SCSI E xternal, VHDCI to VHDCI, 3m.1 25 CBL-V68E- 03X Cable, SCSI, E xternal, VHDCI t o HD68, U320-rate d, 1m 95 CBL-FP68 -C3 68- pin “P ” / 50-pin Centronic s – 1m CBL-FP68 -C6 68- pin “P ” / 50-pin Centronic s – 2m CBL-FP68 -C25 68-pin “P ” / 50-p in Cent[...]

v A TTO T ech nology I nc. iPBridg e Inst allation and Oper ation M anual Appendi x C Contact A TT O T ec hnolog y , In c. Custom er service, sales Ge t syntax an d techni cal suppo rt are avai lable by phone Mo nday through Friday , Easter n S tand ar d T i me 8:0 0 a.m. to 8:0 0 p.m., or by fax and web site 24 -hours a day . A TTO T echnology , I[...]