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    A TT O T echnolog y , Inc. A TT O BridgeT ools TM for A TTO Fi breBridge TM 1 100, 2100 , 3100, 2200, 320 0 Installation & Operations Man u al Copyright © 2002 A TT O T echnology , Inco rporated . All b rand or pro duct names are trad emarks o f thei r respective holders. No part of th is manual may be r eproduce d in any form or by any means [...]

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    Conten ts 1 ATTO FibreBridge s upports diverse SAN needs ........... .............. .... 1 2 BridgeTools ai ds FibreBridge manage ment .............. ......................3 Glossa ry 3 Installing the BridgeTools program .............. ....................... ......... ....5 Requirements Installation step by step 4 The BridgeTools gr aphical interf[...]

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    1 A TTO T e chnol ogy Bridg eT o ols In stallatio n and Operat ion Manual 1 A TT O FibreBridge suppor ts diver se SAN needs The A TTO F ibr eBridge TM fami ly of pr o ducts pr ovide s a F ibr e Chan nel-t o-SCSI b ridge avai lable as a Compact PCI boar d, a stand al one encl osur e that can be fitted fo r rac kmount inte gration, or a d esktop unit[...]

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    2 FibreBridge family Exhibit 1-1 A TTO T echnology Inc. has a complete line of F ibreBridge p r oduct s to fit your needs. A TT O Fi br eBri dg e TM featur e a v ailab ility matrix 1180E/D 119 0E 2200R/D 230 0E/R/D 3200R 3300R 45 00C/R /D F C P o r t s 111 11 13 FC por t nu m b er ( f p ) 000 00 0 0 , 1 , 2 FC interf ace DB9/SC DB9/SC GBIC SFP GBIC[...]

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    3 A TTO T e chnol ogy Bridg eT o ols In stallatio n and Operat ion Manual 2 Br id geT ools aids Fibr eBridg e managemen t A TT O Brid geT ools TM is a J a va-based con figuration util ity desig ned to fl ash firmwar e an d manage the configuration o f you r A TT O F ibr eBridge. Fibre Channe l is a serial commun ications technolog y designed to tra[...]

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    4 Glossary Glos sar y Some terms used in the F ib r e Channe l industr y ar e defined below . Mor e inf ormati on is avail able through the F ibr e Chan nel Industry Associati on (www .fibrechanne l.com) , t he Storage Ar ea Net working Indus try Association (www .sni a.org) and the F i br e Ch annel Cons ortiu m (www .iol.u nh.ed u) . T erm Defini[...]

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    5 A TTO T e chnol ogy Bridg eT o ols In stallatio n and Operat ion Manual 3 Ins tall i ng the Bridg eT o ols pr ogra m The instal lation and sta rtup pr ocedures ar e the same for all F ibr eBridge models except for the conf igur ation pa ne ls . A TTO F ibr eBridge mode ls provide the interface between SCSI and Fibre Channel resources in SANs. Pos[...]

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    6 Installing the pr ogram 4 The installer will set up Pro gram Group and load necessar y files. A messag e will appear indicating completion. Note: An uninstaller pr ogram can be found in the Pr ogr am Gr oup. 5 Jav a Vir tual Machine so ftware, b uilt in to the Mac OS, is r equired for BridgeT ools to ex ec ute. An updated ver sion is found on th [...]

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    7 A TTO T e chnol ogy Bridg eT o ols In stallatio n and Operat ion Manual 4 The Bridg eT ools graphical interface is ready Once you have co nnected your computer to the F ibr eBridge, inst alled Bri dgeT ools and s tarted th e pr ogram, the g raphical i nter face i s avai lable to con figur e a nd moni tor yo ur F ib r eBrid ge . CA U TION T o take[...]

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    8 Starting up Exhibit 4-2 T ypical use of tabs, panels and information acr oss the bottom of the scr een. T op s cr een shot: Connection thr ough F ibr eChannel. Similar scr eens show parameters for connecting th r ough Ethern et and the s erial port. Exhibit 4-3 The G eneral P anel for a seria l port con nectio n. T abs show the ot her p anels ava[...]

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    9 A TTO T e chnol ogy Bridg eT o ols In stallatio n and Operat ion Manual 4.1 FibreBridg e connection pag es W elcome page The W elcome Page asks you to select t he int erface you are us ing to conn ect to the FibreBri dge: Ether net, Fib re Channel , or Seria l Port, d ependi ng on the p hysical conn ection. Not all bridge mo dels support al l typ[...]

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    10 Connection pa ges utili ties. Upon exitin g BridgeT ools, th e COM port will retu rn to its previous setting. T o c onnect t o the Fib reBridg e, select the appropriat e COM port. If no choices ar e a vailable, the bios or ope ra ti ng system m ay no t be configured for a seria l port . Refer to your computer or OS manuals for instructi ons. Onc[...]

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    11 A TTO T echnology Brid geT ools I nstalla ti on and Operation Manual 4.2 Genera l panel The general panel pr ovides s ome basic informatio n abou t the F ibr eBri dge. A me ssage box at the bo ttom of th e panel displa ys usefu l hint s and su gge stion s. Cl ic king on the he lp ic on will give a detailed e xpla natio n of eac h para meter , th[...]

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    12 4.3 S CSI P o r t conf ig uratio n pane l This panel is used to mo dify the SC SI parameters f or the F ibr eBrid ge. Some parameters will be “grayed out” if t he y do no t app ly to you r mod el of the F ibr eBrid ge or if t he y have no eff ect ba sed upon the selected value of a r elated parameter . Each SCSI po rt on FibreBridge m odels [...]

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    13 A TTO T echnology Brid geT ools I nstalla ti on and Operation Manual 4.4 Ethernet po r t configuration panel The E thern et pa nel is used to co nfigu r e the comm unica tion par ameter s for the E ther net l ink on t he F ibr eBridg e. S ome par ameter s will be “gr ayed o ut” if the y do not apply to y our mode l of t he F ib r eBridge or [...]

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    14 4.5 Serial por t configuration panel The Serial P ort Co nfiguration panel configures the communicatio n parameters for the RS- 232 li nk on the F ibreBridg e. These setting s must match settings selected o n your host co mputer in order to establish a link. Some parameters will b e “grayed out” if th e y do not appl y to your mod el of the [...]

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    15 A TTO T echnology Brid geT ools I nstalla ti on and Operation Manual 4.6 Firmware update r panel This p anel is use d to fl ash the updated F ibr eBridg e f irmwar e . Firmw are fo r FibreBri dge pr oduct s is d istrib u ted in a . J AR f ile, a compressed file containing the firmware image file (*. IMA) a nd sup p orti n g readme docume nt s. I[...]

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    16 4.7 F ibre Channe l po r t con figur ation pane l This panel is used to modif y the F ibre Channel parameters for the F ibreBridge. Some parameters wi ll be “g ra yed out” if th e y do not a pply to y our mo del o f the F ibr eBridg e or if th e y have n o ef fect based upon the s elected value of a r e lated parameter . A CK Mode ( default [...]

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    17 A TTO T echnology Brid geT ools I nstalla ti on and Operation Manual to 3, the FibreB ridge will be at AL-P A 3 LUN 5 o n all host compu ters. T he ran ge of v alid LUNs is 0 throug h 255. Most oper ati ng syst ems can only s can for t he LUNs 0 through 31and yo u sh ou ld choose between these values. If Address T ranslation is off, the FibreBri[...]

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    18 FC port configuration Some options will be “gra yed out” on the panel: they are n ot av a ilabl e because of t he type of ac cess mode o r FibreBridge model or they hav e no effect based on other selections. The ch ar t below sh ows options av ailable based on model and access method. Model/Access met hod Options 2200/3200 in-band 22 00/3200[...]

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    19 A TTO T echnology Brid geT ools I nstalla ti on and Operation Manual 4.8 M appi ng pan el The mapping pa nel assi gns LUNs , maps SCSI devices to F ib r eCh annel port s and tr o ublesho ots FC port s and connect ed SCSI devices . The number of port s avai lable depen ds on the pa rticula r model of the F ibr eBridg e . In order for a h ost com [...]

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    20 Mapping T r ouble shooting The ma pping panel is a lso v ery us eful f or troubl eshoot ing. Clicking th e SCAN button d isplays a list of the Fibre Channel por t(s) and the SC SI T arget devices, as well their status (online/offline). If a target is not detected or is listed as offline in the ST A TU S f ield, check the device itself, the SCSI [...]

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    21 A TTO T echnology Brid geT ools I nstalla ti on and Operation Manual 4.9 Events panel Event l ogs help t o tr o ubleshoot har dwar e f ailur es. This panel configur es the event logging featu r es of the F ibr eBri dge. Some parameters will be “grayed out ” if the y do not ap ply to you r model of the F ib r eBridge or if they have no effect[...]

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    22 4.10 Save/Restore panel This panel saves the new conf i guration changes in F ibreBridge NVRAM, r estor es v alues to the factory defaults , or exits wi thout sa ving the changes. CA U TION Ne w setti ngs and newly fl ashed fir mw are wil l not tak e aff ect until th e FibreBridge po wer is cy c led. Lea ve This Sess ion Clos es t he cur rent co[...]

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    i A TTO T echnology Brid geT ools I nstall ati on and Operatio n Manual Appendix A A v aila b le pr oducts and accessories The followin g F ibr e Channel ac cessories ar e avai lable t hr o ugh A TTO T echnology . Con tact an A T TO T echnology author ized sales repr e sentati ve to or d er . Embedded FibreBridge 1180 FCBR-1180- ELC Fibre C hannel [...]

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    ii Appendix D Fiel d Rep laceme nt Unit s (F R U) PWRA-0000 -FR U P ower Module f or A TTO FC Rack System FCBR-3200- RHF … A T T O Fi breBr idge 3200 R HVD Replacem ent Unit FCBR-3200- RLF A T T O Fi breBr idge 3200 R L VD Replac ement Unit FCBR-3300- RLF A T T O Fi breBr idge 3300 R L VD Replac ement Unit MIAs AD AP-MIA S-BLK MIA Ad apter-S hor [...]

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    iii A T T O T echn ology Bridge T ool s Inst allation and Operation Manual Appendix B Ho w to contact A TT O T echnolog y , Inc. Customer service, sa les in formation and technic al suppor t are availa ble by phone Monday throu gh Frida y , Eastern Standar d T ime 8:00 a.m . to 8:00 p.m ., or by f ax and web site 24- hours a day . A TTO T echnology[...]