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    A TT O T echnology , Inc. Installation and Operation Manual A TT O ExpressPCI FC 3321 Dual channel 2-Gigabit FC-to-PCI Host Adapter , SW optical LC SFF interface A TT O ExpressPCI FC 3322 Dual channel 2-Gigabit FC-to-PCI-X Host Adapter , SW optical LC SFP interface A TT O ExpressPCI FC 3342 Quad channel 2-Gigabit FC-to-PCI-X Host A dapter , SW opti[...]

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    Content s 1 ATTO provides Fi b re Channel s olutions .......... ................... .............. ..... 1 A TTO Ex pressPCI FC 3321 Fibr e Chann el Inte rfa ce Advanced FC features Advanced SCS I-FCP sup port Exclu sive Ad vanced D ata Str eamin g (ADS TM ) Techno logy Acceler ated P CI bus m anagement Environm ental & phys ical s pecific atio[...]

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    Appendix A Standards and compliances ............ ................... .............. ..... i Appendix B Fibre Channel accessories ................... ................... .............. ii Appendix C SCSI host a dapter selection guide ............ ....................... ..... iii Appendix D Contact ATTO Technology , Inc. .................... ......[...]

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    1 A TTO T echnol ogy Expres sPCI FC 33 21, 3322 and 33 42 Ins tall atio n and Opera tion Manu al 1 A TT O provides Fibre Channel so lutions A TTO ExpressPCI FC ho st adap ters have b een desig ned to ensur e inte r oper ability w ith Fib r e C hannel dev i ces and comp atibilit y with a br oad ran ge of server s and wo rkstatio ns to meet you r nee[...]

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    2 Features and benefits A TTO Expres sPCI FC 3322 The A TTO ExpressPC I FC 3322 h ost adapt er incorpo rates dual i ndepen dent cha nnels of 2- Gigabit Fib re Channel per formance on a single, low-pr ofile host adapt er . Its low- profil e desig n facili tates f lexib ility an d m aximu m per forman ce in hig h-densi ty envi ronment s. It s uppor t[...]

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    3 A TTO Expres sPCI FC 3342 The A TTO ExpressPCI F C 3342 hos t adapte r , with four ind ependent 2-Gigab it F C port s and delive ring d ata-tr ansfer r ates up to 400 MB/second per channel, pro vides the ulti mate performance for t he most demanding data environments. It is i deal for connectin g servers directly to mu ltiple storage sub - system[...]

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    4 Features and benefits Fibre Channel host adapter selection guide 2-Gigabit Adapte rs FC 3342 FC 332 2 FC 3321 FC 3300 FC 3305 F i b r e C h a n n e l p o r t s 42211 Op tical interfac e SW , LC , SFP SW , L C, SFP S W , LC, S FF Fixed SW L C Co pper interfa ce HSS DC Ma x. trans fer rate 400 MB/se c per chann el 400 MB/se c per chann el 400 M B/s[...]

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    5 A TTO T echnol ogy Expres sPCI FC 33 21, 3322 and 33 42 Ins tall atio n and Opera tion Manu al 2 Fibre Channel is a key technology for storage Fibr e Chann el is a seri al commu nicat ions te chnol ogy desi gned to tr ansfer l ar ge am ount s of da ta among a variety of hardwar e systems over long distances. It is a key tech nolog y for applica t[...]

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    6 Glossary fabric A Fibre C hannel switch or two o r more F i bre Cha nnel switches interconne cted to physically transm it data betw een a ny two N _Ports on the switch or switches FC Fibre Chann el F_po rt A port in the F ibre Channe l fabric whe re a N_p ort may attach FL_p ort A port in the F ibre Channel fabric w here a NL_ port may a t tach i[...]

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    7 A TTO T echnol ogy Expres sPCI FC 33 21, 3322 and 33 42 Ins tall atio n and Opera tion Manu al 3 Hard ware insta llation a nd i nitia l config uration Y ou wil l need a basic un derstand ing of Fibr e Chan nel befor e in stal ling the A TT O Exp r essPCI host adapter . P lease r efer to Cha pter 2 for a list of Fi br e Ch annel-related web site s[...]

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    8 Installation and configuration ExpressPCI FC 3321 bracket and board FC Controller FC lin k activity /faul t LED optical connec tors PCI b us edge connec tor Por t 1, SFF Por t 0, SFF ExpressP CI FC 3321 The A TTO ExpressPCI FC 3321 has two SFF duple x LC optica l connector s and uses a sho rt wave laser . A mult i-mode cable must be used wit h sh[...]

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    9 A TTO T echnol ogy Expres sPCI FC 33 21, 3322 and 33 42 Ins tall atio n and Opera tion Manu al Exhibit 3-3 Expr essPCI FC 3322 brack et and boar d Exhibit 3-4 E xpress PCI FC 334 2 bracket and bo ard FC Controller ExpressPCI FC 3322 bracket and board ExpressPCI FC 3342 b racket an d board FC Controller FC Controlle r[...]

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    10 Installation and configuration Initial configuration While the factory settings on you r Expres sPCI host adapter should pro vide excellen t performan ce for a wide rang e of applicat ions, some specialized app lications may benefit from modifi cation of th e adapter s etting s to tune the adapter for a specific per formance range. The ExpressPC[...]

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    11 A T TO T echnolog y Expres sPCI FC 3321 , 3322 an d 3342 Inst all ation and Operat ion Manua l 4 Instal ling/up dating device drivers and firmware ExpressPCI FC host adapt ers r eq uir e a devic e driver a nd firm war e fo r proper operati on. Y o ur ad apter firmwa r e was p r operly fl ashe d before sh ipmen t, but the fi rmwar e may need to b[...]

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    12 Device drivers 7 Select Expres s PCI FC and cli ck OK . 8 When the d r iver i s finished loading, r eboot the system. Updating the Win dows NT driver 1 Click on the Start menu and s elect Run . 2 T ype in RDISK.EXE and p ress ENTER to crea te an emerge ncy repair disk. 3 Double-clic k My Compu ter and open the Cont rol Panel . 4 Double-clic k th[...]

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    13 A T TO T echnolog y Expre ssPCI FC 3321, 3322 an d 3342 Inst all ation and Operat io n Manual 5 T ro uble shooti ng This cha pter cont ains s olutions for the m ost comm on pr ob lems you might enc ounter . If you need additio nal as sist ance, ple ase r efer to the A TTO T echn ology web si te (www .a ttotec h.com ) or con tac t an A TTO T echn[...]

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    14 T roubleshooting 5I f Expres sPCI FC does not appear in the Devi ce List , try re loading t he driver s oftwar e as described in C hapter 4 of this manual. 6 If it is st arted, go back to th e Devices tab of the SCSI adapters utility window and double click on t he A T TO ExpressPCI ho st adapter description, and then on the bus it is assigned t[...]

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    i A TTO T echnol ogy Expres sPCI FC 3321, 3322 and 33 42 Ins tall ati on and Oper ation Man ual Appendix A Standards and compliances The e quipm ent des cribe d in this manual g enerate s and uses radio frequency ener gy . The T ech nical Specifica tion s heet for a pa rticula r A TTO Expr e ssPC I host bus ad apter list cer tificatio ns fo r that [...]

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    ii Appendix B Fibr e Channel accessorie s The f ollowing Fibr e Cha nnel acc essori es ar e avai lable th ro ugh A TT O T echnolo gy and auth orize d r esel lers. Con tact an ATT O T echn ology a uthori zed sale s r epr esenta tive to o r der . Copper Cables CBL-HSDB -03X HSSDC to DB9 Cop per Fibr e Channel C able – 3m. CBL-HSDB -10X HSSDC to DB9[...]

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    iii A TTO T echnolo gy Expr essPCI FC 3321, 3322 and 3342 In stal latio n and Opera tio n Manual Appendix C SCSI host adapter sel ection guide A TTO T echnology offers a number of SC SI and F ibr e C hannel soluti ons for storag e. Th e followi ng cha rt compares the featur es of ExpressPCI SCSI host adapt ers. Supporte d platf orms: S un Solaris ;[...]

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    iv Appe ndix D Co ntact A TT O T echn ology , In c. Customer service, s ales info rmation an d technic al support ar e availa ble by phone Monday through Fri day , Eastern Stand ard T ime 8:00 a .m. to 8 :00 p.m., or by e- mail an d web site 24-hour s a da y . A TTO T echnolo gy , Inc . 155 Cros sPoint P arkway Amherst, Ne w Y ork 140 68 (716) 691-[...]