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ATTO Technology iPBridge 2700C Installation And Operation Manual

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  • Page 1 2700C/R/D Installation and Operation Manual...
  • Page 2 Technical support: Monday -- Friday, 8am-8pm EST techsupp@attotech.com © 2007 ATTO Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. All brand or product names are trademarks of their respective holders. No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the express written permission of ATTO Technology, Inc.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1.1 ATTO iPBridge 2700R/D physical components ...3 Dimensions Environment Power Ethernet data ports Fibre Channel data ports Management ports LED indicators 1.2 ATTO iPBridge 2700C physical components ...5 Dimensions Environment Power Ethernet interface Fibre Channel interface Management ports Reset/restore factory default switch LED indicators 2 Installation ...7...

  • Page 4: Remote System Monitoring

    3.3 Optional changes ...15 Preliminary steps Modify passwords Set up a VLAN: Virtual Local Area Network Enhance performance iSCSI performance configuration tool (Windows only) 4 Remote system monitoring ...17 SNMP Email notification 5 Updating firmware ...19 Using ATTO ExpressNAV Using FTP 6 Troubleshooting ...20 Inside out method Check basic diagnostic tools...
  • Page 5 Appendix A CLI provides an ASCII-based interface ...i CLI error messages CLI summary Alphabetical CLI command explanations Appendix B Safety standards and compliances ...xiv Appendix C Warranty information ...xvi Manufacturer limited warranty...

  • Page 6: Atto Ipbridge Provides Storage Options

    1 ATTO iPBridge provides storage options The ATTO iPBridge 2700C/R/D iSCSI to Fibre Channel bridge offers an affordable opportunity to transform Fibre Channel storage into network-enabled addressable devices, creating scalable solutions for an iSCSI SAN. The iPB2700 is a cost effective, high performance bridge using four Gigabit Ethernet ports and two independent 4-Gb Fibre Channel buses.
  • Page 7 Possible storage Fibre Channel configurations SCSI GbE network ATTO iPBridge 2700 ATTO Celerity FC storage adapter GbE Switch 4-Gb FC Switch ATTO FibreCenter Hub ATTO ExpressPCI FC storage adapter ATTO FibreBridge 2400 ATTO FibreBridge embedded ATTO iPBridge 1500/1550/2500 SCSI Tape Library...

  • Page 8: Atto Ipbridge 2700R/D Physical Components

    The four independent 100/1000 Ethernet RJ-45 data ports are labeled Ethernet ports 1, 2, 3 and 4. ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual The data ports support IP v.4 in compliance with IEEE 802.3 GbE. Each may also be used for iPBridge management.
  • Page 9 From the front of the iPBridge (see Exhibit 1.1-1): is lighted green indicates ready, Ready/Fault LED lighted yellow shows a faulted condition, and off indicates not ready. lights green to show the power is on. Power LED a lighted yellow LED indicates Ethernet ports: 1000 Mb/sec.;...

  • Page 10: Atto Ipbridge 2700C Physical Components

    1.2 ATTO iPBridge 2700C physical components The ATTO iPBridge 2700C is a 1-Gigabit Ethernet to Fibre Channel embeddable cPCI bridge for high performance, cost effective solutions in enterprise environments. Dimensions 6.193 inches Width: 6.299 inches Length: .545 inches Height of tallest component: Environment 5-40 °C external...
  • Page 11 LED Ethernet management port: shows a valid link; off indicates that no link is Exhibit 1.2-1 iPBridge 2700C faceplate and board configuration present. A separate blinking yellow LED indicates activity. lights green to indicate ready, lights...

  • Page 12: Installation

    Turn on the power switch on the iPBridge. Wait up to two minutes for the iPBridge Ready LED to light indicating the bridge has completed its power-on self test sequence. ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual 2 Installation ® Windows...

  • Page 13: Setting Up Internet Explorer

    Installing MS iSCSI Initiator for Windows Download the latest version of Microsoft Software Initiator from www.microsoft.com/downloads. on iSCSI Initiator helps to locate it. Launch the Initiator installation program and follow the instructions. Find the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator icon on your desktop and launch the program.

  • Page 14: Configure The Ipbridge

    (sequential access) configurations • Digital audio disk storage: optimized for audio applications (sequential access) ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual If you do not use the ExpressWizard, continue to • Mapping and addressing, also known as management Interface •...
  • Page 15 Click Next. Select the answer to the question Does your network support Jumbo Frames? 10 Click Next. 11 Set your administrator password. 12 Click Next. 13 The configuration for the iPBridge based on your input in the previous screens appears. If the information is correct, click Commit.

  • Page 16: Target Management

    ExpressNAV menu, select Auto Target Mgt. Click on the Map all devices to default target button. ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual • You may map each device to its own target to break the single iSCSI target node into multiple nodes.
  • Page 17 Click on the Device Maps link of the default target. Select the devices from the box on the right hand side of the screen and drag to the appropriate LUN on the left. Multiple target nodes Multiple targets allow you to create a more configurable mapping scheme which can segregate storage into different iSCSI nodes within the iPBridge, with each iSCSI target...
  • Page 18 Exhibit 3.1-1 Target node configurations. ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual...

  • Page 19: Iscsi Configuration

    3.2 iSCSI configuration You may fine-tune the iPBridge using the ATTO ExpressNAV interface. Several special iPBridge features may be accessed using the ExpressNAV graphical user interface. For details on each command, refer to CLI provides an ASCII-based interface i of the Appendix If you are not already in the ExpressNAV interface, type the IP address of your iPBridge in a standard browser as found in...
  • Page 20 You may create up to eight Virtual LAN IDs for each Ethernet data port. Each VLAN ID is ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual type in your user name and password, and click The Status page appears.
  • Page 21 Enhance performance Note If you used ExpressWizard to set up your iPBridge, changing these parameters may interfere with ExpressWizard settings. Default values, even if you have not used the ExpressWizard, are appropriate for most configurations, but may be modified. Follow the Preliminary steps.
  • Page 22 1 Follow the 2 Click on Remote Mgt from the side menu. The Remote Management page appears. ATTO Technology Inc. FastStream 5300 Installation and Operation Manual For both methods, the severity level which is report can be critical, warning or all.

  • Page 23: Email Notification

    6 From the drop-down box next to each trap address, select the level of severity for which you want each address to be notified: None, All, Critical or Warning. Email notification Email notification allows the iPBridge to send an Email message to you, a network administrator or other users when certain events occur with the iPBridge.
  • Page 24 Several processors control the flow of data in the ATTO iPBridge. The firmware to control these processors can easily be upgraded in the field. The iPBridge firmware is distributed as an .ima file can be obtained from the ATTO Technology, Inc. web site at www.attotech.com or from the CD included with your iPBridge.
  • Page 25 Ready/Fault LED flashes on the front and back (connector) sides of the iPBridge 2700R/D and on the front faceplate of the iPBridge 2700C. The Fault LED also flashes 6 Troubleshooting commands, in the Advanced page of the Using...

  • Page 26: Update Firmware

    Fibre Channel ports LEDs FC Link FC Activity GbE Speed GbE Activity Exhibit 6.0-2 iPBridge 2700 R/D front label ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual Check host versions Check the following to find problems on attached hosts: • Operating system version •...
  • Page 27 Check components Use this procedure to check system components. For more information on the commands used in this procedure, refer to CLI provides an ASCII- based interface on page i of the Appendix. Check Fibre Channel devices Check Fibre Channel device power. Make sure the devices are powering up.
  • Page 28 Verify that the switch can see the iPBridge on the port(s) in question. Refer to your switch vendor’s guide for more information. ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual Check the iSCSI Host Adapter or NIC iSCSI host adapters appear as a type of Storage Controller to the host OS, not as a standard NIC.

  • Page 29: Performance Issues

    LAN/WAN environment on the ATTO ExpressNAV Ethernet page. 9k frame size is the current optimized frame size for the iPBridge. Many switch and router on page vii vendors do not support the larger frame size of 9k or 16k.
  • Page 30 ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual The more memory a system has, the less time it spends accessing virtual memory (hard drive space).
  • Page 31 MaxBurstLength The maximum data payload, in bytes, in a Data-In or a solicited Data-Out iSCSI sequence. A sequence consists of one or more consecutive Data-In or Data-Out PDUs that end with a Data-In or Data-Out PDU with the F bit set to one.
  • Page 32 For example, if you are using HyperTerminal on a computer running a Windows operating system, a. Type iPBridge in the New Connection dialog box. ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual 7 Interface options passwords. Refer to page 15. The Status page appears.

  • Page 33: Using Telnet

    • Flow Control: None • Terminal type: ASCII • Echo: off f. Click OK. After you connect to the iPBridge, start-up messages are displayed. These messages are only displayed at start-up. The last line in the start-up message sequence is Ready. In serial port sessions, there is no prompt on the line below the word Ready.
  • Page 34 Symbol < > ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual • The set form is an action that changes the value of a parameter or configuration setting. It may require a SaveConfiguration command and a restart of the system before it is implemented.

  • Page 35: Cli Error Messages

    CLI error messages The following error messages may be returned by the Command line Interface ERROR. Invalid Command. Type 'Help' for command list. ERROR. Wrong/Missing Parameters Usage: <usage string> ERROR Invalid RAID Group state ERROR Invalid Block Device index ERROR Invalid RAID Member index ERROR Maximum number of RAID Groups exceeded ERROR Insufficient number of RAID Group members ERROR...
  • Page 36 IsReserved MaxOpTemp MinOpTemp OpTempWarn ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual Default Example disabled set emailnotify enabled get emailnotifyaddress set emailpassword 0.0.0.0 get emailserveraddress set emailusername barb auto set ethernetspeed dp1 100...
  • Page 37 Command Password Ping ReadOnlyPassword ReadOnlyUsername ResetFCPortErrors Reserve RestoreConfiguration RMON Route RouteDisplay SaveConfiguration SerialNumber SerialPortBaudRate SerialPortEcho SNMP SNMPDumpMIB SNMPExtendedTraps SNMPTrapAddress SNTP SNTPServer SpeedWrite SpeedWriteDefault TailEventLog Temperature Time TimeZone TraceLog TraceLogFilter Username VerboseMode VLAN Voltage WrapEventLog WrapTraceLog Default Example Password set password ping mp1 192.42.155.155 Password set readonlypassword...
  • Page 38 Wide Name. Changes take effect immediately. Default: iPBridge set BridgeName [name] SaveConfiguration Restart command required get BridgeName ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual ClearEventLog Clears the contents of the event log. No new entries are recorded until the operation is completed. ClearEventLog...
  • Page 39 DisplayTraceLog Displays the most recent page of trace log entries. The optional parameter n is the number of lines to be a single page with no user displayed as interaction. After the command has executed, +, - or = to scroll through the log. Type quit and press Enter to exit the command.
  • Page 40 Terminates the current CLI session over Telnet. This command has no effect if used during a serial CLI session. Exit ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual ExpressFairness Enables an iSCSI fairness algorithm. which, when a large number of hosts are connected using iSCSI, prevents one host from using all available bandwidth and starving other connections.
  • Page 41 FCHard Regulates Fibre Channel hard address assignment. When enabled, the unit tries to use its internal hard address as its address on the Fibre Channel loop. Under soft addressing, the unit loop address is assigned during loop initialization. Default: disabled set FCHard [enabled | disabled] SaveConfiguration Restart command required get FCHard...
  • Page 42 [default | Target Name | discovery] [enabled | disabled] get iSCSICHAP [default | Target Name | discovery] ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual iSCSIChapSecret Specifies the incoming and outgoing passwords for iSCSI is enabled, CHAP sessions.
  • Page 43 iSCSIWANIPAddress Sets or displays the IP address reported to an iSCSI initiator located outside the iPBridge LAN. If this iPBridge is behind a NAT router, the address must be set to the external IP address of the router. Setting the address to 0.0.0.0 causes the iPBridge to be inaccessible from outside the LAN.
  • Page 44 Route iSCSI [default | Target Name] [lun] [FC [fp] [fcidx] | Bridge | Delete] ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual RouteDisplay Displays s a combined list of iSCSI to FC port mappings. The optional target name limits the list to maps which have that target name.
  • Page 45 SNMPDumpMIB Displays the contents of the ATTO iPBridge private SNMP MIB to the current CLI session. For further assistance with SNMP, consult your network administrator. SNMPDumpMIB SNMPExtendedTraps Regulates Extended (i.e., Device Transition and Device Error) SNMP trap functionality. Default: disabled set SNMPExtendedTraps [enabled | disabled] get SNMPExtendedTraps SNMPTrapAddress...
  • Page 46 005 43.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1.3 00000032 00000032 0000001e monitor 00000004 006 43.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1.3 00000032 00000032 00000708 monitor 00000004 xiii ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual VLAN Sets Virtual LAN ID values for each Ethernet data port. Up to 8 IDs can be stored per port. Incoming packets are filtered if their tags are not on the list of VLAN IDs for that data port.
  • Page 47 Appendix B Safety standards and compliances The equipment described in this manual generates and uses radio frequency energy. If this equipment is not used in strict accordance with the manufacturer's instruction, it can and may cause interference with radio and television reception. Refer to the Technical Specification sheet available at for a full list of certifications.
  • Page 48 CE standards and found to be compliant. The ATTO iPBridge 2700 complies with Directive 2002/95/EC on the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS). ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual...

  • Page 49: Appendix C Warranty Information

    Manufacturer warrants to the original purchaser of this product that it will be free from defects in material and workmanship as described in the ATTO Technology website, www.attotech.com. Manufacturer liability shall be limited to replacing or repairing, at its option, any defective product.
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