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Tandberg Data FC420
Bridge Option User's Guide
Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0, November 2002
Fibre Channel Overview ...................................................................... 3
Library Operation After FC420 Bridge Installation ............................... 3
One- and Two-Drive Library Cabling ................................................... 4
Cabling with Three or More Drives ...................................................... 5
Setting Up an Ethernet Connection ..................................................... 8
Verifying Current FC420 Firmware .................................................... 10
Setting Local Echo Mode................................................................... 10
Scanning the SCSI buses on the Library........................................... 10
Creating a Map File for the FC420 .................................................... 11
Making Other Configuration Changes ............................................... 11
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Introduction Fibre Channel Overview ..............3 Library Operation After FC420 Bridge Installation ....... 3 Cabling the M2500 Library for Fibre Channel One- and Two-Drive Library Cabling ........... 4 Cabling with Three or More Drives ............5... - Page 2 Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 FC420 Services Software Commands FC420 Service Software Operation ........... 13 Command Syntax ................14 List of Abbreviations ................14 Command Listing................14 6207947-04fN 13...
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Page 3: Introduction
For FC420 installation steps, refer to the FC420 Fibre Channel Bridge Quick Reference Guide (PN T6473054). For a description of M-Series library operating procedures, see the Tandberg Data M-Series Library User’s Guide (PN T6423045). Fibre Channel The M2500 library is controlled by a host computer via a SCSI Overview differential bus using the SCSI-2 medium changer command set. -
Page 4: Cabling The M2500 Library For Fibre Channel
Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Cabling the M2500 Library for Fibre Channel The cabling configuration used for the M2500 library with the FC420 option depends on the following factors: • Number of tape drives installed •... -
Page 5: Cabling With Three Or More Drives
Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Figure 2 shows typical cabling for a two-drive library. Figure 2 Two-drive Cabling M2500 SCSI FC420 Fibre SCSI Primary SCSI controller electronics SCSI module Drive 2... - Page 6 SDLT/LTO Drive Cabling with a 2-GB SAN If the M2500 library with SDLT or LTO drives is connected to a 2-GB SAN, Tandberg Data recommends a maximum ratio of 2 tape drives per FC420 SCSI port. This means that one FC420 Fibre bridge could manage up to four tape drives, but a second FC420 Fibre bridge would be required for libraries with five or six tape drives.
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Page 7: Setting Scsi Ids
Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Figure 4 shows a six-drive library utilizing a two-drive per port cabling scheme. To increase the bandwidth available to each tape drive, Note: install additional FC420 Fibre bridges and use the cabling... -
Page 8: Configuring Fc420 Firmware
Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Configuring FC420 Firmware Each FC420 Fibre bridge installed in the M2500 library must be configured using the FC420 Bridge Services software. The key to successfully configuring the FC420 Fibre bridge is to: •... - Page 9 Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Set network properties and specify an IP address for the computer. Right-click the network icon on the computer’s desktop. For some versions of Windows, this icon may be labeled .
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Page 10: Verifying Current Fc420 Firmware
Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Figure 5 Telnet Window Showing Connection with FC420 Firmware version information The Telnet connection window shows the firmware version and gives Verifying Current FC420 Firmware the firmware revision date. -
Page 11: Creating A Map File For The Fc420
Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Each FC420 Fibre bridge in the library requires a map file to identify Creating a Map File for the FC420 the SCSI devices in the library electronically connected to each Fibre Channel port on the board. -
Page 12: Updating Fc420 Firmware
Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Updating FC420 Firmware If the FC420 firmware requires updating, follow this procedure: Obtain the latest copy of the firmware. To do this, go to . Locate and download the www.quantum.com/softwaredownload... -
Page 13: Fc420 Services Software Commands
Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 FC420 Services Software Commands The FC420 Services Software is resident on each FC420 Bridge board, and is used to configure the bridge for use in the library. The software uses a Command Line Interface (CLI) that is usable with any PC and a terminal emulation program such as HyperTerminal or ProComm. -
Page 14: Command Syntax
Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 The following is a list of syntax used to describe command lines: Command Syntax • [ ] indicates required entry • < > indicates optional entry •... - Page 15 Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Command Description Default Syntax Selects/displays the delay interval (in set dhcpfixeddelay [0-255] DhcpFixedDelay seconds) between DHCP client get dhcpfixeddelay requests. set dispevent [subsystem] DispEvent [event_level] [status] Sets the switches that controls the filtering performed when displaying events.
- Page 16 Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Command Description Default Syntax Displays the current contents of the displayevent < all > DisplayEvent event log. The log is filtered by the (Immediate) current switch settings as described in the DispEvent section.
- Page 17 Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Command Description Default Syntax Turns on or off the FC-AL arbitration enabled set fcfairarb [enabled | FcFairArb fairness. Applies to all three Fibre disabled] Channel ports on each board.
- Page 18 Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Command Description Default Syntax Sets/displays the current World Wide 10 00 0x, set fcwwname [portnumber FcWWName Name (WWN) of the Fibre Channel where x [0xnn 0xnn 0xnn]] interface referenced.
- Page 19 Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Command Description Default Syntax Sets/displays the current IP address of 10.0.0.1 set ipaddress xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx IPAddress the Fibre bridge. If the ipdhcp get ipaddress command is enabled, the get command reports the current IP address assigned by the nameserver.
- Page 20 Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Command Description Default Syntax Sets the switches which control the set logevent [enabled | LogEvent filtering performed when logging disabled] | [[subsystem] events. The switches have the...
- Page 21 Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Command Description Default Syntax reserve Reserve (Immediate) Reservation of the FC420 is implicit; once the configuration image is changed by any user of services (Serial/Ethernet/Etc.,) the FC420 becomes RESERVED.
- Page 22 Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Command Description Default Syntax Save the new configuration. If a saveconfiguration < restart | SaveConfiguration firmware restart is required to make nonrestart > (Immediate) the change, the user is prompted to confirm the restart.
- Page 23 Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Command Description Default Syntax Reports the FC420 board serial get serialnumber SerialNumber number. Set the baud rate for the FC420 serial 9600 set serialportbaudrate [rate]...
- Page 24 Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Command Description Default Syntax Sets the Command Line Interface to enabled set verbose [enabled | VerboseMode display extended information about a disabled] parameter when the help command is get verbose given.
- Page 25 Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 Command Description Default Syntax Allows the user to poll for the status of get xcstatus XCStatus Extended Copy commands issued to the Fibre bridge. Each Extended Copy command is identified with a unique number.
- Page 26 Tandberg Data FC420 Bridge Option User’s Guide Document T6423053-01, Ver. 1, Rel. 0 November 2002 FC420 Services Software Commands...
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