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    A TT O T echnology , Inc. Installation and Operation Manual A TT O ExpressPCI FCSW 64-bit PCI-t o-1-Gigabi t FC Host Adapter , SW optical SC i nterfac e A TT O ExpressPCI FC 2600 64-bit PCI -to-1- Gigabi t FC Host Adapt er , HSSDC interfac e © 2003 A TTO T echnolo gy , Inc. A ll rights reserv ed. All brand or pr oduct na mes are tradem arks o f th[...]

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    Content s 1 ATTO Exp ressPCI pr ovides Fibre Chan nel solution s 1 Advanced SCSI support PCI features Environmental, physical specifications 2 Fibre Channel is a key technology for storage ........ 3 Glossa ry 3 Hardware instal lation and initial conf iguration ....... . 5 System requirement s Fibre Channel address Insta lla tion Cabling Initial co[...]

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    1 A TTO T ech nology ExpressP CI FC 3321 I nstal lati on and Ope rati on Manual 1 A TT O Express PCI provides Fibr e Channel soluti ons All A TT O Expr essPCI mode ls have been de signed to ensu r e in ter operabilit y with Fibr e Channel de vices and c omp atibi lit y wit h a br oad r ange of se rver s an d wo rksta tio ns to mee t your needs. The[...]

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    2 Features and benefits 2-Gigabit Adapte rs FC 3342 FC 332 2 FC 3321 FC 33 00 FC 3305 F i b r e C h a n n e l p o r t s 42211 Op tical in terfa ce SW , LC , S FP SW , LC , S FP S W , L C, S FF Fixed SW L C Co pper interfa c e HSS DC Ma x. trans fer rate 400 MB/se c per chann el 400 MB/se c per chann el 400 M B/sec per channel 400 M B/sec 400 M B/se[...]

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    3 A TTO T echno logy Expre ssPCI F CSW and FC 2600 Insta lla tion and Operati on Man ual 2 Fibre Channel is a key technology for storage Fibr e Chann el is a seri al com muni cat ion s tec hnol ogy desi gned t o tr ansfe r l ar ge amo unts o f dat a amon g a variety of hardwar e systems over lo ng distance s. It is a key techno logy for appl icatio[...]

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    4 Glossary fabric A Fibre C hannel s witch or two o r more F ibre Cha nnel sw itches interco nnected to phys ically transm it data betw een a ny two N _Po rts on the switch or switches FC Fibre Chann el F_po rt A port in the F i bre Chan nel fabric w here a N_p ort may at tach FL_p ort A port in the F i bre Chan nel fabric whe re a N L_port may a t[...]

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    5 A TTO T echno logy Expre ssPCI F CSW and FC 2600 Insta lla tion and Operati on Man ual 3 Hard war e ins tallat ion a nd i nitia l co nfigura tion Y ou wil l need a ba sic un derst and ing of Fibr e Chan nel bef or e insta lli ng the A TT O Exp r essPCI host adapter . P lease r efer to Cha pter 2 for a list of Fi br e Channel -r elated web s ites.[...]

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    6 Installation and configuration Exhibit 3-1 R equir ed connectors and r ecommended cables Initial configuration A TT O ExpressPCI host adap ters come preconfigu red to operate pr operly in a variety of common s ystem setups. However , some systems or setup s may benefi t by tuni ng the ad apter fo r opti mal perf orma nce. A TTO T echnology provid[...]

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    7 A TTO T echno logy Expre ssPCI F CSW and FC 2600 Insta lla tion and Operati on Man ual 4 Instal ling/ updating device drivers an d firmware ExpressPCI FC host ad apters requir e devi ce drive rs and fir mwar e for pr oper operat ion. Y our ad apter firmwa r e wa s pr operly flash ed before shipment, but the firmwa r e m ay need to b e update d as[...]

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    8 Device drivers Updating the W indows NT driver 1 Click on the Start me nu and s elect Run . 2 T y pe in RDISK.EXE a nd press ENTER to cre ate an emerge ncy repair dis k. 3 Double-clic k My Compu ter and open the Cont rol Panel . 4 Double-clic k the SCSI Ad apter ic on. 5 Click on the Driver tab and hi ghlight the AT T O ExpressFC dri ver . 6 Clic[...]

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    9 A TTO T echno logy Expre ssPCI F CSW and FC 2600 Insta lla tion and Operati on Man ual 5 T ro uble shooti ng This cha pter cont ains s olutions for the m ost comm on pr oblems you migh t encoun ter . If you need additio nal as sist ance, ple ase r efer to the ATT O T echnology web si te (www .atto tech.c om) o r contac t an A TTO T ech nology au [...]

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    10 T roubleshooting 4 If it has been iden tified, click on t he Drivers Ta b to see if the A TTO ExpressP CI host adapter driver ha s been started. It will sa y Started i n the right hand column of the window . If the A TTO ExpressPCI host adapter driver a ppears bu t is not st arted , check on the dev ice stat us. In the Contr ol Panel cli ck on D[...]

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    i A TTO T echnolo gy Exp ressPCI FCSW a nd FC 2 600 I nst allat ion and Operat ion Ma nual Appendix A S tandards a nd compliances The e quipm ent des cribe d in thi s ma nual gene rate s and uses radio frequency ener gy . The T echnica l Specifica tion s heet for a pa rticula r A TT O Expr essPC I host bus ad apter list cer tifica tions fo r that m[...]

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    ii Appendix B Fibre Cha nnel accessorie s The f oll owi ng Fi br e Cha nnel acce sso ries ar e a vaila ble th r ough A TT O T ec hno logy and auth oriz ed r es ellers. Contact an A TT O T echnology a uthor ized sale s r epr e sentati ve to order . Copper Cables CBL-HSDB -03X HSSDC to DB9 Cop per Fibr e Channel C able – 3m. CBL-HSDB -10X HSSDC to [...]

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    iii Appendix C SCSI host adapter selecti on guide A T TO T echnolo gy off ers a n umber of SCSI and Fib r e C hannel sol utions for stor age. Th e foll owing chart compares the featur es of ExpressPCI SCSI host adapt ers. Supporte d platfor ms: Sun S olaris; L inux; NetWare; SCO Uni x; Wind ows 2000, 95/98 , NT , and Ma cintosh OS and OS X . Comple[...]

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    iv Appe ndix D Co ntac t A TT O T echn ology , In c. Customer service, s ales info rmation an d technic al support ar e availa ble by ph one Monday through F riday , Eastern Stand ard Ti me 8:00 a .m. to 8 :00 p.m., or by e- mail an d web s ite 24-ho urs a da y . A T TO T echn ology , Inc. 155 Cros sPoint P arkway Amherst, Ne w Y ork 14068 (716) 69[...]