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    Chaparral FS1310 Fibre Channel-to-SCSI Router User ’ s Guide[...]

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    i Copyright © 2000, 20 01 Chapa rral Netwo rk Storag e, Inc. Docume nt Number: 07- 0015-0 06 This do cument co vers the FS1310. All righ ts reserv ed. No par t of this publica tion ma y be reprod uced with out th e prior writ ten consen t of: Cha parra l Networ k S torag e, I nc. 7420 E. Dry Creek Park way Longmo nt, Co lorad o 8050 3 http://www .[...]

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    ii Canadian Compliance Statement This Class A dig ital appara tus meets all r e quirement s of the Ca nadian Int e rference-Ca using Equip ment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la cla sse A re specte tou tes les ex igences du Règlemen t sur le m atérial brou illeur du Canada EMC Documents: 89/336/E EC—Europe an Counc il Directive on the [...]

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    iii 6 EN 61 000-4-6 —Electroma gnetic Co m patibility (EMC) - Part 4: T esting and M e asur ement T echniques - Secti on 6; Imm unity to Conducted Distur bances , Induc ed by Radio -Freq uency Fi elds. 7 Not ne eded: EN 6 1000-4 -8 8 EN 61 000-4-1 1—Electro magnetic Co mpatibilit y (EMC) - Part 4: T esting and Me asuremen t T echniques - Sectio[...]

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    v Contents 1 Introduction Abou t this Guid e ........................ .................................... .................. ................. 1-1 Conv enti ons .................................. .................................... .......................... 1-2 Chaparra l FS1310 Router Benef its and Featu res ......................... ..........[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide vi Changing t he Scan Delay ....................... .................................... ............... 3-15 Enabling and Disabling the Alarm ........................... .................. ............... 3-16 Rest oring the D efaul t Setti ngs ........................ ....................................[...]

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    Contents vii C Reference Documents Standard s .................................... ........................... .................................... ....... C-1 Books ............... .................................... ........................... .................................. C-2 Glossary Index[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide viii[...]

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    1-1 1 Introduction The book titl e is a Fibre Channel (FC)-t o-Small Co mputer System Int erface (SCSI) rout er that en ables connectiv ity between SCSI dev i ces a nd storage area networks ( SAN s). The router provides Fibre Channel c onnection to SCSI devic es allowing the m to be attached to either a Fibre Cha nnel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) or swi[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 1-2 Convention s This Gu ide use s several typog raphical convent ions to help exp lain how to use the router . Chapa rral FS13 10 Rou ter Ben efits and Featur es The route r offe rs you thr ee key benefi ts: ! Allows you to connect legac y SCSI device s to Fibr e Channel SANs ! Allows you to manage these [...]

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    Introduction 1-3 ! Industr y-leading data transfer (MB/se c) and transact ion pro cessing r ates (IOPS) ! Automatic SCSI device discovery and SCSI-to-FC addr ess mapping ! Retenti on of SCSI-t o-FC addressing du ring devi ce removal/additio n and between power cycles ! Support f or Persistent Rese rve In and Persi stent Reserve Out commands ! Suppo[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 1-4 The EC comma nd, as imp lemented i n the Chaparral r outer , req uires no a dministration. Administe ring an EC en vironment is most int ensive on the app lication side. Chaparral support s the Stor age Netwo rking Indu stry Assoc i ation Ext ended Copy Specifi cation (ANSI T10/ 9 9-143R1). Any questi [...]

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    Introduction 1-5 ❒ Indica tors Fibre C hanne l ac tivity SCSI activ ity (3) Status Fault Switches AC Power On/O ff RS-232/Eth ernet configura tion port Environmental +0 °C to +40°C ambi ent, normal opera ting (an alarm sounds when route r oper ates betwe en +0°C to + 5°C and +3 5°C to +60°C) -40°C to + 60°C ambient, nono perating 10% to 8[...]

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    2-1 2 Installing the Router This chap ter provides st ep-by-step ins tructions for installing t he router . Y ou must take many factors into c onside ration wh ile plan ning the router instal lation. Due to the v ersatility of the router and the diver sity of availa ble host platf orms, host bus adapter s (HBAs), swit ches, hubs, stora ge devices, [...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 2-2 4 V isual ly in spect the router and noti fy your freight carrie r immediately of a ny dama ge. 5 Record the M edia Access Contr ol (MAC) address located on the label of the rou ter box for future refe rence. Figure 2- 1 below shows the front and r ear panels of the FS1 310. Figure 2 -1. FS1310 front a[...]

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    Installing the Ro uter 2-3 Installing in a Rack Y ou can inst all the r outer in a stan dard 1U high, 19" rack. Y ou can either front or rear mount the router . Parts requi red for th is pro cedur e (s hown in Figu re 2-2 ) ! Left and right mounting br ackets (only left br acket shown) ! Four mounti ng screws (10-32 p anheads) Figure 2-2. Moun[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 2-4 Installation Configu ration Examples Y ou can inst all th e router in a variety of co nfigurations to meet your needs. The examples below show the mo st common inst allation conf igurati ons. ! Simple lo op with two devices on a SAN (FC-AL) Figure 2- 3. Simple loop con figurati on example ! Single s er[...]

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    Installing the Ro uter 2-5 ! Multiple se rvers on a SAN (FC-AL) Figure 2 -5. Multi ple serv er configur ation ex ample ! SAN with fab r ic (FC-SW) Figure 2- 6. SAN configuration ex ample[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 2-6 ! Multip le SAN s wit h fabric (FC- SW) Figure 2- 7. SAN with fabric configurati on example ! Extended c opy configurati on—serve r less backup tha t performs backup operations direct ly from disk to t ape without copying the data to the serve r Figure 2-8. Extend ed copy c onfigur ation exampl e Hos[...]

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    Installing the Ro uter 2-7 Connecting the Router The route r has severa l types of data connectio ns: ! Fibre Cha nnel (gigabaud i nterface connec tor [GBIC])—permitt ing connection t o other FC d evices, typical ly throug h an arbitrated loop or SAN wit h fabric. ! Three SCSI c hannels—permitt ing the co nnection of up to 15 devices on each ch[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 2-8 Y ou must use th e proper SCSI cable s on the mode l you purchased. For example, if you purchase d the L VD model, you must use L VD-qualifie d SCSI cables . Symbols on the rear panel t ell you whi ch model you have. L VD /SE (wide , Ultra-2 SCSI), 68-pin SCSI (L VD/SE model) Ultra wide , 68-pin SCSI ([...]

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    Installing the Ro uter 2-9 T o connect to the Fibr e Channel port: 1 Be sure the route r is turned of f. 2 Insert t he GBIC into the Fibre Channel p ort. See Figur e 2-9 on page 2-7 . The GBIC is keyed and can onl y go in one way . Be sure t hat the GBI C locks into place. 3 Connect one end of t he Fibre Cha nnel cable to t he GBIC. 4 Connect the o[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 2-10 3 Mo ve the E-S s witch to the S pos ition . 4 Connect the ot her end of t he RS-232 cable (DB- 9) to the COM port on the computer that wi ll monitor and configure t he router . Connecting to the Ethern et Port Y ou use the Et hernet ( 10BaseT) port to c onfigure a nd manage the route r. Y ou use t hi[...]

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    Installing the Ro uter 2-1 1 The route r recognizes al l SCSI d evices con nected to the thre e SCSI channel s on the FS1310, and assigns each de vice a unique LUN a ddress, whi ch will be mapped as par t of a unique FC a ddress. Y ou can config ure the router t o assign itself a LUN for i n-band management, server-free ba ckup, and other us es. T [...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 2-12 Router Default Settings T able 2-13 below list s the router de fault se ttings. If the se settings meet your needs , you can use y our router now . If the y do not, you can cha nge the setting s. See Chapter 3 , Configuri ng the Router . ❒ 0 SCSI channe l 0 activi ty Green Solid on when bus is activ[...]

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    3-1 3 Configuring the Router Y ou can displ ay and chan ge a variety of s e ttings using the Router Administrator so ftware. Using the Router Administra tor , you can : ! Change the router configu ration settin gs (see page 3-6 ) ! Reboot th e router (see pa ge 3-19 ) ! Display i nformati on about the rout er (see p age 3-24 ) ! Display i nformati [...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-2 2 Press Ctrl-r . The in itial Chap arral F C-to -SCS I Ro uter A dmin istra tor sc reen d ispla ys. 3 Press Enter . The Syste m M enu displ ays. Y ou can now per form all of the func tions describe d in this chapte r . All steps in this chap ter star t from the Sys t em Men u. If an a larm condit ion h[...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-3 Accessing the R outer Adminis trator Using th e Ethernet Port Y ou can acces s the Route r Administr ator sof tware usi ng the Ethernet p ort using T elnet. For W indows use r s, if you want to us e T elnet, you must conf igure the preferences and font from the T erminal menu each t ime as shown below . W indows users may[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-4 Access ing the Ro uter S oftwar e Using the Ethe rnet Por t Y ou can configur e a variety of settings for the Ether net connection. For mor e infor mation, see Co nfiguring the Additional L AN Settings on page B-3 . T o access the Router Adm inistr ator soft ware using the Ethernet port and t he T elne[...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-5 8 Press Enter . The Syste m M enu displ ays. Y ou can now per form all of the func tions describe d in th e followi ng chapt ers. All steps star t from the S ystem M enu . Accessing the Network M anagement System Y ou can access the network mana gement system sof t ware from the Router Admi nistrator . For mor e informati[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-6 Changing t he Screen Display After yo u have accessed t he Router Administrat or sof tware, you c an change t he screen display using a combina tion of ke ystrokes , as shown on the S ystem Menu. T able 3-2 list s the keys trokes require d to change vario us screen dis plays. Changing Router Co nfigura[...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-7 ! Change the scan delay (see page 3-15 ) ! Enab le and disa ble t he ala rm ( see page 3-16 ) ! Rest ore t he defa ult s ettin gs (se e page 3- 18 ) Selecting the T opology Y ou should be sure that the router ’ s topo logy set ting is correc t for your conf iguration. Y ou can set the topology to: ! LOOP—use thi s opt[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-8 3 Select th e T opology that match es your configur ation and p ress Enter : – LOOP —use thi s optio n for all c onfigurations except when the router is connected to a switch F-port . See Installat i on Conf iguratio n Examples on page 2-4 . – POINT-TO- POINT —use this opti on only when you con[...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-9 T o change the Loop ID: 1 From the Syst em Menu, selec t Conf iguratio n Menu an d press Ent er . The Confi guration Menu scre en displays. 2 Select Host Configuration and pre ss Enter . The Host Con f igur ation scr een displ ays. 3 Select the topolog y you want and press Ente r , or pres s Enter if the c orrect topology[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-10 5 Press Enter . If you wa nt to change the router LUN, you can do so. See Changing the Router ’ s FC LUN on page 3-10 . The syst em confirms that you wan t to make the change . 6 Select Ye s and press Enter to make the changes. The syst em confirms that the changes are made. 7 Press Enter to retur n[...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-1 1 If you s elected LO OP , the Loop ID s creen displays . T o display the Ro uter LUN screen , press Enter . If you want to c hange the Lo op ID, you can do so. Se e Changin g the Rout er ’ s Loop ID on page 3-8 . If you s elected POINT-TO-POINT , the Rou ter LUN scre en displa ys. The text inside the par e nthes es ( )[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-12 Changing t he SCSI ID Assigned to Each Router Channel The route r assigns each o f its SCSI channels one of t he SCSI IDs (i nitiator IDs) , leaving 15 SCSI ID s availa ble for devices . Y ou can change t he SCSI I D assigned to each channe l. T o change the SCSI ID a ssigned to a router channe l: 1 F[...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-13 4 Select th e SCSI ID (Initiator ID) you want to use for thi s channe l and p ress Enter . Depending the model you ha ve, other s creens may displa y . The syst em confirms that you wan t to make the change . 5 Select Ye s and press Enter to make the changes. The syst em confirms that the changes are made. 6 Press Enter [...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-14 Setting the D ate and Time Y ou can set t he router’ s date an d time. T o set the r outer’s date : 1 From the Syst em Menu, selec t Conf iguratio n Menu an d press Ent er . The Confi guration Menu scre en displays. 2 Select S et Date /Time and press Enter . The Set Date /T ime scr een d isplay s.[...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-15 The Confi guration Menu scre en displays. 2 Select S et Date /Time and press Enter . The Set Date /T ime scr een d isplay s. 3 Select Set Time and pr ess Enter . The Set T ime s creen dis plays. 4 Enter the time you want and press Enter . Ente r the ti m e in the followin g format : hh:mm:ss. The syst em confirms that yo[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-16 2 Select Scan Configuration a nd press Ent e r . The Scan Con figuration scr een displ ays. 3 Select th e number of seco nds you want the router to wai t and p ress Enter . Y ou can sele ct any number between 0 and 255. The syst em confirms that you wan t to make the change s. 4 Select Ye s and press [...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-17 T able 3-3 s hows the te m peratu re and voltage t hresholds for ea ch alarm and what t o do to resolve the problem. T a ble 3-3. Alarm th reshold s Alarm thresho l d What to do when t he alarm sounds CPU temperatur e W arning—5°C a nd 65°C Shutdown—0 °C and 70°C ! Check the Route r Administra tor software to con[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-18 T o enable or disa ble the al arm : 1 From the Syst em Menu, selec t Conf iguratio n Menu an d press Ent er . The Confi guration Menu scre en displays. 2 Select Alarm and press Enter . The Alarm s creen displays. The current set ting is marked with an * next to it. 3 Select th e option you want an d p[...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-19 2 Select Restore Defaults a nd press Enter . The Restore Defaults screen displays. The selected option is marked with an * next to it. 3 Select Ye s and press Enter to make the ch ange. The syst em confirms that the changes are made. 4 Press Enter to retur n to the Configur ation Me nu. Rebooting the Router Y ou must reb[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-20 Changing and Displaying De vice Informati on Y ou can change and dis play info rmation about the devices connect ed to the router using the Route r Administr ator . Y ou can: ! Change the mapping mode (AUTO or FIXED) ( page 3-20 ) ! Change devi ce addresses ( page 3- 21 ) ! Display t he device s attac[...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-21 2 Select M appin g Mode pres s Enter . The Mapping Mode sc reen displays. The current setting is m arked wit h an * next to it. 3 Select th e option you want an d press Enter : AUTO —lets the r outer ass ign the FC LUN to each de vice anytime y ou power u p the router . FIXED —tells t he route r to keep the same FC L[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-22 T o change the device FC LUNs : 1 Set t he a ddres s mo de to F IXED . See Cha nging the Map ping Mode (AUT O or FIXED) on page 3 -20 . 2 From the Syst em Menu, selec t Addr ess Mapping and press Ent er . The Addres s Mapping screen di splays. 3 Select Display Addr ess Map pr ess Enter . The Displ a y[...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-23 Displaying th e Devices Connect ed to the Router Y ou can display a list of the SCSI devices c onnected to the r outer . Currently , the list onl y include s the first 15 devices on each channel. T o disp lay a list of a ll devic es, see Displayi ng the FC-t o-SCSI Addr ess Map on page 3-23 . The list includes the f ollo[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-24 The addre ss map lists devi ces in as cending order bas ed on the FC LUN, includ ing the router itself if it has an FC LUN assigned to it. For ad ditional information abo ut address mapp ing, se e Appendi x A, Addr ess and De vice Mapping . T o display the addr ess map: 1 From the Syst em Menu, selec [...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-25 ! Firmware u pdate ! T emperature warnin g ! T emperature failure (this lead s to a shutdown of router which is log ged as a shut down) ! V oltage warn ing ! V oltage failur e (this leads to a shutd own of router wh ich is logged as a shutdown) Y ou should che ck the log regul arly . The ev ent log stores t he most recen[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-26 2 Select Vi ew Event Log and press Ente r . The E vent L og sc reen displ ays the las t ev ent th at occ urred . 3 Press ↑ to see the previous event. Y ou can conti nue to view earl ier events by pr essing ↑ . 4 Press Esc to ret urn to the Eve nt Lo g Men u. T o display a full page of events: 1 Fr[...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-27 Displaying Hardware an d Configuration Information Y ou can display t he router ’ s har dware and co nfiguration in formation. Thi s is where you can see what ve rsion of the fi rmware you have. Chaparral technical support personnel may also r eque st this infor matio n. Y ou can displ ay the har dware and configur ati[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-28 T o display hardwar e information only : 1 From the Syst em Menu, selec t Ut ilitie s Menu and press Enter . The Util ities Menu scr een displ ays. 2 Select Hardware Informat ion and press Ente r . The H ardwa re Info rma tion s creen disp lays . 3 Press Esc to r eturn to the Conf iguration Menu. ROUT[...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-29 T o display hardwar e and configuration i nformation: 1 From anywhere in the Router Admi nistra tor software, pr ess Ctrl-e . The fir st scree n of events from the e vent log displa ys. 2 Press Ctrl-e again The H ardwa re Info rma tion s creen disp lays . 3 Press Ctrl-e again. The Con figurati on Infor m ation s creen di[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-30 Displaying th e Router ’ s FC LUN Y ou can display t he rou ter ’ s FC LUN and the FC LUNs of e ach device connected to the router . T o display the r outer’ s LUN: 1 From the Syst em Menu, selec t Addr ess Mapping and press Ent er . The Addres s Mapping screen di splays. 2 Select Display Addr e[...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-31 Upgrading Firmware Y ou can upgrad e the firmware fo r the router and the Ethernet ca rd in the router . Informat ion regarding t he latest releas e of firmware and firmware updates i s avail able from the C haparra l W e b site ( www .chaparral net.com/su pport ). Contact Cha parral technic al support for the password t[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 3-32 6 While th e router reboot s, hold down the spac e bar on your k eyboard . The F lash U tilit y scr een d ispla ys. 7 Press the number on your keyboar d that co rresponds to the protocol you want to use to tra nsfer th e firmware upgrade file from your c omputer to the rou ter . W e recommend using th[...]

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    Configuring the Router 3-33 Upgrading the Ethernet Card’ s Firmware Y ou can a lso up date the f irmwa re for t he Et hern et ca rd ins ide th e rout er . Th e firm war e is contain ed in a .bin file . T o upg rade the Et herne t ca rd’ s firm ware: 1 Call Chapar ral technical support for inf ormation about down loading the fir mw are updates .[...]

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    4-1 4 T roubleshooting Resoluti ons to common prob lems you may encoun ter are d escribed in the fo llowing sectio ns. This section d escribes troub leshooting us ing th e RS-232 ser i al p ort. Chaparral T echnical Support For assi stance configur ing and using your Chapar ral product, cont act your authori zed distribut or or send an e-mail to Ch[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 4-2 Prob lem: The system hangs after the “All diagno stic te sts passed” messa ge or while scanning devices. Solution : Foll ow these st eps to resol ve the pro blem: 1 V erify th ere are n o SCSI address co nflicts . 2 Check th e connecte d SCSI devices to make sure ever ything is prope rly connec ted[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng 4-3 Restoring th e Default C onfiguratio n Through t he Flash Utility Y ou can clear the rout er con figurati on and res tore all router d efault setti ngs without accessi ng the Router Admi nistra tor software. Y ou may want to do thi s if the route r is n ot working pr operly or the s ystem hangs after the “All d iagnostic tes[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 4-4 2 Select 6. Utility Menu a nd press Enter . The Util ity Menu screen di splays. 3 Select 2. Clear Configurat ion and pres s Enter . 4 The system conf irms that you want to make the change. Ent er Y to confir m and pre ss Enter to clear the configur ations. 5 The system co nfirms that the cha nges are m[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng 4-5 Prob lem: Nothing is di splayed on the te rminal emulator . Solution : The probab le cause of thi s problem i s your t erminal e m ulator software is not configur ed correctly . Prob lem: Screen is upd ated, but won’ t respond to keystroke s. Solution : 1 Check th at all the cabl es are connecte d properly . 2 Make sure the [...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 4-6 Router is Not Responding Prob lem: The router is t urned on and con nected, but is not wor king properly and it s LED light s are not li t. Solution : Repla ce the fus e. 1 Insert a small flat-blade screwdriver unde r the tab where t he fuse is located and pull out the fuse and fuse box. See Figur e 2-[...]

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    Trou bleshooti ng 4-7 3 Use the ↑ and ↓ k eys to browse thro ugh the list of events. T o view a whole screen of event s at once follo w these steps: 1 T ype Ctrl- e to switc h screens until the Event Log screen appears (the te xt “Event Log” is loca ted in the lo wer lef t co rner o f the sc reen ). 2 Use this sc reen to vie w mult iple ev [...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide 4-8 V oltage and T emperature Erro rs and W arnings Most volta ge and temperature er rors occur due to envi ronmental condi tions. See Ta b l e 1 - 1 on page 1- 4 for e nviro nmental specifi cations. Setting Up Debug Logging The route r has a debug log that you can view by pre ssing Ct rl-E . Pressing Ctrl[...]

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    A-1 A Address and Device Mapping Devices a t tached t o the router ar e discovered dur ing power on . The router defa ults to AUT O mapping mode, whic h automatica lly maps the SCSI devices at each power on. The router m aps devi ces sequential l y as it scan s the cha nnels and discove rs the devices (device s are discovere d by channel , lowest S[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide A-2 Figure A- 1. FS1310 d evice a ddress map ping Host Computer Fibre Channel Disk 1 Tape 1 Robot Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Disk 5 Disk 6 Disk 7 3456789 15 7 7 Tape 2 Tape 3 Tape 5 Tape 6 Tape 7 Tape 4 5689 0123 FS1310 1 Loop ID Initiator ID FC LUN 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1[...]

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    Address and De vice Mapping A-3 Loop ID to AL_P A Mapping During th e Fibre Channel Arb i trated Loop (FC-AL) initi alizati on process , a unique Arbitra ted Loop Ph ysical Address (AL_P A) val ue is ass igned to ea ch port on the loop. Not all of the 256 hex values are allowed as AL_P A values pe r FC-AL, so Loop IDs are used to repr esent the 125[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide A-4 ❒ 62 74 85 4E 108 2A 63 73 86 4D 109 29 64 72 87 4C 1 10 27 65 71 88 4B 1 1 1 26 66 6E 89 4A 1 12 25 67 6D 90 49 1 13 23 68 6C 91 47 1 14 1F 69 6B 92 46 1 15 1E 70 6A 93 45 1 16 1D 71 69 94 43 1 17 1B 72 67 95 3C 1 18 18 73 66 96 3A 1 19 17 74 65 97 39 120 10 75 63 98 36 121 0F 76 5C 99 35 122 08 77 [...]

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    B-1 B LAN Configuration Before yo u can access the Ro uter Administrat or softwa re using t he Ethernet port, yo u must set up your rout er for TCP/IP . The fol lowing sections describe the r outer’ s TCP/IP set up. A router th at is part of a TCP/IP networ k requires three ba sic IP con figurati on elemen ts: IP address , subnet mask, and def au[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide B-2 Using Address R esolution Proto col The ARP confi guration method r equires no IP address r e -conf igurati on of a ny compute r on the ne twork. The ARP command i s availab le in various f orms and somet imes with varying syntax in UNIX and Wi ndows sys tems. All rout ers are s hipped with a uni que M[...]

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    LAN Configuration B-3 Dyna mic Host Configura tion Proto col C onf igur ati on The Dynamic Ho st Configuratio n Protocol (DHCP) is a protoco l designed to make I P address assignment dynamic and automat i c. When a rou ter is confi gured in DHCP mod e, it gene rates a request for an IP addres s. The address is provided to t he router and can be use[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide B-4 3 Select Ethernet Config and press Enter . The Networ k M anagement System Console scr een displ ays. From here you can access the LAN settin gs. Each screen and its settings are descri bed briefly in the followin g sections . These settings are intended fo r use by experi enced network admini stra tor[...]

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    LAN Configuration B-5 System Configuration Sc reen Option 1 f rom the Netwo rk Management System Cons ole screen disp lays the System Configur ation scree n. T able B-1 descr ibes the sett ings you can change here. T a ble B-1 . System Configura tion scre en setting s Option Setting Description 1 System nam e Name of the router as seen by other sys[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide B-6 TCP/IP Configuration Screen Option 2 f rom the Netwo rk Management System Cons ole screen disp lays the TCP/IP Configur ation scree n. T able B-2 descr ibes the sett ings you can change here. T able B-2. Sys tem Config uration s creen set tings Option Setting Description 1 IP Addres s Intern et Prot oc[...]

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    LAN Configuration B-7 SNMP Configuration Screen Option 3 f rom the Netwo rk Management System Cons ole scre en displays the S N MP Configur ation scree n. T able B-3 descr ibes the sett ings you can change here. Restarting the LAN Boa rd Option 4 f rom the Netwo rk Management System Cons ole screen rest arts th e LAN board. A screen wi ll display n[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide B-8 System Information s creen Option 5 f rom the Netwo rk Management System Cons ole screen disp lays the Ab out Network In terface scree n displays. Y ou can view t his read- only screen to ge t informa tion about the sy stem. Returning to the Router Administrator Software Press Esc from the Network Mana[...]

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    C-1 C Reference Documents Standards X3T1 1/Project 7 55D Fibr e Channel Physi cal and Sig naling Interface ( FC-PH) Specifi cation - ANSI Stan dard X3.230-1994 X3T1 1/Project 1 133D Fibr e Channel Arbitrat ed Loop (FC-AL-2 ) Specificatio ns, Rev 6.1 - Draft ANSI Standard X3T1 1/Project 9 59D Fibr e Channel Switch Fabr ic (FC-SW) – Draft ANSI St a[...]

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    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide C-2 The exact status, revis i on le vel, and locatio n may change as the dr afts become sta ndards and are r eleased. Approved Amer ican National St andards an d T echnica l Reports may be pur chased from: ANSI 1 1 W est 42nd Str eet 13th Floo r New Y ork, NY 10036 Sales Dep t: (212) 642-4900 or from: Glob[...]

  • Page 85

    G-1 Glossary “A” control ler— In Activ e -Active m ode, o ne control ler is designate d as the “A” control ler and the other controller is de signated as the “B” controller . Controller i dentity is determin ed by enclosur e hard ware. The contro ller ’ s identity displays contin uously at the bottom of the Disk Array Admini strator[...]

  • Page 86

    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide G-2 FC protocol for SCSI (FCP)— FCP defines an FC mapping layer (FC-4 ) that uses FC- PH servic es to tra nsmit SCSI command, data , and stat us information betwe en a SCSI initia tor and S CSI target . FC P enab les tr ansm issi on and rec eipt o f SCS I comm ands , dat a, and stat us across the FC usin[...]

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    Glossa ry G-3 Loop address— Loop a ddress i s an FC term that indicat es the unique ID of a node in FC loop top ology . A loop a ddress i s someti mes refer red to as a Loop ID. Low voltage differ ential (L VD)— L VD is a method of p owering SCSI cables that will be formal ized in the SC SI-3 speci fications. L VD uses les s power tha n the cur[...]

  • Page 88

    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide G-4 SCSI port— A SCSI po rt is an opening at the back of a router that pro vides connectio n between t he SCSI a dapter and SCSI bus. Simple Network Management Protocol ( SNMP) — S NMP is the I ntern et sta ndard protocol , defined in STD 15, RFC 1 157, develope d to manage nodes on a n Internet Protoc[...]

  • Page 89

    I-1 Index 0 ligh t 2-12 1 ligh t 2-12 2 ligh t 2-12 A About Network Interface s creen B- 8 accessing the Router Adm i nistrator s oftware 3-1 Addr ess M appi ng sc reen 3-20 Address R esolution Pr otocol, using to resolve IP address B-2 addresses changing for dev ices 3-21 chan ging mappi ng mo de of 3-20 disp laying FC-to- SCSI a ddress m ap 3-23 [...]

  • Page 90

    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide I-2 disp laying 3-23 configuration information 3-27 devices 3-23 events 3-24 hardware information 3-27 E enabling, the ro uter’s alarm 3-16 Ethernet card upgradi ng firmware 3-33 Ether net port accessing the Disk Array Administ rator software 3-3 , B-1 connecting to 2-10 Event Log Menu 3-25 Event Log sc [...]

  • Page 91

    Index I-3 resolving using ARP B-2 resolving using DHCP B-3 L LAN, setting up to access co ntroller software 3-3 , B-1 LED lights 2-11 LED status lights 2-11 lights 2-1 1 Loop ID changing for ro uter 3-8 setting s for 3-8 SOFT setting 3-8 Loop ID screen 3-9 Loop ID to AL_PA m apping A-3 LOOP topo logy setting 3-7 LUNs changing for dev ices 3-21 chan[...]

  • Page 92

    FS131 0 Rack/De sktop Model User’s Guide I-4 configuring 3-1 configuring TCP/IP B- 1 connecting to the Ethernet port 2-10 connecting to the FC port 2- 8 connecting to the RS-232 port 2-9 connecting to the SCSI channels 2-7 default settings 2-12 disabling the alarm 3-16 disabling the termination 3-13 displaying configuration information 3-27 displ[...]

  • Page 93

    Index I-5 SCSI channel s chan ging mappi ng mo de 3-20 connecting to 2-7 HVD 2-8 LVD 2-8 problems with 4-5 single- ended narrow 2- 8 Ultra2 wide 2-8 SCSI devices changing add resses of 3-21 changing F C LUNs of 3-21 disp laying 3-23 SCSI ID, changing for router 3-1 2 self-test, table of failures and solutions 4-2 serial port 2-9 connecting to 2-9 p[...]

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