ATTO Technology FC 3305 manual

A TT O T echnology , Inc. Installation and Operation Manual A TT O ExpressPCI FC 3300 64-bi t PCI-X t o 2-Gi gabit FC Host Adapter , SW optica l LC SFF int erf ace A TT O ExpressPCI FC 3305 64-bit PCI-X to 2-Giga bit FC Host Adapt er , HSSDC interf ace © 2003 A TTO T echnolo gy , Inc. All rights re served . All brand or prod uct na mes are tra dem[...]

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Content s 1 ATTO Exp ressPCI pr ovides Fi bre Channe l solutions 1 ExpressPCI FC 3300 Express PC I FC 3305 Common features Advanced SCSI support PCI features Environmental & phy sical specifications 2 Fibre Channel is a key technology for storage ........ 3 Glossa ry 3 Hardware instal lation and initial conf iguration ....... . 5 System require[...]

1 A TTO T ech nology Ex pressPCI FC 3300 and FC 3305 Ins talla tio n and Opera tion Manu al 1 A TT O ExpressPCI provides Fibre Channel solutions All A TTO Expr essPCI FC mo dels have been design ed to ens ur e inter operabil ity with Fibre Channel dev ices and comp ati bilit y with a br oad range of serve rs and wo rks tat ion s to meet yo ur nee d[...]

2 Features and benefits Fibre Channel host adapter selection guide 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, SFP SW , LC , SF P SW , LC, S FF Fixe d S W LC 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 [...]

3 A TTO T ech nology Ex pressPCI FC 3300 and FC 3305 Ins talla tio n and Opera tion Manu al 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 de si gned t o tr ansfe r lar ge amoun ts o f dat a among a variety of hardwar e systems over lo ng distance s. It is a key technolog y for appl icat[...]

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 w here a N L_port may a t[...]

5 A TTO T ech nology Ex pressPCI FC 3300 and FC 3305 Ins talla tio n and Opera tion Manu al 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 befor e ins talli ng the A TTO Expr essPC I host adapter . P lease r efer to Cha pter 2 for a list of Fi br e Ch annel -r elated we b site[...]

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 syst ems or setup s may be nefi t by tuni ng the ad apter fo r opti mal perf orma nce. A TTO T echnology prov[...]

7 A TTO T ech nology Ex pressPCI FC 3300 and FC 3305 Ins talla tio n and Opera tion Manu al 4 Instal ling/ updating device drivers an d firmware ExpressPCI FC host ad apters requir e devi ce drivers a nd firmw ar e for pr oper oper ation. Y our adapter firmwa r e wa s pr op erly flas hed bef or e shipment, but the firmwa r e m ay need to b e update[...]

8 Device drivers Updating the W indows NT driver 1 Click on the Start me nu and s elect Run . 2 T ype in RDISK.EXE and p ress ENTER to crea te 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 Click[...]

9 A TTO T ech nology Ex pressPCI FC 3300 and FC 3305 Ins talla tio n and Opera tion Manu al 5 T ro uble shooti ng This cha pter cont ains s olutions for the m ost comm on pr oblems 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 .attotec h.com ) or contac t an A TTO T ech nology a[...]

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 statu s. In the Control Panel cli ck on D e[...]

i A TTO T ech nology Ex pressPCI FC 3300 an d FC 3305 Ins talla ti on and Oper ation Man ual 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 echnical Specifica tion s heet for a pa rticula r A TTO ExpressPCI hos t bus adap ter list c ertifica tions fo r that mo[...]

ii Appendix B Fibre Cha nnel accessorie s The f oll owi ng Fi br e Cha nnel acc esso ries ar e availa ble t hr oug h A TT O T ec hnolo gy and au tho rize d r ese llers. Contact an A TT O T echnology a uthori zed sale s r epr e sentati ve to or der . Copper Cables CBL-HSDB -03X HSSDC to DB9 Cop per Fibr e Channel C able – 3m. CBL-HSDB -10X HSSDC t[...]

iii A TTO T echn ology Express PCI FC 3300 and FC 3305 In stall atio n and Opera tio n Manual 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 soluti ons for s torag e. The fo llowi ng cha rt compares the featur es of ExpressPCI SCSI host adapt ers. Supporte d platfor ms: Sun S olaris;[...]

iv Appe ndix D Co ntac t A TT O T e chn olo gy , Inc. 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 T TO T echn ology , Inc. 155 Cros sPoint P arkway Amherst, Ne w Y ork 14068 (716) 691[...]