ATTO Technology FC2600, FCSW User Manual

ATTO Technology, Inc.

Installation and Operation Manual

ATTO ExpressPCI FCSW

64-bit PCI-to-1-Gigabit FC Host Adapter, SW optical SC interface

ATTO ExpressPCI FC 2600

64-bit PCI-to-1-Gigabit FC Host Adapter, HSSDC interface

© 2003 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.

10/2003 Document Control Number: PRMA-0259-000MD

Contents

1 ATTO ExpressPCI provides Fibre Channel solutions 1

Advanced SCSI support
PCI features
Environmental, physical specifications

2 Fibre Channel is a key technology for storage ........ 3

Glossary

3 Hardware installation and initial configuration ........ 5

System requirements
Fibre Channel address
Installation
Cabling
Initial configuration

4 Installing/updating device drivers and firmware .....7

Windows 2000/XP driver installation
Windows NT driver installation
Mac OS X driver installation/update
Re-flashing firmware
Linux and Sun Solaris driver installation

5 Troubleshooting ......................................................... 9

General suggestions
Windows 2000/XP
Windows NT
Macintosh

Appendix A Standards and compliances .................... i

Appendix B Fibre Channel accessories ...................... ii

Appendix C SCSI host adapter selection guide .......... iii

Appendix D Contact ATTO Technology, Inc. .............. iv

1 ATTO ExpressPCI provides Fibre Channel solutions

All ATTO ExpressPCI models have been designed to ensure interoperability with Fibre Channel devices
and compatibility with a broad range of servers and workstations to meet your needs.

The ATTO ExpressPCI FCSW and ATTO
ExpressPCI 2600 host adapters offer high
performance for your applications. Each
conforms to a strict interpretation of Fibre
Channel specifications to ensure the adapter will
work with a variety of other SAN (Storage Area
Network) components.

The ExpressPCI FCSW is a 64-bit PCI-to-Fibre
Channel host adapter with a fixed short wave
optical Fibre Channel interface.

The ExpressPCI 2600 is a 64-bit PCI-to-Fibre
Channel host adapter with a fixed copper HSSDC
interface.

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Strict adherence to ANSI FC-AL-2, FC­PLDA, FC-Tape and FC-FLA
specifications

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1.0625-Gigabit data transfer rates,
providing up to 200 MB/sec. throughput
in full duplex mode

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Support for Class 2 and Class 3 transfers

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Point-to-point, arbitrated loop and direct
fabric/switch attach topologies support

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ASPI and SCSI Manager 4.3 compatible

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Multiple initiator support

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LEDs for online and fault status

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Windows® XP/2000/NT; Windows
95/98; Linux, Sun® Solaris and
Macintosh® OS, OS X

Advanced SCSI support

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Exclusive Advanced Data Streaming
(ADSTM) Technology support

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SCSI-FCP over Fibre Channel support

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SCSI-3 tagged command queuing

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Large command FIFO

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Disconnect/reconnect support

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Asynchronous I/O support

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Bootable from attached disks

Accelerated PCI bus management

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PCI 2.2 and PCI 99 compliant

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PCI BusMaster rate of 528 MB/sec. in
64-bit/66 MHz PCI slots

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66MHz/64-bit PCI compatible.
Backward compatible to 33MHz and 32­bit PCI

Environmental and physical specifications

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Temperature: 0-50° C

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Humidity: 10-90% non-condensing

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Short Card Form Factor

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Length: 6.521”

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Height: 4.2”

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MTBF: 150,000 hours

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MTTR: <15 minutes

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RAID kits available

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SNIA Fibre Channel host adapter API
support

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Power Requirements 1 Amp @ 5 V

olts

2-Gigabit Adapters

FC 3342 FC 3322 FC 3321 FC 3300 FC 3305

Fibre Channel ports42211

Optical interface SW, LC, SFP SW, LC, SFP SW, LC, SFF Fixed SW LC

Copper interface HSSDC

Max. transfer rate 400 MB/sec per

channel

Class transfers

Full duplex

66/33 MHz PCI

compatible

133 MHz PCI-X

compatible

64- and 32-bit PCI

compatible

Windows® XP/2000/NT

Windows Server 2003

Solaris/Linux

Mac OS X

Mac OS 9

RAID support

Maximum cable length 300m @ 2-Gb

2, 3 2, 3 2, 3 2, 3 2, 3

77777

66 MHz only

77

64-bit only

77777

77777

500m @ 1-Gb

400 MB/sec
per channel

400 MB/sec per

channel

400 MB/sec 400 MB/sec

7777

7777

Linux Linux

Mac OSX

77

77

77

300m @ 2-Gb
500m @ 1-Gb

Mac OSX

300m @ 2-Gb
500m @ 1-Gb

77

300m @ 2-Gb
500m @ 1-Gb

25 m

(175m with

MIA)

Features and benefits

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2 Fibre Channel is a key technology for storage

Fibre Channel is a serial communications technology designed to transfer large amounts of data among
a variety of hardware systems over long distances. It is a key technology for applications that require
shared, high bandwidth access to storage.

Fibre Channel provides a logical, point-to-point,
serial channel for the transfer of data between a
buffer at a source device and a buffer at a
destination device. It moves buffer contents from
one port to another, without regard to the format
or meaning of the data so different upper level
protocols are able to run over Fibre Channel

The Fibre Channel architecture is structured as a
hierarchical set of protocol layers. Defined within
these layers are rules for signal interfaces, serial
encoding and decoding, error control, frame
format and communications protocols.

ATTO ExpressPCI Fibre Channel host adapters
carry SCSI protocol over Fibre Channel.

hardware.

Glossary

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Some terms used in the Fibre Channel industry are defined below. More information is available through
the ATTO Technology website

(www.fibrechannel.com)
(www.snia.org)

Term Definition

ANSI American National Standards Institute

arbitrate process of selecting one L_Port from a collection of ports which ask for use of the arbitrated loop

arbitrated loop a loop topology (FC-AL) in which two or more ports are interconnected, but only two ports can

auto negotiation hardware senses and automatically responds depending on configuration

BER Bit Error Rate: a measure of transmission accuracy; the ratio of bits received in error to bits sent

bit Smallest unit of data a computer can process: a single binary digit with a value of either 0 or 1

bus a collection of unbroken signal lines used to transmit information from one part of a computer

Byte an ordered set of 8 bits

channel a point-to-point link which transports data from one point to another

CPU Central Processing Unit: the portion of the computer that actually performs computations

CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check: an error-correcting code which calculates a numeric value for received

destination
address

device driver a program that allows a microprocessor to direct the operation of a peripheral device

DMA Direct Memory Access: a way to move data from a storage device directly to RAM without using

DMA bus master Allows a peripheral to control the flow of data to and from system memory by block as opposed to

, and the Fibre Channel Consortium (

at the same time

communicate at one time; low-cost solution which may or may not use hubs and switches

system to another; taps on the lines connect devices to the bus

and transmitted data; if no error has occurred during transmission, the CRC for both received and
transmitted data should be the same

a value in the frame header of each frame which identifies the port in the node where the frame is
being sent

the CPU’s resources

allowing the processor to control the data by bytes (PIO or programmed I/O)

(www.attotech.com)

, Cern (

www.cern.ch)

, the Fibre Channel Industry Association

, the Storage Area Networking Industry Association

www.iol.unh.edu/consortiums, click on FC)

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