General suggestions
Mac OS X
Windows Server 2008, 2003, 2000; Vista, XP
Linux
VMware
Supplemental Guide for VMware ESX/ESXi
Appendix A Glossary ............................................................................................i
Appendix B Accessories ......................................................................................iii
Appendix C ATTO Adapter Selection Guides ....................................................iv
Appendix D Standards, Compliances: 8Gb adapters ........................................viii
FCC standards: radio and television interference
Canadian standards
European standards
Appendix E Standards, Compliances: 4Gb adapters ........................................ix
FCC standards: radio and television interference
Canadian standards
European standards
Appendix F Safety, Warranty ...............................................................................x
Safety
ATTO Technology, Inc. limited warranty
1 ATTO Celerity HBA Features & Overview
Note
The ATTO Celerity Fibre Channel family of storage products provides connectivity, intelligence and scalability.
Celerity FC host adapters simplify advanced storage
networking needs such as switching, backup and data
management. Specifically designed to enhance the
functionality of third party fabric hardware and
software, Celerity FC products are the industryleading platform for storage connectivity.
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.
Getting started
In general, to install the ATTO Celerity FC host
adapter, you must:
1Ensure you have the equipment and software
you need for the installation:
• Celerity FC adapter
• ATTO Celerity CD including drivers, user
manuals and utilities (Installation CD)
• A computer with an available expansion slot
• Storage, cables and connectors
2Install drivers from the Installation CD for your
operating system. Refer to Install Drivers
page 11.
on
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 hardware.
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.
3Install the configuration software, the ATTO
Configuration Tool, found on the Installation
CD.
4Install the Celerity adapter. Refer to Hardware
Installation on page 18.
5Attach storage.
6If required, configure your Celerity adapter
using the ATTO Configuration Tool.
Default settings are appropriate for most
systems but you may change settings using
the ATTO Configuration Tool.
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Celerity FC-84EN Adapter
The ATTO Celerity FC-84EN leverages two nextgeneration storage technologies: PCIe 2.0
interconnect and 8-Gigabit Fibre Channel.
With 8-Gb FC speeds of up to 1600 MB/sec. per
channel, the Celerity FC-84EN supports the most
demanding application requirements, including highdefinition video, rich content databases and other
high-bandwidth environments.
ATTO Celerity host adapters are an integrated family
of advanced storage connectivity solutions that are
designed to provide reliable connectivity, intelligence
and scalability.
Advanced FC capabilities
• Supports SNIA HBA API
• Backward compatible with 4-Gb and 2-Gb Fibre
Channel
• Supports target and initiator modes
• Supports Windows®
FDMI and WMI
Host bus specifications
• x8 mechanical and x8 electrical PCI Express
interconnect
• Conforms to PCI Express Base Spec 2.0
• Conforms to PCI Express CEM Spec 2.0
• PCI Hot Plug spec 1.0
Environmental & physical specifications
• Length: 6.6 inches
• Height: 3.987 inches
• Operating temperature: 0-40 ºC (32-113 ºF)
• Storage temperature: -40 to 70 ºC (-40 to 158 ºF)
• Relative humidity: 10 to 90% non-condensing
• 7.8 W (typical)
• 100 lf/m (minimum) airflow recommended
• RoHS compliant
Technical specifications
• 4 independent Fibre Channel ports
• 8-Gigabit data transfer rates
• 1600 MB/sec. maximum full-duplex throughput
per channel
• Supports all FC topologies: fabric, arbitrated
loop and point-to-point
• External LEDs for on-line and speed status for
each channel
• Four pluggable 8-Gb optical LC SFP+ modules
included
Software specifications
• Windows 7®, XP®, Vista®
• Windows Server® 2003, 2008
• Mac® OS X 10.4.x and up
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• SUSE Linux Enterprise® 9.x (2.6.x kernels)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise® 10.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Fedora Core Linux® 7.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Fedora Core Linux® 8.x (2.6.x kernels)
• VMware ESX Server® 3.5 - 4.x
• VMware ESXi Server® 4.x - 5.x
4.x (2.6.x kernesl)
5.x (2.6.x kernels)
6.x (2.6.x kernels)
2 ATTO Technology Inc. Celerity FC Host Adapters Installation and Operation Manual
Celerity FC-82EN Adapter
The ATTO Celerity FC-82EN leverages two nextgeneration storage technologies: PCIe 2.0
interconnect and 8-Gigabit Fibre Channel.
With 8-Gb FC speeds of up to 1600 MB/sec. per
channel, the Celerity FC-82EN supports the most
demanding application requirements, including highdefinition video, rich content databases and other
high-bandwidth environments.
ATTO Celerity host adapters are an integrated family
of advanced storage connectivity solutions that are
designed to provide reliable connectivity, intelligence
and scalability.
Advanced FC capabilities
• Supports SNIA HBA API
• Backward compatible with 4-Gb and 2-Gb Fibre
Channel
• Supports target and initiator modes
• Supports Windows®
FDMI and WMI
Host bus specifications
• x8 mechanical and x8 electrical PCI Express
interconnect
• Conforms to PCI Express Base Spec 2.0
Conforms to PCI Express CEM Spec 2.0
• PCI Hot Plug spec 1.0
Environmental & physical specifications
• Length: 6.6 inches
• Height: 2.731 inches
• Operating temperature: 0-40 ºC (32-113 ºF)
• Storage temperature: -40 to 70 ºC (-40 to 158 ºF)
• Relative humidity: 10 to 90% non-condensing
• 5.9W (typical)
• 100 lf/m (minimum) airflow recommended
• RoHS compliant
Technical specifications
• Two independent Fibre Channel ports
• 1600 MB/sec. maximum throughput per channel
in full-duplex mode
• 8-Gigabit data transfer rates
• Conforms to PCI Express Low Profile formfactor specifications
• Supports all FC topologies: fabric, arbitrated
loop and point-to-point
• Easy to install full height connection bracket;
low-profile bracket included in finished goods
packaging
• External LEDs for on-line and speed status for
each channel
• Two pluggable 8-Gb optical LC SFP+ modules
included
Software specifications
• Windows 7®, XP®, Vista®
• Windows Server® 2003, 2008
• Mac® OS X 10.4.x and up
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• SUSE Linux Enterprise® 9.x (2.6.x kernels)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise® 10.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Fedora Core Linux® 7.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Fedora Core Linux® 8.x (2.6.x kernels)
• VMware ESX Server® 3.5 - 4.x
• VMware ESXi Server® 4.x - 5.x
4.x (2.6.x kernels)
5.x (2.6.x kernels)
6.x (2.6.x kernels)
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Celerity FC-81EN Adapter
The ATTO Celerity FC-81EN leverages two nextgeneration storage technologies: PCIe 2.0
interconnect and 8-Gigabit Fibre Channel.
With 8-Gb FC speeds of up to 1600 MB/sec. per
channel, the Celerity FC-81EN supports the most
demanding application requirements, including highdefinition video, rich content databases and other
high-bandwidth environments.
ATTO Celerity host adapters are an integrated family
of advanced storage connectivity solutions that are
designed to provide reliable connectivity, intelligence
and scalability.
Technical specifications
• One independent Fibre Channel port
• 8-Gigabit FC data transfer rates
• 1600 MB/sec. throughput in full-duplex mode
• Supports all FC topologies: fabric, arbitrated
loop and point-to-point
• Backward compatible with 4-Gb and 2-Gb Fibre
Channel
• Supports target and initiator modes
• Supports Windows
FDMI and WMI
Host bus specifications
• x8 mechanical and x8 electrical PCI Express
interconnect
• Conforms to PCI Express Base Spec 2.0
• Conforms to PCI Express CEM Spec 2.0
• PCI Hot Plug spec 1.0
Environmental & physical specifications
• Length: 6.6 inches
• Height: 2.731 inches
• Operating temperature: 0-45ºC (32-113ºF)
• Storage temperature: -40 to 70ºC (-40 to 158ºF)
• Relative humidity: 10 to 90% non-condensing
• 5.3 W (typical)
• 100 lf/m (minimum) airflow recommended
• RoHS compliant
External connectivity
• Easy to install full height connection bracket;
low-profile bracket included in finished goods
packaging
• External LEDs for on-line and speed status for
each channel
• One pluggable 8-Gb optical LC SFP+ module
included
Software specifications
• Windows 7®, XP®, Vista®
• Windows Server® 2003, 2008
• Mac® OS X 10.4.x and up
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• SUSE Linux Enterprise® 9.x (2.6.x kernels)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise® 10.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Fedora Core® Linux 7.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Fedora Core® Linux 8.x (2.6.x kernels)
• VMware ESX Server® 3.5 - 4.x
• VMware ESXi Server® 4.x - 5.x
4.x (2.6.x kernels)
5.x (2.6.x kernels)
6.x (2.6.x kernels)
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Celerity FC-44ES Adapter
The Celerity FC-44ES uses PCI Express Interconnect
and 4-Gigabit Fibre Channel to provide 4-Gb FC
speeds of up to 800 MB/sec. per channel. The FC44ES supports high-definition video, rich content
databases and other high bandwidth environments.
The FC-44ES uses PCI Express, a serial, high-speed
connection that supports aggregate throughput up to 4
GB/sec. (x8 PCIe) full-duplex. Software compatible
with existing PCI and PCI-X products, the FC-44ES
uses the same device drivers as other Celerity FC
family products, simplifying installation and support.
Technical specifications
• 4 independent Fibre Channel ports
• 4-Gigabit data transfer rates per channel
• 800 MB/sec. maximum full-duplex throughput
per channel
• Supports all FC topologies: fabric, arbitrated
loop and point-to-point
• On-demand automatic negotiation among 4-Gb,
2-Gb and 1-Gb Fibre Channel
• Supports target and initiator modes
• Supports Windows
FDMI and WMI
Host bus specifications
• x8 mechanical and x8 electrical PCI Express
Interconnect
• Conforms to PCI Express Base Spec 1.0a
• Conforms to PCI Express CEM Spec 1.0a
• PCI Express to PCI/PCI-X Bridge spec 1.0
Environmental & physical specifications
• Conforms to PCI standard height, half length
form-factor specifications
• Length: 6.525 inches
• Height: 3.81 inches
• Operating temperature: 0-45ºC (32-113ºF)
• Storage temperature: -40 to 70ºC (-40 to 158ºF)
• Relative humidity: 10 to 90% non-condensing
• 12V@ 2.1A (max.)
• 3.3V @ 3.0A (max.)
• 100 lf/m (minimum) airflow recommended
• RoHS compliant
External connectivity
• Easy-to-install full height connection plate
• External LEDs for on-line and speed status for
each channel
• 4 pluggable optical LC SFP transceivers
included
Software specifications
• Windows 7®, XP®, Vista®
• Windows Server® 2003, 2008
• Mac® OS X 10.4.x and up
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• SUSE Linux Enterprise® 8.x (2.4.x kernels)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise® 9.x (2.6.x kernels)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise® 10.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Fedora Core Linux® 7.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Fedora Core Linux® 8.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Fedora Linux® 9.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Solaris® 9.x x86
• Solaris® 10.x x86
• VMware ESX Server® 3.5
2.x (2.4.x kernels)
3.x (2.4.x kernels)
4.x (2.6.x kernels)
5.x (2.6.x kernels)
6.x (2.6.x kernels)
5
Celerity FC-42ES Adapter
The Celerity FC-42ES is a dual-channel host adapter
providing port density for Enterprise server and
workstation applications. With 4-Gb FC speeds of up
to 800 MB/sec. per channel, the FC-42ES supports
the most demanding application requirements.
Additionally the FC-42ES uses the latest in host
interconnect technology, PCI Express, a serial, highspeed connection that supports aggregate throughput
up to 4 GB/sec. (x8 PCIe) full-duplex.
The FC-42ES is software compatible with existing PCI
and PCI-X products using the same device drivers as
other Celerity FC family products, simplifying user
installation and support. It is backward compatible with
existing 2-Gb and 1-Gb Fibre Channel infrastructure,
protecting existing technology.
Technical specifications
• 2 independent Fibre Channel ports
• 4-Gigabit data transfer rates per channel
• 800 MB/sec. maximum full-duplex throughput
per channel
• Supports all FC topologies: direct fabric,
arbitrated loop and point-to-point
• Conforms to PCI half height, half length formfactor specifications
• 12V@ 4A (max.); 3.3V @ 1.5A (max.)
• Length: 5.6 inches
• Height: 2.712 inches
• RoHS compliant
External connectivity
• Easy-to-install full height connection plate
• External LEDs for on-line and speed status for
each channel
• 2 pluggable optical LC SFP transceivers
included
Software specifications
• Windows 7®, XP®, Vista®
• Windows Server® 2003, 2008
• Mac® OS X 10.4.x and up
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• SUSE Linux Enterprise® 8.x (2.4.x kernels)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise® 9.x (2.6.x kernels)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise® 10.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Fedora Core Linux® 7.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Fedora Core Linux® 8.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Fedora Linux® 9.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Solaris® 9.x x86
• Solaris® 10.x x86
• VMware ESX Server® 3.5
2.x (2.4.x kernels)
3.x (2.4.x kernels)
4.x (2.6.x kernels)
5.x (2.6.x kernels)
6.x (2.6.x kernels)
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Celerity FC-41ES Adapter
The Celerity FC-41ES is a single-channel host adapter
providing support for the most demanding application
requirements. With 4-Gb FC speeds of up to 800
MB/sec. per channel, the FC-41ES is a cost effective
connectivity solution for environments requiring
maximum throughput.
The FC-41ES uses the latest in host interconnect
technology: PCI Express, a serial, high-speed
connection that supports aggregate throughput up to 2
GB/sec. (x4 PCIe) full-duplex. The FC-41ES is
software compatible with existing PCI and PCI-X
products using the same device drivers as other
Celerity FC products, simplifying user installation and
support. It is backward compatible with existing 2-Gb
and 1-Gb Fibre Channel infrastructure, protecting
existing technology investments.
Technical specifications
• 1 Fibre Channel port
• 4-Gigabit FC data transfer rates
• 800 MB/sec. maximum full-duplex throughput
• Supports all FC topologies: fabric, arbitrated
loop and point-to-point
• Conforms to PCIe low profile form factor
specifications
• Length: 5.600 inches
• Height: 2.712 inches
• Operating temperature: 0-45ºC (32-113ºF)
• Storage temperature: -40 to 70ºC (-40 to 158ºF)
• Relative humidity: 10 to 90% non-condensing
• 12V@ 0.4A (max.)
• 3.3V @ 1.0A (max.)
• 100 lf/m (minimum) airflow recommended
• RoHS compliant
External connectivity
• Easy-to-install full height connection plate
• External LEDs for on-line and speed status
• Pluggable optical LC SFP transceivers included
Software specifications
• Windows 7®, XP®, Vista®
• Windows Server® 2003, 2008
• Mac® OS X 10.4.x and up
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• RedHat Enterprise Linux®
• SUSE Linux Enterprise® 8.x (2.4.x kernels)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise® 9.x (2.6.x kernels)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise® 10.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Fedora Core Linux® 7.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Fedora Core Linux® 8.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Fedora Linux® 9.x (2.6.x kernels)
• Solaris® 9.x x86
• Solaris® 10.x x86
• VMware ESX Server® 3.5
2.x (2.4.x kernels)
3.x (2.4.x kernels)
4.x (2.6.x kernels)
5.x (2.6.x kernels)
6.x (2.6.x kernels)
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Celerity FC-41XS Adapter
The single-channel Celerity FC-41XS provides
speeds of up to 800 MB/sec. using full 4-Gigabit Fibre
Channel performance while being fully backwardcompatible with existing 2-Gb and 1-Gb Fibre Channel
infrastructure, protecting existing technology
investments. It is capable of supporting the most dataintense applications.
Technical specifications
• 1 Fibre Channel port
• 4-Gigabit data transfer rates
• 800 MB/sec. maximum full-duplex throughput
• Supports all FC topologies: direct fabric,
arbitrated loop and point-to-point