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VFS113 Rack/Desktop Model User’s Guide

 

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Disabling the Termination on an HVD Router .........................................3-13
Setting the Date and Time ........................................................................3-14
Changing the Scan Delay ..........................................................................3-15
Enabling and Disabling the Alarm ............................................................3-16
Restoring the Default Settings ..................................................................3-18

Rebooting the Router .......................................................................................3-19
Changing and Displaying Device Information ................................................3-20

Changing the Mapping Mode (AUTO or FIXED) ...................................3-20
Changing Device Addresses (FC LUNs) ..................................................3-21
Displaying the Devices Connected to the Router .....................................3-23
Displaying the FC-to-SCSI Address Map ................................................3-23

Displaying Router Information .......................................................................3-24

Displaying the Event Log .........................................................................3-24
Displaying Hardware and Configuration Information ..............................3-27
Displaying the Router’s FC LUN .............................................................3-30

Upgrading Firmware .......................................................................................3-31

Upgrading the Router’s Firmware ............................................................3-31
Upgrading the Ethernet Card’s Firmware .................................................3-33

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Troubleshooting

Chaparral Technical Support .............................................................................4-1
Problems During Bootup ...................................................................................4-1

Restoring the Default Configuration Through the Flash Utility .................4-3

Terminal Emulator and COM Port Problems ....................................................4-4
Device SCSI Channel Problems ........................................................................4-5
Router is Not Responding .................................................................................4-6
Using the Loader Diagnostics Menu .................................................................4-6
Using the Loader Utility Menu .........................................................................4-6
Event Logs .........................................................................................................4-6
Event Log File Capture .....................................................................................4-7
Voltage and Temperature Errors and Warnings ................................................4-8
Setting Up Debug Logging ................................................................................4-8

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Address and Device Mapping

Loop ID to AL_PA Mapping ...........................................................................A-3

Summary of Contents for FS1310

Page 1: ...Chaparral VFS113 Fibre Channel to SCSI Router User s Guide ...

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Page 3: ...arralnet com Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement WARNING Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits ar...

Page 4: ...ods of Measurement of Radio Disturbance Charac of Info Tech Eq 6 VCCI Volunt Control council for Interference by Info Tech Eq Test setup shall conform to ANSI C63 4 Testing to be performed to CISPR 22 EN55022 Class A and FCC Class A limits The quasi peak detection mode is to be used for measurements from 30 MHz to 1 GHz and the antenna should be placed at a distance of 10 meters from the Equipment...

Page 5: ...ety of Information Technology Equipment ITE including Electrical Business Equipment The VFS113 has been tested to EN 6100 3 2 EN 6100 3 3 and EN 55024 Laser Safety Certification and Classification Information This product uses Gigabit Interface Converters GBIC to interface with Fibre Channel links Optical GBICs used with this product contain internal lasers In the USA all optical GBICs certified a...

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Page 7: ... Up All Devices 2 10 Understanding the LED Status Lights 2 11 Router Default Settings 2 12 3 Configuring the Router Accessing the Router Administrator Software 3 1 Accessing the Router Administrator Using the RS 232 Serial Port 3 1 Accessing the Router Administrator Using the Ethernet Port 3 3 Using the Ethernet Port for the First Time 3 3 Accessing the Router Software Using the Ethernet Port 3 4 ...

Page 8: ...aying the Event Log 3 24 Displaying Hardware and Configuration Information 3 27 Displaying the Router s FC LUN 3 30 Upgrading Firmware 3 31 Upgrading the Router s Firmware 3 31 Upgrading the Ethernet Card s Firmware 3 33 4 Troubleshooting Chaparral Technical Support 4 1 Problems During Bootup 4 1 Restoring the Default Configuration Through the Flash Utility 4 3 Terminal Emulator and COM Port Probl...

Page 9: ... Protocol Configuration B 3 Configuring the Additional LAN Settings B 3 System Configuration Screen B 4 TCP IP Configuration Screen B 5 SNMP Configuration Screen B 6 Restarting the LAN Board B 7 System Information screen B 7 Returning to the Router Administrator Software B 7 C Reference Documents Standards C 1 Books C 2 Glossary Index ...

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Page 11: ... or switched fabric The router allows SCSI and Fibre Channel devices to communicate seamlessly by converting data to the appropriate protocol and routing it to the desired destination The router supports a variety of SCSI devices including I Hard disk drives I Tape drives I Tape libraries I Optical devices and libraries I RAID controllers About This Guide This User s Guide describes how to install...

Page 12: ...e I Private Loop Direct Attach PLDA compliant I SCSI FCP SCSI over Fibre Channel I Support for up to 128 FC initiators with up to 32 concurrently active I Three independent SCSI device channels I Support of up to 45 SCSI IDs on three independent SCSI channels 15 IDs per channel I Addressing of up to 64 LUNs I One RS 232 serial port I One 10BaseT Ethernet port Convention Convention Bold Words in bo...

Page 13: ...mmand Extended Copy EC A host is involved in executing the EC command though it is typically not the server The Chaparral family of Intelligent Storage Routers is enabled to execute the EC command under the control of most major backup applications The EC command consists of three primary pieces of information I Source addresses I Destination address I In line data The source addresses tell the ro...

Page 14: ...standard 19 cabinet using the Chaparral supplied mounting brackets The router can be installed in either front mounting or rear mounting configurations Table 1 1 provides additional product specifications Table 1 1 Product specifications Item Specification Physical 1U enclosure 1 75 H x 17 W x 10 5 D Rack mount with detachable brackets or desktop use Front or rear mount in racks Weight approximate...

Page 15: ...t normal operating an alarm sounds when router operates between 0 C to 5 C and 35 C to 60 C 40 C to 60 C ambient nonoperating 10 to 85 normal operating noncondensing 5 to 90 nonoperating noncondensing 85 to 264 VAC 47 to 63 Hz autoranging power supply Caution The LVD interfaces require LVD qualified SCSI cables Table 1 1 Product specifications Continued Item Specification ...

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Page 17: ...tions on page 1 4 To install the router you need to complete the following tasks in sequence 1 Unpack the router See page 2 1 2 Install the router See page 2 2 3 Connect the router See page 2 7 4 Power up all devices See page 2 10 Unpacking the Router Carefully unpack the router and ensure that you have all the parts specified below I Router I Five rubber feet I Power cable I RS 232 cable I User s...

Page 18: ...VFS113 Figure 2 1 VFS113 front and rear panels Installing the Router You can install the router two ways I On a desktop or table I In a standard 1U high 19 rack Installing on a Desktop To install the VFS113 on a desktop 1 Attach the five rubber feet to the recessed locations on the bottom of the router 2 Place the router on a table desktop or other flat surface Note Ensure that the front and rear ...

Page 19: ...nting brackets are reversible permitting either front or rear mounting 2 Remove the screws from the sides of the router and keep the screws 3 Using the screws you removed attach the brackets to the router Be sure to place the front of the brackets at the front for front mounting or rear for rear mounting of the router depending on how you are mounting it in the rack You may have to squeeze the top...

Page 20: ...the router in a variety of configurations to meet your needs The examples below show the most common installation configurations I Simple loop with two devices on a SAN FC AL Figure 2 3 Simple loop configuration example I Single server on a SAN FC AL Figure 2 4 Single server configuration example ...

Page 21: ...Installing the Router 2 5 I Multiple servers on a SAN FC AL Figure 2 5 Multiple server configuration example I SAN with fabric FC SW Figure 2 6 SAN configuration example ...

Page 22: ... with fabric FC SW Figure 2 7 SAN with fabric configuration example I Extended copy configuration serverless backup that performs backup operations directly from disk to tape without copying the data to the server Figure 2 8 Extended copy configuration example ...

Page 23: ...router For first time installation install the SCSI devices first to ensure the router and its assigned devices are working properly You should connect all SCSI devices to the router and power it on After proper operation is established you can proceed to connect the FC host and the RS 232 or Ethernet ports Figure 2 9 Rear panel components Connecting to the SCSI Channels With the VFS113 you can at...

Page 24: ...ss the VFS113 uses address 7 by default 5 Make sure that each channel is properly terminated Termination on the LVD SE model is always enabled at the router You must also terminate the SCSI bus at the device end Termination on the HVD model can be disabled for operation in the middle of the bus Connecting to the Fibre Channel Port You can connect the router directly to an FC HBA or to an FC switch...

Page 25: ...ation and management capabilities see Chapter 3 Configuring the Router You must use the RS 232 cable that came with the router or one configured like it The RS 232 cable is a standard 6 conductor flatline cable with an RJ 12 to DB 9 adapter The DB 9 pinout is as follows The RJ 12 pinout is transparent Configure the RS 232 port in your terminal emulator software using the following settings I Baud ...

Page 26: ...nd of the Ethernet cable to a network hub router or other network connection Powering Up All Devices After you have made all of the SCSI and RS 232 connections you are ready to power up the router and all devices connected to it For best results use a two stage setup procedure First connect all SCSI devices and the RS 232 port to ensure proper operation Second connect the FC host port and finish i...

Page 27: ...t changing the default settings see Chapter 3 Configuring the Router Understanding the LED Status Lights LED status lights are on the rear panel of the router For information about troubleshooting problems indicated by the status lights see Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Figure 2 11 LED status lights Table 2 12 describes the meaning of the LED status lights located on the rear of the router Table 2 12 ...

Page 28: ...aseT link is active or busy LK Ethernet Yellow Solid when 10BaseT link is connected Table 2 13 Router default settings Setting Default For more information see Mapping Mode AUTO Changing the Mapping Mode AUTO or FIXED on page 3 20 Topology LOOP Selecting the Topology on page 3 7 Router s loop ID SOFT Changing the Router s Loop ID on page 3 8 Router s LUN SOFT Changing the Router s FC LUN on page 3...

Page 29: ...g the RS 232 serial port or Ethernet port connections on the router You must connect a computer with terminal emulator software such as HyperTerminal to the serial or Ethernet port and configure the port according to either Connecting to the RS 232 Port on page 2 9 or Connecting to the Ethernet Port on page 2 10 Accessing the Router Administrator Using the RS 232 Serial Port You can access the Rou...

Page 30: ...trator screen displays 3 Press Enter The System Menu displays You can now perform all of the functions described in this chapter All steps in this chapter start from the System Menu If an alarm condition has occurred you will see a message about the problem This message will also be stored in the event log ...

Page 31: ... Using the Ethernet Port for the First Time Before you can access the Router Administrator software you must set the IP address and subnet mask for the controller The default IP address is 204 132 192 216 You can do this one of four ways I Setting up your computer with an IP address that is compatible with the controller default of 204 132 192 216 such as 204 132 192 218 I Using address resolution...

Page 32: ... the Terminal menu select Preferences 4 Select VT100 Arrows option VT 100 ANSI emulation and terminal font Select OK 5 Enter the IP address or using the Connect menu select the controller IP address from the menu if present and press Enter 6 Enter the port number The port number is default port 23 The Enter Password screen displays 7 Enter your password and press Enter There is no default password...

Page 33: ... From the System Menu of the Router Administrator select Configuration Menu and press Enter 2 Select LAN Configuration and press Enter The Enter Password screen displays You can now access the network management system screens and revise the settings as necessary Navigating the Router Administrator Software You can navigate the Router Administrator software using your keyboard Table 3 1 below desc...

Page 34: ...hannel see page 3 12 I Disable the termination for an HVD SCSI channel see page 3 13 I Set the date and time see page 3 14 Return to the previous menu or screen without saving your changes Press Esc or Scroll through the available choices for a setting Press the and Note After a few seconds of inactivity the Router Administrator software times out and returns to the System Menu Table 3 2 Changing ...

Page 35: ...LOOP use this option for all configurations except when the router is connected to a switch F port See Installation Configuration Examples on page 2 4 I POINT TO POINT use this option only when you connect the router to a switch F port See Installation Configuration Examples on page 2 4 To select the topology 1 From the System Menu select Configuration Menu and press Enter The Configuration Menu s...

Page 36: ...ter to make the changes The system confirms that the changes are made 7 Press Enter to return to the Host Configuration Menu 8 Reboot the router Changing the Router s Loop ID If the router is installed on an FC loop you can change the router s Loop ID to meet your needs You have two options for setting the Loop ID I SOFT Use this setting if you do not care if the router s Loop ID changes when you ...

Page 37: ...gy on page 3 7 The Loop ID screen displays if Loop Topology was selected 4 Select the option or number you want to use and press Enter The Router LUN screen displays The text inside the parenthesis shows the current Router LUN To Do this Let the FC loop initialization process determine the Loop ID each time the router powers up I Select SOFT and press Enter This is the default setting Keep the sam...

Page 38: ...the back end This setting assigns the last available FC LUN to the router I Any number between 00 and 63 Select a specific number if you want the router s FC LUN to stay the same when you add new devices and after you power down and power up I NONE Use this setting if you do not want the router to display as a device on the host To change the LUN 1 From the System Menu select Configuration Menu an...

Page 39: ...s are made 6 Press Enter to return to the Configuration Menu 7 Reboot the router 8 If you entered a specific LUN repeat steps 1 through 3 to see if the current router LUN inside the parentheses is what you entered 9 If the LUN is not what you want repeat steps 4 through 7 To Do this Let the router determine the its LUN each time the it powers up I Select SOFT and press Enter This is the default se...

Page 40: ... for devices You can change the SCSI ID assigned to each channel To change the SCSI ID assigned to a router channel 1 From the System Menu select Configuration Menu and press Enter The Configuration Menu screen displays 2 Select Channel Configuration and press Enter The Channel Configuration screen displays 3 Select the channel whose SCSI ID you want to change and press Enter The Channel screen di...

Page 41: ...y want to disable termination if the router is located in the middle of a SCSI bus To disable the termination 1 From the System Menu select Configuration Menu and press Enter The Configuration Menu screen displays 2 Select Channel Configuration and press Enter The Channel Configuration screen displays 3 Select the channel you want to change and press Enter You may need to change initiator IDs depe...

Page 42: ... The Set Date Time screen displays 3 Select Set Date and press Enter The Set Date screen displays 4 Enter the date you want and press Enter Enter the date in the following format MM DD YYYY The system confirms that you want to make the change 5 Select Yes and press Enter to make the changes The system confirms that the changes are made 6 Press Enter to return to the Configuration Menu To set the r...

Page 43: ...hat you want to make the change 5 Select Yes and press Enter to make the changes The system confirms that the changes are made 6 Press Enter to return to the Configuration Menu Changing the Scan Delay You can control how long the router waits before scanning its channels for devices You may want to change this setting if you have devices that take longer to come ready than the router To change the...

Page 44: ...re made 5 Press Enter to return to the Configuration Menu Enabling and Disabling the Alarm You can enable or disable the audible alarm that sounds when the router becomes too hot or detects low or high voltage The alarm sounds a warning first If the problem is not resolved the alarm sounds a shutdown alarm The router will then no longer transmit data until the problem is resolved The alarm conditi...

Page 45: ...cing your hand on the rear panel of the router near the power switch I Check the ambient temperature and lower it if needed Ambient temperature should be less than 45 C On board temperature Warning 5 C and 45 C Shutdown 0 C and 50 C I Same as above for the CPU temperature VCC voltage Warning 5V 3 5 and 6 5 Shutdown 5V 6 5 and 10 I Check the Router Administrator software to confirm what the alarm m...

Page 46: ... changes are made 4 Press Enter to return to the Configuration Menu Restoring the Default Settings You can restore all of the router s default settings You may want to do this if the router is not working properly and you cannot determine why This lets you then change the settings that are critical to your configuration specifically the topology For a table of the default settings see Router Defau...

Page 47: ...he topology Loop ID or router LUN You should also reboot the router when you connect new devices To reboot the router 1 From the System Menu select Shutdown Restart and press Enter The system confirms that you want to shut down 2 Select Yes and press Enter The system confirms that it has shut down 3 Press Enter to reboot The system performs its self test When you see the Router Administrator initi...

Page 48: ... devices are discovered by channel lowest SCSI ID and LUN first Devices are mapped to FC LUNs starting from LUN 0 to LUN 63 64 LUNs are supported I FIXED locks the current mapping for each device This reserves the devices same FC LUN over power cycles SCSI channel target LUN combination even when you power down and power up the router The router also retains the mapping if the devices are added mo...

Page 49: ...apping mode is set to FIXED As long as you stay in FIXED mode all FC LUNs you change will be retained even if the device or router is powered off and back on or if the device is removed and reconnected You can set the FC LUN for devices to any number between 00 and 63 by selecting the FC LUN that you want the device to map to You cannot select the same FC LUN as the router s LUN When in FIXED mode...

Page 50: ...y Address Map screen displays 4 Select the device whose LUN you want to change and press Enter The Change Address Map screen displays The text inside the parentheses shows the current FC LUN 5 Select the FC LUN number you want to use for this device and press Enter You can select any number between 00 and 63 The system confirms that you want to make the changes 6 Select Yes and press Enter to make...

Page 51: ...I Bytes 8 through 31 of the standard SCSI inquiry data which normally includes Vendor ID Product ID To display the devices connected to the router 1 From the System Menu select Display Devices and press Enter The Display Devices screen displays 2 Press Esc to return to the System Menu Displaying the FC to SCSI Address Map You can display the FC to SCSI address map for all of the SCSI devices conne...

Page 52: ...Display Address Map press Enter The Display Address Map screen displays 3 Press Esc to return to the Address Mapping screen Displaying Router Information You can display important information about the router using the Router Administrator including I Event log see page 3 24 I Hardware and configuration information see page 3 27 I Router s LUN see page 3 30 Displaying the Event Log The router s ev...

Page 53: ...ered from 001 to 999 The numbering wraps back to 001 after reaching 999 You can view the event log two ways I One event at a time most recent event first I Full page of events at a time You can also capture the text to a file See Event Log File Capture on page 4 7 To display one event at a time 1 From the System Menu select Event Log Menu and press Enter The Event Log Menu screen displays Note If ...

Page 54: ... previous event You can continue to view earlier events by pressing 4 Press Esc to return to the Event Log Menu To display a full page of events 1 From anywhere in the Router Administrator software press Ctrl e The first screen of events from the event log displays 2 Press d to page down or u to page up in the log 3 Press Esc to return to where you started from ...

Page 55: ... attached to a public loop router is attached to the FL port of a switch or a private loop Node WWN FC World Wide Name for node Port WWN FC World Wide Name for port FC Addr 24 bit FC address or None if the FC link is not active AL_PA if the topology is LOOP Currently assigned value or None if the FC link is not active Loop ID if the topology is LOOP SOFT or a specific number as set in the Router A...

Page 56: ...ormation and press Enter The Hardware Information screen displays 3 Press Esc to return to the Configuration Menu ROUTER Alarm ENABLED or DISABLED as set in the Router Administrator software CAPI Version Version of the Configuration Application Programming Interface FC LIB Version Version of the FC library Table 3 4 Configuration information Continued Group Field What displays Field What displays ...

Page 57: ...ywhere in the Router Administrator software press Ctrl e The first screen of events from the event log displays 2 Press Ctrl e again The Hardware Information screen displays 3 Press Ctrl e again The Configuration Information screen displays 4 Press Esc to return to where you started from ...

Page 58: ...e System Menu select Address Mapping and press Enter The Address Mapping screen displays 2 Select Display Address Map and press Enter The Display Address Map screen displays listing the router and all devices in the order of their assigned FC LUN In the example screen below the router is the last item 3 Press d to page down or u to page up in the list 4 Press Esc to return to the Address Mapping s...

Page 59: ...minal emulator software such as HyperTerminal connected to the router through the serial RS 232 interface The router auto detects the baud rate when you hold down the space bar on the computer while powering on the router Valid baud rates are 9 600 19 200 38 400 57 600 and 115 200 The default baud rate is 115 200 and is recommended to expedite the download process To upgrade the router s firmware ...

Page 60: ... The system shows that it is ready to use KERMIT 8 Using your terminal emulator software send the fla file using KERMIT If you are using HyperTerminal select Transfer Send File navigate to where the firmware update file is located select it and click Open Select the same Protocol from the drop down list as you selected from the Flash Utility screen Click Send The file transfers The system displays...

Page 61: ...ware updates See Chaparral Technical Support on page 4 1 2 From the computer connected to the router access the DOS window 3 At the DOS prompt change to the directory where you downloaded the bin file 4 Enter FTP router s IP address 5 At the User prompt enter flash 6 At the Password prompt enter flash 7 At the FTP prompt enter hash 8 At the FTP prompt enter put bin file name flash You will see the...

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Page 63: ...on When this failure occurs it means the internal CPU memory failed Replace the router to correct the problem Problem System hangs at Loading Bridge during Flash Loader Menu Solution Reflash the firmware to ensure you are using the latest version See Upgrading Firmware on page 3 31 If you cannot update the firmware or if the updated firmware does not correct the problem replace the router Problem ...

Page 64: ...he router Voltage temperature 1 Check for thermal problems in the environment 2 Check any airflow obstruction 3 Replace the router Local DRAM memory test Replace the router LVDS BIST Replace the router PCI configuration verification Replace the router SCSI device scratch RAM Replace the router I2 C chip Replace the router Buffer memory Replace the router Programmable interval timer Replace the rou...

Page 65: ...t accessing the Router Administrator software You may want to do this if the router is not working properly or the system hangs after the All diagnostic tests passed message as shown on the following screen To restore the default configuration 1 After powering on the system hold down the space bar to prevent the system from rebooting The Flash Utility screen displays ...

Page 66: ...t garbage characters Solution The likely cause of this problem is a baud rate mismatch between the terminal emulator and the router The default baud rate is 115 200 bps Follow these steps if you set your terminal emulator to this rate and still get garbage characters 1 Turn off the power to the router 2 Press the spacebar of your terminal emulator 3 Turn on the power while continuing to press the ...

Page 67: ...are using XON XOFF press Ctrl q Problem Screen is updated and menus appear right but boxes around menus look incorrect Solution Try a different font in your terminal emulator program such as HyperTerminal If you cannot find a font that looks correct set ASCII Display to Yes in the Display options item of the Configuration menu Device SCSI Channel Problems Problem Not all drives connected to the ro...

Page 68: ...fuse 3 Reinstall the fuse and fuse box Using the Loader Diagnostics Menu If the Power On Self Test shows any errors these diagnostics may help determine the cause Contact Chaparral technical support for assistance Using the Loader Utility Menu This menu lets you perform low level maintenance tasks Contact Chaparral technical support for assistance Event Logs There are two different ways to view Ev...

Page 69: ... list p dumps the entire Event Log to the screen This is used for capturing an Event Log file see below Event Log File Capture To capture the Event Log File follow these steps Hyperterm is used as an example terminal 1 With Hyperterm up and running as your RS 232 interface terminal press Ctrl e until Event Log is displays 2 Select Transfer from the menu bar at the top 3 Select Capture Text 4 Enter...

Page 70: ...ssing Ctrl E toggles you through the event log debug log hardware information and configuration information screens You can set up additional logging when instructed by Chaparral s technical support personnel To set up debug logging 1 From the System Menu select Utilities Menu and press Enter The Utilities Menu screen displays 2 Select Debug Log Enable and press Enter The Debug Log Enable screen d...

Page 71: ...supported including an optional router LUN You can select the FIXED mapping mode to lock the current device mapping so that it doesn t change during subsequent power ons even if devices are added moved or removed FIXED is recommended for environments where device configuration may change and a fixed mapping from the application to the target devices is required Devices added after selecting FIXED ...

Page 72: ...12 13 14 15 Bus Target LUN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 5 0 1 6 0 1 8 0 1 9 0 2 3 0 2 4 0 2 5 0 2 6 0 2 7 0 2 8 0 2 9 0 soft Device Robot Tape1 Tape2 Tape3 Tape4 Tape5 Tape6 Tape7 Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 Disk4 Disk5 Disk6 Disk7 VFS113 maps to What the Host sees sd conf st conf Loop ID 0 1 2 125 soft AL_PA 0xEF 0xE8 0xE4 0x01 FC Address 0x0000EF 0x0000E8 0x0000E4 0x000001 Bus Target ID 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 29 User...

Page 73: ... maps to an AL_PA If you set the Loop ID to SOFT the router attempts to obtain an available Loop ID in the following order 0 1 2 etc Table A 2 Arbitrated loop physical addresses Loop ID decimal AL_PA hex Loop ID decimal AL_PA hex Loop ID decimal AL_PA hex 0 EF 19 CA 38 AA 1 E8 20 C9 39 A9 2 E4 21 C7 40 A7 3 E2 22 C6 41 A6 4 E1 23 C5 42 A5 5 E0 24 C3 43 A3 6 DC 25 BC 44 9F 7 DA 26 BA 45 9E 8 D9 27 ...

Page 74: ... 6C 91 47 114 1F 69 6B 92 46 115 1E 70 6A 93 45 116 1D 71 69 94 43 117 1B 72 67 95 3C 118 18 73 66 96 3A 119 17 74 65 97 39 120 10 75 63 98 36 121 0F 76 5C 99 35 122 08 77 5A 100 34 123 04 78 59 101 33 124 02 79 56 102 32 125 01 Table A 2 Arbitrated loop physical addresses Continued Loop ID decimal AL_PA hex Loop ID decimal AL_PA hex Loop ID decimal AL_PA hex ...

Page 75: ...t be globally unique This appendix describes how to configure the TCP IP settings for the first time starting from the factory set defaults Configuring the Router for TCP IP Before you can access the Router Administrator software you must set the IP address and subnet mask for the controller The default IP address is 10 0 0 1 You can do this one of four ways I Setting up your computer with an IP a...

Page 76: ... IP address binding to your computer For example if you wanted to bind the router with the factory MAC address of 00 50 13 f0 10 00 to the IP address 169 205 7 22 you should type arp s 169 205 7 22 00 50 13 f0 10 00 2 After entering the MAC address to IP address mapping into your computer s ARP cache you can issue the command ping 169 205 7 22 to send a request to the router If the router addresse...

Page 77: ...e router MAC address to a temporary static IP address 2 Use the command arp g to display your computer s the IP to MAC address table This table contains two entries corresponding to the router MAC address One of the entries contains the temporary static IP address you just bound to the router MAC address and the other entry is the DHCP assigned IP address You can use the DHCP assigned address to a...

Page 78: ... more information about these settings System Configuration Screen Option 1 from the Network Management System Console screen displays the System Configuration screen Table D 1 describes the settings you can change here Table D 1 System Configuration screen settings Option Setting Description 1 System name Name of the router as seen by other systems on the network You can enter up to 80 characters...

Page 79: ...e FTP to download firmware updates You can enter up to 15 characters Default is flash 7 FTP Password Password for FTP access to the router You can enter up to 15 characters Default is flash 8 Allow FTP Updates Yes or No toggle This permits firmware updates to the LAN board using FTP 9 Jump to Controller Yes or No toggle Yes means the Router Administrator software displays after connecting to the c...

Page 80: ...0 0 See your network administrator for more information 4 DHCP Enabled Yes or No toggle that enables or disables DHCP Default is No disabled ESC Exit Saves all changes and returns to the Network Management System Console screen Note Before choosing to enable DHCP contact your network administrator and make sure you have support for identifying IP hardware and name server addresses Table D 3 System...

Page 81: ...e Network Management System Console screen to return to the Router Administrator software Either the initial screen or the System menu displays If the initial screen displays press Enter to display the System menu You can now perform all of the functions described in this User s Guide All steps start from the System Menu 4 Write Community SNMP write password Default is Private ESC Exit Saves all c...

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Page 83: ... Standard X3 269 199X X3T10 Project 1144D Fibre Channel Protocol for SCSI Second Revision FCP 2 revision 00 Draft ANSI Standard X3T9 2 86 109 SCSI 2 Specification ANSI Standard X3T10 Project various see table below SCSI 3 Working drafts for Document title Abbreviation Project Number SCSI 3 Architecture Model SAM T10 994 D SCSI 3 Block Commands SBC T10 996 D SCSI 3 Stream Commands SSC T10 997 D SCS...

Page 84: ...give useful information about Fibre Channel Alan F Brenner Fibre Channel McGraw Hill 1996 Tom Clark Designing Storage Area Networks Addison Wesley Longman 1999 Jan Dedek Fibre Channel The Basics ANCOT Corp 1997 Robert Kembel The Fibre Channel Consultant Arbitrated Loop Connectivity Solutions 1998 Robert Kembel The Fibre Channel Consultant A Comprehensive Introduction Connectivity Solutions 1998 SC...

Page 85: ...ous N_Ports or NL_Ports Depending on vendor support fabric switches may be interconnected to support up to 16 million N_Ports on a single network Failback In Active Active mode failback is the act of returning ownership of controller resources from a surviving controller to a previously failed but now active controller The resources include disk arrays cache data and host ID information Failover I...

Page 86: ... is a differential SCSI scheme with terminators that run on 5 volts Host bus adapter HBA An HBA is the critical link between a host server or workstation and a storage subsystem integrating computing platforms operating systems and I O protocols to ensure proper interoperability and functionality The bus adapter provides direct storage connectivity from the system to data within the storage subsys...

Page 87: ...orts are directly connected by a link there are no fabric loop or switching elements present Router A router is a device that enables connectivity between SCSI devices and FC networks It routes each data command to the appropriate SCSI channel based on the address it is intended for SCSI adapter A SCSI adapter is a 16 bit fast wide or 8 bit narrow single ended or differential physical connection b...

Page 88: ...using an FC to SCSI bridge Target A target is a device peripheral that responds to an operation requested by an initiator host system Although peripherals are generally targets a peripheral may be required to act temporarily as an initiator for some commands for example SCSI EXTENDED COPY command Terminator block termination A terminator block or termination refers to the electrical connection at ...

Page 89: ...ration screen 12 Channel screen 12 Chaparral technical support 1 COM port problems with 4 configuration information changing 1 defined 28 displaying 27 Configuration Menu 7 configuration software accessing 1 configuring the router 1 for TCP IP 1 connecting the router 7 to the Ethernet Port 10 to the FC port 8 to the RS 232 port 9 to the SCSI channels 7 conventions 2 customer support 1 D date chang...

Page 90: ...ity screen 32 FS1310 mapping of addresses 1 FT light 11 fuse replacing 6 G GBICs compatible types of 8 H Hardware Information screen 28 8 hardware information displaying 27 Host Configuration screen 7 HVD model 8 I initial Disk Array Administrator screen 4 initial Router Administrator screen 2 initiator ID changing for router 12 installing example configurations of 4 in a rack 3 on a desktop or ta...

Page 91: ...olving IP addresses using ARP 2 IP addresses using DHCP 3 restarting the router 19 Restore Defaults screen 19 restoring router configurations 3 restoring the default settings 18 router benefits 2 changing the date 14 changing the initiator ID 12 changing the Loop ID 8 changing the LUN 10 changing the scan delay 15 changing the SCSI ID 12 changing the time 14 configurations restoring 3 configuring ...

Page 92: ... Mapping 20 Alarm 18 Change Address Map 22 Channel 12 Channel Configuration 12 Configuration Menu 7 Display Address Map 22 24 Display Devices 23 Event Log 26 Event Log Menu 25 Flash Utility 32 Hardware Information 28 8 Host Configuration 7 initial Router Administrator 2 Loop ID 9 Mapping Mode 21 navigating in 5 Restore Defaults 19 Router LUN 11 Scan Configuration 16 Set Date 14 Set Date Time 14 Se...

Page 93: ...ms 5 problems during bootup 1 router not responding 6 terminal emulator 4 typographic conventions 2 U unpacking the router 1 upgrading firmware 31 Utilities Menu 28 8 V VFS113 benefits 2 changing the date 14 changing the initiator ID 12 changing the Loop ID 8 changing the LUN 10 changing the scan delay 15 changing the SCSI ID 12 changing the time 14 configuring 1 connecting to the FC port 8 connec...

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