Qlogic SANbox 6142, User Manual

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Section 1
Introduction
This manual describes the features and installation of the QLogic SANbox 6142
Intelligent Storage Router (iSR-6142), also referred to as the
SANbox 6142 router
or simply router .
1.1
Intended Audience
This guide is for users who are responsible for installing, managing, and servicing
the SANbox 6142 router and the storage area network (SAN) equipment to which
it is attached.
1.2
Related Materials
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iSCSI draft standard draft-ietf-ips-iSCSI-20
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Internet engineering task force (IETF): iSCSI Requirements and Design
Considerations, iSCSI Naming and Discovery, Internet Protocol Specification
(IPv4)
, RFC793
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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Specification , RFC1122, Requirements for
Internet Hosts-Communication Layers
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TCP Extensions for High Performance , RFC1323
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TCP Congestion Control , RFC2581
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NewReno Modification to TCP’s Fast Recovery Algorithm, RFC2582
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ANSI SCSI: SCSI-3 Architecture Model (SAM), X3T10/994D/Rev 18, SCSI-3
Controller Command Set, X3T10/Project 1047D/Rev 6c. IEEE: 802.1Q Virtual
LAN (VLAN), 802.1p Priority of Service, 802.3x Flow Control, 802.3ad Link
Aggregation
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SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (SCSI-FCP) , X3.269:1996
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Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH) , X3.230:199
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Fibre Channel 2nd Generation (FC-PH-2) , X3.297:1997
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T hird Generation Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH-3) ,
X3.303:1998, Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL-2) , working draft,
revision 6.4, August 28, 1998
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Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attachment Technical Report (FC-FLA)
NCITS/TR-20:1998, Fibre Channel-Private Loop Direct Attach Technical Report
(FC-PLDA)