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81-81351-01 C01, April 2006

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Quantum PX500 Series

FC1202 Upgrade Instructions

Introduction

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Fibre Channel Description........................................................................... 3
FC1202 Bridge Operation............................................................................. 3

Preparing for the FC1202 Installation

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Required Upgrade Kits ................................................................................ 4
Required Equipment (Customer Supplied) .............................................. 4
Required Tools .............................................................................................. 4

FC1202 Upgrade Procedure

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Preparing the Quantum PX500 Series Library ......................................... 5
Removing Tape Drive SCSI Jumper Cables.............................................. 6
Installing the FC1202 Bridge ....................................................................... 9
Installing the Ethernet Cables ................................................................... 13
Installing SCSI Jumper Cables .................................................................. 17
Configuring the FC1202 Bridge Software................................................ 19
Saving the Configuration File ................................................................... 25
Enabling Serverless Backup (Xcopy)........................................................ 27

Zoning the Ethernet Switch

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Summary of Contents for PX500 Series

Page 1: ...4 Required Equipment Customer Supplied 4 Required Tools 4 FC1202 Upgrade Procedure 4 Preparing the Quantum PX500 Series Library 5 Removing Tape Drive SCSI Jumper Cables 6 Installing the FC1202 Bridge...

Page 2: ...rved Your right to copy this document is limited by copyright law Making copies or adaptations without prior written authorization of Quantum Corporation is prohibited by law and constitutes a punisha...

Page 3: ...chitecture for use with computers and mass storage devices that is rapidly emerging to challenge SCSI as the interface of choice for host to storage applications Fibre Channel advantages include Conne...

Page 4: ...ed in either a PX506 or PX510 library If a single FC1202 Fibre Channel bridge is installed an Ethernet switch is not required Required Tools 0 The following tools are required to install the FC1202 br...

Page 5: ...e Operations screen see figure 1 Figure 1 Operations Screen 2 Select Library operations and press Enter 3 From the library operations menu select Library on offline and press Enter to turn the library...

Page 6: ...ting each pair of tape drives in the library and the host systems see figure 3 for PX502 figure 4 for PX506 and figure 5 for PX510 The tape drives are numbered 1 through 10 depending on library model...

Page 7: ...1 01 C01 April 2006 FC1202 Upgrade Procedure 7 Figure 4 PX506 Cabling Configuration Host computer Host computer Host computer SCSI jumper SCSI jumper SCSI terminators SCSI jumper Tape drive 2 Tape dri...

Page 8: ...nnecting each pair of tape drives and the host systems and also all terminators Host computer Host computer Host computer SCSI jumper SCSI terminators SCSI jumper Host computer Host computer SCSI term...

Page 9: ...PX510 only 9 to 10 tape drives requires 5 FC1202 bridges PX510 only To install the FC1202 bridge 1 Loosen the two PHILLIPS screws securing the blank off plate s to the CPCI card cage and expose the nu...

Page 10: ...Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81 81351 01 C01 April 2006 10 FC1202 Upgrade Procedure Figure 7 Installing a FC1202 Bridge PX506 Blank off plate Screws Card cage FC1202 Slot 1...

Page 11: ...C01 April 2006 FC1202 Upgrade Procedure 11 Figure 8 Installing a FC1202 Bridge PX510 3 Gently press down on the FC1202 until the board is seated in the card cage and the ejector latches lock in place...

Page 12: ...e CPCI card cage by tightening the captive screws located in the ejector latches with a PHILLIPS screw driver see figure 10 Figure 10 Securing the FC1202 Bridge 5 Repeat step 2 through step 4 for addi...

Page 13: ...er to the following section for your specific library PX502 Ethernet Connections PX506 and PX510 Ethernet Connections PX502 Ethernet Connections 0 PX502 libraries with installed FC1202 Fibre Channel b...

Page 14: ...ds as needed see figure 12 for unstacked configurations and figure 13 for stacked configurations Note If your PX506 or PX510 libraries have only a single FC1202 Fibre Channel bridge refer the PX502 Et...

Page 15: ...s FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81 81351 01 C01 April 2006 FC1202 Upgrade Procedure 15 Figure 12 Connecting the Ethernet Cables Single PX506 PX510 Library Ethernet switch Cable clamps PX506 shown FC1202...

Page 16: ...uctions 81 81351 01 C01 April 2006 16 FC1202 Upgrade Procedure Figure 13 Connecting the Ethernet Cables Stacked PX506s shown Ethernet switch Cable clamps FC1202 bridges Tie bands Cable clamps FC1202 b...

Page 17: ...through 1 on the fourth FC1202 are used to connect tape drives 6 through 7 if present SCSI connectors 0 through 1 on the fifth FC1202 are used to connect tape drives 8 through 9 if present To cable a...

Page 18: ...rt Terminator Tape drive 6 upper port Port 1 on third FC1202 Tape drive 6 lower port Terminator Tape drive 7 upper port Port 0 on fourth FC1202 Tape drive 7 lower port Terminator Tape drive 8 upper po...

Page 19: ...o the Fibre Channel port Configuring the FC1202 consists of the following steps Accessing the FC1202 Bridge Configuring the FC1202 Bridge Saving the Configuration File Enabling Serverless Backup Xcopy...

Page 20: ...the FC Bridge tab from the Setup page on the PX500 Series remote management web pages 4 Select the FC1202 bridge you want to configure The FC1202 Home Page screen displays see figure 15 Figure 15 FC1...

Page 21: ...Instructions 81 81351 01 C01 April 2006 FC1202 Upgrade Procedure 21 Figure 16 FC1202Ports Screen 3 Click FC Port The FC Port Configuration screen displays see figure 17 Figure 17 FC Port Configuratio...

Page 22: ...iscovery Only Buffered Tape Writes Enabled Buffered Tape Queue Depth 3 Performance mode 2 Gigabits 5 Click Discovery from the Main menu The Discovery screen displays see figure 18 Figure 18 Discovery...

Page 23: ...006 FC1202 Upgrade Procedure 23 Figure 19 Mapping Screen 8 Click FC Port from the Mapping menu 9 Verify that Indexed displays under the selected map 10 Click Edit View under Select Map The Edit View M...

Page 24: ...this is the first bridge in the card cage Figure 21 Mapped SCSI Devices 12 Click Fill Map to all attached SCSI drives and verify their presence in the map 13 Use Delete Items Map Control to remove de...

Page 25: ...or after any changes are made to the FC1202 you must save the configuration file to a local host The configuration file contains all configurable parameters such as IP address and mapping information...

Page 26: ...ce Controller and click Connect 3 Select the local file to download If necessary click Browse to scroll through a file list The following file types can be downloaded from the Interface Controller Con...

Page 27: ...cking up data directly from primary storage to a tape library without placing a load on the backup server Enabling serverless backup allows the FC1202 to control the task of moving data from the prima...

Page 28: ...5 Active Fabric Screen 3 Click Enable from the Server Free Backup Mode drop down box 4 Click Submit The Submit Received screen displays see figure 26 Figure 26 Submit Received Screen 5 Select Reboot f...

Page 29: ...1202s in other libraries For example if three independent libraries are in a rack three independent zones must be created 1 zone library SCB number of FC1202s installed in the library Refer to the ins...

Page 30: ...Quantum PX500 Series FC1202 Upgrade Instructions 81 81351 01 C01 April 2006 30 Zoning the Ethernet Switch...

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