ATTO Technology 2400C/R/D - Manual (Page 6)

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ATTO Technology Inc. FibreBridge Installation and Operation Manual
1.0 ATTO FibreBridge Provides Storage Options
The ATTO FibreBridge ™ family of products provides Fibre Channel-to-SCSI bridges as embeddable boards,
stand alone enclosures that can be fitted for rack mount integration, or desktop units.
Fibre Channel is a serial communications technology
designed to transfer large amounts of data between 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 hardware. All ATTO FibreBridge models can be used in a SAN
(Storage Area Network) to connect a variety of Fibre
Channel and SCSI devices. A SAN is a shared storage
architecture connecting computers and storage
devices for online data access. Each connected
system can directly access any attached storage
device.
The ATTO FibreBridge provides the interface between
SCSI and Fibre Channel resources in SANs. Possible
configurations depend upon your current hardware.
ATTO FibreBridge 2370E features, benefits
The ATTO FibreBridge 2370E is a Fibre Channel-to-
SCSI bridge that offers a high-performance
architecture supporting next-generation storage
media. The FibreBridge 2370E allows users with SCSI
storage to add Fibre Channel connectivity, enabling
SAN connectivity for the storage system. With
industry-leading support for 4-Gigabit Fibre Channel
and Ultra320 SCSI, the FibreBridge 2370E provides
the throughput required by advanced storage media in
an embeddable form factor for easy integration into
SCSI devices.
• One 4-Gb Fibre Channel port which auto-
negotiates to 1-Gb, 2-Gb or 4-Gb Fibre Channel
• SFP Fibre Channel connector
• Support for direct connect to F-port fabric
switches, full duplex FC data transfers and FC-
AL, PLDA and public loop login
• Two independent Ultra320 SCSI connections
using standard 68-pin internal SCSI connectors
• Backward compatible with all single-ended SCSI
devices and previous SCSI protocols
• Manual and auto SCSI device mapping
• 200 MB/sec. maximum throughput
• ExpressNAV™
integrated management console
for remote configuration, management and
diagnostic capabilities
• Supports SCSI hard disk drives, tape drives and
CD libraries
ATTO FibreBridge 2390C/R/D features, benefits
The ATTO FibreBridge 2390C/R/D is a 4-Gigabit Fibre
Channel-to-SCSI bridge configured with a single 4-Gb
Fibre Channel port and dual-stacked Ultra320 SCSI
buses featuring VHDCI interfaces.
Designed to integrate industry-leading performance
and SAN capabilities into advanced storage solutions,
the FibreBridge 2390 uses a high performance architecture suited for tape automation OEMs who
wish to integrate high performance tape drives into 4-
Gb Fibre Channel SANs, as well as disk OEMs looking
to add 4-Gb Fibre Channel connectivity to their disk
storage devices.
• One 4-Gb Fibre Channel port which auto-
negotiates to 1-Gb, 2-Gb or 4-Gb Fibre Channel