ATTO Technology 2700C - Manual (Page 6)

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ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual
1 ATTO iPBridge provides storage options
The ATTO iPBridge TM 2700C/R/D iSCSI to Fibre Channel bridge offers an affordable opportunity to
transform Fibre Channel storage into network-enabled addressable devices, creating scalable solutions
for an iSCSI SAN.
The iPB2700 is a cost effective, high performance
bridge using four Gigabit Ethernet ports and two
independent 4-Gb Fibre Channel buses.
The iPBridge comes in two form factors:
• 4U cPCI embeddable circuit board or blade,
designated as the iPBridge 2700C
• a rack mount / desktop version (13”d x 19”w x
1U) designated as the iPBridge 2700R/D
Because the iPBridge 2700C/R/D provides a
compact embeddable, rack or desktop solution,
you can install the iPBridge in a wide range of
system configurations. Uniquely designed to
support the high throughput needs for
applications that require streaming data transfers
(data backup), the iPBridge optimizes
performance by using ATTO Technology
intelligent Bridging Architecture.
The iSCSI protocol allows storage devices such as
hard drives, tape drives and libraries and CD
jukeboxes to attach easily to Internet Protocol
networks such as Gigabit Ethernet. The ATTO
iPBridge supports the high throughput needs of
streaming data transfers, optimizing performance
and management using ATTO Technology
intelligent Bridging Architecture
™
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Embedded software features
• ATTO ExpressWizard: a quick way to initially set
up the iPBridge and storage for specific
applications.
• SpeedWrite™: a performance-enhancing
capability that significantly boosts Write
performance by efficiently managing Write
commands between host and a tape device.
• Security thorough Virtual LANs, Access Control
Lists (ACLs) and multiple levels of password
protection.
• Advanced Diagnostics: includes software event-
logging capability time and date stamped by the
real time clock. You can also determine
numerous status and current configuration
parameters.
• ATTO ExpressNAV™: a web-based
management application that allows all of the
configurable settings for the iPBridge to be
defined, viewed and edited.
Connectivity, infrastructure solutions
The topology of a heterogeneous Storage Area
Network shown below demonstrates the critical
role ATTO products play in the design and
implementation of a SAN. Whether your
application needs are data-intensive or band-
width intensive, you need to store and manage
that data and then deliver it to end-users
efficiently. ATTO products have been engineered
with the highest performance and lowest cost
available today.
• 4 independent 100/1000 GbE RJ45 Ethernet
ports to 2 optical SFP independent 4-Gb Fibre
Channel ports
• Near wire speed (99.35%) per GbE port
• Auto negotiates to 4/2/1 Gb Fibre Channel
• Full support for direct connect to F-port fabric
switches, FC-AL, PLDA, public loop login and
iSCSI protocol 1.0
• intelligent Bridging Architecture, the engine
within ATTO iPBridge™ products, uses ATTO
Data Routing for optimized performance
• PCI-X v1.0 internal bus
• Fabric topology and ATTO Virtual Device
Manager to optimize performance