Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product FC 3321, FC 3322, FC 3342 ATTO Technology
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A TT O T echnology , Inc. Installation and Operation Manual A TT O ExpressPCI FC 3321 Dual channel 2-Gigabit FC-to-PCI Host Adapter , SW optical LC SFF interface A TT O ExpressPCI FC 3322 Dual channel.
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Content s 1 ATTO provides Fi b re Channel s olutions .......... ................... .............. ..... 1 A TTO Ex pressPCI FC 3321 Fibr e Chann el Inte rfa ce Advanced FC features Advanced SCS I-FCP.
Appendix A Standards and compliances ............ ................... .............. ..... i Appendix B Fibre Channel accessories ................... ................... .............. ii Appendix C SCSI host a dapter selection guide ............ ....
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1 A TTO T echnol ogy Expres sPCI FC 33 21, 3322 and 33 42 Ins tall atio n and Opera tion Manu al 1 A TT O provides Fibre Channel so lutions A TTO ExpressPCI FC ho st adap ters have b een desig ned to .
2 Features and benefits A TTO Expres sPCI FC 3322 The A TTO ExpressPC I FC 3322 h ost adapt er incorpo rates dual i ndepen dent cha nnels of 2- Gigabit Fib re Channel per formance on a single, low-pr ofile host adapt er . Its low- profil e desig n facili tates f lexib ility an d m aximu m per forman ce in hig h-densi ty envi ronment s.
3 A TTO Expres sPCI FC 3342 The A TTO ExpressPCI F C 3342 hos t adapte r , with four ind ependent 2-Gigab it F C port s and delive ring d ata-tr ansfer r ates up to 400 MB/second per channel, pro vides the ulti mate performance for t he most demanding data environments.
4 Features and benefits Fibre Channel host adapter selection guide 2-Gigabit Adapte rs FC 3342 FC 332 2 FC 3321 FC 3300 FC 3305 F i b r e C h a n n e l p o r t s 42211 Op tical interfac e SW , LC , SFP SW , L C, SFP S W , LC, S FF Fixed SW L C Co pper interfa ce HSS DC Ma x.
5 A TTO T echnol ogy Expres sPCI FC 33 21, 3322 and 33 42 Ins tall atio n and Opera tion Manu al 2 Fibre Channel is a key technology for storage Fibr e Chann el is a seri al commu nicat ions te chnol ogy desi gned to tr ansfer l ar ge am ount s of da ta among a variety of hardwar e systems over long distances.
6 Glossary fabric A Fibre C hannel switch or two o r more F i bre Cha nnel switches interconne cted to physically transm it data betw een a ny two N _Ports on the switch or switches FC Fibre Chann el .
7 A TTO T echnol ogy Expres sPCI FC 33 21, 3322 and 33 42 Ins tall atio n and Opera tion Manu al 3 Hard ware insta llation a nd i nitia l config uration Y ou wil l need a basic un derstand ing of Fibr e Chan nel befor e in stal ling the A TT O Exp r essPCI host adapter .
8 Installation and configuration ExpressPCI FC 3321 bracket and board FC Controller FC lin k activity /faul t LED optical connec tors PCI b us edge connec tor Por t 1, SFF Por t 0, SFF ExpressP CI FC 3321 The A TTO ExpressPCI FC 3321 has two SFF duple x LC optica l connector s and uses a sho rt wave laser .
9 A TTO T echnol ogy Expres sPCI FC 33 21, 3322 and 33 42 Ins tall atio n and Opera tion Manu al Exhibit 3-3 Expr essPCI FC 3322 brack et and boar d Exhibit 3-4 E xpress PCI FC 334 2 bracket and bo ar.
10 Installation and configuration Initial configuration While the factory settings on you r Expres sPCI host adapter should pro vide excellen t performan ce for a wide rang e of applicat ions, some specialized app lications may benefit from modifi cation of th e adapter s etting s to tune the adapter for a specific per formance range.
11 A T TO T echnolog y Expres sPCI FC 3321 , 3322 an d 3342 Inst all ation and Operat ion Manua l 4 Instal ling/up dating device drivers and firmware ExpressPCI FC host adapt ers r eq uir e a devic e driver a nd firm war e fo r proper operati on.
12 Device drivers 7 Select Expres s PCI FC and cli ck OK . 8 When the d r iver i s finished loading, r eboot the system. Updating the Win dows NT driver 1 Click on the Start menu and s elect Run . 2 T ype in RDISK.EXE and p ress ENTER to crea te an emerge ncy repair disk.
13 A T TO T echnolog y Expre ssPCI FC 3321, 3322 an d 3342 Inst all ation and Operat io n Manual 5 T ro uble shooti ng This cha pter cont ains s olutions for the m ost comm on pr ob lems you might enc ounter . If you need additio nal as sist ance, ple ase r efer to the A TTO T echn ology web si te (www .
14 T roubleshooting 5I f Expres sPCI FC does not appear in the Devi ce List , try re loading t he driver s oftwar e as described in C hapter 4 of this manual.
i A TTO T echnol ogy Expres sPCI FC 3321, 3322 and 33 42 Ins tall ati on and Oper ation Man ual Appendix A Standards and compliances The e quipm ent des cribe d in this manual g enerate s and uses radio frequency ener gy .
ii Appendix B Fibr e Channel accessorie s The f ollowing Fibr e Cha nnel acc essori es ar e avai lable th ro ugh A TT O T echnolo gy and auth orize d r esel lers. Con tact an ATT O T echn ology a uthori zed sale s r epr esenta tive to o r der . Copper Cables CBL-HSDB -03X HSSDC to DB9 Cop per Fibr e Channel C able – 3m.
iii A TTO T echnolo gy Expr essPCI FC 3321, 3322 and 3342 In stal latio n and Opera tio n Manual Appendix C SCSI host adapter sel ection guide A TTO T echnology offers a number of SC SI and F ibr e C hannel soluti ons for storag e. Th e followi ng cha rt compares the featur es of ExpressPCI SCSI host adapt ers.
iv Appe ndix D Co ntact A TT O T echn ology , In c. Customer service, s ales info rmation an d technic al support ar e availa ble by phone Monday through Fri day , Eastern Stand ard T ime 8:00 a .m. to 8 :00 p.m., or by e- mail an d web site 24-hour s a da y .
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