ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual
1 iPBridge 2500 provide storage options
Two protocols available on the iPBridge 2500 allow 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
TM
.
The ATTO iPBridge 2500 has two models
depending on the protocol you have chosen: either
the iSCSI protocol or the NDMP protocol.
The iSCSI protocol
increases the capabilities and
performance of storage data transmission by
transmitting data over local area networks
(LANs), wide area networks (WANs), or the
Internet, providing location-independent data
storage and retrieval to enhance current and future
Storage Area Networks (SANs).
NDMP
version 4.0 provides backup for network-
attached storage (NAS) tape and CD devices.
NAS devices are dedicated file servers and cannot
host applications such as backup software. NDMP
defines a common agent to interface between any
NAS device and any backup software program,
minimizing demand on network resources, and
enabling local backups and disaster recovery. The
protocol is being developed by the Storage
Networking Industry Association (SNIA) NDMP
Working Group.
Gigabit Ethernet
(GbE) is a transmission
technology based on the Ethernet format and
protocol used in local area networks (LANs). It
provides a data rate of 1 billion bits per second
(one gigabit) as defined in the IEEE 802.3
standard.
intelligent Bridging Architecture,
the engine
within ATTO FibreBridge
TM
and iPBridge
products, uses ATTO Data Routing Fabric
topology and ATTO Virtual Device Manager to
optimize performance.
The iPBridge 2500C/R/D provides a compact
embeddable, rack or desktop solution which may
be installed 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.
You may choose an iPBridge 2500C/R/D which
supports the iSCSI protocol or one which supports
the NDMP protocol, maximizing application,
system and network configuration flexibility and
support.

iPBridge2500 features

• Physical configuration: board, rackmount or
desktop
• 1 Gigabit data transfer rate per sec.
• 2 SCSI ports (SCSI bus 0, 1)
• Ultra 3 SCSI negotiation max capability
• Serial management port
• a 10/100/1000 Ethernet management port
(MPn) which may be used as a data port in the
iPBridge 2500 iSCSI model.
• two 10/100/1000 Ethernet data ports (DP0, DP1)
• iSCSI or NDMP protocol
• ATTO ExpressNAV browser-based
management
• Advanced diagnostics
SpeedWrite:
a performance-enhancing capability
that significantly boosts Write performance by
efficiently managing Write commands between
host and a tape device. Using the iPBridge results
in a higher throughput and shorter backup times
compared to native Fibre tape or direct attached
SCSI tape libraries.
Advanced Diagnostics:
software event-logging
capability time and date stamped by the real time
clock. You can also determine numerous status
and current configuration parameters.