Appendix A ATTO iPBridge, FibreBridge family

The ATTO bridge family of products provides iSCSI-to-SCSI, iSCSI to Fibre Channel or Fibre Channel- to-SCSI bridges available as Compact PCI (CPCI) boards, stand alone enclosures that can be fitted for rackmount integration, or desktop units, depending on the model and your needs.

The ATTO iPBridge and ATTO FibreBridge family of products share common configuration options and functions to provide the most versatile connectivity options available. Each product has been engineered to address specific customer needs. New capabilities are integrated

iPBridge products

into products throughout the family as much as possible, requiring only an upgrade of firmware to incorporate them into your SAN (Storage Area Network) or NAS (Network Attached Storage). Check the website, www.attotech.com, for the latest firmware updates.

 

Product features

2500C/R/D

2700C/R/D

1500E/D

1550E/D

Number of GigE ports

3

4

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

Number of SCSI ports

2

NA

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

SCSI interface

LVD/SE

NA

LVD

LVD

 

 

 

 

 

Number of FC ports

NA

2

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

FC interface

NA

SFP

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Data transfers

NA

4 Gigabit

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Ethernet interface

Gigabit

Gigabit

Gigabit

Gigabit

 

 

Ethernet

Ethernet

Ethernet

Ethernet

 

 

 

 

 

Data transfer

Wire speed

Wire speed

37 MB/sec.

Wire speed

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration

cPCI board

cPCI board

Embedded

Embedded

 

 

Desktop

Desktop

Desktop

Desktop

 

 

Rack

Rack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full duplex data transfers

/

/

/

/

 

 

 

 

 

Supports Class 2 transfers & direct fabric

NA

Class 3 only

NA

NA

connect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supports error recovery

/

/

/

/

 

 

 

 

 

Bridge management available

 

 

 

 

Serial

/

/

/

/

Ethernet

/

/

/

/

In-band

/

/

/

/

 

 

 

 

 

Diagnostics

Advanced

Advanced

Standard

Standard

 

 

 

 

 

ExpressNAV web management

/

/

/

/

 

 

 

 

 

iSCSI SANS

/

/

/

/

 

 

 

 

 

NDMP/NAS

/

NA

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

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