ATTO Technology 2700C Atto iPBridge 2700 provides storage options, Embedded software features

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The ATTO iPBridgeTM 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 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™.

Gigabit Ethernet (GbE): a transmission

technology based on the Ethernet format and protocol used in local area networks (LANs), providing a data rate of 1 billion bits per second (one gigabit) as defined in the IEEE 802.3 standard.

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).

The iSCSI protocol enables complete SAN solutions based on a Gigabit Ethernet network infrastructure. iSCSI is a logical SAN alternative to direct-attached storage where simplicity, flexibility and price/performance are critical. iSCSI encapsulates SCSI packets in TCP, then routes the packets using IP. Block-level storage data is transported over IP networks using SCSI commands. Data may be accessed from virtually anywhere that can be reached through the Internet, eliminating physical boundaries. iSCSI implements SANs cost-effectively and manages SANs using technologies that you already have and understand such as SCSI, IP, Ethernet and SNMP, allowing you to take advantage of these interoperability benefits. iSCSI also lowers the investment cost of adding new servers to a SAN for both primary storage and backup applications.

ATTO iPBridge 2700 features, benefits

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.

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•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

•Available as embedded board-level or desktop/rack mount enclosure

•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.

Embedded software features

SpeedWrite: a performance-enhancing capability that significantly boosts Write performance by

ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual