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    Chaparral VFS1 13 Fibre Channel-to-SCSI Router User ’ s Guide ...

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    i Copyright © 20 00, 200 1 Cha parr al N etwork S torag e, In c. Docume nt Number: 07-001 5-006-B This do cument co vers the VFS1 13. All righ ts reser ved. No pa rt of this pub lica tion ma y be rep roduce d withou t the pr ior wri tten co nsent of : Chaparral Netwo rk Storage, Inc. 7420 E. Dry Creek Parkway Longmo nt, C olor ado 80503 http://www ...

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    ii Canadian Co mpliance Statement This Class A dig ital apparatus m eets all r equirements of the Canadian Interference-Ca using Equip ment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la cla sse A respe cte toutes les exigen ces du Règ lement sur le matérial brou illeur du Canada EMC Documents: 89/336/E EC—European Council Dire ctive on th e Approx ...

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    iii 6 EN 61 000-4-6 —Electromagn etic Compa tibility (EM C) - Part 4: T esting and Measur ement T echniques - Secti on 6; Imm unity to Cond ucted Distur bance s, Induc ed by R adio -Freque ncy Fi elds . 7 Not ne eded: EN 6 1000- 4-8 8 EN 61 000-4-1 1—Electromag n etic Com patibility ( EMC) - Part 4: T esting and M easuremen t T e chnique s - Se ...

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    v Contents 1 Introduction About This Guide ....................... .................................... ........................... ........ 1-1 Conventions ....... ........................... .................................... .......................... 1-2 Chaparral VFS1 13 Router Benefi ts and Featur es .......... ........................... . ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide vi Disabling t he Terminatio n on an HVD Router ................................... ...... 3-13 Setting the Date a nd Time ..................... .................................... ............... 3-14 Changing the S can Delay .............. ........................... ................................. 3- ...

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    Contents vii B LAN Configuration Configuring the Rout er for TCP/IP ..... .................................... ......................... B-1 Using Addre ss Resolution Protocol ......................... ........................... ....... B-2 Dynamic Host Conf iguration Protocol Configuration ........................ ....... B-3 Configuring the Addi ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide viii ...

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    1-1 1 Introduction This User’ s Guide expl ains how t o instal l and use t he Chaparral™ VFS1 13 rout er . This member of t he V elocity f amily of r outers i s a Fibre Ch annel (FC)- to-Small Comput er System Interface ( SCSI) router tha t enable s connectivity b etween SCSI d evices and storage area net works (SANs). The rout er provides Fibr ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 1-2 Convention s This Gu ide use s several typog raphical convent ions to help exp lain how to use the router . Chap arral VFS1 13 Router Benefit s and Featur es The route r offe rs you thr ee key benefits : I Allows you to connect legac y SCSI devices t o Fibre Channel SANs I Allows you to manage these de ...

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    Introduction 1-3 I Industr y-leading data transfer (MB/se c) and transact ion proces sing rates (I O PS) I Automatic SCSI device discovery and SCSI-to -FC address mapping I Retenti on of SCSI-t o-FC addres sing duri ng device r emoval/add i tion and between power cycles I Support f or Persistent Rese rve In and Persi stent Reserve Out commands I Su ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 1-4 The EC comma nd, as impleme nted in the Chapar ral router , requir es no admini stration. Administe ring an EC en vironment i s most int ensive on the appli cation si de. Chapa rral support s the Stora ge Networking Indus try Associ ation Extended Copy Specific ation (ANSI T10/ 9 9-143R1). Any questi o ...

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    Introduction 1-5 ❒ Indica tors Fibre C ha nnel a ctiv ity SCSI activ ity (3) St at u s Fault Switches AC Power On/O ff RS-232/Eth ernet configura tion port Environment al +0°C to +40°C ambi ent, normal operati ng (an alarm sounds when route r operate s between + 0°C to +5°C a nd +35°C to +60°C) -40°C to + 60°C ambient, nono perating 10% t ...

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    2-1 2 Installing the Router This chap ter provides st ep-by-step ins tructions for installing t he router . Y ou must take many factors into c onsidera tion whil e plannin g the router in stallati on. Due to the v ersatility of the router and the diver sity of availa ble host p latforms, host bu s adapter s (HBAs), swit ches, hubs , storage device ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 2-2 4 V isual ly inspe ct the router a nd notify your fr eight carrie r immediate ly of any dama ge. 5 Record the M edia Acce ss Control (MAC) a ddress lo cated on the lab el of the router box for future refe rence. Figure 2- 1 below shows the front and r ear panel s of the VFS1 13. Figure 2 -1. VF S1 1 3 ...

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    Installing the Ro uter 2-3 Inst alling in a Rack Y ou can inst all the rout er in a standar d 1U high, 19" rack. Y ou can eit her front or rear mount the router . Parts req uire d for this pro ced ure (show n in F igu re 2 -2) I Left and right mounting br ackets (only left br acket shown) I Four mounti ng screws (10-32 p anheads) Figure 2-2. M ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 2-4 Inst allation Con figuration Exam ples Y ou can inst all th e router in a variety of confi gurations to m eet you r needs. The exampl es below show the most common installati on config urations. I Simple lo op with two devices on a SAN (FC-AL) Figure 2- 3. Simple loop con figur ation exam ple I Single ...

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    Installing the Ro uter 2-5 I Multiple se rvers on a SAN (FC-AL) Figure 2 -5. Mu ltiple s erver co nfigurati on ex ample I SAN with fab r ic (FC-SW) Figure 2- 6. SAN configurati on example ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 2-6 I Multip le SA Ns w ith fa bric (FC- SW) Figure 2- 7. SAN with fabric configur ation examp le I Extended c opy configurati on—serve rless bac kup that p erforms bac kup operations direct ly from disk to t ape without copying t he data to th e server Figure 2-8. Ex tended cop y con figurati on exampl ...

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    Installing the Ro uter 2-7 Connecting the Router The route r has severa l types of data conn ections: I Fibre Cha nnel (gigabaud i nterface connec tor [GBIC])—permitt ing connection t o other FC d evices, typical ly throug h an arbit r ated lo op or SAN with fabric . I Three SCSI c hannels—permitt ing the co nnection of up to 15 devices on each ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 2-8 Y ou must use the pr oper SCSI cables o n the model you purch ased. For example, i f you purchase d the L VD model, you must use L VD-qualifie d SCSI cables . Symbols on the re ar panel t ell you whi c h model you ha ve. L VD /SE (wide , Ultra-2 SCSI), 68-pin SCSI (L VD/SE model) Ultra wide , 68-pin SC ...

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    Installing the Ro uter 2-9 T o connect to the Fibr e Channel port: 1 Be sure the route r is tur ned of f. 2 Insert t he GBIC into the Fibre Ch annel port . See Figur e 2-9 on page 2-7 . The GBIC is keyed and can onl y go in one way . Be sure t hat the GBI C locks int o place. 3 Connect one end of t he Fibre Cha nnel cable t o the GBIC. 4 Connect th ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 2-10 3 Mo ve the E-S swit ch to the S pos itio n. 4 Connect the ot her end of the RS-23 2 cable (DB-9) to the COM port on the comput er that wi ll monitor and confi gure the r outer . Connecting to the Ethern et Port Y ou use the Et hernet ( 10BaseT) por t to confi gure and man age the router. Y ou use thi ...

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    Installing the Ro uter 2-1 1 The route r recognizes al l SCSI devi ces connected to the th ree SCSI channels on the VFS1 13, and assigns each device a unique LUN address, which will be mapped as part of a unique FC address. Y ou can configur e the router to assign i tself a LUN for in -band management, server-f ree backup, and ot her uses. T o make ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 2-12 Router Default Settings T able 2-13 below list s the rou t er defa ult settings. I f these s ettings meet you r needs, you can use y our router now . If the y do not, you can cha nge the setting s. See Chapter 3 , Configuri ng the Router . ❒ 0 SCSI ch annel 0 activity Green Solid on whe n bus is ac ...

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    3-1 3 Configuring the Router Y ou can display a nd change a varie ty of settings using the Router Administra tor soft ware. Using the Router Administra tor , you can : I Change the router configu ration settin gs (see page 3-6 ) I Reboot th e router (see pa ge 3-19 ) I Display i nformati on about th e router (see page 3-2 4 ) I Display i nformati o ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-2 2 Press Ctrl-r . The in itia l Cha par ral F C-to -SC SI R out er Ad mini stra tor scre en di spla ys. 3 Press Enter . The Syste m M enu displ ays. Y ou can now perfor m all of the func tions des c ribed in this chapter . All ste ps in thi s chap ter star t from the System Menu. If an a larm condit ion ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-3 Accessing the R outer Adm inistrator Using the Ethernet Port Y ou can access t he Router Administrat or software usi ng the Ethe rnet port using T elnet. For W indows use r s, if you wa nt to use T elnet, you mus t configu re the pre ferences and font from the T erminal menu each t ime as shown below . W indows users may ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-4 Access ing th e Rout er Softw are Us ing the Ethe rnet P ort Y ou can configure a var iety of settings for the Ethernet connection. For more inf ormation, see Co nfiguring the Additional L AN Settings on page D-3 . T o access the Router Administrat or softwar e using the Ethe rnet port and the T elnet ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-5 8 Press Enter . The Syste m M enu displ ays. Y ou can now perfor m all of the func tions des cribed in the following ch apters. Al l steps star t fro m the Sys tem M en u. Accessing the Network M anagement System Y ou can access the network mana gement system sof tware fr om the Rout er Adminis trator . For mor e informat ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-6 Changing t he Screen Display After yo u have accessed t he Router Administrat or softwar e, you can c hange the screen display using a combina tion of ke ystrokes , as shown on t he System Menu. T able 3-2 lists the keys trokes require d to change vario us screen dis plays. Changing Router Co nfigurati ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-7 I Change the scan delay (see page 3-15 ) I Enab le a nd di sabl e th e ala rm (see page 3-16 ) I Rest ore the d efau lt se ttin gs (se e page 3-18 ) Selecting the T opology Y ou should be sure that the router ’ s topolo gy setting is c orrect for your configu ration. Y ou can set the topology to: I LOOP—use thi s opti ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-8 3 Select th e T opology that match es your con figuration and p ress Ent er : – LOOP —use thi s optio n for all c onfigurat ions exc ept when the router is conn ected to a switch F-port . See Installat ion Configu ration Examples on page 2-4 . – POINT - T O-POINT —use thi s option o nly when yo ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-9 T o change the Loop ID: 1 From the Syst em Menu, selec t Confi guration Me nu and press Enter . The Confi guration Menu scre en displays. 2 Select Host Configuration and pre ss Enter . The Host Con f igurat ion scree n displays . 3 Select the topology you want and pres s Enter , or press Ente r if t he correc t topol ogy ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-10 5 Press Enter . If you wa nt to change the router LUN, you can do so. See Changing the Router ’ s FC LUN on page 3-10 . The syst em confirms that you wan t to make the change . 6 Select Ye s and press Enter to make the change s. The syst em confirms that the changes are made. 7 Press Enter to retur ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-1 1 If you s elected LOOP , the Loop ID scr een displays. T o displ ay the Route r LUN screen , press Enter . If you want to c hange the Lo op ID, you can do so. See Cha nging the Rout er ’ s Loop ID on page 3-8 . If you selected POINT -TO-POI N T , the Router LUN screen displays. The text inside the par e ntheses ( ) sho ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-12 Changing t he SCSI ID Assigned to Each Route r Channel The route r assigns each o f its SCSI channels o ne of the SCSI IDs (i nitiat or IDs), leav ing 15 SCSI ID s availa ble for d e vices. Y ou can change the SCSI ID assi gned to each channe l. T o change the SCSI ID assi gned to a rout er channel: 1 ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-13 4 Select th e SCSI ID (Initiator ID) you want to use for thi s channel a nd press Enter . Depending the model you ha ve, other s c reens may d isplay . The syst em confirms that you wan t to make the change . 5 Select Ye s and press Enter to make the change s. The syst em confirms that the changes are made. 6 Press Enter ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-14 Setting the D ate and Time Y ou can set t he router’ s date an d time. T o set the r outer’ s date : 1 From the Syst em Menu, selec t Confi guration Me nu and press Enter . The Confi guration Menu scre en displays. 2 Select S et Da te/Tim e and press Ente r . The Set Da te/Time scree n dis play s. ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-15 The Confi guration Menu scre en displays. 2 Select S et Da te/Tim e and press Ente r . The Set Da te/Time scree n dis play s. 3 Select Set Time and pr ess Enter . The Set T ime s creen dis plays. 4 Enter the time you want and press Enter . Ente r the ti m e in the following fo rmat: hh:mm: ss. The syst em confirms that y ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-16 2 Select Scan Configuration a nd press Ent er . The Scan Con figuration scr een displ ays. 3 Select th e number of seco nds you want the router to wai t and pre ss Enter . Y ou can sele ct any number between 0 a nd 255. The syst em confirms that you wan t to make the change s. 4 Select Ye s and press ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-17 T able 3-3 s hows the te mperatu re and volt age thre sholds for each alarm and what to do to resolve the problem. T a ble 3-3. Alar m thresh olds Alarm thresho l d What to do when the a larm sounds CPU temperatur e W arning—5°C a nd 65°C Shutdown—0 °C and 70°C I Check the Route r Administra tor softwar e to conf ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-18 T o enable or disa ble the al arm : 1 From the Syst em Menu, selec t Confi guration Me nu and press Enter . The Confi guration Menu scre en displays. 2 Select Alarm and press Enter . The Alarm s creen displays. The current set ting is marked with an * next to i t. 3 Select th e option you want an d pr ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-19 2 Select Restore Defaults a nd press Enter . The Restore Defaults screen displays. The selected option is marked with an * next to it. 3 Select Ye s and press Enter to make the change . The syst em confirms that the changes are made. 4 Press Enter to retur n to the Con f igurati on Menu. Rebooting the Router Y ou must re ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-20 Changing and Displaying De vice Information Y ou can change and displa y information ab out the devices c onnected to the r outer us ing the Route r Administrat or . Y ou can: I Change the mapping mode (AUTO or FIXED) ( page 3-20 ) I Change devi ce addresses ( page 3- 21 ) I Display t he device s atta ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-21 2 Select M apping Mo de press Enter . The Mapping Mode sc reen disp lays. The cu rrent sett ing is m arked wit h an * next to it. 3 Select th e option you want an d press Enter : AUTO —lets the rout er assign the FC LUN to each device a nytime you po w er up th e router . FIXED —tells t he route r to keep t he same F ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-22 T o change the device FC LUNs : 1 Set t he a ddr ess mode to F IXED . See Cha nging the Map ping Mode (AUT O or FIXED) on page 3-20 . 2 From the Syst em Menu, selec t Addr ess Mapping and pres s Enter . The Addres s Mapping screen di splays. 3 Select Display Addr ess Map pres s Enter . The Displ a y A ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-23 Displaying th e Devices Con nected to the Ro uter Y ou can display a list of the SCSI devices c onnected t o the rout er . Currently , the list only include s the first 15 devices on each channe l. T o display a lis t of all devices, see Displayi ng the FC-t o-SCSI Addr ess Map on page 3-23 . The list includes the f ollo ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-24 The addre ss map lists devi ces in as cending or der based on the FC LUN, i ncluding the router itself if it has an FC LUN as signed to it . For ad ditional informat ion about addres s mapping, see Appendix A, Add re ss and Devi ce Mapping . T o display the addr ess map: 1 From the Syst em Menu, selec ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-25 I Firmware u pdate I T emperature warning I T emperature failure (this lead s to a shutdown of r outer which i s logged as a shut down) I V oltag e wa rning I V oltage failur e (this leads to a shutdown of ro uter which is logged as a shutdown) Y ou should che c k the log regularly . The event log stor es the most re cen ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-26 2 Select Vi ew Event Log and press Enter . The E ven t Log scre en displ ays the l ast e ven t th at o ccurr ed. 3 Press ↑ to see the previous event. Y ou can conti nue to vie w earlier event s by pressing ↑ . 4 Press Esc to ret urn to the E ve nt Lo g Men u. T o display a full page of events: 1 F ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-27 Displaying Hardware an d Configurat ion Informat ion Y ou can display t he router ’ s hardwar e and confi guration infor mation. This is whe re you can see what ve rsion of the fi rmware you have. Cha parral technica l support personnel may also r equ est this in for matio n. Y ou can display t he hardware and co nfigu ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-28 T o display hardwar e informat ion only: 1 From the Syst em Menu, selec t Util ities M enu and pres s Enter . The Util ities Menu scr een displ ays. 2 Select Hardware Informat ion and press Ente r . The H ardw are Infor ma tion s cree n di splay s. 3 Press Esc to retu rn to the Conf iguratio n Menu. R ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-29 T o display hardwar e and confi guration informati on: 1 From anywhere in the Router Admi nistra tor soft ware, press Ctrl-e . The fir st scree n of event s from the e vent log d i splays. 2 Press Ctrl-e again The H ardw are Infor ma tion s cree n di splay s. 3 Press Ctrl-e again. The Con figuration Information scr een d ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-30 Displaying th e Router ’ s F C LUN Y ou can display t he route r ’ s FC LUN and the FC LUNs o f each devi ce connected to the router . T o display the r outer’ s LUN: 1 From the Syst em Menu, selec t Addr ess Mapping and pres s Enter . The Addres s Mapping screen di splays. 2 Select Display Addr ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-31 Upgrading Firmware Y ou can upgrad e the fir mware fo r the rout er and th e Ethernet card i n the router . Informat ion regarding t he latest releas e of firmware and firmware updates i s avail able from the C hapar ral W eb si te ( www .chaparr alnet.com/suppor t ). Contac t Chaparral technic al support for the passwor ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 3-32 6 While th e router reboots, h old down the space b ar on your keybo ard. The F lash Util ity s cre en d ispla ys. 7 Press the number on your keyboar d that co rresponds to the protocol you want to use to tra nsfer th e firmware upgrade file from your c omputer to the rou ter . W e recommend using the ...

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    Configuring the Router 3-33 Upgrading the Ethernet Card’ s Firmware Y ou can a lso upda te th e fir mwa re fo r th e Ethe rne t ca rd ins ide t he r out er . The firm war e is contain ed in a .bin file . T o upg rade the Ethe rne t card ’ s fi rmw are: 1 Call Chapar ral technical support for inf ormation about down loading the fir mw are update ...

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    4-1 4 T roubleshooting Resoluti ons to common prob lems you ma y encounter are described in the followin g sectio ns. This section d escribes troub leshooting us ing the RS- 232 serial port . Chap arra l T echnical Suppor t For assi stance configur ing and using your Chapar ral produc t, contact your authori zed distribut or or send an e-mail to Ch ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 4-2 Prob lem: The system hangs after the “All diagnost ic tests passe d” message or while scanning devices. Solution : Follow th ese steps to res olve the pro blem: 1 V erify th ere are n o SCSI address confl icts. 2 Check th e connecte d SCSI device s to make sur e everyt hing is pr operly co nnected ...

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    Trou bleshooting 4-3 Restoring th e Default C onfigu ration Th rough the Flash Utility Y ou can clear t he router confi guration and restore all r outer default s ettings wit hout accessi ng the Router Admi nistra tor soft ware. Y ou may want t o do this i f the ro uter is not working pr operly or the s ystem hangs after the “All d iagnosti c tes ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 4-4 2 Select 6. Utility Menu a nd press Enter . The Util ity Menu screen di splays. 3 Select 2. Clear Configurat ion and pres s Enter . 4 The system conf irms that you want to make the change. Enter Y to confir m and press Enter to clear the configur ations. 5 The system co nfirms that the cha nges are mad ...

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    Trou bleshooting 4-5 Prob lem: Nothing is di splayed on the te rminal emulator . Solution : The probab l e cause o f this problem is yo ur terminal emula tor soft ware is not configur ed correctly . Prob lem: Screen is upd ated, but won’ t respond to keystroke s. Solution : 1 Check th at all t he cables are co nnected properly . 2 Make sure the E ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 4-6 Router is Not Responding Prob lem: The router is t urned on and con nected, but is not wor king prop erly and it s LED light s are not lit. Solution : Replace t he fuse. 1 Insert a small flat-blade screwdriver unde r the tab where t he fuse is located and pul l out the fuse and fuse box. See Figur e 2- ...

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    Trou bleshooting 4-7 3 Use the ↑ and ↓ k eys to browse thro ugh the list of eve nts. T o view a whole screen of event s at once follo w these ste ps: 1 T ype Ctrl- e to switch s creens until t he Event Log s creen appears ( the text “Event Log” is loca ted in the low er lef t co rner of the scre en). 2 Use this sc ree n to view mult iple ev ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide 4-8 V olt age and T emperature Errors and W arnings Most volta ge and temperature er rors occur due to environ m ental co nditions. See Ta b l e 1 - 1 on page 1- 4 for envi ronmental spe c ificat ions. Setting Up Debug Logging The route r has a debug log that you can view by pre ssing Ct rl- E . Pressi ng ...

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    A-1 A Address and Device Mapping Devices a t tached t o the rou ter are discove red durin g power on. The router default s to AUT O mapping mode, which auto m atica lly maps the SCSI devi ces at each power on. The router m aps devi ces seque ntially as it sca ns the channels a nd discovers the devices (device s are discovere d by channel , lowest S ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide A-2 Figur e A-1. V FS1 13 de vice ad dres s mapp ing Host Computer Fibre Channel Disk 1 Tape 1 Robot Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 Disk 5 Disk 6 Disk 7 3456789 15 7 7 Tape 2 Tape 3 Tape 5 Tape 6 Tape 7 Tape 4 5689 0123 VFS113 1 Loop ID Initiator ID FC LUN 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 ...

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    Address and De vice Mapping A-3 Loop ID to AL_P A Mapping During th e Fibre Channel Arb i trated Loop (FC-AL) i nitializa tion process, a unique Arbitra ted Loop Ph ysical Address (AL_P A) value is assigned to each p ort on the loop . Not all of the 256 hex values are allo wed as AL_P A values per FC-AL, so Loop IDs are used to repr esent the 125 a ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide A-4 ❒ 62 74 85 4E 108 2A 63 73 86 4D 109 29 64 72 87 4C 1 10 27 65 71 88 4B 1 1 1 26 66 6E 89 4A 1 12 25 67 6D 90 49 1 13 23 68 6C 91 47 1 14 1F 69 6B 92 46 1 15 1E 70 6A 93 45 1 16 1D 71 69 94 43 1 17 1B 72 67 95 3C 1 18 18 73 66 96 3A 1 19 17 74 65 97 39 120 10 75 63 98 36 121 0F 76 5C 99 35 122 08 77 ...

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    D-1 D LAN Configuration Before yo u can access the Ro uter Administrat or softwa re using t he Ethern et port, you must set up your rout er for TCP/ IP . The following sec tions describe the rout er’ s TCP/IP set up. A router th at is part of a TCP/IP networ k requires three basi c IP configur ation elements: IP address , subnet mask, and def aul ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 76

    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide D-2 Using Address R esolution Protocol The ARP confi guration method r equires no IP address r e-config uration o f any compute r on the ne twork. The ARP command i s availab le in var ious forms and sometimes with varying syntax in UNIX and Wi ndows systems . All rout ers are s hipped wit h a unique Media ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 77

    LAN Configuration D-3 Dyna mic Ho st Confi guration Protoc ol Configu ration The Dynamic Ho st Configuratio n Protocol (DHCP) is a protoco l designed to make IP address assignment dynamic and automat ic. When a router is co nfigured in DHCP mode, it gene rates a request for an I P address. The ad dress is provided t o the router and can be used fro ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 78

    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide D-4 3 Select Ethernet Config and press Enter . The Networ k M anagement System Consol e screen displays . From here you can access the LAN settin gs. Each screen and its settings are descri bed briefly in the followin g sections . These settings are intended fo r use by experi enced network admini strator ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 79

    LAN Configuration D-5 TCP/IP Configuration Screen Option 2 f rom the Netwo r k Management System Console scre en displays the T C P/IP Configur ation scree n. 3S y s t e m Location Location of the ro uter. Y ou can enter up to 32 characters . 4 T elnet Password Password for acces sing the router using the Ethernet port and T elnet. Y ou can enter u ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 80

    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide D-6 T able D-2 descr ibes the settings you can change her e. SNMP Configuration Screen Option 3 f rom the Netwo rk Management System Console scre en displa ys the SNMP Configur ation scree n. T able D-3 descr ibes the settings you can change her e. T a ble D-2. S ystem Co nfigurati on sc reen se ttings Opt ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 81

    LAN Configuration D-7 Rest artin g the LAN Bo ard Option 4 f rom the Netwo r k Management System Console scre en restarts th e LAN board. A screen wi ll display not ifying you that your system is re starting. System Informa tion screen Option 5 f rom the Netwo r k Management System Console scre en displa ys the About Network In terface scree n disp ...

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    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide D-8 ...

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    C-1 C Reference Documents S t andards X3T1 1/Project 7 55D Fibr e Channel Physi cal and Sig naling Int erface ( FC-PH) Specifi cation - ANSI S tandard X3.230 -1994 X3T1 1/Project 1 133D Fibr e Channel Arbitrat ed Loop (FC-AL-2 ) Specificatio ns, Rev 6.1 - Draft ANSI Stand ard X3T1 1/Project 9 59D Fibr e Channel Switch Fabr ic (FC-SW) – Draft ANSI ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 84

    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide C-2 The exact status, revis i on level , and locatio n may change a s the drafts bec ome standar ds and are r eleased. Approved Amer ican National S tandards and T echnical Report s may be purchased from: ANSI 1 1 W est 42nd S treet 13th Floo r New Y ork, NY 10036 Sales Dep t: (212) 642-4900 or from: Glob ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 85

    G-1 Glossary “A” control ler— In Activ e-Active mode, one cont roller is designa ted as the “A” control ler and the other controller is de signated as the “B” controller . Controller i dentity is determin ed by enclosur e hardwa re. The cont roller ’ s iden tity dis plays continuous ly at the bottom of the Disk Array Admini strator ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 86

    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide G-2 initia tor and SCS I target . FC P enab les tran smi ssio n an d re cei pt of S CSI c om mand s, da ta, and stat us across the FC using stan dard FC frame and seq uence forma ts. Fibre— Fib re is a ge neric FC term t hat refe rs to all tra nsmission med ia types specified in the FC Physical Layer sta ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 87

    Glossa ry G-3 Low volt age differential (L VD)— L VD is a meth od of powering SCSI cabl es that will be formal ized in the SC SI-3 speci ficati ons. L VD uses les s power than the c urrent dif ferential driv e (HVD), is less expensive, an d allows fo r higher speeds s uch as those o f Ultra2 SCS I . L VD requires 3.3 volt s (versus 5 vol ts for H ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 88

    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide G-4 Simple Network Management Protocol ( SNMP) — S NM P is the In tern et s tanda rd protocol , defined in STD 15, RFC 1 157, develope d to manage no des on an Interne t Protocol (IP) networ k. Small computer system inter face (SCSI) — SCSI is an ind ustry st andard for connecti ng peripheral devices a ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 89

    I-1 Index Numerics 0 ligh t 12 1 ligh t 12 2 ligh t 12 A About Network Interface s creen 7 accessing the Router Adm i nistrator software 1 Addr ess Mapp ing s cre en 20 Address R esolution Pr otocol, using to resolve IP address 2 addresses changing fo r devices 21 chan ging mapp in g mo de of 2 0 disp layi ng FC-t o-SC SI add ress m ap 23 FC-to-SC ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 90

    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide I-2 disp layi ng 23 configuration information 27 devices 23 events 24 hardware information 27 E enabling, the ro uter’s alarm 16 Ethernet card upgradi ng firmware 33 Ether ne t por t accessing the Disk Arra y Administrator software 3, 1 connecting to 10 Event Lo g Menu 25 Event Log s creen 26 event log, ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 91

    Index I-3 disp layi ng FC-t o-SC SI add ress m ap 23 FC-to-SC SI addr esses 1 Loop ID to AL_PA 3 mapp ing m ode AUTO setting 20 chan ging 20 FIXED setting 20 Mapping Mode screen 21 N navigating in the Router Administrator software 5 net work setting up to access con troller software 3, 1 Network Management Sys tem Console SNMP Co nfigur atio n scre ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 92

    VFS1 13 Rack/Desktop M odel User’s Guide I-4 accessing 1 Addr ess Mapp ing s cre en 20 Alarm screen 18 Chan ge Ad dres s Map s cre en 22 Channel Config uration screen 12 Channel screen 12 Config uration Menu 7 Display A ddress Map screen 22, 24 Display Devices screen 23 Even Log 26 Even Log Men u 25 Hardware Infor mation screen 28, 8 Host Confi g ...

  • Chaparral VFS113 - page 93

    Index I-5 software accessing to configure the router 1 navigating in 5 specifications 4 ST light 11 status li ghts 11 suppor t 1 System Conf iguration screen 4 System Menu 2, 5 T table, installing the router on 2 TCP/IP configuring the router 1 setting up to access con troller software 3, 1 using ARP to set up 2 using DHCP to set up 3 TCP/I P Confi ...

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