User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 General Description
- 3 Planning
- 4 Installation
- Site Requirements
- SANbox 6142 Router Installation
- Pre-installation Check List
- Mount the Router
- Install the Transceivers
- Connect the Management Workstation to the Router
- Configure the Management Workstation
- Install SANsurfer iSCSI/FC Router Manager
- Start SANsurfer iSCSI/FC Router Manager
- Connect the Router to AC Power
- Configure the Router
- Cable Devices to the Router
- Firmware Installation
- 5 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
- 6 Removal/Replacement
- 7 SANsurfer iSCSI/FC Router Manager
- Introduction
- Menu Bar
- Tool Bar
- System Tree Window
- Wizards
- Configuration Wizard
- Add Initiator Wizard
- FW Update Wizard
- Map Local Initiator/Target Wizard
- Unmap Local Initiator/Target Wizard
- Add Remote Router Wizard
- Remove Remote Router Wizard
- Map Remote Initiator/Target Wizard
- Unmap Remote Initiator/Target Wizard
- Discover iSCSI Target Wizard
- FCIP Route Add Wizard
- FCIP Route Remove Wizard
- A Command Reference
- Logging On to a SAN Router
- Guest Account
- Working with SAN Router Configurations
- Commands
- Admin Command
- Beacon Command
- Clear Command
- Date Command
- FcipRoute Command
- FRU Command
- Help Command
- History
- Image Command
- Initiator Command
- Localmap Command
- Logout Command
- Password Command
- Ping Command
- Quit Command
- Reboot Command
- Remote Map Command
- Remote Peer Command
- Reset Factory Command
- Save Command
- Set Command
- Set CHAP Command
- Set FC Command
- Set Features Command
- Set iSCSI Command
- Set iSNS Command
- Set Mgmt Command
- Set NTP Command
- Set Properties Command
- Set SNMP Command
- Set System Command
- Show Command
- Show CHAP Command
- Show FC Command
- Show FcipRoutes Command
- Show Features Command
- Show Initiators Command
- Show iSCSI Command
- Show iSNS Command
- Show Localmaps Command
- Show Logs Command
- Show Memory Command
- Show Mgmt Command
- Show NTP Command
- Show Performance Command
- Show Presented Initiators Command
- Show Presented Targets Command
- Show Properties Command
- Show Remotemaps Command
- Show Remotepeers Command
- Show SNMP Command
- Show Stats Command
- Show System Command
- Show Targets Command
- Show VLAN Command
- Shutdown Command
- Target Command
- Traceroute Command
- B Log Messages
- C Configuring CHAP
- D Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
- Index
2 – General Description
Router Capabilities
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Router Capabilities
The SANbox 6142 is a bi-directional FC-to-iSCSI router. It supports the following
topologies:
Two remote SAN islands (single or multi-vendor fabrics) (see page 2-4)
Local connectivity (see page 2-6)
FC SAN islands (single or multi-vendor fabrics)
iSCSI Servers to FC SAN
FC servers to iSCSI SAN
FCIP – Fibre Channel over IP (see page 2-6)
When using the SANbox 6142 to connect two Fibre Channel SANs, E-ports are
not required on the Fiber Channel switches. This allows you to connect
multi-vendor FC SANs (switches) without concern for the compatibility of the
E-Ports and/or B-Ports between different switch vendors.
The SANbox 6142 has the following optional features:
SmartWrite™ – Provides write performance improvements.
Additional Server/Ports – Provides additional connectivity (see page 2-3).
Licensed Features
The SANbox 6142 router has two features that are available by a license key:
SmartWrite
Additional Server/Ports
SmartWrite
When connecting SAN over long distances, round-trip delays create significant
impact to the performance. Typically, data writes involve two or more round-trip
latencies that create a significant barrier to the data replication performance.
SmartWrite technology is designed to minimize the round-trip latency of any write
I/O to a single round-trip latency.
This Feature Key offers the following benefits:
Minimizes round-trip delays for any data write operation to a single
round-trip latency.
Allows load balancing over multiple IP links.