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ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual
Appendix A  Cabling
Additional information to physically connect ports to devices and to your SAN. 
Fibre Channel connections
The Fibre Channel port connects the bridge into 
either a Fabric or Arbitrated Loop. 
The iPBridge 2700 uses optical SFP connectors 
and multimode fiber optic cable.
Make sure all cables are anchored securely at both 
ends with the proper connectors. 
Ethernet connections
Use at least Cat 5e cable to connect the Ethernet 
ports to your network. 
Note
For best performance, all cabling, network 
interface cards (NICs), host bus adapters 
(HBAs), and network switches must be Gigabit 
Ethernet (GbE), and at least Cat 5e certified. 
Most standard offices use 2-pair wiring which 
is not compatible. GbE requires 4-pair wiring. 
For best performance, support for 9014 byte 
jumbo frames should be available for all switches 
and host iSCSI equipment.
Before you begin installing the iPBridge Ethernet 
ports, be sure to check or complete the following:
•  If you are managing your iSCSI system across a 
WAN and your system uses a firewall, be sure 
that the following ports are open and available:
  If you are using the TCP protocol
• telnet 
(port 
23)
•  http (port 80)
•  ftp (ports 20 and 21)
• iSCSI 
(port 
3260)
• iSNS 
(port 
3705)
  If you are using the UDP protocol
•  ntp (port 123)
•  Be sure your host system(s) is set up and 
configured. 
•  Your host system can use any of three 
different types of cards: a network interface 
card (NIC), a TCP/IP offload engine card 
(TOE), or a storage network interface card 
(SNIC). 
•  The ATTO driver file from the CD included 
with your iPBridge or from the ATTO 
website, 
, is installed on 
your host.
•  The switch has been configured to forward 
UDP broadcast messages.
•  The minimum requirement for Windows-based 
browsers is Internet Explorer 5.5 or Netscape 
Navigator 6.2. The minimum requirement for 
Macintosh browsers is Internet Explorer 5.2 or 
Safari 1.2.
•  Ethernet speed defaults to auto; the iPBridge will 
determine the speed and set other parameters 
based on the speed.
Cable length
Cable size
Up to 175 meters
62.5 micron
Up to 500 meters
50 micron