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ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual
 1  iPBridge 2500 provide storage options
Two protocols available on the iPBridge 2500 allow 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
TM
The ATTO iPBridge 2500 has two models 
depending on the protocol you have chosen: either 
the iSCSI protocol or the NDMP protocol.
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). 
NDMP  
version 4.0 provides backup for network-
attached storage (NAS) tape and CD devices. 
NAS devices are dedicated file servers and cannot 
host applications such as backup software. NDMP 
defines a common agent to interface between any 
NAS device and any backup software program, 
minimizing demand on network resources, and 
enabling local backups and disaster recovery. The 
protocol is being developed by the Storage 
Networking Industry Association (SNIA) NDMP 
Working Group.
Gigabit Ethernet 
(GbE) is a transmission 
technology based on the Ethernet format and 
protocol used in local area networks (LANs). It 
provides a data rate of 1 billion bits per second 
(one gigabit) as defined in the IEEE 802.3 
standard.
intelligent Bridging Architecture,  
the engine 
within ATTO FibreBridge
TM
 and iPBridge 
products, uses ATTO Data Routing Fabric 
topology and ATTO Virtual Device Manager to 
optimize performance.
The iPBridge 2500C/R/D provides a compact 
embeddable, rack or desktop solution which may 
be installed 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. 
You may choose an iPBridge 2500C/R/D which 
supports the iSCSI protocol or one which supports 
the NDMP protocol, maximizing application, 
system and network configuration flexibility and 
support.
iPBridge2500 features
•  Physical configuration: board, rackmount or 
desktop
•  1 Gigabit data transfer rate per sec.
•  2 SCSI ports (SCSI bus 0, 1)
•  Ultra 3 SCSI negotiation max capability
• Serial 
management 
port
•  a 10/100/1000 Ethernet management port 
(MPn) which may be used as a data port in the 
iPBridge 2500 iSCSI model.
•  two 10/100/1000 Ethernet data ports (DP0, DP1)
•  iSCSI or NDMP protocol
• ATTO 
ExpressNAV 
browser-based 
management
• Advanced 
diagnostics
SpeedWrite: 
a performance-enhancing capability 
that significantly boosts Write performance by 
efficiently managing Write commands between 
host and a tape device. Using the iPBridge results 
in a higher throughput and shorter backup times 
compared to native Fibre tape or direct attached 
SCSI tape libraries. 
Advanced Diagnostics:  
software event-logging 
capability time and date stamped by the real time 
clock. You can also determine numerous status 
and current configuration parameters.