Fibre Channel

SANBlaze Storage emulators for Fibre Channel are available with a wide range of configurable Fibre Channel options. The emulation of Fibre Channel disks, tapes and arrays is fully supported.

8G:

Fibre Channel ports: 2, 4, 8 or 10 Fibre Channel ports running at 2, 4 or 8 Gbps

•Auto link speed and auto topology negotiation

•Up to 512 LUNs per port

•Up to 65 targets per port

4G:

Fibre Channel Ports: 2, 4, 12 or 24 Fibre Channel ports running at 1, 2 or 4 Gbps

•Auto link speed and auto topology negotiation

•Up to 512 LUNs per port

•Up to 125 targets per port

Sample Software Features Target Mode

BlazterMode

Full speed setting, allowing read/write testing to run at full line rates across all ports

•Port

•Port Status

•Display, Clear, Define Interval of Port Statistics

•Port Configuration

•Set State, Topology, Speed and number of targets

•Port statistics and Real time performance

•Control Fabric Logins

•Target

•Define LUNS

•Edit Inquiry Stream

•Edit World Wide Node Name

•Edit World Wide Port Name

•Set Hard ALPA

•3 Target Modes – Up to 125 Targets per port

•Tape Emulation

•LUN

•Variable Size – Up to 4 TByte

•2 Memory configuration options

•Zero, fixed or variable latency

•Multi-port Mapping - A port-B Port

•Multi-Port Mirroring

•Error Conditions    

•Save/Restore Data files to LUN

•Seed a Binary or Data File or Pattern to a LUN

•Possible 500 LUNs per port

•Profiles – Use predefined or build drive or tape profiles

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    Error Capabilities:

•Error Conditions:

•Bad CRC

•Busy

•Drop

•QueueFull

•CheckCond

•Read Over/Read Under

•WriteOver/Write Under

•ReadDelay, WriteDelay

•Data Corruption

•Delay

•Check Conditions

•LIP

•Error Injection:

•Single or Multiple Errors per command

•By Number of I/Os or Time

•Error Conditions on specific LBN or CDB

•State Driven

Software Features Initiator Mode:

BlazterMode

Full speed setting, allowing read/write testing to run at full line rates across all ports

•Change Login Parameters

•Number of PLOGI attempts

•Time Between PLOGI attempts

•MAX FLOGI Burst

•MAX PLOGI Burst

Command Builder - Build/send custom or predefined commands including:

•Test Unit Ready         

•ModeSense

•ModeSelect

•ReportLuns

•Inquiry and Inquiry VPD

•ReadCapacity

•Read (6,10, 12,16)

•Write (6,10, 12,16)

•WriteSame

•Standard Reserve Operations (Reserve6, Release6)

•PersistentReserve Operations

•Variable Block Size (512 or 520 Byte)

•Configurable IO Generation

•Block Size

•Threads

•Write pattern

•Sequential/Random IO

•Configurable Initiator/HBA identity

•WWNN

•WWPN

•Data Testing

•Read/Write

•Read/Write/Compare

•IOMeter Integration

•Discovery Methods

•ReportLuns

•Scan LUN0

•Scan All LUNS

•Tape Support

•Tape Initiator Scripts

    Error Capabilities:

•Customizable Error Handling:

•Retry on Error

•Stop on Error

•Adjustable IO timeouts

•Error Conditions:

•Bad CRC

•Read Over/Read Under

•WriteOver/Write Under

•Data Corruption

•LIP

•Offline/Online

•Logout

•Process Logout

•Task Management Commands

•Abort Task

•Abort TaskSet

•ClearTaskSet

•ClearACA

•LunReset

•TargetReset

Overview

Emulation

Target

Initiator

Protocols

FCoE

Fibre Channel

SAS

Platforms

SANBlaze

Web Demo


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