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.

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8G:

  • Fibre Channel ports: 2, 4, 8, 12 or 24 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 256 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 100 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

    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