Fibre Channel Target Emulation

SANBlaze Storage emulators for Fibre Channel are available with a wide range of configurable Fibre Channel options, which include:

Hardware:
* 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
* Three Port Configurations Options:
Target Per Port, 512 LUNs per Target (Point to Point Mode)
16 Targets Per Port, 30 LUNs per Target – for a total of 480 LUN’s per port
125 Targets Per Port, 4 LUNs per Target

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Software Features:
* Port
o Port Status
o Display, Clear, Define Interval of Port Statistics
o Port Configuration
o Set State, Topology, Speed and number of targets
o Port statistics and Real time performance
o Control Fabric Logins
* Target
o Define LUNS
o Edit Inquiry Stream
o Edit World Wide Node Name
o Edit World Wide Port Name
o Set Hard ALPA
o 3 Target Modes – Up to 125 Targets per port
o Tape Emulation
* LUN
o Variable Size – Up to 4 TByte
o 2 Memory configuration options
o Zero, fixed or variable latency
o Multi-port Mapping - A port-B Port
o Multi-Port Mirroring
o Error Conditions
o Save/Restore Data files to LUN
o Seed a Binary or Data File or Pattern to a LUN
o Possible 500 LUNs per port
o Profiles – Use predefined or build drive or tape profiles

Performance:
* 70,000 + I/O’s per port
* Single port Read or Writes at up to 380 Mbps (depending on FC speed)
* Blazter Mode – Full speed Read/Writes across 24 ports

Error Capabilities:
* Error Injection:
o Single or Multiple Errors per command
o By Number of I/O’s or Time
o Error Conditions on specific LBN or CDB
o State Driven
* Error Conditions:
o Bad CRC
o Busy
o Drop
o QueueFull
o CheckCond
o Read Over/Read Under
o WriteOver/Write Under
o ReadDelay, WriteDelay
o Data Corruption
o LIP

Enhanced Command Features:
* 6/10/12/16 byte CDB
* CDB Histogram – Logging of command frames
* LUN Masking
* Persistent Reservations
* Reserve and Release
* User Definable Mode, Diagnostic and Custom Inquiry Pages
* Selectable Queue depth
* Variable Block Size (512 or 520 Byte)



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