Chapter 3. A Brief Review of Fibre Channel

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Chapter 3. A Brief Review of Fibre Channel

This chapter discusses:

  • Limitations of current mass storage architectures

  • How Fibre Channel answers these limitations

  • Advantages of Fibre Channel

  • Fibre Channel basics

  • Topologies

  • Fibre Channel functional levels and protocols

  • Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL)

  • Hubs and topologies

Fibre Channel is the enabling technology of the SAN. This chapter explains the significant concepts.

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Storage Area Networks. Designing and Implementing a Mass Storage System
Storage Area Networks: Designing and Implementing a Mass Storage System
ISBN: 0130279595
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2000
Pages: 88

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