Table of Contents

	Table of Contents

Fibre Channel for Mass Storage
By Ralph  H.  Thornburgh
Publisher	: Prentice Hall PTR
Pub Date	: April 01, 1999
ISBN	: 0-13-010222-9
Pages	: 155
Slots	: 1

		Copyright
		List of Figures
		Preface
			What this book is about
			Who should read this book?
			Why is this book needed?
			How to use this book
			At a Glance
		Acknowledgements
		About the Author
		Chapter 1.   Overview of Fibre Channel for Mass Storage
			Section 1.1.   Current Mass Storage Architectures
			Section 1.2.   What is Fibre Channel?
			Section 1.3.   Fibre Channel for Mass Storage
			Section 1.4.   Advantages of Fibre Channel for Mass Storage
			Section 1.5.   Basic Terms
			Section 1.6.   Topologies
		Chapter 2.   Fibre Channel Functional Levels and Protocols
			Section 2.1.   Functional Levels
			Section 2.2.   FC-0: The Physical Layer
			Section 2.3.   FC-1: The Transmission Protocol Level
			Section 2.4.   FC-2: Framing Protocol
			Section 2.5.   FC-3: Common Services
			Section 2.6.   FC-4: Mapping
			Section 2.7.   Upper Level Protocols
			Section 2.8.   Classes of Service
		Chapter 3.   Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL)
			Section 3.1.   FC-AL Characteristics
			Section 3.2.   Operations of the FC-AL
			Section 3.3.   Hubs
			Section 3.4.   Topologies
		Chapter 4.   Addressing
			Section 4.1.   The Addressing Limitations of HP-UX
			Section 4.2.   Addressing Methods for HP-UX
		Chapter 5.   Hewlett-Packard Fibre Channel Products
			Section 5.1.   CONTROLLER IC's
			Section 5.2.   Fibre Channel Adapter for the K-Class Systems
			Section 5.3.   Fibre Channel Adapter for the T-Class Systems
			Section 5.4.   Fibre Channel Adapter for the D-Class Systems
			Section 5.5.   Fibre Channel Adapter for the V-Class Systems
			Section 5.6.   Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub
			Section 5.7.   High Availability Fibre Channel Disk Array
			Section 5.8.   SCSI Multiplexer
			Section 5.9.   FC Switch
			Section 5.10.   Typical Hewlett-Packard FC Topologies
		Chapter 6.   Fibre Channel Futures
			Section 6.1.   Future Enhancements
			Section 6.2.   Sources for More Information Regarding Fibre Channel
		Glossary
		References