Summary

This chapter provided a basic overview of Fibre Channel technologies. The implementation of Fibre Channel technologies in HP server products is explained in greater detail in later chapters.

Critical AIS knowledge covered in this chapter includes the following:

• Fibre Channel terms and concepts

• Fibre Channel hardware components, including host bus adapters, gigabit interface converters, gigabit link modules, hubs, and switches

• Fibre channel cabling, and cabling concepts such as cable types and cable safety

• Fibre channel topologies and their advantages and disadvantages

• Asynchronous Transfer Mode

• Fibre Channel over IP

This chapter concludes the discussion of key industry technologies.