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	Fiber channel protocol analyzer, Fibre Channel analyser, Fiber Channel analyzer, Fibre Channel bus analyzers - storage ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fibre Channel is a networking standard that is designed to move data through specific devices at specific speeds.
		Initially, Fibre Channel was used primarily to attach servers to a storage device, such as a RAID array or a tape backup device.
		Fibre Channel is a high speed (100 to 800 Mbps) medium used for data transfer and storage.
	www.catc.com /conntech/fibre_channel.html (1299 words)

	Fibre Channel Topologies
		Fibre Channel is a serial data transfer interface that operates over copper wire and/or optical fiber at data rates up to 100 MB/second.
		A Fibre Channel fabric is a switched network, providing a set of generic, low-level services onto which host channel architectures and network architectures can be mapped.
		Implementation of the Fibre Channel interface is handled at the HBA driver and hardware level, so configuration of devices at the host is the same for SCSI or Fibre Channel.
	www.oracle.com /ecostructure/blueprint_acc/design_configuration_options_fiber_channel_topologies.htm (654 words)

	Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Fibre Channel fabric is connected at the physical layer by fibre, a term coined by the Fibre Channel industry to mean optical fiber and copper wires.
		The distance over which a Fibre Channel link operates depends on the type of media used and what transceivers are attached to the media.
		Fibre Channel interconnect devices consist of hubs, switching hubs, switches, and directors, as shown in Figure16.
	www.fibrechannel.org /OVERVIEW/hardware.html (818 words)

	Fibre Channel
		Fibre Channel is a computer communications protocol designed to meet the many requirements related to the ever increasing demand for high performance information transfer.
		Fibre Channel is making the biggest impact in the storage arena, in particular, using SCSI as an upper layer protocol.
		Fibre Channel defines a "1" to simply be the state with more optical power (for optical links), or the state where the "+" pin is more positive than the "-" pin (in the case of copper).
	www.recoverdata.com /fc_tutorial.htm (8014 words)

	Fibre Channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fibre Channel is a serial computer bus intended for connecting high speed storage to computers.
		Fibre Channel started in 1988 as a to simplify the HIPPI system currently in use for similar HIPPI used a massive 50-pair cable and connectors and had limited cable lengths.
		Fibre was primarily interested in simplifying the connections increasing the lengths as opposed to increasing Later it broadened its focus to address disk storage providing higher speeds and far numbers of connected devices.
	www.freeglossary.com /Fibre_Channel (647 words)

	Fibre Channel Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fibre Channel is the general name of an integrated set of standards [1] being developed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
		Since Fibre channel system relies on ports logging in with each other and the Fabric, it is irrelevant whether the Fabric is a circuit switch, an active hub or a loop.
		Fibre Channel is equally adept at transporting both network and channel information and allows both protocol types to be concurrently transported over the same physical interface.
	www1.cern.ch /HSI/fcs/spec/overview.htm (2794 words)

	[No title]
		Fibre Channel defines several variants of this interface that are dependant on the Fibre Channel fabric topology.
		Fibre Channel Communication Concepts Fibre Channel is a frame-based, serial technology designed for peer-to-peer communication between devices at gigabit speeds and with low overhead and latency.
		Fibre Channel devices in the region are those directly connected to the iFCP fabric through the gateway fabric ports.
	quimby.gnus.org /internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ips-ifcp-08.txt (7694 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fibre Channel functionality may be grouped into Fibre Channel management instances in whatever way is most convenient for the implementation(s).
		Fabric Index The current standard for an interconnecting Fabric consisting of multiple Fabric Switch elements is [FC-SW-3], which describes the operation of a single Fabric in a physical infrastructure.
		Fibre Channel requires that: a) all switches in an operational Fabric be configured with the same Fabric name, and b) each Fabric have a unique Fabric name.
	www.ietf.org /internet-drafts/draft-ietf-imss-fc-fam-mib-01.txt (4078 words)

	i/oZONE Product Review: Broadcom BCM8440 4 Gbit/s Fibre Channel Fabric Switch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		With the goal of increasing the overall size of the Fibre Channel market, Fibre Channel manufacturers are pushing their technology, previously deployed mainly in large enterprise networks, down into the widely untapped and growing SMB segment.
		The Broadcom BCM8441 fabric switch, also introduced today, provides break-through performance advantages and significant cost savings by enabling a single Fibre Channel controller to read and write to multiple drives at the same time, significantly improving the performance of Fibre Channel storage platforms and arrays and reducing the number of controllers required in an array.
		The BCM8440 fabric switch is a standards-compliant, 16-port 4 Gbps Fibre Channel fabric switch powered by a 500+ Gbps internal non-blocking fabric that provides full wire speed performance under extreme network conditions.
	www.analogzone.com /iop_0524.htm (1908 words)

	Network Appliance - OSN Initiative - Fibre Channel Fabric TapeSAN Backup Solution
		Network Appliance delivers certified Fibre Channel Fabric TapeSAN backup solutions with multiple vendors for data management in enterprise SAN environments.
		These backup solutions are made possible by joint partnerships with enterprise storage leaders in tape automation, fabric switches, and backup software.
		The NetApp fibre channel fabric TapeSAN backup solutions offer more flexibility than conventional direct-attached tapes by allowing multiple NetApp filers and tape devices to be shared on the same SAN.
	www.netapp.com /osn/info/config.html (261 words)

	Brocade Fibre Channel Switches and Management Software Distributed By Promark Technology
		The Brocade SilkWorm® family of Fibre Channel switches and Brocade SAN management software are designed to optimize data availability in the storage enterprise.
		The new Brocade SilkWorm 12000 Core Fabric Switch, available in 64-port and 128-port configurations, expands the capabilities of existing fibre channel storage environments and is extensible to support both IP and emerging InfiniBand networks.
		Fabric OS Fabric OS is a real-time operating system that provides the core infrastructure growing businesses need to deploy scalable and robust Storage Area Networks (SANs).
	www.promarktech.com /storage/connectivity/brocade (832 words)

	Fibre Channel News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As part of their problem solving system they have a Fibre Channel hub, PCI and GIO interfaces, storage devices and software.
		Fibre Channel seems to have really put its foot in the ground in the video and broadcast industry.
		One of the nodes they offer is the Fibre Channel I/O Node (FCN-1), which provides connectivity to disk arrays or single disk drives with a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) interface.
	hsi.web.cern.ch /HSI/fcs/news/jandec97.htm (1983 words)

	Fibre Channel Glossary
		F a b r i c : Fibre Channel communication network topology, typically with 16 nodes, each of which can be an FC-AL comprising 125 nodes.
		A Fibre Channel fabric usually employs a Fibre Channel switch or crossbar switch to provide direct connections between node pairs.
		A Fibre Channel I/O bus adapter board that operates at 100MBps in half-duplex mode, 200MBps in full-duplex mode.
	www.zerocut.com /tech/fibre.html (533 words)

	What's the difference: Fibre Channel Fabric vs. Arbitrated Loop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fibre Channel for SANs comes mostly in two flavors: Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) and Fibre Channel Fabric.
		Fibre Channel fabric is much simpler than FC-AL, but also more expensive.
		With fabric, many devices can be active at the same time and the medium is not shared (each pair has its own virtual circuit, established by the switch).
	searchwebservices.techtarget.com /tip/1,289483,sid5_gci300109,00.html (507 words)

	Fabric versus Loop Fibre Channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		"Fabric" is the fibre channel equivalent of a non-blocking crossbar switch.
		According to Skip Jones, president of the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA), distance and complexity are the keys to choosing between FC-AL and fabric.
		Other factors favoring fabric include large distances between parts of the SAN, as in a remote mirroring application, and complex subdivision of the network.
	searchstorage.techtarget.com /tip/1,289483,sid5_gci292680,00.html (403 words)

	Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) is a mutual benefit non-profit international organization of manufacturers, system integrators, developers, vendors, industry professionals and end users.
		The FCIA is committed to delivering a broad base of Fibre Channel infrastructure technology to support a wide array of applications within the mass storage and IT-based arenas.
		With more than 190 members and affiliates in the United States, Europe and Japan, the FCIA is committed to delivering a broad base of Fibre Channel infrastructure to support a wide array of industry applications within the mass storage and IT-based arenas.
	www.fibrechannel.org (284 words)

	Intelligent Storage Fabrics \| Switches Get Smart \| August 4, 2005 \| Network Computing
		We examine what makes a Fibre Channel fabric intelligent, what benefits you can expect from it, and why some storage pros are still skeptical.
		In a typical Fibre Channel environment, some software (a replication program, for example) is run on the array, while other apps (like virtualization) usually run as agents on each host that accesses the SAN.
		Much of the software available on intelligent Fibre Channel switches is aimed at helping you move painlessly from one array vendor to another.
	www.networkcomputing.com /showitem.jhtml?docid=1615f1 (1450 words)

	Fibre Channel--->University of Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		he Fibre Channel Group used to be a collection of Graduate and Undergraduate students at the University of Minnesota.
		FC is a gigabit interconnect technology which allows concurrent communication between workstations and data storage systems using common protocols such as SCSI and IP.
		he Fibre Channel Group was financially supported solely by Brocade Communications of San Jose, California, a leading provider of storage area networking technology.
	www.borg.umn.edu /fc (128 words)

	Building SANs With Brocade Fibre Channel Fabric Switches: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data
		The authors' coverage of Fibre Channel fundamentals (including physical cabling and connectors) is particularly illuminating.
		Fibre Channel fundamentals, SAN design goals, the SilkWorm line, the design process, and troubleshooting all are covered well.
		From here, the reader will be introduced to the Brocade SilkWorm series of fibre channel switches, and how the various switches are configured to connect a SAN with existing LANs.
	www.1-brs.com /us-reviewed/B00006929G.html (2060 words)

	New Fibre Channel Fabric Tester Released
		Ixia has introduced the Ixia Fabric Tester, a multiport fibre channel traffic generator and analyzer, aimed at optimizing high-performance and high-density storage networks.
		The Ixia Fabric Tester is targeted for use by switch developers and manufacturers, Storage Area Network (SAN) system integrators and SAN end-users to assess the performance and integrity of the latest fibre channel switched fabrics.
		The Ixia Fabric Tester is the product of an OEM agreement with Xyratex, a leader in data storage technology with extensive experience in the SAN performance validation arena.
	www.internetnews.com /storage/article.php/1443801 (385 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		"Fibre Channel Name Server MIB", Claudio DeSanti, 30-Mar-05.
		"Fibre Channel Fabric Address Manager MIB", Claudio DeSanti, 17-Feb-05.
		This document specifies also the method of forming IPv6 link-local addresses and statelessly autoconfigured IPv6 addresses on Fibre Channel networks, and a mechanism to perform IPv4 address resolution over Fibre Channel networks.
	www.ietf.org /ids.by.wg/imss.html (219 words)

	美国专利申请公开说明书 20040220971 - Fibre channel fabric snapshot service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The snapshot capability moving into the SAN fabric and being provided as a snapshot service.
		Each switch of the fabric connected to a storage device used in the snapshot process contains a write interceptor module which cooperates with hardware in the switch to capture any write operations which would occur to the snapshot data area.
		The write interceptor then holds these particular write operations until the original blocks are transferred to a snapshot or separate area so that the original read data is maintained.
	cxp.paterra.com /uspregrant20040220971cn.html (239 words)

	Fibre Channel Glossary
		It is used to link multiple switches together into a Fibre Channel Fabric.
		Fabric - a group of interconnections between ports that include a fabric element
		Fibre Channel - up to 2 Gigabit per second data transfer interface technology that maps several common transport protocols including IP and SCSI, allowing it to merge high-speed I/O and network functionality in a single connectivity technology
	www.attotech.com /fcgloss.html (685 words)

	Estimation of the IBM Fibre Channel Fabric Latency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Estimation of the IBM Fibre Channel Fabric Latency
		Figures 1 and 2 (left) display the performances for transferring data from memory to memory with and without the Fabric when using two different socket buffer sizes (1 Kbytes, 2 Kbytes).
		In other words, it means that when the Fabric is located between two workstations, it improves the communication performance for messages greater than 512 bytes.
	hsi.web.cern.ch /HSI/fcs/applic/rd11/Rome_test/Rome_note_7.html (385 words)

	cars - Fibre Channel fabric
		A Fibre Channel fabric is a network of Fibre Channel devices enabled by a Fibre Channel switch using the FC-SW topology.
		Fabrics are normally subdivided by Fibre Channel zoning.
		Each fabric has a name server and provides other services.
	www.carluvers.com /cars/Fibre_Channel_fabric (54 words)

	fibre channel switches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Full fabric switch that delivers 1 Gb/s and 2 Gb/s connectivity between servers and storage devices.
		16-port auto-sensing Fibre Channel fabric switch that delivers 1 Gb/s and 2 Gb/s connectivity in a 1U rack-mountable enclosure.
		2 Gbps Fibre Channel core fabric switch that delivers high availability in a modular 14U enclosure, providing a foundation for an enterprise SAN that integrates seamlessly into an always-on Internet infrastructure.
	www.hp.com /products1/storage/products/san/fibreswitches/index_print.html (184 words)

	Xyratex - Fibre Channel Fabric Tester - Home Page
		The Xyratex Fibre Channel Fabric Tester allows developers, integrators and users of SAN infrastructure components to truly characterize the behavior and performance of Fibre Channel fabrics.
		Whether qualifying the performance and function of a single switch or characterizing the behavior of a Fabric with thousands of ports, the Fabric Tester provides the power, scalability and ease of use to get you the answers you need.
		Using custom designed hardware, the Fabric Tester can generate traffic streams at full line rate to simulate virtually any type of storage network loading for both 1Gb and 2Gb Fibre Channel fabrics.
	www.xyratex.com /products/fabrictester (204 words)

	LinuxElectrons™ - Broadcom Doubles Performance of Fibre Channel Infrastructure Market with Industry's First 4 ...
		These new devices fulfill the demand for an affordable storage and server Fibre Channel fabric interconnect for the rapidly growing small-to-medium sized business (SMB) segment and for embedded applications.
		The industry adoption of 4 Gbps Fibre Channel products at 2 Gbps price points is expected to duplicate the highly successful and similar transition to 2 Gbps from 1 Gbps Fibre Channel.
		Its low power and minimal board space requirements make the BCM8440 well suited for embedded applications and network half-rack form factors - ideal for deploying redundant networks as two identical switches can now be placed side by side on one rack shelf.
	www.linuxelectrons.com /article.php?story=20040524094625262 (1119 words)

	Fibre Channel S-bus Interfaces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The S-bus Ancor Fibre Channel Communications Interface Module (CIM) is a 266 megabaud network interface card.
		Supports dual, full speed Fibre Channel loops for 200 MB per second data rates (with two adapters)
		The TURBOstor FC-10664S SBus Fibre Channel disk controller interfaces 64 bit SBus-based computers to Seagate Barracuda-4 (ST15150FC) Fibre Channel disk drives as well as other Fibre Channel devices (including FC-10664S's).
	hsi.web.cern.ch /HSI/fcs/process/sbus.htm (351 words)

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