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Fibre Channel

This chapter provides a high level overview of the Fibre Channel (FC) protocol.

The following topics are covered:

•Fibre Channel defined

•What FC nodes are

•How FC target nodes connect to the network

•How FC nodes are identified

•Further information

26.1 Fibre Channel defined

First started in 1988 and got ANSI standard approval in 1994, Fibre Channel (FC) is now the most common connection type for storage area network (SAN). Nowadays FC SAN is already an indispensable infrastructure component in any current complex IT environment. ...

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