Fibre Channel

E8194
data center technology network technology storage networking protocol

Fibre Channel is a high-speed network technology primarily used to connect computer data storage in storage area networks (SANs), offering low-latency, high-throughput communication for enterprise environments.

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All labels observed (20)

Label Occurrences
Fibre Channel canonical 25
Fibre Channel Protocol 4
Fibre Channel protocol 3

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf data center technology ⓘ
network technology ⓘ
storage networking protocol ⓘ
abbreviation FC ⓘ
addressingScheme World Wide Name ⓘ
commonUseCase block storage access ⓘ
high-availability storage systems ⓘ
mission-critical applications ⓘ
competesWith FCoE ⓘ
NVMe over Fabrics ⓘ
iSCSI ⓘ
dataRateGeneration 1 Gbit/s ⓘ
128 Gbit/s (using parallel lanes) ⓘ
16 Gbit/s ⓘ
2 Gbit/s ⓘ
32 Gbit/s ⓘ
4 Gbit/s ⓘ
64 Gbit/s ⓘ
8 Gbit/s ⓘ
designGoal high-performance storage networking ⓘ
low CPU overhead for storage I/O ⓘ
encapsulates IP packets ⓘ
NVMe commands ⓘ
SCSI commands ⓘ
introduced 1990s ⓘ
keyProperty full-duplex communication ⓘ
high reliability ⓘ
high throughput ⓘ
lossless transport ⓘ
low latency ⓘ
layerModel Fibre Channel protocol stack ⓘ
OSIModelRelation partially network layer ⓘ
primarily data link layer ⓘ
primarily physical layer ⓘ
physicalMedium copper cabling ⓘ
optical fiber ⓘ
primaryUse connecting computer data storage ⓘ
storage area networks ⓘ
standardizedBy American National Standards Institute ⓘ
surface form: ANSI

INCITS ⓘ
supportsFeature fabric services ⓘ
flow control ⓘ
multipathing ⓘ
zoning ⓘ
supportsTopology arbitrated loop ⓘ
point-to-point ⓘ
switched fabric ⓘ
typicalEnvironment enterprise data centers ⓘ
storage area networks ⓘ
usesDeviceType Fibre Channel director switch ⓘ
host bus adapter ⓘ
usesSwitchType Fibre Channel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fibre Channel switch

Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SCSI → competesWith → Fibre Channel ⓘ
iSCSI → competesWith → Fibre Channel ⓘ
iSCSI → competesWith → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Fibre Channel → usesSwitchType → Fibre Channel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel switch
SAS → competesWith → Fibre Channel ⓘ
INCITS → standardizes → Fibre Channel ⓘ
Motorola VMEbus systems → supportsInterface → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel (on some models)
IETF IP Storage (ips) working group → relatedConcept → Fibre Channel ⓘ
HP storage systems → supportsProtocol → Fibre Channel ⓘ
FC → standsFor → Fibre Channel ⓘ
FCoE → competesWith → Fibre Channel ⓘ
NVMe over Fabrics → transportIncludes → Fibre Channel ⓘ
NVMe over Fabrics → comparedTo → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel Protocol
Solaris operating system → supports → Fibre Channel ⓘ
subject surface form: Solaris
Cisco Data Center Network Manager → supportsTechnology → Fibre Channel ⓘ
FCP → fullName → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel Protocol
FCP → abbreviationOf → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel Protocol
FCP → runsOver → Fibre Channel ⓘ
FCP → definedIn → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling standards
FCP → topologySupport → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel switched fabric
FCP → interoperatesWith → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel HBAs
INCITS T11 → responsibleForStandard → Fibre Channel ⓘ
INCITS T11 → responsibleForStandard → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH)
INCITS T11 → responsibleForStandard → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel Switch Fabric (FC-SW)
INCITS T11 → responsibleForStandard → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel Protocol for SCSI (FCP)
ips → relatedTechnology → Fibre Channel ⓘ
FCIP → relatedTo → Fibre Channel ⓘ
iFCP → relatedTo → Fibre Channel ⓘ
Storage Area Network → typicalProtocol → Fibre Channel ⓘ
HPE Nimble Storage → supportsProtocol → Fibre Channel ⓘ
HPE Primera → supports → Fibre Channel ⓘ
HPE StoreEver → supportsInterface → Fibre Channel ⓘ
FC-PI → partOf → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel family
FC-PI → relatedTo → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel protocol (FC-PH)
FC-FS → field → Fibre Channel ⓘ
FC-FS → partOf → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel standards family
FC-LS → fullName → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel - Link Services
FC-LS → usedBy → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel switches
FC-LS → relatedTo → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel protocol
FC-DA → partOf → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel standards family
FC-DA → relatedTo → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel protocol
FC-DA → relatedTo → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel physical layer standards
FICON → basedOn → Fibre Channel ⓘ
FICON → transportLayer → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel protocol
FICON → relatedTo → Fibre Channel ⓘ
QLogic → protocolSupported → Fibre Channel ⓘ
QLogic → supportsStandard → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel Industry Association standards
T11 committee → standardizes → Fibre Channel ⓘ
T11 committee → standardizes → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fibre Channel Protocol
T11 committee → produces → Fibre Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: American National Standards for Fibre Channel