Fibre vs Fiber in SAN
Fibre vs Fiber: Fibre Channel was actually designed to support fiber optic cabling only. But later industry also started using copper cables to avoid the damage due to heat produced in storage systems. The...
Category: SAN fundamentals
Connecting Devices to Brocade fabric
Connecting Devices to Brocade fabric To attach a device to a switch, power it on, wait for it to come up, and then plug it in to the switch port Optional steps for the...
Fibre Channel Frame
Fibre Channel Frame S O F HEADER PAYLOAD C R C E O F 4 24 2112 4 4 Fibre Channel places a restriction on the length of the data field...
SFP Types
SFP Types Short Wavelength (SWL) Long Wavelength (LWL) Extended Long Wavelength (ELWL) Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) SWL Fiber Optic SFP Module – Based on short-wavelength 850 nm lasers supporting 2 and 4 Gbit/sec...
What is Zoning?
Zoning Zoning means restricting to scope of an initiator (host) to particular target (storage array) in fabric. An initiator can see only the devices from particular storage array which is zoned to it. Zoning...
Fibre Channel Classes of service
Classes of service Applications might require different levels of service and guarantees regarding delivery, connectivity and bandwidth. Some applications need to have bandwidth that is dedicated to them during the data exchange like Tape...
Converged Network Adapter
Converged Network Adapters Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) can run both Ethernet and Fibre Channel traffic at the same time. These CNAs combine the functions of an HBA and a Network Interface Card (NIC) on...
Fibre Channel Topologies
Fibre Channel Topologies Topology is the way of approach to connect devices to form a network. Fibre Channel-based networks support three types of base topologies: Point-to-point Arbitrated loop Switched fabric Switched fabric further classified...
