Fibre vs Fiber in SAN
Fibre vs Fiber: Fibre Channel was originally designed to support fiber optic cabling only. But later copper cables are also used to avoid the damage due to heat produced in storage systems. The committee...
Fibre vs Fiber: Fibre Channel was originally designed to support fiber optic cabling only. But later copper cables are also used to avoid the damage due to heat produced in storage systems. The committee...
Zoning Enforcement Hardware Enforced Zoning: Hardware Enforced zoning is used by zones with all members defined by their <domain id, port> or all members defined by their WWN. This the strongest form of enforcement...
Brocade Switch / SAN fundamentals / SAN switch / Uncategorized
by SAN Admin · Published July 11, 2017 · Last modified August 27, 2017
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 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...
Brocade Switch / Cisco Switch / SAN / SAN fundamentals / SAN switch
by SAN Admin · Published July 10, 2017 · Last modified August 27, 2017
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...
Brocade Switch / Cisco Switch / SAN fundamentals / SAN switch
by SAN Admin · Published April 12, 2017 · Last modified July 8, 2017
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...
Brocade Switch / Cisco Switch / SAN / SAN fundamentals / SAN switch
by SAN Admin · Published March 31, 2017 · Last modified July 10, 2017
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 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...
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