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- Fibre Channel
- A high-speed transport technology used to build storage area networks SANs. Although Fibre Channel can be used as a general-purpose network carrying ATM, IP and other protocols, it has...
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- Transforming the Data Center with Unified Fabric
- Is Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE really the long-awaited breakthrough that will transparently integrate your network servers and storage, or is it simply the latest industry hype? Get the answers and expert insights from some of the most distinguished networking engineers in the industry on this 60-minute TechWiseTV video broadcast...
- Webcasts 2008-05-29
- Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Storage Networking Evolution
- Evolving business requirements underscore the need for high-density, high-speed, and low-latency consolidated networks that enable data center scalability and improve manageability while controlling IT costs. Data centers typically run multiple separate networks, including an Ethernet network for client-to-server and server-to-server communications and a Fibre Channel Storage Area Network SAN. To...
- White papers 2008-05-01
- Converging SAN and LAN Infrastructure With Fibre Channel Over Ethernet for Efficient, Cost-Effective Data Centers
- Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE is an emerging data transport technology that simplifies the network fabric by converging both Storage Area Network SAN and LAN connectivity onto a single 10 Gigabit Ethernet link. As the use of SANs in the data center continues to grow, FCoE can decrease the cost...
- White papers 2008-04-22
- Fibre Channel Over Ethernet in the Data Center: An Introduction
- Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE is a newly proposed standard that is being developed by INCITS T11. The FCoE protocol specification maps Fibre Channel natively over Ethernet and is independent of the Ethernet forwarding scheme. It allows an evolutionary approach towards I/O consolidation by preserving all Fibre Channel constructs, maintaining...
- White papers 2007-10-09
- FibrChanl-02 (fclp) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i V2 Release Notes
- This paper provides information about the B.11.23.0712 release of the FibrChanl-02 fclp Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2. This release of the FibrChanl-02 fclp Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2 (version B.11.23.0712) now supports online firmware updates, optical diagnostics, and enables the ns_query_ports option...
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Virtual server SAN connectivity: Why blade server virtualistaion and Fibre Channel SAN connectivity are rapidly becoming adopted
- Server virtualisation is rapidly gaining market acceptance for server provisioning. The introduction of virtual HBA technology will allow users to combine and leverage virtual servers and storage networks into flexible, secure and reliable solutions. The early generations of blades offered little synergy with virtualisation, but the convergence of blades and...
- White papers 2007-06-05
- NPIV and Fibre Channel Interconnect Options for HP BladeSystem c-Class White Paper
- N Port ID Virtualization NPIV is an industry-standard Fibre Channel FC protocol that provides a means to assign multiple FC addresses on the same physical link. HP is the first vendor to offer an NPIV-based FC interconnects option for blade servers with HP BladeSystem c-Class, the latest HP BladeSystem architecture....
- White papers 2007-04-01
- SAN Fundamentals: How Fibre Channel SANs Are Built, Secured and Managed
- This paper discusses the core technologies that are used to build and secure Fibre Channel based Storage Area Networks. Fibre Channel is a flexible standards based networking architecture that can be used as a transport mechanism for a number of Upper Level Protocols. The most common Upper Level Protocols are...
- White papers 2007-04-01
- Sharing FCP Adapters Through Virtualization
- The IBM System z9 and its predecessors pioneered server virtualization, including the sharing of data storage subsystems among the virtual servers of a host computer using the channel-sharing capabilities of FICON channels in Fibre Channel FC fabrics. Now industry-standard Small Computer System Interface SCSI devices in storage area networks must...
- White papers 2007-01-11
- Designing Routed Fibre Channel SANs Using the HP StorageWorks 400 Multi-Protocol Router and HP MP Router Blade White Paper
- This paper reviewed enabling technologies for routed Storage Area Networks SAN solutions. By adding hierarchical networking to Fibre Channel FC, HP has combined the flexibility and scalability of data networks with the performance and reliability of FC fabrics. The FCR brings unprecedented reliability, manageability, security, flexibility, and scalability to SANs,...
- White papers 2006-08-01
- Fibre Channel Protocol for Linux and z/VM on IBM System z
- This paper discusses Fibre Channel Protocol FCP concepts and explains some major hardware and software requirements. The Fibre Channel FC standard was developed by the National Committee of Information Technology Standards NCITS. The System z FCP I/O architecture conforms to the FC standards specified by the NCITS. System z FCP...
- White papers 2006-07-01
- Updating Fibre Channel Expansion Card BIOS With RDM 4.30
- This paper explains how to use IBM Remote Deployment Manager RDM 4.30 or a later RDM version to update the BIOS on Fibre Channel Expansion Cards in BladeCenter HS20 systems. There are other ways to flash Diagnostics firmware (e.g., with the BIOS diskette, with the UpdateXpress CD, etc.). But using...
- White papers 2006-05-11
- Identify and manage Fibre Channel SAN security risks
- This sample chapter, taken from Securing Storage: A Practical Guide to SAN and NAS Security, discusses Fibre Channel SAN security risks. The critical issues associated with SANs, combined with the lack of communication concerning defenses, has created a security gap in storage.This sample chapter from Securing Storage:...
- Book chapters 2006-05-05
- Fibre Channel and iSCSI Performance Comparison for DSS Workloads Using SQL Server 2005
- For many years, large enterprises have relied on Fibre Channel FCP as the default Storage Area Network SAN protocol for high-performance application and database workloads. As enterprises look to drive down costs and reduce the Total Cost of Ownership TCO of IT environments, many have sought alternative, lower-cost mechanisms to...
- White papers 2006-05-01
- Introducing N_Port Identifier Virtualization for IBM System z9
- This paper describes the N_Port ID Virtualization NPIV feature in a Fibre Channel Protocol FCP fabric. NPIV is a new feature available with IBM System z9 109 servers. NPIV allows a single FCP port to register multiple WorldWide Port Names WWPN with a fabric name server. Each registered WWPN is...
- White papers 2006-04-06
- HP StorageWorks EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option: mpx100 Fibre Channel to iSCSI Data Transport Performance White Paper
- The mpx100 is a data transport device used to connect one or two Fibre Channel storage ports to one or two Gigabit Ethernet GbE IP ports. This allows standard host NICs or TOE NICs from GbE LANs to access SCSI storage using the iSCSI protocol. The HP StorageWorks EVA iSCSI...
- White papers 2006-04-01
- Discovering Fibre Channel Topology Through WBEM
- A Fibre Channel FC Storage Area Network SAN is usually viewed as a central pool of FC storage that is accessible from many servers. However, FC SANs have many additional interoperating components such as servers and FC Host Bus Adapters HBAs, switches, and hubs. A SAN administrator can find it...
- White papers 2006-03-02
- "A Day in the Life of a Fibre Channel Frame": Cisco MDS 9000 Family Switch Architecture
- This white paper describes the day in a life of a Fibre Channel frame as it is switched within Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches. This paper provides a detailed walkthrough of the switch architecture, describing how various features and functions are implemented, and how the Cisco MDS 9000 Family offer...
- White papers 2006-03-01
- SAN fibre channel up 10% in Q1 2005
- Dell'Oro Group reports on storage area network fibre channel market growing 10% YTY in Q1 2005. Port shipments grew 38%. Manufacturer equipment sales of switches and Host Bus Adapters HBAs will rise from $2 bln in 2005 to $4 bln in 2009.
- Blog posts 2005-08-03
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- Blog posts 2005-07-12
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