X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Fibre Channel


ALPA

Arbitrated Loop Physical Address, used in part of some computer systems, e.g. device numbering on Fibre Channel loops

UnixWare NonStop Clusters

The disk subsystem was either accessible from multiple nodes (using a Fibre Channel SAN or dual-ported SCSI) or used cross-node mirroring in a similar fashion to DRBD.


IBM FlashSystem

The key enhancements of the new generation were RAS enhancements, higher capacities, higher performance, new 16 Gbit Fibre Channel and 10 Gbit Fibre Channel over Ethernet interfaces, and a new management GUI.

Tegile Systems

Tegile builds their Zebi line of storage arrays, providing support for a range of technologies, including iSCSI, NFS, SMB/CIFS and Fibre Channel.


see also

CCIE Certification

An individual certified in CCIE Storage will be highly skilled with LANs, MANs and WANs over Fibre Channel, iSCSI, FCIP and FICON, and must demonstrate in-depth understanding of layer 2 and layer 3 network infrastructures.