Title :
Fibre Channel and related standards
Author :
Sachs, Martin W. ; Varma, Anujan
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
fDate :
8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The Fibre Channel is an ANSI standard for attachment of high-performance I/O devices to processors and for clustering processors. We provide an overview of the Fibre Channel, a summary of a performance study, a discussion of related interconnects, and a description of current industry activity
Keywords :
ANSI standards; computer interfaces; internetworking; network interfaces; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical interconnections; peripheral interfaces; telecommunication channels; telecommunication standards; workstations; ANSI standard; Fibre Channel; high-performance I/O devices; industry activity; optical interconnects; performance study; processors; ANSI standards; Application software; Fabrics; Integrated circuit interconnections; Optical fiber devices; Optical interconnections; Protocols; Standards development; Supercomputers; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
