DocumentCode
1338639
Title
Fibre Channel and related standards
Author
Sachs, Martin W. ; Varma, Anujan
Author_Institution
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Volume
34
Issue
8
fYear
1996
fDate
8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
40
Lastpage
50
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0163-6804
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/35.533918
Filename
533918
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