Fibre Channel application profiles, FCSI and FCA

Author

Frymoyer, E.M.

fYear

1994

Firstpage

83

Lastpage

92

Abstract

Fibre Channel products and services are beginning to appear in the marketplace. The functions of Fibre Channel industry organizations in developing technical profiles is presented. The development and structure of profiles, technical issues, internetworking and interoperability testing are covered. The Fibre Channel Systems Initiative (FCSI) consists of HP, IBM/AWS and SUN Microsystems. It was formed in order to foster open market development and supply of Fibre Channel components, create technical profiles for guaranteed systems interoperably, and encourage interoperability testing. A broad industry association with participation from the entire range of suppliers, developers, and users was subsequently formed. This Fibre Channel Association (FCA) is dedicated to technical education, profile development for a broad set of user groups, testing, and publicity and promotion of Fibre Channel.<>

Keywords

DP industry; internetworking; open systems; peripheral interfaces; societies; standards; testing; FCA; FCSI; Fibre Channel Association; Fibre Channel Systems Initiative; Fibre Channel application profiles; Hewlett Packard; IBM/AWS; SUN Microsystems; industry association; industry organizations; internetworking; interoperability testing; open market development; publicity; technical education; technical profiles; user groups; ANSI Accredited Standards Committees; ANSI standards; Optical fiber testing; Protocols; Standards development; Sun; Supercomputers; Switches; System testing; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Compcon Spring '94, Digest of Papers.

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5380-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPCON.1994.282940

Filename

282940