Title :
Distributed computing with fibre channel fabric
Author :
Malavalli, Kumar ; Støvhase, Bent
Author_Institution :
Canstar, North York, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
The author describes the architecture, characteristics, and performance of Canstar switching fabric products based on the Fibre Channel Standard. It is noted that the deployment of Fibre Channel Fabric to achieve homogeneous interconnection of processors and peripheral devices provides the following advantages: the same physical interconnect scheme for both processors and peripheral devices; seamless access from workstation to peripherals to supercomputers, topology, media, and upper-level protocol independence; and high-speed internodal communication.<>
Keywords :
FDDI; distributed processing; electronic switching systems; protocols; standards; Canstar switching fabric products; Fibre Channel Fabric; Fibre Channel Standard; high-speed internodal communication; peripheral devices; supercomputers; upper-level protocol independence; workstation; ANSI standards; Decoding; Distributed computing; Fabrics; Integrated circuit interconnections; Network topology; Optical fiber devices; Protocols; Routing; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon Spring '92. Thirty-Seventh IEEE Computer Society International Conference, Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2655-0
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1992.186723
