99..11 Fibre Channel Setup and StatusFibre Channel Setup and Status
Fibre Channel (FC) is a high-speed network technology, commonly running at 1, 2, 4,
8, 16 and 20 Gigabit per second rates. It is primarily used to connect computer data
storage.
The Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) is a transport protocol similar to TCP used in
IP networks. FCP predominantly transports SCSI commands over Fibre
Channel networks.
Fibre Channel has five levels (FC-0 to FC-4), where FC-4 is the uppermost level
and FC-0 the lowermost.
FC LevelFC Level NameName DescriptionDescription
FC-4 Protocol Mapping
Network and channel protocols such as
SCSI-3.
FC-3 Common Services
Encryption, RAID redundancy
algorithms etc.
FC-2 Data Delivery
Framing, flow control protocols and
classes of service.
Core layer of Fibre Channel.
FC-1 Data Encoding/Decoding
8b/10b encoding. (FC100 to FC800)
64b/66b encoding. (FC1200, FC1600)
FC-0 Physical layer Fiber optics or copper cabling.
The Fibre Channel interface uses the optical ports.
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