Fibre Channel and IP SAN
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The maturity and mission-critical deployment of Fibre Channel (FC) in storage area networks (SANs) creates a unique class of multi-terabit networks with demanding throughput, latency, scalability, robustness, and availability requirements. This paper reviews the state of and critical system-level requirements for SANs. It describes how Internet SCSI (iSCSI), FC over IP (FCIP), and Internet FC Protocol (iFCP) integrate with FC SANs and discusses associated benefits and challenges. Finally, the paper examines case studies in performance and protocol tuning in high-speed, long-delay networks, which are increasingly critical for FC-to-IP integration opportunities and challenges.
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