Fibre Channel Technology; Fibre Channel Standards - Compaq RAID Array 4100 User Manual

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Appendix

Fibre Channel Technology

The information in this appendix defines Fibre Channel, describes its
advantages, and outlines how it is used in the Compaq StorageWorks RAID
Array 4100.

Fibre Channel Standards

Fibre Channel has an integrated set of standards developed by the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI). This set of standards defines new
protocols for information transfer. Fibre Channel is an open industry standard
interconnect and high-performance serial I/O protocol that supports
simultaneous transfer of data using many different protocols. Fibre Channel
provides for extremely low error rates while performing at high data transfer
speeds. By using both an encoding scheme and strong cyclic redundancy
check (CRC) on each frame, Fibre Channel technology ensures data integrity.