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Fibre Channel Industry Leaders Honored in Annual InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards Awards Program

Fibre Channel Industry Leaders Honored in Annual InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards Awards Program Roger Cummings Receives INCITS Lifetime Achievement Award; Anil Mehta and Raul Oteyza and Jason Rusch Also Honored MINNEAPOLIS, August 30, 2021 – The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) today announced the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) [...]

Jordan Grote2021-08-27T14:37:27-05:00August 30th, 2021|

Inside a Modern Fibre Channel Architecture

With over 142 million ports shipped and in use, Fibre Channel (FC) is the proven storage protocol for enterprise data centers. Fibre Channel is purpose built and engineered to meet the demands of enterprise data centers requiring rock solid reliability, high performance, and scalability. In other words, Fibre Channel technology is storage technology! Join us [...]

Jordan Grote2021-07-23T11:33:26-05:00July 23rd, 2021|

Fabric Notifications Q&A

The FCIA recently hosted a fascinating discussion on Fibre Channel Fabric Notifications called “Introducing Fabric Notifications, From Awareness to Action” where our panel of Fibre Channel experts, Howard Johnson, Mark Jones, Nishant Lodha, Rupin Mohan and Kiran Ranabhor explained how Fabric Notifications work and highlighted some exciting new innovations. If you missed the live panel [...]

Jordan Grote2021-05-04T10:59:33-05:00May 4th, 2021|

How Fibre Channel Standards Are Made, Part VI: FCP-5 – More Than Just Another Acronym

INCITS committees have not been idled by the pandemic. Sure, we all miss the face-to-face discussions, however progress using virtual meetings continues to be realized and the Fibre Channel (FC) market remains strong as a transition to 32GFC and 64GFC continues and the standards for 128GFC come together. This 6th blog edition for How Fibre [...]

Jordan Grote2021-03-25T15:10:48-05:00March 23rd, 2021|

The Bright Future for Fibre Channel – Q&A

The FCIA recently hosted a webcast “Fibre Channel Outlook – 2021 and Beyond” where FCIA experts from Broadcom, HPE and Marvell shred insights on the continued innovation of the Fibre Channel network protocol standard. Our FCIA experts were joined by industry analyst, Casey Quillin, founder and principal market analyst of Quillin Research, who will provided [...]

Jordan Grote2021-03-10T11:14:55-06:00March 8th, 2021|

Fibre Channel Industry Association Elects 2021 Board of Directors as Fibre Channel Remains the Network Protocol of Choice for Datacenter Storage

Fibre Channel Industry Association Elects 2021 Board of Directors as Fibre Channel Remains the Network Protocol of Choice for Datacenter Storage FCIA roadmap remains robust with Gen 7 Solutions Capable of 64GFC for the Storage Area Networking Market MINNEAPOLIS, February 22, 2021 – With a focus on maintaining Fibre Channel’s position in [...]

Jordan Grote2021-02-22T09:12:38-06:00February 22nd, 2021|

What’s New in Purity 6.1: ESXi NVMe-oF Fibre Channel Boot from SAN

Blogger Cody Hosterman recently published a blog on the topic of booting from a SAN via NVMe-oF, which he believes is only currently supported via Fibre Channel. Check out his full article, which is full of great resources including a list of NVMe-oF capable HBAs. Check it out here: https://www.codyhosterman.com/2021/02/whats-new-in-purity-6-1-esxi-nvme-of-fibre-channel-boot-from-san/

Jordan Grote2021-02-17T10:15:28-06:00February 17th, 2021|

Got Fibre Channel Questions? Come Get Answers.

Got Fibre Channel questions? Here’s your chance to get them answered. Coming together from multiple vendors and various technical disciplines, the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA’s) depth of Fibre Channel expertise in unmatched. On February 24, 2021, FCIA experts will share their knowledge by answering your Fibre Channel questions at our live webcast “Got Fibre [...]

Jordan Grote2021-01-13T15:46:52-06:00January 13th, 2021|

Answers to FC-NVMe-2 Questions

There’s a lot happening in the world of NVMe over Fibre Channel (FC-NVMe). That’s why the FCIA hosted a live webcast “What’s New in FC-NVMe-2?” where our FCIA experts, Mark Jones, Craig Carlson and Marcus Thordal explained the latest updates with the standard, the intricacies of error detection and recovery, how to ensure the most [...]

Jordan Grote2020-11-12T13:42:13-06:00November 12th, 2020|

What to Expect from Fibre Channel – 2021 and Beyond

What is the 2021 outlook for Fibre Channel? What impact will NVMe over Fibre Channel have in the data center? What’s does the updated Fibre Channel Roadmap look like? Find out answers to these questions and more at our next live FCIA webcast on December 3, 2020, “Fibre Channel Outlook – 2021 and Beyond” where [...]

Jordan Grote2020-10-30T09:55:47-05:00October 30th, 2020|

Fibre Channel Industry Leaders Honored in Annual InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards Awards Program

Inside a Modern Fibre Channel Architecture

Fabric Notifications Q&A

How Fibre Channel Standards Are Made, Part VI: FCP-5 – More Than Just Another Acronym

The Bright Future for Fibre Channel – Q&A

Fibre Channel Industry Association Elects 2021 Board of Directors as Fibre Channel Remains the Network Protocol of Choice for Datacenter Storage

What’s New in Purity 6.1: ESXi NVMe-oF Fibre Channel Boot from SAN

Got Fibre Channel Questions? Come Get Answers.

Answers to FC-NVMe-2 Questions

What to Expect from Fibre Channel – 2021 and Beyond

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