How Fibre Channel Scaling Works
One of Fibre Channel’s greatest strengths is its ability to scale to thousands and thousands of nodes, while providing predictable performance. So, when we say that Fibre Channel has unmatched scalability, what does that actually mean? And how does it work? Find out on November 6, 2019 when the FCIA will present Fibre Channel Scaling. [...]
More Answers to Your FICON Questions
Following on from the highly-rated FICON 101 webcast. Patty Driever of IBM and Howard Johnson of Broadcom returned for a FICON 201 course which provided a deeper dive into how FICON maps onto the Fibre Channel FC-2 layer, the evolution of the FICON protocol optimizations and how FICON adapts to new technologies. To help you [...]
Fibre Channel Zoning Fundamentals and Fundamental Questions
In our Fibre Channel Zoning Basics webcast last month, FCIA experts Ed Mazurek and John Rodrigues, explained how and why zoning makes Fibre Channel so reliable, predictable and secure. If you missed the live presentation, you can watch it on-demand. As promised during the webcast, here are answers to the questions we received: Q: For [...]
Security Aspects of Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel has long been known to be a very secure protocol for storage. Even so, there is no such thing as a “perfectly secure” technology, and for that reason it’s important to constantly update and protect against threats. The sheer variety of environments in which Fibre Channel fabrics are deployed makes it very difficult [...]
How Fibre Channel Standards Are Made, Bonus I: Interaction Between Standards
When last we left our story, we discussed some of the basics about what standards are, and how storage and storage connectivity fits into a standards based world. In this article, we’re going to take a slight detour and provide a bit of a bonus conversation about one of the most common storage standards in [...]
How Fibre Channel Standards Are Made, Part I: What Are Standards?
We rely on technical standards for all facets of daily life. It’s become really easy to take technology standards for granted, forgetting that they underpin the technology used in everyday activities. However, when things go wonky, it becomes glaringly apparent that there is a desperate need for things to work together, seamlessly. Imagine, for instance, [...]
Protocol Analysis for High-Speed Fibre Channel Fabrics FAQ
The FCIA has hosted two webcasts on protocol analysis, Protocol Analysis for High-Speed Fibre Channel Fabrics, which covered the basics on protocol analysis followed by a more advanced session, Protocol Analysis 201 for High-Speed Fibre Channel Fabrics. If you missed one, or want to watch them again, they are both available on demand. The recent [...]
A Back to Basics on Fibre Channel Zoning
It’s time to get back to fundamentals on Fibre Channel. So, that’s exactly what we plan to do at our next FCIA live webcast on June 27, 2019 “Fibre Channel Zoning Basics.” In this FCIA webinar, we’re going to be talking about one of the most fundamental and crucial aspects of the protocol and what [...]
Get Ready for a 201 Lesson on Protocol Analysis for High-Speed Fibre Channel Fabrics
Reacting to the overwhelming positive feedback and the requests for additional information from the first webcast, Protocol Analysis for High-Speed Fibre Channel Fabrics, the Fibre Channel Industry Association is continuing its commitment to education by offering a follow-up - Protocol Analysis 201 for High-Speed Fibre Channel Fabrics on April 11th 10:00 AM PST. In our [...]
