Short definitions

These are very useful in my line of work

  • DCB  = Data Center Bridging
  • FC Native Fibre Channel = Protocol
  • FCF = Fibre Channel Forwarder (an Ethernet switch capable of handling Encapsulation/De-encapsulation of FCoE frames and some or all FC services)
  • FCID = Fibre Channel ID (24 Bit Routable address)
  • FCoE = Fibre Channel over Ethernet
  • FC-MAP = A 24-Bit value identifying an individual fabric
  • FIP = FCoE Initialization Protocol
  • FLOGI = FC Fabric Login
  • FPMA =  Fabric Provided MAC Address
  • PLOGI = FC Port Login
  • PRLI = Process Login
  • SAN =  Storage Area Network (switching infrastructure)
  • SCSI = Small Computer Systems Interface

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