Tag: san

  • Short definitions

    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