Tag: Storage Area Networks
4.8 Basic troubleshooting tips for Fibre Channel (FC) SAN issues
There are many areas where the errors can be made and you might experience lots of issues with the mis-configuration settings. A thorough and...
4.7 Introduction to VSAN
Virtualizing FC SAN (VSAN)
Virtual SAN (also called virtual fabric) is a logical fabric on an FC SAN, which enables communication among a group of...
4.6 Fibre Channel (FC) SAN Topologies Overview
Out of the FC SAN inter-connectors such as Hub, Switch and Directors, FC Switch and FC Directors are majorly used devices in any Storage...
4.5 Fibre Channel (FC) Zoning Overview
In general the initiator performs the discovery of all the devices in a SAN environment. If zoning is not done previously, the initiator will...
4.4 Introduction to Fibre Channel (FC) SAN Architecture and port virtualization
The FC SAN physical components such as network cables network adapters and hubs or switches can be used to design a Fibre channel Storage...
4.3 Overview of Fibre Channel (FC) SAN Protocol
Traditionally, compute operating systems have communicated with peripheral devices over channel connections, such as Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON) and SCSI. Channel technologies provide high...