High speed storage area networks using a fibre channel arbitrated loop interconnect

  • Authors:

  • J. R. Heath;P. J. Yakutis

  • Affiliations:

  • Univ. of Southern Maine, Portland, ME;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Network: The Magazine of Global Internetworking
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

Fibre channel arbitrated loops offer a new approach to realizing high-speed storage interconnection networks. We describe an FC-AL topology and FC-AL protocols for storage networks. In particular, we describe channel arbitration, signaling and transmission protocols, and the fibre channel mapping protocol for SCSI. A simulation model of FC-AL storage networks is described. Performance results derived from the model are presented and are used to investigate the FC-AL storage network performance