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Fibre Channel for Mass Storage

ISBN: B000OHG7EW
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 1999
Pages: 53

Authors: Ralph H. Thornburgh

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• Fibre Channel for Mass Storage
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• List of Figures
• Preface
• What this book is about
• Who should read this book?
• Why is this book needed?
• How to use this book
• At a Glance
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• Chapter 1. Overview of Fibre Channel for Mass Storage
• 1.1 Current Mass Storage Architectures
• 1.2 What is Fibre Channel?
• 1.3 Fibre Channel for Mass Storage
• 1.4 Advantages of Fibre Channel for Mass Storage
• 1.5 Basic Terms
• 1.6 Topologies
• Chapter 2. Fibre Channel Functional Levels and Protocols
• 2.1 Functional Levels
• 2.2 FC-0: The Physical Layer
• 2.3 FC-1: The Transmission Protocol Level
• 2.4 FC-2: Framing Protocol
• 2.5 FC-3: Common Services
• 2.6 FC-4: Mapping
• 2.7 Upper Level Protocols
• 2.8 Classes of Service
• Chapter 3. Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL)
• 3.1 FC-AL Characteristics
• 3.2 Operations of the FC-AL
• 3.3 Hubs
• 3.4 Topologies
• Chapter 4. Addressing
• 4.1 The Addressing Limitations of HP-UX
• 4.2 Addressing Methods for HP-UX
• Chapter 5. Hewlett-Packard Fibre Channel Products
• 5.1 CONTROLLER IC s
• 5.2 Fibre Channel Adapter for the K-Class Systems
• 5.3 Fibre Channel Adapter for the T-Class Systems
• 5.4 Fibre Channel Adapter for the D-Class Systems
• 5.5 Fibre Channel Adapter for the V-Class Systems
• 5.6 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub
• 5.7 High Availability Fibre Channel Disk Array
• 5.8 SCSI Multiplexer
• 5.9 FC Switch
• 5.10 Typical Hewlett-Packard FC Topologies
• Chapter 6. Fibre Channel Futures
• 6.1 Future Enhancements
• 6.2 Sources for More Information Regarding Fibre Channel
• Glossary
• References