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Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) is the SCSI interface protocol utilising an underlying Fibre Channel connection. The Fibre Channel standards define a high-speed data transfer mechanism that can be used to connect workstations, mainframes, supercomputers, storage devices and displays. FCP addresses the need for very fast transfers of large volumes of information and could relieve system manufacturers from the burden of supporting a variety of channels and networks, as it provides one standard for networking, storage and data transfer. Some Fibre Channel characteristics are:
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Fibre Channel consists of the following layers:
Unlike a layered network architecture, a Fibre Channel network is largely specified by functional elements and the interfaces between them. These consist, in part, of the following:
Fibre Channel network topologies consist of the following:
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