Storage networking hardware includes three basic components: host adapters, storage targets and switch interconnects. In traditional SANs, these basic building blocks have been based on Fibre Channel ...

What is FCIP, and what is it used for? Fibre Channel over IP, or FCIP, is a tunnelling protocol used to connect Fibre Channel (FC) switches over an IP network, enabling interconnection of remote ...

LOS ANGELES—I’m sure you’ve heard about how everything is going IP e.g., Internet of everything. Even live (real-time) video signals are going IP. Sure, SMPTE 2022 has been around for a while and gee, ...

Fibre Channel over IP is a proposed IETF standard for linking Fibre Channel fabrics over TCP/IP network links. The protocol can be used as an alternative to connecting storage-area networks via dense ...

Broadcom Inc. has announced the launch of the Brocade G710 24-port 64G switch, designed as the industry's most responsive and efficient top-of-rack SAN switch, specifically aimed at small to mid-sized ...