In the computer storage field, a Fibre Channel switch is a network switch compatible with the Fibre Channel (FC) protocol. It allows the creation of a Fibre Channel fabric, that is currently the core component of most storage area networks (SAN). The fabric is a network of Fibre Channel devices which allows many-to-many communication, device name lookup, security, and redundancy. FC switches implement zoning, a mechanism that disables unwanted traffic between certain fabric nodes.A Fibre Channel director is, by current convention, a switch with at least 128 ports. It does not differ from a switch in core FC protocol functionality. The term itself initially soaked from old ESCON technology.

• Training by Realtime Expert trainer
• Live Online Classes
• Free study material
• Online virtual Classes available in morning, evening and weekend

Prerequisties

• None

Duration

Online

• The format is 40% theory, 60% Hands-on.
• It is a 20 days program and extends up to 2hrs each.

Corporate

• The format is 40% theory, 60% Hands-on.
• It is a 5 days program and extends up to 8hrs each.

Classroom

• Private Classroom arrenged on request and minimum attendies for batch is 4.

Course Content

Introduction, Concepts & Terminology

• The need for a new interface
• Performance trends
• Storage trends
• Parallel I/O limitations
• Serial interface alternatives
• Technology assumptions
• Key Fibre Channel objectives
• I/O and Network convergence

FC-0: Physical Interface

• Physical interface concepts
• Link rates & distances
• Optical or electrical?
• Optical interfaces
• Optical data transmission
• Single-mode optical fiber
• Multi-mode optical fiber
• Electrical interfaces
• Electrical characteristics
• Fibre Channel connectors

FC-1: Data Link Control

• 8B/10B encoding/decoding
• Disparity
• Special characters
• Ordered sets
• Frame delimiters
• Primitive signals
• Primitive sequences
• Link Level Protocols

FC-2: Transport Protocol

• Transport protocol concepts
• Exchange management
• Exchange multiplexing
• Sequence management
• Segmentation/reassembly
• Sequence initiative
• Frame structure
• Frame header description
• Optional headers
• Frame data field
• Error detection (CRC)
• Link Control frames
• Acknowledge (ACK)
• Busy (BSY)
• Reject (RCT)
• Flow control
• Link level (buffer-to-buffer)
• Source to destination (end-to-end)
• Classes of service
• Dedicated connection
• Connectionless
• Datagram
• Virtual circuits

FC-3 Fibre Channel Services

• Common services
• Basic link services
• Extended link services
• Session management
• Login services
• World-wide names
• Service parameters
• Port login trace example
• The name server

FC-4: Protocol Mappings

• Protocol mapping concepts
• Information sets
• Protocol information units
• SCSI-3 architectural model
• SCSI protocol data objects
• SCSI protocol functions
• SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol
• SCSI-3 mapping concepts
• Command information set
• Transfer ready information set
• Data information set
• Response information set
• FCP information units
• FCP command flowchart
• Inquiry command trace
• Write command trace

Topologies

• Topology Overview
• Common characteristics
• Topology comparison
• Point-to-Point

Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL)

• FC-AL characteristics
• Loop initialization
• Arbitration
• Opening & closing loop circuits
• Fault tolerance

Switched Fabric

• Fabric model
• Fabric functions
• Communication modes
• Frame routing techniques
• Cascaded switches
• Fault tolerant fabrics
• Addressing methods
• Multicast / Hunt Groups
• Fabric / Loop hybrids