| Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to: Describe the physical layer characteristics of the SCSI parallel interface (SPI), Ethernet, and Fibre Channel (FC) Relate the addressing schemes used by the SPI, Ethernet, and FC to the SCSI architecture model (SAM) addressing scheme Differentiate the SPI, Ethernet, and FC mechanisms for name and address assignment and resolution Explain how the SPI, Ethernet, and FC govern media access Delineate the physical, logical, and virtual network boundaries observed by the SPI, Ethernet, and FC List the frame formats of the SPI and deconstruct the frame formats of Ethernet and FC Enumerate and describe the delivery mechanisms supported by the SPI, Ethernet, and FC Characterize the link aggregation capabilities of the SPI, Ethernet, and FC Chronicle the stages of link initialization for the SPI, Ethernet, and FC
This chapter provides an in-depth review of the operational details of the SPI, Ethernet, and Fibre Channel at OSI Layers 1 and 2. |