Storage Networks: The Complete Reference

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fabric APIs, 207208

fabric applications, 207208

fabric architecture

described, 494

Fibre Channel standard, 108109

I/O operations, 344345

SANs, 59, 231233

Fabric operating system, 378

Fabric OS micro-kernel , 205207

Fabric Port (F_Port), 108, 221223, 494

fabric switch, 108

fault tolerance

availability and, 372, 374376

enterprise-class file systems, 118

NAS and, 375376

Quality File Processing, 152153

storage arrays, 228

fault-tolerant systems, 372, 374376

FC hub, 204205

FC layers , 202204, 437438

FC networks, 204, 337, 439441

FC (Fibre Channel) Protocol, 220224

arbitrated loop topology, 106108

architecture, 106

classes, 232233

connections, 105109

described, 220221, 495

fabric operations, 381382

fabric topology, 108109

fabric transmission, 55

frames , 107, 204, 231233, 437441

latency issues, 105

operations, 107110

overview, 5456, 105107

point-to-point topology, 106107

SAN security, 428, 435443

FC switch device, 202203

FC switches, 207210, 220224, 434436

FC-GS-3 (Fibre Channel-Generic Services-3, 430432

FCSec (Fibre Channel Security), 428

fiber optic connections, 260261

Fibre Channel. See FC

Fibre Connectivity (FICON), 261

FICON (Fibre Connectivity), 261

field replaceable unit (FRU), 357358

FIFO files, 165

file allocation table, 495

file manager functions, 126

file servers

Microsoft, 40, 42

NAS and, 139140

UNIX, 38

file systems, 119124

allocation, 119120

CIFS. See CIFS

components of, 119121

DAFS, 124, 493

described, 38, 116, 119, 495

enterprise-class, 117118, 122

file access, 120

file allocation, 120

illustrated , 39

management, 120121

mounting, 165167

NAS. See NAS file systems

NFS. See NFS

NTFS, 121

overview, 119121

performance, 117

POSIX-compliant, 121122

remote, 158

shared, 39

types of, 121124

UNIX, 3839, 121124, 165167

volume definition, 120

Windows, 121124, 159

files

boot, 121

FIFO, 165

I/O operations, 337338, 342

log, 121

virtual, 39

Firewire standard, 110111

firmware, 79, 247

formats

DLT, 92, 493

LTO, 92, 496

tape drives , 92

formatting process, 85, 120

F_Port (Fabric Port), 108, 221223, 494

fragmentation, 494

frames

described, 55, 231, 495

FC, 107, 204, 231233, 437441

flow control of, 232233

sequences, 438

weaknesses, 437441

FRU (field replaceable unit), 357358