FCP

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FCP (Fibre Channel Protocol) is a transport protocol that maps SCSI commands over Fibre Channel networks, commonly used for high-speed storage area networking in enterprise systems.

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instanceOf Fibre Channel protocol
transport protocol
abbreviationOf Fibre Channel Protocol
linked to: Fibre Channel
acknowledgmentMechanism uses SCSI status and Fibre Channel exchanges
addressing uses SCSI addressing within Fibre Channel frames
benefit high throughput for block storage
low latency storage access
offloaded storage traffic from IP networks
commandSet SCSI primary commands
competesWith FCoE
iSCSI
dataIntegrity relies on Fibre Channel CRC and SCSI checks
definedIn Fibre Channel Framing and Signaling standards
linked to: Fibre Channel
deploymentScale large enterprise SANs
domain storage networking
encapsulates SCSI command descriptor blocks
SCSI sense data
SCSI status information
fullName Fibre Channel Protocol
linked to: Fibre Channel
interoperatesWith Fibre Channel HBAs
linked to: Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel disk arrays
Fibre Channel switches
linked to: Cisco MDS
layer upper-layer protocol over Fibre Channel
maps SCSI commands
operatesAt Fibre Channel link speeds such as 1 Gbit/s
Fibre Channel link speeds such as 16 Gbit/s
Fibre Channel link speeds such as 2 Gbit/s
Fibre Channel link speeds such as 32 Gbit/s
Fibre Channel link speeds such as 4 Gbit/s
Fibre Channel link speeds such as 8 Gbit/s
OSIModelLayer primarily transport of SCSI at Fibre Channel layers 2–4 equivalent
payloadType SCSI command and data payloads
reliabilityFeatures uses Fibre Channel flow control and error recovery
runsOver Fibre Channel
standardFamily T11 Fibre Channel standards
standardizedBy INCITS
supports SCSI-2
linked to: SCSI

SCSI-3
linked to: SCSI

Serial Attached SCSI devices via Fibre Channel infrastructure
topologySupport Fibre Channel arbitrated loop
Fibre Channel switched fabric
linked to: Fibre Channel
transportRole carries SCSI over Fibre Channel
typicalSectorSizeSupport 512-byte and 4K logical block sizes via SCSI
typicalUseCase connecting servers to disk arrays
connecting servers to tape libraries
usedFor block storage transport
storage area networks
usedIn data centers
enterprise storage systems

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