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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