FC

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FC is the standard abbreviation for Fibre Channel, a high-speed network technology primarily used to connect computer data storage in storage area networks.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
FC canonical 2
FC-SW 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf network technology
storage networking protocol
abbreviation FC
addressingScheme World Wide Name
competesWith Fibre Channel over Ethernet
linked to: FCoE

iSCSI
dataRate 1 Gbit/s
16 Gbit/s
2 Gbit/s
32 Gbit/s
4 Gbit/s
64 Gbit/s
8 Gbit/s
encodingScheme 64b/66b (newer generations)
8b/10b (older generations)
feature credit-based flow control
high reliability
lossless delivery
low latency
frameSize 2148 bytes maximum
layer data link layer
physical layer
managementProtocol Fabric Configuration Server
Name Server
medium copper cable
optical fiber
OSIModelPosition between physical and transport layers
primaryUse connecting computer data storage
storage area networks
standardFamily FC-DA
FC-FS
FC-GS
FC-LS
FC-PI
FC-SW
linked to: FC
standardizedBy INCITS
standsFor Fibre Channel
supportsDistance up to tens of kilometers over single-mode fiber
supportsProtocol FICON
IP
SCSI
supportsTopology arbitrated loop
point-to-point
switched fabric
switchVendor Brocade
linked to: Juniper Networks

Cisco Systems
QLogic
transportMechanism serial
typicalDeployment storage area network
usedIn enterprise data centers
mission-critical storage systems

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fibre Channel abbreviation FC
subject linked to: FC
Fibre Channel standardFamily FC-SW
subject linked to: FC
linked to: FC