Fibre Channel over IP
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Fibre Channel over IP is a storage networking technology that encapsulates Fibre Channel frames within IP packets to enable long-distance connectivity between Fibre Channel SANs over IP networks.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fibre Channel over IP canonical | 6 |
| Fibre Channel Over TCP/IP (FCIP) | 1 |
| Fibre Channel over IP technology | 1 |
| Fibre Channel over TCP/IP | 1 |
| Fibre Channel over TCP/IP (FCIP) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9002547 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fibre Channel over IP Context triple: [FCIP, fullName, Fibre Channel over IP]
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A.
Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel is a high-speed network technology primarily used to connect computer data storage in storage area networks (SANs), offering low-latency, high-throughput communication for enterprise environments.
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B.
IP over InfiniBand
IP over InfiniBand is a networking technology that enables standard Internet Protocol (IP) traffic to run over high-speed InfiniBand fabrics, allowing IP-based applications to leverage InfiniBand’s low latency and high bandwidth.
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C.
Omni-Path host fabric interface adapter
The Omni-Path host fabric interface adapter is a high-performance network interface card designed to connect compute nodes to Intel’s Omni-Path high-speed interconnect fabric in HPC clusters.
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D.
InfiniBand
InfiniBand is a high-speed, low-latency communications standard commonly used as the interconnect fabric in supercomputers and large-scale data centers.
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E.
FCoE
FCoE is a U.S. Army training and doctrine center focused on developing and integrating artillery and fire support capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fibre Channel over IP Target entity description: Fibre Channel over IP is a storage networking technology that encapsulates Fibre Channel frames within IP packets to enable long-distance connectivity between Fibre Channel SANs over IP networks.
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A.
Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel is a high-speed network technology primarily used to connect computer data storage in storage area networks (SANs), offering low-latency, high-throughput communication for enterprise environments.
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B.
IP over InfiniBand
IP over InfiniBand is a networking technology that enables standard Internet Protocol (IP) traffic to run over high-speed InfiniBand fabrics, allowing IP-based applications to leverage InfiniBand’s low latency and high bandwidth.
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C.
Omni-Path host fabric interface adapter
The Omni-Path host fabric interface adapter is a high-performance network interface card designed to connect compute nodes to Intel’s Omni-Path high-speed interconnect fabric in HPC clusters.
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D.
InfiniBand
InfiniBand is a high-speed, low-latency communications standard commonly used as the interconnect fabric in supercomputers and large-scale data centers.
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E.
FCoE
FCoE is a U.S. Army training and doctrine center focused on developing and integrating artillery and fire support capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | storage networking protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviation | FCIP ⓘ |
| benefit |
avoids need for dedicated dark fiber for long-distance FC
ⓘ
leverages existing IP networks for SAN extension ⓘ |
| canUse |
dedicated IP WAN links
ⓘ
shared IP networks ⓘ |
| category |
SAN extension technology
ⓘ
storage networking technology ⓘ |
| challenge |
latency over long-distance IP links
ⓘ
packet loss and congestion in IP networks ⓘ |
| definedIn | RFC 3821 ⓘ |
| enables |
interconnection of geographically dispersed Fibre Channel fabrics
ⓘ
transport of Fibre Channel traffic over MANs ⓘ transport of Fibre Channel traffic over WANs ⓘ |
| encapsulates | Fibre Channel frames ⓘ |
| encapsulationMedium | IP packets ⓘ |
| layerModel | operates at transport layer over IP for Fibre Channel payloads ⓘ |
| oftenImplementedIn |
disaster recovery sites
ⓘ
enterprise data centers ⓘ |
| operatesOver | IP networks ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
SAN extension over IP networks
ⓘ
long-distance connectivity between Fibre Channel SANs ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Fibre Channel
ⓘ
Fibre Channel over Ethernet ⓘ
linked to:
FCoE
iSCSI ⓘ storage area network ⓘ |
| requires | IP network infrastructure ⓘ |
| securityConsideration | may require IPsec or VPN for secure transport ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| supports |
business continuity solutions
ⓘ
disaster recovery connectivity ⓘ remote data replication ⓘ |
| trafficType | block storage traffic ⓘ |
| transportType | tunnelled Fibre Channel over TCP/IP ⓘ |
| useCase |
backup over distance
ⓘ
extending SANs across data centers ⓘ linking separate Fibre Channel SAN islands ⓘ |
| usesProtocol |
Fibre Channel
ⓘ
Internet Protocol ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fibre Channel over IP Description of subject: Fibre Channel over IP is a storage networking technology that encapsulates Fibre Channel frames within IP packets to enable long-distance connectivity between Fibre Channel SANs over IP networks.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fibre Channel over IP