Fibre Channel Routing

FSPF is the protocol currently standardized by the T11 committee for routing in Fibre Channel networks. The FSPF protocol has the following characteristics and features: Supports multipath routing. Bases path status on a link state protocol. Routes hop by hop, based only on the. Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) is the standard path selection protocol used by Fibre Channel fabrics. Except in configurations that require special consideration, you do not need to. Fibre Channel (FC) is a high-speed data transfer protocol providing in-order, lossless delivery of raw block data. Fibre Channel is primarily used to connect computer data storage to servers in storage area networks (SAN) in commercial data centers. Fibre Channel networks form a. Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) connects two or more fabrics without merging the fabrics. The fabric that contains the FC router is known as the backbone fabric. An edge fabric is a standard Fibre Channel fabric with targets and. “The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) is a mutual benefit, non-profit, international organization of manufacturers, system integrators, developers, vendors, industry professionals, and end users. In a SAN, the backbone fabric consists of at least one FC router and possibly a number of Fabric OS-based Fibre Channel switches. The link between an E_Port and EX_Port, is called an inter-fabric link (IFL). [PDF]