Fibre Channel Technologies: Current and Future (2007)

The objectives of this tutorial are to calibrate user on what Fibre Channel can provide today; to project the market outlook of Fibre Channel, and to share what is the Fibre Channel Horizon

Learning Objectives

To calibrate user on what Fibre Channel can provide today: 1) Topologies supported, 2) Flexibility, and Scalability, 3) Speed 4) Maximum Distance, 5) Max nodes, 6) Communication and Data Overhead (Framing, 7) Congestion Control, Access Control, Latency, and Efficiency), 8) Redundancy, Availability, and Failover, 9) Serviceability, Security (Control, Authentication, and Encryption), 10) Application Workloads and Performance, 11) Applicability in SAN (Easy of use), and, 12) IT Professional User Base 13) Cost
To project the market outlook of Fibre Channel. FC has been the major storage system interconnect since the mid 90s. FC now dominates the SAN and external storage market place with over 90% market share. How will FC continue to meet customers' evolving needs? Faster speeds, Bandwidth/Cost leadership, Investment protection, Additional capabilities, Lower cost solutions, Simplified solutions (Plug-n-play)
To share what is the Fibre Channel Horizon? New Fibre Channel Standards for Protocols, APIs, and Management Fibre Channel. Easier and More Secure than Ever!