Storage networking hardware includes three basic components: host adapters, storage targets and switch interconnects. In traditional SANs, these basic building blocks have been based on Fibre Channel ...

What is FCIP, and what is it used for? Fibre Channel over IP, or FCIP, is a tunnelling protocol used to connect Fibre Channel (FC) switches over an IP network, enabling interconnection of remote ...

Acting as a gateway, iFCP lets you link Fibre Channel RAID arrays, switches and servers to IP storage networks while preserving infrastructure investments. Internet Fibre Channel Protocol is a ...

The What: Netgear has added the new M4500 series 100-Gigabit Network Switches to its managed switch line. In addition, it has also added 16-, 24-, and 48-port 10-gigabit models to its M4300 line of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Since the early 2000s, the storage industry has been at pains to develop an alternative to Fibre ...

LOS ANGELES—I’m sure you’ve heard about how everything is going IP e.g., Internet of everything. Even live (real-time) video signals are going IP. Sure, SMPTE 2022 has been around for a while and gee, ...

Broadcom has launched its first Fibre Channel Gen7 storage switches, which allow array-server connectivity at 64Gbps, which is double the performance of Gen6. The new switches – the Brocade G720 and ...

Brocade expanded its longstanding OEM relationship with EMC Corporation by adding Brocade VCS Ethernet fabric solutions to EMC’s Connectrix® family of network switches, creating the industry’s first ...