A Fibre Channel is a channel based networking protocol designed to provide high throughput, high reliability, and low latency. To achieve this, the Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) was designed to interface over high speed links (usually fiber optics but copper versions are also available). Fibre Channel is available in 2 Gbps, 4 Gbps, 8 Gbps, and 16 Gbps connections.
A Fibre Channel like Ethernet is only a base for other protocols. It can be used for IP, SCSI, and several other protocols. Typically, it is found running SCSI commands between servers and disk controllers or on SAN networks.
The following concepts are found in Fibre Channel jargon:
Host Bus Adapter (HBA): A physical interface for the server to communicate with other Fibre Channel devices.
Storage Processor (SP): The storage process or storage controller processes storage commands from other Fibre Channel devices. It's typically found on storage arrays.
Storage Area Network (SAN): A network...