General Information
Manufacturer: IBM
MPN: 01AC347
Type: Controllers
SSD Type: Fiber Channel
SKU: 01AC347
Specifications
Physical Dimensions Full-height PCIE Card, 111.15mm X 167.64mm (4.376" X 6.600"), Standard Bracket
ECD Cable Support 100m At 32GB On 50/125 Nm Om4 Mmf, 20m At 32GB On 50/125 Nm Om2 Mmf, 70m At 32GB On 50/125 Nm Om3 Mmf, Operating At 32GB
Optics short Wave Lasers With LC Type Connector Fixed Optics
Optical Data Rates 16gfc (14.025 Gbaud Nrz), 8gfc (8.5 Gbaud Nrz), 4gfc (4.25 Gbaud Nrz), Automatically Detected.
Hardware Environment Powerpc, Sparc, Intel X86, X64
Ports: 4
Host Bus Type PCIE Gen3 X16
I/o Controller Xe501
Operating Humidity 5% To 95% Non-condensing
Os Support Additional Support Is Available From Oems And Partners, Microsoft Windows, Oracle Solaris, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Suse® Linux Enterprise Server, Vmware Vsphere.
Industry Standards
Ccurrent Ansi/ietf Standards: Fc-pi-4, Fc-da, Fc-da-2, Fc-fs, Fc-gs-6, Fc-ls-2, Fc-ph-2, Fc-ph-3, Fc-pi, Fc-pi-2, Fc-pi-5, Fcp-4, Fibre Channel Class 3, Legacy Ansi/ietf Standards: Fc-ph, Pcie Base Spec 3.0, Pcie Card Electromechanical Spec 3.0, Php Hot Plug-hot Swap, Sbc-3, Spc-4, Ssc-4
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Fiber channel
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What is A Fiber Channel?
A fiber channel (FC) is a computer networking protocol used for transferring data between one or several computer systems at extremely high speeds. The successive technology generations of fiber channels run at data rates ranging from 1-128 (gigabit per second rates).
Fiber channels were initially developed for supercomputers. However, in recent times, they are commonly used in storage networking server environments, serving as a substitute to various serial storage technologies and small computer system interfaces (SCSI), aka "Scuzzy."
Fiber Channels are the integral components for data transmission among data centers, computer servers, switches, and storage at up to 128 Gbps.
History of Fiber Channel
Fiber channel began in 1988 to consolidate the advantages of multiple physical layer applications, including HIPPI, ESCON, and Scuzzy (SCSI). It is regulated in the T11 Technical Committee of the INCITS (International Committee for Information Technology Standards). The fiber channel effectively overcame the challenges of sustaining signal timing coherence across all the data-signal cables (50 for HIPPI and 8, 16, and 32 for scuzzy). Consequently, a receiver can conclude when all the electrical signal values are stable and sound for synchronous reception sampling.
The advantages of Fiber Channel
Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) have enjoyed increased popularity over the years. Fiber channel, on the other hand, has played a vital role in this development. While SAN employs fiber channel as the transmission protocol for storage provisioning, a NAS usually uses TCP/IP as the transmission protocol, NFS, or other file sharing applications for storage provisioning. Below are some of the advantages of the fiber channel.
SPEED
Native fiber drives bring about high-level reliability and data integrity. They are dual-ported as a standard feature. Arguably the critical advantage that fiber channel SANs once held and still holds is the speed. It remains as one aspect that differentiates the fiber channel SANs from those of the Ethernet.
RELIABILITY
Fiber channel remains the ideal solution for IT professionals seeking high-performance, cost-effective information storage and reliability at high speeds. Given that fiber channel is a lossless protocol, it is often rated higher than the Ethernet network. Sent frames must be received in order and not dropped by the switch. This feature, however, is sometimes absent with Ethernet.
Other benefits of fiber channel FC include LUN masking, cost, and size. Allhdd.com fiber channel controllers are from trusted brands and are available at give-away prices. Please choose from our wide range collection and enjoy a 30-day warranty and fast delivery across 48 U.S. states.
