Fibre Channel
E8194
Fibre Channel is a high-speed network technology primarily used to connect computer data storage in storage area networks (SANs), offering low-latency, high-throughput communication for enterprise environments.
All labels observed (20)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T72810 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Fibre Channel Context triple: [SCSI, competesWith, Fibre Channel]
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SCSI
SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) is a set of standards for connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices, widely used for high-performance storage solutions.
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iSCSI
iSCSI is a storage networking protocol that transports SCSI commands over IP networks, enabling block-level data access over standard Ethernet infrastructure.
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C.
Serial Attached SCSI
Serial Attached SCSI is a high-speed, point-to-point serial interface standard used primarily in enterprise storage systems to connect servers with hard drives and solid-state drives, offering improved performance, scalability, and reliability over parallel SCSI.
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D.
IEEE 1394
IEEE 1394 is a high-speed serial bus interface standard, commonly known as FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices such as computers, cameras, and audio/video equipment.
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E.
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging standard
The IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging standard defines how virtual LANs are implemented and identified over Ethernet networks by inserting a VLAN tag into Ethernet frames.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Fibre Channel Target entity description: Fibre Channel is a high-speed network technology primarily used to connect computer data storage in storage area networks (SANs), offering low-latency, high-throughput communication for enterprise environments.
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A.
SCSI
SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) is a set of standards for connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices, widely used for high-performance storage solutions.
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B.
iSCSI
iSCSI is a storage networking protocol that transports SCSI commands over IP networks, enabling block-level data access over standard Ethernet infrastructure.
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C.
Serial Attached SCSI
Serial Attached SCSI is a high-speed, point-to-point serial interface standard used primarily in enterprise storage systems to connect servers with hard drives and solid-state drives, offering improved performance, scalability, and reliability over parallel SCSI.
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D.
IEEE 1394
IEEE 1394 is a high-speed serial bus interface standard, commonly known as FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices such as computers, cameras, and audio/video equipment.
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E.
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging standard
The IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging standard defines how virtual LANs are implemented and identified over Ethernet networks by inserting a VLAN tag into Ethernet frames.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
data center technology
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network technology ⓘ storage networking protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviation | FC ⓘ |
| addressingScheme | World Wide Name ⓘ |
| commonUseCase |
block storage access
ⓘ
high-availability storage systems ⓘ mission-critical applications ⓘ |
| competesWith |
FCoE
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NVMe over Fabrics ⓘ iSCSI ⓘ |
| dataRateGeneration |
1 Gbit/s
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128 Gbit/s (using parallel lanes) ⓘ 16 Gbit/s ⓘ 2 Gbit/s ⓘ 32 Gbit/s ⓘ 4 Gbit/s ⓘ 64 Gbit/s ⓘ 8 Gbit/s ⓘ |
| designGoal |
high-performance storage networking
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low CPU overhead for storage I/O ⓘ |
| encapsulates |
IP packets
ⓘ
NVMe commands ⓘ SCSI commands ⓘ |
| introduced | 1990s ⓘ |
| keyProperty |
full-duplex communication
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high reliability ⓘ high throughput ⓘ lossless transport ⓘ low latency ⓘ |
| layerModel | Fibre Channel protocol stack ⓘ |
| OSIModelRelation |
partially network layer
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primarily data link layer ⓘ primarily physical layer ⓘ |
| physicalMedium |
copper cabling
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optical fiber ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
connecting computer data storage
ⓘ
storage area networks ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
American National Standards Institute
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surface form:
ANSI
INCITS ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
fabric services
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flow control ⓘ multipathing ⓘ zoning ⓘ |
| supportsTopology |
arbitrated loop
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point-to-point ⓘ switched fabric ⓘ |
| typicalEnvironment |
enterprise data centers
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storage area networks ⓘ |
| usesDeviceType |
Fibre Channel director switch
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host bus adapter ⓘ |
| usesSwitchType |
Fibre Channel
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Fibre Channel switch
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How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Fibre Channel Description of subject: Fibre Channel is a high-speed network technology primarily used to connect computer data storage in storage area networks (SANs), offering low-latency, high-throughput communication for enterprise environments.
Referenced by (50)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.