Fibre Channel Primer

3 Chapter 1: Warp Speed Information Delivery
l High-performance workgroups
l Campus backbones
l Digital audio/video networks
l Embedded military sensor, processing, and displays
l Industrial control systems
Figure 1.1 Fibre Channel meets the demands of IT systems
Data Center
Department
Design Center
Supercomputer Center
Enterprise
Fibre
Channel
Switch
Workstation
Workstation
Fibre
Channel
Switches
Mainframe
Disk Farm
Disk Farm
Supercomputer
Front
End
Processor
Workstation
JBOD
Server
Hub
Workstations
RAID
Hub
Switch
Midrange