FIBRE CHANNEL STANDARD
The Fibre Channel standard has coined various terms that are important to know when using the ZeusIOPS SSD. This section will present the basic terms in context to help provide an intuitive understanding of the Fibre Channel interface.
FIBRE CHANNEL ARBITRATED LOOP
The “Fibre” or “link” refers to the copper or optical cable that connects two Fibre Channel devices via their ports. A device, known as a “node”, can have more than one port. For example, the ZeusIOPS SSD is a node with two ports that is linked with a copper cable, or fibre.
Nodes are connected in a “topology”. The SSD may be connected to an “Arbitrated Loop” (AL), where the nodes of the loop are connected in a circle. See Figure 4.
Figure 4. Arbitrated Loop Topology Connection
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