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Addressing in a switched fabric supports more than 15 million nodes within the fabric, whereas the FC-AL
implemented in hubs supports only a maximum of 126 nodes.

The FC architecture supports three basic interconnectivity options: point-to-point, arbitrated

loop, and Fibre Channel switched fabric.
FC-SW is also referred to as fabric connect. A fabric is a logical space in which all nodes
communicate with one another in a network. This virtual space can be created with a switch or a
network of switches. Each switch in a fabric contains a unique domain identifier, which is part of
the fabrics addressing scheme.

The FC architecture represents true channel/network integration and captures some of the
benefi ts of both channel and network technology. FC SAN uses the Fibre Channel Protocol
(FCP) that provides both channel speed for data transfer with low protocol overhead and
scalability of network technology.
FCP forms the fundamental construct of the FC SAN infrastructure. Fibre Channel provides a
serial data transfer interface that operates over copper wire and optical fiber. FCP is the
implementation of serial SCSI over an FC network. In FCP architecture, all external and remote
storage devices attached to the SAN appear as local devices to the host operating system. The
key advantages of FCP are as follows:
Sustained transmission bandwidth over long distances.
Support for a larger number of addressable devices over a network.Theoretically, FC can
support more than 15 million device addresses on a network.
Support speeds up to 16 Gbps (16 GFC).