Title :
Implementing a Fibre Channel SCSI transport
Author_Institution :
Sun Microsyst. Comput. Corp., Mountain View, CA, USA
Abstract :
The Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) is a popular interface for the attachment of disk drives and many other peripheral devices. Each device type has a clearly defined logical model that can be used as the target of operating system device drivers. However, the SCSI physical interface has limits in performance and connectivity that are already being felt as restrictions in high performance desktop and server applications. The Fibre Channel is a serial interface with many physical transmission media options. The protocol uses a simple hierarchy of frames, sequences, and exchanges to implement a wide variety of upper layer protocols, including the SCSI Fibre Channel protocol. A practical implementation example shows how Fibre Channel overcomes the limitations of the SCSI physical interface.<>
Keywords :
peripheral interfaces; protocols; Fibre Channel SCSI transport; SCSI Fibre Channel protocol; SCSI physical interface; Small Computer System Interface; connectivity; desktop applications; disk drives; exchanges; frames; high performance applications; operating system device drivers; performance; peripheral devices; physical transmission media options; sequences; serial interface; server applications; upper layer protocols; Computer architecture; Computer interfaces; Computer peripherals; Costs; Microprocessors; Operating systems; Optical fiber devices; Physics computing; Production; Protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon Spring '94, Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5380-9
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1994.282941
