DocumentCode
2909263
Title
Distributed computing with fibre channel fabric
Author
Malavalli, Kumar ; Støvhase, Bent
Author_Institution
Canstar, North York, Ont., Canada
fYear
1992
fDate
24-28 Feb. 1992
Firstpage
269
Lastpage
274
Abstract
The author describes the architecture, characteristics, and performance of Canstar switching fabric products based on the Fibre Channel Standard. It is noted that the deployment of Fibre Channel Fabric to achieve homogeneous interconnection of processors and peripheral devices provides the following advantages: the same physical interconnect scheme for both processors and peripheral devices; seamless access from workstation to peripherals to supercomputers, topology, media, and upper-level protocol independence; and high-speed internodal communication.<>
Keywords
FDDI; distributed processing; electronic switching systems; protocols; standards; Canstar switching fabric products; Fibre Channel Fabric; Fibre Channel Standard; high-speed internodal communication; peripheral devices; supercomputers; upper-level protocol independence; workstation; ANSI standards; Decoding; Distributed computing; Fabrics; Integrated circuit interconnections; Network topology; Optical fiber devices; Protocols; Routing; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Compcon Spring '92. Thirty-Seventh IEEE Computer Society International Conference, Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-8186-2655-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CMPCON.1992.186723
Filename
186723
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