Fibre channel fabrics: evaluation and design

Author

Cherkasova, Ludmila ; Kotov, Vadim ; Rokicki, Tomas

Author_Institution

Hewlett-Packard Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

3-6 Jan 1996

Firstpage

53

Abstract

We consider how fibre channel switches can be cascaded to form a fibre channel fabric. We begin with an analytical model of topology performance that provides a theoretical upper bound on fabric performance and a method for the practical evaluation of fabric topologies. We then consider the prevention of buffer-cycle deadlock in fibre channel networks. We show that though some topologies implicitly do not deadlock, these topologies have inferior throughput, and we present a technique for optimizing performance that takes into account both deadlock and traffic balancing

Keywords

concurrency control; optical fibre LAN; performance evaluation; telecommunication switching; telecommunication traffic; buffer-cycle deadlock; fabric performance; fibre channel fabrics; fibre channel networks; fibre channel switches; optical fiber media; performance evaluation; topology performance; traffic balancing; upper bound; Analytical models; Fabrics; Laboratories; Network topology; Optical fibers; Performance analysis; Routing; Switches; System recovery; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1996., Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Hawaii International Conference on ,

Conference_Location

Wailea, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7324-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1996.495447

Filename

495447