This part of ISO/IEC 14165, FC-FS, describes the framing and signalling interface of a high-performance serial link for support of Fibre Channel 4s associated with upper level protocols (e., SCSI, IP, SBCCS, VI). The basic building blocks of an FC connection are the frames. They contain the information to be transmitted (payload), the address of the source and destination ports and link control information. Frames. Fibre Channel is primarily used to connect computer data storage to servers in storage area networks (SAN) in commercial data centers. Fibre Channel networks form a switched fabric because the switches in a network operate in unison as one big switch. Fibre Channel typically runs on optical. “The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) is a mutual benefit, non-profit, international organization of manufacturers, system integrators, developers, vendors, and industry professionals, and end users. Figure 1 shows three FC SAN networking.
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