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8B/10B encoding addition AL-PA allows applications arbitrated loops backup and restoration bandwidth bytes Cisco clients communication configuration connected connectors copper-based depicts destination port Disk Array DWDM ensure Ethernet Fabric switches FC-AL FC-AL topology fiber fiber-optic cables Fibre Channel devices Fibre Channel hubs Fibre Channel link Fibre Channel nodes Fibre Channel switches Fibre Channel technology Figure flow control following sections frames GBICs Gbps Gigabit GLMs HBAs high-performance high-speed implementation InfiniBand infrastructure interconnected interface Internet IP-based iSCSI JBOD layer login Mbps multimode multiple N_Port NDMP network devices NOTE offer operations packets performance physical point-to-point problems protocols RAID Level reliable requirements routers SAN components SAN management scalable SCSI Server Server signals SNMP solutions storage area network storage devices storage network storage resources storage systems switched Fabric Tape Library Tape Subsystems TCP/IP transactions transceivers transmission characters transmission medium transmitted users vendors zoning