When the technology was originally devised, it ran over optical fiber cables only and, as such, was called "Fiber Channel". In order to avoid confusion and to create a unique name, the industry decided to change the spelling and use the fibre for the name of the standard. Gen 6 Fibre Channel is the next generation of Fibre Channel designed to address performance, reliability, and scalability requirements for hyper-scale virtualization, SSD storage technology, and new data center architectures. The main catalyst for its continued use and relevance is the growth of cost-effective flash-based storage coupled with the availability of: 32 gigabit (Gb) Gen6 transceivers; 32 Gb Fibre Channel (GFC), 128 GFC and other technologies; and higher-capability multimode optical fiber cabling. Fibre Channel (FC) is a high-speed data transfer protocol providing in-order, lossless delivery of raw block data. Demartek gained early access to the newest Gen 6 products from Emulex and Brocade®, and subjected.
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