Fibre Channel

High-speed network technology (from 1 to 128 Gbps) providing in-order, lossless delivery of raw block data, from computer data storage to servers.

Board and System Interfaces

  • PCI And PCIx
    Bus to connect hardware discrete components on a board. Used to evaluate the latency impact
  • Enhanced PCI BAE Systems
  • PCIe
    High speed serial bus for fast access to memory and storage. Also works with NVMe
  • RapidIO
    High-performance packet-switched, interconnect technology. Supports Chip-Chip, Board-Board (Backplane), Chassis-Chassis integration
  • IDT Vendor Product
    IDT implementation for wireless base station infrastructure, high performance computing, data centers, server, video, imaging, military and embedded computing
  • FibreChannel
    High-speed network technology (from 1 to 128 Gbps) providing in-order, lossless delivery of raw block data, from computer data storage to servers
  • NVMe
    Host controller interface to accelerate data transfer between enterprise and solid-state drives across PCIe
  • Firewire
    Serial bus architecture for high-speed data transfer
  • VME
    High speed and high performance bus system with powerful interrupt management and multiprocessor capability
  • VPX
    Switched fabric for cost-effective 10Gb Ethernet and PCI-Express networked systems
  • Spacewire
    SpaceWire utilizes asynchronous communication and allows speeds between 2 Mbit/s and 400 Mbit/s
  • OpenVPX
    OpenVPX replaces VME and VXS standards in defense designs

Quick Explanation

  • Supports end-to-end and buffer-to-buffer flow
  • Supports different variations of Fibre channel switch
  • Supports Fabric controller

Protocol

  • Supports Fibre channel arbitrated loop and Fibre channel switch topologies
  • Supports Fibre channel Framing and Signaling
  • Supports Fibre channel-Avionics Environment

Model Link

Fibre Channel

VisualSim’s Fibre Channel library provides designers with next generation networking system for high performance and mission assurance systems by conducting early design space exploration.

Standards Supported

  • Fibre Channel Avionics Environment Anonymous Subscriber Message standards (FC-AE-ASM) follows FC-FS-2 and FC-AL-2 standards.
  • Fibre Channel – Framing and Signaling (FC-FS) supports both 8b/10b and 64b/66b encoding schemes.

Features

  • Supports Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop and Fibre Channel Switch Fabric topologies.
  • Library extends its functionality as Fibre Channel Framing and Signalling (FCFS) and Fibre Channel Avionics Environment Anonymous Subscriber Message standards (FC-AE-ASM).
  • Package consists of Fibre Channel Node, Link, Switch, and Configuration

Working and Usage

  • Node interfaces with device on one side and Fibre Channel switch on the other side. The Node block requires Link, Switch, and Configuration blocks instantiated in the model.
  • The Switch block supports fragmentation, assembly, and quick data movement. It possesses parameters such as, Switch speed, Ingress and Egress Buffer sizes, Fragment size, and Overhead.
  • The Link block models the physical communication medium, where the user can define the length and delay associated with the type of communication field.
  • The Link block models the physical communication medium, where the user can define the length and delay associated with the type of communication field.

Reports and Analysis

  • Reports and Analysis
  • Performance impact for different network topologies or parameter configurations
  • Power consumption for different topologies and parameters

FibreChannel-in-order, lossless delivery of raw block data