In the field, a Fibre Channel switch is a compatible with the (FC) protocol. It allows the creation of a, that is the core component of a (SAN). The fabric is a network of Fibre Channel devices which allows communication, device name lookup,, and. FC switches implement, a mechanism that disable.
The Fibre Channel electrical interface is one of two related standards that can be used to physically interconnect computer devices. The other standard is a, which is not covered in this article.