iSCSI Gateway Devices
FC Hosts & Storage
iSCSI Hosts
IP
IP
FC
IP LAN / WAN
Ethernet Switches
Network
FC Data
and/or IP Routers
Centre
FC-iSCSI
Multiprotocol Switch
A classic application for iSCSI is allowing remote/distant
mid-range Application Servers to access FC based storage
in the Data Centre.
We might have already started putting some Fibre Channel storage within our
datacenter.
We have some applications attached to the Fibre Channel fabric where we
could justify the cost and needed the low latency and high bandwidth of Fibre
Channel solutions.
We have installed Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters in our servers, they
connect through our Fibre Channel Switch Ports, to our Fibre Channel
storage. This provides a high bandwidth, low latency architecture.