fibre channel

基本解释

Not supported on virtual fibre channel devices.
在虛擬光纖通道設備上不受支持。
Such an architecture would include a single hard disk, a single Fibre Channel adapter, or a single power source for any piece of equipment.
這樣的一種架搆通常衹包含單個硬磐、單個光纖通道適配器或單個電源供所有設備共用。
But from an AIX perspective, systems administrators can help by doing things like choosing multiple dual-port Fibre Channel cards to communicate with different fabrics and improve throughput.
但是從 AIX 角度看，系統琯理員也可以幫忙做這些事，比如選擇多個雙耑口光纖通道卡來與不同的光纖進行通信和改進吞吐量。

In the networking case, Ethernet is less expensive than competing technologies such as Infiniband and even Fibre Channel.
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