Encyclopedia of Fibre Channel Optical Modules

With the development of global optical communication networks, optical transceiver modules have become increasingly important in the field of optical communication. Optical communication devices and their technologies are also becoming modular, high-speed, integrated, multiple applications, multi-function, and flexible. , Low-cost development, high-speed, high-quality optical fiber communication has become an inevitable trend in the development of the information industry.

Fibre Channel technology (Fibre Channel) is a network storage switching technology that can provide long-distance and high bandwidth, and can realize the transmission of large data files between storage, servers, and client nodes. The usual operating speeds are 2Gbps, 4Gbps, 8Gbps, 16Gbps, 32Gbps, 64Gbps and 128Gbps, which are mainly used to connect computer storage devices. In the past, Fibre Channel was mostly used for supercomputers, but it has also become a common connection type in enterprise storage SANs. Although referred to as Fibre Channel, its signals can also run on twisted-pair wires outside the fiber.

Fibre Channel optical modules are used for data center fiber channel storage network links, and are compatible with optical transceiver modules for Ethernet, InfiniBand FDR/EDR, and OTN optical transmission networks. Including transmission, reception, clock data recovery and control. Fibre Channel optical modules are backward appropriate for Fibre Channel applications, support optical path loopback and circuit loopback diagnostic tests, and provide stable receive alarms. As the interface between the fiber channel system and the interface between your optical storage network storage device, it has the characteristics of miniaturization and low power consumption, which can increase the application density of the port; supports hot swapping, which is convenient for on-site debugging of the system, and may replace the light without power off Module; supports digital diagnostic interface, network management can monitor the working status of the optical transceivers through the communication interface.

Why should the data center use the Fibre Channel as the storage network?

1. Availability, data storage of core business cannot be interrupted. Therefore, the FC network can ensure that data can be accessed from time to time. So usability comes first.

2. Performance, core business requirements for performance are getting higher and higher. fibre Channel provides better performance.

3. Scalability. The FC network can ensure business expansion, scale increase, and storage capacity increase. It has a corresponding network foundation and will support such a business system. That SAN network can do this.

4. Security, fibre Channel is a natural security system. A hacker can attack the ID network in the data center and attack your server. Because our SAN network is usually naturally isolated from the outside world, it is impossible to attack your storage network. Therefore, data could be protected through the SAN network and the risk of data leakage can be reduced.

Compared with the demand for high IO and high performance of high-end all-flash arrays, 6th generation Fibre Channel is particularly important for new technologies such as flash memory that are driving the rapid transformation of data centers. When enterprises use flash memory to redesign their data centers and optimize application performance, they need networks that can offer low latency, high capacity bandwidth, and reliability. Currently, 70-80% of flash array storage systems have been deployed using Fibre Channel. In the future, the next-generation flash memory based on the Non-Volatile Memory Standard (NVMe) will be seamlessly integrated with current and future 6th generation Fibre Channel networks.Know more,please visit OEMfibers.COM.

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