High-speed storage area networks using a Fibre Channel arbitrated loop interconnect

IEEE Network

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 51-56

  Heath, John R ^a   Yakutis, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION;

STORAGE AREA NETWORKS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 0033878918     PISSN: 08908044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/65.826372     Document Type: Article

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