Fibre Channel VME Interfaces

Introduction

• Ancor
• Myriad Logic
• Systran

Ancor Communications

GigWorks 266 VME-64 Adapter

• 266 Mbps adapter

Myriad Logic

VME64/RACEway Fibre Channel Interface FC-1930

• 1.0625 Gbps adapter

Systran

FibreXpress VME interface

Hardware

• VME 32/64, no processor on board
• 512K on-board SRAM memory buffer
• Support for Arbitrated Loop, Switched Fabric, and Point-to-Point topologies
• Copper, shortwave laser, or longwave laser communication through industry-standard Gigabit Link Modules
• Memory-mapped or multi-channel DMA access to the SRAM buffer
• Interrupt controller to report link failure, transaction completion, buffer space request or single-frame completion
• Intelligent Fibre Channel ASIC

Software

• Fibre Channel Direct Attach (FCDA) disk device driver designed for private-loop, mass-storage SCSI communication
• FibreXpress Lightweight Protocol (FXLP) device driver designed for high-throughput computer-to-computer communication.  Bypasses the TCP-IP protocol stack for improved performance

CERN - High Speed Interconnect - FCS
Erik van der Bij - 6 January 1998 - Disclaimer