fibre channel

基本解释

Not supported on virtual fibre channel devices.
在虚拟光纤通道设备上不受支持。
Such an architecture would include a single hard disk, a single Fibre Channel adapter, or a single power source for any piece of equipment.
这样的一种架构通常只包含单个硬盘、单个光纤通道适配器或单个电源供所有设备共用。
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.
但是从 AIX 角度看，系统管理员也可以帮忙做这些事，比如选择多个双端口光纤通道卡来与不同的光纤进行通信和改进吞吐量。

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