Abstract
Early Fibre Channel transports originally ran at sub-gigabit speeds such as "quarter-speed" beginning in the early-1990s and the first 1GFC solutions became available in 1997. Since then, Fibre Channel has evolved to support "speed doubling" about every 3-4 years with 128GFC solutions expected this year. Today, the Fibre Channel community is developing the technology to support 256GFC single-lane solutions to meet the growing demand for bandwidth. This session explores the evolution of Fibre channel features and speeds and the challenges addressed by the Fibre Channel community to bring each new speed to the marketplace.
