Fiber optic ki o se feso'otaiga vavave tele feso'otaiga feso'ota'iga meafaigaluega, e ta'ua fo'i fa'afeso'ota'i alava po'o SAN ki.A fa'atusatusa i suiga masani, e fa'aogaina le fiber optic cable e fai ma ala fa'asalalau.O le lelei o faʻasalalauga fiber opitika o le saoasaoa vave ma malosi malosi faʻalavelave faʻalavelave.E lua ituaiga autu o fibre optic ki, tasi o le FC ki faʻaaogaina e faʻafesoʻotaʻi i le teuina.O le isi o le Ethernet switch, o le taulaga o se faʻaoga fiber opitika, ma o foliga vaaia e tutusa ma se eletise eletise masani, ae o le ituaiga faʻaoga e ese.

Talu ai na fa'atūina e le ANSI (American Industrial Standards Protocol) le fa'ata'ita'iga o le Fiber Channel protocol, o le tekonolosi Fiber Channel ua matua'i fa'alogoina i itu uma.Faʻatasi ai ma le faʻaitiitia malie o le tau o mea faʻapipiʻi alava ma le faʻaalia malie o le maualuga o le felauaiga, maualuga le faʻatuatuaina, ma le maualalo o le laʻititi o le faʻaogaina o le fiber channel technology, o loʻo sili atu ona gauai atu tagata i tekinolosi alalaupapa.O tekinolosi Fiber Channel ua avea ma vaega taua o le faʻatinoina o fesoʻotaʻiga nofoaga e teu ai.O le Fiber Channel switch ua avea foi ma meafaigaluega autu e aofia ai le fesoʻotaʻiga SAN, ma e iai sona tulaga taua ma galuega.Fiber Channel sui o se vaega taua o le nofoaga e teu ai fesoʻotaʻiga, ma o lona faʻatinoga e aʻafia tonu ai le faʻatinoga o le upega tafaʻilagi atoa.O tekinolosi Fiber Channel o loʻo i ai se topology fetuutuunai, e aofia ai topology point-to-point, topology fesuiaʻi ma topology mama.Mo le fausiaina o se fesoʻotaʻiga, o le topology sui e sili ona faʻaaogaina.

A maeʻa ona faʻaogaina e le Fiber Channel le liua faʻasolosolo faʻasolosolo, 10B / 8B decoding, faʻasologa o upu ma le faʻaogaina o upu ma isi gaioiga i luga o faʻamaumauga faʻasalalau maualuga-saosaoa faʻasalalau, e faʻavaeina ai se fesoʻotaʻiga ma le server ma le teuina o masini e fesoʻotaʻi atu i ai, ma a maeʻa ona maua faʻamatalaga A maeʻa siaki le laulau faʻafeiloaʻi, lafo mai le taulaga talafeagai i le masini talafeagai.E pei o le Ethernet data frame, o le fa'amaumauga o le Fiber Channel masini e iai fo'i lona fa'atulagaina fa'atulagaina ma lona fa'atonu fa'atonu fa'atulagaina mo le fa'agaioiga tutusa. O sui o le Fibre Channel e maua ai fo'i ituaiga e ono o feso'ota'iga-fa'atatau po'o feso'ota'iga auaunaga.E tusa ai ma ituaiga eseese o auaunaga, o suiga o le Fiber Channel e iai foʻi faʻataʻitaʻiga e faʻatatau i le pito i le pito poʻo le paʻu-i-buffer.E le gata i lea, o le suiga o le Fiber Channel e maua ai foi auaunaga ma pulega e pei o le igoa auaunaga, taimi ma igoa igoa, ma auaunaga tau pulega.