IFayibha optic iswitshi sisixhobo sokudlulisa inethiwekhi esinesantya esiphezulu, esikwabizwa ngokuba sisitshixo sefayibha okanye iswitsha yeSAN.Xa kuthelekiswa nokutshintsha okuqhelekileyo, isebenzisa intambo yefiber optic njengendlela yokuhambisa.Iingenelo zokuhanjiswa kwefiber optical zisantya esikhawulezayo kunye nobuchule obunamandla bokuchasana nokuphazamiseka.Kukho iintlobo ezimbini eziphambili zokutshintshwa kwefayibha optic, enye yi-FC switch esetyenziselwa ukudibanisa kwindawo yokugcina.Enye iswitshi ye-Ethernet, izibuko lujongano lwefiber optical, kwaye inkangeleko iyafana nojongano oluqhelekileyo lombane, kodwa uhlobo lojongano lwahlukile.

Ekubeni umgangatho weprotocol weFiber Channel ucetywe yi-ANSI (iProtocol yeMigangatho yeMigangatho yaseMelika), iteknoloji yeFiber Channel ifumene ingqwalasela enkulu kuzo zonke iinkalo.Ngokuthotywa kancinci kweendleko zezixhobo ze-fiber channel kunye nokubonakaliswa kancinci kancinci kwesantya sosulelo oluphezulu, ukuthembeka okuphezulu, kunye nezinga eliphantsi lempazamo yetekhnoloji yefiber channel, abantu banikela ingqalelo ngakumbi nangakumbi kwitekhnoloji yesitishi sefiber.Itekhnoloji yeFiber Channel ibe yinxalenye eyimfuneko yokufezekiswa kothungelwano lwendawo yokugcina.Ukutshintsha kweFiber Channel kuye kwaba sesona sixhobo siphambili esenza inethiwekhi yeSAN, kwaye inesikhundla esibalulekileyo kunye nomsebenzi.Ukutshintsha kweFiber Channel yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yenethiwekhi yendawo yokugcina, kwaye ukusebenza kwayo kuchaphazela ngokuthe ngqo ukusebenza kwendawo yonke yokugcina inethiwekhi.Iteknoloji yeFiber Channel ine-topology eguquguqukayo, kubandakanywa ne-point-to-point topology, i-topology yokutshintsha kunye ne-ring topology.Ukwakha inethiwekhi, i-topology yokutshintsha yeyona isetyenziswa ngokuqhelekileyo.

Emva kokuba utshintsho lweFiber Channel lwenza ukuguqulwa kwe-serial-to-parallel, i-10B / 8B i-decoding, i-bit synchronization kunye nokuvumelanisa amagama kunye neminye imisebenzi kwidatha efunyenweyo ye-serial ye-speed-speed transmission data, iseka ikhonkco kunye nomncedisi kunye nesixhobo sokugcina esixhunyiwe kuyo, kwaye emva kokufumana idatha Emva kokujonga itafile yokugqithisela, yithumele ukusuka kwindawo ehambelana nayo ukuya kwisixhobo esihambelanayo.Njengesakhelo sedatha ye-Ethernet, isakhelo sedatha yesixhobo seFiber Channel sinefomathi yesakhelo esisisigxina kunye neseti yayo yomninimzi eyalelweyo yokucubungula okuhambelanayo.Izitshixo zeFibre Channel zikwabonelela ngeentlobo ezintandathu zeenkonzo ezijoliswe ekudibaneni okanye ezingaxhunywanga.Ngokweentlobo ezahlukeneyo zeenkonzo, ukutshintshwa kweFiber Channel kukwaneendlela ezihambelanayo zokuphela ukuya ekupheleni okanye kwi-buffer-to-buffer control flow flows.Ukongeza, ukutshintshwa kweFiber Channel ikwabonelela ngeenkonzo kunye nolawulo njengenkonzo yegama, ixesha kunye nenkonzo ye-alias, kunye nenkonzo yolawulo.