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2. Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. A SAN connects computing entities and storage devices Figure 9.1

3. Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Typical storage applications using Fibre Channel Figure 9.2

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7. Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. FL_Ports and NL_Ports in a FC loop topology Figure 9.6

8. Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Server system communicating with large storage subsystem Figure 9.7

9. Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. FC expands on the two-layer PHY and MAC concept Figure 9.8

10. Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. The composition of a Fibre Channel frame Figure 9.9

11. Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Sending block-level SCSI data over an IP network Figure 9.10

12. Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Sending block-level SCSI data over an Ethernet network Figure 9.11