FC SAN Interview Questions

1. What is FC ?

2. What are the advantages of FC ?

3. Mention the differences between FC & SCSI ?

4. Explain the layers in FC Protocol ?

5. What are the functions of layer2 and layer3 in FC ?

6. What are different FC topologies ?

7. What is the difference between point to point  & Switched in FC ?

8. Explain FC-AL ?

9. Explain the process of initialization in FC ?

10.Explain these terms : LIFA,LIPA,LIHA,LISA

11.What is a Fabric and what are its components ?

12.What are the different FC ports ?

13.Explain different types of flow controls ?

14.What is the difference between buffer to buffer   and End to End flow control ?

15.What are the different classes of Services and explain them ?

16.Explain addressing in FC ?

17.Explain FC login process ?

18.What is transmission character and transmission word ?

19.What is a frame, sequence and exchange ?

20.Explain FC frame composition ?

21.Why do we need login in FC ?

22.How many connections  are possible in FC ?

23.What are the maximum devices supported in each topologies of FC ?

24.What is the difference between FC & iSCSI ?