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What is Fibre Channel Methodologies for Interconnects

Fibre Channel Methodologies for Interconnects (FC-MI) is a technical report specifying common methodologies for arbitrated loop and switched environments. Fibre Channel Methodologies facilitates the interoperability between various devices, whether they are connected in a loop or in a switched fabric topology, where the network nodes are connected to each other via one or more network switches.

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