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Fabric Application Interface Standard

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ANSI INCITS 432-2007: Information technology - Fabric Application Interface Standard or FAIS is an application programming interface framework for implementing storage applications in a storage area network. FAIS is defined by Technical Committee T11 of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards.[1]

It provides a high-speed, highly reliable device for performing fabric-based services throughout heterogeneous data center environments. Furthermore, it describes extensions to the Fibre Channel specification, specifically regarding Fibre Channel over 4-pair twisted pair cabling as described in ISO/IEC 11801.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "INCITS: INCITS 432-2007[S2017]: Information technology - Fabric Application Interface Standard (FAIS)". standards.incits.org. Retrieved 2022-12-12.