FICON Last modified: Wednesday, October 08, 2003
Short for Fiber Connection, or Fiber Connectivity, IBM’s fiber optic channel technology that extends the capabilities of its previous fiber optic channel standard, ESCON. Unlike ESCON, FICON supports full duplex data transfers and enables greater throughput rates over longer distances. FICON uses a mapping layer that is based on technology developed for Fibre Channel and multiplexing technology, which allows small data transfers to be transmitted at the same time as larger ones. IBM first introduced the technology in 1998 on its G5 servers.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about FICON . Also check out the following links!	Business Computing Fiber Optics Networking Standards Networks channel ESCON fiber optics Fibre Channel mainframe multiplex network-attached storage Give Us Your Feedback Networking Hubs and Switches FICON Products Shop by Top Models: Brocade Communications Systems BROCADE MI10K 3YR M&S FICON S/W (1511SVCSW11X7X3) 1 store offers from $10635 - $10635 Brocade Communications Systems BROCADE MI10K 1YR M&S FICON S/W (1511SVCSW11X7X1) 1 store offers from $3873 - $3873