Fibre Channel over IP

Alright little one, I'll do my best to explain it in a way that's easy for you to understand.

You know how sometimes you send messages to your friends over the internet using apps like WhatsApp or Zoom? Well, just like that, computers also need to send messages and data to each other. But for some really important and big data, they need a more specialized way of sending these messages. That's where Fiber Channel over Internet Protocol (FCIP) comes in!

So, Fiber Channel (FC) is a special kind of technology that helps computers store and access huge amounts of data really quickly. It's like the super fast highway that helps the data travel between computers. But sometimes, the computers that need to talk to each other using Fiber Channel, are too far apart or in different parts of the world! They can't really talk to each other using just the Fiber Channel highway, can they?

That's where FCIP helps! FCIP is a special kind of technology that uses the internet to connect those far apart computers. It's like a magical bridge that connects the Fiber Channel highway to the internet. So, when one computer wants to send huge amounts of data to another computer, they can use the Fiber Channel to send it to their local FCIP gateway. And the FCIP gateway, using the internet, sends it across to another FCIP gateway near the other computer. It's like a relay race!

So, instead of just relying on the regular internet to transmit huge amounts of data, FCIP uses Fiber Channel technology to make sure that the data reaches the other computer safely and quickly. And that way, computers don't have to be limited by physical distance when trying to talk to each other through Fiber Channel!

I hope that helps!