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Fibre Channel switch

Okay kiddo, let me tell you about fibre channel switches. So, you know how computers need to talk to each other to share information? Well, some computers need to share a lot of information really quickly, like super fast. That's where fibre channel switches come in.

Basically, a fibre channel switch is kind of like a traffic controller for information. Imagine a big highway with lots of cars driving on it. If everyone just tried to drive all at once, there would be chaos! But if there was someone telling the cars when to go and when to stop, it would be a lot smoother, right?

That's what a fibre channel switch does for computers. It takes all the information that different computers are trying to share, and it organizes it into little "packets". Then it sends each packet on its way to the computer that needs it. And it does all of this super fast, so all the computers can be working together smoothly without getting in each others' way.

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