Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fibre Channel (FC-NVMe)
NAS Protocols –
Common Internet File Services / Server Message Block (CIFS/SMB). This is the protocol that Windows usually uses.
Network File System (NFS). NFS was first developed for use with UNIX servers and is also a common Linux protocol.
How Does Enterprise Storage Work?
Preconfigured iSCSI initiators manage central storage using SAN pool storage. Software is used for this purpose like StoneFly StoneFusion, which installs directly on bare-metal, or applications such as StoneFly SCVM or VMware vSAN, which leverage virtualization.
In terms of architecture, storage area networks can be divided into the following three layers: