fibre channel systems initiative (FCSI)

The Fibre Channel Systems Initiative (FCSI) was founded in 1993 by HP, IBM and Sun Microsystems with the aim of ensuring the interoperability of systems that use Fibre Channel. In addition, the standardization of Fibre Channel was to be advanced.

In order to ensure the interoperability of products and systems, the FCSI has developed guideline catalogs in which application-specific recommendations are laid down.

The guideline catalogs published by the FCSI, the so-called profiles, deal with the transmission of the IP protocol and SCSI over the Fibre Channel, among other things.