The Fibre Channel protocol, also known as FC, is a method for transferring data serially over copper or optical fiber in order to achieve lower latency and faster speeds. It is a SCSI interface protocol that utilizes Fibre Channel connections. Fibre Channel is primarily used to connect computer data storage to servers in storage area networks (SAN) in commercial data centers. This article provides a deep dive into these connectors, their differences, polishing styles, applications, and comparisons with other less common connectors such. Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches support up to sixteen physical Fibre Channel (FC) uplinks through the use of two, optional explansion modules.