The working principle of Fibre Channel involves using specialized Fibre Channel cables and connectors to connect servers, storage arrays, and other SAN components. Data is transmitted in the form of bits, which are encapsulated into frames and transmitted over the. Cables: SAN implements optical fiber cabling. Copper cables are used for short distance connectivity and optical cables for long distance connection establishment. Examples of network adapters are FC host bus adapters (HBAs) and storage system front-end adapters. To understand the basics of SANs, it is important to grasp the key. BTW, did you get a disk tray or an entire array? I mean, most disk arrays are arrange in a way that one or more "disk trays" are connected via FC to array controllers. On the other way, there were.