If my memory serves me right, fibre channel is a new type of SCSI interface.
A search of Adaptec's site turned up this:

Fibre Channel: High-speed, serial interface capable of supporting up to 100
MB/sec.

I beleive that you need a controller, cables, and as you already saw, a hard
drive that supports it.

You can also try searching IBM's website. My search turned up:
http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/CategoryDisplay?cgrfnbr=204031
6&cgmenbr=1&cntry=840&lang=en_US
Take a look at how $$ this stuff is!

I also found a long read that may shed some more light:
http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/products/fcss/wpaper.htm

Try searching some of the other hard drive manufacturer sites, you might
find more information there.
Hope this helps.

Darren K. Page
Montreal, Qc
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Rick
Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 5:42 PM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] fibre channel


I saw a hard drive for sale with this type of interface and have never
heard
  of it before and can not seem to find the info i want about it. can anyone
explain this technology to me and tell me how i wolud hook this up to my
pc.
do you need any special hardware and is it  better or less expensive than
scsi?I am very interested in this new technology as what little i have
found
about is very interesting.
Thank You,  Rick Fogel

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