光纤通道为上层协议（ULP）提供了通用数据传输工具，如智能外围接口（IPI）和小型计算机系统接口（SCSI）命令集、高性能并行接口（HIPPI）数据帧、IP（互联网协议）、ANSI/IEEE 802.2等。ISO/IEC 14165的本部分描述了可用于以超过10 Gbit/s的速率传输数据的信令和物理要求。

Fibre Channel provides a general data transport vehicle for Upper Level Protocols (ULPs) such as Intelligent Peripheral Interface (IPI) and Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) command sets, the High-Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) data framing, IP (Internet Protocol), ANSI/IEEE 802.2, and others. This part of ISO/IEC 14165 describes signaling and physical requirements that may be utilized to transport data at a rate in excess of 10 Gbit/s.