ANSI INCITS 461 : 2010 : R2015

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - FIBRE CHANNEL - SWITCH FABRIC - GENERATION 5 (FC-SW-5)

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

18-12-2020

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2015

Publisher

Information Technology Industry Council

1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions and conventions
4 Structure and Concepts
5 Switch Ports and Bridge Ports
6 Internal Link Services
7 Fabric Configuration
8 Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF)
9 Distributed Services
10 Switch Zone Exchange & Merge
11 Distributed broadcast
12 Virtual Fabrics Switch Support
13 Enhanced Commit Service
14 Virtual Channels for Switched Fabric
15 Inter-Fabric Routing Support
16 Timers and Constants
Annex A (informative) - Examples of Switch Port Initialization
Annex B (informative) - ELP Negotiation Example
Annex C (informative) - Fabric Device Management interface-Sample
Flows
Annex D (Normative) - Fast Fabric Initialization for AE-Capable
Equipment

Covers: - E_Port Operation and Fabric Configuration; - Path selection (FSPF); - Bridge Port (B_Port) Operation; - Distributed server interaction and communication; - Exchange of information between Switches to support zoning; - Distribution of Event Notifications between Switches; - Virtual Fabrics Switch Support; - Enhanced Commit Service; - Virtual Channels.

Committee	T11.3
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	337
ProductNote	Reconfirmed 2015
PublisherName	Information Technology Industry Council
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	INCITS 461:2010(S2020)

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