ANSI INCITS 418 : 2006
Superseded
A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.
A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.
FIBRE CHANNEL - SWITCH FABRIC - 4 (FC-SW-4)
Hardcopy , PDF
04-18-2024
English
01-01-2006
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
2.1 Approved references
2.2 References under development
3 Definitions and conventions
3.1 Definitions
3.2 Editorial conventions
3.3 State Machine notation
3.4 Abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols
3.5 Definition of Compliance Terms
3.6 Keywords
3.7 T10 Vendor ID Fields
4 Structure and Concepts
4.1 Overview
4.2 E_Port Operation
4.3 Fabric Operation
4.4 Fabric Definition
4.5 Switch
4.6 Switching characteristics
4.7 Switch Ports and Bridge Ports
4.8 Fabric Addressing
4.9 Class F Service
5 Switch Ports and Bridge Ports
5.1 Overview
5.2 Model elements
5.3 F_Port Operation
5.4 FL_Port Operation
5.5 E_Port Operation
5.6 B_Port Operation
5.7 Inter-Switch Link Behavior
5.8 Class F Service
6 Internal Link Services
6.1 Switch Fabric Internal Link Services (SW_ILS)
7 Fabric Configuration
7.1 Fabric Configuration Summary
7.2 Switch Port Initialization
7.3 Principal Switch Selection
7.4 Address Distribution
7.5 E_Port and Fabric Isolation
7.6 B_Port Operation
8 Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF)
8.1 Overview
8.2 FSPF Message Processing
8.3 Hello Protocol
8.4 The Link State Database
8.5 Usage of LSR Fields
8.6 Link State Database Synchronization
8.7 Neighbor Finite State Machine (FSM)
9 Distributed Services
9.1 Basic Model
9.2 Distributed Services Framework
9.3 Distributed Name Server
9.4 Distributed Management Server
9.5 Distributed Event Server
10 Switch Zone Exchange & Merge
10.1 Overview
10.2 Joining Switches
10.3 Enhanced Zoning Support Determination
10.4 Zoning Framework and Data Structures
10.5 Merge Zone
10.6 Fabric Management Session Protocol
10.7 Switch Behaviors During Merge
11 Distributed broadcast
11.1 Overview
11.2 Spanning tree
12 Virtual Fabrics Switch Support
12.1 Overview
12.2 VF Capable Switch Logical Model
12.3 Switch_Names Usage
12.4 Configuration Information
12.5 Enabling VFT Tagging on Switch Ports
12.6 Exchange Virtual Fabrics Parameters Processing
13 Enhanced Commit Service
13.1 Overview
13.2 Assisted Mode Protocol Operations
13.3 Autonomous Mode Protocol Operations
14 Virtual Channels for Switched Fabric
14.1 Overview
14.2 Assignment of Virtual Channels
14.3 VC Parameter Negotiation
14.4 Credit Management
15 Timers and Constants
15.1 General Timers and Constants
15.2 SW_ILS Time-Out Values
Annexes
A Examples of Switch Port Initialization
A.1 Introduction
A.2 Example 1: two E/F/FL_Port-capable Switch Ports
A.3 Example 2: two E/F/FL_Port-capable Switch Ports
and one Nx_Port
A.4 Example 3: one E/F/FL_Port-capable Port
and one E/F_Port-capable Port
B ELP Negotiation Sample
B.1 Introduction
B.2 ELP Exchange Protocol
C Fabric Device Management interface - Sample Flows
C.1 Introduction
C.2 Sample Flows
D Fast Fabric Initialization for AE-Capable Equipment
D.1 Background
D.2 Definitions
D.3 Characteristics of Avionics Fabrics
D.4 FFI Domain Topology Map Distribution (Informative)
Figures
Tables
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