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ANSI INCITS 427 : 2007

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - FIBRE CHANNEL - GENERIC SERVICES - 5 (FC-GS-5)
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English

Published date

01-01-2007

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative References
  2.1 Overview
  2.2 Approved references
  2.3 References under development
  2.4 Other references
3 Definitions and conventions
  3.1 Overview
  3.2 Definitions
  3.3 Editorial Conventions
  3.4 Abbreviations, acronyms and symbols
  3.5 Keywords
  3.6 T10 Vendor ID Fields
4 Common Transport for Generic Services (CT)
  4.1 Overview
  4.2 General concepts
  4.3 CT information unit
      4.3.1 Overview
      4.3.2 Basic CT_IU preamble description
      4.3.3 Extended CT_IU preamble description
      4.3.4 Vendor Specific CT_IU Preamble
      4.3.5 CT_IU Additional information
  4.4 CT Information Units (CT_IU)
      4.4.1 Overview
      4.4.2 Request CT_IU
      4.4.3 Accept CT_IU
      4.4.4 Reject CT_IU
  4.5 FC-FS mapping
      4.5.1 Overview
      4.5.2 Synchronous mode transactions
  4.6 Time constants
      4.6.1 Overview
      4.6.2 Request to response time
      4.6.3 Database propagation delay
  4.7 Persistence of actions after Logout
  4.8 CT_Authentication
      4.8.1 Overview
      4.8.2 CT Confidentiality
  4.9 Common Requests
      4.9.1 Description
      4.9.2 CT_IU preamble values
      4.9.3 Reason Code Explanations
      4.9.4 Get More Information (GMI)
      4.9.5 Server Registration and State Change Notification
            Initiation
      4.9.6 GS Asynchronous Notification (ASYNC)
5 Directory Service
  5.1 Overview
  5.2 Name Server
      5.2.1 Overview
      5.2.2 Name Server protocol
      5.2.3 Name Server objects - Formats
      5.2.4 Reason code explanations
      5.2.5 Commands
6 Management service
  6.1 Overview
  6.2 Fabric Configuration Server
      6.2.1 Overview
      6.2.2 Protocol
      6.2.3 Fabric Configuration Server Objects and Attributes
      6.2.4 Reason code explanations
      6.2.5 Commands
  6.3 Unzoned Name Server
      6.3.1 Overview
      6.3.2 Protocol
      6.3.3 Unzoned Name Server objects - Formats
      6.3.4 Reason code explanations
      6.3.5 Commands
  6.4 Fabric Zone Server
      6.4.1 Overview
      6.4.2 Terminology
      6.4.3 Protocol
      6.4.4 Zoning Management Framework
      6.4.5 Default Zoning
      6.4.6 Basic Zoning Management
      6.4.7 Enhanced Zoning Management
      6.4.8 Zoning Data Structures
      6.4.9 Reason code explanations
      6.4.10 Zoning Management Commands
  6.5 Security Policy Server
      6.5.1 Overview
      6.5.2 Protocol
  6.6 Fabric Device Management Interface
      6.6.1 Overview
      6.6.2 FDMI Relationship to the Name Server
      6.6.3 GS_Subtypes
      6.6.4 HBA Management Server
7 Event Service
  7.1 Overview
  7.2 Event Server
      7.2.1 Overview
      7.2.2 Protocol
  7.3 Event Registration (ER)
      7.3.1 Description
      7.3.2 ER Request Payload
      7.3.3 Registrations
      7.3.4 Accept CT_IU for ER Request
  7.4 Event Notification (EN)
      7.4.1 Description
      7.4.2 Event Notification Request CT_IU
      7.4.3 Events
      7.4.4 Event Notification Accept CT_IU
8 Alias Service
  8.1 Overview
9 Key Distribution Service
Annexes
A - FC-4 Feature bits
    A.1 Overview
    A.2 FCP-2
B - Discovery
    B.1 Introduction
    B.2 Basic Assumptions
    B.3 Definitions
        B.3.1 Fabric
        B.3.2 Fabric_Name
        B.3.3 Fibre Channel Node
        B.3.4 Fibre Channel storage area network
        B.3.5 In-Band Management Identifier
        B.3.6 Logical name
        B.3.7 Management access point
        B.3.8 Management application
        B.3.9 Platform device
        B.3.10 Platform Name
        B.3.11 Interconnect Element Name
        B.3.12 Fibre Channel WKAs
    B.4 Basic Fibre Channel SAN Structure
        B.4.1 Overview
        B.4.2 Physical Fibre Channel SAN Components
        B.4.3 Logical Fibre Channel SAN Components
        B.4.4 Relationships and Associations
    B.5 Fiber Channel SAN Topology Views
        B.5.1 Overview
        B.5.2 End-to-End Logical View
        B.5.3 End-to-End Physical View
        B.5.4 Fabric View
        B.5.5 SAN Component Attributes
    B.6 Discovery of the Fibre Channel SAN Topology
        B.6.1 Overview
        B.6.2 Fibre Channel Generic Services
        B.6.3 Management Service
        B.6.4 Additional Discovery Mechanisms
    B.7 Topology Discovery Steps
    B.8 Discovery of a Fibre Channel SAN's Management Capabilities
        B.8.1 Overview
        B.8.2 Management Access Points
        B.8.3 Management Access Point Handle
        B.8.4 Discovery of Management Capabilities Steps
C - Time Service
    C.1 Overview
    C.2 Time Server
        C.2.1 Overview
        C.2.2 Time Server protocol
        C.2.3 Data formats
        C.2.4 Reason code explanations
        C.2.5 Commands
D - Alias Service
    D.1 Overview
    D.2 Alias Server
        D.2.1 Overview
        D.2.2 Protocol
        D.2.3 Data Fields
        D.2.4 Reason code explanations
        D.2.5 Commands
E - Performance Server
    E.1 Overview
    E.2 Protocol
        E.2.1 Overview
        E.2.2 CT_IU preamble values
        E.2.3 Registration
        E.2.4 Queries
    E.3 Performance Server Objects and Attributes
        E.3.1 Performance Instrumentation Objects
        E.3.2 Performance Probe Object
        E.3.3 Performance Metrics Object
    E.4 Reason code explanations
    E.5 Commands
        E.5.1 Query - Get Performance Server Payload Sizes (GPMPS)
        E.5.2 Query - Get Performance Probes (GPMP)
        E.5.3 Set Performance Probe (SPMP)
        E.5.4 Query - Get Performance Metrics List (GPMML)
        E.5.5 Query - Get Performance Metrics (GPMM)
        E.5.6 Register Performance Metrics (RPMM)
        E.5.7 De-Register Performance Metrics (DPMM)

Specifies in detail the services accessed by well-known addresses defined in FC-FS-2.

Committee
T11
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
378
PublisherName
Information Technology Industry Council
Status
Current

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