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 State Machine notation
  3.5 Abbreviations and acronyms
  3.6 Symbols
  3.7 Keywords
  3.8 T10 Vendor ID fields
4 Extended Link Services
  4.1 Introduction
  4.2 Extended Link Service requests
      4.2.1 Introduction
      4.2.2 Sequence and Exchange management
      4.2.3 Advise Credit (ADVC)
      4.2.4 Echo (ECHO)
      4.2.5 Estimate Credit (ESTC)
      4.2.6 Establish Streaming (ESTS)
      4.2.7 Login (FLOGI/PLOGI)
      4.2.8 Logout (LOGO)
      4.2.9 Read Connection Status (RCS)
      4.2.10 Read Link Error Status Block (RLS)
      4.2.11 Read Timeout Value (RTV)
      4.2.12 Reinstate Recovery Qualifier (RRQ)
      4.2.13 Request Sequence Initiative (RSI)
      4.2.14 Test (TEST)
      4.2.15 Fabric Address Notification (FAN)
      4.2.16 Loop Initialize (LINIT)
      4.2.17 Loop Status (LSTS)
      4.2.18 Registered State Change Notification (RSCN)
      4.2.19 State Change Registration (SCR)
      4.2.20 Process login (PRLI)
      4.2.21 Process logout (PRLO)
      4.2.22 Test Process Login State (TPLS)
      4.2.23 Request Node Identification Data (RNID)
      4.2.24 Registered Link Incident Report (RLIR)
      4.2.25 Link Incident Record Registration (LIRR)
      4.2.26 Get Alias_ID (GAID)
      4.2.27 Fabric Activate Alias_ID (FACT)
      4.2.28 Fabric Deactivate Alias_ID (FDACT)
      4.2.29 N_Port Activate Alias_ID (NACT)
      4.2.30 N_Port Deactivate Alias_ID (NDACT)
      4.2.31 Discover N_Port/Service Parameters (PDISC)
      4.2.32 Discover F_Port Service Parameters (FDISC)
      4.2.33 Discover Address (ADISC)
      4.2.34 Third Party Process Logout (TPRLO)
      4.2.35 Clock Synchronization Request (CSR)
      4.2.36 Clock Synchronization Update (CSU)
      4.2.37 Report Port Buffer Conditions (RPBC)
      4.2.38 Report node FC-4 Types (RNFT)
      4.2.39 Scan Remote Loop (SRL)
      4.2.40 Set Bit-error Reporting Parameters (SBRP)
      4.2.41 Report Port Speed Capabilities (RPSC)
      4.2.42 Read Exchange Concise (REC)
      4.2.43 Exchange Virtual Fabrics Parameters (EVFP)
      4.2.44 Link Keep Alive (LKA)
      4.2.45 Define FFI Domain Topology Map (FFI_DTM)
      4.2.46 Request FFI Domain Topology Map (FFI_RTM)
      4.2.47 FFI AE Principal Switch Selector (FFI_PSS)
      4.2.48 FFI Map Update Registration (FFI_MUR)
      4.2.49 FFI Registered Map Update Notification (FFI_RMUN)
      4.2.50 FFI Suspend Map Updates (FFI_SMU)
      4.2.51 FFI Resume Map Updates (FFI_RMU)
  4.3 Extended Link Service Reply Sequences
      4.3.1 Overview
      4.3.2 LS_ACC
      4.3.3 Reply Sequence
      4.3.4 Link Service Reject (LS_RJT)
5 FC-4 Link Service
6 Login and Service Parameters
  6.1 Introduction
  6.2 Fabric Login
      6.2.1 Introduction
      6.2.2 Explicit Fabric Login
      6.2.3 SOFs
      6.2.4 Frequency
      6.2.5 Fabric Login completion - Originator
      6.2.6 Fabric Login completion - Responder
  6.3 N_Port Logic
      6.3.1 Introduction
      6.3.2 Explicit N_Port Login
      6.3.3 SOFs
      6.3.4 Frequency
      6.3.5 N_Port Login completion - Originator
      6.3.6 N_Port Login completion - Responder
  6.4 Logout
      6.4.1 Introduction
      6.4.2 Explicit N_Port Logout
      6.4.3 Explicit Fabric Logout
      6.4.4 Implicit Logout
      6.4.5 The effects of FLOGI, FDISC, and LOGO
  6.5 Extended Login Processing
  6.6 Service Parameters
      6.6.1 ELS and LS_ACC Payload
      6.6.2 Common Service Parameters
      6.6.3 Port_Name
      6.6.4 Node_ or Fabric_Name
      6.6.5 Class Service Parameters
      6.6.6 Vendor Version Level
      6.6.7 Services Availability
      6.6.8 Login Extension
      6.6.9 Clock Synchronization Quality of Service
7 Process Login/Logout
  7.1 Process Login
      7.1.1 Introduction
      7.1.2 PRLI/PRLO Relationships
      7.1.3 Mode of operation
      7.1.4 Protocol
  7.2 Process Logout
8 Virtual Fabrics N_Port Support
  8.1 Overview
  8.2 Enabling VFT Tagging on N_Ports
  8.3 Configuration Information
  8.4 Exchange Virtual Fabrics Parameters Processing
      8.4.1 Overview
      8.4.2 Changing the VFT Tagging Model
      8.4.3 Adding or Removing Virtual Fabrics
      8.4.4 Changing the Port VF_ID