ANSI INCITS 287 : 1996
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - FIBRE CHANNEL-LINK ENCAPSULATION (FC-LE)
Hardcopy , PDF
07-23-2013
English
01-01-1996
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 Abbreviations and acronyms
4 Structure and concepts
4.1 General
4.2 Comparison with other ISO/IEC 8802 media
4.3 Addressing
4.4 Shared N_Ports
4.5 Multiple N_Ports
4.6 Connectivity
4.7 Bridging
4.8 Multiple FC-LE entities connecting an image to an
FC-LE Region
4.9 Summary of entities
4.10 Summary of LAN analogies
5 Interface between FC-LE and FC-PH
5.1 Information unit usage
5.2 FC-LE to FC-PH data services format
5.3 Optional Headers, and FC-PH annex S primitive parameters
allowed usage
6 Interface between FC-LE and the Internet protocol or
ISO/IEC 8802-2 LLC
6.1 Protocol Data Unit usage
6.2 FC-LE to ULP data services format
6.3 ULP to FC-LE primitive parameters and allowed Usage
7 Services provided by FC-LE
7.1 ISO/IEC 8802 Media Access Control (MAC) service
7.2 ISO/IEC 8802-2 and SNAP encapsulation
8 Use of Fibre Channel constructs
8.1 Information units
8.2 Exchanges
8.3 Address assignment and usage
8.4 FC-LE parameters
8.5 FC-LE Regions
8.6 FC-PH Login and Logout
9 Login and Fabric configuration
9.1 Fabric reconfiguration
9.2 Fibre Channel interface failure
9.3 Login and logout with a remote N_Port
10 Address resolution
10.1 Local default mapping
10.2 Fabric Directory Service mapping
10.3 Broadcast or multicast service mapping (FC-PH-2)
Index
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