Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
2.1 General information concerning references
2.2 Approved references
2.3 References under development
3 Definitions and conventions
3.1 Definitions
3.2 Keywords
3.3 Conventions
4 Structure and concepts
4.1 Introduction
4.2 FC-4 General description
4.3 SB-2 overview
4.4 Channel-path elements
4.5 Channel-path configurations
4.6 Information transfer
4.7 Protocols
5 FC-PH Link Control
5.1 FC-PH Link control overview
5.2 Class of service
5.3 Buffer-to-buffer credit reclamation
5.4 SB-2 Sequences and exchanges
5.5 FC-PH frame header fields
5.6 Other FC-PH mechanisms
6 Link-Level functions
6.1 Link-level function overview
6.2 FC-PH Basic-link-services
6.3 FC-PH Extended link services
6.4 SB-2 Link-control functions
7 N_Port link initialization
7.1 N_Port link initialization overview
7.2 Link-initialization procedure
7.3 Initialization process for a channel
7.4 Initialization process for a control unit
8 SB-2 Information units
8.1 SB-2 Information unit overview
8.2 Rules for sending SB-2 IUs
8.3 SB-2 IU structure
8.4 SB-2 header
8.5 IU header
8.6 Device information block (DIB) structure
8.7 Command DIB structure
8.8 Command-Data DIB Structure
8.9 Data DIB structure
8.10 Status DIB
8.11 Control DIB structure
8.12 Link-Control DIB structure
9 Device-Level functions and protocols
9.1 Device-Level operations
9.2 Device-Level controls
9.3 Error handling at the device level
9.4 Resetting event
9.5 Special functions
10 Link error detection
10.1 Link error detection overview
10.2 SB-2 Timeouts
10.3 SB-2 link failure
10.4 Logical path timeout error
10.5 SB-2 exchange error
10.6 Logical-Path-Not-Established error
10.7 Test initialization result error
11 Error recovery actions
11.1 Error recovery action overview
11.2 Link-Level recovery
11.3 Device-Level recovery
Annex A (informative) Fabric address assignment
A.1 Background
A.2 Description
Annex B (informative) Correlation of exchanges of an
exchange pair
B.1 Correlation of exchanges
Annex C (normative) LRC calculation
C.1 LRC calculation procedure
C.2 LRC calculation example
Annex D (normative) Status/chaining summary
D.1 Requirements for sending status and chaining
Bibliography
Index
Tables
Figures