IEC ISO SO/IEC14165-133 Edition 1.02010-02 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Informationtechnology-Fibrechannnel Part133:Fibrechannelswitchfabric-3(FC-SW-3) ISO/IEC14165-133:2010(E) Standardization without license from IHS Not for Resale THISPUBLICATIONISCOPYRIGHTPROTECTED Copyright@2010ISO/lEC,Geneva, Switzerland or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either IEC or IEC's member National Committee in the country of the requester. IEC Central Office 3, rue de Varembé CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland Email: [email protected] Web:www.iec.ch About the IEC International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies. AboutIECpublications The technical content of IEC publications is kept under constant review by the IEC. Please make sure that you have the latest edition,a corrigenda or an amendment might have been published. CatalogueofIECpublications:www.iec.ch/searchpub The IEc on-line Catalogue enables you to search by a variety of criteria (reference number, text, technical committee,..), Italsogives information onprojects,withdrawnand replacedpublications. : IEC Just Published: www.iec.ch/online news/justpub Stay up to dateon all newIEC publications.Just Published details twice amonth all newpublications released.Available on-line and also byemail. ·Electropedia: www.electropedia.org The world's leading online dictionary of electronic and electrical terms containing more than 20 o00 terms and definitions in English and French, with equivalent terms in additional languages. Also known as the International Electrotechnical Vocabularyonline 'Customer Service Centre: www.iec.ch/webstore/custserv If you wish to give us your feedback on this publication or need further assistance, please visit the Customer Service CentreFAQor contactus: Email: [email protected] Tel.:+41229190211 Fax:+41229190300 itted without license from IHS Not for Resale IEC ISO ISO/IEC14165-133 Edition 1.02010-02 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Informationtechnology-Fibrechannnel- Part133:Fibrechannelswitchfabric-3(FC-SW-3 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION PRICECODE XD ICS35.200 ISBN 2-8318-1076-7 Copyright Interna ational Organization for Standardization Not for Resale - 2 - 14165-133@ISO/IEC:2010(E) Contents FOREWORD 13 Introduction 15 1 Scope . 16 2 Normative references . .16 3 Terms and conventions. 17 3.1 Terms and definitions. . 17 3.2 Abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols 25 3.3 Editorial conventions 26 3.4 State machine notation. . . 27 3.5 Definition of Compliance Terms 27 3.6 Keywords . . 28 4 Structure and Concepts 30 4.1Overview.. 30 4.2 E_Port Operation . 30 4.3 Fabric Operation.. . 30 4.4 Fabric Definition . 31 4.5Switch.. 31 4.6 Switching characteristics 33 4.6.1 Switching overview 33 4.6.2 Synchronous switching 33 4.6.3 Asynchronous switching 33 4.7 Switch Ports and Bridge Ports 34 4.7.1 General Characteristics 34 4.7.2 F_Port . 34 4.7.3 FL_Port . . 34 4.7.4 E_Port. . 34 4.7.4 B_Port . . 35 4.7.5 G_Ports and GL_Ports 35 4.8 Fabric Addressing 35 4.9 Class F Service 4.10 FSPF-Backbone Fabric 37 5 Switch Ports and Bridge Ports 38 5.1Overview 38 5.2 Model elements 38 5.2.1 FC Transports 38 5.2.2 Switch Transport 38 5.2.3 Control Facilities 38 5.2.4 Link Services . . 39 5.3 F_Port Operation 39 5.4 FL_Port Operation 40 5.5 E_Port Operation 41 5.6 B_Port operation 43 5.7 Inter-Switch Link Behavior 44 5.8 Class F Service 45 5.8.1 Class F Function 45 5.8.2 Class F Rules 45 Copyright International Organization for Standardization nse from IHS Not for Resale 14165-133@ISO/IEC:2010(E) - 3 - 5.8.3 Class F Frame Format. 5.8.4 Class F Flow Control . 6 Internal Link Services . 6.1 Switch Fabric Internal Link Services (SW_ILS) 49 6.1.1SWILSoverview.. 49 6.1.2 Switch Fabric Internal Link Service Accept (SW_ACC). 50 6.1.3 Switch Fabric Internal Link Service Reject (SW_RJT). . .51 6.1.4 Exchange Link Parameters (ELP) 54 6.1.5 Exchange Fabric Parameters (EFP) 60 6.1.6 Domain Identifier Assigned