HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/32 Installation Manual page 97

Glossary
Fabric
A Fibre Channel network containing two or more switches in addition to hosts and devices.
May also be referred to as a switched fabric. See also Topology, SAN, Cascade.
FC-AL-3
The Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop standard defined by ANSI. Defined on top of the FC-PH
standards.
FC-FLA
The Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attach standard defined by ANSI.
FCIA
Fibre Channel Industry Association. An international organization of Fibre Channel industry
professionals. Among other things, provides oversight of ANSI and industry developed
standards.
FCP
Fibre Channel Protocol; mapping of protocols onto the Fibre Channel standard protocols. For
example, SCSI FCP maps SCSI-3 onto Fibre Channel.
Fibre Channel Transport
A protocol service that supports communication between Fibre Channel service providers.
FL_Port
Fabric Loop Port; a port that is able to transmit under fabric protocol and also has arbitrated
loop capabilities. Can be used to connect an NL_Port to a switch.
FLOGI
Fabric Login; the process by which an N_Port determines whether a fabric is present, and if
so, exchanges service parameters with it.
Frame
The Fibre Channel structure used to transmit data between ports. Consists of a start-of-frame
delimiter, header, any optional headers, the data payload, a cyclic redundancy check (CRC),
and an end-of-frame delimiter. There are two types of frames: Link control frames
(transmission acknowledgements, etc.) and data frames.
FS_ACC
Fibre Channel Services Accept. The information unit used to indicate acceptance of a request
for a Fibre Channel service.
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