Fibre Channel Operations; Fibre Channel Levels; Table 5-1 Fibre Channel Levels - Sun Microsystems storagetek sl500 Reference Manual

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C H A P T E R

Fibre Channel Operations

This chapter describes how the SL500 library operates using Fibre Channel.

Fibre Channel Levels

TABLE 5-1
for transmission over a Fibre Channel interface.

TABLE 5-1 Fibre Channel Levels

Levels
FC-4
FC-3
FC-2
FC-AL
FC-1
FC-0
The remaining sections of this chapter explain how these levels work.
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shows the five levels and arbitrated loop (FC-AL) grouping of functions
Function
Upper Level Protocol Mapping
Common Services
Link Service
Signaling Protocol
Arbitrated Loop Functions
Transmission Protocol
Physical Interface
Media
Content
Mapping of ULP functions
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Login and Logout services
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Basic Link and Extended Link
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services
Frames, sequences, and
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exchanges
N_Ports, F_Ports, and topologies
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Classes of Service (1, 2, and 3)
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Buffer-to-buffer/end-to-end flow
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control
Ordered sets for loop arbitration
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Loop initialization
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Physical address assignments
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Encoding and decoding
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Link management
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Error monitoring
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Transmitters, receivers, and
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bandwidth
Cables and connectors
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