LSI LSIFC929 Technical Manual page 5

Audience
Organization
Preface
This book is the primary reference and technical manual for the
LSIFC929 Fibre Channel I/O Processor. It contains a complete functional
description for the LSIFC929 and includes complete physical and
electrical specifications for the product.
This document was prepared for logic designers and applications
engineers and is intended to provide an overview of the LSI Logic
LSIFC929 and to explain how to use the LSIFC929 in the initial stages
of system design.
This document assumes that you have some familiarity with
microprocessors and related support devices. The people who benefit
from this book are:
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Engineers and managers who are evaluating the LSIFC929 for
possible use in a system
•
Engineers who are designing the LSIFC929 into a system
This document has the following chapters and appendixes:
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Chapter 1, Introduction,
LSIFC929.
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Chapter 2, Fibre Channel Overview,
elements of Fibre Channel, including Layers, Topologies, and
Classes of Service.
LSIFC929 Dual Channel Fibre Channel I/O Processor
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