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Acknowledge
A response or confirmation to an address, message, or poll.
Additional Sense Bytes
The additional sense bytes contain data specific to either or both the command or
peripheral device, and further define the nature of the FCP_SNS_INFO feature of the
FCP_RSP payload.
Addressing Scheme
The order in which node and port names are presented to the recipient in a Fibre
Channel transaction.
ADISC
See Discover Address (ADISC).
ADVC
See Advise Credit.
Advise Credit
The Advise Credit Command used in Extended Link Services. It is prohibited when
originated by the initiator, and prohibited when originated by a drive.
AEN
See Asynchronous Event Notification.
AL_PA
See Arbitrated Loop Physical Address.
AL_PD
Arbitrated Loop physical destination address.
AL_PS
Arbitrated Loop physical source address.
AL_TOV
Arbitrated loop timeout value.
Allowable
A function of Fibre Channel that allows a feature or parameter to be used between an
initiator and a target.
American National Standards Institute
A standards development organization that is not associated with the U.S.
government, but that develops standards that can be used voluntarily by product
vendors in the United States. The name of the organization was recently changed to
the National Committee for Information Technology Standards (NCITS).
ANSI
See American National Standards Institute.
APPTC
Application Tag Check.
Arbitrate to win loop
In an arbitrated loop topology, the process that a port performs to select another port
to send data to or receive data from that same port.