FC-2 Features
56 SL500: Interface Reference Manual • July 2008 Revision: F • 96122
Other Signalling Formats and Controls
TABLE 5-9 lists other FC-2 features supported by the libraries:
Link Service Commands
Fibre Channel uses link service commands to manage functions such as port
management, Login, Logout, and abort operations. The libraries support both basic
and extended link service commands to perform these operations.
TABLE 5-9 Other FC-2 Features
Feature
FC-Tape
StorageTekInitiator Target
Addressing Scheme: (see note)
Node Name Format (registered format) R R Y
Port Name Format (registered format) R R Y
Frame Control (F_CTL):
Continue Sequence Condition R R 00
Continuously increasing sequence count during
consecutive sequences within an Exchange
RRY
Ignore non zero Continue Sequence values A A Y
Sequence Chaining (C_S bit in F_CTL = 0) R R Y
Optional Headers (all) P P N
Routing Control (R_CTL):
FC-4 Device_Data frame R R 0000
Extended Link_Data frame R R 0010
FC-4 Link_Data Frame R R 0011
Video_Data Frame P P 0100
Basic Link_Data frame R R 1000
Link_Control frame
Class 2 R R 1100
Class 3 P P 1100
X_ID Interlock – – N
Note – Node name and Port name are not identical.
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