ANSI INCITS 355 : 2001

Foreword
1 Introduction and scope
2 Normative references
   2.1 Approved references
   2.2 References under development
   2.3 Other references
3 Definitions and conventions
   3.1 Definitions
   3.2 Editorial conventions
   3.3 Abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols
4 Structure and Concepts
   4.1 Overview
   4.2 Fabric Operation
   4.3 Fabric Definition
   4.4 Switch
   4.5 Switch Topologies
   4.6 Switching characteristics
   4.7 Switch Ports and Bridge Ports
   4.8 Fabric Addressing
   4.9 Class F Service
   4.10 FSPF-Backbone Fabric
   4.11 Relationship Between this Standard and FC-FG
5 Switch Ports and Bridge Ports
   5.1 Overview
   5.2 Model elements
   5.3 F_Port Operation
   5.4 FL_Port Operation
   5.5 E_Port Operation
   5.6 B_Port Operation
   5.7 Inter-Switch Link Behavior
   5.8 Class F Service
6 Internal Link Services
   6.1 Switch Fabric Internal Link Services (SW_ILS)
7 Fabric Configuration
   7.1 Fabric Configuration Summary
   7.2 Switch Port Initialization
   7.3 Principal Switch Selection
   7.4 Address Distribution
   7.5 E_Port and Fabric Isolation
   7.6 B_Port Operation
8 Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF)
   8.1 Overview
   8.2 FSPF Message Processing
   8.3 Hello Protocol
   8.4 The Topology Database
   8.5 Usage of LSR Fields
   8.6 Topology Database Synchronization
   8.7 Neighbor Finite State Machine (FSM)
   8.8 FSPF-Backbone
9 Distributed Services
   9.1 Basic Model
   9.2 Distributed Services Framework
   9.3 Distributed Name Server
   9.4 Distributed Management Server
10 Switch Zone Exchange & Merge
   10.1 Overview
   10.2 Joining Switches
   10.3 Zoning Framework Overview
   10.4 Merge Zone
   10.5 Managing Zoning Change Requests
   10.6 Zone Change Operations
11 Distributed Event Notification
   11.1 Event Types
   11.2 Inter-Switch Registered State Change Notification (SW_RSCN)
   11.3 Distribute Registered Link Incident Records (DRLIR)
12 Timers and Constants
Annex A
  A.1 Example 1: two E/F/FL_Port-capable Switch Ports
  A.2 Example 2: two E/F/FL_Port-capable Switch Ports and one
      Nx_Port
  A.3 Example 3: one E/F/FL_Port-capable Port and one
      E/F_Port-capable Port
Annex B
  B.1 ELP Exchange Protocol
  B.2 Summary of Responses to ELP

Describes the operation and interaction of Fibre Channel Switches. Includes E_Port Operation and Fabric Configuration, Path selection (FSPF and FSPF-Backbone), Bridge Port (B_Port) Operation, Distributed server interaction and communication, Exchange of information between Switches to support zoning, Distribution of Event Notifications between Switches.