ANSI INCITS 404 : 2006

Foreword
1 Scope
2 References
   2.1 Standards
   2.2 Normative references
   2.3 Informative references
3 Definitions and conventions
   3.1 Definitions
   3.2 Editorial conventions
4 Structure and Concepts
   4.1 Fibre Channel Structure
   4.2 FC-0 general description
   4.3 FC-0 interface overview
   4.4 Data flow stages
5 FC-PI-2 functional characteristics
   5.1 General characteristics
   5.2 FC-0 States
   5.3 Response to input data phase jumps
   5.4 Limitations on invalid code
   5.5 Receiver initialization time
   5.6 Loss of signal (Rx_LOS) function
   5.7 Speed agile Ports that support Speed Negotiation
   5.8 FC-PI-2 nomenclature
   5.9 Interoperability points
   5.10 FC-PI-2 technology options
6 Optical interface specification
   6.1 TxRx connections
   6.2 Laser safety issues
   6.3 SM data links
   6.4 MM data links
7 Optical interfaces
   7.1 Optical interface general information
   7.2 SC optical interface
   7.3 SG optical interface
   7.4 LC optical interface
   7.5 MT-RJ optical interface
   7.6 MU Connector
8 Optical fiber cable plant specification
   8.1 SM cable plant specification
   8.2 MM cable plant specification
   8.3 Connectors and splices
9 Electrical interface specification - Single lane variants
   9.1 General electrical characteristics
   9.2 Electrical TxRx connections
   9.3 Transmitted signal characteristics
   9.4 Received signal characteristics
   9.5 Jitter characteristics
   9.6 Eye masks
   9.7 Grounding and shielding requirements at interoperability
        points
   9.8 Transmitter device characteristics
   9.9 Return loss and impedance requirements
   9.10 Receiver characteristics
   9.11 Transmitter Compliance Transfer Function
   9.12 Test loads
   9.13 Example TxRx connections
10 Electrical cable plant and connector specifications for
   single lane variants
   10.1 Overview
   10.2 Shielding
   10.3 Cable interoperability
   10.4 Unbalanced cable connectors
   10.5 Balanced cable connectors
11 Electrical cable interface and interconnect specifications
   for quad-lane variants
   11.1 Overview
   11.2 Transmitted signal and transmitter characteristics
   11.3 Receiver characteristics
   11.4 Interconnect characteristics
   11.5 Electrical measurement requirements
   11.6 Electrical cable plant and connector specification -
        Parallel variants
12 Very Long Length Optical Interface (SM-LL-V)
   12.1 Introduction
   12.2 FC-0 additional technology option
   12.3 SM cable plant specification
   12.4 Optical fiber interface specification
   12.5 Optical fiber cable plant specification
   12.6 Cable plant loss budget
Annexes
A IEC 61280-2-2 Test Methods
      A.1 Transmit interface
      A.2 Receive interface
      A.3 Relative intensity noise (RIN) (OMA) measuring procedure
      A.4 Optical modulation amplitude (OMA) test procedure
      A.5 Optical receiver sensitivity test
      A.6 Measurement of the optical receiver upper cutoff frequency
B Signal performance measurements for 400-DF-EL-S electrical variants
      B.1 Introduction
      B.2 Measurement architecture requirements
      B.3 De-embedding connectors in test fixtures
      B.4 Measurement conditions for signal output (DSO) at
           the transmitter device
      B.5 Measurement conditions for signal tolerance (DST)
           at the transmitter device
      B.6 Measurement conditions for signal output (DSO) at
           the receiver device
      B.7 Measurement conditions for signal tolerance (DST)
           at the receiver device
      B.8 S-parameter measurements
      B.9 Measurement configurations for link elements
      B.10 Summary for S-parameter measurements
C Optical cable plant usage
D Cable plant employing cross-connects
      D.1 Characteristics of fiber optic cabling
E SERDES electrical interface example
      E.1 General overview
      E.2 Communications levels
      E.3 Serial interfaces
      E.4 Parallel interfaces
      E.5 REFCLK[0:1]
      E.6 Support functions
F Tx_Off and Rx_Loss of Signal detection
      F.1 Background
      F.2 Scope
      F.3 Functional and Timing Specifications
      F.4 Optical Tx_Off and Rx_LOS Signal Levels
      F.5 Electrical Tx_Off Signal Levels
      F.6 Electrical Rx_LOS Signal Levels
      F.7 Methods of Measurement for Electrical Rx_LOS Thresholds

Specifies the point-to-point physical interface portions of Fibre Channel high performance electrical and optical link variants that support the higher level Fiber Channel protocols including FC-FS, HIPPI, IPI, SCSI and others.