Stream Generation Tabs
Ethernet and Fibre Channel Application
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Frame Configuration (Fibre Channel)
F_CTL
: The Frame Control contains control information related to the
frame content. The default setting is hexadecimal
380000
. Possible
values are:
Bit
Field
Description
23
Exchange Context
0
= Originator of Exchange
1 = Responder of Exchange
22
Sequence Context
0
= Sequence Initiator
1 = Sequence Recipient
21
First Sequence
0 = Sequence other than first of Exchange
1
= First Sequence of Exchange
20
Last_Sequence
0 = Sequence other than last of Exchange
1
= Last Sequence of Exchange
19
End_Sequence
0 = Data frame other than last of Sequence
1
= Last frame of Sequence
18
End_Connection
(Class 1 or 6) or
Deactivate Class 4
circuit
0
= Connection active
1 = End of connection pending (Class 1 or 6) or End of live
Class 4 circuit
17
CS_CTL/Priority
Enable
0
= Word 1, Bits 31-24 = CS_CTL
1 = Word 1, Bits 31-24 = Priority
16
Sequence Initiative
0
= Hold Sequence initiative
1 = Transfer Sequence initiative
15
X_ID reassigned
Obsolete
14
Invalidate X_ID
Obsolete
13
12
ACK_Form
00
= No assistance provided
01 = Ack_1 Required
10 = Reserved
11 = Ack_0 Required
11
Data Compression Obsolete
10
Data Encryption
Obsolete
