OEM MANUAL:K6602771
3 FIBRE CHANNEL INTERFACE
Revision: 2 / Date: 2002.12.19
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3.4
ORDERED SETS
The Table 3-9 shows the Ordered Sets defined by the Fibre Channel Interface and
this controller support Ordered Sets.
Table 3-9 Ordered Sets
No.
Classification
Name
Support
Remarks
1 Frame Delimiters SOF(Start of Frame)
Support only SOFi3,SOFn3
2
EOF(End of Frame)
Support only EOFi,EOFn,EOFa
3 Primitive Signals IDLE
o
4
R_RDY(Receiver_Ready)
o
5
ARBx(Arbitrate)
o
6
OPNyx(Open full-duplex)
o
7
OPNyy(Open half-duplex)
o
8
OPNfr(Open broadcast replicate)
-
9
OPNyr(Open selective replicate)
-
10
CLS(Close)
o
11
MRKtx(Mark)
-
12 Primitive Sequence NOS(Not Operational)
-
13
OLS(Offline)
-
14
LR(Link Reset)
-
15
LRR(Link Reset Response)
-
16
LIP(Loop Initialization)
LIPyx Support only received
17
LPEyx(Loop Port Enable)
Support only received
18
LPEfx(Loop Port Enable all)
Support only received
19
LPByx(Loop Port Bypass)
Support only received
o: Supported, :Conditional Supprted, -: Not Supported
(1)
Frame Delimiters
The frame delimiter is an Ordered Set that immediately precedes or follows a
frame context, and consists of the SOF(Start of Frame) and the EOF(End of
Frame).
The Table 3-10 shows SOF delimiters and the Table 3-11 shows EOF delimiters .
Table 3-10 SOF Delimiters
No. Name
Meaning
Remarks
1 SOFc1 Used to request a Class 1 Dedicated Connection.
Not supported
2 SOFi1 Used on the first frame in subsequent sequences after Class 1 Dedicated
Connection.
Not supported
3 SOFi2 Used on the first frame to initiate a Sequence for Class 2 Service.
Not supported
4 SOFi3 Used on the first frame to initiate a Sequence for Class 3 Service.
5 SOFn1 Used for all frames except the first frame of a Sequence for Class 1 Service Not supported
6 SOFn2 Used for all frames except the first frame of a Sequence for Class 2 Service Not supported
7 SOFn3 Used for all frames except the first frame of a Sequence for Class 3 Service