Sun Oracle Storage Tek T10000, Reference Manual

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FC-2 Features
30 T10000: Interface Reference Manual • January 2011 • E20425-01
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FC-2 Features
The FC-2 level provides the signaling protocol and specifies the rules and
requirements to transfer blocks of data.
The FC-2 level is the most complex level in Fibre Channel protocols and
provides the different classes of service, packetizing, sequencing, error
detection, and reassembling the transmitted data.
Table 16 lists other FC-2 features supported by the tape drive:
Table 16. Other FC-2 Features
Feature FC-Tape StorageTek
Initiator 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 Y
Continuously increasing sequence count during
consecutive sequences within an Exchange R R Y
Ignore nonzero 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 Y
Extended Link_Data frame R R Y
FC-4 Link_Data Frame R R Y
Video_Data Frame P P N
Basic Link_Data frame R R Y
Link_Control frame
Class 3 R R Y
Class 2 P P N
X_ID Interlock – – N
Note: Node name and Port name are not identical.