LightPulse Fibre Channel PCI Host Adapter How to Guide
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AL_PA Table
When a device is connected to a Fibre Channel arbitrated loop, the loop initialization
process (LIP) automatically assigns an ALPA (Arbitrated Loop Physical Address) to the
device. This number is assigned to the device as long as it is connected to the loop and
powered up. When the device is removed from the loop or turned off, as it is reconnected or
when another LIP occurs, the device is assigned a different ALPA.
The HardALPA=0x
n
command in the registry allows the user to permanently assign an
ALPA to the host adapter. However,
only valid ALPAs
may be used. The chart below
shows valid ALPAs.
0x01
0x02
0x04
0x08
0x0F
0x10
0x17
0x18
0x1B
0x1D
0x1E
0x1F
0x23
0x25
0x26
0x27
0x29
0x2A
0x2B
0x2C
0x2D
0x2E
0x31
0x32
0x33
0x34
0x35
0x36
0x39
0x3A
0x3C
0x43
0x45
0x46
0x47
0x49
0x4A
0x4B
0x4C
0x4D
0x4E
0x51
0x52
0x53
0x54
0x55
0x56
0x59
0x5A
0x5C
0x63
0x65
0x66
0x67
0x69
0x6A
0x6B
0x6C
0x6D
0x6E
0x71
0x72
0x73
0x74
0x75
0x76
0x79
0x7A
0x7C
0x80
0x81
0x82
0x84
0x88
0x8F
0x90
0x97
0x98
0x9B
0x9D
0x9E
0x9F
0xA3
0xA5
0xA6
0xA7
0xA9
0xAA
0xAB
0xAC
0xAD
0xAE
0xB1
0xB2
0xB3
0xB4
0xB5
0xB6
0xB9
0xBA
0xBC
0xC3
0xC5
0xC6
0xC7
0xC9
0xCA
0xCB
0xCC
0xCD
0xCE
0xD1
0xD2
0xD3
0xD4
0xD5
0xD6
0xD9
0xDA
0xDC
0xE0
0xE1
0xE2
0xE4
0xE8
0xEF