OEM MANUAL:K6602771
3 FIBRE CHANNEL INTERFACE
Revision: 2 / Date: 2002.12.19
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3.3
FIBRE CHANNEL ARBITRATED LOOP(FC-AL)
3.3.1 ARBITRATED LOOP PHYSICAL ADDRESS(AL_PA)
Each port on the Arbitrated Loop have an Arbitrated Loop Physical
Address(AL_PA),
which is determined in the Loop Initialization Process described in 3.3.2.
The Table 3-4 shows AL_PA addressing and the Table 3-5 shows AL_PA value
priorities
and the Table 3-6 shows AL_PA
mapped to bit maps.
Table 3-4 AL_PA addressing
Values(hex)
Use
00
Reserved for the FL_Port
01-EF
Contains 127 valid address
F0
Reserved for fairness
F1-F6
These values do not have neutral running disparity
F7-F8
Reserved for Loop Initialization
FB,FD,and FE
Reserved for future use
FF
Reserved to address all ports in broadcast
Table 3-5 AL_PA value priorities
Values(hex)
Priority
00
Highest priority address(assigned to the FL_Port)
01
Highest priority NL_Port address
EF
Lowest priority NL_Port address
F0
Used only by the fairness algorithm and has no priority