Hitachi Ultrastar 15K450 (FC-AL) Hard Disk Drive Specification
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21.5.1 NL_Port Initialization
During LIP, if the port had an AL_PA prior to the LIP, and the port had completed FLOGI, then the port attempts to acquire its
Fabric-assigned AL_PA during LIFA sequence.
Fabric

F

F

F

NFS

Client

SCSI

Initiator

IP Host

FL

FL

Public Loop
Device
Public Loop
Device
Public Loop
Device
Public Loop
Device
Public Loop
Device
Public Loop
Device
e) Receive
FAN
f) No Address
Change
a) FLOGI
Required? i) Non FLA
b) Perform
FLOGI
c) Address
Changed
d) Recovery
from Change
g) Perform
RFC-4
h) Initia lize
Complete
No Address Change
and L_bit not set First FLOGI Implicit LO G O
R_A_TOV
Exchange Resume
No Address Change
- L_bit set
- AL_PA c hange d
- no FLOGI yet
Change/Timeout
No