Glossary

FC-0

The Fibre Channel layer that describes the physical link between two ports, including the transmission media, transmitter and receiver circuitry, and interfaces (D). This consists of a pair of either optical fiber or electrical cables (link media) along with transceiver circuitry which work together to convert a stream of bits at one end of the link to a stream of bits at the other end.

FC-1

Middle layer of the Fibre Channel physical and signaling interface (FC-PH) standard, defining the 8B/10B encoding/decoding and transmission protocol.

FC-2

The Fibre Channel layer that specifies the signaling protocol, rules, and mechanisms required to transfer data blocks. The FC-2 layer is very complex and provides different classes of service, packetization, sequencing, error detection, segmentation, and reassembly of transmitted data (D).

FC-3

The Fibre Channel layer that provides a set of services common across multiple node ports (N_Ports) of a Fibre Channel node. The services are not commonly used and are essentially reserved for Fibre Channel architecture expansion (D).

FC-4

The Fibre Channel layer that provides mapping of Fibre Channel capabilities to upper level protocols (ULP), including Internet protocol (IP) and small computer system interface (SCSI)

(D).

FCA

See Fibre Channel Association.

FC adapter

Fibre Channel adapter. See host bus adapter.

FCC

Federal Communications Commission.

FCC-IOC

See Fibre Channel I/O controller.

FCFE

See Fibre Channel fabric element.

FCFE-MIB

See Fibre Channel fabric element management information base.

FCIA

See Fibre Channel Industry Association.