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Area |
| Depends on the | Taken from the second byte of the | 0 |
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| Fibre Channel | N_Port ID of the target device. |
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| topology of the HBA. |
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| the N_Port ID encodes the switch |
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| port to which the device is |
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| connected. The encoding method |
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| depends on the switch. See your |
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| switch manual to interpret this |
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| field. |
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Port |
| Depends on the | For LUNs with Peripheral Device Addressing, | |
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| Fibre Channel | the value of this field is always 255. | |
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| topology of the HBA |
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| For other LUN methods, the value of | For other LUN methods, the | |
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| this field is the least significant byte | value of this field is the Loop ID | |
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| device, and on the | ||
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| of the N_Port ID of the target device. | of the target device. | |
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| method used. |
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Bus |
| Depends on the | For LUNs with Peripheral Device | For LUNs with Peripheral Device |
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| Fibre Channel | Addressing, the value of this field is | Addressing, the value of this field |
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| topology of the HBA | the upper 4 bits of the least | is the upper |
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| and the target | significant byte of the N_Port ID of | ID of the target device. |
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| device, and on the | the target device. |
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| LUN addressing |
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| method used. | ||
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| the value is the Bus Number field of the LUN. | ||
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| For LUNs with Volume Set Addressing (Flat Space Addressing), | |
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| the value is bits 7 - 13 of the LUN. | |
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Target |
| Depends on the | For LUNs with Peripheral Device | With Peripheral Device |
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| Fibre Channel | Addressing, the value of this field is | Addressing, the value of this field |
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| topology and the | the lower | is the lower |
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| LUN addressing | the N_Port ID of the target device. | of the target device. |
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| method used. |
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| This field usually corresponds to the |
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| Arbitrated Loop Physical Address |
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| (AL_PA) of the target device. |
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| For LUNs with Logical Unit Addressing, | |
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| the value is the Target field of the LUN. | |
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| For LUNs with Volume Set Addressing (Flat Space Addressing), | |
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| the value is bits 3 - 6 of the LUN. | |
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LUN |
| Depends only on the LUN addressing method used. |
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