Provides oversight of Ansi and industry standards

fabric	An FC network containing two or more switches in addition to
	hosts and devices. May also be called a switched fabric.
fabric name	The unique identifier assigned to a fabric and communicated
	during login and port discovery.
FCIA	Fibre Channel Industry Association. An international
	organization of FC industry professionals. Among other things,
	provides oversight of ANSI and industry standards.
FCP	Fibre Channel Protocol. Mapping of protocols onto the FC
	standard protocols. For example, SCSI FCP maps SCSI-3 onto
	FC.
FCS switch	Fabric Configuration Server switch. One or more designated
	HP switches that store and manage the configuration and
	security parameters for all switches in the fabric.
Fibre Channel	The primary protocol for building SANs to transmit data
	between servers, switches, and storage devices. Unlike IP
	and Ethernet, Fibre Channel is designed to support the needs
	of storage devices of all types. It is a high-speed, serial,
	bidirectional, topology-independent protocol, and is a highly
	scalable interconnection between computers, peripherals, and
	networks.
FLOGI	The process by which an N_Port determines whether a fabric
	is present and, if so, exchanges service parameters with it.
	See also PLOGI.
FL_Port	Fabric loop port. A port that is able to transmit under fabric
	protocol and has arbitrated loop capabilities. Can also be
	used to connect an NL_Port to a switch. See also U_Port.
frame	The Fibre Channel structure used to transmit data between
	ports. Consists of a start-of-frame delimiter, header, optional
	headers, data payload, cyclic redundancy check, and
	end-of-frame delimiter. There are two types of frames: link
	control frames and data frames. See also packet.
FRU	Field-replaceable unit. A component that can be replaced on
	site.
FS	Fibre Channel Service. A service that is defined by FC
	standards and exists at a well-known address. The Simple
	Name Server, for example, is an FC service.
FSP	Fibre Channel Service Protocol. The common protocol for all
	fabric services; it is transparent to the fabric type or topology.

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FCIA

Fibre Channel Industry Association. An international

provides oversight of ANSI and industry standards.

FCP

Fibre Channel Protocol. Mapping of protocols onto the FC

FLOGI

The process by which an N_Port determines whether a fabric

is present and, if so, exchanges service parameters with it.

See also PLOGI.

control frames and data frames. See also packet.

FRU

Field-replaceable unit. A component that can be replaced on

site.

Fibre Channel Service. A service that is defined by FC

standards and exists at a well-known address. The Simple

Name Server, for example, is an FC service.

FSP

Fibre Channel Service Protocol. The common protocol for all

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