Cheetah 10K.6 FC Product Manual, Rev. B

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9.1.5Fibre Channel port login accept

Table 7 identifies the N_Port Login access payload values.

Table 7:

N_Port Login Accept (ACC) payload

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bytes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0-15

 

02

00

00

00

20

20

00

00

88

00

FS

FS

00

FF

00

01

Common

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16-31

 

00

00

01

F4

20

PP

00

20

37

UI

UI

UI

20

00

00

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32-35

 

37

UI

UI

UI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36-47

 

 

 

 

 

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

Class 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48-51

 

00

00

00

00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52-63

 

 

 

 

 

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

Class 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

64-67

 

00

00

00

00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

68-79

 

 

 

 

 

80

00

00

00

00

00

FS

FS

00

FF

00

00

Class 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80-83

 

00

01

00

00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

84-95

 

 

 

 

 

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96-99

 

00

00

00

00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100-111

 

 

 

 

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

Vendor -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

112-115

00

00

00

00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Version

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FS

Receive buffer field size. The drive returns and uses the receive buffer size from the N_Port Login Class 3 receive

 

buffer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UI

Unique identifier. This 24-bit field is uniquely assigned to the drive. This same UI appears in the Port Name and

 

Node Name fields.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PPPort identifier field.

01 P_LOGI received on Port A.

02 P_LOGI received on Port B.

9.1.6Fibre Channel Process Login

Table 8 lists the process login payload data.

Table 8:

 

Process Login (PLRI) payload

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bytes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0-15

20

 

10

00

14

08

00

20

00

XX

XX

XX

XX

XX

XX

XX

XX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16-19

00

 

00

00

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XX Indicates fields that are not used.

9.1.7Fibre Channel Process Login Accept

Table 9 lists Cheetah 10K.6 FC process login accept payload data.

Table 9:

Process Login Accept (ACC) payload

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bytes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0-15

02

10

00

14

08

00

21

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16-31

00

00

00

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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