INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC STANDARD 14165-226 First edition 2020-01 Information technology Fibre channel - Part 226: Single-byte command code sets mapping protocol - 6 (FC-SB-6) Referencenumber TEC IS0/IEC14165-226:2020(E) [so IS0/IEC2020 IS0/IEC 14165-226:2020(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ ISO0/IEC 2020 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either IsO at the address below or Iso's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office CP 401 : Ch. de Blandonnet 8 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva Phone: +4122 749 01 11 Fax: +41 22 749 09 47 Email: [email protected] Website: www.iso.org Published in Switzerland i @ IS0/IEC 2020 - All rights reserved IS0/IEC 14165-226:2020(E) Foreword ISo (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of ISO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical committees established by the respectiveorganizationtodeal withparticularfieldsof technicalactivity.Iso andIEctechnicalcommittees 'nmental,in liaisonwithISOandIEC,alsotakepartinthework. The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are described in the ISo/IEc Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria needed for the different types of document should be noted (see www.iso.org/directives). Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights IsOandIECshallnotbeheldresponsibleforidentifyinganyorallsuchpatentrights.Detailsofanypatentrights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or on the Iso list of patent http:/ /patents.iec.ch). Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not constitute an endorsement. For an explanation of the voluntary nature of standards, the meaning of IsO specific terms and expressions related principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) see www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html. This document was prepared by INCITS (as INCITS 544-2018) and drafted in accordance with its editorial rules. It was assigned to Joint Technical Committee ISo/IECJTC 1, Information technology, Subcommittee SC 25, Interconnection of information technology equipment, and adopted under the “fast-track procedure". A list of all parts in the ISO/IEC 14165 series can be found on the ISO website. Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user's national standards body. A complete listingofthesebodies canbefoundatwww.iso.org/members.html IS0/IEC 2020 - All rights reserved ii IS0/IEC 14165-226:2020(E) Table of Contents Page 1 Scope 2 Normative References 2 2.1Qualificationandavailabilityof references 2 2.2 Approved References 2 2.3 References Under Development 3 3 Definitions and Conventions 5 3.1Overview 5 3.2 Definitions 5 3.3 Editorial Conventions 8 3.3.1 English Usage Conventions 8 3.3.2 FC Link Functions 8 3.3.3 Bit Numbering 8 3.3.4 Binary Notation 9 3.3.5 Hexadecimal Notation 9 3.4Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols 9 3.5 Keywords 11 4 Structure and Concepts 13 4.1 Introduction 13 4.2 FC-4 General Description 13 4.3 FC-SB-6 General Description 13 4.3.1 FC-SB-6 Instance 13 4.3.2 FC-SB-6 Protocols 13 4.4 Channel-Path Elements 14 4.4.1 Overview of Channel-Path Elements 14 4.4.2 Channel 14 4.4.3 Channel Image 14 4.4.4 Control Unit 15 4.4.5 Control-Unit Image 15 4.4.6 Link 16 4.5 Channel-Path Configurations 16 4.5.1 Channel-Path Configuration Overview 16 4.5.2 Point-to-Point Configuration 16 4.5.3 Fabric Configuration 17 4.5.4 Physical Path 19 4.5.5 Logical Path 19 4.5.6 Channel-to-Channel Communication 20 4.6 Information Trans