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Stages are: Study 0, Proposal 1, Development 2, Approval 3, Publication 4, Withdrawal 5

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T11 History:
T11.5 approved the Project Proposal by F22-O00-A00-DNV11 on 6/5/2003.

T11 approved the Project Proposal by 43 For, 0 Opposed, with 1 Abstaining and 13 Not Voting on 6/5/2003. This meets the two-thirds rule. The abstainer indicated that his organization was not materially affected.
NCITS History:
INCITS notified on 7/8/2003 as follows:

2) Notification of an Approved Project Proposal (project #1640-D), Information technology - Fabric Application Interface Standard (FAIS), being developed by INCITS/T11.

The web link is:

http://www.incits.org/archive/2003/in030788/in030788.htm

Published: Oct 2007
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    craig.carlson@qlogic.com
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    Standard:Fabric Application Interface StandardFull Name of Document e.g. Fibre Channel - Switch Fabric
    Std:FAISAcronym e.g. HIPPI-6400-PH
    Stand:FAISShort Acronym e.g. HIPPI64-PH (<11 characs)
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    Sequence Number:100Unique label in DB
    Group:T11.5Group where the project will be developed
    Family:SAN Management
    Associator:managementProject Associator (used by Dal on the CD - see here for more details).
    Description:The FAIS will define a common application
    programming interface (API) framework for implementing
    storage applications in a storage networking environment.

    The FAIS should include such items as:

    a) An API that provides for the separation of control and data paths in a storage environment where:

    1) The control path supports the handling of SCSI storage and storage management command sets as both Initiator and Target. Support for multiple SCSI protocols (as per SAM-3) is expected.

    2) The data path provides appropriate abstractions for common SCSI operations including SBC & SSC Read and Write. The abstraction will hide the underlying mechanisms for data path manipulations.

    3) Methods of discovering and configuring the data path capabilities are provided

    4) Methods of routing exceptions from the data path to the control path are provided.

    b) Models that demonstrate how the FAIS can be applied to implementing storage applications in a storage networking environment. Such models should describe the functions that a storage application may use, including:
    1) identification and initialization of
    real and virtual storage resources.
    2) establishment of parameters and mappings that control
    SCSI storage operation.
    3) execution of supporting SCSI commands on
    behalf of a virtual storage device.
    4) execution of data distribution functions,
    data replication functions, and data journaling
    functions appropriate to a storage application.
    5) other storage application functions.
    c) Details of the API in a), including parameter definitions and formats appropriate to implement storage applications. A profile will be provided for a C-based implementation of the API for storage applications running in a Fibre Channel environment. Additional profiles and language bindings may also be provided.
    d) A consistent architecture for vendor specific extensions.

    e) An informative annex which describes the impact of storage applications using this API on existing Fabric Service definitions.
    f) Additional material as required to clarify, complete, and complement the above items.    		Project Description (from "Recommended Scope" section of Project Proposal)
    Type of Project:INCITS Project
    T11AuthDoc:T11/03-305v2T11 Number for project proposal (format 0x-yyy)
    NCITSAuthDoc:in030788NCITS Number for project proposal (format 0x-yyyy)
    Process Document:If there's a MoU or Process Doc qwith another organization associated with this project, enter the doc number here.
    Project:1640-DProject Designation e.g. 1230-DT
    SD3Date:04/2003Milestone 4 date in the Project proposal (format mm/DD/YY)



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                  Publication:INCITS 432-2007Publication Reference, including org prefix and pub year. Acceptable formats are:
                  ANSI X3.230:1994
                  X3.289:1992 [R1997]
                  NCITS 357-2001
                  INCITS 364:1996/AM1:2002
                  i.e. the last 4 characters of the Publication must be a year unless its a reaffirmation year enclosed in "[R" & "]"
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                  Revision:1.03Updated automatically for new documents

                  Submitter
                  Submitter:
                  		Robert Snively
                  Submitter E-Mail:
                  		rsnively@brocade.com
                  Change information
                  Change History:
                  		10/10/2007 06:56 PM - Indicate publication (Robert Snively)
                  04/05/2007 01:29 PM - Add SDB review (Roger Cummings)
                  01/26/2007 01:38 PM - Add BSR number (Roger Cummings)
                  12/05/2006 03:24 PM - Add en 1PR date (Roger Cummings)
                  09/29/2006 09:02 PM - Updated (Claudio DeSanti)
                  06/30/2006 10:11 AM - Updated (Claudio DeSanti)
                  02/13/2006 12:57 PM - Updated Editor (Claudio DeSanti)
                  12/02/2005 01:40 AM - Target date update (Claudio DeSanti)
                  08/11/2005 09:20 AM - Change target date to Oct05 (Roger Cummings)
                  10/07/2004 01:04 PM - Updated Target date (Roger Cummings)
                  06/09/2004 09:36 AM - Slipped target date to Dec 2004 (Roger Cummings)
                  04/16/2004 02:28 PM - Correct project proposal # (Roger Cummings)
                  04/13/2004 10:06 PM - Email update (Claudio DeSanti)
                  02/03/2004 08:43 PM - Replace Secretary (Roger Cummings)
                  12/11/2003 08:58 AM - Update target date (Roger Cummings)
                  11/04/2003 10:28 AM - Add Secretary (Roger Cummings)
                  07/28/2003 05:00 PM - Add project designation (Roger Cummings)
                  06/19/2003 06:33 PM - New Record (Roger Cummings)