| Project Title: | FC Fabric Generic Requirements |
| Processing Stage: | Publication | Stage which project has reached |
| Acronyms: | FC-FG | If 2 acronyms, 2nd is used for Project Status Summary |
| Group: | T11.3 | TC or TG in which development was done |
| Type: | INCITS Project | INCITS (ANSI), LIaison, Internal etc. |
| Project: | 958-M | INCITS Project Number |
| ISO Project: | 1.25.13.13.05 | ISO Project Number |
| Description: | To develop the definition of a Fabric, which is the part of the Fibre Channel architecture used to interconnect multiple Fibre Channel ports in a total system. This project will specify the generic capabilities such as fabric initializati
on, address assignment, fabric services, error recovery, etc., for different topologies such as cross point switches, arbitrated loops, and distributed fabrics. |
| Status: | Published | Current Project Status |
| Action: | Reaffirmation | Next action related to SD-2 Milestones |
| Target Date: | 2001 |  |
| T11 History: | LB 95-471 forwarding FC-FG draft for 1PR (95-348, revision 3.3, 10/25/95) closed 1/31/96 with 49-0-11 (no comments). T11 voted 41-0-19 in 12/95 to recommend that the JTC1 TAG supports the NWI. Forwarding package consisting of Cover Lette
r 95-509 (barra16), Expository remarks 95-510 (nei0), FC-FG Rev 3.3 (95-348) transmitted on 2/12/96.
T11 voted F46-O00-DNV21 on 6/12/96 at the Plenary @ Santa Fe, NM to accept Public Review draft plus approved ANSI editor changes as the final draft for the project.
Draft was brought into line with the Proposed Normative Reference Policy.
Cover leter is 96-352, dated 8/26/96. Final dpANS, Rev 3.5, dated 8/7/96 (created 8/8/96) is 96-351.
T11 voted in 12/97 to submit Revision 3.5 (equivalent to the published US standard) to JTC 1 as a contribution for a DIS Letter Ballot by a rollcall vote of F60-O01(Ophidian Designs)-DNV20. |
| ISO Status: | | International Status |
| Editor: | Robert Cornelius, bobc@ancor.com |
| Ad Hoc Chair: | |
| Ad Hoc Vice-Chair: | |
| Publications: | ANSI X3.289:1996 | Reference to use in ordering standard or draft standard |
| Sources: | Approved standards are available from ANSI & Global Engineering |
| Latest Draft: | A maintenance draft based on revision 3.5, X3T11/96-351v0, dated 08/07/1996, is available in PDF (400 kilobytes) format (400 kilobytes). This document is for use by T11 member organizations only (access requires a password), and is based upon the final committee draft. People who work for a T11 member organization, but who do not participate in T11, can register for access to the T11 web site to gain access to these documents. Others should use the publication number above to purchase the official standard or technical report. For the full revision history click here.
Please see here if you are having problems with the FTP access. |
| For other documents see: | here | Records for this project in the Doc Register Database (click blue triangle next to project name to expand) |