ANSI INCITS 357 : 2002

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
  2.1 Approved references
  2.2 References under development
  2.3 Other References
3 Definitions and abbreviations
  3.1 FC-VI Definitions
  3.2 VI Definitions
  3.3 Abbreviations
  3.4 Editorial conventions
4 Structure and Concepts
  4.1 Fibre Channel Structure and Concepts
  4.2 FC-VI Structure and Concepts
5 FC-VI protocol Overview
  5.1 FC-VI Information Units
  5.2 FC-VI Message Transfer Operation
  5.3 FC-VI Connection Setup Operation
  5.4 Exchange ID Reuse
  5.5 Sequence ID Reuse
  5.6 Frame Synonym Detection
  5.7 VI Message Length
  5.8 FC-FS Header Usage for FC-VI
  5.9 FC-VI Device_Header
6 FC-VI Information Unit (IU) Formats
  6.1 FC-VI IU Overview
  6.2 FCVI_SEND_RQST IU
  6.3 FCVI_SEND_RESP IU
  6.4 FCVI_WRITE_RQST IU
  6.5 FCVI_WRITE_RESP IU
  6.6 FCVI_READ_RQST IU
  6.7 FCVI_READ_RESP IU
  6.8 FCVI_CONNECT_RQST IU
  6.9 FCVI_CONNECT_RESP1 IU
  6.10 FCVI_CONNECT_RESP2 IU
  6.11 FCVI_CONNECT_RESP3 IU
  6.12 FCVI_DISCONNECT_RQST IU
  6.13 FCVI_DISCONNECT_RESP IU
7 FC-VI Addressing and Naming
  7.1 FC-VI Addressing and Naming Overview
  7.2 FCVI_NET_ADDRESS Format
  7.3 FCVI_ATTRIBUTES Format
  7.4 FC-VI Address Resolution
  7.5 FARP ELS
  7.6 Name Server Queries
  7.7 Validation of Host Address to N_Port Identifier
       Mappings
8 FC-VI Error Detection and Recovery
  8.1 FC-VI Error Detection and Recovery Overview
  8.2 FC-VI Endpoint States
  8.3 FCVI_ULP_TIMEOUT Definition
  8.4 Message Transfer Error Detection and Recovery Rules
  8.5 Connection Setup Error Detection and Recovery Rules
  8.6 Disconnect Operation Error Detection and Recovery Rules
Annexes
Annex A: Concurrent Matching Peer Requests Examples
         (normative)
Annex B: FC-VI Message Transfer Error Handling Examples
         (informative)
Annex C: Connection Setup Error Handling Examples
         (informative)
Annex D: Disconnect Operation Error Handling Examples
         (informative)
Annex E: Message Streaming for Reliable Reception
         (informative)
Annex F: Enabling Message Transmission in the FC-VI NIC
         (informative)

Describes the Fibre Channel mapping protocol for the Virtual Interface (VI) Architecture (FC-VI).