Fibre Channel Logins

      Fibre Channel logins takes place after a link is operational. There are three different types of logins in Fibre Channel technology:

      • Fabric Login (FLOGI)
      • Port Login (PLOGI)
      • Process Login (PRLI)

      In the Login process different operational parameters are exchanged:

      • FC-PH version support
      • Classes of service supported
      • Frame size
      • Type of ACK supported: single frame, multiple frame
      • Number of buffer credits
      • Addressing
      • Time out values: E D TOV and R A TOV
      • Error recovery policies
      • Number of sequences


      Last modified on 17 January 2012, at 02:00