Legacy upper-layer protocols include:
Serial SCSI-3 is mapped to SCSI-FCP (SCSI-Fibre Channel Protocol)
FICON and FIPS Block Multiplex Channel protocols are mapped to FC-
SB-2 (Single Byte Command Set)
IEEE 802.2 LLC (Logical Link Control) is mapped to FC-LE (Link
Encapsulation)
TCP/IP is mapped to FC-IP
FFT (Fast File Transfer), RTSP (Real Time Sender Push) and RTRP
(Real Time Receiver Pull) map to LWP1-3 (Light Weight Protocols) used
by FC-AV.
HIPPI (High Performance Parallel Interface)
Native protocols include:
FC-AE (Avionics Environments)
FC-AV (Audio Visual)
FC-VI (Virtual Interface) using RDMA transfer between system devices.
Loop Port State Machine (LPSM):
A function in each loop port (NL_Port) that processes loop-specific
commands
Implemented in hardware for speed