fp(7D)

NAME

     fp - Sun Fibre Channel port driver

DESCRIPTION

     The fp driver is a  Sun  Fibre  Channel  nexus  driver  that
     enables  Fibre Channel topology discovery, device discovery,
     Fibre Channel adapter port management and other capabilities
     through  well-defined  Fibre  Channel  adapter driver inter-
     faces.

     The fp driver requires the presence of a fabric name  server
     in fabric and public loop topologies to discover fibre chan-
     nel devices.  In private loop topologies, the driver discov-
     ers  devices  by  performing PLOGI to all valid AL_PAs, pro-
     vided that devices do  not  participate  in  LIRP  and  LILP
     stages of loop initialization.

FILES

      /kernel/drv/fp
            32-bit ELF kernel driver

      /kernel/drv/sparcv9/fp
            64-bit ELF kernel driver

      /kernel/drv/fp.conf
           fp driver configuration file

ATTRIBUTES

     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Architecture                | SPARC                       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface stability         | Unknown                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWfctl                    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO

      prtconf(1M), driver.conf(4), fctl(7D)

     Writing Device Drivers,

     Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH)  ANSI
     X3.230: 1994,

     Fibre Channel Generic Services (FC-GS-2) Project 1134-D,

     Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) ANSI X3.272-1996,

     Fibre Channel Protocol for SCSI (FCP) ANSI X3.269-1996,

      SCSI-3 Architecture Model (SAM) Fibre Channel Private  Loop
     SCSI Direct Attach (FC-PLDA) ANSI X3.270-1996,

      SCSI Direct  Attach  (FC-PLDA) NCITS TR-19:1998,

     Fabric Loop Attachment (FC-FLA), NCITS TR-20:1998