08-14-2010 03:55 PM
Can someone explain what uses SW_ILS command code 0x78? I see this when analyzing PAA dumps of trunk links and I wasn't sure what the purpose of this is.
Thanks,
Brian
08-20-2010 12:35 AM
Brian,
This was a tough question. I found sw_ils with a 0x80 status but it took me awhile to find exactly what a 0x78 status was. Here is what I found and where I found it.
A SW_ILS 0x78 status is a RNID (Request Node Identification Data) payload
The document that discusses this is found here: ftp://ftp.t11.org/t11/member/fc/fs/99-422v0.pdf
Look on page 3 of this 9 page document from T11.
Hope this helps.
Gary
08-20-2010 09:17 AM
Gary,
Thanks, I see Cisco MDS switches exchanging 0x80 and I wonder if its the same in that document. I believe that a certain range of SW_ILS's can be vendor specific and some vendors use them for different purposes. For example, Brocade uses 0x71 for IE_SGROUP "Inter Exchange Group wise commands". Do you think this document explains what the MDS is using 0x80 for? Thanks.
08-20-2010 10:17 AM
Brian,
I don't think that document discusses the 0x80 status (Link Keep Alives) but this document does.
http://www.t11.org/ftp/t11/pub/fc/bb-5/09-056v5.pdf
Look on page 27 (PDF page 42) section 4.5 "FC-BB-5 SW_ILS codes".
Hope this helps.
Gary
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