Seagate Fibre Channel Interface - Manual (Page 393)

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N_Port Identifier
A fabric-unique address identifier by which an N_Port is uniquely known. The identifier may be assigned by the
fabric during the initialization procedure. The identifier may also be assigned by other procedures not defined
in FC-PH. The identifier is used in the S_ID and D_ID fields of a frame.
N_Port Name
A Name_Identifier associated with an N_Port.
NA
Not applicable.
NAA
Network Address Authority.
NACT
N_Port Activate Alias.
Name_Identifier
A 64-bit identifier, with a 60-bit value preceded with a 4-bit Network Address Authority Identifier, used to identify
entities in Fibre Channel such as N_Port, Node, F_Port, or Fabric.
NDACT
N_Port Deactivate Alias.
Network_Address_Authority (NAA)
An organization which administers network addresses.
Network_Address_Authority (NAA) identifier
A four-bit identifier defined in FC-PH to indicate a Network_Address_Authority (NAA).
NL_Port
An N_Port that contains arbitrated loop functions associated with the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop topology.
Node
A collection of one or more N_Ports or NL_Ports controlled by a level above FC-2.
Node_Name
A Name_Identifier associated with a node.
Non-repeating ordered set
An ordered set which, when issued by FC-2 to FC-1 for transmission, is to be transmitted once.
NOP
No operation.
NOS
Not Operational primitive sequence.