This American National Standard for FC-SW-5 describes the operation and interaction of Fibre Channel Switches.

This standard includes:

a) E_Port Operation and Fabric Configuration;

b) Path selection (FSPF);

c) Bridge Port (B_Port) Operation;

d) Distributed server interaction and communication;

e) Exchange of information between Switches to support zoning;

f) Distribution of Event Notifications between Switches;

g) Virtual Fabrics Switch Support;

h) Enhanced Commit Service;

i) Virtual Channels.