This standard describes in detail the services accessed by well-known addresses defined in FC-FS- 3.

Generic Services described in this document are:

a) Directory Service;

b) Management Service; and

c) Event Service.

In addition, to the aforementioned Generic Services, the Common Transport (CT) protocol is described. The Common Transport service provides a common FC-4 for use by Generic Services.

The following commands, parameter data, and features defined in previous versions of this standard are made obsolete by this standard:

a) RFD_ID (Register FC-4 Descriptor);

b) GFD_ID (Get FC-4 Descriptors);

c) RPN_ID (Register Port Name);

d) RPT_ID (Register Port Type)

e) Third-Party registrations;

f) Unsolicited transaction modes;

g) Asynchronous transaction mode;

h) Alias Server;

i) Multicast Server;

j) Class 1 and associated functionality, and

k) Class 6 and associated functionality.