ANSI/INCITS 289-1996
Describes generic requirements for a communications transport medium called the Fabric, an entity that provides switched interconnect between pairs of user attachment points. Fabrics may be implemented using one or more topologies and this document describes requirements that are generic across all topologies. A companion document, American National Standard for Information Technology--Fibre Channel--Physical and Signaling Interface (FD-PH), ANSI X3.230-1994, describes the physical interface.