Port

Full Name

Port Function

N-port network port or node port

Node port used to connect a node to a Fi
bre Channel switch
F-port fabric port
Switch port used to connect the Fibre Ch
annel fabric to a node
L-port loop port
Node port used to connect a node to a Fi
bre Channel loop
NL-port network + loop port
Node port which connects to both loops a
nd switches
FL-port fabric + loop port
Switch port which connects to both loops
and switches
E-port extender port
Used to cascade Fibre Channel switches t
ogether
G-port general port
General purpose port which can be config
ured to emulate other port types
EX_port external port
Connection between a fibre channel route
r and a fibre channel switch; on the switch side, it looks like a normal E_port
-- but on the router side, it is a EX_port
TE_port trunking E-port
Povides standard E_port functions and al
lows for routing of multiple virtual SANs by modifying the standard Fibre Channe
l frame upon ingress/egress of the VSAN environment