| Description | A value that indicates the desired association(s)
of the port with a station PATH. The 'Primary'
Path is the default. The value of 'Secondary' is
only meaningful for S (slave) or M (master) PORT
PC-Types. This value effects the setting of the
CF_Insert_S, and CF_Insert_L flags (refer to ANSI
Section 9.4.3). If the 'Primary' PATH is present,
then the Primary PATH (the default PATH) is
selected. If the 'Secondary' PATH is present and
the 'Primary' PATH is not present, then the
CF_Insert_S flag is set. If the 'Local' PATH is
sent and neither the 'Primary' or 'Secondary'
PATHs are sent, then the CF_Insert_L flag is set.
The value is a sum. This value initially takes
the value zero, then for each type of PATH
desired, 2 raised to a power is added to the sum.
The powers are according to the following table:
Path Power
Primary 0
Secondary 1
Local 2
Isolated 3 |