| Description | The format of this object is identical to the format
of Hard Address defined in the Discover Address (ADISC)
Extended Link Service (FC-FS).
Hard Address is the 24-bit NL_Port identifier that
consists of:
- the 8-bit Domain_ID in the most significant byte
- the 8-bit Area_ID in the next most significant
byte
- the 8-bit AL-PA (Arbitrated Loop Physical Address)
which an NL_Port attempts acquire during FC-AL
initialization in the least significant byte.
If the port is not an NL_Port, or if it is an NL_Port
but does not have a hard address, then all bits are
reported as zeros.
If no 'Hard Address' has been registered, then the
value of this object is the zero-length string. |