| Description | This table contains all the Fibre Channel Address
Identifiers that have recently been released by the
Fabric Address Manager in a switch. So, it lists
all the Fibre Channel Address Identifiers that have valid
WWN-to-Fibre Channel Address Identifier mappings and are
currently not assigned to any ports. These Fibre Channel
Address Identifiers were assigned to ports but have since
been released. These cached Fibre Channel Address
Identifiers contain only Area_ID and Port_ID information.
This cache is kept to provide best-effort re-assignment of
same Fibre Channel Address Identifiers; i.e., when an
Nx_Port asks for a Fibre Channel Address Identifier, soon
after releasing one, the same value is re-assigned, if
possible. |