| Description | A unique index value that identifies a particular
Fabric for which a particular notification is generated.
In a Fabric conformant to SW-3, only a single Fabric
can operate within a physical infrastructure, and thus,
the value of this Fabric Index will always be 1.
However, the current standard, FC-SW-4, defines
how multiple Fabrics, each with its own management
instrumentation, could operate within one (or more)
physical infrastructures. In order to accommodate this
scenario, this index value is used to uniquely identify a
particular Fabric within a physical infrastructure. |