HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform SMI-S User Guide (5697-0209, April 2010)

11 FC Initiator Ports
Profile introduction
The FC Initiator Ports Profile allows an initiator implementation to report the topology of the SAN from
its perspective. The storage virtualization shall use this profile to describe the topology between the
virtualizer and the storage array.
The following profiles are related to this one:
• Profile Registration Profile
• Generic Initiator Ports Profile
• Indications Profile
Functional description
The FC Initiator Ports enables the following use cases:
• Report on the status of a port
Object model
Object model overview
This profile informs a client on the back-end DPM ports.
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