This standard BS ISO/IEC 24775-6:2021 Information technology. Storage management is classified in these ICS categories:
35.200 Interface and interconnection equipment
The Storage Management Technical Specification, Part 6 Fabric defines management profiles for Autonomous (top level) profiles for programs and devices whose central function is providing support for storage networking. This version of Storage Management Technical Specification, Part 6 Fabric includes these autonomous profiles:
Fabric
This profile defines the model and functions of a storage network including topology and zoning control.
Switch
This profile defines the model and functions of a Fibre Channel Switch including state, status, and control of the device and it’s connections and product information,
Extender
This profile defines the model and functions of a networking device that allows for fibre channel to be extended over other networks, and specifically over IP (FCIP).