Fibre Channel Switch Port State Machine Analysis Based on the Port Log Dump

Fibre Channel (FC) is the protocol that is used for high-speed data transfer without loss and corruption of data blocks. It is commonly used in the Storage Area Networks. The Port State Machine is used to synchronization the connected FC-ports. This paper propose Broadcom switch FC-ports states analysis based on the Port Log Dumps. Log analysis allows to restore FC-ports state changing history and detect errors.