Accredited Standards Committee *	X3, Information Technology

NEWS RELEASE

Doc. No.:	PR/96-010
Reply to:	Lynn Barra at lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us 


X3 Announces the Public Comment Period for 
X3.289:199x, Information Technology - Fibre Channel Generic Requirements 
(FC-FG) 


Washington D.C., February 1996 - Accredited Standards Committee 
X3, Information Technology is announcing the public comment period for 
X3.289:199x.  The public review extends from March 15, 1996 to 
May 14, 1996.

This standard describes generic requirements for a communications transport 
medium called the Fabric, an entity that provides switched interconnect between 
pairs of user attachment points.  Fabrics may be implemented using one or more 
topologies and this document descries requirements that are generic across all 
topologies.  A companion document, X3.230:1994, FC-PH, describes the physical 
interface.

Submit all comments to:  X3 Secretariat, Attn.:  Lynn Barra, 1250 Eye 
Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC  20005, Email:  lbarra@itic.nw.dc.us.  
Send a copy to:  ANSI, Attn.:  BSR Center, 11 West 42nd St., New York, NY  10036.

A call for possible patents and pertinent issues (copyrights, trademarks) is 
also being issued.  Please submit information on these issues to the X3 
Secretariat at 1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington DC  20005. 
Email: x3sec@itic.nw.dc.us

This draft can be purchased from Global Engineering Documents, Inc., 15 
Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO  80112. (800)854-7179 or (303)792-2181.


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