Original format: addresses are assigned to manufacturers by the IEEE standards committee, and are built into the device at build time, similar to an Ethernet MAC address. The first 2 bytes are either hex 10:00 or 2x:xx (where the x's are vendor-specified) followed by the 3-byte vendor identifier and 3 bytes for a vendor-specified serial number
New addressing schema: the first nibble is either hex 5 or 6 followed by a 3-byte vendor identifier and 36 bits for a vendor-specified serial number
There are two formats of WWN defined by the IEEE:
ReplyDeleteOriginal format: addresses are assigned to manufacturers by the IEEE standards committee, and are built into the device at build time, similar to an Ethernet MAC address. The first 2 bytes are either hex 10:00 or 2x:xx (where the x's are vendor-specified) followed by the 3-byte vendor identifier and 3 bytes for a vendor-specified serial number
New addressing schema: the first nibble is either hex 5 or 6 followed by a 3-byte vendor identifier and 36 bits for a vendor-specified serial number