ISO/IEC 14165-133:2010(E) describes how switches communicate and interact with one another to form a Fabric of switches. It includes:
a) E_Port Operation and Fabric Configuration;
b) Path selection (FSPF and FSPF-Backbone);
c) Bridge Port (B_Port) Operation;
d) distributed server interaction and communication;
e) exchange of information between Switches to support zoning;
f) distribution of Event Notifications between Switches.