ISO/IEC 14165的这一部分描述了通用 通信运输的要求 称为结构的介质，一个提供 成对之间的交换互连 用户连接点。可以实现结构 使用一个或多个拓扑 文档描述了通用需求 跨所有拓扑。 配套文件ISO/IEC 14165-111， 光纤通道-物理和信令接口 （FC-PH），描述物理接口， 传输协议和信令协议 连接用户的高性能串行链路 结构的节点。该织物用于延伸 这些连接对之间的串行链路 分。ISO/IEC 14165-111，FC-PH值也 描述织物的特征和行为 用户节点所需。

This part of ISO/IEC 14165 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 describes requirements that are generic across all topologies. A companion document, ISO/IEC 14165-111, Fibre Channel - Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH), describes the physical interface, transmission protocol, and signaling protocol of high-performance serial links which attach user nodes to the Fabric. The Fabric serves to extend these serial links between pairs of attachment points. ISO/IEC 14165-111, FC-PH also describes features and behaviors of the Fabric required by user nodes.