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RSCN 

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The Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) is a Fibre Channel service that informs hosts about 
changes in the fabric. Hosts can receive this information by registering with the fabric controller 
(through SCR). These notifications provide a timely indication of one or more of the following events:

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<a name="wp1073664"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">Disks joining or leaving the fabric.
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<a name="wp1073665"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">A name server registration change.
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<a name="wp1073666"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">A new zone enforcement.
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<a name="wp1073667"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">IP address change.
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<a name="wp1073668"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">Any other similar event that affects the operation of the host.
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Apart from sending these events to registered hosts, a switch RSCN (SW-RSCN) is sent to all reachable 
switches in the fabric.

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<strong>Note	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong> The switch sends an RSCN to notify registered nodes that a change has occurred. It is up to the nodes to 
query the name server again to obtain the new information. The details of the changed information are 
not delivered by the switch in the RSCN sent to the nodes.

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