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.