Node port used to connect a node to a Fi bre Channel switch F-port fabric port Switch port used to connect the Fibre Ch annel fabric to a node L-port loop port Node port used to connect a node to a Fi bre Channel loop NL-port network + loop port Node port which connects to both loops a nd switches FL-port fabric + loop port Switch port which connects to both loops and switches E-port extender port Used to cascade Fibre Channel switches t ogether G-port general port General purpose port which can be config ured to emulate other port types EX_port external port Connection between a fibre channel route r and a fibre channel switch; on the switch side, it looks like a normal E_port -- but on the router side, it is a EX_port TE_port trunking E-port Povides standard E_port functions and al lows for routing of multiple virtual SANs by modifying the standard Fibre Channe l frame upon ingress/egress of the VSAN environment