preferred loop ID

The Fibre Channel Loop ID in  is used to determine the  (hard address). The Loop ID is displayed only for  attached using the   .

This ID is NOT the AL_PA, but an index into a table of valid AL_PA values (see Annex K of the FC-AL standard). Loop IDs are assigned an arbitration priority with (host-side IDs) 0 being the lowest and 126 being the highest.