A fibre channel switch element with an acceleration device that connects plural fibre channel devices in an arbitrated loop and monitors frames sent during a loop initialization process is provided. The acceleration device creates an AL_PA table selected by each fibre channel device, wherein the AL_PA table is used for port selection; and during an arbitration process sends a benign primitive to non-arbitrating devices. The acceleration device includes, a global arbitration module, a state machine module, and a matrix for connecting plural fibre channel devices.

 
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