This enumerated field carries the specific sub-type classification UCS Manager assigns to this direct-attached FC storage port within its object model. For one physical FC port on the fabric interconnect that is a member of a direct-attached (non-SAN-switch) external storage connection, the type value is what UCS Manager's fault and configuration logic uses internally to decide which validation rules and default behaviors apply to this specific object, as opposed to other kinds of construct that share the same parent container in the fabric MIB. An admin reading this value in a dump would see one of a small, fixed set of type strings defined for this class rather than free text.