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- From: rjsmith@iron.hq.aflc.af.mil (Randy Smith)
- Subject: Re: FDDI SBus cards
- Message-ID: <C0Fn2n.1KJ@iron.hq.aflc.af.mil>
- Keywords: FDDI SBus cards
- Organization: U.S. Air Force Security Assistance Center (AFSAC)
- References: <1993Jan5.115722.13094@news.nd.edu>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 12:37:35 GMT
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- rich@samson.cc.nd.edu (Rich Sudlow) writes:
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- >I've never used FDDI before and have the following general ??'s.
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- >The SBUS FDDI interface card which Sun is selling is a "Single-Attach"
- >card while their VME card is a dual attach card....Am I correct in
- >assuming that this means that two SBUS cards are required for the
- >counter rotating rings?? Can FDDI be implemented without the dual
- >rings?? What are the side effects of using a single ring??
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- A single attachment station (SAS) is attached to an FDDI workgroup
- concentrator while a dual attachment station (DAS) is part of the actual
- FDDI ring. A workgroup concentrator allows you to connect multiple SASs
- to it. Then if one or more SAS stations go off-line the ring is not
- affected. A DAS is attached to both the A and B FDDI rings. The unit *must*
- be on all the time or else the DAS interface needs to have an optical bypass
- that allows the FDDI signal to passively go through the interface. If not,
- then you have a failure and the stations on either side of this unit will
- wrap the ring. We are putting together a small (7 server & 1 router) FDDI
- network and will use a SynOptics 3000 concentrator with FDDI cards in it to
- make a workgroup concentrator an not really have a FDDI ring at all.
-
- A good book on FDDI is "FDDI: An Introduction" by Wendy H. Michael, William
- J. Cronin Jr., and Karl F. Pieper. Published by Digital Press, it will only
- set you back $18. 200 pages long and pretty easy reading.
-
- --Randy--
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- Randy J. Smith DoD #2022 '85 CB450SC
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