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Introducing FDDI 3000/iX Network Link
by Leslie Tomihiro
Information Networks Division
Overview
FDDI 3000/iX (J2245A) is a high-speed network link providing the HP 3000
Series 900 system with HP-PB (HP Precision Bus) backplane, a
single-attach connection to a Fiber Distributed Data Interface
(FDDI) network. The FDDI adapter connects to the 100 Mb/s, dual
counter-rotating ring network through any third-party FDDI concentrator
meeting the ISO 9314 FDDI standards.
FDDI 3000/iX takes advantage of the single-attach solution verses
dual-attach by providing network reliability, link level fault isolation,
modular and expandable design, easy station insertion and removal, and
local management capability.
FDDI 3000/iX provides an evolutionary path for HP 3000 customers needing
increased backbone network capacity. It is ideal for applications
needing to regularly transfer multi-megabyte files. These networks can
act as backbones to Ethernet 802.3 and Token Ring 802.5 networks using
routers for the necessary protocol conversion. FDDI 3000/iX provides
more resources to more systems due to the greater capacity available over
802.3 and 802.5.
FDDI 3000/iX Network Link includes the FDDI network adapter, FDDI driver,
TCP/IP Transport, and hardware and software product manuals.
Product Features
The product features include:
* Support of ARPA, NS, LAN Manager/iX over TCP/IP, NFS, NetIPC, and
a subset of 4.3 BSD Sockets
* Tools compatible with those of ThinLAN and Token Ring 3000/iX
* Online diagnostics (LANPBA)
* Hardware self-test with LED display
* Software configurable with NMMGR
* Compatible with the ISO 9314 standard
* Uses 4500 byte packet sizes verses 1500 bytes for 802.3
* Displays the FDDI ring station-address in canonical format
* Provides high-speed data transmission at 100 Megabytes over
multi-mode MIC-terminated fiberoptic cabling
* Supports a maximum cable length of 200 km with a 2 km maximum
between the concentrator and single-attach station