HP FDDI/9000 for Series 800 Business Servers P/N J2157A Technical Data Sheet HP FDDI/9000 for Series 800 Business Servers provides a Single Attach Station (SAS) connection to the ISO standard 9314 Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) network for HP 9000 Series 800 Business Servers. HP FDDI/9000 for Series 800s is fully compliant with the ISO 9314 standard, providing an optical interface to the 100 Mbps FDDI network. HP FDDI/9000 for Series 800s consists of a single double-high HP-PB adapter and driver software. HP FDDI/9000 for Series 800s is supported on the HP 9000 Model 890 as well as all of the HP 9000 Series 8x7 Business Servers. FDDI is the high-speed local area network standard defined by the ISO standard 9314. An FDDI network is a 100 Mbps fiber optic token ring LAN arranged in a dual counter-rotating ring, fault tolerant topology. FDDI offers greater capacity and distance than any existing LAN. The FDDI token ring topology offers 100 Mbps, with a maximum length of 2 km between stations, up to 500 stations per ring and a 100 km maximum ring circumference. Features HP FDDI/9000 for Series 800 Business Servers provides: - an FDDI Single Attach Station - an HP Precision Bus FDDI connection - an adapter requiring a single, double height HP-PB slot in an HP 9000 Series 8x7 Business Server - an implementation fully compliant with ISO standard 9314 - Full compatibility with SMT version 6.2 - a Media Interface Connector (MIC) receptacle - customer installable and configurable hardware and software - SNMP management (RFC 1157) with MIB II (RFC 1158) HP FDDI/9000 for Series 800s supports standard and de facto standard services including BSD/ARPA, OSI services, and NFS. Support of standard and de facto standard APIs include BSD Sockets, XTI, ROSE, and ACSE/presentation. The internet protocols TCP, UDP, IP, ICMP, the OSI protocols and ISO standard 8802/2 are supported. Network management includes SNMP (RFC 1157) and MIB II (RFC 1158). The FDDI network consists of two independent 100 Mbps rings, the primary and the secondary. The dual ring approach provides redundancy and the ability to reconfigure the network under fault conditions. An FDDI ring has two station types, dual attach (Class A) that connects to both primary and secondary rings, and single attach (Class B), that connects to either primary or secondary rings, but not to both. Class A and Class B stations continue to operate in a reconfigured ring under fault conditions. In addition, Class B stations can be easily isolated in the case of station failure. An FDDI network can include Dual Attach Stations (DAS), Single Attach Stations (SAS), and concentrators. Concentrators connect multiple single attach stations to the FDDI network in a star-like fashion. HP FDDI/9000 for the Series 800 requires a concentrator to connect the Series 800 Business Server to the FDDI network. HP does not manufacture its own FDDI concentrator. Dual Attach Stations are connected to both of the rings and provide fault tolerance by allowing the rings to "wrap" in the event of a ring failure. Concentrators are used with Single Attach Stations and provide the interface to the dual ring architecture. The concentrator maintains the fault tolerant capability. HP FDDI/9000 for the Series 800 is compliant with any vendor's concentrator product meeting the ISO standard 9314. HP FDDI/9000 for Series 800s includes the software license to use, the HP-PB FDDI Single Attach Station adapter, the HP-PB FDDI Installation and Configuration Guide, and the Installing and Administrating FDDI/9000 Software manual. Three components of the HP FDDI/9000 Series 800 adapter conform to the OSI model as shown below: the physical layer, the data link layer, and station management. The physical layer includes two pieces, the Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) layer that provides the point-to-point communications between stations in the network, and the PHYsical (PHY) layer protocol layer that provides a connection between the physical medium dependent layer and the data link layer. .PA The data link layer includes the Media Access Control (MAC) standard. For reference, the Logical Link Control (LLC) standard is directly above the MAC. The MAC's primary function is the delivery of frames. The LLC provides a common protocol between the MAC and network layer. +---------------|-----------------------------------------------------+ | Application | | |---------------| | | Presentation | | |---------------| | | Session | | |---------------| | | Transport | | |---------------| | | Network | | |---------------|-----------------------------------------------------| | | 802.2 Logical Link Control (LLC) | | | ISO 8802/2 | | |-----------------------------------------------------| | Data Link | Media Access Control (MAC) | | | | ISO 9314-2:1989 | Station Management| | | ANSI X3.139-1987 | | |---------------|---------------------------------| ISO to be | | | Physical Layer Protocol (PHY) | determined | | | ISO 9314-1:1989 | | | | ANSI X3.148-1988 | ANSI | | Physical |---------------------------------| X3T9.5/84-49 | | | Physical Medium Dependent (PMD)| Revision 6.2 | | | ISO 9314-3:1990 | | | | ANSI X3.166-1990 | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ The FDDI standard is final with the exception of the Station Management (SMT) portion. SMT is the software portion of the FDDI standard that defines how FDDI nodes are monitored and configured by a network management service. HP FDDI/9000 for the Series 800 supports SMT version 6.2. As the SMT portion of the standard evolves to newer versions of SMT, the SMT software of HP FDDI/9000 for the Series 800 will be enhanced to support these later versions of SMT. .PA Product Specifications 100 Mbps burst link rate Compliant with the ISO standard 9314's multimode optical interface (PHY,PMD) Compatibility with SMT version 6.2 HP-PB master DMA controller HP-PB master/slave interface 16 MBps HP-PB burst DMA rate FDDI MIC (keyed) connector Multimode fiber optic cable required 25 MHz on-board 68EC020 processor 64K by 16 read-only memory 32K by 32 zero-wait-state SRAM Second generation FDDI chip set Environmental Characteristics Electromagnetic: FCC Class A (USA) CISPR-22 Class A (Europe) FTZ-1046 (VDE Level B) (Germany) VCCI Class 1 (Japan) Temperature: 0 to 70 degrees Celsius, operating -40 to 70 degrees Celsius, nonoperating Relative Humidity: 5 to 90% @ 40 degrees Celsius, noncondensing Altitude: 4.6km Electrical 18 watts typical 21 watts maximum .PA Installation Policy Prior to installing HP FDDI/9000 for the Series 800, the customer is responsible for completing the following: -properly installing either HP-UX 8.02 or 9.0 on the HP 9000 Series 800 -properly installing FDDI wiring -properly attaching and configuring all necessary networking devices, including concentrators and cables HP FDDI/9000 for the Series 800 is customer installable and configurable. The basic installation steps include loading the software, powering down the system, installing the HP-PB FDDI/9000 adapter, attaching the HP-PB FDDI/9000 adapter to the network, and configuring the driver software. Installation can be verified by the successful completion of the power on self-test. Recommended reading prior to implementing an FDDI network includes the manual "Planning FDDI Networks," part number J2156-90002. Ordering Information HP-UX operating system version 8.02 or 9.0 is required. Please order HP FDDI/9000 for Series 800 Business Servers as follows: J2157A HP FDDI/9000 for Series 800 Business Servers FDDI/9000 for Series 800 Business Servers (J2157A) must be ordered with the hardware option (AL4), a processor software option and a media option to acquire the first FDDI/9000 adapter for the Business Server. The standard product (J2157A) with only the hardware option (AL4) may be ordered to obtain a second FDDI/9000 adapter for use in the same Business Server. Previous purchase of J2157A with the software license-to-use is required to order J2157A with only the hardware option (AL4). Option AL4 HP-PB FDDI hardware Processor Software Options (may choose one) Option AH0 Software Right-to-Use on the Model 807 and Model 817 Option AEL Software Right-to-Use on the Model 827 and Model 837 Option AE5 Software Right-to-Use on the Model 847 and Model 857 Option AE6 Software Right-to-Use on the Model 867 and Model 877 Option AEN Software Right-to-Use on the Model 887 and Model 897 Option AEP Software Right-to-Use on the Model 890 1,2 CPU Option AH1 Software Right-to-Use on the Model 890 3,4 CPU Media Options (may choose one) Option AA0 1/4" cartridge tape (Release 8.02 only) Option AA1 1/2" magnetic tape (1600 bpi) Option AAH Digital Audio Tape (DAT) Option AA4 QIC (Quarter Inch Cartidge) Software Upgrade Options (may choose one) Option 0GR Return credit for the Model 807 and Model 817 Option 0GE Return credit for the Model 827 and Model 837 Option 0C8 Return credit for the Model 847 and Model 857 Option 0GS Return credit for the Model 867 and Model 877 Option 0GT Return credit for the Model 887 and Model 897 Option 0GU Return credit for the Model 890 1,2 CPU Model 890/200 Software upgrade options are provided for scalability. Previous purchase of FDDI/9000 for Series 800 Business Servers is required. Product HP J2157A with option AL4 includes: 28670-60001 HP-PB FDDI Single Attach adapter 5957-4629 License to Use 28670-90001 HP-PB FDDI Installation and Configuration Guide J2156-61001 Installing and Administering HP FDDI/9000 Software (Release 8.02) J2157-61001 Installing and Administering HP FDDI/9000 Software (Release 9.0) One HP FDDI/9000 Series 800 adapter is supported in the Model 807, Model 817 and Model 837. All other Series 800 systems support two HP FDDI/9000 Series 800 adapters. An FDDI network concentrator is required to connect single attach stations to the FDDI ring. HP does not manufacture its own FDDI concentrator. An FDDI cable is required to connect the HP FDDI/9000 Series 800 adapter to the concentrator. A standard FDDI MIC connector cable can be purchased from any distributor. FDDI Accessory Components Two interconnecting FDDI cables and an attenuating loopback connector are available from Hewlett-Packard. The interconnecting cables are used when FDDI cabling from a central wiring closet and/or FDDI concentrator to an office or work area is provided, but the interconnection from a wall jack to the network adapter card is not provided. The FDDI MIC loopback attenuator is used to isolate the network adapter from the rest of the network and to verify the operational status of the network adapter's optical components. The 11dB attenuation simulates the maximum cabling loss allowed by the ISO standard 9314. Description HP Part Number ------------------------- -------------- ST-MIC 10 meter cable 1005-0180 MIC-MIC 10 meter cable 1005-0179 MIC Loopback (11dB loss) 1005-0305