5 HP FDDI/9000 for Series 700 Computers Technical Data Part Number J2156A HP FDDI/9000 for Series 700 Computers provides EISA bus Series 700 computers with a Single Attach Station (SAS) connection to the ISO standard 9314 Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) network. HP FDDI/9000 for Series 700s is fully compliant with the ISO 9314 standard, providing an optical interface to the 100 Mbps FDDI network. [Figure 1 (HP FDDI/9000 for Series 700 Computers) Caption: none] HP FDDI/9000 for Series 700s consists of a single EISA board and driver software. HP FDDI/9000 for Series 700s is supported on the following HP 9000 Series 700 computers: Model 720, Model 730, and Model 750. 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 700 Computers provides: o An FDDI Single Attach Station o A native EISA-based FDDI connection o An adapter requiring a single EISA slot in an HP 9000 Series 700 Computer o An implementation fully compliant with ISO standard 9314 o Full compatibility with SMT version 6.2 o A Media Interface Connector (MIC) receptacle o Customer installable and configurable hardware and software o SNMP management (RFC 1157) with MIB II (RFC 1158) HP FDDI/9000 for Series 700s 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 700 requires a concentrator to connect the Series 700 computer to the FDDI network. 6 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 700 is compliant with any vendor's concentrator product meeting the ISO standard 9314. HP FDDI/9000 for Series 700s includes the software license to use, the EISA FDDI Single Attach Station adapter, the EISA FDDI Adapter [Figure 2 (HP FDDI/9000 Series 700 Adapter) Caption: none] Installation manual, the Installing and Administrating FDDI/9000 Software manual, and the EISA FDDI Quick Start Installation and Configuration Guide. Three components of the HP FDDI/9000 Series 700 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. 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. 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 700 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 700 will be enhanced to support these later versions of SMT. Product Specifications o 100 Mbps burst link rate o Compliant with the ISO standard 9314's multimode optical interface (PHY,PMD) o Compatibility with SMT version 6.2 o EISA bus master DMA controller - supports EISA type C DMA cycles o EISA bus master/slave interface o 25 MBps EISA burst DMA rate o FDDI MIC (keyed) connector o Multimode fiber optic cable required o 25 MHz on-board 68030 processor o 128K by 16 read-only memory o 32K on-board data buffering o 64K by 32 zero-wait-state SRAM o Second generation FDDI chip set Environmental Characteristics Class B2 7 Temperature: 0 degrees to 40 degrees Celsius Humidity: 15% to 95% relative humidity Installation Policy Prior to installing HP FDDI/9000 for the Series 700, the customer is responsible for completing the following: o Properly installing HP-UX 8.07 on the HP 9000 Series 700 o Properly installing FDDI wiring o Properly attaching and configuring all necessary networking devices, including concentrators and cables HP FDDI/9000 for the Series 700 is customer installable and configurable. The basic installation steps include powering down the computer, installing the EISA FDDI/9000 adapter and cables, re-installing the EISA FDDI/9000 adapter assembly, 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 8.07 is required. Please order HP FDDI/9000 for Series 700 Computers as follows: J2156A HP FDDI/9000 for Series 700 Computers Option 1AW Delete software license-to-use and documentation (Requires previous purchase of J2156A with software license-to-use) The HP J2156A standard product includes: J2156-60001 EISA FDDI Single Attach adapter J2156-13601 Digital Audio Tape (DAT) media 5957-4629 License to Use J2156-90001 EISA FDDI Adapter Installation Manual J2156-90004 EISA FDDI Quick Start Installation and Configuration Guide J2156-90003 Installing and Administering HP FDDI/9000 Software If purchasing a second FDDI adapter, order J2156A with option 1AW. Previous purchase of J2156A with the software license-to-use is required to order option 1AW. One HP FDDI/9000 Series 700 adapter is supported in the Model 720 and Model 730. Two HP FDDI/9000 Series 700 adapters are supported in a Model 750. The HP FDDI/9000 Series 700 adapter occupies one EISA slot in a Series 700 computer. For the Model 720, the EISA upgrade kit must be purchased. The EISA upgrade kit may be purchased either as an option to the Model 720 or as a standalone product (P/N A1986A). 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 HP FDDI/9000 for the Series 700 to the concentrator. A standard FDDI MIC connector cable can be 8 purchased from any distributor with the length to be determined by the customer. 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 has been provided, but the interconnection from a wall jack to the network adapter card has not. 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 P/N ___________________________________ ST-MIC 10 m cable 1005-0180 MIC-MIC 10 m cable 1005-0179 MIC Loopback 1005-0305 (11dB loss) From HP Networking Communications Specification Guide, 5091-3821E, 9205, p xxxC:\SPEC\A3821097.DOC Associated files:la382197.plt, la382197.gal, la382198.plt, , la382198.gal, a382197.doc HP FDDI/9000 for Series 700 Computers Technical Data