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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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HP FDDI/9000 for Series 700 Computers Technical Data