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SunFDDI/P 1.0AdapterUser’sGuide
Sun Microsystems Computer Company
A Sun Microsystems, Inc. Business
2550 Garcia Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043 USA
415 960-1300 fax 415 969-9131
Part No.: 805-0809-10
Revision A, May 1997
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Copyright 1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 2550 Garcia Avenue, Mountain View, California 94043-1100 U.S.A. All rights reserved. This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. No part of this product or document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors, if any. ® Portions of this product may be derived from the UNIX system and from the Berkele
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Regulatory Compliance Statements Your Sun product is marked to indicate its compliance class: • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — USA • Department of Communications (DOC) — Canada • Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) — Japan Please read the appropriate section that corresponds to the marking on your Sun product before attempting to install the product. FCC Class A Notice This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two condition
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DOC Class A Notice - Avis DOC, Classe A This Class A digital apparatus meets all of requirements the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada. DOC Class B Notice - Avis DOC, Classe B This Class B digital apparatus meets all of requirements the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Rè
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Declaration of Conformity Compliance ID: PCI-S10-100 Product Name: SunFDDI/P SAS Adapter This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This equipment may not cause harmful interference and 2) This equipment must accept any interference that may cause undesired operation. In addition this equipment complies with the following requirements of the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC; EMC: EN55022 / CISPR22 (1
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Declaration of Conformity Compliance ID: PCI-D10-100 Product Name: SunFDDI/P DAS Adapter This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This equipment may not cause harmful interference and 2) This equipment must accept any interference that may cause undesired operation. In addition this equipment complies with the following requirements of the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC; EMC: EN55022 / CISPR22 (1
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Contents Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix Part 1 —Installing and Configuring SunFDDI/P 1. SunFDDI/P Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Feature Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 FDDI Conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3. Installing SunFDDI/P Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Declaring IP Addresses for SunFDDI/P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Installing and Configuring SunFDDI/P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ▼ To Load and Mount the CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ▼ To Install SunFDDI/P Usingpkgadd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ▼ To Finish the Installation
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Tuning the High and Low Water Marks at Boot Time. . . . . 29 Tuning the Socket Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 MTU Path Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 ▼ To Tune the Maximum Transfer Unit (MTU) . . . . . . . . . 30 ▼ To Disable MTU Path Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 ▼ To Tune the Target Token Rotation Time (TTRT) . . . . . . 31 5. Troubleshooting and Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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FDDI Network Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Physical (PHY) Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Media Access Control (MAC) Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Station Management (SMT) Layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Communication Between FDDI Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 FDDI Network Architecture . . . . . . .
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Disadvantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Tree of Concentrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Advantages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Disadvantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Ring of Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Advantages. . . . . . . . . .
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▼ To Install the Standard SNM Agents on a Client. . . . . . 104 ▼ To Install the FDDI Schemas on a Client . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Installing the FDDI Schemas on the Console . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 ▼ To Sharepf_install_agents From a Client . . . . . . . 107 Managing FDDI Networks with SunNet Manager . . . . . . . . . . 109 ▼ To Set Up the SunNet Manager Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Using the SunFDDI/P Local Agent(pf_fddi) . . . . . . . . . 110 ▼ To Use the SunFDDI/P Proxy Agent (p
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Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Contents xiii
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Figures Figure 2-1 Aligning SC-Type Fiber Optic Cable Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . 6 Figure 2-2 Cleaning the End of a Fiber Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Figure 6-1 FDDI Architectural Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Figure 6-2 Communication Between FDDI Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Figure 6-3 Basic FDDI Network Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Figure 6-4 Single-Attached Station (SAS) . . .
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Figure 7-2 Basic Dual-Ring Network with Two Faults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Figure 7-3 Standalone Concentrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Figure 7-4 Standalone Concentrator With Dual-Homing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Figure 7-5 Hierarchical Tree of Concentrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Figure 7-6 Ring of Trees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Figure 7-7 Basic Mixed FDDI/E
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Tables Table 5-1 Problems Installing SunFDDI/P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Table 5-2 Problems Running SunFDDI/P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Table 5-3 Problems Using the SNM Agents for SunFDDI/P . . . . . . . . . . 43 Table 8-1 pf_stat States Under the ECM Heading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Table 8-2 pf_stat States Under the RMT Heading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Table 8-3 pf_stat States Under the PCM Heading. . . . . . . . . .
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Preface The SunFDDI/P™ 1.0 Adapter User’s Guide describes how to turn your system into an FDDI station attached to an FDDI network. It is intended for experienced network administrators who are familiar with the Solaris 2.5.1 Hardware: 4/97 operating environment. The SunFDDI/P 1.0 Adapter is supported on Sun-4u PCI-based system architectures. How this Book is Organized The SunFDDI/P™ 1.0 Adapter User’s Guide is divided into two parts: If you are unfamiliar with FDDI network terminology, or if yo
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The connector type has been changed for SunFDDI/P to an SC-type connector. If you are connecting the SunFDDI/P card to a network that has a MIC connector, an SC-MIC converter cable is required. Part 1 — “Installing and Configuring SunFDDI/P” Chapter 1, “SunFDDI/P Overview,” describes the SunFDDI/P 1.0 implementation of the FDDI protocols and includes a list of the specifications to which it conforms. Chapter 2, “Hardware Installation,” tells you where to find detailed instructions on how to insta
