| Title: | FDDI - The Next Generation | 
| Moderator: | NETCAD::STEFANI | 
| Created: | Thu Apr 27 1989 | 
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 2259 | 
| Total number of notes: | 8590 | 
Attached is a FDDI configuration diagram which I'm trying to get a 
verification on. The core of the question is "Do you have to have 
a ring or dual ring in a FDDI configuration."
The config below is simply two concentrators connected in a cascaded
fashion using SMF. There is no dual ring. A competitor has said that
they don't think this is valid. Two questions:
	a) Do you have to have a dual-ring
	b) have I configured the concentrators below correctly
		(ie; the B-port of concentrator #1 plugged into
		an M-port of concentrator #2?)
Dave Korns,
    
                                                                             
                                                                              
           Ethernet             +-----------2-+                               
        ==============          |DEFCN-BA     | FDDI                           
              |                 | DEFCN-MA    | Con#2                            
         +--------2-+           | [a] [b]     |                               
  FDDI-  | DEFEB-AA |           | DEFCN-FA    |                               
  Ether  |       [s]|-----MMF-----[m][m][m][m]----.                           
  Bridge +----------+           | [ slot ]    |   |                           
                                +-------------+   |                           
                                                  |            ===============  
                                                  |                  |        
                             .--------------------'                  | FDDI-  
                             |                                       | Ether    
                             |                                       | Bridge 
                            SMF                                 +--------1-+    
                             |                                  | DEFEB-AA |  
                             |                         .--------|[s]       |  
                             `-----------------.       |        +----------+  
                                               |       |        CSB Bldg      
                       FDDI  +-----------1-+   |      MMF                     
                       Con#1 |DEFCN-BA     |   |       |                      
                             | DEFCN-DA    |   |       |                        
     +--------1-+            | [a] [b]---------'       |                        
     | DEFEB-AA |            | DEFCN-NA    |           |                       
     |       [s]|-----MMF------[m][m][m][m]------------'                       
     +----------+            | [ slot ]    |                                  
      1CS Bldg               +-------------+                                  
                             LBJ Bldg                                         
                                                                              
                                                                               
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 244.1 | I think your competition is wet. | WLW::PAYDAY::SEITZ | LOST-IN-SPACE | Thu Apr 25 1991 08:38 | 13 | 
| > a) Do you have to have a dual-ring No. a physical dual ring is not required in FDDI. For all practical purposes, the dual ring is located inside Concentrator #2. > b) have I configured the concentrators below correctly > (ie; the B-port of concentrator #1 plugged into > an M-port of concentrator #2?) It looks good to me. | |||||
| 244.2 | JAYJAY::KORNS | Thu Apr 25 1991 10:26 | 0 | ||