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Conference 7.286::fddi

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

873.0. "FDDI support for SMP (Station Mgmt Prot.)?" by TENNIS::KAM (Kam USDS (714)261-4133 (DTN 535) IVO) Wed Feb 24 1993 17:27

    1) Does the DEC FDDI implementation have built-in hardware support
       for SMP?  Does the hardware do the SMP or does the driver.
    
    2) Is the SMP layer "VISIBLE" to the device driver, with respect to 
       OpenVMS and OSF/1.
    
    
    	thanks	
    	 kam
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873.1OpenVMS (AXP and VAX)STAR::GAGNEDavid Gagne - VMS/LAN DevelopmentWed Feb 24 1993 17:449
    There are portions of SMT that are handled by the device.  The OpenVMS
    drivers do not handle any portion of SMT.  The FDDI network management
    module for OpenVMS VAX (for Phase V) will send certain SMT packets
    through the DEMFA driver and the DEMFA driver will give the responses
    to the FDDI network management module.
    
    In the future, OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS AXP will enhance the QIO
    interface to the FDDI drivers to allow a user (application) to start
    an SMT channel and to transmit and receive SMT packets.
873.2KONING::KONINGPaul Koning, A-13683Wed Feb 24 1993 17:523
The required parts of SMT are implemented in the device.

	paul
873.3"SMT", not "SMP"JEREMY::MAURENEMaurene Fritz, JerusalemThu Feb 25 1993 01:456
    Just to clarify, the ANSI FDDI Station Management protocol is known 
    as "SMT".
    
    SMP and SNMP are acronyms that exist, but refer to other things.
    
    Maurene
873.4Anything to read for the novice?TENNIS::KAMKam USDS (714)261-4133 (DTN 535) IVOThu Feb 25 1993 13:124
Any overview papers on this on-line?

	thanks
	 kam