| 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 |
I have to answer the following question from an RFP: FDDI Devices must use the latest revision of SMT per ANSI X3T9.5 standards and must support graceful ring insertion. Is this "graceful ring insertion" a new function of SMT, or is this the old multi-MAC concentrator issue again?
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| 1507.1 | NETCAD::STEFANI | Look Ma, I'm drinking my oatmeal! | Mon Nov 21 1994 20:45 | 16 | |
>>FDDI Devices must use the latest revision of SMT per ANSI X3T9.5 standards
>>and must support graceful ring insertion.
It's not X3T9.5 anymore, but our products do support the latest SMT
standard which I believe is at revision 7.3.
>>Is this "graceful ring insertion" a new function of SMT, or is this the old
>>multi-MAC concentrator issue again?
I recall reading somewhere why we don't support this, but that it's not
all it's cracked up to be either. I don't have any specific pointers,
but do a search in this Notes conference for "graceful" or just look
for entries posted by Paul Koning. I'm sure he wrote a reply on this
subject at some point.
/l
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| 1507.2 | SMT doesn't standardize graceful insertion | NETCAD::B_CRONIN | Tue Nov 22 1994 16:31 | 9 | |
Graceful insertion is NOT a requirement of SMT. It is a vendor specific
implementation detail. This idea has been around for a while, so I
won't rehash it here.
SMT is now an approved document, so the correct reference is
X3.229-1994. This corresponds to SMT 7.3
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