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Conference azur::mcc

Title:	DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:	Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:	TAEC::BEROUD

Created:	Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6497
Total number of notes:	27359

4887.0. "DECmcc on an FDDI workstation ?" by LARVAE::AITKINS_T () Thu Apr 15 1993 11:36

    Hi,
    	I have herd a rummour that DECmcc will only work with an Ethernet
    connection to the network and will not work via an FDDI network
    connection, can someone please confirm that this is only a rummour.
    Unfortunatly my customer who is about to purchase DECmcc has herd this
    rummour to and is awaiting my reply.
    
    			thanks
    
    					Terry.

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4887.1	DOES MCC ON AN FDDI WORKSTATION FUNCTION??	MORO::MAUTZ_RI	Networks >= to DECnet	`Thu May 13 1993 23:37`	12
	At risk of someones ire for asking an already asked question (4887.0),: Will Polycenter Network Manager 200/400 run on an FDDI based VAX workstation? If so, are there any functionallity problems? If not, when if ever will it? I am asking this again as a separate note rather than a reply to 4887.0 because that was a month ago and nobody replied! As with 4887's writer, I also have a customer who wants to do this!
4887.2	Not really sure	TOOK::MINTZ	Erik Pavlik Mintz	`Fri May 14 1993 03:20`	12
	I have moved this reply here, since people see new replies in the same way as new notes, and posting new notes clutters up the conference. I believe that the reason there has been no answer is that nobody here has tried to run on a purely FDDI station. The only issue I know of off hand is that in order to generate UIDs, Polycenter 200 relies on the uniqueness of an Ethernet address. But I believe that FDDI has an equivalent MAC address, right? -- Erik
4887.3	short answer	QUIVER::HAROKOPUS		`Fri May 14 1993 19:58`	8
	The short answer to this question is that FDDI controllers are not offically supported by the MCC EA routines, but there are some workarounds. See notes 4734, 4783, 5045 and 5049 for discussions on workarounds and problems associated with using MCC from and FDDI managment station. -Bob
4887.4	Thanks!	MORO::MAUTZ_RI	Networks >= to DECnet	`Fri May 14 1993 20:52`	1