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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

535.0. "Q>About DB900MX Config" by TKOV51::HAYAKAWA (Kohei Hayakawa,DS/EIC/NIS/NT/SE, HUB5F) Thu Dec 02 1993 04:35

    I have questions about DECbridge900MX.
	
    (Q.1)
      I know that DECbridge900MX has two FDDI ports (A,B) on a front panel.
      Can I use the FDDI ports of DECbridge900MX installed in a DEChub900 ?
      If I can, is the following configuration right?
      
	      **************
	      *  FDDI Ring *
	      ******  ******
	           *  *             DEChub900MS
	           *  *  |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
	           *  *  | |~~~|DB900MX          |
	           *  *  | |   |                 |
	           *  *******A |                 |
	           *     | |   |                 |
	           **********B |-----------------| Channel (Ethernet)
	                 | |   |-----------------| Channel (Ethernet)
	                 | |   |-----------------| Channel (Ethernet)
		   ----------  |-----------------| Channel (Ethernet)
		   |     | |AUI|-----------------| Channel (Ethernet)
	           |     | |___|                 |
	           |     |_______________________|
	       ~~~~~~~~ 
	       Ethernet   

	DB900MX is connected to FDDI Ring by Physical FDDI ports on a front 
	panel, and connected to one external Ethernet. And five Ethernet 
	ports of it were assigned to five Ethernet backplane channels on a 
	DEChub900. Is it correct?
		
    (Q.2)
       Can I assign one FDDI port and six Ethernet ports to DEChub900 
       backplane channels?


	Thanks and Regards,
	Kouhei
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535.1QUIVER::SLAWRENCEFri Dec 03 1993 15:097
    Q.1) Yes, you can use the FDDI DAS connection in a DEChub 900 and the
    configuration you show is exactly the sort of thing it is built to do. 
    
    Q.2) You can assign all 6 Ethernets to the backplane (note that each
    Ethernet can be _either_ front or back, but not both); whether or not
    you will be able to connect just one FDDI to the back is still TBD; as
    it stands _now_, you must have either both FDDI front or both back.
535.2ThanksTKOV51::HAYAKAWAKohei Hayakawa,DS/EIC/NIS/NT/SE, HUB5FMon Dec 06 1993 23:124
	Thank you for your reply.

	Kohei
535.3TKOV51::HAYAKAWAKohei Hayakawa,DS/EIC/NIS/NT/SE, HUB5FWed Dec 15 1993 07:5210
>    Ethernet can be _either_ front or back, but not both); whether or not
>    you will be able to connect just one FDDI to the back is still TBD; as
>    it stands _now_, you must have either both FDDI front or both back.


	Can DECbridge900MX shipped in Jan '94 assign one FDDI to the 
	back? 

	Regards,
	Kohei
535.4IS Dual-Homing Supported at FCS?HGRNCC::FARADAYCHONGFaraday Chong@hgo 852-8053590Thu Dec 16 1993 05:048
    Another config question on DB900MX.
    
    At FCS, can it dual-homed to say DECconcentrator 500?
    
    If this capability is not planned at FCS, when would it be? We need
    this to help customer planning their network.
    
    Faraday
535.5QUIVER::SLAWRENCEThu Dec 16 1993 16:413
    Dual homeing will be supported via the front bezel cabling, but not on
    the backplane; so yes - to the DECconcentrator 500 would be ok.