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backup ring is used for automatic recovery in case of failure. If a network
fault occurs, only the stations on either side of the fault are affected. They
detect the fault and automatically bypass it to maintain continuous
transmission of data.
FDDI paths
The segments of an FDDI ring that pass through a station. Every FDDI
station must contain a primary path. The
primary path
represents, to the
best of the station’s knowledge, the segments of the primary ring that pass
through the station. In addition, a station may optionally contain a
secondary path
representing the segments of the secondary ring that pass
through the station. A station may contain additional paths representing
segments of rings other than the primary and secondary. Such paths are
called
local paths
.
FDDI standard
A standard by the X3T9.5 Committee of the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) that addresses the need for more speed and reliability than
is currently available in other standard LANs. Its recent completion is a
major factor contributing to the expected acceptance and widespread use
of optical fiber as a LAN transmission medium. The standard has four parts.
See also FDDI,
PHY standard
,
PMD standard
, and
SMT
.
Flash EPROM
Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.
frame buffer memory
In data communications, a storage medium used for holding one or more
blocks of data during transfer of that data from one device to another.
gateway
A hardware and software device, operating at the fourth through seventh
levels of the OSI model, that connects two dissimilar systems.
header
Protocol control information located at the beginning of a protocol data
unit. See also
PDU
.
hostname
A meaningful, easy-to-remember name or title assigned by the user to a
machine on the internet that is associated with the IP address. See also
IP
address
.
IEEE 802.1d
A bridging standard specifying that a transparent bridge must learn source
addresses, age addresses, store and forward packets, and participate in the
Spanning Tree Protocol.
Summary of Contents for LANPLEX 2500
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Page 18: ...1 4 CHAPTER 1 LANPLEX MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OVERVIEW...
Page 78: ...III Chapter 9 FDDI Overview and Implementation Chapter 10 FDDI Networks FDDI TECHNOLOGY...
Page 97: ...IV Chapter 11 ATM Networks ATM TECHNOLOGY...
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