FDDIXPress™ connects Silicon Graphics® computers to FDDI networks.
This FDDIXPress Administrator's Guide is your guide to configuring, testing, and monitoring your FDDI network connection. This guide has been written so you can perform all the basic FDDI station and ring administration tasks, whether you are a newcomer to IRIX™ and networking, or a seasoned IRIX network administrator.
This guide describes the administrative user interface to a Silicon Graphics' computer's FDDI connection; the guide can be used with any Silicon Graphics' FDDI board and driver.
This guide tells you how to
In addition, this guide contains a chapter describing how FDDI works and a glossary defining FDDI terms.
This guide has been written for the person who keeps the FDDI network connection on a station working. This person might be an experienced network administrator or a novice. The format in this guide is task-oriented and assumes no prior knowledge of FDDI or network administration. This guide provides all the information you need to maintain a single FDDIXPress station's connection to the FDDI ring.
 | Note: This guide is not an in-depth network administration guide; it does not provide information for planning, managing, and maintaining an FDDI network. The product FDDIVisualyzer™ is designed for this purpose. |
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This section lists reference material for the IRIX operating system, networking, and FDDI.
The following documents are available from Silicon Graphics, Inc.:
IRIX Admin guide set
a set of guides intended for administrators of the IRIX operating system and accessible through the online viewer IRIS InsightIRIX Admin: Selected Reference Pages
an item in the optional IRIX Admin guide setIRIS Software Installation and Licensing
an item in the optional IRIX Admin guide set
The following documents are available from Silicon Graphics, Inc.:
IRIX Admin: Networking and Mail
an item in the optional IRIX Admin guide setONC3/NFS Administration Guide
NIS Administration Guide
NetVisualyzer User's Guide
The following document is available from Silicon Graphics, Inc.:
The following documents are available from the American National Standards Institute:
PHY:
ANSI FDDI Physical Layer (PHY)
X3.148:1988; ISO 9314-1: 1989;
Information Processing Systems—Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)—Part 1: Token Ring Physical Layer Protocol (PHY)MAC:
ANSI FDDI Media Access Control (MAC)
X3.139:1987; ISO 9314-2: 1989;
Information Processing Systems—Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)—Part 2: Token Ring Media Access Control (MAC)PMD :
ANSI FDDI Physical Medium Dependent (PMD)
X3.166:1990; ISO 9314-3: 1990;
Information Processing Systems—Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)—Part 3: Token Ring Physical Layer Medium Dependent (PMD)SMT :
ANSI FDDI Station Management (SMT)
X3T9.5/revision 6.2 dated 18 May 1990. (The SMT version listed here is a draft that, at the time this document went to print, had not been approved as a standard. When you order the ANSI SMT document, a newer revision may be available. The older version is not available once it has been replaced by a new one.)
To order ANSI documents, contact
American National Standards Institute
11 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Telephone: (212) 642-4900
Fax: (212) 302-1286
Telex: 42 42 96 ANSI UI
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