FDDI ring management

Author

Ocheltree, Kenneth B. ; Montalvo, Rafael M.

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

10-12 Oct 1989

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

23

Abstract

Ring management is a recent addition to the ANSI FDDI (fiber distributed data interface) standard that provides a mechanism for solving two of the more difficult problems: discontinuities in the token path due to stuck faults, and ring initialization failures due to duplicate addresses. These problems are described, and the use of distributed management, as set out in the standard, to solve them is discussed. Each attachment to the FDDI ring monitors for fault symptoms and starts recovery processes when appropriate

Keywords

computer interfaces; data communication systems; network operating systems; optical fibres; optical links; standards; system recovery; token networks; ANSI FDDI standard; FDDI ring management; LAN; duplicate addresses; fiber distributed data interface; local area networks; ring initialization failures; stuck faults; token path discontinuities; ANSI standards; Condition monitoring; Electronic switching systems; FDDI; Law; Legal factors; Media Access Protocol; Network topology; Robustness; Token networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 1989., Proceedings 14th Conference on

Conference_Location

Mineapolis, MN

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1968-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.1989.65240

Filename

65240