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| 1485.1 | | 56821::STEFANI | Have the # for the Mars Observer? | Tue Oct 25 1994 11:33 | 9 |
| >>Is there dual-MAC capability on our DAS adapters? Is this an ANSI
>>specification for DAS?
No. Neither our SAS or DAS adapters support dual-MACs. In fact, I
don't know of any Digital FDDI products that support this "feature".
It's certainly NOT an ANSI specification that dual-attach adapters
support dual-MAC's...or we'd be out of compliance for many years now.
/l
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| 1485.2 | Got it! | JAHMAN::ELLIS | Peter S. Ellis Jr. - MBAd (More & Better Ads!) | Tue Oct 25 1994 12:13 | 4 |
| Thanks for that prompt answer, man. My customer was trying to figure
out how he could use a pair of DAS connections between GIGAswitches
with both links active, and this came up during the discussion.
pellis.
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| 1485.3 | | 56821::STEFANI | Have the # for the Mars Observer? | Tue Oct 25 1994 17:24 | 12 |
| >>Thanks for that prompt answer, man. My customer was trying to figure
>>out how he could use a pair of DAS connections between GIGAswitches
>>with both links active, and this came up during the discussion.
I'm not that familiar with all of the connection possibilities of the
GIGAswitch, but if the DAS connections are on the dual-ring, then both
PHYs are active. If you're dual-homing, only one is active (B) and the
other is standby (A). Neither option is predicated on having
dual-MACs. By the way, you may want to search for dual-MAC topics in
this Notes conference. I'm sure this topic has come up before.
- Larry
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| 1485.4 | Grats, man... | JAHMAN::ELLIS | Peter S. Ellis Jr. - MBAd (More & Better Ads!) | Wed Oct 26 1994 06:28 | 4 |
| Thanks, Larry; I'll do just that. While I'm at it, I'll post an entry
in SCHOOL::GIGAswitch, as well.
pellis.
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| 1485.5 | | 56821::STEFANI | Have the # for the Mars Observer? | Wed Oct 26 1994 09:10 | 3 |
| >> -< Grats, man... >-
No prob..uh, dude...
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| 1485.6 | | NPSS::MDLYONS | Michael D. Lyons - Young enough and dumb enough | Wed Oct 26 1994 10:42 | 14 |
| ...in this notes conference, see notes 239.*, 288.*, 766.*, 818.*
for additional discussion on 2 MACs and related concepts.
The GIGAswitch/FDDI is just like our other devices. With FGL-2
cards, the GIGAswitch/FDDI can provide A/B/M/S ports. With FGL-4
cards, the GIGAswitch/FDDI currently provides S port support, but will
soon also provide M port support. None of them provide 2 MACs.
I'm not quite sure what your customer is trying to achieve, but
note that the GIGAswitch/FDDI provides M port support, which allows
systems with DAS interfaces to dual home the interface to two different
ports (on different devices, if desired). Dual homing has nothing to
do with 2 MACs, though...
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