Conference 7.286::fddi

1816.0. "Configuration Question?" by 43406::GREID (All that is, was and will be...) Thu Sep 28 1995 09:57

    I have a configuration question regarding connecting fddi rings
    formed by DC900MXs to a Gigaswitch.
    
         Say I have five major user groups on a LAN and I want to migrate
    them from five separate ethernet segments connected together by
    DECbridge 600s dual homed into an FDDI ring comprising three DC500s,
    to a Gigaswitch backbone with five separate FDDI rings (one for each
    user group).
    
         Would I be topologically correct in configuring five pairs of
    DC900MX concentrators connected normally together using the A + B
    ports, and then connecting one M port from each concentrator to the
    Gigaswitch (for dual homing). So for one user group their office
    connections would ultimately connect from a PEswitch 900MX in a DECHub
    900 dual homed to the user groups FDDI ring of two DC900MXs, with an
    M port on each of the two DC900MXs connecting into a two port line
    card on the Gigaswitch. Is this clear ? Is this legal ?; the best
    solution ?
    
            I'm hoping this is the correct use of the Gigaswitch.
    
            Thanks in anticipation for any views on this.
    
            Giles.

        Note that this is cross posted to at least two other notes
    conferences (GIGASWITCH 580  HUB_MGNT 2805).
    
    MDL

    As Michael rightly pointed out, this has been cross posted and aswered
    in Note 580 in the Gigaswitch conference.
    
    Giles.