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Conference 7.286::fddi

Title:FDDI - The Next Generation
Moderator:NETCAD::STEFANI
Created:Thu Apr 27 1989
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2259
Total number of notes:8590

1964.0. "DAS on 3.2*?" by CHEFS::DAVIDSONS () Thu Feb 22 1996 17:03

    I understand Unix V4.0 will fully support dual attach FDDI.
    eg. maintain status of both ports
    
    Could this be made available on a 3.2*?
    
    Thanks,
    	Stuart.
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1964.1NETCAD::STEFANII *CAN* drive 65!Thu Feb 22 1996 20:2414
    >>I understand Unix V4.0 will fully support dual attach FDDI.
    >>eg. maintain status of both ports
    >>
    >>Could this be made available on a 3.2*?
    
    You've lost me.  None of the DEFEA or DEFPA drivers care whether the
    card is SAS or DAS.  There's ZERO difference at the driver level, so to
    answer your question, any DEFEA or DEFPA driver that exists for Digital
    UNIX will support the DAS variants by definition.
    
    Are you having trouble getting the DAS card to work the way you
    expected?
    
      - Larry
1964.2which port in use?CHEFS::DAVIDSONSMon Feb 26 1996 15:415
    But can the driver detect/report which of the ports is in use?
    I need to display this on a Netview map, so require driver and 
    SNMP agent, MIB support.
    
    Stuart.
1964.3NETCAD::STEFANII *CAN* drive 65!Wed Feb 28 1996 10:0514
   >> But can the driver detect/report which of the ports is in use?
   >> I need to display this on a Netview map, so require driver and 
   >> SNMP agent, MIB support.
    
    Ah.  That's a different question.  The DEFEA/DEFPA adapters provide an
    interface for host-based drivers/apps to get SNMP MIB-type information,
    but that's an implementation issue.
    
    I'd check with the Digital UNIX folks to see whether they've written an
    SNMP co-agent for DEFEA/DEFPA to provide the information you're looking
    for.  At the very least, it's possible that this information is
    available through netstat or some other local configuration utility.
    
    /l
1964.4Thanks, I'll try DIGITAL_IUNIX conf'CHEFS::DAVIDSONSTue Mar 05 1996 15:591