Conference 7.286::fddi

1975.0. "LAN add block 00-00-F8 ?" by 49575::SCHEIDEGGER (Raymond @GEO - DTN 821-5236) Wed Mar 06 1996 07:43

Just curious: 
We have on an AXP 3 FDDI ports, one HW addr 08-00-2B and 2 slots
with 00-00-F8.

Are we out of range with LAN addres block 08-00-2B ?

Raymond
    
Bus 0 PCI

  Slot Option   Hose 0, Bus 0, PCI

    0 DECchip 21040-AA     ewa0.0.0.0.0         08-00-2B-E7-41-9A
 bus 0, slot 0 -- ewa -- DECchip 21040-AA

    7 DECchip 21040-AA     ewb0.0.0.7.0         00-00-F8-20-13-FB
 bus 0, slot 7 -- ewb -- DECchip 21040-AA

    8 DECchip 21040-AA     ewc0.0.0.8.0         00-00-F8-20-14-3E
 bus 0, slot 8 -- ewc -- DECchip 21040-AA


LAN Address and protocol registry

[...]

5.2  Received From IEEE 802


  The following Protocol Identification code blocks have been assigned to
  DIGITAL from IEEE.

  08-00-2B-xx-xx
  00-00-F8-xx-xx

  NOTE: Out of the OUI 00-00-F8, the entire range of possible Protocol Ident-
        ifiers have been assigned by Digital tp IEEE 802. Consequently. "no"
        Protocol Identifier assignments may be made from that block.

Hi Raymond,

I believe that there is one address 00-00-F8-00-00-00 which is used as
"ANSI FDDI SMT - used to represent "address unknown"".  The rest of
the 00-00-F8-xx-xx-xx addresses belong to Digital exactly the way
08-00-2B-xx-xx-xx belong to Digital.  We are shipping lots of adapters
with 00-00-F8 address block assignments.

>  NOTE: Out of the OUI 00-00-F8, the entire range of possible Protocol Ident-
>        ifiers have been assigned by Digital tp IEEE 802. Consequently. "no"
>        Protocol Identifier assignments may be made from that block.

This should read:

NOTE: Out of the OUI 00-00-F8, individual assress 00-00-F8-00-00-00 has been
assigned by Digital to ANSI (for use with FDDI).  All other individual
addresses from that block, and all multicast addresses, remain available for
assignment by Digital.

Regards,
Chuck