FDDI Handbook [antikvár]

Preface Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) is a 100-Mbps fiber optic local area network (LAN) standard being developed by an American National Standard Institute (ANSI) accredited committee. The FDDI Handbook has been designed to be a comprehensive reference book providing an easy-to-understand explanation of key aspects of FDDI. It is intended for users, buyers, managers, and designers of computer networking products and answers the following types of questions: 1. What do I need to install/manage/use an FDDI network? 2. How does FDDI work? 3. Why does FDDI work this way? 4. What other alternatives were considered for FDDI and why were they rejected? 5. What if my organization needs to use a different size, or length of fiber? 6. What should I expect in the future? For users, it explains what features of FDDI are different from those of other popular networks such as IEEE 802.3/Ethemet and IEEE 802.5/token rings and how these features affect the applications that run on these networks. For buyers, it provides a complete list of products, what to look for, and where to find them. For network managers, it explains how to install, monitor, tune, and troubleshoot FDDI networks. For network designers and researchers, it explains what design alternatives were considered during the design of the FDDI standard and why a particular alternative was chosen. The FDDI standard committees consist of participants from companies that are comipeting in the marketplace and often have very different design philosophies. The final FDDI design is an amalgamation of ideas, some of which are considered good by one set of manufacturers and not so good by others. The FDDI Handbook presents an objective and balanced view of both sides of the issues rather than a one-sided view. An overview-detail-summary organization is used for each chapter and section. The first chapter of the book provides an overview of FDDI that is suitable for most nontechnical executives. Other chapters provide the details. Each chapter begins with an overview section, which provides sufficient information for speed readers, executives, and browsers. The last section of each chapter summarizes new concepts introduced in the chapter. Entertaining sidebars and cartoons sprinkled throughout the book make it easier to understand complex technical concepts. A set of multiple-choice exercises has been added for entertainment and XXV