Flexible Network Bus (FNB)
The FNB consists of two dual FDDI networks, the FNB-1 and FNB-2, providing up to 400 Mbps of data bandwidth. These FDDI networks are 100% ANSI FDDI-compliant supporting SMT (version 7.3), MAC, PHY, and PMD standards. This allows the FNB to traverse multiple MMAC-Plus hubs, or connect to any ANSI FDDI-compliant device, through standard A/B port connections, using the FDDI repeater module.
System Management Buses
There are two management channels within the MMAC-Plus system: the SMB-1 and the SMB-10. These buses provide out-of-band management and inter-module management communication.
SMB-1 Bus
The SMB-1 is a 1Mbs management bus located within the MMAC-Plus. This bus is utilized by all diagnostic controllers in the system including connectivity modules, power supply modules and the environmental module. The SMB-1 transports inter-chassis information between system components, such as power and environmental information, as well as diagnostic messages. Periodic loop-back test are preformed by all modules which share this bus to ensure the validity of SMB-1. In the event a failure is detected on SMB-1, the SMB-10 may be used as an alternate communication channel.
SMB-10 Bus
The SMB-10 is a 10Mbs management bus located within the MMAC-Plus which is also used for inter-chassis communication of modules as well as serving as an out-of-band management channel into the MMAC-Plus. The SMB-10 is externalized from the chassis via an optional Ethernet Port Interface Module (EPIM) located on the front of the Environmental Module. Through an EPIM connection, full SNMP management of the MMAC-Plus is available out-of-band from user data. Modules which share the SMB-10 bus periodically send out loop- back packets to ensure the validity of SMB-10. In the event a fault is detected on the SMB-10, the SMB-1 can be used as an alternate communication channel by the modules.
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