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FDDI Management
¥Not Available means that there is no MAC on the FDDI ring associated with the selected SMT entity. Again, this state will not occur for the
¥Unknown means that device Þrmware cannot determine the MAC path.
¥? indicates that SPECTRUM Element Manager cannot determine the MAC path for the selected ring.
Ring Configuration
The current conÞguration of the MAC and physical layers of the A and B ports.
Connection Policy
The SMT Connection Policy of an FDDI concentrator determines which types of connections are allowed among the four FDDI port types: A, B, M (Master), and S (Slave). FDDI protocol forbids MasterÑ>Master connections; all other connection types are legal, although some are considered to be undesirable.
The Connection Policy window, Figure
Figure 5-3. The Connection Policy Window
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