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5.1.4 FDDI Adapters
In this section, information on the available FDDI adapters is given.
5.1.4.1 PCI SysKonnect SK-NET FDDI-LP SAS (# 2741)
This adapter provides single attachment to an FDDI concentrator (or
point-to-point) using fiber optic cabling (not supplied with the adapter). It also
offers high speed, low latency, low CPU and bus utilization, and occupies a
single PCI slot.
Features include:
• Occupies single PCI bus slot
• Compatible with the FDDI-ANSI X3T12 specification and FDDI Standard
Series
• SMT 7.3 compliance
• AMD SUPERNET3 single chip FDDI design
• SysKonnect designed custom ASIC for the buffer management with
minimal CPU and bus load
• Four independent 128-byte FIFOs for buffering between PCI bus and
buffer memory
• 128 KB static RAM on board
AIX drivers are shipped on diskette with the hardware feature. Systems
ordered with AIX preinstalled will have the device drivers installed on the
hard disk drive.
Note
The sum of the following adapters may be used in any combination, but
must not exceed four (4) total per system: # 2741, # 2742, # 2743, and
# 2988 (SysKonnect FDDI and TURBOWAYS MMF ATM).
AIX drivers are shipped on diskette with the hardware feature. Systems
ordered with AIX preinstalled will have the device drivers installed on the
hard disk drive.
NIM is supported on using FDDI with AIX 4.2.1 and later.
Note