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SunFDDI/POverview 1
This chapter describes the Sun FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface)
implementation of the FDDI protocols, including a list of the ANSI/FDDI
standards to which it conforms. See Chapter6, “FDDI Network Architecture”
for more information on FDDI architecture.

Feature Summary

The SunFDDI/P 1.0 product is a combination of hardware and softwarethat
turns your system into an FDDI station. There are two hardwareoptions:
•SunFDDI/P SAS — single attached station on fiber
•SunFDDI/P DAS — dual attached station on fiber
SunFDDI/P is a high-speed networking product that provides significantly
greaterbandwidth (up to 10 times) compared to 10-megabit Ethernet networks.
It is designed for Sun-4u PCI-based system architectures running Solaris 2.5.1
Hardware: 97.
SunFDDI/P provides the following capabilities:
•Implements FDDI single-attached station (SunFDDI/P) and FDDI
dual-attached station (SunFDDI/P Dual)
Feature Summary page1
FDDI Conformance page2