Notes
Outline
Network Communications
Chapter 16
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDDI
FDDI Traffic Flow
FDDI Layered Architecture
FDDI Components
Dual Attachment
Station (DAS)
Single Attachment
Station (SAS)
Works with a
concentrator to allow
non-redundant access
to the primary ring
Concentrator
Dual Attachment Station
FDDI Wrapping:
Fault Tolerance
A Segmented FDDI Ring
FDDI Frame Format
Token Ring – like, 4B/5B encoding
Fast Ethernet Switch Extending a FDDI Lan
FDDI Replaced by
a Fast Ethernet Switch