Title :
Network management of real-time embedded processors [SSC]
Author :
Kalbfleisch, C. ; Hunt, S. ; Low, K. ; Mathieson, D.
Author_Institution :
SSC Lab., Dallas, TX, USA
Abstract :
The Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory is a complex of particle accelerators being built in Ellis County, Texas. It will have a dedicated global communications network that will deliver control messages and provide for general data acquisition. This network will connect thousands of computer nodes over a very large geographic area. In order to meet the demanding availability requirements being levied on the system, it will need comprehensive network management. A large number of the computer nodes are embedded systems that traditionally do not support network management services. This presents unique challenges to standard network management practices. The Simple Network Management Protocol, SNMP, is widely accepted by industry as a tool to manage network devices. We examine the performance characteristics and usefulness of an SNMP agent in a real-time environment
Keywords :
physics computing; protocols; proton accelerators; real-time systems; storage rings; synchrotrons; telecommunication network management; wide area networks; SNMP; SSC; Simple Network Management Protocol; Superconducting Super Collider; control messages; data acquisition; network management; real-time embedded processors; real-time environment; Communication system control; Computer network management; Computer networks; Data acquisition; Embedded computing; Embedded system; Global communication; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1203-1
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1993.309143
