Title :
A high performance FDDI adapter for VAX systems
Author :
Edgar, Ron ; Kalkunte, Ramsesh ; Rege, Satish ; Russo, Andy
Author_Institution :
Digital Equipment Corp., Hudson, MA, USA
Abstract :
The FDDIcontroller 400, a high-performance data link adapter which sends and receives frames over the FDDI fiber optic interconnect, is described. It can be installed on any XMI-based CPU, such as the VAX 9000 and VAX 6000. The adapter can sustain a continuous maximum transfer rate (100 Mb/s) for all frame sizes larger than 69 bytes. The capability to filter LLC headers in the adapter and deliver throughputs of 100 Mb/s for small size frames distinguishes this adapter from other FDDI adapters. The authors describe the architecture, implementation, and performance of the FDDIcontroller 400.<>
Keywords :
DEC computers; FDDI; local area networks; network interfaces; 100 Mbit/s; FDDIcontroller 400; VAX 6000; VAX 9000; XMI-based CPU; fiber optic interconnect; high-performance data link adapter; Backplanes; Bandwidth; Databases; FDDI; Filtering; Hardware; Microprogramming; Protocols; Surface-mount technology; Token networks;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon Spring '92. Thirty-Seventh IEEE Computer Society International Conference, Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2655-0
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1992.186722
