Title :
Building a practical HIPPI LAN
Author :
Renwick, John K.
Author_Institution :
Cray Res. Inc., Eagan, MN, USA
Abstract :
It is demonstrated that an effective 800-Mb LAN can be built from HIPPI-SC switches, at a cost that is reasonable for large systems. The limitations of HIPPI cables can be overcome by the use of fiber optic extenders. With a standard for address resolution and the addition of an ARP server to the LAN and gateways to conventional networks, one can have a LAN that is fully equivalent to networks known today, but with geometrically increased throughput and exponentially increased bandwidth
Keywords :
local area networks; network interfaces; protocols; 800 Mbit/s; ARP server; fiber optic extenders; gateways; Business continuity; Communication switching; Energy management; High-speed networks; Local area networks; Optical fiber cables; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Power system management; Protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 1992. Proceedings., 17th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3095-7
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.1992.228113
