Cabletron Systems 9F241-12, User Manual

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3-1
Chapter 3
Operation
The 9F241-12 module, as shown in Figure 3-1, provides concentrator ports that
connect directly to the FNB bus. Each port can connect to either ring (FNB-1 or
FNB-2). This is software configurable via local or remote management.
Figure 3-1. Block Diagram
Flexible Network Bus (FNB)
The FNB consists of two dual FDDI networks, FNB-1 and FNB-2, providing up to
400 Mbps of data bandwidth. These FDDI networks are 100% ANSI
FDDI-compliant, supporting SMT (version 7.3), MAC, PHY, and PMD standards.
This allows the FNB to traverse multiple SmartSwitch 9000 hubs, or connect to
any ANSI FDDI-compliant device.
i960 PLUS Core
Fiber
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Fiber
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FNB-1 and
FNB-2
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