CONTENTS
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APPENDIX A
INTRODUCTION TO FOUR-RING
FNB FUNCTIONALITY
A.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
A.2 The Flexible Network Bus (FNB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
A.3 FNB Operations Without Port Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
A.4 FNB Operations With Port Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
A.5 Configuration Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5