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Troubleshooting Banyan VINES 13-289
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Troubleshooting Banyan VINES
Banyan Virtual Integrated Network Service (VINES) implements a distributed network operating
system based on a proprietary protocol family derived from Xerox Corporation’s Xerox Network
Systems (XNS) protocols (see Chapter 14, “Troubleshooting XNS”). VINES uses a client/server
architecture in which clients request certain services, such as file and printer access, from servers.
Along with Novell’s NetWare, IBM’s LAN Server, and Microsoft’s LAN Manager, VINES is one of
the best-known distributed system environments for microcomputer-based networks.
VINES Technology Basics
The VINES protocol stack is shown in Figure 13-1.
Figure 13-1 The VINES Protocol Stack
VINES Media Access
The two lower layers of the VINES stack are implemented with a variety of well-known
media-access mechanisms, including High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC), Synchronous Data
Link Control (SDLC) and derivatives, X.25, Ethernet, and Token Ring.
File
services
VINES protocol
OSI
Reference
Model
RPC
Print
services
StreetTalk
Other
applications
IPC
(datagram)
SPP
(stream)
VIP
ARP
RTP
ICP
Media-access protocols
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