9000

In This Book

This manual describes how to install, conﬁgure, and troubleshoot the

EISA and HSC versions of HP FDDI/9000. The information in this

manual is intended for network managers who install and administer

FDDI networks. It is assumed the reader is experienced with the basics

of local and wide area networking.

Chapter 1 “HP FDDI/9000 Resources” provides references to

other useful tools for installing, conﬁguring, and

maintaining HP EISA and HSC FDDI/9000 software.

Chapter 2 “Installing the HP EISA FDDI/9000 Adapter” provides

step-by-step instructions on installing EISA hardware

adapters.

Chapter 3 “Installing the HP HSC FDDI/9000 Adapter” provides

step-by-step instructions on installing HSC hardware

adapters.

Chapter 4 “Conﬁguring and Verifying HP EISA and HSC

FDDI/9000” provides step-by-step instructions on

installing and conﬁguring the EISA and HSC

FDDI/9000 software.

Chapter 5 “Troubleshooting” describes the fddilink and fddiif

utilities. This chapter also provides possible solutions

for problems encountered while using HP EISA and

HSC FDDI/9000.

Appendix A “Technical Speciﬁcations” provides technical

information about the EISA and HSC FDDI/9000

adapters.

Appendix B “Fiber Cabling” provides technical information about

FDDI optical ﬁber media.