publication# 16047 rev. b amendment /0 issue date: december 1993 this document contains information on a product under development at advanced micro devices, inc. the information is intended to help you to evaluate this product. amd reserves the right to change or discontinue work on this proposed product without notice. 5-3 advanced micro devices fastcard 2 fddi pc/at-based supernet a 2 technology card (fastcard) dual attachment concentrator board set and software package preliminary
tm distinctive characteristics n ibm pc-at or compatible plug-in board to implement an fddi station n highly integrated: single board das, four master ports per mp board n amd's formac plus (am79c830a) and amphy (am79c864, am79865 and am79866) second generation fddi devices n 128k byte sram buffer memory with parity n extensive implementation of station manage- ment (smt) services in silicon (including physical connection management (pcm), sta- tion insertion and removal, station configura- tion management and fault detection, isolation and recovery, and duplicate address detection) n protocol independentoperates with all stan- dard protocols and network operating systems n built-in interface for external address matching logic (e.g. cam) n led status indicators for ring operational and for port a, port b, and master ports physical connection n station management (smt) software and device drivers for on-board resources n software support package pdemo 2 (demonstration software) general description the fastcard 2 is a pc/at-based, single mac, dual at- tachment fddi concentrator board-set, based on amds second generation supernet 2 fddi devices. the board set consists of two board types: a dual attach- ment station (das) board, and a master ports (mp) board. the basic 2-board set configures a 4-station dual attachment concentrator. by adding additional mp boards, 8-station or 12-station dual attachment concen- trators can be configured. the fastcard 2 evaluation board uses amds proven supernet 2 hardware solution to operate as an fddi compliant node. the kit can be used as a model design to base new fddi development on or it can be used to debug and test your existing system. the hardware and software have been tested and revised to make them more robust and interoperable with multiple vendors equipment. in fact, you can use the fastcard 2 tools to check your own system for interoperability. the fastcard 2 provides complete hardware and soft- ware tools to implement a fddi dual attachment sta- tion (das) or a concentrator. along with the board, the das card comes with pdemo 2 ( a user interface appli- cation), user manuals, supernet 2 data book, ribbon cable and connectors, and 10 ft fiber optic cables and connectors. the master port board(s) may be pur- chased separately to configure a 4, 8 or 12 station dual attachment concentrator.
amd p r e l i m i n a r y 5-4 the supernet 2 family for fddi 1994 data book mp card das card 16047b-1 optical data link optical data link 32kx8 sram 32kx8 sram 32kx8 sram 32kx8 sram 32kx8 sram prom xtal am79c830a formac plus am79c864 plc am79c864 plc advanced micro devices fastcard 2 das primary-in secondary-out secondary-in primary-out external interface pdr pdt pdr pdt optical data link optical data link advanced micro devices fastcard 2 master port external interface optical data link optical data link optical data link optical data link pdr pdt pdr pdt pdr pdt pdr pdt optical data link optical data link optical data link optical data link am79c864 plc am79c864 plc am79c864 plc am79c864 plc hardware the fastcard 2 hardware consists of two main sec- tions; the fddi station logic and the associated inter- face logic. the fddi station logic consists of the supernet 2 chip set, the buffer memory, and the fiber optic transmitter/receiver. the chip set performs the buffer memory management tasks in addition to the mac and phy layer functions. the buffer memory on the fastcard 2 hardware consists of 128k bytes organ- ized as 32k x 36 bits. buffer memory control logic pro- vides the host cpu with direct access to the fddi buffer memory via the host dma interface of the formac plus (am79c830a). the interface logic consists of the at bus interface, the host-buffer memory interface, counter and interrupt logic, connection management (cmt) logic, and fddi configuration hooks and control logic. the cmt logic is responsible for gathering connection statistics of the network to report them to the station. the das board provides interface signals to additional mp cards when constructing a concentrator. the das board makes use of the ats processor as the host and node controller.
p r e l i m i n a r y amd 5-5 fastcard 2 ordering information ordering part number (opn) description amfddi-pc-das dual attachment station (das) board amfddi-pc-mp 4-port master port (mp) board amfddi-pc-con concentrator board set (1-das, 1-mp) for more information, please contact your local amd sales office.
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