Managing the Token Ring

✍ Scribed by Curtis Waters

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 958 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1055-7148
• DOI: 10.1002/nem.4560020209

✦ Synopsis

Managing the Token Ring General Technology's GTMN series Smart MAU [SMAU) is the heart of a network management system which offers administrators and managers the hardware necessary fo take control of 4/16 Mbps token ring networks.

By Curtis Waters eneral Technology's GT16N series Smart MAU (SMAU) is the heart of a network management system which G offers administrators and managers the hardware necessary to take control of 4/16 Mbps token ring networks. Providing distributed intelligence closer to the user, the Smart MAU is managed by a software developed by the company to provide a powerful Network Management System compatability. The GT16N-SMAU is available with Shielded Twisted Pair (STP, Type 1/2/6/9) or Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP, Type 3) lobe connections, and STP, UTP, or Fiber (ST or SMA) ring connections. These multi-media options provide the cabling solutions necessary to conserve network management costs and flexibility.

The distributed intelligence of Smart MAUs is more economical than the approach taken by larger hubs which must have a larger number of users located nearby to justify their higher cost. In addition, when using Smart MAUs there is no need to guess where faults have occurred by 'pulling connectors' to restore a network. The SMAUs are smart enough to locate a fault, automatically restore a full ring in less than 0.3 Curtis Waters has served as Product Manager for General Technology, lnc. since 1989, and has a background in L A N system design and manufacturing. He has a BSEE and an MBA from Florida Institute of Technology.