HP FDDI 9000 HP9000 PCI FDDI Release Notes for HP-UX 10.20, 11.0 and 11i - Page 5

1 HP9000 PCI FDDI Release Note - 11i The following Release Notes provide information about the HP9000 PCI FDDI LAN adapters for the HP-UX versions 11i. Announcement The Release Notes for PCI FDDI 10.20, 11.0 and 11i have been combined into one document. The Subagent support feature has been provided for HP9000 PCI FDDI 11i. What's New in This Version The following enhancements to HP-UX 11i has been provided in this release: • PCI FDDI Subagent support for HP-UX 11i. • Logging information for unsolicited events. Network Management Using the PCI FDDI Subagent The PCI FDDI subagent is a daemon which will service the request for FDDI MIB (Management Information Base) corresponding to the PCI FDDI cards in the system. Important Terms and Definitions • SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol. See RFC1155, RFC1157, RFC1212, RFC1902. • Master Agent: This is the master agent which directly communicates with the management application, and decides which subagent to forward the request to. It performs authentication, packet receiving and sending. • SMT: Station Management. Station Management manages the three protocol layers of a FDDI station; MAC, PHY and PMD. SMT is a subset of network management that allows initialization, control and monitoring of hardware components related to the PCI FDDI protocol layers. Chapter 1 5