RFC 1188 (rfc1188) - Page 2 of 11
Proposed Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over FDDI Networks
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RFC 1188 IP and ARP on FDDI Networks October 1990
"May" or "Optional"--the item is truly optional and may be
followed or ignored according to the needs of the implementor.
Introduction
The goal of this specification is to allow compatible and
interoperable implementations for transmitting IP datagrams [1] and
ARP requests and replies [2].
The Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) specifications define a
family of standards for Local Area Networks (LANs) that provides the
Physical Layer and Media Access Control Sublayer of the Data Link
Layer as defined by the ISO Open System Interconnection Reference
Model (ISO/OSI). Documents are in various stages of progression
toward International Standardization for Media Access Control (MAC)
[4], Physical Layer Protocol (PHY) [5], Physical Layer Medium
Dependent (PMD) [6], and Station Management (SMT) [7]. The family
of FDDI standards corresponds to the IEEE 802 MAC layer standards
[8, 9, 10].
The remainder of the Data Link Service is provided by the IEEE 802.2
Logical Link Control (LLC) service [11]. The resulting stack of
services appears as follows:
+-------------+
| IP/ARP |
+-------------+
| 802.2 LLC |
+-------------+-----+
| FDDI MAC | F |
+-------------+ D S |
| FDDI PHY | D M |
+-------------+ I T |
| FDDI PMD | |
+-------------+-----+
This memo describes the use of IP and ARP in this environment. At
this time, it is not necessary that the use of IP and ARP be
consistent between FDDI and IEEE 802 networks, but it is the intent
of this memo not to preclude Data Link Layer interoperability at such
time as the standards define it.
The FDDI standards define both single and dual MAC stations. This
document describes the use of IP and ARP on single MAC stations
(single-attach or dual-attach) only. Operation on dual MAC stations
will be described in a forthcoming document.
Katz