1-2INTRODUCTION1.1 USING THIS MANUALYou should have a general working knowledge of FDDI networks andthe ANSI X3T9.5 standard prior to installing the FDMMIM. (If youneed a review of FDDI, see Appendix C.) The following summarizesthe organization of this manual.Chapter 1, Introduction, describes the FDMMIM and its features.Chapter 2, Installing the FDMMIM, explains how to configure andinstall the FDMMIM in a Multi Media Access Center chassis. Thischapter also explains each LANVIEW indicator.Chapter 3, Connecting to Local Management, explains how toconnect to, and begin using, FDMMIM Local Management. Thischapter also explains the power-up diagnostic tests.Chapter 4, Getting Started with FDMMIM Local Management,explains conventions used in this manual to describe the LocalManagement screens, and summarizes the organization of LocalManagement.Chapter 5, Using the Information Screens, describes thefollowing Local Management screens:System Information Displays system status informationand contains the menu choices thatprovide access to all LocalManagement screens.Network Traffic Displays detailed information aboutnetwork traffic loads at both theEthernet and FDDI ports.Ring Map Displays the logical topography of theFDDI ring.Node Information Displays detailed information specificto a selected node on the Ring Map.Message Log Displays the history file that keepstrack of information, warning, anderror messages generated by LocalManagement.
