UB Networks Announces Token Ring Switch and Embedded Network Management For Token Ring; The New GeoRim/T Token Ring Switch And EMPower Supervisor For Token Ring Offer Versatility.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 1996--UB Networks today announced a new GeoRim(TM)/T 8-port Token Ring A local area network (LAN) access method developed by IBM. Conforming to the IEEE 802.5 standard, Token Ring uses a token ring access method and connects up to 255 nodes in a star topology at 4, 16 or 100 Mbps. switch with high speed FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. and ATM uplinks designed to provide users with increased interoperability, speed and bandwidth availability. This addition to the UB Networks' Token Ring family auto-configures ports by speed and connection types and is fully SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. manageable. The GeoRim/T switch features adaptive cut-through switching (networking) cut-through switching - The application of wormhole routing to packets in a packet switching system so that forwarding of a packet starts as soon as its destination is known, before the whole packet has arrived. Compare store and forward. , which combines speed and error-checking capability. Available today, the GeoRim/T is aggressively priced starting at $700 per port. A 4-port expansion module will be available in August and will reduce the price per port to $600. The ATM and FDDI uplinks will be available later this fall. "With today's high-bandwidth applications, we are concerned about exceeding the capacity of our current infrastructure," said Tom McArdle, supervisor of LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. Engineering from WorldSpan, the automated reservation center for Delta Airlines. "GeoRim/T offers a great way to improve our network performance and preserve our Token Ring investment." UB Networks also announced the new EMPower Supervisor for Token Ring module which delivers embedded automation and RMON (Remote MONitoring) Enhancements to the management information base (MIB) structure used by the simple network management protocol (SNMP). In 1991, RMON added comprehensive network monitoring capabilities. network management to the UB Networks' Token Ring solution. EMPower Supervisor for Token Ring extends UB Networks' industry leading embedded management applications platform to Token Ring networks A LAN access method that uses the token passing technology in a physical ring. Each station in the network passes the token on to the station next to it. Token Ring and FDDI LANs use the token ring access method. See Token Ring, FDDI and token passing. . This module for the GeoLAN(TM) family features two Token Ring ports, one for communication and one for a full 10-group embedded RMON agent. With the optional ring roving module, the RMON agent can be applied to any one of up to 16 rings under remote software control. RMON information can automatically trigger corrective actions due to embedded applications on EMPower. EMPower Supervisor delivers self-managing, self-healing networks with management automation distributed inside the hub. One single EMPower Supervisor can manage any shared or switched media connectivity module within the GeoLAN hub: Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, ATM. The EMPower Supervisor for Token Ring will be available in October and is priced starting at $7,000. "The Token Ring hub and switch market continues to be a viable market, currently representing about 14 million nodes worldwide," said Marius Abel, senior vice president and general manager of the network products division at UB Networks. "We are dedicated to providing our Token Ring customers with ways of extending their Token Ring network life-span by building on their existing infrastructure today and migrating them to newer, high-speed technologies going forward." -0-
UB Networks' Family Of Token Ring Solutions
Product Name Product Description Pricing
GeoRim/T Versatile 8-port Token Ring
stackable switch $700 per port
GeoStax/T 22-port Token Ring stackable hub $132 per port
ASM 5530 Token Ring Universal Bridge $5,995
ASM 410/420 14/24-port concentrator for
GeoLAN/100 and 500 $1,150/$2,795
EMPower Supervisor Token Ring integrated EMPower
For Token Ring embedded network management
applications platform $7,000
NetDirector for Graphical device network
NetView management solution $5,995-0-
UB Networks Token Ring products are available through distribution channels and also directly from the company. UB Networks is a leading global supplier of network hardware and software products, and is a pioneer in the area of distributed network management solutions. The company offers a full line of enterprise wide networking products including the Geo family of enterprise, workgroup and ATM products as well as comprehensive integration services. UB Networks product and service information is available at World Wide Web site http://www.ub.com. Headquartered in Santa Clara, UB Networks is a wholly owned and independently operated subsidiary of Tandem Computers (company) Tandem Computers - A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994). (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. ). -0- Note to Editors: Photo, product backgrounder back·ground·er n. An informal news briefing for reporters by an official often speaking off the record. Noun 1. backgrounder and references available. NetDirector is a registered trademark, and UB Networks, the UB Networks logo, GeoRim, GeoLAN and EMPower are trademarks of Ungermann-Bass Networks Inc. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. CONTACT: UB Networks Nancy Donegan, 408/562-7934 ndonegan@ub.com |
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