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Foil 31 Banyan VINES (1)

From Introduction to Network Protocols Lectures at Xi'an Jaotong University -- Sept 1998. by Roman Markowski
Banyan Virtual Integrated Network Service
based on Xerox Network Systems (XNS) protocols
client-server architecture : clients request certain services, such as file and printer access, from servers
VINES protocol stack
  • OSI Layer 1 and 2: Media Access Protocols (X.25, Ethernet, Token Ring, HDLC)
  • OSI Network Layer :VIP (VINES Internetwork Protocol), VINES RIP, VINES ARP, Internet Control Protocol (ICP); Routing Table Protocol (RTP), ARP and ICP are encapsulated in a VIP header
  • OSI Transport Layer :
    • IPC - unreliable datagram service; packets routed on the best-effort basis
    • SPP - data stream service; controlled flow of data between 2 processes
    • Reliable message service: virtual circuit service that provides reliable,sequenced and acknowledged delivery
  • OSI Layer 5 and 6: NetRPC (Remote Procedure Call)
  • OSI Layer 7 : file service, print service, StreetTalk (name service)

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