Specifications

Escala Tower PL & S, E,T System Hardware
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Attachment
The controller fits into a single short PCI adapter slot.
PSX25 Software
The PSX25 software is dedicated to the support X.25 on the 1-Port and the 4-Port
Multi-protocol
Serial I/O Adapter
. Refer to the PSX25 Software description for more details.
System Requirements
AIX 4.2.1, or later: TCP/IP, OSI, XTI, XX25, SNA/20 and HVX stacks.
Supported Systems/Controllers
Escala
S100/S120 PL220T E604e/E620 T604e/T620 E230/E250/T430/T450
Controllers
4 2 2 or 7 8 9
Escala
PL400T T610 PL600T
Controllers
888
Limitations
The total number of 4-port and 1-port multi-protocol Serial I/O Adapters can not be more than the
maximum supported by the Escala model.
3.5. PSX25 Software
The
PSX25
software is dedicated to the support of the 4-Port and 1-Port Multi-protocol Serial I/O
Adapters.
The X.25.2 and X.25.3 software, compliant with X.25-92 and ISO 8822, is running on the host.
The
PSX25
software running under AIX® includes the following components:
•
Interfaces for the:
AIX TCP/IP stack and enabling to run any TCP/IP application over X.25.
OSI X.25 stack and the OSI (MAX3) X.25 API.
XTI and XX25 APIs.
SNA/20 stack and enabling to run SNA/20 applications in QLLC/X.25 mode.
HVX stack and enabling to run HVX applications over X.25 networks.
•
Configuration tools integrated with SMIT providing an easy configuration of the adapters.
•
A large set of utilities to administrate and monitor the adapters.