Specifications

Escala Tower PL & S, E,T System Hardware
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The
PSX25
software supports simultaneous accesses of the various communication stacks to the same
or different physical links. It is provided with a base and extension MIs:
•
access to a single X.25 line
•
access from 2 to 4 X.24 lines
•
access from 5 to 8 X.25 lines
•
access from 9 to 32 X.25 lines
The
PSX25
product includes a local SNMP agent with a Management Information that contains
statistics, operational and configuration tables. This includes:
•
A subset of the Management Information Base defined by the Internet Standards RFC 1381 and
RFC 1382. This is made to interoperate with market existing manager.
•
A specific Management Information Base which goals the completeness of information and gives a
full advantage of PSX25 stack management.
•
A browser that provides system operators with an easy-to-use interface to monitor and configure
PSX25 lines through the SNMP agent. It is based on the AIX standard SMIT interface
Limitations
•
The IBM X.25 API provided by IBM's X.25 Software cannot be used through the PSX25 product.
The Bull X.25 APIs (MAX3 or XTI) has to be used.
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Does not support SNA Server