User`s manual

DT-6X60 User's Manual - Platform (Build 2.0)
1 INTRODUCTION
Two products are covered in this User Manual: the DT-6160 and the DT-6260 Embedded Network
Processors (ENP’s). Generically, these will be referred to as DT-6x60 in the descriptions below.
The name DT-6XXX is also used sometimes. This names implies that whatever is being described
applies to all three platforms: the DT6061, DT-6160, and DT-6260.Only when necessary, will an
actual product name be used. These products have many similarities with DT-6061, but have
different power options and capabilities. When systems are duplexed, the same product must be
used for both the active and standby processors.
The DT-6X60 is a network applications computer that applies customer specific protocol operations
(protocol translation and termination) of network connections that require such a function in a
distributed network.
The DT-6X60 supports a multitude of applications, and may support combinations of these
applications simultaneously. The elements common to all applications are provided by the DT-
6X60 hardware and operating environment. In addition, the DT-6X60 has an SNMP agent that is
completely independent of any application.
The basic configuration for the DT-6X60 may be as follows:
Figure 1: Typical DT-6X60 Deployment
In the above figure representing a generic configuration for a DT-6X60, the Network Element (NE)
communicates with IP Hosts over an IP Network using the DT-6X60 as an intermediary for protocol
conversion / termination. The NE uses its specific communications protocol to talk through a DT-
4XXX or some other device(s) that will bridge the NE with an IP infrastructure. The DT-6X60
running one of its custom applications performs the necessary protocol translation or termination
allowing the NE and IP-Hosts to ultimately communicate.
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