How Solstice X.25 9.2 Interworks With Other Sun Products

Figure 1-2 How Solstice X.25 Interworks With Other Sun Products

Solaris System Software used with Solstice X.25

The Solstice X.25 9.2 product can be used in conjunction with the following software that is supplied as part of the Solaris 2.x system software:

IP

The Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The TCP/IP protocol suite is the de facto standard for networking. IP, the Internet Protocol, can be run above X.25, creating a Wide Area Network using TCP/IP. This allows for the use of rlogin, ftp and other useful facilities. The TCP/IP protocol suite is delivered as part of the Solaris system software

Line Discipline

The standard STREAMS line discipline modules.

802.3

The Ethernet interface.

ZSH

The onboard serial port of a Sun workstation.

Products that Interwork with Solstice X.25

Solstice X.25 9.2 forms part of a complete networking solution. As such, it interworks with other products--both from Sun and from other vendors. You can use the following software, available from Sun Microsystems, with the Solstice X.25 9.2 product:

OSI

You can run the OSI protocol stack, using the Solstice X.25 9.2 product as the bottom 3 layers.

FDDI

You can run Solstice X.25 9.2 on an FDDI network.

HSI

This is the High Speed Interface, available from Sun Microsystems. This provides four WAN interfaces and allows for higher speeds and better performance than the onboard serial port.