User`s guide

Eicon Connections for Linux User’s Guide

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Eiconcard SNMP Services

This package provides the necessary support for network management. It allows the user to

remotely control and monitor the Eiconcard Services components. As a remote manager you

can perform real-time administrative tasks, gather statistics, and track the router's

performance.

The package is composed of the Eiconcard SNMP Subagent, its configuration file, the supported

MIBs, and few HTML help pages providing information on how to setup and test remote

management of Eiconcard Services.

Eiconcard X.25 Application Support

The Eiconcard X.25 Application Support subpackage provides the functionality for running

applications, developed using the Eiconcard X.25 Development Tools (available separatly from

Dialogic

Corporation), over an X.25 network.

Integrating with OSI

OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) is a seven-layer hierarchical model for exchanging data.

OSI was developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), with the goal

of defining, specifying, and relating communications protocols. OSI is a means of standardizing

communications between different computer systems.

Eiconcard Connections for Linux supports X.25, HDLC, and Frame Relay protocols.

LAN

Application Laye

Session Layer

Transport Laye

Network Layer

Data Link Laye

Physical Link Lay

Presentation Layer

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Workstation

OSI Stack

X.25-Attached Host

X.25 Links