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• Ethernet-Ethernet is the DIGITAL local area network. In
1980, Digital Equipment Corporation, Xerox Corporation, and Intel
Corporation came up with a specification for the Ethernet local area
network. The specification includes information on how to connect
devices to a coaxial cable, how to configure nodes, the maximum number
of nodes, and the distance between nodes.
• ThinWire Ethernet-All DIGITAL Ethernet products can connect to
Thin Wire cable. Thin Wire cable can be used in any size environment;
it is flexible, fully compatible with standard Ethernet, inexpensive,
and offers 10 megabit-per-second communication. Thin Wire is ideal
for small daisy-chain standalone networks in which the users share
resources, such as printers and storage devices.
• Standard Ethernet-Standard Ethernet coaxial cable is used to connect
wiring centers and computer facilities, floors of buildings, and
standalone Thin Wire segments. It is of rugged construction, reliable,
and immune to external factors that might otherwise limit high-speed
10 megabit-per-second data communication.
• DECnet-DECnet networking software enables many DIGITAL
computer systems to form a network. It runs on systems in both local
area networks and wide-area networks.
• DECnet-ULTRIX-ULTRIX-32 software is DIGITAL's version of the
UNIX operating system. DECnet-ULTRIX provides an Ethernet-based
communication link between the VMS and ULTRIX operating systems.
ULTRIX-32 also uses Transmission Control ProtocollInternet Protocols
(TCPIIP) to facilitate interaction with Internet networks.
• Work group-A work group consists of cooperating systems; Ethernet
cable connects each of the computers together. Work groups are formed
using ULTRIX-32 software or VAXNMS and DECnet software.
• Local Area VAXcluster (LAVcJ-A Local Area VAXcluster is a group of
VAX systems that connect by means of Ethernet cable to form a cluster
(a special work group) in order to share resources, printers, and disk
storage. A LAVc consists of up to 42 nodes, any member can be the
server node. The VAXserver 3100 system is used as a server node in a
local area VAXcluster.
• DECconnect-DECconnect is a family of networking products that
includes network electronics, cabling and connections.
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