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                                                        The Florida SunFlash
       	   	             SunLink DNI 7.0 
   
SunFLASH Vol 35 #9					       November 1991 
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DNI is Sun's DECnet connectivity product. -johnj
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 -X11 support for transparent access to client DEC windows applications

 -SunNet Manager proxy agent (DECnet Phase IV NICE) for information
  exchange between SunNet Manager and DECnet nodes

 -NCP enhancements, including COPY KNOWN NODES

 -VAXmail gateway capability for Sun-VAX mail exchange

 -Enhanced SunLink TE100 6.1 included in SunLink DNI 7.0 and is also
  shipping separately


Traditionally, Sun has strived to protect customer investments by
coexisting with the installed base as Sun workstations and servers are
added to the network. SunLink DNI is the enterprise connectivity
product that allows early penetration of DECnet accounts where DECnet
is the predominant network architecture - with minimal training and no
additional hardware. With the release of SunLink DNI 7.0, penetrating
those closed DECnet accounts is made even easier.  Key features and
enhancements were made to the SunLink DNI 6.0 core product for
ease-of-use and increased functionality for application users,
developers, and network administrators.

By providing interoperability Sun workstations may be chosen over DEC
workstations for higher performance, better graphics capabilities, and
extensive OpenWindows-based applications.  The SunLink DEC connectivity
products offer a reliable, cost-effective, entry-level DEC connectivity
solution for DECnet Phase IV networks.

Approximately 65% of Sun sites today have a VAX system and there are
66,000+ DECnet backbones. 


FEATURES					BENEFITS
========					========
For the Applications User - 

OpenWindows (X11/NeWS) support over DNI		Transparent access to client
						DEC windows applications

VMS mail gateway facility			Allows Sun and VAX users to
						maintain single mailbox for
						SMTP and VMS mail

For the Developer - 

DECnet task-to-task stream and message		Allows programs running on VAX
interface					and Sun systems to interoperate

File access interface				A set of library routines that
						allow programs running on Sun
						systems to read, write, open,
						and close multiple files 
						residing on VAX systems

For the Network/System Admins -

SunNet Manager proxy agent			Network management of Sun and
						DEC systems. Support of the
						DECnet NICE protocol

NCP enhancements				Enables adminstrators to copy
  (COPY KNOWN NODES)				network configuration database
						from another node

SunLink TE100 6.1 -				Provides VT100 terminal emula-
						tion for Sun systems for access
						to VAX host in a time sharing
						manner


HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE CONSIDERATIONS
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SunLink DNI 7.0
 - supports Sun-4 and SPARCsystems running SunOS 4.1
 - delivered on CD-ROM
 - cannot cut and paste between XView and DEC windows
 - no support for Sun clients over DNI in OpenWindows V2
 - maximum of 32 simultaneous clients running over DNI


US PRICING INFORMATION
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SunLink DNI 7.0, RTU,	DNI-7.0-4.1-4-21  $1400		A	$20
CD-ROM,documentation

SunLink TE100 6.1, RTU,	T10-6.1-4.1-4-21  $550		A	$10
CD-ROM,documentation

SunLink DNI 7.0,
documentation only	DNI-7.0-X-X-9	  $150		A	

SunLink TE100 6.1,
documentation only	T10-6.1-X-X-9	  $150		A	

Single System RTU	DNI-X-X-X-0	  $1200		A	$20
			T10-X-X-X-0	  $400		A	$10

Per Incident software
upgrade			DNI-7.0-4.1-4-21U $560		A
			T10-6.1-4.1-4-21U $270		A

RTU per incident 
software upgrade	DNI-X-X-X-0U	  $360		A
			T10-X-X-X-0U	  $120		A


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