DEC-SiteManagmentStation

This document describes Digital's DECmcc Site Management Station and DECmcc Enterprise Management Station, presenting them as consolidated software solutions for efficient and comprehensive network management.

Key Concepts and Offerings:

1. Consolidated Management: The core idea is to improve productivity and reduce costs by bringing multiple network management functionalities into a single workstation with a single screen. This eliminates the need for numerous physical display stations.
2. DECwindows User Interface: Built on the industry-standard X Window System, DECwindows provides a multi-window graphical interface that allows managers to monitor all network management software simultaneously.
3. Product Tiers:
   • DECmcc Site Management Station: Focuses on LAN management, including configuration, fault, and performance management for multivendor local area networks, as well as centralized server and bridge management. It integrates products like ETHERnim, LAN Traffic Monitor, Terminal Server Manager, and Remote Bridge Management Software.
   • DECmcc Enterprise Management Station: Expands on the Site Station's capabilities by adding wide area network (WAN) management, primarily through the NMCC/DECnet Monitor, which includes graphic displays of network topology.
4. Multivendor and Interoperability: Thanks to the X11 standard, the stations can integrate non-Digital management software. They also provide a "window" into other systems, such as IBM's NetView, consolidating management of diverse network environments.
5. Comprehensive Functionality: The integrated software modules provide:
   • NMCC/DECnet Monitor: For network availability, service level, performance, cost control, and planning/trend analysis through visual displays, historical data, and real-time event logging.
   • ETHERnim: Automatic network inventory, online fault isolation, and clear graphical displays of LAN topology.
   • LAN Traffic Monitor (LTM): High-performance, multiprotocol monitoring of network traffic, utilization, and throughput across Ethernet segments.
   • Terminal Server Manager (TSM): Centralized configuration, fault, and troubleshooting management for Digital terminal servers.
   • Remote Bridge Management System (RBMS): Centralized control over LAN bridges, including displaying/modifying forwarding databases and managing bridge operations.
6. Future-Proofing (Enterprise Management Architecture - EMA): The DECmcc stations are positioned as the initial deliverables in Digital's move towards its Enterprise Management Architecture (EMA). EMA is designed to be a comprehensive, open, and standards-based architecture for managing all aspects of a distributed, multivendor enterprise computing environment throughout its entire life cycle, offering investment protection and a clear upgrade path.
7. Support and Services: Digital offers a full portfolio of network services, from planning and design to ongoing maintenance, providing a single point of contact for customers.

In essence, the document promotes the DECmcc Site and Enterprise Management Stations as an integrated, efficient, and forward-looking solution for managing complex, multivendor networks, with a clear roadmap towards Digital's broader Enterprise Management Architecture vision.