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Document:	DEC-ApplicationSpecificConfiguration
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Application-Specific Configurations
Integrating the Enterprise with a Commitment to Custom

Solutions Design

Specially-configured Systems Offer Integrated Solutions That Satisfy
Unique Requirements

Sometimes, standard computing systems just don’t fit your requirements.

You need a system that is smaller. A backplane that is bigger. More 1/0.
Less footprint. And your application calls for the integration of third-party
gear.

Digital can design systems uniquely configured to your application. That
is, they are custom-designed to meet your business needs, packaging and
integrating Digital or third-party gear in a standard or non-standard rack.
More computing power. Better fit. Less space. And less expensive than it
would cost you to custom configure the system yourself.
We've configured systems with their own air conditioning, so data can be

accessed-24 hours a day, even where AC is shut off afterhours. We've
configured rugged systems for use on aircraft carriers. We've integrated
third-party tape drives, and supported them as though they were our own
products. No two system solutions are the same, and yours is unique.
The important thing to remember is that Digital can configure the system
that meets the unique demands of your business, in the form factor you
need, with all the elements of your solution, including third-party gear.
Standard or custom, all of our specially-configured systems offer you the
benefits of Digital networking, the strengths of Digital system architecture,
and the reliability of Digital support.

Highlights
A Digital solution tailored to meet
your needs

puting power you need, space

a standard 19" Electronic Industry

cooling, environmental or power

Association rack, a custom rack

requirements.

with special ventilation and access,

We perform system

A special solution configured by

loading analyses to determine

experts

module placement, and take

Design expertise in reconfigurations:

1/O, cooling, power, system

access, footprint, vertical space
utilization
Single vendor solution

Digital’s Customer Services
support for entire solution
Competitively engineered systems

Integrated third-party equipment
The Design Problem: The Best
Solution in the Shortest Time
Time to market is critical. Digital’s

design engineers work quickly to
identify your objectives and key
design issues. We work hard to

develop a set of design criteria
early, establishing how much com-

Whether you need your system in

limitations and special access,

or environmental racks that meet
1O,

interface, and communications
issues into account.

The key is that working with

important NEMA standards, Digital
experts deliver the solution you

need.

A Digital solution,

supported completely by Digital.

Digital standard components as

building blocks, and offering you
the strengths ofDigital’s standard
product offerings, we can work
quickly to develop your solution,
at less expense, in less time and
with greater reliability than if you

reconfigured it yourself.

The Unique, Digital-Configured
Solution
It makes sense to have Digital

custom-configure your system
From your specifications and
performance requirements. we can
provide you with a completely
integrated rackmounted solution

Special Configurations

for the Navy
In any military application, size
and weight are at a premium.
One U.S. Navy prime contractor

needed to put tremendous

computing power in a small
Jfootprint, to provide tactical
mission support. Third-party gear
was needed . . . as well
as data

from as many as 12 VAX ADATM
databases.
Digital developed a special split
backplane for the powerful VAX
systems used, and designed a
shorter keyboard to fit the limited
space aboard ship. Digital also
integrated a newly developed

CD-ROM drive into the system,
eliminating the need for a separate

tabletop component. The system
makes use of data from a myriad
of VAX ADA sources, and the key
integrating tools were developed

on the VAX 3800 system.
Digital also helped the customer

cut costs. In the development of a
communications workstation
designed to accompany the
system, Digital proposed that final
integration and test be conducted

by the customer, reducing Digital
labor content and allowing the
customer to meet its cost

objectives.

Integrating Third-Party Gear

Specially-Configured Solutions

That support extends to

to Meet Customer Demands

The removable platform based on
either the MicroVAX 3000 family

third-party gear as well. Digital,

Digital is able to help customers

the leader in Enterprise

with responsive engineering

Integration Services, works hard to

solutions because its established

performance, high availability,

provide solutions that encompass

Services organization is committed

data integrity and the benefits of

the very best solutions to your

to finding answers to customers’

immediate problem, whether or

problems - whether that means

not you can find it in the Digital

special engineering or a standard

standard product offerings. We

product.

recognize that the modern
computing environment is a

multiple-vendor environment, and
provide the framework and

enabling technology to integrate it
all. And we work to expand that
technology with special software,

interfaces, and adapters that allow
You to preserve your investment

in non-Digital platforms.

If your problem requires solutions

not found in Digital’s standard

product offerings, Digital can

develop and integrate the
specialized hardware and software
needed. Whether your solution
requires uniquely designed

hardware, software, integration of
third-party solutions, on-and-off
site training programs, or field
services, call on Digital. Every

Uniquely Configured and Fully
Supported by Digital
Every custom Digital solution is

designed to adhere to strict
standards for interoperability,

interconnectivity, and
integratability, both forward and

backward in time. It simply means
that your solution not only meets
your immediate requirements, it

offers all the strengths and
benefits of Digital architecture: the

ability to network, to distribute
computing power and share

information, to integrate your
entire enterprise. And when you

allow Digital to integrate your

solution, it is supported in the
same reliable manner as any
standard Digital solution system.

custom solution is supported as

completely as every standard

product.
As the leading worldwide supplier
of networked computer systems

and services, Digital can help you
plan, design, implement and
manage your computing

environment.

or the VAX 4000-300 meets
customer needs for high

data interchange afforded by a
fully removable storage subsystem.

The pre-configured platforms
feature a 60" shielded cabinet,
rackmount diskless MicroVAX

3400 or 3800, removable
options (RF30, 150 Mbytes or

RF71, 400 Mbytes based
Winchester disk and integral
controller) expandable to 2.4

Gbytes of storage capacity.
Digital’s platform systems are

designed to offer maximum
convenience, availability and small

footprint when configuring and
ordering their MicroVAX systems.

Brokerage Services Want Power
& Communications
A large brokerage services firm

‘Working with the customer,

wanted to upgrade front end

Digital provided a two-cabinet

processing systems to allow small

solution. One cab contained two

localfirms to place automated

FATBOX CPUs, the other

buy, sell, and confirm orders to

contained 204 synchronous

Wall Street. But because office
space in New York is very

communications lines with

expensive, the footprint had to be

communications modules.

kept as small as possible. The

brokeragefirm also needed to
boost their communications
capabilities.

SIMPACT 1622 and 3222

Careful redesign for air flow and
emissions requirements are part of
the Digital services provided on
any specially-configured system.

Automating the Postal Service
A prime contractor needed a

‘Working with the customer,

control system to be used with
optical character readers and bar

Digital integrated third-party disk

code converters they were
developingfor the U.S. Postal
Service. The system, designed to
extract and process ZIP + 4 codes

for automated sorting and
routing, would integrate
customer-supplied equipment disk
subsystems with Digital
computers.

drives with the VAXstation 3200
‘workstations, communications
modules and memory. The entire
package was designed to reside in
yet another third-party cabinet,
and the entire solution was

More Phone Calls

Giant Clusters With

per Square Foot

Tiny Footprints

A national telecommunications

A large national jet engine

service provider needed a unique

computer/telecommunications

research laboratory needed a
cluster of 14 CPUs packaged in a

system that would savefloor

minimalfootprint. They also

space and at the same time

needed to connect these CPUs to a

accommodate a larger customer

local area network using THINET.

base for 800-number service.

Who do they turn to? Digital.

Digital custom engineered a

Digital worked with the customer

MicroVAX system with an

to mount all the systems in four

enhanced cooling system to

19" equipment racks. Each system

accommodate the higher density

consists of three VAXserver 3600

configuration. At the same time,

systems, one VAXstation 3200

Digital engineers redesigned the

graphics workstation, and ten

backplane to accommodate

MicroVAX II systems. Digital

additional X.25 communications

developed a special mounting for

boards.

a DESTA on the MicroVAX Il
systems that allows ten units in
one cabinet. The result was a

significant space savings for a
customer with limited floor space.

For More Information, Call:
Digital will work with you to

evaluate your application needs
and help configure the most
appropriate systems based on

your business requirements. For
more information on Digital’s

application specific configurations, contact your local
Digital Sales Representative or call

Digital belives the information in this publication

is accurate as of its publication date; such information is subject to change without notice. Digital is
not responsible for any inadvertent errors.

‘The following are trademarks of Digital Equip‘ment Corporation:

DESTA, MicroVAX, MicroVAX

11, VAX, VAX ADA, VAXserver, VAXstation, and the

Digital logo.
SIMPACT is a trademark of Simpact Associates, Inc.
ZIP + 4 is a trademark of the US. Postal Service

800-832-6277 or 603-884-8990.

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