29 Oct
2000
29 Oct
'00
10:31 p.m.
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:52:37AM -0500, Joe wrote:
This is the "server" portion of the system? I've been wondering what
kind of computer system it required and weather or not it used the same SRM
interface card. I haven't been able to find any details about the server
end of the system. What is the SRM software like?
The card does seem to be the same, the machine is unlike anything I've seen
so far. The box looks like the normal HP mini-rack stuff though. I was
surprised at the video interface, since I was expecting a normal HP
1280x1024 or similar at 60Hz. Well, it *did* say "composite video" on the
card. One of the HP-IB connectors is connected directly to the back ie. not
via a DIO-I card and there's no processor card as such.
The boot looks like a 9000/300 series boot, first it identifies the processor,
then peripherals (or the cards), then the memory and then it searches for
a bootable system.
It starts up booting SRM and it comes up very quickly. On the top row(s) it
shows some load values, requests and other status-related stuff and the
rest of the screen estate is for issuing commands. Help is available via
HElp (it's possible to do (not so)VMS-like command abbreviations) and the
commands I remember are:
SYstem UP/DOWN
VAlidate arguments
TIme arguments (by default it suggests a date from 1983)
some USer related stuff and other commands.
I don't remember any more details (oh yes, there was backup too) since
I just powered it up for the first time during the weekend and I have no
docs and zero experience with SRM.
So if someone has a "SRM explained for Zen-searching dummies" I'd like
a copy. Or a clue-by-four.
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Jarkko Teppo
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