3 Oct
2000
3 Oct
'00
6:13 a.m.
You bet, this "traffic" on the NI backbone
doesn't interfere with each
other. So if one system is swapping on a cluster disk and another is just
doing telnet type access then they both "see" a full 10MBits of bandwidth.
The only time you get collisions is when two systems try to access the same
third party and the switch can often interleave those packets such that
there are way fewer collisions.
Hmmm, you've got me thinking I need to redo what's going into the 10/100
8-Port Switch, and what goes into the 10/100 8-Port Hub.
Now all I need is a console multiplexor.
Any idea's? This is something I *REALLY* need. (Of course if I want to be anal I can run all the
consoles into the
harmonica box off a CXYA16 in the 4000/200 and use that machine as a
console server)
Actually this is more or less the solution I was thinking of if I couldn't
find an off the shelf solution. Is there any console server software for
VMS? We'd been using Sparc 2's with ton's of serial ports at work, but now
are switching to PC's running Linux with ton's of ports. The downside of
this is the best system I can come up with for this at the moment would be
my MicroVAX 3, and I don't want to put that in my apartment running full
time! Guess I need a MV3100 with a bunch of ports.
Zane
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