Your server (the VAX 4000-200) does have to be running DECnet. Er no it doesn't and isn't. I attended a 1976 DEC engineering meeting where this was discussed. It just my personal memory has a long access time. Download and run was around long before Decnet was thought of. There's no Decnet or any other normal network involved. I am also beginning to suspect that the whole cluster thing is another GRH (Giant Red Herring) Whats actually happening is an old diagnostic tool is being used to download and run a program on a remote system to exclude the disk drives from the test. Rod Smallwood -----Original Message----- From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Antonio Carlini Sent: 03 June 2007 17:31 To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: Repairing the damage. That's how it works. Your server (the VAX 4000-200) does have to be running DECnet. MOP is not technically part of DECnet but the MOP-handling software is started as part of DECnet. (Actually, there is a another way with more recent versions of OpenVMS, using the LANACP stuff but I assume you haven't done this). Maybe I've missed a message or to, but does your VAX 4000-200 have DECnet (either Phase IV or DECnet-Plus) installed and running? It would be very unusual if it didn't, but it is possible to install without it. Antonio arcarlini at iee.org