5 Apr
2000
5 Apr
'00
6:04 a.m.
Well, I've decided to bite the bullet and try to install
OpenVMS 7.2 from the media kit I bought a few months ago
from Montagar. I have this Vaxstation 4000/60; I
exchanged
the RZ-24E it originally had by an ST31200N. I transferred
a TZ30 drive from a storage expansion box that was used in
a decstation 2100 to the right bay, and I got hold of a
512 bytes/sector DEC CDROM. The prospect of the installation
is somewhat scary forme since I know nothing about VMS, but
with the help of the OpenVMS installation guide I am
to the point where I restored the system save set to the
ST31200 (dka0) and booted off it. So far, the only choice
I have made is to select Decnet plus over Decnet phase IV,
as the installation instructions seemed to hint that it can work
over tcp/ip . When it is done extracting those packages, I
understand that it is going to ask me about passwords and
about SCSNODE and SCSSYSTEMID. Can someone explain
SCSSYSTEMID to me? I know nothing about OpenVMS or DECNET, but
I am hoping to eventually set up things to boot the uVax II
that I also have off the 4000/60; in addition, I'd like
to connect everything to the university's 10T and run
internet clients on the 4000/60 .
accepting to being clueless,
Carlos.
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Carlos Murillo-Sanchez email: cem14(a)cornell.edu
428 Phillips Hall, Electrical Engineering Department
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
5 Apr
5 Apr
7:20 a.m.
over tcp/ip . When it is done extracting those
packages, I
understand that it is going to ask me about passwords and
about SCSNODE and SCSSYSTEMID. Can someone explain
SCSSYSTEMID to me?
I haven't played with DECnet Plus, so I'm not aware of any requirements
it may make on SCSSYSTEMID.
SCSSYSTEMID is used to differentiate systems in a cluster. If you're not
clustering your machine, you shouldn't have to worry about it too much.
If you are in a cluster, the SCSSYTEMID needs to be related to the
DECnet IV node number. Basically, SCSSYSTEMID = ( DECnet area * 1024 ) +
DECnet node. So if you've told DECnet IV that you're node 51.10, you'll need
to set SCSSYSTEMID to (51 * 1024) + 10 = 52234.
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Roger Ivie
TeraGlobal Communications Corporation
1750 North Research Park Way
North Logan, UT 84341
Phone: (435)787-0555
Fax: (435)787-0516
9 Apr
9 Apr
11:39 a.m.
Hi Roger;
Thanks for your reply. Yes, the 1024*area+node was the first
thing I found in the online openVMS docs; I guess that my question
should have been : given that I want this machine to live in
a tcp/ip network and ocasionally have a uVax II boot from it
("MOP" server, right?), do I need to "define" a cluster? and,
in case the answer is affirmative, does than mean that I have
to make this machine host all or at least some of the required
DECnet services? (I guess, directory services and maybe some other
stuff?).
For the time being I supplied 1025 as SCSSYSTEMID and was able
to install OpenVMS, then I installed Decwindows Motif (after I
got the hang of the "volume:[dir.subdir]file" system, which
I had to figure out myself). In the process I learned
about "mount", about registering PAKs, about "autogen" and
"sysgen", about POLYCENTER (pcsi$source and stuff) and vmsinstal,
about why the "@" is needed in front of those files that end
in ".COM" :-) . I have also installed basic, DEC C, Fortran,
the extended math library and I am trying to resolve installation
issues with Decnet plus before I can go and install tcp/ip .
I have not made a backup yet, so I think that I should try
to do that first; I do have a TZ30 drive and a bunch of older
TK50 tapes. So in the next few days I have to figure out "backup".
I also need to learn to use EDIT; I was able to do a small test
file to test the fortran compiler (it worked), but I was stumbling
at every step... on the other hand, one week ago I knew nothing
about VMS. I still don't, of course, but I am losing the fear.
I am starting to like this 4000/60. It has the 8 plane/hi res
option, but only 16M of memory. I can't wait till I get tcp/ip
working so I can copy some of my fortran code and run some
benchmarks.
Roger Ivie wrote:
I haven't played with DECnet Plus, so I'm not
aware of any requirements
it may make on SCSSYSTEMID.
SCSSYSTEMID is used to differentiate systems in a cluster. If you're not
clustering your machine, you shouldn't have to worry about it too much.
If you are in a cluster, the SCSSYTEMID needs to be related to the
DECnet IV node number. Basically, SCSSYSTEMID = ( DECnet area * 1024 ) +
DECnet node. So if you've told DECnet IV that you're node 51.10, you'll need
to set SCSSYSTEMID to (51 * 1024) + 10 = 52234.
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Carlos Murillo-Sanchez email: cem14(a)cornell.edu
428 Phillips Hall, Electrical Engineering Department
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
10 Apr
10 Apr
7:19 a.m.
Hi Roger;
Thanks for your reply. Yes, the 1024*area+node was the first
thing I found in the online openVMS docs; I guess that my question
should have been : given that I want this machine to live in
a tcp/ip network and ocasionally have a uVax II boot from it
("MOP" server, right?), do I need to "define" a cluster?
No, you don't need to define a cluster just to boot a remote node. There are
a few commands you'll need to issue to NCP to enable it to boot a remote
node; I don't recall the commands offhand, but I can look into it.
What are you planning on running on the MicroVAX II? If you're going to
run VMS on it and boot it from the 4000/60, you will need to build a
cluster.
and,
in case the answer is affirmative, does than mean that I have
to make this machine host all or at least some of the required
DECnet services? (I guess, directory services and maybe some other
stuff?).
I haven't the foggiest about DECnet Plus. I've always used
DECnet Phase IV.
I am starting to like this 4000/60. It has the 8
plane/hi res
option, but only 16M of memory. I can't wait till I get tcp/ip
working so I can copy some of my fortran code and run some
benchmarks.
The 4000/60 is one of my favorite machines. Mine only has the
8MB on the motherboard, though. I use it headless with a VT220 as
the console.
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Roger Ivie
TeraGlobal Communications Corporation
1750 North Research Park Way
North Logan, UT 84341
Phone: (435)787-0555
Fax: (435)787-0516
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