There are folks here (including me) who can help you with the 7505
when the time comes.
great, I can use all the help I can get on that monster
;-)
On 2/13/13, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 02/13/2013 08:16 PM, Dan B wrote:
never mind, just read the cisco notes, my bad, is a 3500XL, but I do
have some FDDI modules for a 7505, if I can ever get it to run ;-)
There are folks here (including me) who can help you with the 7505
when the time comes.
is probably harder, if not impossible to find fddi for the vax3100 server
That will be tough...There are TurboChannel FDDI interfaces, but I
don't think there were TurboChannel adapters for any of the 3100 family,
only the 4000s.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On Feb 13, 2013, at 8:16 PM, Dan B wrote:
never mind, just read the cisco notes, my bad, is a 3500XL, but I do
have some FDDI modules for a 7505, if I can ever get it to run ;-)
is probably harder, if not impossible to find fddi for the vax3100 server
I have a PCI FDDI card, dual attached version. Anyone interested?
paul
On 02/13/2013 08:16 PM, Dan B wrote:
never mind, just read the cisco notes, my bad, is a 3500XL, but I do
have some FDDI modules for a 7505, if I can ever get it to run ;-)
There are folks here (including me) who can help you with the 7505
when the time comes.
is probably harder, if not impossible to find fddi for the vax3100 server
That will be tough...There are TurboChannel FDDI interfaces, but I
don't think there were TurboChannel adapters for any of the 3100 family,
only the 4000s.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:04 PM, <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
I cannot for the life of me figure out /why/ it would segfault...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cory Smelosky" <b4 at gewt.net>
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Cc: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 4:43:58 PM
Subject: Re: [HECnet] DECnet-Plus and Phase IV Issues
On 13 Feb 2013, at 16:22, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> wrote:
DECnet-plus (or as called in Tru64unix ; DECnet-OSI) includes everything needed to communicate with DECnet Phase IV nodes. It is only a matter of configuration.
You can use the DECnet-plus for OpenVMS documentation, because NCL vocabulary is exactly the same on both platforms. On Tru64unix the other DECnet related commands differ from OpenVMS; like
SET HOST -> dlogin
DIR -> dls
etc
The DECnet-plus documentation resides at:
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/decnetplus.html
Are you trying to configure your Tru64unix system to communicate with HECNET Phase IV nodes?
If so, why don't you just use the provided configuration tool? That's a lot easier than trying to accomplish the configuration manually.
Yes. And I would use the tool...except it segfaults when I run it.
On 13.2.2013 22:26, b4 at gewt.net wrote:
Can you point me to documentation that mentions how to integrate it with Phase IV? Targeted for Tru64 as well? ;)
Finding documentation that meets both criteria is proving difficult...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kari Uusim ki" <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org>
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 3:21:29 PM
Subject: Re: [HECnet] DECnet-Plus and Phase IV Issues
If you have all or some entities already created, you cannot do it again.
You should first shut the DECnet-plus (DECnet-OSI) down to remove all
the entities before you can try to create and enable them again.
There should be template scripts on the system which you can edit to
make them suit your configuration.
It would help a lot to read the DECnet-plus manuals to get a clear
picture of how it works and how to manage it.
On 13.2.2013 20:47, b4 at gewt.net wrote:
bash-4.0# ncl < start_routing.ncl
Node 0 CSMA-CD
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.048-05:00I-----
FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Create
DUE TO: Error specific to this entity's class
REASON: Already Exists
Description: Already Exists
Node 0 CSMA-CD Station csmacd-1
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.062-05:00I-----
FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Create
DUE TO: Error specific to this entity's class
REASON: Already Exists
Description: A Station with this name already exists
Node 0
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.091-05:00I-----
FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Create
DUE TO: No such Entity Instance exists
Node 0 Routing
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.114-05:00I-----
FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Set
DUE TO: No such Entity Instance exists
Node 0 Routing
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.121-05:00I-----
FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Set
DUE TO: No such Entity Instance exists
Node 0 Routing
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.126-05:00I-----
FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Enable
DUE TO: No such Entity Instance exists
bash-4.0# cat start_routing.ncl
create csma-cd
create csma-cd station csmacd-1 communication port tu0
enable csma-cd station csmacd-1
create routing circuit circuit-1 type csma-cd
#
# The following command sets the inactive area address, which is used
# to enable transmission and receipt of ISO 8473 Inactive Subset PDUs,
# also known as Null Internet. This functionality is disabled by
# default. To enable Null Internet, remove the comment character
# from the following command.
#
create node 0 routing type endnode
set node 0 routing phaseiv address = 9.3
enable node 0 routing
set node 0 routing circuit circuit-1 enable phaseiv address true
set node 0 routing circuit circuit-1 data link entity csma-cd station csmacd-1
enable node 0 routing circuit circuit-1
If the stuff already exists, why is the second half of the script failing?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kari Uusim ki" <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org>
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 1:39:27 PM
Subject: Re: [HECnet] DECnet-Plus and Phase IV Issues
On 13.2.2013 20:23, b4 at gewt.net wrote:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*From: *b4 at gewt.net
*To: *hecnet at update.uu.se
*Sent: *Wednesday, February 13, 2013 1:09:03 PM
*Subject: *[HECnet] DECnet-Plus and Phase IV Issues
Hello!
I (think) I am following the correct NCL syntax here...but..
ncl> create node 0 routing circuit csmacd-0 type = csma-cd
ncl> set node 0 routing circuit csmacd-0 data link entity csma-cd
Here should be the data link entity defined completely as is done below.
It would be more clear if you use another name for the routing circuit
entity than is used for the csma-cd station entity.
ncl> set node 0 routing circuit csmacd-0 enable phaseiv address true
ncl> enable node 0 routing circuit csmacd-0
Node 0 Routing Circuit csmacd-0
AT 2013-02-13-13:05:26.514-05:00I-----
FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Enable
DUE TO: Error specific to this entity's class
REASON: Open Port Failed
Description: The Open Port call to the specified Data Link failed
Any ideas what i'm doing wrong?
____
This is the script:
create csma-cd
create csma-cd station csmacd-1 communication port tu0
enable csma-cd station csmacd-1
create routing circuit circuit-1 type csma-cd
#
# The following command sets the inactive area address, which is used
# to enable transmission and receipt of ISO 8473 Inactive Subset PDUs,
# also known as Null Internet. This functionality is disabled by
# default. To enable Null Internet, remove the comment character
# from the following command.
#
create node 0 routing type endnode
set node 0 routing phaseiv address = 9.3
enable node 0 routing
set routing circuit circuit-1 enable phaseiv address true
set routing circuit circuit-1 data link entity csma-cd station csmacd-1
enable routing circuit circuit-1
Hello!
Because I arranged that. Along with the weather. In fact I also
arranged for a mass protest of elves all over Dave's place after the
crowd left.
-----
Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
never mind, just read the cisco notes, my bad, is a 3500XL, but I do
have some FDDI modules for a 7505, if I can ever get it to run ;-)
is probably harder, if not impossible to find fddi for the vax3100 server
On 2/13/13, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 02/13/2013 08:05 PM, Dan B wrote:
good, I happen to have a cisco 3500, the problem will be to find fddi
interfaces for both the vax and the catalyst ...
What model, specifically? The 35xxXL models don't have FDDI options.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 02/13/2013 08:05 PM, Dan B wrote:
good, I happen to have a cisco 3500, the problem will be to find fddi
interfaces for both the vax and the catalyst ...
What model, specifically? The 35xxXL models don't have FDDI options.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
good, I happen to have a cisco 3500, the problem will be to find fddi
interfaces for both the vax and the catalyst ...
On 2/13/13, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 02/13/2013 07:58 PM, Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote:
There are faster network interfaces for VAXen, just not Ethernet.
It still wouldn't be an "apples to apples" comparison, but it'd be
closer.
True -- FDDI would fit the bill. The hard part is finding the
infrastructure. And while FDDI to 10 Mb/s Ethernet bridges are
common enough, FDDI to fast Ethernet is probably harder to find.
(I'm not sure what DEC products, if any, offer that. Gigaswitch,
perhaps?)
The only thing I've ever found that would bridge FDDI to Ethernet
*well* was the Cisco Catalyst family. It's easy to go FDDI<->100Mbps
Ethernet with that hardware.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
I cannot for the life of me figure out /why/ it would segfault...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cory Smelosky" <b4 at gewt.net>
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Cc: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 4:43:58 PM
Subject: Re: [HECnet] DECnet-Plus and Phase IV Issues
On 13 Feb 2013, at 16:22, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> wrote:
DECnet-plus (or as called in Tru64unix ; DECnet-OSI) includes everything needed to communicate with DECnet Phase IV nodes. It is only a matter of configuration.
You can use the DECnet-plus for OpenVMS documentation, because NCL vocabulary is exactly the same on both platforms. On Tru64unix the other DECnet related commands differ from OpenVMS; like
SET HOST -> dlogin
DIR -> dls
etc
The DECnet-plus documentation resides at:
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/decnetplus.html
Are you trying to configure your Tru64unix system to communicate with HECNET Phase IV nodes?
If so, why don't you just use the provided configuration tool? That's a lot easier than trying to accomplish the configuration manually.
Yes. And I would use the tool...except it segfaults when I run it.
On 13.2.2013 22:26, b4 at gewt.net wrote:
Can you point me to documentation that mentions how to integrate it with Phase IV? Targeted for Tru64 as well? ;)
Finding documentation that meets both criteria is proving difficult...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kari Uusim ki" <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org>
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 3:21:29 PM
Subject: Re: [HECnet] DECnet-Plus and Phase IV Issues
If you have all or some entities already created, you cannot do it again.
You should first shut the DECnet-plus (DECnet-OSI) down to remove all
the entities before you can try to create and enable them again.
There should be template scripts on the system which you can edit to
make them suit your configuration.
It would help a lot to read the DECnet-plus manuals to get a clear
picture of how it works and how to manage it.
On 13.2.2013 20:47, b4 at gewt.net wrote:
bash-4.0# ncl < start_routing.ncl
Node 0 CSMA-CD
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.048-05:00I-----
FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Create
DUE TO: Error specific to this entity's class
REASON: Already Exists
Description: Already Exists
Node 0 CSMA-CD Station csmacd-1
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.062-05:00I-----
FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Create
DUE TO: Error specific to this entity's class
REASON: Already Exists
Description: A Station with this name already exists
Node 0
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.091-05:00I-----
FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Create
DUE TO: No such Entity Instance exists
Node 0 Routing
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.114-05:00I-----
FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Set
DUE TO: No such Entity Instance exists
Node 0 Routing
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.121-05:00I-----
FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Set
DUE TO: No such Entity Instance exists
Node 0 Routing
AT 2013-02-13-13:27:14.126-05:00I-----
FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Enable
DUE TO: No such Entity Instance exists
bash-4.0# cat start_routing.ncl
create csma-cd
create csma-cd station csmacd-1 communication port tu0
enable csma-cd station csmacd-1
create routing circuit circuit-1 type csma-cd
#
# The following command sets the inactive area address, which is used
# to enable transmission and receipt of ISO 8473 Inactive Subset PDUs,
# also known as Null Internet. This functionality is disabled by
# default. To enable Null Internet, remove the comment character
# from the following command.
#
create node 0 routing type endnode
set node 0 routing phaseiv address = 9.3
enable node 0 routing
set node 0 routing circuit circuit-1 enable phaseiv address true
set node 0 routing circuit circuit-1 data link entity csma-cd station csmacd-1
enable node 0 routing circuit circuit-1
If the stuff already exists, why is the second half of the script failing?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kari Uusim ki" <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org>
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 1:39:27 PM
Subject: Re: [HECnet] DECnet-Plus and Phase IV Issues
On 13.2.2013 20:23, b4 at gewt.net wrote:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*From: *b4 at gewt.net
*To: *hecnet at update.uu.se
*Sent: *Wednesday, February 13, 2013 1:09:03 PM
*Subject: *[HECnet] DECnet-Plus and Phase IV Issues
Hello!
I (think) I am following the correct NCL syntax here...but..
ncl> create node 0 routing circuit csmacd-0 type = csma-cd
ncl> set node 0 routing circuit csmacd-0 data link entity csma-cd
Here should be the data link entity defined completely as is done below.
It would be more clear if you use another name for the routing circuit
entity than is used for the csma-cd station entity.
ncl> set node 0 routing circuit csmacd-0 enable phaseiv address true
ncl> enable node 0 routing circuit csmacd-0
Node 0 Routing Circuit csmacd-0
AT 2013-02-13-13:05:26.514-05:00I-----
FAILED IN DIRECTIVE: Enable
DUE TO: Error specific to this entity's class
REASON: Open Port Failed
Description: The Open Port call to the specified Data Link failed
Any ideas what i'm doing wrong?
____
This is the script:
create csma-cd
create csma-cd station csmacd-1 communication port tu0
enable csma-cd station csmacd-1
create routing circuit circuit-1 type csma-cd
#
# The following command sets the inactive area address, which is used
# to enable transmission and receipt of ISO 8473 Inactive Subset PDUs,
# also known as Null Internet. This functionality is disabled by
# default. To enable Null Internet, remove the comment character
# from the following command.
#
create node 0 routing type endnode
set node 0 routing phaseiv address = 9.3
enable node 0 routing
set routing circuit circuit-1 enable phaseiv address true
set routing circuit circuit-1 data link entity csma-cd station csmacd-1
enable routing circuit circuit-1
.
.
On 02/13/2013 07:58 PM, Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote:
There are faster network interfaces for VAXen, just not Ethernet.
It still wouldn't be an "apples to apples" comparison, but it'd be
closer.
True -- FDDI would fit the bill. The hard part is finding the
infrastructure. And while FDDI to 10 Mb/s Ethernet bridges are
common enough, FDDI to fast Ethernet is probably harder to find.
(I'm not sure what DEC products, if any, offer that. Gigaswitch,
perhaps?)
The only thing I've ever found that would bridge FDDI to Ethernet
*well* was the Cisco Catalyst family. It's easy to go FDDI<->100Mbps
Ethernet with that hardware.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On Feb 13, 2013, at 7:47 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
...
There are faster network interfaces for VAXen, just not Ethernet. It
still wouldn't be an "apples to apples" comparison, but it'd be closer.
True -- FDDI would fit the bill. The hard part is finding the infrastructure. And while FDDI to 10 Mb/s Ethernet bridges are common enough, FDDI to fast Ethernet is probably harder to find. (I'm not sure what DEC products, if any, offer that. Gigaswitch, perhaps?)
paul
