17 May
2024
17 May
'24
5:31 p.m.
On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 16:20, Paul Koning <paulkoning(a)comcast.net> wrote:
DECnet-VAX (Phase IV) did support DECnet over CI in a cluster, it's in the
manuals. I never used it on any of the internal VAXclusters I managed
though.
I was trying to remember if I've seen DECnet over CI or not. And I can't
remember for sure, but at the same time, it seems weird if DEC did not do
it when you have a cluster with this high speed link between the nodes.
They definitely run some other protocols for the cluster operation over CI,
but I was basically thinking that I would expect DECnet also to be done.
I know for sure that Ultrix can talk IP over CI
at least.
It seems quite reasonable except for the fact that CI has such a limited
range and station count. It's just that it wasn't specified in any DNA
spec.
paul