Subject: Re: VAX 4000 QBUS CI interface? (CIQBA)?
To: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis@mcmanis.com>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 06/26/2001 15:17:24
On June 26, Chuck McManis wrote:
> All of the 4000's I've seen that have been clustered use the SHAC on the 
> DSSI bus for the cluster bus. The 4000/300 and above have two DSSI busses 
> so you can dedicate one to the cluster traffic and one to storage. The 
> KA690 can add an additional two DSSI ports which would let you do a 4 way 
> cluster in a star configuration. (don't know if that would be supported 
> though!)

  I've got a pair of 4000/400s here...anybody know how I would cable
them up to accomplish this, and how I'd go about telling VMS (v7.2)
about it?

           -Dave McGuire