OK, 
Here's the Kermit log of a SHOW DEV:

show dev
DSSI Bus 0 Node 4 (WOLLY)
-DIA0 (RF73)

DSSI Bus 0 Node 5 (OLIVER)
-DIA1 (RF73)

DSSI Bus 0 Node 6 (*)

DSSI Bus 0 Node 7 (CLOPPER)
-DIA3 (RF73)

DSSI Bus 1 Node 7 (*)

UQSSP Disk Controller 0 (772150)
-?

UQSSP Disk Controller 1 (760334)
-?

UQSSP Disk Controller 2 (760340)
-?

UQSSP Disk Controller 3 (760344)
-?

UQSSP Disk Controller 4 (760350)
-?

UQSSP Disk Controller 5 (760354)
-?

UQSSP Tape Controller 0 (774500)
-MUA0 (TK70)

Ethernet Adapter
-EZA0 (08-00-2B-33-C9-69)
>>>

I just borrowed a known working DSSI cable from a friend.  I'll
try it next with that.

Doug


On Tue, 21 May 2002, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 10:36:57AM -0400, Douglas Meade wrote:
> > 
> > The SHOW DEV still gives
> > DSSI Bus 0 Node 6 (*)
> > for that one.  Is the (*) supposed to change to something else?
> 
> the (*) is the node name.  all DSSI devices have a node name.  your three disks
> seem to be named WOOLY, SARTORIS and CLOPPER.
> 
> the reason node 6 changed from CLOPPER to * is that the VAX is now node 6, and
> a non-running (OS wise) machine has no node name.  with a single system like
> this you will never get the chance to see that node have a name, but if you
> were to put a second machine on the DSSI bus and install VMS, the next time you
> did a SHOW DEV on your non-running system, you would see that other machine on
> the DSSI bus, and it would put its SCS nodename in the ().  DSSI is very very
> cool stuff.
> 
> > Also, is there anything I need to do with the jumpers on the 
> > KFQSA board?
> 
> i could give you what mine is set to, as it seems to work.
> 
> > Finally, I'm not 100% confident about this cable, having never
> > used it in a system before.  Is there any clue I might gather
> > as to whether the connection between the KFQSA and the bulkhead
> > is sound?
> 
> could you post us a new copy of the output of SHOW DEV since you changed things?
> 
> -brian
> -- 
> "when it absolutely has to be there oh, sometime in the next few weeks"
>