[Info-vax] HW_NAME and HW_TYPE

[Hans Vlems]

On 19 feb, 14:41, hel... at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---
undress to reply) wrote:
> SHOW CLUSTER shows as HW_TYPE the same string as returned by
> F$GETSYI("HW_NAME") except in the case of "COMPAQ Professional
> Workstation XP1000" where SHOW CLUSTER shows "?".  This is the same on
> all nodes in the cluster (currently "DEC 3000 - M600", "VAX 4000-105A",
> "Digital Personal WorkStation" and "COMPAQ Professional Workstation
> XP1000") and whether or not the system in question is currently in the
> cluster (in the case of a DEC 5305 (i.e. ALPHAserver 1200), I have seen
> "Unknown AXP" after the node had left the cluster, but when the node was
> in the cluster the hardware name was displayed correctly.
>
> This is (still) 7.3-2 ALPHA (and 7.3 VAX).
>
> Does anyone else have this problem?  On what versions of VMS?  Does
> anyone NOT have this problem?  On what versions of VMS?

Two different reasons for the behaviour I guess.
The Digital Server 5305 never was supported by VMS officially. So it's
quite remarkable in the
first place that the OS recognizes the 5305 by its correct name. In
fact all Digital Server models are identified correctly and the
appropriate license requirements are in the LURT too. Which is why we
can run VMS on these systems.
The Qompaq professional workstation is a supported model and the only
explanantion for the reported behaviour I can come up with is that its
name is a string with an uncommonly long name and SH CLUSTER just
isn't prepared for it.
Hans