[Info-vax] booting vaxstation off alpha

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2013-02-10 19:03, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2013-02-10 17:33:16 +0000, Hans Vlems said:
>
>> The last paragraph reads as if DECnet isn't available over DSSI, did I
>> get that right?
>> (obviously not because it is....).
>
> The last time you were working on getting this stuff, you got as for as
> "on-synchronizing".
>
> AFAIK, DECnet is not officially available over DSSI, and I know of no
> documentation for getting CNDRIVER working with DSSI, and AFAIK no support.
>
> There's no DSSI device configuration listed in
> <http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/73final/documentation/pdf/decnet_ovms_net_man.pdf>.
> Not by a search for "DSSI", at least.
>
> Diagnostics and Utilities Protocol (DUP) is around on DSSI (via SET HOST
> /DUP, FYDRIVER, et al), but not AFAIK host-to-host DECnet.

As far as I know, DUP has nothing to do with DECnet. The only time I've 
seen or used it was with MSCP devices. MSCP works over DSSI just fine, 
just like with CI. (But I'm sure you know all this already, Stephen.)

As for getting DECnet to talk over DSSI, I have no clue. I know it was 
possible with CI, and you could also get IP talking over CI (atleast 
with Ultrix), but I've hardly played with anything more modern than CI. :-)

	Johnny

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