[Info-vax] booting vaxstation off alpha

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2013-02-12 22:10:54 +0000, Chris Scheers said:

> We used to have a 780/785 cluster where we configured the DECnet 
> channel on CI.  It had lower priority than the Ethernet.  It did save 
> us a few times when "stuff happened" on the Ethernet that disrupted 
> communications.  We would loose our terminal servers, but the DECnet/CI 
> was enough to keep the cluster from crashing.  When the Ethernet came 
> back, everything could continue.

Whether or not DECnet was running undoubtedly mattered to DECnet-based 
applications within the cluster, but was inconsequential to the 
operation of the cluster itself.

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