[Info-vax] VSI and Process Software announcement

[Hans Bachner]

Bob Koehler schrieb am 23.09.2016 um 12:08:
> In article <e4kudcFno9vU1 at mid.individual.net>, Hans Bachner <hans at bachner.priv.at> writes:
>> Bob Koehler schrieb am 23.09.2016 um 16:31:
>>> In article <mailman.9.1474490123.24380.info-vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com>, "Kerry Main" <kemain.nospam at gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>> In terms of ease of testing, I currently have installed both
>>>> Multinet V5.5 and TCPIP V5.7 stacks on my VSI OpenVMS V8.4-2L1
>>>> rx2600 lab system. While I cannot speak to how the VSI product
>>>> will behave or what it will look like, today, I can flip from one
>>>> stack to the other by simply enabling /disabling the appropriate
>>>> startup file in the systartup_vms.com file and then reboot.
>>>
>>>      Is it that simple if you're clustering over IP?  Clustering means
>>>      the IP stack gets loaded before the startup scripts are run.
>>
>> I don't think so - afaik IP as a cluster interconnect is only supported
>> with the HP TCP/IP stack.
>
>     Multinet suppports it and I have it running in my hobbyist cluster.

Thanks for the info (to Kerry as well) - learning new stuff all the time.

Question is - will HPE also support cluster communication over Multinet?

If not, you're n for lively discussions who's fault it is if something 
does not work as expected.

Hans.