[Info-vax] How to convert a cluster-seeking vax into a networked stand-alone machine

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2019-05-03 01:49:44 +0000, Carlos Murillo said:

> Hello everyone;
> 
> I've got a vaxstation 4k/60 running OpenVMS 7.2 that apparently has 
> network-induced problems.  The cpu spends 80% + of the time in 
> interrupt stack mode, which goes to zero if the AUI transceiver is 
> disconnected.  Trying to isolate the problem, I've disabled MOP 
> serving, MSCP serving, pretty much all server processes.  But of 
> course, it still want it to do TCPIP.  How can I configure it so that 
> nothing cluster-related is involved in its sysgen-related settings? 
> Basically a TCPIP-speaking stand-alone workstation.

In SYSGEN or in SYSMAN PARAMS, set NISCS_LOAD_PEA0 to 0, and set 
VAXCLUSTER to 0 live and saved, and also set those same values in 
MODPARAMS.DAT for the next AUTOGEN pass.

Related: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.vms/04yJBfcL3EY/CAY6BpMSziEJ

Could be bad hardware, or could be a failed or misconfigured network.  
Both ThinWire 10BASE2 and FatWire 10BASE5 networks were prone to shorts 
and bad cabling and bad termination.



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