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

[Michael Moroney]

Carlos Murillo <ce.murillosanchez at gmail.com> writes:

>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.

Why do you think this high interrupt stack time is cluster-specific and not just
network-specific? If it's hardware (likely because of the age of everything)
you'll see high interrupt stack time when doing TCP/IP or any networking. Anyway, 
Hoff's suggestions will disable clustering.