[Info-vax] VSI Hobbyist licences

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 9/15/2022 6:58 AM, chris wrote:
> On 9/15/22 05:35, Steven Schweda wrote:
>>> [...] a Sun T5220 SPARC system,
>>> which is similarly noisy and I suspect power hungry. But I can remotely
>>> power it up, so I don't have to be close. It is in the basement, [...]
>>
>>     All true for my rx2660, too, but it's in an old house with old
>> wiring, and fuses, one of which might pop if I try to make toast while
>> the rx2660 is on.
>>
>>> ITS $ show cpu
>>
>>     Also potentially interesting: show lice /unit
>>
>> ITS $ show lice /unit
>> OpenVMS I64/LMF Charge Information for node ITS
>> This is an HP rx2600  (1.50GHz/6.0MB), with 2 cores active
>> This platform supports up to 2 processor socket(s)
>> Type: PPL,   Units Required: 2  (I64 Per Processor)
>> Type: PCL,   Units Required: 2  (I64 Per Core)
>>
>> ITX $ show lice /unit
>> OpenVMS I64/LMF Charge Information for node ITX
>> This is an HP rx2660  (1.59GHz/9.0MB), with 4 cores active
>> This platform supports up to 2 processor socket(s)
>> Type: PPL,   Units Required: 4  (I64 Per Processor)
>> Type: PCL,   Units Required: 4  (I64 Per Core)
> 
> One way around the cpu limitation might be to physically
> remove one cpu and keep as a spare. Will reduce power
> consumption as well. Do that often on various 2 socket
> machines here to save power. For hobby use, probably
> not even noticeable from a performance pov....
> 
> Chris
> 

I was just guessing when I said the new Integrity PAKs were for a 1-CPU, 2-core system.  I have a rx2660 with two CPUs but it's down because of a main board fault that I haven't been able to diagnose.  I have an HP c3000 Bladeserver chassis with a couple of BL860c i2 blades but I haven't been able to fire them up in a while due to heat (I'm in Texas).  One of my BL860c blades is a dual CPU, quad(?) core that I planned on taking one CPU and putting it in the other BL860c since it's a faster chip to get around the unit limitations of the VSI PAKs - I'm really missing HP at this point because HP put no limits on what a Hobbyist could run and VSI is quite adamant that you can only run one or two DS10 class systems.


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John H. Reinhardt