lrb@alex.ctrg.rri.uwo.ca (3787 x4108) (12/21/90)
good day. i have just acquired an annexII IP terminal server. it downloads
the s/w from a host, not using tftp, but rather there own code called erpcd.
this server program is have a bit of trouble compiling on the hp822S i have.
anyone have any luck with this code or beast?
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Lance R. Bailey Systems Manager box: Robarts Research Institute
email: lrb@rri.uwo.ca Clinical Trials Resources Group
fax: 519.663.3789 P.O. Box 5015, 100 Perth Dr.
vox: 519.663.3787 ext. 4108 London, Canada N6A 5K8mat@emcard.UUCP (W Mat Waites) (12/31/90)
In article <1949@ria.ccs.uwo.ca> lrb@alex.ctrg.rri.uwo.ca (3787 x4108) writes: >good day. i have just acquired an annexII IP terminal server. it downloads >the s/w from a host, not using tftp, but rather there own code called erpcd. >this server program is have a bit of trouble compiling on the hp822S i have. >anyone have any luck with this code or beast? >Lance R. Bailey Systems Manager box: Robarts Research Institute Are you sure about this? We've got Annexes, and I always thought they used rcp or something like that. I believe that the erpcd is an error logger daemon. I'm not sure, but I don't think it is required for booting the Annex. Mat ps - ours are Annex I's -- W Mat Waites | Walking the wire is living, {gatech,emory}!emcard!mat | the rest is just waiting. - Wallenda
lrb@alex.ctrg.rri.uwo.ca (Lance R. Bailey) (12/31/90)
>In article <1949@ria.ccs.uwo.ca> I write: > >>good day. i have just acquired an annexII IP terminal server. it downloads >>the s/w from a host, not using tftp, but rather there own code called erpcd. >>this server program is have a bit of trouble compiling on the hp822S i have. >>anyone have any luck with this code or beast? > In article <8271@emcard.UUCP> mat@emcard.UUCP (W Mat Waites) writes: >Are you sure about this? >I believe that the erpcd is an error logger daemon. I'm not sure, but I don't >think it is required for booting the Annex. oh yes, quite sure. erpcd might also be used to log errors, but it is definatly needed to load the code at boot time. no erpcd running = no boot. erpcd running = boot. the problem (as solved mere packing-hours away from flight time :-) was an error in the instructions for HP-UX compiling. a few extra steps were inadvertantly left out. >ps - ours are Annex I's that must be the difference i searched for a LOONG time for a new terminal server, the annex II is a wonderful piece of machinery. i recommend it highly. -- Lance R. Bailey Systems Manager box: Robarts Research Institute email: lrb@rri.uwo.ca Clinical Trials Resources Group fax: 519.663.3789 P.O. Box 5015, 100 Perth Dr. vox: 519.663.3787 ext. 4108 London, Canada N6A 5K8
jim@tiamat.fsc.com (Jim O'Connor) (01/02/91)
In article <8271@emcard.UUCP>, mat@emcard.UUCP (W Mat Waites) writes: > In article <1949@ria.ccs.uwo.ca> lrb@alex.ctrg.rri.uwo.ca (3787 x4108) writes: > > >good day. i have just acquired an annexII IP terminal server. it downloads > >the s/w from a host, not using tftp, but rather there own code called erpcd. > >this server program is have a bit of trouble compiling on the hp822S i have. > >anyone have any luck with this code or beast? We have four Annex II's and we use an HP 9000/815, 9000/835, and 386 boxes running SCO Xenix as boot servers. The documentation for building the software under HP-UX is incorrect. Call Xylogics and they will give you the correct information. I struggled with it myself for a day and a half and then finally called Xylogics and they straightened me out in about 10 minutes. I think the comiple actually completed while I was on the phone with the rep. > Are you sure about this? > We've got Annexes, and I always thought they used rcp or something like that. > I believe that the erpcd is an error logger daemon. I'm not sure, but I don't > think it is required for booting the Annex. Nope. Erpcd is the boot server program. The annexes use syslog facilities for error reporting (and all other kinds of info, too). > Mat > > ps - ours are Annex I's They may have used a different procedure. The Annex II's definitely use the erpcd program from Xylogics to boot from the host computer. Actually, I don't think there's even an option, except booting from another Annex, but something has to feed the first one. :-) If you have any trouble getting the correct info from Xylogics (and you shouldn't - our Xylogics rep has been great!), drop me a line and I can dig it out for you.
jim@tiamat.fsc.com (Jim O'Connor) (01/02/91)
In article <1977@ria.ccs.uwo.ca>, lrb@alex.ctrg.rri.uwo.ca (Lance R. Bailey) writes: > > that must be the difference > > i searched for a LOONG time for a new terminal server, the annex II is > a wonderful piece of machinery. i recommend it highly. We also like the Annexes very much. The only real trouble we have is that when the Annexes reboot, but the computer system does not (e.g. after a power outage, since the computer is on a UPS but the Annexes are in remote locations and are not), the rlogin processes started by people logging in over the Annex (we use dedicated port "rlogin" with a dedicated address for our computer, essentially making the terminals appear directly connected to our mainly unsophisticated users) don't die. They just hang around until we kill them or reboot the computer. We've talked to Xylogics and HP and haven't really come up with anything. We're planning on buying small UPS's for the Annexes which will eliminate the problem during small outages, but we'll still have it when longer outages occur. Other than that, the Annexes have been great. We connect terminals, serial and parallel printers, and they all work great. ------------- James B. O'Connor jim@tiamat.fsc.com Ahlstrom Filtration, Inc. 615/821-4022 x. 651
alex@sapphire.idbsu.edu (Alex Feldman) (01/04/91)
In article <8271@emcard.UUCP> mat@emcard.UUCP (W Mat Waites) writes: >In article <1949@ria.ccs.uwo.ca> lrb@alex.ctrg.rri.uwo.ca (3787 x4108) writes: > >>good day. i have just acquired an annexII IP terminal server. it downloads >>the s/w from a host, not using tftp, but rather there own code called erpcd. > >>this server program is have a bit of trouble compiling on the hp822S i have. >>anyone have any luck with this code or beast? > >>Lance R. Bailey Systems Manager box: Robarts Research Institute > >Are you sure about this? >We've got Annexes, and I always thought they used rcp or something like that. >I believe that the erpcd is an error logger daemon. I'm not sure, but I don't >think it is required for booting the Annex. > >Mat > >ps - ours are Annex I's >-- >W Mat Waites | Walking the wire is living, >{gatech,emory}!emcard!mat | the rest is just waiting. - Wallenda The erpc daemon is the beast that downloads the boot image to the Annex. This is certainly the case on the Annex II, and I am almost certain that it is the case on the original Annex as well. We are running version 4.1 of the Annex software, and as I recall I spent less than an hour compiling the software on our HP 9000/400t. There was nothing big missing. We are running HPUX 7.03 I could send you binaries, but I suggest you contact Xylogics. Back when we first got these Annexes, we booted them off a 3B2, and the boot code required some hacking. Encore (they were selling the Annex then) sent me a special tape that worked fine. --alex -- --alex alex@opal.idbsu.edu Boise State University doesn't have any opinions. Therefore, these are not the opinions of Boise State University.