ash@hpsad.HP.COM (Jim Holsenback) (11/08/90)
I'm intrested in finding out about HP/Apollo machines, and how they fit or don't fit into a cluster environment. Specifically can HP9000/8XX or 9000/3XX systems serve the HP/Apollo HP9000/4XX machines?
tomg@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Thomas J. Gilg) (11/10/90)
> I'm intrested in finding out about HP/Apollo machines, and how they > fit or don't fit into a cluster environment. > > Specifically can HP9000/8XX or 9000/3XX systems serve the HP/Apollo > HP9000/4XX machines? I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. When running HP-UX, it is possible to have a pure 300/400 cluster; one machine acts as the host, and all the others boot as discless clients. Its also possible to boot 300/400's off an 800 which has been properly setup. As for Domain/OS, it is possible to have a DNx5xx/400 cluster; again, one machine acts as the hosts, all others boot discless. Under Domain/OS, it is also possible to have local disks on a discless node (discless in the sense that the OS needs are provided by another machine). As for HP-UX and Domain/OS cross discless booting, NO. As for how HP-UX and Domain/OS machines behave in the network, you've got all the standard TCP/IP, 802.3, ftp, NFS, .... stuff that works just fine. Thomas Gilg tomg@cv.hp.com