ORAND@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (BRADY ORAND) (01/12/90)
I need help from you experts. Here at the University of Kansas we
have an Apollo lab with 16 DN 4000 workstations. I have been told that
these DN 4000s are configured with 4 Megs of memory. When I opened one up
I found that two of the four memory slots were occupied. This does not
sound like a 4 meg configuration. I don't know of anyone who puts 2 Meg
on one board. The problem is that the person who "knows" about this is
in the Antarctic. Can anyone out there help with my dilema? I would be
particularly intersted in a system utility that will the the configuration
of our Apollos. (Similar to PCTools SI utility)
Thanks a bunch, Brady...
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Brady Orand - University of Kansas Computer Center Lawrence, Ks. 66045
ORAND@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
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===========================================================================krowitz%richter@UMIX.CC.UMICH.EDU (David Krowitz) (01/12/90)
It is my understanding that the DN4000 memory connectors will accept only 4MB or 8MB cards. The connectors on the 2MB cards are different -- they have fewers pins on the socket. You can list your hardware configuration with "/com/netstat -config". The configuration on a DN3xxx/4xxx is set by the "EX CONFIG" command which you run when the machine has been shutdown (ie. it is a memonic debugger command). You can check what your *real* memory configuration is by shutting down the node and running the memory diagnostic, which automatically checks the memory size. To do this, shutdown the node, run the command "EX DEX" to start the diagnostic executive program, and then type "RUN MEM" to start the memory diagnostics. Some versions of DEX will demand a password, in which case you should give it "service". -- David Krowitz krowitz@richter.mit.edu (18.83.0.109) krowitz%richter.mit.edu@eddie.mit.edu krowitz%richter.mit.edu@mitvma.bitnet (in order of decreasing preference)
ced@apollo.HP.COM (Carl Davidson) (01/12/90)
From article <21068@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, by ORAND@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (BRADY ORAND): > > I need help from you experts. Here at the University of Kansas we > have an Apollo lab with 16 DN 4000 workstations. I have been told that > these DN 4000s are configured with 4 Megs of memory. When I opened one up > I found that two of the four memory slots were occupied. This does not > sound like a 4 meg configuration. I don't know of anyone who puts 2 Meg > on one board. The problem is that the person who "knows" about this is > in the Antarctic. Can anyone out there help with my dilema? I would be > particularly intersted in a system utility that will the the configuration > of our Apollos. (Similar to PCTools SI utility) > > Thanks a bunch, Brady... > > =========================================================================== > Brady Orand - University of Kansas Computer Center Lawrence, Ks. 66045 > > ORAND@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu > Work: (913) 864-0490 > Home: (913) 749-1341 > =========================================================================== We've shipped so many different configurations of memory boards over the years that it's very possible that your machines do only have 4 Megs of memory even though they have two boards in them, but there is a simple way to check, anyway. On either SR9.7 (boo, hiss) or SR10.* (the good stuff), simply type /com/netstat -c <return> in any shell, and you'll get something like The net_ID.node_ID of this node is 29C03.1943B. **** Node 1943B **** //watson Time 1990/01/12.09:11:59 Up since 1990/01/05.15:02:04 Net I/O: total= 4448754 rcvs = 3921313 xmits = 527441 Ctlr_# = 0 Unit_# = 0 Winchester I/O: total= 1603470 reads= 734087 writes= 869383 Last ring hardware failure detected by node 44C0 on 1990/01/12 at 09:00 Node was not receiving clock signals. System configured with 16.0 mb of memory. NODE CONFIGURATION Node Type: DN3500 Display type: 1280 x 1024 monochrome display 68882 Floating Point Unit present. Peripheral configuration: Disks: winchester Networks: Ring Peripheral bus: AT-bus Tapes: 1/4" cartridge tape Disk types: MSD-380M-FA As you can see, all the configuration info you are looking for is here. If you are running SR10.* and do not have the Aegis environment installed, the command to run to get the same information is /usr/apollo/bin/nodestat -c It is just the /com/netstat command renamed so that it won't clash names with the /usr/ucb/netstat command. Good luck. Carl Davidson (508)256-6600 x5967 | The secret of life is enjoying Apollo Systems Divison, part of H-P | the passing of time ... UUCP: {decvax|mit-eddie}!apollo!ced | ARPA: ced@apollo.COM; ced@apollo.HP.COM |
ced@apollo.HP.COM (Carl Davidson) (01/12/90)
From article <47fdc550.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM>, by ced@apollo.HP.COM (Carl Davidson): > If you are running SR10.* and do not have the Aegis environment > installed, the command to run to get the same information is > > /usr/apollo/bin/nodestat -c > Boy, what a MAROON! Anybody with half a brain knows that the correct command is /etc/nodestat -c Sorry for the mistake. Carl Davidson (508)256-6600 x5967 | The secret of life is enjoying Apollo Systems Divison, part of H-P | the passing of time ... UUCP: {decvax|mit-eddie}!apollo!ced | ARPA: ced@apollo.COM; ced@apollo.HP.COM |
beierl_c@apollo.HP.COM (Christopher Beierl) (01/12/90)
In article <47fdc550.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> ced@apollo.HP.COM (Carl Davidson) writes: >From article <21068@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, by ORAND@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (BRADY ORAND): >> ... I have been told that >> these DN 4000s are configured with 4 Megs of memory. When I opened one up >> I found that two of the four memory slots were occupied. This does not >> sound like a 4 meg configuration. I don't know of anyone who puts 2 Meg >> on one board. ... Apollo has released 1MB, 2MB, 4MB and 8MB memory boards for the DN3xxx and DN4xxx series of nodes. The DN4000 supports the 2, 4 and 8 MB boards, although only the 4 and 8 MB boards are currently available. >... >If you are running SR10.* and do not have the Aegis environment >installed, the command to run to get the same information is > > /usr/apollo/bin/nodestat -c Make that /etc/nodestat -c (and you can issue this command from any environment) > >It is just the /com/netstat command renamed so that it won't clash names >with the /usr/ucb/netstat command. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Christopher T. Beierl Internet: beierl_c@apollo.HP.COM;beierl_c@apollo.com Apollo Computer, Inc. UUCP: {mit-eddie,yale,uw-beaver}!apollo!beierl_c A Subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Phone: (508) 256-6600
lampi@pnet02.gryphon.com (Michael Lampi) (01/13/90)
To determine the memory configuration of your DN-4000 (or any Apollo, for that
matter), run the Aegis command "netstat -c".
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