chandra@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Chandra Chegireddy) (06/16/89)
Hi:
I am working on setting up a distributed processing system including
VAX and DEC stations. So far the we implemented the VMS portion of the
IPC system. Now we want to add the DECstations running ULTRIX 3.0 and the
DECnet-ULTRIX. Is it possible to make two processes connect and talk to
each other when one is running under VMS and the other is running under
ULTRIX?
It looks like ULTRIX likes to think in terms of SOCKETS for connections
while VMS is looking in terms of LINKS. If anyone has attempted this before
or have any ideas or examples, I would very much like to receive them.
If I receive significant number of replies, I will post a summary.
Thanks in advance....
Chandra Chegireddy
chandra@beach.cis.ufl.edu
chandra@ufpine (BITNET)michaud@vaxcpu.nac.dec.com (Jeff Michaud) (06/16/89)
> I am working on setting up a distributed processing system including > VAX and DEC stations. So far the we implemented the VMS portion of the > IPC system. Now we want to add the DECstations running ULTRIX 3.0 and the > DECnet-ULTRIX. Is it possible to make two processes connect and talk to > each other when one is running under VMS and the other is running under > ULTRIX? Certainly. DECnet-ULTRIX supports task-to-task programming with DECnet-VAX (VMS). > It looks like ULTRIX likes to think in terms of SOCKETS for connections > while VMS is looking in terms of LINKS. If anyone has attempted this before > or have any ideas or examples, I would very much like to receive them. The DECnet-ULTRIX User's and Programmer's Guide is a good start. The Order Number for V3.0 is AA-EA88C-TE. Chapters 4, 6, 7 and appendixes C and D all contain useful information. The programming examples in appendix C can be found in the DNUUNS030 (or DNPUNS030 for DS3100) subset. If you have that subset installed you will find the examples in the directory /usr/examples/decnet. If you are familiar with using TCP/IP under BSD you should have no problem with DECnet-ULTRIX. Enjoy! /--------------------------------------------------------------\ |Jeff Michaud michaud@decwrl.dec.com michaud@decvax.dec.com| |DECnet-ULTRIX #include <standard/disclaimer.h> | \--------------------------------------------------------------/