On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:52:37AM -0500, Joe wrote:
>
> This is the "server" portion of the system? I've been wondering what
> kind of computer system it required and weather or not it used the same SRM
> interface card. I haven't been able to find any details about the server
> end of the system. What is the SRM software like?
>
The card does seem to be the same, the machine is unlike anything I've seen
so far. The box looks like the normal HP mini-rack stuff though. I was
surprised at the video interface, since I was expecting a normal HP
1280x1024 or similar at 60Hz. Well, it *did* say "composite video" on the
card. One of the HP-IB connectors is connected directly to the back ie. not
via a DIO-I card and there's no processor card as such.
The boot looks like a 9000/300 series boot, first it identifies the processor,
then peripherals (or the cards), then the memory and then it searches for
a bootable system.
It starts up booting SRM and it comes up very quickly. On the top row(s) it
shows some load values, requests and other status-related stuff and the
rest of the screen estate is for issuing commands. Help is available via
HElp (it's possible to do (not so)VMS-like command abbreviations) and the
commands I remember are:
SYstem UP/DOWN
VAlidate arguments
TIme arguments (by default it suggests a date from 1983)
some USer related stuff and other commands.
I don't remember any more details (oh yes, there was backup too) since
I just powered it up for the first time during the weekend and I have no
docs and zero experience with SRM.
So if someone has a "SRM explained for Zen-searching dummies" I'd like
a copy. Or a clue-by-four.
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Jarkko Teppo
jate_at_uwasa.fi
Received on Mon Oct 30 2000 - 06:31:01 GMT