You can do "switchable ports" with MPE 5.5.  It works just like OV
DTCMGR.  You get a DTC prompt, and "connect" to whatever specified host
you wish.  It works great.  We use it to share 15 dtc's (48's and
16/mx's) to three different 3k's.  I believe the only dtc that does not
support this is the 16/iX.

Dave Kallman
See's Candies, Inc

>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Jon Diercks [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Wednesday, April 23, 1997 11:02 AM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Re: DTC to multiple 3000s?
>
>At 08:54 PM 4/15/97 GMT, Tim Manns wrote:
>>Just a quick question to anybody that knows the answer.  Is it
>>possible to configure a DTC 48 or DTC 72 to allow access to multiple
>>HP3000s?
>
>We have not found any way to do this without OV-DTCMGR.  With MPE/iX 5.5 you
>can do dynamic DTC config changes without rebooting, but you still can't
>enable a DTC port as switchable without DTCMGR.  If we could use NMMGR to
>enabling switching on a DTC port, we'd probably ditch DTCMGR in a heartbeat.
>
>For your short-term scenario there may be another way to handle it though.
>If the machines have the full NS Services installed you can :REMOTE HELLO
>from one hp3000 to another, or if you have MPE/iX 5.5 you can telnet from
>one to the other.
>
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