On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Craig Lalley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> --- On Mon, 9/15/08, Mark Landin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> workstation running CommandView.  Since the VA7410 has dual head controller,
> you
> can have two connections to the HP and one connection to the CommandView
> workstation.  The commandview workstation is required to update the
> firmware,
> and do some performance logging.
>
> OK, I'm getting feedback from some that a Windows box is required, and
> will require either a dedicated fiber connection or a fiber switch.
>
> I know I have a k-class 9000 in Belgium running a VA7100, and I
> distinctly remember the disk guy configufing the VA directly from the
> UX box without a dedicated fiber connection using a character-based
> utility. Is something that simple
>  not available on the MPE side?
>
> **************************************
>
> Mark,
>
> You certainly do NOT need a switch at all, that is the beauty of the
> VA7410.  It has "dual-head" controllers, i.e. each controller has two
> connections.
>
> One connection goes to the HP3k, from both controllers.
>
> Then the CommandView workstation can connect directly to the VA (either
> side), via a fibre connection.
>
> You can configure the VA through the serial port, however, if you are
> supporting it in a different country, you will want commandview.

All support would be done here in the US. The unit in another country
is hosted on a UX box so that's not an issue.

> A small hp-ux workstation with a fibre card, is under $800 easily.

We have HP-UX machines out the "wazoo". That sounds like our best option.
>
> Or you can use windows, your call.
>
> I do have some VA's that have a PC attached to the serial port.  While it
> works, and I don't have any issues, a newbie would prefer the GUI that
> Windows or HP-UX Xterm has.

GUI's are for wussies.  However:

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Hawkins, Jim (ESS TCE Q&W)
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Though a lot of the basic configuration can be done via the serial port, CommandView SDM (Storage Device Management) software is required for many VA functions, most critical being firmware download.  There was never a version of this software ported to MPE; there were versions at least for Windows, HP-UX and Red Hat Linux (likely more by the end).

This could be important, should we ever need to do a F/W upgrade. Are
there still firmware updates being done on this unit that would cause
me to need to perform this function in the next couple of years? If
f/w dev is dead, then I don't think I'll be doing a f/w update!

Sounds to me like we'll either go serial or HP-UX/fiber direct. Thanks all!


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