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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
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>Subject: Re: DTC to multiple 3000s?
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>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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>Jon Diercks * Systems Manager Computing Services
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