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Conference azur::mcc

Title:	DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:	Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:	TAEC::BEROUD

Created:	Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6497
Total number of notes:	27359

744.0. "DECmcc SMS on VAX4000/VT1300" by AUNTB::BIRMINGHAM (G.W. Birmingham, Carolinas District) Thu Feb 21 1991 09:54

    I have a customer who plans to start with the DECmcc SMS configuration
    today and migrate up to full DECmcc later. He would like to run it on the
    VAX4000 platform and use a VT1300 Color X-Windows terminal for display.
    According to the SPD (dtd November, 1990), nither the VAX4000 nor the
    VT1300 terminal are listed as supported hardware.
    
    Question:
    
    	Is this a reasonable configuration and will it work ? (He is
    balking at buying a VAxstation 3100, since the VT1300 will cost less,
    and he already has the VAX4000).
    
    	If it will work, please indicate the location of documentation that
    would describe how to do this. As always, thanks in advance for any and
    all comments, pointers, etc...
    
    Regards,
    George

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
744.1		VIDOAN::DOAN	EIS/Network Consulting Group of the 90's	`Thu Feb 21 1991 10:22`	11
	Hi George, I don't think the platform (VX4000) and UI (VT1300) will create any problems of installing the products. However, the constraints really is the amount of memory,CPU, and disk space. If I find out more about the solution that your customer wanted, I will post it on this note. Thien Doan EIS/Network Consulting Group
744.2		TOOK::F_MESSINGER		`Thu Feb 21 1991 10:24`	24
	I have a customer who plans to start with the DECmcc SMS configuration today and migrate up to full DECmcc later. He would like to run it on the VAX4000 platform and use a VT1300 Color X-Windows terminal for display. According to the SPD (dtd November, 1990), nither the VAX4000 nor the VT1300 terminal are listed as supported hardware. >>> We work just fine on a VT1300. We have not tried a 4000(I don't think). >>> What is it? Question: Is this a reasonable configuration and will it work ? (He is balking at buying a VAxstation 3100, since the VT1300 will cost less, and he already has the VAX4000). If it will work, please indicate the location of documentation that would describe how to do this. As always, thanks in advance for any and all comments, pointers, etc... >>> I'll forward this to the fellow who set things up for me when we tested >>> on the 1300. Fred
744.3		GOSTE::CALLANDER		`Thu Feb 21 1991 10:47`	4
	Fred, did you mean you tested SMS or BMS? He is looking to use the SMS (site management system).
744.4		TOOK::F_MESSINGER		`Thu Feb 21 1991 12:03`	3
	Whoops!, I preumptuously assumed he was talking about BMS.
744.5	VT1300 works	ACTVAX::LEWIS		`Thu Feb 21 1991 16:22`	21
	In either case, I have both the BMS and EMS kit running on a VAX 6420 and displaying on a VT1300. Everything works fine with a few exceptions such as the difference in fonts (100 dpi vs. 75 dpi) which may be overlayed by some boxes in various dialog boxes. The development people have been experimenting with the VT1300 on the 6000 to see what happens when displays of different programs show up on screens with different resolutions. The VT1300 SPX that we use has a resolution of 1280x1026 pixels. Claiming to support this stuff is a job for the Product Management people to resolve. I would suspect both BMS and EMS (or SMS) will run without any serious problems. If there are any problems it would most likely come from the differences in screen resolution but the software should still perform the data collection, etc. You may want to check the EWS notes conference regarding the VT1300 and possible load/performance issues relative to your host system. The EWS notes conference is currently on HELIX::EWS John