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Conference wrksys::mikasa

Title:	AlphaServer 1000 (aka Mikasa)

Moderator:	WRKSYS::HESCHG

Created:	Mon Nov 14 1994
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	917
Total number of notes:	3293

865.0. "Memory channel support with 1000A?" by ROUTES::TEDESCO () Fri Mar 28 1997 16:43

    VMSclustering SPD and Sales Update state 1000A support with Memory
    Channel. The supported options list and SOC do not list 1000A as
    supported. When, if ever, will this support be consistent?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
865.1		WRKSYS::LAU		`Sat Mar 29 1997 08:57`	5
	VMSclustering SPD is wrong. PAul
865.2		STAR::NCARR	Talk dates & features - but never together....	`Mon Mar 31 1997 10:11`	9
	The SPD is not wrong. The AlphaServer 1000A is not supported with Memory Channel by Digital Unix, and hence Memory Channel does not appear in any of its documentation. However, OpenVMS did a large amount of its Memory Channel development and testing with 1000As (they're cheap!), and it works just fine. In fact it works better than some of the larger platforms. So we decided to support it.
865.4	Memory Channel Support	WRKSYS::ADRIANNA		`Mon Mar 31 1997 11:38`	13
	There are a couple of things in the previous notes that I'd like to clarify. The Engineering group has done no Memory Channel testing with VMS on the 1000A. When we were told that the configuration was supported by VMS and was listed in the SPD we requested testing and configuration information; such as OS version, cluster configuration, firmware revisions,etc. I said that if we received that information we would add the option(s) to our Supported Options List. I never received that information and will not add Memory Channel to our SOL for VMS. Thus, as far as I know, manufacturing will not ship such orders. We recently completed Memory Channel, TruCluster V1.4a testing on the 1000A 5/333 and 5/400 modules. Those options are now listed on our SOL. I'm not sure if it's percolated to the external SOL yet; but, it will.
865.5		STAR::NCARR	Talk dates & features - but never together....	`Tue Apr 15 1997 16:14`	3
	Well, it's a little more complex than I thought. It turns out that we support the 1000A/4 but not the 1000A/5. God knows why, but the 1000A/5 is missing some required CPU routines. We'll fix it over the next few weeks.