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DSSI Cluster need a network?

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The Question is:

 
Hi,
 
Does a VAX 4000 DSSI cluster need to be connected via a network as well as DSSI?
 
In other words could a 2 node DSSI cluster operate on different networks?
 
Regards, Matt
 

The Answer is :

 
  An OpenVMS Cluster using a DSSI interconnect does not need an addition
  cluster communications interconnect such as an Ethernet or FDDI network
  connection, as long as at least one DSSI bus directly connects each
  memory of the cluster, and as long as no cluster member depends (solely)
  on the KFQSA adapter -- the KFQSA is a storage-only Q-bus adapter and
  does not permit host-to-host SCS communications nor clustering.
 
  Cluster SCS traffic can use the DSSI bus.
 
  Note that if you do not have a common network interconnect, you lose an
  important availability feature:  if the DSSI connection fails for any
  reason, your cluster will hang (due to quorum lost) until it is repaired.
  With a network connection, SCS traffic will fail over to the network.
 
  The DSSI configuration will work, and without a network connection.
 

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 29-JUN-2000 )
     
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