Re: setting up a LAT service via a terminal server
From: Bart Zorn (B.Zorn_at_xs4all.nospam.nl)
Date: 08/23/03
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Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 19:22:05 +0200
Mike Naime wrote:
> Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply <helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de>
> wrote in message news:bi7sj9$3la$1@online.de...
>
>>Apart from the consoles, I have a VT320 connected to a serial port of a
>>node in my hobbyist cluster. If that node is down for some reason,
>>however, then of course one can't log in via that terminal. (The
>>terminal in question is in my son's bedroom. How many 9-year-olds do
>>you know who know how to use EDT? One of my biggest triumphs was when I
>>heard him say "Mama's PC doesn't have a PROPER keyboard"!) Thus, I
>>would like to have the terminal connect to the CLUSTER instead of to a
>>specific node.
>>
>
>
> You can set up a terminal server to allow you access to all of the
> "services"/nodes that are out there using the LAT protocal. You first
> connect to the Terminal Server, and then issue the CONNECT
> {nodename/service} command. You can also setup preferred service. This
> first takes you to the preffered node, but you have the capability to switch
> to another service if you so desire. On a Decserver700, you could connect
> to as many as 8 nodes at the same time through the one terminal server port
> with SESSION LIMIT set to 8. (Max Value) Or, you can setup the port for
> dedicated service if you only want to connect to one service.
>
> Currently, I setup Telnet Listener on my Terminal Servers, Plug the Serial
> Console Ports of Servers/Storage into the Terminal Server, and then
> ConsoleWorks connects to the IP& Port of the consoles to log, monitor, and
> allow access to these ports.
>
> The only way that I think that you could setup something like what you are
> asking for, is if you could get the terminal server port that you have the
> VT plugged into to attempt to connect to the cluster alias IP. I have never
> attempted anything like that. Possibly someone else out there has done
> something like this.
>
> Potential Problems: DS700 only allows for one network connection. Cat-5 or
> Thinnet. Does the 250 or 200 even have a CAT-5 port on them? If not, then
> your only option may be LAT, and not TCPIP.
This is pure nonsense. The type of connector has nothing to do with the
protocols being used. However, the 200 and 250 only speak LAT, no
TCP/IP, and they only have an AUI port plus RS-232 and/or parallel ports.
Bart Zorn
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