Installation succceeded
The error I got on first start of FreeAXP is documented – and that proved Ok because installation of 8.4 Fieltest went smooth – abeit slow. Luckily, the workstation has a dual-core processor; like Personal Alpha, it takes one core for 100%, and it may slow down other processes, causing stalls in normal use. But it’s workable.
There is one thing to take care about when setting up a IP-based cluster: best you setup systems as unclustered, or be sure your connections over IP exist. If on the same LAN, the standard LAN communication takes precedence. And if system using IP clustering is started, it seems to expect other systems to be reachable. If not, boot will wait until another member comes along: you cannot boot an IP_based clustermember by itself….Check if the same applies when booting MINinmal…
Routing issues
As I found out: Clustering over IP won’t be feasable if the nodes are on the same LAN and SCS traffic (basicly level-2 in the ISO model) reaches ‘the other side’. LAN takes precedence over IP in those cases, and that’s why the emulator running 8.4 was clustered with Diana: Same LAN, no blocking if non_IP ttraffic. This is documented, by the way.
So I started to set up a separate network, using my new router and the old Linksys one.
It’s a hell of a job to get it running. In the end, trafic from behind the LINKSYS router (netwerk 192.168.1.0) could reach any node in the normal netwrk (192.168.0.0) but the other way around is a problem – no matter what you do. At least, PING doesn’t pass beyond the internal interface. It must have something to do with routing tables, but even that didn’t work properly. For now, there are two lines, because the Vigor router allows a seecondary address, it can be directly attached to the other network – but not using the WAN-port of the LINKSYS router. A bad solution, probably, but it works for now. Furthermore, it might be sufficient to open the UDP ports for IPCI (49152, if I’m not mistaken), but whether that allows traffic to come through remains to be seen. Also, the muticast address needs to pass the network – I know how to set that up 🙂
Running 8.4 EFT
I found a few things that seem not right – and these will first be passed to HP: The inability to boot standalone – even MINimal – when IPCI is enabled, and some problems with TCPIP commands. Both have been stored at HP (I got confirmation on these)