CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      VAXft 3000 Overview

  1.1     Zones
    1.1.1      CPU Module
    1.1.2      Memory Module
    1.1.3      I/O Module
    1.1.4      DEC WANcontroller 620 Communications Module
    1.1.5      Module Placement

  1.2     Power

  1.3     Console Ports

  1.4     VAXft System Console Functions

  1.5     VAXft Configurations
    1.5.1      Entry System
    1.5.2      Expanded System

  2      VAXft System Services Software

  2.1     FTSS$SERVER

  2.2     Automatic Dialout Notification
    2.2.1      Dialout Notification Message
    2.2.2      Setting Up Dialout Notification Parameters

  2.3     FTSS$CONTROL Utility

  2.4     Zone Synchronization
    2.4.1      I/O Reconfiguration
    2.4.2      CPU/Memory Synchronization
      2.4.2.1      Two-Zone Boot
      2.4.2.2      One-Zone Recovery

  2.5     CMDRIVER Environmental Monitoring
    2.5.1      PCM
    2.5.2      PCIM
    2.5.3      CMDRIVER Events

  2.6     Failover Set Manager (FSM) Utility
    2.6.1      Ethernet Failover
    2.6.2      EFDRIVER
    2.6.3      EPDRIVER

  3      VAXft Operations

  3.1     Displaying VAXft Information

  3.2     Displaying Zone Status Information

  3.3     Adding a Zone to a Configuration

  3.4     Removing a Zone from a Configuration

  3.5     Shutting Down Part of the System

  3.6     Adding New I/O Modules

  3.7     Adding New Memory

  3.8     Managing Single Failures

  3.9     Managing Multiple Failures

  3.10    Modifying Zone Synchronization Priorities
    3.10.1     Boot Synchronization Priority
    3.10.2     Automatic Synchronization Priority
    3.10.3     Manual Synchronization Priority

  3.11    Displaying Automatic Dialout Notification Events

  3.12    Displaying Automatic Dialout Notification Device Information

  3.13    Changing the Automatic Dialout Notification Parameters
    3.13.1     Setting Automatic Dialout Notification Parameters
    3.13.2     Setting Automatic Dialout Notification Events

  3.14    Initiating a Manual Dialout Notification

  3.15    Restarting FTSS$SERVER

  3.16    Loading CMDRIVER

  3.17    Loading and Initializing EFDRIVER and EPDRIVER

  3.18    Using the Failover Set Manager
    3.18.1     Showing the Adapter Configuration
    3.18.2     Adding a Physical Adapter
    3.18.3     Setting the Current Adapter
    3.18.4     Reconfiguring a Physical Adapter
    3.18.5     Connecting to Multiple Ethernets

  3.19    Setting Up Volume Shadow Sets

  3.20    Connecting to a VAXcluster System

  4      Managing Integrated Storage Elements (ISEs)

  4.1     Using the VMS Diagnostic Utility Protocol (DUP)

  4.2     Using the Server Setup Switch

  4.3     Assigning DSSI Unit Numbers

  4.4     Warmswapping

  4.5     Using ISE Parameters

  4.6     Determining ISE Parameters

  4.7     ISE Storage Removal and Replacement
    4.7.1      Removing an ISE for Storage
    4.7.2      Replacing a Stored ISE

  4.8     Replacing an ISE in a Running System

  4.9     Restoring Parameters for a Replaced ISE

  4.10    Adding a New ISE to a Running System

  A   Dialout Notification Parameters

  B   ISE Parameters

  C   Parameters for ISEs in an Expansion Cabinet

  Glossary
    CCR . . . DUP
    EDC . . . MIO mode
    NVRAM . . . synchronized, dual-zone
    trace RAMs . . . warm-standby

  FIGURES

  1-1        DEC WANcontroller 620 in a VAXft Configuration

  1-2        Module Placement in the Backplane

  1-3        Front View of Entry System

  1-4        Expanded System Configuration

  2-1        FTSS$SERVER Interactions

  2-2        Power and Cooling Components

  2-3        Fault-Tolerant Access to the Ethernet

  3-1        VAXft System/Ethernet Configuration

  3-2        VAXft System/Multiple Ethernet Configuration

  3-3        Example of a VAXft 3000 Volume Shadowing Configuration

  3-4        Dual-Access, Volume Shadowing Configuration

  4-1        Unit Number Assignment

  TABLES

  1-1        Zone Components

  1-2        Modules Required in the Backplane

  2-1        Events That Cause Automatic Dialout Notification

  2-2        OPCOM Messages That Can Cause Dialout

  3-1        Default Failover Sets

  3-2        Reconfiguring a Physical Adapter

  4-1        PARAMS Commands

  4-2        ISE Parameters