> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 08:42:40 -0500
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Nguyen)
> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: AFS on SP1
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there somebody running AFS client on SP1?
> We tried to install AFS3.3 on our SP1, but so
> far it doesn't work. The afsd just hung and couldn't
> mount /afs. AFS commands like klog, vos, tokens work fine.
>
> The SP1 is the precursor to the SP2 so they are quite similar -- it
> is basically a loosely coupled farm of diskless RS6000 model 370's that
> get their filesystems from a control node (an rs6000/580 which is an AFS
> client). I believe they even use the same "copy" of the kernel so it is
> no suprise that loading the kernel extensions on the SP1 nodes appears
> to work correctly.
>
> Transarc told me that AFS isn't supported either SP1 or SP2. But they
> heard of some customers who were able to make AFS work on the SP2's.
> So please advise.
>
> Thanks, Tom N.
>
Yes, we have been using AFS on our 16 node SP1 since the spring of 1994.
I will say though our SP environment is unique in that we total rid our
selfs of any reliance on the varous NFS mounts with regards to the PSSP
software.
If you have AFS capable clients then their is no reason to use NFS for
anything.
Yes the nodes on the SP (one and two) run the same version of AIX (either
3.2.5 or 4.1.3) as any standalone rs6K. Have you installed AFS on other
rs6K's before. To the best of my knowledge it is the same process nothing
special is required.
Have you rid yourselfs of the hoakey dual ethernet networks that were
required in the first release of the PSSP software, when we upgraded to
the next version of PSSP (Nov 1994); I had all the "extra" ethernet adapters
removed so that I would avoid problems with multi-homed clients, did you do
the same?
Your not trying to use the "switch" network as the path to the AFS file
servers?
--
Terry McCoy email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sr Systems Engineer
Office of Information Technologies
System Services
University of Notre Dame
