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From: mck@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Doug_McKenzie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HPUX 7.0: Was Re: HP Optical When???
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Date: 21 Dec 89 01:16:17 GMT
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>(1) Rumors to the contrary, Series 800's in general cannot go diskless with
>    HPUX 7.0. Only a new machine, the HP9000/815 can boot diskless. I was
>    informed at the meeting that other series 800's will not go diskless
>    in the immediate future. The 815's have a different backplane that allows
>    the communication card direct access to the memory bus, which allows
>    diskless operation. (Don't ask me-- I'm not really sure why a LAN card
>    couldn't be made to work anyway, if slower.)

Nothing inaccurate here, but I wanted to clarify the connection between
S800s and diskless.  S800's can now (7.0) act as servers to diskless nodes,
the nodes may be S300s only, 815s only, or a mixture of 300s and 815s.

Also, the Series 600 (i.e. the 635), can be used as a server to S300s
and/or 815s.  The 635 is basically a lower-priced 835 with "restrictions"
such as number-of-logins; it's binary compatible with S800s.

Doug McKenzie
HP-UX Support
mck@hpdstma  OR  ...!hplabs!hpdstma!mck