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Date: 8 Feb 91 14:52:13 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!pbs.org!TALOS!greg_a@ucsd.edu  (Greg Askew)
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Subject: Re: Strange host name for RF71 on a 3400
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pittman@mwk.uucp writes:


>   We added a third RF71 disk drive to a VAXserver 3400.  When we
>rebooted VMS, and did a SHOW DEVICE D, the host name for the
>new disk appears as "R7ERBD", but the host name for the two disks
>already present stayed at "$1".  The SCSNODE and DECnet node name
>for the machine is HOCV96.


>   Can anyone tell me where the name R7ERBD came from, and can I do
>something to make the new disk look like the old ones (e.g. $1$DIA2:)?

The RF71 is an ISE-Intelligent Storage Element.  It has an integrated
controller that has many sophisticated functions built-in, such as
diagnostics, parameters, etc.

You have to actually "SET HOST" to the disk to change the node name.
This is true even if the SYSGEN PAR ALLOCLASS is set to a non-zero #,
as it is in your case (1).

First, connect the driver that allows you to set host:

$ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:SYSGEN
CONNECT FYA0 /NOADAPTER
EXIT
$

Next, connect to the drive & change the node name.  This is documented
in the hardware installation manual for the RF71, if you still have it.
BEFORE you can do this, I think the disk drive must be dismounted.
After changing the parameter, the disk CONTROLLER will re-initialize,
and the disk will go off-line for a couple of seconds.

$ SET HOST /DUP /SERVER=MSCP$DUP /TASK=CONFIG R7ERBD

(I'm not 100%  sure of the task name)...

.
.
.
> SET ALLCLASS 1
> WRITE
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