We have a new cluster installation consisting of two DS10s. Each box has =
a single 10/100 network interface card with dual interfaces. We're using =
Compaq TCPIP 5.3 with OpenVMS 7.3-1. I'm wondering if this is for =
failover redundancy or can we realize performance improvement by =
configuring both ports on each machine. We currently have only one =
interface configured on each machine. Any suggestions? Thanks - Pat G.

Grealy, Patrick <PGrealy@sph.uth.tmc.edu> wrote in message
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We have a new cluster installation consisting of two DS10s. Each box has a
single 10/100 network interface card with dual interfaces. We're using
Compaq TCPIP 5.3 with OpenVMS 7.3-1. I'm wondering if this is for failover
redundancy or can we realize performance improvement by configuring both
ports on each machine. We currently have only one interface configured on
each machine. Any suggestions? Thanks - Pat G.


It depends on what you are trying to do with the systems.  We use a cluster
crossover cable for our 2-node clusters.  This gives us cluster traffic
between the 2 nodes without any hardware switch/hub inbetween.

We also have a Management/Backup network that only runs DECNET traffic.