[AusNOG] ***SPAM***Re: DL140 Servers or Similar

[Shane Chrisp]

On 13/08/15 19:05, Nathan Brookfield wrote:

The card was manufactured by the same people who wrote the software and 
it does video matrix/distribution switching with a proprietary interface 
and also a bastardised sort of RS485. All I know is that it doesnt work 
in the virtual environments, and even if it did, I have now been told 
that they would not support it even if it did. So we have too keep the 
existing servers running which is what we will be doing now.

Shane


> Sounds like it could be a serial card for data logging or video capture,
> any of those types of things.
>
> Not unusual.
>
> Nathan Brookfield
> Chief Executive Officer
>
> Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd
> http://www.simtronic.com.au
>
> On 13 Aug 2015, at 20:51, Peter Tiggerdine <ptiggerdine at gmail.com
> <mailto:ptiggerdine at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Vnet fcs for control networks.  Barely supported on cisco switches.
>
> Most control and SIS networks don't support any virtualisation if
> there's a dedicated network card to speak some non IEEE protocol. Thank
> goodness for modbus and dmp3.
>
> On 13/08/2015 6:50 PM, "Geordie Guy" <elomis at gmail.com
> <mailto:elomis at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     What sort of card doesn't support paravirtualisation?
>
>     On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Shane Chrisp <shane at 2000cn.com.au
>     <mailto:shane at 2000cn.com.au>> wrote:
>
>         On 13/08/15 14:07, Mark Smith wrote:
>
>         Thanks to all who have replied. We have plenty of options to go
>         with now.
>
>         I wish that I could virtualise them, but unfortunately the
>         software is propriety and requires direct hardware access to a
>         card which does not work via virtualisation.
>
>         --
>         Regards
>
>         Shane Chrisp
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>
>>         You'd be better off virtualising them. You're going to be
>>         starting to hit the steep part of the bathtub curve with any
>>         XP compatible hardware you buy from note on. The bathtub curve
>>         is widely used in reliability engineering. It describes a
>>         particular form of the hazard function which comprises three
>>         parts:
>>
>>         "Bathtub curve" on @Wikipedia:
>>         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve?wprov=sfia1
>>
>>         Hi All,
>>
>>          Sorry for the interruption to the normal programming, but I
>>         have a client with a proprietary application running on a
>>         whole bunch of DL140 servers that are starting to fail or
>>         become unreliable. The software is running on Win XP and has
>>         to stay this way for at least another 12 months. So we are
>>         looking for some servers that are XP compatible and I thought
>>         I would try the list first in case anyone has some old servers
>>         or spares around that they would like to off load before I go
>>         digging around on ebay. The only requirement is that they have
>>         a free PCI-E port for a full height card.
>>
>>         I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. :)
>>
>>         --
>>         Regards
>>
>>         Shane Chrisp
>>         2000 Computers & Networks Pty Ltd
>>         Suite 6, 49 Hay St, Subiaco, WA 6008
>>         Ph 08 6298 7391 <tel:08%206298%207391> Fx 08 6298 7393
>>         <tel:08%206298%207393>
>>         Mb 0412 409 856 <tel:0412%20409%20856>
>>         Email shane at 2000cn.com.au <mailto:shane at 2000cn.com.au>
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