Anyone know anything about DEC/OpenVMS hardware?

[GT98]

Well at my current job I'm supporting an OpenVMS system on DEC equipment. Currently I have 5 MUXServers not working right and I'm lost on troubleshooting them (aka have no clue). I would rather try and trouble shoot them to find out extactly whats wrong with them, before I open up a work order with a PR for outdated equipment that costs over $500 bucks (of your tax dollars) to replace. I'm looking for web sites etc that help out with troubleshooting etc this equiptment, instead of being a parts changer. Thank god we are going to switch over to Windows 2000 in the next couple years (gotta love the Goverment!)

Scott

[Dilitante1]

can I assume you have already been here:

http://www.compaq.com/legacysupport/digital/

and looked around?

so the issue is hardware, or the OS?

if it's hardware, what you working on exactly?

-Dil

[GT98]

Well they are MUXServer 320 boxes...Three of them look to have Power supply problems and the other two aren't syncing to the network. If you know what I'm taking about theres a LCD display that looks like a number 8 on the back that should have the segments light up in a pattern that looks like an 8. The Two that are giving me problems have the number 8 solid on it and the other has a number 5 solid on it. I thought that I could use this to troubleshoot them sorta like a BIOS post code, but on the Compaq site I can't find jack on them.

Scott

[Dilitante1]

OK....

searching around, I found:

http://cs.felk.cvut.cz/htbin/webbook/AXPDOCSEP002%3a%5bNETWORK%5dd4r4aa11.bkb

lots of info on these boxes....(hope it helps)
those LED codes are there as well

http://www.eli.com/comm.htm has new boxes for $995

[GT98]

Thanks!!

Excatly what I was looking for!!!!

[Dilitante1]

Glad to be of assistance

(cough)looks like someone didnt do any homework (cough)




-Dil




PS....how many tax dollars do I get for helpin ya out?