[Simh] VAX networking issue

[Zane Healy]

> On Jun 6, 2019, at 2:11 PM, Mark Pizzolato <Mark at infocomm.com> wrote:

> The above output is suspicious since it doesn't say that the XQ device has been 
> attached to any interface.
> 
> What is the output of SHOW ETHER on this simulator?
> Are you running as ROOT (which is required for network functionality on Linux unless you are using VDE Ethernet)?
> Is the VM Hypervisor you're running under configured to pass arbitrary MAC addresses out of that VM?
> 
> Apart from these considerations relating to basic packet capabilities, once you have any networking functionality, you may encounter a problem that has been reported on some Linux systems.  You're not encountering this now, but if you do, you should add the following line to your configuration file:
> 	sim> SET CLOCK NOCATCHUP
> 
> The problem that is not always observed will be fixed soon and the SET CLOCK NOCATCHUP will no longer be necessary.
> 
> - Mark
> 

I just figured out that this is a VMware issue.  I’m going to have to do some checking.  I have a 3 system VMware cluster.  Two of the systems are HP SFF PC’s, the third is an HP DL380 G7.  I just migrated the VM over to one of the SFF systems, and it works.  The SIMH/VAX is now a member of the cluster.

I was unaware of SHOW ETHER, that should help me see what’s going on.  I’ll shut the VM down and migrate it back to the DL380.

Zane