On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 04:14:31PM -0400, Johnson, Alex P (IPS) wrote: > Re: I'm also inferring from this that an ATS cannot connect directly to a V7 > > switch, but only to a 1x8 backplane. > > That is correct. The ATS is packaged as a Z-module, i.e., it looks a lot > like a CP60. > > > > Re: I would think that direct-connect capability to both a V7 switch and a > mesh network (i.e., 4 fiber ports) would be desirable for hybrid systems as > illustrated in Tom's message. > > Perhaps, but the vast majority of systems do not have V7.x switches and we > didn't want to require them or require moving to V7.x to use V8.x. > A lot of us have V& systems, and will be putting in more of them. This is because we don't want the current version of V* systems (you can spell that NO WINDOWS). As a result I would not be supprised if, after our next cold shutdown mostm if not all, of our nodes were V7 ones. For what it's worth. -- U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror - New York Times 9/3/1967 _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave