Archive for July, 2008

No Smoke

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Hello All!

Last week the 64 AIREN network boards arrived and I sent two to Will for testing.  Last night he said, `No Smoke!’  So this morning Andy unpacked a few more, we updated the bootcontroller, he programmed the USB serial numbers, and …. Presto!  We have JTAG and serial consoles!

Andy is updating all 64 nodes’ bootcontrollers now. Once that’s done we will need some volunteer labor.  We will need to dismantle the cluster, jumper the JTAG download cables, and reassemble.  Then we will be ready to a full-scale test of the network.

Fun Times!

Ron

SATA Cables Have Arrived

Monday, July 14th, 2008

A quick update: the PC boards for the networking have been fabricated and assembly has begun! Also, 256 SATA cables have been delivered.

Ron