MSCP SERVE ALL
MSCP_SERVE_ALL is a bit mask system parameter that controls disk serving in an OpenVMS Cluster. A disk is served regardless of its allocation class unless bit 3 has a value of 1.
Starting with OpenVMS Version 7.2, the serving types are implemented as a bit mask. To specify the type of serving your system will perform, locate the type you want in the following table and specify its value. For some systems, you may want to specify two serving types, such as serving the system disk and serving locally attached disks. To specify such a combination, add the values of each type, and specify the sum.
In a mixed-version cluster that includes any systems running OpenVMS Version 7.1-x or earlier, serving all available disks is restricted to serving all disks except those whose allocation class does not match the system's node allocation class (prior to Version 7.2). To specify this type of serving, use the value 9 (which sets bit 0 and bit 3).
| Bit and Value When Set | Description |
|---|---|
| bit 0 (1) | Serve all available disks (locally attached and those connected to HSx and DSSI controllers). Disks with allocation classes that differ from the system's allocation class (set by the ALLOCLASS parameter) are also served if bit 3 is not set. |
| Bit 1 (2) | Serve locally attached (non-HSx and DSSI) disks. |
| Bit 2 (4) | Serve the system disk. This is the default setting. This setting is important when other nodes in the cluster rely on this system being able to serve its system disk. This setting prevents obscure contention problems that can occur when a system attempts to complete I/O to a remote system disk whose system has failed. |
| Bit 3 (8) | Restrict the serving specified by bit 0. All disks except those with allocation classes that differ from the system's allocation class (set by the ALLOCLASS parameter) are served. This is pre-Version 7.2 behavior. If your cluster includes systems running OpenVMS 7.1-x or earlier, and you want to serve all available disks, you must specify 9, the result of setting this bit and bit 0. |
Although the serving types are now implemented as a bit mask, the values of 0, 1, and 2, specified by bit 0 and bit 1, retain their original meanings:
0 - Do not serve any disks (the default for earlier versions of OpenVMS).
1 - Serve all available disks.
2 - Serve only locally attached (non-HSx and non-DSSI) disks.
If the MSCP_LOAD system parameter is 0, MSCP_SERVE_ALL is ignored.
