VMS Help  —  Sys Parameters, MSCP_SERVE_ALL
    MSCP_SERVE_ALL is a bit mask 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).

    The following table describes the serving type controlled by each
    bit and its decimal value:

    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.
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