sPHENIX MAPS tracker discussion

[Yasser Corrales Morales <ycorrale AT cern.ch>]

Thank you Martin,

I will take of propagate the change to the DAQ script and modify the python script to run with the new names.

This will also affect ALF and ITSCommLayer so if something does not work with the telescope/MVTX system please let us (Jo/Me) know.

Best,

Yasser.

On 12/7/23 15:28, Martin Purschke via sPHENIX-MAPS-l wrote:

> Dear all,
>       
>       
>       Yasser and I talked about this in passing yesterday that has been
>       floating around a bit in offline circles. The "-" in the node name
>       is used as a field delimiter in various contexts, and throws us
>       off.
>       
>       
>       Yasser and I agreed to rename them simply to mvtx{0,1,2,3,4,5} and
>       eliminate the problem in the future.
>       
>       
>       The new DNS entries are in place. I have already changed the
>       hostnames. Both old and new names point to the same IP so nothing
>       breaks for now:
>       
>       
> > # nslookup mvtx0.sphenix.bnl.gov
> >         
> >         Server:        130.199.1.1
> >         
> >         Address:    130.199.1.1#53
> >         
> >         
> >         mvtx0.sphenix.bnl.gov    canonical name =
> >         mvtx-flx0.sphenix.bnl.gov.
> >         
> >         Name:    mvtx-flx0.sphenix.bnl.gov
> >         
> >         Address: 10.20.32.94
> >         
> >         
> >         # nslookup mvtx-flx0.sphenix.bnl.gov
> >         
> >         Server:        130.199.1.1
> >         
> >         Address:    130.199.1.1#53
> >         
> >         
> >         Name:    mvtx-flx0.sphenix.bnl.gov
> >         
> >         Address: 10.20.32.94
> >         
> >       
>       
>       Please go and eliminate the old -flx* from scripts etc.
>       
>       
>       BTW, in order for all to be consistent, the hostname needs to be
>       just the name without the .sphenix.bnl.gov.
>       
>       
>       Eventually I'll have the old names eradicated completely from the
>       name servers.
>       
>       
>       Best,
>       
>           Martin
>       
>       
>       
>