[OpenAFS] Single Server Machine Hosting Multiple Cells

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Raymond wrote:

> AFS documentation states "A cell is an independently administered site running 
> AFS. In terms of hardware, it consists of a collection of file server 
> machines and client machines defined as belonging to the cell; a machine can 
> only belong to one cell at a time."
> 
> I had planned to have a single server machine host multiple cells; is this not 
> possible or am I misinterperting the documentation?

Not possible. The services have fixed ports and no cell embedded in the
protocol, and the servers can't bind a port on just one IP if you have
multiple...