Hi

anyone has experience with Gigabit Ethernet Cards ( PCI ) for Sun Ultra 60?

I do not want to just go and buy a bunch of adapters and see which one
works under Solaris 10, 9 , 8 , 7 ...

As per the reference manual - it only lists one and only gigabit adapter
( fibre channel one but its Ok i have a Fibre-SX to 1000-T converter for
it .. )

Sun Microsystems 501-4373 X1141A 1000B-SX Gigabit Fibre Ethernet PCI NIC
Card


Anyone has any other brand/model recommendations which are known to work:

- in the Sun Ultra 60
- Under Solaris 10 ( has driver support for it) and also preferably with Solaris 9 and 8 perhaps 7 as well


(( from the reference manual ))
PCI Card Slot Operating Frequencies

■ All Ultra 60 system PCI card slots operate at 32-bit or 64-bit bus widths. ■ Most PCI cards operate at 33 MHz.
■ Cards designed to operate at 66 MHz must be installed in the PCI66 slot.

Note – If you install a 33 MHz PCI card in PCI66 slot 1, refer to the card manufacturer’s documentation and verify that the card will operate with
an I/O
signaling level of 3.3 volts.

TABLE 4-7 PCI Card Slot Operating Frequencies
PCI Card Slot Operating Frequency or Frequencies Input/Output Signaling
Level

PCI66 Slot 1 (J1301) 66 MHz
33 MHz 3.3 volts 3.3 volts

PCI Slot 2 (J1401) 33 MHz 5.0 volts

PCI Slot 3 (J1501) 33 MHz 5.0 volts

PCI Slot 4 (J1601) 33 MHz 5.0 volts


Regards

Viktor

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Viktor Madarasz <viktor.madarasz.com@gmail.com> writes:

anyone has experience with Gigabit Ethernet Cards ( PCI ) for Sun Ultra 60?

Not offhand with anything that wasn't specificly part of shipping systems.

I do not want to just go and buy a bunch of adapters and see which one
works under Solaris 10, 9 , 8 , 7 ...

Back in the day, it was standard to assume only the Sun parts worked,
and using 3rd party/PC parts was usually substandard, and usually not
workable, so I would only look at the Sun NIC cards. There's not
generally a lot of choices out there for that.

As per the reference manual - it only lists one and only gigabit adapter
( fibre channel one but its Ok i have a Fibre-SX to 1000-T converter for
it .. )

Sun Microsystems 501-4373 X1141A 1000B-SX Gigabit Fibre Ethernet PCI NIC
Card

NB: ethernet over fiber != Fiber Channel.
That's a whole different ball of wax, involving a lot more things,
part of which Sun would have been very strong in the field at the time.
(And Fiber-Channel is very strongly still going in the appropriate fields).

The one part listed in the manual is most likely the one that would
work. I wouldn't look too far away from the spec'd out version. Its
not like PC-land where just about anything worked. Only specific
things worked for Sun machines, and going off the documentation was derigueur. There's plenty of X1141A listed on flea-bag.
Converting from SX fiber into something else with some cheap switch
won't be too much of an issue.


--
Doug McIntyre
doug@themcintyres.us

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On 2021-06-23 7:07 p.m., Doug McIntyre wrote:

The one part listed in the manual is most likely the one that would
work. I wouldn't look too far away from the spec'd out version. Its
not like PC-land where just about anything worked. Only specific
things worked for Sun machines, and going off the documentation was derigueur.
There's plenty of X1141A listed on flea-bag.
Converting from SX fiber into something else with some cheap switch
won't be too much of an issue.

FWIW, the Field Engineer's Handbook also says that the "Gigabit Ethernet
1.0 (GBE/P)", option 1044, part 375-0002 (which is also fibre) is
supported in the U60. So is the "GigaSwift Ethernet 1.0 UTP", options
1150 & 3150, part 501-5902 and that one is twisted pair. (It has a
fibre twin, giving yet another optical option.)

You can browse the PCI subsection of the Ethernet part of the Field
Engineer's Handbook to see if there's one that I've missed:

https://dogemicrosystems.ca/pub/Sun/System_Handbook/Sun_syshbk_V4.1/Devices/Ethernet/ETHER_TOC.html

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On 6/24/21 2:49 AM, John-Paul Stewart wrote:

So is the "GigaSwift Ethernet 1.0 UTP", options
1150 & 3150, part 501-5902 and that one is twisted pair. (It has a
fibre twin, giving yet another optical option.)

Thanks a lot John Im going after the "GigaSwift Ethernet 1.0 UTP" option.

Rd

Viktor

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