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#1 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 10:27 AM

The only thing I have laying around is a 3COM 905-TX, which, from what
I've read, AIX does not like and is difficult at best to get working.

I got this F30 yesterday, and it appears to have had a few cards
cannibalized. There are several slots missing covers, and no NIC in
sight. Is there a decent, inexpensive NIC that's supported in AIX 5.1?
I'd love to get this on the network to play nicely with my Model 250
and 43P. 5.1 installed like a breeze and it looks like I'll have fun
tinkering with it.

Ideas? TIA!

--Noah

#2 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 10:27 AM

Noah wrote:
> The only thing I have laying around is a 3COM 905-TX, which, from what
> I've read, AIX does not like and is difficult at best to get working.
>
> I got this F30 yesterday, and it appears to have had a few cards
> cannibalized. There are several slots missing covers, and no NIC in
> sight. Is there a decent, inexpensive NIC that's supported in AIX 5.1?
> I'd love to get this on the network to play nicely with my Model 250
> and 43P. 5.1 installed like a breeze and it looks like I'll have fun
> tinkering with it.

Well, it depends what networking technology you're talking about ;-)
ATM, FDDI, TokenRing, Ethernet, ... ?
Take a look here:
http://www.ajava.biz/ibm/sysParts/7025-F30.jsp
http://www.nasi.com/parts.php?manufa...odels=7025-F30

For Ethernet, i've used the 2968 (91H0397) in several machines
without a hitch.

Regards,

Frank

#3 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 10:27 AM

Frank Fegert wrote:
> Noah wrote:
> > The only thing I have laying around is a 3COM 905-TX, which, from what
> > I've read, AIX does not like and is difficult at best to get working.
> >
> > I got this F30 yesterday, and it appears to have had a few cards
> > cannibalized. There are several slots missing covers, and no NIC in
> > sight. Is there a decent, inexpensive NIC that's supported in AIX 5.1?
> > I'd love to get this on the network to play nicely with my Model 250
> > and 43P. 5.1 installed like a breeze and it looks like I'll have fun
> > tinkering with it.
>
> Well, it depends what networking technology you're talking about ;-)

Well, I'm obviously talking about plain old IEEE 802.3 or 802.3u
10/100BaseTX Twisted Pair Ethernet since I tried a 3C905-TX, and the
F30 is a PCI-based machine. Since this is just a toy in my lab, I
really couldn't care less if it was 10MBps or 100MBps. I have some
FDDI and ATM MCA cards that work in my Model 250, but nothing to hook
them up to at the moment.

> ATM, FDDI, TokenRing, Ethernet, ... ?
> Take a look here:
> http://www.ajava.biz/ibm/sysParts/7025-F30.jsp
> http://www.nasi.com/parts.php?manufa...odels=7025-F30
>
> For Ethernet, i've used the 2968 (91H0397) in several machines
> without a hitch.

Thanks for the info, I put in a quote request to NASI. Does that NIC
require additional drivers or will cfgmgr -i and my installation CDs do
the trick?

--Noah

#4 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 10:27 AM

Noah wrote:
>>ATM, FDDI, TokenRing, Ethernet, ... ?
>>Take a look here:
>> http://www.ajava.biz/ibm/sysParts/7025-F30.jsp
>> http://www.nasi.com/parts.php?manufa...odels=7025-F30
>>
>>For Ethernet, i've used the 2968 (91H0397) in several machines
>>without a hitch.
>
> Thanks for the info, I put in a quote request to NASI. Does that NIC
> require additional drivers or will cfgmgr -i and my installation CDs do
> the trick?

The latter. Also, if it's just for the lab make sure
to check ePay for such NICs. The reseller/refurbisher
prizing process seems to be rather non-deterministic
and tends to outrageous sums.

Regards,

Frank

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