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#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 08:41 AM

Hello :-)

I have some problem with my E3500 - everything works fine but I found
that there is a X1026A installed and after some searching I found that
this is a fiber-network interface (has to ports with two SC connectors
each) and that there were in older versions of Solaris some packges
named SUNWnf[x] with drivers and tools. But on my Solaris 10 CDs I can't
find a driver for this card (not even docs). In diagnostic output I can
see (prtdiag -v) a SBUS-card named nf. Any way to get this card working?

BTW, is there any documentation about the BootProm for E3500, especially
some hints to get a faster startup?

TIA,
Jan

#2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 08:41 AM

Jan Kesten <jan.kesten@web.de> writes:
> I have some problem with my E3500 - everything works fine but I found
> that there is a X1026A installed and after some searching I found that
> this is a fiber-network interface (has to ports with two SC connectors
> each) and that there were in older versions of Solaris some packges
> named SUNWnf[x] with drivers and tools. But on my Solaris 10 CDs I can't
> find a driver for this card (not even docs). In diagnostic output I can
> see (prtdiag -v) a SBUS-card named nf. Any way to get this card working?

X1026A is a FDDI/S card. Future End-of-Support was announced back in
Solaris 9:

http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub...s_9/eolhw.html

and fully removed from Solaris 10:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817...gbi4fha?a=view
http://docs.sun.com/source/817-6338-05/eos.html

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#3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 08:41 AM

James Carlson wrote:

> X1026A is a FDDI/S card. Future End-of-Support was announced back in
> Solaris 9:

Hi James!

Thanks for this peace of information - didn't see the announcement as we
had skipped Solaris 9 for incomplatibility reasons of one of our
software packages (under Solaris 10 everything seems to work fine) :-)

Quite sad not to be able to use this card - but there will be no
switch-back to Solaris 8 or 9. Will have to live with this..

Cheers,
Jan

#4 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 08:41 AM

Jan Kesten <jan.kesten@web.de> writes:

> Quite sad not to be able to use this card - but there will be no
> switch-back to Solaris 8 or 9. Will have to live with this..

I'd just try the S9 version of the driver on S10: properly written drivers
should continue to work on newer OS versions.

Rainer

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Rainer Orth, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University

#5 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 08:41 AM

Rainer Orth <ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> writes:
> Jan Kesten <jan.kesten@web.de> writes:
>
> > Quite sad not to be able to use this card - but there will be no
> > switch-back to Solaris 8 or 9. Will have to live with this..
>
> I'd just try the S9 version of the driver on S10: properly written drivers
> should continue to work on newer OS versions.

Agreed ... though, clearly, not *supported* when used past the end of
the supported life.

(FDDI? Really? Why? Is it a museum network? :-/)

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James Carlson, KISS Network <james.d.carlson@sun.com>
Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.234W Vox +1 781 442 2084
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