HI,

John D Groenveld wrote:
> In article <Pine.SOL.4.64.0601311120570.3633@marrakesh>,
> Rich Teer <rich.teer@rite-group.com> wrote:
>
>>what they were called. What about the Intel GBE card?
>
>
> <URL:http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/dp?entry=what_s_new_in_solaris10>
>
Whoa, time has changed Nice to see good work Sun.

> Not sure if e1000g(7D) for SPARC made S10 Update 1.
> I don't see it in the What's New section of the release notes.
> <URL:http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-0547/6mgbdbsmb?a=view>
>
> John
> groenveld@acm.org

/michael

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Michael Laajanen wrote:

> > True; I might end up replacing the E220R if that is the cheaper option.
>
> That sounds very drastic, GbE is not that fantastic!

Maybe, but I like the idea of having as fast a network as is resonably
possible at home.

> > Yeah, but then I'd be limited to cable modem speeds!
> >
> Hmm, I am lost there, what has vable modem to do with a separate backbone
> between your servers! You still shold keep the network currently in use only
> offload that with all server-server comm!

This is for my home network, so there's only one server. I have a
few workstations here, all of which mount several file systems from
the server (including /home), hence my desire for GBE.

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Rich Teer wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Brian McCrary wrote:

>>That said, I just boot the systems off the hme port when needed and use
>>the 9821s for everything else.
>
>
> That's the situation I'm trying to avoid. :-) My SB1K is a bit tricky
> to get to, so short of connecting both interfaces to the same switch,
> installing would be a PITA.
>

We've got an E250 with a Sysconnect card; it and the hme interface are
permanently wired to the local gigabit switch. For an upgrade,
mv /etc/hostname[6].skge0 /etc/hostname[6].hme0, do the upgrade,
mv 'em back. Just did it (finally) for 9-10 upgrade.

Pete.

HI,

Peter Bunclark wrote:
> Rich Teer wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Brian McCrary wrote:
>
>
>>> That said, I just boot the systems off the hme port when needed and
>>> use the 9821s for everything else.
>>
>>
>>
>> That's the situation I'm trying to avoid. :-) My SB1K is a bit tricky
>> to get to, so short of connecting both interfaces to the same switch,
>> installing would be a PITA.
>>
>
> We've got an E250 with a Sysconnect card; it and the hme interface are
> permanently wired to the local gigabit switch. For an upgrade,
> mv /etc/hostname[6].skge0 /etc/hostname[6].hme0, do the upgrade,
> mv 'em back. Just did it (finally) for 9-10 upgrade.
>
> Pete.

How does the board perform and the load on the CPUs?

/michael

Michael Laajanen wrote:
> HI,
>
> Peter Bunclark wrote:
>
>> Rich Teer wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Brian McCrary wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>> That said, I just boot the systems off the hme port when needed and
>>>> use the 9821s for everything else.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That's the situation I'm trying to avoid. :-) My SB1K is a bit tricky
>>> to get to, so short of connecting both interfaces to the same switch,
>>> installing would be a PITA.
>>>
>>
>> We've got an E250 with a Sysconnect card; it and the hme interface are
>> permanently wired to the local gigabit switch. For an upgrade,
>> mv /etc/hostname[6].skge0 /etc/hostname[6].hme0, do the upgrade,
>> mv 'em back. Just did it (finally) for 9-10 upgrade.
>>
>> Pete.
>
>
> How does the board perform and the load on the CPUs?
>
Subjectively, not noticeably different from a Cassini. Although by
definition, we're using Sysconnects in systems which are old enough
not to come with gigabit so I can't do a direct comparison. Some of
these guys also have their single 66MHz slot already occupied by a
SCSI card.

Pete.

> /michael

Hi Rich,

Rich Teer <rich.teer@rite-group.com> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm thinking of upgrading my home network to GBE (currently it's
> 100 base T). Half of my important machines already have built GBE
> interfaces, but two of them don't so I need to get a couple of GBE
> NICs. If I had the $$$ I'd just get a pair of Sun Gigaswift UTPs,
> but I don't so I'm open to alternatives. Can anyone recommend a
> suitable NIC to me? The card MUST be supported by Solaris 10 (and
> preferably Solaris 9), and must support network booting. Support
> for SPARC is essential (the machines I'm looking at upgrading are
> a Sun Blade 1000 and an E220R); support for x86 is desirable but
> not mandatory.

You could try the SK-9821 10/100/1000 Adapter from Syskonnect.
I do not have that Adapter myself, but it lists as supported on ALOT
of plattforms aswell as Solaris 7,8,9 for 32 and 64 bit sparc and
7,8,9,10 for x86 and solaris 10 for x64. Why its not listed for
Solaris 10 on sparc is probarly worth asking.
The spec states it supports remote booting via PXE or RPL..

If it sounds interesting then the list of NICs are here:
http://www.skd.de/e_en/products/nics.html?navid=9


Happy easter,

Thomas