Hi, all.

I'm fairly new to the Sun world, but am now starting work as an Oracle
DBA on UNIX.

I found a good deal on a Sun E220R, and plan to use it as a sandbox at
home.

I would like to find a basic (and inexpensive) PCI video adapter for
this box. I will need video for initial configuration, and installing
Oracle.

I have seen Ebay ads for an LSI iti6001E-S video card, which purports
to be suitable for Sun boxes. Can anyone confirm if this will work on
an E220R

Are there any other recommendations for inexpensive video solutions?

I am not averse to a TTY terminal, but I don't have one and would want
to find one for cheap (I won't be needing it for more than initial
setup and rare occasions)

Thanks for all advice!

Cheers,

DW.

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, DW wrote:

> I would like to find a basic (and inexpensive) PCI video adapter for
> this box. I will need video for initial configuration, and installing
> Oracle.

Better is to connect to it over the network, using X (assuming you
have asnother computer to use as a display, of course!).

> I am not averse to a TTY terminal, but I don't have one and would want
> to find one for cheap (I won't be needing it for more than initial
> setup and rare occasions)

You can hook up a PC or other computer to the 220R's TTY A, and use
sometihng like HpyerTerm as your console.

HTH,

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Okay, that's very useful.

But what about pre-OS? I'm pulling the thing out of the box and
bringing it up from zero - I'll want to flash the firmware if need be,
and get Solaris in. Can all of this be accomplished over TTY?

DW wrote:

> Okay, that's very useful.
>
> But what about pre-OS? I'm pulling the thing out of the box and
> bringing it up from zero - I'll want to flash the firmware if need be,
> and get Solaris in. Can all of this be accomplished over TTY?

Yes.

TTY is the default IO method for a SPARC system. Video display is actually
at a higher level.

P.

In article <1107818770.632622.73010@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups. com>, DW wrote:

>But what about pre-OS? I'm pulling the thing out of the box and
>bringing it up from zero - I'll want to flash the firmware if need be,
>and get Solaris in. Can all of this be accomplished over TTY?

It would be unlikely that you would have to touch any "firmware" to
install Solaris - indeed I doubt an OBP update would be required.

--
Andre.

Email: andre at africa dot purplecow dot org.

"DW" <dwhittier@shaw.ca> writes:

>Okay, that's very useful.

>But what about pre-OS? I'm pulling the thing out of the box and
>bringing it up from zero - I'll want to flash the firmware if need be,
>and get Solaris in. Can all of this be accomplished over TTY?

No issue. Pre-OS install and even flashing the OBP all work over
serial lines (done that countless of times)

Casper
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Expressed in this posting are my opinions. They are in no way related
to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems.
Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.

That all sounds good.

Now: My ultimate goal is to install Oracle 10g on this puppy. I've
posted a question regarding the video requirements for Oracle 10g in
the Oracle group, but I may as well toss it in here as well; I'm sure
people's wisdom crosses the boundaries: Can I install Oracle 10g on
Solaris using a TTY display?

Thanks much!

DW

In article <1107880873.261460.126760@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>,
DW <dwhittier@shaw.ca> wrote:
>people's wisdom crosses the boundaries: Can I install Oracle 10g on
>Solaris using a TTY display?

Not easily.

Install an X server on another machine and remotely log in to the E220
to run GUIs.

John
groenveld@acm.org

Yes, my co-worker recommends exactly the same thing.

Being a bit of a newb, I'll have to figure that one out once I get the
gear running.

Thanks!

These days, Oracle uses a Java based graphical installer

You may be able to run it over a network by exporting the display
to another computer however. (Got to admit, its something i have never
really tried on Solaris) It does however require a graphical display.

I ran into this issue on a Linux box and ended having to install X.
Once its installed, you can use sqlplus exclusively on the commandline
though.

DW wrote:
> That all sounds good.
>
> Now: My ultimate goal is to install Oracle 10g on this puppy. I've
> posted a question regarding the video requirements for Oracle 10g in
> the Oracle group, but I may as well toss it in here as well; I'm sure
> people's wisdom crosses the boundaries: Can I install Oracle 10g on
> Solaris using a TTY display?
>
> Thanks much!
>
> DW
>