Re: Sun Fire V480 onboard ce0/1 port mix

From: Mike Delaney (mdelan_at_computer.org)
Date: 11/21/03 

Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:18:37 -0800

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:30:53 GMT in <xL7vb.11417$V%3.4501@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>,
Darren Dunham said something similar to:
: In comp.unix.solaris Peter Radcliffe <30$12$f3i99le@pir.net> wrote:
: > Darren Dunham <ddunham@redwood.taos.com> probably said:
: >>In comp.unix.solaris OFuchs <Oliver.Fuchs@siemens.com> wrote:
: >>> lower onboard ce interface (pci@9,7) to be ce0, but I have to
:
: >>> allways makes the upper onboard ce interface (pci@9,6) to be ce0. This
:
: >>So one way is to remove the upper card and reinstall, then put the card
: >>back in and reconfigure. However if the labeling of the cables is a
: >>problem, I'm guessing you don't want to be fiddling with the cards,
: >>either.
:
: > They're not cards, the V480 has two onboard (built in) ce interfaces.
:
: Then I'm at a loss for how the original ordering came about. Perhaps a
: different OS used a different probe order?

Solaris 8 02/02 uses the upper as ce1 and the lower as ce0 (this is also
how the interfaces are marked on the back of the system). The real question
is why the OP is running a HW release of Solaris 8 that's not intended
for this system - the v480s were supported in 02/02.

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