Re: Inexpensive, good gigabit ethernet NIC?

From: Dohhhh (whynot_at_verizon.net)
Date: 09/28/05 

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:46:40 GMT

Nathan wrote:
> 1) no idea
>
> 2) I assume this is a single p655 node with a RIO drawer? I thought the
> p655's only took Federation SP switch adapters, not SP2 (Colony), but I
> could be wrong.
>
> Installing cards can be a pain with the blind swap cassets (You will
> need to find cassets also if your system is missing them). It works if
> you have enough patience. Also, there are several different styles of
> cards, the type that have screws are the most difficult to assemble, the
> "screw-less" are easier to work with. If you've never done it before
> give yourself 2-3 hours to get the card in the bind swap adapter and
> into the machine (That's no exageration). More if you aren't mechanicly
> inclined.
>
>
>
> Dan Stromberg wrote:
>
>> We're looking for the following information about a (probably) 3rd party,
>> gigabit ethernet NIC for a P655 running AIX 5.1 (5.2 is possible but
>> unlikely, last I heard 5.3 was not possible in this case).
>>
>> 1) What vendors have good deals on GigE NIC for a P655 (price/performance
>> would hopefully be low). We'd even consider a refurb, if they're
>> available.
>>
>> 2) What precisely would be involved in installing that NIC? The machine
>> has 5 NIC's right now, all from IBM. They are 2 * 100BaseT, 2 *
>> 1000BaseT, and 1 * an SP2 interface. I understand the SP2 wiring is
>> pretty sensitive to being giggled.
>>
>> Thanks!

Also, if you look on one of the cassettes, there is (usually) a URL to a
document which describes (pictures and everything <G>) how to extract
the adapter and reassemble things...not sure how "mechanically inclined"
  I am (let's put it this way, I once put a faloojin pin in a felacme
rod - didn't do too well <G>) but I can now swap out an adapter
(regardless of the casette type) and reassemble and reinserted in the
drawer in under 15 minutes.

BTW, you *are* aware that the cassette/adapter can just be pulled out of
the drawer as long as it's NOT assigned to a LPAR, yes? (took me forever
looking for a "hot swap" utility in the managed system - dohhh) :-O

Paul

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