Hello, Here is a summary for my original question, posted below. I wanted to wait before posting the summary as I wanted to try out the choice that I made before I posted. I also want to qualify that this was needed for a low end solution (10Mb shared ethernet) on both ends and the new nic card would not be heavily stressed. I also want to thank Mike Horton Jed Dobson Kevin Colagio John Sullivan for their help. I ultimately ended up going with the Znyx network card at $99.00. For my application, this was perfect. The only negative that I have seen from this card has been limited output from netstat -k. Thank you again, Jerry Kemp ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ EXAMPLES SHOWN HERE: ================== ORIGINAL ERI0 CARD ================== netstat -k eri0 eri0: ipackets 525571 ierrors 365 opackets 8446 oerrors 0 collisions 85 ifspeed 10000000 rbytes 73324309 obytes 1118022 multircv 99205 multixmt 6 brdcstrcv 415863 brdcstxmt 10 norcvbuf 0 noxmtbuf 0 inits 4 rx_inits 8 tx_inits 1 nocarrier 1 nocanput 0 allocbfail 0 drop 321 pasue_rcv_cnt 0 pasue_on_cnt 0 pasue_off_cnt 0 pasue_time_cnt 0 txmac_urun 0 txmac_maxpkt_err 0 excessive_coll 0 late_coll 0 first_coll 35 defer_timer_exp 0 peak_attempt_cnt 0 jabber 0 no_tmds 0 tx_hang 0 rx_corr 0 no_free_rx_desc 0 rx_overflow 0 rx_hang 0 rx_align_err 64 rx_crc_err 19 rx_length_err 0 rx_code_viol_err 0 bad_pkts 321 runt 40 toolong_pkts 279 rxtag_error 0 parity_error 0 pci_error_interrupt 0 unknown_fatal 0 pci_data_parity_err 0 pci_signal_target_abort 0 pci_rcvd_target_abort 0 pci_rcvd_master_abort 0 pci_signal_system_err 0 pci_det_parity_err 0 ipackets64 525571 opackets64 8446 rbytes64 73324309 obytes64 1118022 pmcap 4 ===================== NEW ZNYX NETWORK CARD ===================== netstat -k znb0 znb0: opackets 164848 oerrors 0 collisions 0 retry_error 0 late_collisions 0 nocarrier 0 uflo 0 defer 351 ipackets 164359 ierrors 0 crc 0 oflo 0 ========================== ORIGINAL QUESTION ========================== > Hello, > > I have a SparcBlade 100 that I need to add an additional ethernet > card to. Looking over at the Sun store I see a part number X1033A > which looks what I might need but the SparcBlade 100 is not listed > as a platform for which it is compatible for. Is this the card I > need? > > Are there other options also?? This card list for $695.00. > > TIA. I will summarize. > > Jerry ======= REPLIES ======= You might want to call the SunStore @ 800-SUN-0404. Sun does not list all the compatibility information on the web site. They will give you specific information if you call them. (I don't have access to the sales/"X" numbers and just called with the same type of question this morning and they answered it for me.) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This works.... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ That is, in fact, the card that Sun recommends. I told them that the price is ridiculous. Here is where they referred me for 3rd party options: www.solutionssite.com Haven't had a chance to check there yet....will be doing so shortly. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Unfortunately, there are no "standard" PC ethernet cards that have drivers for SPARC Solaris (3Com, Intel, etc.) You'll need to get a PCI card with a Solaris driver, and that tends to cost quite a bit more than PC-type cards. Fortunately, Sun is not your only solution. Cards based on Sun's "hme" chipset tend to work best because you won't need any add-on drivers; you can find such cards manufactured by Sun (at http://www.sun.com, of course), IntraServer (http://www.intraserver.com), and Antares Microsystems (http://www.antares.com), among others. A company called Entrada Networks (http://www.entradanet.com, formerly OSICOM) makes cards based on DEC tulip chips and Intel 82559 chips with SPARC drivers available; so does Znyx Networks (http://www.znyx.com). Both have single, dual, and quad port cards available; Znyx now has some with 64-bit PCI support for servers. Zynx's online order page has their single-port ZX345Q-D1 for $99.00 - far less than Sun's price. _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Fri Nov 2 17:37:47 2001
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