Alternative Gigabit Ethernet for Solaris 10 on Sparc PCI

Hi,

I am looking for an inexpensive Gigabit Ethernet for PCI Sparc boxes
(Blade 1000 and Ultra 5 / 10). I looked at Sun's HCL but it is not
clear if those reported to work are either on x86 or Sparc (though, I
suspect they might be all x86).

On eBay there are Netgear GA311 and RTL8169 chipset based cards ...

HD

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006, haydude wrote:

> On eBay there are Netgear GA311 and RTL8169 chipset based cards ...

I use the GA311s in my Ultra 60 and Sun Blade 1000: they work like
a charm, out of the box (Solaris 10, using the RealTek driver).

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haydude schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for an inexpensive Gigabit Ethernet for PCI Sparc boxes
> (Blade 1000 and Ultra 5 / 10). I looked at Sun's HCL but it is not
> clear if those reported to work are either on x86 or Sparc (though, I
> suspect they might be all x86).
>
> On eBay there are Netgear GA311 and RTL8169 chipset based cards ...
I am using an RTL8169 based network card. It's an old Fiberline
FL-2500-1. Early rge drivers had problems with high load traffic
(sporadic link down, link up, and so on). Currently I am using snv_45
and the problems are gone.

But remember: you won't be able to do "boot net" from this type of cards.

Andreas

Hi,

Rich Teer wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Aug 2006, haydude wrote:
>
>
>>On eBay there are Netgear GA311 and RTL8169 chipset based cards ...
>
>
> I use the GA311s in my Ultra 60 and Sun Blade 1000: they work like
> a charm, out of the box (Solaris 10, using the RealTek driver).
>
Is the driver included in S10?

/michael

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Michael Laajanen wrote:

> Is the driver included in S10?

Yes--at least with S10 6/06. I'm not sure about previous versions (all
my other machines here are running Nevada). Look for the SUNWrge package.

HTH,

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Rite Online Inc.

Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638
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Hi,

Rich Teer wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Michael Laajanen wrote:
>
>
>>Is the driver included in S10?
>
>
> Yes--at least with S10 6/06. I'm not sure about previous versions (all
> my other machines here are running Nevada). Look for the SUNWrge package.
>
> HTH,
>
I tried S10 6/06 for a week ago on a Blade 2500 but the machine hangs
all the time(some driver/kernel bug) so I have to go back to u2 (:

By the way, where to report such bugs? (I have a access to SunSolve)

/michael

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Michael Laajanen wrote:

> I tried S10 6/06 for a week ago on a Blade 2500 but the machine hangs all the
> time(some driver/kernel bug) so I have to go back to u2 (:

ITYM u1: 6/06 IS update 2. :-)

> By the way, where to report such bugs? (I have a access to SunSolve)

If you have a support contract, opening a call and escalating it
is your best bet. Failing that, bugs.opensolaris.org...

--
Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA, OpenSolaris CAB member

President,
Rite Online Inc.

Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638
URL: http://www.rite-group.com/rich

Hi,

Rich Teer wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Michael Laajanen wrote:
>
>
>>I tried S10 6/06 for a week ago on a Blade 2500 but the machine hangs all the
>>time(some driver/kernel bug) so I have to go back to u2 (:
>
>
> ITYM u1: 6/06 IS update 2. :-)
Sorry yes 01/06 I meant.

>
>
>>By the way, where to report such bugs? (I have a access to SunSolve)
>
>
> If you have a support contract, opening a call and escalating it
> is your best bet. Failing that, bugs.opensolaris.org...
>
Call, I should phone you mean?

/michael

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Michael Laajanen wrote:

> > If you have a support contract, opening a call and escalating it
> > is your best bet. Failing that, bugs.opensolaris.org...
> >
> Call, I should phone you mean?

Ah, the impreciseness of the English language!

By "opening a call" I meant to open a support case (what used to called
an SO--service order) with Sun. You can do that via email or over the
phone. But you'll need a support contract.

--
Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA, OpenSolaris CAB member

President,
Rite Online Inc.

Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638
URL: http://www.rite-group.com/rich