[olug] IDing Sun parts on E3000 - resend

[Thomas Roehr]

Didn't see this post, so here is the answer t the second question.

More then likely, they are FDDI cards. The part number is usually right 
by the card connector.

Having a pint sure cure the frustration part.

Later,

Tom Roehr
troehr at nj-onramp.com

IrishMASMS at olug.org wrote:

>I am beating my melon into the desk here, because I can not figure out
>two bits of information on the Enterprise 3000 we now have in my office.
>I have searched sunsolve.sun.com and Google with not one hit at all, or
>nothing making any sense. Downloaded the manual & read though it – and
>even RTFM was not successful.
>
>The specifics on the box:
>http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/E3000/E3000.html
>
>
>First problem – storage
>When the E3K box was given to my work, there were no hard drives given
>to us, not even the plastic drive rails & mounting clip. Does anyone
>know what the part number is for the plastic drive rails & mounting
>clip; or have an alternate means of securely mounting drives into a Sun
>box like this?
>
>Second problem – what the hell are these cards with the fiber
>connections for?
>Connected to the I/O board there are two cards connected in Sbus slots 1
>& 2 (SSBus slot 0 is the video). Both cards have a fiber connection,
>with what looks like a SC connector. I tried searching on everything
>that looked like a part number with no success. How do I figure out if
>these are Fiber Channel or Ethernet/network cards?
>
>Aarrgghh!!!!! =(
>
>
>The frustrated Irishman
>
>
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